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U nder heavy police protec- tion, 10 rebel Congress MLAs flew in a chartered flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru on Thursday evening and sub- mitted their resignations to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker, who seemed in no hurry to end the political drama any sooner. In a Press conference after the meeting with MLAs, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar said, “The rebel MLAs have come and submitted their res- ignations. The resignations are in prescribed format. As per the rules I have to ascertain the genuineness of the resigna- tions. I can’t be expected to act on lightning speed.” The Speaker put off taking the decision on the resignation of the MLAs despite a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asking him to decide on the issue dur- ing the course of the day. The Bench, also compris- ing Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, said the deci- sion taken by the Speaker has to be intimated on Friday when the court takes up the matter again. The apex court also direct- ed the Karnataka DGP to pro- vide protection to the 10 MLAs from Bengaluru airport to the Assembly after their arrival from Mumbai. The Speaker said, “I have to respect the Constitution and rules. I am not under anybody’s obligation. I am working under the Constitution. It is just not (the case of) accepting or rejecting resignation”. The Speaker spoke about anti-defection law and the 10th Schedule and said he would strictly go by the Constitution. “The honourable mem- bers approached me on July 6. There was no need for them to go to the SC. They could have come and approached me. Please reproduce my words. They have resigned. But I have not accepted. I have to convince myself,” the Speaker said. “I don’t violate rules. They have asked me to take a deci- sion. I have video recorded the entire proceedings,” he said, adding, “I confess I am whol- ly dependent on media to reach out to the people on my stand”. On the disqualification petition against Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathahalli, the Speaker said though resignation and dis- qualification are similar, in case of disqualification they cannot enter the House for the rest of the term of the House. “Therefore, if I hurriedly decide on this I will not do justice. I am in a fix, I want to go by my conscience,” he added. The Speaker, according to analysts, was unhappy with the MLAs and was buying time for the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government. Meanwhile, the Congress has issued the whip to its MLAs to attend the Assembly session starting on Friday. If they abstain from the session they might lose their member- ship under the anti-defection Bill. Analysts say if they don’t vote on the Finance Bill, the Government will fall on its own. The 10-day Assembly ses- sion is crucial and the coalition Government is certainly taking legal route and buying time to save the Government. Despite mounting trouble, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy refused to resign. On Thursday he said, “Why should I resign? We have no problem. What is the necessity for me to resign?” Kumaraswamy also cited the example of the former BJP Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. “In 2009-10, when Yeddyurappa was Chief Minister, at that time 18 MLAs (legislators) including eight Ministers opposed him. Ultimately what happened,” Kumaraswamy said. Congress leaders, includ- ing Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma, protested in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament on Wednesday against Karnataka and Goa political crisis. The 13-month-old Congress-JD(S) Government slumped into crisis following the resignation of 10 MLAs from the membership of the State Assembly last week. Congress’ Roshan Baig and independent H Nagesh have also deserted the HD Kumaraswamy Government. I n a one sided match, England managed to record an impressive win over five-time champions Australia in the second semifinal in Birmingham on Thursday. Following this eight wick- ets win after a fearless knock from Jason Roy, the England entered their first World Cup final since 1992. Chasing 224 was not expected to be a walk in the park but England made it just that with an aggressive approach that has become syn- onymous with them over the past four years. Openers Roy (85 off 65) and Jonny Bairstow (34 off 43) shared a 124-run stand, their fourth century stand in a row, to do bulk of the job for their team after the bowlers put up an all-round show to dismiss Australia for 223 despite a valiant effort from Steve Smith (85). Joe Root (49 not out off 46) and captain Eoin Morgan (45 not out off 39) knocked off the remaining runs to complete a famous win in just 32.1 overs. England, who lost three World Cup finals in 1979, 1987 and 1992, now have a golden opportunity to win the elusive crown with a victory against New Zealand at Lord’s on Sunday. T he Supreme Court on Thursday sought a report on the “progress of media- tion” in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya and said a day-to-day hearing may commence from July 25 if the court decides to conclude those proceedings. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi requested former apex court judge Justice (Retd) FMI Kalifulla, chairperson of the three-member mediation panel, to apprise it by July 18 the progress of mediation till date and its present stage. “It will be convenient to have the said report latest by July 18, on which date further orders will be passed by this court,” said the Bench, also comprising justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer. “We also make it clear that if this court comes to a con- clusion that, having regard to the report of Justice FMI Kalifulla, the mediation pro- ceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the court will do so and order for commence- ment of the hearing of the appeals before it, tentatively, on and from July 25, which hear- ings, if required, will be con- ducted on day-to-day basis,” the bench said. It passed the order while hearing an application filed by a legal heir of one of the original litigants, Gopal Singh Visharad, seeking a judicial decision on the dispute and conclusion of the mediation process, alleging that nothing much was happening there. “Taking into account the earlier orders passed by this court; the fact that mediation was suggested by this court during the period of time which was otherwise required to make cases/appeals ready for hearing and the contents of I.A (interim appliction)..., we deem it proper to request Justice FMI Kalifulla to inform this court the progress of medi- ation till date and the stage at which the said process is presently at,” the court said and posted the matter for hearing on July 18 for passing appro- priate orders. The panel, also comprising spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior advocate and renowned medi- ator Sriram Panchu, was grant- ed time till August 15 by the apex court for completion of mediation after its earlier report had said that the medi- ators were “optimistic” about an amicable solution. A 30-year-old woman shot at allegedly by two unidenti- fied bike-borne assailants near five-star hotel in Dwarka Sector 12 on Thursday morning is bat- tling for her life at a private hos- pital in South West Delhi. “After receiving a police control room (PCR) call on Thursday at 8.15 am, a police team rushed to the spot. The victim identified as Kiren Yadav, a resident of Dwarka’s Sector 12 area, was rushed to Venkateshwara hospital where her condition is said to be crit- ical,” said a police official. “Preliminary investigation has revealed that Kiren was dri- ving her car when two bike- borne men who were chasing her vehicle opened fire at her at a roundabout near Radisson Blu hotel. Kiren was alone in the car. She sustained bullet injury on her neck. Two bullets were fired upon her,” said the police official. Officials at the hospital said, “Team of doctors has removed the bullet but her con- dition is still critical and she has been kept on ventilator.” “It has been revealed that she was involved in a family dispute. It appears that the bike-borne assailants knew about her movement and were tailing her,” said police. “Police teams are scanning the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area. A few sus- pects have been detained in connection with the incident,” said the senior police official adding that further investiga- tion is going on. Meanwhile, Kiran’s family members suspect the involve- ment of her husband Varun Yadav. “The couple has matri- monial issues for the last one and a half year. We suspect her husband to be behind the act. He had been ill treating my sis- ter,” said Pankaj Saxena, victim’s brother, adding Kiren had to take care of her expenses and had to start a small finance business. B JP MLA from Bithari Chainpur in Bareilly Rajesh Mishra’s daughter Sakshi and her husband Ajitesh on Thursday filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court, seeking protection to “live a peaceful life” as a married couple a day after the woman appeared on social media alleging that she faced a threat to life from her father for marrying a Dalit. The MLA has, however, said he posed no threat to any- one and his daughter has the right to take her own decisions. Justice YK Srivastava fixed July 15 for the hearing as Sakshi Mishra (23) and her husband Ajitesh Kumar (29) were not present in the court on Thursday. Sakshi had uploaded a video on a social media platform last week, mak- ing her marriage with Ajitesh public. In another video, she alleged there was a threat to her life from her father, brother and an associate. In the video, the woman warned that if anything hap- pens to her or her husband, she would do something that would put him behind bars. In a second video, her hus- band Ajitesh talked about nar- rowly escaping goons sent by Mishra. The couple asked for security, contending that there was a threat to their life from the BJP MLA, who was “unhappy” with their marriage as Sakshi is a Brahmin and Ajitesh a Dalit. The petitioners prayed that police or Rajesh Mishra do not disturb them in “heir peaceful living as both petitioners were major and had entered into marriage with a free will. In the petition filed in court, the cou- ple has repeated the allegation and sought security. However, the MLA has rejected his daughter’s charge. “Whatever is going on against me in the media is wrong. I am not opposed to the marriage of my daughter. My only concern is that the boy is more than nine years older than her. As a father I am also concerned about their future because the boy doesn’t earn much,’’ he said in a statement. “My daughter is an adult and has the right to take her own decisions. Neither I nor my men or any member of my family has given any threat to life to anyone,” Mishra said. “I and my family are busy in our work. I am doing the people’s work in my con- stituency and presently run- ning a BJP membership cam- paign. There is no threat to anyone from me,” he said. Deputy Inspector General RK Pandey had said earlier that he has asked the Bareilly police chief to provide security to the couple. But he added that police did not know the cou- ple’s current location. Sakshi had also appealed to other MPs and MLAs to not side with her father, also known as Pappu Bhartaul, on the issue. E xcept Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, the north-west- ern States — Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have recorded deficient monsoon so far. The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) data shows that monsoon has cov- ered almost 70 per cent areas in the country, but half of sub- meteorological divisions fall under the “deficient” rainfall category. Due to lack of rain- fall, the north-west States have witnessed high humidity and hot weather conditions. As per data, the nine States of north-west India recorded 126.4 mm rain against the normal of 136.7 mm, a defi- ciency of 8 per cent so far. South easterly wind has caused high-level humidity in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. “Now the wind directions have changed. This is expect- ed to bring some relief from humidity. There is no chance of rainfall in the next 3 to 4 days in north-west States except hilly regions. The data shows deficiency in rainfall over cen- tral and western India in next two weeks,” said Kuldeep Srivastava of IMD. In Delhi and NCR, the humidity level was recorded at 57 per cent on Thursday. Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh have recorded only 39.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 94.2 per cent so far, a deficien- cy of 58 per cent. The IMD data shows that Haryana recorded 56 per cent rain deficiency, Delhi 89 per cent, Punjab 47 per cent, Uttrakhand 41 per cent, Chandigarh 25 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 38 per cent and Jammu & Kashmir 12 per cent till July 11. Western Uttar Pradesh recorded 21 per cent rain defi- ciency while western Rajasthan 25 per cent, while east UP and east Rajasthan have recorded above normal rainfall. The overall monsoon defi- ciency, which was 33 per cent at the start of the month, has dipped to 12 per cent so far. The IMD has four divisions, which are further divided into 36 sub-divisions. 17 have received “deficient” rainfall. The deficiency was highest in the South Peninsula — 28 per cent — followed by 17 per cent in the North-East. India received 28 per cent more rainfall than the 50- year average in the week to July 10, data from the IMD showed, after getting poor rainfall for five straight weeks. But the deficit could widen again in the next fortnight, said the official, adding, “After two weeks, there are indica- tions of good rainfall. The monsoon is seen reviving in last week of July.” The southwest monsoon has advanced into south Rajasthan, large parts of Haryana, north and east Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir. “There is a cyclonic circulation located over east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This cyclonic circu- lation, along with a related trough, will cause instability and produce heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms over central and eastern India,” the IMD said. This year rains arrived in the southern State of Kerala a week late on June 8. The devel- oping Cyclone Vayu in the Arabian Sea drew moisture from the monsoon and weak- ened its progress.

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Under heavy police protec-tion, 10 rebel Congress

MLAs flew in a chartered flightfrom Mumbai to Bengaluru onThursday evening and sub-mitted their resignations tothe Karnataka AssemblySpeaker, who seemed in nohurry to end the politicaldrama any sooner.

In a Press conference afterthe meeting with MLAs,Speaker KR Ramesh Kumarsaid, “The rebel MLAs havecome and submitted their res-ignations. The resignations arein prescribed format. As per therules I have to ascertain thegenuineness of the resigna-tions. I can’t be expected to acton lightning speed.”

The Speaker put off takingthe decision on the resignationof the MLAs despite a SupremeCourt Bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi askinghim to decide on the issue dur-ing the course of the day.

The Bench, also compris-ing Justices Deepak Gupta andAniruddha Bose, said the deci-sion taken by the Speaker hasto be intimated on Friday whenthe court takes up the matteragain.

The apex court also direct-ed the Karnataka DGP to pro-vide protection to the 10 MLAsfrom Bengaluru airport to theAssembly after their arrivalfrom Mumbai.

The Speaker said, “I have torespect the Constitution andrules. I am not under anybody’sobligation. I am working under

the Constitution. It is just not(the case of) accepting orrejecting resignation”.

The Speaker spoke aboutanti-defection law and the 10thSchedule and said he wouldstrictly go by the Constitution.

“The honourable mem-bers approached me on July 6.There was no need for them togo to the SC. They could havecome and approached me.Please reproduce my words.They have resigned. But I havenot accepted. I have to convince

myself,” the Speaker said.“I don’t violate rules. They

have asked me to take a deci-sion. I have video recorded theentire proceedings,” he said,adding, “I confess I am whol-ly dependent on media to reachout to the people on my stand”.

On the disqualificationpetition against RameshJarkiholi and MaheshKumathahalli, the Speaker saidthough resignation and dis-qualification are similar, incase of disqualification they

cannot enter the House for therest of the term of the House.“Therefore, if I hurriedly decideon this I will not do justice. Iam in a fix, I want to go by myconscience,” he added.

The Speaker, according toanalysts, was unhappy withthe MLAs and was buyingtime for the JD(S)-Congresscoalition Government.

Meanwhile, the Congresshas issued the whip to itsMLAs to attend the Assemblysession starting on Friday. If

they abstain from the sessionthey might lose their member-ship under the anti-defectionBill. Analysts say if they don’tvote on the Finance Bill, theGovernment will fall on itsown.

The 10-day Assembly ses-sion is crucial and the coalitionGovernment is certainly takinglegal route and buying time tosave the Government.

Despite mounting trouble,Karnataka Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy refused toresign. On Thursday he said,“Why should I resign? Wehave no problem. What is thenecessity for me to resign?”

Kumaraswamy also citedthe example of the former BJPChief Minister BSYeddyurappa.

“In 2009-10, whenYeddyurappa was ChiefMinister, at that time 18 MLAs(legislators) including eightMinisters opposed him.Ultimately what happened,”Kumaraswamy said.

Congress leaders, includ-ing Sonia Gandhi, RahulGandhi and Anand Sharma,protested in front of theMahatma Gandhi statue inParliament on Wednesdayagainst Karnataka and Goapolitical crisis.

The 13-month-oldCongress-JD(S) Governmentslumped into crisis followingthe resignation of 10 MLAsfrom the membership of theState Assembly last week.Congress’ Roshan Baig andindependent H Nagesh havealso deserted the HDKumaraswamy Government.

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In a one sided match, Englandmanaged to record an

impressive win over five-timechampions Australia in thesecond semifinal inBirmingham on Thursday.

Following this eight wick-ets win after a fearless knockfrom Jason Roy, the Englandentered their first World Cupfinal since 1992.

Chasing 224 was not

expected to be a walk in thepark but England made it justthat with an aggressiveapproach that has become syn-onymous with them over thepast four years.

Openers Roy (85 off 65)and Jonny Bairstow (34 off 43)shared a 124-run stand, theirfourth century stand in a row,to do bulk of the job for theirteam after the bowlers put upan all-round show to dismissAustralia for 223 despite a

valiant effort from Steve Smith(85).

Joe Root (49 not out off 46)and captain Eoin Morgan (45not out off 39) knocked off theremaining runs to complete afamous win in just 32.1 overs.England, who lost three WorldCup finals in 1979, 1987 and1992, now have a goldenopportunity to win the elusivecrown with a victory againstNew Zealand at Lord’s onSunday.

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The Supreme Court onThursday sought a report

on the “progress of media-tion” in the politically sensitivecase of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute inAyodhya and said a day-to-dayhearing may commence fromJuly 25 if the court decides toconclude those proceedings.

A five-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi requested formerapex court judge Justice (Retd)FMI Kalifulla, chairperson ofthe three-member mediationpanel, to apprise it by July 18the progress of mediation tilldate and its present stage.

“It will be convenient tohave the said report latest byJuly 18, on which date furtherorders will be passed by thiscourt,” said the Bench, alsocomprising justices SA Bobde,

DY Chandrachud, AshokBhushan and SA Nazeer.

“We also make it clear thatif this court comes to a con-clusion that, having regard tothe report of Justice FMIKalifulla, the mediation pro-ceedings should be ordered tobe concluded, the court will doso and order for commence-ment of the hearing of theappeals before it, tentatively, onand from July 25, which hear-ings, if required, will be con-ducted on day-to-day basis,” thebench said.

It passed the order whilehearing an application filedby a legal heir of one of the

original litigants, Gopal SinghVisharad, seeking a judicialdecision on the dispute andconclusion of the mediationprocess, alleging that nothingmuch was happening there.

“Taking into account theearlier orders passed by thiscourt; the fact that mediationwas suggested by this courtduring the period of timewhich was otherwise requiredto make cases/appeals readyfor hearing and the contents ofI.A (interim appliction)..., wedeem it proper to requestJustice FMI Kalifulla to informthis court the progress of medi-ation till date and the stage atwhich the said process ispresently at,” the court said andposted the matter for hearingon July 18 for passing appro-priate orders.

The panel, also comprisingspiritual guru and founder ofthe Art of Living foundation SriSri Ravishankar and senioradvocate and renowned medi-ator Sriram Panchu, was grant-ed time till August 15 by theapex court for completion ofmediation after its earlierreport had said that the medi-ators were “optimistic” about anamicable solution.

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A30-year-old woman shot atallegedly by two unidenti-

fied bike-borne assailants nearfive-star hotel in Dwarka Sector12 on Thursday morning is bat-tling for her life at a private hos-pital in South West Delhi.

“After receiving a policecontrol room (PCR) call onThursday at 8.15 am, a policeteam rushed to the spot. Thevictim identified as KirenYadav, a resident of Dwarka’sSector 12 area, was rushed toVenkateshwara hospital whereher condition is said to be crit-ical,” said a police official.

“Preliminary investigationhas revealed that Kiren was dri-ving her car when two bike-borne men who were chasingher vehicle opened fire at herat a roundabout near Radisson

Blu hotel. Kiren was alone inthe car. She sustained bulletinjury on her neck. Two bulletswere fired upon her,” said thepolice official.

Officials at the hospitalsaid, “Team of doctors hasremoved the bullet but her con-dition is still critical and she hasbeen kept on ventilator.”

“It has been revealed thatshe was involved in a family

dispute. It appears that thebike-borne assailants knewabout her movement and weretailing her,” said police.

“Police teams are scanningthe footage of CCTV camerasinstalled in the area. A few sus-pects have been detained inconnection with the incident,”said the senior police officialadding that further investiga-tion is going on.

Meanwhile, Kiran’s familymembers suspect the involve-ment of her husband VarunYadav. “The couple has matri-monial issues for the last oneand a half year. We suspect herhusband to be behind the act.He had been ill treating my sis-ter,” said Pankaj Saxena, victim’sbrother, adding Kiren had totake care of her expenses andhad to start a small financebusiness.

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BJP MLA from BithariChainpur in Bareilly Rajesh

Mishra’s daughter Sakshi andher husband Ajitesh onThursday filed a petition in theAllahabad High Court, seekingprotection to “live a peacefullife” as a married couple a dayafter the woman appeared onsocial media alleging that shefaced a threat to life from herfather for marrying a Dalit.

The MLA has, however,said he posed no threat to any-one and his daughter has the

right to take her own decisions.Justice YK Srivastava fixed

July 15 for the hearing asSakshi Mishra (23) and herhusband Ajitesh Kumar (29)were not present in the courton Thursday. Sakshi haduploaded a video on a socialmedia platform last week, mak-

ing her marriage with Ajiteshpublic. In another video, shealleged there was a threat to herlife from her father, brother andan associate.

In the video, the womanwarned that if anything hap-pens to her or her husband, shewould do something that

would put him behind bars.In a second video, her hus-

band Ajitesh talked about nar-rowly escaping goons sent byMishra. The couple asked forsecurity, contending that therewas a threat to their life fromthe BJP MLA, who was“unhappy” with their marriageas Sakshi is a Brahmin andAjitesh a Dalit.

The petitioners prayed thatpolice or Rajesh Mishra do notdisturb them in “heir peacefulliving as both petitioners weremajor and had entered intomarriage with a free will. In thepetition filed in court, the cou-ple has repeated the allegationand sought security.

However, the MLA hasrejected his daughter’s charge.“Whatever is going on againstme in the media is wrong. I amnot opposed to the marriage ofmy daughter. My only concernis that the boy is more thannine years older than her. As a

father I am also concernedabout their future because theboy doesn’t earn much,’’ he saidin a statement.

“My daughter is an adultand has the right to take herown decisions. Neither I normy men or any member of myfamily has given any threat tolife to anyone,” Mishra said.

“I and my family are busyin our work. I am doing thepeople’s work in my con-stituency and presently run-ning a BJP membership cam-paign. There is no threat toanyone from me,” he said.

Deputy Inspector GeneralRK Pandey had said earlier thathe has asked the Bareilly policechief to provide security to thecouple. But he added thatpolice did not know the cou-ple’s current location. Sakshihad also appealed to otherMPs and MLAs to not side withher father, also known as PappuBhartaul, on the issue.

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Except Uttar Pradesh andRajasthan, the north-west-

ern States — Uttarakhand,Haryana, Punjab, Delhi,Chandigarh, Himachal Pradeshand Jammu & Kashmir haverecorded deficient monsoon sofar. The India MeteorologicalDepartment’s (IMD) datashows that monsoon has cov-ered almost 70 per cent areasin the country, but half of sub-meteorological divisions fallunder the “deficient” rainfallcategory. Due to lack of rain-fall, the north-west States havewitnessed high humidity andhot weather conditions.

As per data, the nine Statesof north-west India recorded126.4 mm rain against thenormal of 136.7 mm, a defi-ciency of 8 per cent so far.South easterly wind has causedhigh-level humidity in Delhi,Punjab and Haryana.

“Now the wind directionshave changed. This is expect-ed to bring some relief fromhumidity. There is no chance ofrainfall in the next 3 to 4 daysin north-west States excepthilly regions. The data showsdeficiency in rainfall over cen-tral and western India in next

two weeks,” said KuldeepSrivastava of IMD.

In Delhi and NCR, thehumidity level was recorded at57 per cent on Thursday.Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarhhave recorded only 39.9 mmrainfall against the normal of94.2 per cent so far, a deficien-cy of 58 per cent.

The IMD data shows thatHaryana recorded 56 per centrain deficiency, Delhi 89 percent, Punjab 47 per cent,Uttrakhand 41 per cent,Chandigarh 25 per cent,Himachal Pradesh 38 per cent

and Jammu & Kashmir 12 percent till July 11.

Western Uttar Pradeshrecorded 21 per cent rain defi-ciency while western Rajasthan25 per cent, while east UP andeast Rajasthan have recordedabove normal rainfall.

The overall monsoon defi-ciency, which was 33 per centat the start of the month, hasdipped to 12 per cent so far.The IMD has four divisions,which are further divided into36 sub-divisions. 17 havereceived “deficient” rainfall.The deficiency was highest in

the South Peninsula — 28 percent — followed by 17 per centin the North-East.

India received 28 per centmore rainfall than the 50-year average in the week toJuly 10, data from the IMDshowed, after getting poorrainfall for five straight weeks.But the deficit could widenagain in the next fortnight,said the official, adding, “Aftertwo weeks, there are indica-tions of good rainfall. Themonsoon is seen reviving inlast week of July.”

The southwest monsoonhas advanced into southRajasthan, large parts ofHaryana, north and eastPunjab, and Jammu & Kashmir.“There is a cyclonic circulationlocated over east Uttar Pradeshand Bihar. This cyclonic circu-lation, along with a relatedtrough, will cause instabilityand produce heavy to veryheavy rain and thunderstormsover central and eastern India,”the IMD said.

This year rains arrived inthe southern State of Kerala aweek late on June 8. The devel-oping Cyclone Vayu in theArabian Sea drew moisturefrom the monsoon and weak-ened its progress.

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To attract global investors tothe proposed global

investors meet being held inDharamshala in November,Himachal government held ameeting with the Ambassadorsof 50 nations at New Delhi onWednesday evening.

The Ambassadors werebriefed about the possibilities ofinvestment in various sectors inthe state and the state govern-ment also urged them to moti-vate and coordinate in invitingentrepreneurs, investors andtrade unions of their countriesfor investing in sectors of theirchoice in Himachal Pradesh.

Minister of State forExternal Affairs V.Murlidharan, who was alsopresent on the occasion, saidthat the initiative of theHimachal government to inviteinvestors and traded unionacross the globe to this globalinvestor's meet being orga-nized on 7-8 November inDharamshala is unique andexemplary.

He said the Union Ministryof External Affairs would play

the role of felicitator for thismeet.

Speaking on the occasion,Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid Himachal offers betterinfrastructure, investor friend-ly and peaceful environmentand liberal policies of the stategovernment to the globalinvestors.

"As a result of better poli-cies and effective implementa-tion of various schemes, thestate today is poised to competewith other states for attractingglobal investment," he said.

Thakur urged theAmbassadors of various coun-tries present on the occasion toextend invitation of the stategovernment to entrepreneursof their respective countries toattend the global investorsmeet at Dharamshala.

MP's from the state andsenior officials also attendedthe meeting. Union Minister ofState for Finance andCorporate Affairs AnuragThakur assured every possibleassistance to the state govern-ment for organizing global

investors meet successfully.

CM RAISED ISSUE OFDEFENCE AIRPORT WITHHOME MINISTER

In a meeting with UnionDefence Minister RajnathSingh at New Delhi onThursday, chief minister JaiRam Thakur raised the issue ofsetting up of an internationallevel airport in HimachalPradesh which could also beimportant from strategic pointof view.

Thakur apprised the

Union Minister that an inter-national level airport is pro-posed to be constructed inMandi district for which 3479bighas of land has been iden-tified at Nagchala. He saidMandi district is centrally locat-ed and approachable from theborder regions. Rajnath Singhassured that the government ofIndia would consider thisdemand seriously.

URGES GADKARI FORASSISTANCE IN ROPEWAYPROJECTS

In his visit to New Delhi,Thakur also called on UnionMinister for Road Transportand Highways N itin Gadkariand requested him to approvea grant Rs. 500 crore forimplementation of ropewayprojects in the State. The hiefMinister said that the stategovernment has decided touse ropeway system as analternative eco-friendly trans-port solution to decongestcities, tribal areas and highmountainous passes.Gadkari assured the ChiefMinister that their demandswould be considered sympa-thetically.

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SAD MP from Bathinda andthe Union Food Processing

Industries Minister HarsimratKaur Badal on Thursdayalleged that Punjab wasplagued by a “MNREGAmafia” which was pocketingcentral funds meant for poor

farmers and labourers. Sheurged the Union RuralDevelopment MinisterNarendra Tomar to initiatestrict action against theCongress functionaries andofficials responsible for thesame.

Harsimrat, in a letter to theRural Development Minister,

said that MNREGA fundsmeant for poor farmers andlabourers were being siphonedoff by Congress functionariesin league with corrupt officialsadversely affecting the successof the scheme in the State.

“As per a UGC study cov-ering 65 villages in 22 districts,the scheme was also not beingmanaged properly and couldonly generate 20.23 averagedays of employment in a yearagainst the mandated 100 days.The study said that only 1.64percent beneficiary householdsgot the mandated 100 daysemployment while 21.29 per-cent did not get any work. Asper reports, the beneficiarieshad to pay bribes to get a jobcard and in many cases suchcards were made in the nameof big farmers,” she said.

Requesting the Minister tointervene in the matter, shedemanded that cases should beregistered against all thosemisusing and misappropriatingcentral funds.

AT the same time, shealso urged the Minister tocarry out an inspection ofMNREGA work in Budhlada,Bathinda Rural and Buchho inBathinda parliamentary con-stituency as there were largescale complaints of misuse ofMNREGA funds by govern-ment officers in connivancewith Sarpanches and localCongress leaders.

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To provide better con-sumers services to its con-

sumers in Mohali circle, thePunjab State PowerCorporation Limited (PSPCL)has tied up with French multi-national company,Teleperformance, to resolvepower supply related com-plaints.

As a part of the same, thestate’s Principal Secretary(Power) and Punjab StateTransmission CorporationLimited (PSTCL) chairman-cum-managing director A VenuPrasad flagged off well-equipped ‘Complaint HandlingBikes’ on Thursday, in the pres-ence of PSPCL chairman-cum-managing director Baldev SinghSran and other officials.

“The French firm is cur-rently providing its services in80 countries around the world.As many, 90 ComplaintHandling Bikes have beendeployed for Mohali circle area,and each bike team will havetwo expert technicians equippedwith a special type of uniformand latest equipment,” saidPrasad.

He said that junior engineerof PSPCL will also be presentduring night shift for bettermonitoring of complaints ofconsumers.

Prasad said that apart fromthis, three vans have also been

provided to Mohali, Zirakpurand Lalru divisions consisting ateam of four persons each for 24hours. “Similarly, a specialhydraulic vehicle with staff ofeight has been deployed by thePSPCL at Mohali circle level.This vehicle will facilitate dur-ing inevitable situations likestorms etc when the trees fall onthe HT/LT lines and poles,” saidPrasad.

He added that all com-plaints regarding electricity willbe registered at earlier number,1912, and the PSPCL consumerservices app for which thesupervision will be done by thePSPCL.

Sran said that to providequality efficient service toPSPCL’s consumers, a profes-sional company like MNC hasbeen hired.

At the same time, Sranstressed that “4 Ss” are mainhallmark of this chain.

“The workmen providingservice with smile to the con-sumer are in turn assured of

safety through proper per-sonal protective equipmentand rightful salary for servicethey render. So these fourS—Service,Smile, Safetyand Salary,are moste s s e nt i a l .But the icingon cake isanother S

that is sincerityin service andorganizationexpects samefrom the newcompany hiredto handle con-sumer com-plaints,” he said.

P S P C LD i r e c t o rDistr ibutionNK Sharmastressed that itis the duty ofthe firm toensure that allcomplaints ofthe consumersmust be attend-ed and give aproper feed-back to thecomplaints andensure theproper safety m e a s u r e s for the employ-ees’ safety.

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Thursday alleged that

the wheat being distributed bythe Punjab Government tothe poor and ‘dalit’ beneficia-ries under the ‘Atta-Dal’scheme in the state was not fitfor human consumption.

Party’s senior leader andKotkapura MLA Kultar SinghSandhwan, who is also AAP’sstate Kisan wing chief, andMahal Kalan MLA KulwantSingh Pandori submitted amemorandum to the stateFood and Civil SupplyMinister Bharat Bhushan Ashuurging him to look into thematter and plug the snags inthe ‘Atta-Dal’ scheme andstamp out corruption in thesystem.

Sandhwan said that hehad been to certain villagesunder Faridkot district totake stock of the distributionof food items under thescheme, and the situation wasunnerving.

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Under its 'Special WaterConservation Campaign',

Haryana Government hasdecided to prepare district waterconservation schemes and markvarious places of rainwater har-vesting especially in the districtareas.

This was informed duringthe meeting of various depart-ments of the HaryanaGovernment held under thechairmanship of ChiefSecretary, Keshni Anand Arorain New Delhi on Thursday,

During the meeting, theChief Secretary gave directionsfor the successful implementa-tion of the 'Special WaterConservation Campaign' initi-ated by the HaryanaGovernment underthe Prime Minister's 'Jal ShaktiAbhiyan'.

It was informed in themeeting that in addition togovernment buildings, rainwa-ter harvesting system will alsobe expanded to other buildings.The old plants of the rainwaterharvesting system will berepaired and made operationaland 100 borewells/places will bemarked in each district area inorder to extend the rainwaterharvesting process.

Apart from this, naturalwater resources and ponds willalso be rejuvenated and planta-tion drive will be undertaken for

the expansion of green area. Itwas also informed that in urbanareas, work will be done in aplanned and timely manner toachieve the goals of rainwaterharvesting, sewerage treatmentsystem, plantation and otherrelated points.

The Chief Secretary direct-ed the officers in different 19districts of the state throughvideo conferencing for success-ful implementation of the cam-paign.

She stressed on the need ofregular submission of detailsfrom time to time and sharewith each other, the inspira-tional works done in district

areas in the direction of rain-water harvesting.

The Chief Secretary alsostressed on the need of non-gov-ernmental organizations andcorporate sector workingtogether in the rainwater har-vesting campaign.

For successful implemen-tation of 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan', theUrban Local Bodies MinisterKavita Jain, while fixing theresponsibilities of officers had aday before laid down the nec-essary guidelines under whichthe role of students towardsspreading awareness about rain-water harvesting is also beingensured.

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Taking a serious note of theissue pertaining to women’s

safety and security and theirworking conditions on high-ways, toll plazas, and otherroads of the State, HaryanaState Commission for womenhas written a letter to the StateChief Secretary and asked herto take necessary measures toimprove their working condi-tions as well as ensuring theirsafety and security.

The Commission opinedthat since women workers areon the road and that too onhighway, there is always agreater possibility or likeli-hood of accidents at Toll Plazasas well on roads.

The Commission recom-mended that adequate guardsshould be provided for thesafety and security of womeninvolved in cleaning the roads,especially the highways, allover the state of Haryana.

Vice-chairperson, HaryanaState Commission for Women,Preeti Bhardwaj, who visitedvarious highways of the state,observed that a large numberof women labourers areemployed on highways butthey are deprived of basicamenities.

They are working inpathetic conditions. Sheobserved that they are notsecure while working on high-ways. "On highways, there is nosafe water, food, congenialenvironment and coupled withrain, wind, plummeting tem-

peratures and unsafe condi-tions, this may make themsick and many lose their livesas well," Bhardwaj observed.

Talking to The Pioneer,the vice- chairperson said thatshe had recently visited easternand western peripheral high-ways and roads in the state. Shecame across many highwaymaintenance workers espe-cially women workers andlabourers working there inadverse conditions, scorchingand intense heat and pre-mon-

soon showers.Bhardwaj said that exces-

sive workplace heat and rain isan occupational health hazard.Women workers complained toher of dehydration and heatexhaustion and sometimes heatstoke too.

The vice-chairperson saidthat it was found that two ofthem were on the verge ofalmost dehydration and mostof them were middle aged orold, infirm and working asdaily wagers and had to com-

plete the given task of cleaningthe sides of this peripheralhighway road within a specif-ic time limit. Importantly,except a neon jacket, no othersafety equipment were pro-vided to them.

She opined that certainactions are needed to protectwomen workers and providethem decent standards of workand livelihood and therefore inview of above and as per thepowers conferred on this com-mission under section 10 (1)

(a) (c) (f) of Haryana StateCommission for Women Act2012, has taken note of it.

She recommended author-ities concerned for taking nec-essary steps at the earliest.Some of the recommendationsare providing adequate guardsfor the safety and security ofwomen involved in cleaningthe roads, especially the high-ways.

They may be given fullsleeves jackets with eye maskand rubber boots and betterbrooms with advancements intechnology or replaced by vac-uum machines.

Such women may betrained and made to learn andskill themselves in runningsuch vacuum machines,Bhardwaj said, adding ade-quate and or alternatearrangements may be made toplace such women elsewherewithout compromising onsecurity of their jobs as dailywager or outsources employeesas the case may be.

She said there should bevalid and specific insuranceunder which these workerswhether men or women arecovered in case of recklessaccidents of which they maybecome a victim too.

Other important recom-mendations include low costassured access to drinkingwater in workplaces, frequentrest breaks, addressing sanita-tion issues and management ofoutput targets. Relevant direc-tions may be issued to the con-cerned departments, she added.

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Rains lashed some parts ofPunjab and Haryana,

including joint capitalChandigarh, on Thursdaybringing down day tempera-ture, a meteorological depart-ment official said.

The maximum tempera-ture in Chandigarh dropped afew notches below normal andsettled close to 32 degreesCelsius after the heavy down-pour on Thursday morning,the official said. The maximumtemperature at most places inthe two states hovered between32 and 34 degrees Celsius afterrain in some areas, includingMohali, Jalandhar, Rupnagar,Patiala, Ludhiana, Ambala,Panchkula and Yamunanagar.The weather department hasforecast more rains in Haryanaand Punjab till Saturday.

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Taking a tough stanceagainst water wastage,

Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Thursdayissued a series of directives toensure conservation of theprecious resource, includingpenalisation of the defaulters oftheir water bills.

With the state staring atacute water scarcity, the ChiefMinister reviewed the situationat the second meeting of theUrban Renewal and ReformsConsultative Group andordered a virtual war againstwater wastage.

Besides stricter enforce-ment of the rules and regula-tions, Capt Amarinder orderedthe concerned departments tosuggest amendments, if any, toenforce payment of water duesas a deterrent to those wastingwater.

If needed, the state could

go for a separate legislation toensure conservation of waterand prevent Punjab from goingdry.

He asked the departmentto decide on installation ofmeters to check pilferage andwastage of water in large hous-es in posh localities of the State,an official spokesperson saidafter the meeting which alsodiscussed the possibility ofswitching to volumetric tariffto stop wastage of water as wellas to make the Operation andMaintenance of water supplyor sewerage sustainable.

Emphasizing the need tocreate awareness amongst thepeople about the conserva-tion of water, Capt Amarinderasked both the departments ofLocal Government and WaterSupply and Sanitation toorganise special camps to edu-cate the people, especially inthe rural areas, for sensitizingthem about the need for water

preservation. He also appealed to the

MLAs to organize mass con-tact programmes at district,sub-division and block levels tomobilize public opinion tosave every drop of water.

To tackle the problem of

drainage of water during themonsoons, the Chief Ministerdirected the PrincipalSecretary (Local Government)A Venu Prasad to chalk out acomprehensive policy, bothon an emergent and long-term basis.

He asked the LocalGovernment to arrange supersucker and jetting machines forcleaning of choked sewagelines, which are often floodedduring heavy rains.

Capt Amarinder asked theLocal Government

Department to evolve a time-bound action plan in consul-tation with the Water Supplyand Sewerage Board to avertthe flooding of sewage lines inurban areas.

The Chief Minister alsoasked the Finance Departmentto immediately release funds tothe tune of Rs 221 crore, underthe 14th Finance Commission,to the Local GovernmentDepartment for execution ofdevelopment works in theUrban Local Bodies (ULBs).The Principal SecretaryFinance Anirudh Tiwariassured the Chief Ministerthat these funds would bereleased to the Departmentwithin 10 days.

Capt Amarinder also askedthe Local GovernmentMinister Brahm Mohindra toimmediately convene a meet-ing of MLAs, MPs and Mayorsof the corporations

To identify the basic issuesrelated to strengthening thecivic amenities, besides upgra-dation of urban infrastructurein terms of potable water sup-ply, sewerage, street lightingand OTS for regularisation ofbuilding violations.

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From now onwards, com-muters in Haryana need

not stop their vehicles forchecking of documents if theyabide by traffic and road safe-ty rules on the roads.

Haryana Director Generalof Police, Manoj Yadava onThursday said that instructionshave been given to allCommissioners of Police, IGPTraffic and Highways and dis-trict Superintendents of Policeto stop checking for docu-ments if a vehicle has not vis-ibly violated any rules.

However, documentswould be checked and subse-quently challan may also beissued in case any driver isfound to have been committedany visible traffic violation, theDGP said.

Yadava said that the pastpractice of flagging down thevehicles for document checkwould be stopped if a com-muter is not visibly breakingrules.Our prime purpose forroutine traffic checking is toensure road and traffic safetyas well as to educate and awarepeople about having a safe andsecure journey. Henceforth,no unit of the district policeincluding the traffic wouldconduct traffic checks solelyfor the purpose of ascertainingwhether the driver has com-plete documents. Safe drivingby following traffic rules would

also help in preventing roadaccidents, he added.

He made it clear that dri-ver’s license, vehicle registra-tion etc would be checked bythe Police for crime preventionand detection measures vizduring area sealing afterheinous crime as well as dur-ing night domination exercis-es.Recently, the HaryanaGovernment had decided tointroduce a law on the lines ofChandigarh to curb road acci-dents caused due to drinkingand driving.Under this law, thevehicle of the person whodrinks and drive could beseized. According to data avail-able, the Police Departmenthad last year issued about 1.66lakh challans for without seatbelt, about 2.60 lakh for with-out helmets, about 4,300 foruse of mobile phone while dri-ving and about 87,000 challansof drunk and drive.And rec-ommended to cancel 1,952driving license. Around Rs 60crore was generated by thePolice Department throughchallaning.

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SAD chief Sukhbir SinghBadal and Akali leader

Bikram Singh Majithiaappeared before the high courthere Thursday for hearing in acriminal case filed against themby a former judge for alleged-ly making false and derogato-ry statements against him.

The single bench of JusticeAmit Rawal ordered theShiromani Akali Dal leaders tofurnish a personal bond of Rsone lakh each, said petitionerRanjit Singh's counsel APSDeol The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court fixed August 21 asthe next date of hearing, Deolsaid. Justice (Retd) Singh wasappointed by the Congressgovernment in Punjab in 2017to a single-member panel toprobe desecration of religioustexts and related police firingincidents, including those thathappened under SAB-BJP rulein 2015.

In his complaint filed inFebruary this year, he claimed

both Badal and Majithia made"derogatory statements againsthim" to bring disrepute to himand the commission.

Singh filed the complaintunder Section 10-A of TheCommissions of Inquiry Act,1952.Under the provision, aperson found involved inbringing the commission or itsmember to disrepute withdefamatory statements can bejailed for six months or finedor both.In his petition, Justice(Retd) Singh has quoted inci-dents in which he found thatBadal and Majithia were mak-ing "derogatory statements"against him and the commis-sion. He referred to an incidentwhen, he said, Badal andMajithia, during a publicprotest, described his inquiryreport as "waste paper, deserv-ing to be relegated to the trashbin". In May this year, thehigh court issued notices to theSAD leaders to appear before itin person. The commission'sreport was tabled in PunjabAssembly last year. A

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Welcoming the banning ofpro-Khalistan outfit —

Sikhs for Justice, PunjabCabinet Minister SukhjinderSingh Randhawa on Thursdaydemanded that the Centremust initiate steps to extraditeSFJ’s legal head GurpatwantSingh Pannu from USA whowas wanted in several cases inPunjab.

Randhawa said that theUnion Government has takena right decision in banning theseparatist organization, andthe decision has only second-ed the stand of Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh that such dens of terrorneeded to be strictly proceed-ed against.

The state’s Cooperationand Jails Minister SukhjinderSingh Randhawa said that theChief Minister had for longbeen demanding strict actionagainst Sikhs for Justice and banning it should be theonly one part of the strategy totackle terror while the situationwarrants going all out againstsuch organizations fuelling ter-ror in Punjab and leading theyouth astray.

Demanding from theUnion Government the extra-dition of SFJ supremoGurpatwant Singh Pannu fromUSA, he said that Pannu iswanted in several FIRs regis-tered in Punjab and the lattermust be extradited to India toface the law.Advancing his

argument.He said that Pannu helped

the mastermind of NabhaJailbreak incident Romy inHong Kong. Besides, the SFJ,especially Pannu, are engagedneck-deep into providingfinancial and all other kinds ofsupport to the separatist ele-ments in India in order toadvance his devious agenda forReferendum 2020 which aimsto balkanize the country.

“Sikhs for Justice is justconfined to social media andhas no ground support,” hesaid.

Randhawa added that thePunjab Government is fullycommitted to give no quarterto terror elements in the Stateand has waged all out war onsuch rogues and terrorists.“The State Government hasbroken the back of the drugsuppliers completely whichmake use of the ill-gotten fundsto fuel terror network inPunjab,” he said. Calling for thecomplete unity on the sensi-tive issue by rising above theparty lines, Randhawa saidthat the Central Governmentshould assist Punjab in fight-ing terror as it is a borderstate, and “there must be nocompromise on the issue ofnational security as it issupreme and above all”.

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Haryana Finance MinisterCapt. Abhimanyu on

Thursday said that the BJP ledState Government will presentits “report card” to the peopleof the state and seek votes onthe basis of the developmentworks carried out in the lastabout five years.

“The State Assembly elec-tions are approaching and weare confident to perform wellin the polls. The present StateGovernment under the lead-ership of Chief MinisterManohar Lal has changed thesystem and worked to fulfill thehopes and aspirations of thepeople,” the Minister said whiletalking to the mediapersonshere.

The BJP has set a target tobag at least 75 of the 90 seats inthe assembly elections due inOctober. At present, the BJPhas 48 members in the StateAssembly.

The Minister said, “Ourgovernment has given a newdefinition to politics by risingabove nepotism, casteism,regionalism and corrupt prac-tices, which was supported byall sections of society be itfarmers, employees, labourersor youth in the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections.”

On being asked about thestatement made by the oppo-sition that the BJP will not getanything in the Vidhan SabhaElections as the scenario will bedifferent from Lok Sabha polls,the Finance Minister said that

no one can stop anyone fromdaydreaming.

The people of Haryana arewise, they know that the oppo-sition’s sole aim is to grabpower and they are even fight-ing amongst themselves forthis, he said.

Replying to another ques-tion, he said, “We are going tofight the assembly polls underthe leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andManohar Lal Khattar. We arefighting like a team and thepeople are with us. The oppo-sition is in disarray and it's clearthat we will once again formthe next government."

In an obvious reference tothe Haryana Congress which isridden with factionalism andthe INLD that witnessed avertical split last year followinga feud in the Chautala family,the Finance Minister said,“Those who cannot take theirown team along, how will theyrun the state?”

Responding to a statementmade by Congress MLA KaranSingh Dalal that “Haryana

should make Karnal orKurukshetra its capital andleave Chandigarh", Capt.Abhimanyu said that it seemsthat the political thinking ofDalal is not in favour ofHaryana.

“Our ancestors had strug-gled a lot to make Chandigarhthe capital of Haryana. In thecase of Sutlej Yamuna Linkcanal and Chandigarh, we willnot allow the Haryana's rightsto be ignored,” he said.

The way Haryana has ashare in joint secretariat andVidhan Sabha for 50 years, onthe same lines, it should alsohave share in the High Court,he added.

Responding to allegationsof the BPL survey being carriedout secretly, the FinanceMinister said that under thedepartmental process, theonline form was uploaded onthe website and work of thesurvey was being done accord-ingly. The opposition shouldnot indulge in giving irre-sponsible statements and ifthere is any such thing thenshow the evidence, he added.

In response to a questionabout not giving the HRA tothe employees as per the rec-ommendations of the 7th paycommission, the FinanceMinister said that Haryanawas the first state in the coun-try which extended the bene-fit of the 7th Pay Commissionto its employees. We will not letdown our employees in futurealso and their demands will beconsidered, he added

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As many 91 hospitals inPunjab were found violat-

ing the provisions of the Bio-Medical Waste ManagementRules, with maximum 25 inLudhiana.

As many 35 teams of thePunjab Pollution ControlBoard (PPCB) conducted state-wide surprise inspections of170 hospitals on the direc-tions of its chairman Prof SSMarwaha to check the compli-ance status of the provisions ofthe Bio-Medical WasteManagement Rules, 2016,made by the hospitals inPunjab.

Out of 170 hospitals, 78hospitals were found comply-ing the provisions of the bio-medical waste managementrules, while 91 hospitals werefound violating the same, andone was found closed duringthe visit.

Maximum 25 hospitalswere found violating the pro-visions of the Bio-MedicalWaste Management Rules inLudhiana district, followed byseven each in Amritsar andBathinda districts, six each inKapurthala and Mohali dis-tricts, five each in Mansa andSangrur districts, three inJalandhar district, four each inRopar, Faridkot, Ferozepur,and Hoshiarpur districts, twoeach in Fatehgarh Sahib,Patiala, Pathankot, and SriMuktsar Sahib, while there is

one hospital each in TarnTaran, Moga and SBS Nagardistricts.

Spokesperson said that theviolations observed were thatsome of the Hospitals were nothaving valid authorizationunder Bio-Medical WasteManagement Rules from theBoard, not provided EffluentTreatment Plants, no properrecord of bio-medical wastegeneration and disposal main-tained, improper segregation,final storage room not proper,pre-treatment to liquid wastenot provided, among others.

Action against the violatinghospitals will be taken underthe provisions of theEnvironment (Protection) Act,1986, said the spokesperson.

In Punjab, there arearound 8,400 healthcare facil-ities identified by the Boardwhich are disposing their bio-medical waste at the rate of 15-16 TPD (tonnes per day) to thefive Common Bio-MedicalWaste Treatment Facilitiesauthorized by the Board locat-ed at SAS Nagar, Ludhiana,Amritsar, Sri Muktsar Sahiband Pathankot.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar will meet the

government employees’ unionson July 20 to listen to theirgrievances.

The meeting is seen as anattempt to appease the agitat-ing government employeesahead of State Assembly pollsdue to be held in October.

Notably, the governmentemployee unions in Haryanahad been demanded regular-ization of jobs, restoration ofold pension scheme amongother demands ahead of theupcoming State Assembly polls.

The employees unionshave also announced to holdstate-level rally in August orSeptember to raise their long-pending demands and chalkout a plan for agitation.

With regularization of jobsamong the major demandsbeing raised by the governmentemployees unions, the StateGovernment had recentlyannounced to scrutinize about40000 contractual employeesfor regularization of jobs.

Sarv Karamchari Sangh(SKS) general secretarySubhash Lamba on Thursdaysaid that we have been calledfor a meeting by the ChiefMinister on July 20. Earlier thismeeting was scheduled to beheld on July 18, he said.

Raising questions on theintent of State Government, hesaid that Bharatiya MazdoorSangh which has no signifi-cance here, has been called fora meeting on July 17, whichraises a doubt whether thegovernment is serious aboutfulfilling our demands or not.

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Tabrez Ansari, who wasbrutally thrashed on sus-

picion of having stolen a bike,died due to brain haemor-rhage, according to the post-mortem report.

According to policesources, the post-mortemreport submitted by the doc-tors say that Ansari had sus-tained bone fracture in hishead which caused brainhaemorrhage leading to hisdeath. Ansari was merciless-ly beaten by a group of peo-ple last month and wasallegedly forced to shout "JaiSri Ram", after being suspect-ed of involvement in a biketheft.

His two associates man-aged to escape from the spotand have not been traced sofar by the police.

Ansari died in judicialcustody a week after thethrashing incident. Elevenpeople have been arrested inconnection with his killing.

The post-mortem reportwas submitted two days ago to

the Seraikela police."During investigation it

has been found that the offi-cer-in-charge of two policestations did not react on timeto save Tabrez Ansari. Thelocal village head informedpolice about the incident at 2a.m. but they reached thespot at 6 p.m.", a police sourcetold IANS.

"The doctors attendingTabrez did not treat him well.The X-ray report indicatedfracture in his head but he wasnot treated for brain haemor-rhage. He was forwarded tojail," he said.

The Jharkhand HighCourt has sought a reportfrom the state governmentregarding Ansari's killing.

The court has also soughta report on violent protests bymembers of the Muslim com-munity on July 5 to protest themob lynching of Ansari.

While the High Court hasexpressed unhappiness overthe July 5 protests, no one hasbeen arrested so far in thisconnection, despite policepossessing CCTV footage.

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The Delhi High Court onThursday sought a

response from Union MinisterHarsh Vardhan over a pleachallenging his election to theLok Sabha.

A bench presided byNavin Chawla issued notice tothe Minister and posted thematter for hearing onSeptember 24.

The Union Minister forHealth and Earth and Sciencewas elected to the Lok Sabhafrom Chandni Chowk inDelhi.

The plea alleged thatHarsh Vardhan committedcorrupt practice by not dis-closing the true purchase costof a residential apartment pur-chased by his wife in Dwarkain Delhi.

In his 2014 affidavit,Harsh Vardhan mentioned the

cost as Rs 62,50,000 while inhis 2019 affidavit he put it asRs 70,73,673.

The petitioner, a voterfrom Chandni Chowk con-stituency, urged that his elec-tion be declared null and void.

The petition also pushedfor disqualifying HarshVardhan from contesting elec-tions for six months.

Ne w Delhi: Senior IPS officer Madhur Verma who isface of Delhi Police as spokesperson andDeputy Commissioner ofPolice of VVIP New Delhidistrict, has been transferredto Arunanchal Pradesh, anoff icial order of HomeMinistry said on Thursday.

The MHA order said,Madhur Verma 'standsrel ieved' with ef fect from July 11 to join his newposting at ArunanchalPradesh.

A 2005 batch IPS officer,Verma has served as DCP inthe Crime Branch and DCP inNorth district earlier.

Known as one of the bril-liant officers in Delhi Police,Verma was involved in sen-sational case in which awoman working in aGurugram MNC wasallegedly raped by Uber cab

driver in 2014. He was also involved in

probing the case of AMMKleader TTV Dhinakaran'sarrest in the 'two leaves' sym-bol.

A few months ago Verma

was accused of slapping atraffic inspector in New Delhidistrict. But Verma denied theallegation.

IANS

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Highlighting the plight offarmers in his new parlia-

mentary constituency Wayanadin Kerala and across the coun-try, Congress president RahulGandhi on Thursday attackedthe Modi Government over the“suffering” of farmers and pro-viding relief to businessmenrather than the debt-riddenfarmers.

He said, 18 farmers havecommitted suicide in Keralaand one ended his life a day agoin his constituency of Wayanad.Speaking during the zero hour,Rahul asked CentralGovernment to grant morato-rium imposed by Kerala onbanks from realising their loansfrom the debt-ridden farmers.

Farmers have been facingthreats of immediate evictionfrom their properties, he said,as banks from which they hadtaken loans have begun recov-er process.

Rahul said while the Modi-Government has provided norelief to the farmers, business-

men have been given conces-sions of �4.3 lakh crores andloan waivers running into �5.5lakh crore .

He wondered whether theGovernment considered farm-ers “inferior” to the business-men.

Congress leader said PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadmade a lot of promises tofarmers and the Governmentshould fulfill them.

In his intervention, UnionMinister Rajnath Singh coun-tered Rahul’s charge in LokSabha as he blamed the longrule of the Congress for theplight of farmers and assertedthat no Prime Minister hasdone as much for peasants asby Modi.

Rajnath claimed theGovernment’s move to give�6,000 to farmers will lead toa rise in their income by 20-25per cent and maintained thatmore farmers committed sui-cide before the BJP-led dis-

pensation came to power.“It is not that the condition

of farmers deteriorated in thelast one, two or four years.Those who ruled the countryfor a long time are responsiblefor their state. The amount ofincrease in MSP (minimumsupport price) that our PrimeMinister has effected has notbeen done by anybody in inde-pendent India’s history,” heclaimed.

Incidentally, former agri-culture minister Radha MohanSingh had asked during ques-tion hour this week whetherloan wavers had impacted low-ering of suicides among farm-ers in the country. He had alsoasked for total number of farm-ers suicide in the country towhich Government said exactfigures were not available.Government said loan waiverduring the UPA Governmentdid not lower the suicide num-bers and that from 2014 to2015 also numbers of suicidehad increased from 5,650 to8,007.

Soon after Rahul’s speech,Congress MPs wanted to raisethe Karnataka developmentsrelating to the resignations ofMLAs from the State rulingcoalition of the Congress-JDSfor the fourth consecutive dayin the lower house. As SpeakerOm Birla did not permit,Congress MPs staged a walkout from the House.

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The Opposition on Thursdayin the Rajya Sabha

slammed the Union Budget2019-20 as anti-poor and mid-dle class with Congress leaderand former Finance Minister PChidambaram terming it as“insipid”, and lacking bold stepsand structural reforms. Thetreasury benches, however,hailed the Budget and claimedit will propel economic growthand bring prosperity to all cit-izens.

The two sides also repeat-edly mentioned about $5 trili-ion economy by 2025 with theruling NDA saying it is a bigachievement and theOpposition pooh-poohing itand asserting the lot of thecommon man will notimprove.

In fact, Chidambaram,while participating in thedebate on Budget brushed asidethe ruling combine’s claim offive trillion dollar economy by2025 saying it will happen withor without the Prime Ministeror the Finance Minister. Theformer Finance Minister saidthe Indian economy doublesevery six to seven years giventhe nominal growth of 11 to 12per cent every year and there isnothing to take credit for.

“There is this goal of a fivetrillion dollar economy. Good,very good. I will give you bet-ter goals. In 1990-91 India’seconomy was 320 billion dol-lars, it doubled to 618 billiondollars in 2003-04. Then UPAGovernment came and from618 billion dollars, it doubled

to 1.22 trillion dollars in fouryears. It doubled again to 2.48trillion dollars in September2017. It will double to five tril-lion dollars in the next fiveyears. It does not require aPrime Minister or a FinanceMinister. It will double. That isthe magic of compounding,” hesaid, adding that any moneylender or borrower knows this.

The size of the economy iscurrently estimated at $2.7 tril-lion and is growing at a nom-inal growth. He said if thenominal growth of economy is12 per cent, it is double in 6years and if it grows at 11 percent, it will double in 7 years.“So please don’t put this pie inthe sky before people of thecountry saying five trillion dol-lars is equal to Chandrayaanlanding on the moon. Fivetrillion dollar is simple arith-metic. So don’t put this pie inthe sky. Come down to reality.”

In his 30-odd-minutespeech, Chidambaram said theBudget does not give a clear

road map to take India on thepath of high economic growth.Taking a dig at the NarendraModi regime for hesitating togo for structural reforms, hewished his Government hadthe same kind of mandate nowenjoyed by the BJP to go forreforms. He said 11 majorstructural reforms took place inthe last 20 to 25 years and mostof them were initiated byManmohan Singh.

Claiming that the budgetpresented by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman did nothave even a single structuralreform, Chidambaram said theprevious regimes ofManmohan Singh undertookmajor reforms like abolishinglicensing and Foreign ExchangeRegulation Act (FERA). Healso said the Finance Ministershould have mentioned figuresin her speech as people deserveto know broad numbers as theydo not go through annexuresand other Budget documents.

Speaking on similar lines,

Chidambaram’s party colleagueKapil Sibal said the Budget wasbereft of thematic consistencyand lacked vision. Taking a jibeat the Finance Minister, hesaid the Budget speech lookedlike a trailer but no film. Sibalalso said the Budget did nottalk about water crisis, ways toboost manufacturing andwarned against going in forsovereign funds.

D Raja (CPI), SukhenduSekhar Ray (TMC), VishambarNishad (SP), Manoj Jha (RJD)and T Shiva (DMK)also criti-cised the budget as it did nottalk about the welfare of farm-ers, SC, ST and women.

Backing Sitharaman’s bud-get, Prabhat Jha(BJP)sasid it ispeople-friendly and takes careof all citizens. He also listed outmajor achievements of theModi Government in the lastfive years and said poor andmiddle class therefore voted hisgovernment again to power inthe recently held general elec-tions.

Naresh Gujral (SAD) saidthe budget maintained a bal-ance between fiscal disciplineand growth. He, however,urged the government to makeIndia a manufacturing huband take care of the farm sec-tor.

Echoing somewhat similarsentiments, RamchandraPrasad Singh (JD-U)saidschemes like toilets for allhouseholds across the countrywas laudable and has changedthe thinking of people.Similarly, electrification of vil-lages also led to development,he said.

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New Delhi: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has provi-sionally attached immovableproperties, valuables, vehicle,bank account worth �24.77crore of PNB credit fraudaccused Mehul Choksi underPrevention of MoneyLaundering Act.

The latest attachmentincludes three commercial

properties in Dubai, valuables,one Mercedes Benz E280 andfixed deposit account con-trolled by Choksi.

ED initiated investigationin money laundering caseagainst Choksi and others onFebruary 15 last year under theprovisions of PMLA on thebasis of FIR registered by CBIunder IPC sections relating to

criminal conspiracy and cheat-ing besides provisions of the Prevention ofCorruption Act.

Choksi and others werebooked by the CBI for theoffence of cheating againstPunjab National Bank in con-nivance with certain bank offi-cials by fraudulently getting theLetter ff Undertaking/Foreign

Letters of Credit issued causingwrongful loss to the bank.

Out of total Proceeds ofCrime worth �6,097.73 crore,the ED has attached and seizedproperties worth �2,534.7 croreincluding this attachment.

Choksi is suspected to beresiding in Antigua andBarbuda, Extradition Requesthas been sent. PNS

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India has the capability of tak-ing care of its territorial

integrity and sovereignty andthere is no need to take seri-ously the threats on Kashmir byal-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the External AffairsMinistry said on Thursday.

In a video, Zawahiri, whotook over the reins of al Qaedaafter the death of Osama binLaden, said, “I am of the viewthat the Mujahideen (armedterrorists) in Kashmir — at thisstage at least — should focuswith single mind on inflictingunrelenting blows on theIndian Army and Governmentso as to bleed the Indian econ-omy and make India suffer sus-tained losses in manpower andequipment.”

Reacting to it, MEAspokesperson Raveesh Kumarsaid India’s security forces arecapable and equipped to pro-tect the country’s territorialintegrity and sovereignty.

“We keep hearing of suchthreats and it is not the firsttime that we received such athreat. I don’t think we need totake it seriously,” Kumar said inresponse to a question.

“Al Qaeda is a UN-pre-scribed terror organisation andtheir leader is UN-designatedterrorist. Our security forcesare capable and equipped...Notto worry about these threats.They have the capability of tak-ing care of our territorialintegrity and sovereignty,” hesaid.

The video was posted on‘As-Sahab’ channel, an in-houseproduction of al Qaeda used torelay the organisation’s views tothe world, also asked the ter-rorists “to establish strongerchannels of communicationwith their Muslim brethren allover the world”.

Zawahiri hails from Egyptand the US has announced areward of $25 million for infor-mation leading to his arrest ordeath.

New Delhi: In a humanitariangesture, the Indian ArmyThursday handed over to thePakistan Army the body of aseven-year-old boy it recoveredfrom a stream flowing fromacross the LoC.

The boy, identified as AbidAhmad Sheikh, was a resident

of Minimarg across LoC inGilgit region. The Indian Armyon Tuesday said the body wasrecovered from the Burzil Nalaclose to the LoC near Acchuravillage in Gurez and was hand-ed over to the Pakistan Army.

“The Indian Army imme-diately swung into action and

was able to establish the iden-tity of the young boy throughcivil administration,” the IndianArmy said.

According to reports onsocial media, the Indian Armyfound that the boy was missingsince Monday and might haveslipped into the Burzil Nala.PTI

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The CBI on Thursday con-ducted searches against

senior lawyer Indira Jaising, herhusband Anand Grover and hisNGO Lawyers Collective atthree locations in Mumbai andtwo locations in Delhi in con-nection with a foreignexchange violation case.

The raids that began in themorning continued till late inthe evening and the CBIclaimed to have recovered “cer-tain incriminating documentsduring the searches”.

Out of the three premisessearched in Mumbai, two wereofficial premises to the LawyersCollective and one was a resi-dential unit. In the nationalcapital, searches were con-ducted at the Nizamuddin res-idence and office of Jaising, theoffice of the NGO in Jangpura,sources said. Jaising allegedshe and her husband werebeing “targeted” by the CBI dueto their work in the field ofhuman rights. Jaising is notnamed as an accused in the FIRbut her alleged role has beenmentioned in the complaint ofthe ministry.

The CBI had registered acase on June 13 this year on acomplaint from the UnionHome Ministry againstMumbai-based NGO LawyersCollective and its presidentAnand Grover, unknown officebearers/functionaries of thesaid NGO and unknown pri-

vate individuals and public ser-vants. While Jaising has notbeen named as an accused inthe FIR, she has been alleged tohave travelled on a number ofoccasions from the foreign con-tribution received by the NGO.

It was alleged in the com-plaint that during the year2006 to 2014, the accused per-sons entered into a conspiracyin Mumbai, Delhi and otherplaces with an intent to cheatthe Government of India in thematter of misusing / divertingForeign Contribution receivedby the NGO.

It was further alleged thatin pursuance of the said con-spiracy, Foreign Contributionto the tune of about Rs.32.39crore was received in theaccount of the said NGO andthe accused persons mis-uti-lized sizable amount of thefunds in contravention of theprovisions of Foreign ExchangeRegulation ACT (FERA), 2010.

Accusing the governmentof “gross abuse of power” overthe CBI searches, a group ofopposition MPs on Thursdaywrote a letter to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to “halt suchact of coercion and intimida-tion”.

“This, latest in a long lineof coercion and intimidation ofMs Jaising and Mr Grover, isnothing short of a brute showof intimidation as well as grossabuse of power,” the lettersigned by Congress, TMC, SP,CPI and CPI(M) MPs said.

The duo, well known fortheir “pioneering work” in thefield of human rights, had fullycooperated with authorities,the letter claimed.

“Despite the show of coop-eration, the raids that havetaken place today are shocking.We strongly urge the govern-ment and authorities to haltsuch act of coercion and intim-idation,” added the letter.

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Goa Chief Minister PramodSawant met BJP president

Amit Shah on Thursday andboth leaders are believed tohave held deliberations over areshuffle in the State Cabinetafter 10 Congress MLAs joinedthe saffron party onWednesday.

Sawant arrived in thenational Capital with the 10MLAs and has been meetingsenior BJP leaders, including itsworking president JP Nadda.

The meeting comes a dayafter a group of 10 CongressMLAs in Goa led by Leader ofOpposition in the AssemblyChandrakant Kavlekar mergedwith the ruling BJP, increasingthe saffron party’s strength to27 in the 40-seat house.

Sawant has said a decisionon dropping any Minister fromthe coalition partners in thestate will be taken after meet-ing senior BJP leaders, includ-ing Shah and party’s workingpresident JP Nadda.

Before his meeting, quizzedon whether any Minister fromthe allies will be dropped toaccommodate the MLAs,Sawant said, “I will not be ableto say anything till I meet theleaders.”

The Congress, whichemerged as the single-largestparty after the 2017 Assemblypolls in Goa, is now reducedto five legislators.

Sawant announced onWednesday evening that two

thirds of the CongressLegislative Party — enough toavoid action under the anti-defection law — has mergedwith the BJP.

The letter of merger washanded over to Speaker RajeshPatnekar in Sawant’s presenceon Wednesday evening.

The induction of 10Congress MLAs into the BJP inGoa has put a question markon the fate of the saffron party’sallies, with Chief Minister say-ing that no decision has beentaken about them yet.

With the BJP’s strength inthe 40-member Goa Assemblyincreasing to 27 with two-thirds of Congress legislatorsjoining it, the Sawant govern-ment does not need allies’ sup-port any longer.

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The BSF on Thursday sus-pended an assistant sub-

inspector (ASI) who wascaught for allegedly stealing awoman’s handbag containingornaments worth Rs 15 lakh atthe Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport. A senior official of theforce said ASI Naresh Kumar of21st battalion was suspendedafter going through the primafacie evidence of theft andpolice case registered againsthim.

Kumar, a resident ofHaryana, had joined the Border

Security Force (BSF) in 1987and was promoted as an ASI in2012, he said.

According to police, theincident took place Tuesdaywhen the woman, along withher husband, were at the air-port to board a flight toSrinagar.

After completing herboarding formalities, she tooka seat and kept her handbagunder the liner chair.

A few minutes later, thewoman realised that her hand-bag containing ornaments wasmissing, following which sheapproached police.

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The Opposition in LokSabha on Thursday accused

the Modi Government of try-ing to sell off railways’ assetsinstead of focusing on ser-vices, but the BJP asserted thatthe transport behemoth isbreaking new ground everydayespecially in areas of infra-structure and safety.

During a debate ondemands for grants under theMinistry of Railways, theCongress, TMC and other par-ties tore into the government asthey opposed alleged attemptsto privatise the railways andclaimed it was “selling dreams”

like the ‘bullet train’ to the peo-ple which were not feasible

Taking a swipe at the gov-ernment, Leader of theCongress in Lok Sabha AdhirRanjan Chowdhury said theaviation minister wants to sellAir India, the railways minis-ter wants to sell its assets andPrime Minister NarendraModi, he alleged, will “one daysell the country”.

He said the BJP-led NDAgovernment has consistentlyfailed to meet its targets sinceit came to power first in 2014and mocked its statement of Rs50 lakh crore investment in thecoming years.

It is like seeking a tent to

sleep when there is not even amat, he said while initiating thedebate. The Congress leadernoted that while PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadstated that railways will not beprivatised, the Budget talksabout public private partner-ship, corporatisation and dis-investment.

“It is clear you intend to sellits assets,” Chowdhury said.

The railways’ operatingratio was 98.4 per cent in2017- 18, he said adding its rev-enue and expenditure fell shortof official claims.

“But you do not stop sell-ing dreams,” he said.

The Congress leader said

the Government was talkingabout bullet train while thefreight services were sufferingand said it has “become a gov-ernment of MoU”.

He accused the govern-ment of privatising profit-mak-ing production units of railways,including the one in Rae Bareli,the Lok Sabha constituency ofCongress leader Sonia Gandhi.NCP MP Supriya Sule sought anassurance from the govern-ment that it would not privatisethe railways.

Sule said unlike Air India,where government is trying fordisinvestment, the ministershould assure the house itwouldn’t privatise the railways.

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The Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs (HUA)

has drafted a “Model TenancyAct”, 2019 to regulate rentingof premises. As per the draftlaw, tenants overstaying willhave to pay double the rent fortwo times and four timesthereafter. The security depositto be paid by the tenant inadvance will be a maximum oftwo months’ rent.

The move could providerelief to both tenants and land-lords and help take some loadoff India’s overburdened liti-gation process. It also has aprovision to cap rent rates, andthus check any arbitrary hikes.

The HUA Ministry hasput the draft of “The ModelTenancy Act, 2019” in publicfor some for consultation.Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman hadannounced in the Budget thatcurrent rental laws are archa-ic as they do not addresslessor-lessee relationships fair-ly.

Once ready, the new ten-ancy law will be circulated toState Governments. The exist-ing rent control laws arerestricting the growth of rentalhousing and discouraging theowners from renting out theirvacant houses due to fear ofrepossession.

According to the draft law,a landowner cannot cut powerand water supply in case of adispute with the tenant. The

draft Law mandates thelandowner to give a notice inwriting three months beforerevising rent. The proposedlaw also advocates appointingdistrict collector as rent author-ity and heavy penalty on ten-ants for overstaying.

As per the draft laws, land-lords will also be able to chargerents — to be decided by therespective State Governments— on par with market rates.The law provides that theterms of agreement executedbetween landowner and ten-ant, shall be binding upontheir successors in the event ofthe death of the landowner ortenant and in such case, theirsuccessors shall have samerights and obligations as agreedin tenancy agreement for theremaining period of the ten-ancy.

It states that both landlordand tenant will have to submita copy of rent agreement to theDistrict Rent Authority whichwill also have the power torevise or fix rent following arequest either by landlord ortenant. States, which will befree to adopt the law owing toland being State subject, will be

required to constitute rentcourts and rent tribunal, it stat-ed.

“In the event of tenant’srefusal to carry out scheduledor agreed repairs, the landown-er shall get the repairs doneand deduct the amount fromthe security deposit,” it alsostated. If the landowner refus-es to carry out the requiredrepairs, the tenant can get thework done and deduct thesame from periodic rent. It alsostated that a landowner cannotenter the rented premises with-out 24-hour prior notice tocarry out repairs or replace-ment.

“The Rent Authority maydirect for compensation on theperson responsible for cuttingoff or withholding the essen-tial supply. “The RentAuthority may levy a penaltybe paid to the landowner ortenant if it finds that the appli-cation was made frivolously orvexatiously,” it stated. TheMinistry of Housing andUrban Poverty Alleviation haddrafted a similar ModelTenancy Bill in 2015, but itnever saw the light of the day.Many states have their ownlaws on rent, but the lawshave become archaic over aperiod of time and failed toserve their purpose. As perCensus 2011, nearly 1.1 crorehouses were lying vacant in thecountry and making thesehouses available on rent willcomplement the vision of‘Housing for All’ by 2022.

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India continues to pursue itsrequest for extradition of

Zakir Naik and it has beeninformed by the Malaysiangovernment that its appeal isunder consultation, theMinistry of External Affairs(MEA) said Thursday.

MEA spokespersonRaveesh Kumar said India ispursuing the matter not onlythrough the Malaysian gov-ernment but also through itsHigh Commission.

“We have requested for his

extradition and time and againnot only through our consul-tation with the Malaysian gov-ernment but also through ourHigh Commission. We haveasked them to expedite theprocess. We have been told thatit is under consultation and itis a process that will take time,”he said in response to a ques-tion.

Naik, a 53-year-old radicaltelevision preacher, left India in2016 and subsequently movedto Malaysia, which has report-edly granted permanent resi-dency to him.

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Bengaluru: As the Governmentin Karnataka faces an existentialcrisis with the resignation of 16legislators of the ruling coalition,the State Cabinet that met onThursday resolved to face the sit-uation "bravely" and "withstand"it unitedly.

Expressing confidence thatthe Government would sur-vive, the Cabinet that met underthe leadership of Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy said it wasready to face a no-confidencemotion, if moved by theOpposition BJP.

"Political developmentswere discussed, what was dis-cussed and decided was that theGovernment is in a crisis situa-tion, there is no doubt about it,various reasons for it and stepsto solve it were discussed," Ruraldevelopment minister KrishnaByre Gowda said.

Speaking to reporters afterthe Cabinet meeting here, heclaimed that this was the sixthor seventh attempt to destabilisethe Government.

"It can be called as contin-uous assault rather, by the BJP,using the Central Government.

Till today we have with-stood all their assaults, this timethe situation is more seriousthan previous attempts we con-cede that, but after considering

all pros and cons, the ChiefMinister, the Deputy ChiefMinister and the Ministers haveresolved to face it bravely andwithstand it unitedly," he added.

The resignation of 16Congress-JD(S) MLAs haspushed the 13-month old coali-tion Government to the brink ofcollapse.

Stating that Cabinet hasdecided to continue efforts topacify MLAs who have left,Gowda said it would make allpossible efforts to save theGovernment.

"All Ministers shared theiropinion and to make unifiedeffort to save the Government,"he said.

Of the 16 MLAs who haveresigned, 13 are from the

Congress and three from theJD(S). The coalition's strength inthe House is 116 (Congress 78,JD(S) 37 and BSP one), besidesthe speaker.

With the support of the twoindependents, who resignedfrom the Ministry on Monday,the Opposition BJP has 107MLAs in the 224-memberHouse, where the halfway markis 113.

If the resignations of the 16MLAs are accepted, the rulingcoalition's tally will be reducedto 100.

Asked if the Governmentwill seek trust vote, he said, "ifthe need arises, we will do it, butnow Opposition is in urgency, soif they have so much urgency letthem move the no-confidence

motion, we will face it.BJP has demanded resigna-

tion of Chief MinisterKumaraswamy, saying hisGovernment has "lost majority."

State BJP chief BSYeddyurappa has even peti-tioned the Governor in thisregard and sought his interven-tion. Asked if the Governorwould ask Government to provemajority, Gowda said, "consti-tutionally Governor has somepowers, we will have to followthem, and we will abide hisdirections that are constitution-al. On the future of the financebill during the assembly sessionfrom Friday, he said "Lets seewhat happens. Opposition hascertain privileges and rights todiscuss it and seek vote and evenpress for division.

We will not try to overrideon it. We will give them(Opposition) all the opportuni-ty...We are even ready for a voteon it," he added.

Asked if the Cabinet dis-cussed alleged interference bythe Governor in Governmentsaffairs, Gowda said "there arereports and we have ventilatedthose issues outside theGovernment premises, and wewill continue to ventilate thoseissues, but it was not discussedin the Cabinet." PTI

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Nagpur: Senior BJP leaderShivraj Singh Chouhan said onThursday that Rahul Gandhiresigning as Congress presi-dent was akin to the captain ofthe ship jumping out when itis sinking.

The former MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister wasaddressing a press conferencehere.

"The Congress presidenthas rendered his resignation.I had heard that when a shipsinks, its captain tries to saveit till the end. But here the cap-tain himself has jumped out,"Chouhan said.

"Mahatma Gandhi hadsaid immediately after inde-pendence that the Congress'objective was to gain freedomand now it should be dis-solved.

"I think after Gandhi,Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru alsosaid so. Now, the fake Gandhiwill certainly fulfill the dreamof the real Gandhi and will fin-ish off Congress," Chouhansaid.

The BJP did not wastetime in rejoicing after the LokSabha victory but startedworking on expanding theorganisation with a member-ship drive, he said.

"This is not for electoralgains. The BJP is not an elec-tion-oriented party. The BJP isa campaign for national reju-venation. While we are work-

ing on expansion of the organ-isation, parties like Congressare on ventilator," he said.

"When one should dig inand work hard, the presidentof that party (Congress) ismissing from action," headded.

Asked if his party willhave the CongressGovernment in MadhyaPradesh dissolved, Chouhansaid the BJP was not topplingGovernments anywhere.

"There is no one inCongress who will do crisismanagement. Who wouldCongress MLAs go to as thereis no one to listen to them? Ifit falls under its own weight,what can we do?" the BJP vicepresident said.

Chouhan, who is in chargeof the saffron party's member-ship drive, said it planned torecruit 200 new members in thearea covered by each pollingbooth in Maharashtra. PTI

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Ahmedabad: A special CBIcourt on Thursday sentencedformer BJP MP Dinu BoghaSolanki and six others to lifeimprisonment for killing RTIactivist Amit Jethwa in 2010after he tried to expose illegalmining activities in the Gir for-est region.

Special CBI Judge KM Davealso imposed a fine of �15 lakheach on Solanki and his nephew,also an accused in the case.

While pronouncing the ver-dict on Thursday, the courtheld Solanki, who was theJunagadh MP from 2009 to2014, and his nephew, ShivaSolanki, guilty of murder andconspiracy.

The others who were con-victed in the case are ShaileshPandya, Bahadursinh Vadher,Panchan G Desai, SanjayChauhan and Udaji Thakore.

The court convicted all theseven accused for murder lastSaturday. Jethwa, a lawyer, wasshot dead for exposing throughRTI applications the illegal min-ing in and around the GirWildlife Sanctuary in whichSolanki was allegedly involved.

In 2010, Jethwa filed a pub-lic interest litigation (PIL) againstthe illegal mining in and aroundthe Gir sanctuary, the onlyabode of Asiatic lions.

Solanki and his nephew

were made respondents to thePIL, and Jethwa produced sev-eral documents showing theirinvolvement in the illegal min-ing.

While the PIL was beingheard, Jethwa was shot dead out-side the Gujarat High Court hereon July 20, 2010.

Initially, Ahmedabadpolice's crime branch probed thecase and gave a clean chit toDinu Solanki.

Dissatisfied with the inves-tigation, the high court handedover the case to the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI) in2013. The CBI filed a chargesheet against Solanki and sixothers in November 2013.

Charges of murder andcriminal conspiracy wereframed against them in May2016. The court examined 196witnesses during the first trialand as many as 105 of themturned hostile after being threat-ened by the accused.

The slain RTI activist'sfather, Bhikhabhai Jethwa, thenmoved the high court seeking aretrial. The high court ordereda fresh trial in 2017.

"Our judiciary takes timebut it has finally delivered jus-tice to our family... Even a crim-inal like Solanki is brought tojustice," Bhikhabhai Jethwa saidafter the court's verdict. PTI

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Mumbai: The Bombay HighCourt on Thursday dismisseda petition filed by a group ofstudents, aspiring to enroll inthe MBBS course, against theMaharashtra Government'sdecision to implement reser-vation for the Maratha com-munity in admissions to med-ical colleges from this year.

A division bench of JusticesS C Dharmadhikari andGautam Patel, while dismissingthe petition, said it would passa reasoned order later.

The petitioners said theMaharashtra State Reservationfor Socially and EducationallyBackward Classes (SEBC) Actcame into force on November30, 2018, while the admissionprocess for MBBS and dentalcourses started before that.

Therefore, the reservationcould not be implemented in

the current academic year,their lawyer M P Vashi argued.

Maharashtra Governmentcounsel V A Thorat said it wasa policy decision to imple-ment the reservation in theadmission process of 2019-20.

The 2018 Act granted 16per cent reservation to theMaratha community by creat-ing the new category of SEBC.

But, another bench of thehigh court on June 27, while

upholding the constitutionalvalidity of the Act, asked theGovernment to reduce the 16 percent quota to 12 per cent for edu-cation and 13 per cent for jobs.

In May this year, the stategovernment issued an ordi-nance to provide reservationunder Maratha quota foradmissions to medical anddental undergraduate and post-graduate courses from the cur-rent academic year itself. PTI

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Senior BJP leader MukulRoy on Thursday conceded

that his party had indeedbacked Trinamool Congresscandidate Dola Sen to win theEmployees’ State InsuranceCorporation elections in RajyaSabha.

Roy said the BJP support-ed TMC following a request byChief Minister MamataBanerjee. TMC candidate andRajya Sabha member Senpolled 90 votes whileCongress’ Pradip Bhattacharyamanaged 46 votes. TheCPI(M) could poll only 8votes. The post had fallenvacant after Trinamool MPDebabrata Bandopadhyayretired from the Upper House.

Speaking about how the

political parties often conniveto act in mutual interests inparticular circumstances, Roywhose party is engaged in afierce dogfight with TMC in itsbid to come to power inBengal said “ask them(Trinamool) how they gotDola Sen win the ESIC elec-tion to enter its governingcouncil … ask them whetherthe 20 BJP members backedher party at the request of theChief Minister or not”. TheBJP leader spoke to reportersafter coming out of rebelTMC MLA and Salt LakeMayor Sabyasachi Dutta’s res-idence.

The Trinamool is all set totake disciplinary action againstDutta for hobnobbing withRoy and the “dancing to thetunes of the BJP.”

Refuting Mukul Roy’s

claim that TMC had soughtany help from BJP, Trinamoolleader Sukhendu Shekhar Roysaid his party had not askedfor any help from the saffronoutfit, adding “it is for them toanswer why they voted for us.”He also said that theTrinamool was forced into anelection by the otherOpposition parties when theyfielded their own candidateswhereas Congress candidateblamed the TMC for breakingthe Opposition unity inParliament.

Meanwhile, accusing theBJP for indulging in “horse-trading” in Karnataka theChief Minister wonderedwhether what the saffron out-fit was doing could lead Indiatowards a presidential form ofGovernment or a one-partydictatorship.

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Lucknow: BSP presidentMayawati on Thursday chargedthe BJP with attempting todislodge Governments in statesruled by Opposition partiesand called for strict laws to endthe membership of thoseindulging in defection.

Her remarks come in the backdrop of hectic politicalactivity in Karnataka and Goa. Sixteen MLAs of the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition have resigned inKarnataka and 10 CongressMLAs have joined the rulingBJP in Goa.

"The BJP returned topower at the Centre by misus-ing money power and throughEVM tampering but it hasnow started a campaign todislodge the non-BJP StateGovernments in order to over-come its exasperation over the

defeats it faced in the Assemblyelections in 2018 and 2019. TheBSP condemns this," Mayawatisaid in a tweet.

"The way the BJP is onceagain trying to break MLAs inKarnataka and Goa usingmoney and power is a blot onthe country's democracy.Time has come that a strictlaw is enacted in the countryto end the membership ofthose who switch parties,"she added.

The Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) government inKarnataka is fighting for sur-vival following the spate of res-ignations. The ruling combinefaces the threat of losing itsmajority in the state assemblyif the resignations are accept-ed by the speaker as its currenttally is 116 in the 224-memberHouse. PTI

Srinagar: Jammu & KashmirPolice achieved a breakthroughin the June 12 attack inAnantnag by arresting threeoverground workers of bannedJaish-e-Mohammed who pro-vided shelter to a Pakistani ter-rorist who carried out the strikein which six people includingstation house officer ArshadAhmed Khan were killed, offi-cials said on Thursday.

After the incident, crackteams were formed under thecommand of SeniorSuperintendent of Police AltafKhan, who carried out investi-gation into the attack at busy KProad in Anantnag, they said.

The investigation led themto three youths — Amir, Kaisarand Irfan — who were alleged-

ly working as overground work-ers for the terror group, theysaid.

The Pakistani militant waskept in the house of one of thesethree youths for nearly four daysduring which he was takenaround the Anantnag town forscouting for potential targets forcarrying out the terror strike.

The trio, during their inter-rogation, told the police that theterrorist was brought by localJaish commander FayazPunzoo.

On June 12, the Pakistaniterrorist carried out the strikekilling five CRPF personnel onthe spot besides injuring stationhouse officer Khan, who suc-cumbed to his injuries fourdays later. PTI

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Srinagar: Kashmir is a "dispute"between India and Pakistanwhich needed to be resolvedthrough dialogue and notthrough military might,National Conference chiefFarooq Abdullah on Thursdaysaid.

Addressing workers atHazratbal on the occasion of19th death anniversary of hismother Begum Akbar Jehan,the Lok Sabha member fromSrinagar said, "Kashmir is a dis-pute between two countries(India and Pakistan). Whateverthey say, it is a dispute. The issueis still in the United Nations.The UN observers are still hereand in Pakistan held Kashmir."

He said the issue would beaddressed only after a thoroughdialogue between the people onboth sides of the Line of

Control (LoC)."It will be resolved only

when the people of India andPakistan talk (with each other)and then talk to others... This

should be done so that no oneshould feel that the solution soachieved is a loss for eitherIndia or Pakistan or for the peo-ple of Jammu, Kashmir and

Ladakh."Referring to India's insis-

tence that talks can begin onlyif terrorism ends, Abdullahsaid, "Guns still roar in

Afghanistan, but talks are stillgoing on. Why cannot thatpolicy be implemented here?

He said dialogue was theonly option to address theKashmir issue.

"Nothing will be achievedby military might or force orcoercion... They cannot put offthe flame, which is burninghere, by such things," he said.

Asked if talks should beheld with all stake-holders,including Hurriyat Conference,in Kashmir, Abdullah said dia-logue should be with everyone.

He also demanded revoca-tion of an order to restrict themovement of civilian vehicleson a stretch of Srinagar-Jammunational highway because of theongoing Amarnath yatra.

"We have raised this issue inthe Parliament. I saw the state-

ment of divisional commis-sioner Kashmir that there is noban. This is a lie. I have seen itmyself that people are beingstopped at various places. Thisorder is wrong and should berevoked," he said.

The NC president claimedthe slogan 'sab ka saath, sab kavikas' has not seen any imple-mentation.

"The other day the centralbudget had absolutely nothingfor Jammu and Kashmir. Today,we see how our people arebeing intimidated on thenational highway. Every nowand then, we see the governor'sadministration coming up withdiktats of all sorts. I don't seeany of the actions of the centralgovernment reflect its sinceri-ty for the materialisation of theslogan," he said. PTI

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Ahmedabad: Congress leaderRahul Gandhi will appearbefore a metropolitan magis-trate's court here Friday for thehearing of a criminal defama-tion suit filed against him byAhmedabad DistrictCooperative Bank and its chair-man Ajay Patel.

Gandhi would appearbefore the court, said GujaratCongress spokesperson ManishDoshi.

"Since the summons wasalso issued to party's nationalspokesperson Randeep SinghSurjewala, he is also expected toappear tomorrow," said Doshi.

The defamation suit wasfiled last year after Gandhi andSurjewala claimed that theAhmedabad District

Cooperative Bank was involvedin a "scam" to swap Rs 745.59crore in swapped notes withvalid currency within five daysof demonetisation announce-ment on November 8, 2016.

Union home minister AmitShah is one of the directors ofthe ADC Bank.

The court issued sum-monses to the two leaders onApril 9 after finding primafacie evidence against them.

The complainants said thatthe Congress leaders leveled"false and defamatory allega-tions" against the bank.

The court had conductedan inquiry under section 202 ofthe Code of CriminalProcedure before summoningGandhi and Surjewala. PTI

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Madhubani (Bihar): An 80-year-old woman was allegedlyraped by a 15-year-old boy at avillage in Madhubani district ofnorth Bihar, following which hewas arrested, police saidThursday.

The incident took place atJamaila village under theAndhrathadi police station lim-its late Wednesday night,Superintendent of Police,Madhubani, Satya Prakash said.

He said the accused, who isa distant relative and a neigh-bour of the victim, allegedlyraped the woman around mid-night and tried to muffle her

screams by forcing a piece ofcloth into her mouth.

However, the cries of thevictim jolted the members of herfamily and neighbours out oftheir sleep and the boy was cap-tured. They beat him up beforebeing handed over to police,Prakash said, adding that he suf-fered serious injuries.

An FIR was lodged on thebasis of a complaint made by thewoman's daughter-in-law, hesaid. "The complainant hasclaimed that the accused is anadult and his certificates whichshowed him a minor were fake,"the SP added. PTI

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As a massive search contin-ued for an 18-month-old

boy who slipped and fell into anopen storm water drain andwas swept away on Wednesdaynight. An insensitive MumbaiMayor VishwanathMahadeshwar on Thursdayput his foot in the mouth byblaming Mumbaikars for keep-ing gutters open at many placesin the metropolis.

The baby boy, identified asDivyashu Dhansi, was sweptaway in the swollen watersafter he fell accidentally into aside gutter at Ambedkar chowkat Goregaon in north Mumbaiat 10.24 pm on Wednesday,while he was playing outside

his house,The incident happened in

the midst of heavy rains thatlashed the metropolis for mostof Wednesday night.

Divyanshu’s father claimedthat the gutter had been keptopen for the last four years forreasons best known to thecivic administration.

Following the incident, thefire brigade officials and localpeople launched a massivesearch for Divanshu. Theychecked four spots likeAmbedkar Chowk, PravasiChowk, St Thomas HighSchool and Goptewadi till theearly hours of Thursday.

Despite the search havingcontinued for more 22 hours,there was no trace of

Divyanshu till late on Thursdayevening.

A video clip of the incident

that Divyanshu playing outsidehis house and later walking anelectrical enclosure box before

falling into an open drain wentviral in the social media.

Divyashu’s parents saidthat they realised that their sonmight have fallen into the opengutter after spotting his slippernext to it

Mumbai MayorMahadeshwar faced the ire ofthe local residents, when he vis-ited the mishap site and met themissing toddler’s parents.

Talking to a televisionchannel, Mahadeshwar stirredup the hornet’s nest by layingthe blame for the open gutterat the Mumbaikars’ door.

“Last night’s incident wasan unfortunate one. The drainwas open only at one place. Ihave ordered an inquiry intothe incident to ascertain

whether the local people hadbroken the drainage cover orthe authorities had not installedcover on the drain. Mostly thecovers of the drains remainclosed inMumbai,”Mahadeshwar said.

“It is the responsibility ofboth the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation(BMC) and Mumbaikars toensure against recurrence ofmishaps like the one we wit-nessed last night. Mumbaikarslack civic sense. Many a timelocal people open or break thecover of the open drain tothrow garbage into it. As muchis the BMC, vigilant citizensare also responsible for keep-ing the gutters open," theMayor said.

Kochi: A person cannot be per-secuted by the State authoritiesmerely on suspicion that he orshe has embraced Maoist ide-ology, the Kerala High Courthas said.

A division bench of ChiefJustice Hrishikesh Roy andJustice A K JayasankaranNambiar made the observationMonday while upholding asingle bench order granting Rs1 lakh compensation to a manwho was illegally detained by aspecial squad of the KeralaPolice in 2014 on suspicion ofbeing a Maoist.

Dismissing an appeal bythe state government againstthe single judge order to pay Rs1 lakh to Shyam Balakrishnan,who is the son of a former HighCourt judge, the bench said,"The preamble to ourConstitution declares that wethe people of India are guar-anteed liberty of thought,expression, belief, faith and

worship.""The freedom of an indi-

vidual to hold a particularpolitical ideology is an aspectof his fundamental right to per-sonal liberty under Article 21of the Constitution in that hehas the unfettered freedom tochoose an ideology of his lik-ing," it said.

"Accordingly, merely onsuspicion that the petitionerhas embraced the Maoist ide-ology, he or she cannot be per-secuted by the state authorities,"it held.

The bench also said inview of the primacy that isaccorded under theConstitution to a person's fun-damental right to privacy andpersonal liberty, the policeaction- detaining and interro-gating the petitioner andsearching his house withoutfollowing procedure under theCode of Criminal Procedure-was "wholly unjustified."

In its order in 2015, the sin-gle bench had said the policecannot detain a person mere-ly because he is a Maoist,unless police form a reasonableopinion that his activities areunlawful.

"Being a Maoist is nocrime, though the political ide-ology of Maoists would notsynchronise with our constitu-tional polity.

It is a basic human right tothink in terms of human aspi-rations," the single judge hadsaid. PTI

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Kolkata: A BSF jawan lost hishand and sustained grievousinjuries after Bangladeshi cat-tle smugglers attacked himwith bombs in the early hoursof Thursday along the India-Bangladesh border in WestBengal, the force said.

Constable Anisur Rehmanalso suffered pellet injuries tohis lungs, liver and stomachfrom the impact of at least twocountry-made bombs lobbed athim near the Angrail borderpost in the North 24 Parganasdistrict at about 3:30 am.

In the wake of the incident,the Border Security Force (BSF)issued an alert along the India-Bangladesh border in the southBengal area as it registered a"strong protest" with their coun-terparts, the Border GuardsBangaldesh (BGB) to rein in thecriminals on their side.

The jawan on border dutywas attacked by a group ofabout 25 Bangaldeshi smug-

glers who entered 200 metresinto the Indian side in order tosmuggle cattle into their coun-try with the assistance of localshere, the force said.

The smugglers were armedwith bombs, dahs (cleaver-shaped weapon), axes, bamboosticks among others, it said.

They encircled the jawanand hurled two country-madebombs on him. He was evacu-ated to the government hospi-tal in Bangaon where his righthand was amputated.

"The jawan has sufferedgrievous injuries and he fireda round from his pump actiongun in self defence before hefell unconscious.

Reinforcement troops con-trolled the situation.

"The smugglers escaped tothe other side as it was pitchdark and the area is markedwith heavy vegetation and tallgrass growth," a senior officialsaid.

A smuggler is also sus-pected to have been injured inthe firing by the jawan, he said.

The BSF has directed all itsformations in the south Bengalfrontier area "to adopt anaggressive posture againsttrans-border criminals andthwart their sinister designs.Such incidents of attacks onBSF troops are taking placequite often," the force said.

On Wednesday, the borderguarding force had repulsed anattack by about 200Bangladeshi cattle smugglersand seized 107 buffaloes alongthe Indo-Bangla border inMurshidabad district of thestate. PTI

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Patna: Union Minister GirirajSingh on Thursday expressedalarm over the "populationexplosion" in the country sinceIndependence and favoured dis-enfranchisement of those whosired more than two children.

The BJP leader from Bihar,known for making controversialremarks, shared a graphic on hisofficial Twitter handle on WorldPopulation Day which showedthat India's population grew bya staggering 366 per centbetween 1947 and 2019 asagainst only 113 per cent rise insparsely populated US.

Singh, the Minister ofAnimal Husbandry, Dairyingand Fisheries, wrote in Hindi--"In India, population explosionis disturbing the balance ofeconomy, social harmony andresources. One of the reasons(for failure to check it) isdhaarmik vyavadhan (religiousobstacles)," apparently hinting atMuslims.

Several leaders of the Hinduright have often blamedMuslims for the spurt in coun-try's population.

Striking an alarmist note,the cabinet minister warned:"India appears to be heading likein 1947 towards another a 'saan-skritik vibhajan' (partition in thename of culture). All politicalparties will have to come for-ward for a birth control law."

Later, he told some newschannels in Delhi that strongmeasures must be in place tocheck population explosion.

"I hold the view that thosewho have more than two chil-dren should be stripped of theirvoting rights. And this provisionmust be applicable to all com-munities. No exemption shouldbe made for any religious groupjust because it insists that its

tenets disapprove of birth con-trol measures, he said.

The BJP leader's views metwith disapproval from the oppo-sition RJD-Congress combine inthe state.

Bihar RJD president RamChandra Purbe termed Singhscomments an example of ochhirajneeti (petty politics) since itappeared to blame the minori-ties for the ballooning popula-tion.

"From where does theUnion minister get such fanci-ful ideas? Can he point out anyprovision in the Constitutionunder which a person can bedisenfranchised for having morethan a specified number of chil-dren?" asked Congress MLCPrem Chandra Mishra.

Singh has often kicked upcontroversies with his remarkstargeting Muslims.

A case of model code vio-lation was registered againsthim during the Lok Sabha elec-tions when he was in the frayfrom Begusarai for makingobjectionable comments againstMuslims.

"Those who cannot sayVande Mataram or cannotrespect the motherland, thenation will never forgive them.My ancestors died and were cre-mated at Simaria ghat and nograve was built for them but you[Muslims] need three handspans of space (for burial)," hehad told an election rally. PTI

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Palghar: A major portion of abridge across a river waswashed away on Thursday fol-lowing heavy rains inMaharashtra's Palghar district,officials said.

No casualty was reportedin the incident, district disas-

ter management cell chiefVivekananda Kadam said.

The bridge was locatedover a small river at Morchundivillage in Mokhada taluka, hesaid.

"A major portion of thebridge got washed away early

morning. Vehicular move-ment was stopped on eitherside of the bridge to preventany mishap," Mokhada policestation's senior inspectorSanjay Ambre said.

Traffic movement fromJawhar taluka to neighbour-ing Nashik district was sus-pended, the official said.

In another incident, hugeboulders rolled down theTorangana Ghat slope andcrashed into the wall of abridge located onMokhadaTrimbakeshwarroute, Ambre said. Thisaffected vehicular movementfrom Mokhada taluka toNashik, he added. PTI

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Aurangabad: Two personswere arrested in Maharashtra'sAurangabad district onThursday after pictures of theblackbuck they had killed wentviral on social media, policesaid.

According to an official ofVirgaon police station, theaccused killed the animal, aprotected species, at Shirasgaonin Vaijapur tehsil.

They planned to cook itsmeat and have a party.

Hunting blackbucks is pro-hibited under the WildlifeProtection Act.

As the pictures went viral,police and forest officialsrushed to the spot and arrest-ed the two men and seized thecarcass.

The names of the accusedwere not disclosed. PTI

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Madurai: It's unfortunate thatpost-graduates were applyingfor Government jobs inGroup-4 category due tounemployment, the MadrasHigh Court observed onThursday, and said appoint-ment of "over-qualified" peo-ple to these posts will affectefficiency in public adminis-tration.

It cited that degree holderswere recently appointed assweepers in the high court ser-vices and the court was unableto extract work efficiently forbetter administration.

If over-qualified candi-dates are appointed to performGroup-4 services, undoubt-edly the efficiency level inpublic administration wouldbe hit, Justice S MSubramaniam said.

Similarly, under-qualified

candidates cannot be allowedto handle a bigger responsi-bility, the judge said.

He was hearing a pleaseeking to quash the TamilNadu Public ServiceCommission notification thatprofessional degree holderswould not be considered forposts of combined subordinateservices (Group 3 and Group4). He refused to allow theprayer.

Group 4 services includetypists, junior assistants andvillage administrative officers.

Justice Subramaniamasked the state government toreview the rules and accord-ingly prescribe the minimumand maximum educationalqualification for such postswithin 12 weeks in conso-nance with the concept oflevel-playing field. PTI

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Thane: The Akhil BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad (ABVP),the students' front of the RSS,on Thursday held a protestagainst Yuva Sena chief AadityaThackeray's presence as thechief guest at the inaugurationof the Kalyan sub- centre of theMumbai University (MU).

Police said they detainedaround 60 ABVP activists forallegedly trying to disrupt thefunction.

The ABVP argued thatsince Thackeray does not holdany constitutional post, unlikeMPs and MLAs, calling him asthe chief guest of the universi-ty event was uncalled for.

"ABVP workers heldprotests against the presenceof Aaditya Thackeray at theinauguration of the sub-cen-tre of the university in Kalyan.They protested during the

speech of the university vicechancellor," a police officialsaid.

Aniket Ovhal, state secre-tary of ABVP, said, "The stu-dents were opposed to thepresence of Aaditya Thackerayas the chief guest at the func-tion. They did not mind thepresence of ministers, MLAsand MPs as they hold consti-tutional posts. But in case ofThackeray, it was not the case."

"Our agitation was againstthe university and the VC whohad invited Thackeray for thefunction," he said.

According to a police offi-cial, the ABVP activists raisedslogans and tried to disruptthe function during thespeech of the VC. Some ofthem even exchanged blowswith the students' wing ofthe Shiv Sena. PTI

Panaji: BJP chief Amit Shahwould chair a meeting onthe issue of Goa's miningcrisis in New Delhi onFriday.

Goa Chief MinisterPramod Sawant, who holdsthe mining portfolio, wouldattend the meeting.

"Sawant will attend ahigh-level meeting on Goamining to be chaired byAmit Shah along with UnionMinister for Mines PralhadJoshi at New Delhi on Fridayat 4:00 PM," a statementreleased here by ChiefMinister's Office (CMO)said Thursday.

The state AdvocateGeneral Devidas Pangamwill also be present for themeeting.

The five-decade-oldmining industry in thecoastal state came to a stand-still in March 2018, after theSupreme Court quashed thesecond renewal of 88 ironore mining leases.

Sawant had raised theissue during the recent meet-ing of NITI Aayog, which waschaired by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. PTI

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Jaipur: An Alwar court hasaccepted the police plea toinvestigate further a cow smug-gling case against a truck oper-ator and the two sons of PehluKhan, who was lynched twoyears ago for allegedly trans-porting the animals illegally.

While the Rajasthan policehad registered a case of murdersoon after the Haryana resi-dent's death in April 2017, itwas also investigating the cowsmuggling charge.

The Ashok Gehlot-ledCongress Government inRajasthan faced criticismrecently after a charge sheet wasfiled against Khan's sons,Irshad Khan (25) Aarif Khan(22), and truck operator KhanMohammad.

Gehlot had then said thepolice could reinvestigateaspects of the cow smugglingcase, registered when the BJPgovernment was in power.

Days later, the police filedan application in court seekingpermission to conduct a fur-ther probe.

Behror Additional ChiefJudicial Magistrate's court hasaccepted the police plea,Assistant Public ProsecutorPradeep Agarwal told PTI

Thursday.The police argued that

Pehlu Khan's sons have saidthey were going to sell the ani-mals in Tapukara in Rajasthan'sAlwar, contrary to the investi-gation earlier which suggestedthat the cows were being takento another state.

Also, the truck operatorhas claimed that he had soldthe vehicle to someone elsebefore the incident took place.If proved correct, this couldabsolve him of the charge thathe was involved in transport-ing cattle illegally.

The three had beencharged under the RajasthanBovine Animal (Prohibitionof Temporary Migration orExport) Act, which allowstransportation of cattle onlyafter getting permission fromthe administration.

Pehlu Khan's name wasdropped from the charge sheetfiled in May as he has died,police had said earlier.

Pehlu Khan and his com-panions were initially said to beon their way to Haryana's Nuhdistrict from Jaipur when thecow vigilantes stopped two ofthe vehicles on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway. PTI

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into a group of people doingyoga by the roadside inRajasthan's Bharatpur districton Thursday morning, killingsix men, police said.

The accident occurred onKumher-Dhanwada highwaywhen the car driver lost controlover the vehicle.

The group of six men wastaking a morning walk and hadstopped on the way for a yogasession, Kumher SHORaghbeer Singh said.

Nobody in the group sur-vived. Four men died on thespot and two other succumbedto the injuries later, the officersaid.

The victims were identifiedas Raghubar Baghel (62),Nirotilal Saini (65), MakhanLal Kathik (60), HarishankarTamboli (65), Prem SinghBaghel (55) and RameshwarBaghel (45), the SHO said.

The hatchback did not stopafter the accident.

Deputy Superintendent ofPolice Bharatpur (Rural)Parmal Singh Gurjar said it wasseized in NEB police stationarea in Alwar, the city fromwhere it was purchased onJuly 6.

The car was traced on thebasis of the code on the

bumper, which fell off at theaccident spot.

The DSP said the car wasbought as a gift for ChakDhanwada resident RameshMeena's daughter on her mar-riage.

It was not immediatelyclear who was driving the car.

A case of rash driving andcausing death by negligence hasbeen registered under IPC sec-tions 279 and 304A, police said.

They said the car driverwill be arrested soon.

Rajasthan Tourism minis-ter and Deeg-Kumher MLAVishvendra Singh has offeredhis condolences to the familiesof the victims.

"Have received the sadnews that the 5th victim of thehit-and-run case has justpassed on and could not makeit to Jaipur SMS hospital.

This one has hit me hardand left me in tears; I was per-sonally monitoring the move-ment of the ambulance and thecritical care being provided," hesaid.

The Minister alsoannounced a compensation of�1 lakh for the families ofeach victim.

The bodies were handedover to their family membersafter post-mortem. PTI

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Every once in a while, a photo-graph of a migrant’s tragic death(usually that of a child) catch-es the public’s imagination. Theimage of three-year-old Alan

Kurdi, fleeing from the Syrian civil war,dead face down in the surf on a Turkishbeach in 2015, triggered a wave of sym-pathy that ended with Germany openingits borders to 900,000 refugees that year— and Hungary building a border fenceto keep them out.

Here we go again. A picture of 23-month-old Valeria Martinez, tucked intoher father Oscar’s T-shirt, both dead facedown on the banks of the Rio Grande, hasunleashed a similar wave of sympathy inthe United States (US), although it cer-tainly hasn’t reached the White House.And once again, most of the migrants areclaiming to be refugees.

In fact, few of the migrants fit thelegal definition of refugees in eithercase. The Arabs and Afghans trying to getinto Europe had fled genuine wars, butthey were already in Turkey, which isquite safe. They just wanted to move onto somewhere with better job opportuni-ties and a higher standard of living. That’sunderstandable, but it doesn’t give you theright of asylum as a refugee.

The same applies to the migrantscrossing the Mediterranean from Africato Europe, even though thousands ofthem are drowning in the attempt. Theyare fleeing poverty, or dictatorial regimes,or even climate change, but they are notfleeing war.

Neither do they have a “well-found-ed fear” of persecution on account of race,religion, nationality, political opinion ormembership in a particular social group.That is the language of the UnitedNations Convention Relating to theStatus of Refugees of 1951, so they don’t qualify as refugees. You may feelsorry for them, but there is no legal dutyto let them in.

The Refugee Convention was incor-porated into the US law in the RefugeeAct of 1980, so few of the people nowseeking entry at the Mexican border qual-ify either. This matters because while 20years ago, 98 per cent of the people cross-ing the border were Mexican young menseeking work, more than half are nowentire families from El Salvador,Guatemala and Honduras — and most ofthem claim to be refugees.

They are not, and that (not USPresident Donald Trump) is whyAmerican courts are rejecting at leastthree-quarters of the applications forrefugee status. To manage asylum flows,the US has in recent years implementeda system that puts daily limits on thenumber of asylum seekers processed atports of entry, leading to weeks-long wait-ing lists in dangerous border towns.

In the past, the annuallimits on refugees set by theUS President tended to rangefrom between 70,000 and90,000 admissions. However,the Trump Administrationhas drastically reduced this,setting an annual limit for2019 of 30,000 refugee admissions.

The controls have con-tributed to growing numbersof migrants crossing the bor-der illegally to hand them-selves in to the authorities andask for asylum. Migrant rightsactivists say such limits onpeople’s access to asylum canput them in harm’s way, whiledriving migration under-ground and squeezing it intonew routes.

You may wish that the lawtook a more generous andhumanitarian view, but it doesnot. And if you think thingsare bad now, they will be tentimes worse in 20 years’ time.

Global heating is startingto bite. We’re still on thelearner slopes, but thedroughts and floods, and thecrop failures they cause, aremultiplying, especially in thetropics and the sub-tropicswhere temperatures are

already high.In the worst-hit areas

(which include the ‘northerntriangle’ of Central America)family farms are failing, somepeople are going hungry andthe number of people on themove is starting to soar. Thisis precisely what unpublished,in-house Government studieswere predicting 20 years agoin countries like the US andthe United Kingdom. Nowit’s here.

As the number ofmigrants goes up, the willing-ness of host populations toreceive them will inevitably godown. Around five per cent ofthe new population in adecade will feel disruptive tosome people, especially ifthere are big cultural differ-ences between the old popu-lation and the immigrants, butmost people will accept andadapt to it.

About 10 per cent in adecade is definitely pushing it,even though it’s only one percent a year. And 20 per cent ofthe new population in adecade would generate a hugepolitical backlash in almostany country on Earth.

That’s human nature. You

may deplore it, but it’s notgoing to change. And behinduncomfortable considerationsof what the politics will per-mit, lies the even starker real-ity that they can’t al l come. Twenty years from now,there will be far more people,who desperately want to move than the destinationcountries could possiblyaccommodate.

So, the borders will startslamming shut in the coun-tries, mostly in the temperatezone of the planet, where theclimate is still tolerable andthere is still enough food toeat. And don’t believe themyth that you cannot reallyshut a border.

You can do so quite easi-ly if you are willing to kill thepeople who try to cross it ille-gally and Governments of thedestination countries willprobably end up doing justthat. Their military and theircivil servants, if not theirpoliticians, were already hav-ing grim internal debatesabout it 15 years ago.

Sorry to spoil your day.(The writer’s new book is

Growing Pains, the Future ofDemocracy and Work)

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Sir — The inherited, dehuman-ising poverty explains the persis-tence of malnutrition on a largescale. Children born in such cir-cumstances suffer the most frommalnutrition. It is all the morereason for Governments tointervene and provide adequatenutrition to all.

Funds for food to all yieldgreat returns and help in unlock-ing the full potential of citizensbesides strengthening the work-force. Governance can betermed “good” only when itbanishes hunger and starvation.The poor must a lso be valued like the rest of the pop-ulation since attaching less valueto their lives is one unstated rea-son why their nutritional needsare not taken care of as theyshould be.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “A lost summer” (July 11).Perhaps the Indian team failedto make the most of the rain-

affected day and the pitch con-ditions; both favoured an easyscore chase. The collapse of thetop order batsmen with justone run and the quick fall ofwickets without a formidablepartnership thus resulted in thedisastrous loss and the final

exit of the Indian team from theWorld Cup.

Though the toss played acrucial factor in losing the game,it was ironical that the middleorder and tail-end batsmen wereunable to chase a meagre targetof 40 runs under five overs. It’s

high time for the Indian team tointrospect its performances.

Finally, the InternationalCricket Council (ICC) shouldtake a stand to declare rain-affected matches as being com-pletely washed out and start anew game on the reserve day.

Such a decision will give boththe sides a fair chance to claimthe title, especially during WorldCup matches. Even the archaicDuckworth Lewis method ofcalculating the run rate todefend the score in a rain affect-ed match needs an immediateoverhaul by the ICC.

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Sir — Rohit Sharma’s recordbreaking spree in this WorldCup, at least till India reachedthe semi-final — from makingfive centuries in the tournamentto becoming the second Indianbatsman to receive four Man ofthe Match awards in a singleWorld Cup — has made him theone to watch out for. Virat Kohlihas, thus, aptly said that Sharmais the best batsman in One-dayinternationals in the worldtoday. Sharma’s batting is theperfect combination of classicstrokes and power packed shots.

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Ever since 1989, July 11 is observed as theWorld Population Day to draw attention toissues surrounding human population.

The urgent need to provide an enabling environ-ment to facilitate women’s autonomy in reproduc-tive decisions was underlined five years later in1994 at the Cairo International Conference onPopulation and Development (ICPD). Here, forthe first time, an international agreement, recog-nising the right to sexual and reproductive health,was signed by 179 countries, including India.

Twenty five years have passed since the his-toric ICPD Programme of Action. Although Indiahas taken several measures to provide universalaccess to reproductive health services, includingcontraceptives, has it really delivered on itspromise to give women the right to choose when,if and how many children to have?

A closer look at some population statistics willprovide the answers. According to official figures,48.1 per cent births occurred with an interval ofless than 36 months. This means that spacingbetween births is too close. Further, 22.8 per centare one-third or more order births, indicatingfamilies continue to have too many children. That7.9 per cent of births take place among the agegroup of 15-19 shows that motherhood is occur-ring too early. This is probably because 26.8 percent continue to get married before 18 and theunmet need for family planning is 12.9 per cent(National Family Health Survey 2015-16).

Clearly, there is a gap between a woman’sdesired number of children and her ability toaccess family planning services to achieve it. So,limiting families continues through female ster-ilisation. Long believed to be the best way for pop-ulation stabilisation, this method still remains themost popular form of contraception, accountingfor two-thirds of contraceptive use until 2015-2016. This despite the introduction of several newcontraceptive choices like injectible contracep-tive by the Government in 2015. But the hope thatthis will lead to a shift from female sterilisationto more modern limiting methods of contracep-tion has not happened as widely as expected.

Sterilisation camps by the Government con-tinue despite the 2016 Supreme Court order,which ordered a ban on mass sterilisationcamps. The order came following a petition bysocial activist Devika Biswas after the overdriveto sterilise women under unhygienic conditionsled to botched operations and several deaths. Yet,three years after the court order, States still organ-ise such camps to meet their family planning tar-gets. What has made it easier for them is the timeframe (three years) given by the court to closetheir camps. A couple of months ago, a sterili-sation camp was held at a Government hospitalin Khargon, Madhya Pradesh. But since only sixwomen turned up and a minimum of 12 womenwere required for the camp to be operational, ser-vices were denied. The women were told to comethe next day when adequate numbers had beendrummed up.

But would the women give their work a missagain to turn up the next day? The cost of inac-tion in family planning services means that Indiawill increase its population by an additional 149million by 2031, according to a study by thePopulation Foundation of India (PFI). This 2018study found that States expected to contribute themost to this burgeoning population includeUttar Pradesh (31 million), Bihar (24 million),

Madhya Pradesh (14 million) andRajasthan (5 million). With low levelsof sexual and reproductive health (SRH)knowledge, including oral and emer-gency contraceptives among adolescentsin States such as Uttar Pradesh andBihar, this doesn’t come as a surprise.Only one in two married girls amongolder adolescents and a little less thana quarter of unmarried boys and girls( all in the age group 15-19 years), areaware that a girl can become pregnanteven when she had sex for the first time.This revelation by a Population Councilstudy underscores the risk faced by ado-lescents in these two States.

If these knowledge gaps continue,the country will have to bear the burdenof an additional 69 million births dur-ing the period 2016-31 as the child pop-ulation (0-4 years) will increase to 22.7million, according to the PFI study. Hereagain, Uttar Pradesh (4.1 million),Bihar (3.3 million), Madhya Pradesh (2.3million) and Rajasthan (1.1 million) willaccount for about 60 per cent of thisincrease. However, about 1.2 millionmaternal deaths can be prevented by2031 in our country if family planningservices are easily accessible and womenhave the power of choice. Just how bet-ter family planning services impactmaternal mortality can be seen from thefact that there has been a fall in the num-ber of live births between 2001 and 2011,meaning more than one-third of thepotential number of maternal lives weresaved, said the study.

In fact, the effect of fertility declineon the potential number of maternallives saved is estimated to be 57 percent for Uttar Pradesh and 62 per centfor Bihar, the two States where mater-nal mortality rates are high. All thiscan be achieved by addressing social

determinants of health, promotingwomen’s empowerment and education,adopting a target-free approach andensuring a convergence of servicedelivery at the community level. Is thisasking for too much?

Studies have shown that unsafeabortion is the third leading cause ofmaternal mortality in India. Accordingto a report by the Guttmacher Institute,International Institute of PopulationSciences and Population Council, abouteight women die from causes related tounsafe abortion every day. A majorityof rural and poor women visit prima-ry health centres (PHCs) to accesshealth care. But only a few PHCs pro-vide abortion services. Only five percent of the PHCs in Bihar and four percent in Uttar Pradesh provide abortionservices. The Guttmacher study foundthat almost half of the pregnanciesbeing unintended, majority of themended in abortion. It revealed that inBihar, unintended pregnancies were 48per cent and 27 per cent of them endedin abortion. In Uttar Pradesh, 49 percent of the pregnancies were unintend-ed, of which 31 per cent were aborted.

So, if unintended pregnancies canbe averted, so can unsafe abortions. Apotential 206 million unsafe abortionscan be avoided with improved qualitycare, trained providers and properequipment. Again, Uttar Pradesh willbenefit significantly by providing theseservices and preventing 34 millionunsafe abortions. Similarly, Bihar canavert 22 million unsafe abortions,states the PFI study. Even one life lostis too many. Then, is it too much to askfor quality family planning services?

If quality family planning servicesare provided under the UniversalHealth Care programme, it would

mean fewer children. This in turn willcut down the high, and often cata-strophic out-of-pocket expenditures(OOPE) incurred by families.According to the PFI study, householdscan achieve about one-fifth reductionin total OOPE on delivery care andchild hospitalisation with good andtimely family planning services. Is thisalso asking for too much for?

Every year, July 11 to July 24 isobserved as “Population StabilisationFortnight”. This is preceded by a“Couple Mobilisation Fortnight” (June27 to July 10). And like always, it is thewomen, who are saddled with the bur-den of planning their families. Rarelydo men step forward. The lack of malemulti-purpose workers perpetuatesmyths and fears they have of losing theirmasculinity if they go under the knife.States are reluctant to invest in maleworkers since they have to pay theirsalaries. Frontline health workers likethe accredited social health activists(ASHAs), who are meant to do familyplanning counselling, are paid by fundsfrom the Centre. But they are unable toreach out to the men directly.

Asking wives to persuade theirhusbands to undergo vasectomy oradopting other family planning mea-sures is challenging for the ASHAs, con-sidering the deeply entrenched patriar-chal attitudes. So, they land up bring-ing women for sterilisation. This canend only when increased investments inadvancing women’s health, educationand skills, delaying their age at marriageand enhancing opportunities for themin the labour market are made. Thiscannot be asking for too much. For untilthen, the pledge taken by India at ICPD25 years ago will remain unfulfilled.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Snakebite is a serious cause of dis-ability and death in mostly poor,rural and hard-to-reach commu-

nities worldwide. Though just 250 ofthe 3,000 odd species of snakes aremedically important, their impactcan be devastating: Across the globe,snakebite envenoming is reported tocause the death of up to 1,38,000 peo-ple annually, while up to three timesthat number are estimated to sufferamputation, physical or psychologicaldisability. The need to take action isclear and core to the principle of leav-ing no one behind.

The World Health Organisation(WHO) South-East Asia Region isparticularly affected. Owing to theregion’s sheer number of people

(around 1.8 billion, or a little over aquarter of the world’s population), itsmany farming communities and thepresence of a large number of ven-omous snakes, communities region-wide have long been vulnerable, withsnakebite envenoming the cause oftens of thousands of deaths every year.The emotional, physical and financialcosts are substantial, and cannot con-tinue.

The good news? Global andregional momentum to tackle theproblem is at a premium. In additionto the region’s own initiative and drive,last year’s World Health Assembly(WHA) endorsed a resolution toaddress the problem of snakebiteenvenoming. Among other things, theresolution recognised the need toimprove access to safe, effective andaffordable treatments for all peopleeverywhere. This was particularlycrucial given global shortages of anti-venoms that have hampered efforts todate and which WHO South-East Asiahas been working to overcome by pro-viding technical support and guidanceon good manufacturing practicesamong other initiatives.

To help deliver on the resolution,just last month, on the sidelines of thisyear’s WHA, the WHO released astrategy for the control of snakebiteenvenoming that provides a roadmapto reduce snakebite-caused death anddisability by 50 per cent before 2030.The roadmap will be rolled out inthree phases, with an emphasis ondeveloping strong, collaborative part-nerships able to ensure long-term sus-tainability and continued commit-ment. To that end, coordinating

investment and mobilising resourcesto drive impact at the country andcommunity level will be central to theWHO’s work.

As the roadmap and the region’sown initiatives have made clear formany years, key interventions can beimplemented to immediate effect.Ensuring that happens is critical torealising the region’s flagship priori-ties of combating neglected tropicaldiseases and accelerating towardsuniversal health coverage, as well as itspursuit of several SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs), includ-ing SDG 3, to “ensure healthy lives andpromote well-being for all at all ages.”

Most urgently, health authoritiesacross the region should empower andengage communities on the issue bydeveloping communication cam-paigns that contain messages on pre-vention, first aid and where and howto seek treatment. As sub-nationalprogrammes in several areas across theregion have demonstrated, well-designed outreach initiatives can haveremarkable impact in reducingsnakebite incidence. Appropriate,trusted community leaders should be

educated to disseminate key messages,mobilise buy-in and ensure all com-munity members appreciate that therisk of snakebite envenoming can bemitigated effectively at the local levelitself.

At the same time, member statesshould strengthen health systems toensure snakebite envenoming can betreated in a timely and effective man-ner. Primary healthcare workersshould be trained to identify and man-age snakebite envenoming and, whereappropriate (and until quality anti-venoms are available at the primarylevel), refer patients to better-equippedsecondary and tertiary facilities. Aspart of this, member states shoulddevelop ways to cover the often-pro-hibitive costs of hospitalisation —whether that means providing servicesfree of charge or ensuring treatmentcosts are covered by insuranceschemes.

Crucially, countries should makesnakebite envenoming a notifiable dis-ease. This will generate valuable datathat can help guide interventions, bothin the near and long-term, and facil-itate responsive, locally calibrated

policy. Like other neglected tropicaldiseases, snakebite is often highlyprevalent in specific areas and amongspecific communities, requiring con-certed and ongoing action at the sub-national level. To ensure that happens,health authorities and civil societymust secure continued high-levelcommitment to achieving theroadmap’s target and the public healthimperative it represents: Leaving noone behind.

Achieving each of these out-comes is within the region’s grasp. TheWHO is committed to supportingmember states in their quest to har-ness global momentum to tacklesnakebite envenoming and overcomethe barriers that have persisted for toolong. As the global drive to tacklesnakebite envenoming grows, andsystemic issues such as access toantivenoms are addressed, there is nota moment to lose in taking the stepsneeded to deliver immediate progress.Region-wide, the opportunity to do somust be grasped, and the health, well-being and safety of all secured.

(The writer is Regional Director,WHO South-East Asia)

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AReserve Bank surveyThursday showed that

housing affordability has wors-ened in four years withMumbai being the least afford-able.

The RBI has been con-ducting a quarterly ResidentialAsset Price Monitoring Survey(RAPMS) since July 2010 onhousing loans disbursed byselect banks and housingfinance companies (HFCs)across 13 cities.

“Housing affordabilityworsened over the past 4 yearsas the house price-to-income(HPTI) ratio increased from

56.1 in March 2015 to 61.5 inMarch 2019,” the RBI saidwhile releasing the survey.

Mumbai remains the leastaffordable city in India, whileBhubaneswar remains the mostaffordable city.

It further said the move-ment of median loan-to-income (LTI) ratio also con-firms worsening housingaffordability as it moved from3 in March 2015 to 3.4 inMarch 2019.

The survey also said themedian loan-to-value (LTV)ratio moved from 67.7 per centto 69.6 per cent between March2015 and March 2019 showingthat banks have become

increasingly risk tolerant.LTV is a measure of cred-

it risk on housing loans.Another finding of the sur-

vey is that the median EMI-to-income (ETI) ratio, represent-ing loan eligibility, hasremained relatively steady dur-ing the past 2 years.

However, Mumbai, Puneand Ahmedabad recordedhigher median ETI comparedto other cities.

The study was conductedin Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi,Bengaluru, Hyderabad,Kolkata, Pune, Jaipur,Chandigarh, Ahmedabad,Lucknow, Bhopal andBhubaneswar.

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The BSE Sensex reversedrecent losses to end 266

points higher Thursday, large-ly in line with global marketswhich rallied after US FederalReserve Chair Jerome Powellbolstered expectations of a ratecut.

After rising as much as 335points during the day, the 30-share index settled 266.07points or 0.69 per cent higherat 38,823.11. Similarly, thebroader NSE Nifty climbed 84points, or 0.73 per cent, to11,582.90.

World markets rose afterUS Federal Reserve ChairmanJerome Powell told a congres-sional committee Wednesdaythat the central bank is ready to“act as appropriate” to boostgrowth amid multiple head-winds.

Investors are wagering ona rate cut by the Fed as early asthis month.

Hero MotoCorp was thetop gainer in the Sensex pack,spurting 4.46 per cent.IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors,Vedanta, SBI, M&M, SunPharma, Tata Steel, HDFC andHDFC Bank too rose up to 3.63per cent.

On the other hand, TechMahindra, Yes Bank, TCS,L&T, Axis Bank and NTPC lost

up to 1.27 per cent.“Dovish commentary from

Fed chairman Jerome Powellrekindled rate cut hopes, lead-ing to rebound in equitiesworld over. Indian marketswere no exception with morethan half a percent gain in Niftyas well as midcap index. Therate cuts will improve the liq-uidity situation globally andeventually will find its way toemerging markets whichenhances investment senti-ments.

“Overhang of budget isgradually fading and focus isshifting towards global eventsand earnings,” said SunilSharma, Chief InvestmentOfficer, Sanctum WealthManagement.

Sectorally, BSE auto, metal,telecom, realty, utilities andfinance indices rose up to 1.84per cent. However, capitalgoods and consumer durableslost up to 0.69 per cent.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices followedthe benchmarks, rising up to0.56 per cent.

Elsewhere in Asia, China’sShanghai Composite Indexgained 0.08 per cent, HongKong’s Hang Seng climbed0.81 per cent, Japan’s Nikkeirose 0.51 per cent and SouthKorean benchmark Kospiended 1.06 per cent higher.

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The rupee darted up 14 paiseto finish at 68.44 against the

US dollar on Thursday afterdovish comments by USFederal Reserve chair JeromePowell boosted emerging mar-ket currencies.

However, firming oil pricescapped the gains, traders said.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the local unitopened on a firm footing at68.31, and shuttled between ahigh of 68.30 and a low of 68.48during the day. The rupeefinally closed at 68.44, down 14paise over its previous close.

The rupee had declined by7 paise to close at 68.58 againstthe greenback Wednesday,pressured by persistent for-eign fund outflows and firmingcrude oil prices.

World stocks rose andemerging market currenciesappreciated after US FederalReserve Chairman JeromePowell told a Congressionalcommittee that the central bankis ready to “act as appropriate”to boost growth amid multipleheadwinds, bolstering hopes ofa rate cut as early as this month.

“Rupee strengthened alongwith the emerging marketpeers...US rate cut probabilityhas risen after Powell made adirect reference to the possi-bility of bigger than 25 bp ratecut this month in testimony.

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Senior officials from Indiaand the US would meet

here on Friday to discuss var-ious trade and economic issuesand strengthen bilateral rela-tions, a top official said.

A team led by Assistant USTrade Representative (AUSTR)for South and Central Asia,Christopher Wilson, will holdthe meeting with senior gov-ernment officials. The US offi-cials will also meet Commerceand Industry Minister PiyushGoyal on Friday.

“Since India’s election peri-od has now passed, USTR offi-cials are visiting India for rela-tionship-building with Indiangovernment counterparts,including introductory meet-ings for the new AUSTR forIndia, Christopher Wilson,” aUSTR spokesperson said.

External Affairs Ministry(MEA) spokesperson RaveeshKumar said an Indian delega-tion under a senior commerceministry official will meet theUS officials on Friday.

“Our approach is to engagewith them constructively in a

p o s i t i v emanner...We have amatchingdelegationfrom ourside. It isbeing ledb yAdditionalSecretary-level offi-cer fromcommerceministry. Itis impor-tant tokeep in mind that when weengage on this issue, the trajec-tory of the relationship remainspositive. We have to keep inmind the bigger picture andwithin that big picture addressall issues on the table.”

US President DonaldTrump has been asking India toreduce customs duties on USproducts further. The US pres-ident this week had tweetedthat “high” duties were “notacceptable”.

This would be the firstmeeting on trade issues afterthe meeting of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi with the USPresident in Japan on the side-lines of the G20 summit.

The MEA spokespersonsaid that India and the US dur-ing the meeting in Osaka lastmonth had decided that offi-cials from both sides wouldmeet and resolve all outstand-ing trade issues.

An official said that rele-vant issues for both the coun-tries on trade and commercewill be discussed during themeeting.

Both the sides will hold acomprehensive dialogue on

July 12 in the Commerce andIndustry ministry, the officialsaid. Trade talks between thetwo countries slowed after theUS rolled back export incen-tives from India under theirgeneralised system of prefer-ence programme with effectfrom June 5.

From June 16, Indiaimposed high customs dutieson 28 US products in retalia-tion to customs duties imposedby America on certain steel andaluminium products.

There are certain irritantswhich both the countries wantsto sort out to push the bilater-al trade.

The US wants greater mar-ket access for its dairy productsand cut in customs duties ininformation and communica-tions technology products. TheAmerican companies have alsoraised concerns over price cap oncertain medical devices by India.

Stating that the US hastaken a ‘unilateral position’ inrolling back export incentivesfrom India, the government hasasserted that it would not allowtrade negotiations to overtakeissues of national interest.

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The Centrehas sanc-

tioned pro-jects worth�3,400 crorein theNortheasternstates in lastthree years,Union minis-ter Jitendra Singh told theRajya Sabha.

Singh said the Ministry ofDevelopment of North-EasternRegion (DoNER) has beenregularly receiving proposalsfrom the Northeastern states,and during the last three years,projects to the tune of �3,400crore have been sanctionedunder different schemes andpackages like Non-LapsableCentral Pool of Resources

(NLCPR), North East SpecialInfrastructure DevelopmentScheme (NESIDS).

Funds were also sanctionedto the Karbi AnglongAutonomous TerritorialCouncil (KAATC), BodolandTerritorial Council (BTC),Dima Hasao AutonomousTerritorial Council (DHATC)and Social and InfrastructureDevelopment Fund (SIDF), hesaid replying a written question.

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Acompensation of �5 lakhhas been proposed under

the Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Bill, 2019, fordeath due to accident from amotor vehicle, Parliament wasinformed Thursday.

In case of grievous injury,a compensation of �2.5 lakhhas been proposed.

“It has been proposed thatthe amount of compensationunder no fault liability in case ofdeath due to any accident aris-ing out of use of the motor vehi-cle is �5 lakh and in case ofgrievous hurt it is �2.5 lakh,”Minister of Road Transport andHighways Nitin Gadkari told theLok Sabha in a written reply.

He said the Bill providesfor strict licensing regime,enhancement of penalties forviolation under the act, auto-mated testing of vehicles for fit-ness, provision for recall ofdefected vehicles, implemen-tation of electronic monitoringand enforcement of road safe-ty on the roads and inclusionof new offences. The Cabinethas given nod for the amend-ment Bill to the Motor VehiclesAct, 1988, which will be intro-duced in the Lok Sabha.

The Minister said, “TheBill proposes amendments inorder to provide statutoryrecognition to transport aggre-gators. That will improve theoperation of cab and bus aggre-gators.”

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Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd., abuilding materials com-

pany is planning to expand andfurther establish its footprint inEastern Uttar Pradesh (UP)market. To cater to the bur-geoning market the company isplanning to target the premiumsegment with Duraguard Xtracement having ‘SupersetTechnology’.

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The Union Budget 2019-20does not chalk out a clear

roadmap to take India on thepath of high economic growthand lacks bold steps and struc-tural reforms, Congress leaderP Chidambaram saidThursday in Rajya Sabha.

Participating in the debateon the Budget, the formerFinance Minister said thecountry’s economy is weakand requires bold steps to takeit forward on fast growthtrack, which Prime MinisterNarendra Modi should take.

He also termed FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman’sspeech as “insipid” and saidthe budget does not have anysteps to propel investmentand savings.

Chidambaram down-played the ModiGovernment’s call of making

India a $5 trillion economy by2024-25, saying the economyitself doubles due to the“magic of compounding” insix to seven years and does notrequire a prime minister orfinance minister.

He sought to corner theFinance Minister, saying shedid not present macro eco-nomic data, including receiptsfrom revenue, in her BudgetSpeech in Lok Sabha on July 5.

Chidambaram said theFinance Minister should havementioned figures in herspeech as people deserve toknow broad numbers as theydo not go through annexuresand other Budget documents.

“I cannot recall a BudgetSpeech so bereft of macrodata,” he said, and urged theFinance Ministry to ensureimportant data gets mentionin the Budget Speech infuture.

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Assam Gas CompanyLimited (AGCL), Oil India

Limited (OIL) and GAIL GasLimited (GGL) signed anagreement on Thursday forincorporating a new companyfor implementation of the CityGas Distribution (CGD) net-work in five districts of Assam.

The agreement was signedby AGCL’s managing directorA K Sharma, OIL’s executivedirector (BusinessDevelopment) S K Singh andGAIL CEO A K Jana in thepresence of Assam Industriesand Commerce MinisterChandra Mohan Patowary.

The venture is the outcomeof the extension of the NationalGas Grid Pipeline (Urja Ganga

Project) to Assam.Patowary said that with the

connection of Assam to theNational Gas Grid, steady sup-ply of natural gas shall initiatea spurt in the industrial sector,power generation sector, auto-motive CNG sector anddomestic piped gas to house-holds sector.

It will act as a catalyst totrigger immense developmentand employment opportunitiesthroughout Assam and otherparts of the north east, he said.

The supply of piped naturalgas to the industrial, commer-cial and domestic customers inthe first phase in Kamrup,Kamrup (Metro), Cachar,Hailakandi and Karimganj dis-tricts will be a major initiativein this regard, he said.

AGCL, along with OILand GGL had formed a con-sortium and bid for laying,building and operating theCity Gas DistributionNetworks in two geographicalareas (GA) in Assam.

GA-2 comprises of Cachar,Hailakandi and Karimganj dis-tricts and GA-3 comprises ofKamrup and Kamrup (Metro)districts.

The joint venture compa-ny shall implement the CityGas Distribution (CGD)Network and supply piped nat-ural gas to the domestic, com-mercial and industrial cus-tomers and CNG (CompressedNatural Gas) to the vehicles inKamrup, Kamrup (Metro),Cachar, Hailakandi andKarimganj districts.

New Delhi: SIDBI, in associa-tion with Equifax, brought outthe second edition ofMicrofinance Pulse — a quar-terly newsletter on microfi-nance sector in India whichrevealed that out of the overallindustry’s gross loan portfolioof �1,78,547 crore, 83% wascontributed by top 10 states.The newsletter shows that therewas a 36% growth in loan dis-bursement in FY19. PNS

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Gadkari met AgricultureMinister Narendra SinghTomar, Social Justice andEmpowerment MinisterThawarchand Gehlot andTribal Affairs Minister ArjunMunda to discuss how employ-ment avenues can be generat-ed through encouraging honeyproduction by micro, smalland medium enterprises(MSMEs). PTI

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Anil Ambani-led RelianceGroup firm Reliance

Infrastructure said onThursday its lenders had signedan inter-creditor agreement(ICA) for the resolution ofdebt.

Reliance Infrastructure(RInfra), which is sitting on adebt of over �6,000 crore andaims to be debt free in 2020, hasto implement its resolutionplan before 180 days.

“Reliance InfrastructureLtd’s 16 lenders have signed theICA. As per the RBI Circular ofJune 7, 2019, 100 per cent of itslenders have signed the ICA forthe resolution of RelianceInfrastructure’s debt,” the com-pany said in a statement.

It said the company hasnow achieved standstill for 180days as per the ICA.

“Reliance Infrastructure isconfident of implementing itsResolution Plan well beforethe 180-day deadline based onadvanced progress of its vari-ous asset monetisation initia-tives,” the company said.

Shares of the companywere trading sharply higher by10.87 per cent at �51 in pre-close session at BSE.

According to the RBICircular, the Resolution Plan isto be implemented within 180days.

As per the RBI framework,the Resolution Plan has to beagreed to by 75 per cent of thelenders by value of debt and 60per cent by number of lenders.

The company said it has

already announced the sale ofDelhi-Agra Toll Road for anenterprise value of �3,600 crore.

“With this single transac-tion, debt of RelianceInfrastructure will reduce byover 25 per cent to just over�4,000 crore,” the companysaid.

High debt pile has forcedReliance Group to offer itsheadquarters in suburbanSantacruz on a long-term leaseand move back operations to aSouth Mumbai building.

“Reliance Infrastructurealso plans to monetise its mar-quee 7 lakh square feet RelianceCenter in Santacruz by way oflong-term lease. The Companyaims to be zero debt in 2020,”the company said.

RInfra is one of the largestinfrastructure companies,developing projects throughvarious special purpose vehi-cles (SPVs) in sectors such aspower, roads and metro Rail ininfrastructure and defencespaces. Apart from RInfra,group’s bankrupt telecom armRCom has so far receivedclaims of over �57,500 crore atthe NCLT of which over �7,000crore are from its own groupentities. Last year, RInfra hadsold its Mumbai energy busi-ness to Adani Transmission for�18,800 crore which helped itlower its debt from �22,000crore.

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The BSE Sensex reversedrecent losses to end 266points higher on

Thursday, largely in line withglobal markets which ralliedafter US Federal Reserve ChairJerome Powell bolstered expec-tations of a rate cut.

After rising as much as 335points during the day, the 30-share index settled 266.07points or 0.69 per cent higherat 38,823.11. Similarly, thebroader NSE Nifty climbed 84points, or 0.73 per cent, to11,582.90.

World markets rose afterUS Federal Reserve ChairmanJerome Powell told a congres-sional committee onWednesday that the centralbank is ready to “act as appro-priate” to boost growth amidmultiple headwinds.

Investors are wagering ona rate cut by the Fed as early asthis month.

Hero MotoCorp was thetop gainer in the Sensex pack,spurting 4.46 per cent.IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors,Vedanta, SBI, M&M, SunPharma, Tata Steel, HDFC andHDFC Bank too rose up to 3.63per cent. On the other hand,Tech Mahindra, Yes Bank, TCS,L&T, Axis Bank and NTPC lostup to 1.27 per cent.

“Dovish commentary fromFed chairman Jerome Powellrekindled rate cut hopes, lead-ing to rebound in equities world

over. Indian markets were noexception with more than halfa percent gain in Nifty as wellas midcap index. The rate cuts

will improve the liquidity situ-ation globally and eventuallywill find its way to emergingmarkets which enhances invest-ment sentiments. Overhang ofbudget is gradually fading andfocus is shifting towards globalevents and earnings,” said SunilSharma, chief investment offi-cer, Sanctum WealthManagement.

Sectorally, BSE auto, metal,telecom, realty, utilities andfinance indices rose up to 1.84per cent. However, capitalgoods and consumer durableslost up to 0.69 per cent.

The broader BSE midcapand smallcap indices followedthe benchmarks, rising up to0.56 per cent.

Elsewhere in Asia, China’sShanghai Composite Indexgained 0.08 per cent, HongKong’s Hang Seng climbed0.81 per cent, Japan’s Nikkeirose 0.51 per cent and SouthKorean benchmark Kospiended 1.06 per cent higher.Bourses in Europe were alsotrading higher in early deals.

On the currency front, theIndian rupee appreciated 14paise to 68.43 against the USdollar (intra-day).

The global oil benchmarkBrent crude futures rose 0.61per cent to USD 67.42 per bar-rel amid reduced US outputand geopolitical tensions.

New Delhi (PTI): Statingthat its growth plans will see itbecoming the world’s largestzinc producer and among thetop three silver producers, min-ing giant Vedanta Ltd onThursday said it spent around`10,000 crore in FY’19 on cap-ital expenditure programmes.

“As India’s largest privatesector oil and gas producer,your company aims to double itscurrent contribution of 27 percent of nation’s production,” thecompany’s chairman NavinAgarwal said at its AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM).

India currently importsaround 80 per cent of its oil andgas requirements, amounting toUSD 150 billion, he said. “We arethe largest primary producer ofaluminium in the country. Ourplans will see us produce threemillion tonnes of integratedaluminium, an increase of 50 percent,” he added. Looking at themedium term, Agarwal saidVedanta’s plans include a totalcapital investment of �55,000crore to increase production byabout 50 per cent across its busi-nesses. The mega targets set inthe Union Budget 2019-20 forinvestment in infrastructuresector at �100 lakh crore over thenext five years will lead tourbanisation and industrialisa-tion in the country, generatingsignificant demand for naturalresources, he said.

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New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices on Thursday zoomed �930to �35,800 per 10 gram in the national capital tracking posi-tive overseas trend after US Federal Reserve Chairman JeromePowell hinted at a rate cut soon that prompted investors to movetowards safe-haven assets like the yellow metal. Silver also fol-lowed the suit and rose by �300 to per kg due to more offtakeby industrial units and coin makers.

“Spot gold jumped to a one-week high in the internation-al market due to a feeble dollar after dovish comments fromthe US Federal Reserve chairman. The Fed chair’s cautiousstance on the US economy raised hopes of an imminent inter-est rate cut that spurred investor sentiments towards safe assetslike gold,” said Hareesh V, head (commodity research), GeojitFinancial Services. He further said weak global economic out-look and unsolved trade war tensions between the US and Chinaare the other positive drivers of the yellow metal.

Meanwhile, globally spot gold was trading at USD 1,420.80an ounce. Similarly, silver was also up at USD 15.24 per ouncein New York.

According to the All-India Sarafa Association, gold of 99.9per cent and 99.5 per cent purity surged �930 each to per 10gram and per 10 gram, respectively, in the national capital.Traders said that apart from the global movement, demand fromlocal jewellers also supported the rise in gold prices.

Sovereign gold also advanced by �100 to �27,400 per eightgram. Silver ready also rose �300 to �39,200 per kg and week-ly-based delivery gained �356 to �38,356 per kg. However, pricesof silver coins held flat at �81,000 for buying and �82,000 forselling of 100 pieces.

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New Delhi: ReliancePower said on Thursday thatthe �2,430-crore loan for itsSamalkot project has beenrestructured and its maturityhas been extended to June2022. “Reliance Power’sSamalkot project successful-ly recasts �2,430-crore (USD347 million) loan from US-EXIM...amortising repaymentschedule converted into bul-let repayments...extendedfinal loan maturity to June2022... ultra-low interest rateof only 2.65 per cent perannum,” Reliance Power saidin a BSE filing. ReliancePower is in advance stages ofdevelopment of Bangladeshproject and relocatingSamalkot modules in AndhraPradesh to Bangladesh,according to the statement.The company is a privatesector power generation andcoal resources company. PTI

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BAJAJ-AUTO 2714.90 2721.05 2661.95 2712.75ASIANPAINT 1323.00 1336.45 1311.05 1330.60LUPIN 764.95 768.70 747.90 752.00TATAGLOBAL 251.60 259.30 251.60 256.05BPCL 350.20 355.25 347.20 351.45KTKBANK 100.80 101.00 99.65 100.05SUNTV 460.00 469.95 456.85 466.95RCOM 1.74 1.81 1.69 1.80KRBL 228.85 241.30 228.35 238.25PVR 1700.35 1740.60 1695.95 1730.45DMART 1350.05 1379.70 1350.05 1372.50SBILIFE 743.00 762.00 743.00 754.60TATAMTRDVR 74.20 76.40 72.55 75.85DRREDDY 2587.05 2660.00 2586.65 2652.15PETRONET 246.90 251.80 246.35 250.05SOUTHBANK 12.67 13.20 12.42 13.07UNIONBANK 77.20 78.80 76.55 78.40HINDALCO 196.50 199.05 194.90 198.80BAJAJELEC 463.15 473.10 448.35 469.15PFC 125.60 127.40 124.00 126.40NBCC 55.40 55.70 53.55 55.30INDIACEM 95.20 95.75 92.75 95.20BHARTIARTL 364.90 364.90 356.35 360.00GREAVESCOT 132.95 134.35 125.30 130.50HIMATSEIDE 149.50 174.35 147.30 164.95CHOLAFIN 278.50 283.25 277.10 281.45GODREJCP 638.00 644.20 634.00 636.50NAUKRI 2255.00 2318.65 2231.60 2302.65BIRLACORPN 616.50 644.20 615.05 640.00OBEROIRLTY 575.00 587.00 550.05 554.75NTPC 129.25 130.90 128.65 129.00CENTURYPLY 158.00 158.00 147.70 148.00ADANIPORTS 407.60 413.60 405.30 411.05ULTRACEMCO 4479.65 4557.30 4471.65 4532.95PTC 64.10 64.40 63.80 64.05VIPIND 427.10 435.00 413.25 421.85CHENNPETRO 181.15 182.40 176.05 179.10TORNTPHARM 1549.80 1577.15 1531.30 1549.30CHAMBLFERT 158.75 161.90 155.35 161.10SRF 2750.00 2808.00 2750.00 2761.80SRTRANSFIN 1044.00 1056.30 1036.25 1043.65ADANIGREEN 49.90 50.70 48.40 49.40HDFCAMC 1951.20 1955.00 1916.05 1919.35FORCEMOT 1298.80 1318.00 1281.00 1298.80RADICO 289.20 291.75 280.30 287.65ONGC 153.00 154.10 152.00 153.00JUBLFOOD 1233.50 1242.00 1210.00 1219.00HSCL 98.20 98.30 94.00 94.70DBL 426.45 427.00 407.80 409.00JAICORPLTD 102.95 103.50 101.15 102.30CENTURYTEX 902.95 914.85 893.25 914.00IRB 96.80 96.80 91.70 91.90BOMDYEING 102.20 103.25 100.95 101.20NATIONALUM 47.20 47.30 46.55 46.90GNFC 235.00 235.00 231.00 232.45CADILAHC 228.45 236.45 227.45 234.35INDIANB 243.60 247.20 242.80 244.15ACC 1539.00 1558.50 1536.50 1549.65IDBI 34.45 35.45 34.20 34.80GRUH 278.90 286.50 278.55 284.30NIITTECH 1320.95 1325.90 1289.00 1325.00RBLBANK 630.65 639.65 630.15 636.45DCBBANK 233.05 240.00 233.00 238.55HCLTECH 1032.60 1032.60 1015.25 1021.20CASTROLIND 127.00 127.00 125.30 125.60WOCKPHARMA 357.90 361.00 352.50 355.85ZENSARTECH 246.85 247.65 242.50 247.65DABUR 412.00 412.00 405.30 409.10TVSMOTOR 418.45 432.80 417.25 428.90VOLTAS 591.00 595.40 583.45 591.45RAIN 97.00 98.55 95.75 95.90DIVISLAB 1622.00 1642.50 1606.15 1608.80GRASIM 915.00 924.40 909.85 918.60STAR 377.50 379.15 369.35 372.45TATAELXSI 855.70 856.00 836.50 843.40PIDILITIND 1175.55 1193.00 1174.00 1183.35KEC 322.40 328.00 320.85 322.10SUVEN 251.80 254.10 232.40 239.45CANFINHOME 369.70 377.00 366.80 372.80LTI 1590.00 1590.00 1565.00 1574.60UJJIVAN 281.00 284.90 277.40 280.60APOLLOTYRE 187.10 189.15 184.50 188.15SIEMENS 1225.00 1246.00 1215.75 1237.25HEXAWARE 359.45 359.90 347.75 355.80COLPAL 1136.60 1152.00 1133.95 1138.65PHILIPCARB 111.10 111.45 107.70 108.10MINDAIND 302.00 304.75 296.15 301.00VGUARD 231.00 235.50 230.50 232.00WESTLIFE 300.05 314.50 300.00 310.05ENGINERSIN 109.70 112.40 109.70 111.00FSL 52.20 52.65 51.80 52.20RAYMOND 697.10 709.40 690.40 706.35MINDTREE 778.95 778.95 754.45 761.00IDFCFIRSTB 43.20 43.20 42.40 42.70APOLLOHOSP 1326.90 1331.70 1298.05 1313.00ORIENTBANK 89.60 89.95 88.60 89.25AJANTPHARM 900.00 918.05 875.00 903.45TATAPOWER 66.75 67.80 66.65 67.30INDHOTEL 149.70 151.50 148.00 149.10DELTACORP 167.40 169.00 165.00 166.75AVANTI 343.60 346.20 336.05 339.10JKTYRE 76.00 78.50 75.55 77.90ABCAPITAL 90.25 91.05 89.35 90.10COALINDIA 235.10 235.50 232.65 235.00BRITANNIA 2780.60 2788.65 2760.00 2766.25BALKRISIND 727.00 738.00 722.50 733.35PIIND 1129.95 1148.00 1105.00 1139.55PNBHOUSING 774.55 788.50 772.80 776.90MOTHERSUMI 118.50 120.95 118.30 120.25

IBULISL 171.50 173.80 165.00 167.00ADANIGAS 164.55 165.25 163.00 163.80EICHERMOT 18927.95 19058.85 18830.00 18975.00EMAMILTD 300.00 304.65 297.00 299.40EXIDEIND 201.50 204.65 199.55 202.75DCAL 213.05 218.60 206.05 216.30LTTS 1663.15 1663.15 1625.00 1630.05MCX 825.00 832.85 806.95 829.40EQUITAS 115.65 118.65 114.40 118.40MGL 796.05 809.50 794.00 807.05AMBUJACEM 212.20 212.65 209.75 211.55CEATLTD 905.00 907.50 889.45 894.65MUTHOOTFIN 614.90 622.90 608.50 619.00LAKSHVILAS 65.90 66.80 63.90 65.90ISEC 219.45 222.75 217.00 219.70THOMASCOOK 203.00 203.00 189.40 192.85KAJARIACER 560.30 562.30 548.65 558.00CCL 244.20 251.60 235.00 236.00JAMNAAUTO 49.50 49.50 47.45 48.80OMAXE 201.00 201.00 199.25 200.25PAGEIND 20181.80 20990.55 20143.20 20970.00ORIENTCEM 105.30 110.50 105.20 109.10GSFC 87.45 87.95 86.65 87.00INFRATEL 264.00 265.60 256.45 265.25TRENT 437.45 452.65 437.45 449.45SHANKARA 370.00 381.60 366.55 375.35JUBILANT 483.65 484.30 474.50 475.85DCMSHRIRAM 550.00 552.05 527.00 529.70APLLTD 524.20 545.35 520.95 543.70ABFRL 200.80 203.30 198.60 201.15MEGH 62.30 62.75 61.30 61.60CGPOWER 22.45 22.45 21.70 21.80ADANITRANS 227.00 228.95 224.35 224.75SJVN 26.30 26.80 25.75 26.60RAMCOCEM 793.05 793.85 770.90 775.20HINDZINC 225.00 228.75 222.60 228.65TATACHEM 597.50 600.00 592.30 595.45CIPLA 547.90 553.75 547.20 553.75BERGEPAINT 305.80 307.60 303.45 304.00NOCIL 111.00 112.10 110.15 110.75KALPATPOWR 502.50 509.00 499.00 504.60TATAMETALI 592.00 594.55 583.50 591.50SUNTECK 455.95 456.05 442.35 448.30ASHOKA 135.15 135.15 128.70 130.00BBTC 911.70 913.80 900.10 909.00GRANULES 94.85 95.45 92.85 93.00WABAG 307.00 309.65 302.00 304.00JSWENERGY 70.20 70.30 68.05 68.70RCF 57.05 57.05 56.40 56.70ALBK 48.00 48.25 47.25 47.65LALPATHLAB 1113.40 1113.40 1072.75 1086.45UBL 1355.05 1371.35 1349.20 1371.35NIACL 147.80 148.15 140.00 141.80IPCALAB 952.05 960.00 949.00 952.25CUMMINSIND 743.00 758.90 741.65 757.85TATACOFFEE 77.60 77.60 76.40 77.25KANSAINER 420.00 424.70 408.90 422.10SYNGENE 315.00 317.00 310.00 311.00NESTLEIND 11575.65 11593.90 11475.00 11532.00CONCOR 556.85 559.25 548.00 556.25AMARAJABAT 644.50 652.20 643.25 649.95GICRE 233.60 235.05 229.35 231.05MRF 55089.00 56500.00 54700.70 56154.45PNCINFRA 199.25 199.35 193.55 194.20SONATSOFTW 350.00 350.40 344.00 346.00REDINGTON 98.15 102.00 97.30 100.10ITI 89.50 89.65 88.15 88.30MPHASIS 937.95 948.50 928.55 939.60INOXLEISUR 332.40 332.40 321.20 323.85OFSS 3227.25 3289.35 3145.45 3285.00NAVINFLUOR 655.00 671.75 649.85 665.60IGL 307.35 308.50 304.40 305.95IFCI 8.55 8.67 8.29 8.66GLAXO 1155.75 1155.75 1137.10 1137.10VENKYS 1595.70 1596.00 1569.45 1570.00SYNDIBANK 41.45 41.45 39.25 40.05MRPL 58.80 61.00 58.75 60.45INFIBEAM 42.45 43.90 42.05 42.75RAJESHEXPO 696.00 698.00 692.50 692.50GREENPLY 166.75 171.35 164.30 167.15MARICO 370.35 371.75 367.15 367.15GMRINFRA 15.01 15.21 14.92 15.10GUJFLUORO 925.00 928.75 904.10 904.10RALLIS 152.30 156.45 152.00 154.45HSIL 239.35 239.35 234.00 235.85BDL 305.00 305.25 298.00 299.85SADBHAV 193.05 193.30 190.00 190.00KEI 461.20 467.25 457.45 465.40AEGISLOG 214.80 216.50 213.00 213.60DEEPAKFERT 103.10 108.00 103.10 104.45DEEPAKNI 302.90 303.00 299.45 300.20SCI 30.15 30.45 29.30 29.80JKLAKSHMI 335.85 338.45 333.00 333.50INTELLECT 265.50 266.70 264.75 265.00GSPL 189.80 192.90 189.00 191.00PRESTIGE 271.90 274.80 268.60 270.85SUNDRMFAST 462.75 470.00 461.10 467.00BLISSGVS 159.25 159.95 155.50 157.20ADVENZYMES 160.55 161.00 158.05 159.60MAGMA 108.15 109.80 106.60 107.50J&KBANK 39.90 39.90 38.30 39.80GALAXYSURF 1220.10 1250.00 1220.10 1248.05MFSL 411.70 414.80 406.20 408.00CREDITACC 494.00 497.60 488.20 490.80CROMPTON 226.25 228.65 223.80 227.15GODFRYPHLP 776.05 777.50 766.90 771.30NHPC 24.05 24.10 23.75 24.00NESCO 562.00 569.30 558.30 558.30ABB 1540.00 1540.00 1504.95 1506.40

AAVAS 1505.00 1527.00 1505.00 1516.90SHK 126.00 135.00 124.20 127.00EIDPARRY 167.90 168.80 165.50 167.65AUBANK 658.25 674.75 658.25 671.00NATCOPHARM 533.35 535.00 523.70 529.80RELAXO 429.95 433.35 425.00 425.00VINATIORGA 2118.85 2121.95 2065.00 2085.00PFIZER 3207.40 3207.40 3135.00 3148.80SUPREMEIND 1091.50 1100.45 1083.95 1090.00SWANENERGY 103.95 105.30 103.65 105.30VBL 950.30 975.00 950.30 969.20VARROC 460.00 461.45 451.80 452.00TV18BRDCST 22.50 22.90 22.45 22.80WELCORP 139.00 139.00 135.55 137.20JMFINANCIL 76.85 77.40 76.00 76.00CUB 201.00 204.15 199.70 203.40LAXMIMACH 4748.00 4820.00 4717.00 4800.00HAL 670.05 684.15 663.00 673.40PARAGMILK 260.00 261.50 256.65 259.35OIL 176.50 176.85 173.40 174.10GMDCLTD 71.40 71.45 70.75 71.35TRIDENT 60.00 60.15 59.10 59.55GODREJIND 486.45 486.45 478.50 482.65RITES 289.30 290.10 285.00 285.80SOBHA 553.00 555.00 545.70 547.00JINDALSAW 77.80 78.00 77.20 77.60ATUL 3764.00 3764.00 3704.50 3730.40HEIDELBERG 192.00 194.25 188.25 190.75ASTERDM 117.00 121.80 117.00 120.20MAHLOG 463.60 474.25 461.85 463.25HINDCOPPER 38.20 38.40 37.90 38.15MAHINDCIE 221.00 221.00 215.45 215.90GODREJAGRO 497.10 497.10 492.00 496.50CENTRALBK 20.00 20.00 19.60 19.85BAJAJHLDNG 3585.00 3624.00 3525.00 3550.90FINCABLES 392.30 398.45 390.00 390.00HATHWAY 22.50 23.50 22.50 22.90BLUESTARCO 740.60 759.70 732.00 754.40PRSMJOHNSN 93.30 93.30 90.30 91.70IDFC 36.75 36.75 35.75 36.05JBCHEPHARM 366.50 370.50 364.15 364.45FCONSUMER 40.40 40.40 39.50 39.75JKCEMENT 975.90 987.50 968.30 980.00TEJASNET 132.20 132.60 129.60 131.00BOSCHLTD 15925.00 16066.60 15846.85 16014.45SHREECEM 21300.00 21480.20 21300.00 21448.35HUDCO 38.95 39.00 38.60 38.85NILKAMAL 1170.80 1172.65 1144.50 1146.05LAURUSLABS 339.45 348.05 339.45 344.00ALKEM 1775.00 1795.00 1740.00 1794.00INDOSTAR 358.00 360.00 351.05 352.50THERMAX 1050.00 1050.00 1026.55 1027.00ORIENTELEC 157.40 160.50 155.50 159.40LINDEINDIA 505.05 508.00 501.05 505.00BALMLAWRIE 180.40 182.35 180.20 181.25GUJGAS 166.60 168.30 162.90 162.90PGHL 4100.00 4205.35 4098.00 4180.00MAHSCOOTER 4235.00 4247.25 4135.00 4238.05FINOLEXIND 502.00 504.45 495.00 496.70SREINFRA 16.70 16.80 15.90 16.05WELSPUNIND 55.90 56.75 55.10 56.60ABBOTINDIA 8941.90 8960.00 8857.90 8860.25TTKPRESTIG 6491.30 6610.40 6265.30 6319.60ERIS 490.00 495.25 490.00 491.25SUPRAJIT 198.75 201.20 198.50 198.85GICHSGFIN 260.00 260.50 257.00 258.00MMTC 22.85 22.95 22.55 22.75GPPL 84.90 84.90 80.65 80.90CENTRUM 26.00 26.45 25.35 26.20CARERATING 889.30 889.30 869.70 875.90UFLEX 228.70 234.30 228.05 234.30CAPPL 418.00 423.00 414.00 418.05PHOENIXLTD 650.00 660.00 644.00 649.10UCOBANK 19.00 19.15 18.85 18.95SYMPHONY 1213.00 1226.40 1208.00 1226.40NLCINDIA 64.65 64.80 64.15 64.50TATAINVEST 882.00 882.00 877.00 880.55MOIL 152.80 153.50 151.60 153.10ASAHIINDIA 210.20 210.20 200.00 205.15LUXIND 1154.55 1175.95 1150.00 1150.25MOTILALOFS 664.90 677.00 663.65 664.85GUJALKALI 499.25 500.45 495.60 497.05ASTRAL 1310.00 1318.50 1301.10 1311.10ITDCEM 98.00 98.50 97.00 97.05GULFOILLUB 848.00 863.00 840.00 840.00JSLHISAR 75.00 76.00 73.30 76.00TAKE 122.70 123.40 121.10 122.90COROMANDEL 393.65 395.60 390.00 395.00KPRMILL 604.25 613.70 603.95 610.60BAYERCROP 3350.00 3350.00 3252.00 3290.00TVSSRICHAK 1899.00 1939.00 1854.10 1912.90MAHABANK 16.05 16.25 16.00 16.00ITDC 248.00 248.50 244.05 244.05TIMKEN 734.00 736.00 727.55 729.65REPCOHOME 375.00 379.25 370.90 370.90IOB 12.20 12.37 12.13 12.15TCNSBRANDS 751.65 794.60 744.30 787.15SUDARSCHEM 318.30 318.30 313.35 314.50GILLETTE 6987.00 7178.90 6920.00 7158.00FORTIS 128.05 129.30 128.00 128.50TNPL 175.75 176.60 173.55 175.75GHCL 222.70 222.70 220.20 221.35EIHOTEL 173.00 174.40 171.25 173.40COFFEEDAY 218.80 219.15 215.25 217.45JAGRAN 103.50 104.35 101.50 103.50SANOFI 5708.15 5801.70 5680.00 5780.90SCHAEFFLER 4573.90 4573.90 4479.95 4490.00FINEORG 1353.30 1413.80 1353.30 1407.00MAHSEAMLES 413.35 421.00 413.35 420.10

JSL 31.75 32.00 31.25 31.95APARINDS 567.55 567.55 563.40 563.60TIMETECHNO 90.40 91.35 89.60 91.30ECLERX 675.00 677.00 670.25 672.05NH 226.50 233.50 224.35 232.25GET&D 232.50 232.65 226.80 228.25CERA 2900.00 2937.05 2833.50 2834.80JYOTHYLAB 163.70 163.85 161.35 163.85MONSANTO 2175.00 2230.00 2171.10 2171.10PERSISTENT 614.00 614.00 609.00 609.60JETAIRWAYS 51.30 51.30 51.30 51.30ELGIEQUIP 259.80 261.00 258.60 260.30ANDHRABANK 22.95 22.95 22.50 22.65IRCON 388.05 395.00 387.75 390.65THYROCARE 460.45 463.80 454.65 460.00TEAMLEASE 2976.95 3040.30 2960.30 2972.30GRINDWELL 600.00 600.80 593.70 594.20GSKCONS 7520.00 7578.65 7520.00 7578.65SKFINDIA 1935.95 1939.90 1918.65 1939.90BASF 1206.50 1206.55 1187.60 1196.50CORPBANK 27.60 27.75 27.15 27.15RNAM 224.75 225.45 224.25 224.90EVEREADY 71.40 71.40 69.50 69.50COCHINSHIP 373.20 374.80 372.20 374.80IEX 143.60 145.00 143.45 143.95BAJAJCON 319.05 320.20 316.00 317.15LEMONTREE 65.00 65.00 64.60 64.70CYIENT 534.80 539.90 530.05 539.90SHOPERSTOP 479.45 483.60 478.10 478.10MHRIL 230.15 232.35 227.00 230.70GAYAPROJ 149.40 151.00 147.50 150.50SOMANYCERA 430.00 430.00 416.00 416.00FRETAIL 474.80 474.80 465.55 466.15DBCORP 188.00 191.95 186.50 187.70ENDURANCE 999.90 1007.40 999.00 1001.50ALLCARGO 98.90 99.30 97.25 98.30MINDACORP 103.10 103.10 101.00 102.00MAHLIFE 411.00 416.65 407.80 407.80TIINDIA 386.00 386.80 383.90 385.35MAXINDIA 65.10 65.70 64.55 65.10NBVENTURES* 95.95 95.95 91.10 91.70GESHIP* 241.60 247.85 241.60 245.003MINDIA 21850.10 21850.15 21639.00 21639.00WHIRLPOOL 1566.00 1566.00 1553.20 1553.20DHANUKA 407.00 411.15 403.05 404.80NETWORK18 24.60 25.10 24.30 24.50APLAPOLLO 1603.00 1603.00 1572.95 1576.30ZYDUSWELL 1365.00 1365.00 1356.00 1364.90UNITEDBNK 10.11 10.20 10.04 10.05HATSUN 699.55 710.45 699.50 710.45GDL 121.00 121.20 119.70 120.65INOXWIND 68.75 69.20 67.70 68.90VTL 1048.05 1049.55 1032.50 1033.00FDC 168.05 168.10 167.40 168.00BLUEDART 2601.05 2612.10 2581.70 2583.95CARBORUNIV 346.60 352.00 346.60 349.45GEPIL 852.25 858.85 843.50 844.00TRITURBINE 102.35 103.95 102.00 103.15SIS 836.85 836.95 830.00 834.50SHILPAMED 343.35 345.40 343.00 345.40SCHNEIDER 92.00 92.00 91.10 91.50STARCEMENT 114.20 114.20 112.40 113.30ASTRAZEN 2021.10 2023.50 1990.10 1990.10HERITGFOOD 398.95 400.65 398.15 400.00PGHH 10865.00 10923.80 10851.00 10900.00SFL 1295.00 1327.70 1280.00 1297.50KNRCON 273.50 273.50 270.05 270.05CRISIL 1447.20 1449.75 1430.00 1430.00LAOPALA 202.00 203.20 201.60 202.30AKZOINDIA 1745.05 1750.00 1733.00 1745.55SOLARINDS 1164.90 1168.00 1153.30 1154.95JCHAC 1686.00 1686.00 1656.25 1685.00IFBIND 736.70 738.70 731.00 732.80ESSELPRO 130.35 130.50 129.75 130.25VMART 2111.00 2111.00 2087.00 2100.00HONAUT 23441.45 23615.00 23431.85 23455.05AIAENG 1774.25 1774.25 1756.65 1769.50TVTODAY 278.05 278.30 275.55 275.55WABCOINDIA 6169.85 6169.85 6126.00 6126.00CHOLAHLDNG 500.00 507.50 495.40 496.00SHRIRAMCIT 1510.00 1510.00 1485.00 1485.00FLFL 471.50 471.50 468.60 468.60

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11561.45 11599.00 11519.50 11582.90 84.00ZEEL 335.85 358.65 335.15 358.00 25.25JSWSTEEL 259.30 268.10 257.85 267.55 12.65HEROMOTOCO2428.00 2520.00 2385.25 2510.05 110.05INDUSINDBK 1504.00 1556.00 1495.00 1541.00 53.75TATAMOTORS 153.00 157.70 150.35 156.50 4.85HINDALCO 196.50 199.25 194.85 199.00 5.35VEDL 162.50 165.20 160.80 164.30 4.30SBIN 358.50 364.00 357.00 363.00 8.80DRREDDY 2586.00 2662.00 2585.15 2647.00 62.35M&M 625.40 635.65 623.60 634.20 12.55INFRATEL 255.05 265.80 255.00 265.00 5.05IBULHSGFIN 666.10 683.70 653.10 671.85 12.25GAIL 145.50 148.40 145.50 147.60 2.65SUNPHARMA 394.90 400.35 390.30 398.40 6.20ADANIPORTS 408.20 413.70 403.90 411.40 6.40HDFC 2240.00 2269.30 2231.10 2260.65 32.90CIPLA 549.00 553.80 546.00 552.90 7.95MARUTI 5974.00 6050.00 5930.00 6013.00 85.10TATASTEEL 461.30 466.50 453.70 461.25 6.45POWERGRID 206.40 209.15 206.10 208.10 2.80BAJFINANCE 3460.00 3525.65 3366.55 3462.00 38.95EICHERMOT 18914.95 19066.65 18820.00 18964.45 213.45BAJAJ-AUTO 2720.00 2724.50 2660.25 2707.00 26.60ULTRACEMCO 4492.10 4558.00 4470.85 4521.00 40.30ONGC 153.00 154.10 152.00 153.00 1.35ITC 274.00 276.90 273.60 275.45 2.30HINDUNILVR 1708.00 1742.65 1708.00 1732.00 13.40COALINDIA 235.00 235.75 232.60 235.10 1.75ASIANPAINT 1317.00 1337.00 1311.05 1332.50 9.55INFY 719.45 723.50 709.60 722.40 5.15HDFCBANK 2403.00 2414.00 2395.65 2403.75 15.00BHARTIARTL 358.25 362.40 356.30 360.50 1.95WIPRO 267.50 270.00 266.10 268.00 1.05BPCL 348.90 355.50 347.00 350.80 1.20GRASIM 919.90 924.65 909.65 916.50 3.05BAJAJFINSV 7693.00 7799.00 7601.00 7680.00 24.30YESBANK 94.00 95.00 90.70 93.25 0.25KOTAKBANK 1479.00 1493.80 1472.05 1479.05 3.20HCLTECH 1027.80 1027.80 1015.05 1021.00 2.10RELIANCE 1287.00 1289.80 1279.30 1280.50 1.65NTPC 130.25 130.90 128.60 128.90 -0.15BRITANNIA 2780.00 2790.90 2757.00 2763.00 -6.55TITAN 1109.00 1115.65 1071.40 1098.00 -3.20TCS 2128.00 2129.00 2086.05 2101.95 -6.25LT 1512.00 1512.95 1490.10 1494.00 -5.55AXISBANK 773.50 773.50 763.00 765.45 -3.80UPL 641.10 649.00 629.05 631.45 -3.40IOC 147.50 148.80 145.75 147.00 -1.15ICICIBANK 432.65 432.90 424.80 425.85 -5.05TECHM 676.70 676.70 658.40 665.35 -9.50

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The British navy said it pre-vented three Iranian

Paramilitary vessels fromimpeding the passage of aBritish oil tanker in the Straitof Hormuz early Thursday, aday after Iran’s presidentwarned of repercussions for theseizure of its own supertanker.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guarddenied the allegations, saying ifit had received orders to seizeany ships it would have done soimmediately.

A US aircraft was in thearea at the time and the mili-tary has video imagery, a USofficial said, speaking on con-dition of anonymity to discusssecurity matters.

The incident came at atime of heightened tensionsover Iran’s unraveling nuclear

agreement with world powers,signed in 2015.

Iran recently began breach-ing uranium enrichment lim-its in response to the Trumpadministration’s withdrawalfrom the agreement last yearand its imposition of sweepingsanctions.

In recent months, the UShas sent thousands of addi-tional troops, an aircraft carri-

er, B-52 bombers and advancedfighter jets to the region. Washington has blamed Iranfor a series of mysteriousattacks on oil tankers —charges that have been deniedby Tehran — and said it shotdown an American militarysurveillance drone in interna-tional airspace. Iran said itdowned the drone after itveered into its own airspace.

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The US lawmakers onWednesday passed a Bill

aimed at lifting the currentseven percent country-cap onissuing Green Cards, a devel-opment which would benefitthousands of highly-skilledIndian IT professionals.

A Green Card allows a per-son to live and work perma-nently in the US.

Passed by the US House ofRepresentatives, the Bill, onbeing signed into law, wouldconsiderably reduce the agonis-ing wait for talented profes-sionals from countries like Indiaseeking permanent work andresidency permits in the UnitedStates. Titled the Fairness ofHigh-Skilled Immigrants Act,2019 or HR 1044, the Bill waspassed by the 435-memberHouse by an overwhelmingmajority of 365-65 votes.

As per the present system,out of the total number of fam-ily-based immigrant visas to begiven by the US in a particularyear, the people of a country can

be given a maximum of sevenpercent of such visas. The newBill seeks to increase this sevenpercent per-country limit to 15percent.

Similarly, it also seeks toeliminate the seven percent per-country cap on employment-based immigrant visas.Additionally, it removes an off-set that reduced the number ofvisas for individuals from China.

The bill also establishestransition rules for employ-ment-based visas from FY 2020-22 by reserving a percentage ofEB-2 (workers with advanceddegrees or exceptional ability),EB-3 (skilled and other workers)and EB-5 (investors) visas forindividuals from other than thetwo countries that get the largestnumber of such visas.

As per another provision ofthe Bill, not more than 85 per-cent of the unreserved visas,would be allotted to immigrantsfrom any single country.

Before it can be signed intolaw by the US president, the Bill,however, has to be passed by theSenate, wherein the Republicans

enjoy a majority.An identical bill sponsored

by Senators Kamala Harris andMike Lee are likely to be takenup soon. The Senate bill S386currently has 34 co-sponsors.

Congressman John Curtis,speaking on the floor of theHouse, said the Bill will create afirst-come, first-served systemproviding certainty to workersand families and enabling the UScompanies to flourish and com-pete in a global economy as theyhire the brightest people to cre-ate products, services, and jobs,regardless of where they wereborn.

If President Donald Trump“is serious about merit-basedlegal immigration, he shouldhelp usher this bill into law,” saidCongresswoman Zoe Lofgren.

The passage of the Bill washailed by Indian professionalsfrom across the US, particular-ly those from the Silicon Valleyin California, Seattle area inWashington state, the GreaterWashington DC area and the tri-state area of New York, NewJersey and Connecticut.

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EU president nomineeUrsula von der Leyen said

on Wednesday she hopesBritain will abandon Brexitbut warned London it musttake responsibility for “sortingout” its tortured departurefrom the bloc.

Von der Leyen said thedivorce deal agreed with PrimeMinister Theresa May butrejected by British lawmakerswas a good one, signalling thatunder her leadership theEuropean Commission will beno more willing to renegotiatethan before.

She insisted there would beno change to the Irish “back-stop” and warned the two menvying to replace May, BorisJohnson and Jeremy Hunt, thatthe “tone and attitude” of Brexitwere vitally important to futurerelations between Britain andthe EU.

Both have pledged to renegotiate the Brexit deal toget better terms or leave without one — but the EU hasbeen adamant it will not reopenthe text.

Three years after the shockreferendum vote to quit thebloc, Brexit remains a highlydivisive issue in the UK andvon der Leyen said that whileshe still hoped Britain wouldstay, London must act to endthe impasse.

“Though I still hope youremain, it is in our interests tohave you sort things out. Wehave an agreement -- whichhasn’t been signed on bothsides -- and we have the back-stop,” she said in response to aquestion from a British MEP ata hearing with centrist deputiesat the European Parliament.

“I think it’s a good deal butit is your responsibility andyour noble task to sort thingsout,” she added, in her firstpublic comments on Brexitsince being nominated as com-mission president.

Von der Leyen, nominatedby EU national leaders lastweek to take over from Jean-Claude Juncker on November1, the day after Britain is due toleave, was wooing MEPs aheadof a confirmation vote in theEuropean Parliament nextweek.

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At least 34 passengers werekilled and more than 120

others injured on Thursdaywhen an express train rammedinto a stationery freight train inPakistan’s Punjab province,officials said.

The Quetta-bound AkbarExpress collided with the statio-nary freight train at the WalharRailway Station in SadiqabadTehsil of the province, Dawnquoted officials as saying. Thefreight train was on the loopline when the speeding pas-senger train instead of runningon the main line entered thewrong track.

“Thirty four people havebeen killed and over 120 oth-ers injured in the collisionbetween two trains,” accordingto a police official.

All passengers, onboardthe train headed to Quetta,have been removed from thetrain and track clearance oper-ations were underway, DeputyCommissioner Rahim YarKhan, Jamil Ahmed Jamil said.

He said that heavy machin-ery was being used to rescuepassengers who were stuck inthe train, adding that theywere being provided with foodand water. Authorities said thePakistan Army was also taking

part in the rescue efforts.The engine of the Akbar

Express was completelydestroyed in the accident whilethree compartments were alsodamaged, police said.

The injured have beenshifted to nearby hospitals ofSadiqabad and Rahim YarKhan for treatment where anemergency has been declared,Geo news reported.

A child and a man have

been rescued from the train,the report said. Officials saythey fear more casualties in theaccident. Prime Minister ImranKhan and President Arif Alvihave expressed deep sorrowover the loss of lives in the trainaccident.

In a tweet, Prime MinisterKhan said he has askedRailways Minister to takeemergency steps to counterdecades of neglect of railway

infrastructure and ensure safe-ty standards.

Railways Minister SheikhRasheed Ahmed has orderedan investigation into the acci-dent. He said that the accidentappeared to have occurred dueto human negligence.

He announced compen-sation of �15 lakh for the fam-ilies of the deceased and �5lakh each for the injured, Dawnreported.

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sion of the International Courtof Justice in the former Indiannaval officer KulbhushanJadhav’s case on July 17.

Jadhav, 48, a retired IndianNavy officer, was sentenced todeath by a Pakistani militarycourt on charges of “espionageand terrorism” after a closedtrial in April 2017. His sen-tencing evoked a sharp reactionin India.

India moved the ICJ inMay 2017 for the “egregious vio-lation” of the provisions of theVienna Convention by Pakistanby repeatedly denying NewDelhi consular access to Jadhav.

“We cannot prejudge thejudgment,” Pakistan ForeignOffice (FO) spokespersonMuhammad Faisal said at hisweekly news briefing.

He, however, said thatPakistan has fully contested thecase before the Hague-basedICJ. The ICJ has announced, ina statement on July 4, that it willdeliver on July 17 its judgmentin the Jadhav case.

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The mystery surroundingthe disappearance of an

Italian teenager 36 years agodeepened Thursday after twograves at the Vatican thought topossibly hold her remains werediscovered to be empty.

Not only was EmanuelaOrlandi’s body not found, thetombs did not even hold theskeletons of the two princess-es supposed to be buried there.

“The last thing I expectedwas to find empty tombs,” said

her brother Pietro Orlandi, 60,who has never stopped hopingto find his sister alive.

The dig followed an anony-mous tip-off that the TeutonicCemetery in the tiny city statemay be the last resting place ofOrlandi, the daughter of aVatican employee.

She was last seen leaving amusic class aged 15. Theorieshave circulated for decadesabout who took her and whereher body may lie. “We’re franklyastonished,” said Laura Sgro, theOrlandi family lawyer.

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Diplomatic fallout over jour-nalist Jamal Khashoggi’s

murder appears to be slowingthe flow of high-rolling Saudisto Turkey, as calls grow withinthe oil-rich kingdom to boycottthe holiday magnet.

The two Sunni Muslimpowers have a longstandinggeopolitical rivalry, but relationsplumbed new lows afterKhashoggi’s killing in Octoberin the Saudi consulate inIstanbul, which tainted CrownPrince Mohammed bin Salman’sglobal image.

Each year hundreds ofthousands of Saudi tourists visitTurkey, thanks to its milder cli-mate, turquoise waters and sta-tus as a crossroads between Eastand West.

But tensions over the jour-nalist’s murder are feeding intogrowing calls by nationalists andpro-Government media to boy-cott Turkey, potentially hittingits already strained economy.

“Don’t go to Turkey” and“Turkey is not safe” are justsome of the headlines that havepopped up, with multiple media

outlets running hostile stories inrecent months.

Many, including Al-Arabiya, have splashed officialwarnings from the Saudiembassy in Ankara about risingpassport theft and petty crime.

The apparent scaremon-gering seems to be working,since the Turkish tourism min-istry reported Saudi visitorarrivals dropped more than 30percent in the first five monthsof 2019 compared to the sameperiod last year.

A travel agency in Riyadhreported a similar fall in book-ings to AFP, although Sauditourism authorities did notrespond to a request for com-ment. “I care about safety,” ayoung Riyadh resident toldAFP, explaining why he waslikely to avoid Turkey.

Saudis, who are also amongthe top property buyers andinvestors in Turkey, spend anaverage of $500 (450 euros) aday as tourists in the country,significantly higher thanEuropean visitors, according toa 2018 study by Riyadh’s KingFaisal Center for Research andIslamic Studies.

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The Sri Lankan Governmentheaded by Prime Minister

Ranil Wickremesinghe onThursday defeated a no-confi-dence motion in Parliamentthat accused it of failing to pre-vent the Easter Sunday terrorattacks that killed 258 peopledespite receiving intelligenceinputs from India.

The motion, moved by theMarxist JVP, against PrimeMinister Wickremesinghe’sGovernment was defeated by avote of 119-92 after two days ofdebate.

The Janatha VimukthiPeramuna (JVP) had moved a12-point no trust motion sayingthe Government should notremain in office because it failedto respond to the intelligencereports ahead of the attacks byIslamic extremists on April 21.

“This Government hasfailed to protect the people and have failed in everythingover the last four years. We urge them to resign,” JVPleader Anura KumaraDissanayake said.

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Hyundai has ambitious electricvehicle plans for India and the

first step in that vision is the HyundaiKona, a Creta-sized Sports UtilityVehicle. When you first glance at it,it sure looks like an SUV that has beenlightly grazed by the future. It looksquite normal and that is one messagethat car designers are trying to sendto potential buyers. The future doesnot have to look very different, eventhough it might drive quite different-ly. Hyundai India had arranged ashort three-lap run with the Konaaround the Buddh InternationalCircuit, more for logistical reasonsthan for performance reasons.

The track is not the naturalhome of the Kona, with its low rollingresistance tyres and the fact that it isa SUV makes it slightly skittish,although like in all electric cars witha decent battery, the acceleration islinear. While the Indian version of thecar has a slightly smaller battery thanthe American and European variants,it can still do a decent rate of knots,and can do it reasonably quickly aswell at just under ten seconds.

The interiors are pleasant, a bitmore advanced than your regularHyundai interior, with a full digitaldisplay replacing the instrumentpanel, buttons and the traditionalgearbox. I have to note that in the

other cars that I have driven withsuch button gears, reversing

can be a bit of a pain ifyou need to nudge

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the race track, where you are alwaysdriving forward though, this was notan issue.

But let us get to the crux of thematter when it comes to electric cars.The Kona costs �25.3 lakh, and willcome in a single specification. Inaddition, this is the price as of nowwhen electric cars incur a GST rateof 12 per cent although a potentialdecline of the rate to five per cent hasbeen proposed by the FinanceMinister in her budget, which couldbring down prices by up to 1.5lakhs. On top of that, some states havebeen fairly progressive and removedroad tax and registration fees for elec-tric vehicles. So for the Kona, in Delhiand some other states, all you will paywill be the ex-showroom price plusinsurance.

We will get to the matter of costsand whether the Kona makes sensefrom an economic point of view ina bit. But first, the issue of range and

charging time. Hyundai India saysthat the Automotive

Research Associationof India has certified

the car with a rangeof 452 kilometersfrom its 39.2Kilowatt-Hour(KwH) batteryand that has ledto some ques-tions. The ARAIdoes not current-ly have a stan-dard to measureelectric rangeproperly in a

combined cycle andcomparing the Kona to other

vehicles with a 40 KwH battery, a

more reasonable range while usingthe air-conditioner and other creaturecomforts, would be under 300 km.The BMW i3s that I drove recentlyclaimed battery usage at 12.9 KwHper 100 km, but the Kona is a bit big-ger and heavier, so will likely consumea bit more. It is not always accurateto multiply a per-KwH economy intototal range because electric vehiclesdo generate a significant amount ofpower from regenerative braking, andthe Kona has three-levels of suchbraking. At the highest L3 level, youcan really drive without the brakes ifyou want to, such is the brakingaction when you lift your foot off thethrottle. Weirdly, in urban conditionswith a lot of braking, an electric carcould have a slightly greater rangethan constant speed highway drivingwith minimal regeneration. But theKona should be able to get from Delhito Chandigarh or Jaipur in onecharge of electricity.

How long does the Kona take tocharge? Well, if you use your regularwall socket, which you can use in apinch, well it will take upwards of 16hours to fully charge. Hyundai isproving the car with a wall socket thatwill use accelerated AlternatingCurrent charging from your meter,and the car can be fully charged in sixhours, so overnight. At the same time,there are some Direct Current fastcharging station as well, Hyundai isestablishing a few of these in collab-oration with Indian Oil at majorpetrol pumps, the Indian Oil pumpon Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri in Delhibeing one of the first. This fast-charg-er will allow the Kona to get to 80 percent full charge within 15 minutes.Given the price of the Kona, it is more

than likely that buyers will have aproper parking slot for the car, sousing the high-amperage wall box willbe the standard way to charge it, andgiven a daily commute of 50 kilome-ters, a single charge should last a weekquite easily.

But does the Kona make sense?It certainly makes sense if you areworried about air pollution, andeven if sceptics point out that a major-ity of India’s power is generatedfrom coal-fired plants, an electricmotor is more efficient from a car-bon perspective. It is, however, slight-ly less carbon-efficient than a plug-in hybrid in India at the current time.Also keep in mind, this is the currentmaths given India’s present energy-mix, which is changing with morewind and solar plants so going for-ward, the carbon impact of electriccars will much lower than it is today.

But from a money point of view?As said, the Kona is more or less thesame size as the Hyundai Creta,which is an extremely popular car.Therefore, to compare the Konaagainst the top-end petrol Automaticvariant of the Creta, which costs justabove �16 lakhs, all-inclusive inDelhi. The Kona, with insurance, willcost just above �26 lakh (unlessGST rates go down), a ten lakh rupeedifference. But electric cars are farcheaper to run, the BMW i3s deliv-ered, in the city, a running cost of 96paise a km. But can you make backthe additional ten lakhs you spend ona Kona over the 160,000 km, eight-year guaranteed life of the battery?

This is a bit tricky, because petrolprices are just shy of �75/litre andIndia is just one Iranian conflagrationaway from �100/litre petrol. But at

current prices, taking petrol at�75/litre and the Creta’s fuel econo-my at around 12 km a litre, reason-able in urban conditions, the fueloperating costs of the Creta are�6.25 per km. The Kona, again usingDelhi’s peak rate residential powercharge of �7.75 per unit (not amor-tising the fixed cost of the power con-nection here) and an economy of 14units per hundred kilometers, the perkm running cost is �1.1, a difference�5.15 per km, assuming all other costsare more or less the same after thebattery’s warranty runs out. Youwould have saved �8.24 lakh. Now, iffuel prices go up significantly andpower prices remain more or lesssteady as they have for years, themaths can change but you just aboutthere.

The problem is that after eightyears, when the battery’s rated cycle-life of 2000 cycles is over you will needto replace it, and batteries are expen-sive, so what will your asset beworth then? You will get some moneyback for the battery, but on vehicleslike the Kona, the battery is over two-thirds of the cost. That said, if fuelprices hit �100/litre, and the GST onelectric cars comes down to five percent and your savings hit �7/km, thenumbers change positively for theelectric car. One is also assuming thatbatteries will become cheaper withmass manufacturing by the likes ofLH, Panasonic and Samsung and thiswill be coupled with more energy-dense batteries with potential futuretechnologies like Lithium-Sulphurand Solid State batteries and whoknows. As of today? I really do notknow as yet, but I am willing to bepersuaded.

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Conversations around mentalhealth have somewhat dilutedthe stigma associated with it,

considering role models and influ-encers have admitted to their frailtiesin open fora and making good despitethem. This awareness has definitelyencouraged more youngsters to comeout and seek help. But it is the redressmechanism that is holding them backas psychological counselling, consul-tancies and sessions come at a highcost. The lack of affordable therapy isone of the reasons why “going to ashrink” is often considered an urbanluxury than a necessity.

Although there are regulatoryreforms to improve access to govern-ment mental health services, for a lotof young people consulting privatetherapists is becoming a drain as treat-ment doesn’t get over in a single sit-ting and a sustained periodic sessioncould cost up to anything between�8,000 to �15,000.

Add to this the scarcity of profes-sionally trained personnel to handlesuch cases. According to the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO), “theburden of mental health problems isof the tune of 2,443 DALYs (disabil-ity-adjusted life year, which is a mea-sure of overall disease burden,expressed as the number of years lostdue to ill-health, disability or earlydeath) per 1,00,000 population. Themental health workforce in India(per 1,00,000 population) includespsychiatrists (0.3), nurses (0.12), psy-chologists (0.07) and social workers(0.07).”

Nandini Rathore, a law studentfrom Delhi, says, “India is among themost depressed countries in the worldbut does not have enough psychiatristsand psychologists. No wonder theavailable services, therefore, come ata premium. A big chunk of depressioncases in India also comprises students,who crumble under performancepressure and expectations, but cannotafford counselling fees.”

Sharing her experiences, SakshiTiwari, a college student fromLucknow, says, “I was diagnosed withdepression in 2017 by a private prac-titioner. I was put on medicine butsince I couldn’t afford the sustainedtherapy that used to cost me �1500 persession, my condition worsened. Laterin 2018, when my mental health wasin shambles, I finally decided to takea plunge. I started regularising mytreatment and therapy in VIMHANS,Lajpat Nagar. However, it has beenreally expensive for me as a personwho doesn’t have a job yet. Everyappointment with the psychiatristcosts me around 1,200 to 1,500 bucks.I’ve got better over time but mypockets have emptied.”

Dr Anuneet Sabharwal, a psychi-atrist, says that while he is aware ofthe cost burden on students, fact iscounselling is expensive, given thatmethodologies are constantly updat-ed and we use cutting edge technolo-gies. “For example, at my clinic, mypsychotherapy uses a small importeddevice called cranial electro stimula-tion (CES). Then there are training

and basic maintenance costs.Unfortunately, everyone is running ona tight budget, the private hospitalsand practitioners are going to incur amassive loss if they do so. At my clin-ic if you are taking a 10 session pack-age, it is going to cost you between�1200-1500 per session. If you go fora single session it is �1500 per session.There are more expensive counsellorswho are charging � 4000-5000 per ses-sion in Jorbagh.”

But he feels a lot of governmentfacilities have really evolved coun-selling modules and are offering themfree for students though not many areaware of them. For example, theAIIMS department of Psychiatry runsregular out-patient walk-in and fol-low-up clinics in addition to weeklyspecialty clinics for child and adoles-cent psychiatric disorders, psychoso-matic disorders, common mental dis-orders, severe mental disorders, dualdiagnosis disorders and brain stimu-lation therapies. The department alsoprovides community outreach servicessix days a week at the CRHSP,Ballabgarh, including one day each atthe Primary Health Centre atDayalpur and Chhainsa. Besides phar-macotherapeutic interventions, psy-chological treatments, modified elec-tro convulsive therapy (MECT) andadvanced treatments like rTMS, tDCSand biofeedback are routinely provid-ed.

Sakshi is aware of subsidised ser-vices provided by hospitals like AIIMSbut she says, “the queues are never end-ing and it is difficult to get a slot.”

Another survivor, Jagriti Saxena(name changed) says, “I’ve been living

in Delhi for more than five years now.I’ve been a patient of chronic depres-sion and anxiety. Recently, I was expe-riencing continuous meltdowns andwent to a psychotherapist. The chargesfor around 45 minutes of therapy are�1500. I could go only once, since Icouldn’t afford regular sessions. I amnot sure how effective the therapy willbe, so spending so much money on itis a decision I’m very sceptical about.”

She feels she would have felt bet-ter if there would have been morecheaper options available other thanAIIMS. “The problem is that thediagnosis takes time. There needs tobe regular correspondence with thedoctor and every appointment costsmoney. Due to this, people avoid reg-ular follow-ups.”

Dispelling such fears, Dr Anuneetfeels technology can be a real solution.“With health apps coming in, everystrata of the society has the choice ofinteracting with the therapist throughtech, voice or video calling and thatcould work out to be cheap. But theproblem is that tele-psychiatry is anemerging discipline and we don’t haveevidence to show that they are equal-ly effective.”

Dr Kamna Chhibber, Head ofMental Health and Behavioural sci-ences, Fortis Hospital, argues that atleast students should attempt a firstpoint of contact and judging by theseriousness, some practitioners dowork out some options. “The challengefor treatment is that you do not haveto take therapy, you first have to lookfor medical intervention. Studentsmay feel that they cannot afford a long-term treatment but they first need to

reach out to an expert and explore thebest possible options. You can’t stayquiet, you need to come out of yourzone and speak to an expert. If youcan’t take a session, you can talk to ahelpline which is free and run bytrained professionals. It is not neces-sary that the personal and tele-coun-selling will have a vast difference.”

But Nandini claims that tele-ses-sions, which she has undertaken for thelast six months, have had no effect onher bipolar issues. Perhaps because avoice is disembodied and reassurancecomes from seeing a mature person infront of you. “There is a major differ-ence as a counsellor upfront will try toaccess you wholly, right from the bodylanguage to the thought process. Also,a major concern is that there are manyuntrained professionals running tele-psychiatry.”

“Medical care for mental health inIndia is abysmal as its affordability foryouth remains a major concern. Thecountry is reeling under a mentalhealth crisis,” adds Sakshi.

Some NGO’s like Raahi, Sanjivaniand Sarthaak are working for mentalhealth survivors. This can be anaffordable way out for the students.“But to rely upon the free counsellorsis the main challenge,” adds Nandini.As tele-psychiatry and apps havepeeped in, it has tried to generateplethora of options but they stand attheir own risks. Other than AIIMS, noreliable, affordable options comes inframe. All of this signal the dire needto make the mental health treatmentpocket-friendly otherwise it’s not faraway that the country will be staringat a mental health epidemic.

Artist Arpana Caur has taken her real world crusade onDelhi’s green cover to her canvas at the venue she is

fighting for. “It is perhaps easier to paint trees, difficult tofight for them on the ground, even legally. Over 8,000 treeswere cut on Siri Fort Road 10 years ago. A very small groupof us fought in the Supreme Court to prevent commercial-ising of the area, won after eight years, and had 2,500 treesplanted there. Since 17 years my mother and I, along withtwo or three activists, are fighting in courts for a public parknear us which has become a very commercial banquetvenue. I was even at the Green Tribunal. So hard for a quietintroverted creature to leave her studio and face monsters.Look at the monstrosity that has come up opposite AIIMS,”she tells us animatedly.

At Siri Fort, she has been part of many a campaign tostop the felling of trees for mindless ventures such as openareas for food courts that result ina huge pile-up of garbage.

Caur has over the years created a number canvasses thatserve as an advocate for trees and their role in the ecolog-ical system. From atmosphere and symbolism to texturesand abstract shapes, she explores trees in a way that is bothunique and rare. As far back as 1997, Caur’s diptychKalpavriksha Tree of Desire has been a brilliant iconograph-ic symbol. “This works on two levels,” says Caur. “First, itreflects a longing for nature around us and a longing foryouth and creativity.”

Two of her canvases depict yogis with trees. The firstis a yogi created against a buttercup yellow background withsucculent looking trees sprinkled at distant quarters. If theyogi’s posture is one of great poise, it is the trees that giveus something to savour. In Yogi and the River of Time, shedivides her canvas into columns and places different trees.

Caur’s in-depth details and treatment of contour andcolour are what define her moorings. Her trees do not looklike general impressions, rather she lovingly composes indi-vidual “portraits” of trees with a dulcet density that is bothevocative and elegant. She also adds abstract connotationsand contexts as she sometimes crops the images (with justthe trunks showing or the branches coming in from the sideof the picture).

While Caur’s trees seem delicate, fragile and transient,we can look closer and see that they are captured for thepatterns or shadows they create rather than just to recordthe details of their features. It is here that one reckons thatCaur has a very deep understanding of miniature traditionsof the Pahari school as well as Mughal miniatures.Whether she creates detailed depictions of single trees orgives us thin, spring-like feathery contours, her depictiondrives home the intended message.

Through her sprinkling of trees, trunks, leaves acrossthe canvas, she doesn’t want to create a realistic depictionof what the landscape looks like. Her aim is to reveal theunderlying structure of the land and give a sense of its char-acter and spirit even as she weaves in a tale that belongs toliterature as well as history. While she paints with loose,fluid brush strokes and a range of textures and tensile marks,she gives her paintings an overwhelming sense of move-ment and vitality and a vintage aura. In short, they bringback the words of Hermann Hesse when he said, “Treesare sanctuaries.”

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Before I begin with myunappetising rendezvouswith mushroom wontons,

let me tell you how I foundmyself in the lap of a Parisianenvironment when I enteredAndrea’s Bar and Brasserie.Clearly infused with Europeanculture, the restaurant has aflair for London as well. Itembodies the feeling of escap-ing the crisp wind on anevening in Covent Garden. It iswarm, luxurious and cannothelp but uplift the spirit. Andwhile I would have loved to siton one of the corner tables bythe white windows, whichdeluded me into thinking Iwould see London streets if I

looked out, the table wewere shown was just as

comfortable. Though I had

read through themenu multipletimes, it mightas well havebeen aShakespearesonnet (it waselaborativelybeautiful), Iwas struck bythe paintingsby KeinichiHoshine andJohn JAudubon deco-

rating the walls.If my eyes found

themselves fixatedat them while I drank

Summer is Back noone’s wiser. I could wax

poetry about how elegantthe interior is, the contrast

between the white walls andthe vibrant furniture. Anotherthing which reminded me ofLondon was the proximity ofthe ceiling pieces to the table.

The chance of your head actu-ally colliding with it is negligi-ble but it mirrored the aesthet-ic of London rooms, cozy andhospitable.

I can continue about therestaurant but as I was impa-tient to try the delectable dish-es, I am as restless to satisfy thefood with a verdict. As a pre-fix to our fancy dinner, Iordered Summer is Back ItalianBasil, which as the name sug-gests is summer in a drink. Alone piece of orange floatedatop and the first sip echoedmy memories of childhood, itwas zesty, fresh and every-thing summer. The other drinkI entertained was less thanperfect, Kiwi virgin mojito.Though devoid of any taste ofkiwi, it would make arespectable mojito.

The menu, passionatelycrafted by chef Mohit Jaggi, wasextensive in every sense, notonly a number of palatabledishes but also diverse. It wasreflective of the restaurateur,Andrea Pauro’s global foodinfluences.

I skipped the salad andhave no regrets because ouramazing server, Lalit, broughtMushroom wontons to thetable. I never judge dumplingsat the first glance, a lessonlearnt from a meal at a Chineserestaurant in Hawaii but I wishhad. But before I got to dig mychopsticks in one of them,

Arrabbiata Pasta came to therescue. Though I am not a fanof the pastas, my first thoughtwas — Italy in a plate.Garnished with chilli spices, itdidn’t taper towards spicy butmaintained a rather balancedtaste. Although arrabbiatasauce is known as an ‘angry’sauce and even if spicy food isa nemesis, this is an absolutemust try.

Because I loved the pasta,I felt audacious and tried theWontons. The filling was deli-cately wrapped in tenderdough but nothing preparedme for the first bite. I likemushrooms, I’ll even be braveto say I love them but my tastebuds unapologetically dis-agreed. They were juicy but Iwouldn’t call them flavourful.The aftertaste was gratefuldrowned by Summer is Back.

Asian style chicken is oneof the best one can have.Having had a taste of Asianchicken from Set’z, Hawaii andSingapore, I had high expecta-tions and to say General Tso’schicken soared through theroof is an understatement. Thechicken, paired with rice, putan end to my dumpling woes.A perfect mix of sweet andspicy, tender but also crispy atthe places, it might as well havebeen the dish of the night.Three servings of General Tso’sand it was happy meal.

My dinner would beincomplete without pizza,therefore, Exotic roasted veg-etable pizza was the go-tochoice. The thin crust soppedthe toppings of black olives,jalapenos, broccoli, bell pep-per, zucchini and sun-driedtomatoes. Savour y andflavoursome, without a doubt.Jalapenos are always a welcomepresence on pizza, it adds akick to the dish.

The indulgent dinner wasconcluded by perfection of adessert — the Chocolate Dome— one of the most famousdesserts of ABB. The deli-cious chocolate melted beauti-fully and inside the magicaldome were generous chunks ofchocolate cake and nuts forgarnish. It’s a staple, one can-not come here and not expe-rience the richness of thechocolate and the mild salti-ness of the nuts.

With the exception of thedish that shall not be named,I was enamoured by the place.Another notable thing was thesplendid playlist that playedthroughout the evening.Relishing food as DeanMartin’s Kiss played in thebackground? Could not havebeen better. It was like a littlepiece of Paris-London amidstDelhi, with an even moreassorted line of dishes com-bined with efficient service.One can never have a ‘lasttime’ at the restaurant, I amsure Anton Ego would agree.

It was February 1911. The British governmenthad officially announced about the shifting of

the country’s capital from the then Calcutta toDelhi. And as a country changes from time totime, its culinary traditions also might keepfocussing on minute details. The 1911Restaurant, a French outlet, at The Imperial,New Delhi, showcases just that — a confluenceof the British and the French.

As I joined the restaurant for lunch at theirongoing la Fête nationale, which celebrates theBastille Day, they had an array of classicFrench delicacies on buffet. And I began mylunch with the vegetable salad. Artichoke andsun-dried tomato terrine, the first. I savoured thetiny baguettes, topped with marinated, quarteredartichoke and sun-dried tomatoes, shreddedItalian cheese, basil and seasoning. However, thenext two — Mint-flavoured barley with citrusfruit and Raw mango shooter with pineapple —were perfect examples of how one would wanthis/her salad palate to look like. The mangoshooter tasted like aam panna but with less ofpulp and with chopped bits of pineapple — per-fectly sour, the one that could tickle your jaws.

Next came the Hors d’ouvre varies. Firstthings first. These were some of the mostscrumptious appetisers to begin with. TheCucumber and dill tartar was proof that time-tested favourites rarely lose their appeal. Withbits of chopped cucumber dipped in the dill tar-tar sauce, the dish seemed complete. Squash andparmesan crisps, presented in a mini martiniglass, with chopped carrots and cucumber,seemed to be the most appealing dish throughits full-marker presentation, however, lost all itscharm when I first bit into one of the crispy butbitter chips.

The problem with a variety of dishes, pre-sented to you all at once, is that you are spoiltfor choice. Especially, when there is almosteverything that you want to savour. And that isexactly what executive chef, Prem K Pogakulatold us when he talked about the evolution ofthe 17-course classical French cuisine. “It’s easyto get carried away with the sight of too manycourses. And this is the reason why today no onefollows the sequence in which the 17 courses arepresented. It has become as per people’s person-al preferences and hunger requirements. Thisis similar to what has happened in India as well.In the pre-independence era, there were only

two meals a day. Today, there is breakfast andbrunch, lunch, followed by a high-tea and thendinner. Do you see how this has shifted fromtwo to five?” said he.

Moving on to the main course, I tasted theCasserole de riz a l’oignon. The onion and herbrice, mixed with garlic cloves, parsley leaves andbasil, fried in corn oil, was like a blast of the mostperfect flavours in my mouth. Next up — theRatatouille, the French Provincial stewed dish,was the one I went back to fill my plate with afterI finished it at one go. The dish, an aromaticcasserole of eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onionsand tomatoes, had withstood the test of time andeven here it didn’t disappoint. However, chefPrem believed that one should never expect any-thing from food before they eat. And I hadapplied the strategy here.

The French restaurant, which was initiallyconceptualised keeping in mind the cuisine pref-erences of the British, today has come a long wayin changing its style and culinary representa-tion. Senior executive vice president VijayWanchoo, who has worked as a chef for eightyears previously, said that food has evolved man-ifold with time and is now based more uponpeople’s respective health choices. He said thatthis is one of the major things that brings a trans-formation in the authenticity of a particular cui-sine. Added he, “I went to London in 1984 whenI found out how they were experimenting withthe Nouvelle cuisine and I realised that it wasbecause they were aiming to lessen the amountof butter and cream that was used to prepare thedishes as people had started to look after theirhealth and make food choices which were fat-free.” Prepared with quite a similar approachwere the Champignons, épinards et crepes à fro-mage or the Mushroom, spinach and cheesecrepes. For those, who dislike vegetables shouldabsolutely try this one. And I can vouch for it— I could go back to eat it even in a full stom-ach. These were certainly the best meal of thenoon.

Well, the overall meal, accompanied withwhite wine, was more than perfect. I walked outto nestle in contentment with all the culinaryand savouring dreams I ever had for theFrench cuisine.

(The festival is on till July 21 at 1911Restaurant for lunch and at Nostalgia at 1911Brasserie for dinner.)

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Favourites going into the semi-finals, one bad day in office

ruined India's World Cup hopes,and Virat Kohli suggested the ICCto consider introducing IPL-styleplayoffs in the knockout stages infuture to ensure a level-playingfield.

By his own admission, Indialost the match in the first 45 min-utes of their chase of 240, shatter-ing a billion hopes days after theteam finished on top of the leaguestage.

Asked whether IPL-style play-offs should be an option in future,Kohli said, "Who knows in future.Maybe. If topping the table meansanything. I think these things cancome into consideration, lookingat the magnitude of this tourna-ment."

"That is a really valid point.You never know when that isgoing to be implemented."

The Indian skipper, however,said the semifinal format has itsown charm as it completelynegates a team's previous perfor-mances in the event.

"But I think that's the chal-lenge and different kind of fun ofthese games as well that you haveto be precise. It doesn't matterwhat you have done before that.It's a fresh day, fresh start, and ifyou are not good enough, you gohome," Kohli said.

"So you have to accept that, asI said. It's a different challenge for

all the teams to turn up on that dayand be absolutely at the top of theirgame and whoever does that theyget the result, as you saw today."Kohli was effusive in his praise forRavindra Jadeja (77 off 59 balls),who, in the company of MahendraSingh Dhoni (50), stitched 116runs for the seventh wicket to keepIndia in the hunt.

Jadeja's knock came after histiff with former cricketer SanjayManjrekar, who had called the all-rounder a "bits and pieces player".

"I don't think we, any of ushad to say anything to Jadeja afterwhat happened over the last oneweek. He was quite ready to justget on to the park, to be honest(smiling)," said the India skipper.

"And you saw the passionwith which he played and we haveseen it in Test cricket a few times,he's played knock under tremen-dous pressure and he's got threetriple hundreds in first class crick-et if I'm not wrong, so the talenthas obviously always been there."

Kohli rated Jadeja' rear-guardknock as one of the best he hasever seen of the left-hander, whichraised visions of an improbablewin for India.

"And in my watching Jadejafor 10 years, me playing with himas well, this is probably his topquality, like best knock accordingto me because the kind of pressure,the stage we are at, almost out ofthe game and then he producesthat. So he was very motivated," hesaid.

"Yes, at that stage, we all feltlike in the changing room thegame can be closed out, it can bedone, but then again he played sowell and then a mistake can hap-pen at any stage -- I don't thinkit was even a mistake, it was lackof execution which in one-daycricket you have to take a risk hereand there," he said.

"I'm really happy for himbecause he's been a very under-stated cricketer but a top qualitycricketer for India in the field,with the ball, with the bat, price-less."

Kohli was also full of praisefor the Black Caps, saying he was-n't at all surprised by the way theycame out fighting while defend-ing the modest total.

"I wasn't surprised with howNew Zealand played, to be hon-est. If there is a low total, we knewthere's probably only one or twosides in world cricket that will putseven fielders in the ring and thatwas always going to be NewZealand," he said.

"We knew they were going toattack more and not let the gamego to the end, they won't take itdeep, they will go all out and playthe game that way because I haveseen them play that way.

"Today also third man was upin the ring. In the one-day gameyou had five catching fielders. Sothey know how to put pressurebecause they play very consistentcricket and today was an exampleof that," he added.

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outclassed World Champions Australia,and hammered them out of shape, tobook their balcony at Lord's Cricketground for a Final clash with masterslayers Black Caps.

India lost to New Zealand in a two-dayer at Old Trafford the other day withan unexpected collapse in the beginningand the middle though a defiant showby Ravindra Jadeja saved the humilia-tion for them for a bit. Australia werein the same position at Edgbaston, col-lapsing unexpectedly with 24/5 andmanaging 233 at the end.

But Jason Roy and Johnny Bairstow

started off on the sure foot, stitching upa 61-run partnership with one six and6 fours in no time, nullifying anythreat that either Starc or Cumminshave the potential to pose. The inningswas built up beautifully with measuredaggression matching up with diligentwatchfulness.

With all the talk of rain coming, theEnglishmen made sure they were on theright side of the D/L gentlemen, withno wicket lost and a score much aboveAustralia's at every stage. That Englandreached the Finals of an ICC World Cupafter 32 years seemed to have given theboys the strong self-belief which ViratKohli has been talking about but failedto execute when needed the most.

'It's England's Cup to win' and'Bring the Cup Home' have been chants

that have been pushing the host teaminto doing good business with all-roundperformances and strengthened men-tal conditioning which has kept themaway from panic which they picked upafter losing two back to back matchesin the World Cup before making acomeback with their match againstIndia at the same venue as this semi-final.

England's Thursday show atEdgbaston was huge, not just for theway Jason Roy sharpened his bat for thebig final coming up, but also for thesport in England. Having been shovedinto the conservatory as football andrugby entered the living rooms, a placein the Final, defeating the Australianswith impunity, would mean that thecricket summer will extend into fables

and extended conversations and boostits popular presence much beyond theCup.

Earlier in the day, the 2nd semi-final at Birmingham started with may-hem at the mouth, much like it hap-pened at Manchester for India. TheEnglish bowlers ripped through thedefence of Australia's main run gettersAaron Finch and David Warner, follow-ing it up soon with Handscomb, givingthe defending champions an earlymorning shock.

It was Jofra Archer who started itall when he trapped the Aussie skipperand stood tall against a referral. Thencame Woakes at his swinging best, firsttaking the dangerman David Warnerand then Handscomb, just some ballsafter he was hit full blast on his chin bya beamer by Archer, triggering a mid-field first aid to his ruptured chin.

It was England's day out atEdgbaston with their bowlers living upto the special occasion. The openingspell by Woakes and Archer were sear-ing and did the job of shaking up thechampions. Though their former cap-tain Steve Smith continued to stick tothe crease with grit and determination,adding 100-run partnership with Carey,which showed how sorted the recuper-ation unit of the Aussie team is.

At Edgbaston, it was Roy who lit thefirecrackers with the bat in the middle,carving out a colourful and crowdedrun wheel for himself with nine foursand an five huge sixes, three of themconsequently off Steve Smith. His dis-missal was wrongly picked up byumpire Dharamsena as there was nei-ther bat nor pad touching the ball by ameter. Though he argued for an umpirereview, none came, and England hadalready lost the one they had. He

walked at 85 but it was his convictionwith the bat, his flair with it and hisability to set the tone of a chase thatwas being called competitive to makeit easy, doable and somewhat of abreeze.

Jonny Bairstow, the lesser great ofthis match but a great nevertheless,gave good stand to the opening anticstill he walked at 34 to a Starc inswinger, Starc becoming the highestwicket-taker of all times in a single edi-tion of the World Cup breaking therecord held so far by Glen McGrath.

In defeat all feats look inconse-quential as this one seemed to, to theEnglish show in the middle. The Britstotally nullified the strength and poten-tial of Australia, first their bat and thentheir bowling, to all around supportfrom fans not just English butPakistanis, English and of course theKiwis who have gone on record askingfor Australia and revenge at Lord's.

"Cricket's coming home," thecrowd sang in unison when skipperMorgan hit the last boundary of theinnings to put Australia down witheight wickets with 11.5 overs left tomock the Aussie pride which had beenhammered out of shape. Tom Hark andhis popular Piranhas was shaping themusic and the journey much to theEnglish fans' delight.

As the Australian reign ended,against New Zealand at Lord's then itwill be two teams fighting for a Cupthey have never lifted, a Final they havenever played, an occasion they havenever cherished. All guns firing for acrackling Sunday Final at Lord's justsome stations away from Wimbledon,where, hopefully Federer may have bythen survived Rafael Nadal to script hispossible swan song.

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Acomplete revamp of the brittleIndian middle-order is expect-ed with stop-gap solutions likeDinesh Karthik and Kedar

Jadhav gone for good in the upcomingIndian squads as focus will firmly shiftfrom ODIs to the shortest format, keep-ing next year’s World T20 in mind.

The policy from the time whenMahendra Singh Dhoni took over ascaptain has been to prepare teams atleast two years in advance for ODIs andmay be around 18 months for T20s.

India’s next big limited-overs assign-ment will be the World T20 in Australianext year and it will be happening aftera gap of four years.

The selection committee, led byMSK Prasad, will be in charge till theBCCI elections are held but it is expect-ed that it will handle the transition phasewith focus for the next 14 months beingmore on the shortest format.

A fragile middle-order with over-the-hill players like Jadhav and Karthik,completely ill-equipped to handle pres-sure situations outside the sub-continen-tal conditions, has been the currentteam's biggest weakness and the WorldCup semi-final result was a disaster wait-ing to happen.

It was only human that the troika ofRohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KLRahul would have an off day in unisonand too bad, that it happened on aknock-out day.

The Indian ODI team's nucleus wasformed just after their defeat in the 2017Champions Trophy final to Pakistanwith two wrist spinners being matchwinners as the core philosophy of coachRavi Shastri and Kohli.

It gave India tremendous success inbilaterals even though Kuldeep Yadavand Yuzvendra Chahal didn't exactly setthe World Cup on fire with their per-formances.

It was not that World Cup was theonly event whene India didn't have aPlan B. They have not had a Plan B inplace for two years. It didn't matter tillKohli and Rohit would notch up onehundred after other.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s waningabilities at the death could be paperedover despite the absence of a solid mid-dle-order due to Hardik Pandya’s con-sistent at No. 7 final assaults.

Players like Manish Pandey andShreyas Iyer were dumped from theWorld Cup scheme of things withoutbeing given a proper run which couldhave boosted their confidence.

Young Shubman Gill, touted as oneof the biggest batting hopes of the nextdecade and half, was given a game in

New Zealand and set aside.However, the World Cup has been

a lesson that players like Karthik orJadhav may have an odd Nidahas nightor a rampaging evening in Pune but thatwould be more of an exception than therule.

Karthik of 2019 didn’t have the gamefor English conditions and was persist-ed with on the basis of his wicket-keep-ing skills while Jadhav, despite lack ofexplosive power-hitting abilities at thedeath, was heavily invested upon evenafter factoring in his dodgy hamstrings.

For Dhoni’s game to succeed, oneneeds players like Jadeja and Pandya atthe other end, who are much more than“bits and pieces”. But the team manage-ment certainly got it wrong as they triedto make specialists out of real “bits andpieces” players such as Kedar andKarthik.

It didn’t help that the five-memberselection committee, with a cumulative

experience of less than 20 Tests, could-n’t always assert what it would have ide-ally wanted as it’s the captain who needsto be comfortable with the selected play-ers.

However, with the World T20approaching and Kohli making it clearthat some introspection will be done,significant revamp is expected eventhough the nucleus is expected to beintact.

Another core set of 20 players areset to be identified so that they can fea-ture in both 50 and 20-over tourna-ments during the next year or so andthe likes of Karthik and Kedar areunlikely to feature in larger scheme ofthings.

If one takes the bigger picture intoaccount, Kohli, Rohit, Rahul, Hardik,Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep andBhuvneshwar Kumar will form the coreof the shorter formats during the nextfew years. Chahal and Mohammed

Shami 2.0 are very much around.However, Pandey, Iyer and Gill

are three players, who would need anextended run going into Australianext year. Not to forget Prithvi Shawand Mayank Agarwal, both of whomare considered to be aggressive play-ers.

Some of the other players whowould also come into the scheme ofthings include pacers Navdeep Saini,Khaleel Ahmed and Deepak Chahar,leg-spinners Rahul Chahar and MayankMarkande, all-rounder Krunal Pandya,and keeper-batsman Sanju Samson.

India A coach Rahul Dravid stillrates Samson very highly despitehis modest returns indomestic tournaments.Samson could keep Panton toes in the shorterformats even though hiskeeping skills are also notabove board.

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Former batsman Sanjay Manjrekarsays he has been “ripped apart onall fronts” by “bits and pieces” of

Ravindra Jadeja’s brilliance whichbrought India within sniffing distanceof a win in their World Cup semifinalagainst New Zealand.

Manjrekar, who drew flak for callingJadeja a “bits and pieces cricketer,” admit-

ted that the all-rounder proved him com-pletely wrong with the bat, ball and his

fielding at Old Trafford.The ICC posted a video in which

Manjrekar is having a conversation with NiallO'Brien and Ian Smith.

“By bits ‘n’ pieces of sheer brilliance, he’sripped me apart on all fronts. This is the Jadejawe haven’t seen before. Today (Wednesday)

he was brilliant,” Manjrekar said in the video.Reeling at 3 for five and then four for

24 in pursuit of 240, Jadeja played a finecounter-attacking 77 off 56 balls to raise

hopes of ani mp r o b a b l eIndia win, hisperformancealso acting as

a response toManjrekar’s crit-ical remark.

“I have toapologise tohim (RavindraJadeja), he was

looking for mebut I wasn't there.

I was in the loungetaking my lunch, I'm

sorry,” Manjrekar said.Jadeja came out to

bat when India was in aspot of bother at 92/6.He steadied the inningsalong with MahendraSingh Dhoni as the duo

stitched together a part-nership of 116-runs.

The left-hander wasfinally dismissed by TrentBoult in the 48th over. Jadejahit four fours and four sixesin his innings.

A few days ago, theSaurashtra all-rounder had

said “learn to respect people”while replying to Manjrekar’s

remark that he was not a bigfan of “bits and pieces players”like Jadeja.

“Still I have played twice thenumber of matches you haveplayed and I m still playing.Learn to respect ppl who haveachieved. I have heard enoughof your verbal diarrhoea. @san-jaymanjrekar,” Jadeja hadtweeted.

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Simona Halep is the lastwoman standing between

Serena Williams and achievingher long held ambition ofequalling Margaret Court'sGrand Slam title record afterboth recorded easy victories intheir Wimbledon semi-finalson Thursday.

Seven-time championWilliams made short work ofplucky unseeded CzechBarbora Strycova, whose expe-rience of her first ever GrandSlams singles semi-final in her53rd campaign lasted just underan hour as she lost 6-1, 6-2.

Former world number oneHalep's clash with UkrainianElina Svitolina lasted a bitlonger but the 27-year-old ran out a 6-1, 6-3 vic-tor to become the firstRomanian woman toreach the Wimbledonfinal.

Williams has missed thechance to equal AustralianCourt's record on two occa-sions since returning from giv-ing birth — losing last year'sWimbledon final and then abad-tempered defeat in theUS Open final.

"It feels good to be in thefinal again after the year Ihave had," said 37-year-oldWilliams.

"I have just neededmatches to feel good and dowhat I do best and that isplay tennis

"I love what I do. Ihave a great job and I amstill pretty good at it. I geta remarkable experienceevery time."

Williams produced adominant performance onThursday which has notalways been the case dur-ing the Championships

and she said she would not betaking seventh-seeded Haleplightly.

"She's a tough opponent,"said Williams. "We always havegreat matches. I look forwardto it."

Strycova, who never man-aged to impose her delightfulstroke-filled game onher opponent, atleast has theconsolation ofperhaps winningthe women's dou-bles.

Halep, who wasFrench Open championin 2018, will be playing

in her fifth

Grand Slam final."It's an amazing feeling

but I am also excited and ner-vous. It is one of the bestmoments of my life," saidHalep.

"The match was not easy,the games were long and went

deep."I fought hard to win this

match and I was strong mental-ly and physically and had theright tactics."

Halep, who had knockedout new star, 15-year-old CocoGauff in the last 16, lost in herprevious semi-final appear-ance at Wimbledon toEugenie Bouchard in 2014.

However, she said shewas a different player nowand had taken to grass.

"I have more expe-rience, I don't give up

anymore," se said."I plan to be the best

version of myself and fight

to the end."The easy manner in which

former world number one Halepwrapped up the match had notlooked on the cards at the out-set.

Svitolina, the first Ukrainianwoman to reach a Grand Slamsemi-final, and Halep tradedshots aplenty and break pointsin the opening two games whichtook over 20 minutes to com-plete but Halep emerged on topwith a 2-0 lead.

Svitolina, being watchedfrom the players box by herEnglish coach Andy Bettles andFrench boyfriend and ATP starGael Monfils, briefly raised hergame to break back.

However, Halep broke againimmediately and 24-year-oldSvitolina gave an indication ofher increasing frustration whenshe netted a simple volley andlashed out, kicking the ball intothe net.

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