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S hiromani Akali Dal (SAD)- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislative party wings on Wednesday asked Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh to disqualify seven Congress legislators for accept- ing an office of profit besides disqualifying and debarring four MLAs who had resigned from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for violating ‘The Representation of Peoples Act’. The delegation, led by SAD legislative party leader Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Bikram Singh Majithia and BJP’s Arun Narang, apprised the Speaker that a grave constitutional crisis had arisen in Punjab. “Seven Congress leaders — Raj Kumar Verka, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Kuljit Singh Nagra, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon and Tarsem Singh DC — has invit- ed disqualification upon them- selves by accepting the post of advisers in the rank of Cabinet or Minister of State,” the dele- gation said, adding the appointment was in violation of the 91st Amendment of the Constitution which stated that the total number of Ministers shall not exceed 15 per cent of the total strength of the House. SAD-BJP delegation also brought to the notice of the Speaker that the Congress Government had burdened the State exchequer with expenses of crores to extend Cabinet rank facilities to the new advisers. The members said this was done at a time when 25 lakh students were not getting mid-day meal, SC scholar- ships were on hold, sugarcane dues were not paid to farmers, Government employees were not getting Dearness Allowance and no money was released even for such a pious occasion like 550th parkash purb of Guru Nanak Dev. “With the appointment of the new Advisors, the total number of political appointees in the Government had risen to 27 with there being 13 advisers, four political secre- taries, nine OSDs and one chief principal secretary. Continued on Page 4 T o protest against the rising incidents of violence against them, nearly 300 Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officers, across the State, observed a pen-down strike on Wednesday wearing black badges. Virtually throwing a span- ner in the day-to-day admin- istrative work, the PCS officers abstain from work while setting 15-day deadline for the State Government to redress their grievances and accept their long-pending demands depending on which, they would decide their future course of action. The Government officials in all tehsil offices across Punjab suspended the work, while all the sub-divisional magistrates (SDM) did not attend their courts causing harassment to the general public. At the State capital, Chandigarh, the PCS officers gathered at the Mini Secretariat to air their angst against a spate of attacks targeting their fellow officers in the State. The PCS officers in all dis- trict headquarters observed a pen-down strike and wore black badges to protest against attacks on officers and raised other issues being faced by them. The PCS Officers’ Association stated that it had taken up the matter with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh and the Chief Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar but their grievances were not redressed. What triggered the protests was an incident that took place a previous week wherein Zira SDM was gheraoed by farmer organisations when he was overseeing the ongoing flood relief operations, and later the farmers tried to push his vehi- cle in the river. “Despite repeated inci- dents, nothing was done. At least nine or 10 major incidents have been reported recently in Dhuri, Nihal Singh Wala, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Zira, but the government has initiated no action and Government’s this non-seri- ous attitude has further inten- sified security problems for the officers,” an Association member told The Pioneer. The officer and Association member said that in many cases, the officers were detained and even attacked. “The offi- cers were targeted while per- forming flood relief duties and conducting fair elections,” said the officer. The Association main- tained that the protest was against our “long pending gen- uine demands” coupled with alarming rise in incidents or attacks on the officers of PCS cadre as well as “making them hostage in their offices”. “We are protesting against the attacks on dignity of our officers,” said the Association president Rajiv Gupta. Gupta said that it is believed that anti-social ele- ments and a small fringe of organised groups are involved in these attacks “but what is regrettable is that the authori- ties have not taken adequate action against these people”. “If we even ignore the minor incidents, about 10 major incidents have occurred in recent past. It’s deeply regret- ted that even blatant cases where officers have been ille- gally detained and assaulted, the Association had to approach superior authority to get an FIR registered,” said Gupta. Besides protesting against the attacks, the PCS officers have all along been demanding payment of arrears that have been pending because of pauci- ty of funds. Apart from that, they are also demanding air-condi- tioned cars and two gunmen each at their disposal. The Association president Gupta pointed that the Government has been given 15- day time to address their griev- ances and accept their long- pending demands depending on which further course of action will be decided. Gupta said that young offi- cers are getting only Rs 15,600 in first two years of their ser- vice. “The officers have to work with inadequate infra- structure and there is severe staff shortage. In addition, the officers are not being posted on their cadre posts, but still our officers, who are severely stressed, perform their duties to the best of their ability,” he said. During the pen-down strike by PCS officers all over the state, Ludhiana PCS officers appealed to the State Government to stop attack on officers, which have become quite common in the past few days. A total of 19 PCS officers gathered to register their protest and filed a written complaint to the government. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Iqbal Singh Sandhu said that officers, especially those working in the field, all over the State were feeling insecure because of the recent incidents in Moga and Zira. P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at critics who argue that the mention of words “Om” and “cow” takes India centuries back, saying they are hell-bent on damaging the country. “When some people hear the words Om and cow, they scream that the country is back to the 16th century. Such people are only destroying the nation,” Modi said at the launch of National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) in Mathura. The NACDP aims to con- trol foot and mouth disease and bacterial infection in livestock. The Centre will spend 12,652 crore to vaccinate over 600 million animals in the programme stretching up to 2030. Modi also promoted clean- liness, spoke against single- use plastic and invoked the 9/11 attack on America to indirectly condemn Pakistan for nurturing terrorism. “There is a country called Rwanda in Africa. I had gone there. In Rwanda, there is a unique programme, where the Government gives cows to vil- lages with the condition that the first female calf born to the cow is taken back and given to those who do not have a cow,” said the PM. “This way a chain operates. And their endeavour is that in Rwanda every household should have a cow. Milk pro- duction and animal rearing form the base of the economy. I have myself seen how a net- work to earn livelihood through a cow has been estab- lished there,” Modi said, adding, “But it is unfortunate that in our country the moment the word ‘Om’ falls on the ears of some people, they get alarmed.” “They also get alarmed by the word ‘cow’. They feel as if that the country has gone back to the 16th or the 17th centu- ry,” he said. T aking a cue from Gujarat, West Bengal on Wednesday refused to implement the amended Motor Vehicle Act while the Tamil Nadu Government decided to imple- ment it partially. The BJP-Shiv Sena coalition Government of Maharashtra stayed the imple- mentation the fines imposed under the amended Act and wrote to the Centre to “recon- sider” and “reduce” the fines for traffic violations through suit- able amendments. Against the backdrop of reluctance of several States to implement the new Motor Vehicle Act and instances of massive protests against it, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said States have the authority to revise fines. “MVA falls in the concur- rent list, and States as well as the Centre can revise and frame rules under the amended Act. The Government does not intend to garner revenue by increasing fines. The idea is to make roads safer and reduce the number of accidents. Are fines more important than someone’s life? You won’t be fined if you don’t break the rules,” the Minister said defend- ing the amended Act. Gadkari’s comments come after Gujarat announced to reduce traffic fines, with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani saying that the “base rate for the fines will be lower than the one pro- posed by the Union Government” and the revised fines will be implemented from September 16. While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she will not imple- ment the new law that impos- es hefty fines for traffic viola- tions, the Tamil Nadu Government decided to imple- ment it partially. Announcing the decision to stay the fines for traffic vio- lation pending the revision of rates by the Centre, Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote of the Shiv Sena said, “The fines are very high and beyond the lim- its of common people. People cannot pay so much of fine. We have asked the Central Government to reduce the fine. Till we get a reply from the Centre, we will not implement the new fines. If the reply is in the negative, we will decide our future action.” Calling the amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act “too harsh” Mamata said it was against the federal structure of the Government. “We had opposed amendments in Parliament. If we implement the Motor Vehicles Act amend- ments, it will hurt general peo- ple,” the Bengal CM, who is one of the BJP’s fiercest critics, told reporters in Kolkata. Adding that money is not the solution, Mamata said the problem needs to be looked at from the “humanitarian point of view”. Saying that accidents have come down, Mamata also added that Bengal already has the “Safe Drive Save Life” cam- paign — a flagship programme of the Bengal Government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the stake- holders in his Government are still examining the issues. Reacting to Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote’s letter, Gadkari said, “Diwakar was a part of the committee that approved the Act. During my discussion with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he didn’t mention it. I feel there’ll be no problem.” The Tamil Nadu Government said as many as 26 clauses which prescribed hefty penalty for various traffic offences are being reviewed by the Chief Minister’s office and that penalty prescribed in the Act are likely to be reduced by the Government. “The decision by a few States to cut the fine amount for a few traffic offences will be taken into account before arriv- ing at the final decision,” said a Tamil Nadu transport official. The Union Government had amended 93 clauses in Motor Vehicle Act which deals with penalties for traffic viola- tions, registration of vehicles, national transport policy and vehicle designs. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill was cleared by Parliament in July and came into effect on September 1. Under the new rules, the fine for riding a two-wheeler with- out a helmet has been upped to Rs 1,000 from Rs 100. Using cellphones while dri- ving can invite a fine between Rs 1,000-5,000 — up from Rs 1,000. For drunk driving, the fine has been hiked from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000. Speeding has a penalty anywhere between Rs 1,000- Rs 2,000.

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ... · Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Bikram Singh Majithia and BJP’s Arun Narang, apprised ... advisers in the rank of Cabinet

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

legislative party wings onWednesday asked PunjabVidhan Sabha Speaker RanaKP Singh to disqualify sevenCongress legislators for accept-ing an office of profit besidesdisqualifying and debarringfour MLAs who had resignedfrom Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for violating ‘TheRepresentation of Peoples Act’.

The delegation, led bySAD legislative party leaderParminder Singh Dhindsa andBikram Singh Majithia andBJP’s Arun Narang, apprisedthe Speaker that a grave constitutional crisis had arisen in Punjab.

“Seven Congress leaders —Raj Kumar Verka, AmarinderSingh Raja Warring, KuljitSingh Nagra, Sangat SinghGilzian, Inderbir Singh Bolaria,Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon andTarsem Singh DC — has invit-ed disqualification upon them-

selves by accepting the post ofadvisers in the rank of Cabinetor Minister of State,” the dele-gation said, adding theappointment was in violationof the 91st Amendment of theConstitution which stated thatthe total number of Ministers shall not exceed 15per cent of the total strength ofthe House.

SAD-BJP delegation alsobrought to the notice of theSpeaker that the CongressGovernment had burdenedthe State exchequer withexpenses of crores to extendCabinet rank facilities to thenew advisers.

The members said this

was done at a time when 25lakh students were not gettingmid-day meal, SC scholar-ships were on hold, sugarcanedues were not paid to farmers,Government employees werenot getting DearnessAllowance and no money wasreleased even for such a piousoccasion like 550th parkashpurb of Guru Nanak Dev.

“With the appointment ofthe new Advisors, the totalnumber of political appointeesin the Government had risento 27 with there being 13advisers, four political secre-taries, nine OSDs and onechief principal secretary.

Continued on Page 4

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To protest against the risingincidents of violence

against them, nearly 300Punjab Civil Services (PCS)officers, across the State,observed a pen-down strike on Wednesday wearingblack badges.

Virtually throwing a span-ner in the day-to-day admin-istrative work, the PCS officersabstain from work while setting15-day deadline for the StateGovernment to redress theirgrievances and accept theirlong-pending demandsdepending on which, theywould decide their futurecourse of action.

The Government officialsin all tehsil offices across Punjabsuspended the work, while allthe sub-divisional magistrates(SDM) did not attend their

courts causing harassment tothe general public.

At the State capital,Chandigarh, the PCS officersgathered at the Mini Secretariatto air their angst against a spateof attacks targeting their fellowofficers in the State.

The PCS officers in all dis-trict headquarters observed apen-down strike and woreblack badges to protest againstattacks on officers and raised other issues being facedby them.

The PCS Officers’Association stated that it hadtaken up the matter with theChief Secretary Karan AvtarSingh and the Chief PrincipalSecretary Suresh Kumar buttheir grievances were notredressed.

What triggered the protestswas an incident that took placea previous week wherein Zira

SDM was gheraoed by farmerorganisations when he wasoverseeing the ongoing floodrelief operations, and later thefarmers tried to push his vehi-cle in the river.

“Despite repeated inci-dents, nothing was done. Atleast nine or 10 major incidentshave been reported recently inDhuri, Nihal Singh Wala,Moga, Hoshiarpur, Ludhianaand Zira, but the governmenthas initiated no action andGovernment’s this non-seri-ous attitude has further inten-sified security problems forthe officers,” an Associationmember told The Pioneer.

The officer and Associationmember said that in manycases, the officers were detainedand even attacked. “The offi-cers were targeted while per-forming flood relief duties andconducting fair elections,” said

the officer.The Association main-

tained that the protest wasagainst our “long pending gen-uine demands” coupled withalarming rise in incidents orattacks on the officers of PCScadre as well as “making themhostage in their offices”.

“We are protesting against

the attacks on dignity of ourofficers,” said the Associationpresident Rajiv Gupta.

Gupta said that it isbelieved that anti-social ele-ments and a small fringe oforganised groups are involvedin these attacks “but what isregrettable is that the authori-ties have not taken adequate

action against these people”.“If we even ignore the

minor incidents, about 10major incidents have occurredin recent past. It’s deeply regret-ted that even blatant caseswhere officers have been ille-gally detained and assaulted,the Association had toapproach superior authority

to get an FIR registered,” saidGupta.

Besides protesting againstthe attacks, the PCS officershave all along been demandingpayment of arrears that havebeen pending because of pauci-ty of funds.

Apart from that, they arealso demanding air-condi-tioned cars and two gunmeneach at their disposal.

The Association presidentGupta pointed that theGovernment has been given 15-day time to address their griev-ances and accept their long-pending demands dependingon which further course ofaction will be decided.

Gupta said that young offi-cers are getting only Rs 15,600in first two years of their ser-vice. “The officers have towork with inadequate infra-structure and there is severe

staff shortage. In addition, theofficers are not being posted ontheir cadre posts, but still ourofficers, who are severelystressed, perform their duties tothe best of their ability,” he said.

During the pen-downstrike by PCS officers all overthe state, Ludhiana PCS officers appealed to the StateGovernment to stop attack onofficers, which have become quite common in thepast few days.

A total of 19 PCS officersgathered to register theirprotest and filed a writtencomplaint to the government.

Additional DeputyCommissioner (ADC) IqbalSingh Sandhu said that officers,especially those working inthe field, all over the State werefeeling insecure because of the recent incidents in Mogaand Zira.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday hit

out at critics who argue that themention of words “Om” and“cow” takes India centuriesback, saying they are hell-benton damaging the country.

“When some people hearthe words Om and cow, theyscream that the country isback to the 16th century. Suchpeople are only destroying thenation,” Modi said at the launchof National Animal DiseaseControl Programme (NACDP)in Mathura.

The NACDP aims to con-trol foot and mouth disease andbacterial infection in livestock.The Centre will spend �12,652crore to vaccinate over 600 million animals in theprogramme stretching up to 2030.

Modi also promoted clean-liness, spoke against single-use plastic and invoked the9/11 attack on America toindirectly condemn Pakistan

for nurturing terrorism.“There is a country called

Rwanda in Africa. I had gonethere. In Rwanda, there is aunique programme, where theGovernment gives cows to vil-lages with the condition thatthe first female calf born to thecow is taken back and given tothose who do not have a cow,”said the PM.

“This way a chain operates.And their endeavour is that inRwanda every householdshould have a cow. Milk pro-duction and animal rearingform the base of the economy.I have myself seen how a net-work to earn livelihoodthrough a cow has been estab-lished there,” Modi said,adding, “But it is unfortunatethat in our country themoment the word ‘Om’ falls onthe ears of some people, theyget alarmed.”

“They also get alarmed bythe word ‘cow’. They feel as ifthat the country has gone backto the 16th or the 17th centu-ry,” he said.

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Taking a cue from Gujarat,West Bengal on Wednesday

refused to implement theamended Motor Vehicle Actwhile the Tamil NaduGovernment decided to imple-ment it partially. The BJP-ShivSena coalition Government ofMaharashtra stayed the imple-mentation the fines imposedunder the amended Act andwrote to the Centre to “recon-sider” and “reduce” the fines fortraffic violations through suit-able amendments.

Against the backdrop ofreluctance of several States toimplement the new MotorVehicle Act and instances ofmassive protests against it,Road Transport Minister NitinGadkari said States have theauthority to revise fines.

“MVA falls in the concur-rent list, and States as well asthe Centre can revise and framerules under the amended Act.The Government does notintend to garner revenue byincreasing fines. The idea is tomake roads safer and reducethe number of accidents. Arefines more important thansomeone’s life? You won’t befined if you don’t break therules,” the Minister said defend-

ing the amended Act. Gadkari’s comments come

after Gujarat announced toreduce traffic fines, with ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani sayingthat the “base rate for the fineswill be lower than the one pro-posed by the UnionGovernment” and the revisedfines will be implemented fromSeptember 16.

While West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeesaid that she will not imple-ment the new law that impos-es hefty fines for traffic viola-tions, the Tamil NaduGovernment decided to imple-

ment it partially.Announcing the decision

to stay the fines for traffic vio-lation pending the revision ofrates by the Centre,Maharashtra TransportMinister Diwakar Raote of theShiv Sena said, “The fines arevery high and beyond the lim-its of common people. Peoplecannot pay so much of fine. Wehave asked the CentralGovernment to reduce the fine.Till we get a reply from theCentre, we will not implementthe new fines. If the reply is inthe negative, we will decide ourfuture action.”

Calling the amendments inthe Motor Vehicles Act “tooharsh” Mamata said it wasagainst the federal structure ofthe Government. “We hadopposed amendments inParliament. If we implementthe Motor Vehicles Act amend-ments, it will hurt general peo-ple,” the Bengal CM, who is oneof the BJP’s fiercest critics, toldreporters in Kolkata.

Adding that money is notthe solution, Mamata said theproblem needs to be looked atfrom the “humanitarian pointof view”. Saying that accidentshave come down, Mamata also

added that Bengal already hasthe “Safe Drive Save Life” cam-paign — a flagship programmeof the Bengal Government.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said the stake-holders in his Government arestill examining the issues.

Reacting to MaharashtraTransport Minister DiwakarRaote’s letter, Gadkari said,“Diwakar was a part of thecommittee that approved theAct. During my discussion with Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis, he didn’t

mention it. I feel there’ll be noproblem.”

The Tamil NaduGovernment said as many as 26clauses which prescribed heftypenalty for various trafficoffences are being reviewed bythe Chief Minister’s office andthat penalty prescribed in theAct are likely to be reduced bythe Government.

“The decision by a fewStates to cut the fine amount fora few traffic offences will betaken into account before arriv-ing at the final decision,” said

a Tamil Nadu transport official.The Union Government

had amended 93 clauses inMotor Vehicle Act which dealswith penalties for traffic viola-tions, registration of vehicles,national transport policy andvehicle designs.

The Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Bill was clearedby Parliament in July and cameinto effect on September 1.Under the new rules, the finefor riding a two-wheeler with-out a helmet has been upped toRs 1,000 from Rs 100.

Using cellphones while dri-ving can invite a fine betweenRs 1,000-5,000 — up from Rs1,000. For drunk driving, thefine has been hiked from Rs2,000 to Rs 10,000. Speedinghas a penalty anywherebetween Rs 1,000- Rs 2,000.

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Ninety Three MoUs were signed bythe Himachal Government to

attract investment worth �2,219 croreduring the mini conclave of proposedglobal investor’s meet held onWednesday at Manali with 63 of themfor tourism sector only with investmentof �1,500 crore.

Presiding over the mini conclavewhich was attended by the entrepre-neurs from Himachal Pradesh andother States, Chief Minister Jai RamThakur said the State Government hasconducted three international roadshows in Germany, Netherlands andUAE and six domestic roadshows inDelhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai,Ahmedabad and Chandigarh where positive response was receivedfrom business community to invest inthe State.

Thakur said the State Governmenthas adopted holistic approach to attractinvestment and Himachal Pradesh wasnow ranked top among fast mover’s cat-egory in ease of doing reforms.

The Single Window Monitoring andClearance Authority of the State reflectstrong commitment of the Government to ensuring efficiency,transparency, timeliness and accountability in providing services to investors.

The Chief Minister said till date asmany as 419 MoUs have been signed indifferent sectors with an investment of�41,000 crore.

He added the mini conclave ofGlobal Investor’s Meet being organisedat Manali aims at listening to the prob-lems of entrepreneurs and businessmanof our State and ensuring their redres-sal so that they could leverage the maximum benefits of Global Investors Meet.

Health and Family Welfare MinisterVipin Singh Parmar, Industries MinisterBikram Singh Thakur and ForestMinister Govind Thakur also spoke onthe occasion.

Chief Secretary Shrikant Baldi saidthe focus of the Conclave has beentourist, health and wellness.

NINE COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED FOR GLOBAL

INVESTOR’S MEETTo facilitate the smooth organisa-

tion of Himachal Pradesh GlobalInvestor’s Meet being organised atDharamshala on 7-8 November, thestate government on Wednesday con-stituted nine committees. These includeorganising, hospitality and protocol,transport, city beautification and clean-liness, media, exhibition, cultural, secu-rity, fire services and emergency andlocal organising committee.

In addition to this, specific work hasbeen assigned to four professionalagencies namely Confederation ofIndian Industry (CII) as NationalPartner, Ernst and Young LLP asKnowledge Partner, SquareCommunication Ltd. as Media Partnerand Integrated Conference and EventManagement (ICE) as Event Partner.

The professional agencies havebeen entrusted with the planning,designing and implementation of var-ious components of the Meet as pertheir mandate. The respective commit-tees would take their assistance in dis-charge of the work assigned to them.

The organising committee has beenconstituted in the chairmanship ofChief Secretary to ensure general super-vision and co-ordination of all activitiesof the Global Investor’s Meet. It will alsoliaison with the Prime Minister’s office,other Ministries, countries and statesand Ambassadors.

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Former Union Minister BandaruDattatreya on Wednesday took oath

as Himachal Pradesh Governor onWednesday, succeeding Kalraj Mishra.

Dattatreya, 72, was Minister ofState for Labour and Employment in theBJP Government headed by NarendraModi in 2014, and was part of the AtalBihari Vajpayee Cabinet earlier. He isHill State’s 27th Governor.

Mishra, the previous HimachalPradesh Governor, is now newRajasthan Governor.

Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary,Judge of HP High Court administeredthe oath of office and secrecy to him.Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, hisCabinet colleagues and top officials ofthe state Government were present onthe occasion.

The Governor was also given animpressive Guard of Honour on theoccasion. Chief Secretary Shrikant

Baldi read out the warrant of appoint-ment. Secretary to Governor RakeshKanwar obtained signature of theGovernor on thecharge certificate.

Talking toreporters, theGovernor saidHimachal Pradesh isknown as the land ofGods and also identi-fied as Veer Bhoomi.

The State has hightraditions, rich cultureand customs, whichmakes this mountain-ous region apart fromothers.

“I consider it myprivilege to have achance to work as aGovernor in thisHimalayan State close to the nature,”he said.

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The Central Governmenthas gave its nod for a spe-

cial express train connectingNew Delhi with SultanpurLodhi to cater to the large num-ber of pilgrims expected toconverge at the historic townduring the 550th prakash purb celebrations of GuruNanak Dev.

The Union Ministry ofRailways has decided to run theNew Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdias an Inter-city Express tillLohian Khas from October 4,2019, stopping at SultanpurLodhi, five days a week.

The decision comes inresponse to a letter fromPunjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh to theRailways Ministry, seeking anew express train to com-memorate the 550th prakashpurb of the first Sikh Guru.

The inter-city expresswould leave New Delhi RailwayStation at 7 am and reachSultanpur Lodhi at 2:40 pm viaLudhiana and Jalandhar. Itwould depart for its returnjourney from Lohian Khas at3:35 pm and would reach NewDelhi at 11 pm.

Notably, the StateGovernment has also request-ed the Railways Ministry to runother special trains toSultanpur Lodhi, where thefirst Sikh Guru had attainedenlightenment and had spentalmost 17 years of his life, tofacilitate millions of pilgrims

expected to converge here forpaying their obeisance.

The Ministry is expected torun both short distance intra-state and long distance inter-state special trains for pilgrimsto enable them to travel toSultanpur Lodhi, beginningNovember 1, 2019, said a

spokesperson of the ChiefMinister’s Office. The Railwaysis also upgrading the SultanpurLodhi Railway Station, withwork on it expected to becompleted before the historiccelebrations scheduled to beheld in November, thespokesperson pointed out.

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The Haryana Assembly elec-tions, expected to be held

next month, will see 1.83 crorevoters exercise their franchise.

To increase the voting per-centage, a special campaign willbe launched by the Office ofHaryana Chief ElectoralOfficer under which eachpolling booth in everyAssembly Constituency willbe covered.

This came out in a reviewmeeting on preparations for theAssembly elections in Haryanaorganised by the ElectionCommission of India here onWednesday. The meeting waschaired by Senior DeputyElection Commissioner,Election Commission of IndiaSandeep Saxena. DirectorGeneral (Election Expenditure)of the ECI, Dilip Sharma wasalso present in the meeting.

During the meeting,Saxena directed the officials tomake special arrangements forthe disabled voters to enablethem to cast their vote at the

polling station so that they donot face any problem on theday of polling. He said effortsshould be made to provide suchfacilities in urban areas as wellas small towns.

He also directed the offi-cers to keep a close check onthe election expenditure inVidhan Sabha. Apart from this,web casting should be carriedout on more than 10 per centof the total polling booths.

He said that to increase thevoting percentage, activitiesunder the SVEEP campaignshould be increased andbesides, a management planshould be prepared to ensurethe smooth functioning of theelection process.

Apart from this, the PoliceDepartment has been directedto set up police check-post indistricts adjoining borders withadjoining States so that there

should be no trouble. He alsodirected the officers to holdmeetings with the officials ofsuch states and UT’s.

In the meeting, HaryanaChief Electoral Officer, AnuragAggarwal, said a special cam-paign is being run to makefemale voters aware, so thatthey can exercise their fran-chise in the Assembly elections.

Apart from this, collegestudents, who are 18-19 yearsold, are also being made awareto cast their vote. He said thatif anyone has not got his or hervote made till now and theyhave attained the age of 18years or above as on January 1,2019, they should get their votemade at the earliest.

Aggarwal said the secondspecial summary revision of thephoto electoral roll has beendone and after the process ofaddition and deletion of thenames of voters, the total num-ber of voters in Haryana is1,82,98,714. The copy of thisvoter list has been given to allthe representatives of all polit-ical parties.

It was informed in themeeting that in order toincrease the percentage offemale voters in districtsFaridabad, Mewat, Palwal, Jind,Sirsa, Yamunanagar andPanchkula, the DistrictElectoral Officers concernedhave been directed to motivatefemale voters to get their votesmade.

Additional DirectorGeneral of Police and StateNodal Officer for AssemblyElections, Navdeep Singh Virkmade a presentation for theAssembly elections in which heinformed that 258 police checkposts have been set up in the State.

He informed that 38 armshave been confiscated, 40,862licence arms have been deposit-ed, 156 persons have beenarrested and 120 persons havebeen bound. He informed thatthe schedule for border meet-ing has been made and thesemeetings will soon be held. Heinformed that 268 blocks willbe set up in the areas adjoiningneighboring States.

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Ahead of the Assembly polls,Congress has formed cam-

paign and election committeesfor Haryana with formerMinister Ajay Singh Yadavheading the campaign paneland State Congress chiefKumari Selja heading the election panel.

The two committees havetop Congress leaders from theState, including CLP leaderand former Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda andformer PCC Chief AshokTanwar, as their members.

The campaign committeeheaded by Yadav will have Dilu Ram Bazigar as itsconvener.

The 46 other members ofthe committee include Selja,Hooda, Tanwar, KiranChaudhary, Randeep SinghSurjewala, A C Chaudhary,

Phool Chand Mullana, KuldeepBishnoi, Kuldeep Sharma,Deepinder Singh Hooda, GeetaBukkal and Shruti Chaudhary.

The election committee,with Selja as chairperson, willhave 28 other members.

They include BhupinderSingh Hooda, Tanwar,Surjewala, Kiran Chaudhary,Kuldeep Bishnoi, H S Chatha,Ajay Singh Yadav, Phool ChandMullana, Kuldeep Sharma,

Deepinder Hooda, Karan SinghDalal, Savitri Jindal.

The party is getting intoelection mode and putting itsact in place to take on ManoharLal Khattar-led BJPGovernment. The party hadrecently replaced its PCC chiefwith Selja taking over fromTanwar. Bhupinder Hooda hasalso been made CLP leader andchairman of election manage-ment committee.

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1984 batch Haryana cadreIAS officer Navraj Sandhu

who has recently been appoint-ed as Additional ChiefSecretary (Home) says that allthe preparations regardingState Assembly elections arebeing done by following theguidelines of ElectionCommission of India. Police isbusy identifying the ‘critical’and ‘vulnerable’ polling stationsand polling booths across theState. A proposal regardingdeployment of Central ArmedPolice Forces (CAPF) to beneeded during Assembly elec-tion in the State will be sent tocentral government to ensurepeaceful election. She said dis-trict police officers have beendirected to take prompt actionon the issues related to crimeand law and order arising outof local politics.

With Sandhu’s appoint-ment as Home Secretary, it’s thefirst time that women officershold all three top importantposts of the State administra-tion. Recently, Keshni AnandArora was appointed as ChiefSecretary of the State. Sandhuis next to Arora in the senior-ity list of IAS officers in the

state. Her retirement is due inNovember this year.

Moreover, as per reports,more than 2,700 booths wereidentified as sensitive. Videocameras and CCTV cameraswere installed for monitoringthe election process. TheHaryana Police in the pastthree years have, on an average,recovered almost six illegalpistols a day. This is in additionto unlawful guns, revolvers,country-made weapons, dou-ble-barrelled guns and riflesrecovered by the police.

As Haryana gears up forthe Assembly elections,Intelligence and law enforce-ment agencies are anxious overthe abnormally high number ofillegal firearms in the state, pre-dominantly because of the inci-dents of firing and brazen dis-play of arms by gangsters onsocial networking sites. In anexclusive interview with ThePioneer , Home SecretarySandhu reveals State’s prepara-tions for the Assembly polls.Excerpts from the interview:

The date of Assembly electionwill be declared by theElection Commission of Indiaanytime now. Have you com-pleted all the preparations

regarding elections? Howchallenging the HaryanaAssembly election is going to be?

I do not know when theelection date will be declared.But as per the guidelines of theElection Commission, all thenecessary steps are being taken.Law and order in the state isunder control. Senior policeofficers have been directed to

intensify police patrolling andgo for constant checking of theinter-district and inter-stateposts apart from putting policeteam active and alert.

How many polling boothsand polling centres are sensi-tive and ultra sensitive in the State?

The sensitivity of pollingbooths during election depends

on various fac-tors like crimegraph, commu-nal tensions,

political turmoiland character of the

candidates. The district policeheads have been directed to tryall means to keep things undercontrol as far as the sensitiveand ultra- sensitive pollingbooths are concerned. Policemust act in accordance with therecords of the past elections.

How many companies ofCentral Police forces the Statewould be needed to conduct free and fairAssembly election?

The police officers weredirected to estimate number ofpolice personnel which will bedeployed in the Assembly elec-tion. They need to estimatenumber of additional policeforces which will be deployedin sensitive polling stationsand ultra-sensitive pollingbooths for peaceful conduct ofthe election. Additionally,police have been directed to bealert over the political partiesinciting trouble ahead of theelection, seeking mileage fromthem. Police have been direct-ed to make final report on

identification of critical andvulnerable polling booths andpolling centres. Apart fromthis, they have been directed toprepare data on polling centres,deployment of police forcesand demand of more policeforces so that things can besorted out methodically.

What are the preventive stepsbeing taken ahead ofAssembly polls?

To ensure smooth conductof the Vidhan Sabha elections,Haryana Police have alreadylaunched a crackdown onwanted criminals and notori-ous elements in the state. Thisdrive has been aimed at arrest-ing criminals and to unearthillicit arms/liquor/narcotic sub-stances throughout the State.All the Commissioners ofPolice and districtSuperintendents of Police havebeen directed to nail down thewarrantees, other criminalsand notorious elements in theirrespective areas. This wouldhelp in keeping the crimeunder check and put the crim-inals behind bars. The specialdrive has also been focused onarrest of proclaimed offenders,bail jumpers, parole or furloughjumpers, most-wanted crimi-

nals, convicts who have notsurrendered after rejection oftheir appeals by differentcourts, bad characters,unearthing of illicit arms,seizure of illicit liquor andnarcotics substances and exe-cution of non bailable warrants.All out efforts were being madeto prevent and control heinouscrime by intensifying policepatrolling and maintain vigi-lance in the State. Police willcontinue to vigorously enforcethe law, pursue the campaignagainst drugs and preventcrimes to ensure safety andsecurity of people.

Illegal drugs and liquor isbeing used during elections.What steps have you taken toput a check on it?

In line with the govern-ment’s commitment to makeHaryana a drug-free state, thestate Police have registered 166cases and arrested 254 personsunder NDPS Act in Fatehabaddistrict alone between June 1and August 31, 2019. Hugequantity of drugs worth croresof rupees has also been seizedduring this period. The seniorpolice officers have alreadybeen directed to intensifypolice patrolling and go for

constant checking of the inter-district and inter-state posts.

It has been seen that politicalparties are using all means towin the election. Money andmuscle power are commonlyused. What are the steps beingtaken regarding this issue?

Various departments areinvolved in conducting peace-ful election in the state. Likeother departments would exe-cute their works, Police depart-ment will also ensure that noillegal activities are being doneby anyone.

What are the other steps havebeen taken regarding peacefulelections?

Instruction had been earli-er issued for district policechiefs that the police station offi-cers would conduct verificationdrives in hotels, other com-mercial establishments and res-idences in various localities tostop undesirable elements fromstaying in their jurisdiction.Besides, they would be alert atthe places known as commu-nally vulnerable. The policeofficers have been directed toensure fool-proof security atmarkets, bus stands, railwaystations, cinemas and the like.

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Ahead of the Assembly elec-tions, Haryana Chief

Minister Manohar Lal Khattaron Wednesday made a series ofannouncements to woo theelectorate at the last moment.

Addressing a news confer-ence, Khattar launched twoschemes named ChiefMinister’s Vyapari NidhiDurghatna Bima Yogana andChief Minister’s VyapariKshatipurti Yojana for traderswho are paying Goods andServices Tax (GST).

Under the Chief Minister’sVyapari Nidhi Durghatna BimaYogana, around four lakhmedium class traders would be covered. Under ChiefMinister’s Vyapari KshatipurtiYojana, traders would be paidfrom Rs 5 lakh to 25 lakh oftheir damaged goods due totheft, accident, fire and othernatural disasters.

Around 3.13 lakh benefi-ciaries will be covered underthe above scheme in the state.Both schemes were launchedby clicking on the computer bythe Chief Minister.

Khattar said that the farm-ers having less than two acres

of land will covered underAyushman Bharat Scheme.People belong to all the cate-gories who are having annualincome less than Rs 1.80 lakh,will get the benefit ofAyushman Bharat Scheme.About 25 lakh families will be

covered in Haryana. The Bal Gadaria commu-

nity has been categorised asScheduled Caste. Due to mis-takes by the previous govern-ments it was categorised asBackward Caste.

The salaries of rural-urban

sanitation workers have beenincreased. Now urban sanita-tion workers would get 15,000in place of 13, 500. Rural san-itation workers would get12.500 in place of 11, 000 permonth. Rural Chowkidar willbe covered under EPF.

Salaries of Anganwadiworkers have been increased.

Guest Teachers will not beremoved till 58 years apart

from this, they would get three3 per cent DA, he added.

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The Haryana Governmenton Wednesday said it has

given relief to the dairy farm-ers and will give a waiver of Rs1,268 crore on milk cess.

“This decision will helpthe plants in their day-to-dayworking capital requirementand also to buy more milk atbetter price, which will bringmore prosperity to the farmers,”an official spokesman said.

The spokesman said thereis a plan to introduce a “One-time Settlement” of past duesof Milk Cess levied on milkplants in the State. The default-er entity may be permitted topay the pending principalamount of Milk Cess due alongwith simple interest calculated

@ 12 per cent (from the date ofdefault) for receiving the ben-efits of the scheme.

It is further proposed that50 per cent of amount due(principal and interest) shouldbe paid by the company con-

cerned within 60 days and thebalance should be paid withinsix months in six equal install-ments, failing which, 15 percent simple interest would becharged on the balanceamount, he added.

Chandigarh: Haryana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattarlost his cool when a BJP work-er tried to place a crown on hishead even as he held an axeduring a rally last week. The incident, however came tonotice only on Wednesdaythrough a viral video.

“I will chop your head off,”an irritated Khattar is heardsaying in a video clip, whichhas also come to the notice ofthe opposition Congress. Thevideo was tweeted by seniorCongress leader RandeepSingh Surjewala on

Wednesday.Khattar, replying to a ques-

tion in a press conferenceabout the video, said the partyhad ended such culture aftercoming to power. “If someone,especially my party worker,tries to place a silver crown onmy head, I will get angry andwill not tolerate it. We haveended this culture after com-ing to power,” he said, addingthat the party worker did nothave to feel bad about it.

In the clip, Khattar, stand-ing atop an open mini-truck,was seen getting annoyed after

an unidentified supporter triedplacing the crown on his headduring his recent ‘’JanAshirwad Yatra’’.

Holding axe in his hand,which was given to him bysomeone from the public, theCM told the worker, “Gardankaat doonga teri” (I will chopyour head off). Surjewala tooka swipe at him, asking why hewas getting angry. “Anger andarrogance is bad for health. Heis telling his own supporter,‘’gardan kaat doonga teri’’. Whatwill you do with public then,”he asked in the tweet. PNS

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The UT Administration andthe civic body on

Wednesday launched “Plastic Free Chandigarh” cam-paign here.

Under the campaign, var-ious activities would be organ-ised across the city to encour-age the citizens to completelydiscard the usage of plastic.

Manoj Kumar Parida,adviser to the UTAdministrator launched thecampaign ‘Plastic FreeChandigarh’ under theSwachchhata hi Sewa programme, here at CentralPlaza, Sector 17.

A mass awareness cam-paign against the use of plasticunder the theme “Plastic MuktBharat” would be conductedthroughout the city.

During the campaign dif-ferent programmes would beconducted in three phases i.e.from September 11 to October1 focusing on awareness pro-grammes, “Shramdaan” asmass movement on October 2in the second phase and recy-cle or disposal of collectedplastic waste, leading to a plas-tic free Diwali programmesfrom October 3 to October 22in the third phase.

While addressing thestakeholders, the Adviserstressed upon the need to abol-ish plastic from daily routinelife. He said the ban on plasticitems cannot be successfulwithout cooperation of public.

The adviser also launchedselfie competition, signaturecampaign against the use ofplastic in the city. In addition,a display van was flagged off,which will roam throughout

city to encourage citizens not touse plastic items.

KK Yadav, MCCCommissioner informed thatthe awareness campaigns ofMCC will focus to ensure allcoming festivals are zero-wasteand plastic free events to make“Plastic Free Chandigarh”.

He said each and everystakeholder of the city will beinvolved in this campaign.Seminars would be organisedin schools, colleges and othereducational institutions.Volunteers of NSS, NCC,Scouts & Guide would beroped in this mass campaign.

A mass level programmewould be conducted onOctober 2 to take pledge for aplastic waste free city and orga-nize “Shramdaan” for plasticwaste collection. One day ofevery month will be earmarkedas “Plastic Free day” inChandigarh, he added.

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SAD president Sukhbir Badalon Wednesday demanded a

formal apology from theUnited Kingdom Governmentfor the unprovoked firing onunarmed civilians trapped inthe walls of the JallianwalaBagh in Amritsar 100 yearsback which led to the massacreof more than 400 people andsevere injuries to another onethousand.

Appreciating the unequiv-ocal apology offered by theArchbishop of CanterburyJustin Welby during his visit toJallianwala Bagh a day before,Sukhbir said that it was hightime that the BritishGovernment apologized forthis ghastly act.

He said that this was theneed of the hour when thenation was observing the cen-tenary of the massacre which

had left a permanent scar onIndia’s national psyche.

Sukhbir said that theArchbishop of Canterbury hadmade a personal apology bystating he was ashamed as areligious leader and Christianfor the killing of peacefullygathered people by the BritishIndian army led by BrigadierGeneral Reginald Dyer.

“This is also the opinion ofordinary citizens of Britain. Ithink the time has come for theBritish Government to recog-nize this sentiment and profferan apology which is already acentury overdue,” he added.

From Page 1We feel that if the Chief

Minister feels the need ofappointing Advisors fromMLAs, he should reshuffle hisCabinet by dropping non-per-formers and inducting theseseven MLAs while keeping inview the 15 percent ceilinglimit,” the delegation added.

On the issue of four AAPMLAs who had resigned fromthe party’s primary member-ship, they said that the legisla-tors had violated ‘The

Representation of Peoples Act’as the Tenth schedule says that“a member of a House belong-ing to any political party shallbe disqualified for being amember of the House if he hasvoluntarily given up his mem-bership of such a politicalparty”.

The representation saidthat all the four legislators hadresigned as primary membersof AAP.

It said that three MLAs —Sukhpal Singh Khaira repre-senting Bholath assembly seg-ment, Nazar Singh Manshahiafrom Mansa and Master BaldevSingh from Jaito — resignedfrom AAP eight months backin January 2019, while AmarjitSingh Sandoa had resigned inMay 2019.

They said that there was noambiguity about the resigna-tions or subsequent actions ofMLAs. “Khaira and MasterBaldev Singh formed a newpolitical party called Punjab Ekta Party (PEP) whileMansahia and Sandoa had joined the Congress party,”he said.

The representation saidthat there should not be two setof rules while pointing outthat the Karnataka andHaryana Speakers had takenaction and disqualified legisla-tors who had switched partieswithin a time bound period.

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The Mountain Strike Corpsraised recently to meet any

threat from China in the eastwill carry out its first exercisewith its Integrated BattleGroups (IBG) in parts ofArunachal Pradesh and Assamin October.

The one-and-a-half-month-long drill named 'HimVijay' will see the Army assess-ing the operational efficiency ofthe Strike Corps to fight ininaccessible terrain and theIAF will provide support interms of air lifting troops fromneighbouring states.

The nod for the MountainStrike Corps was given by theCabinet Committee onSecurity(CCS)in 2013 and theprocess of raising began there-after with its headquarters atPanagarh in West Bengal. Thefirst ever exercise of the Corpshaving about 40,000 troopswill help the Army to evaluateits performance. With theIBGs playing a crucial role inthe drill, the Corps will later berestructured into small units tomove swiftly in the mountainsand fight modern day war.

The first IBG was raised inthe north facing Pakistan andafter successfully meeting allparameters during an exercisein the plains of Punjab,Jammuand Rajasthan in June, theunit will be functional by thismonth end and three othersIBGs will be in place sometimelater. Each IBG has about 5,000soldiers and the main objectiveis to operate jointly in terms ofthe tanks, artillery and infantry

instead of fighting in silos,sources said here onWednesday. The idea of hav-ing smaller and meaner IBGsis the brainchild of Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat.

The forthcoming exercisewill see more than 15,000troops of three IBGs, part of theMountain Strike Corps, carry-ing out drills both offensive anddefensive using artillery, tanksand infantry. While tanks willplay a limited role given themountainous terrain, the eval-uators will keenly watch theperformance of the artilleryand infantry.

Moreover, the IAF willprovide support by airliftingtroops from Assam and otherparts in AN-32s, C-17s and C-130Js besides helicopters tosimulate realistic battle sce-nario, officials said adding the

IBGs are trained to be ready foroperations within 24 hours.The main objective of havingsuch small units was to cutdown the time in mobilizationthereby losing the surprise ele-ment.

These composite units arelikely to be headed by a MajorGeneral rank officer and will beequipped to perform offensiveand defensive roles. While theoffensive action means makingquick and effective thrust intothe enemy territory stealthily,the defence role will see theseunits guarding its own territo-ry in case of retaliatory actionfrom across the border.

Each unit, both in defen-sive and offensive formationswill have six battalions(onebattalion has 1,000 men)trained to fight in a synergisedmanner.

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While the BJP and theGovernment on

Wednesday defended UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman’s claim that theautomobile industry was takinga hit due to millennials’ pref-erence for using ride-sharingapps such as Uber or Olainstead of buying cars, RSS out-fit Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) sought to protestagainst what it said wasGovernment's "wrong eco-nomic" policies leading toeconomic slowdown, unem-ployment and slowdown inthe auto-sector.

BJP Vice-PresidentBaijayant Panda said emer-gence of cab services didimpact the automobile sector

but argued that some newentrants in the auto sectors aredoing very well even thoughthere is a slowdown for someestablished brands.

Deflecting the attackagainst economic slowdown,the BJP leader said Congresswas in no position to criticizeeconomy under the presentdispensation. He said UPA-1received a very healthy econo-my from the Vajpayee era butworsened it on account of its"mismanagement".

He said many sectorsincluding the IT are doingvery well and pointed toAmazon opening a centre inHyderabad and giving jobs to15000 people. Panda attributedexternal factors like globalslowdown impacting theIndian economy.

Coming to Sitharaman'srescue, Minister of RoadTransport and Highways NitinGadkari said the FinanceMinister's statement on theslowdown in the auto sectorcontributed by Ola and Uberwas misinterpreted.

Elaborating on the slow-down, Gadkari said that there

were a number of other reasonsfor the auto industry witness-ing discouraging volumesmonth-on-month. He said thatthe switch to e-rickshawsslowed down the sale of ICEauto rickshaws, while anothercontributor was the improve-ment in public transport acrossthe country.

He further pointed outwhat the Finance Ministeractually said was that, "there area lot of reasons for the slow-down, and Ola, Uber are one ofthose reasons."

But contrary to the BJP andthe Transport Minister'sdefence, RSS outfit BMSblamed the government's"wrong policies" for the eco-nomic slowdown , particular-ly in the auto-sector.

News Agency ANI quoted

BMS president Saji Narayananas saying that the governmentwas working in a "different par-adigm" and things would notchange unless the dispensationcomes out of it.

Narayanan said that theBMS attack on the governmentis limited to LPG-Liberalisation, Privatisationand Globalisation-reforms."Government is working inthis framework only which iswrong. The government has tocome out of the LPG para-digm," the BMS president wasquoted as saying.

BMS is to organise anationwide awareness pro-gramme from September 25 toOctober 2 on the current slow-down, including that in theautomobile sector .

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The AppointmentsCommittee of the Cabinet

(ACC) on Wednesdayapproved two key appoint-ments - PK Mishra as PrincipalSecretary and PK Sinha asPrincipal Adviser to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

Mishra, a veteran bureau-crat from Gujarat cadre, wasworking as AdditionalPrincipal Secretary to PM fromMay 2014 while Sinha was

functioning as OSD in thePrime Minister's Office afterretiring as Cabinet Secretaryrecently.

The post of principal sec-retary to the PM fell vacantafter Nripendra Misraexpressed his desire to leave the

post and continued tillThursday.

Pramod Kumar Mishra(PK Mishra) had already beengiven Cabinet Rank in June andwas handling senior level post-ing and transfers. He wasAgriculture and Cooperation

Secretary and belongs to the1972 Batch IAS from Gujaratcadre. He hails from Odisha.

Recently, he was conferredwith the United NationsSASAKAWA Award 2019, themost prestigious internationalaward in disaster management.Mishra has a Ph.D inEconomics/DevelopmentStudies from the University ofSussex, M.A. in DevelopmentEconomics at the University ofSussex as also M.A. inEconomics with a first class at the Delhi School ofEconomics.

Pradeep Kumar Sinha (PKSinha) is a 1977 batch IAS fromUttar Pradesh cadre. He wasPower Secretary and ShippingSecretary before becomingCabinet Secretary in May 2015.

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Days after suggesting hisparty against demonising

Prime Minister Narendra Modiall the time, Congress leaderJairam Ramesh on Wednesdaytook a swipe at the ModiGovernment over the proposedban on use of single use plas-tic, saying it will only grabheadlines and “mask” thisregime’s true environmentalrecord.

“As Environment Minister Iresisted blanket ban on use ofsingle-use plastic. Plastic indus-try employs lakhs and the realproblem is how we dispose andrecycle waste,” he said on Twitter.

The former Environmentminister said the real problemwas how to dispose of and recy-cle plastic waste.

He also tagged a mediareport claiming that a completeban on plastic by the Modi gov-ernment was not a good idea as

the economy was facing aslowdown.

"The ban will only grabheadlines, home and abroad,and mask the Modi regime'strue environmental record,"he also said.

Prime Minister NarendraModi had suggested the controlon use of plastics whileaddressing the COP(Conference of Parties) here.Modi government's "blanketban on plastics at this moment

of economic slowdown is a badidea," Ramesh added.

In an event recently,Ramesh saidModi's governancemodel is not a "complete neg-ative story" and not recognis-ing his work and demonisinghim all the time is not going tohelp. He said it is time werecognise Modi's work andwhat he did between 2014 and2019 due to which he wasvoted back to power by over "30per cent of the electorate".

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India’s first environmentschool — World Environ-

ment School — is all set to beopened in Coorg, Karnataka. Itwill also be the first school inentire South Asia to take a lead-ing role in promoting anddelivering environmental edu-cation with sustainability at itscore. Spread over a hundredacres across the beautiful hillsof Coorg, the school's focus willbe to build strong environ-mental and moral valuesamong its students.

Mobius Foundation, anon-profit organization work-ing towards environmental sus-tainability, in partnership withthe UK-based Whitgift Schoolannounced the launch of thisinitiative at InternationalConference on SustainableEducation.

"WESc will be operationalfrom 2021 for Grade 6 to 12students from India andaround the world. The school will cater to the par-ents who want the next gen-eration to be actively involvedin the protection and sus-tainability of the environ-ment apart from a world-

class education," said PradipBurman, Chairman, MobiusFoundation.

WESc will offer an inter-national curriculum with affil-iation from Cambridge

Assessments and InternationalBaccalaureate.

"The need for environ-mental education is growing rapidly as the degra-dation of the environment is

taking place at a fast pace andwe have taken a lead role inthis direction by launchingIndia's first environmentschool," said Chris Ramsay,Head Master, Whitgift.

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Various jackets along withportraits of the Prime

Minister, 576 shawls, 964angavastrams, 88 pagris andvarious other artworks giftedto Narendra Modi in the pastsix months would go under thehammer in an e-auction start-ing September 14.

Union Culture MinisterPrahlad Singh Patel said onWednesday that the auctionwill continue till October 3 onthe portal www.pmmemen-tos.gov.in.

Prices for the artefacts willrange from Rs 200 to Rs 2.5lakh as base prices and are cur-rently on display in theNational Gallery of ModernArt (NGMA) in the nationalcapital.

Gifts and the proceedswould go towards the govern-ment's Namame Gange project,Patel said.

Overall, there are a total of2,772 objects, including por-traits of Modi, artworks, tur-bans, shawls, swords, figurinesof cows and religious idols.These will be available for atleast a month in the e-auction,

the minister said.Patel added that the objects

displayed at the NGMA wouldbe changed every 15 days. "Thereserve price set for the objectsstarts at Rs 20 and goes up to Rs 2.50 lakh for a silk print withthe Prime Minister's face," he

said.While most gifts that will

be auctioned have been givento the Prime Minister byIndians, ranging from politicalleaders to religious groups toindustry, there are a handful ofobjects gifted by countries in

the neighbourhood, an NGMAofficial said.

This would be the secondsuch e-auction of gifts given toModi organised by the Union Culture Ministry, thelast one being from January 27to February 9.

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cedures (SOPs) in the CrimeManual in order to sync themwith the changes in thePrevention of Corruption Act,Criminal Procedure Code andSupreme Court orders.

The move is being takenafter nearly 14 years as theCrime Manual was last updat-ed in 2005.

A team under AdditionalDirector Praveen Sinha is onthe job to make the changes inthe manual for the last 10months and may finalise itsoon, agency officials said.

The Crime Manual of theCBI is a collection of standardoperating procedures for itsofficials to approach investiga-tions and other related aspects.

"The manual was lastupdated in 2005 since thenthere have been changes in thePrevention of Corruption Act,Criminal Procedure Codebesides directives from theSupreme Court. The cybercrime has also become preva-

lent since then which requirescompletely new sets of proce-dures," a CBI spokespersonsaid.

International dimensionsin the white collar crimes arebecoming more pronouncedand the agency is also receiv-

ing lot more requests from theglobal agencies seeking coop-eration which needs to beincorporated in the manual,another top agency officialsaid.

The manual was last updat-ed in 2005 when changesbrought about by the VineetNarain Judgment of theSupreme Court in 1997,Information Technology Act,2000, Central VigilanceCommission Act, 2003,Securities and Exchange Boardof India Act, 1994, and a hostof other laws were incorporat-ed into the manual.

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The Supreme Court warnedthe homebuyers of now

defunct Amrapali Group onWednesday that their unwill-ingness to pay the outstandingdues may lead to winding up ofthe stalled projects due tofinancial crunch.

The top court cleared themodalities by which the home-

buyers can be put to notice forclearing outstanding amountsafter being validated by courtreceiver appointed by the apexcourt.It observed that it wouldnot allow the "ghost buyers",who had purchased flats fromAmrapali Group at a nominalprice to step in by allowingthem pay the outstandingamount and their registration offlats will be annulled.A bench

of Justices Arun Mishra and UU Lalit said, "If home buyers arenot ready to pay their out-standing amount, then we willhave to bundle up the projects".

Advocate Shobha, appearingfor a homebuyer, said that herproject Amrapali Leisure Parkfalls under category-C, and as perthe builder-buyer agreement thepayment plan was linked to theconstruction.

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In a show of strength, manygroups of Vokkaligas (Gowda

community) which include theOpposition Congress took outa protest march in Bengaluruon Wednesday against thearrest of senior Congress leaderDK Shivakumar. Many leadersof the Vokkaliga communityblamed the CentralGovernment, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, BJP presidentAmit Shah and StateGovernment led by BSYediyurappa for the arrest ofDK Shivakumar .

The protesters were shout-ing slogans and said it was avendetta arrest by the ED andother intelligence agencies. Theprotest march affected the traf-fic and several parts of the citycame to a standstill.

Even though many JD(S)leaders and workers took partin the protest, both father andson, HD Devegowda and HDKumaraswamy were conspicu-ous by their absence. Later inChennapatna, Kumaraswamytold the media that he was notinvited by the organisers. Hesaid “I was not invited to theprotest march by the organis-ers. If they have invited I would

have attended.”The protesters gathered at

the National College Groundand marched to Freedom Park.Bengaluru Traffic Police hasissued an advisory and madetraffic diversions for com-muters.

Moments after his arrest,Shivakumar has tweeted, "Iwholeheartedly thank leaders,supporters, well-wishers andfriends who have organised amassive protest in my supporttomorrow in Bengaluru. Ihumbly request that the protestbe peaceful & doesn't cause anyinconvenience to citizens.Please ensure public propertyisn't harmed."

In another development,Karnataka Congress leader DKShivakumar’s daughter,Aishwarya, was summoned bythe Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Tuesday to deposebefore the agency onSeptember 12. Shivakumar iscurrently in ED custody in con-nection with an alleged moneylaundering case.

Sources in the ED saidAishwarya has been sum-moned to seek clarification ona trip she took with her fatherto Singapore in 2017. Theagency is likely to record herstatement under the Preventionof Money Laundering Act(PMLA), they added.

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At least 50 political workersand half-a-dozen police-

men including a police inspec-tor received injuries when theBJP workers demanding onenation one power tariff regime— marched towards the pri-vately owned, century-old,Calcutta Electric SupplyCorporation (CESC) building— clashed with law enforcers.

Senior State leaders likeRaju Banerjee and SayantanBasu, actor-turned-leaderSuman Banerjee, and State BJPYuva Morcha (youth wing)president Debjit Sarkar werelater arrested police said addingwater cannons were chargedand tear gas shells fired as thecrowd went berserk pelting

brickbats at the police whenthey were stopped at the CentralAvenue for want of permissionto organise a movement in thearea. Clashes erupted as thou-sands of Yuva Morcha activistsmarched towards the CESCbuilding at Esplanade areademanding reduction of powertariff. “We want one-nation-one-tariff,” said Suman Banerjeereminding, “Kolkata and Bengalcharged the highest tariff thananywhere in India.”

Alleging that CESC (run bythe Sanjeev Goenka group)had been “allowed to loot thepeople of Bengal by MamataBanerjee Government becausethey fund their political activ-ities in the State,” Raju Banerjeesaid more such agitationswould follow.

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Kolkata/Asansol: A personwas lynched at Asansol in WestBengal on Wednesday morningon suspicion of being a childlifter and a person has beenarrested in connection with theincident, police said.

Several others have beendetained for their allegedinvolvement in the incidentwhich took place at Salanpurarea, it said.

The lynching was the sec-ond in a week and took placebarely a fortnight after thestate Assembly passed the WestBengal (Prevention ofLynching) Bill, 2019 to stopsuch incidents.

According to officials ofAsansol Durgapur PoliceCommissionerate, the uniden-tified person aged 35-40 yearswas allegedly moving aroundsuspiciously in the area sincemorning. He was suspected tobe a child lifter, tied to a lamppost and beaten up severely byseveral people.

He was later untied andthrashed again by the attackers,they said.

A huge police contingentrushed to the spot on beinginformed about the incidentand rescued the man, wholater succumbed to his injuriesin a state run hospital, the offi-cials said.

"We are yet to identify thedead person. We have arrestedone person and have detainedfew others on the basis of

video clippings of the incidentthat went viral," a senior policeofficial said.

"We have started a probeinto the case," he added.

The West Bengal(Prevention of Lynching) Bill,2019, was passed by voice voteon August 30 in the Assemblyin the aftermath of a string ofincidents in which people werebeaten to death over rumoursof cattle smuggling and childlifting.

The Bill has provision ofjail term for three years to lifeimprisonment in cases ofassault leading to injury,besides a fine ranging from �1lakh to �3 lakh.

In the event of the victim'sdeath, the attackers would bepunished with death sentenceor rigorous life imprisonmentand a fine of up to �5 lakh.

This is the second incidentof lynching in the state after thepassage of the bill on August30.

On September 4, a masonKhabir Sheikh died after he wasthrashed by unidentified peo-ple inside a clinic. He was pro-nounced dead on arrival atMurshidabad Medical Collegeand Hospital.

Three other incidents ofassault had been reported fromvarious parts of the state but thevictims had survived.

The incidents of lynchinghave kicked up a politicaldebate in the state with TMC

and BJP blaming each other forthe incident.

"In the incidents of lynch-ing law will take its own course.But I would like to mentionthat wherever BJP is in poweror is trying to gain ground,there have been rampant inci-dents of lynchings," seniorTMC leader and West Bengalminister Firhad Hakim said.

"The BJP and its affiliatessupport lynching and use it asa tool to terrorize people," headded.

The BJP, which has madedeep inroads in the state andlook to deseat the MamataBanerjee government in the2021 assembly polls, hastermed the allegations againstit as baseless.

"In none of these incidentsno BJP leader nor worker wasinvolved. Actually these lynch-ings prove that law and orderhas gone for a toss in Bengalunder the TMC regime," stateparty president Dilip Ghoshsaid.

State Congress presidentSomen Mitra said the state gov-ernment has failed to controlincidents of lynching andshould take stern action againstthe culprits.

Senior CPI(M) leaderSujan Chakraborty criticisedthe TMC government and saidthough the state has passed thebill, it has failed to control inci-dents of lynching and mobassault. PTI

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Shahjahanpur (UP): A specialinvestigation team onWednesday took the studentwho has accused BJP leaderSwami Chinmayanand of rap-ing, and "physically exploiting"her for a year to a hospital formedical examination.

She was taken under heavysecurity to the local medicalcollege hospital where ChiefMedical Officer Dr AnitaDhasmana said the womanwas examined by a panel ofdoctors.

Meanwhile, terming thewhole episode a conspiracyagainst him, Chinmayanand onWednesday expressed full faithin the SIT probe.

"I have full faith in the SITteam and everything will beclear once it is completed. Thisis a conspiracy against me,"Chinmayanand told PTI.

The father of the womanhad claimed that during thesearch at the hostel room of herdaughter on Tuesday, some

objectionable material wasfound, which was "planted" byvested interests before the roomwas sealed by the local police.

He said his daughter hadonly one key of the room andsome things belonging to herwere missing.

Meanwhile, a video featur-ing a woman and an elderly hasstarted doing rounds on socialmedia.

In the video, the woman isshown massaging an elderly.

Another woman and someyouths are shown talking aboutthe "rangdari" (extortion)demand of �5 crore.

Members of the SIT,accompanied by forensicexperts, had on Tuesdayinspected the hostel room ofthe complainant for nearlyeight hours and collected evi-dence.

The woman had toldmedia persons on Monday thatthe Shahjahanpur police wasreluctant to register a case ofrape against the 72-year-oldBJP leader.

The woman had appearedbefore the press, alleging thatChinmayanand had raped her,and also "physically exploited"her for a year.

The woman had said shehad all the proof and the hos-tel room where she stayedshould be opened in front ofthe media.

"On Sunday, the SITquizzed me for about 11 hours.I have told them about the rape.Even after telling them every-thing, they have not arrestedChinmayanand yet," she had

alleged.She had said that when her

father gave a complaint topolice here about her physicalexploitation, ShahjahanpurDistrict Magistrate IndraVikram Singh "issued threats",asking her father to file "amissing complaint" instead.

The SIT, headed byInspector General NaveenArora, was set up by the UttarPradesh government on aSupreme Court directive.

It is looking into details ofthe probe conducted by thelocal police in the high-profilematter.

The apex court had saidthat an Allahabad High Courtbench would monitor theprobe.

The inspector generalheading the SIT had said theprobe report would be sub-mitted to the Supreme Court ina sealed envelope.

The SIT was formed lastTuesday, a day after the

Supreme Court took suo motucognisance of the case anddirected the state governmentto investigate the charges lev-elled by the student.

The victim had gone miss-ing on August 24, a day aftershe posted a video on socialmedia, alleging that a "seniorleader of the sant community"was harassing and threateningto kill her.

She was located in Dausadistrict of Rajasthan last Friday.

Her father had filed a com-plaint with police, accusing72-year-old Chinmayanand ofsexually harassing her, a chargerefuted by the former Unionminister's lawyer who claimedit was a "conspiracy" to black-mail him. Police had on August27 booked Chinmayanandunder Sections 364 (kidnap-ping or abducting in order tomurder) and 506 (criminalintimidation) of the IndianPenal Code based on the herfather's complaint. PTI

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Shillong: A resolution movedby a Congress MLA seeking tobring Meghalaya under Article371 of the Constitution to pro-tect the interests of the tribalswas defeated by voice vote inthe State Assembly onWednesday.

Congress memberAmpareen Lyngdoh also want-ed that the Centre recognise theInstrument of Accession signedby the independent Khasi stateswith the Union of India in1948.

"The Instrument ofAccession and AnnexedAgreement, signed and accept-ed by the Government of India,did not find place in theConstitution primarily due tolack of representatives in theconstituent Assembly,"Lyngdoh, a former education

minister, told the House.A total of 25 Khashi states

had individually signed theInstrument of Accession withthe Indian Union betweenDecember 15, 1947, and March17, 1948, and GovernorGeneral C Rajagopalachaisigned a joint treaty on August17, 1948.

Lyngdoh said althoughtribal interests are safeguardedby the Sixth Schedule of theConstitution, the state is notunder Article 371 which grantsspecial provisions to severalstates of the country.

The Sixth Schedule provides for the administr-ation of tribal dominated areas in Assam, Meghalaya,Tripura and Mizoram by set-ting up autonomous districtcouncils. PTI

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Mumbai: Over 10,000 Ganeshidols at Latur in Marathwadaregion won't be immersed onthe 'visarjan' day this year dueto acute water shortage in thetown, local officials said.

A senior official said thereis "not even a drop of water" inthe usual six spots in Laturwhere the Ganesh idols, bothpublic and domestic, areimmersed each year.

Latur district collector GShrikant told PTI that the deci-sion to skip the immersionprocess is the result of publicawareness and was finalisedafter review meetings of theGanesh mandals in the city.

"This decision is not sole-ly due to water scarcity.

The big mandals werereusing the idols for the lastthree to four years. It is a col-lective decision of the man-dals," he said.

The municipal corpora-tion has made facilities forstorage of idols in temples, theIAS official said. "If they can bereused and recycled, that willbe the best way to overcome thewater scarcity," he added.

"We have asked people toperform the 'visarjan' ofdomestic idols at home likeChief Minister DevendraFadnavis did at his official'Varsha' bungalow. I will bedoing the same," he said.

A local historian in Latur,which is around 500 km fromMumbai, said this will be thefirst time in over a century thatthe Ganesh idols in the citywon't be immersed. PTI

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After a prolonged wait of 3years, the Centre has final-

ly allotted the Deocha-Pachamicoal field to West Bengal PowerDevelopment Corporation Ltdwhich will create more thanone lakh jobs and solve theState’s employment, coal andpower woes for more than 100years, Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee onWednesday said.

Apart from addressingBengal’s coal requirements the

second largest coal block of theworld with an estimated reserveof about 2.1 billion tones wouldgo a distance in taking goodcare of the entire country’s coaland power needs, Banerjee saidadding it would take at least fiveyears for the infrastructure pro-ject to take off.

By the time extraction ofcoal begins the project wouldinvolve an investment of�12,000 crore and wouldspread over an area of 1,100acres, Banerjee said remindingDeocha Pachami had a poten-tial of becoming India’s biggestindustrial project that could inthe final run bring back manyan industrial houses that hadleft the State.

“Had the clearance been

given earlier the project wouldhave started long ago,” theChief Minister said adding acommittee led by the ChiefSecretary would be set up tolook into the various issuesrelated with infrastructurebuilding and extraction of coal.

“We will not eject peopleout of the area,” Banerjee saidadding there were “some 400families living in the area outof which about 40 per cent aretribal people. We will takethem into confidence and provide them adequate rehabilitation before beginningthe work,” the Chief Ministerwho herself came to power fol-lowing prolonged farmers’movement against forcibleeviction said.

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Chennai: Almost one in threenetizens in India encountercyber attacks, with users fromChennai more vulnerable tothese attacks among users in themetros, a new study said onWednesday.

The study conducted by K7Computing - a city-based cybersecurity major, tracks all criti-cal components like Enterprise,Mobile, Mac, Windows andIoT, covering 20 Indian citiesthat include metros, tier-1 andtier-2 regions.

According to the report,amongst tier-1 cities, Chennaihas recorded the highest per-centile of cyber attacks with 48per cent from April 2019-June2019 followed by Kolkata with41 per cent during the sameperiod. Delhi has registered thelowest percentile of cyberattacks with 28 per cent.

"K7 Computing's K7 Labs'Cyber Threat Monitor high-lights the ever evolving threatlandscape around the countryand addresses the growingnecessity of being more proac-

tive in the approach towardscybersecurity," said KPurushothaman, CEO of K7Computing.

"We see an increasing num-ber of cyber attacks in tier-1 and

tier-2 cities, and therefore, weurge concerned stakeholdersto leverage specific intelligencefor countermeasures and threathunting," Purushothaman said.

As per the report, cyber riskexposure steadily rises on work-ing days in metros, starting fromMonday and records the high-est on Friday.

The average percentage ofcyber attacks in the top dozeninfected tier-2 cities was foundto be worse when compared tometros and tier-1 regions.

From April 2019-June 2019,Patna experienced the highestpercentile of cyber attacks (48per cent), closely followed byGuwahati (46 per cent) and Lucknow (45 per cent),while Thiruvananthapuramstood safest among others at 35per cent.

The study also found that

ransomware and fileless attackscontinued to grow faster in thecountry.

Trojan attacks, at 72 percent, were detected to be themajor threat for Mac followedby Adware (18 per cent) andPUP/PUA (PotentiallyUnwanted Programmes/Potentially UnwantedApplications) that stood at nineper cent, the study said.

A majority of IoT devicemanufacturers and users werefound to be ignorant about thenecessity of optimised security,thus inviting massive-scaleattacks

The report states thatrouters are the most vulnerableIoT devices existing in thecountry, followed by printers,NAS, IP cameras, media play-ers, set-top boxes and smartTVs. IANS

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Mumbai: After the April-MayLok Sabha elections,Maharashtra has increased itsvoter strength by around 8.5lakh, a top official said here onWednesday.

Chief Electoral OfficerBaldev Singh informed themedia that after the parlia-mentary elections, 10,75,528voters were added while2,16,278 were deleted from theelectoral list.

"This means we have addedaround 8.5 lakh new voters, ofwhich many shall be first timevoters," he said.

As on August 31,Maharashtra had 8,94,46,21people who will be eligible tovote in the upcoming Assemblyelections.

"We are fully prepared fora free and fair assembly polls,"Singh assured, as the count-down for the announcement ofthe election dates got under-way.

The date for elections tothe 288 assembly constituenciesin the state, along with someother states, is likely to beannounced soon by theElection Commission. IANS

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Bank Unions (UFBU), theumbrella body of nine bankingsector trade unions, will holddemonstration before theParliament next week to protestagainst the mega bank mergerplan announced by the gov-ernment, a top banking unionleader said.

All India Bank Employees'Association (AIBEA) GeneralSecretary C.H. Venkatachalamtold IANS that the UFBU hasdecided to a national dharnabefore Parliament on Sep 20 at10.30 a.m. The UFBU has alsodecided to give a memorandumto Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman. IANS

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The Jammu & Kashmir policeon Wednesday successfully

eliminated a dreaded terrorist ofPro-Pakistan Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terror outfit inSopore area of North Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

The LeT terrorist, identi-fied as Asif Maqbool Bhat,along with two others wasactive in the area for last onemonth and was chiefly respon-sible for spreading a reign ofterror among the local popu-lation.

At least 8 OGW's , workingat the behest of three membergroup of LeT terrorists,involved in threatening andintimidation of locals by pub-lishing and circulating ofposters, were earlier arrested onMonday.

Director General of police,Dilbagh Singh while addressinga press conference in SrinagarWednesday said, "after appre-hending eight over groundworkers closely associated withLeT terrorist Asif MaqboolBhat, we were closely trackinghis movement in the area. OnWednesday morning, wereceived a specific input abouthis movement in the area and

during routine checking at sev-eral security check points jawansof state police intercepted a carand directed it to stop". Insteadof stopping the car, Asif, whowas travelling in the same car,lobbed a grenade towardspolicemen on duty. DGP said,"some of our jawans receivedinjuries and in the ensuingencounter LeT terrorist AsifMaqbool Bhat was neutralisedby the security forces.He saidthe injured jawans were under-going treatment and their con-dition was stated to be stableand out of danger.

DGP also confirmed, Asifwas responsible for a recentshootout and inflicting injuriesto two family members of afruit trader in Sopore. He wasalso responsible for targeting a

labourer, from outside the state,in Sopore.

Meanwhile, commentingon the overall security situationin Jammu & Kashmir, DGPsaid since August 5, a total of184 incidents of law and orderengagements were reportedfrom various regions of thestate in the aftermath of abro-gation of Article 370.

Singh said of these inci-dents, heavy violence was onlyreported in half-a-dozen cases.

"Very minor kind of inci-dents took place in most of theplaces. Till yesterday, 184 inci-dents of law and order engage-ments were there of which notmore than half-a-dozen are ofsuch nature where a little high-er level of violence was seen interms of stone-pelting by the

civilians," he said.The DGP said forces have

also tried to exercise a lot ofrestraint and very minimal useof force has been exercisedwherever required.

While commenting on thestatus of fresh recruitments inthe ranks of terror outfits inKashmir valley, DGP said therehave been no reports of any freshrecruitment of local youth join-ing militant ranks in the state,where life is returning to normal.

The DGP also said thereare some incidents of terroriststhreatening fruit dealers insouth Kashmir against collect-ing fruits but police is awareabout the situation and "our jobis to facilitate the process andensure that no one is able toharass them".

"There have been noreports of any fresh localrecruitment among the militantranks. Some youth had beenmisled (in the past) and in a fitof anger gone astray, and wehave been able to bring manyof them back," Singh clarified.

On the prevailing situationin the Valley, the police chiefsaid, "Life is returning towardsnormalcy and people are goingabout their activities withschool and offices open."

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In yet another jolt to theCongress ahead of

Maharashtra Assembly polls, itsformer Minister and seniorparty leader from westernMaharashtra HarshavardhanPatil joined the ruling BJP onWednesday.

In a development thatcame on the heels of seniorCongress leader and formerstate party presidentKripashankar Singh and actressUrmila Matondkar quittingthe Congress, 56-year-old Patiljoined the BJP in the presenceof Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis and State party pres-ident Chandrakant Patil.

Heaping praise on the BJPin general and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in particularfor the bold decisions byGovernment during the first100 days of its second tenure,Patil said: “ For all those like mewho believe in and practisehonesty, dedication and prin-ciples in politics, there is noalternative to the BJP thesedays. .. I am happy with theGovernment at the Centre. .Inthe first 100 days of his gov-

ernment, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has taken somebold decisions like the abroga-tion of Article 370 and MotorVehicle Act are being abouttransformation in the society.Considering all this, I havedecided to join and work withthe BJP”.

Patil said that he had notjoined the BJP with any pre-conditions and would acceptany role or responsibility givenhim by the party.

Welcoming Patil into theBJP, Fadnavis said: “With Patil’sentry to the BJP, our party’sstrength will increase. We wereexpecting Patil to join ourparty for the last five years. Hehas worked as the Minister forLegislative Affairs. He has theability to take all sections ofpeople along with him. Plus he

has built a following of his own.These things will handy forboth the BJP and saffronalliance government in future”.

A four-time MLA fromIndapur constituency in Punedistrict, Patil lost to NCP'sDattatrey Bharne in the 2014Assembly elections by a mar-gin of nearly 14,000 votes.

Notwithstanding the asser-tions to the contrary made byPatil, the main reason for Patiljoining the BJP is that he couldnot have contested theAssembly elections on aCongress ticket. Because, theIndapur seat is with the NCPcurrently. The NCP is not will-ing to displease its sitting MLABhame and and part withIndapur seat to its ally Congressin the seat-sharing arrange-ment so that it could fieldPatil as its candidate.

On his part, Fadnavis indi-cated that the BJP would fieldPatil as its candidate fromIndapur in the Assembly polls.

Patil is the second bigCongress leader from westernMaharashtra — after theLeader of the OppositionRadhakrishna Vikhe-Patil — tojoin the BJP.

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Aizawl: With a literacy rate of91.3 per cent, Mizoram is hold-ing the third position in thecountry, State School EducationMinister Lalchhandama Raltesaid here on Wednesday.

The Minister did not men-tion the two other States thatare ahead of Mizoram in liter-acy. However, according to the2011 Census, the Northeasternstate is behind Kerala (94.0 percent) and Lakshadweep (91.8per cent).

Addressing a function onthe occasion of theInternational Literacy Dayhere, Ralte said now there arean estimated 36,700 illiteratepeople in the state at present.

"There were 43,341 illiter-ates when the State educationdepartment conducted a surveyin 2015. Of them, around 7,000became literate," he said.

The population ofMizoram is 10,97,206, accord-ing to the 2011 Census.

The Minister sought thecooperation of the civil soci-eties and church leaders inachieving hundred per cent lit-eracy in the State. PTI

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Jaipur: Two persons have dieddue to Congo fever in Jodhpurand Jaisalmer and blood samplesof people who came in contactwith them are being sent toNational Institute of Virology inPune for examination, RajasthanHealth Minister Raghu Sharmasaid on Wednesday.

He said that blood samplesof a total of 136 people weretaken for the investigation ofCongo Fever, out of which twopersons were found positiveand they eventually died inJodhpur and Jaisalmer.

A team has been formed bythe medical department and itis surveying the affected areasand distributing kits for pre-vention, the minister said in astatement. The department hasissued guidelines to medicalofficers across the state to tack-le the disease. The minister saidthat the staff has been trained for

blood sample collection and allthe Chief Medical and HealthOfficers of Jodhpur Division,Medical Officers of MedicalCollege and AIIMS and allMedical Officers of JodhpurDistrict have been oriented.

Also, through video con-ferencing on September 9, theofficials have also been instruct-ed to remain alert and takeimmediate action.

He said that people cominginto contact with positivepatients will be monitored for14 days and their blood sam-ples are being sent to NIV, Punefor examination. He said that inorder to provide better medicalfacilities to the common peo-ple in the state, the governmentwill soon bring the 'Right toHealth' law. In its electionmanifesto, Congress hadpromised to provide right tohealth to the people. PTI

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Thane: Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray onWednesday said the alliancebetween his party and the BJPwould continue.

The ruling parties are cur-rently holding deliberations tofinalise a seat-sharing formulaahead of the assembly elections,whose schedule is yet to beannounced officially.

Thackeray launched anumber of civic projects forThane at a function held atRam Ganesh Gadkari audito-rium which was attended byparty leaders, elected repre-sentatives and officials of theparty-ruled Thane MunicipalCorporation (TMC).

"The BJP and the Sena arein alliance right now and thesame will continue," Thackeraysaid.

The Sena chief had lastweek said in the presence of

Prime Minister Narendra Modiin Mumbai that the alliancebetween his party and the BJPwas "inevitable" and it wouldreturn to power once again.

On the occasion, the Senachief unveiled a draft plan forthe 576-bed civic-run super-speciality hospital which will bedeveloped at the cost of Rs 316crore.

He inaugurated V DSavarkar memorial pillar on thepremises of the auditoriumand later a hospital and a car-diac centre.

Thackeray performed theearth-breaking ceremony for aschool being constructed by anNGO and also inaugurated therenovated crematorium atJawhar Baugh locality.

He said the villages in thestate should be linked to thedistrict hospital through a com-munication link. PTI

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Patna: Senior Bhartiya JanataParty (BJP) leader and BiharDeputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi deleted his tweetsoon after posting it in whichhe had supported ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar to leadthe NDA in the 2020 Assemblypolls, contrary to some partyleaders demanding chief min-isterial post for the BJP.

Sushil Modi, consideredclose to Nitish Kumar, in histweet had said "Nitish Kumaris captain of NDA in Bihar &will remain its Captain in nextAssembly elections in 2020also. When Captain is hitting 4& 6 & defeating rivals byinnings where is the Q (ques-tion) of any change."

But soon Sushil Modideleted this from his officialaccount that raised eyebrows.

Earlier, senior BJP leaderand former Union MinisterSanjay Paswan said that Nitish

Kumar has held the post ofChief Minister for far too longand should now move to theCentre.

"Even as his tenure wit-nessed lots of development inBihar and also improved thelaw and order situation, heshould now vacate the chair fora 'second-line leader' of BJP orJD-U and take an active role inthe Centre's politics," Paswan,BJP MLC had said onSeptember 9.

After Paswan, anothersenior BJP leader and formerUnion Minister C.P. Thakursaid that BJP now deserves toppost in Bihar. IANS

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Ahmedabad: Union MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad onWednesday said India's firstPrime Minister JawaharlalNehru was wrong and the thenHome Minister SardarVallabhbhai Patel was right intheir approach to the issue ofJammu & Kashmir afterIndependence.

Referring to the currentNDA government's decision toabrogate Article 370 whichgave special status to Jammu &Kashmir, Prasad said PrimeMinister Narendra Modishowed immense courage andcorrected that "historic blun-der".

"I want to say that inJammu and Kashmir, SardarPatel was right and JawaharlalNehru was wrong. It (Article370) was a historical blundercommitted (that time) and (byscrapping the special status)Narendra Modi as our PM,showing immense courage,corrected that historical

wrong," Prasad told reportersat a press meet.

The senior BJP leader washere today to highlight theachievements of the Modi gov-ernment in its first 100 days ofits second term.

"The decision to abrogateArticle 370 is historic, coura-geous, far-reaching and it isalso in the interest of Jammuand Kashmir and also for India.I congratulate our prime min-ister for the sheer courage hehas shown. I also congratulateUnion Home Minister AmitShah for his strategic planningand execution (of the deci-sion)," he said.

Prasad said "not a singlebullet has been fired" in Jammuand Kashmir ever since thecontroversial provision of theConstitution was scrapped lastmonth.

"Curfew has been liftedfrom all areas (in J&K), exceptthose under the jurisdiction of14 police stations there," he

said.The law and justice minis-

ter said the entire world,including major countries likethe UK, USA, Russia andFrance, "appreciated" India'sstep to scrap the special statusto Jammu and Kashmir.

Even China did not "open-ly" raise its objection againstIndia over this issue, he point-ed out.

Slamming the Congressover the issue, Prasad said hecould not understand whatwas the opposition party'sstand on it. On Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan's latestannouncement to hold a largegathering in Muzaffarabad, thecapital of Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK), Prasad askedhim to first talk about thedemocratic rights of people liv-ing in that area.

"What is the situation ofpeople living in PoK? Werethey given their democraticrights? Do they have employ-

ment opportunities? Insteadof talking about Kashmir, bothImran Khan and Pakistan needto first talk about the violationof democratic rights of thepeople of PoK," he said.

"Talk about what is hap-pening with people living inBalochistan and Gilgit," Prasadfurther said.

In a tweet on Wednesday,Khan said, "I am going to do abig jalsa in Muzaffarabad onFriday 13 Sept, to send a mes-sage to the world about thecontinuing siege of IOJK byIndian Occupation forces; & toshow the Kashmiris thatPakistan stands resolutely withthem." Prasad, who also holdsthe charge of communications,electronics & information tech-nology ministries, listed sever-al other achievements of theModi government in its 100days of rule, like criminalisingtriple talaq and amendment tothe anti-terror law to designatean individual as terrorist. PTI

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Jaipur: The newly formed JalShakti Mantralaya is taking upinnovative measures to meetthe deadline for the 'Har GharJal' scheme by 2024, said UnionMinister of Jal Shakti, GajendraSingh Shekhawat.

The measures includeadopting a latest technologynamed Helibound to map thewater reservoirs pan India,bringing in a law on Right toWay for rivers, rejuvenatingtraditional water resourcesacross the nation and planningto bring the unsung heroes whohave done credible job inenhancing ground water level intheir villages on one platform.

In an exclusive interviewwith IANS, Shekhawatinformed that his ministry isnow contemplating to bring ina law on Right of Way for riversin India to ensure their smoothflow.

"It's sad that encroach-ments are coming up on rivers.So we are thinking to bring ina policy on Right of Way, so that

rivers have their own paths andways. The encroachments onrivers result in two major loss-es. Firstly, the water from riverfails to reach other water bod-ies, and secondly, the rivertakes its own toll when it rainsheavily which leads to hugelosses.

"So we have found thatrivers need to have Right ofWay and we are contemplatingto bring in a law on the same sothat there is a clear cut policyin this direction," he said.

The minister said that he isvery much inspired by Israel'smodel on water conservation.

"Israel's model is quiteinspiring when it comes towater harvesting. It is one coun-try which has set up an exam-ple by making itself self-suffi-cient on water related issues,despite getting only 10 per centof India's average rainfall.

"They have tackled eachissue of water smartly. Whilethe average rainfall in India is1068 mm, the average rainfall

in Israel is just 100 mm," theminister said.

The minister said that pri-marily, his ministry is workingon four key areas.

"The first issue is of waterharvesting and water reten-tion. The total water retentionis quite less in India. However,our under ground water capa-bility is quite huge withtremendous scope, but it is notused properly, rather it is overexploited.

"Secondly, we should usewater judiciously. As per thepresent statistics, we use 6 percent water for industry, 5 percent for drinking and domesticpurposes, while 89 per cent isused for agriculture. We need tobalance the supply chain anddemand side for judicious use,"Shekhawat said.

In fact, the average waterconsumption in India whileproducing one kg of rice is5,600 litre. In many places, itgoes up to 8,000 litre. However,China produces the same quan-

tity of rice with 350 litre ofwater.

Same is the case with sugarin Maharashtra where 80 percent water is consumed bysugar cane farming.

"The states will have tochange their policies. What weneed to look into is that whatwe can afford should be grown,"he said.

The minister said that hewill like to appreciate the statesof Haryana, Maharashtra andPunjab for introducing ambi-tious and inspiring policies tosave water.

"The Punjab governmentbrought in the 'Paani Bachao,Paisa Kamao' scheme, underwhich the farmers are gettingmonetary benefits for lesser useof tubewell.

"In Haryana, the govern-ment has asked the farmers togrow maize and corn instead ofrice, promising them 100 percent procurement. 18,000hectare of land has been trans-ferred to grow maize and corns.

"Similarly, in Maharashtra,drip irrigation has been madecompulsory, and the govern-ment will give money if thefarmers save 70 per cent waterlosses in sugarcane farming,"Shekhawat said.

The government needs toreduce water on agri con-sumption to be successful, headded. Reuse of water is thethird goal, he said, adding that"we need to learn the art ofwater reuse. Israel reuses itswater from industrial afflu-ence and domestic sewage out-put for underground waterrecharge and other purposes."

Fourthly, the minister said,technology should be used tominimise water use for agri-culture and irrigation purposes.

Also, one should reducenon-revenue water which istotal loss of water which hap-pens from the time you getwater from its source till thetime you get your bill, he said.

"In case of electricity, it iscalled as T&D. However, in

water, it is called non-revenuewater which is 45 per cent onan average in India while it isjust 10 per cent in developedcountries. However, there are afew cities in India such asJamshedpur where this figure isjust 10 per cent," Shekhawatsaid.

According to the minister,"The biggest challenge beingfaced by our ministry is thatthere is no audit of water, thereis no price for water and thereis no availability of groundwater data.

"Hence we have decided tohave the Helibound technolo-gy. This will be a programme tomap underground waterreserves across India. We havealready surveyed one millionsquare km and 1.5 millionsquare km more will be sur-veyed in the next two years.Under this technology, a heli-copter does cent per cent map-ping of the 300 metre sub sur-face level from wherever itpasses." IANS

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Will Chinese President XiJinping make it to the south-ern beach resort ofMahabalipuram? And if theinformal summit with

Prime Minister Narendra Modi does get con-firmed, can the two leaders pull off a coup andcome to an agreement to solve the vexed bor-der dispute? Today, one is not even sure if themeeting can take place. One obvious reasonis that the next round of border talks betweenthe Special Representatives (SR) of bothnations was postponed recently. The Indianand Chinese SRs were to meet this month inNew Delhi for the 22nd round to prepare forthe Xi-Mo (Xi Jinping-Modi) summit.

It was the Chinese Foreign Ministry’sspokesperson who announced that the talksbetween SRs will not take place now: “Dueto India’s schedule, this visit has been tem-porarily postponed. The two sides will con-tinue to maintain communication on thisissue,” read a Chinese statement. There is cer-tainly more than just a question of “schedule.”India has been deeply shocked by China’sstand at the UN Security Council. After theabrogation of Article 370 of the IndianConstitution, Beijing blatantly supportedPakistan. During a press conference in NewYork, Zhang Jun, China’s PermanentRepresentative to the UN, said that India hadchanged the status quo in Kashmir, causingtensions in the region. He argued that Indiahad challenged China’s sovereign interests:“Such practice by India …will not changeChina’s exercise of sovereignty and effectiveadministrative jurisdiction over the relevantterritory.”

One wishes India would now start talk-ing about the human rights in Tibet, the fateof the Uyghurs in Xinjiang or the aspirationsof the Hong Kong population — the cancel-lation of the SR talks should certainly be seenin this perspective. The Hindustan Times com-mented: “It is rare — in fact unheard of —for China to officially confirm the delay of thetop-level bilateral meeting, which theGovernment, or the Foreign Ministry had-n’t even announced.”

A factor which has certainly played a rolein the postponement is the continuous pro-Pakistan bias showed by Wang Yi, theChinese SR and Foreign Minister. Last week-end, he visited Islamabad and met thePakistani President, Prime Minister ImranKhan and Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi (officially, he had gone to attend the3rd China-Afghanistan-Pakistan ForeignMinisters’ Dialogue). Perhaps more telling forIndia, Wang had detailed talks with the Chiefof Army Staff, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, andboth pledged to deepen cooperation in var-ious fields between the two nations.

According to Xinhua, Wang asserted thatChina “will firmly support Pakistan in safe-guarding sovereignty, dignity and territorialintegrity and the Government to achievenational stability, development and prosper-ity. China will also firmly support Pakistan

in playing a more constructiverole in regional and interna-tional affairs.”

Was it a coincidence thatPakistan decided to release Jaish-e-Mohammad chief MaulanaMasood Azhar from protectivecustody? According toIntelligence reports quoted in theIndian media, Azhar, thoughdesignated a terrorist by theUnited Nations in May 2019, hasbeen let out to plan terrorist oper-ations against our country.

Another issue usually notmentioned is the fact that the SRtalks have been downgraded.For years, the National SecurityAdvisor used to meet Yang Jiechi,who was then State Councillor(like Wang Yi today). Yang waslater promoted as a member ofthe Politburo, while his Indiancounterpart, Ajit Doval, was ele-vated to the rank of a CabinetMinister. The logical and normalway would have been that Dovalcontinued to meet Yang. Instead,Wang, far junior, was designatedby China as the new SR. Thisamounts to a de facto downgrad-ing of the talks.

Just to give an example, lastmonth, amid the Hong Kongunrest, important China-US talkswere held in New York. MikePompeo, the US Secretary ofState, met Yang Jiechi. Any seri-ous talks are usually conductedby Yang; if China was seriousabout solving the border issue,Yang should have been named asSR by Beijing.

Another sign of black clouds

gathering over bilateral relationswas when the Northern ArmyCommander Lt Gen RanbirSingh postponed his scheduledvisit to China. Officially, it wasmeant to monitor the situation inKashmir but there is no doubtthat the Chinese side was notkeen on the visit and remainedvague. In these circumstances, isthe time propitious for a seriousadvance on the vexed borderissue? The answer is no.

Officials in India are oftenconfused by the length of India’sborder with China. According tothe MEA: “The entire Sino-Indian border is 4,056 km longand traverses one Indian UnionTerritory, Ladakh, and four Statesviz, Uttarakhand, HimachalPradesh, Sikkim and ArunachalPradesh”. While the MHA says,“India shares 3,488 km of borderwith China that runs alongJammu & Kashmir, HimachalPradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkimand Arunachal Pradesh…theborder is not fully demarcatedand the process of clarifyingand confirming the Line ofActual Control is in progress.”They have forgotten about theShaksgam Valley “donated” byPakistan to China in 1963.Though currently in China’s pos-session, it is very much part ofIndian territory. This should bethe first point on the agenda ofthe SRs when they meet.

On August 29, UnionDefence Minister Rajnath Singhreiterated India’s position:“Kashmir has always been India’s

territory and will remain so.” Headded that Pakistan, which ille-gally occupied Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan, has no locus standi inKashmir. The implication is thatthe “donation” of ShaksgamValley is invalid and needs to bediscussed. In July 1961, three con-versations took place betweenZhang Wenji, Director of theForeign Ministry’s Asian AffairsDepartment and GParthasarathy, the Indian Charged’affaires in Beijing.

Zhang argued that based onChina’s experience of Sino-Burmese and Sino-Nepalesenegotiations, though the twosides disagree on the facts, twomethods were worked out toresolve differences: (1) Eachpresents a factual basis andobjectively compares them,looking to see whose informa-tion is relatively more logical…and more beneficial to the twocountries’ friendship; (2) eachcan keep to its own position andconsider, from a political stand-point, what kind of resolutionwould be more beneficial.

This could be a way to pro-ceed but basic trust needs to bebuilt first. It is not present today.It is, therefore, doubtful if aXiMo encounter can bring any“early harvest” as predicted by theChinese side. In these circum-stances, the best one can expectis some “softening” of the Line ofActual Control.

(The writer is an expert onIndia-China relations)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “True grit” (September 10).Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal andNovak Djokovic, the “big three”who have been dominating theworld of tennis, are exceptionalplayers and have shared the bulkof the Grand Slam crowns in thelast 10 years. This hegemony isunlikely to fade anytime soon.This year itself, all the fourslams were conquered by thistenacious trio.

Such an exceptional display ofspirit and valour deserves alladulation but this dominancealso raises questions as to why theyounger generation has not beenable to dent their supremacy, bar-ing rare occasions. StanWawrinka and Andy Murrayfirmly believe that young playersare likely to entrench themselvesat the top of the game for anextended period.

The 2019 US Open final willbe remembered not only as oneof the greatest victories of Nadalbut also as the revival of hope foryoung guns in the form of DaniilMedvedev. With Murray yet torecover from hip injuryWawrinka, Cilic and even

Nishikori were the top contendersto break the hegemony of the bigthree. However, that threat wasshortlived. Only time can solvethe most pertinent puzzle dom-inating men’s tennis as to whenthe change of guard will ultimate-ly happen.

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Sir — With the GujaratGovernment’s decision to cutdown traffic penalties by 25 percent to 90 per cent as against theones notified by the Centre, manyStates have undertaken similaractions. For example, the Odisha

Government has sought toapproach the Centre to demandamendments to the new MotorVehicles Act. Many States havenot even implemented the Actfearing backlash from the people.

Truly speaking, the new leg-islation is good in intent. The heftyfines imposed on those violatingthe rules may lead to a change in

behaviour among them. But it isalso true that not everyone isfinancially strong enough to paythe fines. To top it all, in manycases, traffic policemen have actedoverzealously by imposing multi-ple fines on one person. A way hasto be found to make this Act asuccess. While it is for theGovernment to tweak certainportions of the amended Act tomake the fines realistic, citizens,too, must start behaving.

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Sir — After the abrogation ofArticle 370, one of the prime con-cerns of the Government shouldbe to uphold basic civil rights.Most parts of Jammu & Kashmirtoday lack mobile and internetconnectivity. It must restore thesebasic requirements without jeop-ardising people’s security. Failureto do so will raise a question markon our credentials as the world’slargest democracy.

GirirajVia email

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If only we could go back to the way things werewhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi came topower in 2014, when there was so much opti-

mism in the country. The wishful thinking is a com-mon refrain now. Much has changed in the macroand micro environment since then as both “endoge-nous and exogenous” factors have played a part inslowing down the global and Indian economy. Andthough it is laudable that the Finance Minister did-n’t wait for the Government’s first full-year budgetin February 2020 to make necessary rectification,hopefully recent interventions can help greenshoots of revival spring up after the next two quar-ters, the minimum time needed for it.

While the existing problems are well known,senior economists are at sea to fathom the natureof the beast at hand. Yet, there are some definitiveassumptions one derives from data points availableand it is important not to get too pessimistic, as eachsector, country and company reacts differently tonegative triggers.

At the macro-level, till January 2021 when a newUS President will be in place, expect a world in flux.That’s because Donald Trump’s re-election campaignhinges on projecting himself as the hero of an“America First” policy, which will continue to esca-late US-China trade tensions, with cascadingeffects on trade and job losses globally. America’strade bullying is making it a “lose-lose” propositionfor American consumers, Chinese manufacturersand the rest of the world. According to InternationalMonetary Fund’s (IMF) forecasts, America’s unilat-eralism will reduce the world economic output by0.5 per cent, having a recessionary impact on theworld economy.

Then, at the micro-level, which pertains to India,let us view how the science of behavioural financeplays out on corporates and retail investors whenconfronted with a “flight or fight syndrome.” Thiscan be seen in relation to how Governments andindividuals responded to business cycles during the1998 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 slump and nowthe 2019 sputter. We are now at the lowest ebb, witha lock-jawed economy at five per cent GrossDomestic Product (GDP) growth.

Here is a textbook example of what occurs whenmoney supply halts. Discretionary spending getspostponed as consumers turn cautious and the resul-tant fall in demand threatens a local and global slow-down, as all economic vitals sink into downwardspirals. Yet, strangely, higher income brackets don’tget impacted during downturns on the consump-tion side, unlike middle and lower middle classes.

Private consumption has been the biggest pro-peller of India’s economic growth. But Private FinalConsumption Expenditure (PFCE) growth was justthree per cent in the June quarter. The salaried classhas become afraid of taking loans for automobilesor housing, as savings-to-GDP ratio comes underpressure. The collateral damage is already impact-ing the construction and automobile sectors, whichare among the largest employers and feed a supplychain of at least 200 ancillaries of growth, as theyare laying-off the unorganised sector labour whichcomprises 90 per cent of the workforce.

Thereafter, the country sinks into deeper sov-ereign debt and yet the only panacea is to looktowards the Government itself to increase spend-ing on welfare schemes and pump funds into infra-structure, railways, roadways and health care. At this

point, there are two options for the Centre.It can tap into the Reserve Bank of India’s(RBI) reserves and go in for sovereign bor-rowing. The latter is a double-edged sworddue to exchange rate risks, especially if itis a Euro/dollar debt. Because though theborrowing interest rates are low, the rateof the rupee could plummet further.Besides, as India’s sovereign rating is “justabove investment grade”, lending costs willbe higher.

The transfer of the surplus amount bythe RBI comes as a well-considered andconsensual move between the Centre andthe central bank, if the infused windfallof �1.76 lakh crore of the surplus reservetransferred is used to stimulate consump-tion demand instead of diverting it tofunding the Government’s revenue deficit.

India has been growing at an averageof 7.5 per cent in the last five years. Yetglobally, the new-normal for growthrates has seen downward revisions by apercentage point, and a climb-up ofnational debt to GDP ratios to levels ashigh as the pre-2008 years. In order totransit towards a new growth trajectory,we cannot afford to grow at sub-optimalrates of anything below eight to ten percent GDP annually, year on year, for thenext 20 years. The Centre needs a moreholistic approach, which entails bothstructural reforms as well as cyclical booststo raise short and medium term-growth.And even in a slowdown, there exist pock-ets of growth that can be scaled up.

The Centre has the biggest role to playin this by tapping into its own domesticpropellers of growth, of which labour-intensive industries like housing, infra-structure, tourism, education and man-ufacturing, can be the prime movers.

The Centre must have a calibratedapproach towards Industry 4.0 that guz-zles labour-intensive jobs and opts forautomation, as there still exists a vastpotential for labour-intensive manufac-tured goods within the domestic marketand exports to Southeast Asian markets.

The Government needs to lower the

following: The cost of capital, land, elec-tricity and corporate taxes in particular,so that firms hire more, earn more andpay more revenue; while simultaneouslyimproving the quality of human resourcesto increase the productivity quotient.

The potential for upside growth inIndia exists in building infrastructure,urbanisation and making India into aglobal hub for start-ups, exports, servicesand manufacturing. India had hoped toencash the opportunity that US-Chinatrade wars threw up but the anticipatedrelocation to India is yet to happen.

India contributes nearly three per centto the world’s GDP but has only one percent share of the global investmentmoney. The present stock of globalForeign Direct Investment (FDI) exceeds$32 trillion. Global inflows have contin-ued to decline since the peak of 2015,despite FDI policies in India being pro-gressively liberalised, with in-boundinflows of $64 billion in 2018-19. Thereis scope to double this investment by mak-ing India a preferred investment destina-tion, as doubling this figure from one percent to two per cent in itself could yieldclose to $3 trillion inflows into the coun-try.

While there is a silver lining that infla-tion has been contained to below four percent and the fiscal deficit was containedat 3.4 per cent of the GDP, the Centreneeds to rethink its stance on both.Because maintaining the fiscal deficit tar-get of 3.3 per cent amidst a contractingeconomy may not be the best policy intimes of contraction, when there is needto turn expansionary by increasing cap-ital expenditure on public projects. Andinflation must be allowed to rise a bit,because rural wages and consumptiondropped as farmers were paid less.

The intent in correcting some of theanomalies in tax laws is laudable and longoverdue. Implementation of the recom-mendations of the Akhilesh Ranjan-ledtask force on the Direct Tax Code mustwork towards effectively overhauling an

archaic tax administration system. Itsobjective must be to ensure “ease of tax-ation” and to “maximise certainty andminimise disputes.”

The Government also needs toexplore hitherto untapped sources for rev-enue generation. Herein, India must takethe initiative to tax big tech differently, asthis is an untapped source of revenue.Because tech giants like Google, Amazonand Facebook invoice their revenues outof India, while maintaining operations inthe country, showing lesser profits.Developed nations are trying to form aconsensus on a way forward unitedly toimpose higher taxation on big tech.Beyond a maximum revenue threshold,the surplus revenue must be taxed onIndian turf.

Digital commerce is anticipated tobring about the next biggest revolution increating jobs and increasing GDP, as com-panies seek to draw the next 500 millionIndians into the e-commerce main-stream. For example, revenues of Asia’slargest company, Alibaba, rose 42 per centin the last quarter of 2019, defying theslowdown, due to internet- shopping sup-ply chains. Energising the Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises (MSME) market-place needs tapping into low-cost fund-ing from multilateral banks; providingadequate skilling and marketing support,so as to encourage digital entrepreneur-ship in financial services, online retail,online education and remote healthcare.

In conclusion, slowdowns are neveras bad as they appear, nor are economicboom times as prosperous as they seem.Because historically, periods of boom aretimes when asset bubbles get created, giv-ing an illusion of rising prosperity. But ineffect, they have invariably presageddownturns. So let’s ride this out. Toughtimes call for being mindful of efficien-cies at all levels, so India can emergestronger and smarter.

(The writer is an author, columnist,chairperson for National Committee onFinancial Inclusion at NITI Aayog)

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Aerosols, tiny solid particles orliquid droplets suspended inthe atmosphere, are rapidly

becoming the ubiquitous factor inenvironmental degradation andpushing up the frequency ofdroughts across the world, especial-ly in India. They can come from nat-ural sources, like dust or wildfires, orman-made sources such as vehiclesand industrial emissions.

A team of atmospheric scientistsfrom India, USA and Canada foundthat aerosols in the atmosphere canincrease the severity of droughts inthe Indian subcontinent by as muchas 17 per cent during El Niño years.

The El Niño phenomenon,which occurs when there is abnor-

mal warming over the Pacific Ocean,is already considered detrimental forthe monsoon as it blocks the flow ofmoisture-bearing winds from theoceans to the Indian landmass. Anew study by Indian Institute ofTropical Meteorology (IITM) Punefound that it further weakens themonsoon by transporting aerosolsfrom lower altitudes in the East Asianregion up and into the higher alti-tudes of about 12-18 km, forming anaerosol layer called the AsianTropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL)over the South Asian region.

It remains suspended there dur-ing the monsoon and its thickeningcuts solar energy to the Earth. Thisin turn weakens monsoon circulationand increases the severity of droughtconditions.

The study, published in theScientific Reports journal, revealsthat the combined effect of El Niñoand aerosols reduces rainfall over theIndian sub-continent as compared tothe individual effect of El Niño.Going by the satellite readings anda series of model simulations in thereport, the severity of droughts dur-

ing El Niño years over the sub-con-tinent has amplified by 17 per cent.

Noting that in recent decadesthere has been an increase in the fre-

quency of El Niño events anddroughts over India, the researcherswarned against any further increasein industrial emissions from both

East and South Asia as they can leadto a wider and thicker aerosol layerin the upper troposphere and furtherintensify droughts.

Given that India is already vul-nerable to hydrological and weath-er extremes, a higher degree ofdrought severity will only subject thecountry to more hydrological stresswhile affecting agriculture and thelivelihood of millions of people.

Reducing aerosol emissions isnot only essential for improving airquality but also for controllingdroughts and their impact on peo-ple in the Indian subcontinent.Rising temperatures, too, are becom-ing the cause of increase in the con-centration of aerosols in the atmos-phere that cause air pollution.

According to a recent study byresearchers from the University ofCalifornia, aerosol presence is exac-erbating climate change and itsadverse effects. While climate changeis warming oceans, it is warmingland faster, which is bad news forglobal air quality. The study, pub-lished in the journal Nature ClimateChange, shows that the land-sea

warming contrast drives up aerosolconcentration in the atmosphere.

Aerosols not only affect the cli-mate system, including disturbancesto the water cycle, they also harmhumans, animals and plants as theycause smog and pollution. Their out-put and emissions are a matter ofgrave concern.

To rein in these soaring emis-sions, we need to understand thelevel of aerosol pollution in India.India needs an aerosol protocol thatis able to set the parameters for pre-venting spread of aerosol emissions.Industries and other man-madesources of aerosol emissions current-ly have a free run thanks to lack ofstringent regulations that set groundrules for operations.

The categorisation of industriesand other aerosol-emitting units iscritical and periodic checking will goa long way in controlling them. Thiswill have a direct impact on the fightagainst climate change and helpIndia arrest its worsening environ-ment situation.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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The liquid-ity crisis

t r i g g e r e dafter thedefault ofIL&FS iscausing thenon-bankingfinancial andh o u s i n gfinance com-panies to pull back on loans tomicro, small and medium sizedenterprises (MSMEs), Moody’ssaid on Wednesday.

“The value of loan againstproperty (LAP), assets undermanagement by HFCs andNBFCs increased by 8.3 percent over the six months lead-ing to December 2018, downfrom 15.4 per cent growthover the previous six months,”Moody’s said.

Moreover, according toMoody’s, it does not expectLAP lending by NBFCs andHFCs to pick-up significantlyin the next few months too asthe operating environmentremains challenging for themas they continue to face issueswith accessing funds.

“Indian non-bankingfinancial companies (NBFCs)and housing finance companies

(HFCs) are pulling back onloan against property (LAP),lending to micro, small andmedium sized enterprises(MSMEs) because of the fund-ing squeeze caused by the liq-uidity crisis in the country’sfinancial sector,” Moody’s saidin a note.

This situation is credit neg-ative for asset-backed securities(ABS) backed by LAP toMSMEs, because it will reducerefinancing options for thesesmall businesses, potentiallyleading to loan delinquenciesand defaults, the brokeragefirm added.

Besides, it said that thedeclining real estate prices insome cities and a slower paceof price growth in others hascurtailed refinancing of LAPand hurt recovery prospects fordefaulted loans.

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Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPIs)on Wednesday

turned buyers for the firsttime in September. FPIs hadbeen on a sell mode despitethe roll-back of the tax sur-charge on them as macro-economic concerns took thecentre stage.

On Wednesday, FPIsbought �266.89 crore worthof stocks while DomesticInst i tut iona l Investorsb ought �1,132 .42 croreworth. However, the out-flow had steadily declinedfrom �2,016.20 crore at thestart of the month, down to�188.08 crore on September 9.

“A gamut of factors, suchas s lower-than-expecteddemand growth in majoreconomies, geopolitical andtrade tensions and a gradualweakening of the economicgrowth prospects in India,have contributed to a build-up of risk aversion, whichhas impeded the demandfor emerging market (EM)debt instruments,” the ratingagency said.

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China announced Wednesday it would exempt 16 categories of products from US tariffs, aheadof a fresh round of trade talks next month.China and the US have been embroiled in a year-long trade war that has seen the two sides

slap punitive tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in two-way trade.The exemptions announced Wednesday will become effective on September 17 and be valid

for one year, according to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, which releasedtwo lists that include seafood products and anti-cancer drugs.

The lists mark the first time Beijing has announced products to be excluded from tariffs.Other product categories which will become exempt from tariffs include alfalfa pellets, fish

feed, medical linear accelerators and mould release agents. Wednesday’s lists do not include big-ticket items such as soybeans and pork. Trade negotiators have said they will meet in Washingtonin early October, raising hopes that fresh negotiations could help ease tensions between the world’stwo biggest economies.

Both sides imposed fresh tit-for-tat tariffs on September 1.

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American businesses areincreasingly pessimistic

about their prospects inChina as the US trade warrumbles on, with growingnumbers of companiesexpecting their revenues andinvestment in the local mar-ket to shrink, a survey said onWednesday.

The American Chamberof Commerce in Shanghai’sannual China BusinessReport also found that 75 percent of US firms opposed theUS use of punitive tariffs toforce China into a trade dealand market-access reforms.

President Donald Trumpsays his tariffs against billionsof dollars in Chinese goods —which have been reciprocat-

ed by Beijing — are hurtingChina and are good for theUnited States.

But only half of US com-panies surveyed said theyexpect 2019 revenues inChina to increase year-on-year, while just over a quarterexpect them to fall — com-pared with just 6.1 per cent inthe previous year’s poll.

Overall, most members ofthe chamber remain opti-mistic about a country whoseconsumer market is still blos-soming.

The report also foundChina’s ongoing economicslowdown — which predatesthe trade war -- remains thetop overall concern of UScompanies.

But the standoff is a veryclose second, and more than

half of companies surveyedsaid they were delaying orreducing further investmentin China as a direct result ofthe tit-for-tat tariffs.

Just 47 per cent said theyexpected to increase theirinvestments in China in 2019,down from 61.6 per cent lastyear.

“American companiescontinue to do well in China,but the trade conflict nowshadows many businesses,”said Eric Zheng, chairman ofthe trade association.

Some of the biggestswings in the survey came inthe area of future expecta-tions for China’s market, with61.4 percent expressing opti-mism, down from historicalrates in the 80-90 percentrange.

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Germany luxury car manu-facturer BMW will tem-

porarily close its British plantin Oxford for two days aroundthe current scheduled date forBrexit, a company executiverevealed Tuesday. “The firstconcrete measures we haveagreed with suppliers is (that)we will not be producing onOctober 31st and November1st,” BMW’s chief finance offi-cer Nicolas Peter told reportersat the Frankfurt Motor Show.

He said the decision wasagreed with suppliers to “ensurethe logistical security” of theOxford site, which producesthe Mini brand models.

“We have prepared ourprocesses for the Brexit, our sys-tems are able to cope,” assuredPeter. Despite a series of setbacksin Westminster, British PrimeMinister Boris Johnson has insist-ed he will not ask seek a new post-ponement to the UK’s with-drawal from the European Union,

currently set for October 31.Like other car manufactur-

ers with plants in the UK, BMWis preparing for the prospect ofa ‘no-deal Brexit’ and Britain’swithdrawal from the EU with-out a deal, which Peter warnedcould push prices up.

“A ‘no-Deal’ means thatWTO (World TradeOrganisation) tariffs will comeinto force, which means anaggravated situation comparedto the existing one,” he said.

“We would therefore haveto increase prices in differentmarkets,” if sales and produc-tion decreased, he explained.

Other manufacturers havealready warned of drastic con-sequences if Brexit goes badly.

Last month, Peugeot chiefCarlos Tavares told theFinancial Times that produc-tion of Vauxhall and OpelAstra cars could be shifted tosouthern Europe fromEllesmere Port on Merseysideif Brexit has a negative impacton business.

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Apple is finally taking onNetf lix with its own

streaming television serviceand, uncharacteristically forthe company, offering it at abargain price — $5 a monthbeginning on November 1.

Walt Disney Co is launch-ing its own assault on Netflixthe same month, for just $7.

It may be sheer coinci-dence that the cost of payingfor both Apple and Disneysubscriptions will still be a dol-lar less than Netflix’s mainplan, priced at $13 a month.But the intent to disruptNetflix’s huge lead in thestreaming business couldn’tbe clearer.

Apple delivered the newsTuesday while also unveilingthree new iPhones that won’tlook much different than lastyear’s models other than boast-ing an additional camera fortaking pictures from extra-wide angles.

The aggressive pricing isunusual for Apple, which typ-ically charges a premium forproducts and services to bur-nish its brand. Most analysts

expected Apple to charge $8 to$10 per month for the service,which will be called AppleTV Plus.

But Apple is entering amarket that Netflix practical-ly created in 2007 — aroundthe same time as the firstiPhone came out. And Netflixhas amassed more than 150million subscribers, meaningthat Apple needed to make asplash.

“You have to expect they’regoing to do something, con-sidering how hyper competi-tive the streaming video spaceis,” said Tim Hanlon, CEO ofVertere Group.

Apple CEO Tim Cook didnot have much new to sayabout the TV service beyondits pricing and debut date,although he did show a trail-er for a new Jason Momoa-ledseries called “See.” Netflixdeclined to comment.

In the past, Netflix CEOReed Hastings has depicted theincreased competition as apositive for everyone, allowingconsumers to create their ownentertainment bundles insteadof accepting bundles puttogether at higher prices by

cable and satellite TV ser-vices.

Like Netflix and similarservices from Amazon andHulu, Apple has been spend-ing billions of dollars for orig-inal programs.

The most anticipated so farseems to be “The MorningShow,” a comedy starringJennifer Aniston, ReeseWitherspoon and Steve Carrell.The service will launch withnine original shows and films,with more expected eachmonth. It will only carryApple’s original programmingand will be available in 100countries at launch.

Since it began focusing onexclusive shows and movies sixyears ago, Netflix has built ahuge library of original pro-gramming and now spendsupward of $10 billion annual-ly on its lineup.

Apple also announced anew videogame subscriptionservice that will cost $5 amonth when it rolls out Sept19. Called Apple Arcade, theservice will allow subscribersto play more than 100 gamesselected by Apple that areexclusive to the service.

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Apple unveiled its iPhone 11models Tuesday with a

price cut for the most basicmodels while also laying outplans for streaming and gam-ing services as it bids to weath-er the slump in the globalsmartphone market.

Price appeared to be a keyconsideration as the tech giantreduced the entry level price forthe iPhone 11 to $699 andundercut rivals for its gamingand streaming television sub-scriptions. Apple unveiled threeversions of the iPhone 11including “Pro” models withtriple camera and otheradvanced features starting at$999 and $1,099, unchangedfrom last year’s prices, toutingupgraded features includingultra-wide camera lenses.

The surprise from Applewas the reduction in the start-ing price at $699, down from$749 for the iPhone XR a yearago even as many premiumdevices are being priced around$1,000.

The new iPhones are “jam-packed with new capabilitiesand an incredible new design,”Apple chief executive TimCook told a launch event in

Cupertino, California as thecompany set plans to sell thenew handsets on September 20.

Apple’s announcementsappeared to be aimed atemphasizing value as the com-pany looks to shift its businessmodel to reduce its dependenceon smartphones and tie in dig-ital content and other servicesto its devices.

“I think the iPhone 11 iscompelling and may convincepeople to upgrade earlier thanthey might have otherwisegiven the lower price andlonger battery life, not just animproved camera.” With thenew devices and services, “Ithink there are more reasons tostay with Apple than to defectfrom Apple,” said PatrickMoorhead, analyst at MoorInsights & Strategy.

Apple TV+ service willlaunch November 1 in morethan 100 countries at $4.99 permonth and will include a “pow-erful and inspiring lineup oforiginal shows, movies anddocumentaries.” While Apple’sstreaming service will havelimited content at first, its priceis below the $6.99 for theforthcoming Disney+ serviceand the more expensive plansfrom Netflix.

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State-owned hydro powergiant NHPC on Wednesday

said its board next week willconsider a proposal to raise upto Rs 2,500 core via bonds,loans or ECBs.

The fund will be raisedthrough issuance of corporatebonds in one or moreseries/tranches on privateplacement basis and/or raisingof term loans/inter-corporateloan/External CommercialBorrowings (ECB) in suitabletranches, it added.

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China on Tuesday removedlimits on foreign institutions

wanting to invest in its stocksand bond markets, as it seeks toattract overseas investment amida slowing economy and a tradespat with the United States.

Foreign individuals arebarred from investing directly inChina’s markets, but the countryallows certain institutions to buyshares under the so-calledQualified Foreign InstitutionalInvestor (QFII) scheme.

The State Administration ofForeign Exchange (SAFE) saidTuesday it has removed theoverall ceiling of $300 billion ontotal asset purchases under thisscheme, offering unfetteredaccess to the world’s second-largest capital market.

A cap on a yuan-denomi-nated sister scheme — theRenminbi Qualified ForeignInstitutional Investor (RQFII)programme, which allowedoverseas institutions to invest inChinese securities using theoffshore yuan — was alsoremoved on Tuesday.

“Foreign institutionalinvestors with the relevant qual-ifications can remit funds tocarry out investment in securi-ties in compliance with regula-tions, greatly enhancing theconvenience for foreigninvestors participating in theonshore financial market,” theregulator said in a statement.

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Limited (NCML) onWednesday said that SirajChoudhury has been appoint-ed as its new ManagingDirector and CEO.

Choudhury will replaceSanjay Kaul, who has beenappointed as Chairman of theNCML Board, an official state-ment said. Choudhury hadretired as Chairman and CEOof Cargill India after serving for30 years.

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Greater Noida: Real estatedeveloper Migsun Group hasreceived the completion cer-tificate for its Greater Noidaproject, Migsun Ultimo. Thedeveloper has received thecompletion certificate for atotal of 584 units of tower 1,2& 3 which are housed in theproject. Launched in February2015, Migsun-Ultimo has total1168 units and is a 6.5 acreshaven of beautifully landscapedwalkways with lush greens allaround. A total of 6 towers areavailable with 2 and 3 BHKapartments, ranging from 1005to 1575 Sq Feet. PNS

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New Delhi: Veeba’s V-Nourishwill start hiring process for dif-ferent roles in the company’ssales, production, and marketingteams, and will support V-Nourish’s pursuit of gaining over5% market share in the kids’drink segment in India within thenext three years. Veeba’s V-Nourish is designedwholesome nutritional supple-ment for kids above 5 years. Thecompany has a strength of 1500employees working directly andindirectly. PNS

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New Delhi (PTI): Bharti Airtel on Wednesday launched itsbroadband offering, ‘Airtel Xstream Fibre’ promising 1Gbps speedfor �3,999 a month, raising the competitive heat in a market thathas recently seen commercial roll-out of Jio’s fibre based services.

“Starting today (Wednesday), Airtel Xstream Fibre is avail-able to Homes, SOHO (Small Office Home Office) and smallcommercial establishments in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad,Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad,Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad,”Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

In the coming months, Airtel Xstream Fibre will be rolledout in more markets, the statement added. “Airtel Xstream Fibreoffers unlimited broadband at 1Gbps for just �3,999/month. Italso offers unlimited landline calls to any network in India alongwith exclusive ‘AirtelThanks’ benefits...,” it said.

The benefits include three months Netflix subscription gift,one year Amazon Prime membership and access to premium con-tent from ZEE5 and Airtel Xstream app.

On September 5, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio hadannounced launch of its fibre-based broadband service, offer-ing minimum internet speed of 100 Mbps for �699 a month.JioFiber will offer free voice calling anywhere in the country,unlimited data and video conferencing. All subscribers will get4K set-top box, for streaming TV channels free while a 4K tele-vision set would be complimentary with annual plans with high-er payouts such as ‘Gold’ and above.

New Delhi (PTI):Schneider Electric expects tocomplete the �14,000 croreacquisition of Larsen &Toubro’s electrical and automa-tion business by early 2020, itsIndia head Anil Chaudhry saidon Wednesday.

In May last year, SchneiderElectric, a global player in ener-gy management and automa-

tion, together with Singapore’sstate investment firm TemasekHoldings had announced anall-cash buyout of L&T’s elec-trical and automation busi-ness.

“We expect the deal to closein the next few months... maybeend of the year or early nextyear,” said Chaudhry, zone pres-ident and managing director of

Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd.Schneider, he said, had a “verystrong commitment” to Indiawhich it sees as the futuregrowth engine of the world.

Also, the country’s vision tobecome a developed nation froma developing one now wouldneed massive infrastructurebuilding and Schneider Electriccan “play a strong role,” he said.

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Equity benchmark BSESensex ticked higher forthe third session on the

trot on Wednesday, fuelled bygains in banking and autostocks amid firm cues fromother Asian markets.

The 30-share index settled125.37 points, or 0.34 per cent,higher at 37,270.82. Similarly,the broader NSE Nifty rose32.65 points, or 0.30 per cent,to finish at 11,035.70.

Investor sentiment hasrevived amid indications ofmore steps from the governmentto shore up growth, while glob-al equities rose on hopes of atrade truce between the US andChina, analysts said.

China on Wednesdayannounced it would exempt 16categories of products from UStariffs, ahead of a fresh round oftrade negotiations next month.

Yes Bank was the biggestgainer in the Sensex pack, ral-lying 13.47 per cent, followingreports that digital paymentsmajor Paytm may buy a stake inthe lender from co-founderRana Kapoor.

Tata Motors, Maruti, TataSteel, Vedanta, Bajaj Auto,IndusInd Bank, SBI, HeroMotoCorp, M&M, Asian Paints,Axis Bank, RIL and L&T toojumped up to 10.21 per cent

On the other hand, ONGC,HCL Tech, NTPC, Sun Pharma,TCS, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid,Tech Mahindra and Infosyswere among the top losers on theindex, shedding up to 2.93 percent.

“The Indian markets areshowing signs of stabilising andinching towards recovery. Theheadline index (Nifty) is up forthe fifth straight day as com-ments from the FinanceMinister have contributed to sta-bilising market sentiments. Theimproved focus of the govern-ment to boost economic recov-ery are being priced in.

“Further, signals indicatingChina will move to lessen tradewar repercussions and globalstimulus have helped globalmarkets recover from growthworries,” said Sunil Sharma,chief investment officer,Sanctum Wealth Management.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Tuesday saidthe government had set up a taskforce to boost investments ininfrastructure projects and wasin the process of identifying sec-tors which needed funding fromthe Centre.

Sectorally, BSE realty, auto,metal, basic materials, industri-als, bankex, finance and telecomindices gained up to 4.45 percent. However, IT, teck, FMCG,oil and gas and utilities ended up

to 1.29 per cent lower.The broader BSE midcap

and smallcap indices rallied upto 1.43 per cent.

Elsewhere in Asia, HangSeng, Nikkei and Kospi settledsignificantly higher, whileShanghai Composite Indexended in the red.

Exchanges in Europe weretrading in the green in theirrespective early sessions.

The Indian rupee appreci-ated by 2 paise (intra-day) totrade at 71.68 per US dollar.

Global oil benchmark Brentcrude was trading 0.82 per centhigher at USD 63.20 per barrel.

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Meanwhile, investorspumped in over �9,000 croreinto equity mutual funds inAugust, a sharp rise of 12 percent from the precedingmonth, despite volatile stockmarkets.

Open-ended equityschemes witnessed an infusionof �9,152 crore, while there wasa small outflow of �62 crorefrom close-ended equity plans,taking total equity inflows to�9,090 crore last month,according to data from theAssociation of Mutual Funds inIndia (AMFI).

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Union minister NitinGadkari on Wednesday

said it was up to the FinanceMinistry along with state gov-ernments and GST Council todecide on reduction in GSTrate for automobiles and that hehad already spoken to theFinance Minister in this regard.

The Road Transport andHighways Minister also said ascrappage policy, which alsoincludes two-wheelers, is in theworks and will be launchedsoon.

Last week at the SIAMannual convention, Gadkarihad assured the auto industrythat he would take up the issueof GST reduction for automo-biles to 18 per cent from 28 percent.

“I have already discussedwith the Finance Minister. Butultimately if the FM has to take

any decision it must be with theconsultation with state financeministers and GST Council,”Gadkari said here at the launchof a BS-VI scooter by HondaMotorcycle and Scooter India.

He further said, currentlythe ball was in the court of theFinance Ministry and he wasconfident that the ministry inconsultation with state gov-ernments would take a positivedecision.

Commenting on vehiclescrappage policy, Gadkari saida draft had already been pre-pared. “But there are still prob-lems related with various stake-holders. We need cooperationfrom the manufacturers as wellas the Finance Ministry,” headded.

Some of the issues arerelated with tax while some arerelated with state governments,he said.

When asked how soon

such a policy could become areality, he said, ”We are readywith the process. My ministryis trying to get it cleared asearly as possible and I am con-fident that in the limited shorttime we would come to a con-clusion and we will launch thepolicy.”

He said such a policywould also include old two-wheelers and “if the two-wheel-er industry wants to suggestanything we are going to listento it with an open mind”.

Acknowledging the cur-rent distress in the auto indus-try, the minister said the rea-sons could be myriad due todemand and supply issues,global economic slowdown ordue to business cycle.

He, however, exuded con-fidence that within five to sixyears, India would become aglobal manufacturing hub forautomobiles.

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VTL 900.05 904.2 878 901.6PERSISTENT 561 566.75 560.75 564.45TVTODAY 297.45 310 297.45 305.05FINOLEXIND 512.95 515 511.05 514.5IRCON 344.15 345 341.15 344.75MAHINDCIE 161.15 163.3 157.05 162.25SREINFRA 12.45 13.26 12.45 13.18COCHINSHIP 350 355.6 345.3 352.85THYROCARE 460.5 476 460.5 468.75ITDC 180.4 193.75 178 189.5DBCORP 134.9 139.55 134.8 137.45ORIENTCEM 90 92 89 91.2FINEORG 1538.4 1546.25 1500 1530MRPL 46.6 47.6 46.55 47.35JKCEMENT 1014 1025.4 995.85 1015.7MAHABANK 11.75 12.17 11.75 12.01SUNDRMFAST 427.35 433.35 422 431.3SKFINDIA 1895 1897.45 1870.65 1882.6BIRLACORPN 545.25 562.45 545.25 558.9FDC 163.25 169.25 162.1 167.75TEAMLEASE 2852.85 2852.85 2737.8 2761.45ECLERX 467 481.95 465.25 471ADVENZYMES 162.1 165 161.1 164.2INDOSTAR 281.05 285.5 277 284JYOTHYLAB 145.7 147.9 143 147.1PNCINFRA 179.5 184 178.55 182SYNGENE 326.95 329.35 318 327.9MAHLOG 343 347 340.95 343.25HAL 706 710 686 695.6MAGMA 58.95 64.5 58.85 62.65GILLETTE 7162.6 7162.6 7117.25 7122.55BLUESTARCO 737.8 737.8 718.75 723.85JKLAKSHMI 334.9 334.9 325.6 327JBCHEPHARM 383 383.5 379.6 381.15WABCOINDIA 6110 6121 6104 6110.4NIACL 109.25 112.6 108 109.45EIHOTEL 156 160 155.25 159.85IFBIND 660.9 678.05 654 670.95FLFL 468 468 422.5 432.45CENTRUM 25.45 25.45 24.85 24.9MAHLIFE 399.9 415 392 396.65JMFINANCIL 73 75.3 73 74.4AEGISLOG 187 191.8 187 188.2NESCO 532 539 526 527.45NETWORK18 23.25 23.95 23.25 23.7RATNAMANI 900.35 946 898.75 938.9GPPL 82.85 83.95 82.5 82.8ORIENTELEC 155.85 156.05 152.5 154.1CORPBANK 17 17.5 16.7 17.2UCOBANK 15 15.1 14.8 14.85DCAL 179 181.9 178.8 179.6PHOENIXLTD 703 703 693.35 694.6UNITEDBNK 9.6 9.8 7.7 9.62BLUEDART 2347.15 2434.3 2319 2391.8SHILPAMED 287 288.65 268.65 273.45HERITGFOOD 369 385.6 365 379.65LUXIND 1168.25 1190.8 1150.6 1164.3FINCABLES 376.1 378.35 371 373.25SADBHAV 145 147 137.1 141.05SOLARINDS 1088.1 1089 1070 1070.65GEPIL 767 773 755 756.65CARBORUNIV 290.65 306.2 289.25 303.95SIS 805.6 810 801.2 806.9CCL 242 248.4 239.5 246.7BAJAJCON 248.05 260 248.05 254.7GET&D 164.9 170.2 163 165.75TIINDIA 336 348.7 336 341.1APLLTD 496 505 495 502.9KPRMILL 558 558.3 547.25 547.85IOB 9.8 10.2 9.8 10.17SCHAEFFLER 4175.7 4184.55 4020.75 4073.35SHK 131.9 132.35 129.25 130.05ZENSARTECH 220.35 225.2 218.6 221.05SYMPHONY 1237.25 1280 1233.85 1259.85JSWHL 2715.15 2791 2715.15 2772.7KNRCON 221 223.45 217.5 219.75JAGRAN 70.95 72 69.7 70.4TIMKEN 702 702 685.1 696.05GRINDWELL 559.9 584.9 559.9 578NBVENTURES 87.75 88.5 85.5 86.15NH 250 255 238.6 244.4ASTERDM 120 120.65 117.95 119.45JCHAC 1640 1647.25 1603.9 1620.35REDINGTON 111 111.3 109.5 109.9ELGIEQUIP 250.2 258.85 245 250.9ESSELPRO 101.2 107.95 101.2 107.45LAOPALA 176 179.1 175.1 177.9MASFIN 620 620 609.8 612.65MAHSEAMLES 389 391 379.45 389.75TCNSBRANDS 653.3 656 636.8 645.5VMART 2150 2155 2052.05 2071.9DHANUKA 324 339.45 324 334.9STARCEMENT 94.5 97 94.5 95.95APARINDS 543.15 565.8 538.95 556.75MHRIL 213.45 216.9 213.45 215.25SUPRAJIT 162 166.4 158.85 161.15LAURUSLABS 351.95 352 346.6 346.9MONSANTO 2050 2060 2017.5 2041.15SFL 1254 1345 1229.05 1297.55INOXWIND 33 35.9 33 34.35SHOPERSTOP 393.45 398.7 392 398.55COFFEEDAY 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1CGPOWER 13.92 13.92 13.92 13.92RCOM 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.79TRITURBINE 98 99.05 93.35 98.8HATSUN 630 635.7 624.3 624.45SHRIRAMCIT 1339.75 1340.7 1313.55 1325.15GAYAPROJ 114.15 115 113.45 114.05CHOLAHLDNG 443.95 447.3 440 447.3

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The US has unveiled newsteps to fight terrorism

and add muscle to the Trumpadministration's ability topursue terror suspects, theirfinanciers and supportersworldwide.

Utilising a new execu-tive order signed by PresidentDonald Trump, issued onthe eve of the 9/11 anniver-sary, the TreasuryDepartment sanctioned overtwo dozen individuals andentities from 11 terroristgroups, including Pakistan-based Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP).

Noor Wali, also knownas Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud,from the TTP was one of thesanctioned individuals, theUS State Department said,describing him as a SpeciallyDesignated Global Terrorist.

He was named theleader of the terror group in

June 2018 following the deathof former TTP leader MullahFazlullah.

Under Noor Wali's leader-ship, TTP has claimed respon-sibility for numerous deadlyterrorist attacks acrossPakistan, the State Departmentsaid in a press release.

The executive order allowsthe US government to bettertarget terror group leaders andprovides new tools to pursueindividuals who participate interrorist training, TreasurySecretary Steven Mnuchin said.

It order also authorisessecondary sanctions on foreignfinancial institutions that haveknowingly conducted or facil-itated significant transactionswith sanctioned persons,Mnuchin said. He added thatthe order targets those actorsfor and behalf of specially-des-ignated global terrorists.

"Specifically, we haveleaders, operative andfinanciers from over 11 terror-

ist organisations, includingIran's Quds Forces, Hamas,ISIS, Al Qaeda, and their affil-iates," Mnuchin told WhiteHouse reporters at a joint newsconference with the Secretaryof State Mike Pompeo.

Pompeo described theexecutive order as the "most-significant update" to counter-terrorism sanctions authoritysince September 2001.

The treasury secretary saidthat his department wasenhancing efforts to deny ter-rorist access to the financialsystem.

"Since the horrific attacksof 9/11, the US government hasrefocused its counter-terrorismefforts to constantly adapt toemerging threats. PresidentTrump's modernised counter-terrorism Executive Orderenhances the authorities we useto target the finances of terrorgroups and their leaders toensure they are as robust aspossible," Mnuchin said.

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Speaking to theBundestag lower

house of parliament, theGerman leader saidthere was still time tohammer out a workableaccord.

"The EU will in afew months experiencethe exit of an importantmember, the exit ofBritain," Merkel said.

"I am firmly con-vinced that we still have everychance to do it in an orderlyway and the German govern-ment will work toward makingthis possible until the very lastday."

However she added that ifthe European Union andBritain failed to agree on termsfor Brexit that Germany as thebloc's top economy was "pre-pared" for a disorderly divorce.

British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson suspended par-liament Tuesday following aseries of bruising clashes with

MPs over his Brexit plan butinsisted he was making everyeffort to strike an exit deal withthe European Union.

As the planned departuredate of October 31st looms,Johnson said: "We're workingvery hard to get a deal. I thinkwe will get a deal but if absolute-ly necessary we will come outwith no deal."

The Conservative leaderhas faced intense opposition inthe House of Commons to histhreat to leave the bloc withoutagreeing exit terms with

Brussels. Before he sus-pended parliament,MPs rushed throughlegislation requiringJohnson to postponeBrexit by three monthsif he fails to secure adeal at an EU summiton October 17th-18th.

He took office inJuly promising to rene-gotiate the Brexit termsstruck by his predeces-sor, Theresa May, whichwere rejected three

times by MPs. He has previ-ously said he would rather be"dead in a ditch" than delayBrexit.

Merkel has repeatedlyexpressed concerns that a no-deal exit could deal a body blowto the European economy witha recession already looming.

But she has stressed that the integrity of the EU is too important to sacrifice core principles for thesake of a deal.

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The EU warnedWednesday that Israeli

Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu's pledge to annexthe Jordan Valley in the occu-pied West Bank if he winsnext week's election under-mines chances for peace inthe region.

"The policy of settlement construction andexpansion... is illegal underinternational law and its con-tinuation, and actions takenin this context, underminethe viability of the two-statesolution and the prospects fora lasting peace," an EUspokesperson said in a state-ment to AFP.

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Prime Minister JustinTrudeau on Wednesday

kicked off the campaign fornext month's Canadian gener-al election, gunning to holdonto his liberal majority in atight race against newcomerson both flanks.

The parties have alreadybeen wooing voters with pre-election ads, announcementsand whistle stops in key bat-tlegrounds across the country.

But Governor General JuliePayette's dissolution of parlia-ment, at Trudeau's behest,marked the official start of therace to the Oct 21 ballot.

Mr Trudeau, who swept tooffice in November 2015promising "sunny ways" andstressing the importance ofgender equality, gay rights andthe environment, faces an elec-torate more focused on theeconomy and affordabilitywhen it votes on Oct 21.

The 47-year-old marriedfather of three, whose colour-ful socks and classic goodlooks are often splashed acrossthe international media, mayhave history on his side.

Not since 1935 has aCanadian Prime Minister who won a parliamentarymajority in his first term beenbooted from office in the nextelection.

But Mr Trudeau may notwin enough seats to govern byhimself after a series of mis-steps that called into questionhis leadership while cuttinginto his once sky-high popu-larity.

That would leave him andhis Liberal Party weakened,relying on opposition membersof parliament to push throughlegislation.

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Turkey has slammed as"racist" Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'scontroversial pledge to annex theJordan Valley in the occupiedWest Bank if he is re-elected inSeptember 17 polls.

"The election promise ofNetanyahu, who is giving allkind of illegal, unlawful andaggressive messages before theelection, is a racist apartheidstate," Foreign Minister MevlutCavusoglu wrote on his officialTwitter account in both Englishand Turkis on Tuesday.

"Will defend rights andinterests of our Palestinianbrothers&sisters till the end," headded.

The Turkish governmentregards itself as a champion ofthe Palestinian cause and hasnever shied away from criticismof Israel. Netanyahu issued thedeeply controversial pledge as hegears up for elections onSeptember 17. He also reiterat-ed his intention to annex Israelisettlements in the wider WestBank if re-elected.

Palestinians immediatelyreacted to Netanyahu's state-ment by saying he was destroy-ing any hopes for peace, whilehis electoral opponents accusedhim of a cynical play for right-wing nationalist votes with pollsonly a week away.

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Iran on Wednesday rejectedthe possibility of a meeting

between President HassanRouhani and US counterpartDonald Trump, after the WhiteHouse signalled it was open tosuch an encounter.

Two of Trump's top lieu-tenants on Tuesday indicated hewas ready to meet the Iranianpresident without precondi-tions, after the US leader sackedhis hawkish national securityadviser John Bolton.

But Secretary of State MikePompeo and Treasury SecretarySteven Mnuchin stressed theUnited States would maintain itscampaign of "maximum pres-sure" against the Islamic repub-lic.

The idea of a Trump-Rouhani meeting was floatedlast month by French PresidentEmmanuel Macron, who hasbeen spearheading Europeanefforts to de-escalate tensions

between Iran and the UnitedStates.

The arch-foes have been atloggerheads since May last yearwhen Trump unilaterally with-drew from a 2015 nuclear dealand began reimposing crip-pling sanctions on Iran.

Iran's representative at theUnited Nations reiteratedRouhani's position in an inter-view published Wednesday bystate news agency IRNA.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi saida meeting could take place onlyif Washington ends its "eco-nomic terrorism" by lifting all ofits sanctions against Tehran.

The Iranian envoy said anymeeting must also be held in theframework of the group ofmajor powers that negotiatedthe 2015 nuclear deal.

"As long as the US govern-ment's economic terrorism andsuch cruel sanctions areimposed on the Iranian people,there is no room for negotia-tions," he was quoted as sayingby IRNA.

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Australia on Wednesdayrevealed that three of its

citizens had been detained inIran, the latest in a series ofWesterners to be seized byauthorities in Tehran.

News of the trio's detentioncomes at a sensitive geopoliti-cal juncture, and after Australiaannounced that it would join aUS-led mission to protect ship-ping through the Strait ofHormuz with tensions high inthe Gulf region.

"The Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade isproviding consular assistance tothe families of three Australiansdetained in Iran," a spokesper-son told AFP, declining to com-ment further citing privacyobligations.

Canberra is battling tokeep efforts to free the triounder wraps, and it is notclear if the three have beencharged.

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The conversation kicks offquite effortlessly when actorRicha Chadha, on hearing

that I work for this newspaper,immediately takes a shine to me. Inthe blink of an eye, she recalls her“good, old” college days when sheinterned at the daily in the samesection. “I have a stack of newspa-pers with so many bylines,” shereminisces.

The discussion continues abouther experiences in journalism andthen turn towards her forthcomingfilm, Section 375: Marzi YaZabardasti, opposite actor AkshayeKhanna. This section of the IndianPenal Code defines rape as a crim-inal offence and states that a manis said to commit rape when he hassexual intercourse with a womanagainst her will or without her con-sent or if she is a minor. “The wholefilm rests on the subject — can a lieruin all the truths? Who do youbelieve? The guy who says that hedidn’t do anything or the girl whosays that he raped me,” asks Richa.

The film revolves around afilmmaker, who stands accused bya member of his female crew ofhaving raped her at his residence.The case draws unprecedentedmedia attention as argumentsbetween the criminal lawyer(played by Akshaye) representingthe accused and the public prose-cutor Hiral Gandhi (played byRicha) representing the victim heatup as they produce undeniable evi-dence proving their respectiveclients’s innocence. The questionremains — will justice be served?

Richa’s understanding of hercharacter is that Hiral is a very pas-sionate and idealistic girl, who hasjust started her career. She wants toprove a point. She believes in “nail-ing” the bad guys. “When we startour new jobs, we have so much ide-alism and enthusiasm, and slowlywe get jaded or cynical. So she’s allnew to the world of justice andAkshaye sir’s character has been hermentor. She’s his prodigy,” theactor says.

A film like this could beextremely draining and if onedoesn’t catch the vibe of the char-acter right, one can start off on awrong footing. The leads very wellknew that they needed to imbibethe energy of the film to crack itcorrectly. And thus they strategical-ly kept their conversations to bareminimum while shooting the film.Richa’s rich repertoire is a testimo-ny to her versatility and strong act-ing chops. In this film, she foundit necessary to allow the simmer-ing tension to feel authentic.During her prep and through the

workshops, she and Akshaye kepttheir conversations limited to thefilm and its plot. Their workshopstoo were laden with heavy work —rehearsing the monologues anddebating the stances for the court-room drama and quite early on, sherealised that the right approach wasto keep their off-screen cama-raderie to bare minimum.

Richa says, “Thankfully, whenwe started the film, we barelyknew each other. So when westarted shooting, it was a thorough-ly professional relationship.Akshaye is a brilliant actor, whoknows his character like the backof his hand. The energy is hostileand the past equation betweenthem gives context to their hostil-ity. Because Akshaye and I areshown to show a professional and

cordial relationship outside court.”Bholi Punjaban of Fukrey has

no confusion when she talks abouthow she understood her characterand its various layers. “If there’s anaccused and s/he cannot afford alawyer, the government will providea public prosecutor, which is therole that I play. I have to prosecuteon behalf of the girl who hails froman economically-weaker sectionof the society,” she says. While onemight get perplexed about theroles of a defendant and a publicprosecutor in the court and notunderstand the difference, sheexplains, “A public prosecutor is alaw officer who conducts criminalproceedings on behalf of the stateor in the public interest. Akshayesir’s character is completely oppo-site to mine. He’s a private crimi-

nal defence lawyer, who demandsan expensive fee and is rich. I amjust nailing his character. Andbecause she’s a prosecutor, shenever has to defend anybody. Shejust has to be watchful of the ‘bad’guys.”

Richa says that everybody hasthe constitutional right to be rep-resented and defended, even thefive horrible men, who wereaccused in Nirbhaya’s rape andmurder. Even (Ajmal) Kasab inIndia had a lawyer. So that’s thebeauty of the Indian Constitutionthat “it’s very fair. It gives even anaggressor to present his point ofview, which is important too.”

Not always do people knowabout how law works and what itmeans. So how does this film try tobring that up? Richa observes thateven the educated people barelyunderstand the law. She says, “Onlylawyers and the judges know aboutit besides people working in judi-ciary and the police force, of course.So films like these will only help tocreate an awareness among themasses.”

We cannot ignore the fact thatfilms and every other manner ofstory-telling have a responsibilitytowards the society as they have thehighest capacity to impact diverseminds collectively. The actor feelsthat of course, films have a respon-sibility and they are a powerfulmedium too “but then if there is apressure to teach and educate theaudience, we won’t be able tomake all kinds of film becausethere are some on terrorists andgangsters too. If cinema sits downwith this responsibility, this medi-um of entertainment will sooncome to end. Interesting charactersare always grey. You cannot bepreachy all the time. The respon-sibility that cinema should bescreened by the censor board onlyand not by common public becausekal ko fir koi bhi kuch bhi boldega,which is what happens in India —hall ki seats tod do and things thatthey say like yeh hamari sanskritike khilaf hai. At least watch the filmfirst. People just watch the trailerand make up their minds. We havea censor board and it is their jobto certify films,” says she.

Laws have changed afterNirbhaya’s case and there is talk oflegal reforms and fast trials, but thestigma and blaming of rape sur-vivors is something which is unfor-tunately very much prevalent.Richa feels not only in India butanywhere in the world, there is asocial stigma and drama attachedto it. And it’s a very common prob-lem that a lot of rapes go unreport-ed. “So there is need for change ofattitude in society. People need tostop associating shame with thesurvivor. Social mindsets don’tchange with just a click. They takea long time. The government alonecannot combat damaging stereo-types around it. But they do playa critical role. And this film aimsto do just that — initiate a dialoguearound the stigma that rape sur-vivors face in our country,” saysRicha with a hope of seeing a bet-ter world.

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September 13.)

If you thought tattoos were thepreserve of the hip youngsters,

then that’s not true anymore.Even though older generationsmight look like they’re against the‘getting inked’ trend, they too arejoining the style movement now.There are no more judgementslike “Have you imagined whatyour tattoo would look like at 50?”From face-line tattoos to mandalageometric designs, current tattootrends show how people are ‘keep-ing it simple’ these days.

The first on the line are thebasic prism tattoos, which aremade from one-liver needle, sug-gests tattoo artist Micky Malani,founder of BodyCanvas. “Thesesimple pieces make a structurethrough a pair of arrows pointedin separate directions on thewearer’s wrist. The geometric andmandala tattoos are also toppingthe trends as they used to shadeand beautify the look,” he says.

There are X-ray tattoos whichhave given a new face to shadingand transition in tattoos today.These might result in skin burnsas its magnetic resonance imag-ing (MRI) heats up some of thecomponents of tattoo ink.However, the increasing popular-ity of these tattoos has extendedits role beyond style statements.

Apart from such intricately-shaded and designed tattoos,there are the face-line tattoos,which have gained immense pop-ularity today. “It’s because peopleare increasingly wanting to ‘keepit simple’ and the artwork requiresdeep thoughts and are very min-

imalistic in terms of its ink usage.For instance, a face-line tattoowould look like a woman’s facedrawn with a continuous line.People look at it more like puttingtheir own mark on themselves,”Micky says. They are also knownto be as less painful than otherswhich involved a lot of work onthe nerves.

Based out of Chandigarh, tat-too artist Rishabh Narang, ownerof Immortal Tattoos, says, “Thefirst-timers might choose more ofminimalistic designs with subtledetails. They would also go forsimple designs which are moredetailed yet clean.” While earlierpeople used to get influenced bytattoo designs of other people orsearched for designs online,Rishabh says that today, studiosare boosting custom works so thatevery one can have an individualdesign. “Not only this gives indi-vidual identities to the people butthe artist also feels fulfilled,’ hesays.

Artist Vikas Malani says thatthe outline work, line art and geo-metric patterns are more trendy.In the West, people get heavy tat-toos done on their bodies withoutthe fear of being judged. But inIndia, there is still a social stigmaattached to it. People call namesto the ones who get tattoos. Hesays, “Here people don’t wantheavy work on them because of

the kind of surrounding that weare in and the families that wecome from. They don’t allow tat-toos easily because they feel it isnot something sophisticated peo-

ple do.” He shares his personalexperience that he comes acrosssuch people everyday. “They comeand tell us to make any design andare not sure about their choices.

It is important to educate thepeople about tattooing and breaktheir perceptions about this indus-try. To make them aware about itsbroader perspective there are var-ious events and festivals. And onesuch is the Heartwork TattooFestival, which is currently in itsfifth version. Director LokeshVerma says, “People don’t usual-ly go to a tattoo studio. Throughsuch festivals they can walk inwith their families and see peoplegetting tattoos all around. Thishelps them to become comfort-able.”

However, he further chal-lenges the notion of trends in tat-toos. He says that there is notrend in them as it has manydesigns which stays forever. Heasserts that it is very importantfor people to understand theessence of a tattoo. “There aremany people who get copieddesigns done on them. Theyneed to understand that it is anexpression of their individualityand they should be able toexpress themself through it. If agirl is feminine she will get but-terfly and flowers, if she is notfeminine she will get other geo-metrical symbols,” he adds.

For students from elemen-tary to high school, the

September 11 terrorist attackisn’t a memory. It’s history. Anew HBO documentary thathas made a debut on thetragic incident’s 18thanniversary treats it that way.

The necessity of her pro-ject, “What Happened onSeptember 11,” struck film-maker Amy Schatz when athird grade girl told herabout a playdate where sheand a friend Googled“September 11 attacks.”

“When a child does that,what he or she finds are somehorrific images that are notnecessarily appropriate forkids. So I felt a responsibili-ty to try to fill that void andtry to give kids somethingthat isn’t horrifying and kindof fills in the gap,” Schatzsaid.

The half-hour film is acompanion piece, focusingon the memories of formerstudents at a high school nearGround Zero.

Schatz has made a spe-cialty of creating films thatseek to explain the inexplic-able, with The Number onGreat-Grandpa’s Arm tack-ling the holocaust and anoth-er on the Parkland shooting.“I’m really desperate forsome more lightness verysoon,” she said.

In this case, she workedwith the September 11remembrance museum onthe story, filming two menwho work there giving pre-sentations to third graders.Stephen Kern, who workedon the 62nd floor of theWorld Trade Center’s NorthTower, talks about beingevacuated. MatthewCrawford, whose father wasa firefighter who died thatday, discussed his experience.She also found a middleschool in Secaucus, NewJersey, that teaches historythrough art and poetry, help-ing students process theemotions of what theylearned.

Short history lessons aresprinkled throughout thefilm, about New York and theWorld Trade Center, theone-time tallest towers in theworld. Construction beganin 1968.

“One of the biggest ques-tions the kids have is why?

‘Why would somebody dothat? Why would there besuch cruelty?’” she said.“That’s a very difficult thingto grapple with and answerso that was the trickiest partof the project,” she adds.

The film tells of OsamaBin Laden and his activismthat started with the SovietUnion’s invasion ofAfghanistan. But it nevertruly answers the whys.Maybe no one can.

Schatz doesn’t avoidsome of the terrible imagesof the day — the secondplane striking the WorldTrade Center and resultantfireball, the collapse of eachtower and the giant clouds ofdebris that billowed throughthe canyons of city streets.Schatz didn’t want to avoidthose clips, since kids knowthat planes crashed into thebuildings, but she opted notto spend much time on them“so that we didn’t create toomany lingering after-imagesin people’s minds.”

As part of her research,Schatz interviewed alumni ofStuyvesant High School nearthe World Trade Center site.But the memories of whatthey saw, heard and smelledthat day — and the uncer-tainty of how they would gethome from school — provedtoo raw. That’s why In theShadow of the Towers:Stuyvesant High on 9/11 is aseparate film that premiereson HBO.

Schatz said a school cur-riculum is being developedfor teaching children aboutthe tragedy, and “WhatHappened on September 11”will be made available toschools for free. The film isaimed generally at childrenages 7 to 12.

Throughout her work,Schatz kept returning to thememory of the youngstersearching for details aboutSeptember 11 on the inter-net.

“You can’t protect kidsfrom what they’re going tocome across. It seemed to methere was an opportunity toput something out there thatis age-appropriate and nottoo scary and give them thetools they need to under-stand the world aroundthem,” said she.

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Monaco, the Rivieragem, has become theepitome of luxury

travel. It is not only for singlesor young couples, but serves asa great experience for the kidstoo.

To have fun, one needs tocatch the monacair chopperride from Nice Cote d AzurAirport, which will give you asight to behold. The ‘Changingof Guards’ ceremony at Prince’sPalace is a must visit withkids.

A fun morning activity forthe whole family can also be avisit to the Zoological Gardenof Monaco, which is home tonearly 250 animals represent-ing about diverse species —exotic birds, turtles, caimans,hippopotamuses, reptiles, pri-mates and farm animals. Onceyou make your way to the heartof Monte-Carlo, a visit to theJardin Exotique is a must whichoffers breath-taking views ofMonaco and proposes to dis-cover succulent plants.

For the little devoted auto-mobile fans, take your kid tothe Monaco’ cars collection byPrince Albert. It is a dreamymuseum for all the minor carafficionado. As the day sets in,stroll down to the Larvotto

Beach that offers fun in theblue Mediterranean for theadventurous water babies. Letyour children try the water-ski-ing or banana boats and amarine excursion for spottingwhales and more. Aqua lovers

learn the secrets of the marineworld and discover the won-derful things that live beneaththe surface with activities atOceanographic Museum ofMonaco. Don’t forget to hop onto the Monaco’s little touristtrain which sets off from theOceanographic Museum, todiscover La Porte de France, LaPlace d’Armes and its market,hairpin bends on the Formulaone Grand Prix circuit, theCasino de Monte-Carlo, thePrince’s Palace, the Cathedraland choose to get dropped atthe famous Port Hercule. Havedinner at American stylerestaurant, Stars’NBars whichis the most family-friendly anda great place to go with childrenas they have a large kids menu,starring the organic hamburg-er.

Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo, has a programme foryour little ones known as theLittle Chefs and the kitchen isopen to children from six to 10years. They can create anytreat their hearts desire, anddiscover the joys of baking. Thelittle bakers will leave the work-shop with their own little chefapron, along with their cre-ations to proudly bring back totheir family.

If we recall our vedic historyand culture, we would find

that the base of the universe istruth. As one of the shlokas inthe Bhagwad Gita says, Naabhaavahavidyateysataha,meaning the truth prevails.The above shloka relates to thealmighty, who is eternal, ever-lasting and who creates, nurs-es, holds and is naturally thebase of the universe.

As fire generates fire, truthgenerates truth. When godcreated the universe, he alsogave true knowledge of the fourVedas to rishis (saints), whichhas been obtained traditional-ly till now through ancient andpresent rishi-munis. So withoutstudying Vedas, wherein theeternal truth exists, who wouldbe able to understand it? Theordinary man doesn’t have thepower to know or realise thetruth.

Today, when the younggeneration is not studyingVedas, they, as per a Yajurvedamantra, are indulged in illu-sion. So without knowing theeternal path of worship, whichexists only in Vedas, no onewould be able realise the mean-ing of god.

Vedas preach that throughmind (Mansa), voice (Vacha)and deeds (Karma), nobodyshould follow falsehood.Mundakopnishad says,“Satyamev Jayate, Na Nritam”meaning at last, the truthshall prevail and not false-hood. And anyone who fol-lows truth firmly will get shel-ter and his speech will nevergo in vain. However, an unde-serving person will never beblessed.

In this regard, the

Manusmriti shloka said,“Satyam Brooyaat PriyamBrooyaat, Apriyam Satyam NaBrooyaat.” This implies thatone should always speak truth.Be it bitter or sweet, it’s for thegood. The rishi-munis used topreach to their disciplesSatyam Vad Dharmam Char,which implies that life is givento you to speak the truth andpractice moral duties towardsyour family and nation.However, today, due to lack offacilities to spread vedicknowledge in our country,students are not aware of thelessons that Vedas teach.

In the Mahabharata, itwas said that Yudhishthiralways spoke truth. It wasonly once that he said in areformed manner. However,he is known to have been pun-ished by god after death for it.Today, telling lies have becomea custom. Even for petty ben-efits, people confidently lie.Imagine, the level of seriouspunishments will be borne byus after death now?

A child learns the mostfrom his parents. They shouldcondition their children in theright way, keep them awayfrom the bad influence andteach him to never lie. Andthat is why there is a need ofspreading the vedic knowledgedoor to door. This wouldenable all the human-beings,especially saints, doctors,lawyers, administrators, teach-ers to save themselves fromcorruption, falsehood andprofessionalism.

(The author, Swami RamSwarup, is the chief editor ofVed Ishvareeya vani, a bi-annual Magazine.)

To promote and popularisethe system of alternative

medicine, Unani HamdardLaboratories (India) with theinitiative of AYUSH Ministry,Government of India, hasintroduced a Customer LoyaltyProgramme, HamdardBonanza for practitioners andchannel partners.

In the last four years,Hamdard Bonanza has benefit-ted more than 5,000 partici-pants from across the countryand helped generate awarenessabout lifestyle related disorders— diabetes, high cholesterol,lack of immunity — and theircure through nature-basedHamdard medicines. It hashelped Unani practitioners,especially younger brigade, todo mass scale patients’ trials,gain clinical experience leadingto enhanced confidence inUnani medicines. This year thetheme of the event was to pro-

mote active participation, makeUnani profitable and popu-larise it to every nook and cor-ner of the country along withthe digital campaign#BeTheUnaniChampion for allits consumers.

Hamdard Bonanza hasbeen launched through amobile application (HB-App)to bring in speed, efficiency,accuracy and transparency inthe entire process right fromenrollment to redemption ofgifts that would be offeredthrough Electronic GiftVouchers (EGVs).

Fifty-five winners wererecognised and awarded acrossthe country, under seven differ-ent categories, through a luckydraw that included the bumperprize. The event also lauded thehard work of its devotedemployees from sales, mar-keting and support functionsfor executing and ensuring

quality service to the con-sumers.

Mansoor Ali, chief salesand marketing officer,Hamdard Laboratories (India),said, “Hamdard Bonanza pro-gramme was initiated in theyear 2014 with an effort toappreciate the loyalty of ourUnani practitioners and moti-vate the young doctors to prac-tice and promote this heritagesystem of medicines. Unani isrecognised by WHO and piv-ots around a very scientificapproach, emphasising holisticwellness of the body, mind andsoul. The brand occupies ahuge element of trust and lin-eage in people’s minds and it isin continuation with this lega-cy that we have launched theseinitiatives acknowledging thewide positive impact that hasbeen brought in. The use oftechnology to build loyalty intrade is now the way forward.”

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IP University, celebrated Teacher’sDay with full fervour at Dwarka cam-

pus. Dr Kiran Seth, founder of SpicMacay, was the chief guest of the occa-sion.

Professor Shiv Vishwanath of theJindal Global Law School was the guestof honour. The acting vice chancellor,Professor Kamal DP Singh, actingregistrar brigadier PK Upmanyu, direc-tor of student’s welfare, ProfessorManpreet Kang, controller of finance,Rinku Gautam and other senior offi-cers as well as faculty members werepresent on the occasion.

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The GhaziabadM u n i c i p a l

Corporation will organ-ise a workshop to dealwith accidents in sewerdue to lack of securitymeasures, after the deathof the safari personnelwho died due to suffoca-tion during the cleaningof sewer. Experts fromall across will come tothis workshop. They willgive safety tips on the

matter.Giving this infor-

mation, MunicipalC o r p o r a t i o nCommissioner, DineshChandra said that JalKal Department,Jalnigam, all municipalcouncils of the district,executive officers ofNagar Panchayats, engi-neers associated withsewer work will also beinvited.

WORKSHOP FOR SEWER ACCIDENTS

Builders are bringingschemes to deal with

recession and sell their prop-erties. Ghaziabad builderswill soon be selling real estateproperty. Proyu InfrastructureLimited offers a scheme ofbooking a house only for �1in its officer city project. Forthe past several years, becauseof the recession in real estate,millions of builders’ houseshave remained unsold, which

has weakened the financialcondition. Now they want tosell those property by bring-ing up new schemes.

Puneet Tyagi, director ofthe organisation, says thatthe 14-floor project has 18towers. He claims that thesociety has all the facilities.The customers can easilybook their favorite sites bypaying just �1. One can startthe loan process later and payin easy installments. Heshares that real estate hasincreased by 25 to 30 per centcompared to the year 2017.

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Carnival of Joy wasorganised by Wealth

Clinic at the CitrusHotel in the city. Thesession was followed bya customer meet underthis carnival. Around250 people from DelhiNCR attended the work-shop and were briefedhow RERA and GSThave boosted thedemand of the outsidersto invest in.

The true meaning ofinvestment was alsoexplained. CMD ofWealth Clinic, AmitRaheja said, “We haveorganised this carnivalfor the purpose of mak-ing people aware aboutright investment. Thisarea is now becomingthe first choice of thepeople and the demandfor residential propertyis also increasing here.”

Ifelt a surge of friendliness and polite-ness passing through me as I landed at

the Airport in Montreal, Canada. As I hadan air cast on my twisted leg and had dif-ficulty in walking, an airport workerimmediately rushed to guide me to theelevator and lead me towards the immi-gration area. This was in great contrast to

the treatment Ireceived at the previ-ous airport where wehad a stopover.

I had heardmany amazing andjaw-dropping sightsthat this city couldoffer. And my expe-riences did not makethem appear as false.A quick peek at the

map made me realise that I was just a fewskips, hops and road-trips away fromsome of Canada’s finest spots.

������Situated on the St Lawrence river, the

island of Montreal is a juxtaposition of thenew and the old. My visit to this formerFrench colony was an unforgettable expe-rience. The city is home to 120 distinctcommunities. Withvibrant people,r e s t a u r a n t s ,

cafes, museums, churches and lush greenopen spaces, it presents a moving canvasof beautiful landscapes.

��� ����� ����� ��� ��In these two neighboring areas of

Montreal, we can explore the city’s cen-turies-old history. One can walk down thecobbled streets of old Montreal andadmire the various historical structuresthat line the streets. If looked closely, onewill notice French, English and Scottishinfluence in the architecture. After tak-ing a walk through those lanes, one cantake a well-deserved break in one of thenumerous restaurants or cafes along thestreets.

� ���9��������� ���� �� ����� The Basilica is a testimony of the city’s

catholic roots and the close relationshipbetween art and religion. Vintage wood

carvings, slainglass art

stained in

deep-blue colour makes its interior pre-sent a classic example of architectural art,by Victor Bougear. One can also enjoy thevarious street art performances like clas-sical, vocal and instrumental music at thecourtyard in front of the Basilica and atthe same time, admire its very beauty.

� ����� �� Mount Royal is an iconic spot which

is popularly known as ‘The Mountain’.Apart frombeing a per-

f e c t

spot for nature-lovers, bird-watchers andsports enthusiasts, the slopes are home totwo of the city’s oldest cemeteries. TheMount Royal Chalet at its top takes oneback to the history of Montreal during theGreat Depression in 1932. TheKandiaronk lookout in front of theChalet offers a magnificent view of thedowntown area and the mighty StLawrence.

5�������� �����Founded in 1931 by Brother Marie-

Victoria, it has a very thoughtfully laid-out garden with green houses. The botan-ic is known to be one of the finest andlargest of its kind. The collection of plantsspecies here include several exotic andrare herbs. A stroll through its varioustheme gardens such as the Japanese gar-den, the Chinese garden, Courtyard ofSenses and many more, is an experience

that comes once in a lifetime.It is also a

source of

endless knowledge and beauty.

G�����A day’s trip can be taken to the

Quebec city from Montreal through sev-eral bus tours which are available. One canalso hire a cab for the day so as to moveleisurely at one’s own pace. With pic-turesque cobblestone streets, vintage hut-like houses and cafes by the streetside andlive performances in the open spacesalong the river front, make this historiccity a pleasure to be at.

A visit to its Montmorency Falls is amust too. It ranges from a height of 83metres, higher than the Niagara Falls. Thefalls can be climbed up in different waysand a few of them could be really adven-turous and thrilling.

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road journey from Montreal to NiagaraFalls, with two to three halts, and call ittedious and tiring. However, the drivethrough the excellent roads with densegreen forests on both sides is a differentexperience altogether. The ‘ThousandIslands’, which constitute an archipelagoof 1,864 islands that straddles theCanada–USborder in

the St Lawrence River, is certainly a mar-vel of nature. With 3,160 tonnes of watercascading down the falls every second isa spectacle. The Horseshoe Falls on theCanadian side are awe-inspiring. The‘Maid of the Mist’ cruise to the Horseshoeis a must.

� � �� We spent only three to four hours in

Toronto. However, they were enough toabsorb in the place’s warm vibe, which ishome to various people of different cul-tures and languages. We could alsosqueeze in some time to go up the CNTower, which gives a magnificent view ofthe city and Lake Ontario. We took a strollat the the vibrant Eaton Square too.

All in all, one thing I will remembermy visit to Canada for, is the friendly vibeof the place and its polite and helping peo-ple. They have a great respect for pedes-trians. Drivers here would usually stoptheir cars if one is about to cross the roads(something highly unexpected in India).Jardin Nelson, located in the heart of OldMontreal, is a haven for foodies to relishthe combined pleasures of good food,exceptional service and an impressive andbreath-taking ambience.

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England have dropped JasonRoy for the fifth Ashes Test

against Australia that startstoday, as they look to level theseries at 2-2.

One-day specialist Roy washanded his Test debut againstIreland in July after making adevastating impact at the top ofthe order during England’s vic-torious World Cup campaign.

But the Surrey batsmanfailed to impress in the first fourmatches of the Ashes, either asan opener or when he droppeddown the order in the fourthTest, where he made a top scoreof 31.

Paceman Craig Overtonhas also been left out for theclash at the Oval, with all-rounders Sam Curran andChris Woakes, who made wayfor Overton at Old Traffordlast week, coming into theside.

The England and WalesCricket Board confirmed thatBen Stokes would play as aspecialist batsman due to ashoulder injury.

Captain Joe Root said Royhad missed out because theside needed re-balancing dueto Stokes’s injury.

“It’s always tough to leaveguys out, but Stokesy obviouslypicked up a shoulder injury inthe last game and won’t be ableto bowl the overs we normal-ly expect him to,” he said at theLondon ground onWednesday.

“With that we’ve had tochange the balance of theside, and Jason’s the unfortu-nate one to miss out.

“Jason’s had an opportu-nity to come in and play Testcricket, get a feel for it and it’snot quite gone how he wouldhave liked.

“But I’m sure he’ll go awayand work extremely hard andcome back again and that’swhat you expect of guys whenthey get left out.”

Root said it would havebeen a risk to pick Stokes as afrontline bowler due to the all-rounder’s fitness issues but hefully justified his place as aspecialist batsman.

The 28-year-old isEngland’s top-scorer in theseries with 354 runs and twocenturies, including hismatch-winning ton in thethird Test at Headingley.Playing XI: Joe Root (capt),Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow(wkt), Stuart Broad, RoryBurns, Jos Butt ler, SamCurran, Joe Denly, Jack Leach,Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes

GARND FINALTim Paine described the

fifth Ashes Test as Australia’s“grand final” as they targettheir first series win inEngland since 2001.

The tourists have alreadyretained the urn after winningthe fourth Test to take a 2-1lead but captain Paine saidthey are “very hungry” tocomplete the job at the Oval.

All-rounder MitchellMarsh has been recalled to the12-man squad in place ofTravis Head to ease the work-load on Australia’s impressivepace attack.

“We’ve already spoken a lotabout it (the final Test),” Painesaid on Wednesday on the eveof the match.

“We came here to win theAshes, not just to retain them.

“Last week’s result was bril-liant and we played very well butall the guys are fully aware thatthis Test match is bigger thanthat one.

“This is our grand final. Wewant this Test just as much asany other Test that we’ve played

in this series.”He said Marsh’s inclusion

was aimed at easing the work-load on his impressive paceattack and that he had “fullfaith” in his batting.

“We just wanted a bit morebowling depth in the squad tocover what looks like a reallygood wicket and be able tolook after our big fastbowlers,” said Paine.

Australia head coachJustin Langer has backed out-

of-form opener David Warnerto come good in the fifth andfinal Ashes Test.

Warner has been in awfulform in the ongoing Ashesscoring just 79 runs at anaverage of 9.87 per innings.The left-handed opener hasendured a tough series tack-ling the new ball, particularlyagainst England seamer StuartBroad, and has managed justone double-figure score (61) ineight innings with ducks from

each of his last three starts."Davey hasn't had a great

series, there are no secretsabout that," Langer was quot-ed as saying by cricket.com.au.

"But he's also a word-class player and I've saidthroughout the whole series,if Davey has one good inningsit'll help us win the Ashes. Heprobably hasn't been throughthis lean run before, so it'sgoing to be a good test of hischaracter.

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Peru grabbed a slice ofrevenge for their loss to

Brazil in the Copa Americafinal, defeating the five-timeWorld Cup winners 1-0 in afriendly in Los Angeles.

A headed goal fromArgentina-based defender LuisAbram was enough to give Perua hard-fought win over theBrazilians on Tuesday.

The defeat brought an endto Brazil’s 17-game winningstreak, a run which started witha victory over the United Statesjust over a year ago.

Brazil coach Tite mean-while opted against startingParis Saint-Germain star

Neymar, four days after he hadmade a successful return frominjury with a goal and an assistin a 2-2 draw with Colombia onFriday.

Tite, who had been reluc-tant to start Neymar in back-to-back games as the striker regainsfitness, brought on the PSG for-ward after 63 minutes in placeof Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino.

Neymar attempted to upthe tempo in attack, but wasunable to break the deadlock,with Brazil, who were alsomissing Dani Alves and ThiagoSilva, struggling to find theirusual attacking rhythm.

Instead it was Peru whograbbed a winner, Abram risingto meet Yoshimar Yotun’s free-

kick to glance in the winner.

MARTINEZ HAT-TRICKLautaro Martinez fired a

22-minute hat-trick asArgentina thrashed Mexico 4-0 in a friendly international inSan Antonio.

Inter Milan strikerMartinez scored in the 17th,22nd and 39th minutes at theAlamodome to give Argentinaa deserved win over a lacklus-tre Mexico team.

Paris Saint-Germain mid-fielder Leandro Paredes scoredArgentina’s other goal from thepenalty spot after 33 minutes asthe South American giantsromped into a 4-0 lead at half-time.

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England and Portugal bothscored five goals whileFrance scored three as they

overcame lowly-ranked Kosovo,Andorra and Lithuania in Euro2020 qualifying on Tuesday.

Captain Ronaldo, makinghis 160th international appear-ance, scored four as Portugal won5-1 in Vilnius and strengthenedtheir position in Group B after asluggish start.

For Ronaldo it was a secondhat-trick in three internationals.The victory over Lithuania, 130thin the world rankings, keptbrought Portugal five pointsbehind Ukraine at the top ofGroup B.

Portugal, who opened thegroup with home draws againstUkraine and Serbia, started theirrecovery with a victory inBelgrade on Saturday. They havea game in hand on all the otherteams in the group.

Ronaldo’s first goal was apenalty. The second, with thescores level after an hour, was ascuffed low shot from outside thepenalty area which took a coupleof stranges bounces off the arti-ficial turf before it was parriedinto the air by the diving ErnestasSetkus. The dropping ball hit theback of the goalie’s head beforerolling in. The third was a clini-cal volley from close range. Thefourth was a low shot into thecorner.

Vytautas Andriuskeviciusscored the hosts’ only goal before

William Carvalho added a fifthfor the reigning champions at theend.

Serbia beat Luxembourg 3-1,as Aleksandar Mitrovic nettedtwice, to solidify their grasp onthird place. They are a pointbehind Portugal.

In Southampton, GarethSouthgate’s England side trailedearly on to Kosovo, ranked 120thin the world, when Valon Berishascored after 34 seconds. Englandreplied with a first-half goalbinge that ended with JadonSancho scoring twice to make it5-1 at the break.

‘BIZARRE GAME’The visitors claimed two

back in the second half, includ-ing a second for Lazio midfield-er Berisha, but the 5-3 victory putEngland three points clear inGroup A, ahead of the second-

placed Czech Republic, who beatMontenegro 3-0.

In Paris, the world champi-ons made light work of beating136-ranked Andorra 3-0. It wasLes Bleus’ 100th match at theStade de France.

Antoine Griezmann misseda penalty for his country for thesecond game running butKinglsey Coman, ClementLenglet, with his first on the inter-national goal, and Wissam BenYedder clinched three points.

Cenk Tosun scored twice asthe Turks beat Moldova with easein a 4-0 victory in Chisinau. ButIceland, who had been level withthe top two, suffered a blow asthey lost 4-2 in Albania.

That result meant Icelanddropped three points behind. Italso changed the tiebreak, allow-ing Turkey to take first place fromFrance.

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Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Wednesdayhailed the Indian football team’s performance,

terming the result as a “great achievement”.He said the result can motivate the Indian play-

ers to have a shot at advancing further to the nextround.

“It was a big achievement, drawing against Asianchampions Qatar and that too in Qatar. This matchshould motivate the players to do well and instill con-fidence in the upcoming matches (of the World Cupqualifiers),” Bhutia said.

“The boys have played well against Oman andQatar and if they continue in the same way, therecan be a possibility for India to make it to the nextround, you never know. But it should not be a one-off performance and they should maintain it in thematches coming up,” he added.

Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was the starof the match as he single-handedly stopped theQataris from scoring any goal by making at least 10saves.

“He was simply outstanding and he was the mainreason (for the draw),” the 42-year-old Bhutia saidof Gurpreet who also wore the captain’s armbandin the match against Qatar.

Talking further about the match against Qatar,Bhutia, who played 104 international matchesbetween 1995 and 2011, said, “India defended real-ly well, the players maintained the shape andremained compact throughout.

“Against Oman, India were dominating in thefirst half but let in two late goals. So, against Qatarit was very scary (thinking India may concede lategoals) but in the end they were able to keep theirnerves and did not commit any mistake.”

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He is “more than happy”with the solitary pointthat the Indian football

team snatched by drawingagainst Asian champion Qatarbut coach Igor Stimac says hehas told the players to staygrounded as they can’t affordcomplacency during FIFAWorld Cup Qualifiers.

The former Croatian inter-national wants the Indian play-ers to stay focussed and garnermore points in their upcomingmatches. India dished out agritty performance to Qatar toa goalless draw in a FIFAWorld Cup Round 2 qualifyingmatch here on Tuesday night.

“As a coach, I don’t havetime to waste in thinking toomuch higher than it was a fewdays ago when we lost toOman. Still today as a coach,of course, I am more thanhappy to get a point against thereigning champions of Asia,”Stimac said at the post-matchpress conference here.

“We need to improve in

certain areas, on the otherhand, all congratulations notjust to my players but also forQatar. There was excitement infront of both goals, of course.”

“It was a great experiencefor us. All credits to my play-ers, I am very proud of myplayers. But the message to theteam is to keep yourself downas it is just a point,” he added.

Despite playing without

their talismanic captain andstriker Sunil Chhetri, who waslaid low by fever, the Indiansdenied Qatar, who won theAsian Cup title in January,despite the home side manag-ing more than a dozen shots ontarget.

“Qatar deserved morefrom this game. They createdmore chances today but we alsohad many chances,” Stimac

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Star goalkeeper GurpreetSingh believes anything is

possible in football after a grit-ty India held Asian championsQatar to a goalless draw in aFIFA World Cup Round 2qualifying match.

“I feel extremely proud ofthe team for our performanceagainst Qatar,” said Gurpreet,who also worn the captain’sarmband.

“The team-effort helpedus achieve the result. It willhelp us immensely in the qual-ifiers.

“We have played just twomatches, and we have playedwell, that too against two pow-erful teams. It gives us thatadded motivation and confi-dence that in football, anythingis possible,” he added.

Custodian Gurpreet, whowas unbeatable under theIndian bar, credited the entireteam for stealing an unexpect-ed point from the away match.

“Everyone played theirhearts out, and gave everythingout on the pitch. That enabledus to come back to the dress-ing room, satisfied, and with avery crucial point,” he said.

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said.Stimac also took a potshot at

those who criticised his team’s fitnesslevels after India lost 1-2 to Oman intheir campaign-opener, with bothOman goals coming in the final eightminutes.

The coach asserted that fitnesswas never a problem for his side.

“You see, I cannot reply to eachcomment after a game because notmany people are well educated aboutfootball. We are a fit team and weproved it today.

“We played against Qatar and wemade space for ourselves even in thelast minutes. We made sprints evenin the 95th minute, showing a lot ofconcentration. So we showed goodfitness,” Stimac said.

India will play Bangladesh intheir next World Cup qualifyingmatch in Kolkata on October 15 andthe coach expects a full house at the

mecca of Indian football.“Our country has a popula-

tion of over 1.3 billion peoplecompared to that this was avery small crowd.

“I want to see 80,000 peo-ple in Kolkata againstBangladesh. We deserve thatand they need to come and sup-port us,” Stimac signed off.