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O n the second day of demo- lition drive of the leg- endary Emar Mutt near the Jagannath Temple here, while the administration was in full swing for razing of unsafe structures, the mutt’s Mahant (abbot) Ramanuja Das was found to be in deep prayer for the second consecutive day behind closed doors, thereby halting the mutt eviction exer- cise. Nobody was allowed to meet the Mahant for the sec- ond day. The district adminis- tration, which has readied a container for housing of the Mahant, is still in a wait. The administration had to concen- trate on demolition of old structures spread over a vast area nearby The administration may try on Saturday to con- vince the Mahant to come to the container. “The adminis- tration has been undertaking eviction drive illegally. According the agreement, only unsafe buildings should be demolished. But they have demolished all structures, including the Raghunandan Library,” the Mahnat claimed. “I am not happy over the man- ner in which the administra- tion demolished the library and other buildings,” he said. The district administra- tion, however, defended the demolition of the library and claimed that the facility would be relocated having a world- class makeover. “All the ancient scripts and books will be pre- served and digitised using technology,” said Puri Collector Balwant Singh. So far as a finding of a mys- terious corridor stretched underground to 50 meters is concerned, the snake helpline is yet to venture into the place. Amidst suspense of precious treasure troves existing in the a long corridor, it was made clear that the underground rooms are nothing but paddy stores, which is seen in other monasteries also. Notably in old days, the farmers who were leased out mutt's lands for cul- tivation used to offer tonness of paddy and other harvests every year to the mutt and these gains were stored in the godown built underground for safety purpose. It is observed that after an appeal to the Puri people by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the eviction drive is continuing without mass protests. The people have reposed confi- dence on the CM and are backing his plan of a world her- itage site. A major public view in the city is that Puri needs developments. Still, there is suspense among people as to who are scheduled to lose lands, which might fall in the 75-meter area from the Jagannath Temple. S elf-styled godman Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Roul, who was released from jail on bail last month after remaining in custody for nearly four years, on Friday approached the Orissa High Court in a mis- cellaneous petition seeking some relaxations in his bail conditions. The High Court had grant- ed bail to Roul imposing as many as six stringent condi- tions. While Roul was asked not to take out any processions or rallies during his bail peri- od, he was also asked not to visit his erstwhile ashram at Barimul in Kendrapada dis- trict. He was also asked not to meet his followers, supporters and mediapersons and not to attend or give any spiritual discourses during the bail peri- od. The court has also asked him not to go outside the State without prior intimation to the Investigating Officer (IO). In case, he was to go anywhere inside the State, his address and telephone number should be furnished to the IO in a shield cover. Now in his plea to the court, Roul has mentioned that he is comfortable with most of the bail conditions. But he wants some relaxations in the conditions imposed on his freedom of speech by restraining him from giving spiritual and religious dis- courses. “Since I do not have any permanent source of income and I have taken huge amounts as hand loans to meet my liti- gation expenditure, I may be allowed to continue giving dis- courses with any other addi- tional conditions as the court may deem proper,” Roul’s peti- tion said. T wo persons were killed and over 20 were injured after a bus in which they were trav- elling overturned on NH-57 near Pubu Sahi under the Khordha Town police station here on Friday. Sources said that the bus named ‘Narayani’ was on its way from Bhubaneswar to Kalapathar in Nayagarh district when the mishap occurred. The deceased were identi- fied as Arpatula Khan, helper of the bus, of Pangarsingh vil- lage in Begunia block in Khordha district and Govind Pradhan, a passenger, of Fatehgarh village in Nayagarh district. The injured were rushed to the Khordha District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Later five critically injured were shifted to Bhubaneswar. T he State Government on Friday effected a reshuffle at the IAS level by giving new assignments to eight officers. According to a notification issued by the General Administration Department, Pradeep Kumar Jena was appointed as the Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department with additional charges of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) and Managing Director of the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA). Bishnupada Sethi, who was serving as the SRC, has been posted as Secretary, Energy Department with additional charge of CMD, Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC). Industries Secretary Sanjeev Chopra was appointed as the Principal Secretary, Home Department with addi- tional charge of Principal Secretary, General Administration and Public Grievance Department. Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Secretary Saurabh Garg was given addi- tional charge of CMD, GRID- CO and OPTCL and CEO, OCPL. Hemant Sharma has been appointed as Secretary, Industries Department with additional charge of Secretary, MSME Department and CMD, IPICOL. Chithra Arumugam has been posted as Secretary, School and Mass Education Department. Vishal Gagan was given additional charge of Secretary, Water Resources Department. Aravind Agrawal, Director, Social Welfare, has been entrusted with additional charge of Additional Secretary, General Administration and Public Grievance Department. Mona Sharma was appointed as Secretary, Forest and Environment Department. T he Vigilance police on Friday caught Malkangiri Commercial Tax and Goods and Services Tax (CT and GST) Assistant Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mallick red-hand- ed for demanding and accept- ing an illegal gratification of 10,000. He was caught taking the bribe in his office chamber from complainant Manoj Kumar Debanath, Bholanath Bastralaya Proprietor in order to reactivate his Registration Certificate. Mallick residential house and official quarter at Malkangiri were searched. He was arrested and forwarded to court. P rime Minister’s Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra on Friday stepped down from his post after serving Prime Minister Narendra Modi since the latter took office over five years ago. However, Modi requested Misra to continue for two weeks, praised him for his outstanding service, and said Misra taught him a lot when he was new to New Delhi in 2014. The PM wished Misra for the “new phase” of his life. “Nripendra Misra is among the most outstanding officers, who has a great grasp of public pol- icy and administration. When I was new to Delhi in 2014, he taught me a lot and his guid- ance remains extremely valu- able,” Modi wrote on Twitter. After serving the PMO “assiduously and diligently” for over five years and making an indelible contribution to India’s growth trajectory, Misra will be embarking on a new phase of his life, said Modi. “My best wishes to him for his future endeavours,” said the PM. In a statement, Misra said, “It has been a privilege to serve the country under Modi. I am deeply grateful to him for this opportunity and the com- plete confidence he has placed in me. “It is now time for me to move on, even as I remain devoted to public causes and national interests. I thank all colleagues, within and outside the Government, friends and my family for this support. I wish Modi, the PM, success as he leads our country into a bright future.” Speculation is rife that Misra may be considered for the posts of Governor or Lt Governor. There are also talks about him joining politics. Former Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister’s Office. It is widely believed that Additional Principal Secretary PK Mishra will be elevated to the post of Principal Secretary to the PM and Sinha would be posted in place of PK Mishra. T he Supreme Court said on Friday evening that the woman law student, who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand and was found staying with her friends in Rajasathan, did not want to go to her home State Uttar Pradesh. The judges had an in-cam- era interaction with the woman who was brought to the apex court by the UP Police on its direction. “The woman wants to be in Delhi till her parents come here,” a Bench comprising jus- tices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna said in an open court hearing. The Bench said the woman will be in the national capital for four days and the apex court registry will ensure her safe stay. The top court directed Delhi Police Commissioner to ensure safe travel of the woman’s parents from UP’s Shahjahanpur to Delhi to meet her. The SC said that the woman has told it she had left Shahjahanpur with her three college mates in order to pro- tect herself. The apex court said that the woman has told them that she would not go back to UP until she meets and talks to her parents. The SC said that it would hear the matter again on September 2 and till then the woman will not talk or meet anyone except her parents. The Bench said that the woman has told them that after meeting and talking to her parents she will take decision on her future course of action. The Bench directed that a Delhi Police team should be sent to Shahjahanpur at the ear- liest to safely bring the woman’s parents here. The top court concluded the hearing and said police team which will go to bring the woman’s parents to Delhi will continue to provide them secu- rity till further orders. C entral Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Member Akhilesh Ranjan, who was overlooked for the post of the Board’s chairman, has written to the Government seeking voluntary retirement from ser- vice, sources said on Friday. They said Ranjan, who recently submitted a report on the new direct tax code to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has sought retire- ment from service owing to “family and personal reasons.” They, however, added that the IRS officer “would have continued” in the service had he been elevated to the post of CBDT chairman. The Government on Thursday gave a one-year extension to CBDT Chairman PC Mody, who was set to retire on August 31. Ranjan was next in the succession line for the CBDT chief. T he faltering Indian econo- my plunged to a seven- year-low in terms of GDP growth rate which has come down to 5 per cent for the April-June quarter of 2019- 20. The GDP figure was announced soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced mega merger of public sector banks to arrest the growth deceleration. Both the announcement may have been prescheduled, but the fact remains that in the know of the GDP calculations, the Government has swung into action and announced a series of measures to deal with the alarming decline in the economy. Sitharaman, who had last week announced tax sops and measures for sectors such as auto, announced merger of ten banks into four new sets of banks — Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will combine to form the nation’s second-largest lender; Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will merge; Union Bank of India will amalgamate with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank; and Indian Bank will merge with Allahabad Bank. The GDP collapsed due to a sharp fall in the manufactur- ing sector and sluggish agri- culture output, according to official data released on Friday. The previous low was record- ed at 4.9 per cent in April-June 2012-13. The gross value added (GVA) growth in the manu- facturing sector tumbled to 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal from 12.1 per cent expansion a year ago. Similarly, farm sector GVA growth remained subdued at 2 per cent as compared to 5.1 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Construction sector GVA growth too slowed to 5.7 per cent from 9.6 per cent earlier. However, mining sector growth climbed to 2.7 per cent from 0.4 per cent a year ago. “GDP at Constant (2011- 12) Prices in Q1 of 2019-20 is estimated at 35.85 lakh crore, as against 34.14 lakh crore in Q1 of 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 5 per cent,” the National Statistical Office (NSO) said in a statement. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), which is a barometer of investment, at constant (2011-12) prices was estimated at 11.66 lakh crore in the first quarter as against 11.21 lakh crore a year ago. The decline in the growth was by and large anticipated but few had expected such sharp collapse in the economy. Several foreign rating agencies have already cut India’s growth forecast and pegged it below 7 per cent for the ongoing fiscal. China, which is in the midst of an intense trade war with the US, has done far bet- ter than India despite the adverse economic climate. China’s economic growth was 6.2 per cent in April-June quar- ter of 2019, which was the weakest expansion in 27 years. It is obvious that the “dragon” remains way ahead of India. The RBI had marginally lowered the GDP growth pro- jection for 2019-20 to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent projected earlier in the June policy, and underlined the need for addressing growth concerns by boosting aggregate demand. “Real GDP growth for 2019-20 is revised downwards from 7 per cent in the June pol- icy to 6.9 per cent — in the range of 5.8-6.6 per cent for first half of 2019-20 and 7.3-7.5 per cent for the second half — with risks somewhat tilted to the downside,” RBI had said in the monetary policy statement. The continuous fall in the GDP shows that the country has still not recovered from the disastrous fallout of the demonetisation which sucked out liquidity from the system and slowed down consumption in various sectors. The hasty implementation of the GST, which had to be tin- kered with several times since its inception, is also seen as a major culprit for pulling down the GDP. The falling economy has led to flight of foreign invest- ment from the country and weakening of Rupee. Post- Budget, the stock market has seen major correction and the foreign institutional investors continued to dump shares despite the Government announcing a series of steps to placate them. Beset with such grim sce- nario, the Government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four as part of plans to cre- ate fewer and stronger global- sized lenders as it looks to boost economic growth from a five-year low. T he agricultural growth has dropped to 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2019-20, down from 5.1 per cent dur- ing the same period last fiscal, as per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Crops, including fruits and vegetables, account for about 53 per cent, the livestock products 32 per cent, and forestry and fisheries 15 per cent share of Gross Value Added ( GVA includes taxes, but excludes subsidies) in agri- culture, forestry, fishing sector. As per the latest kharif crops cultivation report, sow- ing of kharif crops is expect- ed to be lowered by 17.67 per cent till date. Both Skymet and CRISIL Research have pro- jected lower kharif yield due to flood and excessive rain. According to officials of Agriculture Ministry, the growth rate in agriculture sec- tor has dropped to 2 per cent in the first quarter due to slow- down in economy. “Extreme weather seems to have an impact on farmer incomes and growth rate. Due to this, consumption has been reduced. The slowdown in economy impacted the food- grain production in the cur- rent crop year. This also means India is no longer the fastest growing major economy in the world,” said officials.

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Page 1: News Headlines India - The Pioneer - ˝ ˆˇ )* +,˘˛ ˙ ˇ · 2019. 8. 30. · Pradeep Kumar Jena was appointed as the Principal ... India’s growth trajectory, Misra ... the new

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On the second day of demo-lition drive of the leg-

endary Emar Mutt near theJagannath Temple here, whilethe administration was in fullswing for razing of unsafestructures, the mutt’s Mahant(abbot) Ramanuja Das wasfound to be in deep prayer forthe second consecutive daybehind closed doors, therebyhalting the mutt eviction exer-cise.

Nobody was allowed tomeet the Mahant for the sec-ond day. The district adminis-tration, which has readied acontainer for housing of theMahant, is still in a wait. Theadministration had to concen-trate on demolition of oldstructures spread over a vastarea nearby The administrationmay try on Saturday to con-vince the Mahant to come tothe container. “The adminis-tration has been undertakingeviction drive illegally.

According the agreement, onlyunsafe buildings should bedemolished. But they havedemolished all structures,including the RaghunandanLibrary,” the Mahnat claimed.“I am not happy over the man-ner in which the administra-tion demolished the libraryand other buildings,” he said.

The district administra-tion, however, defended thedemolition of the library andclaimed that the facility wouldbe relocated having a world-class makeover. “All the ancientscripts and books will be pre-served and digitised usingtechnology,” said Puri CollectorBalwant Singh.

So far as a finding of a mys-terious corridor stretchedunderground to 50 meters isconcerned, the snake helplineis yet to venture into the place.Amidst suspense of precioustreasure troves existing in thea long corridor, it was madeclear that the undergroundrooms are nothing but paddystores, which is seen in other

monasteries also. Notably inold days, the farmers who wereleased out mutt's lands for cul-tivation used to offer tonness ofpaddy and other harvests everyyear to the mutt and these gainswere stored in the godownbuilt underground for safetypurpose.

It is observed that after anappeal to the Puri people byChief Minister Naveen Patnaik,the eviction drive is continuingwithout mass protests. Thepeople have reposed confi-dence on the CM and arebacking his plan of a world her-itage site. A major public viewin the city is that Puri needsdevelopments. Still, there issuspense among people as towho are scheduled to loselands, which might fall in the75-meter area from theJagannath Temple.

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Self-styled godman SarathiBaba alias Santosh Roul,

who was released from jail onbail last month after remainingin custody for nearly four years,on Friday approached theOrissa High Court in a mis-cellaneous petition seekingsome relaxations in his bailconditions.

The High Court had grant-ed bail to Roul imposing asmany as six stringent condi-tions. While Roul was askednot to take out any processionsor rallies during his bail peri-od, he was also asked not tovisit his erstwhile ashram atBarimul in Kendrapada dis-trict.

He was also asked not tomeet his followers, supportersand mediapersons and not to

attend or give anyspiritual discoursesduring the bail peri-od.

The court hasalso asked him notto go outside theState without priorintimation to theI n v e s t i g a t i n gOfficer (IO). In

case, he was to go anywhereinside the State, his address andtelephone number should befurnished to the IO in a shieldcover.

Now in his plea to thecourt, Roul has mentioned thathe is comfortable with most ofthe bail conditions. But hewants some relaxations in theconditions imposed on hisfreedom of speech by restraining him from givingspiritual and religious dis-courses.

“Since I do not have anypermanent source of incomeand I have taken huge amountsas hand loans to meet my liti-gation expenditure, I may beallowed to continue giving dis-courses with any other addi-tional conditions as the courtmay deem proper,” Roul’s peti-tion said.

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Two persons were killed andover 20 were injured after

a bus in which they were trav-elling overturned on NH-57near Pubu Sahi under theKhordha Town police stationhere on Friday.

Sources said that the busnamed ‘Narayani’ was on itsway from Bhubaneswar toKalapathar in Nayagarh district when the mishapoccurred.

The deceased were identi-fied as Arpatula Khan, helperof the bus, of Pangarsingh vil-lage in Begunia block inKhordha district and GovindPradhan, a passenger, ofFatehgarh village in Nayagarhdistrict.

The injured were rushed tothe Khordha DistrictHeadquarters Hospital (DHH).Later five critically injuredwere shifted to Bhubaneswar.

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The State Government onFriday effected a reshuffle

at the IAS level by giving newassignments to eight officers.

According to a notificationissued by the GeneralAdministration Department,Pradeep Kumar Jena wasappointed as the PrincipalSecretary, Rural DevelopmentDepartment with additionalcharges of Special ReliefCommissioner (SRC) andManaging Director of theOdisha State DisasterManagement Authority(OSDMA).

Bishnupada Sethi, who wasserving as the SRC, has beenposted as Secretary, EnergyDepartment with additionalcharge of CMD, OdishaHydro Power Corporation(OHPC).

Industries SecretarySanjeev Chopra was appointedas the Principal Secretary,Home Department with addi-tional charge of Principal

Secretary, GeneralAdministration and PublicGrievance Department.

Agriculture and Farmers’Empowerment SecretarySaurabh Garg was given addi-tional charge of CMD, GRID-CO and OPTCL and CEO,OCPL.

Hemant Sharma has beenappointed as Secretary,Industries Department withadditional charge of Secretary,MSME Department and CMD,IPICOL.

Chithra Arumugam hasbeen posted as Secretary,School and Mass EducationDepartment. Vishal Gagan wasgiven additional charge ofSecretary, Water ResourcesDepartment.

Aravind Agrawal, Director,Social Welfare, has beenentrusted with additionalcharge of Additional Secretary,General Administration andPublic Grievance Department.

Mona Sharma wasappointed as Secretary, Forestand Environment Department.

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The Vigilance police onFriday caught Malkangiri

Commercial Tax and Goodsand Services Tax (CT andGST) Assistant CommissionerAjay Kumar Mallick red-hand-ed for demanding and accept-ing an illegal gratification of�10,000.

He was caught taking thebribe in his office chamberfrom complainant ManojKumar Debanath, BholanathBastralaya Proprietor in orderto reactivate his RegistrationCertificate.

Mallick residential houseand official quarter atMalkangiri were searched. Hewas arrested and forwarded tocourt.

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Prime Minister’s PrincipalSecretary Nripendra Misra

on Friday stepped down fromhis post after serving PrimeMinister Narendra Modi sincethe latter took office over fiveyears ago. However, Modirequested Misra to continue fortwo weeks, praised him for hisoutstanding service, and saidMisra taught him a lot when hewas new to New Delhi in 2014.

The PM wished Misra forthe “new phase” of his life.“Nripendra Misra is among themost outstanding officers, whohas a great grasp of public pol-icy and administration. WhenI was new to Delhi in 2014, hetaught me a lot and his guid-

ance remains extremely valu-able,” Modi wrote on Twitter.

After serving the PMO“assiduously and diligently”for over five years and makingan indelible contribution toIndia’s growth trajectory, Misrawill be embarking on a newphase of his life, said Modi. “Mybest wishes to him for hisfuture endeavours,” said thePM.

In a statement, Misra said,

“It has been a privilege toserve the country under Modi.I am deeply grateful to him forthis opportunity and the com-plete confidence he has placedin me.

“It is now time for me tomove on, even as I remaindevoted to public causes andnational interests. I thank allcolleagues, within and outsidethe Government, friends andmy family for this support. Iwish Modi, the PM, success ashe leads our country into abright future.”

Speculation is rife thatMisra may be considered forthe posts of Governor or LtGovernor. There are also talksabout him joining politics.

Former Cabinet SecretaryPK Sinha has been appointedas Officer on Special Duty inthe Prime Minister’s Office. Itis widely believed thatAdditional Principal SecretaryPK Mishra will be elevated tothe post of Principal Secretaryto the PM and Sinha would beposted in place of PK Mishra.

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The Supreme Court said onFriday evening that the

woman law student, who hadgone missing after levellingharassment allegations againstformer Union Minister andBJP leader SwamiChinmayanand and was foundstaying with her friends inRajasathan, did not want to goto her home State UttarPradesh.

The judges had an in-cam-era interaction with the womanwho was brought to the apexcourt by the UP Police on itsdirection.

“The woman wants to be inDelhi till her parents comehere,” a Bench comprising jus-

tices R Banumathi and ASBopanna said in an open courthearing.

The Bench said the womanwill be in the national capitalfor four days and the apex courtregistry will ensure her safestay. The top court directedDelhi Police Commissioner toensure safe travel of thewoman’s parents from UP’sShahjahanpur to Delhi to meet

her. The SC said that thewoman has told it she had leftShahjahanpur with her threecollege mates in order to pro-tect herself.

The apex court said thatthe woman has told them thatshe would not go back to UPuntil she meets and talks to herparents.

The SC said that it wouldhear the matter again onSeptember 2 and till then thewoman will not talk or meetanyone except her parents.

The Bench said that thewoman has told them thatafter meeting and talking to herparents she will take decisionon her future course of action.

The Bench directed that aDelhi Police team should besent to Shahjahanpur at the ear-liest to safely bring the woman’sparents here.

The top court concludedthe hearing and said policeteam which will go to bring thewoman’s parents to Delhi willcontinue to provide them secu-rity till further orders.

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Akhilesh Ranjan, who wasoverlooked for the post of theBoard’s chairman, has writtento the Government seekingvoluntary retirement from ser-vice, sources said on Friday.

They said Ranjan, whorecently submitted a report onthe new direct tax code toFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, has sought retire-ment from service owing to“family and personalreasons.”

They, however, added thatthe IRS officer “would havecontinued” in the service hadhe been elevated to the post ofCBDT chairman.

The Government onThursday gave a one-yearextension to CBDT ChairmanPC Mody, who was set to retireon August 31. Ranjan was nextin the succession line for theCBDT chief.

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The faltering Indian econo-my plunged to a seven-

year-low in terms of GDPgrowth rate which has comedown to 5 per cent for theApril-June quarter of 2019-20. The GDP figure wasannounced soon after FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanannounced mega merger ofpublic sector banks to arrest thegrowth deceleration.

Both the announcementmay have been prescheduled,but the fact remains that in theknow of the GDP calculations,the Government has swunginto action and announced aseries of measures to deal withthe alarming decline in theeconomy.

Sitharaman, who had lastweek announced tax sops andmeasures for sectors such asauto, announced merger of tenbanks into four new sets ofbanks — Punjab NationalBank, Oriental Bank ofCommerce and United Bank ofIndia will combine to form thenation’s second-largest lender;Canara Bank and SyndicateBank will merge; Union Bankof India will amalgamate withAndhra Bank and Corporation

Bank; and Indian Bank willmerge with Allahabad Bank.

The GDP collapsed due toa sharp fall in the manufactur-ing sector and sluggish agri-culture output, according toofficial data released on Friday.The previous low was record-ed at 4.9 per cent in April-June2012-13.

The gross value added(GVA) growth in the manu-facturing sector tumbled to

0.6 per cent in the first quarterof this fiscal from 12.1 per centexpansion a year ago. Similarly,farm sector GVA growthremained subdued at 2 per centas compared to 5.1 per cent inthe corresponding period of theprevious fiscal.

Construction sector GVAgrowth too slowed to 5.7 percent from 9.6 per cent earlier.However, mining sector growthclimbed to 2.7 per cent from

0.4 per cent a year ago.“GDP at Constant (2011-

12) Prices in Q1 of 2019-20 isestimated at �35.85 lakh crore,as against �34.14 lakh crore inQ1 of 2018-19, showing agrowth rate of 5 per cent,” theNational Statistical Office(NSO) said in a statement.

Gross Fixed CapitalFormation (GFCF), which is abarometer of investment, atconstant (2011-12) prices was

estimated at �11.66 lakh crorein the first quarter as against�11.21 lakh crore a year ago.

The decline in the growthwas by and large anticipatedbut few had expected suchsharp collapse in the economy.Several foreign rating agencieshave already cut India’s growthforecast and pegged it below 7per cent for the ongoing fiscal.

China, which is in themidst of an intense trade warwith the US, has done far bet-ter than India despite theadverse economic climate.China’s economic growth was6.2 per cent in April-June quar-ter of 2019, which was theweakest expansion in 27 years.It is obvious that the “dragon”remains way ahead of India.

The RBI had marginallylowered the GDP growth pro-jection for 2019-20 to 6.9 percent from 7 per cent projectedearlier in the June policy, andunderlined the need foraddressing growth concernsby boosting aggregate demand.

“Real GDP growth for2019-20 is revised downwardsfrom 7 per cent in the June pol-icy to 6.9 per cent — in therange of 5.8-6.6 per cent forfirst half of 2019-20 and 7.3-7.5per cent for the second half —

with risks somewhat tilted tothe downside,” RBI had said inthe monetary policy statement.

The continuous fall in theGDP shows that the countryhas still not recovered from thedisastrous fallout of thedemonetisation which suckedout liquidity from the systemand slowed down consumptionin various sectors.

The hasty implementationof the GST, which had to be tin-kered with several times sinceits inception, is also seen as amajor culprit for pulling downthe GDP.

The falling economy hasled to flight of foreign invest-ment from the country andweakening of Rupee. Post-Budget, the stock market hasseen major correction and theforeign institutional investorscontinued to dump sharesdespite the Governmentannouncing a series of steps toplacate them.

Beset with such grim sce-nario, the Government onFriday unveiled a mega plan tomerge 10 public sector banksinto four as part of plans to cre-ate fewer and stronger global-sized lenders as it looks toboost economic growth from afive-year low.

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The agricultural growth hasdropped to 2 per cent in

the first quarter of 2019-20,down from 5.1 per cent dur-ing the same period last fiscal,as per the data released by theMinistry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation.

Crops, including fruitsand vegetables, account forabout 53 per cent, the livestockproducts 32 per cent, andforestry and fisheries 15 percent share of Gross ValueAdded ( GVA includes taxes,but excludes subsidies) in agri-culture, forestry, fishing sector.

As per the latest kharifcrops cultivation report, sow-ing of kharif crops is expect-ed to be lowered by 17.67 percent till date. Both Skymet andCRISIL Research have pro-jected lower kharif yield due toflood and excessive rain.

According to officials ofAgriculture Ministry, the

growth rate in agriculture sec-tor has dropped to 2 per centin the first quarter due to slow-down in economy. “Extremeweather seems to have animpact on farmer incomesand growth rate. Due to this,consumption has beenreduced. The slowdown ineconomy impacted the food-grain production in the cur-rent crop year. This also meansIndia is no longer the fastestgrowing major economy in theworld,” said officials.

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While agreeing to a strategic disin-vestment of the Kalinganagar-based

Nilachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL), theState Government has asked the Centre torun the plant properly till disinvestmenttakes place.

A senior State Government official saidthat as the Union Government had askedthe Odisha Government for its concur-rence of the proposal, the StateGovernment has given green signal to thelatter to go ahead for the strategic disin-vestment.

Sources said Chief Secretary AsitTripathy has informed the decision of theState Government in this regard to UnionSecretary for Disinvestment and PublicAsset Management (DIPAM) AtanuChakraborty, who had recently requestedthe State Government to take a decisionin this regard immediately.

While concurring with the proposal,the State Government has strongly urgedthe Union Government to run the plant

through a top Central public sector under-taking (PSU) like SAIL, RINL and othersas the plant is facing closure due topaucity of funds after the MMTC express-ing its inability to pump in resources.

The NINL is running a one-million-tonne-capacity integrated steel complex,which has a potential of 10 million tonnesper annum, but the company wouldrequire a substantial capital infusion fortapping its full capacity. And its major pro-moter MMTC has said it cannot pump inmore funds for achieving its full potential.

The NINL is a joint venture compa-ny with the shares of Central PSUsMMTC, NMDC, MECON and BHEL andState undertakings IPICOL and OMC.

The State Government through OMCand IPICOL holds a 27.65-per cent share.As one of the major shareholders, the Statehas asked the Centre to run the plant till the disinvestment process is com-plete.

As the State Government has con-curred with the disinvestment proposal,now Government of India will disinvest all

the stakes of these PSUs through a com-mon transaction for strategic sale throughthe extant approved procedure in place.

This would facilitate infusion of cap-ital by a strategic buyer, which will generatefurther employment opportunities andcontribute to the overall growth in theState, said sources.

The Union Government has put inplace a transparent three-tier decision-making mechanism with the CabinetCommittee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)at the apex level.

The State Government has categori-cally said that as hundreds of workers andother people are dependent on the NINL,the plant should not be closed down beforedisinvestment.

It is apprehended that if NINL plantis allowed to shut down, it is going to affectaround 10,000 people’s livelihoods direct-ly and indirectly. So, the UnionGovernment must take steps to run theplant so that its share value does not nose-dive and shareholders are not put to loss,said a State Governmentofficial.

CUTTACK: DGP BK Sharma on Friday removedInspector of Police Prafulla Kumar Sahu fromGovernment service for his gross misconduct,dereliction of duty, disobedience of orders and forremaining absent from duty without permissionfor more than five years.

Sahu was removed from job as per the Rule72 (2) of Odisha Service Code, informed an offi-cial release. On July 31, 2011, Sahu had beenrelieved from Keonjhar district to join his newplace of posting in Balangir district. But he didnot join his new posting on the plea of sicknesswithout providing any supporting document ofmedical treatment. He also wilfully avoidedshow-cause notices issued in this regard from timeto time. Further he intentionally avoided to appearbefore the CDMO Balangir for his medicalexamination.

After joining as DGP, Sharma has emphasisedon zero tolerance towards persons who are indiscipline and wilfully neglecting Governmentduty as well as public service, informed the release. PNS

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As part of the National EyeDonation Fortnight which is

being observed from August 25 toSeptember 8, the Drushti Daanorganised a corneal blind detectionprogramme at Padanpur of Jatniblock in Khordha district onFriday.

Drushti Daan president Dr KCPadhy inaugurating the programmeat the Padanpur Panchayat officesaid that it is the first of its kind pro-gramme in the country where acomprehensive survey of all house-holds will be undertaken for detect-ing corneal blindness.

Eye Bank medical director DrSujata Das stressed the role of earlyand timely detection of cornealblindness. She said that transplan-tation facilities are readily available,and majority cases of corneal blind-ness could be cured.

Khordha CDMO Dr BKMahapatra lauded the role of theDrushti Daan and said that cornealblindness could be eradicated ifproper detection is made.

He implored the ASHAWorkers to make house to housesurveys for detection of the cornealblind.

Padanpur Sarpanch SukantaParida assured all support of the

project and ensured that a fool proofsurvey would be conducted withinthe next few weeks.

A training programme for theASHA Workers was held and kitswere distributed to them. ThePadanpur meprogram will be apilot project in the State and its find-ings will become a model for a State-wide survey in later days.

Till date, the Drushti Daan hascollected more than 10,500 cornealtissues in the State and after takingcare of local requirements, corneasare being sent to surgeons in otherparts of the country so as to ensurethat all those needing corneal tissueswill benefit.

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Former Judge BalakrishnaMohapatra was sworn in as the

State Information Commissioner(SIC) at the Raj Bhavan here onFriday.

Governor Ganeshi Lal admin-istered the oath to Mohapatra in thepresence of Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik, Chief Secretary AsitTripathy and Leader of OppositionPradipta Naik.

A notification regarding theappointment of Mohapatra as theSIC had been issued by theInformation and Public Relations(I&PR) Department on July 7.

Prior to this, Mohapatra servedas the District and Sessions Judge ofGanjam. He was also a Member-Secretary to the State Legal ServicesAuthority.

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In view of rampant gold andammunition smuggling

through airports, body scan-ners will be installed soon at theBiju Patnaik InternationalAirport (BPIA) here.

As per the order by theBureau of Civil AviationSecurity (BCAS), the bodyscanners will be made manda-tory at all the major airportswithin a year.

The body scanning devicewill be made mandatory at all

the other airports in two years,the BCAS informed onThursday.

The body scanners will beinstalled replacing existingdoor frame metal detectorsand hand-held scanners besidespat-down searches of passen-gers to detect metallic objects.

According to reports, ofaround 105 operational air-ports in the country at present,28 are classified as hypersensi-tive and 56 airports are cate-gorized as sensitive. Whilehypersensitive and sensitive

airports will install body scan-ners in first phase, the devicewill be installed at theBhubaneswar Airport accord-ingly.

On a query about installa-tion of body scanners at airportin Bhubaneswar, BPIA DirectorSuresh Chandra Hota said,“We have conveyed ourrequirements to the AAI head-quarters. It will be procuredcentrally.”

Currently, the frisking atthe airport is being conductedwith metal detectors and hand-held scanners apart fromsearches of passengers by CISFpersonnel.

However, the existing frisk-ing system fails to detect metal-lic and non-metallic objectsconcealed on the body.

“The gold smugglingthrough Bhubaneswar Airporthas been rampant since itsoperation as an internationalairport. As the walk-throughmetal detectors and hand-heldmetal detectors cannot detectall the items including metal-lic and non-metallic weaponsand explosives, the smugglersmanage to sneak gold into thecountry through the airport.Keeping such incidents inmind, we have requested theCentre to instal body scannershere at the airport,” said asenior official of BPIA.

However, the body scannerwill provide image-free solu-tion using a generic man-nequin and threats will begraphically presented. Themachines will generate images

with full body contours.The passengers will have to

remove their jackets, thickclothing, shoes, belts as well asall metallic items before enter-ing into the body scanner. Thedevice will scan the body andclick the photograph like man-nequin.

On the mannequin-likeimage, if the scanner detectssomething suspicious on thebody, a yellow spot will be cre-ated highlighting the area thatmay need further screening.

The body scanner machineis based on millimetre wavetechnology comprising non-ionising electromagnetic radi-ation, which means it is safe forall passengers, including preg-nant women.

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Proper utilisation of miner-al resources and develop-

ment of the local people is theaim of the Government. Forthis cooperation of everybodyis required, told Minister ofMines and Steel PrafullaMallick while discussing withmediapersons after end of hismeeting with mining leaseholders at Joda on Thursday.

He further told that auc-tion process of 24 mines hasalready started and it will takesome more months to completethe lease of all mines.When themediapersons wanted to know

his views on the restrictions ofleaseholders having 10,000sqkm area of mining area toparticipate in the auction ,hetold that the Government ofIndia has been requested toconsider a proposal for extend-ing the limit so that lease hold-ers having 75,000 sqkm areacan also participate.

Sources revealed that ear-lier, during his meeting withleaseholders , when theMinister asked them to fulfilltheir target of production as perEC( Environmental Clearance),the lease holders raised theproblems of connecting roadto the mines as one of the hurdles for fulfilling the target. Similarly, some alsocomplained of excess trans-portation rate than fixed by theGovernment.

Keonjhar Collector AshishThakre told on the details ofDMF fund, total collection,expenditure on different pro-jects and proposed projectreport.

Additional Chief SecretaryRK Sharma, Director of MinesDeepak Mohanty and Sub-Collector, Champua, ParullPatwari were also present onthe occasion.

Representative of Rungta,Tata Steel, SAIL, MG Mohanty,Jindal, OMC, KMC IndraniPatnaik, Sirajuddin, BDPatnaik, Tarini Mohanty,among other firms, attendedthe meeting.

Prior to coming to Joda,Mallik who is also theChairman of District PlanningBoard, had a meeting with alldistrict level officials.

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Odisha-born Justice IndrajitMahanty is likely to become next

Chief Justice of the Rajasthan HighCourt as the Supreme Court Collegiumhas made a recommendation in thisregard.

“Justice Indrajit Mahanty is thesenior-most judge from Orissa HighCourt and at present is functioning, ontransfer, in Bombay High Court.Having regard to all relevant factors,the Collegium is of the considered viewthat Mr. Justice Indrajit Mahanty issuitable in all respects for beingappointed as Chief Justice of theRajasthan High Court. The Collegiumresolves to recommend accordingly,”said a release.

The office of Rajasthan High CourtChief Justice will fall vacant after ele-vation of Justice S Ravindra Bhat to theSupreme Court.

Born on November 11, 1960 inCuttack, Justice Mahanty was enrolledas a lawyer with the Orissa StateCouncil in 1984 and began legal prac-tice under his father late RanjitMahanty. He was elevated as a Judge

of the Orissa High Court on March 30,2006.

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Lawyers of Ganjam district, who are nowon a four-day ‘court-boycott’ agitation,

blocked the main road of the city atKamapalli on Thursday to put pressure onthe Government for establishment of a per-manent Bench of the Orissa High Courthere.

Earlier, Bar Association members hold-ing placards and shouting slogans movedfrom the court premises and blocked theroad. Association president Rabi Panigrahi,senior lawyers Basant Panda and NiranjanNayak, former secretary Prakash Chandra

Dash led the agitation andthreatened that they wouldintensify the stir if the pro-posed HC Bench is not estab-lished in Brahmapur.

Among others,Association secretary KailashPanigrahi, vice-presidentChittarnjan Satpathy, joint sec-retary Kiran Mandal, formerpresident Mohan Singari, for-mer secretary Manoj Patnaik,Prasad Dora, Ashok Sukla andDr Siva Prasad Mihsra partic-ipated.

Sir,It is not known whose great idea it

was to fix electricity meters to electricpoles so close to the ground in the GGPColony area of Bhubaneswar. Due tolack of maintenance, many such metersare out in the open without any enclo-sures; and the wires are exposed.

This invites risk to people, espe-cially children, who do not know theconsequence of touching open wires.Even cows, which go close to electricpoles in search of food, may get elec-

trocuted.It is requested that the CESU staffs

concerned should proactively close allsuch meters with proper lids (covers)and relocate them to a much safer(higher) place on the poles for the safe-ty of citizens before any causality isreported.

They should not wait for a mishapto happen to take action! Would theCESU CMD look into this?

K Ravi, E-237, GGP Colony,Bhubaneswar-751025, Mob:9437616497

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Locations of three major bus-stops at Acharya Vihar, Vani

Vihar and Jayadev Vihar here havebeen relocated due to reason of con-gestion.

A decision to this effect wastaken at a meeting held between busowners and RTO officials here onThursday.

As per the decision, the buses,which were earlier stopping at VaniVihar Square, will now stop near theUtkal University Law College.Similarly, locations for AcharyaVihar and Jayadev Vihar bus stops have been shiftedto 100 meters from the presentspots.

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Police personnel of Odisha work for the highestaverage hours in a day in the country, revealed

a report named “Status of Policing in India Report-2019”. The report published by the Centre for theStudy of Developing Societies (CSDS) stated thatpolice in Odisha are employed in work for the high-est average working hours of 18 hours in a day.

Nagaland reported the lowest average of eightworking hours in a day. The survey further said that90 per cent of police personnel in Odisha were notgetting any weekly off.

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The National Law University, Odisha(NLUO) on Friday launched a special

course on bonded labour - an issue ofgrave concern particularly for theGovernment of Odisha. The credit-courseintends to help the students in betterunderstanding of the crime in India.

“At NLUO, we have always strived tomotivate students to cater to the unmetlegal needs of the marginalised commu-nities and help them gain access to jus-tice. This special course will not onlyinfuse empathy and solidarity among ourstudents but also provide them an oppor-tunity to understand and learn how thelaw works in action,” said NLUO Vice-Chancellor Srikrishna Deva Rao.

“Although the Abolition of BondedLabour Act was passed in 1976, it is the

responsibility of young lawyers andlaw students to ensure that thecrime is completely abolished,” saidRao.

The credit course, which is thethird special course introduced thisyear, intends to help the law grad-uates understand the SupremeCourt judgements on bondedlabour, engage in discussion aboutrights and justice regarding labourlaws, develop comprehension on therole of the judiciary in a bondedlabour cases and appropriate out-come of trials.

Among others, NationalDirector of Investigations and LawEnforcement Development,International Justice Mission CdrAshok VM Kumar and CITU leaderJanardan Pati spoke.

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fast. On Thursday, a womansuffering from the disease suc-cumbed in Nilgiri.

The deceased was identi-fied as Debi Hembram of vil-lage Kantrasimila underBhaunriabada panchayat. Shewas admitted with complaintsof vomiting ,nausea and loosemotion and died while under-going treatment in the NilgiriSub-Divisional Hospital.

As per locals, the disease iswidely spreading in the areaand earlier two people ofBaigangadia village underDakhinnarsinghpur panchayatunder Oupada block had diedsuffering from diarrhoea. Theyalleged that contaminatedwater and unclean environ-

ment was causing people tosuffer from the disease. Theyalso alleged that whatever thehealth administration wasdoing was very little.

According to the locals,several people of their areamainly from Kanpur, Iswarpurand Santragadia are affectedwith the disease and undertreatment in the Nilgiri hospi-tal.

They alleged that althoughthree people have died inthese two blocks which is con-sidered as tribal dominatedpatches, yet the administrationwas not taking adequate mea-sures including enhancingcleanliness and awarenessamong the population to con-tain the menace.

In Oupada after death oftwo persons, for a few days thehealth officials visited the area

and stressed on cleanlinessand informed the villagersabout the preventive measures.

In the meanwhile, diar-rhoea is reported from otherbocks of the district includingBhograi, Jaleswar and Bastaarea .

Everyday patients areadmitted in the DistrictHeadquarters Hospitals fromthe referral healthcare units.

The diarrhoea ward in theDHH is most of time seenflooded with the patients. Thepatients are seen lying on thefloor as there is only 12 bedsto accommodate the patients,although the hospital admin-istration informed that it waslooking for other viable optionsto accommodate the diar-rhoea patients when therewas a surge in the number.

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Gobinda Swami Maharaj’s 90thholy appearance day, which isbeing observed in the ISKCONcentres all over the world.Centrally, the day is observedat ISKCON, Bhubaneswar.

Gurudev was born in thevillage of Jagannathpur inJagatsinghpur district, Odisha.His mother was Pata Mahadeiand father Iswar Ch Manik. Hischildhood name wasBrajabandhu. As morningshows the day, his quality wasevident from his childhood.What he heard once, heremembered forever.

He was so talented that he

analysed Gita, Bhagabata,Chaitanya Charitamruta at theage of eight and gave sermonsto people at his village temple.He had his high school studystaying in his uncle’s house atGadeigiri.

His two uncles JagannathGiri and Gopinath Giri tookcare of his studies. He becamea teacher to maintain his fam-ily.

Also he continued hisstudy during that period. Hepassed with Distinction inBachelor degree in 1958 andpostgraduate degree in 1961.He married Basanti Debi,daughter of Kalyan Nandi ofPatkura in Kendrapada districtin 1953. He resigned fromGovernment service.

He took a deep darshan ofhis main deity of uncle’s house,Gopal Jew, took his permissionand left the house on April 10,1974.

He declared himself GourGopal instead of Brajabandhu.He started travelling from cityto city all over India andsearched for his spiritual guru.He arrived at Vrindavan, wherehe visited temples, spiritualorganisations.

At last, he met founderAcharya of ISKCON Srila ACBhaktivedanta SwamiPrabhupad. Prabhupad askedhim, “Gour Gopal, have youtaken Sannyas?” As he repliedno, Prabhupad said, “I willgive you Sannyas.” Gour Gopalaccepted Prabhupad as his

spiritual master. Prabhupad directed him to

translate “Back to Godhead”into Hindi and was satisfiedwith his translation and hisdepth is Hindi literature.Prabhupad then asked him totranslate his English writingsinto Hindi.

As per Prabhupad’s direc-tion, Gurudev proceeded toMayapur, West Bengal.Prabhupad gave him ‘Harinam’initiation and changed hisname to Gour Govinda. Fourmonths later, Prabhupad gavehim ‘Brahmin’ initiation andasked him to stay at Nayapalli,Bhubaneswar and construct anew temple there inthe donated land of Chhabi

Kanungo. A Sri Krishna Balaram

Mandir was inaugurated atVrindavan in 1975. On thesame Tithi, Prabhupad namedhim Gour Govinda Swami bygiving him ‘Sannyas’ initia-tion. His preachingprogramme in ‘KrishnaConsciousness’ spread inter-

nationally. He visited countries like

the United States, England,Russia, Canada, Westernnations, South Africa, Australiaand Indonesia.

\While travelling in impor-tant cities of India, he createdthousands and thousands offollowers. He constructed alotus temple in the premises ofISKCON, Bhubaneswarinstalling the deity RadhaGopinath. It is a magnificenttemple of the city.

He started a Gosala of 108cows and a farm project atAtala, Jagannathpur, 14 kmfrom Bhubaneswar. He starteda Fasi tree project at theDaspalla forest which is essen-tially meant for construction of

chariots for the Puri CarFestival.

He also started aDandabhanga project at Puridistrict. He organised a three-day Hare Krishna Utsav at theExhibition Ground,Bhubaneswar in which inter-national devotees, intellectualsof ISKCON participated.

A question-answer pro-gramme of Maharaj was amost attractive one.

Questions were asked toMaharaj about ISKCON activ-ities to which Maharaj boldlyreplied.

He also modernised theAlarnath Temple atBrahmagiri. At Mayapur inFebruary 1996, he replied to thequestions of disciples of

Prabhupad on the appearanceday of Bhakti SiddhantaSaraswati Thakur about the‘Sannyas Lila’ of MahaprabhuJagannath and why theMahaprabhu stayed at Puri,what is importance of the RathYatra, etc. Maharaj performedhis ‘Aprakata Lila’ while reply-ing the questions.

He entered to his AprakataLila and Mahaprayan with hislast word of his main deityGopal. His last Lila was amaz-ing to describe as it is not seenamong other Sadhus andSannyasis.

The writer pays his tributeto him on his appearance day.Hare Krishna!

(The writer is State PRO,ISKCON. Mob: 9132090199)

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A40-year-old man was thrashed to death allegedly by villagersover suspicion of practising sorcery at Orelguda in the Poteru

area of Malkangiri district.According to reports, Deba Banjami of the village died on

Thursday while undergoing treatment at the District HeadquartersHospital. He was hospitalised after hecomplained of sickness.

However, his family members suspected that sorcery prac-ticed by one Jaga Kabasi of the village led to deterioration ofBanjami’s health condition which resulted in his death.

Later, Banjami’s family allegedly barged into the house ofKabasi, dragged him outside and thrashed him to death with lath-is on the village road.

A complaint in this regard has been lodged at the Kalimelapolice station and investigation is underway.

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PHULBANI: A body of a man was recoveredfrom the bank of Salunki river near Dami vil-lage under the Phulbani Town police limits onFriday. The deceased was identified as RajivLochan Behara, a resident of Bilupadar village.Reports said Rajiv had been staying at his in-laws’ house at Kendupadar since long. OnFriday morning, locals spotted his body on theriverbank and called up police. The copsreached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. Rajiv’s brother Prakash lodged acomplaint at the Phulani Town police stationalleging that some miscreants have killed theformer before dumping his body in the river.

Acting on the complaint, police began aninvestigation into incident. PNS

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The BJP on Friday observed a 12-hourbandh along the National Highway-49

connecting Sambalpur and Deogarhdemanding complete repair of the highwayin Deogarh district. The shutdown was calledto protest poor-quality NH repairing workthat causes loss of life and properties of com-muters. A team of BJP district members ledby MLA Subash Chandara Panigrahi stagedthe protest at a traffic square for a completeNH blockade from 6 am to 6 pm.

The NH connecting Sambalpur toDeogarh and from Deogarh to Palalhara hasbeen completely damaged. The commuterson these routes meet with accidents due tothe road’s poor condition. Besides, theongoing low-quality road work is also cre-ating inconvenience to the residents, said aprotestor.

The BJP demanded that the districtadministration take steps for quality NHrepairing work at the earliest.

However, the normal life remainedunaffected due to the bandh as allGovernment offices, commercial establish-ments and private firms were open.

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Miscreants looted gold jew-elleries and cash from a

house in Bharatpur villageunder the Aul police stationafter attacking four members ofthe family leaving them criti-cally injured late on Thursdaynight.

The injured persons wereadmitted to the SCB MedicalCollege Hospital, Cuttack incritical conditions.

According to reports, therobbers barged into house ofone Hadibandhu Shoo aftersnapping power connection ofthe house. They brutally

attacked four members of thefamily, Hadibandhu, his wife,son and daughter-in-law, whilethey tried to obstruct them.

The miscreants looted goldornaments and cash of Rs 1lakh and fled from the spotleaving the injured persons inpools of blood.

Among the victims, con-dition of Hadibandhu’s wife’s isstated to be critical. However,the exact number of miscreantscommitted the crime couldnot be ascertained as there wasno power in the house.

“The miscreants discon-necting the power barged intothe house while we were sleep-

ing. When my son woke up,they attacked him with sharpobjects. They also hit me andmy wife. Further, they thrashedmy daughter-in-law injuringher head. As there was nopower in the house, I was notable to specify number of mis-creants. They robbed every-thing and fled,” said victimHadibandhu.

On receiving information,the Aul police reached thespot and started investigationinto the incident. Meanwhile,the locals blocked the road con-necting Cuttack and Chandbalidemanding immediate arrest ofthe looters.

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Anew traffic fine system and the MotorVehicle Act would be strictly imple-

mented in the city from Sunday,September 1, informed SP Pinak Mishrahere on Friday.

As per the recent decisions, �1,000would be collected as fine from bikers forriding without helmets and equal amountof penalty would be collected from cartravellers for not using seat belts. Fines of�5,000 would be collected for driving vehi-cles without licence, violating signals andnot giving side to ambulances. Penalty of�10,000 would be collected for drunkendriving and talking in mobile phone dur-ing driving, said the SP.

CCTV cameras installed at differentplaces would nab traffic offenders and, onthe basis of footage, fine chalans would be

sent through messages in their mobilemembers.

On Friday, such fine chalans were sentthrough mobile messages to 13 motorcy-clists, including two women, after they

were caught though the CCTV camera atCourtpeta. The IMTS established at BeMCoffice is monitoring traffic violatorsthought CCTV cameras put up at differ-ent places in the city.

BHADRAK: Vigilance sleuths on Friday con-ducted raids on the office and residences ofBhadrak district’s Bhandaripokhari TesingaCooperative Society Secretary Rajendra Khandeion the charge of misappropriating funds of thesociety.

Separate teams conducted simultaneoussearches on houses of Khandei and his relativesat six places, including Tesinga gram panchayatoffice, as Khandei’s wife Sangeeta is Sarpanch ofthe GP. During the search, official of theBaleswar Vigilance division seized many impor-tant documents. Further information regardingdisproportionate assets possessed by the couplewill be ascertained after completion of the raids,said a Vigilance official. PNS

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In a major breakthrough, theGanjam police busted two

inter-district looters’ gangs byarresting 12 miscreants andseizing a huge cache of armsand ammunition at differentplaces under the Aska andBuguda police limits onThursday.

Acting on a tip-off, policeconducted raids and made thearrests and seizures, whichincluded four pistols, 12 bullets,12 bombs, a toy gun, fivemotorcycles and hard cash ofRs 58,000, informedGanjam SP Brijesh Kumar Rayat a Press meet held atChhatrapur.

The two groups wereactively operating in Ganjam,Khordha and Nayagarh dis-tricts.

They used to keep an eyeon people carrying huge cash,particularly finance companystaff and cattle traders andlater loot them, the SP said.

“ S e v e r a lcases, includingrobbery, dacoityand attempt tomurder casesare pendingagainst thearrested personsat various policestations.

S e a r c hoperation isunderway tonab the master-mind and otherkey accusedassociated withthe two gangs,”the SP added.

The looters arrested by theAska police are Santosh Mahak(32) of Aska, Sanjay Behera(36) of Kumbhar Street,Santosh Jena (27) and Tapas Ranjan Senapati (29) ofBheta Nai, Pinku Sahu (24) ofMamujhia village and Duti Patro (25) of Patrapu.

The miscreants arrestedby the Buguda police areShankar Das (28) of Aska, KDeepak Senapati (32) ofHarihar Nagar, Chaina (24) ofNuagaon, Siba Senapati (28) ofJagannath Prasad, Jamir Khanof Dharakote and Sai SankarPalai (31) of Aska.

BALESWAR: The police of Baleswar andMayurbhanj initiated action to track down mis-creants after report of stealing of oil from a mov-ing tanker by unidentified armed miscreants wasreported.

According to sources, the miscreants siphonedoff 22,000 litres after hijacking the tanker which washeading towards Angul from Haldia (Bengal) onWednesday night. The armed miscreants hijackedthe tanker laden with fuel near Remuna Golai aftertying the driver and helper of the lorry.

According to the duo, they were freed near ajungle under Jharpokharia police station ofMayurbhanj while the miscreants sped away withthe tanker. They while informed about the incidentto their owner, the latter informed police. The policeof Remuna, Bangiriposhi and Kuliana carried outraids and blocked in the probable exit points.However, with the GPS tracking system, thetanker was detected near a roadside dhaba atKalabadia. The police seized the tanker but foundno fuel in it. The police are also interrogating boththe helper and driver and verifying their roles, saidsources. "We are investigating the case and thetanker has been found," said a police officer ofBaripada. PNS

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The doctors in the BhapurGovernment Hospital in

Nayagarh district are not pre-scribing the affordable medi-cines available under theNiramaya scheme of the StateGovernment. Local alleged thatthe doctors in the hospital areprescribing only one to twomedicines available in theNiramaya store, where morethan 200 types of medicines are

available, and further are pre-scribing other medicines in aplane paper to be bought fromprivate medicine stores.

The patients also said thatthey have to pay more to buythe medicines, prescribed bythe doctors, from outside.

The locals demanded thedistrict administration to takeaction against the doctors anddirect them to prescribe themedicines which are availablein the Niramaya store.

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The 5th Zilla Parishad meet-ing on Wednesday experi-

enced an unpleasant situation.The attending mediapersonswere instructed to leave themeeting venue.

The district Collector saidseveral loopholes and faults willbe discussed among differentstakeholders as Governmentofficials, ZP members and peo-ples representatives, Minister,MP and MLAs will remain pre-sent.

When the mediapersonsprotested the decision, StateWater Resources and PublicRelations MinisterRaghunandan Das along withthe district Collector and ZPpresident tried to persuadethem to attend the meeting.

However, many of themleft the place.

As the OdishaGovernment ’s 5Ts principle

aim at achieving progressthrough transparency, teamwork, technology, time andtransformation, Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik has asked offi-cials to work in cohesion forimproving efficiency andaccountability in governance.So media role is to act as anoverseer for successful imple-mentation of Governmentschemes and to generate pub-lic opinions through reporting,claimed many scribes.

As media performs aswatchdog of society, it shouldhave access in every field ofgovernance, they added.

Reports said that earliermedia people had been restrict-ed from attending ZP meetingin Jagatsinghpur, but for main-taining better transparency inadministration and gover-nance, former Collector YaminiSarangi had instructed to invitemedia people in each ZP andDRDA meeting.

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In a tragic incident, twoyouths were electrocuted and

two others sustained injuries asan electric pole fell on them atKalingbadi village under the

Daringbadi police station inKandhamal district on Friday.

The deceased were identi-fied as Ranjan Pradhan andLiku Pradhan.

Sources said that Ranjanand Liku were going to takebath in a nearby pond whenthe electric pole fell on themand they died on the spot. Twoother youths, identified asJalendra and Suraj, got electricshock as they tried to rescuethem.

The injured are undergo-ing treatment in a hospital.

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The Court of JudicialMagistrate First Class

(JMFC), Kujang on Friday con-victed a person and his twosons in a murder case and sen-tenced them to life imprison-ment.

The court also imposed afine of Rs 10,000 on convictsBasudev Parida and his sonsNaresh and Jagdish.

The case pertains to themurder of Ratnakar Rout atUnchanuagaon village underErasama police limits inJagatsingpur district in August,2013. Basudev and his sons had

attacked Ratnakar after thedeceased took wood from afallen tree.

Ratnakar sustained criticalinjuries in the attack and wasadmitted to the SCB MedicalCollege and Hospital inCuttack, where he died whileundergoing treatment.

Acting on a complaintlodged by the wife of Ratnakar,Erasama police had arrestedthe trio and forwarded them tothe court.

After pronouncement ofquantum of punishment bythe court, the three will belodged at the Kujang sub-jail inthe district.

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AClass-VIII student of theMahanadi Coalfields

Limited’s (MCL) DAV PublicSchool, Master ChinmayaChoudhary, has been selectedto witness the landingChandrayan-2 on moon onSeptember 7 along with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

Chinmaya, son of DiptiraniPatel and Pankaja KumarChoudhury, Chemist, MCL'sLakhanpur Area in Jharsugudadistrict, studies in the DAVPublic School, Bandhabahal.

Being among top scorer inthe Space Quiz 2019 that washeld on www.MyGov.in,Chinmaya has been invited toISRO facility at Bengaluru towatch the landing of

Chandrayaan-2 on the moon.MCL CMD BN Shukla has

congratulated MasterChinmaya, his teachers andparents on this special achieve-ment. “I congratulate teachersand parents of Chinmaya forproviding all needed support toyoung talent who has broughtlaurels to the company,” Shuklaadded.

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Ajoint team of personnelfrom security agencies and

Fire Services on Friday under-took a mock drill at EsplanadeOne shopping mall here to testits preparedness in case of a ter-ror attack.

As per reports, a mockbomb blast was carried out atthe mall following which per-

sonnel of Special Task Force,Anti-Terrorist Squad, NDRF,ODRAF and Fire Servicesentered the mall one by one tonab two dummy terrorists.

A team of bomb disposalsquad was also seen defusinganother bomb kept in a card-board packet in the mall. Thisapart, a team of Fire Servicespersonnel showcased theirskills in rescue operation.

Drones were also used to checkthe place thoroughly.

“Such exercise finds out

how emotionally charged res-cuers react to the incident andprovide safety and relief tovictims. Better coordinationbetween different agenciescould be gauged as well withthe exercise in a controlledenvironment,” said an NDRFofficial.

This mock drill was carriedout for the second time at theshopping mall in the city.

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The Kala Bhoomi-OdishaCrafts Museum, governed

by the State Institute forDevelopment of Arts andCrafts (SIDAC), and the Centerfor Art and Archaeology (CAand A) of the AmericanInstitute of Indian Studies(AIIS) signed a memorandumof understanding (MoU) fordigitisation and documentationof artefacts here on Friday.

The Kala Bhoomi pre-serves the heritage of handi-crafts and handlooms of theState and promotes research inthis sector. Systematic docu-

mentation of artefacts is imper-ative to advance the sectorand create a bank of knowl-edge. Such knowledge can begenerated by digitising all theartefacts in Kala Bhoomi.

The CA and A of the AIIShas been carrying out photodocumentation of ancientmonuments, sites, museumobjects, temples at various sitesin India since 1965. Keepingthis experience in view, theKala Bhoomi entered into anagreement with the CA and Afor carrying out photo docu-mentation and metadata prepa-ration of the artefacts in themuseum.

SIDAC Member SecretrySitikant Sarangi signed theMoU on behalf of KalaBhoomi- Odisha CraftsMuseum.

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The CBI, in association withthe Vigilance Officers of

various Government depart-ments, Ministries andOrganisations, on Friday, con-ducted over 150 joint surprisechecks (JSCs) at various places of suspected corrup-tion across India.

"The searches are primar-ily being conducted at suchpoints and places of corruptionwhere common citizens orsmall businesspersons feelmaximum pinch of corruptionin Government machinery.This special drive will sensitiseall stakeholders about possibleavenues of corruption a com-mon citizen faces, while seek-ing services from such departments. It also strives toidentify and highlight pointsand places vulnerable to cor-ruption," the CBI said in astatement.

The departments coveredby under the searches include— Railways, coal mines andcoalfields, medical/healthcareorgainisations, Customs, FCI.Other departments such aspower, municipal corporations,ESIC, transport, CPWD,Directorate of Estates, FireServices, sub registrar office,GST Department, Port Trust,National Highways, DAVP,Airport Authority of India,Public Sector oil companies,DGFT, Public Sector banks,ASI, Shipping Corporation,BSNL, steel PSU, mines and minerals.

These JSCs will be followedby extensive campaign by CBIbranches all over India to makecommon citizens aware of howthey can reach out toGovernment departments andredress their complaints.

Various cities/towns wherethe JSC are being conductedinclude — Delhi, Jaipur,Jodhpur, Guwahati, Shillong,Chandigarh, Srinagar, Chennai,Madurai, Kolkata, Bhuba-neswar, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Bhopal,Raipur, Nagpur, Jabalpur,Patna, Lucknow, Ghaziabad,Dehradun, Ranchi,

Visakhapatnam, Guntur,Vijaywada, Cochin, Kollam,Hanamakonda, Karimnagar,Chirmiri, Secunderabad, Katni

— Bina, Vadodara, HimmatNagar, Dhanbad, Kasauli,Samastipur, Danapur andMokama.

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The Adjudication Authorityunder Foreign Exchange

Management Act (FEMA) hasheld controversial Kashmiribusinessman Zahoor AhmedShah Watali guilty for contra-ventions of provisions ofFEMA and thereby imposedpenalty to the extent of �62lakh in a case of operating non-resident savings accounts inHSBC Bank at New Delhi inunauthorised manner.

Investigation under FEMAwas initiated against Watalion the basis of information ofcertain suspicious foreignexchange transactions. Duringinvestigation, it was revealedthat that Watali was maintain-ing Non-Resident SavingAccounts (both NRE and NROaccounts) in HSBC Bank,Greater Kailash-I in the nation-al capital.

At the time of openingthese accounts, Watali hadsubmitted documents like. thecopy of the Passport issued atWashington DC, resident visaamong others claiming himselfas a Non-Resident Indian,whereas during this period heneither remained outside Indiafor more than 182 days in thepreceding financial year norwas his intention to remainoutside India for an uncertainperiod. During the period 2003to 2009, Watali received inward

remittances to the tune of �.62,93,711.

He continued holding ofthe accounts and allowedremittances in this accountand violated the provisions ofFEMA, 1999 and Regulation ofthe Foreign ExchangeManagement (Deposit)Regulation, 2000.

Earlier, in another PMLAterror funding case, HafizSayeed (Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-Ud-Dawa)and Mohammad Yusuf Shahalias Salahuddin (Head of ter-ror group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen) property worthRs 8.94 crore of Watali, was

attached for his involvement infund raising and as a financialconduit for Hurriyat leaders.

Watali along with other

nine accused are undergoingjudicial custody at Central Jail,Tihar in connection with theterror funding probe.

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Congress has demanded thata financial emergency be

declared in the country and awhite paper be released on the"shrinking economy and risingfrauds". The grand old partyaccused the BJP government ofdestroying the credibility of thecountry's economy and bank-ing system and demanded thatit should declare the names of

wilful defaulters, along with thedetails of their non-performingassets (NPAs).

Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra too attacked theGovernment over an RBIreport showing bank fraudshave gone up by 15 per centyear-on-year in 2018-19, askingwho is the guarantor allowingsuch "big bank frauds".

"The Congress demandsthat a financial emergencyshould be declared in the country. We reiterate that theBJP government should release a white paper on theshrinking economy and risingfrauds.

It is getting clearer by theday that the country is headingtowards a major recessionaryphase. This is a classic case ofrecession under expansionarytrends, as whenever there arethree continuous quarters ofgrowth recession (reductionin growth quarter-on-quarter),the chances of slipping into afull-blown recession are sig-nificantly higher," saidCongress spokespersons JaiveerShergill and Gaurav Vallabh ata special AICC Press briefing.

They added that once theJune 2019 quarter numberswere announced, it would beclear that India was witnessinga reduction in growth for fiveconsecutive quarters.

Vallabh said the problemsthat this phenomenon put forthwere that natural recovery didnot occur and the country hadto solely rely on monetary pol-icy actions, while the short-term stimulus remained short-term and only helped inassuaging wounds.

"The questions we want toask the government are what isits response to the prolongedreduction in growth? Does ithave any clue of what is actu-ally wrong and who's respon-

sible for the same," Shergill said.As a responsible opposi-

tion, the Congress wanted thegovernment to immediatelyissue a white paper on the stateof economy, he added.

He also alleged that fraudsin the banking system shot upby 74 per cent to � 71,543 crorein the 2018-19 financial year,compared to frauds worth �41,167 crore committed in the2017-18 financial year.

Priyanka said the number of cases of fraudsreported by banks saw a jumpof 15 per cent year-on-yearbasis in 2018-19, with theamount involved increasing by73.8 per cent in the year, theReserve Bank of India's annu-al report showed.

"Country's biggest bankinginstitution RBI is saying thatbank frauds are increasingright under the nose of the gov-ernment. In 2018-19, this thefthas increased," PriyankaGandhi said. "Banks havebeen duped of � 72,000 crore.But, who is the guarantor whois allowing such big bankfrauds to occur," the Congressgeneral secretary asked.

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Congress leader RahulGandhi on Friday criti-

cised Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for not visit-ing flood-hit areas in Keralaand said the State was await-ing a relief package. His criti-cism came through a tweet asModi said that Kerala was"special" to him and he visit-ed Guruvayur Sri KrishnaTemple in the state after win-ning his second term.

"Dear Mr Modi, Afteryour visit to Guruvayur - ahuge flood visited Kerala,causing death and destruction.A timely visit then wouldhave been appreciated. Keralais suffering and still awaits arelief package, like those givento other flood hit states. Thisis unfair," Rahul Gandhi post-ed.

In his tweet, Gandhi, whowas on a four-day visit to hisLok Sabha constituencyWayanad, which is among theworst-affected areas in thestate, also tagged a post by thePrime Minister Office's han-dle.

The PMO tweet said,"Kerala is also special for me,personally. I have had numer-ous opportunities to visitKerala. One of the first thingsI did after the people blessedme yet again with a bigresponsibility is visiting theGuruvayur Sri KrishnaTemple: PM." The prime min-ister made the commentswhile addressing the 'MalayalaManorama News Conclave'in Kochi via video link fromthe national Capital.

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Aday after launching the'Fit India movement',

Prime Minister Narendra Modion Friday said that Ayush andYoga were its strong pillars evenas he attributed his health toYoga, Pranayama andAyurveda.

Addressing a programmeon Ayush and Yoga here, hesaid that there are "profession-al hazards" related to politics interms of health, which are to betaken care of with the help ofNaturopathy and Yoga.

The Prime Minister saidthat to transform the healthcaresystem of the country and todevelop a healthy society, thereis a need to think holisticallyand integrate the traditionaland modern medicines for sus-tainable development and bet-ter health solutions.

The Prime Minister saidthat the government has set atarget of setting up � 1.5 lakhhealth and wellness centresacross the country of which12,500 will be AYUSH centres.

Four thousand such centreswill be established this yearitself, he said.

The main focus of thesecentres will be empowering thecommunity for self care byimbibing AYUSH basedhealthy food and lifestyle, socialbehaviour and use of medici-nal plants for primary health

care.He also gave away Yoga

Awards to the winners forOutstanding Contribution forPromotion and Developmentof Yoga in New Delhi andexpressed happiness that 'Sowa- Rigpa' has become the sixthmember of the AYUSH fami-ly after Ayurveda, Yoga andNaturopathy, Siddha, Unaniand Homeopathy.

Pitching for linking tech-nology with tradition in thepractice of Ayush medicine,Modi also stressed for the needto create a homogenous systemby creating an "Ayush grid" onthe lines of one nation, one taxand one nation, one mobilitycard. He said this will removesilos in the area of Ayush.

During the ceremony,Modi released 12 commemo-rative postal stamps to honoureminent scholars, practitionersand Great Master Healers ofAYUSH Systems.

These commemorativepostal stamps highlight thegreat work and acknowledgethe achievements of the GreatMaster Healers of AYUSH

Systems. He also launched ten

AYUSH Health and WellnessCentres located in Haryana. Hesaid the government was work-ing towards bringing in moreprofessionals in the field ofAyush and necessary steps arebeing taken to that effect.

AYUSH Minister ShripadYesso Naik said that Yoga is aninsurance of health for whichwe don't have to pay money.

Winners of the year 2019yoga awards were SwamiRajarshi Muni of Life Mission,Gujarat in Individual-Nationalcategory, Ms. Antonietta Rozzi,Italy in Individual-International category, BiharSchool of Yoga, Munger, Biharin Organisation-National cat-egory, and Japan Yoga Niketan,Japan in Organisation wonawards under InternationalOrganisation category whilewinners of 2018 yoga awardswere bagged by VishwasMandalik, Nasik, Individual-National category and theYoga Institute, Mumbai,Organisation under theNational category.

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It's not only the persons withhaemophilia — a bleeding

disorder — who need constantmedical and emotional help,their caregivers too need earlyaccess to support service tohandle bleeding episodes,chronic pain, job status and thepresence of inhibitors in thepatients, psychologists and doc-tors say.

Ironically, haemophiliapopulation's need ofPsychosocial Support (PSS) isunderestimated due to myths,stigma and lack of knowledge.

To deliberate the issuethreadbare, two-day nationalconference on mental healthand bleeding disorders is beingheld here from Saturday whichwould be attended by healthexperts, psychologists and rep-resentatives from governmentand haemophilia sector amongothers.

Dr Nita Radhakrishnan,Assistant Professor,Department of PediatricHematology Oncology,SSPH&PGTI, Noida, explained

that since haemophilia is anuncommon genetic bleedingdisorder that disrupts bloodclotting, patients and caregivers have tough time dealingwith the burden.

Caring for a child withchronic pain has a high over-load, she added.

Those suffering fromhemophilia have prolongedbleeding mostly in their joints.It is caused by the absence of acertain blood clotting factor inthe blood.

Prolonged bleeding mayoccur after sustaining an injuryor can happen on its own. Atthe conference, VinitaSrivastava from Union HealthMinistry will throw light on thesteps the Government is takingfor the welfare of sector whileVikash Goel, President,Haemophilia Federation willdwell on country's perspectiveon psychosocial support inbleeding disorders.

Neelam Kumari, nursefrom SSPH&PGTI, Noida willshare nurse's role when takingcare of persons withhaemophilia.

Interventions to support

the psychosocial needs ofpatients and their families,such as offering informationand assistance, clarifyingdoubts, and teaching copingstrategies to minimize theimpact of disabilities, may helpto maximize patient outcomesand improve quality of life fortheir families, said Dr RichaMohan, psychologist and direc-tor of Empowering Minds, anorganisation engaged inempowering the sector.

In fact a recent Europeanstudy "The burden of bleedsand other clinical determi-nants on caregivers of childrenwith haemophilia (the BBC

Study)," which was publishedin the journal Haemophiliatoo recommends early access topsychosocial support servicesto help caregivers.

Caring for a child withhaemophilia, particularly whencoping with poor joint health,leads to emotional stress, achanged perception of thechild, and the need for moremedical management, said thestudy.

"Almost from the time oftheir child's diagnosis, parentsof children with hemophiliaface additional stresses such asbleed recognition, treatment,including pain managementand uncertainty about thefuture," it said, adding thathealthcare professionals "areknown to have poor recogni-tion and understanding of painmanagement" in children withhaemophilia.

The researchers focusedon the difficulties parents feelwhen dealing with their child'sbleeds, a time they say ismarked by a "loss of controland additional stress," particu-larly when hospital visits arerequired.

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CPI(M) general secretarySitaram Yechury, who

returned from Srinagar onFriday after the Supreme Courtallowed him to go there,claimed the situation on theground was "completely con-trary" to what the Governmentwas saying.

Yechury, who went toSrinagar to meet his ailingparty colleague MohammedYousuf Tarigami, refused toelaborate, saying he would sub-mit a detailed report to theapex court.

The CPI (M) leader, whohad filed a habeas corpus peti-tion in the Supreme Courtseeking Tarigami to be pro-duced before it, was grantedpermission to visit the formerMLA in Srinagar. The courthad, however, said Yechuryshould not indulge in any kindof political activity during hisvisit to Srinagar.

"I visited Tarigami andenquired about his health. I willfile an affidavit in court regard-ing his health condition and alsoreport on what I saw there,"Yechury told reporters here,adding that during the drivefrom the airport to Tarigami'shouse, he saw that the situationon the ground was "complete-ly contrary" to what the BJP-ledGovernment was saying.

The Left leader said afterhe landed at the Srinagar air-port, he was told by officialsthat he would have to returnthe same day, but he con-vinced them that he couldonly leave the next day aftergetting a status report on hiscolleague's health condition ashe had to report to the apexcourt about it.

"I met him (Tarigami) onThursday and again on Fridaymorning and all I can say thatin this condition, he needsperiodic reviews. He was get-ting treated at the AIIMS andhe needs to go there for treat-ment," Yechury said.

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sexual exploitation of minorgirls in a shelter home in Deoria,Uttar Pradesh and another relat-ed case for obstructingGovernment officials while res-cuing the victims from theNGO's premises.

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Tripathi and SuperintendentKanchan Lata Tripathi of theMaa Vindhyavasini MahilaEvam Balika Sanrakshan Grihain Deoria. The move comesover a year after the UttarPradesh Government recom-mended a CBI probe.

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Senior Karnataka Congressleader D K Shivakumar on

Friday appeared before theEnforcement Directorate (ED)for being questioned in amoney laundering case.Shivakumar arrived at theagency's headquarters here inthe evening for recording hisstatement under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA). InSeptember 2018, the ED had

registered the money laun-dering case againstShivakumar, Haumanthaiah,an employee at KarnatakaBhavan in New Delhi, andothers.

The ED case was been filed after taking cog-nizance of a charge sheet(prosecution complaint) filedby the Income TaxDepartment against him lastyear before a special court hereon charges of alleged tax eva-sion and Hawala transactionsworth crores of rupees.

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leading cardiologist UpendraKaul in a terror funding caserelated to banned terror groupJKLF leader Yaseen Malik.Kaul appeared before theagency on Friday.

Documents seized fromMalik had mentioned a figureagainst abbreviation INR andthe NIA presumed it to beIndian Currency but ques-tioning cleared air as the termreferred to InternationalisedNormalised Ratio with refer-

ence to blood test reports. "I explained to them that thefigure mentioned was relatedto his (Malik's) blood reportsand not money. The officerswere convinced and that's all,"Kaul said after the question-ing. Kaul has been cardiologistof Malik for over two decades.

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Fresh restrictions wereimposed in the city and

other parts of the KashmirValley as a preventive measurein view of Friday congrega-tional prayers which passed offpeacefully, officials said.

Restrictions under Section144 of the CrPc wereannounced on public addresssystem. People have been askednot to venture outside andbarricades have been placed.

Public transport remainedoff the road and motorists facedhardships as several roads ,leading to religious places, andother vulnerable areas remainedout of bounds. Heavy deploy-ment of security personnel weremade across sensitive places toprevent assembly of people afterthe Friday prayers. Concertina

wires were rolled out to blockentry and exit routes of down-town areas of Srinagar.

Normal life remained dis-rupted across the KashmirValley for the 26th consecutiveday, with markets closed andpublic transport off the roads.

While landline telephone

services have resumed in manyparts of the valley, mobile tele-phone services and all Internetservices continue to remainsuspended since 5 August afterthe Centre's move to abrogateArticle 370, that provided spe-cial status to Jammu &Kashmir, and bifurcate the

State into two union territories. Meanwhile, Governor,

Satya Pal Malik, visited Kargilon Friday to meet and interactwith the representatives of thepeople of Kargil to understandtheir concerns following theformation of the UnionTerritory of Ladakh.

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Srinagar: Incoming mobileservices have been restored forpost-paid subscribers inKashmir Valley's Kupwara dis-trict, officials said on Friday.

All post-paid subscribersof state-run BSNL, Jio andVodafone in the northKashmir border district willbenefit from the decision, theysaid.

According to the officials,there was a technical issue inallowing outgoing mobile ser-vices and it would take sometime to overcome the problem.

Services for pre-paid sub-scribers, who don't get month-ly bills, have not been openedyet, they said.

Landline, mobile andinternet services were sus-pended on August 5 when thecentre revoked Jammu &Kashmir's special status underArticle 370. PTI

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AH-64E attack helicopters willbe inducted into the Indian AirForce at Pathankot in Punjabon September 3, an official saidon Friday.

The first four of the 22 heli-copters was handed over to theair force by US aerospace majorBoeing on July 27.

The IAF is organising aninduction ceremony of ApacheAH-64E helicopters at thePathankot air force station onSeptember 3, DefenceSpokesman Lt Col DevenderAnand said.

Air Chief Marshal B SDhanoa will be the chief guestfor the event, he said.

The delivery of the firstbatch of Apache helicopters tothe IAF at the Hindan air basecame nearly four years after amulti-billion dollar deal for thechoppers was sealed.

The AH-64E Apache isone of the world's most

advanced multi-role combathelicopters, and is flown by theUS Army. The IAF had signeda multi-billion dollar contractwith the US Government andBoeing Ltd in September 2015for 22 Apache helicopters.

Additionally, the DefenceMinistry in 2017 approved theprocurement of six Apachehelicopters along with weaponssystems from Boeing at a costof �4,168 crore for the Army.

This will be its first fleet ofattack choppers.

By 2020, the IAF will oper-ate a fleet of 22 Apaches, andthese first deliveries are aheadof schedule.

The AH-64E Apache forthe Indian Air Force complet-ed successful first flights in July2018. The first batch of IndianAir Force crew began theirtraining to fly the Apache in theUS in 2018. PTI

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Kochi: Union Information andBroadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar on Friday said theBJP-led Government at theCentre was committed toensuring media freedom andrecalled party leaders' fightagainst Emergency in 1975 toprotect press freedom.

Noting that there are morethan one lakh publications, over700 TV channels, many weband news portals in the coun-try, the Minister said because ofsocial media platforms, nobodycan be stopped from commu-nicating with another.

That is the power of com-munication, he said.

"During students move-ment days, we fought againstEmergency in 1975 and went tojail to protect media freedom.

"That commitmentremains today and forever toprotect the freedom of media,"the minister said at an event -- "New India: Government andMedia" at the Manorama NewsConclave here which was ear-lier inaugurated by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi viavideo conference from Delhi.

Javadekar further saidresponsible freedom is theessence of a democratic societyand explained that responsiblefreedom does not mean regu-

lated freedom but beingresponsible while enjoying free-dom.

Asserting that theGovernment was committed tomedia freedom, freedom ofexpression and protests, hesaid, "Freedom is the essence ofdemocracy and we will ensurethat a vibrant democracy wantsall these freedom. That we willensure."

The Union Minister, how-ever, said it must be also under-stood that in a democraticcivil society, freedom has to beresponsible.

"Responsible freedom isnot regulated freedom; it is self-regulation using our ownmethods," he said.

Javadekar said incidents ofmob lynching are occurring inthe country due to rumoursspreading on social media.

This happens due toabsence of an authority or self-regulatory mechanism in socialmedia, he said.

The Minister said theessence of the Narendra ModiGovernment's concept of NewIndia is "corruption-free NewIndia, terror-free New India,casteism-free New India, com-munalism-free New India,poverty-free New India anddirt-free New India." PTI

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Army Chief General BipinRawat on Friday directed

the local commanders toremain in a state of 'high alert'in order to meet emergingsecurity challenges 'effectively'in the wake of increased infil-tration attempts from across theLine of Control.

Soon after his arrival inSrinagar, Army Chief wasbriefed by the localCommanders on the existingCease Fire Violations, groundsituation and the measurestaken.

Accompanied by the ChinarCorps Commander Lt Gen KJSDhillon, Army Chief also visit-

ed various formations and unitsdeployed along the Line ofControl to boost morale of thefoot soldiers on ground zero.

According to officialsources, Pakistan has activatedmultiple launch pads along theline of control to push heavilyarmed infiltrators inside theIndian territory.

In the last one month,more than 270 infiltration bidshave been attempted by theseinfiltrators with the active sup-port of Pakistan army regularsdeployed in the forward areasclose to the line of control.

Ministry of Defence PROin a statement said, "during hisvisit Army Chief General BipinRawat appreciated the robustcounter infiltration grid whichhas neutralised multiple infil-tration attempts of terrorists".

"He shared intelligencereports of a large number ofterrorists ready to infiltratefrom multiple launch padsacross the Line of Control. Heexhorted all troops to be readyfor any contingencies",

Defence PRO said. During his interaction with

the soldiers on ground, helauded them for their high lev-els of morale and motivation.

Meanwhile, one local resi-dent of Digwar area of Poonchreceived bullet injury on hisright shoulder in Pak firing lateThursday night. The injuredyouth,identified as Mohd Zafarwas shifted to the district hos-pital in Poonch where he wasprovided first aid. Doctors areexpected to remove bullet dur-ing separate surgery. A closerelative of Zafar told reporters,he was sleeping in his housewhen he was hit by Pakistan fir-ing around 11.00 pm lateThursday night.

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Kota (Rajasthan): A 45-year-old man was killed by at leastfive people in Rojjya village ofJhalawar district, followingwhich the accused, whichincludes two women, werebooked, police said on Friday.

On seeing BhanwarlalGujjar grazing his cattle in afield on Thursday afternoon,five people attacked him withsticks, iron rods and sharpweapons which causing griev-ous injuries, SHO of BhaltaPolice Station SatyanarayanMalav said.

He was immediatelyrushed a nearby hospital,where doctors declared himbrought dead, he said.

The body was handed overto his family after post mortemand a case has been registeredagainst Kalulal Gujjar, BalwantGujjar, Parvat Singh Gujjar,and two women NanibaiGujjar and Dhapubai Gujjarunder relevant sections of theIndian Penal Code (IPC),police said. PTI

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All these years, ATMsmeant Automated Teller

Machines installed by Banksfor the benefit of customersto withdraw and depositmoney without visiting thebranches. Over a period oftime, the Banks themselvesstarted describing them asAny Time Money machines.There was a time in TamilNadu when the prosperity ofa city/town/village was mea-sured by the number ofATMs installed by theBanks in these places.

But the Kelagampattivillage near Harur inDharmapiri district, theATM denotes Any TimeMilk. A hi-tech milk dis-penser in the village installedby an entrepreneur has takenthe village by storm. Themachine dispenses undilut-ed, unprocessed and unadul-terated ‘desi’ milk round theclock on reasonable rates tothe villagers who were hith-erto depending on milkfrom private dairies.

Not any more. They aregetting quality milk at ratesranging from �10/-, �20/-,�50/- and �100/- from theseunmanned machines. Allthat the customers have todo is to insert the currencynote of required denomi-nation into the ATM. Thereis only one condition; the

customers have to bring theirvessels to collect the milkfrom the dispenser as no plas-tic packet us served from themachine.

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Rae Bareli (UP): Four per-sons, including a telecomengineer, were allegedlythrashed by locals on the sus-picion of being child-lifters indifferent incidents in this dis-trict of Uttar Pradesh, policesaid on Friday.

Amar Kumar Verma (35),an engineer working in a pri-vate telecom company, wasallegedly attacked by a mob ofaround 50 people when hewas returning from Kesaruavillage within the LalganjKotwali police station limitsafter checking a mobile toweron Wednesday, they added.

A case was registered on a complaint from Vermaand some villagers werearrested. PTI

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Bareilly (UP): Mistaken for"child lifters", a visiting DelhiPolice team in plain clothesescaped mob fury here after thelocal police came to their res-cue, officials said on Friday.

The incident took place onThursday when the team fromDelhi's Welcome police stationreached Bhura village in

Bhojipura area here in con-nection with a dowry caseprobe, they said.

"The Delhi Police teamwas in plain clothes due towhich some confusion mighthave arisen," DeputyInspector General (DIG) ofPolice, Bareilly Range, RajeshPandey, said. PTI

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Amid intense speculationthat former Chief Minister

and Maharashtra SwabhimaniPaksha (MSP) founder chiefNarayan Rane might merge hisparty with the ruling BJP onSeptember 1, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis said hereon Friday that the MSP’s merg-er with his party would nothappen unless and until hetook the Shiv Sena leadershipinto confidence in the matter.

When his attention wasdrawn to a report in a sectionof the regional that Rane wouldmerge MSP with the BJP at aparty function at Solapur to tobe attended by party’s nation-al president Amit Shah,Fadnavis said: “Unless the

issue is discussed the issue withthe Shiv Sena and take itsleaders into confidence, theBJP will not take a decision onthe MSP’s merger with ourparty”.

Quoting Rane, a fewregional newspapers had saidrecently that he would take adecision on his joining the BJPalong with his former MP-sonNilesh Rane and sittingCongress MLA-son NiteshRane, in the next 10 days.Friday’s newspapers that SrRane would merge his partyMSP with the BJP at its rally tobe held in Solapur onSeptember 1.

Sr. Rane was elected toRajya Sabha with the supportof the BJP on March 15 lastyear.

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The family members of ateenaged girl, who died at a

Government hospital duringtreatment five weeks after shewas brutally gangraped, refuseto accept the victim girl’s bodytill arrests were made in thecase, even as the NCP workersstage a protest in front of theChunabhatti police station innorth-central Mumbai.

On a day when the NCPMP Surpriya Sule-led scores ofparty men to Chunabhattipolice station to demand aninquiry by the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) intothe alleged gangrape, the victimgirl’s family members refused totake the body and perform lastrites till the police arrested thefour culprits behind the crime.

Talking to media personsafter staging a dhana in front ofthe Chnnabhatti police station,Supriya charged that the con-duct of the both state govern-ment and the local policeappeared “suspicious” anddemanded that an impartialinvestigations be ordered underthe SIT. Meanwhile, theMaharashtra State Commissionfor Women (MSCW) hasordered the Chunabhatti PolicStation to submit its detailedinvestigation report by Saturday.

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Alleged Trinamool workerson Friday attacked the

vehicle of Bengal BJP presidentDilip Ghosh and heckled himeven as he tried to meet thepublic at the Lake Town area ofnorthern Kolkata, sources said.

Ghosh who had recentlystarted a public relation exer-cise under a scheme called“Chai pe Charcha,” meeting thepeople at various localities wasallegedly heckled by a mob ofTMC supporters who wouldnot allow the senior saffronleader to hold such meetings intheir area.

Ghosh who went to LakeTown along with his support-ers was surrounded by a TMCmob that raised “go back” slo-gan against the saffron leadereven as a scuffle between thetwo sides ensued forcing theState BJP chief to beat a hastyretreat.

His car was given a chasefor quite distance, even as theTMC supporters assaulted the

local BJP men until the policeintervened, locals said.

Commenting on the earlymorning skirmish StateMinister and TMC leader SujitBasu who is also the localMLA said “TMC was notinvolved in the incident,”adding “the people who wereprotesting against some out-siders who were trying to pol-lute the area chased them (BJP)away.”

Ghosh in his part“thanked” the TMC for “givingme additional publicity.Returning from a morningwalk I had settled down in a teashop sharing tea with somepeople when some TMC goonsattacked me making it news. Ithank them for giving me thispublicity as they do on everyoccasion.”

Meanwhile in a similarincident a BJP MLA fromBongaon was attacked by theTMC workers giving him someminor injuries, sources saidadding his car was also dam-aged in the attack.

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The Mamata BanerjeeGovernment on Friday

took the effective step to curbmob lynching by passing theAnti-lynching Bill. After thismove, Bengal became the thirdState after Manipur andRajasthan to pass the Anti-lynching Bill.

While both the Congressand the Left supported theBill the BJP abstained allegingthe new law would be used tosettle scores.

Chief Minister MamataBanerjee who had continu-ously been critical of the BJP-ruled States and the Centre fornot taking action against peo-ple accused of mob lynchingsaid in the Assembly that herGovernment had to introducethe Act as the Centre hadfailed to discharging its duty bymaking a comprehensive lawagainst lynching.

She said “the CentralGovernment did not bring any

law to prevent lynching where-as it should have taken the firstinitiative. It should havebrought a law against lynching.As they failed to do so we arebringing this law in our State tocurb mob assault of innocentpeople.”

Insisting that there was aneed to raise public awarenessagainst mob lynching she saidthe people should stand upagainst such crime. “This is asocial evil and all of us have tocome together to fight againstthis evil. Though the SupremeCourt has given a directive tomake appropriate laws no lawhas been framed as yet,” shesaid reminding “no one has anyright to take other people’slives.”

On a separate issue theChief Minister attacked theCentre for targeting theOpposition leaders so as to fin-ish the entire Opposition andset up a one-party rule in thecountry saying “today they aretargeting the senior Opposition

leaders like Chidambaram andSharad Pawar who dared toquestion their policies, tomor-row they will do it to the entireOpposition parties.”

It was high time theOpposition parties united onan emergency basis in order tocheck the dictatorial attitude ofthe BJP Government she said.

When asked to commenton the BJP’s ambiguous standon the anti-lynching laws whenthe Congress and the Left thetwo arch enemies of the ChiefMinister backed the Bill, BJPleaders said they would notsupport the Bill as it would beused to target the innocentpeople and settle politicalscores.

The Bill stipulates a rigor-ous life imprisonment for lifeand a fine up to �5 lakh for theaccused in case the victim diesafter public lynching.

In case of serious injuriesin a mob lynching the accusedwill get a punishment of up to10 years and a fine of �3 lakh.

����������9��3�������'�����Bengaluru: Senior Congressleader DK Shivakumar onFriday said the ED has issuedfresh summons asking him toappear before it in a moneylaundering case and termedthe action a 'conspiracy' todefame him and his party.

The former Karnatakaminister said the EnforcementDirectorate has asked him toappear before it in Delhi onFriday by 1 pm and he wasconsidering all legal options.Shivakumar told reporters thathe will face it "legally, politicallyand socially".

On whether he was feelingtargeted by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and HomeMinister Amit Shah, he said"whoever has done... I wishthem best... I have done myduty for the party. I'm proud todo my job. Whatever is in myfate will happen."

The ED move comes after

the Karnataka High Court onThursday dismissedShivakumar's petition chal-lenging the summons issued tohim in the money-launderingcase registered by the agencyagainst him and a few otherson the basis of an alleged taxevasion and hawala transac-tions case.

Shivakumar indicated thathis "instrumental role" inensuring safe stay of GujaratCongress MLAs in a Karnatakaresort during the Rajya Sabhapolls in 2017, amid allegationsthat the BJP was trying topoach them, was the reason forthe searches and subsequent I-T and ED action on him.

"When the ED summonscame (earlier), I had said thatthis is an Income Tax case, EDhas nothing to do with it, Ihave had no foreign transac-tion or was cheating the gov-ernment, and have been pay-

ing taxes, there was no con-spiracy involved," Shivakumarsaid.

Ahead of his travel toDelhi the Congress leader saidthat he had sought time andapproached the court chal-lenging the summons, but yes-terday it dismissed his appli-cation.

Stating that he was yet toreceive copy of the court order,he said, when he arrived homelast night, ED officers fromDelhi and Bengaluru cameand issued the summons ask-ing him to appear at 1 pm inDelhi on Friday.

"I cannot attend by 1 pm asI had family and personalcommitments, but I willrespect the summons and go toDelhi to appear before ED. Ihave all the right to use all mylegal options to protect myselfand respond to this conspira-cy," Shivakumar said. PTI

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Kishanganj (Bihar): FiveBangladesh nationals have beenarrested here while trying tocross over to their native coun-try, a senior Border SecurityForce (BSF) official said.

The Bangladeshis, all resi-dents of Thakurgaon district ofthe neighbouring country,claimed that they have beeneking out a living at Kulgam inJammu and Kashmir and theyarrived Kishanganj onWednesday evening, BSF DIGAmritlal Tirkey said.

Although Kishanganj rail-

way station is barely 30 km fromthe international border, theychose to stay back and plannedto leave on Thursday morning,he said. "We had, in the mean-time, received information aboutthe Bangladeshis and their plansto cross the border. When BSFpersonnel spotted them, they gotscared and began to run awaybut were eventually caught"Tirkey said. They have beenidentified as Bakkar (20), MohdJaleel (22), Mohd Rubel (20),Mohd Mehboob (20) and MohdMasoom (19), he said. PTI

Guwahati: Nabarun Guha shuf-fles uneasily in his chair, signs ofworry writ large on his face.

The journalist has visited the

NRC Sewa Kendra (NSK) twicefor hearing after his name didnot appear in the interim andfinal draft, and is uncertain

whether he will be able to makeit to the final Register of Citizenswhen it is published on Saturday.

Guha is a grandson ofrenowned historian, economistand poet of Assam AmalenduGuha and his family has livedin upscale Ulubari locality ofGuwahati since 1930. All in thefamily but Nabarun figure in thedraft NRC. "My parents havepassed away, so the question ofinclusion of their names doesnot arise. My father's name wasin the electoral rolls of 1966 and1970. I used his legacy codesand showed my linkage to himthrough my voter ID card. Stillmy name was not included,"Guha said.

"It really baffles me. I don'tknow whether my name will befinally included or not. If a mis-take can happen twice, it canhappen for a third time aswell," Guha told PTI, his fur-rowed forehead betraying theanxiety. Guha is not alone.Lakhs of households acrossAssam are on edge a day beforethe publication of the hugelycontentious NRC, which willdetermine bonafide Indian cit-izens as well identify illegalimmigrants from Bangladesh.

Monowara Begum, 45, adomestic help, is waiting for theNRC on a wing and a prayer.

Though she and her hus-band Lal Bahadur Ali figured inthe draft NRC, the names of allher four children--Laili, Anna,Monirul and Sahidul were miss-ing.

"I am so worried that I can-not sleep at night. I just don'tknow what will happen if theirnames are not there in the finallist," she said despairingly.

When reminded of thegovernment's assurance thatnobody whose name does notappear in the list will bedetained and that they canappeal before a foreigners tri-bunal, a sob tore at her throat.

"We have already spent ourhard earned money for attend-ing hearings. If we have to go totribunals now, we will have tosell our land and home," shesaid.

Ganesh Rai of SolmariKalyanpur village in Goalparadistrict belongs to the indige-nous ethnic Rajbangshi com-

munity but apprehends he wouldfail to make it to the final NRCas he has been declared a (doubt-ful) D-Voter. He had voted in the2016 assembly elections andnever received any notice abouthis changed status, which wasrevealed to him during aninquiry at a NSK.

Many Bodos and tea tribepeople in Bodoland TerritorialArea Districts (BTAD) are notoverly worried. They assert theyare indigenous people of Assamand nobody can uproot themfrom their land.

"We are the sons of the soil.If we are not included in theNRC, then who will be?" is thecomman refrain among the eth-nic communities here.

Amid criticism from polit-ical parties over alleged faultyinclusions and exclusions, theNRC will be in public domain onSaturday, and state authoritieshave clamped prohibitory ordersin vulnerable areas, including inGuwahati, under section 144CrPC to enforce public order.

This has been done toensure the normal functioning ofoffices, movement of public andtraffic flow, officials said.

Section 144 Cr PC pro-hibits assembly of more than fivepersons, any agitation, demon-stration or procession incitingcommunal violence, carrying offirearms, ammunition, explosivesubstances or weapons in pub-lic places or vehicles, as well asuse of loud speakers.

Ahead of the publication offinal NRC, Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal on Fridayasked people not to panic andsaid the state government willtake all possible steps to helpgenuine Indians prove their cit-izenship and provide legal assis-tance. "No one should be wor-ried. No one should panic.Government is here to take careof everyone. Even those who willbe excluded from final list will getenough opportunity to provetheir Indian citizenship," he toldPTI in an interview.

Assam has seen a huge

influx from other places, partic-ularly Bangladesh, since theearly 20th century. It did not stopeven after Independence, with alarge number of illegal immi-grants from Bangladesh, bothHindus and Muslims, settlingthere. Identification, detentionand deportation of such immi-grants was a major demandover which the All AssamStudents Union (AASU)launched a 6-year movementwhich ended with the signing ofthe Assam Accord in 1985.

Though the Supreme Courthad ordered updating the NRCin 2013 to identify bonafide cit-izens and weed out illegal immi-grants, the actual exercise beganin February 2015.

The part publication of draftNRC was done on the midnightof December 31, 2017, and thecomplete draft was published onJuly 30, 2018.

A total of 2,89,83,677 peopleout of 3,29,91,384 applicantswere found eligible for inclusionin the register. PTI

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Mathura: Two toddlers diedand eight others were taken illat a Government-run orphan-age, prompting the districtadministration to order a probe.

The authorities have takensample of the milk being fed tochildren at the Rajkiya ShishuSadan here, Mathura DistrictMagistrate Sarvagya RamMishra said on Friday.

Ten children of thenorphanage fell ill on Wednesdaywith two of them dying of

diarrhoea within the last threedays, Mishra added.

Of the ten ailing children,four serious cases were referredto Agra medical college, whilerest are being treated inMathura district hospital here,he said.

He said despite the bestpossible treatment, two childrenbelow one and half years of agecould not be saved and theydied in Agra, the district mag-istrate added. PTI

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Mumbai: A 2008 Malegoanblast victim on Friday opposedthe prosecution's plea to thespecial anti-terror court hereto hold in camera trial of the"communally sensitive" case,saying terror has no religion.

"A terrorist is a terrorist.Why make it communal?What has the terror got to dowith religion?" said victim'scounsel B A Desai, opposingthe NIA's plea to hold in cam-era trial of the case on theground that it was a "commu-nally sensitive" one.

The victim's counsel alsoopposed the NIA plea, con-tending that he feared a col-lusion between the prosecu-

tion and the accused if the trialis held in camera.

"We want the trial to beheld openly as we fear collu-sion between the prosecutionand the accused. The prose-cution is protecting theaccused, not the victims bywanting to make it in camera,"he argued.

Several media persons andone of the blast victims havefiled applications opposingthe NIA plea for in cameraproceeding.

While media persons havesaid in their application thattheir fundamental rights willbe violated if the trial is held incamera, the victim's counsel

Desai said his client fear col-lusion between the prosecutionand the accused persons.

BJP MP from Bhopal,Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakurand Lt Col Prasad Purohit areamong the accused in the2008 Malegaon blast case.

The blast, which tookplace on September 29, 2008,killed six people and injuredover 100 others when a bombattached to a motorcycle wentoff near a mosque.

The trial court has so farexamined around 130 wit-nesses in the case. The prose-cution has named 475 wit-nesses.

The accused have been

charged under various provi-sions of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Actand the Indian Penal Code.

NIA counsel AvinashRasal argued that when thecase is of a serious and sensi-tive nature, it is necessary totake precautionary measures."We are not saying the mediashould not publish any newsarticle on the trial. We are onlysaying when the trial pro-ceedings are on, there shouldbe no interference. The mediacan take necessary informa-tion from the NIA's investi-gating office present in courtfor writing their article," Rasalsaid. PTI

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Some people spend the better part oftheir lives on providing education tostreet children; some on extending

medical aid to the poor. Some devote them-selves to collecting clothes for, and distrib-uting the same, among pavement dwellersand some to running relief organisationsthat help those hit by natural calamities likefloods and cyclones. Some live to demandceaselessly that all stray dogs be killed.

The urge to kill — and even perpetratemass murder — is as much a part of thehuman psyche as the one to extend succourto the unprivileged and the distressed. Thewars, genocides and other violent activi-ties and crimes like murders, that haveoccurred throughout history, bear this outand underline the fact that hatred is as cen-tral, and sometimes more powerful, anemotion as love and compassion.

The most extreme form of the desire tokill is to perpetrate it on a mass scale, whichis genocide. Only a handful of people can per-petrate the latter as it would require statepower or an organisation like Hitler’sSturmabteilung (SA, the original Nazi para-military body), to do it. More, given the oppro-brium that has come to be attached to geno-cides, which are now regarded as crimesagainst humanity. Anyone calling for theslaughter of any community or class of peo-ple would find himself/herself shunned anddenounced. One, therefore, should not be sur-prised if people redirect their genocidalinstinct to stray dogs and, in the process, gainthe bonus of being able to project themselvesas protectors of human beings from death andfrom rabies numbering, according to the threefigures most commonly cited, 30,000, 25,000and 20,565 respectively.

The question is: Where do these figurescome from? The first two appear inAssessing the burden of rabies in India:WHO-sponsored national multi-centricrabies survey 2003 by the Association forPrevention and Control of Rabies in India(APRCI), which states, “However, from1985, India continues to report every year25,000 to 30,000 human rabies deaths,which today accounts for 60 per cent of theglobal report of 50,000 (WHO, 2002).”

The survey further states, “The abovefigure of 25,000 was an estimate worked outon the projected statistics of isolation hos-pitals in the country in 1985…” What wehave then is not an actual figure but an esti-mate and that, too, arrived at on the basisof not actual but “projected” statistics. Oneis reminded here of the famous statement,attributed to Charles Darwin, “A mathemati-cian is a blind man in a dark room lookingfor a black hat which isn’t there.”

As to the figure of 30,000 deaths, WHO’sWorld Survey of Rabies No. 34 for the year 1998cites this as the number of rabies deaths inIndia in that year. The survey’s annexure 3,showing “global trends and distribution bycountry and continent”, had the entry “mostparts” against India in the column under the

heading, “Geographical distrib-ution.” The space against India inthe column under the heading“Trends” was left blank. WHO’sWorld Survey of Rabies No. 35 forthe year 1999 describes the geo-graphical distribution of the inci-dence of rabies in India as beingconfined to “limited areas.” Theentry in the column under theheading of “Trend” is “Decrease.”How can, in the course of oneyear, the incidence of rabies in thecountry contract from “Mostparts” to “Limited areas?” Evenmore glaring is the fact that the1999 survey does not give any fig-ure for the number of humandeaths for rabies in India thatyear! Clearly, the figure of 30,000appears far from credible.

This brings us to theAPCRI’s survey with its figure of20,565 human deaths fromrabies every year. Again, it is amere projected estimate andnot the total of recorded deathsfrom hospitals in various parts ofthe country. Also, it is based oncritical inputs, which are them-selves of questionable validity.The survey, for instance, states,“For estimating rabies incidence,the current reported incidence ofthree cases per 100,000 popula-tion (or 30,000 for one billionpopulation, WHO 2002) wasconsidered. Based on this, as perthe planned precision of 90 percent confidence level and 10 per-missible error, about 9.1 million

or 10 million (round figure) pop-ulation coverage from 21 med-ical coverage with marginal cov-erage variations due to local fac-tors was envisaged.”

As seen, the estimated annu-al figure of 30,000 rabies deathsin India needs to be viewed withserious reservations. It is at besta conjecture of uncertain valid-ity. This in turn raises seriousquestions about the acceptabili-ty of the APCRI’s survey and itsconclusions. These questionsappear all the more warrantedgiven the official figures onrabies’ deaths. Since 2005, theUnion Government’s Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare’sCentral Bureau of HealthIntelligence (CBHI) has beenannually publishing a NationalHealth Profile for the country.According to its 2018 edition,there were 97 cases of humandeaths from rabies in 2017.According to the relevant preced-ing annual National HealthProfiles, there were 86 humandeaths from rabies in 2016, 113in 2015, 125 in 2014 and 132 in2013. Nor were the figures evenremotely approaching 30,000,25,000 or 20,565 in earlier years.There, for example, were 386, 365and 485 deaths from rabies in1997, 1998 and 1999 respective-ly. The number was 486 in 2000and 488 in 2001.

The argument that the ver-tiginous difference between the

actual numbers recorded andthe incredibly higher estimatedones in circulation is due tounder-reporting of humanrabies deaths, holds little water.No amount of under-reportingcan explain such a massive dif-ference and certainly not whenthe reach of the print and elec-tronic media extends to everypart of the country and reportsof human-animal conflict fea-ture regularly.

Besides, the methodologyof the APCRI’s survey raisesserious questions. These includeidentification by respondents,without laboratory verification,of rabies cases which could beas many as five years old in ruraland three years old in urbanareas. The chances of people notbeing able to correctly recall thesymptoms of the disease killinga person, and attributing torabies deaths caused by otherdiseases, are very real, particu-larly when almost all of therespondents are not medicalpractitioners.

These grossly exaggeratedfigures serve only to whip upmass hysteria against stray dogs,boost the sales of anti-rabiesvaccines and spread disinfor-mation about India abroad,undermining its standing as aninvestment destination.

(The writer is ConsultantEditor, The Pioneer, and anauthor)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Opening up for what?”(August 30). The announce-ment allowing 100 per centForeign Direct Investment (FDI)in commercial coal miningsounds good. However, its exe-cution will be crucial. TheGovernment failed to open theindustry to competition despiteliberalisation of the economyyears ago because of bureaucrat-ic indecision.

The Union Cabinet had alsoapproved policies for openingcoal mining to private minersand partially removing restric-tions on the sale of coal pro-duced at the so-called captivemines but these, too, have notbeen implemented.

It is a paradox that with theworld’s fifth-largest reserves offuel, we imported over 40 percent more coal during January toApril this year compared to lastyear. That the dip in globalprice of coal should dictate thepace of our self-sufficiency in avital sector as coal is but a fig leafover goal clarity.

R Narayanan Navi Mumbai

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Sir — Saint Teresa’s selfless anduntiring service to the poorest ofthe poor, orphaned and sick peo-ple on the streets of Kolkata isincalculable and worthy of studyand praise. Blessed with profoundempathy, unwavering commit-ment and unshakable faith, sheturned her back to worldly plea-

sures and focussed on servingmankind at a young age of 18.

After years of service as ateacher and mentor, she experi-enced a call within her religiousfaith that changed her course oflife, making her what she isknown as today.

Who would’ve thought that afragile nun from Albania couldmake it to India and care for thenaked, the disabled and the dis-

eased? St Teresa made Indiaproud by spreading the messageof peace, compassion and solidar-ity all across the world.

Today, because of theMissionaries of Charity, manynew-born babies, who are aban-doned by their parents and left onthe streets to die, are seeing thelight of the day.

Jubel D’Cruz Mumbai

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Opening up for what?”(August 30). A cyclical slow-down seems to have hit theIndian economy. TheGovernment has taken two cru-cial decisions pertaining to theeconomy. First came the FinanceMinister’s announcements to perkup investments. This was fol-lowed by an RBI transfer ofmoney to the Government.

In yet another move to boostthe economy, it announced newForeign Direct Investment (FDI)rules for coal mining, contractmanufacturing and digital media,while considerably easing rulesfor single-brand retail.

All these measures point tothe fact that the Government isfinally taking note of the down-fall in the economy. However, thebuck must not stop here. TheGovernment must pursue eco-nomic reforms with the same zealto bring out the best from entre-preneurs.

Gourang NaryaniUjjain

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Over the last few years, nationalism hasbeen the subject of discussion in practi-cally every sphere of our society. While

a healthy debate on the subject is always wel-come, invariably we find this discussion onnationalism spinning out of control and evolv-ing into arguments and political slugfests. Thisblame game certainly does not bode well for ournation and society. Nationalism is a process thatbinds a country and should promote love andharmony among the citizens. It cannot be a cat-alyst to cause cultural, social, economic, geo-graphical, historical or religious rift in the coun-try. On the contrary, it is supposed to safeguardthe interests of the common man and should bea catalyst in the progress and prosperity of thenation.

As per Chanakya, “The key to happiness isprosperity.” As per him, it’s the duty of the headof the nation to ensure prosperity of citizens.However, I doubt if this can be achieved by clash-es of ideology or by demeaning each other.

Chanakya further elaborates on the fourduties of the State. These duties are to expandfacilities in wealth and resources, to guard thegains that have been obtained, to increase/expandwhat has been obtained/achieved, to equally dis-tribute the resources and wealth among the peo-ple of the country. A great State must focus onthese four principles and be guided by them.

India remained subjugated under foreignrule for a long period but never let go of its spir-itual identity that propagated universal broth-erhood, love, tolerance, humanity, compassionand truth. Though India is an amalgamation ofmyriad religions, castes, creeds, cultures and lan-guages, our spiritual identity has kept us unifiedand finally led us to liberty. India’s freedom fight-ers contributed immensely to the struggle forIndia’s independence but by and large our fightfor liberty had a unique, amazing and dominantidentity — non-violence. Perhaps it was becauseIndia’s DNA had non-violence and tolerancedeeply embedded in it. Our respect for our diver-sities is the key to keeping India united.

It’s incumbent upon the leaders of thecountry to work towards providing better ser-vices and infrastructure to the citizens. The lead-ers must work for more equitable distributionof resources and improvement of infrastructure.People should be free to choose and pursue tra-ditions, lifestyle, language, religion and so on.This liberty to choose is the fundamental cor-nerstone of a conflict-free society and shallensure that India stands tall among the nationsof the world. Clashing on language, religion, race,colour and gender will shatter the idea that isIndia.

Being the guardian of the East, it’s incum-bent upon India and Indians to symbolise unityin diversity. India must give out a message thatit looks at the world as one brotherhood popu-lated by men and women without conflict of cast,creed or colour. If a section of people tries to tiedown or define another section of people intoboundaries, the consequences shall be disastrous.Every human being aspires to establish individ-uality and in pursuit of individuality shall trylevel best to break the barriers imposed by oth-ers. A nationalism governed by boundaries shallnever let a nation stand united.

India is a large and diverse coun-try and can progress only if the cornerstones and principles of theConstitution are respected and adheredto. The profusion of aggressive slogansand the naked display of might that weare witnessing today are damaging thenation. Hitler is a glaring example ofwhat happens when a leader propagatesracial superiority. History is witnessthat his actions and thought processvirtually destroyed Germany whilepursuing his ridiculous racial agenda.

It’s imperative that citizens be leftfree to decide their slogan, whether itwill be “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, “VandeMataram”, “Jai Hind”, “Jai Bharat” or“Hindustan Zindabad.” Eventually theyall convey the same sentiment. A citi-zen serving the nation by adhering tothe principles of the Constitutiondeserves the freedom to decide how toexpress love and respect for the nation.If a citizen has been responsibly fulfill-ing his duties towards the country, thenhe has the right to expect that politi-cal parties and their leaders shall ful-fill their obligations towards him andthe nation to the best of their abilities.Good governance certainly does notmean misleading the citizens and com-plicating core issues and deficiencieswith aggressive slogans.

True nationalism lies in providingemployment to the youth of the nation,ensuring a better minimum supportprice to the farmers, creating a simpli-fied tax regime for the traders, provid-ing protection to women, promotingcommunal harmony, ensuring freedom

of Press, securing and safeguarding theborders of the nation and most impor-tantly respecting the tenants of theConstitution. Political parties and lead-ers should be judged and evaluated bythese guiding principles of nationalism.Sports, cinema, telecom revolution,ease of transport, availability of region-al food pan-India, migration of stu-dents from different regions to univer-sities across the nation are a few fac-tors that have been great catalysts inunifying the nation. 1985 saw threemajor revolutions — automobiles, tele-vision and communication — furtherunifying the citizens.

It’s important to understand thatIndia can best progress following thetraditional progressive principles of cul-ture. Chanakya’s principle is that everycitizen is free to live life in accordancewith his/her beliefs and principles andif need be to lay down one’s life to safe-guard them. Let’s consider the twomain religious sects of the nation,Hindus and Muslims. Since timeimmemorial, the followers of SanatanDharma are free to worship idols orwhatever form of God they choose.Sanatan Dharma stresses on freedomto pursue personal beliefs. On the otherhand Islam is founded on the basictenet of equality as it accords a uniformstatus to all Muslims.

Ilama Iqbal has summed it upbeautifully in the following lines whichstate that all are equal in the eyes of theAlmighty — “Sultan and slave stoodside by side. Then there was no servantnor master, nothing did them divide.”

These fine traditions make India acountry that accords its citizens com-plete personal freedom.

If we reflect on the struggle forIndia’s Independence, different peopleand parties took different paths in theirfight for liberty but no one branded theother anti-national. Even those who didnot participate in this noble cause werenot criticised. Sadly, in today’s Indiathere is a mad rush to certify nation-alists and nationalism. It is not enoughto be a nationalist; one has to be a cer-tified nationalist. The question is dothose certifying qualify as nationalists?Fact is, as compared to today’s lead-ers, those during the Independencestruggle and nascent years of the for-mation of our nation were men andwomen of true character and patri-ots. When I say character, I mean thatour freedom fighters never market-ed their nationalism. For them, serv-ing the nation was a privilege and nota tool to grab power. Citizens of Indiashould be driven and inspired by thenationalism of both RabindranathTagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Theyboth propagated a nationalism encom-passing humanity and compassion.

Practising true nationalism, today’spoliticians should work towards creat-ing a fear-free nation and societywhere the rights of the citizen aresacred and protected. In conclusion, Istate that those who agree with mythoughts are as much nationalist asthose who disagree with me.

(The writer is a national spokesper-son, Indian National Congress)

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Many Indian cities have limitedmunicipal revenues and hencethey fail to provide urban infra-

structure and services, which in turn, comein the way of harnessing their potential ascritical drivers of economic growth anddevelopment. However, the problem ofmunicipal revenue deficit is not insur-mountable and can be addressed byincreasing existing local taxes and strength-ening the revenue-raising capacity ofmunicipal bodies or Urban Local Bodies(ULBs) by broadening sources. Suchfinancially sound ULBs would then attractprivate investors. Property Tax (PT),levied on ownership of any building andland within the municipal area by ULBs,is a significant source of revenue envisagedfor the development and maintenance ofurban areas. However, PT collections aresignificantly lower and roughly constitute0.2 per cent of India’s GDP, while in coun-tries like Canada and the US, they con-tribute up to 3 to 4 per cent. Even a mod-est increase in PT can help ULBs raise rev-enue and enhance development.

The potential of PT is under-utilisedbecause of under-assessment, poor collec-tion and widespread exemptions. Mostproperties are valued on the basis of gross

Annual Rental Value (ARV). Owing to theuse of discretionary and corrupt practices,prevailing PT rates hardly correspond totheir actual market value and yield very lit-tle tax revenue. Wide prevalence of theRent Control Act has capped potential rentincreases to a maximum of 25 per cent ofthe 1948 benchmark and has given orig-inal tenants the right to pass property onto their heirs, preventing any futureincrease in rent.

In fact, assessed values have beenfound to be approximate 8-10 per cent ofthe market value, with varying tax rates fordifferent kinds of properties. Globally, PTis generally around one to two per cent ofthe market value of the property. However,given the under-assessment of marketvalue in India, the PT rates would be mere-ly a fraction of that. Deficiency in tax man-agement is also pronounced and ULBsgenerally do not have any system in placeto count the actual number of taxableproperties under their jurisdiction oreven carry out reforms and technologicalupgradation to the collection system.

On an average, only 37 per cent of thetax demanded is collected, with the corre-sponding figures being as low as 55 per centfor a city like Mumbai. In spite of penal pro-

vision for delayed payments or non-pay-ments, ULBs rarely bring any penal actionagainst defaulters, highlighting the role oflocal political economy and poor commit-ment. Further, exempted properties con-stitute approximately 10 per cent of totalurban properties and about 11 per cent ofassessed properties. Interestingly, PT ischaracterised as the tax everyone loves tohate because its visibility and other char-acteristics make people particularly awareof it and, therefore, any reform initiativesentail significant local political challengesand administrative difficulties. Primarily,PT reforms involve four key areas ofintervention — broadening of tax base,assessing property valuation, setting tax rateand collecting taxes.

Past experiences have shown that awell-functioning tax system applies a lowtax rate across a broad taxbase. Up-to-dateinformation on properties are required fortaking tough decisions like what to tax orexempt and whom to make liable for thistaxation. ULBs, presumably endowed withlocal knowledge of land and property use,are best placed to develop such physicalcadastre. Harmonising existing propertyrecords with data from utility companies,records from Government departments

and digitising these dynamic databases canbe useful for bringing a higher number ofproperties under the tax net and enhancedevelopment. Serious rethinking on PTexemptions is required to minimise rev-enue loss. Sometimes exemptions are jus-tified for providing tax incentives toattract businesses. However, such incen-tives, as evident from experiences in UScities, may turn out to be counter-produc-tive with a deterioration of the tax baseand financial health of the ULBs. This inturn results in lower levels of urban ser-vice delivery.

Two distinct assessment methodolo-gies in India — value-based assessmentand area-based assessment (with the for-mer being divided into rental and capitalvalue approaches) — have failed to cap-ture the real value of properties. Non-availability of extensive data on markettransactions of properties (or the corre-sponding from revenue departments)makes the valuation under capital valueapproach inaccurate.

Cities like Bengaluru, Chennai,Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna andPune have introduced the Self-AssessmentSystem as a reform measure. Self-assess-ment, if supported by a proper legal frame-

work, is genuinely an appealing procedurefor our cities with little administrativecapacity.

However, the possibility of underes-timation could produce significant rev-enue losses. Fair initial assessment andperiodic re-evaluation of propertiesreflecting changes in value could be use-ful for addressing PT inelasticity andvolatility. While most ULBs follow a pro-gressive PT rate structure, Bengaluruand Ludhiana have a flat tax rate, with dif-ferentiation between residential and non-residential units and lower rates forowner-occupied as compared to rentedhouses. Differential tax rates increase com-plexity as well as administrative costs.Given the low administrative capacity ofULBs, a single rate may be the best optionfor policymakers. It is crucial to allowULBs to set the tax rate as that wouldmake them accountable for tax decisionsat the municipal level, leading to improvedmunicipal services with accountability.

Such PT reforms may result in majortax shifts. Attendant political resistanceand public resentment can be mitigatedby strengthening the linkages betweenlocal taxes and local expenditure andinvolving citizens at each stage of the

design and implementation of municipaltax policy processes. Undoubtedly, peo-ple are happier to pay taxes when theyrelate them with improvements in servicedelivery and when they are consulted andkept informed about the reform process-es and a firm, predictable policy.

Phase-in mechanism, in which taxchanges are spread out over several yearsalong with improved services, can also beused to make tax reform acceptable andsustainable. Instead of tax rebate, tax defer-ral schemes, that defer tax increases untilthe property is passed to someone else, canalso be used to help asset-rich but lowerincome people. It is important to makepeople aware about PT payments byshowcasing various costs and benefits ofcompliance or non-compliance.

The Centre’s push for urbanisationand competitiveness among cities (SmartCities Mission), rankings (SwachhSurvekshan), ratings (credit ratings ofULBs), should also prioritise empower-ment of ULBs through capacity develop-ment to harness PT as a primary sourceof revenue.

(Chattopadhyay is Assistant Professorof Economics at Visva Bharati Universityand Kumar is Director of IMPRI)

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Attribut ingthe slow-

down in GDPgrowth todomestic andglobal factors,Chief EconomicAdviser K VSubramanian onFriday said theGovernment istaking varioussteps to booste c o n o m i cexpansion.

The gross domestic prod-uct (GDP) data released by theNational Statistical Office ear-lier on Friday showed thatgrowth in the first quarter ofthe current fiscal slipped to anover six-year low of 5 per cent.

“The slowdown in growthis due to endogenous andexogenous factors,”Subramanian said while com-menting on the data.

He said the Government istaking all steps to revive theeconomy and expressed confi-

dence that the country wouldbe on a high-growth path “verysoon”.

The Government remainscommitted to its fiscal glidepath, he added.

“The Government is alive

to the situation and has takenseveral measures includingmega merger of banks(announced during the day),”he emphasised. FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Friday announced merger of10 public sector banks intofour, thus bringing down thenumber of state-run lenders to12 from 27 in 2017.

Besides this, the ministerhad announced a slew of mea-sures last week, including stepsto increase liquidity in thecritical NBFC sector.

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The rupee appreciated by 38paise to close at a two-week

high of 71.42 against the USdollar on Friday led by a rallyin domestic equities andrenewed hopes of the US-China trade talks.

At the interbank foreignexchange, the rupee opened upat 71.76 and gained furtherstrength to touch a high of71.38 against the US dollar.

The domestic currencyfinally settled with a gain of 38paise of 0.53 per cent at 71.42,a level not seen since August 16.

The BSE Sensex ended263.86 points, or 0.71 per cent,higher at 37,332.79. Similarly,the broader NSE Nifty rose74.95 points, or 0.68 per cent,to close at 11,023.25.

The rupee sentimentrevived as concerns over US-China trade friction recededafter China said it will not retal-iate against the latest US tariffs,dealers said. A fall in crude oilprices also supported the rupeemove. Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, declined0.38 per cent to $60.85 per bar-rel. The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback’s strengthagainst a basket of six curren-cies, rose 0.05 per cent to98.55.

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The I-Tdepart-

ment onFriday dis-m i s s e ds o c i a lm e d i ar e p o r t sw h i c hclaimed that the Governmenthas extended the due date forfiling of income tax returns(ITRs) by a month and advisedtaxpayers to complete theprocess by the set deadline ofAugust 31.

“It has come to the noticeof CBDT that an order isbeing circulated on socialmedia pertaining to exten-sion of due dt (date) for filingof IT Returns. It is categori-cally stated that the said orderis not genuine. Taxpayers areadvised to file Returns withinextended due dt (date) of31.08.2019,” the Income-Taxdepartment said on its officialTwitter handle.

The handle,@IncomeTaxIndia, is operat-ed by the Central Board ofDirect Taxes that frames pol-icy for the I-T department.

The clarification cameafter a fake order dated August29 started doing the rounds onvarious social media plat-

forms, including Twitter andWhatsApp groups, claimingthat the government hasextended the due date for fil-ing income tax returns forindividuals (financial year2018-19) by a month tillSeptember 30.

The I-T department alsoput up a photo of the fakeorder on its Twitter handle andput a red cancellation crossacross it making clear that thecontents are not genuine.

On July 23, theGovernment had extended thedue date for filing income taxreturns by individuals forfinancial year 2018-19 by amonth till August 31. Theearlier deadline was July 31.

Individuals, includingsalaried taxpayers, and enti-ties- who do not need to gettheir accounts audited — arerequired to file their ITRs forfiscal 2018-19 (assessmentyear 2019-20) by Saturday,August 31.

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State Governments need tocapitalise their credit

institutions to get access tolong-term finance and havebetter control over theircredit flow, a Niti Aayog offi-cial said.

The states have no con-trol over the long-termf inance r ight now butnobody is stopping themfrom recapitalising financecorporations which will allowthem to on-lend at attractiverates to entrepreneurs, NITIAayog Special SecretaryYaduvendra Mathur said.

“States can’t just wait thatsomething will come fromthe Centre then we will moveahead. It is a proactive worldnow and a proactive world isabout choice, taking actionsand the State Governmentsare choosing to take bigcourse correction action.

“We need the StateGovernments to have accessto one of the factors input,which is credit, long-termcredit which the StateGovernments right now haveno control,” Mathur said atthe ‘Indian States Summit

2019’ organised by the IndianChamber of Commerce here.

He said that the stategovernments need to seri-ously invest in their creditinstitutions and have a betterhold on their credit flow.

Nobody is stopping thestate governments f romrecapitalising their financecorporations, and throughthis, they can on-lend at anattractive rate to their entre-preneurs, Mathur said.

Right now the states haveno control over the avail-ability of long term credit.Land, labour, electricity, basicinfrastructure are under thecontrol of states but when itcomes to financing or capitalneeds, they have no role toplay as banks are owned bythe central government,Mathur said.

Also, there are issuesrelated to ease of doing busi-ness are of great concernwith respect to states, how-ever, policy tweaking hashappened over the past sev-eral years on the exportpotential of states.

Earlier, the role of thestate governments was ratherminimal in designing the

national export strategy.The Commerce Ministry,

other central government agen-cies were really not into greaterdialogue with state govern-ments. But now every state gov-ernment is being asked to pre-pare its own export strategy. Asa result, about 17-18 statesgovernments have come out inthe public domain with theirexport strategies, the NITI offi-cial said.

“The Commerce min-istry, DPIIT, NITI Aayog —we are all engaging with thestates and have discussedexport index to rank thestates.

Mathur said that the stategovernments need to supporttheir industries so that theycan compete in the globalmarket because unless theyare channelised to the glob-al value chain, India will notbe able to deliver the resultsthat are desired to a reach a$5 trillion economies.

“So we will encouragestate governments to designtheir own industrial policiesand supporting structure sothat they can compete glob-ally and realise their exportpotential,” he added.

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Friday said

the profitability of public sec-tor banks has improved andtotal gross non-performingassets have come down to Rs7.9 lakh crore at end-March2019 from Rs 8.65 lakh crore atend-December 2018.

She also said liquidity sup-port to NBFCs and housingfinance companies hasimproved as the partial creditguarantee scheme has beenexecuted. An infusion of Rs3,300 crore has already beenmade and another Rs 30,000crore is in the pipeline.

Addressing her secondpress conference to announcesteps to boost the economy, thefinance minister said thereforms initiated in the publicsector banks (PSBs) have start-ed showing results as 14 ofthem posted a profit in the firstquarter of the current fiscal.

The minister also said thatto avoid Nirav Modi like fraudsin the PSBs, the SWIFT mes-saging system has now beenlinked with the core bankingsystem.

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The National Company LawAppellate Tribunal

(NCLAT) has dismissed a pleaby capital market regulatorSebi challenging the approvalgiven by NCLT Guwahati tothe resolution plan of AssamCompany India Ltd.

A three-member benchheaded by NCLATChairperson Justice S J

Mukhopadhaya also gave a goahead to the Securities andExchange Board of India (Sebi)to take steps against promoters,directors or officials of AssamCompany India if they arefound violating listing laws.

Sebi had challenged theNCLT order of September 20,2018, approving the resolu-tion plan of Abu Dhabi-basedBRS Ventures Investments forAssam Company.

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Addressing the 61st annualgeneral meeting of the

company, th e chairmanBijendra Kumar presented areport card of the company forthe financial year 2018-19.

The Directors’ Report andthe Audited Balance sheet ofyour company for the periodended 31st March, 2019 havealready been provided to theshareholders of the company.With your permission, I takethem as read.

During the year underreview, NMDC has achievediron ore production and salesof 32.4 million T respectively

and Profit After Tax (PAT) of�4,642 crores. Net-worth ofyour company was �25,952crore as on 31st March 2019.The Company has declaredDividend@ 552% i.e. �5.52 pershare for FY 2018-19 involvingan outgo of �1,690 crore.

In the year under retro-spect, NMDC performedexceedingly well in most of theparameters despite suspensionof operations at Donimalaimines. It is heartening to notethat your company stands firmin difficult situation and otherprojects of the companyresponded well to achieve sucha performance with the help ofall stakeholders.

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The Government on Fridaysaid it will infuse about

�55,000 crore in public sectorbanks to enhance their capitalbase so that they can acceler-ate lending in a bid to bolstergrowth.

This was the second set ofmeasures announced byFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman to prop up theeconomy and at least one moreis expected next week.

The announcementformed part of theGovernment’s mega plan tomerge 10 public sector banksinto four with a view to creat-ing fewer and stronger global-sized lenders with robust bal-ance sheets.

All the anchor banks in theconsolidation process will getcapital support. As a result,Punjab National Bank will get�16,000 crore, Union Bank ofIndia �11,700 crore, CanaraBank �6,500 crore and IndianBank �2,500 crore.

Besides, Bank of Barodawill get �7,000 crore, IndianOverseas Bank �3,800 croreand Central Bank of India�3,300 crore.

This are indicative figuresand the actual capital infusionmay vary depending on banks’assessment, Sitharaman toldreporters here.

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New Delhi: Supporting Mahindra Group’s commitment towardsthe environment, more than 4.5 million people have joined itsmaiden citizens’ movement initiative, #CelebrateDifferently.Mahindra Group recognised that organisations alone cannot driveexponential impact to combat climate change, hence the citizenmovement was brought to life. The three months long campaignhas culminated with engagement (likes, shares and commentson the hashtag) from 4.5 million citizens on #CelebrateDifferently.Under the Mahindra Hariyali initiative, Mahindra Group willnow plant equivalent number of trees over the next four yearsto #RiseAgainstClimateChange. Planting trees, including improv-ing forest management, conservation, and regeneration, will helpoffset India’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. PNS

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Markets overcame amid-session spell ofweakness to close with

robust gains on Friday asinvestors accumulated banking,FMCG and metal stocks amidhopes of more measures fromthe government to bolstergrowth.

Positive global cues and astrengthening rupee added tothe buying momentum, traderssaid.

After gyrating 568 pointsduring the day, the 30-shareSensex ended 263.86 points, or0.71 per cent, higher at37,332.79.

Similarly, the broader NSENifty rose 74.95 points, or 0.68per cent, to close at 11,023.25.

On a weekly basis, theSensex advanced 631.63 pointsor 1.72 per cent, while the Niftygained 193.90 or 1.79 per cent.

Top gainers in the Sensexpack on Friday included YesBank, Sun Pharma, IndusIndBank, Tata Steel, HUL, Vedanta,Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, ITC,HDFC and Bajaj Auto, that roseup to 3.75 per cent.

On the other hand,PowerGrid, ONGC, HCL Tech,Kotak Bank, L&T, NTPC, SBIand Asian Paints fell up to 2.12per cent.

“Markets demonstrated

resilience today, in what could becalled a reversal day, with indicesbeing down most of the day andending up strongly at the close.With the government, FinanceMinistry and RBI working intandem, sentiment will recoverin time as will growth... Metals,PSUs and FMCG led the rally onthe hope of further measures tobe announced by the FinanceMinister...

“Buoyant global marketssupported the gains. India hasunder-performed emergingmarket peers as well as thedeveloped markets over the pastfew months,” said Sunil Sharma,chief investment officer,Sanctum Wealth Management.

Investors were also awaitingthe official estimate of GDPgrowth for Q1 FY20.

Sectorally, BSE metal,FMCG, healthcare, realty,finance, teck and IT indices roseup to 1.77 per cent.

However, power, capitalgoods and oil and gas indicesslipped up to 0.60 per cent.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices followedthe benchmarks, ending up to1.01 per cent higher.

Meanwhile, the ReserveBank of India on Thursdayplayed down deepening slow-down as just “soft patch mutat-ing into a cyclical downswing”.

In the annual report forFY19, the central bank conced-ed that diagnosing the exactproblems was “difficult”, butreiterated that the issues werenot structural in nature.

Global equities moved high-

er on expectations of a tradetruce between the US andChina.

In Asia, Hang Seng, Kospiand Nikkei settled on a positivenote, while Shanghai CompositeIndex ended marginally lower.

Equities in Europe weretrading higher in their respectiveearly sessions.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee appreciated by 38 paise toclose at a two-week high of 71.42against the US dollar on Friday.

At the interbank foreignexchange, the rupee opened upat 71.76 and gained furtherstrength to touch a high of71.38 against the US dollar.The domestic currency finallysettled with a gain of 38 paise of0.53 per cent at 71.42, a level notseen since August 16.

The rupee sentimentrevived as concerns over US-China trade friction recededafter China said it would notretaliate against the latest US tar-iffs, dealers said.

The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback’s strengthagainst a basket of six currencies,rose 0.05 per cent to 98.55.

The 10-year governmentbond yield was up at 6.57 percent.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, slipped0.17 per cent to USD 60.39 perbarrel.

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India’s top oil and gas producer ONGCon Friday unveiled a USD 15-16 bil-

lion investment plan to double outputfrom its domestic and overseas fieldsand expand its refining capacity threefolds alongside diversification intorenewables in a new vision documentfor 2040.

“The new strategy document aimsto transforms ONGC in a new ‘avatar’ inthis new energy landscape as a diversi-fied energy company with strong con-tribution from non-E&P businesses,” Oiland Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)Chairman and Managing Director ShashiShanker told reporters here.

ONGC Energy Strategy 2040 envi-sions the company as “A diversified ener-gy company with a strong contributionfrom non E&P business; 3x revenues andabout 5-6x market capitalisation,” he said.

The firm produced 24.23 milliontonne of crude oil in the 2018-19 fiscalyear and 25.81 billion cubic metres ofnatural gas from its domestic fields.Another 10.1 million tonne of oil and4.736 bcm of gas was produced from itsoverseas assets. It had a turnover of�1,09,654 crore and a net profit of�26,715 crore in the year ended March31, 2019. As on August 16, it had a mar-ket capitalisation of �1,64,458 crore.

“Our fields are old and ageing, 30-50 years old and have reached plateau. Sowe are investing in re-development pro-jects to arrest the fall and extend the life,”

he said.The company is investing around

�86,000 crore in 27 major projects toboost oil and gas production, which hasstagnated over the last few years. Theseprojects will yield 76 million tonnes ofoil and 121 bcm of gas. The overall plan,which includes overseas projects, expand-ing refining capacity and investing inrenewables, will entail USD 15-16 billioninvestment. “These numbers will changeas we progress,” ONGC Director(Finance) Subhash Kumar said.

Shanker said the ‘Energy Strategy2040’ entails ONGC achieving “threetimes revenue distributed across explo-ration and production, refining, mar-keting and other businesses; four timescurrent profit-after-tax (PAT), with 10 percent contribution from non-oil and gasbusiness; and 5-6 times current marketcapitalisation.”

“The strategic roadmap envisions afuture-ready organisation whose growthis predicated on a few important planks:consolidation of our core upstream busi-ness (domestic and international); expan-sion into value accreting adjacencies inthe oil and gas value chain (downstreamand petrochemicals) and diversificationinto renewables (offshore wind) andselect new frontier plays through dedi-cated venture fund,” he said.

It targets cumulative upstream out-put (local and overseas) almost doublingfrom current levels with 2 per cent and5 per cent CAGR in domestic and inter-national operations respectively.

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price on Friday declined �500 to �39,720 per 10 gram in thenational capital, according to the All-India Sarafa Association,as positive developments in US-China trade talks reduced safe-haven appeal of the yellow metal. The yellow metal on Thursdayrose by �250 to touch a record high of �40,220 per 10 gram inthe national capital.

Silver also dropped �450 to �48,600 per kg on reduced off-take by industrial units and coin makers.

Ease in demand from jewellers in the domestic spot mar-ket amid sluggish trend overseas mainly led to a decline in goldprices, traders said. Besides, appreciation in the rupee alsoweighed on precious metal, they added.

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New Delhi (PTI): The government’s fis-cal deficit touched �5.47 lakh crore in the Junequarter, which is 77.8 per cent of the budgetestimate for 2019-20. In absolute terms, the fis-cal deficit or gap between expenditure and rev-enue was �5,47,605 crore at July-end, as per thedata released by the Controller General ofAccounts (CGA) on Friday.

The fiscal deficit stood at 86.5 per cent of2018-19 budget estimate in the year-ago peri-od. The government estimates the fiscal deficitto be at �7.03 lakh crore during 2019-20. It aimsto restrict the deficit at 3.4 per cent of the GDPin the current fiscal, same as the last fiscal.

The CGA data showed that revenuereceipts of the government during April-July,2019-20 remained unchanged at 19.5 per centof the Budget Estimate (BE) compared to thecorresponding period last year. In absoluteterms, revenue receipts stood at �3.82 lakhcrore at July-end 2019. During the entire year,the revenue receipts has been pegged at �19.62lakh crore.

The capital expenditure was 31.8 per centof the BE. This compares with 37.1 per cent inthe year-ago period, the CGA said.

Total expenditure during April-July peri-od stood at �9.47 lakh crore or 34 per cent ofthe BE. It was 36.4 per cent of BE in the cor-responding period last fiscal. The governmenthas pegged its total expenditure during the fis-cal ending March 2020 at �27.86 lakh crore.

The CGA further said the fiscal deficitfigure in monthly accounts during a finan-cial year is not necessarily an indicator of fis-cal deficit for the year. Its data gets impact-ed by temporal mismatch between flow ofnot-debt receipts and expenditure up to thatmonth on account of various transitional fac-tors both on receipt and expenditure side,which may get substantially offset by the endof the financial year.

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HDFC 2144.00 2171.35 2118.90 2166.50ITC 241.70 247.05 239.15 245.55DHFL 47.90 48.75 46.50 47.60BBTC 868.70 934.90 868.70 900.65RELINFRA 36.40 39.45 35.80 38.85DISHTV 22.50 22.80 21.20 21.90HDFCBANK 2235.00 2260.00 2223.25 2228.90ONGC 123.90 125.65 119.65 121.20RELCAPITAL 34.60 35.20 33.25 34.90DLF 165.00 169.30 161.40 168.00INFY 808.00 817.50 802.00 814.60COALINDIA 190.50 190.50 182.20 184.60SPARC 153.00 162.90 149.40 159.50SRTRANSFIN 973.35 980.45 942.70 966.20IDFCFIRSTB 43.00 44.00 42.20 43.45NTPC 123.05 123.55 115.65 121.70IOC 124.90 125.00 120.00 122.45JSWSTEEL 214.50 218.95 211.40 218.00CANBK 224.00 224.60 216.80 220.55PNB 65.40 65.95 63.35 64.95BANDHANBNK 479.00 495.00 461.15 469.25SBILIFE 837.20 846.80 811.50 839.35SAIL 31.70 32.25 30.45 31.20EDELWEISS 117.80 117.80 110.00 110.40HINDALCO 182.00 187.05 181.50 184.50ZEEL 363.60 376.20 362.25 373.45PEL 1984.00 2049.95 1974.90 2048.45FEDERALBNK 81.70 83.35 80.20 83.00BIOCON 228.00 237.15 224.50 235.25ESCORTS 517.00 518.70 502.05 510.25BEL 104.60 105.05 100.70 102.85IBREALEST 68.25 69.70 64.75 67.80J&KBANK 37.10 42.80 37.05 41.55VENKYS 1377.15 1463.95 1359.60 1430.35ICICIPRULI 426.35 427.00 419.70 424.50HINDPETRO 265.00 265.00 252.60 260.10ADANIENT 132.50 138.25 132.45 137.20L&TFH 94.15 94.70 91.55 94.35STRTECH 116.00 120.00 112.50 114.15TCS 2236.05 2266.10 2218.00 2258.05HINDZINC 219.90 222.15 214.40 216.60APOLLOHOSP 1517.00 1541.30 1496.35 1507.30MCX 941.65 980.70 935.00 977.20NBCC 37.55 37.55 34.25 35.35TECHM 692.55 700.00 676.35 696.05GRAPHITE 276.10 280.80 265.50 268.65POWERGRID 206.00 207.00 194.10 200.55DELTACORP 163.85 180.00 163.85 176.55DMART 1556.55 1577.70 1555.05 1575.00NATIONALUM 40.40 42.00 38.95 41.70ULTRACEMCO 4109.85 4117.45 4014.65 4052.55HINDUNILVR 1838.50 1886.25 1827.40 1880.10BAJAJFINSV 7000.00 7142.95 6965.60 7125.00FRETAIL 398.00 400.00 388.55 394.90ACC 1549.00 1549.00 1484.50 1519.05PETRONET 264.00 267.75 262.45 266.70SWANENERGY 109.90 118.00 108.35 112.75RADICO 303.95 313.35 300.15 308.85GAIL 129.95 133.15 125.35 129.65BANKINDIA 66.95 67.00 63.80 65.55BHEL 51.70 51.70 49.65 50.55AVANTI 309.00 328.15 307.90 318.30

ADANIPOWER 57.65 59.20 57.25 58.45WIPRO 250.00 255.25 249.20 254.35INDIGO 1660.35 1696.45 1651.80 1689.95LUPIN 736.00 744.00 720.55 740.25NCC 56.55 57.60 53.70 54.70HEG 938.70 954.90 930.00 954.00IBVENTURES 173.60 179.90 165.85 178.20JUBILANT 430.00 448.00 426.65 440.15TATAGLOBAL 275.95 280.55 274.95 277.80ORIENTBANK 68.20 74.20 66.95 73.50MGL 849.50 854.70 835.00 845.35TATACHEM 575.00 588.80 566.75 584.50MARICO 391.00 393.30 388.45 391.00JUSTDIAL 702.40 721.50 693.00 718.20SUZLON 3.78 3.84 3.65 3.71M&M 534.00 534.00 519.10 528.90TITAN 1108.00 1112.35 1095.00 1102.90GLENMARK 388.95 391.00 380.00 386.20UNIONBANK 60.10 60.30 57.65 58.90REDINGTON 111.35 114.90 106.05 108.35AUROPHARMA 593.90 603.75 590.85 600.70MANAPPURAM 122.00 122.75 117.80 118.85BATAINDIA 1500.00 1545.75 1500.00 1541.95TATAELXSI 636.50 636.50 621.55 632.00OBEROIRLTY 549.40 574.45 549.40 569.35ADANIGREEN 45.55 47.90 45.55 46.20HCLTECH 1125.00 1125.00 1083.35 1102.40EQUITAS 110.50 112.40 107.50 112.10SUNTV 441.30 441.80 422.35 436.45RNAM 273.50 277.00 269.25 273.75BHARTIARTL 345.40 349.30 338.95 347.05ENGINERSIN 106.45 107.60 100.60 102.65MOTHERSUMI 98.00 98.45 96.20 97.95UPL 558.25 564.90 547.25 562.70COLPAL 1252.60 1278.00 1232.00 1274.35EICHERMOT 16638.00 16652.25 15985.95 16260.35NIITTECH 1485.00 1510.00 1448.20 1489.00PFC 102.00 105.80 100.75 105.45TATAPOWER 55.60 57.00 55.00 56.75INDIANB 195.00 202.80 183.95 200.20NMDC 80.45 83.55 79.90 83.10ITI 71.90 71.90 68.05 68.70ASIANPAINT 1615.00 1621.95 1595.75 1615.20FORCEMOT 1224.85 1241.85 1199.45 1214.20PHOENIXLTD 685.00 706.05 679.25 696.80ASTERDM 118.00 119.30 116.40 119.20HEROMOTOCO 2585.00 2585.00 2520.00 2571.85GRASIM 718.00 718.00 699.25 711.05INDIACEM 76.00 77.00 73.25 73.95TATAMTRDVR 53.50 53.80 51.25 53.50GODREJCP 602.30 611.90 588.75 607.65BAJAJ-AUTO 2769.15 2796.35 2727.25 2789.55JUBLFOOD 1210.65 1219.80 1182.50 1188.70BPCL 354.75 356.40 345.70 354.20NESTLEIND 12764.00 12946.15 12568.50 12849.95UFLEX 210.05 210.90 203.15 203.90IGL 328.50 337.05 327.55 336.50MINDTREE 684.00 690.00 668.65 688.50TATACOFFEE 74.35 76.65 72.80 75.20KAJARIACER 473.00 483.50 470.20 472.00ICICIGI 1240.20 1261.75 1236.95 1250.10WOCKPHARMA 247.00 248.90 243.10 244.80CREDITACC 528.00 586.95 524.80 559.60HAVELLS 665.00 681.30 663.00 680.25JAICORPLTD 73.50 76.50 73.15 74.35ADANIGAS 144.00 144.45 139.00 140.40CUB 193.85 204.00 193.25 201.95LAKSHVILAS 38.50 39.45 36.85 38.65INFRATEL 256.05 258.00 247.60 250.35DCMSHRIRAM 392.75 392.75 375.30 383.90DABUR 444.90 450.00 444.05 448.75GNFC 177.90 182.60 177.35 179.70AMBUJACEM 201.25 202.90 199.20 202.25CHOLAFIN 269.25 271.70 263.15 268.55VIPIND 428.50 441.00 422.10 434.55IDBI 26.10 27.00 25.90 26.75PCJEWELLER 33.25 34.00 32.50 33.40CUMMINSIND 570.85 581.00 558.55 575.00GODREJPROP 904.80 905.65 900.00 900.00STAR 373.45 382.30 371.85 381.25BLISSGVS 104.50 111.40 104.50 106.55ADANITRANS 239.00 239.95 230.85 233.00CIPLA 465.95 475.00 461.70 472.55APOLLOTYRE 169.60 172.00 168.85 171.15TVSMOTOR 355.55 359.50 344.15 352.15PVR 1539.50 1547.45 1504.00 1541.65IRB 80.85 80.85 75.95 76.30VOLTAS 630.55 643.70 624.00 640.85BRITANNIA 2691.95 2725.35 2687.55 2704.80ADANIPORTS 368.05 368.10 359.75 364.10ABCAPITAL 88.90 90.00 87.80 89.15CENTURYTEX 845.00 858.65 840.00 851.80RECLTD 140.00 145.15 138.25 144.20RAJESHEXPO 724.00 724.00 697.35 701.40DBL 365.00 375.60 357.30 359.70BEML 800.00 809.50 785.75 789.90M&MFIN 320.00 323.00 314.25 320.05PIDILITIND 1380.00 1382.00 1365.00 1380.00AJANTPHARM 998.70 1030.00 989.00 1016.00SUNTECK 471.00 475.80 458.00 466.45FCONSUMER 27.70 28.00 26.55 27.75GSFC 74.05 76.35 73.60 76.00KTKBANK 75.65 75.70 74.80 75.15TORNTPHARM 1688.65 1718.85 1685.60 1705.80JMFINANCIL 70.60 74.20 70.60 73.35CEATLTD 913.50 918.10 899.65 907.30GODREJIND 424.70 425.00 414.15 420.30RAYMOND 564.40 572.35 553.15 569.05INFIBEAM 39.55 41.70 39.45 40.00

REPCOHOME 315.80 316.95 307.00 308.25MINDACORP 96.10 103.00 96.10 99.00CANFINHOME 400.20 415.00 395.00 412.45MAHINDCIE 153.00 157.55 148.10 153.85DCBBANK 201.50 209.45 200.45 208.00DRREDDY 2528.20 2568.15 2514.00 2561.50BHARATFORG 387.00 389.10 380.10 385.25MUTHOOTFIN 615.00 615.00 598.00 605.90RAMCOCEM 743.00 744.40 723.60 729.95ALBK 34.55 35.50 34.00 35.30MEGH 45.40 45.80 44.30 45.50JAMNAAUTO 32.75 34.50 31.05 34.05BERGEPAINT 375.00 375.00 367.85 369.00CADILAHC 219.00 226.30 219.00 225.20PHILIPCARB 112.85 113.85 109.50 111.80OIL 146.60 148.60 142.80 148.00RCF 40.00 41.65 40.00 41.00LALPATHLAB 1185.25 1261.95 1178.10 1237.25GMRINFRA 15.56 15.56 14.94 15.06COFFEEDAY 74.75 75.15 74.75 74.75SYNDIBANK 30.80 33.80 30.05 32.35NOCIL 87.80 89.25 86.25 86.95ESSELPRO 99.45 107.15 99.00 107.15JKTYRE 58.45 58.50 57.00 58.50RAIN 80.05 81.70 78.65 80.20TAKE 119.10 121.95 117.65 119.20PIIND 1117.00 1152.45 1099.35 1141.80LTTS 1611.00 1637.15 1608.50 1634.10SCI 27.95 28.25 27.20 27.90TORNTPOWER 279.85 281.80 275.45 278.00PAGEIND 17910.00 18773.75 17815.15 18681.90SIEMENS 1160.10 1207.30 1160.10 1204.05MMTC 20.55 20.55 19.65 20.05JINDALSAW 67.95 70.00 67.45 69.40HEXAWARE 387.30 392.35 385.40 386.60INTELLECT 212.00 214.80 210.40 213.30JSLHISAR 61.60 63.35 60.95 62.00SOBHA 537.00 548.15 528.25 535.10NAVINFLUOR 710.00 741.40 709.95 730.10WELCORP 118.95 122.30 118.00 122.30SRF 2749.05 2786.00 2741.70 2773.65LEMONTREE 54.00 54.95 53.55 54.00OMAXE 196.15 196.15 193.45 193.50HATHWAY 32.15 34.00 31.90 33.45DIVISLAB 1633.90 1641.95 1602.00 1628.90FSL 47.85 48.60 47.80 48.20KANSAINER 466.30 468.80 450.00 464.70ENDURANCE 890.05 932.80 890.00 932.80SONATSOFTW 316.05 316.35 306.40 307.50CONCOR 496.75 510.30 495.50 508.50TRENT 469.65 473.75 465.75 469.30MFSL 428.05 432.85 418.00 419.70EMAMILTD 298.50 300.90 295.30 296.50PGHL 4220.00 4309.00 4105.00 4115.00THOMASCOOK 133.75 144.40 132.05 140.90RITES 223.90 226.00 220.75 221.95IBULISL 83.30 85.00 79.95 81.25HUDCO 36.90 37.15 35.45 36.30OFSS 2992.60 3094.10 2971.00 3075.00ISEC 225.00 225.30 213.30 214.90VINATIORGA 2121.05 2195.00 2089.40 2121.95JBCHEPHARM 377.50 389.80 377.50 380.80GODFRYPHLP 1034.40 1047.00 1018.10 1024.95DCAL 170.00 173.00 161.85 170.40DEEPAKNI 281.60 284.25 275.10 275.20BAJAJELEC 393.05 398.35 385.70 390.50TIMKEN 703.90 703.90 691.00 693.95GAYAPROJ 107.30 109.70 103.65 104.70PTC 56.20 56.65 55.90 56.40MINDAIND 333.20 338.50 327.35 337.00APLAPOLLO 1289.45 1338.00 1289.45 1331.70RELAXO 457.00 460.00 448.00 459.00NATCOPHARM 559.00 559.00 539.85 545.00PNCINFRA 181.80 183.50 177.10 177.15JYOTHYLAB 144.00 146.80 138.85 142.60SUVEN 260.00 260.80 255.55 257.50ANDHRABANK 18.25 19.85 18.10 19.75INOXLEISUR 273.30 284.00 266.70 280.80AMARAJABAT 611.40 622.50 608.50 619.65VGUARD 231.20 232.55 227.25 231.00SOUTHBANK 11.00 11.24 10.84 10.89MAHABANK 11.98 12.65 11.80 12.53MAHLOG 340.00 340.00 325.00 328.00WABAG 278.45 280.50 275.05 275.70WELSPUNIND 49.25 50.50 49.00 50.35GICRE 167.00 186.60 167.00 180.50TATACOMM 421.50 431.80 420.80 431.20HSCL 78.20 78.80 77.00 77.70IPCALAB 948.10 970.00 946.70 966.40NAUKRI 2007.55 2039.50 2007.50 2031.00BALKRISIND 748.00 748.30 729.20 747.00CYIENT 430.75 430.75 414.00 421.00CENTRALBK 19.30 20.05 18.95 19.75NLCINDIA 52.55 54.80 52.00 54.25ERIS 374.25 381.45 371.85 377.00UBL 1367.00 1375.00 1353.00 1372.70ABB 1345.00 1353.00 1327.85 1334.35KRBL 221.25 221.85 211.30 213.65CHENNPETRO 190.00 196.00 185.15 193.75EIHOTEL 161.25 163.00 154.25 159.30EXIDEIND 177.80 180.60 176.50 178.55IDFC 34.00 35.65 33.80 35.50BASF 1018.00 1080.00 990.80 1080.00GUJGAS 177.95 179.65 176.50 179.65LTI 1636.55 1640.80 1621.20 1624.00HEIDELBERG 198.00 199.45 194.50 195.85HINDCOPPER 32.75 32.75 31.35 31.60ABFRL 189.85 190.90 188.40 189.35CORPBANK 17.90 19.00 17.25 18.85

CAPPL 412.80 432.40 410.20 431.60KEC 249.00 249.00 241.70 244.65UCOBANK 15.00 16.45 14.65 15.75ASHOKA 97.00 99.90 96.55 98.65PNBHOUSING 653.00 658.40 640.15 644.40KALPATPOWR 448.60 450.00 438.05 444.20AUBANK 665.00 679.95 656.10 677.20WESTLIFE 285.80 286.00 280.00 281.10BLUESTARCO 730.00 733.10 713.00 715.30BOSCHLTD 14165.30 14550.00 13975.40 14376.45SUPRAJIT 171.50 171.50 162.75 165.95TATAINVEST 760.00 775.00 753.00 764.50NILKAMAL 983.70 1008.00 980.00 996.15BAJAJHLDNG 3310.05 3310.05 3245.00 3251.75PFIZER 2899.00 2945.00 2860.00 2942.00HERITGFOOD 355.00 358.10 340.00 344.00GODREJAGRO 454.40 455.15 447.10 449.20AEGISLOG 191.60 191.70 188.15 189.65CROMPTON 226.10 231.75 226.10 229.45QUESS 467.00 477.45 462.50 476.75HFCL 18.80 19.10 18.70 18.85LAOPALA 176.55 184.10 171.00 180.20JSWENERGY 67.25 68.05 66.45 66.80NETWORK18 22.00 23.40 21.40 22.60TRIDENT 55.65 56.65 55.30 56.30JKCEMENT 1050.00 1056.80 1018.80 1024.60GSPL 221.25 222.20 218.35 219.55FINOLEXIND 508.00 509.05 501.20 504.00CENTRUM 27.00 28.35 26.50 26.55SADBHAV 130.60 137.40 126.70 137.40ASTRAZEN 1850.00 1890.05 1833.00 1890.00GRANULES 91.20 91.80 89.65 90.65PERSISTENT 536.50 544.80 530.75 540.00SUNDRMFAST 432.25 433.00 419.00 430.00NHPC 23.15 23.40 23.00 23.35FORTIS 123.20 125.30 120.65 124.10VMART 1913.65 2020.00 1900.20 2002.80GREAVESCOT 123.80 123.80 120.25 120.90HIMATSEIDE 129.30 130.00 125.75 126.90CASTROLIND 121.70 123.80 121.40 122.60AAVAS 1510.80 1520.00 1482.00 1488.25KNRCON 215.95 216.90 209.00 212.90JISLJALEQS 20.00 20.35 19.50 19.55GSKCONS 7940.00 8126.80 7932.65 8112.85GICHSGFIN 175.00 176.45 170.40 172.95DEEPAKFERT 80.70 81.55 78.60 78.95RALLIS 155.50 159.55 155.20 157.45IFBIND 665.10 668.00 639.05 648.40TATAMETALI 510.00 518.50 501.75 517.00SHREECEM 18509.40 18609.75 18271.75 18581.90COROMANDEL 385.40 387.00 377.60 381.90WHIRLPOOL 1539.50 1553.85 1539.50 1553.85INDHOTEL 139.00 139.50 136.35 138.80KEI 473.00 473.00 468.30 469.50TTKPRESTIG 5810.00 5878.80 5730.00 5731.35GLAXO 1198.00 1220.00 1194.00 1210.15MOIL 126.70 127.75 125.10 125.10TV18BRDCST 20.40 21.05 20.25 20.45CHAMBLFERT 154.35 155.00 153.15 153.50MRF 57855.00 58950.00 57611.65 58690.00LAXMIMACH 3725.00 3751.00 3680.00 3705.20GDL 96.90 98.60 96.10 98.50ATUL 3474.30 3549.45 3474.30 3530.15PARAGMILK 138.70 140.40 138.10 140.20PRESTIGE 294.65 296.50 292.80 296.10BALMLAWRIE 172.60 173.45 171.50 172.25JPASSOCIAT 2.15 2.16 2.10 2.13IOB 10.00 10.55 9.90 10.40ASTRAL 1309.00 1324.00 1287.00 1312.25ORIENTCEM 81.50 82.60 80.90 82.00HAL 650.00 651.45 639.30 650.00CENTURYPLY 133.90 136.50 133.55 134.45ZYDUSWELL 1634.20 1686.40 1634.20 1647.90INOXWIND 31.80 33.15 31.45 32.90SYNGENE 305.45 310.40 304.30 308.70VBL 652.00 653.20 632.00 641.15GUJALKALI 385.00 393.30 384.50 388.00AIAENG 1552.70 1553.10 1520.85 1536.00PRSMJOHNSN 89.15 89.15 87.80 88.65JSL 30.50 31.25 30.30 31.05GESHIP* 238.25 241.35 237.10 238.30CARERATING 540.00 540.75 529.65 538.00TNPL 190.70 193.80 186.75 187.15VTL 876.75 887.45 865.00 865.00ALLCARGO 95.20 95.20 90.40 90.55JETAIRWAYS 42.40 42.40 39.70 39.70GILLETTE 7156.00 7329.90 7156.00 7254.95MOTILALOFS 582.00 584.00 575.00 575.00MASFIN 587.90 606.85 575.95 606.85NIACL 106.80 107.50 104.50 105.00PGHH 10189.95 10255.00 10018.55 10255.00SHANKARA 262.05 267.85 257.10 260.053MINDIA 20680.00 20820.00 20202.00 20202.00INDOSTAR 283.20 283.20 274.65 276.20CARBORUNIV 285.00 288.00 280.10 282.35CCL 238.10 239.35 234.50 234.50MPHASIS 970.20 978.90 963.70 974.25SJVN 24.30 24.70 24.10 24.60APARINDS 538.50 543.70 529.55 534.25IRCON 337.00 340.00 337.00 338.25ABBOTINDIA 9096.00 9169.40 9096.00 9130.00UNITEDBNK 9.49 10.49 9.47 10.40ZENSARTECH 218.55 223.90 217.15 217.15SHK 132.60 133.00 125.00 125.00GRINDWELL 546.30 565.85 544.80 548.00MAHSEAMLES 378.60 380.60 373.40 374.50SOMANYCERA 290.00 290.00 283.15 290.00COCHINSHIP 344.65 346.65 343.50 343.65BIRLACORPN 533.00 536.40 530.45 534.15

IEX 133.00 134.40 131.10 133.35MAHLIFE 369.75 375.70 364.85 367.85SREINFRA 11.08 11.10 10.82 11.00TCNSBRANDS 677.70 677.70 662.40 673.00APLLTD 496.70 502.15 496.50 499.70CHOLAHLDNG 440.50 452.65 427.00 452.65SANOFI 5985.00 6168.20 5980.00 6168.20MAGMA 66.25 66.25 63.25 65.20FINEORG 1420.55 1450.00 1417.35 1436.50SUPREMEIND 1067.00 1123.05 1067.00 1103.60EIDPARRY 155.25 155.50 152.35 153.60THYROCARE 465.75 467.00 460.70 462.65JCHAC 1538.00 1640.00 1538.00 1640.00TIINDIA 338.25 340.25 334.85 338.80GEPIL 779.00 779.00 761.00 763.00GMDCLTD 63.75 64.80 63.40 64.05IFCI 7.00 7.20 7.00 7.08BAJAJCON 253.05 254.20 251.65 253.00ITDCEM 69.80 69.95 67.00 69.30GULFOILLUB 837.35 864.90 837.35 864.50ITDC 173.70 174.20 167.70 168.60EVEREADY 81.50 81.55 80.35 80.50CRISIL 1295.00 1295.00 1278.00 1278.75DBCORP 138.55 138.55 133.35 133.50TVSSRICHAK 1781.25 1799.90 1772.00 1799.90TEJASNET 80.10 81.00 77.10 78.90ORIENTELEC 153.15 160.00 152.70 158.10SHILPAMED 212.55 216.00 208.00 212.55MAHSCOOTER 3812.15 3859.20 3797.00 3825.05MHRIL 216.90 216.90 213.75 216.65TVTODAY 303.00 307.90 303.00 303.20ADVENZYMES 148.00 148.25 146.50 148.25LUXIND 1053.10 1081.00 1053.10 1070.75BAYERCROP 3099.65 3147.00 3076.00 3147.00BDL 280.65 289.85 278.05 279.45JKLAKSHMI 325.30 326.45 324.55 326.45MRPL 46.05 46.50 45.65 46.05THERMAX 1004.60 1005.75 990.85 995.35ALKEM 1820.00 1825.00 1810.00 1813.70TIMETECHNO 62.25 62.50 60.00 60.85LAURUSLABS 326.00 334.00 326.00 328.05ELGIEQUIP 241.10 247.45 241.00 246.00TRITURBINE 99.80 101.65 97.90 99.00FDC 160.55 161.90 160.05 160.40MAXINDIA 59.15 60.30 59.05 60.00FLFL 434.95 434.95 425.55 425.55SCHNEIDER 75.60 77.90 75.45 77.80ECLERX 448.95 452.90 448.95 449.20CGPOWER 10.40 10.40 10.40 10.40BLUEDART 2199.40 2299.00 2198.05 2248.45VARROC 430.65 444.95 430.65 444.95GALAXYSURF 1298.90 1305.00 1289.65 1289.65DHANUKA 317.55 321.00 310.00 320.80AKZOINDIA 1715.85 1732.85 1699.40 1732.85SYMPHONY 1234.25 1269.25 1233.30 1269.25FINCABLES 363.35 368.05 359.20 366.00WABCOINDIA 6150.00 6155.65 6103.25 6103.25SUDARSCHEM 312.90 318.95 312.90 317.35GHCL 194.50 194.50 190.90 192.85NESCO 526.05 529.05 525.30 526.00GPPL 78.10 79.00 78.00 78.00LINDEINDIA 499.25 504.90 497.80 504.40SFL 1226.50 1226.50 1200.00 1223.60

RATNAMANI 915.00 915.00 910.00 915.00SCHAEFFLER 4015.05 4065.00 3968.35 4065.00HONAUT 24900.00 24996.90 24751.00 24800.00JAGRAN 63.95 64.40 63.50 64.30TEAMLEASE 2716.00 2730.60 2688.80 2708.00KPRMILL 561.75 565.85 561.75 563.60CERA 2461.00 2461.00 2425.65 2425.65MONSANTO 2030.25 2037.10 2009.55 2020.00NH 234.85 236.00 231.75 236.00SKFINDIA 1837.65 1857.90 1837.65 1855.85SIS 761.80 761.80 755.30 756.00SHOPERSTOP 396.15 402.50 392.50 402.50STARCEMENT 96.75 96.85 95.80 96.00GET&D 151.90 151.90 149.25 149.45HATSUN 599.80 607.75 599.20 601.05SHRIRAMCIT 1343.35 1345.75 1330.60 1334.60SOLARINDS 1122.15 1122.15 1112.00 1115.55ASAHIINDIA 184.00 184.00 181.55 181.60NBVENTURES 81.25 82.10 81.25 81.95JSWHL 2725.00 2774.95 2725.00 2740.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10987.80 11042.60 10874.80 11023.25 74.95YESBANK 58.25 60.95 55.50 60.40 3.00SUNPHARMA 432.95 453.40 429.75 452.15 17.50ZEEL 363.60 376.00 362.25 375.45 13.35INDUSINDBK 1359.05 1401.65 1330.15 1397.60 47.05TATASTEEL 342.00 347.50 337.20 346.70 11.15VEDL 137.65 140.60 135.00 140.20 4.45JSWSTEEL 215.00 218.95 211.25 218.00 6.05HINDUNILVR 1834.20 1886.40 1827.15 1882.45 49.50HINDALCO 182.25 187.00 181.45 184.50 4.80WIPRO 250.10 255.25 249.15 254.00 5.20BAJAJFINSV 6997.00 7146.55 6965.00 7122.05 142.20TATAMOTORS 115.60 117.30 112.00 116.50 2.20ITC 242.75 247.20 239.05 245.50 4.30ICICIBANK 406.50 412.85 402.65 411.35 6.95HDFC 2137.70 2171.25 2118.00 2165.00 36.55CIPLA 468.00 475.20 461.45 473.00 7.80GAIL 129.65 133.10 125.20 130.05 1.55DRREDDY 2530.20 2568.00 2513.00 2558.15 30.35TCS 2241.00 2266.00 2218.00 2259.00 25.55BAJAJ-AUTO 2766.10 2796.90 2726.15 2787.65 29.85BRITANNIA 2690.00 2726.45 2687.50 2705.00 28.15BAJFINANCE 3310.15 3347.00 3260.00 3331.55 32.25INFY 810.00 817.35 802.00 814.75 7.80BHARTIARTL 345.00 349.60 338.75 346.80 3.30RELIANCE 1245.50 1254.40 1221.00 1253.00 11.25UPL 559.00 565.25 547.15 563.00 4.65TECHM 693.00 700.70 675.85 696.00 4.85AXISBANK 664.90 668.60 640.10 665.50 4.35IBULHSGFIN 450.00 461.40 435.00 452.10 2.80BPCL 353.75 356.80 345.15 355.45 1.40HEROMOTOCO2559.85 2579.00 2520.55 2557.25 9.50M&M 530.60 532.90 519.05 529.80 1.80HDFCBANK 2233.50 2260.00 2222.00 2231.90 4.95ASIANPAINT 1616.00 1622.50 1595.10 1618.55 3.30GRASIM 713.00 716.00 699.05 710.10 1.25TITAN 1107.05 1113.00 1095.00 1103.60 1.80MARUTI 6144.00 6159.25 6052.90 6108.35 -1.85SBIN 275.95 277.95 266.85 273.40 -1.10ADANIPORTS 368.45 368.85 359.40 364.20 -2.00ULTRACEMCO 4095.00 4118.00 4016.05 4044.90 -29.00NTPC 122.90 123.65 115.60 121.95 -1.15LT 1344.95 1356.90 1302.90 1327.75 -14.70KOTAKBANK 1448.10 1459.60 1423.10 1434.85 -16.00IOC 124.20 124.45 120.00 122.20 -1.45HCLTECH 1115.70 1115.80 1083.20 1101.20 -16.55POWERGRID 205.35 207.20 194.00 201.45 -3.35ONGC 123.50 125.75 119.50 121.20 -2.05EICHERMOT 16563.80 16666.00 15967.05 16260.00 -278.00COALINDIA 189.75 190.45 182.15 184.70 -4.30INFRATEL 257.85 257.85 247.35 250.10 -8.35

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Hong Kong activist JoshuaWong and another core

member of a pro-democracygroup were granted bail onFriday after being charged withinciting people to join a protestin June, while authoritiesdenied permission for a majormarch as they took whatappears to be a harder line onthis summer's protests.

The organizers ofSaturday's march, the fifthanniversary of a decision byChina against allowing fullydemocratic elections for theleader of Hong Kong, said theywere calling it off after anappeals board denied permis-sion.

It was unclear whethersome protesters would stilldemonstrate on their own.

The police commander ofHong Kong island, Kwok PakChung, appealed to people tostay away from any non-autho-rized rallies, warning that thosecaught could face a five-year jailterm.

He told a daily news con-ference that he was aware ofsocial media messages urgingpeople to take strolls or holdrallies in the name of religion.Kwok urged the public to"make a clear break with all actsof violence and stay away fromlocations where violent clash-es may take place."

Police have been rejecting

more applications for ralliesand marches, citing violence ator after earlier ones.

They also are arrestingpeople for protests earlier thissummer, a step they said was anatural development as inves-

tigations were completed.Andy Chan, the leader of a

pro-independence movement,was arrested at the airportThursday night under suspi-cion of rioting and attackingpolice.

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Agas mask lovingly adjust-ed, a hand squeezed before

approaching police lines and afrantic search through swirls oftear gas - Abby and Nick’s rela-tionship has blossomed on thebarricades during Hong Kong’slong summer of protest.

Most of the frontline pro-testers driving the months-long pro-democracy demon-strations are students -- so-called “braves” facing pepperspray, rubber bullets and arrestin defence of their city’s values.

Like Abby and Nick --who are keeping their realnames under wraps -- manyare young, bookish and shouldbe on the fast-track to well-pay-ing jobs in the city’s financialservices sector.

Instead a political awak-

ening has thrust them onto thefrontlines. For endless weeksthey have fended off tear gasand run from police batoncharges, an unlikely band ofrebels -- labelled “rioters” byHong Kong police and “ter-rorists” by China -- who haveforged tight bonds over a longholiday of demonstrations.

Nick, 20, met Abby, a yearhis junior, at university in Juneas debate on an extradition billto China began to fizz.Opposition to the bill fueledmass rallies. Peaceful protestgave way to pitched battles withpolice.

The pair have since spenthours together on the barri-cades facing riot police -- datesof sorts, spiced up by adrena-line and fired by the injusticeat the city government’s refusalto give ground.

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British Foreign SecretaryDominic Raab defended

Friday his government’s deci-sion to suspend parliamentand rejected suggestions thatthe move will prevent law-makers from debating thecountry’s departure from theEuropean Union as concernmounts that a costly and dam-aging Brexit without any agree-ment is now more likely.

Britain is due to leave theEU — the first country ever todo so — on Oct. 31; a movethat has divided the countryand shaken the European pro-ject to its foundations.

On Wednesday, British

Prime Minister Boris Johnsongot Queen Elizabeth II’sapproval to suspend parlia-ment, a move widely criticizedby his political opponents whosee it as a maneuver to givethem even less time to block achaotic no-deal Brexit.

Johnson previously hadrefused to rule out such amove, but the timing of thedecision took lawmakers —many of whom are on vacation— by surprise.

At talks with EU foreignministers in Finland, Raab saidthat “the idea that this is somekind of constitutional outrageis nonsense. It’s actually law-ful. It’s perfectly proper. There’sprecedent for it.”

“We’ve been talking aboutnothing but Brexit. We’re goingto get a chance to scrutinize allaspects of Brexit between nowand the end of October,” he toldreporters.

His counterparts expressedconcern thata no-deal exitfrom the blocappears morelikely, butmost declinedto commenton the gov-e r n m e n t ’smove, sayingit is a matterfor Britain toresolve.

“It’s a

debate that concerns the Britishgovernment and parliament,”said Belgian Foreign MinisterDidier Reynders. Meanwhile,he said, Britain’s Europeanpartners are still waiting fornew proposals to resolve the

standoff over the divorce agree-ment, notably the so-calledbackstop clause which aims toavoid the return of bordercontrols between Ireland inthe EU and Britain’s NorthernIreland.

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Opponents of Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s move to suspend parlia-

ment in the final weeks before Brexitlost the first of several legal bids to stophim on Friday.

Scottish judge Raymond Dohertyrejected the request for a temporaryinjunction pending a full hearing in thecase on September 6. “I’m not satisfiedthat there’s a need for an interim sus-pension or an interim interdict to begranted at this stage,” Doherty said inhis ruling. Queen Elizabeth II hasalready given the go-ahead to shutterparliament between mid-Septemberand October 14 -- just two weeks beforethe Brexit date of October 31.

The move was widely seen as lim-iting the time for parliamentarians to

move against Johnson, who has saidBritain must leave the EU with or with-out a deal.

Legal bids to halt the suspensionhave also been launched in Belfast andLondon. Former prime minister JohnMajor, a strong supporter of EU mem-bership, has said he will seek to join theLondon legal action.

Johnson announced the surprisedecision Wednesday to dismiss parlia-ment — known as proroguing — nextmonth for nearly five weeks. The movesent shockwaves through British poli-tics, triggering a furious outcry frompro-Europeans and MPs opposed to ano-deal exit.

Wrong-footed, Johnson’s oppo-nents labelled the suspension of par-liament a “coup” and a “constitutionaloutrage”.

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Britain has come up with “nothingcredible” to replace the controversial

Irish backstop in its deal to leave the EU,Ireland’s foreign minister said Friday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wantsthe backstop -- the fallback provisionsfor the border between EU memberIreland and UK-ruled Northern Ireland-- to be scrapped completely.

With the clock ticking down to theOctober 31 departure date and Johnsoninsisting he will not postpone, the EUis pressing Britain to come up with work-able alternatives.

“We all want to get a deal but at themoment nothing credible has come

from the British government in the con-text of an alternative to the backstop,”Simon Coveney said as he arrived for ameeting of EU foreign ministers inHelsinki.

“If that changes, great. We’ll look atit in Dublin but more importantly, it canbe the basis of a discussion in Brusselsbut it’s got to be credible.” After talks withhis British counterpart Dominic Raab onthe sidelines of the Helsinki meeting,German Foreign Minister Heiko Maassaid London must come up with ideassoon.

“I have once again made it clear thatit is now necessary for time reasons toput the (proposals) on the table as soonas possible,” Maas told reporters.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu law-maker in the US Congress who

is running for the presidency, hassaid that she will not contest as anindependent candidate if she fails towin the Democratic presidentialnomination, according to a mediareport.

Gabbard, 38, an Iraq war vet-eran who has been serving as the US

Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd con-gressional district since 2013, saidthat she will be going to focus onmoving campaign forward, contin-uing this grassroots campaign, con-tinuing to deliver the message to theAmerican people and ask for theirsupport, CNN reported.

“I will not,” she told the network.“No, I have ruled that out.”

Gabbard, however, was failed toqualify for the next Democratic

debate in September after making itto the first two debates. She reachedthe fundraising threshold, but did notmeet the Democratic NationalCommittee’s (DNC) polling mini-mum to qualify, the report said.

She claimed on Thursday thatthere is “no explanation or trans-parency around why certain polls arequalifying while other very crediblerecognized polls are somehow notqualifying.”

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Pause and think for a moment.Is life a dream or a reality? Itmight seem silly initially thathow can one deny the existenceof the world around us but

doesn’t the idea provoke you to ponder?This tussle between the real and the

imaginary pushed actor Pankaj Kapur toexplore the blurry lines between the two,through his play Dreamz-Sehar. Talkingabout his fascination with the world,which seems vague to him, the actor says,“It is a story that came to my mind a fewyears ago and I transformed it into a playbecause it always intrigued me. We alldream, don’t we? While some people feelthat there is certain reality to life, thereare philosophers and saints who feel thatthis too is a dream and will pass.” ThoughKapur says that he doesn’t want to let outthe details of the play but the storylinedoes give a hint that the play is knittedaround the blurred lines of humanexistence.

Kapur plays the character of a pro-fessor named Sanjay Mishra, who visitsKasauli for a long weekend. One day, onhis morning walk, he encounters amysterious woman named Sehar. She issearching for her sister Nisha who haseloped with her boyfriend. The profes-sor gets drawn towards this “very oddcharacter” and gets entangled into thetumultuous events, wherein Sehar callshim in the middle of the night for help.Every scene in the sequence is ominousand mysterious. After spending the

night together, Sehar leaves the profes-sor with a confusing letter remindinghim of a meeting 15 years ago. The playends on an open note and its charactersare baffling as they can be interpreted inthe way the audience wants to.

Explaining how theatre has shapedhim as an actor and to what he is today,Kapur says, “Theatre is like a mother,which lets the child understand how tosit, stand and walk. It has taught me allthe basics which I know today or pre-tend to know (Laughs).” He feels that hehas only explored a tiny bit of himselfwhile the major part of it still remainsunexplored. He adds, “The thing is thata human being is so complex, that it takesa lifetime to explore even the smallestpart.”

Since the play is written by Kapur,it’s quite evident that he understands hisrole better as each character is backed bythe another. He says, “As the characteris perceived and written by me, it hashelped me to play the character in a morenuanced way. Since I am an actor, it givesme the ability to think about what mys-tery does my character hold and how Iwould portray it in front of the audience.”

Talking about his character, he saysthat it is a fairly straight character with-out much complexities, however, keepsits mysteriousness intact. “He is like any-one one of us, who comes across a sit-uation and is so intrigued by it that hebecomes a part of the situation. And justlike a usual person, he too would be per-

plexed about what to do.”The actor is also a part of another

play, titled Dopehri, which is a dramat-ic presentation of a novella written byhim. It revolves around an old, lonelywoman, Amma Bi who sits in a gigan-tic laal haveli in Lucknow. The dramaaims to transport the audience throughAmma Bi’s journey from loneliness toself-discovery.

Talking about how he executed theplay, Kapur says, “I present it as anevening where I read out the novella tomy audience in the way I have perceivedit. Through the central character, I havefocussed on how she looks at life andwhat happens to her.” He adds that inDopehri, we would discover that there isso much more to human existence thanwe actually think. “You realise how this65-year-old woman goes through thejourney of her life and then discovers orrediscovers herself so as to find her trueidentity,” he says.

In a bid to create something that isfresh and hasn’t been repeated over thetime, “except for some classic adapta-tions,” the actor-director, in the two plays,has tried to add bits which he hasobserved in real life like — how he react-ed to some situations. He says, “I wantto give a different view and feel to it.When I did Dopehri, a lot of people won-dered why novella reading has beenturned into a drama but when they sawthe play, they experienced theatre rightfrom the writing to rendering to presen-tation.”

Talking about the interest of youthin theatres and how it has evolved overthe years, the actor says that it is a greatmedium to connect directly with theaudience. “If you have any ideas, prin-ciples ideologies, way of life, way of dress-ing, way of communicating, you havethis platform where you can makethings interesting. It is an endless medi-um which can satiate you as a humanbeing or as a performing artist,” says he.

With the advent of digital media, isit losing its charm? He disagrees. “No.Not at all. It has created more avenuesto showcase your talent. When I per-form, I see a lot of young people com-ing in. The online thing is just one aspectof life. When television came, even thenpeople thought that theatre would be lostbut it survived. It’s an art form that cannever die. Also, every medium has itsown place, be it TV, online or live the-atre. It can never be taken away by any-one, nothing can replace it,” says he.

(As part of the Delhi Theatre Festival,organised by Alchemist Live, Dopehri willbe staged today at 2 pm at Siri FortAuditorium.)

She draped the saree inGujrati style and a large redbindi adorned her fore-

head, her gajra just aptly fixedon her bun. Her catchphrase,‘Hello.. how are you? Khaanakha ke jaana,’ actor SupriyaPathak’s Hansa from Khichhdihas been ever favourite.

She has indeed come a longway from that. And today, as sheplays the character of Sehar inthe play Dreamz-Sehar, she talksabout what attracted her themost about the character. Shesays, “The sensitive line betweenreality and imagination mademy character very interesting. Iget a lot of space to experimentthrough it. Even Pankaj (Kapur)ji used to tell me that there aredifferent ways in which you canperform a different characterand I am glad, Sehar was one.”

She says that the play has avery simple story without muchdrama in it, but yet is equallyintriguing. “It is more interest-ing due to one more fact thatwhen you come out of the char-acter and recall the phase youhave gone through, it’s fulfilling,but the very next moment youfeel that yeh toh simple kahaanithi,” she adds.

The character, she says, hasimpacted her in such a way thatfor once, she wants someone elseto play her role and watch it asan audience. However, as anactor, she doesn’t get to do that.

Well, the actor’s theatrejourney has been a special onetoo. She says, “I started my act-ing career through theatre. As Ididn’t have any schooling in act-

ing. The only schooling I hadwas directly performing in frontof a live audience.” However, shecherishes this phase of her life asit taught her the basics of acting.She adds, “It is an experiencewhich nobody can take awayfrom you. You’re immediatelytold whether you’re good or badbecause of the live audience.”Pathak feels that getting thiskind of exposure is unparalleledand overwhelming.

Talking about her evolutionand journey of life, she says, “Myaudience has taught me whetherI was good or bad. They taughtme how to stand in front ofthem and how should I presentmyself.” She shares that her firstteacher was her mother who had

put her on the stage. And nowthe teacher who really workedhard with her on her skills is, shesays, “my co-actor Pankaj Ji. Hedidn’t teach me directly butbecause of the way he was, Iobserved him and learntthrough that. He made me whoI am today.”

She has nailed roles likeShanta, Ganga mausi,Rambhateri, Hansa and manyothers. So talking about theplethora of roles she has played,she says, “Every role is a move-ment upward. Today, I am calledShanta in one and Sehar in theanother.” She believes that theyhave all enriched her journey insome way or the other.“However stupid the film orhowever small the role is, as anactor, I have gone through agamut of emotions which givesme an experience and allows meto take a step forward,” she adds.

Theatre still has kept itscharm intact in the digital era.Supriya says that we havebecome more individualisticwith time and digital is an addi-tion to this. “People are seekingfor activities which are collectivein nature. This increases thevalue of plays and dramas,” sheadds.

She recalls how the play hasmade her explore the unex-plored version of herself andhow deeply it touches with suchsimplistic storytelling. She ques-tions “Is life a mystery or is it adream or a reality?” and thenanswers it herself in a per-plexed tone, “I would love toknow that myself too.”

Filmmaker Abhishek Sharma,who has worked with actorAngad Bedi in his upcoming

film The Zoya Factor, says the lat-ter has played his role “excellently.”

Angad will be seen essaying therole of antagonist Robin Rawal inthe film starring Sonam Kapoorand Dulquer Salmaan, and basedon novelist Anuja Chauhan’s bookof the same name.

The film tells the tale of aRajput girl, Zoya Solanki (Sonam),who meets the Indian cricket teamthrough her job as an executive inan advertising agency and ends upbecoming a lucky charm for theteam at the Cricket World Cup.

Talking about Angad’s charac-ter, Abhishek said, “Robin is theantagonist of the film, the ex-cap-tain of the team who feels he hasbeen shortchanged by Dulquer’s

character because he was replacedas captain overnight for one badseries. He is a more consistent bats-man and a master strategist butnow he’s full of negativity due towhich he uses his cleverness todemolish Dulquer’s image. He’sthe Duryodhana of thisMahabharata who uses Zoya’s luckfactor as a final throw of dice to

oust Dulquer from captaincy.” Healso praised Angad for his perfor-mance.

“For Robin, we were huntingfor an actor who could look suaveyet threatening. He should be analpha male who, like a woundedlion, is struggling to win back histerritory. Angad had all thesequalities and more. He brought inan extra charm and sense of vul-nerability which masks his villainyperfectly. It gives credibility to ourantagonist who is not pure evil butsomeone who genuinely feels thathe has been wronged. Angad hasplayed the character excellentlywith great comic timing and inten-sity in equal measures,” Abhishekadded.

The film will release onSeptember 20.

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available. And for those who havebeen born like that and lived their livesin silence, education might prove to bea challenge. While many theories haveemerged over the years as to whatapproach could be the most effective,experts say that the teaching methodsshould adhere to the individual stu-dent’s capabilities, needs and personal-ity.

Navit Hagar Malachi, an Israeliteacher of sign language, who, beingdeaf herself, belongs to the special edu-cation team, believes so too. She hadrecently travelled to the city and con-ducted different activities for youngdeaf children at Promilabai ChavanSchool for the Deaf, Karkardooma andNoida Deaf Society. She feels that such

students should be provided “after-school enrichment classes,” which donot appear as boring classes to themand rather make them “want” to be apart of it.

Giving a reference from Israel andtalking about the differences betweenIsraeli teaching methods and that ofIndia, she says, “There are organisationsthat hold activities and provide enrich-ment after graduation for deaf or hardof hearing children. Once in a week,every child chooses her/his favouriteactivity and learn and develop it indepth. Whether it be sports, theatre,lessons for students with learning dif-ficulties, nature activities and more,everything is available and children arefree to pick up their field of interests.We should apply this to schools for deafin India as well for the extra nourish-ment of these students.”

It’s very surprising that most chil-dren are not even diagnosed as hearing-impaired until they are three to fiveyears ago. Malachi suggests that thisshould be checked upon during achild’s early years of growth to avoid adelayed education and conditioning.She suggests other learning approach-es like day schools, early interventionand pre-school programs, residentialschools for the deaf, self-containedclassrooms, mainstreaming and inclu-sion in general education settings andhome-schooling environment.

Knowledge is power and whenpresented visually, one remembers it, orso she believes and suggests that it isvery important to put up the learningmaterial on the walls of the classroomsand make them more interactive. “Thewalls should specify the names of thesubjects which are to be studied and

beneath them, the material and syllabusshould be mentioned. For instance, for-mula in mathematics should be writtenon the walls to avoid confusion. It willhelp the students remember the topicswhich are being taught. A world mapmust be put up on the classroomwalls,” she says and recalls one of hermajor observations in Indian schools.“In almost every school I visited, therewas no world map on the walls. Thestudents did not know where can wespot Israel on the world map,” she adds.

Malachi, who is the chairman of theHushim (Senses) Association, a non-profit organisation for the Jewish com-munity in Israel, talks about herapproach of teaching the differently-abled children. She says, “First, the textis introduced to the students. I moveand read along with them with empha-sis on hard words or new words andthen ask questions from it. This waythey keep practising. Eventually, thestudents write the text in their ownwords.”

It was at a time when she was look-ing for a job that the opportunity to workwith the Hushim Association came toher. “I decided to work for deaf childrenwhen I felt that I had done enough toempower myself in the world of hear-ing and now I could invest the same forother people of my own kind,” says she.Well, if her teaching strategies succeedand the kids are able to understand andlearn a new and challenging thing, forher, it’s an achievement and she feels thatshe has been able to “help someone.”

The organisation, Hushim Ben Dan,she says, is actually a Chabad (a term forJewish movements) for the deaf. She tellsus, “It builds international connectionswith Jewish communities and dealswith making Judaism accessible to thedeaf. “It holds activities like summercamps, vacations and trips in the coun-try on the emphasis of Judaism, syna-gogue, Torah lessons, workshops andeverything that is accessible in theIsraeli sign language.”

Many schools for deaf students arealso adopting modern teaching tech-niques like using interpreters for easiertranslation of the learning material aswell using advanced tools for enhancedauditory abilities. Malachi suggests,“Experience sharing with the education-al team for recommendations andideas of techniques. One can also teachthrough the Ministry of Education inIsrael, programmes and educationalwebsites that hold games and presen-tations.”

From posting our personal achievementsto flaunting our latest vacation pictures,

it has all been out there on social media.And due to the instant notifications tech-nology, we’re on the constant lookout forlikes and comments on our posts. It hasbecome as though a part of our body, whichis very crucial for our existence. Just for anhour, if the servers go down, it becomesheadline news and could even act as a‘career lost’ scenario to numerous “influ-encers” and “bloggers” out there.

However, ever wondered why thismadness? This addiction is one suchaspect that BBC special and producerDiana Martin’s film Smartphones: TheDark Side explores.

�How did the idea come into being?There had already been a lot of focus

in the media about data and how the bigtech companies were monetising our dataand using it in ways that we were complete-ly unaware of. But we felt there was anoth-er big question around social media — howaddictive was it? And could social mediacompanies and phone companies beexploiting the habit forming nature of socialmedia to get us hooked? All of us on theproduction team use smartphones andother devices and are well aware of the ben-efits — but we were also acutely aware ofhow much time we were spending on thesedevices. Two of us had children, teenage or

younger, and were frustrated by the amountof time they were spending on theirdevices. How much screen time should weallow them was a constant worry. So wewanted to know — are these applicationsaddictive — and are the tech companies thatdevelop and promote them aware of this?We wanted to speak to insiders who hadworked for the social media companies tounderstand to what degree the companieshad been aware of the potentially addictivenature of these technologies.

�What are the reasons people are increas-

ingly getting addicted to their gadgets andcan’t do without them for more than a fewminutes?

We spoke to several scientists and readmany scientific reports. The jury is stilldoubtful on whether social media orsmartphones are actually addictive. Somescientists say that they are not addictive inthe way like heroin or tobacco, but are mere-ly habit-forming. Others say it is an addic-tion. One clinician we spoke to, MandySaligari of Charter Harley Street, said,‘Giving your child a smartphone was tan-tamount to giving them cocaine.’ Whether

you think it’s habit-forming or addictive, weare all aware how we are drawn to oursmartphones and social media apps. Wehave spoken to many tech insiders in thefilm who had worked for some of thebiggest tech and social media companieswho now had some regrets about the habit-forming power of their technologies. Twopeople we spoke to who had both workedfor Facebook, told us they no longer usedit because they were worried about itsimpact on them.

They believed that the reasons we feelwe can’t do without our gadgets is because

the technology within them has beendeliberately designed to hook us. The likebutton, the endless scroll, even the coloursand sounds you see and hear, are deliber-ately designed to keep us coming back.

Ramsay Brown, an app developer witha background in neurosciences, explainedto us that our behaviour is driven bydopamine, a brain chemical central to thecycle of reward, motivation and addiction.A social media click gives us a little hit ofdopamine and we keep going back for more.

�What are the various impacts of socialmedia on our psychological health? Howdo ‘likes’ impact self-confidence levels?

Some doctors and psychologists believethat the prevalence of social media is likehaving a detrimental impact on mentalhealth — particularly young people’s. First,because it can be habit-forming and there-fore take them away from other activitieslike exercise, school work, spending timewith friends and families. Second, becauseit can negatively affect our self-esteem. Andfinally, because it is an additional opportu-nity for bullying and hate.

Leah Perlman, who worked as a prod-uct manager at Facebook until 2011 and wasone of the team members at Facebook,helped developed the like button. She nolonger works at Facebook. She has describedher concern about how the like button fedher own insecurities and affected her self-esteem. She has given up Facebook now.

This doesn’t mean it has a negativeeffect on all of us. For many of us, socialmedia is a great way to keep in touch withfriends and family and to share ideas, andmany of us are able to keep our use of socialmedia under control.

�What measures would you suggest toreduce phone use and addiction to differ-ent gadgets and websites?

I’m not really here to tell people toreduce their phone use. However, I hope ourfilm gives people a bit more understandingabout how certain aspects of social mediaand smartphone technology have beendeveloped apparently deliberately to keepus on our screens as much as possible. Andarmed with that knowledge, people willmake the right decision for themselvesabout whether they want to reduce their ortheir children’s screen time.

�Do you think social media giants andapp-owners are deliberately inventinghabit-forming technologies to get peoplehooked?

Certainly, social media companies andtech giants are creating technologiesdesigned to keep people on their apps or

devices. In a way, it’s understandable — allcompanies try to promote their goods andservices as much as possible to make themattractive to their market. But this filmshowed that in a sophisticated and delib-erate way they did develop technologies —the like button, the endless scroll, all thecolours, and bells, and notifications — thatwill hook us. The founding president ofFacebook, Sean Parker, effectively admit-ted this at a conference in 2017, he said,‘Building these applications was all about— how do we consume as much of yourtime as possible? You’re exploiting a vulner-ability in human psychology. The inventorsunderstood this consciously. And we did itanyway.’

�Do you think people form an opinionof themselves or their self-worth throughtheir social media profiles?

Certainly, some people do. Andteenagers can be particularly vulnerable tothis. We spoke to one parent, LucyAlexander, whose teenage son, Felix hadtragically killed himself — after being bul-lied on social media. Of course, as with anysuicide it’s impossible to state this was thecause of his suicide — but his motherdescribes how even after she took him outof the school where he was being torment-ed by bullies, the bullying continued online.She now regularly visits schools and givestalks about the dangers of bullying on socialmedia.

�What do you think is the future ofsmartphone and social media use? Youcan answer in both positive and nega-tive terms.

I think smartphones have changed ourworlds in an enormously positive way —they have made it much easier for mostof us to do our jobs; much easier to accessinformation about anything. They’vebeen brilliant for education and the shar-ing of ideas. It’s much easier to do busi-ness and pay for things. And it’s muchmuch easier to keep in touch with friendsand families. There are thousands of otherbenefits I can’t go into. And I imagine inthe future these benefits will multiply. Butas with any new technology there’s a dan-ger that unforeseen problems will emerge.Our role as journalist is to consider thepros and cons — and make people awareof the possible dangers, and to make gov-ernment aware of the need to ensure newtechnologies are sufficiently regulated toprotect consumers from the potential darksides.

(Smartphones: The Dark Side pre-mieres on August 31 at 9 pm on Sony BBCEarth.)

Actor Shraddha Kapoor says that shefeels proud of those girls who are

making their mark in the professionalfield that was earlier dominated by menand for her gender equality is all aboutequal opportunity that is not limited bygender but based on skill-set.

As the portrayal of the female char-acters is changing in Bollywood films,asked about how she looks at the change,Shraddha said, “I think whether it is inour entertainment business or in our soci-ety, the casual sexism is going away andit was bound to happen. It is wonderfulto see how gender is not limiting a jobprofile. There are no such things as a‘man’s job’ anymore. All those notions thatwere previously practised are being chal-lenged now.”

She added, “That is why, many par-ents are fine with the decision of theirchildren when they do not follow a so-called timeline to get married, to have ababy or even not having either of them.”The actor is quite excited about her lat-est film Saaho, opposite South Indianactor and heartthrob Prabhas.

Making her debut in 2010 with thefilm Teen Patti, Shraddha has spent nineyears in Bollywood now and deliveredsome of the successful films like Aashiqui2, Haider, Ek Villain, ABCD 2.

Citing an example of how women arefinding space in every corner of the soci-ety, Shraddha said, “When I started mycareer, I saw a few female photographersand never got papped by any femalepaparazzi. In the last three years, I seethere are four female photographers whoare also doing paparazzi just like othermen, I feel so proud of those girls.”

She added that there should be moreopportunities for women as they also haveequal skills as men. “There should beopportunity only based on our skills andnot based on our gender. There aremany such examples where women aremaking their marks in the field that is pre-dominated by men. This is what genderequality means for me,” explained theactor who will be seen next in Chhichhoreopposite Sushant Singh Rajput and VarunSharma.

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Fifteen-year-old Americansensation Coco Gauff setup an eye-catching US

Open showdown with defend-ing champion Naomi Osakawhile Rafael Nadal’s path to thetitle eased further on Thursdayas he received a walkover intothe third round.

Reigning Wimbledonchampion Simona Halep,meanwhile, crashed out early inNew York for a third year run-ning, blowing a match point ina tense three-set loss to 116th-ranked Taylor Townsend.

Gauff, who made aremarkable run to the fourthround at Wimbledon beforefalling to Halep, defeatedHungarian qualifier TimeaBabos 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to becomethe youngest player in the last32 at a US Open since AnnaKournikova in 1996.

“It has been amazing. I’mjust so happy to get through,”Gauff said as chants of hername rang out around LouisArmstrong Stadium.

“I had to dig really deeptoday. I’m just proud of the wayI fought and I’m glad it was allworth it in the end.”

Asked about her impend-ing clash with world numberone Osaka, Gauff said her pri-mary focus is on Friday’s dou-bles match with 17-year-oldpartner Caty McNally.

“Saturday, I’m going tothink about the match, buttomorrow (Friday) I’m worriedabout my doubles match,” shesaid.

Three-time US Openchampion Nadal advancedwithout striking a ball wheninjury-plagued AustralianThanasi Kokkinakis pulled outof their scheduled evening tieon Arthur Ashe with a rightshoulder problem.

The Spanish 18-timeGrand Slam winner will meetSouth Korean qualifier ChungHyeon for a spot in the last 16.

His path to a fourth title,already helped with “Big Three”rivals Novak Djokovic andRoger Federer on the oppositeside of the draw, cleared furtherhaving already seen four top-10 rivals dumped out in thefirst round.

Alexander Zverev, the sixthseed, is the highest-ranked

player remaining on his side ofthe draw, as the German sur-vived a second successive five-set marathon by outlastingAmerican Frances Tiafoe 6-3,3-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 to equal hisbest US Open run.

'LONG JOURNEY'Townsend upended

women’s fourth seed Halep 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), the Romanianconsigned to another prema-ture exit at Flushing Meadows,having been knocked out in theopening round in 2017 and2018.

“I was not inspired at alltoday, but I fought. I thoughtwhen I came back that I willtake it and I will win it. Butsometimes it goes the otherway,” Halep said.

Townsend recovered fromwasting two match points tothen save one and force a tie-break she dominated to claimher first win over a top-10 play-er.

“This means a lot. It hasbeen a long journey,” said atearful Townsend, whomatched her run to the FrenchOpen third round on herGrand Slam debut in 2014.

Top seed Osaka provedtoo strong for 53rd-rankedMagda Linette of Poland,sweeping to a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

“I feel like I had mymoments where I played real-ly well,” Osaka said. “I think themain thing for me was that Iwas able to adjust whenever Ifigured out something wasgoing wrong, so I think I’mheading in the right direc-tion.”

Men’s fifth seed DaniilMedvedev, coming off a maid-en Masters title in Cincinnati,was struck down by cramp dur-ing a 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win overBolivia’s Hugo Dellien.

Stan Wawrinka, the 2016US Open champion, beatJeremy Chardy in four sets andis on a fourth-round collisioncourse with Djokovic, whileAustralian 28th seed NickKyrgios rolled past 104th-ranked French wildcardAntoine Hoang 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Andrea Petkovic knockedout Czech sixth seed PetraKvitova 6-4, 6-4, while 15thseed Bianca Andreescu andtwo-time runner-up CarolineWozniacki also progressed.

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India’s Divij Sharan made afirst-round exit from the US

Open with partner Hugo Nysafter losing in straight sets toRobert Carballes Baena andFederico Delbonis, here.

The Indian and his partnerfrom Monaco lost 4-6, 4-6 to theplayers, who are both rankedoutside top-100 bracket.

Sharan and Nys did not getany break-point in the 72-minute clash while their rivalsbroke them once each in boththe sets to move to the nextround.

“We probably needed toput more pressure on their ser-vice games. Delbonis made somereally good returns in the gameswe got broken. It’s obviously atough loss as I would have likedto do better in the last slam of theyear,” Divij said.

“I’ll look to regroup andwork towards doing well in theremaining tournaments of theyear.”

This is the second time thisseason that left-handed Sharanhas made a first-round exitfrom a Grand Slam, losing at thesame stage at the AustralianOpen also. The result means thathe is likely to drop a rung to 48when the new rankings will beissued after the conclusion of thelast Grand Slam of the season.

Reaching the Wimbledonquarterfinals in 2018 remains hisbest show at the Majors.

Rohan Bopanna andLeander Paes are also in themen’s doubles draw with theirrespective partners.

Bopanna and his Canadianpartner Denis Shapovalov are upagainst French fourth seedsPierre-Hugues Herbert andNicolas Mahut.

Paes has paired withGuillermo Duran and they willopen their campaign againstSerbia’s Miomir Kecmanovicand Norway’s Casper Ruud.

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Australia captain TimPaine believes SteveSmith’s return could be

decisive in their quest to retainthe Ashes.

Paine’s men were on thebrink of going 2-0 up with twoto play only for England all-rounder Ben Stokes’ stunning135 not out to condemn themto a dramatic one-wicket lossin the third Test at Headingleylast week.

Smith, however, missedthat match with concussionafter being hit by a 92mphbouncer from Jofra Archer inthe drawn second Test atLord’s.

The 30-year-old is nowset to play in next week’sfourth Test at Old Traffordprovided he comes throughthis three-day tour fixtureunscathed.

“Without Steve Smithplaying I don’t think we weregiven any chance of winningthat Test match, I think mostpeople wrote us off in that Test,so we’re tracking ok,” Painetold reporters after Thursday’sclose.

Australia were 77-0 with-out loss at stumps in reply toDerbyshire’s first-innings 172.

Marcus Harris was 52 notout and stand-in skipperUsman Khawaja, playingagainst his old county, 18 notout.

Both batsmen have strug-gled in the Ashes and onecould make way for Smithwhile the other partners DavidWarner at the top of the orderat Old Trafford.

“Steve Smith is going tocome back in and play. Soobviously someone from thelast Test is going to miss out,”said Paine, who replaced Smithas Australia captain after theball-tampering scandal.

“There’s no doubt aboutthat. You have the best playerin the world coming back intoyour line-up.”

He insisted Australia had“moved on” from a remarkablereverse at Headingley.

“We had some honest con-versations and we now wemade some errors as a teamand as individuals, but wecan’t be holding onto that,” hesaid.

“We’ve moved on, we’reready for Manchester, thegroup’s in a really good spot,”added Paine, looking to leadAustralia to their first Ashesseries win in England for 18years.

Stokes was dropped late inhis Headingley innings byHarris.

And with England needingto two to win, Stokes mighthave been lbw to off-spinnerNathan Lyon — who the ballbefore had missed a clearchance to run out Jack Leach.

But umpire Joel Wilsonruled in England’s favour and,although replays suggestedStokes would have been lbw,Australia were unable to chal-lenge the decision as they hadrun out of reviews.

Paine, asked how Australiacould best dismiss all-rounderStokes, who also made 115 notout at Lord’s, replied: “Holdour chances would be a goodstart.

“I think Nathan Lyon inthe last two Tests alone wouldhave got him out five or sixtimes had we held our catch-es or referred our lbws.”