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I t is now Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s call to decide the Chief Ministers for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as differences emerged in the legislatures party meetings of all these States where the Congress staked claim to form Governments. The Chief Ministers would be declared in the Congress Legislatures Party (CLP) meet- ings in all three States on Thursday morning and there- after the party leaders would convey the decision to Rahul following which he would take the final call. Congress sources said the high command may chose former Union Minister Kamal Nath to take over as Chief Minister in MP while Rajasthan strongman Ashok Gehlot may be favoured over Sachin Pilot for the CM post in Rajasthan. Sources said after the CLP meet both Gehlot and Pilot are likely to be in Delhi on Thursday to meet the party high command to iron out differences. In MP, Jyotiraditya Scindia is likely to take it easy and pro- pose the name of party heavy- weight Nath’s candidature for the CM post. Nath has already patched up with another Congress strongman and for- mer Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, who has a strong base in the State. Congress leader Shobha Oza said in Bhopal, “All the MLAs have unanimously decided that a decision on the Chief Minister (of Madhya Pradesh) will be taken by Rahul.” Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singh Deo are locked in keen tussle for the CM’s chair in Chhattisgarh. Congress’ Lok Sabha member Tamradhwaj Sahu’s name also figured in the evening before the party decid- ed for the legislature party meeting in the presence of AICC observers Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC incharge for the State PL Punia and other senior leaders. Making the choice of CM in Rajasthan is going to be tough task for Rahul. Following the differences, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Rajasthan passed a single-line resolution authorising the party presi- dent to decide the name of the Chief Minister. While the CM’s name was yet to be finalised due to dis- agreements, Congress delega- tion met Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh to stake claim to form a Government. A Congress MLA said there could be another meeting of the CLP on Thursday morning to resolve the deadlock. “We have full majority and have staked claim to form a Government. We will take along all non-BJP parties and elected members who are against the BJP and are willing to support us,” Pilot said after the CLP meeting in Jaipur. Asked about the choice of the Chief Minister, Pilot said the party’s newly elected MLAs will debate the question, and the party president will take a decision after that. Rajasthan Congress MLA Vishvendra Singh has expressed disagreement over the process of seeking opinion of party legislators to select the Chief Ministerial candidate in Rajasthan when the party pres- ident will decide the face for the coveted post. Both Pilot and Gehlot, both frontrunners for the post, were present in the meeting. Congress observer KC Venugopal held consultation with the party MLAs and feed- back will be shared with the party president and then the announcement of the Chief Minister’s name would be made. T he Delhi Government has unearthed a cyber-tax fraud worth 262 crore committed by over 8,700 traders who were found showing fraudulent tax deposits into 13 banks since 2013, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday. Sisodia, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said the Trade and Taxes Department has reg- istered a complaint with the Delhi Police’s Economic Office Wing (EOW) for registration of FIRs into the matter. According to Delhi Police spokesperson Anil Mittal, “Reena Toppo, VAT officer Delhi, has given a complaint against some business firms which had claimed input tax credit under GST on the basis of fictitious documents and non-existent bank accounts.” Preliminary amount involved is 9.97 crore. Complaint is being examined at EOW, said Mittal “Delhi Govt tax authorities have unearthed a big cyber-tax fraud. More than 8,000 registered dealers have been found showing fraudulent tax deposits into 13 banks. The matter has been handed over to EOW, Delhi Police. The AAP Government believes in zero tolerance to any corrupt prac- tices,” Sisodia tweeted. Earlier in the day, the Deputy Chief Minister said during the scrutiny of suspect- ed fraud transactions, it was noticed that such kind of fraud had been continuing since 2013 and it was going on until it was detected by the department. “The Government has detected cyber-tax fraud of 262 crore. As per our initial investigation, around 8,700 traders are involved in the fraud. It is a very serious issue that should be investigated thoroughly,” he said. “The authorities were on high alert for three months fol- lowing some hints received by the department during verifi- cation of the credit of the pay- ments made by the dealers reg- istered with the department,” he said. A total of 1,39,35,201 votes went into the Congress kitty in Rajasthan while the BJP received 1,37,57,502 votes — a marginal difference of over 1.70 lakh votes that ended five years of the BJP rule. The Congress got 39.3 per cent of the vote spread over 199 Assembly constituencies and the BJP 38.8 per cent vote. The narrow difference led to the ouster of Vasundhara Raje and her Government. NOTA (None of the Above) accounted for 4,67,781 lakh votes, or 1.3 per cent of the vote, Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Anand Kumar said on Wednesday. Independents got 9.5 per cent vote (33,72,206) and the the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 4 per cent (14,10,995 votes). Overall, 74.69 per cent vot- ing was recorded in Rajasthan on December 7. The statistics show independents and BSP played spoilsport for both Congress and the BJP. F ascinated with glossy food pictures and healthy eating habits from a very young age, Swati Bathwal always knew that she had it in her to become a dietitian. Her passion soon became her profession when she completed her Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Australia. She also holds a post graduate degree in Diabetics Education and Management and is a qualified Sports Dietitian. She is the only Australian Indian to qualify as a dietitian for the Olympic Committee. A multi faceted person, Swati is a qualified yoga teacher and is registered internationally for body composition analysis as an Anthropometrist. She contributes weekly to various newspapers and is also a blog- ger. Bathwal is very passionate about reaching out to the mass- es and sharing her knowledge and also does a radio show over the weekends. She feels very strongly against the use of plastic and does her bit in protecting the environment. Born in an affluent family in Ranchi, Swati did her early schooling from Bishop Westcott Girls School, Ranchi and then moved to Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, for her higher education. She later moved to Australia to pursue her career as a nutritionist. “When I was in Australia, I worked in a fuel station over the weekends to be able to pay my rent. I also did odd jobs here and there, so life was a bit of a struggle. I did not tell my parents fearing they would call me back home. I have always done what my heart has said and I am very passionate towards my work. When I completed my Masters, I want- ed to share my knowledge with as many people as possible,” said Bathwal. Coming from a tradition- al Marwari family where ghee is a primary cooking ingredi- ent, Bathwal strongly believes that ‘desi ghee’ is a super food in today’s age. Ghee is also a great source of vitamin A, D, E and K. According to Bathwal one teaspoon per person per meal is a must and about two tablespoon on a daily basis. The more yellow the color the rich- er it is in vitamins and other nutrients. The best oils for Indian cooking are mustard oil, groundnut oil, sesame oil or desi ghee. Olive oil is always used for tossing and it should never be heated. Olive oil should always be stored in a glass bottle. According to Bathwal the biggest myth about diabetes is ‘that sugar is bad for a diabet- ic’. She says, “Diabetes is more of a life- style issue which could be related to stress, hor- mones and sleep pattern and it’s not just about one’s diet. Diet is just a way to manage your sugar levels and all the other factors also need to be looked at. Most people think that if they have diabetes, they need to stop sugar completely, but they have to look at carbohydrates. Having a complete manage- ment of diabetes is more important rather than looking at just one aspect.” She has worked with bureaucrats, aspiring models, actors and top cricketers- both in India and internationally. Her contribution in the fitness of many athletes and sports personalities is well acclaimed. Sharing her experience with her clients, Swati said, “I always tell my clients that you have to be best friends with your dietitian. You can be good friends with your doctor but if you don’t like your dietitian you won’t like your food. That trust and confidence is very impor- tant. You put in 100 percent and I will put in 200 percent. If you plan to eat out just let me know where and I will choose from the menu and help you decide what is good for you. I will also tell you which alcohol to have and in what quantity.” “Just like one medicine doesn’t suit everybody. It’s the same way, one lifestyle and diet does not suit everyone. It has to be customized and based on what they like, so that it becomes a permanent solution rather than a short term cure.” Recalling her experience as a dietitian in India Bathwal said, “When I came to India after a decade it was like mov- ing to a new country. I gradu- ally became friends with a lot of Australians and people from other expat communities. I got an opportunity to become the President of the Australian and New Zealand Association. The work environment in India is very different and there is this mentality that if I can cook then I know all about nutrition” Daughter of late Dr. Nirmal Kumar Bathwal and Neera Bathwal, Swati feels her parents were always very supportive of her decision and encouraged her with whatever she wanted to do in life. “My husband just lets me do what I want to do. Looking at all this life looks easy but you have to create the right balance. Striking the right balance among life, work and family is a struggle.” A special court on Tuesday forwarded Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) vice president Bandhu Tirkey to judicial custody in a dispro- portionate assets case (RC 5A/2010). It may be noted here that CBI had arrested Tirkey from his residence in Pandra area in the morning. He was produced before the court of Additional Judicial Commissioner (AJC) Anil Kumar Mishra who sent him to jail. Meanwhile Tirkey has filed petition for bail in the court, the hearing on which is likely to take place on Wednesday. While being taken to the jail Tirkey said he has full faith in the judiciary. Lawyer Sambhu Agrawal who appeared on behalf of Tirkey informed that the arrest was made following a non-bail- able warrant issued by the court against the JVM (P) leader on November 20 , 2018. The NBW was issued after Tirkey failed to appear before the court on a summon. He said that CBI had ear- lier filed a closure report in the case due to lack of evidences adding that the court deferred a decision in the case. He added that no further proceeding took place in the case as a stay was ordered. It may be mentioned here that Tirkey has also filed a quash- ing petition in the High Court in the case. Agrawal stated that the summon was issued after Supreme Court had in its orders stated that a stay issued by courts may be vacated after lapse of six months. In the light of the judgment the court of AJC had issued the summon to Tirkey, he stated. Notably, Tirkey had remained the Human resource Development Minister in the Madhu Koda led government. The JVM has issued a state- ment condemning the arrest saying that the government was misusing its powers to trap opposition party leaders. However, the BJP refuted the allegation saying that the laws of the land and judiciary work independently and one gets punishment for one’s own crimes. C hief Minister Raghubar Das today said that the pension amount for beneficia- ries under Old Age, Divyang and Widow categories will be raised to 1,000 from the next financial year budget. The CM, while interacting with people at Nutanidih village in Jamtara said that the Government is giving priority to old, widow and divyang. For this, budget provision of 2019-20 will be made. The CM said that in Jamtara, the survey of widows, divyangs and old people will be done soon and the number of pensioners will be increased. Holding the Jan Chupal in Jamtara district on Wednesday, the CM said that with the power of 3.25 crore people, government's policy and deter- mination eradication of pover- ty will be possible. Several schemes are being run to erad- icate poverty. However, he cau- tioned that corruption and middlemen are rampant in the State, including Santhal Pargana. “We have to end this middle-class cancer by eliminating it. By mak- ing a collective effort with your cooperation, we can eliminate it by making everyone aware,” he said. The CM said that the government in the State is of the people, by the people and for the people. “This is the beauty of democ- racy. Look at its beau- ty that the Prime Minister was a tea sell- er and the son of a labourer’s family is now the Chief Minister of the State. I have seen poverty very close- ly and that’s why I understand your pain. Your servant is con- stantly working to bring smiles on your faces. Our government is a government dedicatedly for the farmers, poor people, youth and women. The government is continuously working in this direction to bring smiles on your face,” he added. The CM said that with an amount of 400 crores, 85 per cent of State's population was linked to the Ayushmann Bharat Scheme. “Now our mothers and sisters will not have to worry about their treat- ment. The government is con- cerned about the health of the people of the State. The Central government linked people of the country to the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The State gov- ernment has attached 57 lakh families to this scheme with this scheme providing an extra amount of 400 crores. The people of the State can avail the bene- fits of this scheme through ration card and golden card,” he said. Talking about employment The CM said that he will go to United Arab Emirates on December 15. “The visit is to make youths of the State skilled and employable. Only getting degrees will not guarantee employment. The youth must be made skilled. There is a demand for skilled youth for employment in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. However, our youth should not be trapped by middleman. There is need to talk directly to the companies providing employment,” he said. The CM said that the gov- ernment will start the Chief Minister Sukanya Yojna from January 1, 2019. Under this scheme, after the birth of a daughter, the government will directly send the incentive money to beneficiary’s account. In the first, fifth, ninth, eleventh class, the government will send incentive money to the account and if the girl remains unmar- ried for 18 years, the govern- ment will again give incentive. He also announced to give 25,000 to Intermediate exam- ination Topper Priya on the occasion. The CM handed over 3.75 lakh between 15 beneficiaries under the Chief Minister's Marriage Grants Scheme, 6.25 lakh for pumps between 25 beneficiaries, golden cards among 5 beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat, and 250 beneficiaries under the RL of JSLPS 37.5 lakhs Under CIF, 50 beneficiaries were given 25 lakh, 227 beneficiaries were given 227 lakh under CCL. Deputy Commissioner Jamtara Aditya Kumar Anand gave the welcome address. On this occasion, DIG Santhal Paragana Rajkumar Lakra, SP Shailendra Kumar Sinha were present. Ranchi: The sub divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), Ranchi on Tuesday took cognisance of a defamation suit filed by a Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) member against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his alleged remarks against BJP pres- ident and directed to issue a summon to the congress leader. The petition was filed by BJYM member Naveen Kumar Jha for Rahul Gandhi’s alleged comm nt that a murderer could become party president in BJP. Lawyer Vinod Kumar Sahu said SDJM court took cognisance after the Principal Judicial Commissioner (PJC) Nanvneet Kumar had allowed the revision petition in the case and directed the SDJM Ajay Kumar Gudia to issue fresh order. The SDJM court had earlier rejected the defamation peti- tion after a hearing. PNS

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Page 1: ˝ˆ !! ˆ · 2019-03-04 · Westcott Girls School, Ranchi and then moved to Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, for her higher education. She later moved to Australia to pursue her

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It is now Congress chief RahulGandhi’s call to decide the

Chief Ministers for MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan andChhattisgarh as differencesemerged in the legislaturesparty meetings of all theseStates where the Congressstaked claim to formGovernments.

The Chief Ministers wouldbe declared in the CongressLegislatures Party (CLP) meet-ings in all three States onThursday morning and there-after the party leaders wouldconvey the decision to Rahulfollowing which he would takethe final call.

Congress sources said thehigh command may choseformer Union Minister KamalNath to take over as ChiefMinister in MP whileRajasthan strongman AshokGehlot may be favoured overSachin Pilot for the CM post inRajasthan.

Sources said after the CLPmeet both Gehlot and Pilot arelikely to be in Delhi onThursday to meet the partyhigh command to iron outdifferences.

In MP, Jyotiraditya Scindiais likely to take it easy and pro-pose the name of party heavy-weight Nath’s candidature forthe CM post. Nath has alreadypatched up with anotherCongress strongman and for-mer Chief Minister DigvijaySingh, who has a strong base inthe State. Congress leaderShobha Oza said in Bhopal, “Allthe MLAs have unanimouslydecided that a decision on theChief Minister (of MadhyaPradesh) will be taken byRahul.”

Bhupesh Baghel and TSSingh Deo are locked in keentussle for the CM’s chair inChhattisgarh. Congress’ LokSabha member TamradhwajSahu’s name also figured in theevening before the party decid-

ed for the legislature partymeeting in the presence ofAICC observers MallikarjunKharge, AICC incharge for theState PL Punia and other seniorleaders.

Making the choice of CMin Rajasthan is going to betough task for Rahul.

Following the differences,Congress Legislature Party(CLP) meeting in Rajasthanpassed a single-line resolutionauthorising the party presi-dent to decide the name of theChief Minister.

While the CM’s name wasyet to be finalised due to dis-agreements, Congress delega-

tion met Rajasthan GovernorKalyan Singh to stake claim toform a Government. ACongress MLA said there couldbe another meeting of the CLPon Thursday morning toresolve the deadlock.

“We have full majority andhave staked claim to form aGovernment. We will takealong all non-BJP parties andelected members who areagainst the BJP and are willingto support us,” Pilot said afterthe CLP meeting in Jaipur.

Asked about the choice ofthe Chief Minister, Pilot saidthe party’s newly elected MLAswill debate the question, and

the party president will take adecision after that.

Rajasthan Congress MLAVishvendra Singh hasexpressed disagreement overthe process of seeking opinionof party legislators to select theChief Ministerial candidate inRajasthan when the party pres-ident will decide the face for thecoveted post.

Both Pilot and Gehlot,both frontrunners for the post,were present in the meeting.Congress observer KCVenugopal held consultationwith the party MLAs and feed-back will be shared with the party president and thenthe announcement of the Chief Minister’s name would bemade.

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The Delhi Government hasunearthed a cyber-tax fraud

worth �262 crore committed byover 8,700 traders who werefound showing fraudulent taxdeposits into 13 banks since2013, Delhi Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia said onWednesday.

Sisodia, who also holds theFinance portfolio, said the Tradeand Taxes Department has reg-istered a complaint with theDelhi Police’s Economic OfficeWing (EOW) for registration ofFIRs into the matter.

According to Delhi Policespokesperson Anil Mittal,“Reena Toppo, VAT officerDelhi, has given a complaintagainst some business firmswhich had claimed input taxcredit under GST on the basisof fictitious documents andnon-existent bank accounts.”

Preliminary amountinvolved is �9.97 crore.Complaint is being examined atEOW, said Mittal “Delhi Govttax authorities have unearthed

a big cyber-tax fraud. More than8,000 registered dealers havebeen found showing fraudulenttax deposits into 13 banks. Thematter has been handed over toEOW, Delhi Police. The AAPGovernment believes in zerotolerance to any corrupt prac-tices,” Sisodia tweeted.

Earlier in the day, theDeputy Chief Minister saidduring the scrutiny of suspect-ed fraud transactions, it wasnoticed that such kind of fraudhad been continuing since 2013and it was going on until it wasdetected by the department.“The Government has detectedcyber-tax fraud of �262 crore.As per our initial investigation,around 8,700 traders areinvolved in the fraud. It is a veryserious issue that should beinvestigated thoroughly,” hesaid. “The authorities were onhigh alert for three months fol-lowing some hints received bythe department during verifi-cation of the credit of the pay-ments made by the dealers reg-istered with the department,” hesaid.

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Atotal of 1,39,35,201 voteswent into the Congress

kitty in Rajasthan while the BJPreceived 1,37,57,502 votes — amarginal difference of over1.70 lakh votes that ended fiveyears of the BJP rule.

The Congress got 39.3 percent of the vote spread over 199Assembly constituencies andthe BJP 38.8 per cent vote. Thenarrow difference led to theouster of Vasundhara Raje andher Government.

NOTA (None of theAbove) accounted for 4,67,781lakh votes, or 1.3 per cent of thevote, Rajasthan Chief ElectoralOfficer Anand Kumar said onWednesday.

Independents got 9.5 percent vote (33,72,206) and thethe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)4 per cent (14,10,995 votes).

Overall, 74.69 per cent vot-ing was recorded in Rajasthanon December 7. The statisticsshow independents and BSPplayed spoilsport for bothCongress and the BJP.

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Fascinated with glossy foodpictures and healthy eating

habits from a very young age,Swati Bathwal always knewthat she had it in her to becomea dietitian. Her passion soonbecame her profession whenshe completed her Masters inNutrition and Dietetics fromAustralia. She also holds a postgraduate degree in DiabeticsEducation and Managementand is a qualified SportsDietitian. She is the onlyAustralian Indian to qualify asa dietitian for the OlympicCommittee.

A multi faceted person,

Swati is a qualified yoga teacherand is registered internationallyfor body composition analysisas an Anthropometrist. Shecontributes weekly to variousnewspapers and is also a blog-ger. Bathwal is very passionateabout reaching out to the mass-es and sharing her knowledgeand also does a radio show overthe weekends. She feels verystrongly against the use ofplastic and does her bit inprotecting the environment.

Born in an affluent familyin Ranchi, Swati did her earlyschooling from BishopWestcott Girls School, Ranchiand then moved to ScindiaKanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, forher higher education. She latermoved to Australia to pursueher career as a nutritionist.

“When I was in Australia,I worked in a fuel station overthe weekends to be able to paymy rent. I also did odd jobshere and there, so life was a bitof a struggle. I did not tell myparents fearing they would callme back home. I have alwaysdone what my heart has saidand I am very passionatetowards my work. When Icompleted my Masters, I want-ed to share my knowledge withas many people as possible,”said Bathwal.

Coming from a tradition-al Marwari family where gheeis a primary cooking ingredi-ent, Bathwal strongly believesthat ‘desi ghee’ is a super foodin today’s age. Ghee is also agreat source of vitamin A, D, Eand K. According to Bathwal

one teaspoon per person permeal is a must and about twotablespoon on a daily basis. Themore yellow the color the rich-er it is in vitamins and othernutrients. The best oils forIndian cooking are mustard oil,groundnut oil, sesame oil ordesi ghee. Olive oil is alwaysused for tossing and it shouldnever be heated. Olive oil

should always be stored in aglass bottle.

According to Bathwal thebiggest myth about diabetes is‘that sugar is bad for a diabet-ic’. She says, “Diabetes is moreof a life- style issue whichcould be related to stress, hor-mones and sleep pattern and it’snot just about one’s diet. Dietis just a way to manage yoursugar levels and all the otherfactors also need to be looked

at. Most people think that ifthey have diabetes, they need tostop sugar completely, but theyhave to look at carbohydrates.Having a complete manage-ment of diabetes is moreimportant rather than lookingat just one aspect.”

She has worked withbureaucrats, aspiring models,actors and top cricketers- bothin India and internationally.Her contribution in the fitnessof many athletes and sportspersonalities is well acclaimed.

Sharing her experiencewith her clients, Swati said, “Ialways tell my clients that youhave to be best friends withyour dietitian.

You can be good friendswith your doctor but if youdon’t like your dietitian you

won’t like your food. That trustand confidence is very impor-tant. You put in 100 percentand I will put in 200 percent.If you plan to eat out just let meknow where and I will choosefrom the menu and help youdecide what is good for you. Iwill also tell you which alcoholto have and in what quantity.”

“Just like one medicinedoesn’t suit everybody. It’s thesame way, one lifestyle and dietdoes not suit everyone. It hasto be customized and based onwhat they like, so that itbecomes a permanent solutionrather than a short term cure.”

Recalling her experience asa dietitian in India Bathwalsaid, “When I came to Indiaafter a decade it was like mov-ing to a new country. I gradu-

ally became friends with a lotof Australians and people fromother expat communities. Igot an opportunity to becomethe President of the Australianand New Zealand Association.The work environment in Indiais very different and there is thismentality that if I can cookthen I know all about nutrition”

Daughter of late Dr. NirmalKumar Bathwal and NeeraBathwal, Swati feels her parentswere always very supportive ofher decision and encouragedher with whatever she wantedto do in life. “My husband justlets me do what I want to do.Looking at all this life lookseasy but you have to create theright balance. Striking the rightbalance among life, work andfamily is a struggle.”

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Aspecial court on Tuesdayforwarded Jharkhand

Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)vice president Bandhu Tirkeyto judicial custody in a dispro-portionate assets case (RC5A/2010).

It may be noted here thatCBI had arrested Tirkey fromhis residence in Pandra area inthe morning. He was producedbefore the court of AdditionalJudicial Commissioner (AJC)Anil Kumar Mishra who senthim to jail. Meanwhile Tirkeyhas filed petition for bail in thecourt, the hearing on which islikely to take place onWednesday. While being takento the jail Tirkey said he has fullfaith in the judiciary.

Lawyer Sambhu Agrawalwho appeared on behalf ofTirkey informed that the arrestwas made following a non-bail-able warrant issued by thecourt against the JVM (P)

leader on November 20 , 2018.The NBW was issued afterTirkey failed to appear beforethe court on a summon.

He said that CBI had ear-lier filed a closure report in thecase due to lack of evidencesadding that the court deferreda decision in the case.

He added that no furtherproceeding took place in the

case as a stay was ordered. Itmay be mentioned here thatTirkey has also filed a quash-ing petition in the High Courtin the case.

Agrawal stated that thesummon was issued afterSupreme Court had in itsorders stated that a stay issuedby courts may be vacated afterlapse of six months. In the lightof the judgment the court ofAJC had issued the summon toTirkey, he stated.

Notably, Tirkey hadremained the Human resourceDevelopment Minister in theMadhu Koda led government.The JVM has issued a state-ment condemning the arrestsaying that the governmentwas misusing its powers to trapopposition party leaders.However, the BJP refuted theallegation saying that the lawsof the land and judiciary workindependently and one getspunishment for one’s owncrimes.

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas today said that the

pension amount for beneficia-ries under Old Age, Divyangand Widow categories will beraised to �1,000 from the nextfinancial year budget. The CM,while interacting with people atNutanidih village in Jamtarasaid that the Government isgiving priority to old, widowand divyang. For this, budgetprovision of 2019-20 will bemade. The CM said that inJamtara, the survey of widows,divyangs and old people will bedone soon and the number ofpensioners will be increased.

Holding the Jan Chupal inJamtara district on Wednesday,the CM said that with thepower of 3.25 crore people,government's policy and deter-mination eradication of pover-ty will be possible. Severalschemes are being run to erad-icate poverty. However, he cau-tioned that corruption andmiddlemen are rampant in theState, including SanthalPargana. “We have to end this

middle-class cancer byeliminating it. By mak-ing a collective effortwith your cooperation,we can eliminate it bymaking everyoneaware,” he said.

The CM said thatthe government in theState is of the people,by the people and forthe people. “This isthe beauty of democ-racy. Look at its beau-ty that the PrimeMinister was a tea sell-er and the son of alabourer’s family is nowthe Chief Minister of the State.I have seen poverty very close-ly and that’s why I understandyour pain. Your servant is con-stantly working to bring smileson your faces. Our governmentis a government dedicatedly forthe farmers, poor people, youthand women. The governmentis continuously working in thisdirection to bring smiles onyour face,” he added.

The CM said that with anamount of �400 crores, 85 percent of State's population was

linked to the AyushmannBharat Scheme. “Now ourmothers and sisters will nothave to worry about their treat-ment.

The government is con-cerned about the health of thepeople of the State. The Centralgovernment linked people ofthe country to the AyushmanBharat scheme. The State gov-ernment has attached 57 lakhfamilies to this scheme withthis scheme providing an extraamount of �400 crores. The

people of the Statecan avail the bene-fits of this schemethrough rationcard and goldencard,” he said.

Talking aboutemployment TheCM said that hewill go to UnitedArab Emirates onDecember 15.“The visit is tomake youths of theState skilled andemployable. Onlygetting degreeswill not guarantee

employment. The youth must be made

skilled. There is a demand forskilled youth for employmentin Dubai and Abu Dhabi.However, our youth shouldnot be trapped by middleman.There is need to talk directly tothe companies providingemployment,” he said.

The CM said that the gov-ernment will start the ChiefMinister Sukanya Yojna fromJanuary 1, 2019. Under thisscheme, after the birth of a

daughter, the government willdirectly send the incentivemoney to beneficiary’s account.In the first, fifth, ninth, eleventhclass, the government will sendincentive money to the accountand if the girl remains unmar-ried for 18 years, the govern-ment will again give incentive.He also announced to give�25,000 to Intermediate exam-ination Topper Priya on theoccasion.

The CM handed over �3.75lakh between 15 beneficiariesunder the Chief Minister'sMarriage Grants Scheme, �6.25lakh for pumps between 25beneficiaries, golden cardsamong 5 beneficiaries underAyushman Bharat, and 250beneficiaries under the RL ofJSLPS 37.5 lakhs Under CIF, 50beneficiaries were given 25lakh, 227 beneficiaries weregiven 227 lakh under CCL.

Deputy CommissionerJamtara Aditya Kumar Anandgave the welcome address. Onthis occasion, DIG SanthalParagana Rajkumar Lakra, SPShailendra Kumar Sinha werepresent.

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Ranchi: The sub divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), Ranchion Tuesday took cognisance of a defamation suit filed by aBhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) member against Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi for his alleged remarks against BJP pres-ident and directed to issue a summon to the congress leader.

The petition was filed by BJYM member Naveen Kumar Jhafor Rahul Gandhi’s alleged comm nt that a murderer couldbecome party president in BJP.

Lawyer Vinod Kumar Sahu said SDJM court took cognisanceafter the Principal Judicial Commissioner (PJC) Nanvneet Kumarhad allowed the revision petition in the case and directed theSDJM Ajay Kumar Gudia to issue fresh order.

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Two leopards and three hye-nas are in and around Betla

National Park of Palamu tigerreserve. The PTR officials havesounded caution to touristsnot to take any walk small orbig in the National Park Betlawith children.

Field Director, PTR,Mohan Lal said, “We have evi-dences of at least two leopardsand three hyenas loiteringaround National Park Betla

and hence my advice to ouresteemed tourists is that theyshould be more vigilant andcautious about children withthem. Hyenas are most noto-rious and have history of lift-ing children”.

“I saw three hyenas just afew days ago here in the park.A leopard has been cameratrapped tearing apart our chi-tal of PTR for food. The left-over prey of leopards is relishedby hyenas,” he said.

Sources said as this istourist season and as such

tourists flock at Betla withsmall children who want to runin the park which may not beany safe keeping in view the loitering of these two car-nivores.

Leopards are preying chi-tals of PTR in this park butelsewhere in PTR leopards arepreying goats. Goat killing bywild life is to be compensatedwith money said Lal.

Lal said, “I have been toldthat so far there is no history ofleopard mauling any humanbeing here but one needs to be

cautious in jungles”.To a question that leopards

are around but no tiger in thewhole of PTR including thisNational Park Lal said, “This istrue.

There is no evidence assuch to prove the presence oftigers here in the PTR sinceApril where I was told camerahad trapped the tiger last hereand now it is almost 8 monthsthere is nothing to suggest itspresence here like scat, pugmarks, prey, roaring, scratchmarks on trees neither any

camera numbering more than450 in PTR has any capture ofimage of tiger in itsscreen etc.”

“Erstwhile officials of PTRthumb up that tigers were tran-sient here and hence their res-idency is changeable but Iwonder where after all theyhave gone from here,”said Lal who declined to makeany comment on his predeces-sors.

Sources said PTR has acoterie of so called environ-mentalists who took side with

just one top official of the PTRmost blatantly and unabashed-ly over the issue of no evidenceof presence of tigers by singingin chorus and trumpeting awishful slogan that tigers willreturn to PTR onlyto serve their own interests andthus they caused more harm toPTR putting a blind eye as tothe fate of tigers of PTR.

Sources said PTR is grap-pling with one more ticklishissue. It is the issue of release of sambhar here fromBareysarn based sambhar soft

release centre where are abouta dozen adult sambhars whichcanbe released into thewildand untamed PTR.

Lal said, “Our hands aretied. We cannot release samb-har from here into PTR jungle.The NTCA forbids any releaseof captive animal in tigerreserve. The sambhars are to bestationed only in this softrelease centre.”

Reminded that this softrelease centre of sambhar wasset up with the sole intentionto increase prey base of carni-

vores here but with restrictionsso coming on sambhars’ release from here come as ashock to prey count Lal said, “Ido not know why this aspectwas overlooked when this softrelease centre was so set uphere.

Sambhars are alreadytranslocated here fromBhagwan Birsa Biological ParkOrmanjhi Ranchi and nowthey are just residents herewhere PTR will have to feedthem as they cannot go in thejungles.”

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With an increasing numberof people falling prey to

cyber crimes, Bokaro Policeand State Bank of India todayjointly organised a cyber crimeawareness campaign at Bokaroclub here on Wednesday.

“The need for this cybercrime awareness is becomingmore and more. We do believethat unless we work jointly inthis area, it will be extremelydifficult to ensure security forall,” SBI Chief branch manag-er Ravindra Kumar Verma saidlaunching the campaign herethis afternoon, along withBokaro thermal policeInspector Prameshear Leyangi.

He said every single personin the chain needs to be equal-

ly aware to prevent cybercrimes as even if one is knowl-edgeable but not on guard, thenthere is possibility that one maycompromise the system.

The SBI chief narrated anexample of how a fraud calledsome customer posing himselfas bank manager.

Bokaro thermal Police in-Charge said that one of thebiggest concerns of the police

force is lack of awarenessamong people about cybercrimes. “Our efforts in thisdirection is that the moreawareness we can generate andthe more awareness we can getpercolated down to the society,the safer we will be,” he said,adding with this partnership,Bokaro Police want to reiteratethe importance of awarenessand of being alert.

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The distinct flavor of festivities andvibrancy with the spirit of winter

is set to come alive with JamshedpurCarnival 2018, starting from December15 to 18, 2018 at Gopal Maidan inBistupur. The main attraction thisyear will be mega Bollywood musicalnight by Jubin Nautiyaal with a specialperformance by Bollywood stars JimmyShergill and Yuvika Chaudhary onDecember 18.

They will promote their upcomingmovie SP Chouhan.

Addressing the media, ChanakyaChoudhary, vice president, corporate services,Tata Steel and Tarun Daga, managing director,JUSCO said that the city is all set to witness aplethora of talent in the form of its school chil-dren, social and cultural organisations, per-forming artists like musicians and dancers,painters and culinary experts.

From dance and musical escapades, toMaster Chef to Rock Show, and the colourful andvibrant Jamshedpur Carnival Parade, there issomething for everyone at the JamshedpurCarnival.

Jamshedpur Carnival Parade will be held onDecember 15.The parade would start fromJamsetji Statue at Jubilee Park and finish at GopalMaidan.

This colourful parade will have flavours ofmusic band playing live; contingents depictingvarious states and their culture, vintage cars; hors-es; army band, dancers etc. Citizens ofJamshedpur would join the parade.

The people of Jamshedpur would witnessdiversity of rock music at the Rock Show byBands from Jamshedpur and nearby places.

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District health department officials are all setto take stringent action against five med-

ical establishments in Bokaro Steel City and Chasincludes Mamta Nursing Home, Lal PathologyLab, Vrindavan Nursing Home at Bokaro SteelCity and Asha Sakhi and Jeevandeep Hospitalat Chas after finding several irregularities andlacking during a surprise inspection.

On Monday a team of district healthdepartment officials and State officials conductedsurprise inspection on those medical establish-ments and found several irregularities there.“Today we have submitted a report to S Murmucivil surgeon Bokaro who submitted it to theDeputy Commissioner MK Barnwal,” informedRahul Kumar Singh Co-ordinator of state team.

“The report reveals that those establishmentswere running without valid certificastes, lack ofdoctors and medical experts there.

The team found improper sanitation, neg-ligence and lack of proper hygiene standardswith lack of cleaning there,” said Dr S Murmu,Civil Surgeon Bokaro.

“All of them were found with flouting thebiomedical water disposal norms. The team alsoseized expired medicines form those nursinghomes,” he added.

Meanwhile, the district health authority is

all set to crack whip on private hospitals, nurs-ing homes and ultrasound centres running ille-gally across the district. Alarmed over the bla-tant flouting of norms by the local medical estab-lishments-department has taken stiff action ina meeting held at Civil Surgeon office today.

A special drive would be conducted andestablishments running without registrationunder clinical establishment act or running ille-gal would be sealed, said S Murmu CivilSurgeon Bokaro.

“Surprise inspection on ultrasound centresand pathology labs would also be carried out,”he added.

Notably, there are more than 500 clinicalestablishments are running across the districtand only a few were got registered under the act.According to the norms, each and every clini-cal establishment should get provisional regis-tration number within 14 days from the date itapplied to the District Registration Authority,said an official.

District Registration Authority is a com-mittee headed by DC, Civil Surgeon, IMA autho-rized person, one AYUSH person and presidentof Zila Parishad, he said. And if the establish-ment fulfils the norms that will get permanentregistration number within two months other-wise their registration would be cancelled, hesaid.

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Wild animals have causedsignificant damages to

the crop in various villages ofthe district in the past onemonth. Not only paddy, butsugarcane crop, pulses crop(Arhar), Potato and fodderhave also been damaged bywild blue bulls (Nilgai) andother animals.

Farmers of Sundipur,Garakhurd, Kalagara,Kharaundha, Kasnap,Jaharsarai, Karui,Manjhigawan, Biaspur and sev-eral others villages of the dis-trict are a harried a lot thesedays as wild animals are givingthem sleepless nights.

They have to guard theircrops during the night and haveto tackle animals when theyenter the fields in search offood. Moreover, the forestdepartment in Garhwa hasalso failed to provide any helpto the distressed farmers.

Meanwhile, farmers areusing various techniques tosave their crops such as diggingtrench in the area and usingcrackers to ward off wild ani-mals. Some farmers have evendeployed dogs and installedeffigy to keep a vigil aroundtheir fields. SatyendraKushwaha a farmer from vil-lage Gorakhpur , said thatmost of the residents of his vil-lage complained of damage totheir crops by blue bulls. Hesaid with the rise in raids ofwild animals, majority of farm-ers had not sown paddy, sug-arcane in their fields this year.

The farmer further said theforest department has failed toact on their complaints due towhich farmers and farmhandshad to scare the wild Nilgaiaway.

Ramsarup Ram, a farmerof Jaharsarai village, said, “Wildanimals come from hilly andforest areas and have injuredmany farmers in the past also.Once wild animals enter thefields, they eat crops and flat-ten the standing crop whichremains of no use for farmers.”

Lallu Ram, a farmer fromSundipur village, said he hadalso suffered losses to his sug-arcane, pulses and paddy cropthat was destroyed by wildanimals.

“Our crops are not securedeven in the barn too, wild ele-phant destroyed paddy bundlestored their recently,” JanuSingh resident of Birajpur said.

“Every year wild elephantsentered in villages from bor-dering Chhatisgarh anddestroyed the crops, damagedthe houses in the villages,” headded. Divisional ForestOfficer (North) Arvind Guptaclaimed that the State govern-ment had formed a policy for

compensating the farmers forloss of life and crops due to wildanimals. He said whenever thedepartment receives a com-plaint from farmers concerningcrop damage, officials of theagriculture department visitareas and to assess the losses.

For the loss of crops causedby wild animals, the govern-ment has provided compensa-tion of Rs 20,000 per hectare.Rs five lakh have been paid forcrop damage among five farm-ers, Gupta added.

“Anyone can contact ouroffice with the land records oftheir fields with an applicationto claim compensation for loss-es caused by wild animals,”Gupta said.

Divisional Forest Officer(South) Mamta Pritadarshi saidthe population of wild animalswas on the rise in the State anddue to loss of their natural habi-tats these wander into thefields.

On the issue of wild ele-phants damaging crops aroundChhatisgarh bordering area“The department has no infor-mation about the exact locationfrom where wild animalscome." she added.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Das address-ing the BJP workers today said that in

2014 JMM had a slogan that the BJPGovernment will loot everybody's land, butthe people of the State saw that theGovernment or the party did not take landof any poor in the last four years. On thecontrary, the CM said, that the JMMfleeced people in name of tribals. “By mis-leading the tribals, by doing politics in theirname, just filling their pockets, purchasedtribal land in violation of the CNT and SPTAct, the JMM has sold entire SanthalPargana for corruption and intermedi-aries,” said the CM.

Holding a party workers conference atKundhit, Jamtra, on Wednesday the CMsaid that the Congress and JMM are theindustry of dynastic and family politics.“Both the parties have played with theexpectations of the people of the State.

The Congress has made Jharkhandunstable for the last 14 years. Having made

a poor tribal (Madhu Koda) a ChiefMinister, it did scam of Rs 4,000 crore.Now they are again trying to rope him. In1993, JMM sold the fate of Jharkhand tothe Congress. At the same time, in the 4years of our BJP government, there was noallegation of corruption,” he said.

The CM said that the BJP governmentis for the service of the people and thenation. The BJP is committed to endingregional and social imbalance.

“Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee andPandit Deendayal Upadhyay, who raised the

party by to the national level,gave extension to Atal andAdvani but the realization ofAtal and Advani's dreams wasdone by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. Making itthe world's biggest party,now it is our duty to show thereal face of the Congress andJMM to the public and savethem from deception andbody,” he added.

Das asked the workers totell this to the people, espe-cially to the tribal society,that non-tribals who pur-chase tribal land will not beable to do so by marryingtribal women.

He said that he will hold a road showin Dubai on December 16 and on January12, 2019 one lakh youth of the State willget employment on the National YouthDay. On this occasion, BJP DistrictPresident Sukumani Hembram, PravinPrabhakar, Subhash Prasad, Batul Jha,Madhav Chandra Mahato, Pradeep Burma,Satyendra Singh, Virendra Mandal, TarunGupta, Sanjay Sharma Ramesh Hansda,Sunil Swaroop Kamal Gupta, party func-tionaries and hundreds Number workerswere present.

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The Court of Speaker DineshOraon hearing the MLAs

defection case since 2015reserved its judgment after theprosecution JVM respondedfor the final time onWednesday. Though the judg-ment can be pronounced any-time, taking the Winter Sessionand Budget Session lined upinto consideration and alsothe political implications itcould have on the Governmentof the day, it is expected that theSpeaker would call the tri-bunal for it not before Marchnext year.

JVM lawyer RN Sahay whowas provided with an oppor-tunity to reply to the argumentsput forth by the defense col-lectively from Alok KumarChaurasia, Ganesh Ganjhu,Amar Kumar Bauri, RandhirSingh, Navin Jaiswal and JankiPrasad Yadav stood by his stat-ed stand.

“I rejected the submissionsmade by them before the tri-bunal and questioned theirarguments that it was a merg-er and not defection which wehave been saying. I said that theMLAs deliberately quit theJVM to join the BJP against theprovisions of the 10th schedule

of the Constitution. Theyreferred to the meeting, whichwas called without followingthe procedure set for suchmeetings in the party’s consti-tution. Any meeting of MLAscannot decide to merge theparty to the other party,” saidRN Sahay quoting his finalresponse given before theCourt.

Assembly officials observ-ing the case since beginningand privy to the proceduressaid that normally day’s pro-ceedings are placed in typedform before the Speaker. “He isprovided with day’s proceed-ings and recordings after com-pilations.

Now he has entire record-ing before him. Normally anylegal expert of his choice wouldbe roped in to help in writinghis order which may take time.Soon the Winter Session is

going to commence and there-after Budget Session may alsobe called in January,” said asenior official. This was alsohinted by Speaker DineshOraon, who after the finalhearing on Wednesday wishedall present well for theChristmas and the New Year.

Insiders are of the view thatoutcome of the long drawn casemay be interesting along withbeing delicate for the tribunal.“Since 2019 is the poll year, theorder is sure to have politicalcolours.

If he rules against the sixMLAs it would come as a bigdent to the ruling BJP and bigmoral victory for the JVM and

entire Opposition. At the sametime his own ruling of 2015recognising the MLAs as of theBJP in the House would also beback of his mind while pro-nouncing the judgment,” saidan official of the Assembly.

The judgment would haveserious bearing on the mem-bership of the MLAs if they areadjudged being on the wrongside of the anti-defection lawand would be declared dis-qualified on immediate basis.As per the provisions of the10th schedule, membership ofthe legislator under questioncan go if the Speaker rules thathe had defected to other partyfrom his parent party.

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The much needed assistancefor women in distress –

‘One Stop Crisis’ centre projectwill be soon expanded inJharkhand. The recent decisionof the Apex Court to States andUnion Territories (UTs) toadopt adequate measures,including the establishment of‘one-stop centres’ in each dis-trict within a year, to counseland rehabilitate rape survivors

has compelled the senior offi-cials of the Department ofwomen, child development andsocial welfare here to pull upsocks and ensure constitutionof the state-of the-art centre forwomen and children in need ofcare and protection at the ear-liest.

The Minister and seniorofficials of the department willsoon initiate devising on dif-ferent measures to start a ded-icated centre at each districthere with basic facilities avail-able under one roof in the giventenure.

The attempt has been con-sidered looking at the increas-

ing incidents of crime againstwomen and the rape casesgraph going up considerably.The Supreme Court’s (SC)prime focus is on rehabilitationof the survivors who are oftenleft to face the brutal society orelse fall prey to the middlemenagain at some point of the timein their lives.

“This is a welcome decisionof the Supreme Court. Afterdiscussing it with theDepartment Secretary, a con-solidated plan will be chalkedout to open a centre at each dis-

trict. Constraints like budgetallocation, demarcation of asafe haven or building includ-ing co-ordination with the dis-trict administration as well aslocals are a few major angleswhere the department has towork out. For the time being,small buildings will be identi-fied at a safe locality in differ-ent districts and the centres willbe started there,” said Minister,Department of Women, ChildDevelopment and SocialWelfare Louis Marandi.

Secretary of the depart-ment, Amitabh Kaushal said,“There must be ‘One StopCentre’ at each district. Apart

media reports on this, no com-muniqué so far has beenreceived regarding it by thedepartment; however, the Stategovernment has to comply thedecision of the Apex Courtincluding the Government ofIndia (GoI) in any circum-stance. Attempts will be madeto start ‘One Stop Centre’ ateach district soon.”

At present, ‘One StopCentre’ is functioning at RanchiInstitute of Neuro Psychiatryand Allied Sciences (RINPAS)in Capital City including a fewother districts. The centre ismeant to help those who needimmediate medical attention,

legal consultation, instantcounseling for psychotherapy.

Mandatory assistanceincluding emergency help, pre-liminary medical aid, FIR reg-istration, counseling by expertpanels, legal aid and properarrangement for stay for ashort duration (5 days) hasbeen ensured at the center.

For curbing gender basedviolence and assisting femalesin moment of agony, the cen-tre has also appointed resourcepersonnel for different posts.The dedicated centre works onCentre-State model to assist thewomen who confronts brutal-ity in their lives.

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The Ranchi MunicipalCorporation (RMC) will

soon start a dedicated ‘CallCentre’ to address the griev-ances of city residents. Duringthe council meeting onWednesday, a proposal regard-ing it was passed in the pres-ence of ward councillors. The‘Call Centre’ will be function-al six days a week. On Sundayas well, the ‘Call Centre’ will bemade serviceable for a limitedtime.

According to Mayor AshaLakra, attempts will be made tocomplete the process of settingup the ‘Call Centre’ byDecember last week. “If things

fall into place, the ‘Call Centre’will start functioning fromJanuary 1, 2019. The ‘CallCentre’ will be operated fromthe RMC Office. Soon, a toll-free number will be released.The step will ensure trans-parency and accountability inthe working of the MunicipalCorporation. Hours of func-tioning too will be decidedwithin a few weeks.”

The Mayor further statedthat two resource personnel orRMC staffs will handle thecomplain cases at the ‘CallCentre’ either through onlinesystem or via registering com-plains through telephonic calls.Moreover, the Council mem-bers will accomplish majorcivic tasks with the monetaryassistance of 14th FinanceCommission. Proposal of asmany as 100 schemes havebeen sent to the Commission.

The decision of procuring

modern equipments was con-sidered for cleaning the waterreservoirs including other pub-lic places, apart from the pur-chase of hand trolleys includ-ing dustbins. Further, in a bidto increase the green coverswithin the municipal jurisdic-tion, the council has passed theproposal of constructing a park

behind Jagannath Templeincluding other identified sites.

During the meeting, theward councilors gave consentto start the work of givingfacelift to the age-old JaipalSingh Stadium. “In the firstphase, re-carpeting of the mainground, construction of jog-ging track and installation of

lighting will be completed,”said Lakra.

The ward councilors pre-sent during the meeting wereinstructed to complete thepending works of their respec-tive ward, considering the pri-ority, before the model code ofconduct for the upcoming LokSabha (LS) election – 2019 isimplemented from March lastweek.

“With the prime focus onstreamlining solid waste man-agement service includingcompletion of deep-boring atthe selected spots in the respec-tive wards, all major projectsmust be accomplished by mid-march.

Also, instructions havebeen issued to keep an eye onthe restoration work of waterbodies falling under the juris-diction of different wards,”said, president – RMC StandingCommittee, Arun Jha.

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Allahabad Bank’s ExecutiveDirector NK Sahoo has

lauded the implications of thePradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojya (PMJDY), one of the sev-eral flagship financial inclusionmeasures undertaken by theincumbent Government, forthe common man.

Addressing a press confer-ence on Wednesday Sahoo saidthat the scheme has empow-ered common people andestablished better correlationbetween the bank and cus-tomers. “I would name PMJDYfor its impact on financial sce-nario all across the country. Itencouraged people to havebank accounts and even pro-moted them for this. Reach ofbanks have gone up extensive-ly. Besides making peoplefinancially empowered it alsohelped banks to reach them outin a mission mode.

Also, measures like directbenefit transfer from theGovernment could get betteroutcome,” said the ED. Talkingabout health of the bank inJharkhand Sahoo said that itsnon-performing asset (NPA)here was around 10 per cent ofthe total advances. “AllahabadBank’s overall NPA is 17-18 percent but in Jharkhand it is Rs400 crore against Rs 4000 croreof advances. Our credit depositratio is 47 per cent which isneeded to be taken up further,”

he added. The nationalisedbank has 145 branches andtotal business of Rs 13200crore in the State out of whichRs 9000 crore is deposits. Rs1000 crore of the advances arein the agriculture sector.

Nevertheless, Sahooexpressed disappointment overland related laws existing in theState which are often treated asobstacle in mortgaging landagainst the bank loans. “Wehave been raising the issuebefore the Government duringthe State Level Bankers’Committee meetings but this isstill an issue which is impact-ing the CD ratio. We expect thisissue to be resolved sooner thanlater,” he said.

At the same time the EDnamed the SMART initiativefrom the Allahabad Bank. “Weare focusing more on SMART

which is loaning to small,medium, agriculture and retailsectors more in number thusour advances are not muchaffected much due to landrelated hurdles,” he said. Out oftotal 145 branches, the bankhas its 70 branches in rural areaand another 38 in semi-urbanareas in Jharkhand while shar-ing 4.45 per cent business of allthe banks in the State.

It is also performing therole of lead bank in Dumka andGodda districts. “At Godda wehave launched 59 minute loansanctioning for MSMEs andsince it has been launched 509applications in the district havebeen sanctioned on line. Goddais one of the aspirational dis-tricts of the State having over25000 weavers who can besupported with loans,” saidSahoo.

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With a view to provide onelakh employment in a

year, the Department of Labour,Training and Employment hasorganized a job fair onDecember 12 and 13 under theState Government’s schemecalled ‘Dattopanth ThengariRojgaar Mela’.

Informing about theemployment fair Department ofLabour, Training andEmployment, AssistantDirector Rajesh Ekka said, “Atthe 2018 Skill Summit, ChiefMinister Raghubar Das hadsaid that till January 12, 2019the government will provideone lakh employment to theyouths of the State. TheDepartment of Labour,Training and Employment hasgot a target to provide jobs to12,000 jobs to the youths of thestate.”

Ekka further said, “The

department has organised theemployment fair in variousdistricts of State from time totime under the scheme. Thistime the department is going toorganize the fair in at IndustrialTraining Institute, Hehal, inRanchi. The department hascompleted all the preparationwork for the fair as it has pre-pared the list of the companieswhich will take part in the fairand it has also prepared the listof candidates who have regis-tered their name at employmentexchanges. The department hasinformed the aspirant throughbulk SMS system in adjoiningareas of Ranchi and it hasannounced by loudspeakers innearby Blocks of Ranchi. ”

“As many as 23 companieshave given approval to come atthe job fair for around 4,500posts. Some companies canparticipate at the time of thefair. A large numbers of aspi-rants have been registered at the

employment exchanges of thevarious districts. The interest-ed unemployed can partici-pate in interview with theiroriginal certificates, two copiesof biodata and two passportsize photos,” he added.

The department has pro-vided some relaxation to thosecandidates who have not regis-tered with exchange offices,“Registration at employment iscompulsory but those candi-dates can also participate in thefair who have earlier not regis-tered their name at theemployment offices. The for-mality of registration will becompleted at the registrationcounter install by the depart-ment at the fair.”

Ekka said, “The companieshave offered for the variousposts in the packages of Rs3,000 to Rs. 25,000. The com-panies have also announcedthat they will give incentivesother than package.

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Alliance partner of rulingBhartiya Janata Party (BJP)

in State, the AJSU party has saidthat the government need toreconsider certain decisions ittook as they were not benefittingthe masses.

AJSU chief Sudesh KumarMahto on Wednesday said thatthe government had made manysuch decisions from which it hadto retract. In such a situation, thegovernment should think beforemaking any decision, he added.

Since the time of formationof the State the party has beenassociated with the BJP, Mahtosaid adding that Panchayat sys-tem has been debilitated in thelast four years.

Speaking on the issue Mahtosaid, “The voice of public repre-sentatives in the present govern-ment is not being heard. The village panchay-at head, councillor, MLA or MP are the face ofall the people, but in the last four years the Stategovernment is not hearing their voice.

The biggest thing is that people are not par-ticipating in the electoral process such as recentpanchayat bye elections, this is a very serioustopic, but there is no attention of anyone. Theelected representatives are not working for thebetterment of people is main reason behind it.”

Complaining on the issue of the Parateachers Mahto said, “Around 52 lakh childrenof the State study in the schools of villages. Onlythe Para teachers teach them in those schools.”

The party president further said, the Stategovernment had also formed a committee forthe issue of the Para teachers, but what is thereport of the committee was not available to any-one. He said in straightforward words that thegovernment should work as a guardian.

Bharat Kashi of Hatiya has joined AJSUParty with his support in presence of SudeshMahto, on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion Mahato said thatjoining politics of youths of Jharkhand isrequirements of the State. The youths are giv-ing new directions which will augur well for theState.

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whose lands were taken for building power sub-stations for theKamdara grid after completing required formalities. Other dis-placed were given jobs while these 11 were ignored earlier.Similar petitions relating to displaced of Chandil Dam camebefore the Committee headed by MLA Menka Sardar for whichmore time was sought. The meeting was presided over bySpeaker Dinesh Oraon on Wednesday.

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Residents of Damodar valleyCorporation (DVC) colony

today said they stopped goingfor morning walks owing todust pollution in each andevery road of Bokaro thermal.We have complained aboutthe issue but our pleas fall ondeaf ears of DVC civil depart-ment, said the residents of GMcolony, station road. Theyalleged that the DVC manage-ment is flouting norms laiddown by the National GreenTribunal (NGT) as heavy vehi-cles are running in residentialcolonies.

The residents said there isa huge quantity of dust that fliesoff the road and make lives dif-ficult for residents of 5-6 soci-eties located on either side of it.“The dust has been a hugeproblem and is a health haz-ard,” said MK Chaudhay, aresident of GM Colony.

According to informationmore then 50 to 60 heavy vehi-

cles of St Paul school and localbusinessmen have been run-ning every hour on stretch ofroad in GM Colony. “Everyday, dust and fly ash envelop inour area. Due to this, people arecontracting diseases. Childrenare not able to go out and play,”Chaudhary added.

Residents also said elderlypeople have stopped going formorning walks. “All elderlypeople in our society used to gofor morning walks, but due tothe dust, they can’t go outnow. The condition of air isalready deteriorating. This areain particular is among theworst sufferers,” said a resident.

Locals said a delegation ofresidents held protests in thearea last month and also metthe DGM of DVC, PK Singh.“The DGM assured he will putpressure on management of StPaul Modern school to followgreen norms,” he said.

Efforts to contact CE&Project head Kamlesh Kumarfor comments went in vain.

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Kolhan University has decid-ed to organise a domain

specific placement drive so thatstudents feel it easier toapproach companies. Theupcoming placement drive onDecember 14 and 15 slated atthe Jamshedpur Co-operativeCollege will have 20 recruitersfrom finance, marketing andservice sectors. Students of2016, 2017 and 2018 batch willbe able to apply for over 1000vacancies this time.

“Initially, BPOs were theonly head-hunters, but these

jobs have limited growth. Now,we get industries that hire sci-ence students as chemists.Companies like L&T and UshaMartin have been hiring ourstudents. For commerce andarts students, finance and insur-ance sector is a prospectivearea. Although the market isslow, we are trying to get com-panies, where students willlearn and grow,” said an officialof the university.

However, a section of fac-ulty members feels that studentsin the city cradles suffer fromlack of exposure. A job-orient-ed syllabus, skills and soft skill

development programmes, theyfeel, can change the scenario.“Students here suffer from lackof communication skills. Plus,whenever interviews are organ-ised, student unions create a

ruckus. So, many col-leges don’t dare invitecompanies. The mind-set should change,”said a faculty memberof a city college. R.K.Karn, placement incharge of KolhanUniversity said thatthis time they havemade it more domainspecific. For example

this time jobs related to mar-keting, finance and service sec-tor will be available. “We are intalks with a couple of financecompanies, banks and char-tered accountancy firms from

Jamshedpur and adjoiningcities. Though companies pre-fer to hire science and IT stu-dents, but, this year we arefocusing on getting commercestudents placed,” said an official.

Colleges like Karim City,Graduate School College forWomen and JamshedpurCooperative College have beenhosting the number of compa-nies for recruitment process.

According to the collegeauthorities, recruiters find freshtalents in the city since collegeshave the caliber to fulfill therequirements of the corporateworld.

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Parliament on Wednesdaywas adjourned without

transacting much business afterthe Opposition stalled pro-ceedings in both the Houses ona variety of issues includingRafale jet deal, Ram temple andCauvery river water. However,the Rajya Sabha managed topass the National Trust for theWelfare of Persons withAutism, Cerebral Palsy, MentalRetardation and MultipleDisabilities(Amendment)Billamidst the din.

It was the second consec-utive day when Parliament wasadjourned after the winter ses-sion commenced on Tuesday.On the first day, both Houseswere adjourned after payinghomage to former prime min-ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee andunion minister Ananth Kumar.

On Wednesday, the LokSabha was adjourned for theday just after noon followingprotests by opposition mem-bers on various issues includ-ing the Rafale deal, construc-tion of Ram Temple andCauvery river water.

Immediately after theHouse was reconvened at noon,Congress, Shiv Sena, TDP andAIADMK members troopedinto the well with placards andstarted shouting slogans insupport of their demands.

Similar scenes were earlierwitnessed when Question Hourbegan after obituary referencesto former MPs.

Congress members weredemanding a probe by a JointParliamentary Committee intothe alleged corruption in theRafale aircraft deal while ShivSena MPs staged protestsdemanding immediate con-struction of the Ram temple in

Ayodhya. Members belongingto the AIADMK raised slogansdemanding justice for TamilNadu farmers living along theCauvery delta and TDP mem-bers demanded a railway zoneat Vishkhapatnam. SpeakerSumitra Mahajan tried to paci-fy members and finallyadjourned the House for theday.

The Upper House wasadjourned twice in the pre-lunch period and for the dayaround 2.15 pm as the twomain political parties of TamilNadu -- the AIADMK andDMK -- staged protests on theCauvery river issue. In fact, theAIADMK made its intentionsclear right in the beginningafter the proceedings began inthe morning. The agitatedmembers trooped into the wellcarrying placards reading “pro-tect the lives of Cauvery Deltafarmers.”

Chairman M VenkaiahNaidu tried to pacify the mem-bers and first adjourned tillnoon at 11.10 am and thenagain till 2 PM soon after theQuestion Hour started at 12pm. Earlier, Naidu said noticeswere received from severalparties for discussion on issues

of urgent importance. Thoughhe had not allowed the issuesto be raised under Rule 267(suspension of business to takeup a matter), all issues wouldbe taken up for discussion,Naidu assured members.

As the two parties contin-ued to protest, Naidu said onlyon Tuesday people in somestates have shown their “confi-dence in democracy” and askedmembers to respect sentimentsof the people.

Protests continued whenthe House met again at 2.00PM. Amid noisy scenes, TheNational Trust for Welfare ofPersons with Autism, CerebralPalsy, Mental Retardation andMultiple Disabilities(Amendment) Bill, 2018 waspassed. The proposedamendments entail fixing theterm of the Chairperson of theNational Trust for Welfare ofPersons with Autism and otherDisabilities.

Moving the bill for con-sideration and passage, SocialJustice and EmpowermentMinister Thaawarchand Gehlotsaid a Chairperson could notbe appointed even after sever-al attempts since 2012 as a suit-able candidate meeting thestringent selection criteriacould not be found. Gehlotsaid the amendments will easethe procedure related toappointment of a Chairperson

“Opposition parties,including Trinamool, keen todiscuss all issues in #ParliamentWe want Parliament to run andhold this Govt accountable.However, BJP fielding its 'ally'from TamilNadu to disruptproceedings,” tweeted Derek O'Brien, Trinamool Congress'Parliamentary Party leader inthe Rajya Sabha with a hashtag'MatchFixing' peeved over theadjournments.

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By 2025, India's public healthspending will be 2.5 per

cent of the gross domesticproduct (GDP), up from thepresent 1.15 per cent withwomen, children and the youthat the heart of every policy,programme and initiative of theGovernment.

Stating this at the 2018Partners' Forum here, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi saidhigh out-of-pocket expenditureincurred by families to availmedical care in India worriedhis Government and to addressthe issue, it launched theAyushman Bharat Yojana,which has a two-fold strategy.

The Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana provides cash-less health insurance cover upto �5 lakh per family per year,covering 500 million poor cit-izens.

“This number is almostequal to the population ofCanada, Mexico and the UStaken together. We have alreadyprovided free treatment worth�700 crore to 5 lakh familiesunder this scheme within 10weeks of its launch,” Modisaid.

The other arm ofAyushman Bharat, Modi said,is the provision of providingcomprehensive primary care ata facility near the community,for which the Centre will start1.5 lakh health and wellnesscentres by 2022.

The community will alsobe able to receive free screen-ing and care for common dis-

eases including hyper-tension,diabetes and three commoncancers — of breast, cervix andoral.The patients will receivefree medicines and diagnosticsupport close to their homes,he said.

At the event, Modi said thegovernment is set to increase itsspending on public health to2.5 per cent of the GDP.

“This will mean an actualincrease of 345 per cent overthe current share, in just eightyears.We will continue to workfor the betterment of people.Women, children and youthwill continue to remain at theheart of every policy, pro-gramme or initiative,” he said.

Modi informed that India'simmunization programme,“Mission Indradhanush”, will befeatured as a success story,among 12 others from all overthe world, in the two-dayforum.

Under the “MissionIndradhanush”, he said the gov-ernment reached 32.8 millionchildren and 8.4 million preg-nant women over the last threeyears while the number of vac-cines has been increased from7 to 12.

He said India's story wasone of “hope. Hope that road-blocks can be overcome. Hopethat behavioural change can beensured. Hope that rapid

progress can be achieved”.The PM said that India was

one of the first countries, toadvocate focused attention onadolescence and implement anextensive health promotionand prevention programmefor adolescents.

Modi said when his gov-ernment assumed office in2014, “India was losing morethan 44,000 mothers”. TheCentre then launched the“Pradhan Mantri SurakshitMatritva Abhiyan”, as part ofwhich doctors pledged oneday of service per month to thiscampaign and 16 million ante-natal care check-ups were per-formed.

Modi said that to dealwith the issue of malnutritionamong children, the govern-ment has launched “POSHANAbhiyan” and is also imple-menting “Rashtriya BalSwasthya Karyakram”, whichhas provided 800 millionhealth screening check-upsand free referral treatment to20 million children in the lastfour years. He also talkedabout small deposit savingsscheme for girls called'Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana'and the Pradhan Mantri MatruVandana Yojana which isexpected to benefit more than50 million pregnant womenand lactating mothers.

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India onWednesday sus-pended the mem-berships of for-mer Union min-ister MJ Akbarand ex-Tehelka editor-in-chiefTarun Tejpal over allegations ofsexual misconduct.

The Guild had sought theviews of its ExecutiveCommittee (EC) on whataction should be taken againstAkbar, a dormant member atpresent and one of its past pres-idents, Tejpal and senior jour-nalist Gautam Adhikari “inlight of sexual misconduct alle-gations levelled against them”,

a statement said.A majority of the EC mem-

bers suggested that Akbar andTejpal's memberships be sus-pended. Office-bearers of theGuild discussed the EC's com-ments and concurred with theview that Akbar and Tejpalshould be suspended from theGuild, it said.

The Guild decided it wouldseek Adhikari's response beforedeciding on his membership.

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Aparliamentary panel hasadvised the Centre to expe-

ditiously hand over VIP secu-rity duties to the SpecialSecurity Group (SSG) of theCentral Industrial SecurityForce (CISF) and relieve bor-der guarding paramilitaryforces like ITBP and BSF as alsoCRPF of personal protectionroles.

“The committee takes noteof the (Home) Ministry's planto progressively assign securi-ty of all VIP protectees, apart

from high risk protectees, tothe SSG. The committee rec-ommends that the ministryshould implement this plan atthe earliest and put an end tothe issue of multiple forcesbeing assigned the task of VIPsecurity,” the panel noted in itsreport tabled before theParliament on Wednesday.

The CRPF provides secu-rity cover to 76 VIPs includingBJP president Amit Shah andformer Bihar CM Lalu PrasadYadav. ITBP protects 18 highprofile persons includingjudges of the Supreme Courtand politicians from Jammuand Kashmir. The ITBP that isthe border guarding force forIndo-China frontier has beenengaged in VVIP securitydeployment since earlynineties. The National SecurityGuard (NSG) protects 15 VIPs,

including Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh.

The counter-terror forceNSG has urged the HomeMinistry to relieve it from VIPsecurity duties. VIP protectionassignments often hit the coreoperational roles of the para-military forces. It also affectstheir reserve component ofthe forces leading to the lack ofleave to the jawans. The CRPFhas deployed as many as sixbattalions (6,000 personnel)of CRPF are engaged in VIPsecurity duty which adverselyaffects the reserve factor of theforce. Under reserve category,the personnel are engaged intraining and such postings aregiven after hard postings.

Personal protection of theVIPs is provided in four cate-gories that include Z-plus (38guards), Z (24 guards), Y (11

guards) and X (2 guards). VIPsecurity entails an annualexpenditure of Rs 390 crore,officials said.

Following the Kargil mis-adventure, a Group ofMinisters had in 2002 recom-mended the designation ofCISF for VIP security dutiesand also advised that one forcewill guard one border but thathas also been tinkered with andthe border guarding paramili-tary forces are engaged in anti-Naxal deployments andcounter insurgency roles.

The home ministry pro-vides security cover on thebasis of threat assessment tosome individuals on the basisof inputs of the IntelligenceBureau. The assessment is sub-ject to periodic review based onwhich it is continued/with-drawn/downgraded/upgraded.

The Parliamentary com-mittee on Home Affairs alsoexpressed disappointment over“difficulties” being faced byCRPF jawans fighting Naxals inChhattisgarh in getting theirdaily meals and some para-military personnel living in“sub-human conditions” in dif-ferent parts of the country.

“They (CRPF personnel)have to depend on local 'haats'and contractors for supply ofraw material for their food. Thecommittee recommends that afoolproof mechanism shouldbe developed for ensuring reg-ular supply of nutritious food,including dishes/raw materialsof different cuisines to all CRPFcamps particularly those whichhave no access or difficultaccess to local market likeBastar in Chhattisgarh,” thepanel added.

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Buoyed by the electoral gainsof the party, UPA

ChairpersonS o n i aGandhi onWednesdaytermed theC ongress ' swin in threeHindi heartland States ruled bythe BJP as a victory against theruling party's negative politics.

“I am happy with 3-0 scoreline... It is a victory against BJP'snegative politics,” Sonia saidtalking to reporters outsideParliament after results to fivestate elections were declared.

This was her first reactionover the poll success and in over-all also the first reaction to elec-tion results after she handed overthe party reins to her son RahulGandhi last year. She had servedas the longest serving chief of thegrand old party for almost twodecades and during the tenureshe anchored two successiveCongress UPA governments.

The Congress was edgedout of Mizoram and didn'tmake an impact in Telanganadespite a grand alliance withChandrababu Naidu's TDPand other parties. But in thethree politically-crucial BJPstates, the Congress is set toform a government.

The Congress was a clearwinner in Chhattisgarh state,and fell one seat short of amajority in Rajasthan and twoin Madhya Pradesh. BothChhattisgarh and MadhyaPradesh had been ruled by theBJP for 15 years.

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The Supreme Court onWednesday asked forensic

auditors to examine the trail ofaround �3,000 crore, the home-buyers' money allegedly spentby the Amrapali Group on buy-ing shares of its sister companiesand asset creation.

Amrapali Group CMD AnilSharma, directors Shiv Priyaand Ajay Kumar returned to thecourt a total amount of �1.55crore of home buyers money“lying” with them.

The top court grilled severalaccountants of the group as tohow they have prepared theaccounts statements which weresubmitted in the court and onwhat basis they created theaccounts this year for financialyears 2015-16, 2016-2017 and2017-2018.

It directed the forensic audi-tors to ascertain the numbers offlats which were 'benami' prop-erty, doubly booked or bookedon a nominal value by AmrapaliGroup.

A bench of Justices ArunMishra and U U Lalit directedDebt Recovery Tribunal, Delhito conduct the valuation ofAmrapali's five-star hotel TechPark in Greater Noida and sellit by January end.

It also questioned Sharmaabout the sub-leases granted tothe family members ofAmrapali directors and wherethe Rs 3,000 crore of home-buy-ers' money has gone.

The bench after failing toget a satisfactory reply asked thetwo forensic auditors PawanKumar Aggarwal and RaviBhatia to examine the trail ofaround �3000 crore.

“More than �2,990 croreswere taken out from nine com-panies of Amrapali Group in thename of assets creation and pur-chase of shares of sister com-panies. You should examinethe trail of the money as to howand where did it go, and theassets created by the fund”, thebench told the forensic auditors.

The court asked the com-pany to file the details of theassets it created with �2,990crore and the board resolutionswhich allowed �1,100 crore tobe spent for purchasing sharecapital.

It directed the forensic audi-tors to also examine whetherany siphoning of funds wasdone by granting sub-leases orany favours were doled out insuch transactions.

The top court noted thatpursuant to its last order inwhich one last window wasgiven to the directors and otherofficials of the company toreturn home buyers money,Sharma and two directors ShivPriya and Ajay Kumar returned�1.25 crore, Rs 20 lakh and �10lakh respectively.

The court sought an affi-davit from Sharma and the twodirectors to declare that they donot have any more money ofhome buyers lying with them.

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The Supreme CourtWednesday allowed the

Director Generals of Police(DGPs) of Punjab andHaryana to continue in officetill January 31.

The police chiefs --Suresh Arora (Punjab) and BS Sandhu (Haryana) -- weredue to retire on December 31.

The Punjab and Haryanagovernments moved the apexcourt recently, seeking mod-ification of its earlier orderdirecting the states to manda-torily take the assistance ofthe UPSC in shortlisting thenames for appointing DGP.

The states had said theyhave enacted separate laws forthe selection and appoint-ment of police chiefs.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi said itwill hear their pleas seekingmodification of the January 8order and allowed the currentDGPs to continue in office tillJanuary 31.

The top court had on July3 this year passed a slew ofdirections on police reformsin the country and chronicledthe steps for appointment ofregular DGPs.

It had said the states willhave to send a list of seniorpolice officers to the UnionPublic Service Commission(UPSC) at least three monthsprior to the retirement of theincumbent.

The commission will thenprepare a panel and informthe states, which in turn willimmediately appoint one ofthe persons from that list, theapex court had said.

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As many as 15 new breeds oflivestock and poultry have

been registered in country withsix of them of goat, three ofbuffalo, two of cattle and of adonkey giving them nationalrecognition and paving way fortheir better conservation andpreservation of their genes.

The breeds which havebeen registered are two cattlebreeds - Ladakhi (Jammu andKashmir) and Konkan Kapila(Maharashtra and Goa); threebuffalo breeds - Luit (Assamand Manipur), Bargur (TamilNadu), Chhattisgarhi(Chhattisgarh); one sheepbreed - Panchali (Gujarat); sixgoat breeds - Kahmi (Gujarat),Rohilkhandi (UP), Assam Hill(Assam & Meghalaya), Bidri(Karnataka), Nandidurga(Karnataka), Bhakarwali(Jammu and Kashmir); onepig breed - Ghurrah (UP); onedonkey breed - Halari (Gujarat)and one chicken breed - Uttara(Uttarakhand).

According to Ministry ofAgriculture, the NationalBureau of Animal GeneticResources (NBAGR) hasapproved registration of record15 new breeds of livestock andpoultry this year alone takingthe total to 40 during 2014-18.The NBAGR, the nodal agencyof the Indian Council ofAgricultural Research (ICAR),for registration of new breedshas recognized 55 breeds since2010. Between 2010 and 2014,only 15 breeds were givennational recognition.

Names of these breeds arederived either from the originof their tract or due to their dis-tinct features. Officials saidthat both the Halari donkeyand Panchali sheep are namedbecause their origins are tracedin Halar region (Jamnagar dis-trict) and Panchal region

(Surendranagar) of Saurashtra.Kahmi is local name of thetwo-coloured goat.

Interestingly, Halari breedis the second donkey breed tobe recognised in the countryafter Spiti - the donkey breedwhich is indigenous to Spitivalley region of HimachalPradesh. Luit are found insome areas of Mizoram,Manipur and Nagaland bor-dering Assam. Luit is a medi-um sized black coloured buf-falo with compact body andstrong built up. Forehead isbroad with conical face andwide muzzle.

Kahmi goat is native toSaurastra region of Gujarat. ItCoat color is unique - neck andface are reddish brown whilerear abdominal part is black,locally called Kahmi. Ears arelong, tubular & coiled, locallycalled veludi. Wattles are presentin majority of goat. These goatsare used both for meat & milk.

According to UnionAgriculture Minister RadhaMohan Singh, these nativebreeds are renowned for heattolerance, disease resistance andthriving on low input system.“The process of identification ofanimal breeds and their docu-mentation is not only importantin providing value to the inge-nious animal breeds and intro-ducing various developmentprograms of the government fortheir improvement but alsoplays a special role in preserv-ing the biodiversity of the coun-try,” Singh said.

Rajasthan has 26 regis-tered indigenous breeds and isthe top in the list, followed byGujarat having 19 registeredindigenous breeds and poultry.

India has about 15 percentof total cattle, 57 percent oftotal buffalo, 17 percent ofgoat, 7 percent of sheep and 4.5percent of chicken of theworld.

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The Supreme Court onWednesday extended to

December 31 the deadline forfiling claims and objectionsfor inclusion of names in theNational Register of Citizensfor Assam by those who havebeen left out in the draftNRC.

The draft NRC was pub-lished on July 30 in whichnames of 2.89 crore of the 3.29crore people were included.The names of 40,70,707 peopledid not figure in the list. Ofthese, 37,59,630 names havebeen rejected and the remain-ing 2,48,077 are on hold.

A special bench compris-ing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoiand Justice R F Nariman con-sidered the plea of Assam gov-ernment that the deadline ofDecember 15, fixed for filingclaims and objections by thoseleft out in the draft NRC, beextended by till January 15 nextyear.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for Assamgovernment, said that out of40.70 lakh left out persons, sofar 14.28 lakh persons havefiled the claims and objectionswith the authorities for inclu-sion in the NRC.

There has been surge insuch applications in last fewweeks and hence, the deadlinebe extended by one moremonth, he said.

The apex court, however,said that it would extend thedeadline by another 15 daysand now the left out personscan file their claims and objec-tions till December 31.

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The coalition Government ofthe JD(S) and Congress in

Karnataka which was always onthe threat of being poached bythe BJP through operationLotus is rejoicing after the saf-fron defeat in the Hindi heartland. The Congress victories inMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh have giventhe coalition Government inKarnataka a shot in the arm totake on the BJP in the 2019elections.

The KumaraswamyGovernment which came intoexistence was a master initiativeby the Congress to stitch aMahaghatbhandan to take onthe Modi – Shah Combine inthe ensuing general electionssometime in 2019 and the con-gress victory has given moreteeth to this initiative ofOpposition unity with minorand local parties like that of JDs.

The JD(S)- Congress com-bine which notched up anemphatic victory in the recentbypolls in Karnataka and theroute of saffron party in the

Hindi heart land has given anaggressive political posture totake on the BJP in the run upto the general elections.

Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy who is till nowriding a fragile coalition said inBelagavi that it is the clear indi-cation of what will happen in2019. He said on the sidelinesof the winter session of theAssembly “ BJP has been try-ing to finish off all Oppositionparties through dubious means.Now, the people have shownthem the door and restored

democracy in all these States.” Former Chief Minister and

chairman of the coordinationcommittee Siddaramaiahtweeted “A wind of change issweeping across the country.Kites of false campaign arefalling down. This is not a timeto boast about victory. Weneed to become ideologicallystronger and fight till the end.”

However a senior Congressleader on the condition ofanonymity said “with theresounding victory why shouldwe piggyback on the JD(S).”

Karnataka is the only Statein South India where BJP scoredwell in 2014 by winning 17 of the28 seats. Now, as the Congress-JD(S) looks to regain ground,BJP may find it tough to retainits seats. The victory is also aneye opener for the BJP which isplanning to get more number ofseats and also planning to top-ple the JD(S)- CongressGovernment in the Statethrough poaching which iscalled operation Kamala(Lotus).

A senior BJP leader saidthere should be an introspec-tion at the national level and

must work out a new strategyto take on both the JD(S) andthe Congress. HoweverYeddyurappa who is in the win-ter session of the Assemblyattacking KumaraswamyGovernment with manyimpending issues whichinclude farmers loan waiver,has said Modi is still a popularand tall leader in the party andsaid “ we lost because of theanti incumbency.” Yeddyurappaa Lingayat strongman still betson to become Chief Minister.

Former Prime Minister andJD(S) supremo HD DeveGowda who is batting forCongress president RahulGandhi as the next PM candi-date has said in a tweet that peo-ple have made the nation arro-gance free. He called the BJP’sCongress Mukt Bharat slogan asarrogance and said people havemade the nation "arrogance-free" through their verdict in theAssembly elections in five States."At least now, the BJP should putsome efforts to make this nation'problem-free' and stop theunwanted 'travel-spree', he saidin another tweet.

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Buoyed by heartland victorythe Bengal Pradesh

Congress — otherwise a divid-ed house — on Wednesdayprojected a united face andfloated a comeback dreambefore an impressive rally inKolkata.

The Pradesh Congressleaders led by PCC presidentSomen Mitra, his predecessorAdhir Chowdhury, StateOpposition Leader AbdulMannan — all leaders pullingat different directions — told arally that “the victories in theHindi heartland has once againproved that Congress is thename of a ‘way of life’ and can-not be obliterated from people’sheart.”

Those who feel that theparty is dead and gone “musttake a lesson from theAssembly election results inthe three heartland States.We will definitely come backin Bengal one day,” GauravGogoi the Congress’ observ-er for the State said adding theparty would soon hit thestreets with its various pro-grammes and visit door todoor with its policy propos-als.

Mitra, a septuagenarianveteran who had joined theTrinamool Congress to becomeits MP in 2009 before return-ing to the parent organisationsaid “the election results ofTuesday has shown thatCongress’ acchhe din is back,”adding “low tide should not bemistaken for a dry river.Congress has not dried up andwill soon witness tidal waves inBengal.”

Calling upon workers andleaders who had left the partyto join the TrinamoolCongress and more so theBJP, to return to the party foldthe PCC chief said, “we arewaiting for your ghar wapsi.You must return to strength-en your parent party fromwhere you had one day start-ed your political career andrestore it to its former glory.The days are not far when theCongress too will come backto power in Bengal.”

The Congress will howev-er not demand a BJP-lessBengal he added. “We don’twant a BJP-less Bengal as theyhad envisioned (a Congress-mukt Bharat). In our politicalschemes plurality will be thebuzz word as it had alwaysbeen,” he added.

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Aizawl: Mizo National Front(MNF) president Zoramthangawould be sworn-in as the ChiefMinister of Mizoram at the RajBhavan here at 12 noon onSaturday, officials said onWednesday. GovernorKummanam Rajasekharan for-mally invited Zoramthanga onWednesday to form the nextGovernment after receivingthe signed notification of theresult from EC officials, RajBhavan sources said. PTI

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Muzaffarpur: ControversialRJD leader MohammadShahabuddin and five otherswere on Wednesday producedbefore a court here in journal-ist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.

Shahabuddin, who is cur-rently lodged in Delhi's Tiharjail, was produced before thecourt of Additional District andSessions Judge Birendra Kumarthrough video conferencing.

The five other accused werepresent in court. Two otheraccused persons could not beproduced in the court due to ill-health.

The CBI is probing the caseand has named Shahabuddinand seven others as accused inits charge sheet.

The other accused areAzahruddin Beig alias LaddanMian, Vijay Kumar Gupta, RohitKumar Sony, Rajesh Kumar,Rishu Kumar Jaiswal, SonuKumar Gupta and Sonu KumarSony.

Beig and Vijay KumarGupta, who are lodged inBhagalpur jail and Muzaffarpurjail, respectively, and undergo-ing treatment at different hos-pitals, could not be produced in

the court due to ill-health,defence lawyer Sharad Sinhasaid.

The court has completed thehearing on two discharge peti-tions filed by Sonu Kumar Sonyand Rohit Kumar Sony, he said.

It fixed December 19 as thenext date of hearing for framingof charges against all the accusedpersons in the case.

The accused have beencharged under sections 120B(criminal conspiracy) and 302(murder) of the Indian PenalCode and section 27 of theArms Act. PTI

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Kerala’s political skyline which hasbeen turned tumultuous due to the

Sabarimala controversy and has beenvitiating by the hour is waiting for thecounsel from the State’sBheeshmapitamah. The solution to theissue arising out of the Supreme Courtverdict of September 28 allowing womenof all age into the holy shrine in WesternGhats lies with 93-year-old AkkithamAchuthan Nampoothiri, (Akkitham forshort) the States’s last word in all spiri-tual cultural and literary issues.

But the celebrated nonagenarianpoet (the one and only Mahakavi or thegreat poet in the State) is silent on thiscontroversial issue and refuses to speakout his mind. “Of only Akkitham opensup his mind, people belonging to all sec-tions will fall in line,” said S RameshanNair, the Tamil Nadu-born Malayalampoet who was honoured with this year’sSahitya Akademy Award for poetry.

Akkitham refused to divulge whatwas in his mind about the Sabarimalastand off which has affected millions ofLord Ayyappa devotees all over southIndia. “It is a matter of belief, custom andtradition. But I don’t want to speak any-thing about it. The sentiments and feel-ings of devotees should be respected,” thepoet told The Pioneer. This scholar,internationally accepted as the father ofmodernism in Malayalam poetry for hiswork Epic of the Twentieth Century, has

also fought for eradication of untouch-ability and was engaged in teachingVedas to the members of the depressedand oppressed classes in the society.

“I am against segregation or dis-crimination of devotees based on theirgender or caste or religion. But customsand traditions considered as sacred by thesociety should not be violated. Let’swelcome the true devotees,” saidAkkitham while speaking to this news-paper on Wednesday.

There is not a single Malayalee any-where in the globe who has not heard hislyric “Light is sorrow, dear child;

Darkness is happiness”, pointed out Nair,who has been a close associate of the poetfor more than five decades. “These are thelines from Epic of the Twentieth Centurywhich has no parallel in contemporaryliterature. That’s why people in Keralahave accorded him the status of aniconic figure irrespective of their caste,creed and political ideologies.

Literary critics like late Prof MKrishnan Nair had described Akkithamas a poet who integrated spirituality, phi-losophy and humanity in his works. Hislatest poetic work is the Malayalamtranslation of Shrimat Bhagawatam, com-prising 14,613 verses spread across 2400printed pages. The respect commandedby Akkitham could be understood fromthe fact that his is the only poems fromMalayalam which has been translated intoFrench and published in “Europa”, thequarterly literary journal in France.

“Poetic images built out of drops afterdrops of tear and laughter after laughterthat will not burn down to ashes in theefflux of time, that will not dissolveandnot washed away in the torrential flow oftime and that will not be thrown awayand shattered to pieces in the swirlingtyphonic drift of time are the essentialbasic characters of Akkitham’s poetry,”says Prof M Leelavathi, the legendary lit-erary critic who is also a nonagenarianlike Akkitham.

It is time Kerala society listened to hiswords of wisdom, at least in theSabarimala issue.

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Kochi: The Kerala High Courton Wednesday directed policeto remove barricades at primespots in the temple complex ofthe Lord Ayyappa hill shrineat Sabarimala.

It also directed police tolift restrictions like blockingpilgrims at Sharankutti, enroute to the 'sannidhanam' ortemple complex, after 11.30PM.

A division bench of jus-tices Ramachandra Menonand N Anil Kumar said its ear-lier order that there should notbe any protest in Sabarimalastands intact.

The bench also approvedthe report of the three-mem-ber monitoring commissionappointed by it on November28 to oversee the pilgrimage atSabarimala temple.

The court had appointedthe three-member panel tooversee the pilgrimage atSabarimala temple and saidthere should not be any moreprotests at the shrine, whichwitnessed a series of violentincidents after the September28 Supreme Court verdict,allowing women of all agesinto the shrine.

It had, while hearing abunch of petitions questioningrestrictions at the temple, saidthe three observers wouldmonitor the pilgrimage andreport to the court.

The court Wednesday saidthat depending on the inten-sity of the crowd, police cantake appropriate measures tomanage the crowd and inflowwithout causing inconvenienceto pilgrims. PTI

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India joined a select league ofnations worldwide with the

sovereign capability in fly awayconfiguration to search, locateand rescue crew from a dis-abled submarine, as AdmiralSunil Lanba, the Chief of NavalStaff, formally inducted theDeep Submergence RescueVessel (DSRV) and its associ-ated equipment at the NavalDockyard in south Mumbai onWednesday.

Speaking at the inductionceremony, Admiral Lanba, theChief of Naval Staff, who isalso the Chairman of Chiefs ofStaff Committee, said: “I wishwe should not use it, but in casewe need to use, the intention isto rescue each and every life".

"The induction of the vehi-cle has put the Indian Navy intoa small league of navies thathave an integral submarinerescue capability...It is a red-let-ter day for the Indian Navy andits submarine arm...we haveacquired it after years offocussed effort," Vice AdmiralGirish Luthra, the Flag OfficerCommanding-in-Chief of theMu m b a i - h e a d q u a r t e re dWestern Naval Command(WNC), said.

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The newly inductedDSRV has a Side Scan Sonarfor locating the position of thesubmarine in distress at sea,providing immediate reliefby way of posting Emergency

Life Support Containers withthe help of RemotelyOperated Vehicle (ROV) andthereafter rescuing the crewof the submarine using theDSRV itself.

Currently, the Indian Navycurrently operates submarinesof the Sindhughosh,Shishumar, Kalvari Classes as

well as the nuclear poweredsubmarines. The operatingmedium and the nature ofoperations undertaken by sub-marines expose them to highdegree of inherent risk. In suchan eventuality, traditionalmethods of search and rescueat sea are ineffective for a dis-abled submarine.

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Indian Naval Dental CentreDanteshwari, a first of its

kind dental centre providingworld class multi-specialitydental facilities under one roof,was commissioned at Colabain south Mumbai.

Mumbai SurgeonCommodore (D) BireshwarMukherjee read out the com-missioning warrant as the firstCommanding Officer of INDCDanteshwari in the presence ofAdmiral Sunil Lanba, Chief ofNaval Staff, Vice Admiral

Girish Luthra, Flag OfficerC om m an d i ng - i n - C h i e f ,Western Naval Command andLt General SM Londhe,Director General DentalServices, while Mrs PreetiLuthra, president NWWA WRunveiled the commissioningplaque.

INDC Danteshwaribecame the first commissioneddental unit of the Indian Navyin order to meet the growingdemand for quality dentalhealth care facilities in thearmed forces, at par with inter-national standards.

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NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid here on Wednesday

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s frequent attacks on theNehru-Gandhi family mem-bers had not gone down wellwith the public, leading to theBJP’s debacle in the Assemblypolls in three States.

“During the recentAssembly poll campaign, Modiforgot all the promises he hadmade during the 2014 polls. Allhe did was to talk about onefamily. Here is a man who hadnot seen Pandit Nehru andIndira Gandhi. But he contin-ued to attack one family allthrough the campaign. The BJPis paying for the Modi’s folly,”Pawar said.

Talking to media personson the occasion of his turning78, Pawar said the non-BJP par-ties were happy with the out-come in the State Assemblypolls in five States. “Throughtheir verdict in the Assemblypolls, the people have voicedtheir displeasure towards to theruling BJP. All the non-BJPparties are happy with the ver-dict. The Congress has nowproved be an alternative to theBJP in the country,” the NCP

chief said. Slamming the Modi

Government for its questionablegovernance during the last fourand a half years, Pawar said:“Such is the nature of interfer-ence of the Modi dispensationin various established institu-

tions is there for everybody tosee. First of all, four senior mostSupreme Court judges hadcome out openly to address apress conference. Then, it wasthe turn of Governmentappointed RBI Governor UrjitPatel who resigned. We are stillto resolve the mess created bythe Govt in the CBI. There havebeen attacks on the Constitutionfrom the Government’s sidefrom time to time”.

“We were thinking that theBJP would suffer a jolt fromAdivasis and farmers. But, theBJP has suffered 50 per cent set-back even in urban areas. Theprocess of change in govern-ment at the Centre has started,”

the NCP president said. Holding that the people

had accepted the Congress’decision to hand over the lead-ership to the new generation(read Rahul Gandhi), Pawarsaid that there may not be a fed-eration opposition front at theCentre, but the Opposition par-ties should rise over their dif-ferences and come together totake on the BJP during the 2019Lok Sabha polls.

“We may not have a UPA ora third front during the LokSabha polls. But, the Oppositionparties should sink their differ-ences and come together to fightthe BJP in the Lok Sabha polls,”Pawar said.

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States as a wake-up call for theBJP, noted social activist AnnaHazare said on Wednesdaythat if the ruling party at theCentre did not keep its variousmade in the previous elec-tions, the people would teacha lesson to it in the 2019 Lok

Sabha polls.Talking to media persons at

Ralegan-Siddhi, Hazare said:“Before and after coming topower at the Centre, the BJPsold dreams to the people.But, all the promises made bythe BJP and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi have remainedon paper. Through their man-date in the Assembly polls infive States, the people have

exposed the Modi Governmentand its false promises,” Hazaresaid.

“The Assembly poll verdictis a wake-up call for the BJP. Ifthe Modi Government does notfulfil its promises made in therun-up and after the 2014polls, then the people wouldteach a lesson to the ruling BJPin the 2019 Lok Sabha polls,”Hazare added.

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ing, former President PranabMukherjee, former USSecretary of State HillaryClinton, business tycoons, filmstars, sports celebrities turnedout for the “royal wedding” ofscions of two top businessconglomerates — Isha Ambaniand Anand Piramal — here onWednesday.

The celebrations began inthe afternoon with the tradi-tionally attired groom Anandarrived in a “baraat” (weddingprocession) at the Ambanis’Cumballa Hill palatial man-sion ‘Antilia" in south Mumbai.The Piramals were seen danc-ing enthusiastically when theyarrived at the wedding venueaccompanied by some profes-sional dancers.

The road leading up to“Antilia” was decorated withmulti-hued fresh flowers,colourful lights and festoons towelcome the guests to thewedding. The video clips ofboth lit-up and decorated road

went viral on social media allthrough the day.

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fully to welcome the guests.Mukesh Ambani, Anant

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Sanjay Sathe, a farmer fromNiphad tehsil of Nashik district,had sent �1,064, his earningsfrom onion sale in the whole-sale market, to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on November29 as a protest.

A few days ago, the localpost office informed him thatthe money-order was notaccepted.

"I went to the office ofIndia Post in Niphad Mondayand received the amount of�1,064," Sathe told PTI onWednesday.

"My only intention was toprompt the Government totake some steps to ease thefinancial stress farmers are suf-fering from because of thecrashed prices," he said.

Sathe, who had taken hisonion crop to Niphad whole-sale market, had received a pal-try rate of �1.40 per kg.

His act of donating themoney to the disaster relieffund of the PMO by making amoney-order had made head-lines.

"I wanted to draw theGovernment's attention to ourproblems. I am not associatedwith any political party," hesaid.

"I hope the Union andState Governments will takesome steps so that onion grow-ers earn more," he said.

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The very creditable electoral suc-cess of the Congress in MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh andRajasthan has justifiably giventhe Grand Old Party a spring in

its collective step. But the thing is that thisachievement, and it is a major one to comeback virtually from the dead against mul-tiple-term incumbents from a dominantruling dispensation, has also caused someconsternation among the bevvy of region-al political heavyweights arrayed against theBJP in their respective States who are cru-cial players in a putative Opposition grandalliance or mahagathbandhan. To use ananalogy from the dance floor, it takes twoto tango but when one partner breaks intoa foxtrot the other tends to get breathlesskeeping pace.

Messrs K Chandrashekar Rao, NaveenPatnaik, Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin,Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, Sharad Pawar,Deve Gowda, Arvind Kejriwal and,arguably, the BJP’s perennially suspect allyNitish Kumar would clearly prefer a non-BJP, non-Congress Federal Front whichcould control a substantial chunk of over250 MPs that will be elected to the LokSabha from their respective States of oper-ation as opposed to a UPA kind of arrange-ment with the Congress as primus interpares. Even N Chandrababu Naidu, oftencompared to the late CPI-M general sec-retary HKS Surjeet who played the role ofa good-faith mediator in setting up non-Congress non-BJP coalitions at the Centrein the 1990s for his current efforts at build-ing Opposition unity, could easily be co-opted into this arrangement if and whenpush comes to shove.

Rahul Gandhi’s perfectly valid com-ment during his Press conference on theevening of December 11 as the results ofthe Assembly polls came in, speaking ofthe ‘resurgence’ of the party he heads, hastherefore been seized upon by those in theOpposition ranks with a deep vein of anti-Congressism running through them asevidence of the latent hegemonic ambi-tions of the Congress finding play. Andthat is the crux of the matter. Notbecause the AICC does not have anunalienable right to build its organisation-al strength, reposition aspects of its phi-losophy to stay in tune with an overar-ching sense of an Indic heritage and makea concerted effort to recover lost electoralground over vast swathes of India, butbecause the political landscape todaymeans these attempts will run into oppo-sition not merely from the BJP, which isthe other pan-India political party in thefray, but regional forces that militate intheory and practice against the unitaryimpulse of the Indian state.

The immediate task for the Congressis to assuage the apprehensions of the

regional parties to preventanti-BJP forces from splinter-ing in the run-up to 2019while, in the medium term, re-building the party on the linesof the Pachmarhi resolutionwhich senior party leadersunderstandably do not find itpolitic to mention in publicthese days. This is obviouslynot lost on the leaders of theputative Federal Front whosesupport base and ideologicalorientation precludes anyadjustment with a NarendraModi-Amit Shah controlledBJP but replace the duo, if youwill, with a collective leadershipof more moderate faces and allbets are off. After all, apartfrom the Congress andCommunists, there is not a sin-gle regional party not countingthe comparatively recentlyfounded AAP and TRS, whichhas not, at some stage over pastthree decades, been a BJP ally.

So, what can the Congressdo and how should it go aboutdoing it? Well, back to thedance floor for answers.

The first step: A closecinch in a slow dance is strong-ly recommended on the princi-ple that one keeps one’s friendsclose and enemies even closer;think BSP. The temptation tobreak into a waltz will be ever-present but needs to be resist-ed; remember what happenedto the Congress in UttarPradesh in the 1990s when thelate Narasimha Rao first tried iton with the late Kanshi Ram.

The DMK and Kamal Hassan inTamil Nadu ought also to befirmly in the close danceembrace. Ditto, the NationalistCongress Party in Maharashtraand Janata Dal (Secular) inKarnataka.

Next, the Congress needs tojump generations and look at abreakdance where one can doone’s own thing but in one’spartner’s vicinity who is prob-ably more adept at it; and if thenumber is well-choregraphed, itcan give the illusion of bothdancers being in sync. TeluguDesam Party (TDP), TrinamoolCongress, and AAP all proba-bly fall in this category.

The temptress’ dance —and the phrase used here in agender-neutral political senseobviously — is of the essence forthe Congress to perfect for thelikes of the Janata Dal (United)and possibly even the YSRCongress of Jaganmohan Reddyin Andhra Pradesh if the TDPnumber goes awry in thoseparts. Samajwadi Party, too,would perhaps need a bit of theold Vera of the Seven Veils treat-ment, as it were, in concedinga few seats to it in States otherthan Uttar Pradesh.

But it can’t just be onehappy-hippy beach party grindfor the Grand Old Party if it isserious about reclaiming itsposition as the second pole ofnational politics, the BJP hav-ing firmly ensconced itself asthe other despite the electoralsetbacks in the Assembly polls.

In States where it is still themain Opposition to a rulingregional party and has someorganisational heft albeit withthe BJP breathing down itsneck, the Congress may haveto dump its potential dancingpartners for the 2019 LokSabha poll even while main-taining surface camaraderie.The CPI-M in Kerala and BijuJanata Dal in Odisha are twosuch.

There will surely be somein the Congress and amongthose simpatico who will thinkof the above as a very cynicalassessment of the political layof the land as India heads intoa General Election. They wouldbe right. But they would benaïve to think that the region-al parties that constitute theopposition to the BJP in manyStates will be working in any-one’s interest but their own, asit’s their right.

If India is, at long last, tohead towards a two-party/alliance system, there isno better time for it to come tofruition than in 2019. Becausewith the regional parties oneither side today strong enoughto command respect anddemand autonomy from thenational party they align with,the prospects of such a bipolarpolity lasting and taking root aremuch brighter than ever before.

(The writer is a senior jour-nalist, an independent mediaconsultant and commentatoron contemporary affairs)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Rahul’s day dawns”(December 12). Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi must becongratulated for his party’sperformance, especially in theHindi heart land States —Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarhand Rajasthan. He has provedthat he can emerge as a leader.

It is now largely felt thatelection victories to these Stateswill help the grand old partyemerge as a ‘fighting force’against the BJP for the 2019 gen-eral elections. With the Congressrising to the occasion it is onlyclear that India will not beOpposition-mukt. All politicalparties must take lessons fromthese election results and pre-pare well for 2019.

M RatanVia email

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Sir — It is laudable that sinkingall differences Bahujan SamajParty supremo Mayawati hasreadily offered her party’s supportto the Congress to form a

Government in Madhya Pradesh.She also assured that her partywould provide support if neededin Rajasthan too. This is thespirit of unity that is required onthe part of all Opposition partiesto take on the BJP. Post electionresults to five States, they must allwork in tandem for the 2019 gen-eral election.

Shalini GeraldChennai

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Rahul’s day dawns”(December 12). The much-hypedachhe din seem to have come forthe Congress even as all exit pollspredicted that the grand oldparty would have an edge over theBJP in the five States that recent-ly went to polls.

The Congress’ coming outwith flying colours in theseAssembly elections has justifiedthat its president Rahul Gandhisuits well as a prime contender toPrime Minister Narendra Modi.Rahul Gandhi deserves to be atthe helm of the proposed grandalliance — the mahagathbandhanof non-BJP parties — that aims totake on the BJP-led NDA in the2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Political pundits have opinedthat results to the Assembly elec-tions were the semi-finals for2019 that set the tone and tenorfor the crucial parliamentaryelection. Looks like the grandfinale will be played between theUPA and the NDA teams.However, politics is said to be agame of surprises. It can takebizarre twists and turns.Therefore, we must wait. There’slong way to go.

Azhar A KhanRampur

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Rahul’s day dawns”(December 12). Certainly, theCongress has reasons to cheer butthe present wins cannot be con-sidered as ‘victory’. And if theparty believes so, it is deluded.For, the election results havecome out as a result of people’sanger against the ruling BJP.They are not a reflection of lovefor or confidence in the Congress.

Radha SubramanianChennai

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Each one of us have alreadyexperienced the impact ofwater shortages at some point

of our lives and definitely expressedour gratitude when the scarcitypassed. However, these instances ofwater shortages might come backsooner than expected and might,perhaps, stay permanently. Waterscarcity is the lack of sufficientavailable water resources to meetthe demands of water usage with-in a region. It affects every conti-nent and around 2.8 billion peopleacross the world at least one monthout of every year. More than 1.2 bil-lion people lack access to cleandrinking water.

Water scarcity can manifestitself as water stress, shortage or

deficits and water crisis. While theconcept of water stress is relative-ly new, it may refer to the difficul-ty in obtaining fresh water sourcesand the deterioration and depletionof the available water sources.

Water shortages may be causeddue to climate change factors suchas altered weather patterns, includ-ing droughts or floods, increasedpollution, rise in human demandand overuse of water. Water crisisis a situation where the availablepotable, unpolluted water within aregion is less than that demandedby the region. Many countriesacross the world are already grap-pling with different manifestationsof water problems.

Given the sensitivity of theissue of water scarcity, the WorldEconomic Forum has already list-ed this problem as one of thelargest global risk in terms ofpotential impact over the nextdecade. Currently, a mere 0.014 percent of all water on Earth is freshand easily accessible. Of the remain-

ing water, 97 per cent is saline anda little less than three per cent ishard to access.

Though there is sufficientamount of freshwater on the glob-al scale, due to unequal distributionand worsening climate change,some geographic locations haveample availability whereas the restare exceptionally dry. This accom-panied by a sharp rise in globalfreshwater demand in recentdecades, driven by industry, iscausing humanity to experiencewater crisis like never before. If thiscontinues, the demand for water isexpected to outstrip supply by 40per cent by 2030. This is bound togive rise to conflicts.

The ongoing tussle betweenIndia and Pakistan over Induswaters is an apt example of the con-flict that we are increasingly boundto notice in other parts of the worldas well. For decades, the IndusWaters Treaty kept the two coun-tries from entering into a full-fledged conflict but that seems to be

a thing of the past as exploding pop-ulation, worsened by climatechange, is forcing the neighbours tofight for every bit of the naturalresource. So much so that evencross-border terrorism is now asubject of discussion around whichthe sharing of waters is concerned.This was bound to happen.

Where there is suff icientresource, there is never a conflictbut when the same becomes scarce,it brings conflicts of scale. Tired ofone-way courtesies from its side inthe face of relentless cross-borderand state-sponsored terrorism byPakistan, India is now changinggears and water has become adiplomatic leverage weapon. Indiarecently fast-tracked hydropowerprojects worth $15 billion inKashmir. Projects in the form ofnine dams will be completed follow-ing the due procedures and requi-site clearances. These dams will helpPakistan understand that the act ofabetting terrorism has led to a costwhere an already scarce resource is

all set to become even scantier. Apart from this, many other

countries across the world arealready locked in conflict overwater resources. The Nile basinwater, for instance, has been asource of dispute between Egyptand Ethiopia as is the Turkey, Syriaand Iraq conflict over the waters ofTigris-Euphrates. These conflictsseem to be only rising.

Even within the country, Indiahas seen ample disputes betweenvarious States, such as the Cauveryriver dispute between Karnatakaand Tamil Nadu. As climate getsworse, aided by global warming,these face-offs will only get worse.The solution is to change the focusfrom right-based claims on watersto need-based claims.

Countries need to appreciatethat some regions have more needfor water than the other, purely dueto the punishing impact of climatechange, population explosion or arecent drought. In these circum-stances, stakeholders must put aside

matters of rights over waters andadopt a humanitarian approachand let the other side survivethrough the tough period by gettingaccess to more water.

In order to allow humanitarianspirit guide the water matters,Governments must be strongenough to allow mature dialoguebetween stakeholders. This willsurely dissuade conflicts and dis-courage warmongers who tend toaccelerate resource clashes intobigger conflicts for certain gains.

This, unfortunately, results inarmed engagements which resultsin loss of lives. Water is largely lim-ited and has no alternative. Globaldemographics are changing andpopulation is spiking like neverbefore. These factors call for acohesive and united internationalef fort to forestal l the water shortages of future. And by so, wewill be able to forestal l the conflicts as well.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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Slavoj in a film arguesthat “in postmodern society,we are obliged to enjoy.Enjoyment becomes a kindof wired perverted duty.”

These lines point to the existence ofnew means of profit in human emo-tions invented by the prevailingcapitalist economic structure.Capitalism in its course has devel-oped more effective and violentmeans of controlling human emo-tions through Facebook, Twitter,WhatsApp and many more. It is per-tinent to any individual attemptingto understand contemporary timesto know how social networkingsites, l ike Facebook, Twitter,WhatsApp, have fashioned and inter-nalised new rules of enjoyment.

It is relevant to ask ourselves afew questions: Do these new medi-ums of expression actually addressthe question of human liberation orsimply re-structure our very under-standing of liberation?

The systematic deployment ofnew rules of morality or immorali-ty, good or evil, and right and wronghas given enough reason to its userto believe that the discovery ofFacebook, Twitter and WhatsApphas been a great source of entertain-ment and symbol of a blissful life. Itseems as if these social networks ofentertainment have empoweredthem by providing absolute charge toits user on control of its handling thatseems to be a spectacular phenom-enon. Though the user has a monop-oly on the use of social networkaccount in the sense that they canwrite and post whatever they feel,these domains have also constrainedor more importantly violated indi-viduals in several manners.

The social networks haveencroached into the personal domainof an individual’s secrecy asWhatsApp and Facebook give itsuser an option to know whether aperson is online or when s/he waslast seen. This created a new addic-tion among its user for its use tojudge the action, reaction, trust andloyalty of others.

Behind the screen, one plays therole of a detective to watch over thebehaviour of their loved ones. It cre-ated a kind of suspicion whichresulted in animosity and secretrevenge that oblige its user to use itnot for the communicative purposebut as a mean of surveillance. Theystart playing the role of a watchmancarefully watching the suspiciousactivities of a concerned person onthese platforms.

The complex system of thesesocial networks designed its featurein such a way that suspicion gets

internalised as a factor that domi-nates the activities of its users. It isimportant to know that suspicionand addiction go hand-in-hand. Thecapitalist market economy is invest-ing in producing suspicion andaddiction through the social networkthat seems to be a profitable businessof human emotion.

Another hidden rule that needscritical reflection is how social net-works have imposed new under-standing of enjoyment. It means wehave reached a stage where we haveconfirmed certain ways of enjoymentwhich define whether we are enjoy-ing or not. If one is not part of theconfirmed scheme of enjoyment,s/he is not performing his moralduty. Scientifically and psychologi-cally, sense of enjoyment is associ-ated with the mood of an individual.It is interesting to note that enjoy-ment becomes kind of a burdenbecause mood does not have anindependent identity. It has to func-tion in relation with the social fac-tors eg morality, good, bad and evil.

If we study history carefully thenwe will find that the process of defin-ing, inventing and forming morali-ty, good and evil, is undemocraticbecause few were assigned this task.If it is so, how can something thatcomes out of an undemocraticprocess be democratic?

But it does happen because allthose who are not given a share indefining enjoyment are made tobelieve that the list of enjoyment keeps

a good care of all and it is in commoninterest. The maker and the giver ofenjoyment ask the taker of enjoymentnot for their opinion but their confor-mity and through their conformity,they make enjoyment as a part of theirduty and not of their right.

The sense of enjoyment shiftsfrom the self to the others. Here, Imean we need others to make our-selves believe that we are happy. Inpost-modern society, we havebecome the seller of enjoyment.The interesting psychological factabout the seller is that s/he neverconsumes or relishes little of whathe/she produces or sells. It is becauseof the burden or duty of selling thatwe compromise our basic and nat-ural instinct of enjoyment.

Friedrich Nietzsche, in his work“Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, arguedthat “ever since there have beenhumans, the human being hasenjoyed himself too little: that alone,my friend is our original sin.” I thinkthat this statement is relevant to thepresent context of post-modernsociety. Now the question arises:Where do we sell or buy our enjoy-ment? Today, we have created sever-al means or networks where we canbuy and sell enjoyment eg Facebook,Twitter, Linkedin and Whatsapp.

It is interesting to note that weare no longer free to enjoy but we areforced or obliged to enjoy. We checkour Facebook and Twitter account toget some enjoyment. The desire ofenjoyment is very natural to us and

there is nothing wrong to have it. Butmy problem is with the pretence ofenjoyment.

The moment we open ourFacebook account, we become sub-ject to certain rules which put lim-itations on the self-mastery or indi-viduality of enjoyment. For example,sometimes we like those photos orposts of friends that we do not wantto like but have to like because wealso want to get our posts and pho-tos liked. Therefore, we create a mar-ket for those products which give usa sense of enjoyment.

It is because of a discourse thatFacebook is always treated as aninstrument of spreading happiness.But with a closer psychologicalanalysis we will find that it is at thesame time an instrument of spread-ing jealousy, enmity, and unhappi-ness. The problem with this newmarket and its product of enjoymentis that it tells us how we can makeourselves happy, and not how we canmake ourselves worthy of happiness.

The need of the hour is to exam-ine the unexamined rules of enjoy-ment, to challenge the producers ofenjoyment discourse who haveplayed an authoritarian role in giv-ing meaning to our emotions with-out our consent. We need to preserveand protect the individuality ofenjoyment to make it worthy.

(The writer is Assistant Professorat Department of Political Science,Bhagini Nivedita College, Universityof Delhi)

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India’s industrial output grewat an 11-month high of 8.1

per cent in October mainly onthe back of mining, power andmanufacturing sectors cou-pled with higher offtake of cap-ital as well as consumer durablegoods.

Industrial production mea-sured in terms of Index ofIndustrial Production (IIP)grew 1.8 per cent in Octoberlast year, as per official datareleased by the CentralStatistics Office (CSO)Wednesday.

The previous high IIPgrowth rate was recorded inNovember last year at 8.5 percent. The growth for September

remained unchanged at 4.5per cent compared to provi-sional data released last month.

During the April-Octoberperiod, industrial output grew5.6 per cent as compared to 2.5per cent in the same period ofthe previous fiscal.

Manufacturing sector,which constitutes 77.63 percent of the index, recorded 7.9per cent growth in October asagainst 2 per cent year ago.Mining sector posted 7 per centgrowth during the month asagainst a contraction of 0.2 percent in October 2017.

The power sector outputalso grew by 10.8 per cent inthe month compared to 3.2 percent a year ago.

The capital goods sector

saw a 16.8 per cent outputgrowth in the month, up from3.5 per cent a year ago.Consumer durables expandedat 17.6 per cent as compared toa contraction of 9 per cent ayear earlier.

In terms of industries, 21out of 23 industry groups in themanufacturing sector haveshown positive growth duringOctober 2018.

As per use-based classifi-cation, the growth rates inOctober 2018 over October2017 are 6.0 per cent in pri-mary goods, 1.8 per cent inintermediate goods and 8.7per cent in infrastructure/con-struction goods. The consumernon-durables have recordedgrowth a 7.9 per cent growth.

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Retail inflation plunged to a17-month low in

November at 2.33 per cent,mainly on account of decline inprices of kitchen essentials likevegetables, eggs and pulses.

Retail inflation, which iscalculated on the consumerprice index (CPI), for Octoberthis year has been revisedslightly up at 3.38 per cent from3.31 per cent earlier, data fromthe Central Statistics Office(CSO) showed Wednesday.

In the year-ago period(November 2017), it was at 4.88per cent.

Retail inflation, a key inputfor the RBI to decide on itsmonetary policy, was lowerthan this in June 2017 when itstood at 1.46 per cent, as perdata by the Ministry ofStatistics and ProgrammeImplementation (MOSPI). The

CSO comes under MOSPI.The overall food inflation

showed a negative print of2.61 per cent in Novemberagainst an uptick of 0.86 percent in October.

Vegetables prices showed asharp decline with inflationstanding at (-)15.59 per cent inNovember as against (-) 8.06per cent in the previous month.

For pulses and its products,the rate of deflation slowed atad at (-) 9.22 per cent from (-) 10.28 per cent. Protein richeggs inflation came in at (-)3.92 per cent as against 2.21 percent in October.

For fuel and light category,the rate of price rise eased to7.39 per cent during the monthfrom 8.55 per cent.

However, meat and fishturned costlier at 4.99 per centfrom 3.02 per cent. For fruits,the inflation moderated to 0.21per cent from 0.35 per cent.

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RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas Wednesday said he

will try to uphold the auton-omy, credibility and theintegrity of the “great institu-tion” and take every stake-holder, including theGovernment, along in a con-sultative manner.

The former bureaucrat,who took over the reins of theReserve Bank earlier in the dayfollowing the resignation ofUrjit Patel, said he will takemeasures which the economyrequires in a timely mannerand as the first step, will meetthe heads of public sectorbanks.

Addressing media hoursafter taking over as the 25th

Governor of RBI, the formerUnion finance secretary whowas the pointsman for theGovernment during thedemonetisation in November2016, describing the bank as a“great institution”.

“I will uphold the autono-my, integrity and credibility ofRBI as an institution. I willensure that it is intact,” he said.“The RBI is a great institution,has a long and rich legacy,” headded.

The Government is thekey stakeholder and the ownerwhich run the nation, he said.

Das parried queries on dif-ferences with the Governmentthat led to his predecessor’s res-ignation Monday.

“I wouldn’t go into theissues between RBI and

Government but every institu-tion has to maintain its auton-omy and also adhere toaccountability,” Das said.

“I don’t know whether theGovernment-RBI relationshipis blocked, but I feel stake-holder consultations have to goon,” he said.

On theParliamentary mandate on RBIas an inflation targeting centralbank, he said it’s heartening toknow that inflation is on targetwith a benign outlook.

“Inflation targeting is animportant function as it is amandated requirement of RBInow,” Das said.

The RBI central boardmeeting will take place onDecember 14 as scheduled, hesaid.

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The rupee declined by 16paise to close at 72.01

against the US dollarWednesday amid strengthen-ing of the greenback and risingcrude oil prices even as theequity markets staged a sharpupmove.

At the Interbank ForeignExchange (forex) market, thelocal unit opened lower at72.10 and fell further to touchthe day’s low of 72.17.

The domestic currency,however, pared some lossesand finally ended at 72.01 perdollar, down by 16 paise againstits previous close.

On Tuesday, the Indianrupee had plunged 53 paise to71.85 per US dollar.

The weakness in the rupeecomes amid the promptappointment of former bureau-crat Shaktikanta Das as the newRBI Governor.

Fitch R at ings onWednesday said the resigna-tion of Urjit Patel as ReserveBank Governor highlightsthe risks to RBI’s policy pri-or it ies and increasedGovernment influence on thecentral bank could under-

mine the efforts to addressbad loan problems.

Forex traders said therupee came under pressurefollowing strengthening of thedollar against major globalcurrencies overseas and rise incrude oil prices. However, a sig-nificant surge in domestic equi-ties capped the fall.

The BSE Sensex zoomed629.06 points, or 1.79 per cent,to end at 35,779.07, while thebroader NSE Nifty rallied188.45 points, or 1.79 per cent,

to 10,737.60.Brent crude, the interna-

tional benchmark, was tradingat $61.23 per barrel Wednesday,higher by 1.71 per cent.

The Financial BenchmarkIndia Private Ltd (FBIL) set thereference rate for therupee/dollar at 72.0407 and forrupee/euro at 81.5928.

The reference rate forrupee/British pound wasfixed at 90.0393 and forrupee/100 Japanese yen was63.50.

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India’s air connectivity hasgrown the fastest in the last

five years and there is “stronggrowth” ahead in terms ofdomestic passenger numbersthough there are infrastruc-ture challenges, according toglobal airlines’ body IATA.India is the fastest growingdomestic aviation market inthe world, IATA’s ChiefEconomist Brian Pearce said.The country registered dou-ble-digit growth in domesticaviation market for the 50thconsecutive month inOctober.

An analysis by theInternational AirportTransport Association (IATA)showed that air connectivitygrew the fastest at 114 per centin the five-year period from2013-2018.

“Many of the marketswhere connectivity has grownfastest, unsurprisingly are inAsia — India (114 per cent),China and Indonesia...,” thegrouping said in a presentationduring the Global Media Dayhere.

As per the IATA, which isa grouping of around 290 air-

lines, connectivity is the “extentto which a country is integrat-ed into the global air transportnetwork”.

In recent years, many for-eign as well as Indian carriershave commenced flights toand from various Indian cities.About domestic passengergrowth, Pearce said that thereis strong growth ahead but thechallenge is with infrastruc-ture and that airports arecrowded.

“We need more terminalsand runway capacities... Wehave seen concession (agree-ments) for many airports lead-ing to large rises in airportcharges,” he noted.

On steps being taken inIndia to address the infra-structure issues, he saidadditional capacity is beingput in place and some verygood modern airports beingbuilt which is a “real posi-tive”.

Noting that the cost ofusing those airports is high,Pearce said it is because the“economic regulations havenot been strong as we wouldhave hoped because concessionagreements were made withvery large royalties”.

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on Wednesdaysaid legacy staffcost, cut throattariff war, andabsence of 4G ser-vices are some ofthe major reasonsfor losses at State-owned telecom firm MTNL.

Telecom Minister ManojSinha informed the LokSabha that the Department ofTelecom has has receivedrevival plan of MTNL, whichhas been declared ‘IncipientSick’, as per the Departmentof Public Enterprises guide-lines.

Mahanagar TelephoneNigam Limited (MTNL) haslicence to operate in Delhi andMumbai.

“One of the major reasonsfor losses of MTNL is hugelegacy staff cost. Besides, theservice revenue is decliningdue to intense competitionresulting into cut throat tariffs,inability of MTNL to infusecapital expenditure (CAPEX)to upgrade its network. All pri-

vate telecom operators areoffering 4G services leading tochurn in mobile segment ofMTNL. Due to this MTNL’srevenue from operation hasreduced,” Sinha said.

In the second quarterended September 30, 2018,MTNL reported widening ofits loss to �859 crore and thecompany’s total incomedeclined by 21 per cent to�621.26 crore on standalonebasis. The employee costaccounted for 92.2 per cent oftotal income of the companyand around 29 per cent morethan its revenue from opera-tions at �572.83 crore.

The annual loss of MTNLhas been stagnant at �2,970crore during 2016-17 and2017-18.

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Axis Bank, the country’sthird largest private bank,

today launched ‘QuikPayHome Loan’, a home loan offer-ing that will let home buyerssave the interest amount com-ponent of the loan. QuikPayHome Loan will offer an alter-native repayment structure,wherein the customer repays anequal amount of principalevery month along with inter-est on the outstanding balance.

Thus an equated principalamount combined with reduc-ing interest amount componentwill lead to reducing monthlyinstalments. As a result, therewill be an overall reduction intotal interest amount compo-nent paid over the entire tenureof the home loan, thereby ben-efitting the customer.

Instead of EMIs (equatedmonthly instalments), the cus-tomer will pay reducingmonthly instalments. Whilethe initial instalments will behigher (than the EMI on thesame loan amount for the sametenure), the instalment amountkeeps reducing throughout theloan tenure.

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duce tamper-proof tapes for its packets and take other measures after a videoshowing its delivery partner in Madurai eating food from ordered boxes forcustomers went viral. In a statement, Zomato said the video was shot inMadurai and the person in the video is a delivery partner on its fleet. “Inour commitment towards mitigating any possibility of tampering with food,Zomato will soon introduce tamper-proof tapes, and other precautionary mea-sures to ensure we safeguard against any chances of tampering of food,” itadded. The company has a zero-tolerance policy for tampering of food,Zomato said. It also said the incident is highly unusual and a rare case andthe person concerned has been taken off its platform. “This incident onlymakes our commitment to fleet training, scheduling and process even stronger.We stand behind our extensive fleet who do the right thing across many hoursof the day,” the statement said.

���������������� ����� � ��#�%���������'����New Delhi: Prime Venture Partners on Wednesday said it has invested

�6 crore in FoodyBuddy, a platform that enables consumers to sell home-cooked food. FoodyBuddy plans to use the proceeds from the pre-series Around to expand into new geographies, and build the network in Bengaluru,a statement said. The company is currently operational in Bengaluru withplans to expand to five other cities in the next 12 months. The platform bringstogether home chefs and consumers in the same neighbourhood. Residentsof over 100 apartment communities in Bengaluru are using the platform thathas sold more than 2,50,000 meals. Founded by Akil Sethuraman, RachnaRao and Anup Gopinath in June 2015, FoodyBuddy has been piloting theservice since early 2017. “Today, close to 20,000 households use FoodyBuddyand more than 1,000 people are selling. We believe that food brings peoplecloser and encourages a friendly, healthy and interactive community,”FoodyBuddy co-founder Akil Sethuraman said. The aim is to foster this byproviding both sellers and buyers with a network through which they canaddress their requirements, he added.

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of the commerce ministry will help states undertake a ranking exercise ofdistricts to promote ease of doing business in the country, an official said.After carrying out the exercise for States, DIPP has suggested it for districts.The department has developed a district-level reform plan that has been sharedwith the state and union territory governments for implementation. Theyhave been requested to evaluate districts on the basis of achievements in imple-mentation of this plan on the basis of users' feedback. “We have circulated218 points to all States. They should be implementing these points. We willhelp them in capacity building to implement this reform plan for rankingpurpose,” a senior official from the ministry said.

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Benchmark indices defiedgravity for the second

straight session on Wednesdayas investors gave a thumbs-upto the prompt appointment offormer bureaucrat ShaktikantaDas as the new RBI Governor.

The BSE Sensex zoomed629.06 points, or 1.79 per cent,to end at 35,779.07, while thebroader NSE Nifty rallied188.45 points, or 1.79 per cent,to 10,737.60.

All the 30 Sensex stocks aswell as BSE sectoral indices fin-ished with gains, led by realty,auto, metal, capital goods andfinancial counters.

Major gainers in the Sensexpack were Hero Motocorp,which rallied 7.01 per cent, fol-lowed by Bharti Airtel (6.69 percent), Yes Bank (5.30 per cent),Adani Ports (4.90 per cent),Tata Steel (3.75 per cent) andBajaj Auto (3.70 per cent).

Analysts said the quickappointment of the new RBIgovernor and expectations ofmore steps to ease the liquidi-ty situation bolstered tradingsentiment.

Former economic affairssecretary Shaktikanta DasWednesday assumed charge asthe 25th governor the RBI. Hereplaces Urjit Patel, whoabruptly resigned amid a face-

off with the government overissues related to governanceand autonomy of the centralbank. On the appointment,SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumarsaid: “This will ensure conti-nuity in monetary policy mak-ing and regulatory measureseven as the global economy ispassing through uncertaintimes. The financial marketswill also significantly benefitfrom the appointment of newlyappointed Governor given hisrich prior experience in fiscalpolicies and trade. This willalso ensure a convergence ofdomestic and external policies.”

Meanwhile, foreign fundssold shares worth �2,421.06

crore on a net basis Tuesday,while domestic institutionalinvestors bought equities worthRs 2,255.68 crore, provisionaldata showed.

Brent crude oil futures wastrading 1.86 per cent higher atUSD 61.32 per barrel.

Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’sKospi rose 1.44 per cent, Japan’sNikkei soared 2.15 per cent,Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged1.61 per cent and ShanghaiComposite Index inched up0.31 per cent. In Europe,Frankfurt's DAX rose by 1.04per cent and Paris' CAC 40jumped 1.57 per cent in earlydeals. London’s FTSE toosoared 1.11 per cent.

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The government has detectedGST evasion worth �12,000

crore in 8 months till November,a senior tax official saidWednesday.

Central Board of Indirect Taxesand Customs (CBIC) memberJohn Joseph said despite the elec-tronic way or E-way bill mecha-nism there has been rampant eva-sion and there is a need to increasecompliance. “We started anti-eva-

sion measures from April onwards,and from April-November we havedetected �12,000 crore of GST eva-sion. This is huge compared towhat happened in central excise orservice tax side. There is huge eva-sion. There are smarter guys out-side who knows how to pocket themoney,” Joseph said addressing anAssocham event.

Joseph, who looks after inves-tigation in the CBIC, said almostRs 8,000 crore worth GST evasionhas been recovered by the tax offi-

cials. Goods and Services Tax(GST), which subsumed 17 localtaxes, including excise duty andservice tax, was introduced on July1, 2017. Since it was a new tax, thegovernment had decided to go slowon enforcement action in the ini-tial months of its implementation.

Joseph said only 5-10 per centof the 1.2 crore assessees are evad-ing GST and bringing a bad nameto the industry. “We need toimprove compliance mechanism.”

On industry concerns as to

whether a change in governmentmight lead to an overhaul of theGST process, Joseph said: "With allthe apprehensions that you have,whether the election results aregoing to be bad for the GST or not,I can tell you very clearly that thesame politicians whether in oppo-sition or ruling party, they allcame together to conceive this.

“There may be some changesin law, some procedural changescan definitely happen, but it willnot be lock, stock, and barrel as in

the case of Malaysia.” He said theGST Council, comprising theCentre and states, had taken alldecision relating to the new indi-rect tax regime. The CBIC mem-ber also said the new GST returnforms will have a beta version ini-tially, so that industry has enoughtime to suggest what could be doneto improve the quality of returns.

In July, the CBIC had put up inpublic domain draft GST returnforms ‘Sahaj’ and ‘Sugam’ andsought public comments.

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New Delhi: Investors pumped in over Rs 1.4lakh crore into various mutual fund schemes inNovember, with liquid schemes accounting formost of the inflows. With the latest inflow, the totalinfusion in mutual fund (MF) schemes reachedabout �2.23 crore in the first eight months (April-November) of the current fiscal, latest data withthe Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi)showed.

“We appreciate the maturity shown by retailinvestors in staying invested in the markets, inspite of the volatility over the last few months,”Amfi chief eExecutive N S Venkatesh said.

“Overall, both inflows and AUM have shownan upward trend. The industry added over 1.5 lakhunique investors last month,” he added.

According to the data, investors poured in anet �1,42,359 crore in MF schemes last month,compared to an investment of Rs 35,529 crore inOctober.

However, they had pulled out �2.3 lakh crorein September, which market participants attrib-uted to nervousness among corporate investorsfollowing the IL&FS default.

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COLPAL 1271.00 30.00 2.42CONCOR 651.95 -10.00 -1.51COROMANDEL 412.00 5.85 1.44CORPBANK 28.40 0.95 3.46CRISIL 1525.05 20.05 1.33CROMPTON 223.75 3.95 1.80CUB 177.95 1.25 0.71CUMMINSIND 805.15 23.95 3.07CYIENT 632.10 14.55 2.36DABUR 430.05 17.15 4.15DBCORP 174.55 0.25 0.14DBL 453.90 14.60 3.32DCBBANK 157.55 4.50 2.94DCMSHRIRAM 368.75 12.55 3.52DEEPAKFERT 146.55 4.55 3.20DEEPAKNI 236.80 7.05 3.07DELTACORP 241.75 7.55 3.22DENABANK 16.85 0.70 4.33DHANUKA 440.00 11.95 2.79DHFL 214.20 6.90 3.33DISHTV 36.95 1.85 5.27DIVISLAB 1529.20 51.55 3.49DLF 179.30 7.50 4.37DMART 1554.75 12.95 0.84DRREDDY 2582.10 -127.10 -4.69ECLERX 1070.00 -7.15 -0.66EDELWEISS 177.35 5.20 3.02

EICHERMOT 23745.55 996.15 4.38EIDPARRY 204.45 6.90 3.49EIHOTEL 201.70 8.90 4.62ELGIEQUIP 240.60 8.60 3.71EMAMILTD 432.65 18.95 4.58ENDURANCE 1156.10 10.90 0.95ENGINERSIN 113.15 0.65 0.58ENIL 601.00 3.30 0.55EQUITAS 116.00 5.60 5.07ERIS 625.25 -7.15 -1.13ESCORTS 657.60 32.50 5.20ESSELPRO 105.20 5.80 5.84EVEREADY 188.05 -1.85 -0.97EXIDEIND 261.25 11.35 4.54FCONSUMER 46.35 2.75 6.31FDC 179.55 0.20 0.11FEDERALBNK 87.85 4.25 5.08FINCABLES 450.00 0.00 0.00FINOLEXIND 518.00 1.25 0.24FLFL 413.95 14.10 3.53FORBESCO 2470.00 -27.60 -1.11FORCEMOT 1650.50 47.90 2.99FORTIS 152.75 2.25 1.50FRETAIL 523.75 18.15 3.59FSL 50.55 0.75 1.51GAIL 344.50 11.30 3.39GDL 137.55 1.70 1.25GEPIL 818.00 0.25 0.03GESHIP 327.00 16.50 5.31GET&D 247.00 7.90 3.30GHCL 231.00 11.75 5.36GICHSGFIN 236.25 5.80 2.52GICRE 277.05 2.05 0.75GILLETTE 6500.00 130.75 2.05GLAXO 1383.85 13.45 0.98GLENMARK 657.00 -7.95 -1.20GMDCLTD 87.95 2.45 2.87GMRINFRA 15.35 0.60 4.07GNFC 340.20 6.00 1.80GODFRYPHLP 906.00 15.20 1.71GODREJAGRO 492.80 5.90 1.21GODREJCP 774.70 31.55 4.25GODREJIND 542.75 -10.30 -1.86GODREJPROP 660.80 33.10 5.27GPPL 102.80 8.45 8.96

GRANULES 86.80 4.05 4.89GRAPHITE 881.00 -6.85 -0.77GRASIM 812.10 10.10 1.26GREAVESCOT 122.25 4.25 3.60GREENPLY 132.50 -0.80 -0.60GRINDWELL 505.15 15.80 3.23GRUH 295.05 9.95 3.49GSFC 109.35 3.40 3.21GSKCONS 7713.00 164.60 2.18GSPL 177.40 -0.95 -0.53GUJALKALI 541.55 18.40 3.52GUJFLUORO 891.15 -9.15 -1.02GUJGAS 632.00 1.60 0.25GULFOILLUB 814.60 23.10 2.92HAL 773.35 17.15 2.27HATSUN 619.10 -1.55 -0.25HAVELLS 704.90 14.30 2.07HCC 10.91 0.13 1.21HCLTECH 969.15 12.15 1.27HDFC 1939.20 33.75 1.77HDFCBANK 2085.35 24.55 1.19HDFCLIFE 392.75 8.70 2.27HDIL 23.70 2.85 13.67HEG 3966.20 64.15 1.64HEIDELBERG 151.60 1.15 0.76HERITGFOOD 510.10 11.45 2.30HEROMOTOCO3248.30 212.85 7.01HEXAWARE 330.00 -1.15 -0.35HFCL 19.15 0.45 2.41HIMATSEIDE 207.55 0.55 0.27HINDALCO 221.35 5.10 2.36HINDCOPPER 47.60 1.40 3.03HINDPETRO 219.90 -0.45 -0.20HINDUNILVR 1842.00 46.80 2.61HINDZINC 274.70 1.10 0.40HONAUT 22604.00 -147.25 -0.65HSCL 132.10 -0.40 -0.30HSIL 198.70 5.35 2.77HUDCO 42.50 1.40 3.41IBREALEST 78.70 7.15 9.99IBULHSGFIN 733.70 39.10 5.63IBVENTURES 395.75 57.05 16.84ICICIBANK 350.40 7.65 2.23ICICIGI 910.80 18.25 2.04ICICIPRULI 313.55 6.85 2.23ICIL 56.70 0.15 0.27IDBI 61.15 0.25 0.41IDEA 34.60 0.35 1.02IDFC 38.75 1.55 4.17IDFCBANK 37.70 1.35 3.71IEX 156.20 1.00 0.64IFBIND 837.20 23.20 2.85IFCI 13.54 0.87 6.87IGL 250.80 2.30 0.93IL&FSTRANS 11.65 0.55 4.95INDHOTEL 150.95 6.45 4.46INDIACEM 92.45 4.55 5.18INDIANB 227.70 6.30 2.85INDIGO 1022.20 -1.50 -0.15INDUSINDBK 1579.00 26.40 1.70INFIBEAM 46.65 5.10 12.27INFRATEL 252.00 -0.35 -0.14INFY 678.70 4.45 0.66INOXLEISUR 222.05 0.55 0.25INOXWIND 74.10 1.80 2.49INTELLECT 232.75 7.05 3.12IOB 14.79 0.67 4.75IOC 136.45 4.15 3.14IPCALAB 793.00 13.75 1.76IRB 153.45 9.05 6.27ISEC 267.10 2.10 0.79ISGEC 5239.90 28.75 0.55ITC 277.00 2.35 0.86ITDC 298.00 8.50 2.94ITDCEM 108.00 2.60 2.47ITI 92.60 1.20 1.31J&KBANK 36.85 0.30 0.82JAGRAN 113.90 0.15 0.13JAICORPLTD 103.30 7.50 7.83JAMNAAUTO 63.90 -0.10 -0.16JBCHEPHARM 299.90 5.65 1.92JCHAC 1835.00 67.10 3.80JETAIRWAYS 258.30 6.80 2.70JINDALSAW 82.00 3.15 3.99JINDALSTEL 155.90 9.05 6.16JISLJALEQS 64.70 4.00 6.59JKCEMENT 717.00 6.40 0.90JKIL 122.35 -0.15 -0.12JKLAKSHMI 277.00 4.05 1.48JKTYRE 92.20 1.65 1.82JMFINANCIL 85.50 3.10 3.76JPASSOCIAT 7.08 0.29 4.27JSL 32.95 0.55 1.70JSLHISAR 85.75 2.40 2.88JSWENERGY 68.25 1.85 2.79

JSWSTEEL 302.40 1.30 0.43JUBILANT 750.90 -2.95 -0.39JUBLFOOD 1234.20 -21.05 -1.68JUSTDIAL 479.40 10.15 2.16JYOTHYLAB 193.05 9.85 5.38KAJARIACER 456.70 12.50 2.81KALPATPOWR 366.20 24.20 7.08KANSAINER 457.10 -6.65 -1.43KEC 285.00 4.50 1.60KEI 362.75 2.75 0.76KIOCL 151.95 3.70 2.50KNRCON 192.00 2.50 1.32KOTAKBANK 1236.40 17.90 1.47KPIT 214.60 2.55 1.20KPRMILL 574.70 9.00 1.59KRBL 290.50 -2.00 -0.68KSCL 554.60 19.50 3.64KTKBANK 107.00 3.85 3.73KWALITY 9.20 0.43 4.90L&TFH 144.15 6.45 4.68LAKSHVILAS 87.90 1.10 1.27LALPATHLAB 962.65 11.80 1.24LAOPALA 223.50 0.95 0.43LAURUSLABS 388.50 1.20 0.31LAXMIMACH* 5795.00 173.40 3.08LICHSGFIN 448.30 12.10 2.77LINDEINDIA 683.95 -2.20 -0.32LT 1400.35 35.65 2.61LTI 1620.00 96.25 6.32LTTS 1570.00 15.95 1.03LUPIN 821.85 -13.50 -1.62LUXIND 1513.00 30.10 2.03M&M 749.35 25.95 3.59M&MFIN 438.20 23.15 5.58MAGMA 110.00 7.45 7.26MAHABANK 13.65 1.01 7.99MAHINDCIE 251.90 -1.35 -0.53MAHLIFE 386.55 5.05 1.32MANAPPURAM 89.15 4.15 4.88MANPASAND 94.05 12.35 15.12MARICO 372.10 13.85 3.87MARUTI 7487.05 177.20 2.42MAXINDIA 62.50 0.50 0.81MCX 725.05 29.10 4.18MEGH 56.90 0.85 1.52MFSL 430.00 -5.55 -1.27MGL 870.10 24.40 2.89MHRIL 198.00 0.65 0.33MINDACORP 140.70 3.25 2.36MINDAIND 331.05 11.85 3.71MINDTREE 875.00 13.50 1.57MMTC 27.90 1.25 4.69MOIL 174.00 2.00 1.16MONSANTO 2666.55 36.60 1.39MOTHERSUMI 156.70 6.90 4.61MOTILALOFS 618.10 23.65 3.98MPHASIS 965.95 -0.10 -0.01MRF 67906.25 1964.20 2.98MRPL 73.60 1.75 2.44MUTHOOTFIN 477.65 9.40 2.01NATCOPHARM* 714.30 14.80 2.12NATIONALUM 64.40 2.30 3.70NAUKRI 1576.70 30.80 1.99NAVINFLUOR 701.40 2.10 0.30NAVKARCORP 46.90 2.35 5.27NAVNETEDUL 105.10 1.40 1.35NBCC 52.25 2.10 4.19NBVENTURES 118.60 2.25 1.93NCC 84.15 3.55 4.40NESTLEIND 10842.00 208.70 1.96NETWORK18 39.00 1.90 5.12NH 208.00 -1.45 -0.69NHPC 26.10 0.05 0.19NIACL 199.35 2.95 1.50NIITTECH 1111.00 6.15 0.56NILKAMAL 1470.05 13.40 0.92NLCINDIA 69.30 1.10 1.61NMDC 93.95 2.65 2.90NOCIL 169.65 5.10 3.10NTPC 140.80 3.20 2.33OBEROIRLTY 464.65 14.70 3.27OFSS 3650.00 128.00 3.63OIL 174.65 0.65 0.37OMAXE 214.50 2.95 1.39ONGC 141.65 3.30 2.39ORIENTBANK 88.90 5.15 6.15ORIENTCEM 80.60 3.45 4.47PAGEIND 24600.00 475.90 1.97PARAGMILK 243.35 6.65 2.81PCJEWELLER 66.55 2.35 3.66PEL 2146.90 58.55 2.80PERSISTENT 616.30 5.40 0.88PETRONET 210.00 3.10 1.50PFC 85.20 -2.65 -3.02PFIZER 2850.00 29.00 1.03

PFS 16.20 0.30 1.89PGHH 9700.00 136.30 1.43PHILIPCARB 209.35 10.45 5.25PHOENIXLTD 623.50 21.30 3.54PIDILITIND 1149.90 28.95 2.58PIIND 851.00 29.10 3.54PNB 70.80 2.20 3.21PNBHOUSING 960.40 60.90 6.77PNCINFRA 130.65 2.45 1.91POWERGRID 182.30 2.15 1.19PRESTIGE 200.00 4.75 2.43PRSMJOHNSN 85.80 6.75 8.54PTC 85.40 2.55 3.08PVR 1542.80 43.10 2.87QUESS 680.00 3.15 0.47RADICO 407.00 26.25 6.89RAIN 134.60 6.40 4.99RAJESHEXPO 567.50 -3.25 -0.57RALLIS 167.30 -4.80 -2.79RAMCOCEM 614.25 15.60 2.61RATNAMANI 904.00 30.00 3.43RAYMOND 812.70 23.75 3.01RBLBANK 573.60 15.20 2.72RCF 61.75 2.80 4.75RCOM 15.63 0.27 1.76RECLTD 102.05 -0.60 -0.58REDINGTON 86.15 -1.20 -1.37RELAXO 743.00 9.40 1.28RELCAPITAL 213.25 8.00 3.90RELIANCE 1110.50 14.30 1.30RELINFRA 296.60 4.55 1.56REPCOHOME 330.40 3.30 1.01RNAM 170.95 0.00 0.00RNAVAL 13.59 0.81 6.34RPOWER 27.65 0.65 2.41SADBHAV 198.50 1.50 0.76SAIL 52.40 1.80 3.56SANOFI 6327.55 240.00 3.94SBILIFE 570.50 6.55 1.16SBIN 285.25 4.05 1.44SCHAEFFLER 5479.00 67.75 1.25SCHNEIDER 103.40 1.10 1.08SCI 43.25 0.20 0.46SFL 1470.00 -19.15 -1.29SHANKARA 520.25 24.75 4.99SHARDACROP 270.50 5.35 2.02SHILPAMED 382.50 5.40 1.43SHK 182.10 8.40 4.84SHOPERSTOP 503.10 5.40 1.08SHREECEM 16750.00 763.35 4.77SHRIRAMCIT 1630.00 90.35 5.87SIEMENS 962.95 23.25 2.47SIS 795.00 9.30 1.18SJVN 25.45 0.40 1.60SKFINDIA 1899.00 49.85 2.70SOBHA 447.95 4.65 1.05SOLARINDS 1038.50 17.65 1.73SOMANYCERA 296.75 19.35 6.98SONATSOFTW 318.05 2.85 0.90SOUTHBANK 16.10 0.55 3.54SPARC 211.35 6.35 3.10SPICEJET 77.10 2.10 2.80SREINFRA 31.55 1.50 4.99SRF 2155.85 20.20 0.95SRTRANSFIN 1155.50 13.15 1.15STARCEMENT 105.25 5.25 5.25STRTECH 290.95 6.35 2.23SUDARSCHEM 338.80 6.75 2.03SUNCLAYLTD 3456.25 45.25 1.33SUNDRMFAST 528.30 13.80 2.68SUNPHARMA 431.30 9.50 2.25SUNTECK 344.65 4.35 1.28SUNTV 567.45 7.00 1.25

SUPPETRO 207.45 0.95 0.46SUPRAJIT 220.00 17.25 8.51SUPREMEIND 999.40 26.25 2.70SUVEN 237.25 6.25 2.71SUZLON 5.28 0.00 0.00SWANENERGY 106.75 2.35 2.25SYMPHONY 1078.05 37.60 3.61SYNDIBANK 33.75 2.40 7.66SYNGENE 534.00 1.95 0.37TAKE 135.75 2.75 2.07TATACHEM 685.15 13.75 2.05TATACOFFEE 92.45 1.30 1.43TATACOMM 529.60 10.95 2.11TATAELXSI 1028.45 25.10 2.50TATAGLOBAL 212.20 9.55 4.71TATAINVEST 860.20 10.10 1.19TATAMETALI 644.00 12.10 1.91TATAMOTORS 163.90 5.70 3.60TATAMTRDVR 89.60 3.50 4.07TATAPOWER 79.00 0.00 0.00TATASTEEL 520.40 18.80 3.75TCS 2018.70 20.35 1.02TEAMLEASE 2844.40 -9.10 -0.32TECHM 704.60 9.10 1.31TEJASNET 200.00 -0.35 -0.17TEXRAIL 57.45 3.05 5.61THERMAX 1118.00 3.05 0.27THOMASCOOK 232.55 9.25 4.14THYROCARE 549.20 10.20 1.89TIFHL 518.00 7.85 1.54TIMETECHNO 101.00 2.25 2.28TIMKEN 541.80 21.05 4.04TITAN 929.80 -3.75 -0.40TNPL 257.00 6.25 2.49TORNTPHARM 1762.20 73.85 4.37TORNTPOWER 259.80 13.05 5.29TRENT 340.00 6.20 1.86TRIDENT 66.05 2.25 3.53TRITURBINE 117.00 0.90 0.78TTKPRESTIG 7670.20 241.90 3.26TV18BRDCST 35.85 1.65 4.82TVSMOTOR 570.50 18.90 3.43TVSSRICHAK 2451.65 65.85 2.76TVTODAY 375.90 6.85 1.86UBL 1238.95 1.00 0.08UCOBANK 19.30 0.60 3.21UFLEX 279.25 11.45 4.28UJJIVAN 227.40 9.60 4.41ULTRACEMCO 3942.00 58.45 1.51UNICHEMLAB 192.65 1.40 0.73UNIONBANK 77.05 3.60 4.90UPL 787.00 37.40 4.99VBL 731.00 -10.45 -1.41VEDL 199.40 5.80 3.00VENKYS 2319.85 63.20 2.80VGUARD 219.40 9.35 4.45VIJAYABANK 43.15 1.85 4.48VINATIORGA 1474.00 33.60 2.33VIPIND 539.35 21.20 4.09VMART 2563.85 26.85 1.06VOLTAS 565.25 11.65 2.10VTL 1065.00 4.75 0.45WABAG 256.45 6.50 2.60WABCOINDIA 6803.00 219.95 3.34WELCORP 158.60 8.90 5.95WELSPUNIND 62.50 2.45 4.08WHIRLPOOL 1348.00 51.65 3.98WIPRO 330.05 1.10 0.33WOCKPHARMA 506.25 12.35 2.50YESBANK 186.80 9.40 5.30ZEEL 481.75 3.25 0.68ZENSARTECH 235.45 -2.50 -1.05ZYDUSWELL 1362.90 58.95 4.52

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10591.00 10752.20 10560.80 10737.60 188.45BHARTIARTL 294.00 311.00 291.50 311.00 20.75IBULHSGFIN 709.00 743.00 708.00 740.80 47.90HEROMOTOCO 3055.00 3274.25 3040.60 3248.00 209.20ADANIPORTS 357.00 376.15 355.55 374.85 19.10UPL 750.10 794.30 750.10 785.50 37.55YESBANK 182.00 187.50 181.55 186.50 8.65EICHERMOT 22640.60 23850.00 22640.60 23643.00 1002.40TATASTEEL 506.00 522.50 505.50 520.75 20.00M&M 725.00 753.00 721.25 750.50 28.15TATAMOTORS 159.50 167.10 158.00 164.00 5.90BAJAJ-AUTO 2742.00 2858.00 2738.65 2839.25 99.65GAIL 335.00 345.50 331.10 343.75 11.20IOC 132.00 136.90 131.65 136.35 4.40ONGC 139.50 142.50 138.85 142.50 4.40BAJAJFINSV 5851.00 6023.60 5851.00 6001.00 173.85AXISBANK 604.75 622.00 603.00 622.00 17.75VEDL 194.55 200.75 193.55 199.20 5.65LT 1368.60 1407.65 1365.50 1399.00 37.60CIPLA 522.90 534.30 521.10 532.05 13.35HINDALCO 218.00 222.90 217.00 221.55 5.30BAJFINANCE 2445.00 2514.90 2434.35 2485.40 58.65HINDUNILVR 1796.00 1845.05 1795.95 1838.15 43.25NTPC 137.95 141.60 136.90 140.45 3.10MARUTI 7340.00 7507.30 7295.00 7464.50 159.15COALINDIA 241.50 247.75 239.80 247.05 4.95SUNPHARMA 426.70 433.70 423.10 430.80 8.50ICICIBANK 342.80 351.70 339.40 349.15 6.35ULTRACEMCO 3886.90 3950.00 3873.85 3940.30 66.20INDUSINDBK 1565.00 1589.70 1555.00 1578.90 26.10TECHM 700.00 711.20 690.55 706.95 11.65HDFC 1912.00 1946.80 1904.25 1937.00 31.75SBIN 283.75 285.85 282.20 285.30 4.05HCLTECH 965.00 974.00 943.30 970.35 13.50KOTAKBANK 1229.40 1261.00 1224.20 1234.00 15.30HDFCBANK 2066.95 2089.80 2060.10 2084.60 25.05RELIANCE 1099.00 1113.50 1087.75 1110.90 13.35POWERGRID 180.90 183.80 180.70 182.35 2.05GRASIM 805.00 816.00 797.30 809.65 9.15ITC 275.70 277.70 272.60 277.25 2.55TCS 2001.10 2022.00 1984.95 2016.50 16.50WIPRO 329.80 332.00 327.95 330.45 2.45JSWSTEEL 303.40 307.50 299.45 302.60 1.65ZEEL 480.05 483.95 476.25 481.55 2.65INFY 677.10 680.65 670.60 678.10 3.60BPCL 326.70 330.25 324.40 328.40 1.65ASIANPAINT 1323.00 1337.20 1311.85 1330.00 6.40TITAN 937.50 938.10 921.00 929.50 -3.65HINDPETRO 221.00 221.30 216.60 218.90 -1.20INFRATEL 253.90 256.30 250.00 251.20 -1.95DRREDDY 2670.00 2711.55 2534.10 2597.05 -119.10

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Embattled British PrimeMinister Theresa May will

face a vote of no-confidence onWednesday triggered by herown party lawmakers over herhandling of the controversialBrexit deal, as she vowed tofight the latest challenge to herleadership with “everything Ihave got”.

May is set to face a vote ofno-confidence in her leader-ship after the required 48 MPsfrom her Conservative Partyfiled letters with the influential1922 Committee, which repre-sents rank-and-fileConservative MPs in the Houseof Commons.

“I will contest that votewith everything I have got,”May said in a statement atDowning Street, warning thatthe leadership challenge willdelay or even cancel Brexit.

“I stand ready to finish thejob,” the 62-year-old PrimeMinister said.

May, who has been primeminister since shortly after theUK voted to leave the 28-member European Union inJune, 2016, has faced criticismin her party for the Brexit planshe has negotiated.

The vote, triggered amidongoing divisions over herBrexit deal, will take place inthe form of a secret ballot onWednesday evening.

May will need to convincea majority of MPs (158 out of315 Conservative MPs) to beable to win the vote and thenher leadership cannot be chal-lenged for at least a year underTory party rules.

According to some reports,

so far at least 147 Tory MPshave publicly said they will votefor her, with many of herCabinet ministers coming outin her support.

However, if she loses, theparty will have to elect a newleader who will then go on tobecome the next British PrimeMinister.

Some possible frontrun-ners being named in the UKmedia include former foreign

secretary Boris Johnson, cur-rent foreign secretary JeremyHunt, home secretary SajidJavid and work and pensionssecretary Amber Rudd. Butthere does not seem to be acandidate with consensusacross the pro and anti Brexitwings within the Tory party.

If there are multiple can-didates, Conservative MPs hold

a series of votes to choose twoto go forward to a vote of allparty members. As leader ofthe largest party in the Houseof Commons, the newConservative leader wouldthen be expected to be asked toform a government andbecome Prime Minister, with-out the need for a generalelection.

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Sri Lanka’s ousted prime min-ister Ranil Wickremesinghe

emphatically proved his major-ity in Parliament onWednesday, weeks after beingsacked by PresidentMaithripala Sirisena in a con-troversial move that plungedthe island nation into a politi-cal turmoil.

As many as 117 out of 225lawmakers in Parliament votedto pass a confidence motion inhis leadership.

The motion’s approvalcould be seen as a blow toPresident Sirisena who has

steadfastly refused to reap-point 69-year-oldWickremesinghe due to hispersonal dislike of the oustedprime minister.

Sri Lanka is going througha major political crisis sinceOctober 26 when PresidentMaithripala Sirisena, in a con-troversial move, removedWickremesinghe and installed

ex-strongman MahindaRajapaksa in his place.

Rajapaksa has so far failedto prove his majority inParliament. The main Tamilminority party TNA voted infavour of the confidencemotion. However, the MarxistJVP, which has protestedSirisena’s extra constitutionalaction, abstained from voting.

If the Janatha VimukthiPeramuna (JVP)’s six lawmak-ers had voted in his favour,Wickremesinghe would havecommanded an unassailablemajority in the House despitethe president’s refusal to rein-state him.

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Former Malaysian PrimeMinister Najib Razak was

charged on Wednesday withtampering with the final auditreport on a defunct state invest-ment fund, adding to a long listof corruption allegationsagainst him since his ouster inMay elections.

Najib was charged alongwith Arul Kanda Kandasamy,the former head of the 1MDBfund, which is being investi-gated in the US and othercountries for alleged cross-border embezzlement andmoney laundering.

Najib pleaded not guilty toabusing his power in orderingthe modification of the report

in February 2016 before it waspresented to the PublicAccounts Committee, in orderto protect himself from disci-plinary and legal action.

Kandasamy, who wasdetained overnight by anti-graft officials, pleaded notguilty to abetting Najib.

The charges came after theauditor-general revealed lastmonth that some details hadbeen removed from the 1MDBreport.

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Prime Minister Theresa Mayfaces an angry parliament

on Wednesday after delaying akey vote on her Brexit deal ina desperate move that leaves theagreement and her own futurein limbo. The British leadertoured European capitals onTuesday in an attempt to sal-vage the deal, after MPs sav-aged its provisions on the issueof the Irish border.

May said she wanted“assurances” from EU leadersthat if Britain ever entered theso-called “backstop” arrange-ment for the border, this would

only be “temporary”.But she also said it was “the

best deal available”, adding:“There’s no deal available thatdoesn’t have a backstop”.

She received sympathy fromEU partners but firm rejectionsof any attempt to reopen theagreement, which was approvedby EU leaders last month fol-lowing tortuous negotiations.

“There is no room what-soever for renegotiation but ofcourse there is room, if usedintelligently, to give furtherclarification,” EuropeanCommission President Jean-Claude Juncker said ahead oftalks with May on Tuesday.

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Hundreds of security forceswere on Wednesday

deployed in the hunt for a lonegunman who killed at leastthree people and wounded adozen others at the famedChristmas market inStrasbourg, with the Frenchgovernment raising the securityalert level and reinforcing bor-der controls.

Some 350 people, includingpolice, troops and helicopterswere on the heels of the attack-er who had “sowed terror” inthe city, Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner said.

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the mass shooting at aChristmas market in France tobolster his demands for fund-ing to build a US border wallwith Mexico.

Trump’s tweet linking theissues came despite the fact thatthe suspect in Tuesday’s attackin Strasbourg, France, is anative of the city with a crim-inal past and extremist views.

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Australian CardinalGeorge Pell and ChileanCardinal Francisco JavierErrazuriz were both removedfrom the so-called C9 Councilof Cardinals, an internationaladvice body set up by Francishimself, the Vatican saidWednesday.

The last time the C9 met inSeptember, Errazuriz, who isaccused of ignoring reports ofabuse in Chile, and Pell, whofaces charges in Australia relat-ed to historical child sexualoffences, were both absent,and the council said it was con-sidering restructuring.

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politically motivated” the US’decision to place it on its black-list of nations that infringe onreligious freedom, saying theMuslim-majority country is amulti-religious and pluralisticsociety where people of diversefaiths live together.

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There may be a difference in dal aurroti and sambhar aur dosa, but

North and South India is united in itschoice of films. People love everything— Bollywood, Tollywood andKollywood. The popularity of SouthIndian cinema has peaked in north, withfilms like Baahubali and Kaala breakingall box office records.

Actor Yash, who will soon be seenin Prashanth Neel’s KGF: Chapter 1,believes that South Indian cinemahas a lot to offer and with its grow-ing popularity, it is gaining world-wide acclaims.

The film, set in the 1980s inthe Kolar Gold Fields of Mysore,showcases him as Rocky, who is“highly ambitious, loves hiswife while his mother ishis greatest inspira-tion. He is someonewho isn’t botheredabout the world.”The film focusseson slavery andoppression of thed o w n t r o d d e nsections of thesociety whoworked at thegold fields.

Y a s hexplains thateven though hecould relate tothe characterwho is ambi-tious and stylish,strong and lov-able, there were anumber of challenges that hefaced. “The biggest challengewhile playing any character is tounderstand it deeply. I related tosome of Rocky’s elements, emo-tions, and style, that was not it.Portraying his laidback attitudetowards the world, which I hadto express through my bodylanguage, was a challenging task.It had to be subtle yet strong.There were minimal but veryimpactful dialogues.”

The film’s trailer, that wasreleased in November, presentshigh definition visuals, thatwould remind one of Rajamouli’sBaahubali, which was the mostexpensive film in South Indian cin-ema. KGF is also projected to be one ofthe largest Kannada productions. So willit be as big as Baahubali?

Yash says, “It’s great that the trailerwas received so well by the viewers. Butsince the themes and background vary,both the films cannot be compared.” KGFwill be released pan India in five lan-

guages including Hindi, Kannada,Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu onDecember 21.

The actor is known for his roles innumerous Kannada films like Googly,Lucky, Gajakesari, Modalasala,Thamassu, Jaanu.

So how does he select his roles? Yashexplains that understanding the audi-ence’s mindset is the most importantthing while choosing a particular role.

“I don’t just pick up a certain char-acter to play. I first try to becomeone among the audience, re-readthe scripts over and over, under-stand what they will think aboutthe character and the film, and

then choose any particular role.The audience’s point of view

is really importantbecause eventually theyare the ones who judgea film and determineits popularity.Humans and theiremotions are univer-sal. So when youunderstand theaudience’s perspec-tive, you under-stand the film too.”

The actor whoalways “wanted tobe a hero,” holds asimilar approachwhen it comes tobeing an actor as

well. He says, “It’s afilmy story. I always

wanted to be an actorsince childhood. But Irealised that understand-ing life is the key to becom-ing an actor. Acting skillsaren’t technical. You just needmaturity to contain them.”He laughingly tells how hisparents were against sendinghim to an acting school.

The actor believes thatthe Indian industry hasevolved to a higher discoursefrom the ‘boy meets girl orgirl meets boy’ film era.“There is a very high level ofexposure today. Its source ismore international con-tent that is now coming in.The films are based on a

more realistic content thesedays, either on a famous per-

sonality or any historical event. KGF isa fictitious film but is based on the realmsof the Kolar gold fields which were agreat heritage of India.”

He believes that with the advent ofdigital space, “variety of films and gen-res have expanded.”

The tech industry is sitting on theedge of a major turnaround withnew breakthroughs happening

every third day. At this time, it becomesimportant that we look-out for what thefuture of industry would be like. Wehaven’t seen an era in which such fast-paced and rapid technological changestook place every day. In 2018, there wereovernight transformations in domainslike artificial intelligence (AI), cloudcomputing, machine learning and more.

The year 2019, however, is bound tobring even better hopes and prospects forthe industry. Moreover, since technolo-gy is directly connected to trade andgrowth in industry, it is bound to haveimplications on business development ona global scale. Here are six major IT trendsto watch out for in 2019.

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) istaking multiple strides forward. NLPallows companies to gain immenseinsight into the users and customers sothat the customer services can beimproved and better products can bebuilt. It is predicted that more than 40per cent of the companies will adopt itby the end of 2019 for better services andproducts.

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dence on cloud support for services suchas storage, data analytics, optimisationand much more. Organisations such asAmazon and Alibaba have been provid-ing these services for a while now andthey are only bound to grow branchinginto many different domains and verti-cals. Multi Clouds and Hybrid Cloudsseem to be the buzzwords and themajor things they provide include seam-less, secure and streamlined services.

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under the limelight for quite some timenow and has been projected to be the nextbig tech break. Although it does seem like

blockchain still requires a lot of clean-upbefore it can be implemented in main-stream markets, especially in financialsectors. This might be the year of realis-ing the better potential of the block chain

and in a couple of years, we will see thetraction that it has promised.

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GDPR aim to provide a huge layer ofdata protection to various users. As ofnow, data protection and safety is still notthe priority of various organisations suchas news reporting companies, which dealwith huge amounts of information. In2019, however, it would be common asinformed customers will understand,require and seek the companies whichtruly protect their data and can be reliedupon.

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C-Suite professionals are bound tostart taking charge according to thedemands of digital transformations.The management will make it a priori-ty to hire and take steps in the directionof alignment with the digital transfor-mation.

Furthermore, they would have tounderstand that they require a criticalnature in their organisation that ensuresthat is geared for change and reforma-tion as and when required by the techindustry.

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been growing in the past couple of yearsand Duelling AI is possibly the next bigbreakthrough. This concept is termed as“generative adversarial networks” whichessentially makes use of two separatelearning networks that make each otherlearn and in the process train each otherto become more efficient.

(The writer is Founder and CEO ofAurelius Corporate Solutions.)

What are you telling children when theysee Bollywood? You go, fall in love

and that is the end of life. Or that youshould go find a villain and beat the crapout of him. We are constantly reiteratingthat either you are a hero or a cricketer oryou are no one,” says Paakhi A Tyrewala,director, Pahuna, The Little Visitors, a filmthat looks at displacement from the pointof view of two young children and aninfant. She feels that her upbringing inDelhi’s Press Enclave, where “Bollywoodwas never a part of the conversation, ratherwe heard about Nelson Mandela andAfrica, academics and theatre music,which made for a rich experience whilegrowing up,” has influenced the subject aswell as the sensibilities of the films that sheprefers to make.

“The whole reason for creating contentfor children is to put forth that it does notmatter whether you are a hero or a super-hero but if you are yourself, you are spe-cial. This inculcates self-worth and alsogives them good values. My film is aboutpeace,” she says. The idea of displacementis enmeshed with that of identity as well ascommunal disharmony. “The fear of theother — that of Muslims, Hindus orChristians — gets transferred to children.”The film tackles all these issues — commu-nal fear, displacement or different language,discord in society and how children sufferon account of it. It was the opening filmat the Smile International Film Festival forChildren and Youth (SIFFCY) 2018.

The film is shot in Sikkim, whichmakes for a gorgeous backdrop. Paakhisays, “Like every beautiful woman, it is dif-ficult. The oxygen level is low, the weath-er is inhospitable and every location is atleast one to two hours away. It wasn’t easybut was worth it.”

The film courted controversy onaccount of its location as its producerPriyanka Chopra inadvertently said that

Sikkim was a disturbed state while it is oneof the most peaceful ones in the country.Paakhi says that she is glad that the issuecame up because it helped to bring the stateon the national TV and map. “Do youknow that the average footfall of Sikkimtourism off season was the highest thisyear? So we are not complaining, neitheris Sikkim. It was a mistake she made andsometimes that is a good thing,” she says.

Paakhi has been a child actor who wenton to star opposite actor John Abraham inJhootha Hi Sahi (2010). She was an assis-tant director. She believes that each of herprofiles added to her craft. “I did not go toa film school. Each of my job was myschooling. When I directed my first songin Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, it gave me con-fidence to direct my first short film, Kajal.Acting made me more sensitive to actors.It is not easy to be natural in front of thecamera. Costumes, lighting, everythingtakes time and since I have worked in eachof these, I understand what goes into everydepartment. This has given me not onlypatience but also taught me how to man-age people which is the primary job of a

director. One has to get the best out of peo-ple and every department,” says Paakhi.

While she has worked in differentaspects of filmmaking, her family was far-removed from it. “My mother was a the-atre actor in Delhi with a group calledAbhyant. Then she became a lecturer atNSD. My father was a journalist and mybrother went to FTII. So I had always beensurrounded by a creative atmosphere.Plus I was a child actor in Doordarshanserials and advertisements,” says the direc-tor who acted in a movie called Dance ofthe Wind with Rajan Khosla.

Paakhi is also keen to explore the dig-ital format. “The format is longer and it ismuch more satisfying. For both the writerand the director, it is amazing to developa story over seasons while the film is twoand a half hours long. It also gives you aplatform to tell stories where you can playwith the shades of the characters,” she says.

However, many of the digital formatshave been garnering negative publicity forthe lack of censorship and explicit con-tent. “Initially when they were makingcontent, they were only focussing ondelivering sex and it did not do well.Indians do not like their women naked.They will watch porn if they want to. Now,everybody is making edgy content withalcohol, cigarettes and violence but notsex,” she says.

So does she see content finally hav-ing its place in the sun as opposed to theintense focus on superstars? “I hope thestory will in the spotlight one day. Evenactors like Rajkummar Rao, SushantSingh Rajput or Vicky Kaushal havenow become stars. The producer says thatif you can’t get the Khans, you can at leastcast them. No one is ready to take firsttimers. Once that happens, I’ll believecontent is king. So that way thingshaven’t really changed,” she says as shesigns off to further expand her horizons.

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Director-producer AnandL Rai believes that chil-

dren will enjoy the film Zeroand Anushka Sharma’s char-acter is the primary reason.

Anand Rai, throughoutthe shoot, used to tell us onthe sets that Anushka’s char-acter will have a huge connectwith kids. When he wrote thecharacter, he had this in mind

and always called Aafia avery special character. She isa very lovable and smart per-son, she is a genius and has

her heart in the right place.She is full of life despite herdisabilities, which is a hugelypositive angle in the film andthe director always felt that itwill be one of the strongemotional reasons why peo-ple, especially children willlove Aafia,” reveals a source.

Anushka has gone all outto prepare for her role in Zero.

She went through a rigorousthree month prep and workedwith two professional trainers— an occupational therapistand an audiologist — to getinto the skin of her character,who is suffering from cerebralpalsy. She used wheel-chair allthe time on set to stay in hercharacter. The film releases onDecember 21.

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Just like any other parent, Meena and Vinodwere delighted after the birth of their son,but their joy didn’t last for long. Soon after

the birth of their baby boy, they got to knowthat their child is suffering from ‘transposi-tion of the great arteries’, which is a congen-ital heart defect where the large blood vessels,that carry blood from the heart to the lungsand to the body, are connected exactly oppo-site as that of a normal heart’s structure.Adding to the criticality, the 20-day old childalso had two big holes in his heart (VSD andASD) along with the Patent Ductus Arteriosus(PDA), causing breathlessness. However,with the boon of technology and state-of-the-art medical facilities, now available in thecountry, the child underwent a successfulsurgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital,which has been at the forefront of medicaltechnology and expertise.

The critical surgery was performed by theSenior Consultant, Pediatric CardiothoracicSurgeon, Dr Muthu Jothi, and his team.Explaining about the case, Dr Jothi said,“Within a week after the child’s birth, the par-ents witnessed discoloration in his skin tone.

His body was turning blue so, the parents tookhim to a local doctor in their area where hisecho was done. The reports revealed that hehas transposition of great arteries. In trans-position of the great arteries, the aorta is con-

nected to the right ventricle, and the pul-monary artery is connected to the left ven-tricle, which is the exact opposite of a normalheart anatomy.”

At the time of admission at theIndraprastha Apollo Hospital, the child wason ventilation and weighed only 2.2 kg. Thedoctors had earlier decided to allow the childto grow a bit and weigh at least 2.8 to 3 kgbefore performing the major, open heartsurgery. For the same, the baby was kept incritical care on ventilation for a week, butunfortunately his condition didn’t improve andhe was not able to come off the ventilator.Every time the doctors tried to take him offthe ventilation or lower the ventilation, hewould experience breathlessness and turnblue. Considering the criticality of the baby’s

condition, Dr Jothi, along with team ofexpert cardiologist, anaesthetist and inten-sivists, decided to perform the five hour-longsurgical procedure on the child

“Considering the weight of the child being2.2 kg, the surgery had a high risk. We hadperformed many such surgeries before, butthis patient weighed the lowest and we gen-erally don’t perform a surgery on a patientwith this low weight. I had quoted a risk ofabout 25-40 per cent, which is a huge risk,but considering the child’s condition andonly after the family’s consent, we performedthe surgery. In order to treat the disease weperformed an Arterial Switch Operation, inwhich the aorta and the coronary arteries aredisconnected from their place and areadjusted in the right place. Along with thearterial switch, the closure of VSD and ASDwere done,” explained Dr Jothi.

Post the surgery, the child recuperatedenough to be sent home after 10-12 dayswhich is not usually the case. The child isnow doing absolutely fine and is also gain-ing weight gradually, informed the doctor.

The father of the baby boy, Vinod, com-mented, “We cannot thank Dr Jothi enoughfor the miracle that he has done. He success-fully performed the surgery even when ourchild was underweight and today, he is alive,all because of him. Our child has got a newlife at the Apollo Hospitals.”

Identifying some of the causes to sucha disease, Dr Jothi elaborated, “There is nospecific cause behind this disease. However,factors such as, an elderly primi i.e. moth-er is of an old age, consanguineous marriagei.e. marriage with a close cousin or withinthe family, poor nutrition during pregnan-cy, or if the mother catches an infection andis on antibiotics in the initial three monthsduring foetus development, or women whosmoke or drink excessively, have higherchances of giving birth to babies with thiscondition.”

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years. Mausam says that her lifechanged after joining the KishoriClub. “Earlier, we were not allowedto leave the house but now, wetravel more freely. We have had tobe stubborn and fearless to dealwith the people judging us, but wehave been able to convince others

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National Small IndustriesCorporation (NSIC), SudhirGarg, inaugurated the newtraining programs for theyouth and budding entre-preneurs at the NTSCAdvance Training Centre(Okhla) titled— ‘AugmentedReality (AR) Program’,which is based on technol-ogy enriching the real worldwith digital information andmedia such as 3D modelsand videos, overlaying inreal-time, the camera viewof the smartphone, tablet,PC or connected glasses.The other programme,titled—‘Virtual Reality (VR)Training Program’, is basedon interactive, computer-generated experience, takingplace within a simulated

environment, that incorpo-rates mainly the auditoryand the visual, and alsoother types of sensory feed-back like haptic. In addition

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was also inaugurated whichwould help the youth ininstallation, configurationand operation of LAN,WAN, and dial access ser-

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Their shoulders are burdenedwith weight of expectations butit won't be easy for India to end

a 43-year long wait when they takeon mighty Netherlands in the quar-terfinal on Thursday.

Boasting a rich hockey legacy,India last played in the semi-final ofthe World Cup way back in 1975when they went on to lift their maid-en title.

Of late, the game has witnessedan upward trend in the country butthe history does not favour thehosts against the mighty Dutchmen,whom the Indians have never beat-en in the World Cup.

In the six earlier meetings at thequadrennial event, Netherlandsdefeated India five times while oneended in a draw.

And if Manpreet Singh and hismen get past the Dutch on Thursday,they will not only break a jinx butalso rewrite history and ink theirnames in the one of the golden chap-ters of the Indian hockey.

Going by present form and rank-ings, there is hardly anything to dif-ferentiate between the two sides.

While Netherlands are placedfourth in the current world rankings,India are a rung below in the fifthposition.

The last t ime India andNetherlands faced each in theChampions Trophy earlier this, thematch had ended in a 1-1 draw.

The over-all head-to-head recordbelongs to Netherlands. In the 105games played between the two sidesso far, India have won 33, lost 48while the rest ended in draws.

However, the two sides haveshared the spoils since 2013. Indiaand Netherlands have faced eachother nine times since 2013, winningfour apiece while one game finishedin a draw.

And for India captain ManpreetSingh past results hold significance.

"The past results matter a lot

because Netherlands have abetter result against us. But, wehave played well against themrecently. We have also beatenthem, drew against them at theChampions Trophy. Indianhockey has improved a lot.The match will be tough andwhichever team plays better willwin," Manpreet said.

The India-Netherlands duel isexpected to be a fast-paced, attack-ing encounter with both the teams

heavily relying on their goal scoringabilities to come out winners.

Both India and Netherlands havescored heavily in the poll stages.While India have scored 12 goals and

conceded three, theDutch havepumped in 13 goalsand conceded five.

In the likes ofcaptain Bil lyBakker, Seve vanAss, JeroenHertzberger, MircoPruijser, RobbertK e m p e r m a n ,Thiery Brinkman,the Dutch have gotplenty of experi-ence in the midfieldand its strike force.It will be a real testfor the Indiandefence onThursday.

The Indians too would be rely-ing on their strikers - MandeepSingh, Simranjeet Singh, LalitUpadhyay and Akashdeep Singh - tocontinue their good work.

With the Kalinga Stadiumexpected to be packed to its fullcapacity, there will also be tremen-dous pressure on the Indian teamand the Dutch will be more thanhappy to exploit any mistake.

"This will be not be the first time.We have played in front of big crowsin pool games and in the past as well.We are used to playing in front of bigcrowds," Netherlands coach MaxCaldas said.

"We always try to play in ourown pace, whether it is fast or slow.We like to dictate. We are not con-cerned about India because we can'tinfluence what India will do."

Netherlands skipper Bakkeradded: "The Indian team also has lotof pressure. They need to perform infront of their home crowd. So I feelthe pressure is more on the Indianteam than us."

Meanwhile in the first quarter-final, Germany will take on Belgium.

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England stunned Olympicchampions Argentina 3-2

to book their place in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

England, who conceded thelead in the 17th minute, stageda superb come back to maketheir third successive semi-finalappearance in the history of thetournament.

England scored three fieldgoals through Barry Middleton(27th minute), Will Calnan(45th) and Harry Martin (49th),while Gonzalo Peillat (17th,48th) struck both the goals forthe losers at the Kalinga

Stadium.Argentina, the Bronze

medallist in 2014, had them-selves to blame for the defeat asthey missed chances galore andgot into panic mode after con-ceding the third goal.

Both Argentina andEngland were levelled 1-1 till45th minutes but three goals inthe last quarter changed thewhole scenario.

Will Calnan made it 2-1 forEngland before Peillat drewparity in the 48th minute.

But a minute later Martinshocked the Los Leones with afield strike to hand England thedecisive lead.

Earlier, realising that slowpace is not helping them,England raised their tempo andthat paid dividends as theyearned their first penalty cornerin the 11th minute.

Luke Taylor's effort from theresultant set piece earned themanother penalty corner imme-diately but Argentina defendedstoutly to keep their rivals at bay.

Argentina secured its first

penalty corner in the 17thminute and drag-flick expertPeillat scored with a powerfulflick to take the lead.

Thereafter, the Los Leonessurprisingly adopted a defensiveapproach and that worked inEngland's favour.

Mark Gleghorne's fine rundown from the right flank andhis subsequent cross was clearedby England defenders which laidin front of an unmarkedMiddleton, who slotted homewith a powerful shot past goal-keeper Juan Vivaldi to level thescores.

Buoyed by the equaliser,England went on the offensive

but failed to get past Argentina'scrowded defence.

Argentina, on the otherhand, adopted a wait and watchpolicy to launch counter-attacks.

But it was not to be asEngland striker Zachary Wallacemade an impressive run into theArgentine circle and wasbrought down inside, whichearned the Los Leones back-to-back penalty corners but theywasted both.

In the last quarter,Argentina equalised throughPeillat's corner conversionbefore Martin struck a minutelater with a field strike to handEngland the unexpected winner.

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Standing on the verge of creating history, Indian hockey coachHarendra Singh on Wednesday said his team is ready to take

on any challenge thrown by the Netherlands and answer the callof "1.3 billion" Indians in the quarterfinal.

World No 5 India are set to take on World No 4 Netherlandsin the last quarterfinal here on Thursday, and Harendra said theyhave left no stones unturned and their preparation for the cru-cial clash are spot on.

"Hoga to wahi jo hum chahenge (Eventually, it is what wewant that is going to happen)," Harendra declared when askedabout Thursday's vital encounter.

"We want what 1.3 billion people want. Indian team is men-tally and physically ready. We have done our homework on Dutchaggression. Whatever challenge they throw, we are ready to solvethat, not just accept it," he added.

India has never defeated Netherlands in the history of theWorld Cup, but Harendra refused to dwell on the past.

"History is only to read, not to understand," he quipped."They (Netherlands) have come prepared, Every team comes

to win. Indian team has made history in the last six months. Youhave to face every team, it is World cup. You are bound to playthe top team," he added.

Harendra said it willbe an equal contest onThursday and whoevertakes their chances willcome out winners.

"We won't do any-thing different. There aresome minor adjustments.They love to play attack-ing hockey, so do India.It is an equal contest. InThursday's match, youcan't afford to miss even25 per cent chances," hesaid.

Harendra said penal-ty corner conversions isan area of concern for theNetherlands which theywill try to explore.

"When we analyse a match, we study grey areas of the oppo-nents. Penalty corners is their grey area. We don't ignore Hollandoutright. From 1971 to 2018, their base of hockey is penalty cor-ners. We can't ignore that. India is ready to solve that challenge,"he said.

It is expected to be a full house on Thursday at the KalingaStadium like any other India match, and Harendra said "crowdsupport" will provide India extra motivation to go for the kill.

"I think they are forgetting that whenever the crowd is behindus, it becomes 12th man, extra energy. As a coach I like that,"he said.

"There is no chance that opponents can easily sit on theirback. I think it's not pressure, it's your thought how you enjoyit. So far in any tournament, not just the World Cup, we havelearnt how to go with the crowd. We are enjoying."

Harendra said India cannot afford to drop their intensity atany point of time during the match.

"I agree that we have dropped our intensity during the courseof a game, which we cannot afford against a team like Holland,"he said.

"I have told them to keep that intensity not just for 60 min-utes but 74 minutes, including half-time and quarter-breaks. Wehave discussed and they have agreed."

India captain Manpreet Singh said they are determined tocreate a history.

"If you talk about Olympics it was two years ago. The teamhas improved, especially since Harry sir (Harendra) has come.We are playing attacking hockey. We want to change history. Thefocus is that we don't leave out even the 50:50 chances."

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Olympic Silver medallist shuttler PVSindhu eked out a hard-fought win

over world number two and defendingchampion Akane Yamaguchi in theopening women's singles group Amatch of the World Tour Finals, here onWednesday.

Sindhu, who had finished runner-up at the last edition in Dubai, dishedout a superb game, mixed with patienceand aggression, to defeat the Japanese24-22, 21-15.

However, Sameer Verma, who is thesecond Indian men's player afterKidambi Srikanth to qualify for the tour-nament, couldn't adjust to the pace ofworld No 1 and world champion KentoMomota, going down 18-21, 6-21 in theopening group match.

Sameer, who defended his title at theSyed Modi International to qualify forthe $ 1,500,000 event, will have to beatThailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoenand Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto in theother group B matches to salavge hopesof qualifying for the knockout stage.

Making her third successive appear-ance at the tournament, Sindhu, whohad a 9-4 head-to-head record againstYamaguchi, produced a controlled gamein the slow conditions, never letting godespite lagging behind many times inthe match.

The first game clocked 27 minutes

as both the shuttlers fought tooth andnail for supremacy. Sindhu was trailing6-11 at the first internal but she foughtback to catch up with the Japanese at 19-19 with a smash on her rival's back hand.

A battle of mind and body ensuedas leads changed hands but it wasSindhu who showed better mental for-titude to claim the opening game aftera stretched Yamaguchi sent her forehandreturn at the net.

In the second game, Yamaguchitried to put pressure on the Indian'sbackhand but Sindhu was up to the chal-lenge as she made some superb retrievesto lead 3-1 initially.

Persistent pressure worked asYamaguchi levelled par and went to a 4-3 lead when Sindhu made a judgement-error and soon moved to 6-3.

Sindhu however soon grabbed thelead at 8-7 after her rival went wide andthen hit the net.

A fantastic rally ended with Sindhu

on her knees at the forecourt. She thenwent long but the Japanese too erred asit was 9-9.

At the break, Yamaguchi held a slen-der 11-10 lead after Sindhu could notproperly connect at the forecourt.

Sindhu took a 14-11 lead after thebreak, following two mistakes from theJapanese and a superb disguised flick atthe back court.

Sindhu dominated the proceed-ings after the break, grabbing a six-pointcushion at 18-11.

Yamaguchi took two points beforeanother long shot gave Sindhu anotherpoint. The Indian grabbed six matchpoints when Yamaguchi hit the netagain. The Japanese saved one before fal-tering at the net to hand over the matchto Sindhu.

The top two players from eachgroup will qualify for the semifinals,after which a knockout draw will be con-ducted.

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Gujarat Fortunegiants con-tinued their fine form as

they beat Haryana Steelers 47-37 in Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season6 clash at Vizag.

The raiding duo of KPrapanjan and Sachin led thecharge for Gujarat and bothachieved a super 10 each toscore 22 points.

Parvesh Bhainswal and

Sunil Kumar led the defence forGujarat and contained Haryanaraiders throughout the match.

Haryana Steelers are nowout of contention of making theplayoffs and suffered through-out the match as their defencecouldn't get going.

Monu Goyat top scored forHaryana Steelers with 11 points.

K Prapanjan kickstartedthe proceedings for GujaratFortunegiants with a two-point

raid in the second minute asthey led 4-1. Haryana Steelerscrumbled under Gujarat's faststart and suffered an all out asearly as the 4th minute. MonuGoyat tried to restore some par-ity in the first half with a cou-ple of good raids. After 10 min-utes of play, GujaratFortunegiants led 18-9.

Naveen made a super raidin the 12th minute as HaryanaSteelers reduced the deficit to

seven points and trailed 12-19.But the raiding duo ofPrapanjan and Sachin wererelentless in the first half.Gujarat's defence joined thescoring with a super tackle inthe 18th minute. At the end ofthe first half, GujaratFortunegiants enjoyed a 12-point lead.

Haryana Steelers defencestruggled in the first half as theyscored just two tackle points.

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Two-time defending champi-ons Australia are well on

course to create a rare history asthey defeated France 3-0 toprogress to the semi-finalsWednesday.

World No 1 Australia scoredall their goals from penalty cor-ners through Jeremy Hayward(4th minute), Blake Govers(19th) and skipper AranZalewski (37th) at the KalingaStadium.

However, the final scorelinewas far from convincing fromAustralia's point of view, espe-cially against a side whichranked lowest in the tournamentat 20th.

The Frenchmen playedgood hockey in bits and piecesbut were undone by theKookaburras' vast experienceand skills.

Despite the loss, theFrenchmen would return homewith pride, especially with thesuperb show here that includesa shocking win over Olympicchampions Argentina in thepool stages.

Australia will play the win-ner of Thursday's last quarter-final between India andNetherlands in the semi-finalson Saturday.

Four minutes into thematch, Australia earned theirfirst penalty corner when the ballfound Francois Goyet's foot andHayward made no mistake in

converting the opportunity tohand his side the early lead.

Australia continued to dom-inate the proceedings withrepeated forays as the Frenchdefence found itself in shamblesto keep the Kookaburras at bay.

Soon after the start of thesecond quarter, Jake Whettonearned Australia its secondpenalty corner and Govers fullyobliged by smashing his flickinto the back of France's net totake a 2-0 lead.

Just at the stroke of halftime, France earned their firstpenalty corner which they wast-ed as Australia went into thehalfway break with a comfort-able 2-0 lead.

Seven minutes into the thirdquarter, Australia tripled theirlead when Zalewski convertedKookaburras' third penalty cor-

ner with a variation.The Australians kept up

the pressure on the Francedefence and secured anotherpenalty corner in the 41stminute but this time they failedto make use of the chance.

The final quarter witnesseda neck-and-neck fight betweenthe two teams as France triedhard to forge a comeback intothe match but the Australiansdefended in numbers to denyany inroads.

The Kookaburras too triedto extend their lead over theirless-fancied opponents but failedto create any real scoring oppor-tunities.

Australia eventually defend-ed their 3-0 lead and now waitfor a mouth-watering semi-final clash against either India orNetherlands.

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Mohamed Salah's first-halfgoal and a stunning latesave from goalkeeper

Alisson saw Liverpool edge into theChampions League knockout stageafter a tense 1-0 win over Napoli onTuesday, while Lucas Moura's latestrike saw Tottenham progress witha draw at Barcelona.

Last year's runners-up Liverpoolknew victory by two goals or a 1-0triumph would put them through tothe last 16 from Group C, and Salah'scool 34th-minute strike provedenough as they finished ahead ofNapoli on goals scored.

"Wow, what a game. I am notsure a manager could be prouder ofa team than I am," Reds boss JurgenKlopp told BT Sport.

Paris Saint-Germain reachedthe knockout rounds as group win-ners thanks to a 4-1 victory over RedStar Belgrade, with Neymar, KylianMbappe and Edinson Cavani all onthe scoresheet.

Liverpool grabbed the crucialgoal at a raucous Anfield, as Salahjinked past Kalidou Koulibaly insidethe area and slotted the ball beyondgoalkeeper David Ospina.

Salah, who had already wastedan earlier chance with a heavytouch, continued to run Napoliragged early in the second half, butOspina saved from JordanHenderson and James Milner curledwide as Carlo Ancelotti's men stayeda goal from turning the group on itshead.

The atmosphere around Anfieldbecame increasingly tense as the

Premier League leaders continued tomiss opportunities, with Ospinaspringing to his left to tip awaySalah's attempted lob before deny-ing Mane from point-blank range.

Senegal forward Mane wasguilty of two further snatched effortsin front of goal, and Napoli almostmade the Reds pay in the dying

moments.The ball fell for substitute strik-

er Arkadiusz Milik unmarked in thearea, but Alisson raced from his lineto keep out the Pole's strike with hislegs.

"I have no idea how Alissonmade a save like this," gushed Klopp."It was amazing."

PSG went into their match inBelgrade knowing that victory wouldsend them through, and EdinsonCavani gave the French championsthe perfect start by tapping in afteran excellent run and pass by KylianMbappe.

Neymar's strike five minutesbefore half-time appeared to have

put the game to bed, but Red Star,who had already beaten Liverpooland held Napoli in Serbia earlier inthe campaign, pulled one backbefore the hour mark throughMarko Gobeljic.

But PSG finally sealed theirspot in the last 16 as Marquinhosheaded in Angel Di Maria's free-kickwith 16 minutes to go and Mbappeadded further gloss to the scorelinein added time.

"We made mistakes, but I real-

ly liked the reaction after Belgrade'sgoal. We controlled the match,"PSG coach Thomas Tuchel toldRMC Sport.

�� �%���'�%��Spurs went into their final

Group B game at the Camp Nouneeding to match Inter Milan'sresult against PSV Eindhoven inItaly, but Mauricio Pochettino's sidefell behind in only the seventhminute as Ousmane Dembele scoreda wonderful individual goal.

Hirving Lozano gave PSV ashock early advantage at the San Siro,though, to leave Tottenham headingthrough as it stood.

The English club had plenty ofhalf-chances against a much-changed Barca, who had already wonthe group, but Philippe Coutinhoalmost made it 2-0 when his low shotstruck the post.

Mauro Icardi levelled for Interagainst PSV with 17 minutes left toleave Spurs needing to score at leastonce.

Tottenham, who were facingan early elimination when trailing

PSV in their fourth group matchbefore rallying to win and then beat-ing Inter, continued to push andMoura met Harry Kane's low crossin the 85th minute to cap a dramaticgroup-stage revival.

"I always believed it was possi-ble to win the game," Spurs manag-er Pochettino told BT Sport. "Wefully deserved to go through withBarcelona. We were the best (two)teams in a difficult group."

Borussia Dortmund snatchedtop spot in Group A with a 2-0 winover rock-bottom Monaco, asAtletico Madrid were held to agoalless draw at Club Brugge.

Raphael Guerreiro tapped inMaximilian Philipp's low cross in the15th minute against Thierry Henry'scrisis-hit Monaco, before slammingin a second late on.

"It's a perfect evening. On thewhole it was a deserved victory," saidDortmund coach Lucien Favre.

Earlier on Tuesday in Group D,Galatasaray secured a Europa Leaguelast-32 place despite losing 3-2 toPorto in an entertaining game whichsaw two of three penalties scored.

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Former India all-rounder andselector Mohinder Amarnath

feels M S Dhoni and other seniorplayers must play domestic cricketto be eligible for selection in thenational team.

Having being dropped fromthe Twenty20 side recently andretired from Tests long ago, Dhoninow is a certainty in only ODI crick-et.

Despite having the time, the for-mer captain did not play the 50-overVijay Hazare Trophy this year andwill go into the three-match seriesin Australia next month without anymatch practice.

"Every individual is different butone thing I have always believed inis that if you want to play for Indiayou have to play for your state as

well. I think they (BCCI) shouldchange this policy altogether. A lotof senior players don't play domes-tic cricket," Amarnath said on side-lines of an event organised by RoyalStag in collaboration with the ICC.

"The BCCI should make it aneligibility criteria. Not only a num-ber of games, you should be playingregularly for your state if you are notplaying for India and not only justbefore the India selection. Then onlyyou can judge how good the guy isplaying. Whatever you haveachieved is all in the past. What isimportant is current form," said thehero of India's World Cup triumphin 1983.

"Even if you are playing one for-mat, you should be playing all for-mats at least in domestic cricket tobe considered for selection," the for-mer selector said.

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The impressive Indian fast bowlersare like race horses, who need to

be protected and handled carefully,says India's bowling coach BharatArun, who avowed that the current lotis one of the best the country has seen.

The Indian pacers, and the entireattack as a whole, has been impressiveon all overseas tours this year.

"I can say that not only now forwhat they did in Adelaide but whatthey've done over a period of time inSouth Africa, in England and now inAustralia. This is probably one of thebest group of fast bowlers India hasever had," Arun said ahead of thesecond Test against Australia.

"Fast bowlers are a pre-cious commodity and theyneed to be taken care of, likewhat you do with a racehorseand that's exactly what'shappening," he said.

Arun said the pacers— Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami,Bhuvneshwar Kumar andIshant Sharma — haveimproved because theyhave found consistency.

"Consistency was a bitissue (on previous tours)and that's something we'veaddressed with the bowlers.It's something we've reallyworked hard on. We insist onone-person form factor evenduring practice, and the bowlershave responded exceptionallywell. That's showing dividendsright now.

"It's very simple work. Each timethey come to the net and they

bowl, they need to be aware oftheir plans and what theyneed to execute. Each time it'sa little different of what theyneed to execute. We just testas to how far they've execut-ed each time. That feedbackallows them to be more con-sistent," said Arun.

The second Test begins atthe Optus Stadium onFriday, and will be the first

Test to bestaged herewith reportsthat pitch will

plenty of paceand bounce.

Arun said thatbowling at the newPerth Stadium

pitch would be atemptation for their

current attack, which iscapable of adapting to

any conditions across theworld.

"Obviously the bowlerswould love to bowl on those

type of wickets. Whatever is inthe offing, we are happy with.We haven't really taken a lookat the wicket.

"Irrespective of what theconditions (are), we said we'd

come here and look at it as ourhome conditions whatever condi-tions we get. We are up for it andwe are prepared for any conditionsthat may exist at the ground," headded.

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Australian opener MarcusHarris said he didn't feel out

of depth during his debut Test atAdelaide even though there washardly any margin of erroragainst a quality side like India inthe opening match.

"You always doubt yourself asa person, you're not sure if you'regoing to fit in Test cricket. So, itwas good to spend time in themiddle in both innings. I didn'tfeel out of my depth at all," saidHarris, who scored a matching 26in both the innings on debut.

"But I realised pretty quick-ly they don't bowl any crap andthey don't miss any chances thatyou give them. So you've got tobe switched on from ball one.

"I felt like my game stood up

to it, it's probably just a decision-making thing and being able tooccupy the crease for long peri-ods of time, but I didn't feel likeI was out of my depth at all," headded.

Outwitted by R Ashwin andMohammed Shami in the twoinnings, Harris said he is work-ing on his plans to tackle theIndian bowlers at the Perth Testbeginning on Friday.

"I worked hard in betweenthe first and second innings onsome plans against Ashwin andnow I'm just working on guyscoming around the wicket andstuff like that to work on plansIndia will use against me," hesaid.

"It has given me great confi-dence to be able to bat a decentperiod of time and occupy thecrease for a bit."

Australia lost the first Testnarrowly by 31 runs and Harrissaid the hosts will take confi-dence from the close finish andthe onus will be on the top-order

to take responsibility from thebatting exploits of their tail-enders.

"I think we took some goodconfidence from the fight weshowed, it got down to 30 runs.I know when I looked at it as abatter I thought 'I wish I could'vegot 60 or 70'. So we got prettyclose and hopefully we could takesome momentum into the gameon Friday," he said.

"I think the wicket will suitus a little bit more with the con-ditions, that's taking nothingaway from India, but I just thinka little bit of momentum.

"We would've loved to winthe game, but the boys bowledreally well and they also battedreally well. It's probably on us bat-ters to take a bit of the weightfrom them."

�'��4� Terming it as a mistake, theWrestling Federation of India (WFI) onWednesday announced that the contractsof star grapplers Sushil Kumar and SakshiMalik have been upgraded to Grade Afrom B.

When the WFI announced the con-tracts, both Sakshi and Sushil, Olympicmedallists were given grade B contracts.

However, rectifying the error, anannouncement to upgrade their contractswas made by WFI President BrijbhushanSharan Singh on Wednesday.

"With your support, we implementedthe grading system for the players A, B, C,D, E and F grades.

"We all unanimously agreed that suchplayers like Sushil (Kumar) and SakshiMalik, who gave the country the firstmedal when Indias medal tally (at the RioOlympics was empty) should not be keptin B grade," Singh said while explaining the

WFI's change of mind."So I would like to admit that it was a

mistake (on our part) and we are rectify-ing the mistake and are now includingboth the players (Sakshi and Sushil) to Agrade, added the WFI President.

"After Singh's announcement in GradeA, there are five wrestlers Bajrang Punia,Vinesh Phogat, Pooja Dhanda, SushilKumar and Sakshi Malik. The players inGrade A will get ��30 lakh annually.

"Players did not complain about it(grades), neither the media did. But wehave rectified the mistake," Singhinformed.

Now there are no players in Grade B.

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Talking about the ongoing Test series inAustralia, former great Mohinder Amarnath

feels India are a superior unit but the depletedhosts are capable of giving them a run for theirmoney.

"Australian cricketers think differently. It isnot the first time they are going through thiskind of phase. They are in the process of build-ing a new team. But from what I watched in thefirst Test, some of the players are really good.You can't just rule Australia out of the series. Ofcourse India are more superior but again theyhave to continue playing good cricket.

"First Test was a fantastic Test match froma cricketing point of view. The only differencewas Cheteshwar Pujara. It shows we are here fora thrilling series with advantage India," said the68-year-old, who played 69 Tests and 85 ODIs.

How will India do in the second Test start-ing Friday in Perth?

"It depends on nature of wicket. If the wick-et is doing a bit, some of the batsmen strugglewith their technique. It is not how aggressive youplay, the key in Test cricket is that only whenyou leave good deliveries, you occupy the creasefor a long time. It is not that they don't have thatin them but they have to adapt."

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