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New Delhi: Nowhere in the world people are sent to “gas chambers to die”, fumed the Supreme Court on Wednesday while expressing serious con- cern over deaths during man- ual scavenging and manhole cleaning across the country. Slamming the Government authorities for not providing protective gear like masks and oxygen cylinders to people engaged in manual scavenging and manhole cleaning, the apex court said this is the “most inhuman” way to treat a human being. The SC said that although over 70 years have passed since India got Independence, caste discrimination still persists in the country and the society is not treating all human beings equally despite the Constitutional mandate. “Why are you not provid- ing them masks and oxygen cylinders? In no country in the world, people are sent to gas chambers to die. Four to five people are dying due to this every month,” a Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked Attorney General KK Venugopal. Venugopal, while conced- ing that people involved in such works are dying in the country day-after-day, said deaths have also happened due to potholes on the roads but no action has been taken against the author- ities concerned. He told the Bench, also comprising justices MR Shah and BR Gavai, that law of tort, which deals with civil wrong and its liabilities thereof, is not developed and practiced in the country and though the magistrates have jurisdiction, not a single case has been reg- istered suo motu (on its own) on such incidents. “A case cannot be filed against people who are sweep- ing the streets or cleaning sew- ers. Cases should be filed against the supervisory officers and authorities who are responsible for such works as they have collected taxes from the citizens for this,” the Attorney General said. The Bench remarked, “This is the most inhuman way to treat a human being”. “It is the most uncivilized and inhuman situation where the people are losing their lives in gas chambers without any masks or oxygen cylinders,” the Bench said, adding, “You have to take care of people. People are dying everyday due to this”. Continued on Page7 I t’s the end for ENDS (elec- tronic nicotine delivery sys- tems) in India. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decid- ed to ban electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other vaping products, making India one of the few countries that have done so. The Government is of the view that e-cigarettes pose health risks similar to those caused by combustible ciga- rettes. The prohibition will entail penal provisions also with a jail term up to three years and a fine up to 5 lakh. The Union Cabinet approved the Prohibition of E- cigarettes Ordinance, 2019. The Ordinance has been sent to the President for clearance. “The ban means prohibi- tion on the production, man- ufacturing, import/export, sale, storage and advertising of e- cigarettes. This is keeping in mind the impact it is having on the youth today, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here after the Cabinet meeting. Continued on Page 7 U nhappy over the amended Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) and an exorbitant hike in fines, the United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA), an umbrella unit of about 41 transport associations in Delhi- NCR, including cabs, auto- rickshaw and cluster bus ser- vices, will go on a day strike on Thursday in Delhi and NCR. The announcement by the UFTA has caused the authori- ties to defer half yearly exam- inations in Delhi-NCR schools scheduled for Thursday. Unions affiliated to UFTA, including those of trucks, pri- vate school/tourist buses, char- tered buses, tempo, taxi, auto rickshaws had held a mega protest against steep hike in traffic violation fines at Janatar Mantar on Monday. Continued on Page 7 E uropean parliamentarians Ryszard Czarnecki and Fulvio Martusciello have slammed Pakistan for har- bouring militants, with one of them saying terrorists who carried out attacks in India did not come from the Moon. During a special debate of the plenary of the European Parliament on the situation in Kashmir on Tuesday, Czarnecki, the member of EU Parliament and European Conservatives and Reformists Group in “India is the greatest democracy of the world. We need to look at terrorist acts that took place in India, Jammu & Kashmir. These terrorists didn’t land from the Moon. They were coming from the neighbouring country. We should support India,” said Czarnecki. W est Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed among others issues like the State Assembly's deci- sion to rename West Bengal as “Bangla”. The controversial NRC (National Register of Citizens) process that has added to the bitterness between Mamata and the Centre, how- ever, did not figure during their discussion which focussed on developmental issues. The meeting at the Prime Minister's residence that lasted for about half an hour also had Mamata extending an invite to Modi to inaugurate the world’s second-largest coal block Deocha Pachami in Birbhum district after Navratri puja. This was the first time that Mamata, who has been among the harshest critics of Modi and the BJP, met him after the Visva Bharati University con- vocation at Shantiniketan in May 2018. She did not attend Modi’s swearing-in in May when he took charge for the second time and had stayed away from the Niti Aayog meeting in June. Continued on Page 7 T he 47-year-old elephant Laxmi, who went missing two months ago, was found by the Delhi Police near the banks of the Yamuna in New Delhi on Wednesday around 3.30am. Police have arrested Laxmi’s mahout Saddam, while owner Yusuf Ali and his elder son are at large. According to a senior police official, Laxmi was found along with Saddam after a day long search by three teams who combed the area along the river banks in the eastern part of the city and the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border. “Saddam was produced before a court. Earlier Laxmi was kept at the Shakarpur Police Station but was later shifted to the Delhi Government’s nursery at ITO from where she will be taken to the Ban Santoor elephant reha- bilitation centre in Yamunanagar in Haryana,” said the senior police official. The elephant belongs to Ali’s family residing in Shakarpur. Since he could not make proper arrangements for the animal’s upkeep, the forest department had issued a seizure notice in February. Ali then moved the Delhi High Court, which said the for- est department can seize the elephant only when necessary arrangements for its transfer to the new site have been made. “On July 1, the forest department got the go ahead from the Ban Santoor elephant rehabilitation centre to transfer the elephant. On July 6, when a forest department team came to take the elephant they were allegedly attacked by Ali, his son and their relatives. Continued on Page 7 I n the first endeavour of its kind, India will have in place a written history of its borders in the next two years with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approving the project. The documented history will help provide the masses and the Government officials a better understanding of the borders. At present, India has a dis- puted over 4000-km border, known as Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, and the volatile 750-km long Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. While the LoC is “hot” at present witnessing relentless ceasefire violations by Pakistan following the abrogation of special status to Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370, the LAC has not seen a single shot fired in anger for the last 45 years by either India or China. However, the LAC spread- ing from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east often sees transgressions due to differing perceptions about the border. Moreover, Indian Parliament had passed a unan- imous resolution saying even Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is part of India and the NDA Government maintains that it will make all efforts to retrieve POK. Pakistan occu- pied that part during the 1947 war with India after raiders from across accompanied by the Pakistan Army intruded into Kashmir. The written history will cover various aspects, includ- ing the tracing, making, unmaking and shifting of bor- ders, the role of the security forces, of the borderland peo- ple, encompassing their eth- nicity, culture and the socio- economic aspects of their lives. Continued on Page 7 I sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party trailed its main rival Blue and White by 31 to 32 seats on Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat elec- tion, putting the country’s longest serving premier on a shaky ground and raising the possibility of a unity govern- ment. Israelis voted on Tuesday in their country’s second general election in five months after 69- year-old Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition with a viable majority follow- ing April’s vote. The Central Election Committee said that Blue and White party seemed to be tak- ing a lead over Likud after 91 per cent votes were counted. The centre-left bloc now has 56 seats compared to Netanyahu- led bloc, comprised of right- wing and ultra-Orthodox par- ties, which is at 55 seats in the 120-member Parliament. T he Supreme Court on Wednesday set an October 18 deadline for completion of all arguments in the protract- ed Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute, a move that has raised the pos- sibility of a verdict in the polit- ically sensitive case in the mid- dle of November. “Let us make a joint effort to conclude the hearing by October 18 so that we get four weeks time to write,” the Supreme Court said. As it offered to hear the case on Saturdays as well, the SC at the same time said the parties to the dispute are free to find an amicable solution through mediation and place the settlement before it. However, the top court told lawyers from both the Hindu and Muslim sides in the Ayodhya case that it wanted to conclude the day-to-day hear- ings by October 18 so that the judges get almost four weeks time to write the judgment. The target date for com- pletion of arguments assumes significance since Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who is heading the five-judge Constitution bench hearing the case, is due to demit office on November 17. “The hearing of the appeals, which is at a very advanced stage, will continue without any interruption. If, in the meantime, the parties desire to settle the matter(s), including, by resort to media- tion by the earlier constituted mediation panel, they may do so and place the settlement before the court, if reached,” the Bench said in its order. The court on Tuesday had asked the counsels for the Hindu and Muslim parties to inform it about a tentative “time schedule” for concluding their arguments. The Constitution Bench, which also comprised Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, has so far heard the Ayodhya land dis- pute case for 26 days after it commenced the day-to-day hearing on August 6 following the failure of mediation pro- ceedings initiated to find the amicable resolution. As per the apex court’s calendar, the Bench now has 15 working days remaining to conclude the lengthy hearing by October 18. So far, Hindu parties have argued for 16 days and senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing the Muslim sides, had advanced submissions for 10 days. Dhavan said he and his col- leagues would take eight more days to conclude their submis- sions and two senior counsel — K Parasaran and CS Vaidyanathan — appearing for a Hindu party would need two days to rebut his arguments. “We are open to hearing on Saturdays, if required,” the Bench said, adding a tentative schedule can also be worked out. After dealing with the time schedule, the Bench then said it has received a letter from former apex court judge F M I Kalifulla, who was heading the three-member mediation panel, in which it was stated that some parties have written to him for resumption of the mediation process. “There is an ancillary issue. We have received a letter that some parties want to settle the matter by way of mediation,” the Bench said, adding they may do so and the proceedings before the mediation panel can remain confidential. Referring to its earlier order, it said, “We also make it clear that the terms and the process of settlement including mediation, if resorted to, will abide by our earlier order dated March, 8, 2019, with regard to confidentiality.” While ordering the day-to- proceedings, the court had taken note of the report of the three-member panel, also com- prising spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior advocate and renowned mediator Sriram Panchu, that mediation pro- ceedings, which went on for about four months, did not result in any final settlement and it had to decide the mat- ter pending before it. The court, which on March 8 referred the matter for medi- ation, had asked for in-camera proceedings to be completed within eight weeks, but later granted time till August 15 after the panel’s earlier report said the mediators were “optimistic” about an amicable solution. The SC fixed the seat for medi- ation process in Faizabad, around 7 km from Ayodhya, and said adequate arrange- ments, including the venue of the mediation, place of stay of the mediators, their security, travel should be arranged by the State Government. It had perused a report about the progress of mediation process till July 18 and said its contents will remain confi- dential. Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, deliv- ered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. New Delhi (PTI): In a high pitched reaction, the Muslim parties termed as “conjecture” the Supreme Court’s observation Wednesday that the Hindus believed in some divinity in the central dome of the disputed structure at Ram Janmbhoomi- Babri Masjid site which made them offer prayers at the railings put up by the British in 1855. The 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, was scrutinising the vehement submission of the Muslim parties that Hindu wor- shippers never had access to the central dome and used to offer prayers at the railings. The bench asked senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for the Muslim par- ties, that “maybe the ‘Ram Chabutara’ was the creation of 1885, but it coincides with the setting up of the railing (pro- hibiting entry of Hindus into the inner courtyard). “Why Ram Chabutara was set up in the close proximity of the railing. Hindus believed of some divinity in the central dome and this is the reason they were praying at the railing.” Dhavan then said in raised voice: “This is just a conjecture of My Lords.” He later apologised for the comment. The bench had asked him “whether the Hindus were pray- ing at the railings with the belief that the birthplace of deity was under central dome”. The bench, hearing the polit- ically sensitive case on the 26th day, said that before putting up of the railings in 1850s both com- munity members were going inside, and the presence of ‘Ram Chabutara’ so close to the railing has got some “significance” because Hindus might be pray- ing there believing the central dome to be the birthplace. “Why do people go near the railings. They go there because they believed that it (central dome) was the birthplace... There was oral evidence that Hindus prayed at the railings,” the unnerved bench sought to know from Dhavan after his high pitched reaction. The senior advocate replied: “I will go near the railings out of curiosity... They (Hindus) might have been going there to destroy the place”, because a very tense situation had been prevailing there for quite long time. There was “no evidence” on record that the Hindus prayed at the railing, he said. “I am sorry for using the word conjecture,” the senior lawyer later told the bench.

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New Delhi: Nowhere in theworld people are sent to “gaschambers to die”, fumed theSupreme Court on Wednesdaywhile expressing serious con-cern over deaths during man-ual scavenging and manholecleaning across the country.

Slamming the Governmentauthorities for not providingprotective gear like masks andoxygen cylinders to peopleengaged in manual scavengingand manhole cleaning, theapex court said this is the“most inhuman” way to treat ahuman being.

The SC said that althoughover 70 years have passed sinceIndia got Independence, castediscrimination still persists inthe country and the society isnot treating all human beingsequally despite theConstitutional mandate.

“Why are you not provid-ing them masks and oxygencylinders? In no country in theworld, people are sent to gaschambers to die. Four to fivepeople are dying due to thisevery month,” a Bench headedby Justice Arun Mishra askedAttorney General KKVenugopal.

Venugopal, while conced-ing that people involved in suchworks are dying in the countryday-after-day, said deaths havealso happened due to potholeson the roads but no action hasbeen taken against the author-

ities concerned.He told the Bench, also

comprising justices MR Shahand BR Gavai, that law of tort,which deals with civil wrongand its liabilities thereof, is notdeveloped and practiced inthe country and though themagistrates have jurisdiction,not a single case has been reg-istered suo motu (on its own)on such incidents.

“A case cannot be filedagainst people who are sweep-ing the streets or cleaning sew-ers. Cases should be filedagainst the supervisory officersand authorities who areresponsible for such works asthey have collected taxes fromthe citizens for this,” theAttorney General said.

The Bench remarked,“This is the most inhuman wayto treat a human being”.

“It is the most uncivilizedand inhuman situation wherethe people are losing their livesin gas chambers without anymasks or oxygen cylinders,” theBench said, adding, “You haveto take care of people. Peopleare dying everyday due to this”.

Continued on Page7

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It’s the end for ENDS (elec-tronic nicotine delivery sys-

tems) in India. The UnionCabinet on Wednesday decid-ed to ban electronic cigarettes(e-cigarettes) and other vapingproducts, making India one ofthe few countries that havedone so.

The Government is of theview that e-cigarettes posehealth risks similar to thosecaused by combustible ciga-rettes. The prohibition willentail penal provisions alsowith a jail term up to threeyears and a fine up to �5 lakh.

The Union Cabinetapproved the Prohibition of E-cigarettes Ordinance, 2019.The Ordinance has been sent tothe President for clearance.

“The ban means prohibi-tion on the production, man-ufacturing, import/export, sale,

storage and advertising of e-cigarettes. This is keeping inmind the impact it is having onthe youth today, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamantold reporters here after theCabinet meeting.

Continued on Page 7

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Unhappy over the amendedMotor Vehicles Act (MVA)

and an exorbitant hike in fines,the United Front of TransportAssociations (UFTA), anumbrella unit of about 41transport associations in Delhi-NCR, including cabs, auto-rickshaw and cluster bus ser-vices, will go on a day strike onThursday in Delhi and NCR.

The announcement by theUFTA has caused the authori-ties to defer half yearly exam-inations in Delhi-NCR schoolsscheduled for Thursday.

Unions affiliated to UFTA,including those of trucks, pri-vate school/tourist buses, char-tered buses, tempo, taxi, autorickshaws had held a megaprotest against steep hike intraffic violation fines at JanatarMantar on Monday.

Continued on Page 7

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European parliamentariansRyszard Czarnecki and

Fulvio Martusciello haveslammed Pakistan for har-bouring mil itants , with one of them saying terroristswho carried out attacks inIndia did not come from theMoon.

During a special debate ofthe plenary of the EuropeanParliament on the situation inKashmir on Tuesday,Czarnecki, the member of EUParliament and EuropeanConservatives and ReformistsGroup in

“India is the greatestdemocracy of the world. Weneed to look at terrorist actsthat took place in India, Jammu& Kashmir. These terroristsdidn’t land from the Moon.They were coming from theneighbouring country. Weshould support India,” saidCzarnecki.

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West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Wednesday met PrimeMinister Narendra Modi anddiscussed among others issueslike the State Assembly's deci-sion to rename West Bengal as“Bangla”. The controversialNRC (National Register ofCitizens) process that hasadded to the bitterness betweenMamata and the Centre, how-ever, did not figure duringtheir discussion which focussedon developmental issues.

The meeting at the PrimeMinister's residence that lastedfor about half an hour also hadMamata extending an invite toModi to inaugurate the world’ssecond-largest coal blockDeocha Pachami in Birbhumdistrict after Navratri puja.

This was the first time that

Mamata, who has been amongthe harshest critics of Modi andthe BJP, met him after theVisva Bharati University con-vocation at Shantiniketan inMay 2018. She did not attendModi’s swearing-in in Maywhen he took charge for thesecond time and had stayedaway from the Niti Aayogmeeting in June.

Continued on Page 7

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The 47-year-old elephantLaxmi, who went missing

two months ago, was found bythe Delhi Police near the banksof the Yamuna in New Delhi onWednesday around 3.30am.

Police have arrestedLaxmi’s mahout Saddam, whileowner Yusuf Ali and his elderson are at large. According toa senior police official, Laxmiwas found along with Saddamafter a day long search by threeteams who combed the areaalong the river banks in the

eastern part of the city and theUttar Pradesh-Delhi border.

“Saddam was producedbefore a court. Earlier Laxmiwas kept at the ShakarpurPolice Station but was latershifted to the DelhiGovernment’s nursery at ITOfrom where she will be taken tothe Ban Santoor elephant reha-bilitation centre inYamunanagar in Haryana,” saidthe senior police official.

The elephant belongs toAli’s family residing inShakarpur. Since he could notmake proper arrangements forthe animal’s upkeep, the forestdepartment had issued aseizure notice in February.

Ali then moved the DelhiHigh Court, which said the for-est department can seize theelephant only when necessaryarrangements for its transfer tothe new site have been made.

“On July 1, the forestdepartment got the go aheadfrom the Ban Santoor elephantrehabilitation centre to transferthe elephant. On July 6, when

a forest department team cameto take the elephant they wereallegedly attacked by Ali, hisson and their relatives.

Continued on Page 7

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In the first endeavour of itskind, India will have in place

a written history of its bordersin the next two years withDefence Minister RajnathSingh approving the project.The documented history willhelp provide the masses and theGovernment officials a betterunderstanding of the borders.

At present, India has a dis-puted over 4000-km border,known as Line of ActualControl (LAC) with China,and the volatile 750-km longLine of Control (LoC) withPakistan.

While the LoC is “hot” atpresent witnessing relentlessceasefire violations by Pakistanfollowing the abrogation of

special status to Jammu &Kashmir under Article 370, theLAC has not seen a single shotfired in anger for the last 45years by either India or China.

However, the LAC spread-ing from Ladakh in the west toArunachal Pradesh in the eastoften sees transgressions due todiffering perceptions about theborder. Moreover, Indian

Parliament had passed a unan-imous resolution saying evenPakistan Occupied Kashmir(POK) is part of India and theNDA Government maintainsthat it will make all efforts toretrieve POK. Pakistan occu-pied that part during the 1947war with India after raidersfrom across accompanied bythe Pakistan Army intruded

into Kashmir. The written history will

cover various aspects, includ-ing the tracing, making,unmaking and shifting of bor-ders, the role of the securityforces, of the borderland peo-ple, encompassing their eth-nicity, culture and the socio-economic aspects of their lives.

Continued on Page 7

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Likud party trailed its mainrival Blue and White by 31 to32 seats on Wednesday afteran unprecedented repeat elec-tion, putting the country’slongest serving premier on ashaky ground and raising thepossibility of a unity govern-ment.

Israelis voted on Tuesday intheir country’s second generalelection in five months after 69-year-old Netanyahu failed toform a governing coalitionwith a viable majority follow-ing April’s vote.

The Central ElectionCommittee said that Blue andWhite party seemed to be tak-ing a lead over Likud after 91per cent votes were counted.The centre-left bloc now has 56seats compared to Netanyahu-led bloc, comprised of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox par-ties, which is at 55 seats in the120-member Parliament.

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18 deadline for completion ofall arguments in the protract-ed Ram-Janmabhoomi-BabriMasjid land title dispute, amove that has raised the pos-sibility of a verdict in the polit-ically sensitive case in the mid-dle of November.

“Let us make a joint effortto conclude the hearing byOctober 18 so that we get fourweeks time to write,” theSupreme Court said.

As it offered to hear thecase on Saturdays as well, theSC at the same time said theparties to the dispute are freeto find an amicable solutionthrough mediation and placethe settlement before it.

However, the top courttold lawyers from both theHindu and Muslim sides in theAyodhya case that it wanted toconclude the day-to-day hear-ings by October 18 so that thejudges get almost four weekstime to write the judgment.

The target date for com-pletion of arguments assumessignificance since Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi, who isheading the five-judgeConstitution bench hearingthe case, is due to demit officeon November 17.

“The hearing of theappeals, which is at a veryadvanced stage, will continuewithout any interruption. If, inthe meantime, the partiesdesire to settle the matter(s),including, by resort to media-tion by the earlier constitutedmediation panel, they may doso and place the settlementbefore the court, if reached,” theBench said in its order.

The court on Tuesday had

asked the counsels for theHindu and Muslim parties toinform it about a tentative“time schedule” for concludingtheir arguments. TheConstitution Bench, which alsocomprised Justices SA Bobde,DY Chandrachud, AshokBhushan and SA Nazeer, has sofar heard the Ayodhya land dis-pute case for 26 days after itcommenced the day-to-day

hearing on August 6 followingthe failure of mediation pro-ceedings initiated to find theamicable resolution.

As per the apex court’scalendar, the Bench now has 15working days remaining toconclude the lengthy hearingby October 18. So far, Hinduparties have argued for 16 daysand senior advocate RajeevDhavan, representing the

Muslim sides, had advancedsubmissions for 10 days.

Dhavan said he and his col-leagues would take eight moredays to conclude their submis-sions and two senior counsel —K Parasaran and CSVaidyanathan — appearing fora Hindu party would need twodays to rebut his arguments.

“We are open to hearing onSaturdays, if required,” theBench said, adding a tentativeschedule can also be workedout. After dealing with thetime schedule, the Bench thensaid it has received a letter from

former apex court judge F M IKalifulla, who was heading thethree-member mediationpanel, in which it was statedthat some parties have writtento him for resumption of themediation process.

“There is an ancillary issue.We have received a letter thatsome parties want to settle thematter by way of mediation,”the Bench said, adding theymay do so and the proceedingsbefore the mediation panelcan remain confidential.

Referring to its earlierorder, it said, “We also make it

clear that the terms and theprocess of settlement includingmediation, if resorted to, willabide by our earlier order datedMarch, 8, 2019, with regard toconfidentiality.”

While ordering the day-to-proceedings, the court hadtaken note of the report of thethree-member panel, also com-prising spiritual guru andfounder of the Art of Livingfoundation Sri Sri Ravishankarand senior advocate andrenowned mediator SriramPanchu, that mediation pro-ceedings, which went on forabout four months, did notresult in any final settlementand it had to decide the mat-ter pending before it.

The court, which on March8 referred the matter for medi-ation, had asked for in-cameraproceedings to be completedwithin eight weeks, but latergranted time till August 15 afterthe panel’s earlier report saidthe mediators were “optimistic”about an amicable solution.The SC fixed the seat for medi-ation process in Faizabad,around 7 km from Ayodhya,and said adequate arrange-ments, including the venue ofthe mediation, place of stay ofthe mediators, their security,travel should be arranged bythe State Government.

It had perused a reportabout the progress of mediationprocess till July 18 and said itscontents will remain confi-dential. Fourteen appeals havebeen filed in the apex courtagainst the 2010 AllahabadHigh Court judgment, deliv-ered in four civil suits, that the2.77-acre land in Ayodhya bepartitioned equally among thethree parties — the Sunni WaqfBoard, the Nirmohi Akharaand Ram Lalla.

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The 5-judge Constitutionbench, headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi, was scrutinisingthe vehement submission of theMuslim parties that Hindu wor-shippers never had access to thecentral dome and used to offerprayers at the railings.

The bench asked senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavan,appearing for the Muslim par-ties, that “maybe the ‘RamChabutara’ was the creation of1885, but it coincides with thesetting up of the railing (pro-hibiting entry of Hindus into theinner courtyard).

“Why Ram Chabutara wasset up in the close proximity ofthe railing. Hindus believed ofsome divinity in the centraldome and this is the reason theywere praying at the railing.”

Dhavan then said in raisedvoice: “This is just a conjectureof My Lords.” He later apologisedfor the comment.

The bench had asked him“whether the Hindus were pray-ing at the railings with the beliefthat the birthplace of deity wasunder central dome”.

The bench, hearing the polit-ically sensitive case on the 26thday, said that before putting upof the railings in 1850s both com-munity members were goinginside, and the presence of ‘RamChabutara’ so close to the railinghas got some “significance”because Hindus might be pray-ing there believing the centraldome to be the birthplace.

“Why do people go near therailings. They go there becausethey believed that it (central

dome) was the birthplace... Therewas oral evidence that Hindusprayed at the railings,” theunnerved bench sought to knowfrom Dhavan after his highpitched reaction.

The senior advocate replied:“I will go near the railings out ofcuriosity... They (Hindus) mighthave been going there to destroythe place”, because a very tensesituation had been prevailingthere for quite long time.

There was “no evidence” onrecord that the Hindus prayed atthe railing, he said.

“I am sorry for using theword conjecture,” the seniorlawyer later told the bench.

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Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh

Yadav said that he was ready toseek re-election fromJaswantnagar Assembly con-stituency in Uttar Pradesh if hewas disqualified from themembership of House.

Last week, Samajwadi Partyfiled a petition before theAssembly Speaker seeking dis-qualification of Shivpal Yadavfrom the membership of theHouse under anti-defection law.

“I had resigned fromSamajwadi Party when I float-ed the PSPL. I am not worriedabout disqualification as I willseek re-election fromJaswantnagar seat and the SPcan field anyone they want to,”Shivpal said.

Speaking to the media inEtawah on Wednesday, Shivpalsaid that if he had to seek re-election in a bypoll, his broth-er and SP patron Mulayam

Singh Yadav would campaignfor him.

“I campaigned for Netajidespite my differences withthe SP and he should also rec-iprocate,” he said.

Shivpal had f loatedPragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) last year after allegingthat he was not getting ‘duerespect’ in the Samajwadi Party.His bete noire, nephew and SPchief Akhilesh Yadav nowwants Shivpal to be disqualifiedas he was elected fromJaswantnagar on SP ticket.

Shivpal is known for hisstrong hold at the grassroots-level and he even fielded can-didates on all seats in UP, bar-ring Mainpuri, in Lok Sabhaelections in April-May thisyear.

While Shivpal, who con-tested from Firozabad, couldnot win himself, the division ofvotes led to the defeat of hisnephew, Akshay Yadav, whocontested on SP ticket.

Lucknow (PNS): The flood situation continued to be grimin Uttar Pradesh with rivers flowing above danger mark in sev-eral regions leading to inundation of low lying areas.The situa-tion in Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ballia was critical as flood watersof the Ganga and the Yamuna had entered low-lying areas of thecities and Army had been kept on a standby.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to remainvigilant and ensure relief and rescue measures in flood-affect-ed areas, including in Prayagraj and Varanasi. Yogi, who him-self reviewed the situation in Ballia, asked the authorities to shiftpeople from low-lying areas to safer places. “Engineers ofIrrigation department should monitor the embankments so thatoverflowing rivers do not breach them,” he said.

Meanwhile, Central Water Commission on Wednesday issueda flood alert for Uttar Pradesh in districts where the water levelwas within danger level.

The CWC said that Ganga river at Ballia was flowing at alevel of 59.34 metre, 1.73 metres above the danger level. It saidthe Ganga river was also flowing around the danger mark inGhazipur while the river was flowing 0.05 metre above dangermark at Phaphamau in Prayagraj.

Similarly, the Yamuna river was flowing over danger markin Banda, Kalpi and Hamirpur while showing a rising trend inAuraiya. The Ghaghra river continued to flow above the dan-ger level while at Ayodhya and the river was rising at Elgin Bridgein Barabanki.

Lucknow: Communal ten-sion flared up in Agra when agi-tated over the kidnapping of aminor girl, members of a com-munity went on the rampageand torched houses and businessestablishments of the membersfrom another community inKhandauli area of the district onTuesday night. They alleged thatthe police did not respond to theSOS of the villagers.

However, denying anypolice apathy in the matter, IG(Agra Range) Satish Ganeshsaid that the police responded ontime and recovered the girlwithin a few hours of the kid-napping.

The IG said that a heavypolice force was deployed in thearea and the culprits were beingidentified.

As per reports, a girl studentof class IX from Saimra hamletof Khandauli went missing aftergoing to her school on Tuesday

morning. When she did notreturn home on time, her fam-ily launched a search.

The situation took an uglyturn when the girl’s unclereceived a call from a personfrom the other community whoclaimed that the girl was in hispossession and warned himagainst lodging any report. Thecaller also gave an assurance thatthe girl would return home bythe evening.

Angered by the develop-ment, the girl’s father lodged areport of kidnapping with thepolice. Later, villagers startedgathering to register a protest.Some villagers informed seniorpolice officers that the situationcould turn violent but the policedid not turn up on time.

Taking advantage of thepolice apathy, the irate villagerswent on the rampage andtorched at least 15 businessestablishments of members of

the other community andattacked their houses. The sit-uation could be controlled onlyafter senior officers reached thespot and informed that protest-ers that the girl was recovered.

Meanwhile in Badaun,manager of a school was arrest-ed after the father of an eight-year-old girl lodged a com-plaint accusing him of calling hisward to a room and behavinginappropriately with her, in NaiSarai locality under SadarKotwali police station onTuesday. The complainant alsoalleged that when he confront-ed the accused, he threw him outof the school. The girl said thatthe accused had also behaved insimilar manner with other girlsstudying in the school.

A group of parents protest-ed in the school and the policerushed to the spot to control thesituation. The accused wasarrested.

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Organisational polls of theUttar Pradesh unit of

Bharatiya Janata Party willcommence with the elections of1.63 lakh booth committeesfrom Thursday.

Booth committees in theBJP have become a prominentpart of the party organisation asthey were instrumental in thesuccess in the 2017 Assemblyand 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabhapolls in the state.

BJP leader and Union min-ister Amit Shah and other partyleaders have interacted withmembers of the booth commit-tees from time to time, show-ing its importance in the partyset-up and election process.

“The election of boothcommittees will continue forfive days and conclude onSeptember 22. “During theseelections, presidents and mem-bers of 1,63,331 booth commit-tees would be elected in thestate,” said BJP state general sec-retary and in-charge of west UP,Vijay Bahadur Pathak, inLucknow on Wednesday.

The organisational elec-tion process comes after a mas-sive membership drive in whichover 5.5 million new memberswere enrolled.

Urban DevelopmentMinister Ashutosh Tandon hasbeen made the returning offi-cer of the polls and 27,000 sec-tor-level returning officers havebeen deputed for ensuring freeand fair elections.

Pathak said that afterbooth-level elections, the partywould hold elections for block-level organisation from October11 to 20 while district-level elec-tions would be held inNovember. A month later, inDecember, the state -level elec-tions would be held.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath and UnionPetroleum Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan laid thefoundation stone of the firstbiofuel plant to be built atDhuriyapar in Gorakhpur at acost of �1200 crore.

Along with this, capacityexpansion of Indane gas bot-tling plant set up at GIDA(Gorakhpur IndustrialDevelopment Authority at acost of �204 crore and BPCbottling plant at Baitalpur wereinaugurated.

Besides 11 roads construct-ed at a cost of �43 crore werealso dedicated to people by theChief Minister.

The Chief Ministerthanked Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan onbehalf of the people ofPurvanchal for the biofuelplant being set up inGorakhpur.

“There was lack of indus-tries in Gorakhpur and toovercome this, a biofuel plantis being set up by the UnionMinistry of Petroleum underthe leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,” YogiAdityanath said.

In 2016, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had laid thefoundation stone of a factory inGorakhpur that had beenclosed for 26 years and now abigger factory is being built.

The Chief Minister said,“When production starts in thisfactory, urea will be available insufficient quantity to Bihar,West Bengal and other states,including UP. It will be com-missioned in February 2021.This will bring back the lostidentity of Gorakhpur.”

The Chief Minister said

that fuel could be generatedfrom the biofuel plant by usingurban and farm waste.

“People will also get theprice of dung from cows andbuffaloes and this will help indoubling the income of thefarmers,” he added.

Yogi Adityanath said thatPurvanchal Expressway wasbeing constructed by the stategovernment to increase betterconnectivity and traffic facili-ties in the Purvanchal region.

Through this expressway,Lucknow, Azamgarh, Ghazipur,Varanasi and Gorakhpur willbe connected by PurvanchalExpressway.

The Chief Minister saidthat industrial corridors werebeing constructed on bothsides of the expressway.

“With this, GIDA is beingexpanded in Gorakhpur sothat more industries can beestablished here,” the ChiefMinister said.

“Now, the youth here willnot have to go to Singapore orBangkok for employment. Alarge number of youth will getemployment here only,” he saidand added, “Ayodhya andJanakpur will also be connect-ed via four-lane highway.”

The Chief Minister saidthat the state government wasrunning several schemes fordestitute cows.

“Gauashray sthals (cowshelters) are being built atevery place. With this the farm-ers keeping the destitute cowswill be given �900 per month.While �900 per month will be

available for the cow, the sale ofcow urine and cow dung willalso increase the income of thefarmers manifold” he said.

Yogi Adityanath said thatGorakhpur residents wouldget supply of gas directly totheir house through a gaspipeline like piped water sup-ply.

The Chief Minister also lis-tened to people’s problems at aJanata Darshan programmeheld in the city.

Many dignitaries, includ-ing Rajya Sabha member ShivPratap Shukla, and Lok Sabhamembers Kamlesh Paswan andRavi Kishan were also presentat the programme.

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The Yogi Adityanath govern-ment is set to celebrate its

30 months in office, or half-waymark of its tenure, in UttarPradesh on Thursday by hold-ing functions across the stateand highlighting achievementsof the government.

Official sources said inLucknow on Wednesday that asthe Yogi government could notcelebrate completion of twoyears in office, it had decided tocelebrate 30 months (two-and-half years in office) in a big wayby holding state-wide pro-grammes.

The Yogi government hadcelebrated its first anniversarywith aplomb but the secondanniversary on March 19 lastwas not celebrated due to modelcode of conduct being in forcefollowing announcement ofgeneral elections, polling forwhich was held between April11 and May 19.

This time, the main func-

tion would be held in Lucknow,where the Chief Minister wouldrelease a booklet on achieve-ments of the government andaddress a press conference at hisofficial residence.

A senior government offi-cial said that as UP had creat-ed a record in implementationof various Central schemes,including Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana, Saubhagya, Kisaninsurance, construction of toi-lets and health insurance, itwould be highlighted in thefunction.

On the occasion, the gov-ernment will also highlight thesuccess of Kumbh Mela atPrayagraj, Pravasi BharatiyaDiwas in Varanasi and improve-ment in law and order.

Besides, investments inindustrial sector and job oppor-tunities created for the youthswould also be highlighted bythe government.

“All these achievements willfind mention in the bookletwhich will be distributed at dis-

tricts, tehsils and even gram sab-has,” the official said.

Ministers in he Yogi gov-ernment and Bharatiya JanataParty lawmakers have beenasked to attend the functions intheir respective ‘kshetras’(areas).

The BJP organisation on itspart will also hold meetings atdistrict headquarters.

Yogi took the oath of officeon March 19, 2017. When aman clad in saffron was swornin as Chief Minister of this polit-ically sensitive state, many eye-brows were raised and appre-hensions were abound whetherthe mahant of a temple wouldbe able to give good governance.

The first year of the BJPregime was a testing time butfrom the second year, the gov-ernment has started marchingon the path of progress. In theelection year, the achievementsof the Yogi government wereput to test and it passed with fly-ing colours by winning 64 of the80 Lok Sabha seats in UP.

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The Lucknow police areclose to working out the

Mohanlalganj incident inwhich a property dealer, AshokYadav, was peppered with bul-lets on Monday afternoon.Ashok had died during treat-ment at Trauma Centre II inPGI on Tuesday morning.

Though officers carryingout investigations remainedtightlipped on sharing thedetails, sources said the policehad got some important clueabout the assailants.

“The modus operandi ofthe assailants suggested that itwas a case of contract killing.Ashok was attacked probablyover enmity which he mighthave had with some persons.

However, his family is cluelessabout it,” the sources said.

They said the police werelooking for a diary whichAshok used to keep with himand in which he would keepdetails of his business. “It sur-faced that Ashok had regulartalks with a woman and shewas quizzed by a woman policeinspector at MohanlalganjKotwali,” the sources disclosed.

However, they discountedrivalry over property as motivefor the fatal attack on Ashok.They said Ashok was a onlysmall-time property dealer andhad stepped into the real estatebusiness in the recent past.

The sources said the policeworked on the call detailrecords of Ashok onWednesday. “ASP (Rural) and

ASP (Crime) camped at theKotwali through the day. Ateam re-inspected the crimescene on Wednesday whileanother team visited Ashok’svillage,” the sources said.

The police have yet to tracethe registration number of thebike which the assailants wereriding on the fateful day. “Theteams also went to Ashok’shouse in Ashiyana on Tuesdaynight in search of a clue,” thesources said.

Ashok was shot at fourtimes when he was talkingwith some person on his phoneafter parking his SUV alongsidethe road near a bank in thearea. The victim, who was aretired armyman, tried to savehimself by closing the doors ofthe SUV, but in vain.

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A meeting of IndianIndustries Association (IIA)delegation, led by presidentPankaj Kumar, was held inMeerut with Energy MinisterShrikant Sharma to discussvarious issues related to indus-tries in the state. Kumarinformed the minister thatabout 140 transformer repairindustries in UP were withoutany work as all the electricaldistribution companies(DISCOMs) under UPPCLhad stopped giving them work.“Thousands of workers in theseindustries are sitting idle andthe industries are either closedor are on the verge of closure,”he told the minister. The IIApresident said that because ofthe wrongdoings of few trans-former repairers, the entire

industry should not be made tosuffer. In view of the econom-ic slowdown and depleteddemands in industries at pre-sent, the IIA president said thatthe additional electrical secu-rity being demanded by all theDISCOMs from industriesshould either be deferred for atleast six months or it may berecovered in 12 equal install-ments along with the electric-ity bills. The minister said hewould look into the demands.

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Bank of Maharashtrareceived ‘Rajbhasha KirtiPuraskar’ for better implemen-tation of Hindi. Managingdirector & CEO AS Rajeevreceived the award from Union

Home Minister Amit Shah at afunction in Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi, on September 14.

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The India-ChinaHealthcare Summit was held atApollomedics Super SpecialtyHospital on Tuesday. As manyas 25 top officials of Chinesehealthcare industry visited thehospital in Lucknow. The del-egation came to India for keeninsights into those tertiary carehospitals which have createdsuccessful models of deliveringhigh standards of quality carein non-metro cities, thuschanging the paradigm andlong-held beliefs of not invest-ing in private healthcare in B-towns due to unavailability ofcredible success stories. It is theonly hospital in North Indiashortlisted by the Chinese del-egation for this tour. DeanZhang, managing director ofMindray and Chief De Mission’,

said: “We are looking forwardto having an experience of theprivate healthcare environmentand exploring investment inprivate healthcare in India. Wewant to promote private health-care with the collaboration ofIndian and Chinese govern-ments.” Chairman ofApollomedics Super SpecialtyHospital Sushil Gattani said: “Itis a great opportunity that theChinese delegation wants topromote private healthcare incollaboration with the Indianand Chinese governments andwe will fully support them.”

����������������Nandini, a class III student

of City Montessori School,Aliganj CampusII, won the firstprize in an inter-school fancydress competi-tion, organisedunder the aegisof SearchFoundation and UP Culturedepartment. Students of vari-ous noted schools of Lucknowparticipated in the competition.She was given away a certificateand other.

Lucknow (PNS): DistrictMagistrate Kaushal RajSharma held a meeting toreview arrangements madefor Durga Puja and Dussehra.The DM said that a single-window application had beenset up for Durga Puja visarjanand it could be moved onlineas well as offline. He said thatthe samitis organising DurgaPuja for more than three yearsdid not need police verifica-

tion. The DM pointed out thatvisarjan would have to be inthe pits and for that, inspectionshould be carried out by mem-bers of Durga Puja samitisalong with nodal officers andthe list submitted to the ADM(trans-Gomti). He said that thepits would be dug by LucknowMunicipal Corporation andthe district administrationwould ensure that the direc-tives of the High Court were

adhered to. The DM toldmembers of the Durga Pujasamitis that the list of peoplewho would be participating inthe visarjan should be given tothe administration so thatunwanted elements did notenter the area and there was nountoward incident. He point-ed out that the idols meant forimmersion should be made ofclay, and not plaster of Paris.He said security forces and

ambulances would be presentat the Ramlila grounds. TheDM pointed out that the qual-ity of prasad served to devo-tees would also be monitored.

The DM directed JalNigam officials to makearrangements for water supplyto Ramlila pandals, repairhandpumps around DurgaPuja pandals and makearrangements for watertankers at these points.

Lucknow (PNS): In a stepforward in improving access forbetter care for patients andtheir families with illnessesthat cannot be cured, thedepartment of Anaesthesiology,Sanjay Gandhi PG Institute ofMedical Sciences (SGPGIMS)inaugurated its 20-bed palliativecare. The ward was inaugurat-ed by SGPGIMS directorRakesh Kapoor and CMS AmitAgarwal. “Palliative care isabout living as well as dying –it’s about putting life into thedays of chronically ill patients,not just days into their life. It iscare beyond cure,” doctors said.

“There are many cancerpatients with no chances of sur-vival but have severe pain andother distressing symptomsthat are very difficult to man-age at home. Any cancerpatient suffering from painand other side-effects likebreathlessness, nausea andvomiting, severe constipation,ascites and pleural effusioncan come to the Pain andPalliative Care OPD and availthe in-patient services,” said thedoctors.

Lucknow (PNS):Unidentified miscreants dupeda meat seller of Rs 5.85 lakh bypromising him profits inexport. The Jankipuram policestarted a probe into the caseafter the victim approachedAliganj CO. According toMohammed Ali Qureshi ofJankipuram, a person, who heidentified as Chandan ofVaishali in Bihar, contactedhim few days back and offeredhim to join a group consistingof several meat sellers supply-ing meat for export.

“Chandan claimed that hebrokered deal for the meatsellers in Lucknow and askedme to deposit Rs 3 lakh as secu-rity amount for the member-ship. I deposited the cash in mybank account which I openedat Chandan’s insistence. I gavea cheque of Rs 3 lakh to him asper the terms of agreementbetween me and the company.On September 5, he took me tothe bank and asked me towithdraw Rs 2.85 lakh. Thenext day, I got a message ofwithdrawal of Rs 3 lakh frommy bank account. I tried con-tacted Chandan but his mobilewas switched off,” he said.

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Apartment in Kaiserbaghunder mysterious circum-stances on Wednesdaynight. On the call of inmatesof the apartment, securityguards rushed to the sceneand later informed thepolice. The youth wasrushed to KGMU TraumaCentre where he wasdeclared brought dead.Kaiserbagh SHO said thepolice were yet to contactthe family of the deceased.

“He was identified onthe basis of an identity cardwhich we recovered fromhis pocket. We are yet tofind how Prashant reachedthe apartment and wentup to the sixth floor,” hesaid. A spokesman said thepolice were trying to con-tact the family of thedeceased.

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Two CDRI scientists havebeen nominated for the

prestigious awards by NationalAcademy of Sciences (NASI).Atul Goel will receive theNASI-RELIANCE IndustriesPlatinum Jubilee Award-2019.Senior principal scientist ofCDRI, Goel has been recog-nised for his significant contri-butions to application-orient-ed innovations in the area ofdeveloping new drugs anddiagnostics. He will be hon-oured with a plaque and Rs 3lakh in cash at the 89th AnnualSession of NASI to be held atHyderabad in December laterthis year.

Besides, principal scien-tist Ritu Trivedi has been cho-sen for Dr P Sheel MemorialLecture Award-2019 (YoungWomen Award) from NASI.She was selected for this awardfor her research in the area ofmetabolic bone disorders,specifically on osteoporosisand osteoarthritis. She has

worked on several moleculesderived from either naturalresources or chemically synthe-sised for improvement of bonehealth. Out of these, a puresmall molecule has shownpromise as an anti-resorptiveagent and is being prepared forclinical trials.

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Continuing their attack overthe state of the economy,

former Congress chief RahulGandhi and party general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi onWednesday said the confidenceof investors is "shaken" but theModi dispensation is refusingto acknowledge the truth. Thesiblings also took a swipe atPrime Minister Modi overabout his Howdy event inHouston during his current

US visit.Congress has been attack-

ing the Modi government overthe slowdown in the economyand has criticised it for its eco-nomic policies. Rahul took toTwitter to say take potshots byahead of Modi's visit to theUnited States, where he willaddress Indian Americans at afunction "Howdy Modi". USPresident Donald Trump willjoin Modi at the event inHouston. "'Howdy' economydoin', Mr Modi? Ain't toogood it seems," he said onTwitter, using the hashtag"HowdyEconomy".

Citing a media report,Priyanka claimed that after

pouring USD 45 billion intoIndia's stock market over thepast six years on hopes thatModi would unleash the coun-try's economic potential, inter-national money managers havesold USD 4.5 billion of Indianshares since June.

"By showing glitter, saying5 trillion, 5 trillion, everydayor by doing media's headlinemanagement, economy can-not be improved. Investors donot come by sponsoringevents abroad," PriyankaGandhi said in an apparentdig at Prime Minister Modi'supcoming diaspora event inHouston.

The confidence of investors

is "shaken" and the foundationof economic investment has"cracked", she said in a tweet inHindi with the hashtag 'BJPbad for business'. "But the BJPgovernment is refusing toacknowledge this truth. Thisslowdown is a speed breaker inthe direction of becoming aneconomic superpower. Withoutimproving this situation, allother razzmatazz is useless,"Priyanka Gandhi said in anoth-er tweet.

She has been relentlesslyattacking the government overthe issue of economy in the lastfew days and demandinganswers from the governmentover the economic slowdown.

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The Union Housing andUrban Affairs Minister

Hardeep Singh Puri onWednesday said a newParliament building havingoffices of ministers and MPsthat may be constructed next tothe over 90-year-old structureis one of the options being con-sidered by the government.The minister said the finaldecision will be taken only afterdesigns are submitted by archi-tecture firms.

One of the options that isbeing considered is the cham-bers of the two Houses ofParliament will be revamped toaccommodate more MPs.According to an official, thestrength of Parliament mayincrease after a possible delim-itation exercise. The govern-ment will soon constitute a coreteam of CPWD officers to exe-cute the ambitious redevelop-ment plan for Central Vista, the

over three-km stretch fromRashtrapati Bhavan to IndiaGate, in Lutyens' Delhi.

The Narendra Modi gov-ernment had last week unveiledits mega plan to redevelop theover 3-km stretch fromRashtrapati Bhavan to IndiaGate in Lutyens' Delhi. Thegovernment on September 2floated a request for proposalfor the "development or rede-velopment of ParliamentBuilding, Common CentralSecretariat and Central Vista."

On Monday, the CPWDreduced the earnest moneyfrom Rs 50 lakh to Rs 25 lakhfor submitting the bid for rede-velopment plan for CentralVista and Parliament buildingowing to concerns raised byarchitects who participated ina pre-bid meeting last week.

Addressing the event on thetheme of 'Emerging trends inpublic architecture', Puri said areputed architect recently wroteto him, alleging that the gov-

ernment is going to "destroy"the Parliament building.

"Who said we will destroyParliament?" the minister askedand explained the governmenthas reached a stage of just invit-ing ideas from architecturefirms for the ambitious project.

He said the British ruledIndia for 190 years and theyhad good architects who builtbuildings which is now part ofthe country's cultural heritage.

"North and South Blocksshould be made museums thatreflect 190 years (of Britishrule)...What will happen to theParliament building? We willconstruct a new building whichwill connect Parliamentthrough an underground path-way," Puri said. At event, Purisaid 70 per cent of India has tobe rebuilt by 2030

He said that the CPWDwas set up in the 1850s and thebuildings constructed alongthe Central Vista reflected thecolonial ethos.

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The European Union is India's largesttrade partner. Among the 28 EU memberStates, Belgium has the third largest trade

with India with a total trade value worth€12,8 billion in 2018 consisting of dia-monds, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food-stuff and machinery. These trade figuresreflect the close economic partnershipemphasizing bilateral relationship. Belgiumis keen to further diversify trade relationsand explore new sectors with India. About170 Belgian companies are based in India,whereas around 80 Indian companies

have set up a plant or office in Belgium.As a logistics and transport expert,

Belgium works along with Luxembourg toensure a smooth and swift trade access toEurope for Indian businesses through thePort of Antwerp, which is the secondlargest port in Europe and functions as 'theGateway to Europe'. India is among the tenmost important partners of the Port ofAntwerp.

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The Union Cabinet onWednesday approved pro-

ductivity-linked bonus equiv-alent to 78 days wages to over11.52 lakh railway employees.

Addressing media UnionMinister Prakash Javadekarsaid that this is for the sixth consecutive year that productivity-linked bonus isbeing given to railway employees.

The bonus for financialyear 2018-19 would benefit 11lakh employees and would costthe exchequer �2024.40 crore,Javadekar said.

"The Union Cabinetchaired by the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has approvedthe payment of ProductivityLinked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days wages toover 11.52 Lakh eligible non-gazetted railway employees(excluding RPF/RPSFpersonnel) for the Financial

Year (FY) 2018-19, for maintaining industrial peaceand motivation of railwaymen.

This entails an expenditureof Rs. 2024.40 crores to theexchequer," said the statementissued by Govt.

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Three weeks into Septemberas the monsoon shows no

signs of withdrawal, rivers in asmany as five States are flowingabove the danger mark — a fea-ture which the MET says is'unique'. Rivers like Ganga,Brahmaputra, Yamuna,Mahananda, Bagmati,Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi, Sone,Jiabharali, Chambal etc inBihar, Assam, UP, Bengal andRajasthan are above the dangermark causing flood-like situa-tion in many areas in theseStates. The IMD rainfall datatill September 18 showed Indiareceived an average of 861 mmas against the normal of823.9mm, which is 5 percentabove normal.

According to IMD officials,the weather phenomenon is'unique' at the time of with-drawal of southwest monsoonin the third week of September."Due to climate change, Augustand September witnessedexcessive rainfall this mon-soon. It is usually in July andAugust. Due to delayed arrival,the withdrawal is also delayed

by almost a fortnight. Datarecorded close to 1,900 extremerainfall events this monsoon,more than half of which werein August and September,underlining the expandingimpact of climate change in theJune-September monsoon,"IMD officials said.

As many as one crore peo-ple are effected and 1400 peo-ple have died in rain-relatedtragedies across the countryand damages to property runsinto thousands of crores in 14States. The damage to proper-ties, infrastructures, crops, ani-mals due to rain related may-hem is still being estimated.

According to IMD,Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar,Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim,Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh,Meghalaya have recordedexcessive and continuous rain-fall in the last six days(September 12 to 18). TheIMD said that he first was July10 to 15, leading to flooding ineastern Uttar Pradesh andnorthern Bihar; the secondbetween July 25 and 31, caus-ing floods in Assam; and the

third between August 5 and 12,when coastal states such asMaharashtra, Goa, Karnatakaand Kerala experienced floods.

As per flood assessmentreport prepared by theMinistry of Home Affairs, allrivers --Ganga, Yamuna, BurhiGandak, Bagmati, Mahanand,Kamalabalan are flowing overdanger marks, causing floodlike situation in Khagaria,Sitamarhi, Kishangani, Katihar,Patna,Buxar, Gopal Ganj,Bhagalpur, Khagaria districts inBihar. Bihar recorded774.5mm rainfall as against thenormal of 941.4 mm, a defi-cient of 18 percent. The situa-tion report says that several lowlying areas on the river banksin the state are under flood.

Similarly, rivers in UPflowing over danger marksand causing floods in Ballia,Banda, Faizabad, Gazipur,Auraiya, Hamirpur, Bara Banki,Prayagraj, Jalaun districts arefacing flood like situation. Lowlying area in Prayagraj andVaransi are under water. UPrecorded 581 mm of rain asagainst the normal of 749 mm,a deficient of 22 percent.

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Mother Dairy, a leading milk supplier inDelhi-NCR, on Wednesday said it will

recycle 832 tonnes of plastic by March next yearas part of its efforts to protect environment.

"To tackle with the burgeoning menace ofpost-consumer plastic waste, Mother Dairydebuted its plastic waste collection and recyclinginitiative in Maharashtra in June 2018 by rollingout the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)programme," it said in a statement. "MotherDairy, through leading PROs, will collect andrecycle plastic waste across 25 key states of itsoperations and is targeting to recycle around 60

per cent of the total multi layered packaging used,i.E, about 832 tonnes by March 2020," it added.

Mother Dairy, with the help of a ProducerResponsibility Organisation (PRO), has collect-ed and recycled around 1,073 tonnes of plasticwaste till May 2019. This quantity includesaround 183 tonnes of multi-layered packaging(MLP) and 890 tonnes of non-multi-layered pack-aging. Mother Dairy was commissioned in 1974as a wholly owned subsidiary of the National DairyDevelopment Board (NDDB). The company sellsedible oils under the Dhara brand while fresh fruitsand vegetables, frozen vegetables and snacks, rangeof unpolished pulses, honey, pulps and concen-trates are marketed under the Safal brand.

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Death rate attributable tomalnutrition in under-5

children in India has droppedby two- thirds from 1990 to2017, but it still accounts for 68per cent of deaths in under-fivechildren, says a study pub-lished in The Lancet Child andAdolescent Health onWednesday.

According to comprehen-sive estimates of disease burdendue to child and maternal mal-nutrition released by the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR), the disease burdenrate due to malnutrition inchildren varies seven-foldacross states. It is highest inRajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Biharand Assam, followed byMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,Odisha, Nagaland, and Tripura.

Among malnutrition indi-cators, low birth weight is thebiggest contributor to diseaseburden followed by child growthfailure which includes stunting,underweight, and wasting.

The study was conductedby the India State-Level DiseaseBurden Initiative - a joint ini-tiative of the ICMR, PublicHealth Foundation of India,and Institute for Health Metrics

and Evaluation in collaborationwith the Union Health Ministry.

"Efforts are needed in eachstate to control malnutrition.State governments are beingencouraged to intensify effortsto reduce malnutrition andundertake robust monitoringto track the progress," saidVinod K Paul, member NITIAayog.

Balram Bhargava, secre-tary in the department ofhealth research in the ministryof health, and also director gen-eral ICMR said the governmentin its commitment to thePoshan Abhiyaan (nutritionmission) is taking importantsteps to augment monitoring ofmalnutrition indicators acrossthe country.

According to the study, theprevalence of low birth weightwas 21% in India in 2017,ranging from 9% in Mizoram to24% in Uttar Pradesh.

The study highlighted thatthe prevalence of child stuntingwas 39% in India in 2017. Thisranged from 21% in Goa to49% in Uttar Pradesh, and wasgenerally highest in the EAGstates. The prevalence of childunderweight was 33% in Indiain 2017, ranging from 16% inManipur to 42% in Jharkhand.

The prevalence of childanaemia was 60% in India in2017, ranging from 21% inMizoram to 74% in Haryana.

"While it is important toaddress the gaps in all malnu-trition indicators, low birthweight needs particular policyattention in India as it is thebiggest contributor to childdeath among all malnutritionindications and its rate ofdecline is among the lowest,"said Lalit Dandona, Director ofthe India State-Level DiseaseBurden Initiative.

The study found the preva-lence of anaemia in women at54% in India in 2017, rangingfrom 28% in Mizoram to 60%in Delhi while the prevalenceof exclusive breastfeeding was53% in India in 2017, rangingfrom 34% in Meghalaya to74% in Chhattisgarh.

"Malnutrition in children isan outcome of inadequatematernal nutrition, poor sani-tation and hygiene and subop-timal infant feeding practices.Improvement in nutrition,therefore, is linked not onlywith food availability andaccess, but also with food safe-ty and environment," said R.Hemalatha, director at NationalInstitute of Nutrition, ICMR.

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Rooting for bestowingBharat Ratna on Veer

Damodar Savarkar posthu-mously, Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray has saidthat Pakistan would not havecome into existence, hadSavarkar been the PrimeMinister of India.

Launching a biography inEnglish titled “Savarkar :Echoes From A ForgottenPast” at the SwatantraveerSavarkar Rashtriya Smarak atShivaji Park on Tuesdayevening, Uddhav said,“Savarkar deserves to be hon-oured with Bharat Ratna inrecognition of his sacrifices tothe country”.

“Today it is the both birth-day of (my grandfather)Prabhodhankar Thackeray andliberation day of Marathwadaregion. It was late VallabhbhaiPatel who liberated Marathwadafrom the Nizam rule. We callVallabhbhai Patel as the iron

man. Kashmir would not havebecome an issue as it is today,had he been the Prime Minister.Similarly, Pakistan would nothave come into existence, hadVeer Savarkar been the PrimeMinister of India,” Uddhav said.

“Savarkar is an ideology.The Congress may have treat-ed Savarkar like an enemy butit would not finish the ideology named Savarkar,”Uddhav added.

“Savarkar must be award-ed the Bharat Ratna for the sac-rifices made by him to thecountry. We don’t deny thework done by (Mahatma)Gandhi and (first PMJawaharlal) Nehru, but thecountry saw more than twofamilies being born on thepolitical scene,” he said.

“Savarkar suffered anunbearable ordeal inside theAndaman prison for securingfreedom to the country. But theperiod after he was releasedfrom the prison in 1924 wasmore intolerable for Savarkar.

He was ostracised and disal-lowed to participating in free-dom struggle. He was restrict-ed to one place. Still he hadengaged himself in the activi-ty of eliminating untouchabil-ity in the society,” the Senapresident said.

“They say Nehru alsounderwent imprisonment dur-ing freedom struggle. I wouldhave called Nehru as ‘VeerJawaharlal Nehru’, had sur-vived jail for 14 minutes of theimprisonment of the kindSavarkar underwent inAndaman prison (whereSavarkar stayed for 14 longyears),” Uddhav said.

Maintaining that it was hisfortune that he was releasing abiography of Savarkar, Uddhavsaid: “Veer Savarkar was a rolemodel in the history of armedrevolution in the country. I can-not describe him in few words,”Uddhv said.

Dwelling upon his book,author of the book VikramSampath said that “Savarkar:

Echoes From A Forgotten Past”was the first of two volumesand covered the periodbetween 1883 to 1924, fromSavarkar’s birth at Bhagur inNashik district to his days as afirebrand student leader inPune’s Fergusson College, aswell as his fight for freedomthat ended in a life sentence inthe infamous Cellular Jail.Savarkar was conditionallyreleased from jail in 1924.

The Sena president saidthat he would buy copies andensure that every school andcollege in the state stocks it inlibraries He said that the bookshould be compulsory readingfor MPs and MLAs too.Sampath said Savarkar’s storydeserves to be “written, heardand read”.

“(Former Congress presi-dent) Rahul Gandhi should begiven a copy of the book,”Uddhav said, as he debunkedthe swipes that Rahul hadtaken at various Hindu iconsincluding Savarkar.

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Against the backdrop of araging controversy over

his ‘one nation, one language’proposition, Union HomeMinister Amit Shah onWednesday sought to put theissue to rest saying he neverasked for imposing Hindi overother regional languages andhad only requested for learningHindi as the second languageafter one’s mother tongue.

“I myself come from anon-Hindi State of Gujarat. Ifsome people want to do poli-tics, it’s their choice,” he said.Parties, mostly from TamilNadu, have vociferouslyopposed Shah’s pitch.

Hours after Shah clarified,DMK president M K Stalin saidthe party’s proposed protest onSeptember 20 on the issue hasbeen postponed.

Citing Shah’s assertion thathe has never asked for imposi-

tion of Hindi anywhere in thecountry, Stalin said the protestslated for September 20 hasbeen postponed temporarily.The DMK chief said Shah hasalso opined that his view hadbeen “wrongly understood”

Speaking at an event inRanchi, Jharkhand, Shah saidhe has never asked for imposi-tion of Hindi anywhere in thecountry but advocated its useas the second language. Shahsaid he has been repeatedlypitching for strengtheningregional languages.

The Home Minister said toend the confusion, peopleshould listen to his speechcarefully where he repeatedlysaid Indian languages should

be strengthened and peopleshould realise the necessity ofthe Indian languages.

“A child can perform, achild’s proper mental growth ispossible only when the childstudies in mother tongue.Mother tongue does not meanHindi. It is the language of aparticular State, like Gujarati inmy State. But there should beone language in the country, ifsomeone wants to learn anoth-er language, it should be Hindi.I have just made the request. Ihave failed to understand whatis wrong in that,” he said.

Shah had created a flutteron the occasion of ‘Hindi-Diwas’ last week as he pitchedfor ‘one nation, one language’

while espousing the cause ofHindi, which he said, was spo-ken the most in the country, and can becomeIndia’s identity globally andunite the nation.

Shah’s pitch on ‘HindiDiwas’ was instantly opposed,mostly by the Dravidian andsouthern political parties likeDMK, AIADMK and AMIMbesides the Congress,Trinamool Congress and theCPI, with the common refrainbeing that any move for impo-sition of Hindi would disinte-grate the country and its pro-motion should not be at thecost of the mother tongue ornative language.

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Even as the Central Bureau ofInvestigation roped in more

officials from Uttar Pradeshand Delhi to “locate and fetchun-communicable and un-connectable” former KolkataPolice Commissioner RajeevKumar the senior IPS officer onWednesday moved the Aliporedistrict court with a petitionseeking to be heard beforepassing any order relating to anon-bailable arrest warrant.

The CBI reportedly waspreparing to move the courtseeking a non-bailable warrantagainst Kumar who is cur-rently the Additional DirectorGeneral of CID.

The former Kolkata topcop continued to remain under-

ground even as a desperateposse of CBI sleuths tired tolocate his whereabouts.

Sources said a team of 12officers including two SPs andan Additional SP from UP andDelhi had arrived at Kolkata toassist fetching Kumar who

remained “un-communicableand un-connectable” for thefifth day on Wednesday since theCalcutta High Court removedhis shield against arrest.

Kumar was earlier sum-moned by the CBI to report-edly interrogate him regardinghis role in the investigation ofthe multi-crore Sharada chit

fund scam as the head of theSpecial Investigating Team con-stituted by the StateGovernment in 2013, monthsbefore the Supreme Courthanded over the case to the CBIfollowing allegations that SITwas tampering with evidenceand mishandling the caseallegedly to protect the influ-ential people.

Earlier on Tuesday theBarasat district court had trans-ferred the case to Alipore cit-ing lack of jurisdiction. TheBarasat court which is con-ducting the trial of the chitfund case heard petitions fornon-bailable warrant of CBIand that of anticipatory bail ofRajeev umar before refusing topass any order and sending itto the Alipore ACJM’s Court.

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The Pakistan Rangers onWednesday again targeted

Border out Oosts (BoPs) alongthe International Border inKathua district.

The Rangers fired fromsmall arms on BoPs in Rajbagharea in the wee hours ofWednesday.

BSF troops retaliated thefire in equal measure.

According to officialsources, “no loss of life anddamage to property was report-ed from anywhere in the for-ward area”.

This is the second consec-utive day that Pakistan Rangershave resorted to firing on BoPsalong the IB across Jammu frontier.

Local reports suggested,Pakistani rangers were raisingobjections to ongoing devel-opmental works in the forwardvillages and desperately tryingto target the workers engagedin the work on ground zero.

Meanwhile, situation alongthe line of control remainedpeaceful with no freshexchange of firing reported

from any one of the twin bordering districts of Rajouriand Poonch.

According to groundreports, jawans of the Indianarmy defused nine mortarshells fired by the Pakistanarmy from across the Line ofControl (LoC) while targetingcivilian areas.

Nine mortar shells of 120mm and 81 mm have beensafely defused in the Balakote,Sandote and Basoni forwardareas in the Mendhar sector,the officials said.

In another related devel-opment, a video clip surfacedon the social media onWednesday which clearly indi-cated presence of elite com-mandos of Pakistan armyhelping infiltrators sneak insidethe Indian territory along LoCin Poonch sector.

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Ahead of the week-long tripof Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to the UnitedStates from September 21 toSeptember 27, the situation inJammu & Kashmir is showingsigns of partial improvement.In the recent days, no majorincident of law and order situ-ation was reported from any-where across Kashmir Valley.

The security restrictionstoo have been lifted from mostparts of Srinagar to allowsmooth movement of localresidents. Large number of pri-vate vehicles can be seen mov-ing around in different parts ofSrinagar and other districtheadquarters while publictransport continue to remainoff from the streets.

Major market placesremain open for few hoursbetween 6 to 9.00 am inSrinagar but as the day pro-gresses the shopkeepers downtheir shutters but remain pre-sent in the area. Majority ofschools, despite remainingopen, continue to wait for thechildren to occupy their class

rooms and board school buses.At present,the security per-sonnel remain deployed only incertain areas to prevent anyuntoward incident.

Director General of Police,Dilbagh Singh, told reporterson the sidelines of a function inPolice headquarters Jammu onWednesday, “after receivingreports related to militantsthreatening businessmenagainst opening their shops,patrolling has been intensifiedand various other measures ini-tiated to instil confidenceamong locals.

DGP said, policemen areconscious of these threats andover the past month, a coupleof terrorists were neutralisedand over two dozen others,including their sympathisers,arrested in the Valley. He said

the people have not respondedto the Pakistani propagandaand foiled Islamabad’s designsto create unrest.

Another major worryamong the local residentsremain suspension of mobileand internet services.

While landline telephonyservices have been restoredacross the Valley, mobile tele-phone services in most parts ofKashmir and all internet ser-vices continue to remain sus-pended since 5 August.

The Government officeshave been made operationalbut recording thin attendanceowning to absence of publictransport facilities.

Referring to the issue ofmilitants threateningorchardists, shopkeepers andsetting a car ablaze in north

Kashmir’s Baramulla district onTuesday, the top cop said, “Twomilitants, who burnt down acar after beating its driver inSopore yesterday, have beenidentified as Sajjad andMuzaffar of the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT). We will take careof them very soon.” Strongsecurity measures have beenput in place to foil any illdesign being organised byPakistan across the border,and with public support allforces are working tireless forpeace in Jammu & Kashmir.

Meanwhile,the authoritiesdidn’t allow the Chairman of AllParties Hurriyat Conference(APHC), Syed Ali Gilani, toaddress a press conference at hisresidence in Srinagar, onWednesday. Due to suspensionof communications means, SyedAli Gilani had dispatched lettersto local journalists, asking themto attend the press conference.As media men started tricklingin policemen deployed therebarred them from movingtowards his residence. Policecited imposition of Section 144in the area and requested jour-nalists to disperse.

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Two teachers on Wednesdaysurvived a suicide attempt

at Mantralaya (StateSecretariat) in south Mumbaion Wednesday, as they leapedfrom the second floor of thestate secretariat directly ontothe safety net erected to preventfrequent suicides. The twoteachers attempted to commitsuicide, to demand recognitionfor 300 schools for specially-abled children in the State.

Identifying the two asHemant Patil and Arun Netore,who attempted suicide, policesaid they were teachers in aschool for the handicappedAkkalkot taluka of Solapurdistrict. After the incident,police took the two teachers toa nearby police station.

A delegation of teachershad come to meet ministersconcerned to Press for theacceptance of their demand.However, the delegation couldnot meet the Ministers con-cerned. Upset with their failureto voice their demand with theministers concerned, two teach-ers leaped from a second floorwindow of the State Secretariatonly onto fall onto the safety netput up at the Secretariat to pre-vent recurring suicides.

Wednesday’s suicideattempt was foiled because ofthe presence of a safety nylonnet that the State Governmenthad put up in the lobby ofMantralaya in February lastyear to ensure safety landing forpersons taking a plunge fromthe terrace of the StateSecretariat in south Mumbai.

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The anti-Hindi agitation inTamil Nadu received a

major boost on Wednesdaywith film actor Rajinikanth,who is expected to launch apolitical party soon, declaringthat the move to ‘impose’ Hindiwould not work in the State.

Amidst reports that allpolitical parties barring theBJP would launch State-wideagitations against the state-ment made by union homeminister Amit Shah on HindiDiwas that Hindi was the onlylanguage which could uniteIndia, Rajinikanth who is con-sidered close to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said thatthough it was good to have acommon language for thedevelopment and unity of thecountry, the same may notwork in Tamil Nadu. “If Hindiis imposed, none of the south-ern States would accept it,” said

the actor. In another development,

the Tamil Nadu CongressCommittee decided to ‘greet’Home Minister Amit Shahwith black flags as a mark ofprotest against the latter’sstatement that Hindi was theonly language which couldunite India. The HomeMinister would be the secondperson after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to be shownblack flags by the DMK and

other Tamil fringe elements. The executive committee

of the TNCC which met atChennai on Tuesday decidedto ‘greet’ the Home Ministerwith black flags when he visitsthe State. This was stated by KS Alagiri, the TNCC chief whois a loyalist of former unionfinance minister and Congressstrongman P Chidambaram.

“Amit Shah’s statement isagainst the legal guarantee andprotection provided by for-

mer Prime Minister JawaharlalNehru to languages other thanHindi,” said Alagiri whilespeaking to reporters after themeeting. On Wednesday, theCongress cadre staged march-es all over the State to condemnthe home minister’s statement.But a speech delivered byChidambaram on the occasionof Hindi Diwas while he wasthe union home minister hascomeas an embarrassment tothe Congress. Chidambaram isheard telling in the speech that only Hindi could bethe national and official lan-guage of the country.

“These are all part of pol-itics and one need not give anyimportance to such statementsand agitations. In another cou-ple of days, this issue would beforgotten by the people as wellas the same leaders,” said asenior TNCC leader whenasked about the statement byChidambaram which has goneviral in the social media.

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Vociferous protests by oppo-sition parties and activists

in Karnataka made the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)government give primacy toKannada after its national pres-ident Amit Shah favouredHindi as one language across the country that sparked a controversy in thesouthern State.

“All official languages,

including Kannada and Hindiare equal. In Karnataka, asKannada is the principle lan-guage, we will never compro-mise on its importance. We arecommitted to promoting it(Kannada),” said Chief MinisterBS Yediyurappa in a series oftweets in Kannada and English,clarifying the party’s andGovernment’s views on thelanguage row.

Celebrating September 14as the Hindi Diwas, Shah had

tweeted and reiterated at afunction later in New Delhithat “India is a nation of manylanguages and every languagehas its own importance. But itis absolutely necessary to haveone language for the country,which becomes India’s identi-ty globally. If there is any onelanguage that connects theentire nation in a common thread of unity, it isHindi, which is spoken themaximum.”

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Bengal Opposition partieson Wednesday raised a

hue a cry doubting the “realagenda” of the meetingbetween Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeeand Prime Minister NarendraModi.

Moments after Banerjeeemerged from the parleyclaiming it was a“Government-to-Governmentmeeting and not a politicalone” which was held conge-nially Congress Lok Sabhaleader Adhir Chowdhurywondered “why suchGovernment-to-Governmentmeeting did not take place atMamata Banerjee’s initiativeon earlier occasions when shewas invited to join the NitiAayog or Chief Ministers’meeting in Delhi.

“The timing of the meet-ing itself evokes suspicion,”Chowdhury said wondering“why if it was a Government-to-Government meeting andnot a political one as claimedby her then no seniorGovernment official was pre-sent during the conversa-tions.”

To Banerjee’s claim thatshe would also seek appoint-ment from Home MinisterAmit Shah for a one-on-onetalks with him Chowdhurywondered whetherWednesday’s meeting wasfruitful in the real sense.

“After meeting with thePrime Minister she will meet

the Home Minister too. Thenare we to assume that thePrime Minister has redirect-ed her to the Home Minister?Are we to assume that theagenda of talks that she isclaiming pegged aroundsomething else? Was it relat-ed to the stepped up activitiesof the CBI against formerKolkata Police CommissionerRajeev Kumar whose state-ments could be crucial forpinning down some big per-son in her Government?” hesaid.

Left Legislature Partyleader and CPI(M) centralcommittee member SujanChakrabarty too aired hisdoubts about the “real contentof the talks” even as he said“the propriety of thingsdemands senior officers toremain present in such meet-ings with all kinds of data if atall the Chief Minister goes to

a see the Prime Minister withdemands of her Government.”

More than “20 lakh peo-ple have been affected by theSharada, Rose Valley andother chit funs scams thatwent a distance in catapultingthe Trinamool Congress topower in Bengal.

Twenty lakh is not a figureit means one crore votes. Sothe Government-to-Government talks thatMamata Banerjee is referringto seems to be an eye washagainst the backdrop of theCBI action against her blue-eyed boy Rajeev Kumar whoseknowledge about the scamprocess is dangerous for herGovernment’s safety,” adding“there is a bigger agendabehind today’s talks … it is allabout saving the ‘aunt’ and the‘nephew’,” but not naming theChief Minister and hernephew Abhishek Banerjee.

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ISRO has expressed gratitudeto Indians in the country

and abroad for the support itreceived after the space agencylost contact with the lander ofChandrayaan-2, minutesbefore touchdown on theMoon recently. The spaceagency had got support fromthe entire nation, despite itlosing communication withthe lander ‘Vikram’ ahead ofthe touchdown on September7, with people from all walksof life praising ISRO and itsscientists for the achievement.

“Thank you for standingby us. We will continue tokeep going forward propelledby the hopes and dreams ofIndians across the world!”ISRO tweeted on Tuesday.“Thank you for inspiring us toalways aim for the sky,” theIndian Space ResearchOrganisation said.

Prime Minister Modi,who had flown down toBengaluru to watch theplanned touchdown ofVikram, had told ISRO scien-tists not to get dejected and

disheartened and said thecountry was proud of them. “Isee disappointment on yourfaces. No need to get deject-ed. We have learnt a lot,”Modi had said.

“These are moments to becourageous, and courageouswe will be! We remain hope-ful and will continue workinghard on our space pro-gramme”, he had said. LanderVikram, with rover Pragyanhoused inside it, lost com-munication with ground-sta-tions during its final descent,just 2.1 kms above the lunarsurface, minutes before theplanned touch-down on theMoon.

Efforts to reestablish thelink have been going on sincethen. On September 8, ISROhad said the lander was spot-ted on the lunar surface bycamera on-board of theChandrayaan-2 orbiter.Vikram had a hard-landing.The lander, designed to exe-cute a soft-landing on thelunar surface, and rover havea mission life of one Lunarday, which is equivalent to 14earth days.

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The National Green Tribunalon Wednesday refused to

entertain a plea challenging thedecision of the AAP govern-ment to implement odd-evenroad rationing scheme in thenational capital fromNovember 4-15.

A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice AdarshKumar Goel questioned themaintainability of the pleaand “dismissed it as with-drawn”.

“Under which law of theland is this plea maintainable,”the bench said. The plea filedby advocate Gaurav KumarBansal said CPCB did anassessment of impact of odd-even scheme on air quality ofDelhi wherein it was found thatduring the implementationperiod, ambient air quality ofthe city was found to be moredeteriorated than the one whenthe said restriction was not inplace.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwalon September 13 had said theodd-even scheme was part ofthe seven-point ‘ParaliPradushan’ (pollution causedby crop stubble burning) actionplan that also includes massdistribution of anti-pollutionmasks, mechanised sweepingand water sprinkling on roads,tree plantation, and specialplans for 12 pollution hotspotsin Delhi.

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Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind(Mehmood Madani faction)

voiced its concern over thesudden change of counsel inSupreme Court by UP SunniCentral Waqf Board, pleadingin Ayodhya title suit case.

The outfit demanded thatthe Sunni Waqf Board main-tain transparency in its affairsand refrain from entering intoany secret deal with the gov-ernment or opposite parties.

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind statechief Maulana Matinul HaqKasmi said on Wednesday,“Even as the Supreme Court ishearing the Ayodhya title suiton a daily basis, the suddenchange of counsel pleading inthe case for several years bySunni Waqf Board raisesdoubts on its integrity. Doubtsare being created in the mindsof the people that the SunniWaqf Board has made somesecret deal.”

“If out-of-court settlementof the dispute through medi-ation is possible we will wel-come it but Muslims will neveraccept a resolution through asecret deal with the RSS and itsaffiliates. I would urge theSunni Waqf Board to efficiently pursue the matter inthe Supreme Court,” Kasmisaid.

The Maulana said that theJuH had full faith in judiciaryand the rule of law prevailedin India where everyone, irre-spective of caste and religion,could approach the judiciaryand place his viewpoint.

On August 30, JuH chiefMaulana Mehmood Madanihad held a long meeting withRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat atKeshav Kunj in Delhi, a daybefore the draft of NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC) ofAssam was published.

“It was a completely non-political discussion betweenleaders of two non-politicaloutfits. Bhagwatji listened towhat I had to say on the cur-rent situation and I am happythat he agreed to most things,”Madani had said after the 90-minute meeting.

Maulana Madani laterdownplayed the significance ofthe NRC saying, “It has affect-ed both Hindus and Muslimsand there is no controversyover that issue.”

Madani had also support-ed the Narendra Modi gov-ernment’s decision for abro-gation of Article 370 and divi-sion of Jammu and Kashmirinto two Union territories. Heasserted that Jammu andKashmir was an integral partof India and Parliament was asovereign body competent tolegislate on the state.

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Bahujan Samaj Party chiefMayawati on Wednesday

launched a fresh attack on theCongress, holding it responsi-ble for communal forces gain-ing strength in the country.

The BSP chief also accusedthe Congress of adopting dou-ble standards. “Communalforces in the country arebecoming stronger because ofthe Congress policy of doublestandards. Instead of weaken-ing communal forces, theCongress is engaged in weak-ening the forces raising theirvoice against it. People shouldremain careful,” she said in atweet.

A day earlier, Mayawatihad slammed the Congressafter all six BSP legislatorsjoined the ruling Congress inRajasthan. “The Congress gov-ernment in Rajasthan has onceagain lured away BSP MLAsand proved that it is an unre-liable and untrustworthy party,”the BSP chief had said.

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Welcoming the SupremeCourt’s decision to fix a

date for ending arguments onthe vexed Ayodhya title suite,UP Shia Central Waqf Board(UPSCWB) chairmanWaseem Rizvi said that thecourt’s order had dealt a severeblow to people who wereagainst an amicable settle-ment to the dispute.

Maintaining that there wasstill a way for an amicable out-of-court settlement to the dis-pute, Rizvi said that the apexcourt’s order had given the

country a chance to celebrate inNovember but some peoplewere frustrated.

The reaction of the Shialeader came after the apexCourt on Wednesday said thatarguments on Ayodhya issue becompleted by October 18 sothat the verdict could be givenin a month’s time. The five-judge bench is headed by ChiefJustice of India Ranjan Gogoi,who will retire on November17, 2019.

Rizvi said, “A solutioncould immediately be reachedif the disputed land was hand-ed over to Hindus for con-

struction of Ram temple.There is evidence that the

Babri mosque was constructedafter demolishing temples bythe commander of Mughalarmy Mir Baki of MughalEmperor Babur. Now stickingto the demand for a mosquethere is an effort to disturbpeace and harmony in thecountry,” he claimed.

The Shai Waqf Boardchairman had proposed amosque in Lucknow in lieu ofBabri mosque in Ayodhya andadvocated for early construc-tion of Ram temple at RamJanmabhoomi.

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Buoyed by the success ofcollege students excelling

in Rajiv Gandhi generalawareness test conducted byUP Congress Committee,Chairman of CongressMinority Cell, Nadeem Javed,has directed UP Minority Cellchief Rehan Khalid to conducta youth talent search forminority community on com-ing Saturday. Khalid has beenasked to invite youths fromminority community from all40 districts of eastern UP toLucknow and hold a day-longtalent search programme.

Javed said that he hadappointed senior Congressleader from Rajasthan, DrAzam Beg, as coordinator ofthe talent search programme.Beg was earlier president ofAligarh Muslim UniversityStudents’ Union. After theprogramme, Beg will send adetai led report on September 24.

Meanwhile, veteranCongress leader PramodTewari on Wednesday con-demned the statement of BJPlegislator from KhatauliAssembly seat inMuzaffarnagar, Vikram Saini,and demanded stern actionagainst him.

“The language used bythe BJP MLA against thearchitect of modern India andfirst Prime Minister PanditJawaharlal Nehru and his fam-ily including former PM RajivGandhi, points towards theideology of saffron leaders,”Tewari said.

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The Excise department car-ried out a massive drive on

Wednesday and recoveredhuge quantity of illicit liquorand liquor bottles with fakeQR code and caps. InMuzaffarnagar, a joint team ofpolice and excise officialscaught a gang printing fakewrappers, bottle caps and QRBar Codes to use on smuggledliquor bottles in UP.

The officials said due topricing differences, the gangwas selling Haryana-madeliquor in UP by changing thewrappers and bar codes on thebottles. Besides, the liquorwas being mixed with othersubstances and water to diluteit, making it dangerous forconsumption, they added.

They said the team recovered30 lakh bottle caps, 25 lakhwrappers and five lakh QR BarCodes and also recoveredthree cars and illicit liquorworth more than Rs 1 crore.

The gang was operating inMuzaffarnagar, Hapur,Saharanpur, Meerut, Amroha,Bijnor, Kanpur, Aligarh,Sultanpur, Ghazipur andGorakhpur districts besidesstates like Delhi, Rajasthan,Haryana, Uttarakhand,Punjab, West Bengal andMaharashtra.

In Sultanpur, a team con-ducted raids at a country-made liquor shop and recov-ered 25 cartons of illicit liquor,312 fake QR code and 600 fakebottle caps. The shop ownerhas been served a notice in thisconnection.

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Cabinet minister SureshKhanna said here on

Wednesday that the focus of thestate government was on med-ical and education sectors.Addressing mediapersons atCollectorate on Wednesday, hespoke about the progress of var-ious schemes in the district withspecial emphasis on the SmartCity project and Ring Road.

He said the gap betweendoctors and patients in terms ofthe number of patients perdoctor would be filled with theincrease in the strength of doc-tors. “We would like to see infuture that there is one doctorfor every 1,000 patients, whichis the WHO standard. In fivenew medical colleges, MBBSstudents have already beenadmitted and there are 14 med-ical colleges in the state in thepipeline,” he said.

The minister said that thedistrict was progressing well invarious government schemesand development of infra-structure. About the progress ofSmart City project in Lucknow,he said it was being taken up bythe government on priority.

“We want Lucknow to besmart. Projects worth over Rs2,000 crore have been approvedunder the Smart City and 52projects under progress areworth Rs 1654.66 crore. Elevenprojects worth Rs 329 crore

have been completed and therest are nearing completion,” hepointed out.

The minister said therewere several projects under theSmart City, including anIntegrated Command andControl Centre estimated tocost Rs 45 crore, IntegratedTraffic Management Systemworth Rs 91.4 crore, sewagework worth Rs 233 crore andother projects such as wastewater treatment plant, smartbus shelter, façade lighting,smart parking, undergroundcabling and open Wi-Fi.

Giving details of the con-struction of Ring Road, he saidit was being constructed in fourpackages. The work on Kursiroad to Faizabad road worthRs 383 crore has already beencompleted, while the roadbetween Behta and Sitapurcosting Rs 981 crore is underconstruction. He said that in thearea of Setu Nigam, five bridgeshad been completed between2018-19 and 2019-2020 at thecost of Rs 289 crore and tenwere still under construction.

“The main ones which arebeing constructed are thebridges between Haiderganjand Meena Bakery, betweenHussainganj crossing and DAVCollege crossing, betweenCharak crossing and Cantt Millroad, and between ShaheedPath and Lucknow Airport,” headded.

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Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoramand Maharashtra have alreadybanned vaping products whichare also otherwise technicallycalled the ENDS.

The first time violators willface jail term up to one yearalong with a penalty of Rs 1 lakh.The jail term can go up to threeyears or a fine up to Rs 5 lakh forsubsequent violations. Storage ofe-cigarettes shall also be pun-ishable with an imprisonment upto 6 months or fine up to Rs50,000 or both. The owners ofexisting stocks of e-cigarettes onthe date of commencement ofthe Ordinance will have to suomotu declare and deposit thesestocks with the nearest police sta-tion. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produceaerosol by heating a solutioncontaining nicotine, which is theaddictive substance in com-bustible cigarettes. These includeall forms of electronic nicotinedelivery systems, heat not burnproducts, e-hookah and the likedevices. These novel productscome with attractive appear-ances and multiple flavours andtheir use has increased expo-nentially and has acquired epi-demic proportions in developedcountries, especially amongyouth and children.

E-cigarettes are being usedas a “style statement”, theMinister said, and theGovernment wants to stop thecontagion before it spreads.Many e-cigarette companies havebeen accused of trying to attracta new generation of nicotineusers. “Reports say that there aresome who are probably gettinginto the habit of e-cigarettes as itseems cool. It is believed thatthere are more than 400 brands,none of which is manufacturedyet in India. And they come inover 150 flavours,” Sitharamansaid. Asserting that the decisionwas taken, keeping in mindtheir impact on the youth oftoday, she also quoted data,which she claimed was largelyderived from the US’ experience,to highlight that there has beena 77.8 per cent increase in the useof e-cigarettes among schoolstudents and that surprisingly,use of such products by middleschool students has also seen arise of 48.5 per cent.

Referring to reports of sevendeaths in the US directly linkedto e-cigarettes, the Minister saidmany people will say the longterm direct impact of e-cigarettesis yet to be scientifically estab-lished. “But the Cabinet rightlythought its time we immediate-ly we took a decision so that thehealth of our citizens is notthrown to risk,” she said. Apartfrom nicotine, e-cigarettes mayalso be used for delivery ofother psychoactive substances, itadded. Union Health SecretaryPreeti Sudan said a debate onwhether e-cigarettes and similarproducts are more harmful thantobacco cigarettes was of little

help. “Why are we debatingwhether it is more or less harm-ful...It is a good move to ban it,”she told the reporters.

India’s ban came a day afterNew York became the second USstate to prohibit the use offlavoured e-cigarettes. Critics ofvaping say flavours appeal par-ticularly to children and riskthem becoming addicted tonicotine. The World HealthOrganization (WHO) too doesnot consider it to be a legitimatetherapy for smokers trying toquit as justified by those favour-ing the e-cigarettes.

In 2008, the WHO in itsreport said that the electroniccigarette is not a proven nicotinereplacement therapy. Dr AlaAlwan, Assistant Director-General of WHO’sNoncommunicable Diseases andMental Health Cluster had saidin the report that, “the WHO hasno scientific evidence to confirmthe product’s safety and efficacy.Its marketers should immedi-ately remove from their web sitesand other informational mate-rials any suggestion that WHOconsiders it to be a safe and effec-tive smoking cessation aid.”

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equal and when they are equalyou should provide them equalopportunities as mandatedunder the Constitution. You arenot even providing them anequal chance and they are notbeen given the basic facilities toeven clean themselves,” theBench said. Justice Mishra alsoquestioned whether the practiceof untouchability, which wasabolished by the Constitution,has stopped. “Despite theConstitution abolishinguntouchability in the country, Iam asking all of you, will any ofyou shake hands with them? Theanswer is no. That is the way weare going on. The conditionmust improve. We have moved70 years since Independencebut these things are still hap-pening,” Justice Mishra said.

Agreeing with the observa-tion, Venugopal said the castesystem is embedded in the coun-try despite the Constitution say-ing that there should not be anydiscrimination on the basis ofreligion, caste and creed. Theapex court made these scathingobservations while it was hear-ing the Centre’s plea seekingreview of its last year’s verdictwhich had virtually diluted theprovisions of arrest under theSC/ST Act. The Bench reservedits verdict on the review plea filedby the Centre against the March20 last year verdict delivered bya two-judge bench of the apexcourt. PTI

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said the PM has promised to dosomething about the name

change matter prompting WestBengal BJP president DilipGhosh to quip that he is happythat Mamata's "good sense" pre-vailed and she met the PrimeMinister. The West BengalAssembly had passed a resolu-tion to rename the State as'Bangla'. The Congress reactedto the Mamata-Modi meetingquestioning the timing wheninvestigating agencies are prob-ing chit fund scams and formerKolkata Commissioner of PoliceRajeev Kumar. Describing hermeeting with the Prime Ministeras fruitful, Mamata said thatrenaming West Bengal has beenher Government's prime agen-da. "Hence we have proposedthe renaming keeping 'Bangla' inmind. The Prime Minister hasassured all help," the TMCsupremo said.

She said the Prime Ministerwas also extended an invitationto inaugurate Deocha Pachamiafter Durga Puja. The project isworth Rs 12,000 crores. TheUnion Government has allottedthe coal mine to the West BengalPower DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (WBPDCL).

Mamata also discussedissues like BSNL, defence ord-nance factory, railway and coalwith Modi.

"We submitted a lot of doc-uments to substantiate therequests we made. Bengal's GDPis 12.8, which is highest acrossthe country. We showed himhow Bengal is progressingdespite huge debt burden. Wealso gave him documents tohighlight our achievements inthe field of economy and infra-structure," she said.

Responding to a questionon the National Register ofCitizens, she said it is part ofAssam Accord, hence there is noprovision of its implementa-tion in West Bengal. "Neither hasany proposal come, nor will it bedone," she asserted.

Mamata is opposed toimplementation of NRC in herState and said there was no pro-vision of this process of prepar-ing a list of genuine citizensbeing extended to West Bengal.

"Haven't spoken about NRCwith the PM. NRC is part of theAssam Accord, hence there is noprovision of its implementa-tion all over the country or inWest Bengal. Neither there is anyproposal, nor will it ever be donein Bengal," Mamata said.

She said developmentalissues of the State were discussedduring the meeting with thePrime Minister and would liketo meet Home Minister AmitShah for a courtesy visit.

"It is good that her(Mamata's) good sense has atlast prevailed. But I think it's toolate. Her attempts to save herselfand her party (TMC) from CBIwill not yield any results. The lawwill take its own course and allthose who have looted public

money or have aided the culpritswill have to go behind the bars,"Ghosh told reporters in Kolkata.

The investigating agency isprobing the chit fund scam inthe State in which thousands ofinnocent investors have beenduped of crores of rupees withpromises of high returns. CBI isalso on the verge of arresting for-mer Kolkata police chief RajeevKumar. BJP national generalsecretary Kailash Vijayvargiahad said on Tuesday thatMamata is making a desperateattempt to save Rajeev Kumar asshe is well aware that his arrestwould ensure that half of herCabinet will end up in jail.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,leader of the Congress party inLok Sabha and a known critic ofMamata, questioned the timingof the meet. "She did not attendearlier meetings called by theCentre. So what was the urgencythat she has to meet the PrimeMinister and now wants tomeet Amit Shah all of a sudden? So it is anybody's guess whatactually is her demand,"Chowdhury said. Senior CPI(M)leader Sujan Chakraborty tooechoed Chowdhury's views.

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Taxi Tourist Transporters’Association Sanjay Samrat saidthey will not be part of the strike.

The associations have alsosubmitted a memorandum toboth Centre and StateGovernments as well, seekingredressal of their demands.

“The people of Delhi mayface hardships on Thursday butthe one day strike will go on asthe Government has imposedhefty penalty on the driverswithout upgrading proper infra-structure. We are not against thepenalties, but the Governmentcan modify the amended act.When other states such asGujarat, Uttar Pradesh (UP),Maharashtra and Uttrakhandcan modify the penalty charges,why cannot Delhi do,” saidRajendra Kapoor, member ofUnited Front of TransportAssociations (UFTA).

The members of UFTA saidthe Centre and the DelhiGovernment are forcing them togo for the strike. “We have beenseeking redressal of our griev-ances related to the new MV Actfrom both the Centre and theDelhi Government for the last 15days, but no solution is in sightforcing us to go on one-daystrike,” said Shyamlal Gola, gen-eral secretary UFTA.

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Defence Ministry officials saidhere on Wednesday the DefenceMinister on Tuesday approvedinitiating work of writing thehistory after holding delibera-tions with eminent personalitiesof Indian Council of Historical

Research and officials of NehruMemorial Museum and Library,Directorate General of Archives,Ministry of Home Affairs,Ministry of External Affairs andDefence Ministry. The project isexpected to be completed with-in two years, they added.

Singh emphasised theimportance of writing history ofIndian borders reiterating that itwould provide better under-standing of the borders to thepublic in general and officials inparticular. Welcoming varioussuggestions, he also directedofficials to consult experts onsource material, broad contours,methodology and action planrequired for completing thisproject expeditiously. Besides,the nearly 15,000-km long landborders shared with Pakistan,China, Bangladesh, NepalBhutan and Myanmar, Indiaalso has a 7,000-km long coastline covering nine Littoral States.

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mahout fled with the elephantand disappeared into a woodedarea in the Yamuna floodplainsnear the Akshardham temple,”said the forest official. “InAugust, the forest departmentwrote to the chief wildlife war-dens of all states asking them toalert it if they come to knowabout the whereabouts of theelephant. The department alsoalerted the Wildlife CrimeControl Bureau as it suspectedthe elephant could have beentaken to Nepal,” the forest offi-cial said.

“After we received specificinputs regarding the hideout ofSaddam, we also filed a com-plaint with police and request-ed them to increase patrolling inthe Yamuna Pusta area as wesuspected the elephant wasbeing kept somewhere there,”said the forest official. Laxmi,one of only two elephants in thecity outside the Delhi zoo, wasdetained and will be kept in arehabilitation centre in Haryana.Kartick Satyanarayan, Co-founder and CEO of WildlifeSOS, said “We are finally relievedto see that the Forest departmentand the police have successful-ly seized Delhi’s last elephant,and moved her to a rehabilita-tion centre where she can recu-perate and live with dignity andfreedom. “The ElephantRehabilitation Center, run byWildlife SOS in collaborationwith Haryana ForestDepartment in Yamuna Nagardistrict is a large forested facil-ity where this elephant will finda peaceful retirement from a life-long of suffering,” he said.

Dr Yaduraj Khadpekar,Assistant Director, Veterinaryand Research of Wildlife SOSsaid, “The elephant is in poorhealth due to severe neglect andcomplete lack of medical care,coupled with years of poornutrition. She will require longterm medical care and spe-cialised treatment.”

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Recent fires that have ravaged theAmazon rainforest in Brazil havenot only generated sufficient heatto light up the scene for a freshdebate on development and envi-

ronment but are also responsible, to someextent, for overheating the world of diploma-cy, which was much evidenced at the G7 sum-mit held in France last month. It is obviousthat major forest fires like the ones around theAmazon rainforest and the Indonesian blazecan no longer remain a localised affair. Theytend to assume international dimensions inview of the overall impact on the environmentand in the long run, on climate change. Thetemperature spikes in carbon sinks across theworld end up melting our glaciers.

The allegation that the fires had been litintentionally to make way for developmen-tal projects being undertaken by the BrazilianGovernment in collaboration with privateentrepreneurs may or may not be true but thedamage to the environment has already beendone. Imagine, Brazil was host to the earthsummit in 1992, where the concept of sus-tainable development was initiated and a longterm strategy to deal with climate change wasformulated for the first time.

Back home, we have similar problems inour forested areas, except for those where rain-fall is heavy and trees are able to retain suf-ficient moisture. The coastal areas and forestsof the North-East as well as the Andamansare a case in point. Fires in the forests ofShivaliks and lower Himalayas are well-known. In fact, they have become a regularfeature, except that they keep varying in inten-sity. Experience shows that forest fires in hillareas are more difficult to tackle due to theproblem of accessibility as is noticed in sev-eral districts of Uttarakhand.

The year 2016 almost created history,both in the number of fires as well as theirspread with at least seven casualties beingreported. On account of a virtual absenceof winter rain, signs of a difficult impend-ing summer were quite visible even in mid-February during that time. During my jour-ney from Dehradun to Nainital, while myhelicopter was overflying the forests of Tehriand Pauri, a few isolated cases of smoke ris-ing from deep inside the forests were visi-ble. The absence of any rainfall through themonths of March and April, along with anunusual rise in temperatures, compound-ed the situation.

Despite sufficient warning time beingavailable, necessary steps were not taken.Mobilisation of volunteers and other person-nel on the ground remained inadequate. Bythe end of March, almost a crisis situation haddeveloped when the fires appeared to threat-en settlements and peripheral areas of someof the towns. By then, the State had comeunder President’s Rule and as the thenGovernor, containing the damage done to for-est wealth besides saving life and propertybecame one of my top priorities. It was strangeto see that the forest department was neither

adequately prepared nor commit-ted to fighting the fires. It wasconsidering them to be a normaland an annual feature.

Given the gravity of the sit-uation, the State disaster responseforce along with personnel fromthe National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) in large numberswere inducted into the operation.Simultaneously, the police per-sonnel, who were accompaniedby the district revenue authori-ties, were also mobilised. As thefires became more menacingand life-threatening, the IndianAir Force (IAF) was approached,who with the personal interven-tion of the then Air ChiefMarshal Arup Raha, respondedalmost instantaneously.

Choppers with Bambi buck-ets were available at the Sarsawaairbase, not far from Dehradun,which flew to Pauri and Nainitalwithout any loss of time. Theywere immediately opera-tionalised with the lake at Nainitaland the reservoir at the TehriDam providing adequate supplyof water. The only problem facedwas the supply of fuel for thechoppers as the tankers moved ata very slow pace on the windinghilly roads. The ordeal was final-ly over after a few showerstowards the end of April, break-ing one of the longest dry spellsof more than 50 days at a stretch.

While only a certainamount of damage by fires canbe quantified, the adverseimpact on biodiversity andecosystem remains immenseand unquantifiable. Suffice to

say that huge volumes of carbondioxide so released lead to seri-ous environmental impact. Inaddition, nano-sized particlesfrom the smoke tend to settle onsnow-covered areas in the vicin-ity, which is a separate field ofstudy in glaciology. It is, how-ever, well-known that suchdepositions and even a fraction-al rise in temperatures lead toerosion and consequent retrac-tion of the glaciers.

Two very important glaciersin the vicinity of the fire impact-ed area are Gangotri and Milan.Both have extensively been stud-ied by experts. Water from theseglaciers flows entirely into theGangetic river system.

Almost 65 per cent of thelandmass in Uttarakhand isunder the cover of forests out ofwhich the Chirpine (pinus rox-burghii) occupies about 20 percent of the area, which is aboutfour lakh hectares. Every year,large quantities of dry pine nee-dles fall on the ground. These arevery rich in oil, are highly inflam-mable and constitute a majorsource of fire hazard in the State.The Uttarakhand RenewableEnergy Department Agency(UREDA) has since launched ascheme whereby pine needles arecollected by villagers, who arepaid on account of the weight oftheir collection. The needles arethen used as fuel to generatepower.

During the post-fire analy-sis, one aspect that was men-tioned very emphatically byone and all was that the partic-

ipation of Van Panchayats hadalmost been negligible. Earlier,forest dwellers used to providevolunteers, who would maintaina strict vigil and help preventand extinguish the fires well intime. After the introduction ofand sometimes over stringentapplication of the Forest RightsAct, traditional forest dwellersfrom certain areas faced evic-tion, leading to a sort of vacu-um with none to look after thevast tracts of forests. The officialdepartmental guards are eithertoo inadequate or permanent-ly absent from duty.

In some foreign countries,like Australia and elsewhere,spraying of fire retardants is notuncommon when the firesbecome life-threatening.However, such sprays have notbeen used in India. Nevertheless,there is enough scope for techno-logical innovations in this impor-tant area that impacts the envi-ronment. At one time, theUttarkhand Government hadsought to do away with thechirpine plantation and resortedto large scale afforestationthrough oak and other hardytrees. But this was dependent onexpert advice as it had seriousimplications for both the soilstructure and the environment.Considering their impact on theenvironment as well as biodiver-sity, vital decisions need to betaken in the right earnest.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Farooq, now a threat” (September18). That former Jammu &Kashmir Chief Minister andNational Conference leader FarooqAbdullah was booked under thePublic Safety Act (PSA) exposesthe true intention of the rulingGovernment. Ever since it abrogat-ed the Valley’s special status, therehas been a complete lockdownthere. More than 40 days havepassed but things have remainedthe same. Instead of engagingwith the people or taking steps torestore normalcy, the Governmentis imposing laws that go against thespirit of the Constitution.

Farooq’s detention comesclose on the heels of MDMKleader Vaiko moving a habeas cor-pus petition in the SupremeCourt, seeking the J&KGovernment to set him free. Itmust also be remembered thatFarooq was already under housearrest for more than 40 days, ashave two other former ChiefMinisters Mehbooba Mufti andOmar Abdullah. If Abdullah’sarrest was inevitable, theGovernment must give appropri-ate reasons for the same. It’s

beyond imagination that a verysenior politician and one of themost prominent faces in thecountry is being considered as athreat to security.

Tharcius S FernandoChennai

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Sir — Responding to the call ofGreta Thunberg, the 16-year-oldSwedish climate activist, variousIndian cities, including Delhi,

Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru,Kolkata, Kochi, Allahabad andCalicut will be hosting “climatestrikes” between September 20and September 27. Thousands ofstudents from across the nationwill skip schools to be part of the

“climate strike.”Thunberg’s movement has

had its impact in India and thecountry became a witness tosome of its first school strikeswith students demanding moreaction from authorities regardingglobal warming and climatechange. The May 24 climatestrike saw a great turnout in citieslike Mumbai, Bengaluru andDelhi. Though skipping schoolsand colleges won’t make a differ-ence, certainly it can help createawareness.

However, the best way tocombat pollution, which has beenone of the most pressing environ-mental threats to human health,is to listen to Mahatma Gandhiji’smessage. The issues that the worldcommunity is faced with todaywere envisioned by him decadesago. His idea of swaraj in terms ofclean air and water is more rele-vant in our times than it was whenIndia was under foreign rule.Most importantly, his suggestionwas that school and college stu-dents must be educated about thevalue of clean air.

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The fire of humanity’s end has started to burnthe Amazon rainforests. Our hunger fordestruction of forests is older than the

Roman Empire’s greed for wood or Amazonianfarmers’ need for more land. In India, we are vic-tims of rampant logging and deforestation, too.The mighty Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh arestripped for lumber and in the plains trees arechopped to make way for real estate or farmland.Badland use means degraded land of 26 millionhectares (ha) while excessive use of chemicals inindustrial agriculture is resulting in more fertiletracts being destroyed each day. But time is up and,“any wrong step towards Earth’s degradation byanyone, any government around the world affectseach one of us.” This was made clear at the recent-ly-concluded United Nations’ Convention toCombat Desertification Conference of Parties(UNCCD COP14) held in India.

India tops the charts as “the most climate-affected country of the world.” This means thatwe may see temperatures hitting 55 °C, agricul-ture production failing and water wars in the nextdecade. We need to swerve towards healing theEarth and adopt realistic policies to address envi-ronmental degradation with a mass mitigationmovement, otherwise climate change will destroyIndia. And city dwellers can’t do it alone. Indianeeds its farmers to save not just the country butperhaps, the world. And this time cultivators needhelp from our policy-makers too.

India is well stocked in cereals and is in factheading towards over-production in rice andwheat, which is destabilising market prices andnot allowing for farming of other crops. The cul-prit is the state policy of the limited scope of theMinimum Support Price (MSP) scheme. TheGovernment needs to extend MSP beyond wheatand rice, and given the newer challenges of waterscarcity and climate chaos, we need to innovateto expand the scope of farmers’ support system.A direct way is to include more crops under MSP,but the other can be to introduce relaxations toland ceilings as advised by the Economic Surveyof India. This can be strictly done for growers whoare willing to devote over 80 per cent of their landto orchards, agro-forestry using ecological prac-tices like inter-cropping, natural compostingand so on. The Government needs to come outin support of cultivators who can become the van-guard of India’s climate mitigation campaign. Weneed a policy, which incentivises carbon seques-tration by growers and Farmer Producers’Organisations (FPOs) using carbon creditsmatched by water efficiency scores. Carbonsequestration is the process by which carbon diox-ide (CO2 ) from the atmosphere is absorbed bytrees, plants and crops through photosynthesis andstored as carbon in biomass such as tree trunks,branches, foliage, roots and soils.

We don’t need all of the Indian farmland forcereal production and should promote orchardsand agro-forestry, which are good for the culti-vators and the Earth. As per a study conductedby the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) inIndia, methane and nitrous oxide emissionsfrom rice farms could have the same long-termwarming impact as about 600 coal plants.Compare this to a research on mango orchardsby ICAR-NICRA (Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch- National Initiative on Climate Resilient

Agriculture) published in 2019. Thestudy stated that the, “country as a wholehas sequestered 285.005 million tonnesof carbon in its mango orchards. AndhraPradesh (AP) and Telangana put togeth-er, having a maximum area undermango cultivation, sequestered 69.98million tonnes of carbon. This is fol-lowed by Uttar Pradesh (35.58 milliontonnes) Karnataka (29.57315 milliontonnes), Odisha (21.07 million tonnes)and Bihar (20.09. million tonnes).”

This figure can grow if agro-ecolog-ical practices such as inter-cropping withpulses, other fruit trees, organic com-posting and fertilisers are used. Mostdegraded land can also be used fororchards, hence adding incomes for thefarmers/FPOS and helping store morecarbon in the soil.

In Ladakh, Nubra Valley producedabout 4,650 metric tonnes (MT) of apri-cot, apple, walnut, mulberry, grape andplum and sequestered 22,300 MT of car-bon. The cultivation of such temperatefruits can be used for carbon sequestra-tion and rejuvenating degraded land,cold-arid regions by improving SoilOrganic Carbon (SOC) contents andbringing more prosperity to farmers.

After achieving food sovereignty, weshould diversify and not only meet cli-mate targets, by planting trees andagro-forestry, we save water, clean the airand bring higher economic returns forfarmers. To free the land to heal andrepair the Earth, we have to address theissue of degraded areas. The burden ofcereal production has been rapacious forbio-diversity. We need to rejuvenate bio-diversity of the hinterland, especiallyalong the Gangetic plains and riverplains of the south with trees. Let the big-ger farmers grow forests, so the smalland medium cultivators can grow cere-als, lentils and oilseeds. Once the bigger

farmers shift out of cereal production,small growers can get better prices fortheir produce through the Governmentand grain traders. FPOs can play a verybig role in this.

Take for example Lucknow orKanpur, both of which are high on theair pollution index. The StateGovernment can identify clusters ofdegraded or wastelands and convertthem exclusively into agro-forests ormixed orchards. If a cluster decides touse agro-ecological methods of farming,it should be incentivised by allowingeach individual farmer to own morethan the prescribed limit in the LandCeiling Act of UP.

Instead of the Government bearingall burden of degraded land restoration,through policy decisions facilitate farm-ers/FPOs to buy it. The Government canassist by providing region-wise bio-diversity-based plans. Inter-cropping,natural composting, organic farmingshould be encouraged within theorchards and agro-forests.

Farmers/FPOs should be exemptedfrom the Land Ceiling Act if they pur-chase degraded land and bring 90 percent of it under tree cover/orchardsbased on local biodiversity in the nexttwo or three years. This should be overand above the land ceiling limits with-in State laws. This would ensure that theproject is economically viable andreduces the pressure on the land and theGovernment. State laws can be amend-ed to include this new category of farm-lands and a limit should be imposed toensure that they stay under tree cover forthe next 60 years.

The next step would be to create anational kisan carbon credit programme,linking it to the global carbon credit sys-tem. Then FPOs/clusters can earn car-bon credits for the country. This will also

encourage developed nations and pro-gressive states like California to make aninvestment into rural communitiesdirectly. Global companies too could buycarbon credits to reduce their emissions.The farmers will earn more and we cleanthe air of surrounding cities while earn-ing investments straight into rural andsemi-rural India.

If land ceilings are relaxed forrenewable energy projects, why not forclimate mitigation through bio-diversi-ty? Indian farmers, much like the solarindustrialists, are fighting climatechange; they only differ in theirapproach. One uses shiny solar panelswhile the cultivators are armed with theirsaplings and seeds. They should be givenevery opportunity to contribute toIndia’s climate mitigation because thethreat is very real and affects the farm-ers and rural India more. We need inte-gration of old wisdom and new farmingtechnologies.

The size of the land-holding is toosmall and is ever-shrinking, while thedegradation and depletion of land fer-tility are at an all-time high. We have tofree the land and free the farmers to helprestore the ecosystem. Days of bullockcarts are long gone, we need to embracetechnology and steer it for the protec-tion of the Earth and our nation.

We need to embrace new scienceand the forest together, to save our civil-isation from the negative effects of cli-mate change. Reconnect with the Earthand act now unitedly for the benefit ofour Vasudeva kutumbakam (global fam-ily) or else as best articulated by JamesBaldwin, “Instead of ending the worldwith water, God will end it with fire nexttime.”

(The writer is Programme Directorfor Policy and Outreach at the NationalSeed Association of India)

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The ship-breaking business inIndia is booming as manynations across the world have

completely banned dismantling ofvessels on their soil, owing to pub-lic pressure over environmental con-cerns. However, the ship-breakingbusiness in India is gaining notori-ety thanks largely to the anti-environ-mental policies followed at the yardsand the tremendous health risksinvolved.

A recent Dutch documentary hashighlighted how environmental andsafety norms are being flouted inGujarat’s Alang ship-breaking yard.The documentary titled, ‘Het gifschipvan SBM’ was aired on Zembla, aDutch television documentary pro-

gramme on September 12, 2019. Thedocumentary shows how the Dutchcompany, SBM Offshore, concealedthat a gas tanker it owned, which wasto be scrapped in Alang, was conta-minated with mercury. SBMOffshore provides floating produc-tion solutions to the offshore ener-gy industry.

Many ships are contaminatedwith mercury, especially the onesconverted to Floating Storage andOffloading (FSO) vessels. Stationedat gas fields, these vessels accumulatehigh levels of mercury, which getsattached to the steel walls of thetanker. In addition, mercury alsocontaminates ballast water. Somestudies show that its presence is ashigh as 300 points per million (PPM)of mercury in 4,500 tonnes of ballastwater. Furthermore the pipes andsteel body hold an average of 1,40,000PPM mercury, that is released intothe air during the dismantlingprocess. This puts labourers andtechnical staff at risk as mercuryexposure can damage the central ner-vous system, kidney and cause liverimpairment, reproductive and devel-

opment disorders, defects in foetus-es and learning deficits. Yet in spiteof these conditions, the ships keeparriving at these yards and breakingcontinues round-the-clock. Howthese workers protect themselvesagainst the health threats and whatthe Indian Government will do totake care of its people and the envi-ronment is anybody’s guess.

The work at the yards is largelystill being done by hand. As such therisks and exposures attached to thebusiness by way of accidents andchemical reactions are very high.This raises a pertinent question as tohow the Government has not fullyautomated the breaking process asthe heavy industry technology hasmade major progress over the last

few decades. Big industrial corpora-tions like Hitachi, Siemens andHyundai specialise in heavy indus-try machinery. So why is the ship-breaking industry still hand driven?The Government must step in andincrease automation at these yards.Not only will this benefit the work-ers, it will also be easy to adhere tointernational ship-breaking guide-lines.

Further, public awareness aboutthis business and its impact on peo-ple’s health and the environment islow. This needs to change becausewith awareness comes safety.

The Government, which isalways on the back foot on this sub-ject as it’s a business fraught withrisks, can use technology as a way outof this conundrum.

It can begin an online portal,which deals with scrapping of anyharmful object, be it as small as whitegoods and e-waste to as large as ships.The portal, under different heads,can give information and live feed ofthe various dismantling and wasteprocessing facilities. This informa-tion will bring transparency on

adherence to norms concerninghealth and environment safeguards.This will also earn the Governmentthe respect of the common man.

While the ship-breaking businesshas been the focus of many research-es and studies, the lot of the peopleon the ground and the immediateenvironment, whether it is the sea orthe ambient air quality, has more orless remained unchanged. With suchglaring examples of pollution infront of us, it seems that the author-ities in India, both executive andjudicial, seem to have trained theirguns elsewhere and on smallersources of pollution. This seems par-ticularly true when one examines thefact that ship-breaking possibly is theonly activity that has the dubiouscapability of polluting the air, seawater and harming human health allin one go and under one activity.

Surely this cannot be ignoredand allowed to continue as it hasthrived long enough and consumedenough human lives and environ-mental assets.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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New Delhi (PTI): TheNCLAT on Wednesday direct-ed resolution professional ofReliance Communications toraise demand for �577 crorepaid to Swiss telecom gearmaker Ericsson before theNCLT-Mumbai. Anil Ambani-led Rcom is presently goingthrough Corporate InsolvencyResolution Process. A two-member National CompanyLaw Appellate Tribunal benchheaded by Chairperson JusticeSJ Mukhopadhaya asked theResolution Professional to filethe claims before the NCLT.

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The television industryhas welcomed the gov-ernment’s decision to

scrap the customs duty onimport of open cell TV panels,saying the move will boostdomestic manufacturing.

In a late night notificationon Tuesday, the FinanceMinistry said “open cell, (15.6inch and above), for use in themanufacture of Liquid CrystalDisplay (LCD) and LightEmitting Diode (LED) TVpanel”, would attract nil duty.

TV makers say the movewill help them reduce the man-ufacturing cost by up to 3 percent, however, consumer pricesare expected to remain same.

The announcement hascome just ahead of the festiveseason sales and would posi-tively impact the sales of LEDTV panels.

“Industry welcomes thisdecision. This will ease the costpressure on TV and the bene-fit once passed to the con-sumers will help the industryaccelerate demand,” PanasonicIndia and South Asia President

and CEO Manish Sharma toldPTI.

LG Electronics India saidthe government’s decisionwould boost domestic manu-facturing.

“This is a very positivedevelopment... it will certainlyboost Make in India,” said LGElectronics India Director(Home Entertainment)Younchul Park.

Open cell panel is animportant part of TV manu-facturing and covers more thanhalf the cost of the unit.

Sony India said reductionin duty would help enhance itsefforts to increase domesticmanufacturing of its TV range.

“The company has longbeen committed to the gov-ernment’s Make in India ini-tiative. This withdrawal of dutyon open cell provides a strongboost to local manufacturingand will help us furtherenhance our efforts in thisdirection,” said Sony IndiaManaging Director SunilNayyar.

According to Haier IndiaPresident Eric Braganza, theindustry has been pushingfor this for some time. TVmarket is slow, so anythingthat could ignite the growth iswelcome.

When asked whether itwould have any impact on TV

price, Manish Sharma said cur-rently inventories for festiveseason are already in place,however for fresh imports, thecost impact will be about 3 percent.

“Our festival pricing isalready in place which is attrac-tive compared to the previousmonth’s. Hence post season,this duty reduction will help usmaintain the pricing at samelevels with reduced cost pres-sures on industry,” Sharmasaid.

Besides removing 5 percent customs duty imposedon import of open cell TVpanel, the government haswaived customs duty on importof chip on Film, Printed CircuitBoard Assembly (PCBA) andCell (glass board/substrate),which are used to manufactureopen cell TV panels.

All leading TV makersalong with the ConsumerElectronics and AppliancesManufacturers Association hadbeen asking the government towaive it.

Indian TV market, whichis estimated to be around�22,000 crore is facing toughtimes due to slow demand.

Manufacturers likeSamsung had shifted TV pro-duction lines to Vietnam usingthe Free Trade Agreement toimport it.

Mumbai (PTI): Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) onWednesday asked NSE and its ex-officials, including the former CEOChitra Ramkrishna, to file their rejoinders within four weeks in theirplea against Sebi that penalised them in the co-location case. Thetribunal also fixed November 27, as the date for the disposal of thecase and said no further extension will be granted to anyone.

On April 30, market watchdog Sebi had ordered NSE to dis-gorge �1,000 crore, including 12 per cent interest, and had also askedRamkrishna and three others to pay back 25 per cent of their salariesfor the period involving the scam — between 2011 and 2014 – thatcame to light in 2015. NSE and the people punished, challengedthe order at the SAT on May 21. The co-location case dates backto 2015, when a whistleblower wrote to Sebi alleging that NSE wasgiving a few high-frequency traders and brokers preferential accessto its trading platform which benefited both the parties at the costof others. The whistleblower had alleged that some brokers had fig-ured out that the way to manipulate the system by becoming thefirst one to connect to the server— preferably the one which wasthe faster. Sebi said NSE committed fraudulent and unfair tradepractice as contemplated under the Sebi PFUTP (prohibition offraudulent and unfair trade practices) regulations.

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambanihas raised promoter stake

in flagship Reliance Industriesby 2.71 per cent to 48.87 percent, according to regulatoryfiling by the company.

Reliance Services andHoldings Ltd, controlled bypromoter group firmPetroleum Trust, acquired17.18 crore shares or 2.71 per

cent stake in Reliance onSeptember 13, it said.

The acquisition was pur-suant to a scheme of arrange-ment not directly involvingReliance, the filing said with-out giving details.

Ambani and his privatefirms held 47.29 per cent stake as on June 30, 2019 inIndia’s second-most valuablecompany.

As on June 30, FIIs held

24.4 per cent stake in the firm,mutual funds had 4.56 per centand insurance companies 7.1per cent. The remaining sharewas with public.

Earlier in July, Reliancehad announced a compositescheme of amalgamation bymerging Reliance HoldingUSA into Reliance EnergyGeneration and Distributionand the latter with the com-pany itself.

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Equity markets found firmerground on Wednesday after

two days of steep declines as eas-ing crude oil prices and a recov-ering rupee shored up investorconfidence. After a range-bound session, the 30-shareBSE Sensex ended 82.79 points,or 0.23%, higher at 36,563.88.Similarly, the broader NSE Niftygained 23.05 points, or 0.21%,to finish at 10,840.65.

Global equities and oil mar-kets stabilised after Saudi Arabia’senergy minister said more thanhalf of the country’s daily crudeoil production, that was knockedout by the drone attack over theweekend, had been recovered.He added that production capac-ity at its targeted plants would befully restored by the end of themonth.

Market participants werealso awaiting cues from the pol-icy meeting of the FederalReserve, traders said.

Top gainers in the Sensexpack included Tata Steel,Vedanta, SBI, Tech Mahindra,Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints,M&M, NTPC and PowerGrid,rising up to 3.95%.

On the other hand, ONGC,Yes Bank, Bharti Airtel, HDFCBank, Sun Pharma and Marutitumbled up to 2.08%.

“Market was range-boundwith a mild positive bias backedstability in oil prices with signs

of faster restoration in Saudiproduction. Further, rupeegained and 10-year yielddeclined which added respite tothe sentiment.

“Auto was range-bound asthe sector is unlikely to get anyinterim relief by way of GST cutdue to concern of further short-fall in tax collection and chal-lenges to meet fiscal target,” saidVinod Nair, head of research atGeojit Financial Services.

Sectorally, BSE realty,metal, oil and gas, power, ener-gy and FMCG indices spurtedup to 1.54%. Telecom and autolost up to 0.43%. Broader BSEmidcap and smallcap indicesended up to 0.39% higher.

Meanwhile, Brent crudefutures fell 0.95 per cent toUSD 63.94 per barrel (intra-day).

Tracking the movement inoil prices, the rupee appreciat-ed 52 paise (intra-day) to tradeat 71.26 per US dollar.

Further boosting globalmarket mood, US PresidentDonald Trump said a tradeagreement between the USand China was likely to happeneither before or immediatelyafter the American elections.

Elsewhere in Asia,Shanghai Composite Index,Hang Seng, Nikkei and Kospiended on a mixed note. Stockexchanges in Europe were trad-ing in the green in their respec-tive early sessions.

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INDHOTEL 135.00 136.60 131.80 134.20APOLLOTYRE 177.00 181.90 177.00 179.75DISHTV 22.20 22.50 21.20 21.50HCLTECH 1068.60 1068.60 1050.75 1057.85IBULISL 106.80 107.55 99.90 107.55TVSMOTOR 373.00 377.20 369.00 373.65PAGEIND 19449.00 20068.20 19094.35 19796.05NTPC 121.60 122.85 119.65 122.40DELTACORP 173.15 176.50 170.60 173.70AUROPHARMA 620.10 622.00 610.00 618.95POWERGRID 198.60 203.00 198.50 202.10SUNTECK 447.20 456.50 440.20 450.40BIOCON 229.20 230.40 225.65 227.80DABUR 454.90 462.15 452.40 460.40GODREJIND 406.55 407.40 404.00 404.45M&MFIN 322.65 328.10 322.65 324.95SBILIFE 802.10 807.00 799.00 802.15BEML 821.50 832.00 816.75 825.35KAJARIACER 535.40 542.00 530.00 534.50EXIDEIND 177.00 177.00 173.05 174.15LAXMIMACH 3755.00 3755.00 3686.00 3699.85CIPLA 461.00 461.95 454.90 458.95GRASIM 705.90 711.40 701.00 703.05NAUKRI 1933.90 1997.00 1900.00 1981.70SWANENERGY 102.50 102.95 99.50 100.40TATAMETALI 580.00 604.00 536.85 575.90NOCIL 101.55 104.45 98.90 101.75PRESTIGE 276.00 299.80 275.40 295.20MANAPPURAM 123.00 125.80 123.00 124.90EDELWEISS 105.00 107.70 103.80 106.15JINDALSAW 78.60 83.60 77.55 81.15GMRINFRA 16.40 16.65 15.90 16.50BALRAMCHIN 150.00 154.50 150.00 152.65JSWENERGY 65.45 65.60 64.15 64.45NESTLEIND 12785.50 12895.45 12650.00 12870.35IDBI 27.90 28.15 27.35 27.80CHOLAFIN 266.80 269.00 264.00 267.40OMAXE 194.85 194.85 191.50 191.85RAYMOND 569.90 578.05 561.50 563.05FORCEMOT 1185.35 1196.70 1143.35 1156.10FSL 52.00 53.30 50.30 52.50PVR 1598.00 1611.45 1582.10 1598.40TRENT 447.50 467.40 447.50 464.10HINDZINC 212.00 217.15 208.60 213.55MMTC 20.75 21.00 18.90 19.25NATIONALUM 45.10 45.45 44.35 44.50ADANIPORTS 365.30 368.05 364.20 365.85GODREJCP 653.75 653.75 638.05 649.05CENTURYTEX 918.80 918.80 897.00 906.60CANFINHOME 395.95 400.00 379.00 382.15SUVEN 288.00 289.85 277.40 279.75GLENMARK 367.10 371.25 360.30 362.70AMBUJACEM 195.00 196.75 194.40 195.70BERGEPAINT 364.50 369.80 364.20 368.05DIVISLAB 1616.00 1625.80 1607.00 1616.20JAICORPLTD 87.45 88.65 86.60 87.45RPOWER 3.17 3.31 3.10 3.12SPARC 162.90 163.70 159.00 159.75GLAXO 1375.70 1415.00 1356.00 1410.40INDIACEM 86.50 86.80 84.15 84.65PTC 64.00 64.95 63.90 64.65SIEMENS 1245.00 1259.05 1237.30 1247.75PETRONET 262.50 266.10 262.50 263.25

BALKRISIND 748.00 753.30 733.15 745.30SHANKARA 437.65 439.00 407.25 412.95COFFEEDAY 73.00 76.35 70.50 72.25MUTHOOTFIN 596.15 605.80 589.55 593.00MRF 58400.00 58505.15 58048.95 58350.40CGPOWER 16.35 16.35 14.91 15.10ENGINERSIN 109.50 110.95 107.10 109.10DCBBANK 197.55 198.55 194.30 195.75RAMCOCEM 724.25 727.05 709.50 723.60GRANULES 105.10 108.35 103.25 106.70GNFC 192.00 193.90 189.45 191.40JKTYRE 68.60 69.05 67.15 68.25BALMLAWRIE 172.85 172.85 167.90 168.70DBL 432.40 438.00 420.05 426.75OIL 150.00 152.80 147.45 150.20TIMKEN 720.00 750.60 705.05 742.80MGL 836.85 842.50 832.60 836.65RADICO 305.10 308.60 300.00 300.70CADILAHC 240.00 242.20 236.10 241.20AVANTI 360.70 363.15 352.00 356.95AJANTPHARM 1063.00 1063.00 1034.55 1051.60ABCAPITAL 91.95 92.50 90.50 90.70INOXLEISUR 309.00 319.50 298.95 301.30AMARAJABAT 635.80 639.60 625.00 630.75INFRATEL 251.40 255.60 249.50 253.50MFSL 403.50 409.55 402.55 404.75ADANIGREEN 55.70 55.75 52.15 53.20NILKAMAL 1133.55 1155.70 1083.85 1087.05HINDCOPPER 37.55 37.80 36.65 36.85CONCOR 523.15 530.50 522.00 526.00TATACHEM 578.10 585.45 574.65 581.95CASTROLIND 125.05 126.25 124.30 125.30SUZLON 3.06 3.09 3.01 3.07DCMSHRIRAM 439.20 440.60 410.20 415.55CHAMBLFERT 154.80 156.90 154.25 155.85LEMONTREE 56.50 57.60 54.30 54.95INDIANB 160.70 162.00 157.75 158.85SHREECEM 18740.65 18777.15 18525.80 18681.50CUMMINSIND 564.20 570.10 559.15 566.40SYNDIBANK 30.50 30.90 30.00 30.30OBEROIRLTY 534.80 534.80 518.75 523.75RCOM 0.94 0.96 0.90 0.93BOSCHLTD 13611.00 13806.15 13520.05 13635.20CREDITACC 598.00 620.00 587.90 617.60VINATIORGA 2360.00 2380.00 2304.00 2323.45ABBOTINDIA 9835.00 9990.00 9804.45 9947.10WELCORP 129.60 132.65 128.45 132.00BAJAJELEC 392.00 405.00 388.20 391.90SOBHA 500.00 525.00 496.50 520.903MINDIA 19400.00 19474.95 18896.10 19150.25HFCL 19.65 19.75 19.10 19.20TNPL 193.95 193.95 188.65 190.65ITDC 246.80 248.30 224.90 226.30PGHL 4310.00 4439.95 4267.35 4385.45WHIRLPOOL 1639.00 1700.00 1639.00 1683.30DEEPAKNI 269.60 271.70 267.55 270.00BAJAJHLDNG 3270.00 3275.00 3142.00 3151.35SYMPHONY 1240.95 1240.95 1219.10 1235.20IEX 119.50 122.80 117.00 120.95INFIBEAM 39.85 40.00 39.15 39.50SCI 35.05 35.45 34.05 35.00TIMETECHNO 65.50 67.60 64.00 66.55IRB 81.05 82.55 80.00 80.65RELAXO 519.95 519.95 476.05 477.85HATHWAY 23.05 23.75 23.05 23.70ADANIGAS 140.40 141.75 138.10 138.35PHOENIXLTD 696.00 730.15 690.00 729.30PNBHOUSING 626.05 630.40 612.00 614.90LALPATHLAB 1278.40 1278.40 1219.50 1235.55INTELLECT 217.60 219.10 212.50 213.80FINOLEXIND 520.10 549.40 520.10 545.00JAMNAAUTO 38.00 38.05 35.00 36.90EMAMILTD 316.20 324.75 311.80 315.05FINEORG 1600.00 1645.70 1555.50 1575.80ASTRAL 1125.00 1168.40 1125.00 1162.65MEGH 58.85 60.85 58.85 59.20BLISSGVS 109.00 109.25 107.90 108.45AAVAS 1505.80 1511.30 1462.55 1476.80PFIZER 3285.90 3315.00 3249.65 3297.60ABFRL 185.50 189.30 184.95 188.15CROMPTON 241.05 241.25 235.60 239.55BANDHANBNK 449.65 451.10 441.75 444.40GUJGAS 175.70 176.95 167.50 169.70ENDURANCE 941.90 941.90 908.55 916.10HSCL 78.05 78.95 75.70 76.50TORNTPHARM 1719.00 1719.00 1668.60 1670.40GRUH 245.85 248.10 240.70 244.85J&KBANK 37.45 38.15 33.50 37.10GHCL 205.50 208.00 201.10 205.45NHPC 23.55 24.15 23.35 23.80SONATSOFTW 310.20 321.05 296.00 319.75APLAPOLLO 1290.60 1296.00 1282.80 1288.20GSKCONS 7856.00 7900.00 7840.00 7847.45SOMANYCERA 205.60 209.40 202.10 205.70ISEC 226.00 234.70 223.20 232.45WABAG 287.50 288.00 276.65 280.30IPCALAB 938.85 953.00 927.30 947.30RCF 44.30 44.65 43.70 43.90SOUTHBANK 11.08 11.10 10.95 10.99GSPL 222.50 222.50 215.95 217.00SANOFI 5800.00 5849.00 5795.00 5810.90GUJALKALI 479.40 482.50 470.15 473.10MOIL 123.90 123.90 120.40 120.75VGUARD 220.05 222.50 220.05 220.80HUDCO 36.95 37.45 36.50 36.75JPASSOCIAT 2.29 2.36 2.20 2.22GREAVESCOT 134.65 136.30 133.15 134.30GSFC 78.05 78.15 76.85 77.30KEC 254.30 254.30 248.10 251.40

MRPL 50.00 50.60 48.80 49.45JISLJALEQS 22.25 23.15 22.25 22.80ZYDUSWELL 1858.85 1858.85 1756.35 1768.95GODREJAGRO 471.25 472.95 466.90 470.10INDOSTAR 261.40 263.00 248.50 250.25FCONSUMER 29.50 29.50 27.90 28.70ALKEM 1860.00 1929.90 1860.00 1891.90TTKPRESTIG 5595.95 5650.00 5565.00 5600.05ALBK 32.65 32.65 31.40 31.70AUBANK 646.40 657.15 644.25 653.95WELSPUNIND 52.00 52.55 50.90 52.00TATACOFFEE 79.80 81.00 79.55 80.45PGHH 10375.00 10468.35 10314.75 10444.05PARAGMILK 160.90 162.50 154.85 159.30MPHASIS 980.00 987.15 973.75 983.75IRCON 343.20 352.90 343.15 348.35ASTRAZEN 2035.00 2078.95 2017.80 2062.50FRETAIL 393.85 396.90 390.40 393.25EIDPARRY 163.80 168.80 163.45 165.95CUB 198.30 200.50 197.80 199.15TRIDENT 60.00 60.65 58.00 59.50CHENNPETRO 188.00 188.00 182.05 183.25GICHSGFIN 176.00 177.00 174.50 175.35KALPATPOWR 455.85 456.90 434.00 446.15SJVN 26.10 26.15 25.80 26.05ORIENTBANK 62.75 62.95 61.85 62.00HEIDELBERG 188.00 192.00 187.00 187.50MAHSEAMLES 396.90 411.90 394.35 398.05SUDARSCHEM 345.00 346.25 337.05 338.05JBCHEPHARM 403.00 403.00 386.95 391.85SUPREMEIND 1131.50 1132.05 1106.80 1114.45LAKSHVILAS 39.60 39.70 38.35 39.50DEEPAKFERT 92.00 92.75 89.35 91.05ECLERX 511.80 523.90 498.15 519.40DCAL 175.80 178.90 174.00 175.95KTKBANK 77.40 77.80 76.55 77.35VBL 625.00 631.00 617.70 624.90PRSMJOHNSN 84.15 84.35 83.70 84.00APLLTD 500.00 525.10 496.10 521.75JKCEMENT 1021.80 1027.90 1003.80 1017.95ITDCEM 66.20 69.40 62.80 64.25KANSAINER 464.05 468.95 462.25 464.85EIHOTEL 163.65 163.65 156.00 156.80CENTURYPLY 145.95 145.95 138.25 138.85TAKE 126.05 126.70 120.15 121.85CARERATING 531.00 531.00 520.00 526.85ADANITRANS 223.90 227.00 223.25 223.85AEGISLOG 188.15 188.25 182.20 182.75ABB 1334.20 1335.00 1324.45 1325.90IDFC 35.60 35.60 34.00 34.05UFLEX 220.00 220.60 214.95 216.95ORIENTELEC 152.85 159.45 152.35 158.55MAHINDCIE 161.85 161.85 153.00 154.15TATAINVEST 779.55 794.40 772.50 785.90MINDACORP 95.05 98.80 91.55 93.75RITES 235.15 237.30 234.80 235.20TV18BRDCST 22.60 22.95 22.00 22.10QUESS 466.40 466.40 456.30 458.75IFCI 7.66 7.79 7.45 7.62PERSISTENT 578.60 596.60 578.60 587.05VARROC 462.40 464.70 446.75 447.85BLUESTARCO 744.00 744.00 713.20 721.10JYOTHYLAB 158.80 164.00 157.85 162.25ORIENTCEM 92.40 93.30 90.35 92.00GESHIP* 255.70 255.70 246.30 249.50ANDHRABANK 18.95 19.15 18.10 18.75BAYERCROP 3222.80 3295.00 3158.00 3272.20HERITGFOOD 381.25 386.25 372.50 375.60FDC 171.40 174.60 170.00 172.15MAHSCOOTER 4240.00 4240.00 4000.20 4034.10HAL 728.00 737.15 722.00 731.85MINDAIND 330.20 332.90 329.50 329.85JKLAKSHMI 309.00 309.00 298.45 301.10MOTILALOFS 599.00 599.00 562.30 565.20ASHOKA 98.75 100.35 97.45 99.05KPRMILL 543.75 550.00 540.00 544.50SCHNEIDER 80.50 82.00 78.40 78.65SUNDRMFAST 432.50 437.40 426.80 429.45NAVINFLUOR 730.10 740.00 726.50 733.10GILLETTE 6995.30 7025.10 6964.85 6991.75NLCINDIA 56.40 56.50 56.05 56.10HIMATSEIDE 148.00 148.00 141.30 142.15NATCOPHARM 570.20 571.00 564.05 566.40BASF 1006.95 1013.00 999.35 1003.45JSL 36.30 36.30 34.55 35.00FORTIS 124.30 125.30 123.80 124.55COROMANDEL 397.00 400.50 390.20 398.45SYNGENE 310.00 311.10 307.75 309.85SREINFRA 12.38 12.57 12.10 12.21JMFINANCIL 71.80 71.80 69.50 70.10GDL 106.90 106.90 100.70 102.85THERMAX 1005.15 1011.85 1003.10 1005.10COCHINSHIP 348.80 352.45 348.50 349.30JETAIRWAYS 36.00 36.50 35.20 35.95RALLIS 166.55 168.40 163.00 164.30INOXWIND 41.00 41.30 37.30 37.90KRBL 219.00 232.95 219.00 223.65CENTRALBK 19.90 19.90 19.65 19.70BLUEDART 2243.00 2261.65 2170.00 2214.30TEJASNET 88.35 88.35 83.15 86.60JAGRAN 72.00 72.00 69.00 70.65LAURUSLABS 339.00 355.15 339.00 347.80AIAENG 1649.00 1651.30 1626.50 1649.85SHOPERSTOP 394.05 407.00 393.15 399.95SCHAEFFLER 3981.35 4123.10 3981.35 4033.00KNRCON 227.00 228.15 224.95 226.25WESTLIFE 279.70 279.70 275.00 275.25CAPPL 424.75 429.30 422.10 425.10TVSSRICHAK 1802.00 1844.00 1782.00 1797.40

GRINDWELL 571.00 583.40 565.00 569.90REDINGTON 102.75 104.90 94.00 104.70CENTRUM 24.75 25.70 24.60 24.75FINCABLES 367.35 370.20 365.00 365.90KEI 468.00 471.40 460.95 465.50CHOLAHLDNG 436.00 436.00 429.30 430.60THOMASCOOK 147.00 150.20 145.10 146.35NETWORK18 25.00 25.45 24.45 24.55ALLCARGO 101.50 102.00 100.00 100.40JCHAC 1774.85 1774.85 1731.65 1767.40AKZOINDIA 1716.00 1720.00 1697.00 1699.65ASTERDM 128.90 129.00 123.20 123.40UCOBANK 14.75 14.85 14.70 14.75GALAXYSURF 1357.40 1364.65 1324.85 1332.20GMDCLTD 68.85 68.85 67.95 68.25SKFINDIA 1885.60 1903.75 1884.75 1902.30CYIENT 450.00 453.60 447.20 450.20GICRE 186.00 187.10 180.00 183.50TEAMLEASE 2750.00 2774.65 2690.00 2757.15ERIS 410.20 412.55 403.45 412.30PNCINFRA 181.50 184.65 177.25 180.95BDL 280.75 288.00 280.75 285.00NESCO 536.75 536.75 525.00 526.00SFL 1231.00 1275.00 1218.65 1231.60TVTODAY 299.10 299.80 291.35 293.00

JSLHISAR 74.45 74.90 72.30 72.75DHANUKA 323.15 330.90 322.95 327.30NIACL 106.65 106.65 105.50 105.65SHK 129.60 130.50 128.80 129.10SHILPAMED 241.25 252.95 241.25 245.40CRISIL 1252.00 1274.00 1252.00 1269.80STARCEMENT 92.60 92.75 90.00 90.20GULFOILLUB 855.00 858.00 850.00 852.95ADVENZYMES 165.00 168.10 162.55 167.00GEPIL 751.50 753.90 745.50 748.20BAJAJCON 254.40 256.40 253.15 254.20MAHABANK 12.99 12.99 11.75 12.07REPCOHOME 320.55 325.00 318.25 319.95MAHLIFE 399.65 399.65 387.80 392.55SOLARINDS 1066.30 1067.60 1055.55 1056.65MAXINDIA 62.70 63.40 58.45 59.10FLFL 426.20 426.25 410.00 413.90MONSANTO 2105.00 2105.00 2070.00 2098.20CERA 2562.00 2590.00 2506.00 2570.75GPPL 79.50 79.80 78.85 79.00MASFIN 660.40 660.45 648.45 653.35BIRLACORPN 569.00 569.00 557.05 561.95CORPBANK 16.60 16.75 16.55 16.60THYROCARE 474.00 477.20 472.50 474.05TIINDIA 344.00 345.00 336.00 342.55LUXIND 1167.70 1186.00 1157.25 1175.50IOB 9.94 9.95 9.70 9.81NBVENTURES 83.85 88.50 83.80 87.10VMART 1985.85 1985.85 1967.00 1973.10MHRIL 222.00 224.80 221.90 222.90ASAHIINDIA 180.00 180.00 176.00 178.45ESSELPRO 106.30 106.30 105.00 105.25LINDEINDIA 482.85 482.85 476.00 476.55EVEREADY 51.95 51.95 51.95 51.95SUPRAJIT 166.75 167.80 166.30 167.65LAOPALA 167.50 172.35 162.00 164.15UNITEDBNK 9.53 9.53 9.30 9.32CCL 243.05 248.20 243.05 245.70CARBORUNIV 290.50 292.20 290.50 292.20SIS 857.60 857.60 848.50 849.60APARINDS 548.75 548.75 533.70 541.20TCNSBRANDS 661.00 661.00 647.60 657.40DBCORP 140.10 140.10 135.30 136.80MAGMA 61.25 61.55 60.35 60.80NH 234.95 239.70 233.25 238.90JSWHL 2720.05 2858.00 2720.05 2848.00MAHLOG 343.70 344.20 340.70 341.75VTL 931.65 952.00 931.65 951.65HATSUN 605.20 605.20 599.35 602.00ZENSARTECH 216.50 217.85 212.50 214.60SADBHAV 137.00 137.00 133.55 136.40WABCOINDIA 6114.95 6124.95 6100.05 6124.95ELGIEQUIP 252.10 254.75 252.10 252.50RATNAMANI 923.10 923.10 915.00 915.50SHRIRAMCIT 1325.75 1330.95 1310.80 1330.95IFBIND 669.00 669.00 651.05 661.70TRITURBINE 94.00 95.45 93.60 93.60GAYAPROJ 113.00 113.00 112.05 112.55

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10872.80 10885.15 10804.85 10840.65 23.05TATASTEEL 348.00 361.30 345.35 357.70 12.75BPCL 379.70 388.75 369.05 382.00 13.25VEDL 146.00 150.50 145.10 150.00 4.60GAIL 133.10 135.75 131.65 135.55 3.65SBIN 277.20 282.95 274.40 280.40 6.45IOC 127.60 128.60 125.30 128.00 2.80JSWSTEEL 217.55 223.55 217.25 220.90 4.70INFRATEL 251.30 255.75 249.25 254.70 4.50TECHM 710.00 718.10 701.90 717.40 11.45BAJAJFINSV 7221.00 7348.00 7196.00 7260.00 109.50ASIANPAINT 1542.15 1560.95 1535.00 1552.90 22.00BAJFINANCE 3407.00 3464.50 3388.50 3416.40 48.00M&M 525.00 531.35 518.20 528.50 6.55POWERGRID 200.50 203.00 198.25 202.80 2.35NTPC 121.55 122.85 119.65 122.25 1.35AXISBANK 645.50 654.50 641.55 647.50 7.05RELIANCE 1204.95 1216.30 1197.20 1209.00 11.55KOTAKBANK 1450.00 1478.95 1449.90 1460.95 12.65TCS 2126.40 2142.95 2113.15 2141.15 18.50ITC 237.70 242.30 234.05 238.90 1.70TITAN 1163.00 1168.00 1150.55 1166.60 8.35LT 1320.10 1328.40 1313.30 1321.00 7.30HEROMOTOCO2590.00 2617.00 2517.00 2582.10 13.15TATAMOTORS 123.05 125.90 120.50 122.60 0.60ADANIPORTS 365.00 368.30 364.20 366.60 1.30GRASIM 705.85 711.50 701.00 703.15 2.20ULTRACEMCO 3910.10 3937.95 3885.05 3910.00 9.60HCLTECH 1059.65 1066.95 1050.65 1058.00 2.15HINDALCO 198.40 200.80 197.15 198.20 0.25BAJAJ-AUTO 2798.00 2819.00 2750.10 2775.00 1.85INDUSINDBK 1340.00 1349.00 1321.80 1333.45 0.85WIPRO 245.40 245.95 243.30 244.25 0.10INFY 829.90 832.95 824.00 831.45 0.20DRREDDY 2739.80 2761.95 2715.15 2737.00 -1.05HINDUNILVR 1839.50 1843.95 1818.65 1828.25 -2.95ICICIBANK 405.45 405.45 396.50 399.25 -1.40HDFC 2010.00 2012.40 1982.40 1988.85 -7.40MARUTI 6165.00 6211.80 5986.60 6105.00 -25.40CIPLA 461.40 462.80 454.35 458.70 -1.95ZEEL 338.15 342.30 333.40 335.40 -1.95UPL 565.00 565.00 542.75 559.55 -3.75SUNPHARMA 423.90 424.60 414.25 417.30 -3.35YESBANK 66.00 66.45 61.70 64.45 -0.65HDFCBANK 2217.30 2224.15 2180.00 2188.00 -23.35BHARTIARTL 341.60 344.15 334.60 336.10 -3.75EICHERMOT 16500.00 16554.95 15842.00 16043.00 -241.95ONGC 129.70 129.95 125.95 127.15 -2.55COALINDIA 198.45 199.20 191.75 192.45 -5.15IBULHSGFIN 436.00 438.70 411.35 417.20 -11.95BRITANNIA 2668.70 2668.70 2588.20 2614.90 -77.55

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Israel’s ruling Likud partyand its main rival Blue andWhite party are tied at 32

seats each, putting the country’slongest serving prime ministerBenjamin Netanyahu on ashaky ground with his right-wing bloc falling five short ofa majority in the 120-memberParliament.

According to the Times ofIsrael, Netanyahu’s Likud andcentrist challenger BennyGantz’s Blue and White stoodat 32 seats each after countingof 90 per cent of ballots werecompleted. The elections wereheld on Tuesday.

The secular Yisrael Beitenu

party won 9 seats, making itsleader Avigdor Lieberman thekingmaker in the elections, aspredicted earlier in the exitpolls.

Netanyahu, 69, called thesnap election after failing toform a governing coalitionwith a viable majority afterApril’s vote.

Joint List, an alliance ofmostly Arab Israeli parties,stood at the third place with 12seats, followed by the ultra-Orthodox Shas with nine seats.

United Torah Judaism has8, Yamina has 7, Labour-Gesher is at 6 and theDemocratic Camp has 5.

Lieberman, 61, onWednesday said that “the pic-

ture is clear... There is only oneoption and it’s a broad liberalunity government” comprisingof Likud, Blue and White andhis own Yisrael Beitenu.

Lieberman asserted thathe will not join any othercoalition.

The news report statedthat Netanyahu rejected theidea of a coalition that wouldinclude the Joint List as a part-ner, saying there cannot be agovernment that relies on “par-ties that praise and glorifybloodthirsty terrorists who killour soldiers, our citizens, ourchildren.”

Gantz, 60, on Wednesdaytold supporters that his party’scampaign had “completed the

mission.”“We proved that the idea

called Blue and White, an ini-tiative that we started a fewmonths ago, is a success, big-time, and it’s here to stay,”Gantz was quoted as saying bythe Times of Israel.

Earlier, the exit polls stat-ed that the right-wing blocled by Netanyahu is project-ed to win between 55-57seats, but his main challengerGantz’s Blue and White partyalso does not have the possi-bility of reaching the magicalfigure of 61 in a 120-memberKnesset (Israeli Parliament),making the possibility of aunity government the mostlikely one.

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Abipartisan group of 44influential lawmakers has

urged the Trump adminis-tration to reinstate India’sdesignation as a beneficiarydeveloping nation under thekey GSP trade programme aspart of a potential trade dealbetween the two countries.

The Trump administra-tion terminated India’s des-ignation as a beneficiarydeveloping nation under theGeneral ized System ofPreferences (GSP) in June.

The GSP is the largestand oldest US trade prefer-ence programme and isdesigned to promote eco-nomic development by allow-ing duty-free entry for thou-sands of products from des-ignated beneficiary countries.

In a letter to US TradeRepresentat ive RobertLighthizer, the House mem-bers suggest an “early har-vest” approach that “wouldensure that long-sought mar-ket access gains for US indus-tries are not held up by nego-t iat ions over remainingissues”.

US President DonaldTrump and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will meet onSeptember 22 in Houstonand the two sides hope toannounce a potential dealon longstanding trade issues,including GSP, a media reportsaid.

Led by Congressmen JimHimes and Ron Estes, the let-ter to Lighthizer has beensigned by 26 Democrats and

18 Republicans, showing thestrong, bipartisan supportfor reinstating GSP benefitsfor imports from India.

“Companies are tellingCongress about the Americancosts - both in dollars andjobs - of lost GSP eligibilityfor India,” said Dan Anthony,executive director of theCoal it ion for GSP onTuesday.

“ The letter showsCongress’ strong, bipartisansupport for swift action toreinstate GSP for India and tohelp constituents that dependon two-way trade,” he said.

While GSP often is seenas a benefit to foreign coun-tries, it is American busi-nesses and workers that havesuffered most from its ter-mination to date.

Despite facing higher tar-iffs due to lost GSP, importsfrom India of (previously)GSP-el ig ible productsincreased over 40 per cent inJune/July 2019 compared to ayear earlier, likely the resultof companies shifting sourc-ing away f rom China,Coalition for GSP said in astatement.

“Indian exporters arethriving while Americancompanies are stuck payingUSD 1 million a day in newtariffs,” said Anthony.

The letter notes that costsof GSP termination “are realfor our constituents andgrowing every day”. TheCoalition for GSP’s latest datashows that loss of GSP forIndia cost American compa-nies about USD 30 million in

July.In the letter, the lawmak-

ers said that they have astrong desire to see GSP eli-gibility for India reinstated.

“Should there be progressin negotiations, we hope youwill use the tools provided bythe GSP statute as warranted,such as partial reinstatement,”the letter said.

Just as US industries areharmed by lack of fair andreciprocal access to India’smarket, American compa-nies and workers also areharmed by new tariffs due toGSP termination, the law-makers wrote.

“The costs are real for ourconstituents and growingevery day. We urge you tocontinue negotiations andconsider an early harvest tohelp American jobs thatdepend on two-way tradebetween the United Statesand India,” they said.

Obser ving that theUnited states has legitimateconcerns against India, thelawmakers wrote those poli-cies negatively affect UScompanies trying to access itsmarket, including a numberof longstanding issues thathave been subject to inter-governmental talks for years.

“As you know, several USindustries filed petitionsunder GSP’s market accesscriterion, which were accept-ed for review in April 2018.Ultimately, failure to makesufficient progress on theissues led to termination ofIndia’s GSP eligibility on June5, 2019,” they said.

The Congressmen saidthat they take these com-plaints seriously and sharethe administration’s strongdesire to see them resolved.

“We are encouraged tosee continued engagementbetween the administrationand the newly e lectedGovernment of India thatassumed office in late May,including visits by seniorUSTR and Indian officialsover the summer.

“The change in govern-ment provides a fresh oppor-tunity to address outstandingconcerns, and we hope thatnew Indian officials will offerconcrete solut ions thatimprove market access forAmerican companies andworkers,” the Congressmenwrote in the letter.

Under the GSP pro-gramme, nearly 2,000 prod-ucts including auto compo-nents and textile materialscan enter the US duty-free ifthe beneficiary developingcountries meet the eligibilitycr iter ia establ ished byCongress.

India was the largest ben-eficiary of the programme in2017 with USD 5.7 billion inimports to the US given duty-free status and Turkey thefifth largest with USD 1.7 bil-lion in covered imports,according to a CongressionalResearch Ser vice reportissued in January.

The Trump administra-tion had launched an eligi-bility review of India’s com-pliance with the GSP marketaccess criterion in April 2018.

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Pakistan has urged the inter-national community to take

note of India’s aggressive pos-turing about taking “physicaljurisdiction” of Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir, warning thatsuch “belligerent” statementshave the potential to furtherescalate tensions and serious-ly jeopardise peace in theregion.

Pakistan’s statement camehours after External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar assertedthat Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK) is India’s partand one day New Delhi expectsto have “physical jurisdiction”over it.

He also asserted that thereis no need to “worry” toomuch beyond a point aboutwhat people will say onKashmir as it is an internalissue on which India’s position

has “prevailed and will prevail.”Addressing his first press

conference in New Delhi afterassuming the office in theModi 2.0 government in May,Jaishankar also hit out atPakistan, saying India has a“unique challenge” from oneneighbour and it would remaina challenge until that neighbourbecomes a normal neighbourand acts against cross-borderterrorism.

Asked about remarks bysome Indian leaders thathenceforth talks with Pakistanwould be only about PoK andnot on Kashmir, Jaishankarsaid, “our position has, is andwill always be very clear onPoK, that it is part of India andwe expect one day we will havephysical jurisdiction over it.”

Reacting sharply toJaishankar’s statement, Pakistanon Tuesday said it calls on theinternational community to

take “serious cognisance ofIndia’s aggressive posturing” onPoK.

Such “irresponsible andbelligerent” statements fromIndia have the potential tofurther escalate tensions andseriously jeopardise peace andsecurity in the region,”Pakistan’s Foreign Office said ina statement.

“We strongly condemn andreject the inflammatory andirresponsible remarks” made bythe Indian External AffairsMinister regarding Pakistanand PoK.

“These remarks are anobvious manifestation of India’sutter frustration over the con-tinued international censure ofits egregious human rights vio-lations in Kashmir,” the state-ment said.

India cannot divert inter-national attention from itscrimes against the innocent

people of Kashmir by blamingPakistan, it said.

Pakistan stands for peace,but would be ready to respondeffectively to any act of aggres-sion, the statement said.

Instead of resorting to jin-goistic rhetoric, India mustrescind its illegal actions, stopforthwith grave human rightsviolations in Jammu andKashmir, refrain from violatinginternational law, and fullycomply with UN SecurityCouncil resolutions for a finalsettlement of the Jammu andKashmir dispute, the state-ment added. Tension betweenIndia and Pakistan escalatedafter New Delhi revokedJammu and Kashmir’s specialstatus on August 5. Reacting toIndia’s move on Kashmir,Pakistan downgraded diplo-matic ties with New Delhi andexpelled the Indian HighCommissioner.

Pakistan has been trying tointernationalise the Kashmirissue but India has asserted thatthe abrogation of Article 370was its “internal matter”. NewDelhi has also asked Islamabadto accept the reality and stop itsanti-India rhetoric.

Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan has vowed to raisethe Kashmir issue at the UNGeneral Assembly session inNew York on September 27.Prime Minister Narendra Modiis also scheduled to speak onthe same day.

At his press conferencewhen asked whether therecould be a possibility of theleaders of India and Pakistanmeeting on the sidelines of theUNGA, the external affairsminister commented, “just lookat the climate of the relationsright now, I think that itselfshould give you the answer thatyou are looking at.”

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A28-year-old Indian nation-al was refused entry into the

US after the border authoritiesfound that he was travelling witha fraudulent German passport.

US Customs and BorderProtection (CBP) officers inter-cepted the Indian national onMonday at the WashingtonDulles International Airport.

Authorities declined toprosecute the Indian man, whowas refused admission to theUnited States. Due to privacylaws, the man’s name was notreleased as he was not criminallycharged, a CBP release said.

The Indian national arrivedfrom Accra, Ghana and pre-sented the German passport toa CBP officer during inspection.

The officer detected dis-crepancies in the passport’s bio-graphical page and referred theman to a secondary examina-tion, during which CBP officerswere unable to access the pass-port’s electronic chip and sus-pected it to be altered or dam-aged.

When questioned, the manadmitted to purchasing thepassport in Ghana. CBP officersseized the passport and refusedthe Indian national admission tothe United States, the releasesaid.

CBP’s Director of theBaltimore Field Office CaseyDurst said the agency’s officersare skilled at detecting impostorsand fraudulent identity docu-ments.

“The nation’s security is

dependent on CBP officersdoing their job, recognizingthose who are attempting toenter by illegal means among themillions of travellers who enterthe country for legitimate pur-poses,” Durst said.

In screening both foreignvisitors and returning US citi-zens, CBP uses a variety oftechniques to intercept immi-gration violators, narcotics,unreported currency, weapons,prohibited agriculture goods,counterfeit consumer goods,and other illicit products, and toassure that global tourismremains safe and strong.

During 2018, CBP officersand agents intercepted an aver-age of 16 fraudulent documentsevery day at and between thenation’s 328 ports of entry.

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UN Secretary-GeneralAntonio Guterres said

Tuesday the world was “losingthe race” to avert climate dis-aster, but that greenhouse gasreduction targets were not outof reach yet. He was speakingduring an interview with theCovering Climate Now coali-tion of media, which includesAFP, days before a UN youthclimate summit that will be fol-lowed by a meeting with worldleaders, where he will urgecountries to raise their com-mitments set under the Paris

agreement. The landmarkaccord saw countries pledge tolimit the long-term rise in theaverage temperature of theEarth to two degrees Celsiusover pre-industrial levels, andif possible to 1.5 degreesCelsius.

“What I want is to have thewhole of society putting pres-sure on governments to makegovernments understand theyneed to run faster, because weare losing the race,” he said,adding: “What the science tellsus today is that these targets arestill reachable.”

Guterres said that inaction

by some key countries, includ-ing the US, could be at leastpartly offset by action at thesub-national level, for examplein the carbon neutral pledgesmade by the states of Californiaand New York.

“I think one of the bestthings of the US society is thefact that it is a federal country...that decisions are decentralized,so I will be always very strong-ly in favor of keeping decisionson climate change as decen-tralized as possible,” he said.

He noted that major cities,regions and businesses weretaking over, and that banks and

investment funds were pullingout of the coal and fossil fuelsectors.

Guterres also cited theexample of the EuropeanUnion, where only three coun-tries now oppose the goal ofcarbon neutrality by 2050, andsaid that he felt a “new wind” inthe push for renewable energy,especially with the growth ofsolar in India and China.

Failure to meet the goalslaid out under the Paris agree-ment could lead to the crossingof so-called “tipping points”such as the thawing of theEarth’s permafrost that further

accelerate warming, creating asituation where extreme weath-er events become the norm.

Guterres said he was heart-ened by growing societal aware-ness, which meant that hopewas not yet lost, “but thatrequires profound changes inthe way we produce food, in theway we power our economies,in the way we organize ourcities, in the way we produceenergy.”

“I feel that more and morepeople, companies, cities, andgovernments, are understand-ing that needs to be done,” hesaid.

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The Taliban’s chief negotiatorhas said their “doors are

open” to resuming talks withWashington, hours after twoattacks by the insurgents killed atleast 48 people in war-wearyAfghanistan.

Sher Mohammad AbbasStanikzai also defended theTaliban’s role in recent bloodshedacross the country after USPresident Donald Trump cited anattack that killed an Americansoldier as his reason for calling offnegotiations earlier this month.

Speaking to the BBC,Stanikzai argued the Americanshad also admitted to killingthousands of Taliban during thediscussions, and that the insur-gents had done nothing wrong bycontinuing to fight throughoutthe talks.

“From our side, our doorsare open for negotiations,” he was

quoted as saying. Trump had saidthe US was walking away fromnegotiations after nearly a year ofgrinding diplomatic efforts tostrike a deal that could pave theway for an American withdraw-al from Afghanistan following 18years of war. He declared the talks“dead” on September 10.

But his administration,which has made no secret of itswish to bring troops home, alsoleft the door open for a newattempt, though Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo warned theTaliban must show a “significantcommitment” if talks were toresume.

Tuesday’s attacks left at least26 people dead at a rally forAfghan President Ashraf Ghaniin the central province of Parwan,while 22 were killed in a blast inKabul just over an hour later.

They were the bloodiestattacks to hit Afghanistan sincethe talks fell apart. Dozens more

were wounded in the blasts, forwhich the Taliban claimedresponsibility.

More violence is expected incoming days as Afghans preparefor a presidential election onSeptember 28, which the Talibanhave promised to disrupt.

“We already warned peoplenot to attend election rallies. Ifthey suffer any losses that is theirown responsibility,” Talibanspokesman Zabihullah Mujahidsaid in a statement released afterTuesday’s blasts.

The insurgents have saidpreviously that the only otheroption is to continue fighting.

“We had two ways to endoccupation in Afghanistan, onewas jihad and fighting, the otherwas talks and negotiations,”Mujahid told AFP earlier thismonth.

“If Trump wants to stoptalks, we will take the first wayand they will soon regret it.”

/+�� ����� ���������8�,,���Islamabad (PTI): A Pakistanicourt will hear on Wednesdaythe appeal of jailed formerPakistani prime ministerNawaz Sharif against his con-viction in a corruption case.

Sharif, 69, has been servinga seven-year prison term at theKot Lakhpat Jail in Lahoresince December 24, 2018 whenthe accountability court con-victed him in the Al-AziziaSteel Mills graft case.

A two-member divisionbench of Islamabad High Court(IHC) comprising of JusticeAamer Farooq and JusticeMohsin Akhtar Kiyani willconduct the hearing.

The same bench will alsotake up an appeal by theNational Accountability CourtBureau, the prosecuting agency

in the case, to increase his sen-tence.

Sharif was removed asprime minister following ajudgement by the SupremeCourt on July 28, 2017. The topcourt also ordered to launchthree cases of corruptionagainst Sharif and his family.

Sharif along with hisdaughter Maryam and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar wasconvicted in the Avenfiled caselast year but the sentence waslater suspended by the IHC.The case was related to theownership of the Sharif fami-ly’s apartments at AvenfieldHouse, London.

He was however convictedin the Al-Azizia steel mill casefor owning assets beyondmeans.

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The attacks on Saudi Arabia’soil facilities have global con-

sequences and the UN must playits part to address threats to inter-national peace, a senior Trumpadministration official has said,as US Secretary of State MikePompeo left for Jeddah for talkswith the top Saudi leadership.

Saudi Arabia, a keyAmerican ally, leads a militarycoalition that has been battlingthe Iran-aligned Huthi rebels inYemen since 2015.

The Huthis claimed respon-sibility for Saturday’s two attackson Saudi Arabian facilities, whichhalved oil output in Saudi Arabia,the world’s top crude exporter.

After the attacks, USPresident Donald Trump said theWhite House believed it knew theculprit of the strikes, and the USmilitary was “locked and loaded”to take action.

“Saudi Arabia has beenattacked, which has global con-sequences. The UN SecurityCouncil was created to addressthreats to international peace andsecurity, and this attack meetsthat criteria,” the senior admin-istration official said as Pompeoheaded to Saudi Arabia and AbuDhabi in the UAE.

Pompeo will begin his trip inJeddah, arriving September 18.

“He will meet with SaudiCrown Prince Mohammed binSalman to discuss the recentattack on the Kingdom’s oil facil-ities and coordinate efforts tocounter Iranian aggression in theregion,” State Department

Spokesperson Morgan Ortagussaid. The Secretary will then trav-el to Abu Dhabi to meet withUAE Prince Mohammed binZayed to discuss regional andbilateral issues, she said in a state-ment. Some media reports saidthat the Trump administrationwas planning a retaliatory actionagainst Iran, as tension escalatein the Middle East in the after-math of the massive damage tothe Saudi oil facilities.

According to the official,the US sees a role for the UNSecurity Council.

“Iran has a long history oftesting its strength. But theynever climb too high up the esca-lation ladder. At a certain point,when the world says enough,they come back down,” the offi-cial said in response to a question.

US Defense Secretary MarkEsper said Iran continues to vio-late international norms and haschosen to promote instability anddanger throughout the region.

The NBC News reportedthat the Trump administrationwas weighing a range of optionsfor a retaliatory action againstIran, including a cyberattack orphysical strike on Iranian oil facil-ities or Revolutionary Guardassets.In a national security meet-ing on Monday, US militaryleaders provided Trump with amenu of possible actions againstIran.

“But the president, seeking anarrowly focused response thatwouldn’t draw the US into broad-er military conflict with Iran,asked for more options,” thereport said, quoting people who

were briefed on the meeting.In an interaction with

reporters, White House DeputyPress Secretary Hogan Gidleysaid the president felt as thoughIran was likely the culprit of theattack. “I mean, it was an attackon the global economy. Thepresident is dealing with all of ourpartners and allies in the region.We want to make sure that theevidence and the informationclearly points to a culprit here.

“In all likelihood, as thepresident said, it was Iran. But,when we have a definitive answeron that, we’ll let you know,” hesaid, adding that no option is offthe table.

Gidley said Trump has beenvery clear that the US is not goingto begin to have conversationswith Iran until they change thebehaviour that they’ve been a partof for more than 40 years.

“When you’re the world’slargest state sponsor of terror,you’re going to have to changebehaviour if the president of theUnited States is going to have aconversation with you,” he said.

“The president wants tomake a deal with Iran. He seesgreat potential in the country.But, for the better part of 40 years,this kind of behaviour has beenwell documented, well knownacross the globe. The presidentwants to see that kind of behav-iour change.

“We’ve been tougher on Iranthan any administration in his-tory with the sanctions we’ve puton them up to and including yes-terday from the briefing room,”he said.

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The European Union’s twotop officials handling trou-

blesome Brexit negotiationswarned Wednesday that therisk of a no-deal exit loomslarge unless Prime MinisterBoris Johnson’s governmentoffers concrete proposals.

“The risk of a no dealremains very real. That willmaybe be the choice of theUnited Kingdom but never thechoice of the European Union,”European Commission chiefJean-Claude Juncker told theEuropean Parliament inStrasbourg.

The warning came twodays after Juncker and BritishPrime Minister Boris Johnsonmet in Luxembourg for talks,just six weeks before Britain isset to exit the bloc.

That trip ended in humil-

iation for Johnson after heavoided what was meant to bea joint press conference with hisLuxembourg counterpart, put-off by a small anti-Brexitprotest nearby.

Juncker emphasised theUK still has not offered anyviable solutions to rewrite awithdrawal agreement struckby Johnson’s predecessor butrejected three times by theBritish parliament.

Juncker said “I am notsure” that a new deal would bereached.

“We have very little timeleft. But I am sure we must try,”said the EU leader, whosemandate ends on October 31— the deadline for Britain toleave the EU.

The strident message par-allelled stepped-up moves byBrussels and London to handout blame for a chaotic no-deal

Brexit. The EU’s pointman inthe negotiations, MichelBarnier, told MEPs inStrasbourg that “it is certainlynot a question of pretending tonegotiate”.

He added that “it is ourresponsibility to pursue thisprocess with determination,with sincerity.” His words weretaken as a dig at Johnson, whois seen by many in Brussels andLondon as running down theclock to have Britain exit theEU “with or without” a newdeal. If so, Johnson risks fallingfoul of a law hastily passed bythe UK parliament requiringhim to ask for another Brexitdelay — a third — by October19 if no new deal is worked outwith the EU.

Britain’s parliament is cur-rently suspended at Johnson’sinitiative in a move being chal-lenged in the country’s

Supreme Court.EU leaders are to hold a

summit on October 17-18,seen as the last chance to strikea deal. The thorniest issue inthe talks between Britain andthe EU is that of the “backstop”— an effort to guarantee thatno border will spring upbetween EU member Irelandand the UK’s province ofNorthern Ireland while ensur-ing that the EU’s single marketwill be protected.

Under the withdrawal dealreached last year, the UK wasto stay in the EU’s customsunion temporarily, in case talkstowards a trade deal failed.

But Johnson rejects theguarantee and is reportedlyexploring ways that NorthernIreland alone could abide byEU agriculture and food stan-dards without a full-fledgedbackstop.

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EU’s chief Brexit negotiatorMichel Barnier warned

Wednesday that Britain’sappetite for an ambitious tradedeal with Europe after Brexitcould go badly unsatisfiedgiven Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s demands.

Speaking to MEPs in theEuropean Parliament, Barnierregretted that Johnson’s newgovernment had expressed itsintention to “reverse the com-mitments” on trade made byhis predecessor Prime MinisterTheresa May.

These pledges were part ofa non-binding “political decla-ration” on the future relation-ship between the EU and UK

that stand beside a highly con-tentious withdrawal deal whichhas failed to win approval inBritish parliament.

In addition to rejectingthe divorce deal, Johnson’snegotiators have asked thatBritain be allowed to widelydiverge from EU rules afterBrexit, all while securing ahighly ambitious trade dealwith Europe.

Barnier on Wednesdaypoured cold water on thatBritish request, insisting that acomprehensive trade accordcould only come by closelyabiding by EU rules.

“The level of ambition ofa future free trade agreementthat we will have to negotiate...with the United Kingdom will

clearly depend on the guar-antees that we have agreed inthe social, environmental,competition or state aidf ields,” Barnier said inStrasbourg.

“This economic relation-ship must obviously be accom-panied by guarantees of a levelplaying field,” he added, refer-ring to a commitment by trad-ing partners to abide by thesame norms.

A senior European officialtold AFP that the EU is notready to accept Britain’srequests.

The official believedJohnson wants the UK tobecome a “Singapore” ofEurope, where multi-nationalscan flout EU rules but keep

undisturbed access to Europe’smarket of 500 million con-sumers.

“With a large country soclose and important like theUnited Kingdom, which doesjust over half of its trade withthe (EU) single market, anambitious economic partner-ship requires a set of commonrules of the game,” Barniersaid.

London and Brussels arestruggling to agree changes tothe withdrawal agreement, withBritain on course to leave theEU on October 31.

“If the United Kingdomcomes out without an agree-ment, I want to remind youthat all these issues do not dis-appear,” Barnier added.

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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader ofBritain’s main opposition

Labour party, suggestedWednesday he would remainneutral if there was a secondreferendum on Brexit.

Labour has promised thatif it wins the next election, itwill seek a new exit deal withthe European Union and putthat and the option to stay inthe bloc to a referendum.

“Only a Labour govern-ment would end the Brexitcrisis by taking the decision

back to the people,” Corbynwrote in an article in TheGuardian.

“We will give the peoplethe final say on Brexit, withthe choice of a credible leaveoffer and remain.”

He added: “I will pledgeto carry out whatever thepeople decide, as a Labourprime minister.” Labour hasbeen accused of a confusedposition over Brexit as itseeks a middle way to avoidalienating voters on eitherside of the 2016 referendum.

However, as the govern-

ing Conservatives toughentheir position under PrimeMinister Boris Johnson, pres-sure is growing for Labour tocampaign actively to stay inthe EU.

The issue is likely to sparkintense debate at Labour’sparty conference starting thisweekend.

Johnson insists Britainmust leave the EU onOctober 31, with or withouta deal with Brussels —although he is constrained bya law blocking “no deal” nextmonth.

Meanwhile, the smallerLiberal Democrats agreed attheir annual conference lastweekend to reverse Brexit ifthey ever won a majority inthe House of Commons.

“We are the only UK-wide party ready to put ourtrust in the people of Britainto make the decis ion,”Corbyn wrote.

Scottish First MinisterNicola Sturgeon, the leader ofthe Scottish National Party(SNP), tweeted: “Staying neu-tral on Brexit is a shamefulabdication of leadership.”

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European parliamentariansRyszard Czarnecki and

Fulvio Martusciello havebacked India on the Kashmirissue during a special debate ofthe plenary of the EuropeanParliament by describing it agreat democracy and slammedPakistan for harbouring ter-rorists.

In the debate on the situa-tion in Kashmir on Tuesday,Czarnecki, the member of EUParliament and EuropeanConservatives and ReformistsGroup in Poland called Indiathe “greatest democracy of theworld”. “India is the greatestdemocracy of the world. Weneed to look at terrorist acts

that took place in India, Jammuand Kashmir. These terroristsdidn’t land from the Moon.They were coming from theneighbouring country. Weshould support India,” saidCzarnecki.

Martusciello, a member ofEU Parliament and Group ofEuropean People’s Party(Christian Democrats) in Italy,said Pakistan had threatened touse nuclear weapons whichwas a concern to the EuropeanUnion.

“Pakistan is somewherewhere terrorists have been ableto plan bloody terrorist attacksin Europe,” said Martusciellowhile accusing Islamabad ofhuman rights violations.

Opening the debate on

behalf of the vice president ofthe European Commission,Federica Mogherini, EUMinister Tytti Tuppurainensaid ‘no one could affordanother escalation in Kashmir.’

The EU minister urgedIndia and Pakistan to resolveKashmir issue through dia-logue, seeking a peaceful andpolitical solution, respectful ofthe interests of the Kashmiripopulation on both sides of theLine of Control.

“This is the only way tosolve the longtime dispute toavoid instability and insecuri-ty in the region, she added,” shesaid. She also called on India torestore means of communica-tions in the Valley.

India revoked Jammu and

Kashmir’s special status onAugust 5. Reacting to India’smove on Kashmir, Pakistandowngraded diplomatic tieswith New Delhi and expelledthe Indian HighCommissioner.

Pakistan has been trying tointernationalise the Kashmirissue but India has asserted thatthe abrogation of Article 370was its “internal matter”. NewDelhi also asked Islamabad toaccept the reality and stop itsanti-India rhetoric.

India has defended impo-sition of restrictions in theKashmir Valley on the groundsthat they were put to preventPakistan from creating moremischief through proxies andterrorists.

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As pro-democracy protestsgrind on for a fourth

month, Hong Kong has beenleft counting the cost, with thecity’s tourist industry batteredand businesses forced to lay offstaff as they struggle to stayafloat.

Images beamed around theworld of black-clad demon-strators battling police in fullriot gear on streets usuallylined with shoppers have ledtravellers to shun the financialhub.

And with protesters andthe government showing nosigns of backing down, thereare worries things will notimprove any time soon.

August witnessed the

biggest fall in overseas visitorssince the SARS epidemic of2003 claimed nearly 300 livesand unleashed widespreadpanic in the city, according togovernment data.

Among the worst-hit areasis Causeway Bay, a normallybustling commercial precincthome to a slate of luxurybrands where last weekendshoppers and bystanders werecaught up as police fired vol-leys of tear gas at maskedyouths.

A neighbourhood phar-macist, who asked to be iden-tified only by his surnameChiu, told AFP the overseascustomers who accounted forhalf his sales had slowed to atrickle since the protests beganin June.

“The social atmosphere isnot good,” he said, adding thathe has repeatedly had to shuthis shop as tear gas canistersbounce down the street.Takings, he says, have tumbled40-50 percent.

“Local customers also seemto buy less.”

He said his business wasfaring worse than during 2014’sUmbrella Movement, whichsaw the city grind to a stand-still after a months-long block-ade of busy roads.

Across Hong Kong, on-year tourist arrivals fell 40 per-cent in the last month, the city’sfinancial secretary Paul Chansaid, led by a collapse in visi-tors from the mainland — byfar the largest group.

Hotel occupancy rates are

down around half and theretail and dining sectors havebeen severely impacted.

“It is worrying that so farthere is no sign of improvementin the near future,” Chan wrotein a blog post.

Adding to the problems forHong Kong, the long-runningcrisis has coincided with weakglobal demand and the grind-ing China-US trade war.

Earlier this month Fitchdowngraded the city’s sover-eign rating citing the protests.

Seasonally adjusted, theeconomy contracted by 0.4percent in the second quarter— most of which came beforethe pro-democracy ralliesbegan — while Chan alsoreported a 5.7-percent yearlyfall in overall exports in the first

half.No one is looking forward

to third-quarter statistics.Crucially, the number of

visitors from mainland Chinahas tumbled after several full-throated condemnations ofdemonstrators by Beijing,which has likened the unrest to“terrorism”.

The number of mainlandtour groups to the city plunged90 percent on-year in the first10 days of September, TravelIndustry Council of HongKong spokeswoman JessicaWan told AFP.

Hong Kong’s flagship air-line Cathay Pacific also report-ed an 11-percent yearly drop inpassengers for August, whentwo occupations of the airportsaw the blockade of departure

gates and the cancellation ofhundreds of flights.

The airport saw a 12.4-per-cent monthly drop in passen-gers — some 850,000 fewertravellers.

Several other businessestold AFP their bottom lines hadsuffered through the longsummer of discontent, sparkedby a controversial extraditionbill many fear would strength-en Beijing’s control over the cityand further erode its cher-ished freedoms.

Since June, when morethan a million people marchedthrough the city to protest themeasure, the manager of awatch store said he had beenforced to lay off half of its work-force.

“You can see if you walk

down the streets, several watchshops have been closedalready,” said the store’s man-ager, surnamed Wong. “I’mpessimistic. I don’t know if wecan survive through the newyear.” The protests tend tobreak out over the weekends —the two days his shop is usual-ly at its busiest.

On the other side of theharbour in Mongkok, busi-nesses said they were regular-ly shutting their doors early toavoid melees outside.

The area around the neon-soaked retail precinct has seenescalating violence, withdemonstrators barricadingmain roads and vandalising thelocal subway station — andofficers responding with batoncharges.

At one late-night outdoormarket stall, a vendor sellingimitation designer handbagssaid her takings were downfive-fold from average sales atthe start of the year.

With no end in sight, Chiu,the pharmacist, seemed to betorn between his sympathiesfor the protesters and protect-ing his livelihood.

“I don’t support them dam-aging facilities, but I feel awfulseeing them being beaten bypolice,” he told AFP.

He said he and his staff hadleft supplies of water outside hisshop for protesters duringstreet rallies, knowing otherstores had closed.

“I support the youngsters,”he said. “But I also have a busi-ness to run.”

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More than a thousand ex-prisoners prematurely

freed under a controversiallaw in the Philippines will becaptured “dead or alive” if theydo not surrender before aThursday deadline, PresidentRodrigo Duterte said.

His government is scram-bling to track down the formerinmates — including convict-ed murderers and rapists —who were released early due towhat he concedes was a wrongapplication of the law and pos-

sible corruption of prison offi-cers.

Earlier this month Duterteset a September 19 deadline forthe ex-convicts to return to jailor face the consequences, andput a one million-peso (USD19,000) price on their heads.

“The one million prize isavailable to those who cancapture them dead or alive,”Duterte told reporters onTuesday night.

“But maybe dead would bea better option. I will pay yousmiling,” added the president,known for his brutal anti-drug

crackdown that has claimedthousands of lives.

Nearly 2,000 prisonershave been released over the lastfew years, including those con-victed of heinous crimes whowere found to be ineligible fora law that rewards good behav-iour with shorter jail time.

The law went into effect in2014, two years before Dutertewas elected president.

The premature releases hadgone largely unremarked untilnews broke last month that aformer politician convicted inthe 1990s and sentenced to

decades behind bars in a noto-rious rape and murder case wasabout to get out early for goodbehaviour.

Earl ier this monthDuterte fired the prisonschief over the early releases,saying: “The records wouldshow that there has been awrong committed and maybecorruption.” At least 400 ex-prisoners have surrenderedover the past two weeks,according to police. Theircases will be reviewed byauthorities with a view toreturning them to prison.

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Asuicide bomber has deto-nated inside a government

building in easternAfghanistan, a provincial offi-cial said Wednesday, with casu-alties feared in the latest vio-lence to hit the war-torn coun-try.

Witnesses and an AFPreporter also described hearinggunshots immediately after theblast at the electronic identifi-cation registration centre inJalalabad, capital of Nangarharprovince, where both theTaliban and the Islamic Stategroup are active.

“Security forces are in thearea to rescue the staff,” saidprovincial spokesman AtaullahKhogyani.

No group immediatelyclaimed the attack.

It came a day after theTaliban killed nearly 50 peopleand wounded dozens more intwo separate attacks, one neara campaign rally for PresidentAshraf Ghani in the centralprovince of Parwan, and one inKabul. The militants havevowed to disrupt the upcomingpresidential election, sched-uled for September 28.

They have also promisedmore violence after USPresident Donald Trump calledoff talks earlier this monthseeking a deal that would haveallowed Washington to beginwithdrawing troops fromAfghanistan, the site ofAmerica’s longest war.

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AThai Muslim studentgroup Wednesday called

for police to drop an orderrequesting universities to pro-vide “intelligence” on Muslimstudents and their activities inthe Buddhist-majority state.

Muslims make upThailand’s second largest reli-gious group, with the majori-ty residing in its three south-ernmost states, which since2004 have been in the grip ofa conflict between Malay-Muslim separatist rebels andThai authorities.

Rights groups have longaccused the state of heavy-handed sweeps of the majori-ty Malay-Muslim population inthat region — which is undermartial law.

Last week the SpecialBranch Bureau issued a nation-wide order to universities toprovide “intelligence” onMuslim students and theiractivities in school, policespokesman KrissanaPattanacharoen told AFPTuesday, citing “security” con-cerns.

The news sparked imme-diate outrage from the com-munity, and the MuslimStudents Federation ofThailand on Wednesday calledfor parliament to “cancel” therequest.

The Special Branch’s order“is also a form of discrimina-tion that breaches the consti-tution,” president Ashraf Awaesaid, speaking outside parlia-ment.

Such “groundless accusa-tions... could create divisionsamong the Muslim studentsand others in the university andsociety,” he said.

He added the federationhad already heard of policerequesting information onMuslim student groups fromat least three major universi-ties.

Junta chief-turned-primeminister Prayut Chan-O-Chaon Tuesday defended theSpecial Branch, and deniedcreating a “database” wouldbe a violation of people’s rights.

“We can’t arrest anyone ifthey don’t do anything wrong,”he told reporters.

Prayut’s backing shows an“alarming trend of growingIslamophobia in Thailand”, saidHuman Rights Watch’s SunaiPhasuk.

“This is state-sanctioneddiscrimination,” he told AFP,adding that the Thai constitu-tion explicitly prohibits dis-crimination towards differentreligions and ethnic groups.

“It could feed into radical-isation of Muslims in the deepsouth and worsen the conflict,”Sunai said.

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Precious artifacts worthmillions of rupees, includ-

ing statues of Buddha andKanishka periods, have beenseized by Pakistani police inthe northwestern KhyberPakhtunkhwa province whilethey were being smuggled toChina, off icials said onWednesday.

Taj Muhammad Khan,Deputy Superintendent ofPolice, said that duringchecking, precious ancient-era ar t i facts including statues and sculptures ofGautam Buddh era, worthmillions of rupees wererecovered.

The statues were beingsmuggled out to China in atruck.The truck was inter-cepted by the local police ata check post in CharsaddaDistrict of the province, Khansaid.

The seized antiques wererecovered from secret cavitiesof a truck and stated to be2000 years old.

The truck driver andsmuggler both were arrested,police said.

In 2018, Italian archeolo-gists restored a statue of theBuddha in Pakistan’s SwatValley. It is believed to be the second tallest statue in the region, Dawn Newsreported.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is achronic inflammatory disorder

that occurs when the immune sys-tem mistakenly attacks the jointsleading to pain and inflammationin the tissue surrounding thejoints. Women are three timesmore likely to get diagnosed withRA than men and the disease canimpact anyone within the agegroup of 20 to 50 years.

“Though, there are no exactnumbers, we can safely say that RAimpacts 0.5 per cent to one percent of the population. Despite rel-atively high awareness levels on

RA, there are many myths andmisconceptions surrounding thedisease which could pose animpediment to the treatment.Some of the common myths likeRA only affects people of old age

and that there is no treatment. Itcan have a negative impact onpatients therefore it is importantfor them to come in for regularcheck-ups and follow theRheumatologist’s advice,” says DrHimanshu Agarwal, ConsultantRheumatologist MaxSuperspeciality Hospital, Vaishali.

“Smoking may contributetowards the increase in RA casesespecially among younger popula-tion. People with genetic risk fac-tors are also prone to developingthe condition. RA causes painand disability leading to loss of

daily functioning and missing ofwork schedules. Change in weath-er also leads to change in baromet-ric pressure which could exacer-bate the arthritis. Majority of thepatients come in within threemonths of experiencing the firstsigns of RA. About 0.5 to 1 percent of the Indian population isaffected with the condition.Education and early detection arecrucial to the effective manage-ment of RA,” shares Dr SonalMehra, ConsultantRheumatologist at Jaypee Hospital,Noida.

God is the seer of past, pre-sent and future. He knows

the intellect of all humanbeings. In this regard, godpreaches in Rigved mantrathat there are people whoalthough sees the literalVedvani yet ignores it due tolack of the literal knowledge.And then there are peoplewho don’t understand it. A fewof so-called saints areunknown to the meaning ofVed mantras and Vedic knowl-edge, and then they misguidepeople. Whereas they mustpay attention to the othermantras where god preachesthat if an aspirant understandVedas, he only receives bene-fit of it. People listen toPuranas, Bhagwad Geeta andother spiritual books as theyare inspired to listen, in thename of faith. They are evenexplained the meaning of eachword in Hindi language,whereas as far as the matter ofVedas, the said practice is notin vogue and hence the prob-

lem.So it is clear that until peo-

ple become aspirants and startunderstanding Ved mantras,the problem to follow Vedicpath will always remainunsolved. Intellectuals shouldapproach the government todo the needful because themost important knowledgeto make the future bright is theknowledge of four Vedas,which emanate directly fromgod. It can’t be compared toany other literal knowledge.

Today, Vedas have almostbeen intentionally disregard-ed instead of being followedby people. Above quoted mat-ter concludes that illusion,corruption, dishonour towomen, violence and severalother types of problems existin world because people arenot aware of the Vedic knowl-

edge. Therefore, we will haveto pay attention towards Vedasand its literature like Shastras,Upnishads. Kapil Muni states

in his Sankhya Shastra Sutrathat there are three types ofsorrows, whose total destruc-tion enables a devotee to

attain salvation. First,AdhyatmikDukh, which isgenerated due to internal rea-sons. It has two kinds —

Shareerik, due to human bodyand Manas, due tomind/thought. Second,Adhibhautik, pain and afflic-

tion caused by snake andscorpion’s bite due to physicalviolence and bitter words.Third, Adhidaivik, caused bynon- living things like rain,fire, snowfall, lightening,earthquake and sorrows gen-erated by cyclones.

Kapil Muni says that it isnot possible to put an end tothe sorrows until we follow theVedas. Undoubtedly, today,most people do not believe inVedic knowledge but truthprevails. He further adds thatthe said sorrows can’t be sep-arated from the soul. Yes,money should be earned withhard effort. So the learning ofVedas in all circumstanceswill help to attain salvation.

(The author is Swami RamSwarup, chief editor of VedIshvareeya vani, a bi-annualmagazine.)

With regard to environ-mental protection,

municipal commissionerDinesh Chandra has issuedinstructions to MunicipalCorporation establishmentheads that refreshments will beprovided only in steel utensils atmeetings held in all the estab-lishments of the city’s MunicipalCorporation.

This model was first used inthe kavad camps during thekavad yatra and had positiveresults. Dinesh said that due tothe use of banned plastics, the

city used to get dirt piles dur-ing the bhandara and religiousevents. He added that he madeit mandatory to use steel andother metal utensils for all suchevents.

“Inspired by us, the manage-ment committees of the gurd-waras and temples have aban-doned steel crockery and madesteel utensil banks for the distri-bution of langar and food offer-ings,” said Dinesh. He added thatthey have also decided to puthoardings and stalls for public-ity so that people are aware of it.

National Hydroelectric PowerCorporation (NHPC) invites appli-

cations for the second batch of NHPCSports Scholarship Scheme forUpcoming Sportspersons in five sports— football, kabbadi, boxing, wrestlingand para sports. These scholarships aremeant for young players of 14-19 years(14-24 years for para sports) with a viewto encourage talent and create a poolof sportspersons during their formativeyears of education.

There is a maximum provision of10 numbers of scholarships with twonumbers in each of the five sports. Theapplications shall be considered forscholarships in two categories — elitescholar and scholar, based on the ful-fillment of required criteria. Thedetails regarding the scholarships areavailable in the career corner of NHPCwebsite. The last date for receivingapplication forms has been extendedtill October 17.

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CD foundation collabo-rates with Embassy ofIslamic Republic of

Afghanistan. Charge d’affairesTahir Qadiry announced a 15-day long Afghanistan food andculture festival with the founda-tion in October on the 100thindependence anniversary ofAfghanistan.

The food and culture festi-val is one of eight events whichwill take place during theanniversary celebration. LiveAfghani band performance,ghazal performance, cricketmatch and many more perfor-mances will be there. There willbe food stalls and live kitchendisplay of Afghanistani cuisinestoo. It will also display handi-craft and textile exhibition,fashion walks, cultural perfor-mances, conferences, workshop,media interactions and meetsfor three days. Subsequently, thefestival will also mark a meetbetween Afghanistan andIndian film makers.

The festival aims at enhanc-ing the cultural relationsbetween India and Afghanistan.Both the countries are bound-ed in cultural and historical rela-tions. The age old cultural andcivilisational ties and the deep-rooted linkages in the fields ofmusic, art, architecture, lan-

guage and cuisine constitute animportant bond of friendshipbetween the countries.Therefore, events like this makeus celebrate our values togeth-er.

Tahir appreciated the

founder director of CDFoundation Charu Das. Shesaid that it is a privilege for herfoundation to have the respon-sibility of this festival. She addedthat this initiative was mainlytaken to meet the commit-

ments made by CD foundationin Kabul during a formal visit ofthe city by a group of Indian del-egation in August.

Her aim for planning thisfestival is double. On one hand,it is a way to exhibit various

aspects of Afghanistan cultureto Indians. On the other, it pro-vides an opportunity for theparticipants (women entrepre-neurs) to get trained in theirrespective fields by Indianexperts and to create a network

for doing future business inIndia.

Dr Sandeep Marwah, chair-man of AAFT and president ofMarwah Studio was also pre-sent. He extended his support tothe festival.

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The board meeting of city’sMunicipal Corporation was boy-

cotted by municipal commissionerDinesh Chandra as there was a uproarduring it.

The dispute started whenMunicipal Corporation’s executivevice president and BJP councilor SunilYadav, commented on the work styleand behaviour of officials of PawanPandey, manager of CLC (urban liveli-hood development company).Chandra became so uncomfortableand angered by this indecisive behav-iour of councilors, that he left the boardmeeting.

Later mayor Asha Sharmaadjourned the meeting indefinitely,

repeating all the proceedings. Shethen had a conversation with coun-cilors of all parties and condemned thebehaviour of the city commissioner.She even wrote a letter to the chief min-ister, contempting the house. In the let-ter, the chief minister has beendemanded to be disciplined against thecity commissioner and other officials.

On the other hand, Chandra toldthat the councilors in the house wereusing unparliamentary languageagainst the former city commissionerswhich led them to leave the house

silently. He added that he has not com-mitted any contempt of the house butinstead sent the additional municipalcommissioner Pramod Kumar to con-tinue the proceedings of the house. But,the councilors continued to create aruckus even then.

In this sequence, the manager ofCLC Pawan Pandey said that he hasnever behaved indecisively with anyMunicipal Corporation officials orcouncilors. He alleged that some coun-cilors are angry as he had not facilitat-ed their misleading work.

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At the f irst day ofrecruitment process at

SRM Institute of Scienceand Technology, fourmajor IT companiesoffered 4,749 jobs to stu-dents from the graduationbatch of 2020.

TCS (Ninja) has made1437 offers, Infosys 1315,CTS 1175 and Wipro 822.Apart from this, TCS hasmade 183 offers under dig-ital track too (�7 lakh perannum), said SriramPadmanabhan, director,career centre at SRMIST.

The highest paid offer

was �41.6 lakh per annumby Microsoft. More than120 companies have visit-ed the campus since thecommencement of theplacement session on July22. They have made 6000offers.

Top recruiters includeAmazon (18 offers of �32lakh per annum), Barclays(25 offers of �10 lakh perannum) and startup Udaan(four offers of �30 lakh perannum. Besides this,organisations like Veritasand Pay Pal have madeinternship offers

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IIT Madras organised a TechnologyConclave: Vision New India 2022

with the theme — development for allthrough technology.

Rakesh Kumar, chairman, Scopeand CMD, NLC India Limited addressedthe conclave. Arjun Ram Meghwal,MoS, Heavy Industries and PublicEnterprises inaugurated the conclave inthe presence of Dr Madhukar Gupta,additional secretary, department ofPublic Enterprises.

Rakesh asserted the need for indus-try and academia to come together tobridge the skill gap of the talent requiredby the industry. He pointed out that theambitious plan of creating a new Indiathrough “Strategy for New India @ 75”could only be achieved if the youngergeneration is equipped with the neces-sary skills required in the current volatilemarket environment.

The chief executives from variouspublic sector enterprises and otherorganisations also participated in variedpanel discussions such as role of CSR intechnology, leveraging CSR funding fornation building and many others.

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Do you ever come across a simple-looking man sitting adjacent to

you in the local train, wearing regu-lar clothes, carrying a suitcase whoseems to be a government clerk or asecretary? You might assume that heis just another middle-class man witha family who spends most of his earn-ings on necessities like food and rent.But then, who knows, if he mighthave just met a deadly terrorist whowas hiding behind the railway station,plotting a devastating attack a fewminutes ago. Or he may have justgathered some secret informationabout a potential terror act in the city.

Directors Krishna DK and RajNidimoru’s forthcoming web series,The Family Man, is about a man whowith his camouflaged appearancemisleads people who will neverknow the real job that he is holding— that of an intelligence officer. Theseries revolves around Srikant Tiwari(played by Manoj Bajpai), a middle-class man who also serves as aworld-class spy. He tries to strike awork-life balance as he deals with hisfamilial responsibilities and the high-ly secretive special cell of the NationalIntelligency Agency. DK says, “That’swhat they sign up for. They are verysimple-looking people and might noteven look like they would be coura-geous enough to handle those kindof situations.”

Much to people’s surprise, theidea of creating a web show aroundthis story has been work-in-progresssince 2016. However, it’s only nowthat it came into being. “I had thisidea for a long time about a commonman hero who is doing an extraor-dinary job. We didn’t want to makeit as a film. A series has its own lan-guage. It focusses on various thingswhich come together as a whole. Wealso felt that a film might not do jus-tice to subjects like counter-terrorismand geopolitics. So a series mademore sense. Thanks to Amazon aswhen it came into the scene, we actu-ally got a platform to showcase it on.We also had Stree amid all of this andthen we also took a lot of time tofinalise its script,” says DK who pro-duced and wrote the film along withhis partner, Nidimoru.

In one of the sequences in thetrailer, when Srikant’s son asks himas to why he wants to continue withhis job, his daughter says,“Government job me kuch nahi karnahota na, isliye (It’s because there’snothing to do in a government job).”DK explains that this is the very ideathat we, as people, hold about thegovernment. He questions, “Isn’t

that something that we all think? Wethink that they’re an inefficientorganisation and don’t really work.Government employees are negligenttowards their jobs is an idea that isin-built in our consciousness. Theirdepartments take so much time inprocessing everything. This idea isrampant. And Srikant’s daughteralso believes that.” However, theseries aims to show the efficiency ofthe intelligence department and how“they work hard to create a safernation without the common peopleever becoming aware of it.” DK addsthat there is a contrast between thepublic perception and the nature oftheir jobs. It is also an answer for“why do these officers risk their livesfor the nation when they can easilyopt for any other profession or job.Why do they do this after all?”

While the series has a seriousmessage, it also involves some day-to-day humour which reflect upon

our everyday struggles. “We tend tobring out everyday human throughour writing. And this is what workedfor Stree as well. Even when there wasa terrorist involved, we wanted toshow it in a satirical way. When yousay something serious throughhumour, the audience might take thatthing home. Otherwise, it mightlook like preaching in a classroom.They would ignore it. The audiencealways needs something that they canrelate to,” says he.

Actor Manoj Bajpai believes thatafter doing such a role, he hasrealised how “tricky” the lives of theseofficers are. “We don’t even knowhow many attacks they have alreadystopped. They are not given anaward or the credit for stopping thatdamage. However, they would alwaysbe criticised for even a single failure,”says the actor.

He adds that the biggest thing iswhen terror attacks take place, peo-

ple always discuss it and blame thegovernment for their inefficiency.Even the trailer has a scene where twomen are talking to each other aboutthe failure of the intelligence agencies,pointing out to the 26/11 Mumbaiattacks, which were “not” stopped.“26/11 rokte toh baat hoti.” However,here, Manoj and DK both believe thatit is because we only know about theattacks that have happened because“they were missed. These peoplecould actually be tracking a terror-ist under your nose and you’d haveno idea. This is the tragedy of theirjobs. You never hear about their suc-cesses but failures are all over thenews. They are brought up long afterthey actually take place.”

The scenario is much like that ofthe country’s cricket team. They arebashed for losing one match eventhough they might have won thou-sands of others. The only differenceis that they are appreciated when theywin the cup. This is not the case withintelligency officers, points DK.

For Manoj, he saw this role as achance to make their jobs look realand believable to the common peo-ple. “When I read the synopsis, Ifound it quite unique. I realised thatthis is something that I have neverdone. Through this, people wouldactually come to know about the kindof sacrifices they make. They keeptheir families happy in their minis-cule pay. But they also get the chanceto prevent any kind of assault on thenation. I realised that there is asupreme sacrifice linked with anexalted sense of patriotism,” says he.

The actor feels that a film would-n’t have done justice to what the seriesholds. Manoj says, “The only differ-ence between the two is that here,there are are a lot of episodes so youget a chance to work on the differ-ent facets of the character. Whereas,a two to 2.5 hour-long film does notreally focus on the characters butmore on the plot.”

Recalling an incident in his life,Manoj narrates that he, as an actor,has always wanted to evolve. “WhenI was in college hostel, my roommatesand friends would keep suggestingand forcing me to read their notesand study more. Some were evenpreparing for civil services exams andwould tell me, ‘Tu bhi karle yaar thodisi mehnat. Ban jayega kuch. Yehactor banne ka bhoot utaar de.’ AndI wouldn’t listen because my goalswere fixed,” he chuckles.

(The series releases on AmazonPrime Video on September 20.)

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Battling infertility, you thought that allroads lead to IVF or surrogacy? Butthings do not have to always end up

at an intensive treatment route. For thereare ways to do this in a natural way. Theadvancement in medical technologymeans that a clinical device can help youidentify and track your fertile window inthe comfort of your home.

The need for these arose as theattempt to conceive can be stressful dueto rising societal pressure, a ticking bio-logical clock, which, in turn, often leadsto repeated clinic visits, blood-drawing andultrasounds — things, which are not justtime-consuming but also expensive.

According to State of WorldPopulation Report 2019, the fertility rateper woman was 5.6 in 1969, it dropped to3.7 in 1994, and is 2.3 in 2019. Thechanged statistics can be attributed to avariety of reasons, which include lifestyleand behavioural changes. With almost onein six couples facing problems in conceiv-ing and one in two couples tracking theircycles incorrectly, there is a need for proac-tive measures. With changing lifestyles andassociated issues, getting pregnant is notas easy as it used to be which in turn hasled to the dip in fertility rates considerably.

These devices are doing away withoverwhelming trips to clinics for invasivetests that make you feel like you have ahuge fertility problem, even when youdon’t. Fertility monitors can act as person-al assistants that help you understand yourbody and hormones better. While mostwomen believe that their chances of get-ting pregnant are highest on the 14th dayof their cycle, the truth is that ovulationvaries from woman to woman and cycleto cycle. What’s more, fertility monitorscan help in case of issues like irregularcycles, PCOS, PCOD, thyroid as well,thereby helping you take total control ofyour fertility, proactively. Taking theguesswork out of the process of concep-tion, it measures estrogen and luteinisinghormone levels in your urine to detectpeak fertile days in your menstrual cycle.

“The best time to conceive is rightbefore a person ovulates or releases an eggbecause the internal body temperaturefluctuates during the menstrual cycle. Butit is possible to get pregnant in the daysleading up to ovulation, as sperm can sur-vive for several days inside the femalebody,” says Dr Neena Bahl, director,obstetrics and gynaecology, Fortis

LaFemme, Greater Kailash II. She addsthat testing through fertility monitors isjust like doing the pregnancy test. An ovu-lation kit tests your urine sample todetect a surge in LH (luteinising hormone)levels. While the LH is always present inyour urine, it increases 34—36 hoursbefore ovulation, which is five times theregular mount. These tests help you findout those days that act as an invaluable toolin your baby-making arsenal. This time isyour most fertile window. Having inter-course on those particular days increasesyour chance of a successful conception.

There are various ways in which onecan track fertility. Some ways are as sim-ple as tracking your temperature in themorning as the day your fertile periodstarts, the temperature goes up by half adegree. Second, to get an ultrasound onany of the 10 days from the ninth day ofyour period to 19th day, which shows theexact size of the follicle or the egg and onceit ruptures, it is the most fertile period toconceive. Third, there are commerciallyavailable sticks that tell about the changesin the hormones. It’s an indirect way of let-ting one know that ovulation is going totake place, explains Dr Bahl and tells usthat in most cases, ovulation predictor kitsprovide an accurate forecast of your LHsurge and subsequent ovulation. They canbe most effective when used together withother monitoring methods. Along with thekits, doctors usually suggest examining thecervical mucus and charting the basal bodytemperature which is tested the first

thing in the morning. These methods,when combined, can greatly increaseyour chances of getting pregnant.

As there are advantages and disadvan-tages of everything, Dr Bahlsays, “The pros are that itis a simpler way ofknowing the best pos-sible chance of con-ceiving. Instead ofgoing to the doctorand getting anultrasound done,you can choosethis method butthe con is that it isnot as sensitive asthe latter. Everytimeyou are testing yourself,your mind is preoccu-pied and it’s obviouswhen you are trying toohard for something, you getstressed. You do not releasehappy hormones which inturn affects your ability toconceive. Moreover, your sexu-al life is timed according to the deviceand becomes mechanical. It becomessomething solely devoted to reproduction.So yes, it can be a rough method but thenit’s obviously a convenient option.”

One of the users of the ovulation pre-dictor kits shares her experience. ShwetaVerma, 32, a software engineer fromBengaluru, says that they started their fam-ily planning after two years of marriage.

She was, later in the same year, diagnosedwith PCOD and was prescribed a medica-tion for six months. After which, they wereadvised by the doctors to try conceptionnaturally. The doctor recommended the

use of the monitor to easethe journey. “I used it

for three cyclesafter which it

was discoveredthat my hus-band had alow spermcount. I con-tinued usingit and evencrosscheckedthe results

with ultra-sound scans.

They turned outto be identical. This

strengthened my faith andI finally got the good news,” she says andadds that the monitor eases the journeyof a woman.

However, these kits do have limitationsas they do not work when fertility drugsare present in the system. Moreover, theydo not work consistently on women over40. Some women in their 40s, especiallythose approaching menopause, haveincreased levels of LH in their systems atall times, rendering the tests invalid.

But coming to surrogacy or for thatmatter IVF, these are for people who areinfertile or have medical conditions which

do not allow them to conceive naturally.Alisha Mathur, 36, a housewife, feels thatthe device helps women conceive but “Idon’t think it can ever replace doctors orlabs or even procedures like surrogacy. Itworks even for irregular cycles and noti-fies when there is a probability of a fertil-ity condition or issue which requires clin-ical support. Surrogacy is a differentthing altogether. In the rarest of the rarecases, doctors suggest it.”

Dr Bahl explains it better when shesays, “You can’t jump from class one toclass 10. Similarly nobody jumps fromtracking ovulation to surrogacy. Whatwould a normal healthy couple do? Theywould try conceiving without any contra-ception for one year. And 90 per cent ofthe couples will conceive within one yearof married life. So when you don’t, youstart tracking the fertility manually. Butmost of the times you would visit a doc-tor and ask for his/her help. The doctorwill then guide the couple about the var-ious methods. Only when they have triedeverything and failed does the doctoradvise surrogacy. It might be a marketinggimmick that you can avoid surrogacy ifyou buy this device. However, the track-ers just help women conceive quickly.”

Using the ovulation predictor kits orso-called fertility monitors provides moreprivacy as issues like fertility are thingsthat women don’t prefer to discuss in pub-lic, feel both the users of Inito fertilitymonitor.

Filmmaker Shyam Ramsay, who made Bollywood hor-ror a cult affair, passed away on Wednesday. He was

67. As per the reports, he was suffering from pneumo-nia.

Shyam, as part of the Ramsay brothers, made filmslike Veerana, Purani Haveli and Andhera. Ramsay broth-ers also consisted of Tulsi Kumar, Keshu, Arjun, Ganguand Karan. Apart from films, Shyam and Tulsi also gavethe TV audience Zee Horror Show.

Netizens have poured in RIP messages for the direc-tor. “Rest in Peace #ShyamRamsay ji. You and your fam-ily's stories are inspirational, How your whole family cometogether to give Indian Cinema a new genre called ‘hor-ror’ it inspired so many industry people how to work onsomething, which genuinely believes in,” one wrote.

Another went back to her childhood days and wrote,“As a kid, I was always afraid of ghost and horror movies,while my sibling and cousin watched it without battingan eyelid.”

Another wrote: “The genre of #horror is as tough asmaking people laugh, the #RamsayBrothers did it withtheir own unique ways. RIP #ShyamRamsay. I still remem-ber watching that zee horror show and how that scaredthe hell out of me.”

Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who has carved a name asa horror filmmaker in recent times, was also saddenedby his demise. The Raaz director feels the late filmmak-er was innovative, and regaled his audiences with fabu-lous spooky cinema from time to time.

“Ramsay carried the torch of horror films rightthrough the ‘70s and ‘80s. Even amongst the RamsayBrothers, he was considered to be the leader of the group.He was innovative and regaled his audiences with fabu-lous spooky cinema from time to time. His passing isindeed a sad and his contribution to the dark films willalways be held in high esteem,” said Bhatt.

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Holders Liverpool begantheir defence of theChampions League tro-

phy with a defeat against Napolion Tuesday, while one missedspot-kick condemned Chelseato defeat against Valencia andanother came to Barcelona’s res-cue.

Liverpool survived a 1-0defeat in Naples in the group stagelast season to go on and win theirsixth European Cup, and this timea 2-0 reverse at the San Paolomade them the first reigningchampions to lose their openinggame in the competition since1994.

Both sides had chances in theGroup E clash before the hostswon a late penalty with barely 10minutes remaining when JoseCallejon went down under anAndy Robertson challenge.

Dries Mertens beat Adrianfrom 12 yards and substituteFernando Llorente — who playedfor Tottenham Hotspur againstLiverpool in last season’s final —then took advantage of a raredefensive lapse by Virgil vanDijk to make it 2-0 in stoppagetime.

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back in two weeks when they hostAustrian champions Salzburg,who made a stunning return tothe group stage as teenage for-ward Erling Braut Haaland net-ted a hat-trick in a 6-2 demolitionof Genk.

Salzburg had fallen in thequalifying rounds in the lastseven campaigns but finally pro-gressed this season to the groupstage for the first time since1994-95.

Haaland, the teenage English-born Norwegian striker whosefather Alf-Inge played forManchester City, gave Salzburg asecond-minute lead and nettedtwice more before half-time.

Aged just 19 years and 58days, Haaland is the third-youngest player to score aChampions League hat-trickbehind Wayne Rooney and Raul.

The South Korean HwangHee-Chan and DominikSzoboszlai also struck before thebreak for Salzburg, while captainAndreas Ulmer completed therout in the second half.

Jhon Lucumi and Tanzanianstriker Mbwana Samatta scoredfor the Belgian champions.

Last season’s Europa Leaguewinners Chelsea ensured it wastwo defeats out of two on thenight for English sides as they lost1-0 at home to Valencia.

The Spaniards scored in the74th minute when a Dani Parejo

free-kick was converted byRodrigo Moreno. Chelsea weregiven a chance to rescue a drawwhen Daniel Wass was penalisedfor handball in the box, but RossBarkley’s 87th-minute penaltyhit the bar and went over.

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son’s semi-finalists Ajax claimedan impressive 3-0 home winover Lille with two of theirnewest signings among thegoals.

Quincy Promes headed theDutch champions in front andthe Mexican Edson Alvarezdoubled their lead early in thesecond half before NicolasTagliafico sealed the win.

After a patchy start to theseason, Barcelona will berelieved to escape from their tripto Borussia Dortmund with a 0-0 draw as Lionel Messi returnedfrom injury as a second-halfsubstitute.

The home side will feelthey should have won, butMarco Reus had a second-halfpenalty saved before JulianBrandt hit the bar late on.

“We played brilliantly in thesecond half, and it feels a bit likewe have lost two points,” MatsHummels told Sky.

Those two appear well placedalready to progress from GroupF after Inter Milan needed a stop-page-time Nicolo Barella goal torescue a 1-1 draw against rankoutsiders Slavia Prague.

Nigerian forward PeterOlayinka put Slavia ahead in the63rd minute, only for Barella tolevel in the second minute of stop-page time after a Stefano Sensifree-kick hit the bar.

In Group G, RB Leipzig won2-1 at Benfica with Timo Wernerbagging a brace before HarisSeferovic pulled one back.

Earlier, Memphis Depay’spenalty gave Lyon a 1-1 draw athome to Zenit Saint-Petersburgafter Iranian striker SardarAzmoun opened the scoring.

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Indian wrestling had a lot tocelebrate on Wednesday as

Vinesh Phogat secured TokyoOlympics qualification andwon a Bronze, while PoojaDhanda put herself one winaway from her second medalat the World Championships.

Having endured a medal-less run in three WorldChampionships before,Vinesh finally ended thedrought by pinning wrestlerMaria Prevolaraki by fall in theBronze-medal bout.

“It is my first WorldChampionship medal and it isa big thing to win a medal atthe Worlds,” Vinesh toldreporters.

“I had changed my weightcategory and in just 10months, I got this medal. It isa thing of great happiness forme. It is the biggest medal ofmy career till now.”

She is only the fifth Indianwoman wrestler to win aWorlds medal after AlkaTomar (2006), Geeta Phogat

(2012), Babita Phogat(2012) and PoojaDhanda (2018).

Earlier in the day,she had held off worldnumber one SarahAnn Hildebrandt withsome superlativedefense in her secondrepechage round to qualify forthe 2020 Olympics.

Vinesh is now one of

India’s most successfulwrestlers with Goldmedals at theC o m m o n w e a l t hGames and the AsianGames, already in hercupboard.

Adding to the ela-tion of the Indian camp was agritty show by Pooja in the59kg, a non-Olympic catego-ry. Pooja reached the semifi-

nals with a remarkable come-from-behind 11-8 win overJapan’s Yuzuka Inagaki beforelosing the semifinal by techni-cal superiority to Russia’sLiubov Ovcharova, the 2017European champion.

She will now fight for hersecond Bronze medal at theWorlds, having won one in57kg at the 2018 Budapest edi-tion.

Pooja can now becomethe first female wrestler andonly second Indian to win twoWorld medals. Only BajrangPunia has achieved the feat.He won a Bronze in 2013 anda Silver in 2018.

Seema Bisla thoughmissed Olympic qualificationin the 50kg after losing hersecond repechage round 3-11to Russia’s EkaterinaPoleshchuk.

Much was expected fromSarita Mor after her shock vic-tory over Pooja Dhanda in thetrials but she was far from herusual aggressive self.

In the 76kg, Kiran had rat-tled her German opponent

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India were assured of anunprecedented two medals at

the World Men’s BoxingChampionships after AmitPanghal (52kg) and ManishKaushik (63kg) entered the semi-finals of the marquee event withimpressive victories here onWednesday.

While Asian Games andchampionship Gold-medallistPanghal defeated Filipino CarloPaalam 4-1, CommonwealthGames Silver-medallist Kaushikgot the better of Brazil’sWanderson de Oliveira 5-0.

Both the boxers sealed theirmaiden world medals.

Before this year, India hadnever won more than one Bronzemedal in a single edition of theworld championship.

The overall medal count forthe country stood at four Bronzemedals claimed by Vijender Singh(2009), Vikas Krishan (2011),Shiva Thapa (2015) and GauravBidhuri (2017).

However, Sanjeet (91kg), aformer India Open Gold-medal-list, and fifth seed and AsianSilver-winner Kavinder SinghBisht (57kg) bowed out after los-ing their respective quarterfinals.

While Sanjeet went down 1-4 to Ecuador’s seventh-seededJulio Castillo Torres, a Pan-American Games Silver-medallist,Bisht was beaten by the reigningCommonwealth Games champi-on Peter McGrail of England 0-5.

The second-seeded Panghal,who had earlier defeated Paalamin the Asian Games semifinals lastyear, wasn’t off to the best of startsand was trailing Paalam at the endof the opening round.

But the Army man fromRohtak didn’t take long to get hisact together and become the moreaggressive one in the next tworounds.

In the last-four stage, theHaryana-pugilist will be up againstKazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov,who stunned Armenia’s EuropeanGold-medallist and sixth seedArtur Hovhannisyan in his quar-terfinal showdown.

“He is a southpaw and has along reach, I will work out a strat-egy for him,” the 23-year-oldPanghal said.

While next up for Kaushik isCuban top seed Andy GomezCruz, who out-punched Russia’seighth-seeded Ilia Popov.

Cruz was the light welter-weight (64kg) category Gold-medallist in the 2017 edition.

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Manchester United andlast year’s finalists

Arsenal headline anEnglish trio that also fea-tures Europa League new-comers Wolves whilerecord five-time champi-ons Sevilla figure to beamong the primary con-tenders as the group stagebegins today.

Scottish rivalsCeltic and Rangersface testing paths tothe knockoutrounds as bitterfoes Roma andLazio bid to endItaly’s two-decade wait forthe title.

Porto, PSV Eindhovenand Feyenoord are theother former EuropeanCup winners in a compe-tition that will welcome theeight third-place finishersfrom the ChampionsLeague groups for theknockout phase.

United, EuropaLeague winners in 2017,will host Astana in GroupL as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’sside face opponents fromKazakhstan for the firsttime in club history.

They will expected toprogress with relative easefrom a group that alsoincludes Partizan Belgradeand former finalists AZAlkmaar of theNetherlands.

Unai Emery’s Arsenalreturn to the competition

after last season’s 4-1 defeatby Chelsea in the final inBaku.

The Gunners visitEintracht Frankfurt to kickoff their campaign, with10-time Belgian champi-ons Standard Liege andPortugal’s VitoriaGuimaraes also in GroupF.

Wolves, in their firstEuropean campaign since

1980, will meetPortuguese clubBraga in theiropening game atMolineux.

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She paid the price for beingover-defensive. Since the

German lost her semifinal,Kiran’s campaign is over.

Navjot Kaur was also oust-ed from 65kg after losing heropening bout to Alis Manolova,who later lost her semifinal.

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Reigning world champion and titlefavourite P V Sindhu sailed into the

pre-quarterfinals with a convincingstraight-game win over former OlympicGold-medallist Li Xuerui at the ChinaOpen Super 1000 tournament here onWednesday.

India’s top shuttler Sindhu beatChina’s Li Xuerui 21-18 21-12 in just 34minutes to set up a clash with Thailand’sPornpawee Chochuwong.

Replicating her world championshipform, the Olympic Silver-medallist pro-duced another strong performance to getthe better of the currently 20th-rankedChinese, who entered the match with a3-3 record against the Indian.

Men’s singles players, Sai Praneethand Parupalli Kashyap also progressed tothe second round after notching up con-trasting opening-round wins.

Commonwealth Games bronzemedallists Ashwini Ponnappa and NSikki Reddy too found a place in the pre-quarterfinals after crossing the openinghurdle. However, Saina made an earlyexit after losing to Thailand’s BusananOngbamrungphan in the women's sin-gles. The London Olympics bronze-

medallist lost 10-21 17-21 at the handsof the World No.19 Ongbamrungphan ina match that lasted for 44 minutes at theOlympic Sports Center XinchengGymnasium. It was the former worldnumber one’s second successive loss tothe Thai player. The 29-year-old Sainahas struggled for form following herrecovery from injuries.

The Indian started her season witha win at the Indonesia Masters but hasfailed to reach another final on the BWFcircuit so far. In men’s singles, worldchampionships bronze medallistPraneeth had to battle for an hour and12 minutes to get past Thailand’sSuppanyu Avihingsanon 21-19 21-23 21-14, while former top 10 player Kashyapbeat France's Brice Leverdez 21-12 21-15 in 38 minutes.

Next world no 15 Praneeth will faceChina’s Lu Guang Zu, while Kashyap lockhorns with seventh seeded IndonesianAnthony Sinisuka Ginting.

In women’s doubles, CommonwealthGames bronze medallists AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy too crossedthe opening hurdle after their opponentsChinese Taipei's Cheng Chi Ya and LeeChih Chen retired mid way in the sec-ond game after lagging 13-21 8-11.

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Former India captainSourav Ganguly said that

India need to look beyond theupcoming World T20 when itcomes to finding young talentand give them consistent runsin the senior squad.

“The most importantthing for India is to not lookat the World T20 next year.Before the last World Cupthere was too much noiseabout it and that sometimes isnot good. What they need todo is pick the best possibleplayers and give them consis-tent opportunities, as there issome serious talent in thedomestic circuit,” Gangulywrote in a column for theTimes of India.

Ganguly said that thebowling department in partic-ular will be interesting towatch with the likes of DeepakChahar, Khaleel Ahmed and

Navdeep Saini knocking at thedoors. “These guys, with timeand maturity, will see (Jasprit)Bumrah, Bhuvi (BhuvneshwarKumar), (Mohammed) Shamias their role models and thiswill be a healthy sign forIndian fast bowling. Spinnerslike Rahul Chahar,Washington Sundar, Kuldeep(Yadav), (Yuzvendra) Chahalwill also keep everyone ontheir toes,” said Ganguly.

He said that K L Rahulwill now be under pressure tokeep his number four spot inlimited overs after losing theTest opening slot. “With Rohit(Sharma) and Shikhar(Dhawan) at the top as thebest possible opening pair, KL Rahul will be pushed. Hehas lost his place in Testcricket due to indifferent formand the likes of Shreyas andManish Pandey will keep himon his toes if he wants to holdon to the No. 4 slot,” he said.

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Ever since making his Testdebut in Cape Town in

January 2018, Jasprit Bumrahhas improved by leaps andbounds and has become anintegral part of the Indianteam across all formats, espe-cially Test cricket. Bumrah hasfeatured in 12 Test matches sofar, in which he has scalped 62wickets at an average of 19.24,thus becoming the linchpin ofIndian bowling unit.

All these 12 Tests havebeen played on foreign soil (3in South Africa, 3 in England,4 in Australia and 2 in WestIndies) where wickets natural-ly assist pacers. In all theseplaces, the right-arm pacerfrom Mumbai has made amark and performed brilliant-ly. However, the real test forhim will come up when Indiatake on South Africa in thethree-match series at home.

Former Indian pacer AjitAgarkar feels Bumrah will havean exceptional debut homeTest series against the Proteas.

“With experience, every-

one can see what progress hehas made in internationalcricket. I expect him to do wellin India as well. Obviously,there will be times when thespinners will dominate in theseries. However, with the kindof unique ability he possesses,I don’t think conditions matterto him. He has the skill-set toperform in Indian conditionsas well,” Agarkar, who is anexpert with ESPNcricinfo, told

IANS.(IPL) and has been instru-

mental in their success in theleague.

“A lot of people tend to for-get that Bumrah played quite alot of first-class cricket beforehe played for India. He hasbowled in these conditionswith the SG ball. He knowswhat to do,” said Agarkar.

Agarkar, 41, who played 26Tests and 191 ODIs for India,also said that Bumrah will befresh and raring to have the ballin his hand as he has notplayed much cricket ever sincethe World Cup. “Since theWorld Cup, he hasn’t played alot of cricket. He missed (rest-ed) the T20Is and the ODIs andfeatured in the two Test match-es. So, he must be relativelyfresh and will be very keen toperform in India as well,” hesaid.

Bumrah played two match-es in the Caribbean Islands, inwhich he picked 13 wickets,including a hat-trick.

“I would not be surprisedif he has an exceptional series,”Agarkar signed off.

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Rising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is hopingto continue the consistency that fetched him

the Belgian Open as he looks to break into top50 in the world ranking, which will help himqualify for bigger tournaments next season.

The 18-year-old from Almora shocked sec-ond seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark instraight games to clinch the men’s singles titleat the Belgian International Challenge lastSaturday.

“I think I played consistently well through-out the week and I'm happy with my perfor-mance,” Lakshya, who didn't drop a single gamethroughout the tournament, told PTI.

“This win will give me lots of confidence todo well in the coming tournaments,” he said.

“This year I can play more tournaments thanlast year in the senior circuit and I hope to pre-pare well for all the tournaments.”

Playing his first full-fledged season in thesenior circuit, Lakshya had broken into the top-100 in March this year. The Belgian Open winsaw him jump 12 places to grab the World No67th spot in the latest BWF ranking.

His father DK Sen, a SAI coach, who gavehim the early lessons in badminton, saidLakshya will have to quickly get into the top 50by the year end.

“The target now for him will be to break intothe top 50 by end of the year so that he can qual-ify for bigger tournaments,” he said.

Asked about his upcoming tournaments,Lakshya, the reigning Asian JuniorChampionship winner, said: “I’ll be playing theDutch and SaarLorLux Open next month andthen in November, I have Irish and Scottish

Open.”Lakshya, who also claimed a bronze at the

World Junior Championship and silver atYouth Olympic Games last year, is currently inEurope playing in the Danish League forAarhus club.

“It’s nice to be in Denmark and the leaguematches are exiting. It’s a new experience for me,”he said.

“We are going to be in Europe for 3 months,play the European circuit and the leaguematches.

“In the first team match, I won against JanJorgensen and got 1 point for the team. It wasa big match for me,” added the Indian, whosenext outing in the country will be the Syed ModiWorld Tour Super 300.

Lakshya, who has been a trainee at thePrakash Padukone Badminton Academy(PPBA) since 2010, had decided to play in theseason circuit after the high in juniors last year.

He begun the year well with a semifinal fin-ish at the China Masters Super 100 tournamentbefore reaching the finals at Polish Open. Aftera few early exits, he suffered an ankle injury inJuly but recovered well to claim the BelgianOpen.

“This year, I twisted my ankle in July. It wasnot very major but I took two weeks to get backon court. I’m just taking good care and rehab,”Lakshya said.

“Mental strength is very important as insenior circuit every match is tough,” he signedoff.

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Skipper Virat Kohli led India to aresounding seven-wicket win over

South Africa in the second T20International with an unbeaten 72-runknock as the hosts took a 1-0 lead inthe short three-match series here onWednesday.

Kohli (72 not out off 52 balls),who made a memorable 82 not out inhis last T20 on this ground more thanthree years ago, helped India chaseddown the modest target with consum-mate ease, getting the team home in19 overs.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan (40 off31) too made a significant contribu-tion and shared a 61-run standwith the skipper, who scored his22nd T20 fifty. His 52-ball knock com-prised four boundaries and threesixes.

The solid performance with thebat came after the bowlers restrictedSouth Africa to 149 for five in 20overs.

The third and final T20 will beplayed in Bengaluru on Sunday.It effectively became a two-matchseries after the opening game inDharamsala was washed out onSeptember 15.

India were always in control of thechase despite losing Rohit Sharma (12off 12) early. The India vice-captainwas trapped in front by AndilePhehlukwayo after he pulled debutantAnrich Nortje for two sixes in the sec-ond over.

While it was a treat to watchKohli, Rishabh Pant (4) threw away hiswicket again. India were cruisingwhen he came into the middle and itwas an ideal platform for Pant to takethe team over the line alongside hiscaptain.

It was an innocuous ball fromdebutant spinner Bjorn Fortuin butPant hit it straight to the short fine-leg fielder Tabraiz Shamsi.

Earlier, South Africa captainQuinton de Kock (52 off 37) anddebutant Temba Bavuma (49 off 43)played impressive knocks but Indiamanaged to limit South Africa to abelow-par total.

South Africa did not get the final

flourish they were looking for. India bowled well in the death

overs, conceding only 24 runs in thefinal four with pacer Deepak Chaharbeing the pick of the bowlers, takingtwo wickets for 22 runs in four overs.

Kohli sent a new-look SouthAfrica in to bat with the visitors pick-ing three debutants in Nortje, Fortuinand Bavuma.

While Reeza Hendricks departedcheaply, de Kock looked in sublimetouch from the word go.

He cover drove spinner

Washington Sundar on the first ballhe faced before collecting threestraight boundaries off pacer NavdeepSaini who was taken out of the attackafter conceding 13 runs in his firstover.

Bavuma, South Africa’s Test spe-cialist, joined de Kock after the fall ofHendricks in the fourth over and hetoo looked in fine touch. He madehis intentions clear by pullingHardik Pandya over deep square legfor a six.

South Africa made only 39 for onein six overs but their innings pickedup momentum after that as theyreached 78 for one in 10 overs.

It took a brilliant catch fromskipper Kohli to dismiss de Kockand shift the momentum in India’sfavour.

De Kock mistimed a hit off Sainiand Kohli came running from mid-off to pounce on it, brining thecrowd back to life. The stand betweende Kock and Bavuma yielded 57runs.

Vice-captain Rassie van derDussen, South Africa’s best batsmanin the World Cup, followed de Kockin the dressing room quickly by offer-ing a simple return catch to RavindraJadeja in the 13th over, leaving histeam at 90 for three.

Runs dried up in the death oversbut South Africa got much-neededcouple of sixes in the 20th over offSaini which went for 16 runs.BRIEF SCORES:South Africa: 149 for 5 in 20 overs(Quinton de Kock 52, Temba Bavuma49; Deepak Chahar 2/22).India: 151 for 3 in 19 overs (ViratKohli 72 not out, Shikhar Dhawan 40;Tabraiz Shamsi 1/19).

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The Indian men’s teamlogged their best ever

result at ITTF Asian TableTennis Championships, fin-ishing fifth after beating HongKong 3-1 in the classificationmatch here on Wednesday.

The Indian team alsodefeated Iran 3-0 to clinch theGold medal in the championsdivision.

In the classif icationmatch, India tried out a newopening with Sharath Kamal,who after the initial struggle,managed to put it across LamSiu Hang 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 to provide the lead.

In the second tie, AnthonyAmalraj beat NG Pak Nam 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, while inthe third singles, G Sathiyandefeated Kwan Man Ho 11-5,11-13, 11-7, 14-12.

In the second and fourthgames, Sathiyan won the laston his second match-point.He was the lone Indian whodid not lose a single match inteam event, having played allmatches from 1st Division tof inishing f if th in theChampions Division.

In the final of the 1stDivision, Sharath openedagain for India and downedAmin Ahmadin 11-5, 9-11,11-6, 11-6, while bothSathiyan and Amalraj werestretched fully. Sathiyan beatAir Hossein Hodaei 6-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10 whileAmalraj accounted forNoshad Alamiyan 18-16, 5-11,11-9, 6-11, 11-9 as India wonthe yellow metal.

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India Under-23 team willtake on visiting Bangladesh

Under-23 team in the openingOne-Day International of thefive-match series at the BharatRatna Atal Bihari VajpayeeEkana International Stadiumon Thursday.

In the last encounter ofjunior sides, India defeatedBangladesh by five runs toclinch the ACC U-19 AsiaCup final in Colombo. AndBangladesh will defenitelylooking for a revenge.

The visitor’s coach SimonGrant Helmot looked confidentof a fine show by the boys. “Theseries will provide a perfectplatform to the players andthey have the skills and tem-perament to produce agoodshow,” he said on the eve of theclash. Playing at home, Indianskipper Priyam Garg said thathis side was ready for anychallenge that came their way.

Other than Priyam, who isin prime touch himself,Arshdeep Singh, Kartik TyagiAryan Juyal are the players to

watch out for.THE TEAMS (FROM):India: Priyam Garg (captain),Yashasvi Jaiswal, MadhavKaushik, B R Sharath (wk),Samarth Vyas, Aryan Juyal(wk), Ritwik Roy Choudhary,Kumar Suraj, Atit Seth,

Shubhang Hegde, HrithikShokeen, Dhrushant Soni,Arshdeep Singh, Kartik Tyagi,Harpreet BrarBangladesh: Mahadi Hasan(captain), Mohammed SaifHassan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury,Fardeen Hussain Oney,

Mohammad Sabbir Hosan,Mahidul Islam Bhuiyan, MdAli Amin, Md Zakir Hasan,Jaker Ali Anik, Md ArifulHaque, Tanvir Aslam, MdManik Khan, Md ShafiqulIslam, Sumon Khan, RobiulHaque.

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