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M aharashtra was on Tuesday placed under President’s Rule, which came as a major relief to all the four stakeholders who now have enough time to outdo each other in the race for Government formation in the State. The Shiv Sena and the NCP admitted this and said they were not in a hurry, while the Congress maintained it will talk to Uddhav’s party after discussing threadbare with Sharad Pawar’s entity to reach a common ground. Following the Centre’s move, the Shiv Sena said it is readying a petition to challenge the President’s Rule decision in the Supreme Court. A final call will be taken on Wednesday, Shiv Sena’s advocate said. The SC may hear the petition chal- lenging the Governor’s decision on Wednesday. Except for the BJP, the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress all have cried foul over the Governor’s role. “The way President’s Rule was recom- mended, I condemn it. This Government has violated the SC guidelines on President’s Rule on several occasions in the last 5 years,” Ahmed Patel said. Sena suffered a setback in its efforts to cobble up a non- BJP Government in Maharashtra with the Congress at the last moment announcing its decision to hold more talks with ally NCP on supporting the Shiv Sena. Interestingly, while the BJP, which had given up its claim, appeared once again on the scene to assert it was back in the contention, the Sena still showed signs of willingness to go with its longtime NDA ally if the BJP gave it what it want- ed — the Chief Ministership for two and half years. “We have six months, we will sit down with the Congress and NCP,” Uddhav told reporters after a meeting with his MLAs. In a Press conference with Congress leaders, Pawar said they were in no hurry and will take a decision after holding further talks with the Congress. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel maintained his party will hold talks with the Sena only after its talks with the NCP cul- minate. But then, BJP leader Narain Rane came out to say that his party will try to form a Government and that former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is putting in all efforts in this direction. Patel along with KC Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge was dispatched by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to hold talks with Pawar to thrash out all niggling issues that could make or mar the prospective alliance with an ideologically opposite party. The political manoeuvring continued till late evening. Earlier, the Centre imposed President’s Rule after Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari recommended it five hours before the expiry of the 8.30 pm deadline given to the NCP to express its will- ingness to form the Government. The Union Cabinet subsequently met and approved the recommenda- tion before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s departure to Brazil for the BRICS Summit. The Shiv Sena moved the SC challenging the Governor’s decision to not grant it more time for the Government for- mation exercise. Continued on Page 4 M aharashtra is witnessing President’s Rule for the third time in its history with the first being in 1980 and the sec- ond in 2014. Interestingly, Pawar has always been in the mix of things on all the three occasions, the Shiv Sena being an addition this time round. It was the Sharad Pawar-led Progressive Democratic Front Government that the Congress had dismissed first in 1980 to impose President’s Rule. In 2014, the Congress Government led by Prithvi Raj Chavan was dismissed by the Narendra Modi dispensation after it lost majority following Sharad Pawar’s NCP with- drawing support to it. The longest duration that Maharashtra was under President’s Rule was for 112 days from February 17, 1980, to June 8, 1980, despite then Chief Minister Sharad Pawar enjoying majority in the House. When Indira came back to power in 1980, she dismissed all non-Congress State Governments in Bihar, Gujarat, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, besides Maharashtra. She was retaliating for the dis- missal of eight Congress Governments by the Janata Party dispensation in 1977. She wanted to ensure the Congress majority in the coun- try after the collapse of the Morarji Desai-led Janata Party Government at the Centre. Pawar was leading the coalition Government in Maharashtra at that time and he had won the majority. The President’s Rule came to an end when Abdul Rehman Antulay took over as the Chief Minister of the State. President’s Rule was again imposed for 32 days from September 28, 2014, to October 31, 2014, after then Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigned following the break- up of the 15-year-old Congress- NCP alliance. The NCP had pulled out of the alliance after blaming Congress for stalling talks over seat-sharing. Article 356, known as President’s Rule, deals with failure of constitutional machinery in the State. Under President’s Rule, the Governor runs the State with the help of the Chief Secretary. But the Governor cannot take any pol- icy decisions, which can only be taken by the Union Government with the assent of Parliament. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will pro- nounce on Wednesday at 2pm its verdict on petitions chal- lenging the Delhi High Court decision bringing the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, as per the notice on the SC’s official website on Tuesday. Other members of the bench are Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. A five-judge Constitution Bench had on April 4 reserved its verdict on the appeals filed in 2010 by the SC secretary general and its central public information officer against the HC and the central information commission’s (CIC’s) orders. Continued on Page 4 I ndia will showcase its spe- cialised meteorological skills — especially against the back- drop of the global accolades the country received for its han- dling of cyclone Fani, which was considered one of the strongest in the last 20 years — to Prince Charles during his two-day visit beginning November 13. Top sources said Prince Charles will visit the regional specialised Meteorological Centre for Tropical Cyclone at India Meteorological Department (IMD) building at Lodhi Road to see the progress and models of forecast being used for cyclone prediction by India. Prince Charles will also discuss with IMD about its accurate prediction of cyclone Fani in Odisha this year. “Prince Charles will wit- ness how India makes use of innovation to respond to nat- ural disasters. What method- ology and model is being adopted by it? How it is man- aged to coordinate with disas- ter management agencies dur- ing cyclone predictions and how its clean technology is helping deal with the challenges of climate change,” said the sources. A low-pressure area is the initial stage of the formation of a cyclone. During Fani, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, collected data on rainfall, tem- peratures below the sea and above, wind speed and used satellite data in running the models. “The island observatories also provided data which helped to predict accurate cyclonic storm,” said officials. This year, so far India witnessed over five cyclonic storms which include Fani, Kyarr, Titli, Vayu and Bulbul. Recently, the UN agency for disaster reduction com- mended the IMD’s “almost pinpoint accuracy” of early warnings that helped authori- ties conduct a well-targeted evacuation plan and minimise the loss of life as the extreme- ly severe cyclonic storm Fani made landfall near the coastal city of Puri. The powerful cyclone in Odisha had killed at least eight people, damaged properties worth hundreds of crores and displaced over 11 lakh people. Large areas in the seaside pil- grim town of Puri and other places were submerged as heavy rain battered the entire coastal belt of the State. Last week, the accurate prediction of cyclonic storm Bulbul also helped the State Governments — West Bengal and Odisha — to minimise the damage. The IMD predicted cyclone Bulbul to intensify into “very severe cyclonic storm” and alerted the two State Governments. In the case of Bulbul, the IMD predicted accurate landfall at coastal areas of the two States. The weather department predicted possible damage to thatched roofs, embankments and roads in the coastal dis- tricts of north Odisha and West Bengal. The visit by Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British throne, will be his 10th trip to India and his second in two years. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, had visited India in 2017, as part of their 10-day tour to Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Earlier, Prince Charles’ elder son Prince William and wife Kate Middleton had embarked on a visit to neigh- bouring Pakistan from October 14 to 18 this year. As per schedule, Prince Charles will participate in a dis- cussion on how to strengthen disaster resilience and tackle the effects of climate change at the IMD. He will visit a Sikh temple to celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak and mark the contribu- tion of the Sikh community in the UK. He will then attend a military service to commemo- rate the sacrifices of soldiers from India, the UK and across the Commonwealth in World War One and World War Two. A reluctant Congress, which did not make its mind to back an ideologically different party in forming a Government in Maharashtra, got more confused when a day earlier its long time ally NCP chief Sharad Pawar communi- cated to Congress president Sonia Gandhi that “he (Pawar) will first assess the situation in joining hands with the Shiv Sena and get back to the party”. This made the grand old party send three top leaders — Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal — to meet Pawar in Mumbai and comprehend the nitty- gritty further. The Congress has been extremely reluctant to back the Shiv Sena, given the severe ideological mismatch and the fact that the two par- ties fought bitterly as rivals in Mumbai and other parts of the State in the polls. The leaders were supposed to visit early in the day to Mumbai but their plan deferred after, according to sources in AICC, Pawar con- veyed that State leaders of both the parties will first dis- cuss the “terms and condi- tions” of the Government for- mation in the State. Both Sonia and Pawar had spoken earlier where both are believed to have discussed on a “common minimum pro- gramme” before giving any word to the Shiv Sena. Pawar also informed the Congress central leadership that he would come to Delhi and finalise details with them dur- ing the day. When Pawar expressed his inability to visit the national Capital, the Congress decided to send the leaders to meet Pawar. Though the meeting remained inconclusive, leaders of the two allies said further discussions would be needed to decide on the issue of Government formation in the State. Congress’ distrust for Shiv Sena apart, it also did not want to go the whole hog on the advice of the NCP chief without plugging all loopholes. NCP leader Ajit Pawar had stopped short of blaming ally Congress for the “delay” in deciding on whether to sup- port the Shiv Sena in a non- BJP Government in Maharashtra. And sources said his uncle, Sharad Pawar, is upset with the Congress for it. Congress held off on send- ing its leaders to Mumbai early morning, asking Pawar to come to Delhi instead and speak to Sonia. But Pawar declined, citing a meeting with his party MLAs, and the two then spoke on the phone. Continued on Page 4

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Maharashtra was onTuesday placed under

President’s Rule, which came asa major relief to all the fourstakeholders who now haveenough time to outdo eachother in the race forGovernment formation in theState. The Shiv Sena and theNCP admitted this and saidthey were not in a hurry, whilethe Congress maintained itwill talk to Uddhav’s partyafter discussing threadbarewith Sharad Pawar’s entity toreach a common ground.

Following the Centre’smove, the Shiv Sena said it isreadying a petition to challengethe President’s Rule decision inthe Supreme Court. A final callwill be taken on Wednesday,Shiv Sena’s advocate said. TheSC may hear the petition chal-lenging the Governor’s decisionon Wednesday.

Except for the BJP, theShiv Sena, NCP and Congressall have cried foul over theGovernor’s role. “The wayPresident’s Rule was recom-mended, I condemn it. ThisGovernment has violated theSC guidelines on President’sRule on several occasions in thelast 5 years,” Ahmed Patel said.

Sena suffered a setback inits efforts to cobble up a non-BJP Government inMaharashtra with the Congress

at the last moment announcingits decision to hold more talkswith ally NCP on supportingthe Shiv Sena.

Interestingly, while the BJP,which had given up its claim,appeared once again on thescene to assert it was back inthe contention, the Sena stillshowed signs of willingness togo with its longtime NDA allyif the BJP gave it what it want-

ed — the Chief Ministership fortwo and half years.

“We have six months, wewill sit down with the Congressand NCP,” Uddhav toldreporters after a meeting withhis MLAs.

In a Press conference withCongress leaders, Pawar saidthey were in no hurry and willtake a decision after holdingfurther talks with the Congress.

Senior Congress leader AhmedPatel maintained his party willhold talks with the Sena onlyafter its talks with the NCP cul-minate. But then, BJP leaderNarain Rane came out to saythat his party will try to forma Government and that formerChief Minister DevendraFadnavis is putting in all effortsin this direction.

Patel along with KCVenugopal and MallikarjunKharge was dispatched byCongress president SoniaGandhi to hold talks withPawar to thrash out all nigglingissues that could make or marthe prospective alliance with anideologically opposite party.

The political manoeuvring

continued till late evening.Earlier, the Centre imposedPresident’s Rule afterMaharashtra Governor BhagatSingh Koshiyari recommendedit five hours before the expiryof the 8.30 pm deadline givento the NCP to express its will-ingness to form theGovernment. The UnionCabinet subsequently met andapproved the recommenda-tion before Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s departure toBrazil for the BRICS Summit.

The Shiv Sena moved theSC challenging the Governor’sdecision to not grant it moretime for the Government for-mation exercise.

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Maharashtra is witnessingPresident’s Rule for the

third time in its history with thefirst being in 1980 and the sec-ond in 2014. Interestingly,Pawar has always been in themix of things on all the threeoccasions, the Shiv Sena beingan addition this time round.

It was the Sharad Pawar-ledProgressive Democratic FrontGovernment that the Congresshad dismissed first in 1980 toimpose President’s Rule.

In 2014, the CongressGovernment led by Prithvi RajChavan was dismissed by theNarendra Modi dispensationafter it lost majority followingSharad Pawar’s NCP with-drawing support to it.

The longest duration thatMaharashtra was underPresident’s Rule was for 112days from February 17, 1980,to June 8, 1980, despite thenChief Minister Sharad Pawarenjoying majority in the House.When Indira came back topower in 1980, she dismissedall non-Congress StateGovernments in Bihar, Gujarat,Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh, besides Maharashtra.She was retaliating for the dis-

missal of eight CongressGovernments by the JanataParty dispensation in 1977.

She wanted to ensure theCongress majority in the coun-try after the collapse of theMorarji Desai-led Janata PartyGovernment at the Centre.Pawar was leading the coalitionGovernment in Maharashtra atthat time and he had won themajority. The President’s Rulecame to an end when AbdulRehman Antulay took over asthe Chief Minister of the State.

President’s Rule was againimposed for 32 days fromSeptember 28, 2014, to October31, 2014, after then ChiefMinister Prithviraj Chavanresigned following the break-up of the 15-year-old Congress-NCP alliance. The NCP hadpulled out of the alliance afterblaming Congress for stallingtalks over seat-sharing.

Article 356, known asPresident’s Rule, deals withfailure of constitutionalmachinery in the State. UnderPresident’s Rule, the Governorruns the State with the help ofthe Chief Secretary. But theGovernor cannot take any pol-icy decisions, which can onlybe taken by the UnionGovernment with the assent ofParliament.

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Afive-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Chief

Justice Ranjan Gogoi will pro-nounce on Wednesday at 2pmits verdict on petitions chal-lenging the Delhi High Courtdecision bringing the office ofthe Chief Justice of India (CJI)under the ambit of the Right toInformation (RTI) Act, as perthe notice on the SC’s officialwebsite on Tuesday.

Other members of thebench are Justices NV Ramana,DY Chandrachud, DeepakGupta and Sanjiv Khanna.

A five-judge ConstitutionBench had on April 4 reservedits verdict on the appeals filedin 2010 by the SC secretarygeneral and its central publicinformation officer against theHC and the central informationcommission’s (CIC’s) orders.

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India will showcase its spe-cialised meteorological skills

— especially against the back-drop of the global accolades thecountry received for its han-dling of cyclone Fani, whichwas considered one of thestrongest in the last 20 years —to Prince Charles during histwo-day visit beginningNovember 13.

Top sources said PrinceCharles will visit the regionalspecialised MeteorologicalCentre for Tropical Cyclone atIndia MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) building atLodhi Road to see the progressand models of forecast beingused for cyclone prediction byIndia.

Prince Charles will alsodiscuss with IMD about itsaccurate prediction of cycloneFani in Odisha this year.

“Prince Charles will wit-ness how India makes use ofinnovation to respond to nat-ural disasters. What method-ology and model is beingadopted by it? How it is man-aged to coordinate with disas-ter management agencies dur-ing cyclone predictions andhow its clean technology is

helping deal with the challengesof climate change,” said thesources.

A low-pressure area is theinitial stage of the formation ofa cyclone. During Fani, theNational Institute of OceanTechnology (NIOT), Chennai,collected data on rainfall, tem-peratures below the sea andabove, wind speed and usedsatellite data in running themodels.

“The island observatoriesalso provided data whichhelped to predict accuratecyclonic storm,” said officials.This year, so far India witnessedover five cyclonic storms which

include Fani, Kyarr, Titli, Vayuand Bulbul.

Recently, the UN agencyfor disaster reduction com-mended the IMD’s “almostpinpoint accuracy” of earlywarnings that helped authori-ties conduct a well-targetedevacuation plan and minimisethe loss of life as the extreme-ly severe cyclonic storm Fanimade landfall near the coastalcity of Puri.

The powerful cyclone inOdisha had killed at least eightpeople, damaged propertiesworth hundreds of crores anddisplaced over 11 lakh people.Large areas in the seaside pil-grim town of Puri and otherplaces were submerged asheavy rain battered the entirecoastal belt of the State.

Last week, the accurateprediction of cyclonic stormBulbul also helped the StateGovernments — West Bengaland Odisha — to minimise thedamage. The IMD predictedcyclone Bulbul to intensifyinto “very severe cyclonicstorm” and alerted the two StateGovernments. In the case ofBulbul, the IMD predictedaccurate landfall at coastalareas of the two States.

The weather department

predicted possible damage tothatched roofs, embankmentsand roads in the coastal dis-tricts of north Odisha andWest Bengal.

The visit by Prince Charles,heir apparent to the Britishthrone, will be his 10th trip toIndia and his second in twoyears. Prince Charles and hiswife Camilla, Duchess ofCornwall, had visited India in2017, as part of their 10-day tourto Asian countries, includingSingapore, Malaysia and Brunei.

Earlier, Prince Charles’elder son Prince William andwife Kate Middleton hadembarked on a visit to neigh-bouring Pakistan from October14 to 18 this year.

As per schedule, PrinceCharles will participate in a dis-cussion on how to strengthendisaster resilience and tacklethe effects of climate change atthe IMD. He will visit a Sikhtemple to celebrate the 550thbirth anniversary of GuruNanak and mark the contribu-tion of the Sikh community inthe UK. He will then attend amilitary service to commemo-rate the sacrifices of soldiersfrom India, the UK and acrossthe Commonwealth in WorldWar One and World War Two.

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Areluctant Congress, whichdid not make its mind to

back an ideologically differentparty in forming aGovernment in Maharashtra,got more confused when a dayearlier its long time ally NCPchief Sharad Pawar communi-cated to Congress presidentSonia Gandhi that “he (Pawar)will first assess the situation injoining hands with the ShivSena and get back to the party”.

This made the grand oldparty send three top leaders —Ahmed Patel, MallikarjunKharge and KC Venugopal —to meet Pawar in Mumbaiand comprehend the nitty-gritty further. The Congresshas been extremely reluctant toback the Shiv Sena, given thesevere ideological mismatchand the fact that the two par-ties fought bitterly as rivals inMumbai and other parts of theState in the polls.

The leaders were supposedto visit early in the day toMumbai but their plandeferred after, according tosources in AICC, Pawar con-veyed that State leaders ofboth the parties will first dis-cuss the “terms and condi-tions” of the Government for-mation in the State.

Both Sonia and Pawar hadspoken earlier where both arebelieved to have discussed ona “common minimum pro-gramme” before giving anyword to the Shiv Sena. Pawaralso informed the Congresscentral leadership that hewould come to Delhi andfinalise details with them dur-ing the day. When Pawarexpressed his inability to visitthe national Capital, theCongress decided to send theleaders to meet Pawar.

Though the meetingremained inconclusive, leadersof the two allies said furtherdiscussions would be neededto decide on the issue ofGovernment formation in theState. Congress’ distrust for

Shiv Sena apart, it also did notwant to go the whole hog onthe advice of the NCP chiefwithout plugging all loopholes.

NCP leader Ajit Pawarhad stopped short of blamingally Congress for the “delay” indeciding on whether to sup-port the Shiv Sena in a non-BJP Government inMaharashtra. And sources saidhis uncle, Sharad Pawar, isupset with the Congress for it.

Congress held off on send-ing its leaders to Mumbai earlymorning, asking Pawar tocome to Delhi instead andspeak to Sonia. But Pawardeclined, citing a meeting withhis party MLAs, and the twothen spoke on the phone.

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The lack of clarity in the SupremeCourt verdict on whether the

five-acre land to Muslims would begiven to Muslims for constructionof a mosque in Ayodhya town orAyodhya district has made manyprominent Muslim leaders appre-hensive. They fear that taking advan-tage of renaming of Faizabad toAyodhya, the Yogi government maygive the land to Muslims in the outerperiphery of the temple town.

Local Muslims say the govern-ment should give the land withinacquired 67-acre land of RamJanmabhoomi Complex. One ofthe plaintiffs in this case, HajiMahboob said that the governmentshould allot a land near the oldchainsaw machine within theacquired 67 acre complex as theBabri Masjid stood within thatboundary.

In its landmark verdict onNovember 9, the Supreme Courthad ruled that five acres of landshould be handed over to the SunniCentral Waqf Board either from theacquired 67 acres or elsewhere inAyodhya.

The order says: “The land shallbe allotted either by: (a) The Central

government out of the land acquiredunder the Ayodhya Act 1993; or (b)

The state government at a suitableprominent place in Ayodhya.”

Muslims believe that as there isno clarity in the order over whetherland would be given in Ayodhyatown or Ayodhya district, the Yogigovernment may give it in some far-flung place of Ayodhya.

“Till last year, Ayodhya meantAyodhya city, but after the Yogi gov-ernment renamed Faizabad toAyodhya, the word Ayodhya meansdistrict,” Faizan Ahmad, a Muslimscholar, said. He said under this sce-nario, the government may give theland on the border of Ayodhya.“This is on record that the VishwaHindu Parishad (VHP) have alwayssaid that the mosque should be builtacross Saryu. The Yogi governmentmay use the SC order to act as perthe VHP wishes,” he said.

Advocate Zafaryab Jilani saidthat in SC order, the word Faizabadhas been mentioned on severaloccasions. “We believe when it saysAyodhya, it means Ayodhya city,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, Zufar Farooqui,chairperson of the Sunni CentralWaqf Board, said: “The board willmeet on November 26 to discuss theconstruction of a mosque and other details.

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Guru Nanak Jayanti andKartik Purnima celebra-

tions passed off peacefully withseveral lakh devotees throngingthe ghats across the state,including Ayodhya, to take aholy dip in Ganga, Saryu andSangam in Prayagraj amongother prominent rivers.

In the temple town ofAyodhya, where special securi-ty arrangements were made forthe purpose, people beganflocking to Saryu ghats sinceearly morning amidst chants of‘Sita Ram’ playing on loud-speakers on the streets, whilemany devotees who came fromneighbouring districts campednear the river overnight. Theyall started taking holy dip sinceearly morning and continuedtill late evening. This is the firstbig religious congregation inAyodhya after the SupremeCourt’s judgement in the RamJanmabhoomi land title disputecase. A posse of security per-sonnel was deployed along theghats while regular check-postsset up on the streets besidespatrolling parties. The nearlyfour-km stretch from the sym-bolic Ayodhya Dwar borderingFaizabad town to the main

Ayodhya city still remainsunder tight watch with nopublic transport being allowedto go beyond that fromFaizabad side. Even for privatevehicles, hardly any four-wheel-ers could be seen beyond the

gate, while two-wheeler riderswere allowed to go towardsAyodhya side only after prop-er checking of identity cards.The ghats have been dividedinto four zones and about 20sectors within each zone,

resulting in a total of 80 sectors,disclosed a senior officer.“About 13 mobile toilets,besides other sanitation facili-ties and 18 ambulances, havebeen installed and ghats havebeen illuminated to add to the

festive spirit,” he said. Thesenior officer said units ofparamilitary forces and homeguards had also been deployed.“We have marked danger zonesand 200 divers will also be onstandby to avert any mishap,”

he said. “This arrangementhas been in place since Fridaynight, the day the verdicttiming was announced. It islikely to remain for anotherweek or so to ensure foolproofsecurity,” the police officersaid. “Also, in view of KartikPurnima, security forces are onextra vigil,” he added.

Kartik Purnima or thenight of the full moon of Kartikmonth of the Hindu calendar,falls 15 days after Diwali, thenight of Kartik Amavasya.

Devotees in the state cap-ital took a dip atMankameshwar ghat on thebanks of the Gomti. A hugecrowd also gathered on thebanks of Ganga and Yamuna inAllahabad. In Varanasi, besidestaking holy dip in the morning,Dev Deepawali was celebratedon the banks of Ganga in theevening. Earthen lamps were litat all temples and banks of theGanga on the auspicious occasion.

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The Uttar Pradesh governmenthas enhanced security of sev-

eral political leaders and stateministers after conducting secu-rity review post the Ayodhya ver-dict. The state governmentreviewed the security on Monday.Official sources said here onTuesday that security of severalpeople has been enhancedand others withdrawn on thebasis of intelligence wing inputs.

UP Sugarcane DevelopmentMinister Suresh Rana’s securityhas been raised to ‘Z plus’ from ‘Z’while that of Sunni Waqf Boardchairman Zufur Faroqui and UPShia Central Waqf Board chair-man Waseem Rizvi enhanced to ‘Yplus’ from ‘Y’ category.

State Minority AffairsMinister Nand Gopal GuptaNandi and BJP MLA SangeetSom will get ‘Z’ category securi-ty. Besides, former UP ministersRamveer Upadhyay and NareshAgarwal will get ‘Y plus’ security.However, the government hasdecided to withdraw the security

cover extended to spiritual guruSri Sri Ravishankar, senior advo-cate Sriram Panchu and formerapex court judge FMI Kalifulla,who were appointed as mediatorsfor the Ayodhya case by theSupreme Court. The governmenthas given security to some oth-ers too, but their names are yet tobe disclosed.

Meanwhile, to maintainpeace and communal harmony,the police are in constant alertmode in all the sensitiveplaces while close monitoringon all social media activities hasbeen made to quell rumoursand fake messages.

The alert was sounded in thewake of the Supreme Court ver-dict in the Ayodhya case. So far,70 people have been arrested forrumour-mongering in the stateand more than 270 social mediaaccounts reported for furtheraction. The vigil was also main-tained to ensure peaceful celebra-tion of Barawafat on Sunday andlater ‘Kartik Purnima’ and 550thbirth anniversary of Guru NanakDev on Tuesday.

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Believe it or not! Births and deaths arenot being registered in rural areas of

Uttar Pradesh as the government hasmade no efforts to extend training foronline registration or made any budgetaryallocation in this regard, resulting in verylow registration of births and deaths in the state.

What is more alarming is that sevenregistrars did not register any birth in theirdistricts between 2012 and 2017 while 14did not register any death during this peri-od in their respective zones.

As per stats available with the govern-ment, only 62.5 per cent births were reg-istered in the state as compared to thenational average of 86 per cent. The levelof registration in case of deaths is just 35.5per cent as against the national average of78.1 per cent. Wherever the deaths andbirths were registered, the chief registrar ofUttar Pradesh did not link them withimportant schemes and programmes of thegovernment, thereby meaning that theschemes made by the government weremerely based on estimates.

The Office of the Registrar General andCensus Commissioner, in a letter to the UPgovernment, stated that the state hadmade no arrangements to impart trainingin online registration in rural areas. “

The chief registrar of UP preparedand submitted plans only for urbanareas and demanded financial assistance forcities. No efforts were made to start digi-tal registration of births and deaths inrural areas and it reflectes in the total reg-istration figure of Uttar Pradesh”, the let-ter said.

Uttar Pradesh, home to 220 millionpeople, is one of the most backward statesof India where the quality of education andbasic health facilities are poor while over70 per cent of the population lives in vil-lages.

That the civil registration is not on thepriority list of the government is evidentfrom the fact that there is no provision inthe state budget for activities relating to theregistration of births and deaths under theRegistration of Birth and Death Act.Despite suggestions from the RegistrarGeneral of India, the chief registrar of UPneither prepared the plan for creation andadvocacy of publicity and digitalisation ofrecords, nor demanded funds from RGI.

As a result, the state government didnot get funds to strengthen the registrationof births and deaths.

Government law says that in state-runhospitals, health centres, private nursinghomes and primary health centres (PHCs),the medical officers in-charge or othersauthorised by them are supposed to reportbirths and deaths to the registrars con-cerned. In case of any irregularity, the mon-itoring officials, including district magis-trates and chief medical officers, are sup-posed take action against the erring offi-cials. The primary purpose of registrationof births and deaths is to create a legal doc-ument that is used to establish and protectrights of individuals. The secondary pur-pose is to create a data source for compi-lation of vital statistics.

“This database is also a source of sta-tistics for understanding populationdynamics for comprehensive planning forprogrammes and schemes for welfare ofpeople,” the letter said.

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With prominent Muslim organ-isations like All-India Muslim

Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)and UP Sunni Central Waqf Boardyet to take a decision on theSupreme Court’s judgement askingthe government to give 5 acres ofland for construction of a newmosque, a section has demandedthat an Islamic university should beset up along with the mosque.

A group of Muslim clerics,who met Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, suggested setting up ofan Islamic university along with themosque in Ayodhya. The clerics alsocongratulated the Chief Minister formaintaining peace and harmonyafter the Ayodhya verdict.

The CM asked the clerics to

assist the government in main-taining communal harmony andreiterated that the governmentwould not tolerate any nuisance. Hesaid he would not allow any dis-crimination in the society andMuslims would get benefits of allthe government welfare schemes.

During the meeting, MaulanaSalman Hussain Nadvi demandedan Islamic university along with themosque in Ayodhya. Yogi, who hasvisited Ayodhya 18 times during hisregime, is expected to visit theRamjanmabhoom again soon,sources said on Tuesday.

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Expressing displeasure over lesstax realisation from paan

masala traders, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said more tradersshould be brought under the tax net.

There are registrations of only14 lakh traders dealing in paanmasala. “This number should beat least 25 lakh. Increase the taxtarget from Rs 77,000 lakh to Rsone lakh crore next year.Considering the population andnumber of cities and towns in thestate, this target can be easilyachieved,” the CM said during areview of Commercial Tax depart-ment here on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister asked offi-cials concerned to effectively curbtheft in paan masala and irontrade, and pay special attention tothe borders of Nepal. The ChiefMinister said that the review con-ducted by zonal additional com-missioners every fortnight wouldalso reach him through the addi-tional chief secretary of the depart-ment.

He said that the CommercialTax department must becomefriends with the traders and not bethe oppressor.

“The department should carryout the awareness drives amongthe traders by taking help ofTraders Welfare Board. Tell themthat it is government’s right to

receive and it is their duty to handover the tax money that they aretaking from customers. It isutilised in development works,”Yogi said.

“If we talk about the insurancecover of Rs 10 lakh and pensionscheme to be implemented infuture, the number of registrationswill definitely increase,” he added.

Yogi held a review meeting ofthe zonal additional commission-ers of the department at his resi-dence in Lucknow on Tuesday.

He said that the files shouldnot be blocked under any circum-stances. “Deploy good officers inthe field and regularly monitor thework of those deployed. If theirwork is unsatisfactory, call them

back from the field. By doing this,your registration and revenue willbe increased, and traders will alsoget a good message about thedepartment,” the Chief Ministersaid.

The Chief Minister said thathe will also review this departmentalong with the administration andpolice during routine review meet-ing of the districts. Yogi said thattraders are afraid of harassmentand not tax payment. “We have toend this fear through our behav-iour and also simplify the processof filing returns and refunds. Forthis, training should be impartedto traders,” the CM said.

In addition, the Chief Ministeralso asked the officials to prepareways to monitor the amount ofGST received at the district level.“If you decentralise the system, theadministration will also help you.Besides, felicitate 10 traders fromeach district who pay the highestGST. Also felicitate the highest tax-paying traders in the state on GSTDay,” the CM said.

“Make these traders advisorsto others for registration and pay-ment of taxes. This will help inconveying a good message amongpeople,” he said.

Chief Secretary RK Tiwari,Additional Chief Secretary of thedepartment Alok Sinha, andPrincipal Secretary to the ChiefMinister SP Goyal were present inthe meeting.

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AHigh Court lawyer endedhis life at his house in

Jankipuram on Monday night.His wife accused a female col-league of abetment to suicideand lodged a case in this regard.

As per reports, PrashantMishra (43) of JankipuramExtension hanged himself fromthe ventilator grill in the bath-room. “He went to the bath-room after he got a call and hada talk with some person. Wethought he went to the bath-room to relieve himself.However, when he did notcome out of the bathroom, wegave calls to him but he did notrespond,” his wife Sadhna toldthe police.

She said she sought thehelp of some neighbours andPrashant was taken off thenoose after we broke open thedoors. “We rushed him to a hos-pital where he was declaredbrought dead,” she said.

The Jankipuram SHO saidthe police registered a case on

the complaint and further inves-tigations were underway.

“Prashant’s wife alleged thata female colleague was harass-ing him over some issue whichforced him to end his life. Wewill conduct a probe into theallegations,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Chinhat, ahotel employee, identified asSachin Gauli (26) ended is lifeat his house after having a ver-bal spat with his wife onMonday night. Reports saidSachin, a native of MadhyaPradesh, was staying along withhis wife and children in a houseat Vidhayak crossing locality inthe area. He returned home latein the evening and had a verbalspat with his wife. He laterhanged himself from the ceiling.

His wife called neighbourswho took him off the noose andrushed him to RML Hospitalwhere he was declared broughtdead. The hospital authoritiesinformed the police and a teamreached there. The body wassent for autopsy and furtherinvestigations were started.

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Stressing on the fact that thelives of Sikh gurus should be

a part of school curriculum,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathsaid that the younger genera-tion should be made aware oftheir heritage so that when theyassociate with the past, they cancreate a better future and con-tinuously move forward in thismanner. The Chief Ministerwas speaking at the 550thbirth anniversary celebrationsof Guru Nanak Dev at the DAVCollege. The programme wasorganised by Naka HindolaGurudwara.

Yogi said he has directedthe Tourism and Culturaldepartment officials to identi-fy heritage places associatedwith Guru Nanak and coordi-nate with the local gurudwaracommittees for their conserva-tion. Soon after his arrival atthe venue, a turban was tied onthe head of the CM and beforethe programme officially start-ed, he also listened to the bha-jans recited on the occasion.

The Chief Minister said hewas happy to have received‘Kirtan Yatra’ at his residence inJuly earlier this year.

The CM said it was impor-tant in the light of the fact thatthe Sikh gurus laid their livesfor saving the religion andcountry, and India as it existstoday is because of the sacrificeof these gurus.

“Guru Nanak had given hisphilosophy in three points that

people should remember God,work hard and live in a com-munity. Guru Nanak travelledacross the country and in manycountries abroad, spreadinghis gyaan prakash and remov-ing the superstitions whichpeople carried in their minds.He travelled in those timeswhen there were no resources”the Chief Minister said.

In a word of praise for theSikh community for followingall the tenets of Guru NanakDev, the CM said: “We can findthe Sikhs working wherever wego and all Sikhs make it a pointto be a part of the ‘kirtan’ cel-ebrations regularly at thegurudwaras no matter howbusy they are. They have alwaysdistributed ‘langar’ and it is avery big thing that whereverthere is a gurudwara, no per-son around can go hungry.

People from all walks of life andreligions visit gurudwaras tohave food offered.”

“550 years down the line,the Prakash Parv of GuruNanak Dev still inspires us,” headded.

The Chief Minister alsogreeted the Prime Minister atthe grand event. “PrimeMinister Narendra Modi tookthe initiative that Sikh pil-grims got the opportunity to goon their pilgrimage in Pakistanfollowing the opening ofKartarpur corridor. The Sikhsgot a chance to see whereGuru Nanak lived and in thisway, the PM made the dreamsof many Sikhs come true,” Yogisaid. The Chief Minister saidthat Guru Nanak took a tour ofthe country so that he couldremove superstitions in theminds of people. “When you

work to propagate a message,you face great challenges andhe had the courage to call‘Babar’ by the name of ‘Jabar’.It was the time when peoplewere concerned about howthey would save the countryand their women. The religionand the country as it existstoday is because of these Sikhgurus who need to be revered,”the Chief Minister said.

Deputy Chief MinisterDinesh Sharma said it was theday of festivities. “We havenamed several gates and cross-ings in the city after Sikh gurusbut whatever we have done isless considering the immensecontribution made by thesegurus,” he said.

The only Sikh minister inthe state government, BaldevSingh Aulak, while speaking onthe occasion, said Guru Nanakwas the guru of all communi-ties and the stories associatedwith him are far too many.

Meanwhile, the 550thbirth anniversary of GuruNanak Dev was celebrated withtraditional gaiety and enthusi-asm at the gurudwaras acrossthe city. At the historical NakaHindola Gurudwara at DAVCollege organised a pro-gramme to celebrate the occa-sion. A huge pandal was taste-fully decked up and the HolyGuru Granth Sahib placed in adecorated palanquin at thecentre. Since early morning,devotees poured in for ‘darshan’of Guru Granth Sahib.

The venue was chock-a-block with both men andwomen. The chants of ‘Bole sonihal, Satsriakal’ reverberatedthe air through the day.

President of Guru SinghSabha Rajendra Singh Baggacongratulated the gathering onthis occasion.

Later, members of MataGujari Satsang Sabha and chil-dren of Gurmat SangeetAcademy also joined the cele-brations. ‘Prasad’ was also dis-tributed among the devotees.

Earlier, the ‘chola’ of ShriNishan Sahib was changedamongst chanting of hymns.Langar was distributedamongst thousands of peopleirrespective of caste and creed.

At the AlambaghGurudwara, a blood donationcamp was organised with thehelp of Lions Club. At least 45people donated blood.

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To improve the fitness ofcops, SSP Kalanidhi

Naithani has asked for volley-ball and badminton courts tobe constructed inside policestation premises.

The SSP said efforts werebeing made to better thepolicing and fitness of thecops working at the police sta-tions. “We are also running acleanliness drive at the policestations these days. Two daysback, the cops were asked toget the dumped vehicles inyards in the police stationspremises and garbage cleaned.Now, the aim is to focus onthe fitness factor as it is nec-essary for cops bust the stress.“They also have been asked tocatalogue their records in aproper way,” he said.

The SSP said fitness is animportant aspect for thepolice as cops have to workconstantly and under chal-lenging conditions. “The copswill play volleyball and bad-minton in leisure. This willalso improve their perfor-mance,” he said.

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Ateenage couple commit-ted suicide just after the

two were caught together by alocal youth inside a room inKaushambi. Local police regis-tered a case in this regard andsent the bodies for autopsy.

Reports said that Nankul(20) of Udathu village underCharva police station ofKaushambi, was having anaffair with Gorki (19), a resi-dent of the same area. Gorki’sfather Ram Lautan and otherfamily members were workingin the field while she was alonein the house. Taking advantageof the situation, Nankulreached her house for a meet-ing. According to reports,Rajendra, also a residing of thesame village, saw Nankul enter-ing Gorki’s house. He alsoreached there and bolted thedoors from outside. Later, heraised an alarm. However, thecouple locked the door frominside. Later, police were calledand villagers broke open thedoors, only to find Nankul andGorki hanging from the ceiling.

Locals said the couple commit-ted suicide to avoid embarrass-ment. Additional SP AshokKumar, who reached the spot,said the bodies had been sentfor autopsy. He said they wouldtake action if the family mem-bers of either Nankul or Gorkilodged a complaint andaccused Rajendra for forcingthe two to end their lives.

Meanwhile, in Unnao, oneperson died and two otherssustained burns after a gascylinder exploded in a truckparked outside a gas plant onTuesday, police said. The inci-dent took place outside aHindustan Petroleum gas plantin Dahi Chowki industrial areaof the district, Kotwali stationhouse officer (SHO) DineshChandra Mishra said. He saidthe condition of the two injuredwas critical. Citing eyewitnessaccounts, Mishra said, “OnTuesday morning, the driverand two other persons weresleeping in the truck parkedoutside the gas plant. There wasa small gas cylinder whichsuddenly caught fire and soon,the truck went up in flames”.

The flames were doused by firebrigade personnel, he said,adding that one man died inthe incident. Police is trying toget in touch with the truck’sowner while the identity of thedeceased is yet to be ascer-tained, the SHO added.

Elsewhere in Badaun, twowomen were killed and 12others injured when a tractor-trolley they were travelling infell into a gorge after being hitby a speeding bus, police saidon Tuesday. According toSuperintendent of Police (City)Jitendra Kumar Srivastava, theaccident occurred around 11pm on Monday on a bypass onBisauli road. All the passengersin the tractor-trolley were fromthe same family and on theirway to a religious function.Police and local residentsrushed the injured to the dis-trict hospital. The deceasedwere identified as AnupamSharma (30) and Poonam Devi(55), police said, adding thatthe bus driver, who tried to fleethe spot, had been arrested.The condition of five of theinjured is stated to be critical.

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Indian Institute ofToxicology Research (IITR)

will be releasing its post-mon-soon ambient air qualityreport on Wednesday on theoccasion of its 54th AnnualDay celebrations. IITR direc-tor Alok Dhawan, while talk-ing to The Pioneer, said theywould be highlighting thepollution levels at KGMU this year.

“This we are doingbecause a request has beenmade by the senior officials ofKGMU that this would helpthem know what are the exist-ing pollution levels at theKGMU and hence they will be

able to make an effective planto combat it,” he said.

Scientists said that themonitoring by equipment wasdone on the KGMU campusitself. A senior scientist point-ed out: “IITR undertakesresearch in niche areas oftoxicology. Established in1965, the institute has ren-dered yeomen service in theareas of human health andenvironment, assessing theimpact of industrial and envi-ronmental chemicals on theecosystem and environmentalmonitoring of pollutants inthe air, water, and soil.”

The celebrations willbegin with the ‘SH ZaidiMemorial Oration’, which is

organised every year on thisday as a tribute to the firstdirector of the institute. Thelecture this year, the 23rd inthe series, will be delivered bydirector of Centre for Cellularand Molecular Biology(Hyderabad) Rakesh KMishra. Chairman of Board ofDirectors, BCIL (New Delhi)and former director of CDRIVP Kamboj will preside overthe function. The highlight ofthe day-long celebrations willbe the Annual Day function atthe institute. IITR’s annualreport will be presented bydirector Alok Dhawan andseveral scientific publicationswill be released on the occa-sion.

IITR took up the issue ofair pollution seriously in 1997and has been striving sincethen for creation of awarenessamong public, scientific com-munity, academicians and reg-ulatory authorities.

IITR has been assessingthe ambient air quality ofurban areas of Lucknow dur-ing pre and post-monsoonseasons with respect to crite-ria pollutants namelyParticulate Matter, SO2 andNOx since 1997. Lucknow isa fast-growing city. In 1951,the area of Lucknow was 48 sqkm, which has now increasedto 310 sq km in 2011. As per2011 census, the city has apopulation of 28.15 lakh.

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Lucknow (PNS): A fraud-ster, who had duped severalpersons in the name of sharetrading and against whom acase was registered two yearsback, landed in police net inIndira Nagar on Tuesday.Interestingly, the police hadconcluded the probe of thecase only a couple of days ago.The accused, identified asDharmendra Kumar Sharma ofAyodhya, is the owner ofUmmeed Trading Company.He was arrested under theLucknow police drive called‘Operation 420’ after ShailendraKumar of Indira Nagar lodgeda case in 2017 and the policeworked on the case at a snail’s

pace. ASP (trans-Gomti) RajeshSrivastava said the police got atip-off about Dharmendra’spresence at Munshipulia cross-ing and nabbed him later. Thepolice recovered a mobilephone and Rs 25,000 in cashfrom his possession.

Interestingly, the police hadno information about other vic-tims who were defrauded by theaccused when he was runningthe company. The ASP said thepolice were trying to contact thevictims. “Dharmendra had donea moonlight flit after collectingcash from different investors. Heused to lure the innocents toinvest in the company for attrac-tive dividends,” he said.

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expressed concern over thenon-serious approach ofLucknow DevelopmentAuthority (LDA) for not com-pleting three projects of itshousing schemes located indifferent places of the state cap-ital within deadline.

On Tuesday, RERA serveda notice on the LDA adminis-tration. The notice was sent tothe office of LDA Vice-Chairman despite Tuesdaybeing a holiday. Chief engineerIS Singh was directed to devel-op two parks and install fire-fighting devices in sectors J &I of Woodland Complex inGomti Nagar Extension byNovember 25. Besides, RERAalso directed the LDA admin-istration to complete the con-struction of unfinished com-munity service centre andsports complex in ShardaNagar housing scheme.

RERA also warned theLDA administration of a penal-ty of 5 per cent of the totalamount of the estimated priceof the projects to Residents’

Welfare Association (RWA) sothat they can be completedwith the help of private part-ners of their choice.

LDA Vice-Chairman PNSingh said RERA officials hadgiven them 45-day time inJuly last to finish the projects,but the same could not be com-plete within the deadline due toadministrative and financialreasons.

President of the WoodlandHousing Complex MK Dubeyhad lodged a complaint withRERA on June 6 last, statingthat the LDA administrationignored the terms and condi-tions mentioned in thebrochure given at the time tosubmitting the applicationforms.

RERA senior officials hadcarried out inspections in thelocalities mentioned in thecomplaint and found some ofthe projects incomplete. On thebasis of the report, RERAdirected the LDA administra-tion to complete the projects in45 days.

Chief engineer IS Singhclaimed that the projects wouldbe completed and open forpeople in three weeks’ time.

Lucknow (PNS): Twogroups of men had a clash in abusy market in Wazirganj onTuesday even as police chose tobe mute spectators. However,the Wazirganj SHO said boththe parties lodged a case in thisconnection.

As per reports, a person,identified as Rizwan of Naka,was going for some work whenhe was intercepted by his oldrivals Mohammed Kalim ofWazirganj and his supporterson Tuesday afternoon. Rizwan

alleged in his complaint thatKalim and his men thrashedhim and forced him to with-draw the case. He said hisbrother Affan was a partner inreal estate business with Kalim,Shariq, Faakhir and they devel-oped differences over the dealof a house in Mahanagar. “Welodged a case against the above-named persons. They attackedme and forced me to ask mybrother to withdraw the case,”Rizwan alleged.

However, Kalim alleged

that Rizwan, along with hisbrother Affan and their sup-porters, waylaid him when hewas in the market and attackedhim with the butt of a pistol. Helater lodged a case with the helpof his lawyer.

A police spokesman saidthe police were investigatingthe case. “We have claims andcounter-claims made by boththe parties and we are verify-ing their claims. Action will beinitiated after proper verifica-tion,” he said.

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Regimental Centre at Lucknowcelebrated its 12th reunionover three days, displayingbonhomie between officersand jawans. The Centre wore afestive look amidst various cer-emonial, sports and culturalprogrammes organised on theoccasion. Attended by nearly150 officers and 1,500 juniorcommissioned officers andjawans, the celebrations wereaimed at strengthening theregimental spirit and sense ofduty. Addressing the gathering,Lt Gen JBS Yadav (Retd), a warveteran of 1971, delivered aninspiring talk. He was all praisefor the Gorkha soldiers fromNepal and India for their con-tribution in upholding the tra-ditions of the Regiment with

unparalleled valour and sacri-fice. General Bipin Rawat,Chief of the Army Staff andColonel of the Regiment of 11Gorkha Rifles and SikkimScouts, exhorted all officers and

jawans to continue to strive inpursuit of excellence. The gath-ering was also addressed by LtGen Anil Chauhan, GeneralOfficer Commanding-in-Chief,Eastern Command.

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Asma Hussain Instituteof Fashion Technology organ-ised ‘Miss India CampusPrincess 2020’ on Tuesday. Aspecial beauty and groomingmasterclass for people of allage groups was organised as acurtain raiser to the event onMonday. The master class wasattended by 60 participants

and students of AIFT. The ses-sion was specially crafted fornon-contestants who wouldbe given opportunities lateron, such as walking the rampfor designers, photo shoots,meeting celebrities etc. Theevent organised on Tuesdaywas judged by Miss UniverseIndia 2014 Noyonita Lodh,and fashion designer AsmaHussain. Asma Hussain said:

“The institute is completing 25years in 2020. Over the years,we have trained over 6,000people who are nowemployed. This year, weformed our alumni associa-tion and organised our fash-ion festival and Diwali fest.We are very happy to beorganising Miss India Campus

Princess for the fourth year ina row.”

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‘Lalit’, a multipurpose guavavariety, has been devel-

oped by CISH (CentralInstitute for SubtropicalHorticulture). CISH directorShailendra Rajan said the vari-eties developed by the institute,particularly in guava, haverevolutionised the guavaindustry in the country.

“Juice developed from theguava fruit of ‘Lalit’ variety isin great demand, particularly insouthern peninsula. Thisguava variety developed forcapturing the domestic marketmay replace the traditionalcultivars, particularly amongstthe progressive growers ofsouthern guava cultivationbelt,” he said.

He said the variety is select-ed from apple colour progenyand the fruit is medium sizedwith an attractive saffron-yel-low colour and red blush, firmflesh and pink with good blendof sugar and acid, suitable forboth table and processing pur-poses. “The pink colour in thebeverage remains stable formore than a year in storage,jelly made has better flavourand appearance. It is a selec-tion from half sib population ofapple colour. Lalit is a varietywith wide adaptability in differ-ent agro ecological zones of thecountry,” he said.

Rajan pointed out that‘Lalit’ has become popular inseveral parts of the country dueto its high yield and pink pulpwhich is suitable for beverageand has potential for pulpexport. “Lalit is a higher yield-er and has been distributed inUttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh,Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan, Gujarat and AndhraPradesh where state universi-ties, ICAR institutions andprogressive farmers have mul-tiplied and are distributing thevariety.

Major area of cultivation isin Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Gujarat becausethere is high demand forprocessing. The variety hasbeen found to be highly suit-able for high-density plantingbecause of its response to thepruning. Sometimes, due tooverbearing, it produces exces-sive yield and this results into

reduction in fruit size,” headded. He further pointed outthat this variety is coming upin remote parts of the country.

“Arunachal Pradesh has amassive programme of planti-ng it for beverage industry.Higher adaptability in differentagro-ecological conditions andyield makes the variety a choicefor farmers. Orchards near theprocessing factories get attrac-tive fruit price at the farm gateitself. CISH is providing coreplanting material of the varietyto nurserymen, state agricultur-al universities, progressivefarmers and people who areinterested in multiplying theplants for distribution,” headded.

Hundreds of KVKs andgovernment nurseries haveincluded this variety in theirmother blocks. Within a shortperiod, it has become popularin most parts of the countrybecause CISH has providedseveral lakh grafts to the farm-ers. The director said that theinstitute is unable to meet therapidly growing demand forthe supply of the plantingmaterial of this variety andwithin a short span of fiveyears, more than 1.5 lakh graft-ed plants have been multi-plied by CISH and about 12lakh by other organisationswho received core plantingmaterial from the institute.

Lucknow (PNS):Presidents, prime minister,chief justices, judges, legalluminaries and other eminentpersons from 71 countries ofthe world participating in the20th International Conferenceof Chief Justices of the Worldhave called upon all nations toget together and form a newworld order in the interest ofthe future generations. Theoutcome of the five days ofdeliberations of the conferencewas released in the form of‘Lucknow Declaration’ onTuesday. Justice DalveerBhandari from InternationalCourt of Justice (Netherlands)released ‘LucknowDeclaration’ at a city hotel onbehalf of all the participatingjudges, legal luminaries andothers. Bhandari said thatchildren have put forth onlyone demand that they beallowed to survive on thisplanet and be assured of safe-

ty and security in the comingyears. “It is the responsibilityof the elders and especially thejudges to see that interna-tional laws are enforced tocurb global problems likeglobal warming, stockpiling ofweapons of mass destruction,threat of nuclear war, climatechange in a peaceful manner.No single country can solve

such gigantic problems, theyneed to be solved by collectivedeterminism through interna-tional law. Peace is necessaryfor progress,” he said.

Anthony Thomas AquinasCarmona, the fifth Presidentof Trinidad and Tobago, saidthat power leadership has noplace in the world. “It must beservice leadership. Do the

right thing because it is theright thing to do,” he added.Former Prime Minister ofHaiti Jean Henry Ceant saideveryone in the world is shout-ing out for peace. “This con-ference has given us anengagement with peace, anengagement with compassionand an engagement with love,”he added.

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Raging stubble fires in neigh-bouring States, fall in the

temperature and wind speedpushed the national Capital’s airquality in the “severe” zone onTuesday with the Government’sair quality monitor, SAFAR,forecasting that pollution lev-els in Delhi-NCR are expectedto enter the “severe plus” or“emergency” category onWednesday.

Meteorologists said Delhirecorded a minimum tempera-ture of 11.7 degrees Celsius, theseason’s lowest so far on,Tuesday morning. It is twonotches below normal for thistime of the year. “A dip in windspeed and temperature makesthe air cold and dense,” leadingto accumulation of pollutants inthe air, said Kuldeep Srivastava,head of the India MeteorologicalDepartment’s regional weatherforecasting centre.

According to the CentralPollution Control Bureau(CPCB), Delhi’s overall airquality index (AQI) was 425 at4 pm on Tuesday. It was 360 at4 pm on Monday.

The levels of PM 2.5 — tinyparticulate matter less than2.5 microns in diametre thatcan enter deep into the lungsand even the bloodstream —shot up to 292 micrograms percubic metre, around five timesthe safe limit of 0-60 micro-grams per cubic metre.

The levels of PM10increased to 436 microgramsper cubic metre, more thanfour times the safe limit of 100micrograms per cubic metre.

Most of the 37 air qualitymonitoring stations in Delhirecorded air quality in thesevere category. The spike inpollution came on a day whenthe Delhi Government liftedrestrictions under its odd-evenvehicle rationing scheme inview of the the 550th birthanniversary of Sikhism founderGuru Nanak Dev. Bawana wasthe most-polluted area in thecity with an AQI of 458, fol-lowed by Wazirpur (454),Rohini (454), Dwarka Sector-8 (453) and Anand Vihar (450).

Faridabad (406),

Gurugram (402), Ghaziabad(453), Greater Noida (436),and Noida (440) also chokedon extremely polluted air.

An AQI between 201 and300 is considered ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’ and 401-500‘severe’. An AQI above 500falls in the ‘severe plus’ catego-ry. The SAFAR said the shareof stubble burning accountedfor 25 per cent of Delhi’s pol-lution on Tuesday, up from 18per cent on Monday.

“No sudden recovery isexpected at least for the nexttwo days and the AQI is likelyto deteriorate further towardssevere-plus category by tomor-row. The condition may slight-ly improve by November 15,” itsaid in a report.

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Sena has sought a directionfrom the apex court to quashthe Governor’s decision of notgiving it the opportunity toprove majority on the floor ofthe House. The party claimedit was invited to form theGovernment on Monday andhad indicated willingness to doso on Tuesday. The Governor’sdecision is unconstitutional,discriminatory, unreasonable,capricious and mala fide, theparty said in the plea, addingthat “the Governor can’t act ina manner to only suit themajority political party” at theCentre or act on the CentralGovernment’s “diktats”.

President Ram NathKovind signed the proclama-tion imposing President’s Rulein Maharashtra under Article356(1) and the Assembly hasbeen kept in suspended anima-tion. Governor BS Koshiyarimade his recommendation onthe ground that “a situation hasarisen that a stable Governmentis not possible even after 15days of election results beingdeclared”.

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Ahmed Patel also reportedlyspoke to Pawar to discuss pos-sibilities of government forma-tion. “We (NCP) waited fortheir (Congress) letter. But wedid not receive the letter by theevening. It was not right for usto give the letter. Whatever bethe decision, there should bestability,” Ajit Pawar toldreporters. “From morning 10am till 7.30 pm on Monday, ourleaders including Sharad Pawar,Praful Patel were waiting fortheir letter. They (Shiv Sena)had to submit the letter till 7.30pm. If the Congress was notsending its letter of support,how could we give ours,” AjitPawar disclosed.

Asked whether he wasblaming the Congress for thehold-up, Ajit Pawar replied:“We fought elections together.That’s why we should make thedecision together. The Congressis taking its time to decide

because it didn’t contest withthe Shiv Sena. The Congressand NCP contested together.”

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chief justice, had wrapped upthe hearing, saying nobodywants a “system of opaqueness”,but the judiciary cannot bedestroyed in the name of trans-parency. “Nobody wants toremain in the state of darknessor keep anybody in the state ofdarkness,” it had said. “Thequestion is drawing a line. Inthe name of transparency, youcan’t destroy the institution.”

In a landmark verdict onJanuary 10, 2010, the DelhiHigh Court had held that theoffice of the Chief Justice ofIndia comes within the ambit ofthe Right to Information (RTI)law, saying judicial indepen-dence was not a judge’s privi-lege, but a responsibility castupon him. The 88-page judg-ment was then seen as a person-al setback to the then CJI, KGBalakrishnan, who has beenopposed to disclosure of infor-mation relating to judges underthe RTI Act.

The HC verdict was deliv-ered by a three-judge benchcomprising Chief Justice APShah (since retired) and JusticesVikramjit Sen and SMuralidhar. The bench haddismissed a plea of the SupremeCourt that contended bringingthe CJI’s office within the RTIAct would “hamper” judicialindependence. Justice Senretired as the judge of the apexcourt, while Justice Murlidharis a sitting judge of the highcourt. The move to bring theoffice of the CJI under thetransparency law was initiatedby RTI activist SC Agrawal. Hislawyer Prashant Bhushan hadsubmitted in the top court thatthough the SC should not havebeen judging its own cause, itis hearing the appeals due to“doctrine of necessity”.

The lawyer had describedthe reluctance of the judiciaryin parting information underthe RTI Act as “unfortunate”and “disturbing”, asking: “Do

judges inhabit different uni-verse?” He had submitted thatthe apex court has always stoodfor transparency in functioningof other organs of State, but itdevelops cold feet when itsown issues require attention.Referring to the RTI provisions,Bhushan had said they also dealwith exemptions and informa-tion that cannot be given toapplicants, but the public inter-est should always “outweigh”personal interests if the personconcerned is holding or aboutto hold a public office.

Dealing with “judicial inde-pendence”, he said the NationalJudicial AccountabilityCommission Act was struckdown for protecting the judicia-ry against interference from theexecutive, but this did notmean that judiciary is free from“public scrutiny”. “This is notthe independence fromaccountability. Independenceof judiciary means it has to beindependent from the executiveand not independent fromcommon public. People areentitled to know as to what pub-lic authorities are doing,”Bhushan had said. The deliber-ations of the collegium inappointing and overlookingjudges or lawyers should bemade public and informationcan be parted with under RTIon case-to-case basis keeping inmind the larger public interest,the lawyer had said. The benchhad said people, of late, wereopting out and do not want tobecome judges because of thefear of negative publicity. “Oninteraction, the reason appearsto be the possibility of the neg-ative observations, whetherrightly or wrongly, beingbrought into the publicdomain,” it had observed. Insuch a case, besides losingjudgeship and reputation, theprofessional and family life ofthe person are adversely affect-ed, it had said. The apex courthad said it had brought aboutchanges in the functioning ofthe collegium system and saidnow members have startedinteracting with prospectivecandidates.

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ADelhi court has directedDelhi Police to preserve the

CCTV footage of the clashesbetween the police and thelawyers at Tis Hazari courtpremises that occurred onNovember 2. In his order onTuesday, Additional ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate(ACMM) Jitendra Singh alsodirected police to file a compli-ance report stating the actiontaken by them in connectionwith the First InformationReports (FIRs) registered afterthe clashes.

The order comes after anapplication was filed by DelhiBar Association in which theyhad also sought the preservationof the CCTV footage. In itsapplication the association alsoasked about the status report onthe FIRs and issuance of direc-tions for the arrest of the accusedpersons. In order the court stat-ed that the investigating agencyis required to preserve all the rel-evant CCTV footages availablein and around the place of inci-dent. "They are a crucial piece ofevidence which can aid in ver-ifying the allegations andcounter-allegations of advocatesand police," the court observed.

Delhi Bar Association(DBA) President N C Guptaalleged that the probe in notgoing on in a fair and proper waywhile Delhi Police had deniedthe claims of the petitioner andstated that a fair probe is taking

place and efforts are also beingmade to expedite the same.

On November 2 at the TisHazari Courts Complex after aparking dispute between an on-duty policeman and a lawyererupted, at least 20 securitypersonnel and several advo-cates were injured. The proteststriggered more on November 4when a police constable wasattacked by a group of lawyersoutside Saket District Court.

Ordering a judicial inquiryby one of its retired judges intothe clash, the Delhi High courtat a special sitting on November3 suspended a police official andtransferred two senior policeofficials during pendency ofthe investigations.

The Delhi High Court alsodirected the Delhi Police com-missioner to transfer SpecialCommissioner Sanjay Singhand Additional DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP),Harendra Singh during penden-cy of the investigation. It had alsoasked not to take coercive actionagainst the lawyers for the FIRsfiled in the Tis Hazari courtclash.

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Crime Investigation Agency(CIA), Palam Vihar of the

Gurugram police has arresteda wanted criminal carrying areward of �1.25 lakh nearBristol Chowk on Mondaynight. The Delhi Police hadannounced a reward of �1 lakhwhile the Bihar Police had

announced �25,000 on him.The culprit was involved indozens of cases of robbery,bank robbery, theft and bomb-making including the ArmsAct in Gurugram, DelhiandBihar. He was also a parolejumper in 9 cases and has beensentenced to 10 years by thecourt. The accused was arrest-ed under false names in these

9 cases and has wrongly takenbail from the court. One coun-try-made pistol and two livecartridges have been recoveredfrom his possession.

According to the police,Ahmed Raza Siddaki aliasJaved (45), who hails fromDarbhanga district in Bihar,was arrested during a raidconducted by Palam Vihar

Crime Unit In-chargeInspector Bijender Huda andhis team on the basis of a tip-off. During the preliminaryinterrogation, Javed admittedhis involvement in severalcases which were serious innature which he had commit-ted along with his aids overthe past 20 years in multiplestates. He used to make bombs

with the help of his accom-plices. He studied up toclass12 and is married. "Theaccused was involved indozens of cases of loot, rob-bery, bank robbery, housetheft and bomb-makingincluding Arms Act inGurugram, Delhi and Bihar.He was active from the last 20years.

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The EnforcementDirectorate has launched a

probe under the ForeignExchange Management Act(FEMA) against ElectionCommissioner Ashok Lavasa’sson Abir and a firm linked tohim for alleged violation of for-eign exchange regulations.

The agency has filed a caseunder FEMA to probe AbirLavasa and a fund to the tuneof �7.25 crore raised early thisyear by the firm NourishOrganic Foods Pvt Ltd, linkedto him.

Through the probe, theagency is seeking to ascertainif the FEMA law was violatedin bringing the funds from aMauritius-based companyidentified as Saama Capital,officials said.

Abir Lavasa is said to bethe Director of NourishOrganic Foods Pvt. Ltd.

The fund infusion into thecompany is under probe andthe agency recently questionedAbir about these transactions.

While Abir has been coop-erative with the probe so far,

the agency has also summonedother persons connected tothe case for further probe intothe issue.

The trouble for AshokLavasa’s family began a fewmonths back when his wife,Novel Singhal Lavasa, cameunder the ambit of the IncomeTax Department probe oncharges of alleged tax evasion.

The IT Department hadreportedly issued a notice ask-ing her to explain certain details in her I-TReturns (ITR) with regard toholding directorship in about10 companies.

After preliminary investi-gation, the I-T departmentasked her to provide more

documents related to her per-sonal finances to ascertain ifher income has escaped assess-ment in the past or somethinghas been concealed from taxauthorities.

Novel Singhal Lavasa’sITRs are under scrutiny foralleged tax evasion and holdingof directorship in multiplefirms assessment period of2015-17. Some other familymembers of Lavasa are alsounder the scanner of the ITDepartment.

Ashok Lavasa was appoint-ed as Election Commissioneron January 23, 2018, after hissuperannuation from service asUnion Finance Secretary inthe previous year.

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The Congress on Tuesday hitout at Maharashtra

Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyarifor recommending President’sRule in the State, alleging that hehas committed a “grave traves-ty” and made a “mockery” of theConstitutional process. Congress’Chief Spokesperson RandeepSurjewala also questioned theGovernor for the “arbitrary”allotment of time to the NCP,Shiv Sena and the BJP to provesupport for Government for-mation.

“Governor Koshyari hascommitted a grave travesty ofdemocracy and made a mock-ery of the Constitutional processin recommending President’sRule in Maharashtra,” he said.Surjewala alleged that four graveviolations of the Constitutionalscheme, as expressed in the SRBommai judgment, stand out.

Senior Congress leader andFormer Union MinisterSushilkumar Shinde echoed asimilar views, saying, “Once wehave letters of support, thePresident’s rule can be lifted.”Another Congress leader andformer Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan said theGovernor should have invitedhis party to indicate “willing-ness and ability” to form

Government. “In absence of any single

party having majority inMaharashtra, Governor shouldhave called; 1. Single largestpre-poll alliance i.E BJP-ShivSena together; Then 2. Secondlargest post poll alliance i.ECongress-NCP;” said Congressspokesman.

“In case Governor calledindividual parties, why did henot call INC. And above allwhy the completely arbitraryallotment of time? 48 hours toBJP, 24 hours to Sena and noteven 24 hours to NCP, beforethe Presidents Rule,” he said.This is unashamedly dishonestand politically motivated,Surjewala alleged.

Party spokespersonAbhishek Singhvi also slammedthe Governor for his actions,saying this is not President’s rule

but the “malicious BJP’s” polit-ical rule. A statement tweetedby Koshyari’s office said, “He issatisfied that the Governmentcannot be carried on in accor-dance with the Constitution,(and therefore) has today sub-mitted a report as contemplat-ed by provision of Article 356of the Constitution.”

Koshyari, who had giventhe Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) time till 8.30 pm onTuesday to express its “will-ingness and ability” to formGovernment in Maharashtraand time being of the essence,has submitted a report toPresident Ram Nath Kovindrecommending President’s rulein the State.

In Mumbai, State Congressspokesperson Sachin Sawantsaid, “I condemn this actionwhich has been taken in ahurry without exhausting alloptions. This raises questionsabout the Governor’s impar-tiality. This also raises doubtwhether the Governor is actingunder pressure.”

Another seniorCongressman Vijay Wadettiwar,who was the leader of the oppo-sition in the 13th State Assembly,the tenure of which expired onNovember 9, felt that President’srule will not be a roadblock inGovernment formation.

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The BJPreceived �356

crore in dona-tions from theelectoral trustcontrolled by theTata Group dur-ing 2018-19.According todocuments submitted by theBJP before the ElectionCommission on October 31, itreceived a total of over �700crore in donations throughcheques and online paymentsduring the financial year 2018-19.

Around half the contribu-tions - �356 crore -were madeby the Tata-controlledProgressive Electoral Trust.India’s richest trust - ThePrudent Electoral Trust - gave�54.25 crore in donations to theparty, according to the docu-ments.

The Prudent Trust isbacked by top corporate hous-es including Bharti Group,Hero MotoCorp, JubilantFoodworks, Orient Cement,DLF, JK Tyres, among others.

The information providedpertains to donations of�20,000 and above each thatwere received by the partythrough cheques or online pay-ments.

Donations received in theform of electoral bonds werenot included in the filing. TheBJP received donations fromindividuals, companies as wellas electoral trusts, the docu-ment said.

As per the election code,political parties are mandatedto disclose all donations theyreceive in a financial year. Atpresent, political parties are notrequired to declare the namesof individuals and organisa-tions giving less than �20,000or of those who donate via elec-toral bonds.

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Alow-cost indigenous elec-trostatic spraying technol-

ogy developed by theresearchers from CentralScientific InstrumentsOrganisation (CSIR-CSIO),Chandigarh, might comehandy for metro cities like thenational capital to cut downdust and smog pollutants.

The electrostatic spray-based multipurpose dust mit-igation tech is a modification ofthe pesticide spraying tech-nology that the researchershad developed after intensiveresearch spanning seven years.

This technology uses elec-trostatic field to generatecharged spray droplets whichrecombine with naturally occurring oppositelycharged dust and smog parti-cles and settle down onto theground very efficiently andeffectively.

Dr Manoj K Patel, scientistand principal investigator of theproject, said, “Suppression ofdust is very much necessary to

live a healthy life and protect usfrom communicable diseaseslike Asthma, TB, and other air-borne diseases. Moreover, dustalso creates hindrance in theoperation of machinery andindustries, so it becomesinevitable to suppress the dustand foreign particles in theworking environment”.

The field and laboratorytrials of the dust mitigation

device are in progress. Soon,the device will be deployed atfield scale for commercialisa-tion, according to an officialfrom the Department ofScience and Technology underthe Science and TechnologyMinistry.

The pesticide sprayingtechnology has already beenwell received among the sci-entific fraternity of the country.

For this societal innovation, DrPatel and his team has beenawarded NRDC NationalSocietal Innovation Award2017. He has also been award-ed Gandhian YoungTechnological InnovationAward 2016.

The researchers said pesti-cides spraying technology isdifferent from the convention-al spraying technologies as itcan control the excessive use ofpesticides by reducing thedroplet size and ensuring evendistribution of spray.

The tech has been trans-ferred to Dashmesh Industries,Alwar, Rajasthan and the prod-uct is available in the market forthe end user by a brand nameeSPRAY, being used in India aswell as overseas.

Professor RK Sinha,Director, CSIR-CSIO,Chandigarh said, “The tech-nologies developed in the fieldof electrostatic spraying havegreat socioeconomic impactswhich are directly linked to ourfarmers and the common man.”

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Detailing his trip to Brazil,Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Tuesday said that theBRICS summit will focus onstrengthening ties among theworld’s five major economies inkey areas such as digital econ-omy, science and technology,and also build mechanisms forcounter-terrorism cooperation.Modi, who left for Brazil in theafternoon, will be in that coun-try on November 13-14 toattend the 11th BRICS summit.

“I look forward to exchang-ing views with other BRICSleaders with the aim to furtherstrengthen intra-BRICS coop-eration, particularly on thetheme of the summit‘Economic growth for an inno-vative future’,” Modi said in hisdeparture statement. During the summit, the fivemajor economies of the worldwill aim to significantlystrengthen their cooperation inscience, technology and inno-

vation, he said.The BRICS countries will

also look to enhance coopera-tion on digital economy andbuild mechanisms for counter-terrorism cooperation withinthe BRICS framework, Modisaid. “Our business and indus-try play an important role inIntra-BRICS ties. I will beaddressing BRICS BusinessForum and interacting withBRICS Business Council andNew Development Bank,” hesaid.

On the bilateral meetingwith the Brazilian President JairBolsonaro, he said Brazil andIndia share close and everexpanding bilateral relations,including in the spheres ofdefence, security, trade, agri-culture, energy and space.Close cooperation between thetwo countries in multilateralforums has been a significantaspect of our strategic rela-tionship, Modi said.

“BRICS summit will alsoprovide me with the opportu-

nity to hold useful bilateralinteractions with leaders ofother BRICS countries,” hesaid.

This will be the sixth timeModi will be participating inthe BRICS summit, his firstbeing at Fortaleza, also inBrazil in 2014.

The Prime Minister isscheduled to hold separatebilateral meetings with RussianPresident Vladimir Putin andChinese Premier Xi Jinping. Hewould also attend the BRICSbusiness forum closing cere-mony and the ‘closed’ and ple-nary sessions of the XI BRICSSummit.

BRICS is the acronymcoined for an association of fivemajor emerging nationaleconomies -- Brazil, Russia,India, China and South Africa.The grouping brings togetherfive major emerging economiescomprising 42 per cent of theworld’s population, having 23per cent of the global GrossDomestic Product.

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Over 1,800 NGOs and aca-demic institutes found to

be violating laws have beenbanned by the Governmentfrom receiving foreign fundsthis year, officials said onTuesday.

Among those whose regis-tration under the ForeignContribution (Regulation) Acthas been banned includeUniversity of Rajasthan,Allahabad AgriculturalInstitute, Young Men’sChristian Association, Gujaratand Swami VivekanandaEducational Society, Karnataka.

“With the cancellation ofthe FCRA registration, allNGOs and academic institu-tions were prohibited fromaccepting foreign contribu-tion,” a Home Ministry officialsaid.

The FCRA registration ofthese organisations were can-celled mostly due to their fail-ure to submit annual incomeand expenditure statement onforeign funding for up to sixyears despite repeatedreminders.

As per FCRA guidelines,registered associations arerequired to submit electroni-cally an online annual report

with scanned copies of incomeand expenditure statement,receipts and payment account,balance sheet, etc., for everyfinancial year within ninemonths of the closure of thefinancial year.

Associations which do notreceive foreign contributionduring a particular year are alsorequired to furnish a ‘NIL’return for that financial yearwithin the aforesaid period,read the guidelines.

Other associations whoseFCRA registration has beencancelled include Institute ofPulmocare and Research, WestBengal, National Geophysical

Research Institute, Telangana,National Institute of Virology,Maharashtra, Rabindra NathTagore Medical CollegeHospital and Research, WestBengal and Baptist ChristianAssociation, Maharashtra.

In addition to 1,807 asso-ciations, registration of onemore organisation -Bengaluru-based NGO InfosysFoundation - was also cancelledthis year following a “request”of the NGOs itself. Earlier, anofficial of the InfosysFoundation had said its de-reg-istration from the FCRA fol-lowed a request it proactivelymade to the Ministry of Home

Affairs.“This (request) was done as

the Infosys Foundation does not come under thepurview of the FCRA followingthe amendment made to the actin 2016. We had approachedthe ministry to consider this,and thank them for grantingour request,” the official hadsaid.

Ever since the Narendramodi government came topower in 2014, the Ministry ofHome Affairs has cancelledthe FCRA registration of over14,800 NGOs, thus banningthem from receiving foreignfunding.

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Expressing concern over 68per cent of cancer patients

dying in the country, aParliamentary Committee hasstrongly urged theGovernment to expand andupgrade cancer treatmentinfrastructure for affordableand quality care by enlargingthe network of Mumbai basedTata Memorial Centre.

The Department-relatedStanding Committee onScience and Technology,Environment, Forest andClimate Change submitted itsReport on “An expanded rolefor the Department of AtomicEnergy in Cancer Treatment inIndia through an EnlargedNetwork of the Tata MemorialCentre. Chairman of theCommittee, Jairam Rameshalong with other Members pre-sented the report to RajyaSabha Chairman M Venkaiah

Naidu. Naidu complimentedthe committee for being thefirst to submit a report after re-constitution of DRSCs inSeptember this year and alsofor examining and reporting onan important health-care issue.

The panel recommendedsetting up of a High LevelSteering Committee headed bythe Minister of State for AtomicEnergy, the ChiefSecretaries/Administrators ofall the States and UT’s andDirector of TMC as Members to

work out modalities for rollingout of Hub and Spoke Model ina time bound manner to notonly contain patient migrationbut also to ensure state-of-the-heart facilities as close as pos-sible for cancer patients.

The Committee noted withconcern the very high inci-dence of cancer in all North-Eastern States and recom-mended that Dr. B. BarooahCancer Institute at Guwahatishould be upgraded as a com-mon Hub for the region.

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Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu has con-

vened a meeting of leaders ofvarious parties in the House onNovember 17, ahead of the his-toric 250th session of RajyaSabha. The meeting will be heldat Naidu’s residence

The ensuing session alsocoincides with the 70thanniversary of adoption of theConstitution by theConstituent Assembly and cel-ebration of the 150th birthAnniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

This session also follows ahighly productive 249th sessionof Rajya Sabha, the best in lastmany years.

The Winter session ofParliament begins onNovember 18 and is to end onDecember 13.

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As India is all set to becomediabetes capital of the

world, medicinal herbs besidesdisciplined lifestyle couple withyoga are increasingly beingseen as an answer to tackle themenacing disorder caused bythe absence of insulin. India isa treasure trove of over 7000medicinal plants.

In this connection, a two-day national workshop is beingheld from November 14, 2019wherein experts from acrossthe country will come togeth-er to discuss the role of theIndian systems of medicinesuch as Ayurveda in tacklingthe lifestyle disease which isestimated to grip around 100million Indians by 2030.

The event on November 14(marked as World DiabetesDay) is being held at the AllIndia Institute of Ayurveda(AIIA) in Delhi which wasinaugurated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in 2017. Theinstitute has mandate to bringin the synergy between tradi-

tional wisdom of Ayurvedaand modern diagnostic toolsand technology.

A senior official from theAIIA said that the workshopaims to create awareness as wellas showcase various scientific

researches being undertakenand ongoing in the sector toprove the efficacy of the tradi-tional medicine systems such aspanchkarma and herbs in man-aging the ‘silent killer’. Forinstance, some of the CSIR labslike Lucknow-based NationalBotanical Research Institute(NBRI) and Central Institutefor Medicinal Plants (CIAMP),both Lucknow based havejointly developed herbal prod-uct BGR-34.

It is a formulation ofextracts of herbal plants likesadabahar, Vijayasar, gurmar,

Dharuhedi, jamun and giloywhose properties to stimulatethe production of insulin is wellknown. Dr AKS Rawat, ex-sci-entist from NBRI said that theBGR-34 has been found tohave antioxidant properties,enhance immunity, help repairthe pancreas and increase pro-duction of insulin within thebody.

In a country like India,where more than �500 crorerupees is spend on diabetesmedicine and treatment eachyear, promoting researches inayurveda is expected to havesignificant implications.

Experts warn that Type 2diabetes can increase risk ofcomplications such as highblood pressure, kidney ail-ments and stroke which inturn can impact the lifeexpectancy of the patient. Today, 425 millionpeople live with diabetesworldwide - about 1 in every 11adults - according to theInternational DiabetesFederation, and the number isrising.

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At least 16 people, includingthree children and four

women, died when a passengervehicle skidded off the hilly linkroad in Doda district onTuesday.

According to officialsources, the ill fated passengervehicle was on its way toMarmat from Doda when theaccident occurred at Khellaniaround 2.45 p.m

SSP, Doda, MumtazAhmad told reporters, “thevehicle with 17 passengers onboard rolled 500 feet down onmain Batote-Doda highwayfrom a link road around 2.45pm”. He said, “16 passengersincluding driver died in theaccident”.

Lone survivor was referredto the Government medical

college and hospital in Jammu for specialised treat-ment.

Earlier on July 1, a minibuscarrying 52 passengers againstseating capacity of 28 plungedinto a gorge at Keshwan inadjoining Kishtwar district

killing 35 passengers and leav-ing 17 others injured.

Local officers claimed “often overloading, absence ofcrash barriers, bad roads andinadequate buses/rickety fleetaccount for frequent road acci-dents in hilly Doda region.

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AIMIM presidentAsaduddin Owaisi on

Tuesday said his party is not infavour of the five acres of landto be allocated for building amosque under the SupremeCourt verdict in the Ayodhyaissue as the fight was for a legalright and Babri Masjid.

“...I speak for my party, wedo not want this ‘khairat’(donation or charity). Ourfight was for a legal right, for aBabri Masjid. Our fight wasnot for, to get this piece of

land...,” he told reporters here.He was asked about the

comments of some Muslimleaders that the five acre landallotted should be given with-in the 67 acres acquired by thegovernment.

The whole struggle for somany years was not for a pieceof land, he said.

“...Why did we have thispatience so much. We went tothe court, if it was a piece ofland we could have accepted itsomewhere else. But, from last50 years, we have been fightingthis case in a court of law with

all the patience,” he said.The RSS raised a bogey

that a temple was demolished,but Supreme Court ruled oth-erwise, he claimed.

He reiterated his claim that

the country is going on the pathof “Hindu Rashtra”.

“... How attempts are beingmade to make Muslims inImdia as second class citizens.Keep watching. Political dis-empowerment is happening.

Nobody can denythis..Bring NRC, citizenamendment bill, what messageyou are giving. My regret is thatall the secular parties, theirmouths are shut,” he said.

He asked why theCongress, NCP, BSP and oth-ers are silent and that thesilence needs to be broken.

On Saturday when theapex court announced its judg-ment in the Ayodhya issue,Owaisi had said he personallyfelt that the offer of the fiveacre plot to the Muslim sideshould be rejected.

Owaisi reaffirmed that hisparty, which has two MLAs inMaharashtra, would not sup-port the government led by theBJP or Shiv Sena.

Asked for his party’sstance in a scenario of a NCPleader becoming ChiefMinister, he said, “let marriagehappen first.”

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The train collision that left 17people injured here

occurred due to “human error”on the part of a loco pilot, nowin a critical condition in ahospital, and he has beenbooked on charges includingendangering public safety, rail-way and police officials said onTuesday.

A day after the mishapinvolving two slow moving

trains at Kachegowda Railwaystation, a South CentralRailway official said thataccording to the preliminaryinformation, suspected human

error appeared to be the causeof the accident as the MMTStrain had overshot the signal.

Prima facie it appears to behuman error as per availableevidences. The Commissionerof Railway Safety will dig deepand go into the complete detailsof the train operation andinspect all the available recordsand evidences and come to afinal conclusion, the officialtold PTI.

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At least 10 people, includingthree girls, drowned in

Bihar in separate incidents andtwo others went missing onTuesday when they had gone totake a dip in the river on theoccasion of Kartik Purnima.

According to the disastermanagement department, threepersons each drowned inNawada and Nalanda, whileone each died in Sitamarhi,Aurangabad, West Champaranand Saran.

In Nalanda district, threeminor girls drowned while

taking bath in Sakri rivernear Ghosarwa village.

The deceased have beenidentified as Anshu Kumari(17), Sonam Kumari (15) -both siblings - and another PritiKumari (17), a police officersaid.

Their bodies were fishedout by NDRF personnel andsent to sadar hospital forautopsy, the officer said.

In Nawada, two 18-year-old women were among thethree who met their waterygrave near a sun temple inKauwakol police station area,near Ghosarwa village.

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Rail services in Kashmir resumed onTuesday — over three months after

being suspended due to security reasons in view of the Centre’s decisionto abrogate Article 370, officials said.

Few mini-buses also plied on theBatwara-Batamaloo route through the citycentre, while inter-district cabs and auto-rickshaws plied in the city and elsewherein the Valley.

Private transport was plying unhin-dered. A railway official told PTI that a

train chugged between Baramulla andSrinagar this morning.

He said the train made only two tripson the Baramulla-Srinagar stretch asauthorities have directed Railways to plytrains between 10 am and 3 pm only dueto security reasons.

The Railways conducted the trial runof the service on the stretch on Mondayfor the first time in over three months sincethe unannounced shutdown in the valley.The official said the Srinagar-Banihalstretch of the railway line would resume

in a few days after checking track safetyand conducting trial runs.

The train service in the valley was sus-pended due to security reasons on themorning of 5 August – hours before theCentre announced its decision to abrogateArticle 370 of the Constitution and tobifurcate the erstwhile state into twoUnion territories.

The Centre’s decision led to an unan-nounced shutdown in the valley — whichcompleted 100 days on Tuesday— even asauthorities imposed severe restrictionswhich were later gradually eased out.

Markets have been following a newpattern of functioning, opening earlymorning till around the noon and thendowning their shutters to join the protestagainst abrogation of the special status ofthe state, officials said.

They said miscreants and militants areusing fear mongering to put down anyresistance to unannounced shutdown bythreatening shopkeepers and business-men.

The officials said two grenade attacksin the city’s busy Goni Khan market andKaka Sarai areas were an indication thatthere were concerted efforts to keep theshutdown going.

Pre-paid mobile phones and all inter-net services continued to remain sus-pended since 5 August.

Most of the top level and second rungseparatist politicians have been taken intopreventive custody while mainstreamleaders including two former chief min-isters — Omar Abdullah and MehboobaMufti — have been either detained orplaced under house arrest.

The government has detained formerchief minister and sitting Lok Sabha MPfrom Srinagar Farooq Abdullah under thecontroversial Public Safety Act.

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Journalists in the Valley took outa protest march here against the

continued suspension of internetservices which completed 100days on Tuesday since the abro-gation of the Jammu & Kashmir’sspecial status on August 5.

Scores of journalists workingwith different media organisa-tions assembled at the KashmirPress Club here and took out aprotest march against the snap-ping of internet services in theValley on the night of August 4,hours before the Centre revokedthe State’s special status underArticle 370 and abrogated it intotwo Union Territories.

The journalists demandedimmediate restoration of the ser-vices to facilitate the media per-sons to discharge their profes-sional duties.

“We took out the protestagainst the suspension of inter-net services for 100 days now.

Internet is a basic took for jour-nalists to discharge their pro-fessional duties and we demandits immediate restoration,” seniorjournalist Pervez Bukhari toldreporters after the protest.

The Centre’s August 5 deci-sion led to an unannouncedshutdown in the Valley even asauthorities imposed severerestrictions, including on com-munication, which were latergradually eased out.

Postpaid mobile services onall networks were restored in the

Valley on October 14, 72 daysafter they were snapped.

However, pre-paid mobilephones and all internet servicescontinue to remain suspendedsince August 5.

The Government has set upa ‘Media Facilitation Centre’ at aconference hall of a local hotelhere for journalists to dischargetheir professional duties. But themedia persons complain that ithas not enough computers andthey have to wait for hours fortheir turn.

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Much to the chagrin of theMamata Banerjee

Government, the Centre onTuesday provided Z category pro-tection for Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar and sent in thefirst posse of Central ProtectionForce for the purpose.

A decision regarding the “up-gradation” of the Governor’s security network was taken in themonth of October by the UnionHome Minister amid repeatedrun-ins between Raj Bhavan andthe Nabanna (State Secretariat)with the TMC Government accus-ing Dhankhar of breakingf eder-al norms by repeatedly interferingin administrative affairs.

A posse of 28 CPF personnelon Tuesday accompanied theGovernor to at SAI Stadium at SaltLake and a religious function atBaranagar in North Kolkata where

during a short speech on GuruNanak’s message for peace heraised his voice against the ongoing political clashes whichwas not doing the State anygood.

After Tuesday’s developmenta separate control room of theCRPF will be set up at the RajBhavan sources said adding thecentral forces would hence for-ward mind the inner security ringof the Governor.

The State police will only berequired to handle the outwardring and associated duty, sourcessaid.

Bringing in the Governorunder central protection onlyopens a new front of conflictbetween the Centre and the StateGovernments whose equationsare anything but cordial, expertssay.

Vide an order dated October15, the North Block had directed

the CPF headquarters to takecharge of Dhankhar’s security thatwill be valid in all parts of thecountry.

Following this, the StateGovernment urged the HomeMinistry to take back its decisionto entrust the security of GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar to CPF saying

this wouldo n l ydemean thecredibilityof the Stateas alsoharm thef e d e r a lstructure.

T h eS t a t e ’ sappeal wash o w e v e rt u r n e ddown bythe Centre.According

to sources in Raj Bhavan NewDelhi was concerned about therepeated stand offs between thetwo sides that started with theDhankhar’s official car and convoybeing blocked at JadavpurUniversity in September when hewent to “rescue” Union MinisterBabul Supriyo who was gheraoed

by a section of the students fol-lowing an altercation with him.

Subsequently Dhankhar hadbeen involved in repeated con-frontation with the StateGovernment locking horn withthe Trinamool Congress in a warofwords over a number of issuesranging from allegations that hewas not accorded adequate hon-our during the Durga Puja carni-val to his comments on the State’slaw and order situation.

The State Government hadbeen critical of the Governorallegedly for his repeated inter-ference in the administrative affair.

Meanwhile Dhankhar onTuesday once again disapproved ofthe ongoing political violence say-ing, “political violence is not goodfor the society and goes against thepreaching of Guru Nanak Dev Jiwho preached global unity. Suchviolence should stop as it is notgood for the State.”

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Union Minister Babul Supriyo onTuesday said he has been asked by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visitthe cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal onWednesday to look into the ground levelsituation.

Supriyo said his visit is not aninspection of the relief work being car-ried out by the West Government butto find out the ground level situationas a Union Minister and MP fromBengal.

He urged the ruling TMC “not todo politics” over his visit and said thatthe State Government has been officiallyinformed about his visit to coastal areas

of South 24 Parganas district which waslashed by Cyclone Bulbul.

“I have been asked by PrimeMinister Narendra Modiji to visit theareas and look into the ground situation.It is not at all any sort of inspection orany other political visit to the cyclone-hit areas. It will be purely a normal visitto look into the situation post cyclone,”Supriyo told PTI over phone.

Both Modi and Union HomeMinister Amit Shah had spoken to WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Sunday and had assured allhelp to the State Government, he said.

The TMC leadership when con-tacted declined to comment on Supriyo’svisit.

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APakistani terrorist ofLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)

terror outfit was eliminatedby the joint team of securityforces in Gund area ofGanderbal on early Tuesdaymorning.

The operation waslaunched by the securityforces after receiving specif-ic input about their presencein the area. According topolice the killed terrorist hasbeen identified as Khalidalias Zebran,a Pakistaninational. Security forces alsorecovered arms and ammu-nition from the encounter siteeven as search operation wasstill going on in the area.

Earlier, on Monday, two

terrorists were killed inBandipora after a 12-hour-long gun battle with the secu-rity forces. Both the gunmenwere identified and belongedto the Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit.

Meanwhile, Pakistanarmy violated ceasefire agree-ment along the line of controlin Shahpur and Kirni sectorsof Poonch district. Severalcivilian areas were hit byPakistan army with mortarshelling, official sources said.

Defence PRO in Jammusaid, “the Pakistan Army ini-tiated ‘unprovoked’ ceasefireviolation by firing of smallarms and shelling with mortarsalong the LoC in Shahpur andKirni sectors around 3.15 p.m”.He said, the Indian Armyretaliated befittingly.

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Unleashing a barrage ofcharges against Infosys Chief

Executive Officer Salil Parekh, thesecond whistleblower fired moresalvos at him, with the allegationsranging from his unaccountedtravels to grabbing the company’ssponsored vantage point seats atthe ATP tournaments for per-sonal use.

“Salil Parekh keeps vising theUS every month in order toretain his Green Card status. Ihave also heard that he has on sev-eral occasions gone to the US buthas not visited any client or ouroffices. Then, what is the purposeof his visits? It is evident that heis telling you a lie,” said thewhistleblower in an unsignedand undated letter to the compa-

ny’s Chairman and co-founderNandan Nilekani andIndependent Directors on theBoard.

Claiming to be an employeein the company’s finance depart-ment, the whistleblower com-plained that he was unable to dis-close his identity fearing retalia-tion for the damning disclosureshe was making against Parekh.

“I am an employee workingin the finance department. I amsubmitting this whistleblowercomplaint as the matter is sovolatile that I fear retaliation if Idisclose my identity. Pleaseexcuse me for the same, butmatter is of grave importance,”said the employee in the com-plaint, accessed by IANS throughsources on Monday night.

In a belated response on the

second whistleblower’s letter to theboard, the city-based Infosys onTuesday told IANS in an e-mailthat “the undated whistleblower’scomplaint largely deals with alle-gations relating to the CEO’sinternational travels to the US andMumbai.

“One board member receivedtwo anonymous complaints onSeptember 30, one datedSeptember 20, titled ‘Disturbingunethical practices’ and the sec-ond undated with the title‘Whistleblower Complaint’,” saidthe company, attributing theadmission to Nilekani’s state-ment on October 21-22.

Attacking the second non-promoter CEO after Vishal Sikka,the whistleblower alleged thatParekh was abusing his highoffice to endear himself to high

profile universities in the US,promising donations with a viewto guaranteeing admissions to hischildren.

“He (Parekh) is also using theconnections of the company’sGlobal Academic Relations(GAR) team to secure seats inreputed institutions for his children,” the whistle-blower claimed.

As part of the industry-acad-emia relationship, the GAR teamliaises the company’s links withtop universities the world over, aspart of InStep, its flagship intern-ship programme.

According to the aggrievedInfoscion, a woman employee isrenowned for proudly bragginginternally about Parekh’s acade-mic exploits with the Americanuniversities.

“This is a gross violationand misuse of his power andInfosys finances. You may wantto trigger an investigation to seeall the locations visited by theCEO, institutions where Infosyshas invested and why?” the com-plainant said.

The whistleblower also saidit was shameful of Parkeh to “pro-ject” his performance and grab108 per cent bonus in April2019, way before other subordi-nates who toiled and receivedbonus only in the range of 70-90per cent in July/August 2019.

“How fair is that? Earlier, thefounders would always ensurethat all the people who workedhard would get rewarded andonly then accept anything them-selves. This is a huge let down,” thecomplaint noted.

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Even as the Shiv Sena failed tomuster numbers to stake claim

for Government formation inMaharashtra, its ailing leaderSanjay Raut on Tuesday quotedlines of legendary poet HarivanshRai Bachchan to reaffirm hisparty’s resolve to succeed and notgive up.

Raut, who on Monday under-went angioplasty at a hospitalhere, tweeted two lines fromBachchan’s famous poem: “Lehronse dar kar nauka paar nahi hoti,himmat karne waalon ki kabhihaar nahi hoti” (the boat thatqualms the waves never getsacross, those who dare do notlose).

The Rajya Sabha member fur-ther tweeted, “Hum hongekamyaab, zaroor honge” (we

would succeed, definitely).The 57-year-old firebrand

leader, who led the Sena’s chargeto seek equal share in power withthe BJP after the Assembly pollresults in Maharashtra, com-plained of chest pain on Mondayfollowing which he underwentangioplasty at the Lilavati Hospitalhere.

The Shiv Sena on Monday suf-fered a setback in its efforts to cob-ble up a non-BJP Government in

Maharashtra with the Congress atthe last moment announcing itsdecision to hold more talks withally NCP on supporting theUddhav Thackeray-led party.

While Sena leader AadityaThackeray said two parties(Congress and NCP) have agreed“in-principle” to support the Sena-led Government, GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari refusedadditional time sought by hisparty to muster numbers.

Later, the NCP, which is thethird largest party in the state, gotan invite from the governor, ask-ing it to express “willingness andability to form Government”.

With 54 MLAs, the NCP is thethird largest party after the BJP(105) and the Shiv Sena (56) in the288-member House, where thehalfway mark in 145. TheCongress has 44 MLAs.

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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray onTuesday met party leader Sanjay Raut,

who underwent angioplasty at LilavatiHospital here, and later said the Rajya Sabhamember was recoverig fast but refused tocomment on the political crisis inMaharashtra.

BJP leaders Harshvardhan Patil andAshish Shelar also met 57-year-old Raut atthe hospital here following which the lat-ter said it was a courtesy visit with “no polit-ical angle”.

The visit came in the backdrop of thestalemate over Government formation continuing in the State even 19 days afterthe Assembly poll results were declared. Thackeray met Raut along withPatil. Later, talking to reporters, Thackeraysaid, “Things are taking shape, I will speakabout it at the right time. I cannot commenton politics right now.”

Asked about Raut’s health, he said, “Heis recuperating fast. He has also resumed

work as the executive editor of (Senamouthpiece) ‘Saamana’.”

Former Mumbai BJP chief Shelar alsomet the Sena MP and later said, “Doctorshave advised Raut to speak less. I met himout of courtesy. It is Maharashtra’s culture,we meet unwell people irrespective ofpolitical differences.”

“There was no political angle to thismeet. A senior BJP office-bearer is alsoadmitted in the same hospital, I also methim,” he added.

Earlier, NCP chief Sharad Pawar alsomet Raut at the hospital in the morning.

Raut, who led the Sena’s charge to seekequal share in power with the BJP after theAssembly poll results in Maharashtra,complained of chest pain on Monday fol-lowing which he underwent angioplasty, aprocedure to restore blood flow through theartery. The ailing Sena leader in the morn-ing took to Twitter to quote lines of leg-endary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan toreaffirm his party’s resolve to succeed andnot give up.

Mumbai: Even as theCongress-NCP were in a hud-dle over Government formation in Maharashtra, ShivSena president UddhavThackeray on Tuesday met hisparty legislators at a suburbanresort where they are stayingfor the last few days.

Sena legislators toldThackeray they would abide bywhatever decision he takes,Bhaskar Jadhav, one of theMLA-elects, told reportersafter the meeting.

Thackeray was accompa-nied by senior leaders and hissons Aaditya, the newly-elect-ed MLA from Worli in centralMumbai, and Tejas.

Jadhav said the NCP wasgiven time till 8.30 pm onTuesday to express its “abilityand willingness” to stake claimto form Government in theState, but the President’s rule

was imposed at 5.30 pm.“This is surprising,” he

said. When Thackeray reachedthe resort, he was heard sayinghe wanted to make “someimportant calls” before themeeting with MLA-elects.

The Sena’s newly-electedMLAs have been staying at theresort for the last few days.

In the last month’s assem-bly election, the BJP emergedas the single largest party with105 seats followed by the ShivSena 56, the NCP 54 and theCongress 44.

On Monday, the Senaclaimed the NCP and Congresshave agreed “in-principle” toback its Government withoutthe BJP, but failed to get lettersof support from the politicalrivals before the deadline set byGovernor B S Koshyari whorejected its plea for three moredays to do so. PTI

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Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterK Palaniswami on Tuesday

ticked off actor-politicianKamal Haasan for “showingoff ” as a leader despite lack ofknowledge in basic politicsand claimed that his politicalinnings will end in a fiasco.

A day after taking onsuperstar Rajinikanth who isexpected to foray into politics,the Chief Minister targetedthe Makkal Needhi Maiamchief, saying he founded apolitical party as he does nothave suitable opportunties inTamil cinema in view of hisadvancing age.

On Monday, Palaniswamihit out at Rajinikanth for hiscomment that there was a lead-

ership vacuum in Tamil Nadu,saying he was just an actor andnot a political leader.

While no political leaderclaimed a vacuum, the remarkcame only from the actor, hehad said.

A perception is prevalentamong some that a vacuumexists in politics after AIADMKstalwart J Jayalalithaa andDMK patriarch MKarunanidhi died in 2016 and2018 respectively.

Taunting Haasan, the ChiefMinister said, “he is a bigleader,” and wondered why hisMNM did not contest therecent bypolls to Vikravandiand Nanguneri Assembly con-stituencies. He wanted to knowthe votes polled by MNM inthe recent Lok Sabha polls.

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Sixty-six-year-old MK Stalinhas become the undisputed

and unquestionable leader ofthe DMK, Tamil Nadu’s principal Opposition party.This has been made possible byamending the bylaws dealingwith the powers vested on theparty president in the generalcouncil meeting of the partyheld earlier this week atChennai.

With the new amendmentsenacted by the general council,Stalin need not consult the gen-eral secretary of the party totake any decision or break anylogjams.

According to a member ofthe general council, the newrule has empowered the pres-ident to take decisions rangingfrom the district unit to theparty head quarters. Theamendments were drafted byStalin’s close confidante PWilson, the newly elected Rajya

Sabha member of the partywho is also a legal luminary.

The amendment has literally sidelinedK a l y a n a s u n d a r a mAnbazhagan, the general sec-retary of the party, who is bedridden for quite some timenow. Prior to the amendment,Stalin had to consult the gen-eral secretary for each andevery decision he had to take.Anbazhagan, 97, has been thegeneral secretary of the partysince 1977 and is credited withthe record for being the longestserving and oldest second-in-command of a political party inthe country.

Anbazhagn, the lastsurviving founder-mem-ber of the party, is in astate of comatose, accord-ing to party insiders. “Hehas become senile andrest of the party leaders areshocked why he is notbeing replaced,” saidG o v i n d a r a j a nSatyamurthy, columnist

who has been a keen observerof the DMK for the last fourdecades. Though the generalsecretary is a powerful positionin the party, former presidentlate M Karunanidhi saw to itthat Anbazhagan, a trustedfamily loyalist was appointed tothe post and ensured his con-tinuation despite indifferenthealth.

But a section of leadershipin the DMK is feeling that thelatest move by Stalin to usurpthe powers of the general sec-retary is an attempt to being theentire party structure under hisfamily. “Durai Murugan, theparty treasurer, has been eye-

ing the post of the general sec-retary for sometime and it issaid that he is thoroughly dis-appointed with Stalin for ignor-ing him. It seems Stalin iskeeping the post of general sec-retary hot for his sonUdhayanidhi Stalin, the chief ofthe DMK youth wing,” saidSatyamurthy. But Murugan,81, is also not in the best ofhealth though he movesaround the State without anyphysical support.

A party insider confided toThe Pioneer that all was notwell within the DMK. “Sincethe day Karunanidhi took overthe reigns of the party follow-ing the death of C N Annaduraiin 1969, he has gradually andsystematically made it into afamily enterprises,” said theleader on condition ofanonymity. The recent setbacksuffered by the DMK in theassembly by-election could bea fall out of this discontent-ment, say many political com-mentators.

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Kerala Devaswom MinisterKadakampally Surendran

on Tuesday asked the BJP,which has welcomed the recentSupreme Court order onAyodhya, to also respect theapex court verdict onSabarimala permitting womenof all ages to pray at the LordAyyappa shrine.

Surendran, who was replying to a question posed bythe lone BJP legislator ORajagopal, also asked the saf-fron party not to encourage“goons and anti-socials” to goto Sabarimala.

Rajagopal had sought replyfrom the Devaswom Ministeron the arrangements made atthe hilltop shrine ahead of the

annual pilgrimage season.The BJP member alleged

that the number of devotees tothe hill shrine came down lastyear and wondered why theLeft government supported theentry of “atheist, Left activists”and others into the temple.

Countering it, the Ministersaid: “Please don’t encourageanti-socials and goons to go toSabarimala like last time,” anapparent reference to violenceduring the protest against entryof young women.

“Society expects more froma personality like you(Rajagopal). Now, the Ayodhyacase verdict has come, yourparty has welcomed it withopen arms. Hope the same atti-tude will be there with respect

to the Sabarimala issue,”Surendran said.

The Minister said facilitieshave been arranged for keepingthe sacred offerings of around6,500 devotees while a total of1,161 toilets, 160 bathroomsand 150 urinals had been setup.

“Five emergency medicalcentres have also been readied.Three incinerators and 600waste bins are also there,”Surendran told the House.The hill shrine had witnessedprotests by devotees and rightoutfits against the LDFGovernment’s decision toimplement the Supreme Courtverdict in 2018 allowing allwomen, including those in themenstruating age, to offerprayers at the hill shrine.

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Rajasthan Deputy ChiefMinister Sachin Pilot on

Tuesday said his Governmentis committed to providingmaximum job opportunities tothe youth in the State.

The remarks came afterPilot met some young menwho had been protesting in theState for the past six days,demanding recruitments fromthe Government.

He also spoke to their rep-resentative Upen Yadav whowas on a six-day-long hungerstrike.

The Minister said thecountry’s economy was suffer-

ing and the State was alsobeing affected due to the poli-cies of the Centre.

“The State Government iscommitted for providing max-imum job opportunities toyouths according to their qual-ification. We are going to fillthe backlog in services and willensure that youths get jobs asper their educational qualifi-cation,” he told reporters.

After speaking to thedeputy chief minister, Yadavended his hunger strike anddrank juice offered by Pilot.

“I have promised that thegovernment will look into thedemands of unemployedyouths,” the Minister added.

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Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot on Tuesday

night reached the resort wherenewly elected Congress MLAsof Maharashtra are staying.Gehlot arrived here fromPunjab and headed to theresort on the Delhi Road wherehe is meeting with the partyMLAs.

AICC general secretaryAvinash Pande and other lead-ers are also present inside theresort, sources said.

The Congress MLAs havebeen staying in the resort heresince Friday.

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Barring a few incidents ofskirmishes involving BJP

and Congress workers, elec-tions to the 14 urban localbodies in Kanataka were heldpeacefully on Tuesday, offi-cials said.

The local bodies that wentto polls are two major munic-ipal corporations of Mangaluruand Davangere and six citymunicipal councils, three town

municipal councils and threetown Panchayats in seven dis-tricts.

These ULBs comprised 418wards where till 3 pm, 55.27per cent polling was registered,sources in the State ElectionCommission said.

As many as 1,587 candi-dates, including 386 fromCongress, 363 from BJP and233 of JD(S), contested thepolls.

There were 475 indepen-

dent candidates, the sourcesadded.

The counting of votes willtake place on November 14.

There was a face-offbetween the BJP and Congresssupporters at Kanakapura butpolice intervened and diffusedthe situation.

A similar incident wasreported in Mangaluru wherealso security personnel broughtthe situation under control,police said.

BJP state president NalinKumar Kateel, BJP MLA VedVyas Kamath and Congressveteran ShamanurShivashankarappa are amongthe prominent people whoexercised his franchise inMangaluru.

Speaking to reporters inMangaluru, Kateel expressedconfidence that BJP would winMangaluru and Davangere cor-porations and also in a largenumber of other ULBs.

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Hours after the President’sRule was imposed in

Maharashtra, the Congress andthe NCP on Tuesday boughtsome more time in taking adecision on extending supportto the Shiv Sena to form aGovernment in Maharashtra,on the ground that they need-ed certain clarifications fromeach other before going ahead.

On a day when GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari wentahead and recommended thePresident’s rule more than sixhours ahead of the deadline of8.30 pm he had set for theNCP to revert to him on theGovernment formation issue,senior Congress leaders

Ahmed Patel, MallikarjunKharge and K C Venugopalheld 90-minute-long discus-sions with NCP chief SharadPawar in Mumbai.

Addressing a news confer-ence after he and his party col-leagues had with NCP chiefSharad Pawar, Ahmed Patelsaid: “Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray formallyreached out to Congress pres-ident Sonia Gandhi and Meonly yesterday for support toform a Government in thestate. Since it involved a majordecision, we need to meet ourpre-poll alliance partner NCPfirst and seek certain clarifica-tions on Government forma-tion in the State. Once we arethrough with the discussion, we

will hold talks with the ShivSena leadership”.

Reiterating that the twoparties had not arrived at anydecision on extending the sup-port to the Sena, Patel said that

the issues on which they need-ed clarifications from the NCPincluded formulation of aCommon MinimumProgramme (CMP). “We want-ed to clear between ourselves

before talking to the ShivSena,” Patel said.

Responding on simi-lar lines, Pawar said: “Afterwe received request fromthe Shiv Sena for our, wedecided to discuss amongourselves first the issuesrelating to the govern-ment formation firstbefore holding talks withthe Sena leaders. Wewould like things to pro-ceed smoothly till the for-mation of Government,”he said.

Queried as to how theCongress and NCP had recon-ciled with the ideological dif-ferences with the Shiv Senawhile going in for power-shar-ing with the Shiv Sena, Pawar

said: “When we reach the stageof holding discussions withthe Shiv Sena, we will proceedin the matter while keeping ourcommon ideology in mind”.

Replying to another ques-tion, Pawar said: “The issue ofpower distribution is not beforeus at this junction. The issuebefore us is whether to form aGovernment or not. If the gov-ernment is to be formed, whatshould be the agenda of theGovernment is our immediateobjective”.

Alluding to the President’srule imposed in the State,Pawar said: The Governor hasgiven has given us enoughtime to discuss all issues relat-ing to Government formationin the coming days”.

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Shiv Sena president UddhavThackeray said here on

Tuesday that because of theGovernor Bhagat SinghKoshyari ‘s recommendationfor President’s rule in the State,his party had sufficient time onhand to discuss all Governmentformation-related issues withthe Congress and NCP, includ-ing the formulation of aCommon MinimumProgramme (CMP) which wereessential for providing a stableGovernment to the State.

Talking to media personsafter the Congress and NCPleaders addressed a joint newsconference, Uddhav said:“Because of the Governor, wehave enough time on hand. Allthree parties — Congress, NCPand Shiv Sena — will sit acrossand formulate CMP and sortout other issues relating to thegovernment formation”.

“Like the Congress andNCP, the Sena has also someissues on which we need clar-ification. We — all three par-ties — sit across and thrashthem out before forming agovernment,” the Sena presi-dent said.

“It is not a joke to form aGovernment in state likeMaharashtra. This is especial-ly so when the parties of dif-ferent ideologies come togeth-er to form a Government.There is need for discussion oncertain issues,” Uddhav said.

“You may have at theCongress-NCP news confer-ence, Ahmed Patel and SharadPawar said that for the firsttime, I approached them forsupport yesterday. This clearsthe misunderstanding soughtto be created by the BJP that Ihad no time to talk to them, butI was in touch with theCongress and NCP. In theBJP’s case, I was not interestedin talking to them. I told themthat in case we need to need tosomething different for thecountry, we can do it,” the Senapresident said.

Replying to a question,Uddhav said that it was not theShiv Sena but the BJP finishedthe option of going togetherand forming a Government inthe State. Asked if the alliancewith the BJP ended fully,Uddhav told the questioner: “Why are you such a hurry? .....It is politics. The Governor hasgiven us six months.

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Thousands of migratorybirds of about ten species

were found dead aroundSambhar Lake, the country’slargest inland saltwater lakenear Jaipur, sending shockwaves among locals andauthorities. Officials said theysuspect water contamination as

one of the reasons for thedeaths but were awaiting vis-cera test reports. Though theofficial toll was 1,500, localsclaimed the number of deadbirds could be as high as 5,000.

“We have never seen any-thing like that. Over 5,000birds died mysteriously all overthe place,” 25-year-old AbhinavVaishnav, a local bird-watcher,told PTI. When Vaishanavwent on a stroll along the edgeof the lake on Sunday, he tookthe hundreds of dark lumpsstrewn across the marshy landfor cow dung. But it didn’t takehim and his fellow bird watch-ers Kishan Meena and PavanModi to realise the lumps werebodies of hundreds of lifelessmigratory birds.

Carcasses of hundreds ofdead birds including plovers,common coot, black wingedstilt, northern shovelers, ruddyshelduck, and pied avocet werescattered on the edge of 12-13km of the catchment area of the

lake, leading to a possible num-ber of over 5,000, they said.

Forest ranger RajendraJakhar said a possible reasoncould be the hailstorm that hitthe area a few days back. “Weestimate about 1,500 birds ofabout 10 species have died. Weare also looking at other pos-sibilities like toxicity of thewater, bacterial or viral infec-

tion,” he said.A medical team from

Jaipur has collected a few car-casses and water samples arebeing sent to Bhopal for furtherexamination. Ashok Rao, aveterinary doctor and part ofthe team, said that while theexact reason for the deaths wasuncertain, he ruled out the pos-sibility of bird flu. “At initialexamination we did not findany sort of secretion from thebirds, which is a giveaway inthe cases of bird flu,” he said.

RG Ujjwal, nodal officer,animal husbandry department,joined Rao and listed possiblereasons behind the mysteriouscalamity. “Their could be somesort of contamination in thewater. The increased salinity ofthe water could also be anoth-er reason, as it increases saltconcentration in the blood,which can further lead to slowblood flow and the internalorgans like the brain may stopworking,” Ujjwal said.

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The entire focus and preoccupationon Gross Domestic Product(GDP) as a measure of humanprogress and advancement hasobviously been taken much too

far. It was in 1930 that Lord Keynes came upwith the statement, “For at least another 100years, we must pretend to everyone that fairis foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful andfair is not. Avarice and usury and precautionmust be our gods for a little longer still. Foronly they can lead us out of the tunnel of eco-nomic necessity into daylight.”

It must be remembered that this was aperiod when the global economy was in thedoldrums and, perhaps, a measure whichrecorded the output of goods and serviceswould have been useful as a response to thedistress that the US in particular and otherparts of the world were suffering from. Butperhaps Keynes never anticipated that a sys-tem, which became ingrained in the mindsof every individual and which defined thesystems for measuring human progress,would hardly be easy to replace after a 100years. We know today that reliance on GDPhides a lot of negative effects and external-ities and its flawed effects keep growing.

The extent of waste and the impacts onthe environment, which the modern econ-omy generates, are, unfortunately, not fac-tored into GDP at all. Damage to the envi-ronment and the stock of natural resourcesshould, even on the basis of common sense,be deducted from any compilation of GDPfor a particular society or economic system.Further, it is a well-accepted principle thatwhen environmental damage takes place, thepolluter must pay. This, unfortunately, is notthe case all across the world.

The problem of climate change is theresult of Cumulative Emissions of GreenhouseGases (GHGs) since the beginning of indus-trialisation. The sole responsibility for this liesessentially with the industrialised countriesand it is for this reason that the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) clearly came up with the condi-tion of “Common but differentiated respon-sibility.” This was accepted and agreed onessentially because the developing countriesare no doubt at a stage where their energy con-sumption would perhaps outstrip that of thedeveloped world. Yet, the stock of carbondioxide and other GHGs has been thecumulative contribution of the industri-alised countries to an overwhelming extent.The developed nations are now convenient-ly forgetting the historical responsibility thatthey must accept fully.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)came out with a study earlier this year whereit estimated the extent of subsidies that theworld is responsible for in the pricing of fos-sil fuels. “Globally, subsidies remained largeat $4.7 trillion (6.3 per cent of the global GDP)in 2015 and are projected at $5.2 trillion (6.5per cent of GDP) in 2017.”

The study further states, “About three

quarters of the global subsidiesare due to domestic factors —energy pricing reform thusremains largely in countries’ ownnational interest — while coaland petroleum together accountfor 85 per cent of the global sub-sidies. Efficient fossil fuel pricingin 2015 would have loweredglobal carbon emissions by 28 percent and fossil fuel air pollutiondeaths by 46 per cent andincreased Government revenueby 3.8 per cent of GDP.”

In other words, the world,instead of reducing the emis-sions of carbon dioxide — theprimary GHG which causesclimate change — is generous-ly rewarding the production anduse of fossil fuels and, hence, ofcarbon dioxide. This representsa distortion, which clearlyreflects the power of the fossilfuel lobby over decision-makingin most countries.

It was in 2008 that the thenPresident of France, NicolasSarkozy, set up a commission onthe Measurement of EconomicPerformance and Social Progressunder the chairmanship ofJoseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prizewinning economist, the reportfrom which was submitted inSeptember 2009. While theStiglitz Commission analysedthe flaws and shortcomings ofGDP as a measure, it also cameup with some recommenda-tions, which would help modi-fy and refine this metric. It was

brought out that statistical indi-cators are important for design-ing and assessing policies aimedat advancing the progress of soci-ety as well as for assessing andinfluencing the functioning ofeconomic markets.

It is well-known that whatgets measured, gets managed.Hence, when we get measuresthat are flawed, then decisionswill also be flawed or biased andwe may then deviate substan-tially from what constituteshuman welfare.

The first recommendationof the Stiglitz Commission wasbased on coming up with ameasure reflecting material liv-ing standards, which would beclosely associated with netnational income, real householdincome and consumption.Hence, there is a large range ofvariables that would provide asharp deviation between GDPand the well-being of a house-hold or society.

Another recommendationemphasises the fact that citizens’material living standards arebetter followed through mea-sures of household income andconsumption. In fact, data forOECD countries show that realhousehold income has grownquite differently from real GDPper capita and typically at alower rate. Another recommen-dation relates to consideringincome and consumption joint-ly with wealth. It may be inferred

that if we were to apply this prin-ciple, we should also include esti-mates of natural wealth.

With the recent burning ofthe Amazon forest in Brazil, anymeasure of GDP would beover-estimated if we were toignore the massive destructionof nature’s wealth that Brazilowns. Still another recommen-dation highlights greater promi-nence be given to the distribu-tion of income, consumptionand wealth.

On a practical basis, if wehave to overhaul the measure ofGDP and eliminate its flaws suchan effort needs to be led by theSecretary General of the UnitedNations (UN). The effort shouldinvolve setting up a group ofexperts which would provide aroadmap within a period ofthree months on how to ensurethat the world moves its systemsto a new set of metrics by 2030.This effort should then be takenup by the UN General Assemblyto ensure that a new system isdesigned for implementationacross all the countries of theworld during its first phase ofdesign and detailing during 2020to 2022. The following eightyears would then be given to fullimplementation and to ensurethat by 2030 we give GDP a bur-ial after a hundred years ofdominant existence.

(The writer is former chair-man, Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change, 2002-15)

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Big ticket reforms need of thehour” (November 8) by VKBahuguna. The writer must becomplimented for stressing on theneed for reforms in our justicesystem to ensure faster and effi-cient delivery of justice to the cit-izens. As the writer said, the needis to review the closed method ofselection of judges to the highjudiciary. But there are also manyother issues that matter to the restof us.

First, besides the enormousdelay in the listing of cases, oneof the prime concerns pertains tothe scanty time given to thecommon man for hearing his/herappeal/writ petition even if theyrelate to some gross error com-mitted by the lower court in read-ing a particular file/document.

Second, it is but natural forthe common man to get frustrat-ed when he/she finds that no rea-son has been cited for the dis-missal of the petition, thus negat-ing the basic premise of justicethat not only must it be done; itmust also be seen to be done.

A serious thought must begiven to the shortcomings that

plague the judicial system of thecountry.

B P SrivastavaNoida

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “For the sake of law”(November 7). Clashes betweenthe public and the police must not

be allowed to become a trend.Policemen are servants of theGovernment when in uniform.On the other hand, lawyers areprofessionals, who, too, have pro-tection of law while on duty.

But a lawyer is with an attireand not uniform. Any assault ona police officer in uniform is cat-egorised in statutes — even arough argument with him/hercan attract the charge of misde-

meanour. This is built on the the-sis that the men in uniform rep-resent the face of a transferredauthority by the Government,which is paramount.

Without such construct, theGovernment will be seen as pow-erless to discharge its primaryremit of maintaining peace andorder. While the Governmentmust invariably sustain theauthority of the uniform, the

police has the greater onus of pre-serving its dignity. Else, there canbe no closure to such aberrationsin a democracy.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Return of maryada” (November11). The unanimous verdict deliv-ered by the Supreme Court notonly paved the way for the con-struction of Ram mandir inAyodhya but also put an end to adecade-long dispute. It is disheart-ening that the issue had to drag onfor far too much. The truthremains that the wheels of our judi-cial system runs very slow. Thecourt’s directive to the UttarPradesh Government to allot fiveacres of land within Ayodhya forthe construction of a new masjidmust not be viewed as charity buta recognition of their right to wor-ship. The court’s ruling is soundand balanced. People must acceptthe judgment wholeheartedly.

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One can decidedly differentiate between anordinary Chief Executive Officer (CEO)and a great one. Great CEOs are exem-

plary visionaries, with superlative managerial andleadership skills. They are admired by colleaguesand common men alike and are considered idolsby millions of young aspiring leaders dreamingof making it big in the corporate world. Theirgreatness lies in the fact that not only have theycreated profitable enterprises; they have also cre-ated brands that are etched forever in the imag-ination of consumers. So what are the leadershipprinciples and management philosophies thatdrive these icons and enable them to take theirorganisations to stellar heights?

As Brad Feld, an American entrepreneur andventure capitalist, said, “Don’t be afraid to havea big vision, but make sure it’s a clear one”, clar-ity of vision is one of the main traits of greatCEOs.

Taking an example of Steve Jobs, an uncon-ventional leader who demanded excellence fromhis staff and was controversial for his blunt deliv-ery of criticism. However, his sheer genius; hisamazing ability to articulate his vision and dex-terity to take his people, investors and customerswith him on his journey made him an exception-al leader. Jobs had an exceptional clarity of visionand excelled at designing minimalist devices thatbroke barriers in computer speeds. He createdan ecosystem which could stand alone or worktogether in an interconnected way-like an iPodconnected to a Mac connected to an iTunes store.Apple could manage vast amounts of informa-tion through division of labour among the sys-tems. For example, the Mac controlled systemadministration while iTunes fetched content fromcloud storage, freeing the device to concentrateon playing the music. Jobs was motivated morethan anything to feel he had made a solid andpositive impact on the world during his lifetime.And since he had such high expectations fromhimself, he was able to achieve excellence.

Jack Welch, perhaps the greatest corporateleader of the 20th century, was the youngest CEOof General Electric (GE) when he took over in1981. He followed an incremental leadership styleand during his two-decade stint, the net worthof GE improved by a whopping 4,000 per cent.He is a management theorist and strategicthinker who championed new initiatives like SixSigma quality, differentiation and e-business.

Bill Gates, listed as the richest person on thisplanet for 12 consecutive years, is also a man ofcolossal vision. He envisioned every person onthis planet to have a computer and every com-puter, a programme, designed by Microsoft. Sincethen, he has worked tirelessly to achieve hisvision. In this process, he has been instrumen-tal in the IT revolution that the world has wit-nessed. Great CEOs, apart from adding to thebottomline of the company contribute to the soci-ety in a big way. It would be hard to talk aboutthe life of Bill Gates and not discuss philanthropyand humanitarianism. Heeding to his mother’sadvice before she passed away due to breast can-cer, Gates has always taken a selfless approachto his leadership, spending considerable moneyand time in philanthropic efforts to give to oth-ers. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hasdonated billions of dollars to causes all over the

world, making significant differences inthe lives of children and adults. Thislevel of giving back illustrates Gates’character and focus on social respon-sibility as a global corporate citizen. Italso shows that his pursuit of solutionsand making life better went beyond justmaking a profit. Instead, it was aboutdriving significant change in the worldthat would make a difference for thosewho need it the most.

Indra Nooyi, who is an iconicleader, consistently ranked among the100 most powerful women, when shewas the CEO of PepsiCo, the world’ssecond largest food and beverage com-pany in the world, and was at the helmof managing an employee strength of30,000 and selling in around 200 coun-tries around the world. She believed indeveloping two balance sheets: One wasto provide return to shareholders andthe other was to provide return to theenvironment.Under her leadership,PepsiCo focussed on people and plan-et in addition to profit. Nooyi hadworked tirelessly to reduce the use ofenergy, water and packaging and simul-taneously providing a great workplacefor its employees and associates.

Great CEOs show that great worksare performed not by strength but byperseverance. “It’s not where you startout in life that matters, but where youend up”.

This adage fits Ursula Burns per-fectly. Born in the poor neighbourhoodof Manhattan to immigrant parents andraised by a single mother, she rose tobecome the first female AfricanAmerican CEO of a Fortune 500 com-pany, Xerox and also holds the honourof being the first woman to succeedanother woman CEO, Anne Mulcahy.Having joined Xerox in 1980 as amechanical engineering summerintern, Burns progressed through the

corporate echelons to become the CEOfrom 2009 to 2016. At present, she is theChairperson and CEO of VEON, asenior advisor to Teneo, and a non-executive director of Diageo sinceApril 2018. She is also the member ofthe board of directors of Uber. Sheworked very hard to rise above herunderprivileged background and didnot use her background as an excuse.She worked with perseverance to reachthe top of the corporate world andworked hard to return Xerox to prof-itability. NR Narayan Murthy, a rolemodel for every Indian, is an aptexample of “Simple living, high think-ing”. He is a billionaire with net worthof about $230 crore but still flies econ-omy and drives around in a simple car.Murthy’s life is an inspiration to all ofus and gives a strong message thatworld-class businesses can be createdbased on transparency and good gov-ernance. Born in a middle class fami-ly in Sidlaghatta, Karnataka, the oddsof life were no match to this brilliantand enthusiastic person, who, throughhis discipline and determination creat-ed a “Great Indian IT Success Story.”

Infosys, today, is one of mostrespected IT companies in the worldwith footprints all across the globe andis the second-largest IT company inIndia by revenue. But did you know thathis first entrepreneurial venture,Softronics, failed to take off? One of theinitial challenges faced by Murthy wasthe inability to take admission in theprestigious Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT) even after earning ahigh rank and scholarship as the grantwas not enough to cover his studies.Since his father was unable to fund hiseducation, he enrolled into a local engi-neering college but later did his post-graduation from IIT.

Similarly, the failure of his first

entrepreneurial venture, Softronics,did not stop him from establishingInfosys and lead it to stellar heights.Murthy follows Mahatma Gandhi’spolicy of “practice what you preach.” Hehas always led by example and believesthat the primary responsibility of aleader is to give hope and confidencein the face of adversity.

Taking care of people is one of thebiggest attributes of great CEOs.Murthy has been generous in reward-ing employees with stock options.Personally, he has given away stocksworth of �50,000 crore to his employ-ees. He reiterates that performanceshould be rewarded suitably. In Infosys,drivers, electricians and secretaries areamong millionaires due to their stockoptions. Indra Nooyi was also a caring,humane CEO who took care of heremployees by being in touch withthem and understanding their con-cerns. She even wrote “thank you” let-ters to the parents of the employees toshow her appreciation to them.

Similarly, Ken Chenault, the formerCEO of American Express, believed inreaching out to each employee. Hemade it a point to answer to each andevery mail he received from any of hisemployees. He travelled around theworld to meet staff at different locationsfrom around the globe.To further con-nect personally with his people, he usedto run an open operation where any-one could talk to him.

Great CEOs, because of their innatequality of perseverance and contribu-tion to society, ensure stability andgrowth of their organisations makingthem the best in the world. They liveby their principles and lead by exam-ple, making them exemplary leaders ofthe corporate world.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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The Central GovernmentHealth Scheme (CGHS) isone of the largest health care

systems in the country, which catersto serving and retired CentralGovernment employees, theirdependents, pensioners and alsoMembers of Parliament. On paperand intention-wise it is one of thebest welfare schemes in the coun-try.

Present in 71 locations in thecountry, it caters to 35 lakh bene-ficiaries and the number is alwaysincreasing. Due to unplannedexpansion to new cities each year,the infrastructure, manpower andother resources of the CGHS are

getting strained.In places like Dehradun more

than 25,000 beneficiaries (includingfrom distant places like Haridwarand Roorkie) throng the wellnesscentres daily and many have to waitfrom 5 AM to 2 PM for their turnto be examined by the doctor.However, many have to returnhome without even getting to meetthe doctor, as the main server inDelhi closes at 2 PM and there is noprovision for manually handling thepaperwork. It was complete chaostill a few months ago, when theSurvey of India Dispensary wasmerged with it and things eased abit. There has been a long-standingdemand to improve the CGHS sys-tem by all quarters and from all overthe country. The biggest problemwith the CGHS is excessive red tape,harassment and too much paper-work, which bogs down thepatients, the wellness centres as wellas empanelled hospitals, laborato-ries and drug suppliers.

Taking note of the shortcom-ings in the CGHS, Union HealthMinister Harsh Vardhan had solicit-ed suggestions from all stakehold-ers for improving the scheme andsubmitting these proposals latest byNovember 30.

To make any scheme effective,the Government needs to ensurethat it can sustain the patient pres-sure and be innovative and patient-centric rather than procedure-cen-tric. Today, the biggest managementproblem in CGHS is lack of prop-er infrastructure and manpower.The Health Ministry has beenopening new wellness centres with-out proper assessment of the infra-structure and the result is the utterchaos that prevails in these new dis-pensaries and the endless sufferingof patients. The plight of senior cit-izens is particularly bad as they haveto wait long hours just to get treat-ment despite their failing health andweakened condition. The doctorsand nursing staff are also under

tremendous pressure. Now thequestion is how to overcome this sit-uation as it is also necessary toextend the CGHS scheme to covernew areas in the country.

The other problem relates torates of various tests and treatmentprocedures for the empanelled hos-pitals and delay in payments to thelaboratories, that is forcing manydiagnostic centres to refuse patients.The third issue relates to the lack ofproper and honest monitoring ofprivate empanelled hospitals assometimes, due to the mischief ofa few, the entire scheme is put inlimbo.

It is therefore, necessary totake some innovative policy deci-sions. To cope with the ever-grow-ing number of CGHS centres theGovernment should enter into apublic private partnership (PPP)mode and select private hospitals,who in turn should be allowed tohave collaborative partnership withthe CGHS on pre-determined

aspects and also appoint privatedoctors for a few hours on contractto treat the patients. At present thisprovision of hiring exists but it iscumbersome and the wellness cen-tre gets caught in the web of red-tapism. There should be an upfrontdecision to fix the number of doc-tors based on the number of bene-ficiaries and requirement of doctorsand support staff and powers shouldbe delegated up to the Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) level to allow hiringon contract basis.

The rates of pathological testsand radiological procedures shouldnot be fixed in an arbitrary mannerand should be periodically revised.The payments should be made bi-monthly for which an adequatebudget should be sanctionedupfront for the whole year.

Many private hospitals indulgein malpractices and there is a needfor constant and transparent mon-itoring. If the Government inno-vates and ropes in private hospitals,

enhances the powers of CMOs andregional heads and involves privatemedical professionals, the CGHSmedical bureaucracy can be used forbetter monitoring of these hospitals.

There are two-pronged prob-lems faced by the patients. First, theadministrative hassles at the well-ness centres due to too much red-tapism and poor infrastructure.Also, many times, empanelled hos-pitals harass the patients with toomuch paperwork and deny admis-sion or treatment on f limsygrounds.

Second, is the harassmentpatients face in running from theempanelled hospitals to the wellnesscentres, as each time one needs toendorse the expert advice. To rec-tify this, the Government couldallow patients to directly approachthe empanelled hospitals for specif-ically identified diseases, includingchronic ones like diabetes and so on.The Government had allowedsenior citizens above 75 years of age

to approach empanelled hospitalsdirectly without referral. This pro-vision should also be allowed forsenior citizens above 60 years, tomake things easier for them andreduce the pressure on doctors. Thecollection of medicines and distri-bution should also be streamlined.

Though it is a welfare schemeyet there is no involvement of thebeneficiaries. This is specially nec-essary in cases involving cashlesspensioners and the Governmentmight consider setting up a mech-anism for this as it will bring inmore transparency and expertise ofprivate hospitals and doctors.

The Prime Minister and HealthMinister must take this initiative toits logical end as already, theGovernment is spending on anaverage, nearly a lakh annually onthe health care of each of its employ-ees. Fine tuning of CGHS is essen-tial to make the scheme succeed.

(The writer is retired civilservant.)

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At least 16 people were killedand 60 others injured in a

head-on collision between twotrains in Brahmanbaria districtin central Bangladesh onTuesday, railway officials said.

A railway spokesman saidthe the pre-dawn accidentappeared to have occurredwhen Chittagong-boundUdayan Express was changingtracks at Mondobhag railwaystation in the district and theDhaka-bound Turna Nishitacoming from the oppositedirection collided with it.

“The salvage campaign isnearly completed as RailwaysMinister Nurul Islam Sujanand our senior officials visitedthe scene to oversee the rescuedrives,” the spokesman said.

Hayat-ud-Dowla Khan,Brahmanbaria DeputyCommissioner was quoted assaying by the Dhaka Tribunethat the accident occuredbecause the loco masters didnot obey the signals.

According to police, 12passengers died on the spot,while the rest succumbed toinjuries as the rescue cam-paign was underway or afterthey were rushed to nearbyhospitals.

Local police station chiefShayamal Kanti Das fearedthat the toll could rise as sev-eral passengers were stilltrapped under the damaged

coaches, especially of theUdayan Express.

Railway officials said theyimmediately suspended thedrivers and conductors of theTurna-Nishita train andformed four different com-mittees to investigate into thecrash.

The district administra-tion also formed another com-mittee with an additional dis-

trict magistrate as its chief.Bangladesh President

Abdul Hamid, Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina andParliamentary Speaker ShirinSharmin Choudhury condoledthe loss of lives and prayed forthe wounded.

The railway authoritieshave announced compensa-tion to the victims and theirfamilies.

“The prime minister askedthe railway authorities to prop-erly train the locomotive dri-vers to evade recurrence ofsuch tragic incidents,” a pre-mier’s office spokesman said.

The Daily Star reportedthat train services betweenDhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Noakhali and Chattogram-Sylhet have been suspendedfollowing the accident.

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Evo Morales has left Boliviafor Mexico, which has

granted him political asylum, asthe armed forces agreed tohelp police curb violence thathas erupted after the president’sstunning resignation left apower vacuum.

The senator set to succeedMorales as interim president,Jeanine Anez, pledged to callfresh elections to end the polit-ical crisis.

The United Nations andthe Organization of AmericanStates (OAS) earlier voicedfears of a breakdown in secu-rity in a country that appearedincreasingly rudderless afterdozens of officials and minis-ters resigned along withMorales, some seeking refugein foreign embassies.

Morales called Mexico’sForeign Minister MarceloEbrard on Monday to requestasylum and later tweeted thathe was “heading to Mexico.”

Ebrard confirmed Moraleshad been granted asylum andlate on Monday wrote onTwitter that a Mexican militaryplane carrying the former pres-ident had “already taken off ...with Morales aboard.”

“According to internation-al conventions, he’s underMexico’s protection. His lifeand integrity have been saved,”

Ebrard said.Morales thanked Mexico

for protecting him and vowedto come back to his country“stronger and more energeti-cally.”

The dramatic events camea day after Morales’s shockresignation after he lost thebacking of the military follow-ing three weeks of streetprotests over his disputed re-election for an unconstitution-al fourth term.

“The military command ofthe armed forces has arrangedfor joint operations with thepolice to prevent bloodshedand fighting amongst theBolivian family,” said GeneralWilliams Kaliman in a televisedaddress.

Three people have died inclashes since the disputed elec-tion.

Earlier, La Paz police chiefJose Barrenechea called onKaliman to “intervene, becausethe Bolivian police have beenoverrun.” Some small policebarracks around the countrywere torched or looted onMonday.

“We are going to call elec-tions,” Anez told reporters in LaPaz, the seat of government,saying that there will be “anelectoral process that reflectsthe will of all Bolivians.”

Morales claimed on Twitterlate on Monday that two of his

homes had been attacked by“vandalism groups.”

That came after AFPreporters said hundreds ofMorales supporters weremarching on La Paz from itssatellite town El Alto as oppo-sition leader Carlos Mesaclaimed on Twitter that “a vio-lent mob” was heading for hishome to attack it.

Soon afterwards came thepolice’s plea for military help.

AFP photographers sawcivilians making arrests aftertussling with Morales support-ers in La Paz, sometimes assist-ed by police. Some of thosearrested were made to kneel inthe street, hands behind theirbacks. Some were bloodied.

Shops and offices in La Pazwere shuttered on Monday inthe wake of looting that brokeout late on Sunday in someparts of La Paz and El Alto.

The police — largely con-fined to barracks since riotsbroke out on Friday, with manyunits joining the protests —were returning to the streets,police chief Vladimir YuriCalderon said.

Several of Morales’ minis-ters and top officials resignedafter his announcement —including many who soughtrefuge at the Mexican embassy— raising the question of whowas in charge, given that vicepresident Alvaro Garcia Linera

also resigned.Under the constitution,

power then passes to the pres-ident of the Senate and thespeaker of the lower house ofCongress, in that order. Butthey have resigned, too.

Anez stepped in on Sundayto say she would assume thepresidency, given her positionas deputy senate leader.

The 52-year-old is likely tobe tasked by Congress to over-see fresh elections and a tran-sition to a new government byJanuary 22.

Lawmakers are due to meeton Tuesday to begin theprocess.

The 60-year-old Moralesannounced his resignation in atelevised address on Sunday.The streets of La Paz immedi-ately exploded in celebration,with jubilant Bolivians wavingthe country’s flag, but violenceand vandalism later eruptedovernight there and in El Alto.

Morales, a former cocafarmer who was Bolivia’s firstindigenous president, said hisopposition rivals, Mesa andLuis Fernando Camacho, “willgo down in history as racistsand coup plotters.” USPresident Donald Trumphailed Morales’s resignation asa “significant moment fordemocracy in the WesternHemisphere,” and praised therole of the country’s military.

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US President Donald Trumpplaced the Islamic State

group’s new chief in thecrosshairs Monday as hemarked Veterans’ Day by cele-brating the killing of thejihadists’ former leader AbuBakr al-Baghdadi.

While US presidents tra-ditionally mark the day by lay-ing a wreath at a vast militarycemetery in Arlington, nearWashington, Trump traveled toNew York where he made anaddress ahead of the city’sannual parade of veterans.

Trump was widely criti-cised after announcing a fullwithdrawal of US troops fromSyria last month, with oppo-nents and even some alliessaying it could allow IslamicState to rebuild as well as leav-ing US-allied Kurdish fightersvulnerable to a Turkish inva-sion.

But the US president usedhis speech in New York to

claim that the IS leadership wasrunning scared in the wake ofBaghdadi’s death in a raid inthe northwestern Syrianprovince of Idlib on October26.

“Just a few weeks ago,American special forces raidedthe ISIS compound andbrought the world’s numberone terrorist leader to justice,”he said.

“Thanks to American war-riors, al-Baghdadi is dead, hissecond in charge is dead, wehave our eyes on number three.

“His reign of terror is over,and we have our enemies run-ning very, very scared.

Those who threaten ourpeople don’t stand a chanceagainst the righteous might ofthe American military.” Afterthe death of Baghdadi andIslamic State’s main spokesman,Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, in araid the following day, theorganization named the littleknown Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi as its new

leader.Following the uproar over

his announcement of a fulltroop withdrawal, Trump saidthat he would leave sometroops in the region to protectvaluable oil fields.

General Mark Milley,chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, said in an interview at theweekend that US troop levels innorthern Syria would probablystabilize around 500.

Trump got a cool receptionfrom some in New York, astaunchly Democratic city.

In the windows of one ofthe glass office towers loomingabove Madison Square Parkwhere he spoke, large letterswere taped in the windowsspelling out, one one floor,“IMPEACH,” and, severalfloors above, “CONVICT.”

Anti-Trump banners weresuspended from overlookingapartment windows as hekicked off the parade and peo-ple on the street chanted “lockhim up.”

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“We have decided to con-dit ional ly release threeTaliban prisoners who werearrested outside the countrywith the help of our interna-tional partners and havebeen in Bagram prison in thecustody of the Afghan gov-ernment for some time,”Ghani said in an announce-ment at the presidentialpalace.

While he did not specifythe fate of the Westernhostages — an Australianand an American — Ghaninoted that “their health hasbeen decorating while in thecustody of the terrorists”.

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The UN is very appreciativeof India’s gift of solar pan-

els to it, a spokesperson for theSecretary General has said,amid suggestions that theirenergy can be used to run esca-lators in the world body’s head-quarters that have been par-tially shut as part of austeritymeasures implemented due toa severe liquidity crisis at theorganisation.

The United Nations is fac-ing a “severe liquidity crisis”,reaching its deepest deficit ofthe decade.

Several emergency mea-

sures have been put in place bythe world organisation to tideover the financial crunch.

Official travel will be lim-ited to the most essential activ-ities, air conditioning and heat-ing in the UN Secretariat hasbeen reduced outside officialworking hours and cateringfacilities are being operatedwith reduced hours.

“The issue with the escala-tors, as we pointed out, is anissue having to do with ourbudget. We are using solarpanels. As you know, India haddonated that, and we’re veryappreciative for the donation.But when it comes to our cost-

cutting measures, we’ll keepreviewing them and probablybring more services onlineonce the money comes in,”Farhan Haq, DeputySpokesman for the Secretary-General, said at the daily pressbriefing here Monday inresponse to a question.

Secretary General AntonioGuterres’ spokespersonStephane Dujarric was askedabout the escalator situationlast week and a suggestion wasmade that the energy generat-ed from the Gandhi Solar Park,installed on the roof of the UNHeadquarters, can be used topower the escalators.

On the suggestion thatenergy from the solar panelscould be used to power the shutescalators, Dujarric had said “Idon’t think I’m an electricalengineer, but I will see wherethat electricity goes.”

In response to a question,Dujarric had said that the UNwas saving about USD 14,000a year by keeping the escalatorsclosed.

Another suggestion to tideover the liquidity crunch was toget sheep to mow the lawns inthe UN Headquarters just asthey were being used to mowthe lawns in the UN offices inGeneva.

“Well, we could talk toour friends at the PermanentMission of New Zealand to seeif they have anything to offer,”Dujarric had said.

India is among the initialgroup of over 30 UN MemberStates who paid their regularbudget dues in full and on timeto the world organisation as ofOctober 11, 2019. India paidUSD 23.25 million in regularbudget assessments by January31, 2019, the 30-day due peri-od specified as per UN’sFinancial Regulation rules.

Total arrears for the UN areUSD 1.385 billion. Officials atthe world organisation said

that seven countries owe 97 percent of the USD 1.385 billion.These seven nations are theUnited States, Brazil,Argentina, Mexico, Iran, Israeland Venezuela.

India’s Deputy PermanentRepresentative to the UNAmbassador K Nagaraj Naiduhad also cited the example ofthe solar park to underscorethat energy efficient practicesat the UN will help as the worldbody implements the austeritymeasures.

Naidu had said last monththat among the menu list ofausterity measures that couldperhaps improve the budgetary

situation includes adhering tothe advance air ticket pur-chase policy, better manage-ment of exchange rate fluctu-ations, energy efficient lightingand other environment friend-ly practices at the UNHeadquarters and duty sta-tions.

“The Gandhi Solar Park, atoken gift of India to the UN,which was inaugurated lastmonth, is part of the solution,”he said.

The park, with 193 solarpanels, installed on the roof ofthe UN building was inaugu-rated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi during the

high-level UN GeneralAssembly session in September.

At a contribution of aboutone million dollars, India gift-ed the solar panels that havebeen installed on the roof of theUN Headquarters, one paneleach for every 193 UN MemberState.

The solar panels are pow-ered up to reach the max of 50KW of generation power.Energy generated in the park isequivalent to energy that wouldhave been created through useof 30,000 kilograms of coal. Italso has a carbon sequestrationof 1000 seedlings which willgrow into trees over 10 years.

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Hillary Clinton said Tuesdayit was “shameful” that the

British government had not pub-lished a delayed parliamentaryreport into possible Russianinterference in British politicsahead of December elections.

British Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s government has pre-viously rejected claims it was sup-pressing the report to avoid ascandal ahead of next month’ssnap poll.

“Every person who votes inthis country deserves to see thatreport before your election hap-pens,” the defeated US presiden-tial candidate told BBC Radio 4during a book tour.

Clinton said there was “nodoubt” that Russia is “deter-mined to try to shape the politicsof western democracies”.

“Not to our benefit, but totheirs,” said the Democrat, wholost the 2016 US election toPresident Donald Trump in arace that US intelligence chiefshave said was marred by Russianinterference.

“I find it inexplicable thatyour government will not releasea government report aboutRussian influence. Inexplicableand shameful,” she told BBCRadio 5 Live.

Britain’s parliament was pre-viously told a report by theIntelligence and SecurityCommittee was sent to the prime

minister for approval on October17.

The probe into suspectedRussian covert actions in Britain’sdemocratic process reportedlyincludes examining whetherMoscow tried to interfere withthe 2016 Brexit vote and the 2017general election.

Moscow has been accused ofspearheading sophisticated dis-information campaigns aroundthe world to further its interests.

The Intelligence and SecurityCommittee, which oversees thework of the country’s intelligenceagencies, submits its reports tothe government before publica-tion to avoid the inadvertentrelease of sensitive information.

A former head of domestic

spy agency MI5 and the com-mittee’s chairman have suggest-ed Johnson is stalling on therelease of the 50-page report withthe December 12 general electionlooming.

Jonathan Evans, head ofMI5 from 2007 to 2013, called onthe government to explain thedelay.

Foreign Office ministerChris Pincher has previouslysaid that the report is goingthrough “an intensive securityreview”.

Pincher has also playeddown concerns, saying there is“no evidence” to suggest there hasbeen any successful Russianinvolvement in the British elec-toral system.

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AUS Congressional Caucuson human rights will hold

a hearing this week on the sit-uation in Jammu and Kashmirfollowing India’s decision torevoke its special status, butsome observers have raisedsuspicion over its intentionssaying witnesses on the panelare well known India bashers.

India on August 5 decid-ed to withdraw Jammu andKashmir’s special status andbifurcate the state into twoUnion Territories.

Announcing the hearing,the Tom Lantos HumanRights Commission said

“Witnesses will examine thehuman rights situation inJammu and Kashmir in thecontext of the region’s histo-ry and larger patterns of rightsviolations in India andPakistan, and will offer rec-ommendations for action byCongress.”

The Commission hasinvited Anurima Bhargava,Commissioner, USCommission on InternationalReligious Freedom as witnessin the first panel for the hear-ing on Wednesday, November13.

Raising eyebrows over thereal intentions of Tom LantosCommission, congressional

observers said its Co-ChairsCongressmen James PMcGovern and Christopher HSimth, announced the hearingwithout notice and has chosena panel that is “loaded againstIndia”.

The list of witnesses forthe second panel released bythe Human RightsCommission, which is aDemocratic Party dominatedbipartisan caucus of the USRepresentatives, reflects thatthe panelists are all suspect.

Invitees are people whoare totally pitted against India,indicating that theCongressional hearing is allset to be “biased and one

sided.” The announcement ofthe hearing by the LantosCommittee comes on theheels of a blatant one-sidedhearing last month on Jammuand Kashmir.

India had termed as“regrettable” criticism by sev-eral US Congressmen over thesituation in Kashmir, and saidthe comments reflected a verylimited understanding of thecountry’s history and its plu-ralistic society.

Congressional observerssuspect this due to the massivepolitical funding by groupsbelieved to be Pakistani-Americans and those close tothe Pakistani establishment.

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Israeli security forces onTuesday assassinated a com-

mander of Islamic Jihaddescribed by them as “a tickingbomb”, leading to retaliatoryattacks from the Gaza Strip thatpushed major areas in Israel toclosure and escalated tensionsin the region.

A joint statement by theIsrael Defence Forces (IDF)and Israel’s internal securityagency, the Shin Bet,announced that Baha Abu al-Ata was neutralised in a tar-geted strike at around 4:30 amin an operation that wasapproved by Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu.

“[Ata] was behind multipleattacks and rocket launchesagainst Israel in recent monthsand intended to carry newimmediate attacks,” the Armyand Shin Bet said.

“The operation was rec-ommended by the IDF Chief ofStaff and the Shin Bet andapproved by the PrimeMinister and Minister ofDefence, after it was presentedand endorsed by (the security)

cabinet,” it said.Ata and his wife were killed

as they slept on the third floorof a building in Shejaiya districtof Gaza City, Palestiniansources said.

Palestinian health officialssaid that four of their childrenand a neighbour were injured.

The Israeli Army howeverrejected speculations that thekilling marked return to Israel’spolicy of targeted assassina-tions. IDF spokesperson, BrigGen Hidai Zilberman, said thekilling of the senior IslamicJihad commander does notrepresent a return the the pol-icy of targeted killings that sawIsrael kill dozens of terror lead-ers in the last decade.

Zilberman said that theIsraeli air force targeted BahaAbu al-Ata because he was “aticking bomb” and was plan-ning imminent attacks againstIsrael.

Ata headed the militarycouncil of the Al-Quds Brigade,the military arm of the IslamicJihad. He commanded theorganisation’s operations innorthern Gaza, but also wield-ed great influence on the south-

ern front.Ata is said to have several

hundred fighters under hiscommand and an arsenal ofdozens of rockets at his disposalthat could be fired at Israel.Israel had in the past also triedunsuccessfully to assassinatethe Islamic Jihad commanderbut this time it is said to have“real time intel for a pinpoint-ed operation”.

Islamic Jihad threatenedto respond forcefully to theassassination.

“We promise to continuethe fight, and our response willundoubtedly come to shake thefoundations of the Zionist enti-ty,” the organisation said, call-ing for general mobilization ofits troops.

Militant faction Hamas,which controls the Gaza Strip,said that Israel bears all theresponsibility for the conse-quences of the assassination ofAbu Al-Ata.

“This crime committed byIsrael will not pass silently, andwill be met with retaliation bythe resistance forces,” it said.

The Secretary General ofIslamic Jihad, Ziad al-Nakhala,

said that Israeli Prime MinisterNetanyahu has crossed “all thered lines” in the assassinationof Abu al_Ata.

“We are going to war.Netanyahu has crossed all the

red lines in the assassination ofAl-Quds Brigades CommanderBaha Abu al-Ata. We we willrespond forcefully,” al-Nakhalatold Dar al-Hayat, an Arabic-language news site.

Sirens were heard soonafter the attack in areas fromGaza to Tel Aviv with barrageof rockets, mortars and incen-diary balloons making theirway to Israel from the Gaza

Strip. In an unprecedented move

since the 2014 Gaza war, theIDF Home Front Commandannounced to cancel all schoolin all of the Dan region, includ-ing Tel Aviv, as well as thesouth.

The IDF Home FrontCommand immediatelyordered all schools and non-essential businesses closed inthe following areas - the Gazaperiphery; the Lachish region,the western Negev, the centralNegev, the Shfela region, theDan region, including Tel Aviv,and the Yarkon region bringinglife to a standstill in major areasof the Jewish state.

Bomb shelters were openedin central Israel and as far asModi’in, next to Jerusalem. TelAviv was also preparing toopen bomb shelters, an officialannouncement from themunicipality said.

The Israeli security cabinetwas meeting in the morning toreview the situation. Sources inGaza said that Israel has alsocarried out several attacks inthe coastal enclave followingthe rocket attacks from there.

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Iran accused Europeannations of hypocrisy on

Tuesday for criticising its lateststep back from a nuclear dealwhile failing to fulfil theircommitments of relief from USsanctions.

But President HassanRouhani made no mention ofa new report from the UNnuclear watchdog that revealsthat its inspectors detecteduranium particles of man-made origin at a undeclared sitein Iran.

Britain, France, Germanyand the EU have been trying tosalvage the 2015 Iran nucleardeal since the US unilaterallywithdrew from it in May lastyear and began reimposingsanctions.

A year after the US pulloutfrom the Joint ComprehensivePlan of Action (JCPOA), Iranbegan reducing its commit-ments to the deal hoping to winconcessions from those stillparty to the accord.

Iran’s latest measure came

last week, when engineersbegan feeding uranium hexa-fluoride gas into mothballedenrichment centrifuges at theunderground Fordow plantsouth of Tehran.

In a joint statement onMonday, Britain, France,Germany and the EuropeanUnion said Iran’s decision torestart activities at Fordow was“inconsistent” with a 2015nuclear deal.

“The E3/EU have fullyupheld their JCPOA commit-ments, including sanctions-lifting as foreseen under theJCPOA,” they said.

“It is now critical that Iranupholds its JCPOA commit-ments and works with allJCPOA participants to de-esca-late tensions.”

Iran’s Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif hitback on Tuesday, “‘Fully upheldcommitments under JCPOA’YOU? Really?” he tweeted.

Zarif said Iran had already“triggered and exhausted” a dis-pute resolution mechanism inthe troubled accord.

German Foreign MinisterHeiko Mass had on Mondaythreatened the use of “all themechanisms laid down in theagreement” to make Iran com-ply with its obligations underthe JCPOA.

On Tuesday, Rouhani saidIran only began scaling backits nuclear commitments ayear after the US withdrawalto give the other parties timeto make up for it.

“We waited for a year,”Rouhani told a televised newsconference.

“Nobody in the world canblame us by saying ‘Why areyou abandoning your com-mitments under the JCPOAtoday and why have youlaunched Fordow today?’” hesaid.

“This is a problem that theenemy has created for us,” hesaid, referring to Iran’s arch-foe the United States.

Iran’s approach, he said,was to take “the path of resis-tance and perseverance” byreducing commitments underthe JCPOA and engaging in

negotiations.“We are negotiating with

the world... they are giving usproposals, we’re giving themproposals. Up until today, Ihave not accepted the pro-posals I’ve been given.”Rouhani made no mention ofthe uranium particles theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency said its inspectors haddetected at an undeclared sitein Iran.

In a report seen by AFP onMonday, the watchdog said itsinspectors had “detected nat-ural uranium particles ofanthropogenic origin at a loca-tion in Iran not declared to theagency.” The particles areunderstood to be the productof uranium which has beenmined and undergone initialprocessing, but not enriched.

While the IAEA itself hasnot named the site in question,diplomatic sources have pre-viously said the agency hasbeen posing questions to Iranrelating to a site where Israelhas alleged secret atomic activ-ity in the past.

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The Chennai-Andaman andNicobar Islands (CANI) sub-

marine cable systems project isexpected to be completed by2020, an official of the Japan-based NEC Corporation, thecompany implementing the2,300 km long undersea project,said. A submarine communica-tions cable is a cable laid on theseabed between land-based sta-tions to transmit telecommuni-cation signals across stretches ofocean and sea.

Earlier, the state-run BharatSanchar Nigam Limited hadplaced an order with NECTechnologies India Pvt. Ltd.(NECTI) to design, engineer,supply, install, test and implementan optical submarine cable sys-tem connecting Tamil Nadu’scapital Chennai and the unionterritory of Andaman & NicobarIslands (A&N Islands) in the Bayof Bengal.

NEC Corporation, the par-ent company of NECTI, willmanufacture the optical subma-rine cable at its facility in Japanand provide technical assistanceduring the turnkey implemen-

tation, Atushi Kuwahara, Head ofAdministration, SubmarineNetwork Division, NECCorporation told PTI in Tokyo.

On the current status of theproject, he said the submarinecable and repeaters cable havebeen manufactured and it willtake another one year to becompleted.

Now what is left is “cableloading, cable laying (done byship), CLS installation and com-missioning tests. This will be thefirst landing of cable in theislands,” he said, adding that it willallow residents and tourists toconnect with the rest of theworld using high speed internetservices. Kuwahara, however,did not disclose the total value ofthe project. Compared to satel-lites, using internet connectionthrough submarine cables ismore reliable, cost efficient andof large capacity, he said, addingthat it is best for telecom infra-structure, applications like HDTV, high speed internet, datatransmission, high speed mobileterminals, among others.

“The cable system will pro-vide the A&N Islands with suf-ficient bandwidth for supporting

voice and data connectivity thatenable the implementation of e-governance initiatives, such as theestablishment of enterprises ande-commerce facilities,” as perNEC Corporation.

“The system will also assisteducational institutes in sharingknowledge and will play a sig-nificant role in driving the“Digital India” vision, a campaignlaunched by the Government ofIndia to ensure that governmentservices are made available to cit-izens electronically,” according tothe company.

Speaking on the importanceof the project, the official saidonce completed, it will open thegateway to Southeast Asian mar-kets for the company. BesidesCANI, the company is under-taking two more cable projects —3,500-km long Hong Kong-Guam (HK-G) cable system pro-ject and 9,500-km long Japan-Guam-Hong Kong (JGA) project— he said. NEC Corporation hasover 98,000 employees and oper-ations in public, enterprise, tele-com carrier, system platformand various other sectors in over168 countries and territories,including India.

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There’s a building boom onthe Tibetan plateau, one of

the world’s last remote places. Mountains long crowned

by garlands of fluttering prayerflags — a traditional landscapeblessing — are newly toppedwith sprawling steel powerlines.

At night, the illuminatedsigns of Sinopec gas stationscast a red glow over newly builthighways.

Ringed by the world’stallest mountain ranges, theregion long known as “therooftop of the world” is now inthe crosshairs of China’s latestmodernisation push, markedby multiplying skyscrapers and

expanding high-speed raillines.

But this time, there’s a dif-ference: The Chinese govern-ment also wants to set limits onthe region’s growth in order todesign its own version of oneof the US’s proudest legacies —a national park system.

In August, policymakersand scientists from China, theUnited States and other coun-tries convened in Xining, cap-ital of the country’s Qinghaiprovince, to discuss China’splans to create a unified parksystem with clear standards forlimiting development and pro-tecting ecosystems.

The country’s economy hasboomed over the past 40 years,but priorities are now expand-

ing to include conserving keynatural resources, says ZhuChunquan, the China repre-sentative of the InternationalUnion for the Conservation ofNature, a Switzerland-basedscientific group.

“It’s quite urgent as soon aspossible to identify the places,the ecosystems and other nat-ural features” to protect, Zhusays.

Among other goals, Chinaaims to build its ownYellowstone on the Tibetanplateau.

Zhu serves on an advisorycommittee providing input onthe development of China’snascent national park system,expected to be officiallyunveiled in 2020.

Chinese officials also havevisited US national parks,including Yellowstone andYosemite, and sought inputfrom varied organizations,including the Chicago-basedPaulson Institute and theNature Conservancy.

The ambition to create aunified park system represents“a new and serious effort tosafeguard China’s biodiversityand natural heritage,” DukeUniversity ecologist StuartPimm says.

One of the first pilot parkswill be in Qinghai, a vast regionin western China abuttingTibet and sharing much of itscultural legacy.

The area also is home tosuch iconic and threatened

species as the snow leopard andChinese mountain cat, andencompasses the headwaters ofthree of Asia’s great water-ways: the Yangtze, Yellow andMekong Rivers.

“This is one of the mostspecial regions in China, in theworld,” says Lu Zhi, a PekingUniversity conservation biolo-gist who has worked in Qinghaifor two decades.

While construction con-tinues at a frenzied pace else-where on the Tibetan plateau,the government already hasstopped issuing mining andhydropower permits in thisregion.

But a key question loomsover the project: Can Chinamarry the goals of conservation

and tourism, while safeguard-ing the livelihoods and cultureof the approximately 128,000people who live within or nearthe park’s boundaries, many ofthem Tibetan?

“China has a dense popu-lation and a long history,” Zhusays. “One of the unique fea-tures of China’s national parksis that they have local peopleliving either inside or nearby.”

Yellowstone is widely con-sidered the world’s first nation-al park. After it was created in1872, the US governmentforced the Native Americanswho lived in the area to reset-tle outside the park boundaries,in keeping with the 19th-cen-tury notion that wildernessprotection meant nature apart

from people. But countries that attempt

to establish park systems in the21st century now must con-sider how best to include localpopulations in their planning.

“Figuring out how toachieve ecological conserva-tion and support for thecommunities at the same time— that’s the most complicat-ed rub you have,” saysJonathan Jarvis, a formerdirector at the U.S. NationalPark Service and now a pro-fessor of the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, who hastoured the Qinghai pilot park,called Sanjiangyuan.

China has previouslyundertaken vast resettlementprograms to clear land for

large infrastructure projects,such as Three Gorges Dam andthe South-to-North WaterTransfer Project. These reset-tlements left many farmers innew homes without suitableagricultural fields or access toother livelihoods.

But in developing thenational parks, the govern-ment is giving conservation-related jobs to at least a swathof people living inSanjiangyuan to stay and workon their land. The “One Family,One Ranger” program hiresone person per family for 1800yuan a month (USD 255) toperform such tasks as collect-ing trash and monitoring forpoaching or illegal grazingactivity.

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Brexit Party chief NigelFarage changed course

Monday, announcing that hisparty would not challengeConservative candidates innearly half of the UK’s districts,a tactical move that may makeit easier for pro-Brexit forces toprevail in the Dec. 12 election.

Farage said his party willnot put forward any candidatesin 317 seats that theConservatives won in the lastelection so as not to split thepro-Brexit vote. The moveshould boost the chances thatPrime Minister Boris Johnson'sConservatives win a majority inan early election that Johnsonsought to increase his Brexitmandate.

A Conservative majoritywould likely mean thatJohnson’s Brexit divorce dealwould be passed by Parliament,clearing the way for Britain toleave the European Union atthe end of January.

Farage said he was putting

country before party by uni-laterally forming a “leavealliance” with theConservatives at the expense ofparties seeking to slow or evenstop Brexit. Those partiesinclude the opposition LabourParty, the anti-Brexit LiberalDemocrats and the ScottishNational Party.

All 650 seats in the Houseof Commons are up for grabsin the Dec. 12 election, the firstDecember vote in nearly 100years. Right now the governingConservatives have 298 seatsand Labour has 243.

Farage has been underhuge pressure from Brexit sup-porters not to run candidates inseats where there is a risk ofsplitting the Brexit vote.

“If we field 600 candidates,there will be a hungParliament,” Farage said, warn-ing that might well lead toanother referendum onBritain’s EU membership thatcould cancel Brexit altogether.

“I think this announce-ment today prevents a second

referendum from happening,”he said. “And that to me, I thinkright now, is the single mostimportant thing in our coun-try.”

After three years of nego-tiations and repeated delays,Britain is now scheduled toleave the EU on Jan. 31.

Monday’s move represent-ed a substantial change in tac-

tics, for only last week Faragehad threatened to run againstthe Conservatives in every seatin England, Wales and Scotlandunless they agreed to team upwith his Brexit Party.

Johnson refused the offer,which included a demand thathe drop his Brexit divorce deal.

Labour leader JeremyCorbyn on Monday calledFarage’s decision “a Trumpalliance,” saying it reflected adesire to please US PresidentDonald Trump, who hadpushed publicly for Farage andJohnson to unite in a pro-Brexitfront.

“One week ago DonaldTrump told Nigel Farage tomake a pact with BorisJohnson,” Corbyn tweeted.“Today, Trump got his wish.”

Corbyn also claimed the“Trump alliance” would allowprofit-driven US drug compa-nies to get a foothold inBritain’s beloved but financial-ly stressed National HealthService — a constant theme ofhis campaign.

Over the weekend, severalright-wing British newspapersurged Farage to change tack,saying there was a risk thatBritain might not leave the EUif the Labour Party comes topower.

On the campaign trail,Johnson told reporters he was“glad that there's a recognition”that only his party can getBrexit done. The prime minis-ter said he had not discussedany election deal with Farage.

Earlier in the campaign,Farage had been strongly crit-ical of Johnson’s EU divorcedeal — saying it wasn’t a realBrexit — but he softened histone Monday.

Farage said he had beenencouraged by recent com-ments from Johnson that ruleout extending the Brexit tran-sition period beyond the end of2020. He said the plan now is“to take the fight to Labour,”which he accused of betraying5 million of its supporters whohad voted to leave the EU in the2016 Brexit referendum.

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Three people were killed ina shootout at a Thai court-

room on Tuesday during ahearing into an inheritancedispute, according to police,who said two of the victimswere lawyers.

The gunman opened fireon the opposing side in the dis-pute in Chanthaburi provincialcourt before a guard shot backand fatally wounded him.

National police officespokesman KrissanaPattanacharoen said three peo-ple including the assailant wereconfirmed dead, while otherswere injured in the melee.

“Two are lawyers anotherone is the shooter,” he said,adding that they are still inves-tigating why the courtroomfeud turned deadly.

The identities of the vic-tims were not released.

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Monday’s meeting was thefirst since the PakistaniEmbassy closed its consularsection in Kabul earlier thismonth, citing unspecified secu-rity concerns.

The Pakistani delegationincluded Foreign SecretarySohail Mahmood and Inter-Services Intelli­gence (ISI) chiefLt Gen Faiz Hameed. They heldtalks with Afghan intelligencechief, national security adviserand acting foreign minister.

The agenda of talks,acc­ording to sources, includ-ed the dispute over an Afghanmarket in Peshawar, border fir-ing incidents and mutual alle-gations of harassment of diplo-mats.

The two sides agreed toaddress bilateral concerns andnormalise the ties, according tothe sources.

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Instructors can receive the great-est number of rewards from data ana-lytics, because of the handling ofinformation-driven frameworks thatcan enable educators to make learningexperiences as indicated by a learner’slearning capacity, and inclination.Different projects can be cultivated thatwill urge every person to pick what theywant to realise. Through this, numer-ous reports can be produced about thelife of a student and what they mightwant to do or want to pursue in the

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part would help improve students’results, dropout rates at schools anduniversities would likewise decrease.Instructive organisations can utiliseprescient examination on every one ofthe information that is gathered to givethem fragments of knowledge onfuture understudy results. Such expec-tations can help investigate a courseprogram before it is brought into theeducational plan; limiting the scope forexperimentation. Truth be told, enor-mous amounts of information can like-wise be utilised to screen how studentsare performing in the real world aftermoving on from school. This wouldhelp the future students in picking thecorrect school and course, reducing thenumber of dropouts. ".-��.C�D�;�<;�++�<�,�-;C��E<�.�?�=;�?;.@@�+

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more precisely foresee candidates andfurthermore break down the potentialfactors that influence the applicationprocedure. Such information will enableorganisations to manage their enroll-ment procedures to get better results.Such an influx of information will alsoenable understudies to investigate dataabout schools internationally, acceler-ating the quest and application processfor global students as well. �.;��;�=;���<-���

Closely analysing a student’s pre-sentation report will assist the facilitatorto understand his/her advancementand their qualities and shortcomings.The reports will propose the areas inwhich the student is interested, andthey can seek a vocation in a similarfield. If a student is enthusiastic aboutlearning a specific subject, at that point,the decision ought to be valued and thestudent ought to be urged to pursuewhat they wish to pursue. With bigdata, educational institutions can lookat the progress of a student andthrough their behaviours and insights,predict appropriate career alterna-tives.

Data analytics is bound to revolu-tionise the education sector, by allow-ing students to have a more positiveimpact on society and the future of thecountry. And embracing this veryfield will open up numerous possibil-ities in the Indian pedagogy system.

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To foster entrepreneurial spirit of its stu-dents, JP International School, Greater

Noida signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) with Atal IncubationCentre — BIMTECH, Greater Noida. Theagreement aims at building opportunities forstudents and faculty at both campuses.

AIC BIMTECH is supported by AtalInnovation Mission, NITI Aayog , GOI andBIMTECH. JP International School also hasAtal Tinkering Lab, supported by NITIAayog.

The broad framework of the two part-nerships will focus on to help or incubateideas/start ups which will be curated by AIC-BIMTECH team, faculty exchange pro-

gramme, student exchange programmes,participation in seminars and academicmeetings and others.

Challenges are always there,but are you ready to face

them? Questioned A Rajarajan,Director of Satish Dhawan SpaceCentre SHAR, ISRO, Sriharikotato an enthusiastic crowd of 5000students who had come toreceive their medals, ranks, anddegrees at the 15th AnnualConvocation at SRM Institute ofScience & Technology,Kattankulathur on November10, 2019.

The chief guest for the eventadded that hard work and ded-ication would yield better results.He said: “Remember your par-

ents, teachers, and all those whohave played a role in your life.The process of traversing fromcollege life to the outer world willbe different and difficult. Thevalue systems that you learnfrom your institution is what willhelp you overcome these situa-tions.”

He also urged students notto give up on their dreams. “IfIndia has to become the bestcountry in the world, it needs all-round development and the pri-mary focus is education. SRMhas been contributing massive-ly in this endeavour.

Manish Sisodia, DelhiDeputy Chief Minister,

was the chief guest at theworkshop MillenniumDevelopment Goals 2030: Roleof Education and Universitiesorganised by the UniversitySchool of Education, IPUniversity to mark the occa-sion of National EducationDay on November 11, 2019.

Speaking at the occassion,Sisodia said: “Teaching is a ser-vice, not a profession. The ser-vice of the teacher is round theclock and completely 360degree work. This unique

attribute of the teacher differ-entiates him from other ser-vices.”

He further added, qualityeducation can be achievedthrough active role of univer-sities.

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Communication invites appli-cations for admissions to itsdegree course in Bachelor ofBusiness Administration.

The degree is designed togive a broad knowledge of thefunctional aspects of a compa-ny and their interconnection,while also allowing for spe-cialisation in a particular area.The degree also develops thestudent’s practical, managerialand communication skills, andbusiness decision-makingcapability.

Duration: Three yearsEligibility: Candidates

who have recently passed ClassXII from any recognised board.

How to apply: Log on towww.nraismc.com or applica-tion forms & brochure may beobtained from admission officeof NRAI School of MassCommunication, GautamNagar, New Delhi-110049.

Last date to apply :November 28, 2019.

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management Institute (DPMI)invites applications for admis-sions to its full time Diplomain ElectrocardiogramTechnology (ECG).

This course provides syl-labus that combines theoryand practice, covering impor-tant background on the anato-my and physiology of the heartand chest, electrical conductionsystem of the heart and basicECG interpretation.Electrocardiogram techniciansmonitor and test a patient’s car-diovascular performance usingECG equipment.

Duration: One yearEligibility: Candidates

who have recently passed ClassXII from any recognised boardand wants to work in Healthindustry can enroll for thesecourses.

How to apply: Log on towww.dpmiindia.com or forms& brochure may be obtainedfrom admission office of DelhiParamedical &amp;Management Institute, NewAshok Nagar, Delhi.

Last date to apply :November 22, 2019.

�What made you come up withPrometheus?

The idea to build the schoolcame into being because there wasa need to create an institute thathelps students realise their truepotential. The school is meant to bethat institute, which sets the coursefor students to receive a high-qual-ity holistic education and become agreater part of the community.

The inspiration for naming theschool was drawn from the Greektitan, Prometheus, who gave fire tomankind and initiated the dawn ofcivilisation. Hence, the name. Wewant to give students an educationthat ignites their potential. �How do you plan, to best useyour experience in e-learningdomain for the students?

We are incorporating the besteducational pedagogies and intro-ducing new age tech-enabled prac-tices in line with these pedagogies.I will use my experience to keep thefocus on new age learning andintroduce latest pedagogies as andwhen needed.�What different aspects of per-sonalised learning can be used byschools to overcome the ageoldlearning strategy?

Personalised learning is aimedat meeting the needs of every stu-

dent and drawing out their indi-vidual talents and strengths. The firststep is moving away from the ‘one-size-fits-all’ model and creatingindividual ‘learner profiles’, which isa key element of personalisedlearning.

Once learner profiles have beenestablished, it is possible to utilise‘personal learning paths’, whichfocus on the students’ strengths tohelp them improve. Additionally, theuse of ‘flexible learning environ-ments’ helps students to take controlof their education.�Today technology is seen asmeans of leapfrogging in bothteaching, learning as well as inknowledge transactions...

All the way from kindergartento universities, technology is re-shaping teaching and learning prac-tices. This specially applies to the useof gadgets like laptops, mobiles andtablets. Information has becomeaccessible at the click/tap of a fingeror through voice commands.Students can easily connect witheducators across the globe using themeans of technology. Internationaltie-ups for e-learning and offeringcourse material that don’t haveexperts physically available are nowpossible; which means the child isnot bound by a classroom to learn.

This is a feat in itself and hasexpanded the boundaries of theknowledge transactions.�A curriculum with overall devel-opment is the need of the hour, doyou think customisation can be itstool?

Overall development is essentialin raising well-rounded individualsthat are endowed with the capabil-ities to handle the needs of thefuture. In line with our core-beliefs,customisation of the curriculum isan important aspect of nurturingcapable students.

Curriculum that are focused onthe outcome of an entire class, as awhole, cannot plan for diversifiedpaths to work ahead. To bring outthe best in students, we need to cus-tomise the curriculum and theireducation to enable a well-roundedgrowth. Customisation of the cur-riculum can help meet the specificneeds of a demography and provideroom for growth that can helpmaximise the students’ potential forsuccess. �What are your long term goals?

Within the next five years, theschool will have established itsname as a top premium school in thecountry front lining the new ageholistic education, encompassing –academics, co-curricular activities,sports education and life skillslearning. We aim to educate andempower the students to help themgrow into aesthetically rich, intel-lectually aware and integrated youngpeople capable of fulfilling theirdreams and aspirations.

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One of the evergreen professionis engineering and why not as

engineering forms the foundationfor innovation and technology.And chemical engineering is onesuch branch that has always been indemand. A much sought-afterstream among engineering aspi-rants, chemical engineering promis-es a bright career scope as the rangeof related professions is wide. Frombiotechnology and aerospace tobiomedical and petroleum indus-tries, the career provides a widerange of opportunities. A highlyprofitable branch, it provides goodgrowth not only in India but abroadalso.

The branch deals with the engi-neering and development of chem-icals/processes to identify and/orsolve technical glitches. It combinesthe knowledge of Chemistry andEngineering to produce chemicalsand related by-products. Aspirantsshould get a degree in ChemicalEngineering from a reputed uni-versity or college to get a strongbacking for their profile.

Responsibilities: The jobrequires the person to design andinvent chemical processes or prod-ucts, plan and operate industrial plantfacilities, create environment-friend-ly health and safety standards, pro-vide safety measures for chemical

industry work conditions, R&D inthe Bio-Tech firms, create chemicalmaterials for industrial production,processing of food and agriculturalproducts, cosmetics, and mineralbased industries.

Scope: Earlier it was only aboutindustrial-scale production ofchemicals, but the field has seen avast change as the chemical engi-neers now cover various fields andindustries. A broad field, ChemicalEngineering has applications inplastics, textile, food, pharmaceu-ticals, petroleum, and many more.All these sectors and industries hireChemical Engineering graduatesthus opening a huge scope forthem in India as well as abroad.

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ates can find jobs in petroleumrefineries, petrochemical indus-tries, food processing units, cementfactories, pharmaceutical indus-tries, fertiliser factories, biotech-nology sector and many others.

Pay Scale: Salaries in this fieldof Engineering are lucrative wherefreshers can earn on an average�25,000 to�30,000 per month. Withexperience and depending on theskills, the salaries reach �5-�7 lakhper year. If one is willing to goabroad and work in Petroleumindustry then one can expect high-end salaries. Competent profes-sionals with few years of experiencecan expect salaries between �1lakh and �3 lakh per month.

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Entrance Examination (VITEEE-2020) for BTech pro-grammes was launched by Founder-Chancellor of VIT, Dr GViswanathan at the Head Post Office, Vellore on November 8,2019.

VIT Vice President Dr Sekar Viswanathan, VIT ExecutiveDirector Dr Sandhya Pentareddy, VIT Pro-Vice Chancellor DrS Narayanan, Dr G Kalaichelvan, Director (UG Admission)among others participated in the event.

A valid VITEEE rank is mandatory for admission to BTech.programmes offered in VIT Vellore, VIT Chennai, VIT- AP andVIT-Bhopal. The exam will be held from April 13 to April 19,2020 as Computer Based Test in 120 cities in India as well inDubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.

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It’s a crucial period for the aspirantsof the Graduate Aptitude Test inEngineering (GATE) 2020 sched-

uled on February 1, 2, 8 and 9.Conducted jointly by the IndianInstitute of Science and seven IndianInstitutes of India (IITs) headed by oneinstitute every year, candidates whoend up qualifying the exam are not justeligible to secure a seat inIISc/IITs/NITs for higher educationcourses like MTech and PhD but canalso get hired by various Public SectorUndertakings for high-paying engi-neering-related jobs.

No wonder, the competitive examis gaining popularity among the stu-dents day by day. However, with just3 months left for the exam, many ofyou might have started panickingover how to crack GATE 2020 examwith a good rank. Fret not.

Here is a preparation strategy youmust follow to ace the GATE:

Focus on the syllabusWhile you all must be familiar

with the syllabus of the exam and thesubjects involved, make sure you arethoroughly aware of the latest one andthe topics being covered. All questionsasked in the examination are directlyrelated to the topics mentioned in thesyllabus.

Subject and topic weightageAnalyse the question papers from

the previous 10 years and research onthe marks distribution of each sub-ject.This will give you an idea about thecore topics to prepare as in the GATEexam,questions are generally askedfrom the core area of the syllabus,which has to be prepared well.

Keep the fundamentals clearUnlike other competitive exami-

nations, while preparing for GATE, itis important to clear your basic con-cepts rather than cramming the for-mulas. Since simple questions areasked in a tricky format, be thoroughwith your concepts in order to under-stand and solve the questions.

Solving previous years’ papersNow that you have understood the

pattern of the questions, start with solv-ing as many mock test papers as pos-sible, followed by the previous year’squestion papers. This will help inadapting to the online pattern andassess your preparation.

Based on the test analysis, you canfocus on their weak areas. However,

keep in mind that the pattern of theexamination has changed for the nextyear.

Focus on high return and easyquestions

During preparations, lay empha-sis on topics like EngineeringMathematics and General Ability asthey carry 30 per cent of the totalmarks and are fairly easier to score in.You could look at some online lecturesto prepare for these topics.

Attempt the easier questions firstYou should go through all ques-

tions and try solving those questionsfirst, which you find easy and requireless time to score qualifyingmarks.Beware of attempting ques-tions you are not confident of as thereis negative marking too.

Unwind before the examWhen it's just one day left before

GATE, stop bothering much about it.Go out for a drive or do anything thatrelaxes you. Sit for the exam with arejuvenated mind.

With 90 days in your hand, followthe aforementioned strategy and startyour preparation for GATE 2020 examconsidering it as your only attempt.However, remember this isn't the endof the world. So, go ahead and giveyour best shot.

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The MacquarieUniversity, one ofAustralia’s top 10 uni-

versities announced scholar-ship worth AUD $15 million toreward outstanding students inIndia, with a focus on provid-ing financial support for stu-dents across all courses.

The university offers up to$40,000 scholarship for Indianstudents enrolling in under-graduate programme and up to$25,000 scholarship for PGprogrammes. The scholarshipswill be disbursed as $10,000annual scholarship towardstuition fees covering allcoursework programmes com-mencing in 2020. This wouldmean a student enrolling in afour-year undergraduatedegree would receive $40,000over four years or approxi-mately 25-30% off their totaltuition fees.

Applicants for all 2020scholarships will be required tomeet the English and academ-ic requirements for the coursethey have selected and accepttheir offer by the deadlines list-ed below:

For students commenc-ing a degree in February 2020the deadline is December 20,2019. For students commenc-ing a degree in July 2020 thedeadline is June 19, 2020.

For details on applicationand eligibility please visit:

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The University of Sheffield, UK is offering 50 interna-tional UG merit scholarships in2020. The scholarships arecompetitive awards worth 50%of the tuition fee for an under-graduate degree programmestarting in September 2020.The scholarship is available fornew international (non-EU)students who meet the eligi-bility criteria.

You will be able to apply fora scholarship via MUSE forapplicants. You must hold anoffer to study at the Universityof Sheffield. Scholarship resultswill be announced by 16:00(UK time) on Friday May 22,2020.

Eligibility: Your pro-gramme must be scheduled tocommence at the University ofSheffield in September 2020.

You must receive an offerfor a course studied in full atthe university. All UG degreecourses are eligible with theexceptions of Medicine(A100/A101) and Dentistry(A200). For tuition fee pur-poses you must be self-fundedand eligible to pay the overseastuition fee. You must not be asponsored student.

For more information visit:https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/intern a t i o n a l / f e e s - a n d -funding/scholarships/under-graduate/international-under-graduate-merit-scholarship

Application deadline:Last date is 13:00 (UK time)May 4, 2020.

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and corporate with their invest-ments, loans and all other moneyrelated issues. When we hear thewords corporate banking, youmight immediately think of loans.Or, we might be confused aboutwhat corporate banking means andhow it's different from commercialbanking and investment banking.In either case, your thinking wouldbe justified. In India corporatebanking is now the better careeroption for the younger student.

Corporate banking is a broadvertical within a commercial bankthat takes care of the bankingrequirements of companies of anysize — from micro, small, mediumto large multinational conglomer-ates. Under corporate banking,there are further verticals special-ising in providing banking solu-tions to micro set ups, small andmedium enterprises, so and soforth. As the complexity of organ-isation increases, which generallycomes with the size of the compa-ny, the banking needs also differ.

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Raheem Sterling said he allowed his“emotions” to get the better of him

leading to a brief altercation withLiverpool’s Joe Gomez that resulted inthe Manchester City player beingdropped for tomorrow’s Euro 2020qualifier against Montenegro.

Sterling admitted on Instagram onTuesday he and Gomez “had words”when they met up at the England campthe day after Liverpool’s 3-1 win overdefending champions Manchester Citywhich left the latter nine points adriftof Jurgen Klopp’s side.

“Both Joe and I have had wordsand figured things out and moved on,”Sterling said.

“We are in a sport where emotionsrun high and I am man enough to

admit when emotions got the better ofme.

“This is why we play this sportbecause of our love for it — me and JoeGomez are good, we both understandit was a five to 10-second thing... it’sdone, we move forward and not makethis bigger than it is.

“Let’s get focus on our game onThursday,” Sterling added.

The Daily Mail reported thatGomez and Sterling had to be separat-ed by teammates on Monday after a“physical confrontation”.

The pair had also clashed on thefield towards the end of Sunday’smatch.

England manager GarethSouthgate moved quickly to deal withthe issue — arguably one of hisachievements during his time in the

post has been to erase the rivalriesbetween members from different clubswhich plagued previous Englandsquads.

The likes of former star defenderRio Ferdinand have spoken abouthow when they used to join theEngland camp he and ManchesterUnited players would stick together andfind it hard to mix with Chelsea orLiverpool stars.

Southgate said in a hastily-organ-ised press conference on Tuesday hewould rather deal with the matter pub-licly now than let it fester till his usualmeeting with the media on the eve ofmatches.

The 49-year-old, clearly irked byhow the information had leaked outregarding the set-to, said Sterling’s emo-tions had run over but “it is not the

same for Joe (Gomez)”.However, he emphasised a line had

been drawn under the incident.“We are like a family and all fam-

ilies have disagreements. The impor-tant thing is for a family to communi-cate and work through problems.”

Despite being dropped forThursday’s match Sterling took part inEngland squad training as did Gomez.

Sterling, who according to somereports had packed his bags butchanged his mind when Liverpoolmidfielder Jordan Henderson inter-vened and persuaded him to stay, hasbeen one of the stars of England’s qual-ification campaign, scoring eight goalsin six games.

A draw against Montenegro atWembley will be enough to guaranteeEngland’s place at Euro 2020.

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The day after Liverpoolbeat Manchester City in

a crunch match where VARdecisions were hotly disput-ed, the Premier Leagueleader’s coach Jurgen Kloppand other top football fig-ures have suggestedimprovement is needed tothe fledgling system.

Klopp, his City oppo-site number Pep Guardiola,Real Madrid coachZinedine Zidane, andThomas Tuchel of ParisSaint-Germain all attendedthe UEFA coaches forum inNyon, Switzerland onMonday, where the VAR(Video Assistant Referee)system was a hot topic.

“It is clear it’s a processwhere they have to keep onimproving,” Klopp said.

“It can be improved, alot of things have to bedone by human beings andwe are not 100 percent(either).

“There is space forsome mistakes, nobodyasks for perfection, just tohave the right decision,that’s all.”

His comments weremade a day after the mar-quee game of the Premier

League season so far saw acontroversial VAR call aftersix minutes when Citycould easily have had apenalty when the ball ric-ocheted around theLiverpool area and hit theReds’ defender TrentAlexander-Arnold on thearm.

Not only did VAR failto overturn the referee’sdecision not to award Citya penalty, but they weredoubly punished 22 sec-onds later when Liverpoolmidfielder Fabinho firedhome a brilliant strike togive the Reds a 1-0 lead.

UEFA assistant gener-al secretary GiorgioMarchetti said uniformitywas needed but called fortime for the promising newsystem to bed in.

“Now we have VAR, it’squite useful that coachesand representatives of ref-erees can speak together,”Marchetti said.

“Let’s not forget VAR isvery young and it’s a revo-lution in the game. “Whatwe all need is uniformity.

“There are pointswhich need to be fine-tuned, but you have to lookat the positive points thatVAR brings,” he said.

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Roger Federer kept alive his hopesof a seventh ATP Finals crown onTuesday, beating Italian debutant

Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 atLondon’s O2 Arena.

The Swiss third seed put himselfunder enormous pressure by losing hisfirst match on Sunday in straight sets inGroup Bjorn Borg to Dominic Thiem.

The six-time champion was not athis fluent best on Tuesday but ultimate-ly had too much for Berrettini, who wonjust three games against Novak Djokovicin his opener.

Both players were solid on serve inthe first set, with Federer struggling tomake inroads against the eighth seed.

The Swiss eventually earned him-self the sniff of a chance in the 12thgame, winning the first break point ofthe match but Berrettini snuffed out thedanger and held to take it into a tie-break.

Federer upped the level of his gamein the shootout, helped by some way-ward shots from his opponent plus aBerrettini double-fault and won it com-fortably 7-2.

The Swiss, clad in black, brokeimmediately at the start of the secondset to leave the Italian with a mountainto climb.

Berrettini earned a clutch of breakpoints in the eighth game but Federereventually served himself out of trou-ble.

Federer, as usual enjoying the lion’sshare of support from the crowd, brokein the next game to seal the set 6-3.

The 20-time Grand Slam champi-on said he had remained calm and triedto stay positive after the Thiem defeat.

“There’s no reason to be too downon yourself,” he said. “We came here toplay three matches and give it all wehave. It was the big goal of the seasonto come here and qualify which we did,plus I had a day off.”

“Not everything was bad (in theThiem match) but of course if you over-analyse it, all of a sudden it can be,” headded. “I was ready, I was preparedtoday and that’s what matters the most.”

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refused to make excuses after being out-played by defending championAlexander Zverev.

The Spanish top seed, who has neverwon the season-ending event, came intothe tournament under an injury cloudand was well short of his imperious bestas he went down 6-2, 6-4.

He is locked in a battle with NovakDjokovic to finish as the year-end num-ber one but was not serving flat out inpractice last week due to an abdominalstrain that forced him to pull out of theParis Masters at the semi-final stage.

The 33-year-old led Germany’sZverev 5-0 in head-to-head contestscoming into the match but was unchar-acteristically sloppy in the first set,conceding two breaks of serve.

Buoyed by his dominant start,

Zverev, seeded seventh, broke in the firstgame of the second set to take an irongrip on the match.

Nadal dug deep, urging himself onbut his 22-year-old opponent proved toostrong. He did not concede a single breakpoint in the entire match.

Zverev hit a total of 26 winners—double his opponent’s tally — andNadal managed just three forehandwinners in the entire match.

“The physical issue was not anexcuse at all,” said the Spanish 19-timeGrand Slam champion, who said he didnot feel any pain from his abdominalinjury. “The only excuse is I was notgood enough tonight.”

“What really matters is I need toplay much better in two days. That’s theonly thing,” he added. “We knew thatit was going to be tough, because theperiod of time since the injury until

today is very short, but we are here try-ing.”

Zverev, one of four players underthe age of 24 at the event in London,was delighted to recapture his best formafter a mixed season.

“This means so much, playinghere again after winning my biggest titleso far in my career here last year,” hesaid. “This means everything to me.

“Playing here, playing in front ofyou all, playing in the O2 is somethingthat we don’t have during the year, andthis is so special.”

Nadal faces a tough task now toqualify for the semi-finals from thegroup phase, with matches still tocome against Tsitsipas and Medvedev.

The Spaniard has qualified for theyear-end championships for 15 years ina row but has only made nine appear-ances due to injuries.

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Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth jumped one spot to 10thwhile Kidambi Srikanth slipped thee places to be at

13th in the latest BWF rankings issued on Tuesday.Sai Praneeth, who had won Bronze at the World

Championships in August, moved to top 10 whileSrikanth, who was at 10th in the previous week, droppedout of the top bracket.

Sameer Verma also moved up one place to be at 16thin the men’s singles rankings headed by Japanese KentoMomota. In the women’s singles rankings, P V Sindhuand Saina Nehwal remained unchanged at sixth andninth respectively. In the men’s doubles, the pairSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rose twoplaces to be at seventh. The Indian duo have been infine form in recent months, reaching the final of theFrench Open in October and the semi-final of the ChinaOpen recently.

�� ����#�"&�������)&��#�"� ��"�� Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanthadvanced to the men’s singles second round without play-ing a shot after his opponent Kento Momota’s pull-outwhile Sourabh Verma entered the main draw of the HongKong Open after clinching straight-game wins in his twoqualifying clashes here on Tuesday.

Srikanth was to play against Momota in the firstround today but the Japanese world number one pulledout of the tournament on Tuesday. The reasons for hiswithdrawal were not known.

World number 10 Srikanth will now face either com-patriot Sourabh or Frenchman Brice Leverdez, who willclash in the second round today, to reach the quarter-final. Sourabh, seeded fourth in the qualifiers, first defeat-ed Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-15, 21-19 before getting the better of Lucas Claerbout of France21-19, 21-19 in the final qualifying round.

In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of SatwiksairajRankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa rallied from a gamedown to beat the Thailand duo of NipitphonPhuangphuapet and Savitree Amitrapai 16-21, 21-19, 21-17 in a 55-minute match and advance to the secondround.

But in another mixed doubles first round match, theIndian duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddylost 10-21, 18-21 to the third seeded DechapolPuavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai to bow outof the tournament.

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Talismanic captain SunilChhetri on Tuesday asked

his team-mates to pull up theirsocks and produce an improvedperformance in the team’s crunchWorld Cup qualifying roundmatch against Afghanistan tomor-row.

After inspiring performanceagainst Asian champions Qatar(0-0 draw), India played out a 1-1 draw against lower-rankedBangladesh, who were on theverge of running away with thematch before the home side’s lateequaliser in Kolkata on October15.

Igor Stimac’s side are now atthe fourth spot in the Group Etable with two points and tomor-

row’s match at Tajikistan capitalof Dushanbe will be a crunchgame for India to remain in thehunt in the qualifying round. Thewar-ravaged Afghanistan choseDushanbe as their home venue forthe second round qualifiers of theWorld Cup.

Chhetri said “convertingchances” was an area where theteam needs to work more. Indiahad a slew of chances againstBangladesh and all of them theywasted except for the 88th minuteheader from Adil Khan.

“We are creating chances.But that is not enough. We haveto try our best to convert themand try to be a tougher unit whiledefending. We have missedagainst Bangladesh and we needto pull up our socks against

Afghanistan,” Chhetri said after ashort training stint at the DubaiSports City.

“At the end of the day, if wecan do better on the pitch, we’ll behappier,” Chhetri mentioned.

Fullback Subhasish Bose said,“Maintaining clean sheets will beof paramount importance in orderto stay alive in the race of theWorld Cup Qualifiers. We willneed to be sharper in the absenceof Sandesh-bhai (Jhingan).

“The team is upbeat. We willleave no stone unturned to makethe most out of the remaininggames. We were able to do thesame against Qatar. If we play toour true potential, there’s no rea-son not to repeat it againstAfghanistan and Oman again,” headded.

Seasoned defender AnasEdathodika, who paired with AdilKhan at the heart of the defenceagainst Bangladesh, sounded opti-mistic about the “defensive soli-darity” that the Blue Tigers haveshown so far.

“There are no easy games atthe International level but wehave shown defensive solidarity sofar. We have to continue to believein ourselves. We really need to getsome good results in the next twogames and all that starts with ourperformance at the back,” he said.

“It always makes your job eas-ier to win a match if you can comeout with a clean sheet. If we canmaintain our shape and hold thedefensive line as per our plans, wecan pull it off against them,” heexplained.

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Bracing up for an unfamil-iar astro-turf, sub zero tem-

peratures and a sprightly oppo-nent in Afghanistan, India’sfootball coach Igor Stimac onTuesday conceded that histeam’s winless streak in theWorld Cup qualifiers won’t beeasy to break in Dushanbe,Tajikistan.

“The climatic condition inDushanbe is very differentfrom what we have experi-enced in India at this time. It’svery cold and mercury leveldrops to closer to sub-zero,”Stimac said.

The Group E match will beplayed on artificial turf amidnear freezing temperatures.

“Moreover, the match isscheduled on an artificial turfwhich our players are not usedto. Afghanistan have chosenthe venue to make others’ lifedifficult and we have an uphilltask in front of us to overcomeit,” he added.

Stimac said a victoryagainst Afghanistan will boosthis side and will help build themomentum for the clashagainst Oman in the awaymatches in Muscat onNovember 19.

“We have improved a lotsince our first game (againstOman). We can show what weare capable of without our keyplayers sometimes (defenderSandesh Jhingan and mid-fielder Rowlin Borges). Theresult against Afghanistan inDushanbe will have a majorimpact on the entire team. Awin will boost our confidenceby manifold before we head toMuscat.”

Asked what will he do dif-ferently against Afghanistan, hesaid, “We have to avoidinjuries. We have already lostSandesh and Rowllin due toinjuries and we can’t afford tohave anymore. We have to exe-cute our plans in the right way.The boys are up and runningand they are confident.”

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Keeping in mind the dewfactors that comes into

play at the Eden Gardens postsunset on winter evenings, theBoard of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) has agreed to theCricket Association of Bengal’s(CAB) request to start thegame at 1 pm and end the day’splay by 8 pm in the Day-NightTest.

A BCCI official confirmedthe development and said thatsessions have been re-planned

keeping in mind the need tocall stumps by 8 pm as the ballwould get really wet if play car-ried on post 8 pm in Kolkata inlate November.

“Keeping in mind the dewfactor, the BCCI approvedCAB’s request to change theplaying hours in the secondTest. While play will start at 1pm, the first session will end at3 pm. The second session willstart from 3:40 pm and contin-ue till 5:40 pm. The final ses-sion will be played from 6 pmtill 8 pm,” the official said.

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Skipper Virat Kohli had his firstexperience of negotiating a pinkball as Indian cricketers took

turns to get used to the new colourduring the net session ahead of thefirst Test against Bangladesh, startingfrom Thursday (tomorrow).

The Indian team did not trainunder the lights and the throwdownswith the SG pink ball was part of thetraditional red-ball practice session.

Usually, three adjacent nets areplaced — for pacers, spinner andthrowdowns — for Indian team’spractice. However, on team’s request,the throwdown-net was created on theother side of the ground on separatepractice turfs with a black sight-screen. It was skipper Kohli, who firstfaced the pink ball.

With throwdown specialistsRaghavendra and Sri Lankan NuwanSenaviratne hurling the pink stuff atexpress pace, the skipper lookedcomfortable. He looked more intenton playing defensive shots.

Once Kohli was done and wentinto the main nets, the other top-orderbatsmen incuding Cheteshwar Pujaramixed and matched, facing red andpink ball simultaneously.

Young reserve opener Shubman

Gill seemed to have taken a hit whenone of the deliveries bounced extra butit was not serious.

The Indian team will get only twofull training days ahead of their firstday/night Test at the Eden Gardens,starting November 22.

Aware that not much time is inhand, the BCCI had arranged a cou-ple of pink ball sessions under lightsfor the Test specialists like AjinkyaRahane, Mayank Agarwal, Pujara,Mohammed Shami at the NCA underRahul Dravid’s guidance.

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It’s India’s fast bowling unit whichis now feared in Tests but

Bangladeshi batsmen are moreconcerned about handling spintwins Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja during the two-match series, top-order playerMohammed Mithun said onTuesday.

Mohammed Shami, UmeshYadav and Ishant Sharma areexpected to be more than a hand-ful during the series but Mithunseemed more wary about theAshwin-Jadeja threat.

“We all know the strength oftheir bowling line-up. We areworking on how to tackle theirspinners as it is batting-friendly forthe first two days but afterwardstheir spinners come into play asthey try to attack the opposition,”he said.

“We are working on sometechnical aspects keeping our focuson how to handle them,” Mithunsaid.

They are expecting that battingcoach Neil McKenzie will helpthem decode the Indian spinners.

“Let the technical thingsremain inside the dressing room,”he said without parting with thetrade secrets.

Asked to comment on India’sweakness, Mithun said that hepreferred to look at his ownstrength than opponent’s weakness.

“We are looking at our strengthmore than focusing on their weak-ness because no team could do wellagainst them at their home (in therecent past). We are looking for-ward to do well here. Obviously itwon’t be easy and we need to workreally hard,” he said.

“The five bowlers they (India)have, we cannot take anyone light-ly because everyone is world class.”

Mithun has belief in his youngbowling unit that it can take 20wickets to win a Test match.

“Any batsman can get out any-time. If we can bowl as a unit withdiscipline I feel we can pick 20wickets.

While India are favourites by adistance, Mithun feels that theT20 win in Delhi gives them hopeof enjoying a good result.

“If we look at the past no onegave us any chance when it comesto beating India in the T20 and thattoo in their own backyard.

“But our players had that belief.We are disappointed that we couldnot win the last game (in Nagpur)despite creating chances at thesame time now we are looking for-ward to do well in Test series.”

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Medium-pacer Deepak Chaharfollowed up his hat-trick in

the final India-Bangladesh T20international with almost a repeat,taking three wickets in the space offour balls for Rajasthan againstVidarbha in a Group B match ofthe Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20tournament here on Tuesday.

However, his heroics (fourwickets in an over) went in vain asRajasthan went down by 1 run (viathe VJD method) finishing with105 for 8 in a game to reduced to13 overs due to rain.

The fast-improving DeepakChahar, who on Sunday lastbecame the first India player totake a T20 international hat- trickand also the best ever bowling fig-ures (6 for 7), picked up the wick-ets of Darshan Nalkande, ShrikantWagh and Akshay Wadkar off the

fourth, fifth and sixth balls of thefinal over of Vidarbha’s innings, butmissed the three-peat as he bowleda wide in between.

His performanced helpedRajasthan restrict the opponent to99 for 9 in 13 overs.

After scalping the wicket ofRupesh Rajkumar of the first ballof the over, he dismissed Nalkandeoff the fourth.

However, he delivered a widethe next ball and then dismissedWagh and Wadkar off the next twoto finish with figures of 4 for 18 in3 overs.

Chahar began the over bypicking up the wicket of RupeshRajkumar Rathod to finish withsuperb figures of 4 for 18 in 3overs.

Earlier, Vidarbha chose to batafter winning the toss and aftersome middling performances bythe batsmen, the Vidarbha innings

imploded and Deepak Chahartriggered the collapse.

His first victim was Rathod,who was caught by his cousinRahul Chahar.

He then had Nalkande caughtby Rajnesh Bishnoi, before havingWagh caught by Chandrapal SinghChundawat.

He then bowled Wadkar tocomplete a hat-trick.

Chasing 106 for victory,Rajasthan faltered after a brightstart provided by Manender Singh,who smashed 6 sixes in 17 ballsbefore falling for 44.

Opener Ankit Lamba (15, 11balls, 1 four, 1 six) and Arjit Gupta(12, 9 balls, 1 four, 1 six) were theonly other batsmen to reach dou-ble figures as the team could makeonly 105 in 13 overs.

Vidarbha tops the points tablewith 16 points from 4 matches inan all-win record.

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Mumbai registered its fourthwin in the league stage at

Wankhede stadium on Tuesday afterbeating Pondicherry by 27 runs.

The title favourites have beatenMizoram, Haryana and MadhyaPradesh in their first three games.

Asked to bat, Mumbai rode ona blazing half century by skipperSuryakumar Yadav (57 off 37 balls)to post a descent 171/6 on theboard.

Their inform openers Jay Bista(29 off 21 balls) and Aditya Tare(20 off 14 balls) conjured 48runs for the first wicket.

Chasing 172, Pondicherryhad a pathetic start and were reel-ing at 29-2.

But then Parag Dogra (45 off 35balls) and opener Arun Karthik (27balls) tried to resurrect the inningswith 28-run stand, before Karthik

was dimissed by Shivam Dube.Anand Subramanian (39 off 31

balls) and Dogra gave a scare toMumbai, but their bowlers heldtheir nerves to eke out a win.

Pacer Tushar Deshpande (2-29)and Shams Mulani (2-25) shared thespoils.

There are no matches onWednesday and the action resumeson Thursday.

In the first game at theWankhede Stadium, Meghalayastunned Assam by four wickets.

At BKC, Madhya Pradeshdefeated Mizoram by 86 runs.

In the second game,Haryana defeated Bengal byfive wickets as they chased the123-run target with 17 balls tospare.

India spinner YuzvendraChahal, who came back to the

Haryana team after national duty,returned with figures of 1-21.

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Having managed to end as the highest run-getter for Pakistan in the just concluded

T20I series against Australia, it will be impor-tant for Babar Azam to turn on the screws inthe longer format as his team gets ready to takeon the Aussies in a two-match Test series, whichalso includes a Day-Night game at Adelaide.

And former Australia batsman MichaelHussey believes that the talented batsman canbe spoken of in the same sentence as that whichhas stalwarts like Virat Kohli, Steve Smith andKane Williamson if he improves his Testrecord.

“I honestly believe this guy can be in the sameconversation when we start talking about the bestplayers in the world,” Hussey was quoted as say-ing by Fox Sports. “We start talking about (Virat)Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Rootgets floated around.

“I think if he can start putting together somebig hundreds like this in the Test arena, he’s thatgood ... he’s a brilliant, brilliant player,” he added.

Babar made a brilliant start to the prepara-tion for the two-Test series as he hit a masterful157 in the practice game against Australia A. Thisafter scoring two fifties in the three-match T20Iseries that saw the hosts win the series 2-0 as thefirst game saw no result thanks to rain.

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Bangladesh PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina

and West Bengal chief min-ister Mamata Banerjee arelikely to watch India’s firstever Day/Night Test togeth-er after ringing the custom-ary Eden Bell to start theproceedings on November22.

A four-member teamled by Bangladesh’s DeputyHigh CommissionerToufique Hasan did a recceof the Eden Gardens onTuesday and checked theseating arrangements for thePrime Minister and her 80-odd delegates who will gracethe historic occasion.

As per the schedule,Hasina will be on a one-dayvisit and she will watch thematch for some time afterringing the Bell and onceagain will come back at theclosing time 8pm when theCricket Association ofBengal will present a grandfelicitation.

Hasan did not confirmwhether Hasina andMamata will watch thematch together but a CABofficial indicated that theywould be seen together inone of the President’s box atBC Roy Club House.

Giving the details ofHasina’s programme, Hasansaid: “Prime Minister willarrive in the morning on thesame day and will come tothe Eden to ring the Bell justbefore the start at 1pm. She

will leave to take rest afterwatching the match for sometime and will return again at8pm for the main felicitationprogramme.”

“She will be seated inone of the central PresidentBoxes near the Bell. We arehappy with the arrange-ments and looking forwardto be part of the historicoccasion. Eden is known asthe Mecca of Cricket and forthe first time both the coun-tries will play a Day/Nightmatch. Bangladesh peopleare really excited,” he added.

Hasina will leave on thesame day after the felicita-tion. The schedule of herpolitical programmes of theday is not yet finalised.

Hasina and Mamata willbe accompanied by BCCIPresident Sourav Ganguly,BCCI Secretary Jay Shah,cricket icon SachinTendulkar, Rahul Dravid,Naimur Rehman, BCBPresident Nazmul Hasanalong with CAB office bear-ers.

“Following the first day’splay, the players who playedthe first Test between Indiaand Bangladesh will be felic-itated followed by speechesby the hon’ble dignitaries,”CAB Secretary AvishekDalmiya said.

In the break, there areplans for a chat show featur-ing the fabulous five ofSourav Ganguly, SachinTendulkar, Rahul Dravid,Anil Kumble and VVSLaxman.

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Recovering from a hamstringinjury and a side strain, pacer

Bhuvneshwar Kumar assessed him-self for a comeback when he partic-ipated in a “skill session” duringIndian team’s practice.

The Indian team managementseem to have taken charge ofBhuvneshwar’s final phase of reha-bilitation.

His injury has been a concernfor the Indian team since he cameback from the West Indies after thelimited overs series. He followed arehabilitation programme at theNational Cricket Academy.

“Bhuvi is here for a skill sessionwith the team. The team manage-ment just wants him to get into thegroove,” a team source said aboutthe pacer’s presence at the net ses-sion.

He had a catching session withfielding coach R Sridhar and thenparticipated briefly in the net ses-sion. He bowled a few deliveriesfrom full run-up but it was evidentthat he wasn’t going full tilt.

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