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T he impasse between the saffron alliance partners over the sharing of power in Maharashtra deepened on Tuesday as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the BJP had not given any com- mitment to the Shiv Sena about sharing of the chief minister- ship on a rotational basis and that he would himself hold the CM’s post for the next five years. On a day when Fadnavis talked tough and called the Shiv Sena’s bluff and said his party had not given any under- taking to the Sena about giving to it the Chief Minister’s post for two and a half years, BJP’s national president Amit Shah formally cancelled his visit to Mumbai scheduled for Wednesday to attend his party’s legislature wing meeting called to elect its leader and also to meet Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray. Meanwhile, within hours after Fadnavis denied that the BJP had given any commit- ment to the Shiv Sena over the sharing of CM’s post on a rotational basis, Uddhav can- celled a meeting called by the senior saffron ally for power- sharing talks. “The meeting was sched- uled at 4 pm today (Tuesday). Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and party leader Bhupendra Yadav were to attend the meeting from the BJP side, while Sena leaders Subhash Desai and Sanjay Raut were to take part in it from our side. However, after denial by Fadnavis that the BJP had given any commitment to the Sena over the sharing of the chief minister’s post on a rota- tional basis, Uddhavji can- celled the meeting,” a senior leader close to the Sena presi- dent said. In a related development, BJP MP Sanjay Kakade sought to give a new twist to the ongoing power tussle between his party and the Shiv Sena by claiming that 45 newly elected Shiv Sena MLAs were in touch with the Chief Minister and wanted the formation of a saf- fron alliance Government in Maharashtra at the earliest. “Forty five newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs are in touch with Chief Minister and want the formation of a saffron alliance Government in the State. They have been telling Devendra Fadnavis that they are with the BJP, asking him to do whatever is necessary to form the Government and become the Chief Minister at the earliest,” Kakade said. Interacting with the media at his official residence “Varsha” here, Fadnavis said, “We had not given any undertaking to the BJP about our giving them the Chief Minister’s post for two and a half years. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Shiv Sena had made a proposal about its wanting the CM’s post for two and a half years. But, no decision was taken in front of me,” he said. Continued on Page 4 A mid complete shutdown in Kashmir and incidents of stone-pelting and firing by militants in certain parts of the Valley, the delegation of European Union MPs arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday for a first-hand assessment of the sit- uation in Jammu & Kashmir following the revocation of the State’s special status under Article 370. However, of the 27 MPs originally scheduled to undertake the visit, four backed out and returned to their respective countries. The role of a Brussels- based woman lobbyist, who is said to have organised the tour, also came to the fore even as the Opposition termed the EU delegation’s visit a “conducted tour” and continued to attack the Government for allowing the foreign delegation to visit the State but barring the coun- try’s politicians. Reports said Indian-origin businesswoman Madi Sharma was behind the tour and it was her email to British Conservative Party MP Chris Davies that led to the revelation. Sharma in her communication to Davies offered “prestigious VIP meeting” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a visit to Kashmir. But Davies’ conditions to meet the local people and Indian press led to his exit from the list of MPs selected by Sharma’s firm WESTT (Women Empowerment Think Tank), which works in association with Delhi-based Women Economic Forum. Sharma was also seen photographed with Prime Minister Modi on Monday along with EU MPs delegation that went to Srinagar. As members of the delega- tion drove past heavily-guard- ed streets of Srinagar, they were greeted with downed shutters, isolated protests and clashes with security forces in some parts of the Valley that left four injured. In another incident, unidentified terrorists attempted to target CRPF per- sonnel deployed at a school in Drabgam area of Pulwama dis- trict by firing six-seven rounds on the troops. The school was serving as an examination cen- tre. No one suffered any injury in the attack, police said. To give the visiting dele- gation a first-hand account of the prevailing security situa- tion, General Officer in Command of the Srinagar- based 15 Corps Lt Gen KJS Dhillon briefed the EU MPs. According to official sources, “The delegation was also briefed about the role of Pakistan in fuelling terrorism in Kashmir and the role of the Pakistan Army in pushing ter- rorists into India.” Later, the delegation went for a Shikara ride on picturesque Dal Lake. The Opposition, mean- while, continued to target the Government. In New Delhi, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said he does not have any objection to the European Union leaders’ delegation vis- iting Jammu & Kashmir. “What I object to is that the MPs of this country are not being allowed to go to Jammu & Kashmir.” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “Allowing European MPs to travel and intervene in Kashmir while returning Indian MPs and lead- ers from the airport itself. Such unique nationalism it is.” Terming the visit of EU MPs to J&K as a “PR exercise”, the National Conference said such “stunts” are not the answer to the situation in the region. “The visit of the selected EU MPs, largely of a particu- lar ideology, is clearly a PR exercise. It is ironical that European MPs are visiting the Valley when the State’s leaders, including three former Chief Ministers, are incarcerated for nearly three months now, and hundreds of others are in jails across the country,” the NC said in a statement. Continued on Page 4 T he spike in air pollution on Tuesday turned the nation- al Capital and adjoining cities into a virtual gas chamber as many people complained of smarting eyes and discomfort in breathing. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) settled at 398 micro gram per cubic — high- est since February this year — in Delhi on Tuesday at 6 pm. Particulate Matters (PM) 10 was measured at 999 micro gram per cubic, almost ten times higher than prescribed standards. Although monitoring agencies have forecast that AQI after Diwali this year will not rise so much as recorded last year, due to favorable atmos- pheric situation, the Delhi Government shared NASA observatory pictures claiming deterioration of air will escalate as farm fires increased. “The stubble burning counts have increased from 1,654 to 2,577 in Punjab and Haryana in past 24 hours,” the Delhi Government said in a statement. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the Haryana and the Punjab Governments to take concrete steps against stubble burning. “At our level, we are making all possible efforts,” tweeted the Chief Minister. Evaluating PM 2.5 contri- bution in air pollution, partic- ularly in Delhi, SAFAR said the contribution in pollution by stubble burning will increase to 29-30 per cent, up from 25 per cent on Tuesday morning. Continued on Page 4 B angladesh captain and world number one ODI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Tuesday handed a two- year suspension by the ICC for failing to report three corrupt approaches, including one at the IPL, by a suspected Indian bookie, ousting him from the upcoming tour of India. Twelve months of that ban is a suspended sentence which will come into effect if Shakib fails to comply with the anti-corruption code of the world body. The one-year ban that he has to serve will keep him out of next year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and also the World T20 to be held in Australia from October 18 to November 15 the same year. “I am obviously extremely sad to have been banned from the game I love, but I com- pletely accept my sanction for not reporting the approaches,” said Shakib, who is currently at No. 3, No. 1 and No. 2 in the ICC allrounders’ rankings for Tests, ODIs and T20Is respectively. Detailed report on P16 T he “Bhai Dooj” festival turned out to be a real gift for women and girls as they were pleasantly surprised to learn that the free ride in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses was not con- fined to the day of festival. Earlier, most of women commuters were under the impression that it was the usual free ride provided by the Delhi Government on Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj every year. They praised the Delhi Government scheme, calling it a desired step towards women empowerment. “I thought that the free ride is only for a day on Bhai Dooj. It is a very good initiative by the Government for women and girls who travel far for work and studies. Moreover, married women and housewives like us can also go to our maternal homes whenever we wish to. Till yesterday, we were depen- dent on our husbands, but it is free now, thanks to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,” said Kusum Singh, who was travel- ling to Laxmi Nagar from RK Puram Sector-1. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who flagged off the free ride scheme on Tuesday, said the Government may extend the scheme to senior citizens and students studying in Delhi. Another woman Rekha, who travels to INA from Wazirabad for work as a secu- rity guard, said, “Earlier, I thought it’s just a poll promise. Many political parties announce such scheme, but rarely fulfil it. However, today I am elated as I will save 1,000 and can invest on my daugh- ters’ study.” However, a section of women commuters in bus number 720 said, “The scheme is very good, but the Government should also upgrade the facility, like increasing the number of buses and frequency. There are some routes where buses ply at an hour interval. It pushes many women to opt for metro, which is costlier means of travel.” The conductors in various DTC and cluster buses distrib- uted pink ticket with Delhi CM’s photo printed on it and also explained the passengers about the scheme. The Delhi Government has earmarked 150 crore to meet the expenses to be incurred on the scheme until March next year. Continued on Page 4 C hief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who retires on November 17, is expected to deliver verdicts in several key matters, including the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute and petitions seek- ing review of the Rafale judg- ment, in the next eight work- ing days of the Supreme Court. Besides, the Bench headed by Justice Gogoi will pro- nounce its verdict on a plea seeking criminal contempt pro- ceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the apex court his “chowkidar chor hairemark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice Gogoi will also pronounce its judg- ment on the pleas seeking review of the top court’s verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Another five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by the CJI, had reserved its ver- dict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute after a marathon hearing of 40 days. At present, the apex court is on Diwali break and will re- open on November 4. Thereafter, the court would observe holidays on November 11 and 12, leaving only eight working days before Justice Gogoi demits office as the CJI on November 17. On April 4, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Gogoi had reserved its verdict on three appeals filed in 2010 by the Secretary General of the Supreme Court and its Central Public Information officer against the Delhi High Court order that the CJI’s office falls under the ambit of the Right to Information Act. Continued on Page 4 A t least five labourers hail- ing from Murshidabad in West Bengal were massacred by terrorists in Katrasoo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday evening. One critically injured labour- er was shifted to Srinagar later. Ironically, a 23-member delegation of MPs from European Union was enjoying the hospitality of the State administration in Srinagar when the incident was report- ed around 8.15 pm with the recovery of bullet-ridden bod- ies of the labourers. Soon after, the entire area was cordoned off and local teams of Army and paramili- tary forces along with the State police were rushed to the spot to track down the terrorists behind the gruesome attack. According to initial reports, the labourers were reported missing late in the evening after which searches were conducted in the area. According to preliminary reports, these labourers were working as construction work- ers and were staying with a local resident in the area. According to police con- trol room, Kulgam, “The five labourers killed in Katrasoo area of Kulgam have been identified as Mursaleem Sheikh, Qamar Din, Rafiq Sheikh, Nazim Ud Din Sheikh and Rafiq-ul Shiekh.” Since October 14, the ter- rorists have killed four truck drivers and one apple trader in Sopore and Shopian districts. One brick kiln worker from Chhattisgarh was killed by terrorists in Nehama area of Pulwama on October 16.

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The impasse between thesaffron alliance partners

over the sharing of power inMaharashtra deepened onTuesday as Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis said thatthe BJP had not given any com-mitment to the Shiv Sena aboutsharing of the chief minister-ship on a rotational basis andthat he would himself hold theCM’s post for the next fiveyears.

On a day when Fadnavistalked tough and called theShiv Sena’s bluff and said hisparty had not given any under-taking to the Sena about givingto it the Chief Minister’s postfor two and a half years, BJP’snational president Amit Shahformally cancelled his visit toMumbai scheduled forWednesday to attend his party’slegislature wing meeting calledto elect its leader and also tomeet Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray.

Meanwhile, within hoursafter Fadnavis denied that theBJP had given any commit-ment to the Shiv Sena over thesharing of CM’s post on a

rotational basis, Uddhav can-celled a meeting called by thesenior saffron ally for power-sharing talks.

“The meeting was sched-uled at 4 pm today (Tuesday).Union Minister PrakashJavadekar and party leader

Bhupendra Yadav were toattend the meeting from theBJP side, while Sena leadersSubhash Desai and Sanjay Rautwere to take part in it from ourside. However, after denial byFadnavis that the BJP hadgiven any commitment to the

Sena over the sharing of thechief minister’s post on a rota-tional basis, Uddhavji can-celled the meeting,” a seniorleader close to the Sena presi-dent said.

In a related development,BJP MP Sanjay Kakade sought

to give a new twist to theongoing power tussle betweenhis party and the Shiv Sena byclaiming that 45 newly electedShiv Sena MLAs were in touchwith the Chief Minister andwanted the formation of a saf-fron alliance Government inMaharashtra at the earliest.

“Forty five newly-electedShiv Sena MLAs are in touchwith Chief Minister and wantthe formation of a saffronalliance Government in theState. They have been tellingDevendra Fadnavis that theyare with the BJP, asking him todo whatever is necessary toform the Government andbecome the Chief Minister atthe earliest,” Kakade said.

Interacting with the mediaat his official residence “Varsha”here, Fadnavis said, “We hadnot given any undertaking tothe BJP about our giving themthe Chief Minister’s post fortwo and a half years. Ahead ofthe Lok Sabha polls, the ShivSena had made a proposalabout its wanting the CM’s postfor two and a half years. But, nodecision was taken in front ofme,” he said.

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Amid complete shutdown inKashmir and incidents of

stone-pelting and firing bymilitants in certain parts of theValley, the delegation ofEuropean Union MPs arrivedin Srinagar on Tuesday for afirst-hand assessment of the sit-uation in Jammu & Kashmirfollowing the revocation of theState’s special status underArticle 370. However, of the 27MPs originally scheduled toundertake the visit, four backedout and returned to theirrespective countries.

The role of a Brussels-based woman lobbyist, who issaid to have organised the tour,also came to the fore even asthe Opposition termed the EUdelegation’s visit a “conductedtour” and continued to attackthe Government for allowingthe foreign delegation to visitthe State but barring the coun-try’s politicians.

Reports said Indian-originbusinesswoman Madi Sharmawas behind the tour and it washer email to BritishConservative Party MP ChrisDavies that led to the revelation.Sharma in her communicationto Davies offered “prestigiousVIP meeting” with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and avisit to Kashmir. But Davies’conditions to meet the localpeople and Indian press led tohis exit from the list of MPsselected by Sharma’s firmWESTT (WomenEmpowerment Think Tank),which works in association withDelhi-based Women EconomicForum. Sharma was also seenphotographed with PrimeMinister Modi on Mondayalong with EU MPs delegationthat went to Srinagar.

As members of the delega-tion drove past heavily-guard-ed streets of Srinagar, theywere greeted with downedshutters, isolated protests andclashes with security forces insome parts of the Valley thatleft four injured. In anotherincident, unidentified terroristsattempted to target CRPF per-

sonnel deployed at a school inDrabgam area of Pulwama dis-trict by firing six-seven roundson the troops. The school wasserving as an examination cen-tre. No one suffered any injuryin the attack, police said.

To give the visiting dele-gation a first-hand account ofthe prevailing security situa-tion, General Officer inCommand of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt Gen KJSDhillon briefed the EU MPs.

According to officialsources, “The delegation wasalso briefed about the role ofPakistan in fuelling terrorismin Kashmir and the role of thePakistan Army in pushing ter-rorists into India.” Later, thedelegation went for a Shikararide on picturesque Dal Lake.

The Opposition, mean-while, continued to target theGovernment. In New Delhi,Congress leader Ghulam NabiAzad said he does not have anyobjection to the EuropeanUnion leaders’ delegation vis-

iting Jammu & Kashmir. “WhatI object to is that the MPs ofthis country are not beingallowed to go to Jammu &Kashmir.”

Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra said, “AllowingEuropean MPs to travel andintervene in Kashmir whilereturning Indian MPs and lead-ers from the airport itself. Suchunique nationalism it is.”

Terming the visit of EUMPs to J&K as a “PR exercise”,the National Conference saidsuch “stunts” are not the answerto the situation in the region.

“The visit of the selectedEU MPs, largely of a particu-lar ideology, is clearly a PRexercise. It is ironical thatEuropean MPs are visiting theValley when the State’s leaders,including three former ChiefMinisters, are incarcerated fornearly three months now, andhundreds of others are in jailsacross the country,” the NC saidin a statement.

Continued on Page 4

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The spike in air pollution onTuesday turned the nation-

al Capital and adjoining citiesinto a virtual gas chamber asmany people complained ofsmarting eyes and discomfortin breathing.

The overall Air QualityIndex (AQI) settled at 398micro gram per cubic — high-est since February this year —in Delhi on Tuesday at 6 pm.Particulate Matters (PM) 10was measured at 999 microgram per cubic, almost tentimes higher than prescribedstandards.

Although monitoringagencies have forecast that AQIafter Diwali this year will notrise so much as recorded lastyear, due to favorable atmos-pheric situation, the DelhiGovernment shared NASAobservatory pictures claimingdeterioration of air will escalateas farm fires increased.

“The stubble burningcounts have increased from

1,654 to 2,577 in Punjab andHaryana in past 24 hours,” theDelhi Government said in astatement.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal appealed tothe Haryana and the PunjabGovernments to take concrete

steps against stubble burning.“At our level, we are making allpossible efforts,” tweeted theChief Minister.

Evaluating PM 2.5 contri-bution in air pollution, partic-ularly in Delhi, SAFAR said thecontribution in pollution by

stubble burning will increase to29-30 per cent, up from 25 percent on Tuesday morning.

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Bangladesh captain andworld number one ODI

all-rounder Shakib Al Hasanwas on Tuesday handed a two-year suspension by the ICC forfailing to report three corruptapproaches, including one atthe IPL, by a suspected Indianbookie, ousting him from theupcoming tour of India.

Twelve months of that banis a suspended sentence whichwill come into effect if Shakibfails to comply with the anti-corruption code of theworld body.

The one-year ban that hehas to serve will keep him outof next year’s Indian PremierLeague (IPL) and also theWorld T20 to be held inAustralia from October 18 to

November 15 the same year.“I am obviously extremely

sad to have been banned fromthe game I love, but I com-pletely accept my sanction fornot reporting the approaches,”said Shakib, who is currently atNo. 3, No. 1 and No. 2 in theICC allrounders’ rankings forTests, ODIs and T20Is respectively.

Detailed report on P16

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The “Bhai Dooj” festivalturned out to be a real gift

for women and girls as theywere pleasantly surprised tolearn that the free ride in DelhiTransport Corporation (DTC)and cluster buses was not con-fined to the day of festival.

Earlier, most of womencommuters were under theimpression that it was the usualfree ride provided by the DelhiGovernment on RakshaBandhan and Bhai Dooj everyyear. They praised the DelhiGovernment scheme, calling ita desired step towards womenempowerment.

“I thought that the free rideis only for a day on Bhai Dooj.It is a very good initiative by theGovernment for women andgirls who travel far for workand studies. Moreover, married

women and housewives like uscan also go to our maternalhomes whenever we wish to.Till yesterday, we were depen-dent on our husbands, but it isfree now, thanks to ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal,” saidKusum Singh, who was travel-ling to Laxmi Nagar from RKPuram Sector-1.

Meanwhile, Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal, whoflagged off the free ride schemeon Tuesday, said theGovernment may extend thescheme to senior citizens andstudents studying in Delhi.

Another woman Rekha,who travels to INA fromWazirabad for work as a secu-rity guard, said, “Earlier, Ithought it’s just a poll promise.Many political partiesannounce such scheme, butrarely fulfil it. However, todayI am elated as I will save �1,000

and can invest on my daugh-ters’ study.”

However, a section ofwomen commuters in busnumber 720 said, “The schemeis very good, but theGovernment should alsoupgrade the facility, likeincreasing the number of busesand frequency. There are someroutes where buses ply at anhour interval. It pushes manywomen to opt for metro, whichis costlier means of travel.”

The conductors in variousDTC and cluster buses distrib-uted pink ticket with DelhiCM’s photo printed on it andalso explained the passengersabout the scheme.

The Delhi Governmenthas earmarked �150 crore tomeet the expenses to beincurred on the scheme untilMarch next year.

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Chief Justice of India RanjanGogoi, who retires on

November 17, is expected todeliver verdicts in several keymatters, including the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjidtitle dispute and petitions seek-ing review of the Rafale judg-ment, in the next eight work-ing days of the Supreme Court.

Besides, the Bench headedby Justice Gogoi will pro-nounce its verdict on a pleaseeking criminal contempt pro-ceedings against Congressleader Rahul Gandhi forwrongly attributing to the apexcourt his “chowkidar chor hai”remark against Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

A five-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Justice Gogoiwill also pronounce its judg-ment on the pleas seekingreview of the top court’s verdictallowing women of all ages toenter the Sabarimala temple inKerala.

Another five-judgeConstitution Bench, headed

by the CJI, had reserved its ver-dict in the politically sensitiveRam Janmabhoomi-BabriMasjid title dispute after amarathon hearing of 40 days.

At present, the apex courtis on Diwali break and will re-open on November 4.

Thereafter, the court wouldobserve holidays on November11 and 12, leaving only eightworking days before JusticeGogoi demits office as the CJIon November 17.

On April 4, a five-judgeConstitution bench headed byJustice Gogoi had reserved itsverdict on three appeals filed in2010 by the Secretary Generalof the Supreme Court and itsCentral Public Informationofficer against the Delhi HighCourt order that the CJI’s officefalls under the ambit of theRight to Information Act.

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West Bengal were massacredby terrorists in Katrasoo areaof South Kashmir’s Kulgamdistrict on Tuesday evening.One critically injured labour-er was shifted to Srinagar later.

Ironically, a 23-memberdelegation of MPs fromEuropean Union was enjoyingthe hospitality of the Stateadministration in Srinagarwhen the incident was report-ed around 8.15 pm with therecovery of bullet-ridden bod-ies of the labourers.

Soon after, the entire areawas cordoned off and localteams of Army and paramili-tary forces along with the Statepolice were rushed to the spotto track down the terroristsbehind the gruesome attack.

According to initialreports, the labourers werereported missing late in theevening after which searcheswere conducted in the area.

According to preliminaryreports, these labourers wereworking as construction work-ers and were staying with alocal resident in the area.

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Since October 14, the ter-rorists have killed four truckdrivers and one apple trader inSopore and Shopian districts.One brick kiln worker fromChhattisgarh was killed byterrorists in Nehama area ofPulwama on October 16.

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Delhi Police CommissionerAmulya Patnaik on Tuesday

flagged off 15 'PRAKHAR' vans,with the latest addition takingthe number of such specialvehicles to curb street crimes inthe national Capital to 30.

The vans were flagged offfrom the Police Headquarters atITO. These patrol vans taskedespecially to curb street crimesas well as crimes against womenin the vulnerable areas are spe-cially designed and equippedwith latest gadgets for quicktransmission of informationabout any crime, the officialssaid.

The new vans are in addi-tion to the already operational15 'PRAKHAR' vans launchedlast month, police said. "Each'PRAKHAR' van is alsoequipped with Mobile DataTerminal (MDT) with inbuiltGPS besides the wireless set. TheMDT immediately transmitsthe calls related to street crimesas soon as it is received in

Command Room to the con-cerned nearest 'PRAKHAR' vanfor immediate action," saidDeputy Commissioner of Police(DCP) Police Control Room(PCR) Sharat Kumar Sinha.

These vans conduct inten-sive patrolling and dedicatedchecking at the vulnerable pointsin the crime-prone areas of thedistricts, he said. With the lat-est induction, each district will

now have two such vans to coverthe vulnerable stretches, headded.

The deterrent presence ofthese patrol vans has substan-tially helped in curbing crime, as

the number of calls related toincidents of snatching and rob-bery have decreased in the local-ities covered by 'PRAKHAR'MPVs during the one month,police claimed.

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Delhi Congress presidentSubhash Chopra on Tues-

day said that the party will give“priority” to the youth in ticketdistribution for the upcomingAssembly polls in Delhi.

Denying organisationalchanges in Delhi Congress,Chopra said efforts will be madeto enthuse cadre. “We would givepriority to youth in decidingparty tickets for the Assemblyelections. It will be a mix of youthand experience,” he said.

The veteran leader andthree-time MLA, SubhashChopra appointed president ofits Delhi unit recently, will leadthe party in the electoral battleagainst the ruling AAP and theBJP in the polls for the 70-mem-ber Delhi Assembly. In the 2015Delhi assembly elections, theCongress had failed to open itsaccount. After its dismal per-formance in the 2015 Assemblypolls, the Congress managed to

pip the AAP to the third posi-tion in five of the seven seats inthe 2019 Lok Sabha elections.However, it suffered a jolt afterthe death of Dikshit.

However, in the Lok Sabhapolls earlier this year, the partymanaged to raise its vote per-centage and push the AAP tothird place on five of theseven parliamentary seats.

Asserting that theCongress will spring up a sur-prise on its political adver-saries, Chopra said "Just waitand see what happens in thecoming days. We will dosomething which you cannotimagine right now,"

The Delhi Congress pres-ident also said he will “expose”the ruling BJP at the Centreand the AAP Government inthe capital on the promisesmade by them to people.

Chief of Delhi Congress'selection campaign committee

Kirti Azad, former PCC pres-idents J P Agarwal andArvinder Singh Lovely, formerMP Sandip Dikshit, workingpresident Rajesh Lilothia, andmany other senior leaders werepresent during Chopra's inter-action with the media.

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A17-year-old boy was shotdead allegedly by a group

of four men in northwestDelhi’s Adarsh Nagar area,police said. The incidentoccured on late Monday night,they said.

According to police, theboy was on his motorcyclenear Lal Bagh, when the four men allegedly opened fire at him before fleeing thespot.

The boy suffered gunshotwounds and was rushed to anearby hospital where he wasdeclared brought dead, a seniorpolice officer said.

He was a resident of

Mukundpur and was known to the accused, who also belongto the same area, the officersaid.

"A case has been registeredand we have zeroed in on a fewsuspects," DeputyCommissioner of Police(Northwest) Vijayanta Aryasaid.

Police are trying to findout the motive behind crime.Footage of CCTV cameras inand around the crime scene arebeing scanned to ascertain thesequence of event, the officersaid.

The post-mortem will beconducted at Babu JagjivanRam Memorial Hospital, theofficer added.

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After implementing free ridescheme on Tuesday, Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalsaid the scheme may also beextended to the senior citizensand students studying in Delhischools and colleges. Around13,000 marshals were alsodeployed in all Delhi TransportCorporation (DTC) and clusterbuses for the safety and securi-ty of passengers traveling inpublic transports.

The free ride scheme wasalso announced for Delhi Metrotrains by the Chief Minister inJune but the initiative could notbe operationalised as the DelhiMetro Rail Corporation(DMRC) has sought time towork out plans for its imple-mentation.

The free ride scheme wasflagged off on Tuesday by theChief Minister on the festival of

'Bhai Dooj' as a gift to the sis-ters from their brother.

"This scheme will help inwomen empowerment bybridging the gender gap thatexists in society, Kejriwal saidon his mobile application 'AKApp' and added that this was agift from their brother on 'BhaiDooj'."

"Now, girls and womenwho had to drop out of schoolsand colleges because of hightransportation cost don’t needto sacrifice their education.They can now take buses togood schools and collegeswhich are away from theirhomes. Similarly, women whoseoffices are far need not worryabout transportation cost,"Kejriwal said.

Women taking DelhiTransport Corporation (DTC)and cluster buses were onTuesday issued pink tickets offace value of �10 by conductors

under the scheme. TheGovernment will reimbursetransporters based on the num-ber of such tickets issued.

During Kejriwal's speech,many women passengers andother elderly persons said thatthe scheme is a real gift for thewomen and will end the gendergap. At the same time, they alsosuggested to extend the schemeto senior citizens and studentsof all category.

"Every step cannot be com-pleted at once. We will definitelydo it. Let us start with womenand see the results, and basedon the result we will definitelydeliberate on making theserides free for senior citizens andstudents too in the future," hesaid through the AK app whichhas been launched by AAPahead the Assembly elections inDelhi.

The AAP national con-venor slammed his rivals for

questioning his plans to providesuch facilities to citizens, sayingthese parties need to rise abovepolitics.

Delhi is scheduled to go topolls early next year andOpposition parties have beenalleging that the AAPGovernment is giving "freebies"to woo voters. "Rajiv Gandhi(former Prime Minister) hadsaid out of �100 spent for wel-fare of people, �85 goes intocorruption and just �15 reach-es people. We are saving that�85 and giving facilities to thepeople of Delhi. Then whatproblem does the Oppositionparties have if I am workingtowards the welfare of the peo-ple. They should get abovepolitics in these matters," saidthe Chief Minister.

Further, speaking on thedeployment of marshals inbuses, Kejriwal said, "I warn allgoons harassing women in

buses that if you try to harasswomen there are marshals totake care of you."

Terming the free-ridescheme a gift from their broth-er on Bhai Dooj, he said when-ever women have got equalopportunities they have excelledand this is an attempt by "us toprovide that opportunity"."India will grow only when thewomen of the country grow.Giving free rides to women inbuses can prove to be a very bigstep towards women empow-erment," he said.

The Delhi Assembly hasalso approved a grant of �150crore for implementation of thescheme in metro trains. Thereare around 3,700 DTC busesand 1,800 buses under the clus-ter scheme of the DelhiIntegrated Multi-Modal TransitSystem (DIMTS).

Further, as per the officials,there are only 11 per cent

working force consists ofwomen and only 30 per cent of

women daily travel in metroand buses. While, the 70 per

cent men travel in bus andmetro.

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Questioning the timing ofthe free-ride scheme for

women in DTC and clusterbuses in the national Capitalrolled out by the AAPGovernment, the OppositionBJP and the Congress termedthe move as a poll stunt aheadof the Assembly elections nextyear.

The two parties, however,stopped short of criticising thescheme itself, saying other sec-tions of people, includingsenior citizens and students,should also be brought underits ambit.

Delhi BJP president ManojTiwari said the Kejriwal gov-ernment has "failed" to boostpublic transport fleet; other-wise it could have benefittedlakhs of people in the city.

"The way it is implement-ed before polls, its nothing buta stunt. If the number of buseswere raised to 12,000 whichwas not done by the AAP gov-

ernment in five years, lakhs ofpeople, including senior citi-zens and students, could alsohave benefited," Tiwari said.

Delhi Congress presidentSubhash Chopra also said themove was aimed at gettingpolitical mileage in the elec-tions. "We welcome the movebut what was Kejriwal govern-ment was doing earlier. Timingof the scheme is aimed at get-ting votes. I think students

should also be provided freeride in public transport buses,"he said.

BJP MLA and Leader ofOpposition in Delhi AssemblyVijender Gupta said free ride towomen in DTC buses withoutimproving its infrastructureduring the last five years is an"election stunt". "With an eye onAssembly elections few monthsaway, it has been timed to woowomen voters," Gupta claimed.

Most women commutershailed the move, saying it willencourage them to take publictransport, ensure their safetyand help them save money atthe same time.

There was, however, a sec-tion of women commuterswho questioned the sustain-ability of the scheme, saying itcomes nearly three monthsahead of the Delhi polls, andwondered whether the nextgovernment would continuethis programme.

The free-ride scheme forwomen on Delhi public busesmight be extended to senior cit-izens and all students, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal saidas the initiative took off onTuesday.

This scheme will help inwomen empowerment bybridging the gender gap thatexists in society, the chief min-ister said on his mobile appli-cation 'AK App' and added thatit was a gift from their broth-er on 'Bhai Dooj'.

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Expressing concern over thefunctioning of

Parliamentary institutions inthe country and 'erosion' ofpublic trust in them, VicePresident and Chairman ofRajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naiduunveiled a 15-point reformcharter as the basis for a newpolitical normal to enable effec-tive functioning of Parliamentand State Legislatures.

Naidu dwelt at length onthe present pitfalls of parlia-mentary democracy in thecountry while delivering thefirst 'Arun Jaitely MemorialLecture on Strengthening ofParliamentary Institutions inthe Country' at Delhi Universityon Tuesday.

During his 50 minute longaccount of the genesis of the

Constitution of India and func-tioning of legislatures in thecountry, Naidu enumeratedseveral pitfalls that are adverse-ly impacting the legislativeinstitutions and suggestedremedial measures. He calledfor a new political conscious-ness urging all the stakeholdersto review their mindset withregard to their roles and respon-sibilities.

He also expressed concernover poor attendance in the leg-islatures and the quality ofdebates and urged the politicalparties to ensure attendance ofat least 50 per cent of their leg-islators all through the pro-ceedings of the Houses byadopting a roster system. "Thissuggestion came in the contextof Parliament being forced to beadjourned due to lack of quo-rum of the required presence of

10 per cent of the strength ofthe Houses," he added.

Responding to the con-cerns over stifling of the free-dom of expression of the legis-lators further to issuance of'Whip', Naidu called for areview of the same so as toenable reasonable degree ofdissent without impacting thestability of the government.

The Chairman of RajyaSabha also advocated a thor-ough review of the AntiDefection Law to rectify thegrey areas like incentivisinglegislators to resort to actionsinviting expulsion from the

party besides providing fortime bound disposal of defec-tion cases by the PresidingOfficer.

Emphasising the need forwell thought out and focusedlegislation with the participa-tion of stakeholders, Naiduproposed a detailed frameworkbased pre and post LegislativeImpact Assessment. He stressedthat every legislative proposalshall incorporate a detailedaccount of social, economic,environmental and adminis-trative impact for wider aware-ness and subsequent assess-ment of the effect of legislationon ground.

Naidu underscored theneed for the governments to beresponsive to the concerns ofthe Opposition and theOpposition to be responsibleand constructive during thedebates and while criticising thegovernment and opposing leg-islation. He said; "Frequent dis-ruptions, Points of Order with-

out a point, AdjournmentMotions and interruptionsbetray political immaturity,exhibitionism, excessive fond-ness for the limelight and inad-equate appreciation of the needto utilise the opportunity ofserving the public interest. "

Referring to the long heldperception about the role ofcaste, community, region andreligion in influencing the vot-ing preferences in the country,Chairman Naidu stated thatthere is growing evidence tosuggest the decline of suchidentity based voting but itneeds to be completely stampedout. "While the Indian publichas been steadfast in patronis-ing democracy since the firstGeneral Elections in 1952 withever rising turnout, there is aneed for new consciousness inthe form of moving away fromthe remnants of identity basedvoting to that of developmentoriented exercise of voting-preferences." Naidu noted.

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As the free ride scheme forwomen in Delhi Transport

Corporation (DTC) and clusterbuses was implemented onTuesday, the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) "appealed and chal-lenged" Chief Ministers of otherStates to make public bus ridefree for women as the DelhiGovernment has done in thenational Capital to uplift themand increase the economicgrowth of the country.

Senior AAP leader Atishisaid it is a "landmark" day forwomen in the city, noting thatfree travel for women scheme isan "origin of a new era ofwomen empowerment and eco-nomic growth of India".

Atishi said the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) wants to "appealand challenge" all the ChiefMinisters of various States of

India that if they are also con-cerned about women empow-erment and want to increase theGDP of the country then theyshould implement the samescheme. "We believe that fol-lowing this decision, every stateof India will take this initiativefor the empowerment ofwoman, for economic develop-ment of the woman, and growthof GDP of India," she said.

Atishi said only 11 per centwomen join the workforce ofDelhi which is "very saddening"and this happens because of thelack of security of women in thecity. "From today, none of theDelhi girls will have to leaveschool or discontinue schooldue to travel expenses becausethe travel cost will be free. Fromtoday, one of the women willhave to leave or discontinuetheir work due to the travelexpenses," she said.

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The level of pollutants hasnot only breached the

'severe plus level' in the nation-al Capital and its adjoiningareas, it has also forced the cen-tre run SAFAR to issue an advi-sory to the people to avoid'inhalation'. The Air qualityIndex (AQI) recorded 600 plus,causing people discomfort.

Vasundra- Ghaziabadrecorded 654 AQI which fallsunder the Severe plus catego-ry, SAFAR in its health bulletinrecommended to stop outdooractivities.

SAFAR asked avoid allPhysical outdoor activities andmove indoors. Those sufferingfrom asthma should keeprelief medicine handy. Peopleshould avoid early morningand sunset activities. 'Avoid

prolonged or heavy exertion.Go for a short walk instead ofa jog and take more breaks.Stop any activity level if youexperience any unusual cough-ing, chest discomfort, wheez-ing, breathing difficulty, orfatigue. "If the room has win-dows, close them. If the air con-ditioner provides a fresh air

intake option, keep that closed.Avoid burning of wood, can-dles or incense," SAFAR statedin its advisory.

At 12.30 pm, the city'soverall air quality index was390 — marginally better thanMonday's high of 397 at 8 pm— according to the CentralPollution Control Board.

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The Northeast FrontierRailway (NFR) has claimed

that its alert employees hadsaved as many as 140 ele-phants’ lives this year.Subhanan Chanda, ChiefPublic Relations Officer of theNFR, said on Tuesday.

Although there are 67 ele-phant corridors, notified joint-ly in consultation with the for-est department of the respectivestate in five NFR divisions, wildelephants often cross railwaytracks on other places.

“As drivers are instructed torun the train with controlledspeed through the notified ele-phant corridors, cases of ele-phant hit have come down. Butit’s difficult to control a trainwhen driver suddenly noticeselephants on tracks in areas notnotified as elephant corridors,”he said.

The 67 elephant corridorsunder five NFR divisionsinclude one in Katihar, 22 inAlipuruar, 23 in Rangiya, 16 inLumding and 5 in Tinsukiadivisions.

“The incidents of elephantscrossing railway track is morecommon in the Alipurduardivision and to some extent in

the Lumding and Rangiya divi-sions. As per data, in theAlipurduar division there were115 cases when elephants weresaved in 2018 by controlling thetrain as and when the drivernoticed movement of the ele-phant herd near or over railwaytrack,” he said.

The Alipurduar divisionhad recorded 119 cases of sav-ing elephants’ lives by driverstopping the train in 2017.

On the evening of October28, 2019, the drivers stoppedtrain No. 75713 by applyingemergency brake when theynoticed movement of elephantover track between Gulma andSivok station of the Alipurduardivision.

This year, there have been

122 instances of drivers stop-ping the train to allow the herdof elephant to cross railwaytrack.

To avoid train-elephantcollision, the NFR has takenvarious steps, including laserspeed radar guns’ installation todetect over-speeding in ele-phant zones.

“Train drivers have beencounselled to observe perma-nent and temporary speed lim-its, fixing of buzzer with honeybee sound at level crossinggates of vulnerable locations.Pantry car staff as well as pas-sengers are being sensitised notto throw eatables/leftovers onor near the track to prevent ani-mals from coming to the track,”he said.

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The CBI has initiated probein five new cases lodged by

Mumbai Police against gangsterChhota Rajan, including thoserelated to his initial days whenhe was working as allegedbootlegger with his mentorRajan Nair alias Bada Rajanover three decades ago.

The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) took overthe matter and registered sep-arate FIRs in these cases whichwere registered by the Mumbai Police in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s.

Of the five cases, one wasregistered by the MumbaiPolice on November 21, 1980

when Chhota Rajan, alongwith his mentor Nair, andaccomplices Abdul andRamesh Sharma had allegedlystabbed Anthony Fernandes,who was waiting for a rickshawat the Ram Narkar road in theevening.

Nair was reportedly killedin 1982, following which RajanSadashiv Nikalje alias ChhotaRajan took over the leadershipof the gang.

The other was lodged bythe Mumbai Police in 1983when the state police hadarrested Chhota Rajan duringan alleged bootlegging opera-tion in which he and hisaccomplices attempted toescape in a taxi.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) here

on Tuesday arrested PailanGroup’s Chief ManagingDirector Apurba Kumar Sahain connection with �574 crorechit fund scam.

Saha had collected �574crore from investors under var-ious fraudulent schemes onassurance of paying highreturns on maturity. Shah fledthe scene after cheating thou-sands and allegedly misappro-priated the money, the CBI said.

“The Pailan Group hadcollected approximately �574crore from the market throughvarious chit fund schemes,assuring investors high rate ofinterest,” a CBI official said.

In August, the CBI hadarrested Bipin Kumar Singh,director of the Pailan Group.

The CBI had taken over thecase from the West BengalPolice, which was probing thecase following complaints byagents working in Saha’s com-pany in 2014. The Securities andExchange Board of India (SEBI)in 2015 had barred two PailanGroup companies —PailanAgro India and Pailan ParkDevelopment Authority — forillegally raising �98 crore funds.

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Consumers covered underthe Public Distribution

System (PDS) will soon befree to buy their goods fromany ration centre under the ‘onenation, one ration card’scheme, officials said.

“Making available cheaperfoodgrain and ensuring satis-faction of the consumers is theduty of a ration distributor. So,consumer satisfaction would bethe the responsibility of a PDSoperator,” said an official

responsible for the PDS imple-mentation. “It is possible thatsome distributors could gainfrom their behaviour as moresuch beneficiaries could throngparticular centres.”

Minister of ConsumerAffairs, Food and PublicDistribution Ram Vilas Paswanhas set June 1, 2020 deadlinefor implementing the ‘onenation, one card’ according towhich a card-holder can buyhis share from anywhere in the country.

A Ministry official said

the plan has already beenimplemented at various placesin more than a dozen states. Hesaid the details of the card-holders have been made onlineand that point of sale (PoS) isbeing used to distribute rationto the beneficiaries. TheAadhaar details of all benefi-ciaries have also been madeonline, the official said.

The deadline for linkingthe ration card details with thatof Aadhaar cards has fixed forDecember 31, the officialadded.

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Emphasising the need forcollaboration in higher edu-

cation between India andChina, Chinese Ambassador toIndia Sun Weidong has saidthat the two countries have dis-cussed the possibility of mutual recognition ofdegrees.

The two countries should“support and facilitate ways ofacademic cooperation andexchanges between the twocountries by creating newopportunities, establishing plat-forms and providing supportfor universities in both countries”, he said in hisaddress at the fifth anniversaryof the Centre for China IndiaStudies (CICS) at the O.P.

Jindal Global University(JGU).

“A high-level delegationfrom the Indian Ministry ofHuman Resource Developmentwent to China and met thesenior officials of the Ministryof Education to have the firstmeeting of a joint workinggroup,” he said in a statement.

“The two sides reachedconsensus on various issues inthe education field. They alsodiscussed the details of mutu-al degrees recognition agree-ment between the two coun-tries which will surely benefitmore students to study in eachother’s countries after the sig-nature of the agreement,” said the Chinese Ambassadorto India.

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The US Pacific FleetCommander on Tuesday

said there has been no reduc-tion in Beijing’s assertiveness inthe disputed South China Sea,a vital trade route in the glob-al supply chain, and it contin-ues to bully other nations in thestrategic region.

In an interaction withreporters here, Admiral JohnAquilino said China’s militarybuildup in the disputed waters threatens several coun-tries, many of whom areAmerican allies.

The dispute in the SCS isbetween China and severalothers over the control of theSpratly Islands. Taiwan,Vietnam, the Philippines,

Malaysia and Brunei havestaked their claim over theislands.

“I have seen continuedbullying of nations in theregion. I have seen islands orrocks turned into man madeislands and militarised despitethe conversations about thosebeing for defensive purpose,”

Admiral Aquilino said inresponse to a question onwhether he has seen any reduc-tion in China muscling in theregion. “They challenge andthreaten all the nations in theregion — our allies, partners

and friends. But none of thosecapabilities have been removedfrom those islands. So I wouldsay there has been no reduc-tion, and only an increase inpressure from China acrossthe region to achieve theirobjectives.”

China has militarised someof the reefs, inviting criticismfrom the claimants and alsofrom countries like the USwhich have been advocatingfreedom of navigation in theregion.

“Their increased militarybuilt up threatens the nationsand partners in thearea...Threatens an open andfree Indo-Pacific and that’swhy I say they haven’tdecreased,” the US commanderadded.

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In a bid to bring in trans-parency in ticket bookings

done through authorised rail-way agents, the IRCTC hasintroduced an OTP-based sys-tem which will allow passen-gers to cancel their tickets and get refunds using the pass-word provided by the railwaysubsidiary.

A statement issued by theIndian Railway Catering andTourism Corporation Limited(IRCTC) said this system willbe applicable only to the e-tick-ets booked through its autho-

rised agents.“OTP-based refund

process will ensure more trans-parency in the system to theadvantage of the customer. It isa user-friendly facility where-in passenger will come to knowabout the exact refund amountreceived by agent on his behalfagainst cancelled ticket or fully waitlisted ticket,” thestatement said.

Under the new system,whenever a customer cancels aticket or a fully waitlisted tick-et booked through an autho-rised IRCTC agent, an SMSwith a one-time password

(OTP) and the amount to be refunded will be sent onthe passenger’s mobile number.

The customer will berequired to share the OTPwith the agent who booked theticket for getting the refund.

“Oftentimes it happens thatthe agent books the ticketsusing his number and the can-cellation details are thus sent tohim. Passengers are dupedwhen agents do not pass on theentire refund amount to themin case of cancellations,” anIRCTC official said, explainingthe process.

Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh):In a significant move, USAmbassador Kenneth Justervisited the border area inArunachal Pradesh to inaugu-rate the Tawang Festival andalso said the US is funding thestate in improving its healthsector. Juster put pictures of hisdeclaring the festival open andparticipation in the event on hisTwitter account.

This time, China has notsaid anything yet to US envoy’svisit to Arunachal, which itconsiders as part of South Tibet.Two years ago, China had react-ed sharply to then USAmbassador in India RichardVerma’s visit to ArunachalPradesh and warned that a thirdparty’s meddling would onlycomplicate the dispute betweenBeijing and New Delhi. IANS

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Avideo circulating across the country of a fam-ily being heckled for purportedly not stand-

ing up for the national anthem in a cinema heredoes not show them sitting as it was played, apolice officer said on Tuesday.

“There hasn’t been anything of the kind thatwhen the national anthem was being played, theyare not standing,” Bengaluru DeputyCommissioner of Police, North, Shashi Kumar,told IANS about the footage shared by Kannadaactress BV Aishwarya.

As of now, the police are yet to take anyaction on the incident which occurred onOctober 23, he said.

“Nobody has come forward to lodge a com-plaint. Neither the individuals who objected, northe individuals who were heckled or the cine-ma hall management,” the DCP said.

The incident occurred at PVR Orion Mallin Malleshwaram during the screening of theTamil movie “Asuran”.

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Senior Congress leader andformer Union Finance

Minister P Chidambaram, whois currently in the EnforcementDirectorate custody in the INXMedia money laundering case,has been suffering from thechronic Crohn’s disease andneeds immediate specialisedtreatment at a super speciality hospital, sourcesclose to him said.

Speaking on condition ofanonymity, the sources told PTIon Tuesday that it would begood if Chidambaram wasimmediately referred to some super speciality hospitalfor treatment, considering hispoor health.

Crohn’s disease is a type ofinflammatory bowel diseasethat may affect any segment ofthe gastrointestinal tract fromthe mouth to the anus.Symptoms often includeabdominal pain, diarrhoea(which may be bloody ifinflammation is severe), fever,and weight loss.

Bowel obstruction mayalso occur as a complication ofchronic inflammation.Diagnosis is based on a num-ber of findings including biop-sy and appearance of thebowel wall, medical imagingand description of the disease.

On Monday,Chidambaram was brought toRML Hospital in the morningand later referred to AIIMSafter he complained of stomachache and illness. He was dis-charged in the night.

Mathura: Over three lakh brothers and sisterstook holy dip in the Yamuna river here on theoccassion of Yam Dwiteeya on Tuesday, officialssaid. The Mathura administration had madeelaborate arrangements for Govardhan Puja andYam Dwiteeya, expecting a heavy influx of pil-grims on the two festivals associated with Diwali.

Police made elaborate security arrangementsand the municipal corporation worked toensure safe and convenient bathing on YamDwiteeya. “There was no untoward incidentreported from anywhere in the city during thecelebrations,” City Magistrate Manoj KumarSingh said.

Singh supervised bathing arrangements atvarious ghats on the river. Every year pilgrimsin large numbers visit Mathura on GovardhanPuja and Yam Dwiteeya, which were celebrat-ed on Monday and Tuesday respectively.

A dip in the waters of Yamuna at VishramGhat on Yam Dwiteeya by a brother and his sis-ter is considered auspicious, astrologer ofDwarkadhish temple Ajai Tailang said. PTI

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Pakistan-based terror groupsmay target security forces

and Government installationsin Jammu & Kashmir in thecoming days to create a pro-longed hostage-like situation todraw international attention,according to Intelligence inputs.

Quoting the inputs, offi-cials said the information hasalso indicated about plans of

terrorists belonging to theJaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and the HizbulMujahideen to target securitypersonnel in the general areasof Zonakar, Rainawari,Safakadal and Dharamshal inSrinagar district.

According to the intelli-gence inputs, terrorists are like-ly to target installations of thesecurity forces andGovernment offices in Srinagar

with an aim to create a pro-longed hostage-like situation todraw international attention,the officials said.

Likelihood of grenadeattacks on security forces in adistrict headquarters town tocreate fear psychosis andthreaten civilian authoritiesoutside the mini secretariat inanother district have also beenreported. Terrorist outfits havebeen using posters in various

parts of the Kashmir Valley todisseminate threat messagesto scare shopkeepers againstdefying call for a shutdown.

The Hizbul Mujahideenhas warned fruit traders, truckdrivers, Government and bankofficials of dire consequences ifthe call for shutdown was notadhered to, another officialsaid. According to the inputs,one of the airfields —Awantipora, Srinagar or

Rangreth in the Kashmir Valley— could be targets of possibleattacks by some foreign ter-rorists.

Security agencies are onhigh alert since August 5 whenthe Centre abrogated provi-sions of Article 370 that gavespecial status to Jammu andKashmir and bifurcated thestate into union territories,which will come into being onOctober 31.

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direction is northwesterly andhence favorable for plumetransport and as per SAFAR-model, the stubble share maytouch this year’s peak value 29per cent on October 30.”

“Surface winds are notstagnant since Monday andflushing out pollutants butthey are likely to be slowingdown during stable night hourshelping accumulation.” “AQI isforecast to be in higher-end ofvery poor category for the nexttwo days with few touchinghigher levels. An increase inboundary layer wind speed isexpected by November 1 whichis likely to bring improvement

in AQI,” SAFAR said. Meanwhile, levels of PM 10

at different places recorded athazardous level (99-999 at RKPuram and Anand Vihar at161-999).

At 12.30 pm, the city’soverall air quality index was390 — marginally better thanMonday’s high of 397 at 8 pm— according to the CentralPollution Control Board.Pollution levels in the satellite

towns of Ghaziabad (429),Greater Noida (418), andNoida (427) were worse.Anand Vihar was the most pol-luted area in the Capital with anAQI of 436 and Nehru Nagarfollowing with an AQI of 430.Delhi’s air quality took a hitafter Diwali night due to acombination of firecrackeremissions, stubble burning andunfavourable meteorologicalconditions.

From Page 1Sindhu, a teacher working

in a Government school atJanakpuri, said, “The scheme isgood and the Government hasdone wonderful job for thesafety of women by deployingmarshals in buses. Although wewant this Government only butwhat if any other party winsand will end this scheme infuture.” Women taking DelhiTransport Corporation (DTC)and cluster buses were onTuesday issued pink tickets offace value of Rs 10 by conduc-tors under the scheme. TheGovernment will reimbursetransporters based on the num-ber of such tickets issued.

Currently, there are 5,500buses, out of which around3,700 are DTC buses and 1,800come under the cluster schemeof the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS).Further, as per the officials, thereare only 11 per cent workingforce consists of women andonly 30 per cent of women dailytravel in metro and buses.While, the 70 per cent men trav-el in bus and metro.

From Page 1In turn, the Shiv Sena showed no signs of

reneging on its belligerent stand on sharing ofpower on a 50:50 per cent basis. No wonder thatupon Fadnavis’ assertion that he would be theChief Minister for the next five years, Shiv SenaMP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that ifthe BJP had strength of 145 MLAs, his party’ssenior ally was to free to go ahead and form theGovernment on its own and have its ChiefMinister.

Talking to media persons, Raut said: “IfDevendra Fadnavis has 145 MLAs with him,who will prevent him from forming the gov-ernment and becoming the chief minister? Ifsomeone else like Sharad Pawar or EknathKhadse comes tomorrow and says that he has145 MLAs with him each, who can prevent himfrom forming the government? Even if we have145 MLAs with us, no can prevent us from form-ing the government. Simply put, whichever partythat has 145 MLAs of its own can form its gov-ernment and have its own chief minister”.

Reminding the BJP of the fall of VajpayeeGovernment in the nineties because of lack ofnumbers, Raut said: “You may remember theVajpayee government had failed to the confi-dence vote in Lok Sabha by a single vote. Hence,there is value for even one vote in politics”.

When his attention was drawn to the dis-pleasure expressed by Fadnavis over the ShivSena’s continued criticism of the BJP and theNarendra Modi government through its officialmouth-piece “Saamana”, Raut said: “We have notcommitted any mistake. We are only talkingabout the 50:50 power sharing formula reachedbetween us and the BJP. The people have givenus their mandate. There’s no need for anyone to

convince us about anything. Through thecolumns of `Saamana’, we are only expressingour stand. We are not asking anything other thanwhat has already been decided”.

The power sharing tussle between the saf-fron alliance partners should be seen in the con-text of the fact that the BJP won 105 out of thetotal 288 seats in the recent State Assembly polls,while the Shiv Sena bagged 56 seats. Together,the two parties can form the Government in theState in the normal course.

In addition to the 105 seats, Fadnavis hasclaimed that the BJP enjoys the support of 15Independent MLAs. If true, the BJP --inde-pendent of the Shiv Sena -- has a strength of 120MLAs, which means it will need another 25MLAs for a simple majority of 145 MLAs in the288-member House. That being the case, the BJPcannot do without the Shiv Sena when it comesto formation of a new Government inMaharashtra.

Notwithstanding the strained relationsbetween the two saffron alliance partners, theBJP is trying to open back channel talks withthe Shiv Sena on the power-sharing arrangementin the impending new government in the state.

Informed sources in the BJP said that a fewof its leaders were planning to meet their influ-ential counterparts in the Shiv Sena late onTuesday night to break the ice and develop con-tours of the power-sharing negotiations to beheld between Shah and Uddhav at a later stage.

However, informed Sena leaders said thatthe impasse between the BJP would stretch tillthe end of the first week of November. “Thedenial by the chief minister that the BJP had notgiven any commitment to the Sena about shar-ing the chief minister’s post has complicated mat-ters. Either Fadnavisji himself or Amit Shahji willhave to take the first step to make peace withUddhavji and convince him to come to the nego-tiation table with some assurance. It is only thenthings will move,” a senior Sena leader said.

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In the land dispute case ofAyodhya, the top court hadreserved its judgement onOctober 16. Fourteen appealshave been filed in the apex courtagainst the 2010 AllahabadHigh Court judgment, deliveredin four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be parti-tioned equally among threeparties — the Sunni WaqfBoard, the Nirmohi Akharaand Ram Lalla.

In the Rafale case, the topcourt would decide the pleas,including the one filed by for-mer Union ministers YashwantSinha and Arun Shourie andactivist-lawyer PrashantBhushan, seeking review of itsDecember 14 last year judge-ment which gave a clean chit tothe Centre’s Rafale deal to pro-cure 36 fighter jets from Frenchfirm Dassault.

From Page 1The party said the Centre

should take “concrete steps” toresolve the issue in the State.“What the people of Kashmirthink of the MPs’ visit is veryclear from an intensified shut-down in the Valley today,” it said.

The National PanthersParty (NPP) also attacked theCentre, saying an “opportuni-ty was lost” to draw the worldattention towards the Jammuregion. “An impression is beingsought to be created around theworld that J&K means Kashmiralone. And this is corroborat-ed by the fact that the Centrehas arranged the visit of EUteam to Kashmir only,” NPPchairman and former ministerHarsh Dev Singh said inJammu.

Most of the top level andsecond rung separatist politi-

cians have been taken intopreventive custody while main-stream leaders, including twoformer Chief Ministers —Omar Abdullah and MehboobaMufti — have been eitherdetained or placed under housearrest. The Government hasdetained former Chief Ministerand sitting Lok Sabha memberfrom Srinagar Farooq Abdullahunder the controversial PublicSafety act.

The efforts of the StateGovernment to open schoolsover the past three monthshave not borne any fruit as par-ents kept children at home dueto apprehension about theirsafety. While landline and post-paid mobile phone serviceshave been restored across theValley, all Internet services con-tinue to remain suspended sinceAugust 5.

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In Maharashtra, as the BJPand its oldest ally Shiv Sena

are on warpath reportedly overa 50:50 power sharing formu-la with the latter demandingrotation of Chief Minister’spost, the Haryana dispensation,headed by the BJP and itsnewest ally Jannayak JanataParty (JJP), is sailing smooth-ly and set to work out aCommon MinimumProgramme (CMP) and alsowitness Cabinet expansion afterthe special session of theAssembly, next week.

Mohan Lal Khattar, who isin the national Capital aftertaking oath as Chief Ministerof the State for the second time,said a committee comprisingleaders of both the parties tochalk out the CMP as sought byJJP leader Dushyant Chautala,Deputy Chief Minister, backingthe BJP-spearheadedGovernment in the State.

Khattar spoke about theexpansion of his Cabinet afterhe called on President RamNath Kovind, Vice President MVenkaiah Naidu and BJP’s gen-

eral secretary (organisation)BL Santhosh.

He took oath on Sundayalong with Dushyant Chautala,great grandson of formerdeputy Prime Minister lateDevi Lal, as the BJP formedGovernment in the State inalliance with the JJP.

“The Cabinet will beexpanded after the special ses-sion of the State legislativeAssembly. A committee willalso be formed comprisingleaders of both BJP and JJP toformulate a common mini-mum programme for theGovernment,” Khattar said.

Dushyant, who is also here,said both parties will worktogether for the welfare of theState and will take decisionscollectively. The special sessionof the State Assembly is likelynext week. Khattar also invit-ed Naidu to inaugurate theInternational Gita Mahotsav inthe State.

In another development,Indian National Lok Dal(INLD), headed by OmPrakash Chautala, grandfatherof Dushyant Chautala, whichsplit following differences with-

in the family, leading to theexpulsion of Dushyant and hisfather Ajay Chautala, seem tobe on the path of re-unitingwith the latter meeting hisestranged brother AbhayChautala. The Chautala families are united, only partiesare different, said Dushyant

Monday’s amicable meet-ing between Ajay Chautala andAbhay Chautala revived hopesof an end to a festering familydispute that led to a verticalsplit in the INLD last year.

Ahead of the HaryanaAssembly polls, some ‘khaps’and even former Punjab Chief

Minister Parkash Singh Badal,a family friend of theChautalas, had made efforts tobring the two brothers togeth-er but it did not yield results.

Asked about the prospectsof his JJP and the INLD com-ing together, Dushyant, withouttaking any names, said they

should reconsider what theyhave done. “...It is for them toconsider who broke the ties,” hetold reporters here.

Dushyant launched the JJPin December 2018 after he, hisyounger brother DigvijayChautala and Ajay Chautalawere expelled from the AbhayChautala-led INLD.

The JJP’s winning 10 seatsin the recently concludedHaryana Assembly polls,launching him as a kingmak-er in the State after theAssembly poll last week threwup a hung assembly with BJP(40seats) running short of sixseats for the majority.

On the other hand, theINLD fared dismally, baggingonly one seat. In the 90-mem-ber assembly, the Congress issecond with 31 seats whileseven independents alsowon.

Ajay, who is serving a 10-year prison term in a teachers’recruitment scam along withhis father Om PrakashChautala and is out on a two-week furlough from Tihar Jail,termed the INLD’s decision toexpel him and his sons “wrong”.

“I had said earlier also thatwe will force them to rethink.I had said we will create suchcircumstances that ChaudharyOm Prakash Chautala (INLDpresident) and INLD will beforced to rethink. They took awrong decision which affectednot only the people of Haryana but also the family,” hesaid.

“Even now I am saying thathe (O P Chautala) shouldrethink, he is our elder, werespect him. I am always of thebelief that division in the fam-ily never helps anyone, it onlycauses loss,” he added.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Tuesday

exchanged views on bilateralties and regional security situ-ation with his Japanese coun-terpart Taro Kono.

In the telephonic conver-sation, Singh congratulatedKono on behalf of India for theenthronement of EmperorNaruhito. He also expressedcondolences for the loss oflives and property caused dueto typhoon Hagibis that hitJapan earlier this month.

The Defence Minister alsorecalled his meetings with

Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe and the thenDefence Minister Takeshi lwayaduring his visit to Japan inSeptember 2019.

Singh said he looked for-ward to meeting Taro duringthe forthcoming ASEANDefence Ministers’ PlusMeeting in Bangkok inNovember.

“The two Ministers alsoexchanged views on bilateralrelations and the regional secu-rity situation,” a statement said.

Separately, General GoroYuasa, chief of the JapanGround Self Defence Force,also called on Singh here.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi willreview the performance of 30 of the

117 most underdeveloped districts in thecountry on November 6 on various indi-cators such as health, nutrition, educa-tion and agriculture. The Niti Aayog had identified these districts for the Government’sTransformation of Aspirational DistrictsProgramme”

“This is first time that the focuswould be exclusively on 30 aspirationaldistricts,” a senior Government officialsaid.

Twenty have shown ‘best improve-ment’ and 10 ‘low progress’ on on var-ious development indices, according toa communique to ministries and depart-

ments concerned. The communique stated that the

Prime Minister has decided to includethe aspirational districts programme asone of the agenda items in the forth-coming PRAGATI meeting, scheduledto be held on November 6.

PRAGATI is an integrating andinteractive platform to address publicgrievances and review programmes.

The Prime Minister will interactwith chief secretaries and secretaries toreview the progress made by these 30most underdeveloped districts on var-ious indicators like health and nutrition,education, agriculture and waterresources, financial inclusion and skilldevelopment and basic infrastructure,officials said.

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In a heartwarming gesture,President Ram Nath Kovind on

Tuesday broke his security proto-col to attend to a policewomanwho twisted her ankle and col-lapsed during an event in thenational Capital. He was accom-panied by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman and Ministerof State for Finance and CorporateAffairs Anurag Thakur, who toowere present and rushed to thecop’s help.

The Delhi policewoman wasstanding in front of the dais atVigyan Bhawan during the firstNational CSR Awards function.When the national anthem was

being played, she fell and sat on thecarpet, according to a PTI pho-tographer who was present. Assoon as the national anthem wasover, Kovind, Sitharaman andThakur hurried off the stage, withtheir security details, to the checkup on the policewoman. Kovindalong with security walked downfrom the dais and had a brief conversation with the police-woman after Thakur offered her abottle of water.

Once they made sure the shewas alright, Kovind was seen leav-ing the venue. Generally, the pres-ident leaves the venue immediatelyafter the national anthem.

There was a loud applausefrom the audience when Kovind

walked out from the venue.Finance and Corporate AffairsMinister Nirmala Sitharaman, herdeputy Thakur and Corporate

Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivaswere among those present on thedias.

The Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) awards havebeen instituted by the Ministry ofCorporate Affairs. It is to recognisecorporate initiatives in the area ofCSR to achieve inclusive growthand sustainable development.

Based on the submissions bythe companies and reports of theindependent assessment by CSRexperts, a jury had recommended19 winners and 19 honourablementions across various cate-gories.

Under the Companies Act,2013, certain class of profitablecompanies is required to shell outat least two per cent of theirthree-year annual average netprofit towards CSR activities in afinancial year.

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To celebrate the Unity in Diversityand to maintain and strengthen

the fabric of traditionally existingemotional bonds between the peo-ple, the Kendriya VidyalayaSangathan (KVS) has organised amega cultural and literary youthextravaganza KVS “Ek BharatShreshtha Bharat Parv” in thenational Capital on the occasion ofbirth anniversary of freedom fight-er Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.

The 4-day -ong mega event willbe inaugurated by HRD MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal Nishank onThursday. The main objective of theevent is to showcase the spirit of ‘EkBharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and also to

promote the Cultural & literaryskills of students through variouscompetitions. Further, it also pro-vides a platform for teachers toexpress their talent in performingand visual arts.

This year four contemporarytheme-based exhibits have beenincorporated in the KVS “EKBharat-Shreshtha Bharat Parv”, Fit

India, Samagra Shiksha & JalSuraksha, Ban on single-use Plastic,Swacch Bharat.

“Ek Bharat-Shrestha Bharat Parvaims to actively enhance interactionbetween students of diverse culturesliving in the different States of India,with the objective of promotinggreater mutual understandingamongst them. It is envisaged thatthrough this exchange, the knowl-edge of the language, culture, tradi-tions, and practices of differentStates will lead to an enhancedunderstanding and bonding betweenone another, thereby strengtheningthe unity and integrity of India.” saidSantosh Kumar Mall,Commissioner, Kendriya VidyalayaSangathan.

New Delhi: Citing “red carpetwelcome” to the controversialvisit of EU delegation, CPIleader Binoy Viswam onTuesday wrote to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,requesting that he should beallowed to visit Jammu &Kashmir since a foreign dele-gation was given entry. “It iseverybody’s question, why theGovernment disallow anyresponsible Indian citizen,including Members ofParliament, to enter the territoryof Kashmir. Now, theGovernment has spread red

carpet for the European UnionMPs, said the CPI leader.

“In this background, I seekyour permission to visitKashmir and meet with theordinary people,” Viswam saidin his letter. As an Indian citi-zen, it was his right to visit fel-low citizens in Kashmir, headded. The politburo of theCPI(M) said in a statement onTuesday that it was an “affront”of the Indian Parliament and itssovereignty that Indian MPs andpolitical leadership of nationalparties are denied the freedomof visiting the Valley while a

“private visit” by foreignParliament members was beingallowed. “Though it is claimedthat this is a private visit, thePrime Minister has met themand they are also being briefedby the National SecurityAdvisor. There can be no spe-cial privilege for a group of for-eign parliamentarians to visitthe Valley while it is denied toothers, including our own MPsand national political leadership,with most of the known politi-cal leaders of the State contin-uing to remain in custody anddetention,” the letter said. PNS

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As the Congress plans tolaunch a two-pronged

course of action against theModi Government over itshandling of the Indian econo-my, Congress president SoniaGandhi has called for a high-level meeting of the generalsecretaries of the party alongwith presidents of frontalorganisations on November 2to discuss the issues.

While the party will launcha media blitzkrieg by holdingas many as 35 press conferencesfrom November 1 to 8 againstthe Central Government over

the economic situation, it willalso take to the streets fromNovember 5-15 over the mat-ter.

The meeting is likely to discuss and give shape to theagitation programmes that theparty is planning betweenNovember 5 and 15 on issuesrelating to economic slow-down.

“The leaders are likely tospeak on issues related to theeconomy. The party chief mayalso propose to reach out toother Opposition parties tojoin the protest in respectivestates and it will culminate ina rally in the national Capital,”

said a senior Congress leader. According to the leaders

the results of Assembly polls ofMaharashtra and Haryana havebuoyed the morale of the partyand the leadership desires tothe take the opportunity to go

to the people and explain thewrongs of the ModiGovernment.

“It is pertinent to keepraising these issues as the eco-nomic situation is getting worseweek after week. People haverealized that and it was reflect-ed in Assembly electionresults,” said the leader.

The party has already constituted a policy group con-sisting of senior leadership todiscuss issues related to economy, Centre’s move tosign the RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership, unemploymentand disinvestment of PSUs.

General secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra too took to twit-ter to target the Modi govern-ment on economy. “Yesterday,the entire country celebrated afestival for prosperity. But thistime everyone has felt thatDiwali festivities were lacklus-tre. The BJP Government hasgrounded the nation’s pros-perity and even weakened theReserve Bank,” Priyanka tweet-ed in Hindi.

The party will also discussthe Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership (RCEP),a proposed trade agreementamong 16 countries includingIndia, China and Australia.

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Soon, breastfeeding milkbanks in the country will

come under the Governmentscanner with the Union HealthMinistry in the process ofdeveloping and regulatingoperations of these centres toensure safety of the beneficia-ries ie newly born babies.

The breastfeeding milkbanks or human milk banksplay an important role in pro-viding breast milk to newbabies of mothers who cannotprovide their babies with ade-quate breast milk. It is a tool bywhich the Government is plan-ning to reduce infant mortali-ty rate (IMR) in India as is doneby Brazil.

Breast milk has all theideal nutrients required forthe baby to grow. Breast milk

contains antibodies that helpbabies fight bacteria and virus-es. Furthermore, breastfeedingsignificantly affects baby’s braindevelopment in the long term.

However, presently, thereare no guidelines and regula-tions for the human milk banksin the country from theGovernment side, though pae-diatrics and neonatologistshave jointly framed a few.

Dr Ajay Khera, deputycommissioner for child healthin the Ministry said that humanmilk banks will be called as lac-tation management centres andthat human milk banking willbe a part of an overall breast-feeding strategy. “The NationalHealth Systems ResourceCentre (NHSRC) of theMinistry has been asked toframe the guidelines,” he added.

In fact, Union Health

Minister Ashwani KumarChoubey on Tuesday told thereporters that the Governmentis aiming to bring down theIMR from current 23 to 12 by2025. Sharing the details of hisrecent visit to the meetings ofHealth Ministers of BRICSnations in Brazil he said thatamong five agendas that werediscussed was on breastfeedingawareness with setting upbreast milk banks being one of

them. C u r r e n t l y,

Brazil has thelargest network ofhuman milkbanks in theworld (more than200), followed bySouth America,Spain, Portugaletc.

Khera addedthat guidelines are being for-mulated on the basis of the suc-cess of Brazil in the sector.

In India, the sector is stillin the nascent phase witharound 40 human milk banksacross the States. Rajasthan(13), Maharashtra (12) andTamil Nadu (10) are major con-tributors in the milk bankindustry, with Chennai fol-lowing close behind.

As number of banks is

likely to increase in near future,guidelines will ensure safetyand quality. For instance,donated milk should not beadulterated or contaminatedand harmful for the recipient.Human milk may be contam-inated with bacteria or evenviruses like HIV. Moreover,there is fear of exploitation ofpoor woman who can be luredto donate milk in lieu of money,said Khera.

Arun Gupta, paediatricianand founder of theBreastfeeding PromotionNetwork of India (BfPNI) wel-comed the government’s deci-sion to regulate and promotethese banks as it will “discour-age the use of infant formula,which is not as nutritious ashuman breast-milk.”

However, he cautioned thathuman milk bank should not

be a profit-making industry.Commercial milk banking isopen to potential risks sincecompanies can make profitsfrom adulterating donor milk,

India has the highest num-ber of preterm births — 3.5million are preterm and 7.5million are low birth weight-inthe world and breastfeedingrates are sub-optimal, just 60per cent due to reasons such asmother’s sickness, separation, or temporary lac-tation issues.

According to UNICEF,India ranks the lowest inbreastfeeding practices amongSouth Asian countries: only 25per cent of the newborns inIndia were breastfed withinan hour of birth, and less thanhalf of the children (46 percent) under six months of ageare exclusively breastfed.

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The AICTE has warned all itsapproved engineering colleges

and other technical institutions of dis-ciplinary action if they are found“sharing faculty” with other institutesunder the same parent organisation oroutside.

“It has come to the notice of thecouncil that some institutes offeringprogrammes or courses in technicaleducations subsequent to the receipt ofExtension of Approval (EoA) from thecouncil is indulging in the practice ofsharing of faculty members amongstinstitutes under the same parent orga-nization or outside,” the AICTE said ina letter to the college heads.

“The sharing of faculty at twoplaces or locations simultaneously is notpermitted. This hampers the quality oftechnical education and is also a breachof affidavit submitted to AICTE whilegranting or EOA,” it added. The coun-cil warned that the colleges will have toface disciplinary action or withdrawalof approvals if they are found adoptingthe practice.

“This practice is viewed very seri-ously by the council. The council shallinitiate enquiry on any such complaintor information received on the subjectmentioned above and if found correct,shall initiate strong disciplinary actionagainst the institute indulging in suchpractice, including withdrawal ofapproval,” it said.

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Nearly 36 million people inIndia will be threatened by

flooding annually by 2050 ifgreen house gas emissions arenot reduced. By 2100, itwarned, 44 million people willbe under the risk of annualflooding due to rise in the sealevel.According to a study byUS-based NGO ClimateCentral said six Asian countries— India, China, Vietnam,Bangladesh, Indonesia andThailand— where 237 millionpeople live, could face annualcoastal flooding threats by2050, roughly 183 million morethan assessments based on pre-vailing elevation data.

The findings are based onCoastalDEM, a new digital

elevation model developed byClimate Central, the NGO saidin a statement. “Six Asiancountries are home to the greatmajority of people — approx-imately 237 million combined— living in places that withoutcoastal defence could experi-ence coastal flooding at leastannually by 2050, more thanquadrupling estimates based onolder elevation data,” it said.Asian countries see biggestincreases in threatened land.

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Shiv Sena MP and spokesper-son Sanjay Raut and

Haryana’s Deputy ChiefMinister Dushyant Chautala onTuesday exchanged barbs overthe former’s caustic commentthat the delay in theGovernment formation wasbecause “there is no Dushyant(Chautala) in Maharashtrawhose father is in jail”.

Queried as to why as therewas such a long delay in theformation of a newGovernment in Maharashtra,Raut said: “There is noDushyant (Chautala) inMaharashtra whose father is injail. Here (Maharashtra) it’s us(Shiv Sena) who do politics ofdharma and satya, Sharad(Pawar) ji who created an envi-ronment against the BJP andfought the elections andCongress that has numbersbut will never go with BJP”.

“If you look at all this, youwill realise that the situation inMaharashtra has become socomplicated,” Raut said.

On speculation that effortwas on the BJP’s part to teacha lesson to the Shiv Sena bykeeping it away from power,Raut said: “Tell me who willteach lesson to whom. Is keep-ing a party away from power alesson? If someone wants tokeep us away from power, it isour honour. Our party wasborn in the Opposition andgrew up on the streets. Like youare saying, if someone — thattoo while in the alliance — con-spires to keep us away frompower, then this is not a poli-tics of dharma”.

Hitting back at Raut forcomments against him and hisincarcerated father AjayChautala, Haryana’s Deputy

Chief Minister DushyantChautala told media persons inthe national Capital: “It meanshe knows who DushyantChautala is. My father hasbeen in jail for six years, he[Raut] never asked about hiswell being. Ajay Chautala Ji willnot come out without com-pleting his term. It is a matterof pride for a father to be withthe son at the time of bothdefeat and victory. I would liketo say only one thing to Sanjayjithat his stature will not growwith this kind of statements.”

“His ( Raut’s) party hasbeen in alliance with the BJPfor a long time. My party wasset up just 11 months ago. It isnot our intention to fight withothers, or use politics of intim-idation and threats. We want toimplement honest politics forthe next 5 years.”

Tiruchirappalli (TN):Rescuers pulled out the decom-posed and mangled body of a2-year-old boy early onTuesday from deep inside anunused borewell, after a futile80-hour attempt to save thechild who had fallen in whileplaying near his house in aTamil Nadu village.

After a post mortem at aGovernment hospital, the bodyof Sujith Wilson was handedover to his parents who buriedhim in a heart wrenching funer-al conducted by the local parishpriest at a nearby graveyard.

Sujith had fallen into thedisused farm borewell whileplaying near his house inNadukattupatti on Fridayevening, and various centraland State agencies were calledin to rescue him.

Initially, he was stuck at adepth of about 30 feet butsubsequently slipped furtherdown, and the body was final-ly pulled out from a depth of 88feet, officials said.

Commissioner of RevenueAdministration JRadhakrishnan said rescuersnoticed a foul smell around10.30 pm on Monday followingwhich medical personnel andteams of the National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF) andState Disaster Response Force(SDRF) assessed the situation.

After Radhakrishnandeclared that Wilson was dead,the rescue operation turnedinto an effort to retrieve thebody, which was done in keep-ing with the national guidelineson “managing the dead” duringsuch circumstances.

The tragedy had drawnnational attention with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi alsotweeting words of sympathy andencouragement. Tiruchirappallidistrict collector S Sivarasu saidpersonnel of the national andstate disaster response forcepersonnel retrieved the body.

Earlier on Monday, a heavyGerman-made drillingmachine was deployed to dig aparallel shaft to reach the boy,

but rescue efforts were ham-pered by rocky soil and rain.

As the boy’s body arrived,a pall of gloom descended onthe village and people lined upto pay their last respects.

Chief Minister KPalaniswami, Deputy ChiefMinister O Panneerselvam, StateMinisters visited the bereavedfamily at Nadukattupatti villageand offered their condolences.

Palaniswami announced asolatium of �20 lakh for the fam-ily — �10 lakh from the ChiefMinister’s Relief Fund and �10lakh from the AIADMK.

He said all out efforts weremade to rescue the child bydeploying personnel from mul-tiple agencies, including the

National Disaster and StateDisaster Response Force andother entities including theONGC for technical expertise.

Despite the sustained res-cue efforts surmounting chal-lenges like rocky soil, it wasunfortunate that the boy couldnot be pulled out alive, he said.

In a statement, he urgedpeople to follow rules andproperly close unusedborewells in their private lands.

“I have ordered district col-lectors to ensure compliance ofrules in respect of borewells,” hesaid and cited rules notified in

2015 on getting approval, main-tenance, and safety aspects.

The rules, among otheraspects, mandates proper clo-sure of defunct borewells uptothe surface level.

Collectorates have appealedto people to inform authoritiesif they find unused open wellsor borewells so that these canbe shut immediately.

DMK chief MK Stalinsquarely blamed the AIADMKGovernment for “no properplanning,” in carrying out therescue operations and allegedvaluable time was wasted. PTI

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Tuticorin (TN): A two-year-old girl drowned in a tub ofwater at her house while herparents were watching theoperations to try and rescuethe toddler Sujith Wilson ontelevision, police said here onTuesday.

Revathi Sanjana was play-ing in the tub last night as herparents sat glued to the TV atThrespuram village, watchingthe attempts of rescuers to tryand extricate the three-year-old child, police said.

They suddenly realised

she was not around and wentlooking for her, only to findher motionless in the bucket.

They rushed the child tothe hospital, where she wasdeclared brought dead, policesaid.

Rescuers pulled out thedecomposed and mangledbody of Sujith early Tuesdayfrom deep inside an unusedborewell, after a futile 80-hour attempt to save the childwho had fallen in while play-ing near his house in a TamilNadu village. PTI

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Srinagar: Terrorists fired upona bulletproof, mobile bunker ofthe CRPF in Pulwama ofJammu & Kashmir on Tuesdaybut there were no casualties,officials said.

The paramilitary force offi-cials said the terrorists firedmultiple gun shots on themobile bunker (sentry postatop a four-wheeler) of the72nd battalion of the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) atabout 3:30 pm when it was sta-tioned in the Drubgam area ofRajpora in Pulwama district.

At least six to eight bulletswere fired by the terrorists at theCRPF post when the personnelwere deployed on law andorder duty in the area, they said.

The firing took place near

a school where class 10 boardexaminations were underway,but officials said the educationalinstitute was not the target.

CRPF troops opened fire inretaliation, they said, addingthat no casualties have beenreported on the either side.

A search operation hasbeen launched in the area afterreinforcement arrived, a seniorofficial said.

Immediately after theattack, the local police, basedon initial reports, had, howev-er, said that the attack was onan Army patrol team. PTI

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Kolkata: Leader of Congress inthe Lok Sabha, AdhirChowdhury on Tuesday hitout at Prime Minister NarendraModi for allowing an EasternUnion delegation to visitJammu & Kashmir to assess theground situation there.

Terming this as “paradox-ical”, he said Modi has a colo-nial hangover and views Indiandelegation as “native andincompetent”.

Chowdhury urged theCentre to send an all party del-egation to Jammu & Kashmirto take stock of the situationthere following the abrogationof Article 370.

“It is paradoxical to notethat our @PMOIndia considersEU parliamentarians worthy ofoffering accreditation certifi-

cate to his #Kashmir policythan the Indian counterpart, as@narendramodiji still inheritscolonial hangover and views usas native and incompetent,”Chowdhury said in a tweet.

“May I urge upon the gov-ernment to send an all partydelegation to J&K, to take stockof the situation,” he added.

A delegation of 23European Union MPs arrivedin Jammu & Kashmir onTuesday for a first-hand assess-ment of the situation in theregion following the revocationof the special status to the Stateunder Article 370. The dele-gates arrived in Kashmir to acomplete shutdown and clash-es between people and securi-ty forces in several parts of thecity and the Valley. PTI

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ing official records from theSrinagar Civil Secretariat hasreached here amid tight secu-rity as part of the biannual‘Darbar Move’, under which theJammu & KashmirGovernment functions sixmonths each in the twin capi-tals, officials said on Tuesday.

The Civil Secretariat, theseat of the Jammu & KashmirGovernment, closed in sum-mer capital Srinagar onOctober 25-26 and will reopenin Jammu winter capital onNovember 4 as part of the near-ly 150-year-old ‘Darbar Move’,the officials said.

Around 80-90 trucks havereached the Jammu CivilSecretariat from Kashmir withofficial records, they said.

All the trucks wentthrough anti-sabotage checking

and multiple security checksincluding use of sniffer dogsbefore being allowed insidethe secretariat, the officialssaid.

“The Civil Secretariat andother Darbar Move offices willreopen in Jammu onNovember 4,” an official said.

Senior IAS officer GirishChander Murmu will begin hismaiden innings as LieutenantGovernor of Jammu andKashmir from Jammu.

The Union Territories ofJammu and Kashmir, andLadakh will come into exis-tence on October 31. The Modigovernment had on August 5abrogated provisions of Article370 that granted a special sta-tus to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Civil Secretariat andother ‘Darbar Move’ officesfunction in Jammu for six

months during winters and inSrinagar for the remaining sixmonths.

The practice was started in1872 by Maharaja Gulab Singhto escape the extreme heat ofJammu during summers andbiting cold of winters inSrinagar.

However, the practice wascontinued by elected govern-ments post-Independence inorder to provide access to peo-ple of both the regions-- byturns -- to the seat of power inthe state.

The State Governmentspends crores of rupees everyyear to shift voluminous recordsbetween the two capital citiestwice a year, besides payingsimilar amount as allowance forseveral thousand employees,who shift their base with theGovernment. PTI

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Jammu: The National PanthersParty (NPP) on Tuesdayattacked the Centre for clearinga EU delegation’s visit toKashmir alone, saying an“opportunity was lost” to drawthe world attention towardsthe Jammu region. A delegationof 23 Europian Union MPs, ona two-day visit to assess the sit-uation in J&K, arrived Srinagaron Tuesday to a complete shut-down and clashes between peo-ple and security forces in sev-eral parts of the city and theValley. “An impression is beingsought to be created around theworld that J&K means Kashmiralone to the neglect to Jammuregion. And this is corroborat-ed by the fact that the Centrehas arranged the visit of EUteam to Kashmir only,” NPPchairman and former MinisterHarsh Dev Singh said here. PTI

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In what could buttress theargument that Mamata

Banerjee is gradually reclaim-ing her lost ground in Bengal,former Kolkata Mayor andBengal Minister SovanChatterjee, who crossed overto the BJP a few months ago,suddenly surfaced at the ChiefMinister’s residence onTuesday to celebrate BhaiPhonta (Bhai Dooj) — a fes-tival where the sister prays forbrother’s safety after applyingtilak (a sectarial mark on theforehead).

Though there was no com-

ment from either the ChiefMinister or Chatterjee, sourcesin the Trinamool Congress said“it is a prelude to Sovan babu’sghar wapsi (homecoming).”

A whole lot of seniorBengal Ministers includingFirhad Hakim, ParthoChatterjee, Arup Biswas werepresent at the Chief Minister’sresidence when Chatterjee vis-ited her house giving rise tospeculations that his home-coming was a matter of time.

Chatterjee, who had found-ed the TMC in 1998 along withMukul Roy, Subroto Mukherjeeand other leaders, had left theparty last August following dif-ferences with the ChiefMinister. Though he was apermanent invitee at Banerjee’sresidence on Bhai Phonta forthe past two decades Chatterjeehad skipped the celebrations

last year for obvious reasons.Incidentally the BJP has lost

at least five civic bodies to theTMC in the past few monthsduring which the TMC coun-cilors had joined the saffronoutfit but subsequentlyreturned to the BJP.

When asked to commenton his sudden appearance at theChief Minister’s residence,Bengal BJP president DilipGhosh said “nothing muchshould be read into the incidentas it is a social ceremony andevery brother has a right to visitthe sister during such occasions.I don’t find a political under-pinning. Having said that Ishould also remind that Sovanda had offered to join the BJPearly this year and we wel-comed him ... He is a seniorpolitician and will take hisdecisions accordingly.”

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Palakkad (Ker): One more sus-pected Maoist was killed onTuesday in an encounter withKerala’s specialised Thunderboltpolice in a forest area nearAttapady here, taking the num-ber of ultras who died in thecombing operations in the lasttwo days to four, police said.

The gunfight broke out onTuesday morning while a teamwas conducting an inquest intothe death of three Maoists,including a woman, killed in anencounter in the area onMonday, a senior police officialtold PTI.

“Four members of the insur-gent group have been killed. Thebodies of the four have beenbrought out from the deep for-est and the post-mortem will be

performed at the ThrissurMedical College Hospital,” theofficial said. None of the mem-bers of the Thunderbolt wasinjured in the present combingoperations, taken up based on atip-off about presence of Maoistsin the area, the police officialadded. Thunderbolts is an elitecommando force of the KeralaPolice under the India ReserveBattalion. Meanwhile, a reportquoting Bengaluru police, saidtwo of the Maoists killedbelonged to Chikkamagalurudistrict in Karnataka.

The brother of one of theultras told reporters in Angadiin the district that he came toknow about the death of hissibling in police action inKerala. PTI

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Aizawl/Agartala: An organi-sation of Bru refugees onTuesday threatened to launchan indefinite roadblock fromThursday demanding resump-tion of free ration and cash-doleto the 35,000 displaced peopleliving in relief camps in Tripura.

The Centre has not sup-plied ration and cash dole to therefugees for October while therepatriation process of the dis-placed Bru people is still on.

Altogether 4,447 Bru dis-placed families, lodged in therelief camps at Kanchanpurand Panisagar sub-divisions ofNorth Tripura district, arescheduled to return to neigh-bouring Mizoram from wherethey had fled since 1997 fol-lowing ethnic clashes.

“The hungry and desperatedisplaced Brus could no longermerely watch the incessant cry-ing of innocent children, bed-

ridden patients and lactatingmother for food,” MizoramBru Displaced People’s Forum(MBDPF) wrote to NorthTripura District MagistrateRavel H Kumar on Tuesday.

The letter was sent toKumar five days after three Bruorganisations had writtenanother letter to him urging theGovernment to “continue freeration and cash-dole until anamicable solution and the repa-triation process is concluded.”

As there is no responsefrom the Government abouttheir demand for resumption ofallowances, the Brus are forcedto go for an indefinite road-block between Dasda andAnandabazar in North Tripuradistrict “to draw the attentionof the Central Government,State Governments of Tripuraand Mizoram from October31,” the letter said.

Anandabazar is known fora prominent market in that areawhere two large Bru reliefcamps are located.

“The displaced Brus arebound to repatriate to Mizoramwithout food,” the letter signedby MBDPF general secretaryBruno Msha and president ASawibunga read.

The Centre had made itclear that the relief camps of Brurefugees in Tripura would beclosed down and the displacedpersons must be repatriated toMizoram during the ongoingexercise, Special Secretary(internal security), Ministry ofHome Affairs, A P Maheshwari,had said on October 16.

Maheswari, however, didnot mention any date when therelief camps would be closeddown. The repatriation isscheduled to continue tillNovember 30.

Every adult Bru person liv-ing in a camp gets �3.50 in cashand 600 grams of rice per dayas allowances, while each minorreceive �2.50 in cash and 300grams of rice per day, officialsources said adding that theyget clothes in every three years.

The decision to stop thesupply of rations amid therepatriation was “unconstitu-tional and blatant violation ofhuman rights”, the two Bruleaders claimed in the letter.

This ninth round of Brurepatriation has been termed asthe “final” one by theGovernment.

The Bru community, alsocalled Reangs, is among the 21scheduled tribes in the country.They are scattered acrossAssam, Mizoram and Tripura.

During the eighth round ofrepatriation, the Ministry ofHome Affairs had warned that

the relief camps would beclosed down from October one2018 and free ration and moneydoled to the displaced familieswould be discontinued.However, that phase did notbear much fruit.

While the MHA did stopthe free ration and cash dolefrom October one, 2018, theCentre restarted it apparentlydue to political reasons asMizoram assembly election wasnearing. The Centre hasapproved �350 crore for theninth phase of repatriation andthe amount covers transporta-tion and rehabilitation packageexpenses, which include �5,000per month for each resettledBru family in Mizoram and freeration for them for two years.

Eight attempts had beenmade to repatriate the Brus andonly around 1,681 families havereturned to Mizoram since

2010 and were resettled inMamit, Kolasib and Lunglei dis-tricts.

The vexed Bru problemstarted when the Bru people,spearheaded by an organisation,Bru National Union, demand-ed a separate autonomous dis-trict council by carving outareas of western Mizoramadjoining Bangladesh andTripura in September, 1997.

The situation was aggra-vated by the murder of a forestguard in the Dampa TigerReserve in western Mizoram byBru National Liberation Frontinsurgents on October 21, 1997.

The first attempt to repatri-ate the Brus from Tripura fromNovember 16, 2009 not only fiz-zled out due to the murder of aMizo youth at Bungthuam vil-lage on November 13, 2009, butalso triggered another wave ofexodus. PTI

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ABJP leader was allegedlyduped by a fake e-com-

merce company after he placedan online order for a mobilephone and received a packetstuffed with stones instead.

According to police,Khagen Murmu, BJP MP fromNorth Malda constituency, hadplaced an online order for amobile phone with an e-com-merce company for his son.The price of the phone was�11,999. But after he had paidcash on delivery, he found thatthe consignment had been sentby some different company.

“Initially, I thought that itcould be some technical mis-take. But when I opened thebox I found it filled withstones,” the MP said adding hehad informed the matter to thepolice and the courier boy wasbeing questioned.

Though the company hasreportedly apologised andassured return of the cash,Murmu said he will bring theentire matter to the notice ofthe Union Consumer AffairsDepartment and the Ministerconcerned. “It seems to be afake company,” a senior policeofficer said adding the case wasbeing investigated.

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Riyadh: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Tuesdaycalled on Saudi King Salmanbin Abdulaziz Al Saud and thetwo leaders exchanged viewson working closely together tostrengthen the bilateral ties.

Before his meeting with theSaudi King, top Ministers of theGulf nation called on PrimeMinister Modi and discussedways to further deepen bilateralties in areas of energy, labour,agriculture and water tech-nologies.

“ A relationship reflectingcenturies-old ties! PrimeMinister Narendra Modi waswarmly welcomed by SaudiKing HM @KingSalmanunderlining a new dimensionto our expanding relationship.His Majesty hosted a lunch inhonour of Prime Minister,”Ministry of External AffairsSpokesman Raveesh Kumarsaid in a tweet.

Prime Minister Modiarrived in Riyadh late onMonday night on a two-day visitto Saudi Arabia to participate inthe high-profile financial sum-mit Future Investment Initiative,dubbed “ Davos in the desert”, an initiative of Saudi CrownPrince Mohammed bin Salman.

This is his second visit tothe Gulf Kingdom. During hisfirst visit in 2016, King Salmanconferred Saudi’s highest civil-ian award on him. The Crown

Prince visited India in February2019, giving a further fillip tothe bilateral ties.

Saudi Arabia’s EnergyMinister Prince Abdulaziz binSalman, Minister of Labourand Social DevelopmentAhmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhiand Environment, Water and

Agriculture MinisterAbdulrahman binAbdulmohsen Al-Fadley wereamong the Ministers whocalled on Prime Minister Modiin the Saudi capital on Tuesday.

The Saudi energy Ministerhad a productive meeting withthe Prime Minister and the two

leaders “ talked about efforts toimprove energy cooperationbetween the two nations,” thePrime Minister’s office tweeted.

“ Adding even more ener-gy to the India-Saudi Arabiafriendship. I had an excellentmeeting with HRH PrinceAbdulaziz bin Salman. Energyremains an important pillar ofour ties,” Modi tweeted abouthis meeting with the EnergyMinister.

The meeting assumes sig-nificance as the two countrieshave decided to move ahead onthe ambitious west coast refin-ery project in Raigarh inMaharastra which will involveinvestments from Saudi oilgiant Aramco, UAE’s AbuDhabi National Oil Companyand Indian public sector oilfirms.

India, the world’s third-largest oil consumer, imports83 per cent of its oil needs.Saudi Arabia is its second-biggest supplier after Iraq. Itsold 40.33 million tonnes ofcrude oil to India in 2018-19fiscal, when the country hadimported 207.3 million tonnesof oil.

India, the 6th largest econ-omy in the world and the 3rdlargest energy consumer afterthe US and China, buys some200,000 tonnes of LPG everymonth from Saudi Arabia.

“ Furthering synergies for

a sustainable future. PMNarendra Modi had an exten-sive meeting with @AlfadleyA,Saudi Arabia’s Minister ofEnvironment, Water andAgriculture,” the PrimeMinister’s Office tweeted.

Ministry of ExternalAffairs Spokesman Kumar saidthat Prime Minister Modi had“ useful discussion” withMinister of Environment,Water and Agriculture towardsexploring newer areas of coop-eration in the agriculture, foodprocessing and water tech-nologies.

Prime Minister Modi alsomet Minister of Labour andSocial Development Ahmadbin Sulaiman Alrajhi and dis-cussed issues related to labour.

The 2.6 million strongIndian community in SaudiArabia is the largest expatriatecommunity in the Kingdom.

India’’s relations with SaudiArabia have been on anupswing over the last few years.India’s bilateral trade with SaudiArabia was at $27.48 billion in2017-18, making Saudi Arabiaits fourth largest trading part-ner.

Saudi Arabia last monthsaid that it was looking atinvesting $100 billion in Indiain areas of energy, refining,petrochemicals, infrastruc-ture, agriculture, minerals andmining. PTI

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Riyadh: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi met KingAbdullah II of Jordan here onTuesday and the two leadersdiscussed a range of issues tostrengthen the bilateral ties byenhancing cooperation in sev-eral areas, including trade andinvestment and counter-ter-rorism.

The two leaders met in theSaudi capital on the sidelines ofthe high-profile ‘FutureInvestment Initiative’, a keyfinancial forum dubbed as‘Davos in the Desert’.

“ Excellent meeting withHis Majesty @KingAbdullahIIin Riyadh. We discussed the fullrange of relations between Indiaand Jordan,” Modi said in atweet. “ Both leaders exchangedviews on working closelytogether to strengthen our tiesacross sectors, specially in trade& investment, human resourcedevelopment & people-to-peo-ple ties,” Ministry of ExternalAffairs spokesman RaveeshKumar tweeted.

The two leaders exchangedviews on strengthening bilateralrelations, including MoUs andAgreements signed during theKing’s visit to India in February-March last year.

They also discussed theMiddle East Peace Process andother regional developments,besides Both improving coop-eration in counter-terrorism, anofficial said.

Historical links, culturalaffinities and people-to-peoplecontacts between India andJordan have existed since timeimmemorial. “ The PrimeMinister’s visit to Jordan andKing’s visit to India in 2018 haveimparted a new momentum inour bilateral relations that aremarked by mutual respect andunderstanding on various bilat-eral, regional and multilateralissues,” the statement said.

The two leaders met lastmonth on the sidelines of the

United Nation GeneralAssembly session in New York.

Both Prime Minister Modiand the Jordanian King willspeak at the financial forum,which will also host financiers,governments, and industryleaders who would discussglobal trade and explore thetrends, opportunities and chal-lenges shaping the global invest-ment landscape over the com-ing decades.

Jordan is home to morethan 10,000 Indians, who areemployed in different sectorssuch as textile, construction andmanufacturing, fertilizer com-panies, health sector, universi-ties, IT, financial companies andmultilateral organisation. PTI

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Riyadh: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Tuesdaypressed for the reform of theUnited Nations while express-ing regret over some countriesusing the global body as a “tool” rather than an “ institu-tion” to resolve conflicts.

During an on-stage dis-cussion with Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-ChiefInvestment Officer ofBridgewater Associates RayDalio, the Prime Minister saidthat the UN as an institutionfor conflict resolution has notdeveloped as desired andnations should look to reformthe UN structure.

Modi, who earlier deliveredthe keynote address at thehigh-profile Future InvestmentInitiative (FII), dubbed as “Davos in the desert” , said abody like the UN should notmerely be an institution butalso an instrument for positive

change.“ We have to think whether

the UN has risen to the occa-sion when it comes to conflictresolution. I had raised thisissue when the UN turned 70but much discussion could nothappen. I hope this topic is dis-cussed more actively when theUN turns 75,” Modi said.

India is part of the G4nations comprising Brazil,Germany and Japan whichsupport each other’s bids forpermanent seats on the UnitedNations Security Council.

The prime minister regret-ted that the UN as an institu-tion could not be developed.

The UN has to reform

according to the realities of the21st century, Modi said, addingthat the global body should notlimit itself to provide assistancein the event of calamities andnatural disasters.

“ Some used the UN as atool and not as an institution.While Some do not abide bythe law, some are trappedunder the burden of law. Theworld has to abide by law.

“ Earlier expansionist ten-dencies determined strength.Today development orientedpolity, the quest for innovationis determining what strengthis,” the Prime Minister said.

He also said that the timesof a bipolar world have gone.

“ We live in a time whereevery nation is connected anddependent on each other. The need of the hour is tostrengthen a multi-polarorder,” he said.

Each and every nation isimportant today, he said.

He said that the world ischanging at a quick pace andthis is evident with water,land, air and space turningbattlefields. PTI

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that the “ hard work and commitment” of theIndian community in Saudi Arabia have helped tostrenghten the bilateral relationship between thetwo nations.

“ Nearly 2.6 million Indians have made SaudiArabia their second home, contributing to itsgrowth and development. Many Indians also visitthe Kingdom every year for the Hajj and Umrahpilgrimage, and for business purposes,” the PrimeMinister said in an interview published in the ArabNews newspaper on Tuesday.

In a message to the Indian diaspora, Modi saidIndia is proud of the place that “ you have madefor yourself in the Kingdom, and your hard workand commitment have helped to generate a lot ofgoodwill for the overall bilateral relationship” .

He expressed confidence that the Indian com-munity in the Kingdom will continue to remain thebinding force in the bilateral ties and will furthercontribute to the strengthening of the historic rela-tionship between the two countries, which arebased on people-to-people contacts over severaldecades.

The Prime Minister arrived in Riyadh onMonday night to attend the third edition of SaudiArabia’s high-profile annual financial conferenceand hold bilateral talks with top leadership of theGulf Kingdom. PTI

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Itanagar: Amid efforts tofinalise the Naga peace deal, theAll Arunachal Pradesh StudentsUnion (AAPSU) has categori-cally stated that the proposedagreement to resolve thedecades-old Naga problemshould not affect Arunachaland its people in any way.

AAPSU, which is the apexstudents body of ArunachalPradesh, strongly opposed anyattempts to change the territo-rial jurisdiction of the state orany any kind of adminstrativeintervention there while reach-ing final solution to the seven-decade-old insurgency prob-lem in Nagaland.

The union also demandedthat the state government, all 60legislators of the assembly, thethree Arunchal MPs-two ofLok Sabha and one member ofRajya Sabha- and the politicalparties, make their stand clearon the vexed issue.

“ The AAPSU stronglyopposes any attempts to changethe territorial jurisdiction of thestate or any kind of adminis-trative intervention in the statewhile reaching the final solu-tion,” AAPSU president HawaBagang said.

The National SocialistCouncil of Nagaland — Isak-Muivah faction (NSCN-IM)’svision of Nagalim or Greater

Nagaland is to bring all Naga-inhabited areas in the Northeastunder one administrativeumbrella.

The map of Nagalim,released by the NSCN-IM a fewyears ago, spreads over 1,03,473sq km beyond the 16,527 sq kmarea of Nagaland.

It includes the Anjaw,Changlang, Lohit, Longding,Namsai and Tirap districts ofArunachal Pradesh.

NSCN-IM, the major insur-gent group in Nagaland, as wellas rival factions, claim thatthese areas, primarilyChanglang, Longding and Tirapdistricts are dominated byNagas.

Successive Governments inArunachal Pradesh have timeand again made it clear that theywould not compromise on thestates territorial integrity. PTI

Jaipur: The body ofa former CongressMP’s son was foundoutside a mall inRajasthan’s Alwardistrict on Tuesday,police said.

M a h e n d r aKumar Yadav, the60-year-old son offormer Lok Sabha MP Ghasi Ram Yadav,was found lying dead with head injuriesbelow a bench outside the Cross Point Mallin Alwar, officials said.

A few local residents had seen him ina drunken state loitering in the area onMonday night, they said. The followingmorning, he was found dead, presumablyafter falling from the bench, sources said.

Mahendra Yadav’s body was taken to ahospital where a post-mortem examinationwas conducted following which his body washanded over to family members, assistantsub-inspector Prem Singh said. The matterhas been registered under section 174(Police to enquire and report on suicide) ofthe Code of Criminal Procedure and furtherinvestigations are underway, he said. PTI

Jammu: Scores of southKashmir-bound trucks engagedin ferrying apples from there toother parts of the country havebeen stopped on Jammu-Srinagar national highway nearhere by police in the wake of thekilling of Katra-based driver onMonday evening at Kalinwalvillage in the terror-infestedregion.

The onward journey oftrucks to south Kashmir dis-tricts, carrying wooden or cardboard boxes to pack fruits,have been halted till November1, leaving truckers to await theopening of the road.

It was not immediatelyknown if the truckers havebeen stopped as a precaution-ary measure or to facilitate thedurbar movement from theJammu and Kashmir’s summercapital Srinagar to winter cap-ital Jammu, as officials did not

pick up calls.“ There was an announce-

ment to halt on the highwayhere by the police till November1. We don’t know the reason,but we feel it is due to killingsof truckers” , said Kuldeep, atrucker from Phagwara inPunjab.

Even as truckers waited atNagrota area near Jammu foropening of roads to Srinagarand beyond, some of themshared near-death experience insouth kashmir districts duringtheir earlier trips and appearedleast inclined to take up theironward journey out of themortal fears of encounteringdeath again.

“ We are compelled torevisit the terror dens again andagain and dare death for thesake of living,” rued driverGarjeet Singh from Haryana.

Talking of his earlier near-

death experience in a southKashmir district, Singh said, “Three masked terrorists cameand assembled us (truckers).They tortured us. But we man-aged to escape. They openedfire on our trucks. But weescaped.”

Showing the tell-tale signsof hale of bullets on his truck’sbody and broken windowpanes, he said, “ I am com-pletely terrorised to visit theplace again.”

Some of the truckersblamed police and paramili-tary forces for providing themno security and leaving themto their fate in militancy infest-ed area.

Another trucker SuranSingh said they fear for theirlives and do not want to visitthe area again for ferryingapples.

The police shuld have

taken some security measuresfor us to avoid casualties oftruckers, he added.

Narayan Dutt, a resident ofKakriyal village of Katra, wasshot dead by terrorists in southKashmir’s Kanilwan village onMonday evening in the fourthsuch incident in past three

weeks.Narayan was the fourth

trucker killed by terrorists. Anapple trader from Punjab anda labourer from Chhattisgarhwere also killed by the terror-ists to create fear among thepeople.

Nearly 6 lakh metric tonnes

of fresh fruits have been trans-ported out of Kashmir valley inthe past three months, an offi-cial spokesman said on Friday.

“ In the past three months,5,88,123 MT of fresh fruitshave been transported out ofKashmir in 41,672 trucks,” theofficer said. PTI

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Ballia (UP): BJP’s Bairia MLASurendra Singh, known formaking controversial remarks,has said that ‘Hindutva’ will notbe safe in even India unlesspopulation control laws areenacted in the country.

“ If no population controllaw is enacted in India,‘Hindutva’ will become endan-gered even in this country inthe next 50 years,” he said hereon Monday.

The MLA from Bairia con-stituency in Ballia district madethe statement two days after AllIndia United Democratic Front(AIUDF) chief Badruddin

Ajmal’s asserted that “ Muslimswill continue to produce chil-dren, despite (population con-trol) laws” . Singh made theremarks in response toreporters’ query over thealleged remarks by the AIUDFchief.

Singh said Ajmal was mak-ing such statements as part ofhis mission to encourageMuslims to breed more andmore children so that the com-munity can capture the coun-try.

In the wake of AssamGovernment’s decision againstproviding Government jobs to

people having more than twochildren, Badruddin Ajmal hadon Saturday said that Muslimswill not listen to anyone andcontinue to produce children.

“ Muslims will continue toproduce children, they will notlisten to anyone. Now, theGovernment has brought thislaw to stop Muslims from hav-ing jobs. According to the Sacharcommittee in any case, Muslimsget Government jobs below twoper cent. “ Literate people arenow increasing among theMuslim community and theyare working across the world,”Badruddin Ajmal said. PTI

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Mumbai: Several customers ofthe Punjab and MaharashtraCooperative (PMC) Bankgathered outside the RBI’soffice here on Tuesday,demanding an assurance thattheir money deposited with thescam-hit bank was safe.

They also demanded thatthe PMC Bank be revived sothat they could withdraw theirmoney.

The PMC Bank has beenput under restrictions by theRBI after an alleged fraud of�4,355 crore scam came tolight following which the

deposit withdrawal was ini-tially capped at Rs 1000, caus-ing panic and distress amongdepositors.

Subsequently, the with-drawal limit was raised to�40,000 by the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI).

Around 200 customersgathered outside the RBI’soffice in the Bandra-KurlaComplex on Tuesday and saidthey want that their accountswith the PMC Bank be madeoperational.

Later, a five-member del-egation of the depositors met

the RBI officials and put forththeir grievances and demands.

“ The bank can be revivedbecause the probing agency hasattached more assets of theaccused than the loans given.The bank has become a sink-ing ship now, but we want thatit should be restarted imme-diately,” a depositor, SatishThapar, told PTI.

He said the depositors’current and savings accountswith the PMC Bank should beactivated with immediate effectso that “ they can have theirbread and butter” . PTI

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In recent months, there has been a spateof demonstrations, often leading to vio-lence in various countries with estab-lished forms of democracy. The earli-est of these was, perhaps, the so-called

“Yellow Vest” protest in France, which beganin October 2018. Initially, the motivation forthe movement symbolised by these “YellowVests” was against the high cost of living andrising fuel prices. These demonstrationsinvolved blocking of roads as an expressionof the lower and middle classes protestingagainst a disproportionate portion ofGovernment tax reforms falling on them.Protests continued unabated every Saturdayfor several months demanding that FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron and hisGovernment resign.

More recently, there has been a series ofdemonstrations on the streets of Lebanon.Here again, people have gone on a massiverampage involving all sections of society,demanding the resignation of LebanesePrime Minister Saad Hariri and hisGovernment. Again, people in that countryfeel aggrieved because of misgovernanceinvolving high prices of food and other prod-ucts, widespread corruption and a chroniclack of supply of basic services like electrici-ty. At the same time, protests in Iraq againstbroadly similar conditions have led to violenceand several deaths.

Similar protests have recently beenspreading from Argentina to Chile. Ofcourse, Catalonia is a special case of a regiondemanding independence from Spain, wherestreet protests in the city of Barcelona haveparalysed the functioning of that city. Unrestand demonstrations have also taken placerecently in Equador and the latest upsurge ofdemonstrations has been seen in Bolivia,where Bolivian President Evo Morales hasbeen accused of rigging an election, whichdeclared him a winner and qualifies him fora fourth term of office.

There is something common in all theseprotests and demonstrations in countries,which range from established democratic sys-tems to some with less than mature and frag-ile institutions. The anger of the people is areminder from an old movie where peoplescreamed, “I am mad as hell, and I won’t takeit anymore.”

Analysts, intellectuals and particularlypolitical leaders need to reflect on the flawsthat democracy seems to have developed invarious countries of the world. There is anobvious disconnect between some leaders andthe perceptions and aspirations of the peo-ple. The intellectual class has also been at bayin understanding the need of the hour andhow policies and plans could be shaped to sat-isfy emerging expectations.

Sadly, in many nations, a cavernous divideseems to have developed also between thoseparties in power and those that are in theOpposition. The spirit of bipartisanship,which should guide policies and decisions onthe basis of informed debate, appears to have

evaporated. Those in power oftenride roughshod over theOpposition and those in theOpposition only regard it astheir responsibility to opposeeverything that the Governmentproposes or implements. Thisattitude, combined with the factthat elected representatives arelargely out of touch with the peo-ple, leads to widespread frustra-tion and anger, which is perhapsthe reason behind the protestsone sees all around.

Another major factor forthe people of various nations feel-ing disempowered is the influ-ence that vested interests arewielding today in defining poli-cies affecting the public throughGovernment decision-making.The rise of crony capitalism andthe power of lobbies representingsectional interests have in manycases resulted in a distortion ofpublic policies and misallocationof resources meant for the pub-lic good. We have today a glob-al movement led by GretaThunberg for action on climatechange but the fossil fuel lobby,which is adept at character assas-sination of those who advocatechange, are not even sparing thismotivated teenager.

In 2007, this writer had theprivilege of receiving the NobelPeace Prize on behalf of theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) and theclimate deniers and vested inter-ests went into overdrive by simul-taneously attacking the IPCC andthe leadership of the organisation

on the basis of falsehoods, a prac-tice which has been perfectedover time by the tobacco indus-try. These lobbies are not onlypowerful but have large-scaleresources, which are deployedcleverly, often surreptitiously, fordamaging those who advocatechange in the interests of society.

A study carried out by theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF) and published earlier thisyear states that fossil fuel subsi-dies, defined as fuel consumptiontimes the gap between existingand efficient prices, remain stag-geringly high. According to esti-mates by the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF), “Globally,subsidies remained large at $4.7trillion (6.3 per cent of globalGDP) in 2015 and are projectedat $5.2 trillion (6.5 per cent ofGDP) in 2017. The publicationalso states, “Efficient fossil fuelpricing in 2015 would have low-ered global carbon emissions by28 per cent and fossil fuel air pol-lution deaths by 46 per cent andincreased Government revenueby 3.8 per cent of GDP.”

Despite the awareness creat-ed over the years on the majorimpacts of human induced cli-mate change, the fossil fuelsindustry influences decision-making in its favour, completelyignoring the co-benefits ofimproved air quality at the locallevel and increased Governmentrevenues, quite apart from theescalating risks from climatechange.

The result of these distor-

tions and influence exerted byvested interests is also leading toan alarming increase in dispari-ties of income and wealthbetween the privileged few anda large mass of the poor. In sev-eral countries, while sharehold-ers gain from increased profits,disparities have grown andemployment generation doesnot match the growing numberof young job seekers.

The result of the currentmalaise is that leaders, both onthe left and the right extremes ofthe political spectrum, are posi-tioning themselves as alternatives.They could prove dangerousand compound the problem fur-ther. Some influential voices arealso questioning whether capital-ism as a system is at fault.Gandhiji believed that “Capital assuch is not evil; it is its wrong usethat is evil. Capital in some formor the other will always be need-ed.”

Those who preach thevirtues of communism orextreme forms of socialism mustknow that these have been triedin the past and failed abysmally.What is needed is purging the“evil” from the current practiceof capitalism. With the possibil-ity of a global recession loomingahead, today’s protests couldintensify, endangering our insti-tutions and the very system ofdemocracy. Political leaders andGovernments better watch out.

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

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Sir — This refers to the welcomecourtesy shown by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi inremembering former PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi duringhis Mann ki Baat address to thenation on October 27. Herdeath anniversary is on October31 and the PM, despite bitterpolitical rivalry between theruling BJP and the Congress,chose to be a nationalist in thereal sense.

Even the then Oppositionleader Atal Bihari Vajpayeetermed Indira Gandhi as Durgawhen she led the nation to amemorable victory in the 1971India-Pakistan war. TheOpposition should also acknowl-edge the good work done by thepresent Government, especially inthe areas of foreign affairs anddefence. It is time to restore theold tradition of having politicalcordiality rather than bitterness.

Madhu AgrawalNew Delhi

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,

“Finally dead” (October 29). Thedeath of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,the elusive founder of the IslamicState (IS), is most welcome. It bog-gles one’s mind as to why the ter-ror mastermind, who once cap-tured vast tracts of land anddeclared a Caliphate therein, wasso stupid as to have a dead-endtunnel in his hideout.

Any terrorist leader with aniota of intelligence would have anescape route ready. Is it that the ISleader did not take precautionsbecause he was so sure that the USwould never be able to track himdown? Osama bin Laden also didnot bargain for a US raid and paidfor his blunder with his life. Or,was al-Baghdadi lured into a trap

by the very forces that helped cre-ate his terror empire?

The successful US-led raid pointsto the need for big powers to joinforces to eliminate the scourge ofmindless terrorism without usingit as an instrument to gain globaldominance.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Maharashtra blues” (October29). In euphoria or in pious faith,the BJP was hoping for a greatwin in Haryana and was sanguineabout Maharashtra. And whynot, its funds match the total ofall other seven major parties.

It found great utility in inves-tigating Opposition leaders tosharpen its propaganda for theelection season. For better pollprospects, it embraced without aflinch tainted men from rivals.Hyper-nationalism was appropri-ated without compunction, not somuch for the nation as for theparty. The BJP had blind faith intools that were useful thus far, tillan adrift economy trapped it inlow tide.

The Assembly results are apointer that the BJP can nolonger evade the challenges of asluggish economy. The addedlesson in Maharashtra is thatyou either keep arrogance orallies, not both.

R NarayananNavi Mumbai

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The corporate landscape has long been dom-inated by men and is still skewed in theirfavour. In 2013, the archaic Companies Act,

1956, underwent some much-needed amendments,which infused critical measures of gender equal-ity into today’s business scenario. Subsequently, ina knee-jerk reaction to the regulation, women’s rep-resentation on company boards jumped substan-tially, from a mere five per cent in 2012 to around16.91 per cent in October. According to PrimeDatabase, 1,905 of the total 11,268 directors on theboards of 1,822 NSE-listed companies are women.While India is improving gender diversity onboards, it still lags behind on the world stage.Worldwide, although participation of women inthe workforce is increasing, it is not commensu-rately showing in higher leadership roles. Accordingto the Global Board Diversity Tracker, EgonZehnder, in 2018, 84.9 per cent of large companyboards across 44 countries included at least onewoman among their directors. Overall, 20.4 percent of all directors in the countries under studywere women — up from 13.6 per cent six years ago.In Western Europe, board positions held by womenhave risen from 15.6 per cent to 29.0 per cent overthe same period. On the international diversityfront, 72 per cent of the companies surveyed hadat least one non-national board member.

While it is good news that women now makeup to 20.4 per cent of directors in this study, it isequally critical to advance the number of womenin leadership positions on boards. This matters, notonly because some board positions are more pow-erful than others but also because multiformityin board leadership correlates with diversityacross the rest of the organisation. Overall, just 5.6per cent of all board seats are held by women inleadership roles. However, frequent headlines inthe popular Press call for increased diversity in cor-porates while institutional investors have beenincreasingly pressing for female directors onboards. Further, it has also been found that gen-der diversity on boards improves financial perfor-mance. In its most literal form, diversity is definedas “differences” and it becomes a purposeful, strate-gic direction once these differences are valued.Diversity can be defined as acknowledging, under-standing, accepting and valuing differences amongpeople with respect to age, physical appearance,class, race, ethnicity, gender, disabilities, job func-tion or experience, religion, personal style and soon. On corporate boards, diversity brings togeth-er individuals with different backgrounds whichtransform into a number of benefits, including newideas and better communication, debate and cor-porate governance processes. Studies have shownthat, compared to homogeneous groups, diversegroups exhibit increased information search anda greater range of perspectives. Further, they gen-erate more alternative solutions to problems andevidence different environmental perceptions.

Diversity in the boardroom is an issue receiv-ing increased attention both in academia and inthe media. Gender diversity has received consid-erable attention during the last decade, with stud-ies concerning practice in a number of countries,including the US, Canada, France, New Zealand,Australia, Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, Denmark,Iceland and Norway. A central question is whetherthe presence of women contributes to the perfor-mance of the board, such as, for example, role ortask and ultimately, corporate performance.

Numerous arguments in favour ofwomen in positions of power have beenproposed in terms of a business case,including increased diversity of opinionsin the boardroom; women directorsbringing new ideas and strategic input;influence on decision making and lead-ership styles of the organisation; provid-ing female role models and mentors;symbolising career possibilities toprospective recruits; improving compa-ny image with stakeholder groups;women’s capabilities and availability fordirector positions; insufficient competentmale directors; ensuring “better” board-room behaviour; long-term companysuccess and competitive advantage;adding value through women’s distinc-tive set of skills; creating cultures of inclu-sion through a diverse workforce;increased profitability and knowledge offemale market segmentation. In summa-ry, the weight of the argument appearsin agreement on the value of women onboards for a multiplicity of positiveeffects.

However, diversity may also lead todecreased communication, less effectivedecision-making, increased conflict andparochialism. Specifically, with regard togender, research suggests that organisa-tional actors make decisions that are con-sistent with their cognitive bases and thatpeople of different genders possess dif-ferent norms, attitudes, beliefs, and per-spectives based on them. Gender diver-sity has been found to facilitate creativ-ity within groups, but also led to clash-es within groups because others find itdifficult to identify with those of a dif-ferent gender. Thus, gender diversity hasboth positive and negative implicationsfor decision-making and processes rel-evant to the board of director advice andcounsel function. However, becauseboards are engaged in non-routine prob-lem-solving and meet infrequently, theimproved brainstorming, creativity, con-sideration of diverse perspectives and

questioning of the status quo in whichthey engage may represent “functionalconflict” and benefits that outweighother, possibly negative implications forcommunication.

Although, increasing gender diver-sity on corporate boards is beneficial toan organisation in many ways, genderstereotypes and expectation of specificroles for women by society become amajor impediment. A survey by Catalystshows that Chief Executive Officers(CEOs) fear appointing a woman to theboard due to a belief that they are unqual-ified and will have a “women’s agenda.”In addition, CEOs are afraid to appointwomen not currently holding a director-ship but do not hold the same fear formen.

Also evidence suggests that priorwork experience can counteract negativeexpectations of a woman’s performance.Women are also presumed to be lesscompetent than men (by both men andwomen) in a male-dominated environ-ment. Unequivocally successful womenare then disliked for contravening gen-der roles, unless they can also prove theirfemininity or communal traits.

Generally, conceptions of leadershipinclude core values such as heroism,physical and emotional toughness andself-reliance. This masculine ideology ofleadership perpetuates the status quo ofwho looks like a leader and the percep-tion is that a leader is not a woman.While there are no gender differences inexperience-based qualifications of boardor corporate tenure, female directors holdless powerful corporate titles, fewermultiple directorships, occupy morestaff functions and earn considerably lessthan male directors, implying thatwomen are both under-valued andunderutilised in the executive suite andcorporate governance.

Since the CEO pipeline is based onthe treatment of and value given to topdirectors, women, in general, do not

appear to be as well strategically placedto inherit a CEO’s role as their male col-leagues. Notwithstanding these benefits,women still find it hard to break thestrong and invisible glass ceiling andreach the top.

Globally, one-third of businesses stilldo not have women in senior manage-ment roles. At this pace, women will notreach parity with men until 2060. Closerhome, nearly half of Indian women leavethe workforce between junior and mid-dle management levels due to lack ofwomen-friendly corporate policies.

The industry needs to take over andapply a dual strategy to achieve greatergender diversity. The top managementshould have a clear vision and change ofmindset to increase women’s participa-tion on boards, not only in letter but alsoin spirit, with voluntary diversity targetsand a crucial alignment between boardcomposition and strategy. Having estab-lished an enabling environment, compe-tent and qualified women should becoached and mentored to take up lead-ership roles and rise up the corporate lad-der. Corporates need to actively promoteand engage in creating women leadershippositions. Lessons can be drawn fromSweden, which has produced the high-est percentages of women CEOs andChief Financial Officers (CFOs), both at17 per cent. This is only possible by cre-ating strong and sustainable leadershipdevelopment programmes for women inmiddle and senior executive ranks todevelop them for C-suite positions.

Inclusion of women on boardsshould become an integrated strategy ofbusinesses worldwide and in India in par-ticular with companies focussing on nur-turing and developing women leaders.With the rich cultural heritage that wehave, let the power of “Shakti” contributeto making our businesses best in theworld.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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The number of elderly people inthe country is increasing expo-nentially. In 2001, one out of

seven of the aged people in the worldwas projected to be from India. Thisnumber of 7.66 crore (5.6 per cent) ofthe elderly population in that yearincreased to 10.38 crore (8.6 per centof the population) in 2011.

In just eight years, India is project-ed to surpass China as the world’s mostpopulous country. Estimates fromthe United Kingdom-basedInternational Longevity Centre, too,show that the population of the agedin India is set to increase by over 55per cent by 2050. Those above 80 yearsof age will go up by 326 per cent in thesame year.

The increase in the number of

senior citizens will be the greatest andthe most rapid in the developingworld, with Asia as the region with thelargest number of elderly. Even now,our senior population is more thanthree times that of America.

The Elderly in India 2016 reportby the Ministry of Statistics states that71 per cent of the aged populationresides in the villages. A UN reportbased on an Agewell FoundationStudy in 2018, with more than 10,000respondents across northern, south-ern, western, eastern and centralIndia showed that 62 per cent of theelderly did not get palliative care.

As much as 68 per cent of theelderly, who are being taken care of bytheir kin, have to look after the chil-dren of their families in turn. Theyhave to perform tasks such as baby-sitting in return of proper care andsupport. As the majority lives in ruralareas, healthcare equipment such aswheelchairs, relief material such asadult diapers and care-giving servicesare a distant thought.

In a remarkable coincidence, theInternational Day of Older Persons

(IDOP) and the day India ratified theUnited Nations Convention on theRights of Persons with Disabilities, fallon October 1. However, the similari-ty ends here, as the population of theelderly is growing and efforts toimplement the Convention are staticif not on a downward trajectory.

Sadly, Parkinson’s disease is acommon disability in old age. Thoughour new law recognises chronic neu-

rological conditions as a specified dis-ability, strangely neither those affect-ed by Parkinson’s disease nor MultipleSclerosis are provided four per cent jobreservations. The Rural DevelopmentMinistry implements the IndiraGandhi National Old Age PensionScheme but only among senior citizensliving below the poverty line. The mea-gre pension of �200 per month is forpeople above 60 years of age and �500

per month for elderly above 80 yearsof age. The Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojanais supposed to provide aids and assis-tance to senior citizens from familiesthat belong to the Below Poverty Line(BPL) category. The number of ben-eficiaries in this scheme reduceddrastically from 1,665 last year to 261this year in Bihar. Surprisingly, thenumber of recipients in 2018-19 fromGujarat, Rajasthan, Goa andPuducherry has been zero in compar-ison to last year. Ironically the themeof the IDOP this year was “The jour-ney to age equality.”

Interestingly, an all-girl team,Tech Witches, from NOIDA devel-oped Maitria mobile app that connectschildren at orphanages with senior cit-izens in old-age homes. This innova-tion fetched them a bronze medal atTechnovation Challenge in the US. It’sa wonderful way to bridge the chasmbetween people with the misfortuneof loneliness and depression andthose lacking the nurturing affectionand blessings of the elderly.

Another possible way by whichthe youth can embrace the elderly is

what I propose as the Aashirwadscheme that is based on Switzerland’sconcept of “Time Bank.”

Under that scheme, a retired per-son in good health, who has time onhis/her hands, can provide care andsupport for elderly people in need intheir area. Every hour worked isrecorded as a “deposit” on a specialpersonal account, which can later beused to pay for the care workers’ timewhen the volunteer in turn needs assis-tance.

Aashirwad scheme, the Indianversion of the Swiss initiative, can alsobe implemented in the country on apilot basis and then spread across thenation, depending on its success.

Sadly, the Universal Declarationof Human Rights did not mention dis-crimination on the basis of age. Still,the younger generation and everybodyelse must embrace the elderly by pro-tecting their rights and by respectingthem for their contributions.

(The writer teaches at UniversityCollege of Medical Sciences, Delhi andis a disability rights activist. The viewsexpressed are personal.)

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Civil aviation regulatorDGCA on Tuesday asked

GoAir to replace 13 A320Neoaircraft’s PW engines, whichhave been used for over 3,000hours, within the next 15 daysor face grounding of the air-planes, an official said.

The 13 aircraft have to befitted with at least one modifiedPratt and Whitney (PW) low-pressure turbine engine withinthe next 15 days, the DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation(DGCA) official told PTI.

The official said there are13 aircraft in the airline’s fleetin which both the PW engineshave been used for more than3,000 hours.

In response to a queryfrom PTI , the airline’sspokesperson said, “GoAir hasnot received any communica-tion/directive from DGCA inthis respect. Whenever wereceive any communication,at that point in time, we willevaluate and respond accord-ingly. We will continue to workon all directives/policies asstipulated by the DGCA.”

The PW engine-poweredA320 neo planes in the fleets ofthe two airlines — IndiGo andGoAir — have been facingglitches both mid-air and on-ground since their inductionway back in 2016, which has

also led to grounding of someplanes.

On Monday, the regulatorasked IndiGo to replace 16A320Neo aircraft’s PW engines,which have been used for morethan 3,000 hours.

A PW spokesperson said ina statement on Tuesday, “Pratt& Whitney is working in coor-dination with our airline cus-tomers to incorporate upgradesimproving the durability ofthe low-pressure turbine inthe PW1100G-JM fleet toaddress a known issue.”

“We certified hardwareimprovements which are incor-porated into all new productionengines and during plannedmaintenance visits. We arecommitted to supporting ourcustomers to ensure minimal

disruption during the fleetretrofit,” the spokespersonadded.

Since entering service in2016, GTF (geared turbo fan)engines have achieved morethan 4 million flight hours ofpassenger service while pro-viding significant fuel efficien-cy, noise and emissions bene-fits, the PW spokesperson said.

The DGCA said on August28 that about 40 percent of thedomestic seat capacity in Indiais powered by PW enginesand, therefore, any knee-jerkreaction to completely shuttheir operations will have seri-ous consequences.

As on August 28, IndiGoand GoAir had 92 and 35A320neo aircraft powered byPW engines in India.

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The Government will soonorder an SFIO probe into

alleged financial irregularitiesat debt-ridden mortgage firmDHFL after a report by theRegistrar of Companies indi-cated fund diversion, a sourcesaid. The Mumbai office of theRegistrar of Companies (RoC)earlier this year had initiated adetailed examination intoalleged financial irregularities,including fund diversion, byDHFL promoters.

The RoC Mumbai submit-ted its report on DewanHousing Finance Corporation(DHFL) to the Ministry ofCorporate Affairs (MCA) acouple of days ago, an officialsaid. There is a good enough

reason to refer the matter ofDHFL to Serious FraudInvestigation Office (SFIO),the official said, adding thereport indicates diversion andsiphoning of funds. The mat-ter will be referred to theagency under the MCA in thenext few days, the officialadded.

DHFL came in the eye ofstorm after a report suggestedthat the company through lay-ers of shell companies alleged-ly siphoned off �31,000 croreout of total bank loans of�97,000 crore. Following theallegations, the RoC Mumbaistarted looking into the matterand found that certain officesthat were reported as shellcompanies were not found attheir given addresses.

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Budget carrier IndiGoannounced on Tuesday it

has placed a firm order for 300A320neo family aircraft, com-prising A320neos, A321neosand A321XLRs.

The airline, however, didnot disclose the value of order.

With this, IndiGos totalnumber of A320neo familyaircraft order now stands at730, the airline said in a state-ment.

“This order is an importantmilestone. India is expected tocontinue with its strong avia-tion growth and we are well onour way to serve more cus-tomers and deliver on ourpromise of providing low fares,among others,” said RonojoyDutta, chief executive officer,IndiGo.

This marks one of Airbuslargest aircraft orders ever witha single airline operator, the air-line said.

IndiGo had earlier in threetranches placed orders for 530Airbus planes between 2005and 2015.

Riyadh: Billionaire MukeshAmbani on Tuesday said theslowdown in the Indian econ-omy is temporary and the recentmeasures taken by theGovernment will help reversethe trend in the coming quarters. Speaking at SaudiArabia’s annual investmentforum, also known as ‘Davos inthe desert’, he said the reformsundertaken by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s Governmentsince August will bear fruits inthe next few quarters.

“Yes, there has been a slightslowdown (in the Indian econ-omy). But my own view is thatit is temporary,” he said at theFuture Investment Initiative(FII) conference here.

“All the reform measuresthat have been taken in the lastfew months will see the out-come and I am quite sure thatin coming quarter this willreverse,” he said.

Indian economy, which tillrecently was hailed as thefastest-growing major econo-my, has seen growth ratedecline in each of the past fivequarters, falling to 5 per cent inApril-June 2019 from 8 percent recorded a year earlier.This is the lowest growth out-turn since 2013 and has large-ly been attributed to the slow-down in investment that hasnow broadened into con-sumption, driven by financialstress among rural householdsand weak job creation. PTI

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Three Indian-origin CEOs,Shantanu Narayen, Ajay

Banga and Satya Nadella areamong the world’s top 10 best-performing chief executives,featured in a list complied bythe Harvard Business Review(HBR). ‘The Best-PerformingCEOs in the World, 2019’ listby the HBR features 100 CEOsand has been topped byAmerican technology compa-ny NVIDIA’s CEO JensenHuang.

Among the top 10 chiefexecutives on the list, threespots have been occupied bythe Indian-origin CEOs.

On the 6th spot is AdobeCEO Narayen, followed byMasterCard CEO Banga,ranked 7th and Microsoft chiefNadella on the 9th spot. The listalso features India-born CEOof DBS Bank Piyush Gupta onthe 89th spot. Apple CEO TimCook is ranked 62nd.

The list also includes NikeCEO Mark Parker ranked 20,JPMorgan Chase chief JamieDimon (23), Lockheed MartinCEO Marillyn Hewson (37),

Disney CEO Robert Iger (55)and SoftBank head MasayoshiSon (96). The HBR said since2015, its ranking has beenbased not only on financial per-formance but also on environ-mental, social, and governance(ESG) ratings.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos,who has been the top CEOevery year since 2014 on thebasis of financial performancealone, failed to make this year’slist owing to Amazon’s rela-tively low ESG scores.

To compile the list of theworld’s best-performing CEOs,HBR said it began with thecompanies that at the end of2018 were in the S&P Global1200, which is an index thatreflects 70 per cent of theworld’s stock market capitali-sation and includes firms inNorth America, Europe, Asia,Latin America, and Australia.

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Corporate Affairs MinisterNirmala Sitharaman on

Tuesday exhorted India Inc toexpand CSR reach to poorstates like Jharkhand,Chattisgarh, Bihar and NorthEast region.

Appreciating that compa-nies have spent about �13,000crore last year under CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR),she said, this is very relevant fordevelopment of hinterland.

“We find a significant pres-ence of CSR in states likeMaharashtra, Gujarat,Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh and Delhi...States like Chattisgarh, Odisha,Jharkhand and Bihar alsorequire such support fromCSR. Not to forget all the eightstates of North East region,” theFinance Minister said on theoccasion of First National CSRAwards here.

The recognition has beengiven to wealth creators not justfor wealth creation but to giveback to the community in thename of CSR, she said, addingthat giving back to communi-

ty from the justified profit is thespirit of the CSR, which hasgained lot of traction.

Sitharaman was also appre-ciative of the fact that thecompanies are spending CSRmoney beyond the mandatedflagship programmes of thegovernment under the sched-ule 7 of the Companies Act.

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New Delhi: The FinanceMinistry has written to allministries asking them to seekdetails of land parcel fromCPSEs under their adminis-trative control for monetisa-tion, according to sources.

The exercise is part of thegovernment’s efforts to meetdisinvestment target of Rs 1.05lakh crore for the current finan-cial year. The Department ofInvestment and Public AssetManagement (DIPAM) hasalready empanelled 11 consul-tancy firms for monetisatingland and properties. PTI

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Tuesday

chaired the governing councilmeeting of the NationalInvestment and InfrastructureFund (NIIF).

The NIIF is a fund man-ager that invests in infrastruc-ture and related sectors in thecountry.

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Petronet LNG Ltd, the coun-try’s biggest importer of

liquefied natural gas, onTuesday reported a near dou-bling of net profit in Septemberquarter as it derived benefit oflower corporate tax rate.

Net profit in July-September at �1,089 crore was90 per cent higher than �572.89crore net profit in the same period, companyCEO and Managing DirectorPrabhat Singh told reportershere.

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sion with a bang on Tuesday,with the benchmark Sensexsurging 582 points to close at anear four-month high on hopesof more economic stimulusmeasures and income tax cuts.Starting the first full session ofSamvat 2076 on a bullish note,the 30-share Sensex soared over666 points before settling 581.64points, or 1.48 per cent, higherat 39,831.84. It hit an intra-dayhigh of 39,917.01 and a low of39,254.12.

Likewise, the broader NSENifty rallied 159.70 points, or1.37 per cent, to close at11,786.85. Bourses saw a broad-based buying throughout theday as sentiment was furtherboosted by encouraging quar-terly corporate earnings andUS-China trade deal optimism.On the Sensex chart, TataMotors emerged as a standoutperformer surging about 17per cent after the companyreported narrowing of losses inthe September quarter. Othermajor gainers were Tata Steel,Yes bank, Axis Bank, MarutiSuzuki, Tech Mahindra andTCS — rising as much as 7.09per cent. Shares of RelianceIndustries (RIL) also ended2.30 per cent higher after the

company on Friday said it willset up a new subsidiary tobring all its digital initiatives andapps under a single entity, andinfuse Rs 1.08 lakh crore equi-ty into this new unit. On theother hand, Bharti Airtel, KotakBank, PowerGrid and SBI fell upto 3.41 per cent. Sectorally, BSEauto and metal indices rallied upto 4.25 per cent; followed byenergy, industrials and ITindices, rising up to 2.32 percent. On the other hand, BSEtelecom index was the onlysectoral loser, 4.39 per cent.

Broader BSE midcap andsmallcap indices too rose up to1.12 per cent. “Markets aresurging towards all-time highsamid expectations of furtherstimulus measures and incometax cuts as well. Besides, the Q2earning numbers from large-cap companies have been bet-ter than expectations so far,with no major negative sur-

prises,” Paras Bothra, Presidentof Equity Research, AshikaStock Broking, said.

Analysts said that the surgein the auto companies, postsevere correction in the past oneyear, is driven by revival in vol-ume sales this festive seasonalong with hope of a possiblerationalization of personalincome tax by the governmentto boost consumption. Earlysigns of improving in consumerspending in the festive season,the government’s focus on stim-ulating the economy along withfavourable global cues havetaken the benchmark indices tofour-month high level today.The result season has also beenfairly decent this time aroundand is not likely to result in anymaterial downgrade in earningsestimates at Sensex/Nifty level.

Optimism over US-Chinatrade deal and delay over Brexitdecision till January likely toremove uncertainties in themedium term, he added.Elsewhere in Asia, Shanghai,Hong Kong and Seoul ended ona negative note, while Tokyoclosed in the green. Europe wastrading in the red in early deals.Meanwhile, the Indian rupeeclosed with marginal gains at70.84 against the US dollar.Brent crude futures, the globaloil benchmark, fell 0.97 per centto USD 60.97 per barrel.

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The US-based Amazon ispumping in over Rs 4,400

crore (more than USD 600 mil-lion) in its various units inIndia including marketplaceand food retail to provide themmore ammunition to competeagainst arch-rival Flipkart.Amazon, which is locked in abattle against Flipkart, had reg-istered cumulative losses ofover Rs 7,000 crore across var-ious units in 2018-19. However,the fresh funding is indicativeof Amazon’s confidence in theIndian market.

As per the regulatory fil-ings made to the CorporateAffairs Ministry, two entities -‘Amazon Corporate Holdings’and ‘Amazon.com.incs Ltd’ arepumping in Rs 3,400 crore inAmazon Seller Services (mar-ketplace unit), Rs 900 crore inAmazon Pay (India) (paymentsarm) and Rs 172.5 crore inAmazon Retail India (foodretail business). “...consent ofthe board be and is herebyaccorded for allotment of3,400,000,000 (340 crore) equi-ty shares of Rs 10 each aggre-gating to Rs 3,400 crore to theexisting shareholder on rightbasis...,” the filing, sourced byPaper.vc said.

The resolution was passedby the board of directors ofAmazon Seller Services onOctober 14, 2019, it added.Separate resolutions for allot-ment of 17.25 crore equityshares of Amazon Retail India(aggregating to Rs 172.5 crore),and 90 crore equity shares ofAmazon Pay (India) (totallingRs 900 crore) to AmazonCorporate Holdings andAmazon.com.incs Ltd wereapproved by the respectiveboards on October 17, 2019.

An Amazon Indiaspokesperson declined to com-ment on the fund infusion.Amazon founder Jeff Bezoshad committed investmentworth USD 5 billion in theIndian market in 2016.Amazon and rival Flipkarthave been pumping in millionsof dollars across various oper-ations like marketplace, infra-structure and supply chainmanagement as well as mar-keting and promotion as theylook to strengthen their posi-tion in the Indian e-commercemarket. Estimates suggest thate-commerce accounts forunder 5 per cent of India’s retailmarket but is expected to growmanifold as more and more Indians come online to shop.

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As the telecom sector stares ata massive payout following

a Supreme Court order, the gov-ernment has constituted aCommittee of Secretaries towork out a financial bailoutpackage that may include low-ering of spectrum charges as wellas ending the era of free mobilephone calls and dirt cheap data.The Committee of Secretaries,headed by Cabinet SecretaryRajiv Gauba, has been asked toexamine “all aspects” of “finan-cial stress” faced by serviceproviders such as Bharti Airteland Vodafone-Idea Ltd and sug-gest measures to mitigate them,sources in the Department ofTelecommunications (DoT) said.

The panel, which will com-prise of secretaries to the min-istries of finance, law, and tele-com, has been asked to look atthe demands of telecom serviceproviders (TSPs) for defermentof payments they had promisedfor the spectrum won throughauction as well as consider low-ering airwave usage charge. It hasalso been asked to consider low-ering the obligation of TSPs forproviding 5 per cent of theirannual revenues for theUniversal Service ObligationFund, they said. In parallel, sec-tor regulator Trai is expected toexamine prescribing minimumcharge for voice and data ser-

vices, which according to oldtelecom operators will ensurelong term viability and robustfinancial health of the sector, theysaid. The CoS, which is expect-ed to meet shortly and submitrecommendations in a time-bound manner, will consider thedemand of TSPs to defer spec-trum auction payment for 2020-21 and 2021-22 in order to easecash flow and lowering USOFcharge to 3 per cent.

While older TSPs such asBharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea have been talking of finan-cial stress ever since they facedintense competition from freevoice and dirt-cheap data fromnewcomer Reliance Jio, the mat-ter has assumed greater impor-tance after the October 24judgment of the Supreme Court.The top court had upheld thegovernment’s position onincluding revenue from non-telecommunication businessesin calculating the annual adjust-ed gross revenue (AGR) of tele-com companies, a share ofwhich is paid as licence andspectrum fee to the exchequer.

Following the order, Airtel,Vodafone-Idea and other tele-com operators may have to paythe government a whopping Rs1.42 lakh crore within threemonths. According to the DoT’scalculations, Bharti Airtel faces

a liability of around Rs 42,000crore after including licencefees and spectrum usage charges,while Vodafone-Idea may haveto pay about Rs 40,000 crore. Jiomay have to pay around Rs 14crore.

The remaining liability iswith state-owned BSNL/MTNLand some of the shut/bankruptcompanies. Though the matterhad been in courts for over adecade, the companies had notmade any provisions for poten-tial liability in its books ofaccounts and in absence ofwhich it is now knocking ongovernment doors for relief.

On Monday, Bharti AirtelChairman Sunil Bharti Mittaland his brother Rajan Mittal hadmet Telecom Minister RaviShankar Prasad and TelecomSecretary Anshu Prakash, whileVodafone Idea Ltd ChairmanKumar Mangalam Birla hassought time to meet the officials.Department of Telecom sourcessaid representations have beenreceived from major TSPs overthe financial stress being facedby them. Future commitmentsfor payments of spectrum pur-chased by TSPs and the licensefee, including the contributionto Universal Service ObligationFund (USOF), have been citedas issues that require to belooked into.

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SRTRANSFIN 1091.00 1155.00 1072.00 1147.30PGHL 4600.45 4988.00 4600.00 4925.20KPRMILL 648.10 686.00 642.40 679.95PFC 105.40 107.90 104.20 107.05MRF 63599.00 65551.65 63492.20 65129.90BOMDYEING 79.00 81.80 78.20 80.35TATAGLOBAL 280.05 288.10 278.85 284.90RAJESHEXPO 679.70 687.60 674.30 675.30NTPC 118.85 120.45 117.60 119.95BATAINDIA 1771.00 1791.00 1755.00 1781.75IGL 381.00 388.80 377.30 381.60AUROPHARMA 473.00 474.40 467.45 471.90ICICIGI 1365.20 1365.20 1331.55 1352.95SANOFI 6503.75 6750.00 6503.75 6640.70GAIL 124.00 127.50 123.05 125.85NOCIL 119.25 124.50 116.25 120.65ACC 1538.80 1540.00 1516.00 1530.60INDIACEM 82.65 84.90 80.90 83.15BERGEPAINT 488.05 501.25 486.80 498.70DISHTV 11.85 11.90 10.65 11.15BBTC 1184.05 1238.70 1177.70 1211.75DELTACORP 197.55 205.45 193.50 201.05BANKINDIA 66.00 68.45 65.60 67.15VIPIND 488.00 488.00 479.30 483.85M&MFIN 342.55 356.40 335.25 354.25BALKRISIND 847.50 876.55 843.40 868.45RELINFRA 31.30 32.00 30.50 32.00ADANIGREEN 90.90 92.70 87.20 89.50STRTECH 130.00 133.20 128.65 131.65DRREDDY 2773.45 2819.00 2754.25 2801.15EQUITAS 98.00 98.00 94.30 96.20GRANULES 126.00 131.80 126.00 129.00EVEREADY 52.70 52.70 48.05 52.70FORCEMOT 1061.00 1121.00 1055.00 1082.85APOLLOTYRE 182.00 190.10 181.35 186.80ABBOTINDIA 11910.00 12150.00 11812.00 11865.90COLPAL 1542.00 1542.00 1507.05 1512.75GLAXO 1560.00 1612.95 1560.00 1594.20EXIDEIND 179.50 185.50 177.90 183.30JAICORPLTD 85.30 88.20 84.50 85.50TATACHEM 614.00 630.60 611.50 621.40PIIND 1405.50 1415.75 1372.70 1401.50NIACL 143.95 158.05 142.10 158.05SUNTECK 425.00 425.00 409.90 416.00LUPIN 733.00 740.55 728.40 733.75SUNTV 531.55 532.95 522.15 527.85MANAPPURAM 164.30 166.00 163.10 164.85IBVENTURES 95.00 99.90 94.50 97.85ITI 82.40 87.45 81.80 86.65JUBILANT 543.10 557.80 521.00 523.55ITDCEM 42.50 50.05 42.50 50.05RAIN 93.30 98.80 91.30 96.20WOCKPHARMA 270.25 278.30 268.75 272.40MGL 985.10 998.50 976.05 985.80VENKYS 1736.90 1781.00 1722.00 1745.75SIEMENS 1626.70 1662.80 1626.70 1641.70NATIONALUM 43.75 44.35 43.25 43.70POWERGRID 202.45 202.65 199.65 201.15HEXAWARE 339.40 339.40 327.05 328.05HAVELLS 667.10 672.00 664.15 668.60ABCAPITAL 80.00 80.75 79.00 79.50PVR 1769.00 1806.25 1755.85 1788.30TORNTPHARM 1740.45 1807.50 1730.15 1795.00BAJAJCON 244.80 250.00 239.40 243.80SPARC 129.00 132.40 126.30 128.80ADANIGAS 148.00 151.65 147.10 147.90KEI 546.85 578.00 544.50 575.10PIDILITIND 1351.75 1365.85 1351.75 1360.30TV18BRDCST 23.60 25.70 23.55 24.90GODREJCP 705.00 723.30 698.70 719.05

DIVISLAB 1759.00 1760.00 1735.40 1754.45WELCORP 147.00 154.60 144.80 149.50LTI 1660.45 1705.50 1659.40 1697.15SUDARSCHEM 409.00 423.50 404.85 415.20GAYAPROJ 126.00 133.25 125.10 132.05CONCOR 603.00 604.95 591.40 597.25RPOWER 3.50 3.62 3.21 3.36AMBUJACEM 197.70 200.00 197.05 199.15PHILIPCARB 118.60 125.60 117.65 121.85NAVINFLUOR 901.00 901.00 881.00 889.40CASTROLIND 151.55 153.85 150.10 150.70HINDCOPPER 39.15 40.70 38.40 40.20GICHSGFIN 172.25 181.00 171.30 173.85UPL 595.00 599.95 591.40 594.15ABB 1524.00 1524.65 1462.50 1470.05GLENMARK 316.90 316.90 306.60 309.30WELSPUNIND 53.70 59.30 53.40 55.60GODREJPROP 982.80 1009.70 975.00 1001.85AVANTI 438.80 438.80 428.00 430.35DEEPAKNI 354.20 354.20 342.00 343.25AJANTPHARM 1028.00 1032.90 992.45 1025.50CADILAHC 246.00 251.25 245.00 250.20RVNL 24.00 24.35 23.70 23.80UBL 1320.25 1322.05 1280.60 1289.90MINDTREE 719.35 725.00 706.85 712.90IRCON 422.80 444.10 420.55 436.80SHANKARA 315.00 342.00 314.10 330.25SWANENERGY 104.55 106.00 103.10 104.00INFIBEAM 44.80 46.40 42.60 45.55GUJGAS 186.00 188.10 185.40 186.25INDIANB 127.00 128.70 123.50 126.55JKTYRE 67.10 72.35 66.75 69.50SUVEN 295.75 306.85 295.75 299.95RAYMOND 599.00 600.20 577.00 579.25PTC 56.00 57.80 54.00 57.40CHOLAFIN 287.50 298.35 284.70 297.00DCBBANK 178.80 179.65 174.90 176.00ASTRAZEN 2565.00 2637.85 2555.00 2584.65TATAINVEST 830.65 870.00 830.65 836.85CEATLTD 958.00 979.00 958.00 965.75BLISSGVS 139.95 140.00 136.10 137.00IPCALAB 965.00 995.00 958.80 983.15ENGINERSIN 110.60 111.55 109.75 111.00ISEC 327.00 340.00 317.15 328.15IRB 80.00 82.60 79.50 81.25VGUARD 238.45 240.00 234.10 235.20RELCAPITAL 16.90 17.55 16.55 17.55TIMKEN 778.80 825.00 772.05 821.20INOXLEISUR 360.10 364.70 350.60 355.00IDBI 31.45 33.55 30.75 32.70BDL 303.00 340.00 303.00 327.85TRENT 542.00 550.45 530.00 536.20BALMLAWRIE 184.60 193.60 183.90 192.10SUZLON 2.63 2.67 2.55 2.63BALRAMCHIN 154.00 156.05 152.10 153.40HAL 751.55 810.90 743.80 785.80KTKBANK 73.05 74.85 72.85 74.10INDHOTEL 152.95 154.50 150.60 151.20GNFC 204.00 207.00 202.50 205.40NIITTECH 1498.65 1526.00 1498.65 1517.60LAXMIMACH 3745.00 3930.00 3722.50 3845.25TATACOFFEE 82.00 83.55 80.90 81.60OIL 160.55 165.80 160.55 162.95EDELWEISS 86.50 89.50 85.70 89.50JINDALSAW 85.75 89.30 85.65 86.90LTTS 1490.00 1490.00 1465.55 1483.20SOUTHBANK 10.45 10.45 10.31 10.34CUMMINSIND 546.30 546.30 536.85 540.85JAMNAAUTO 42.00 45.60 42.00 45.40MFSL 413.50 418.00 412.50 414.25AAVAS 1643.45 1644.10 1605.00 1614.95BIRLACORPN 579.95 579.95 567.00 569.95RADICO 313.00 322.60 313.00 318.95AMARAJABAT 655.65 669.45 655.65 662.00ATUL 4211.00 4379.20 4211.00 4274.80ADANITRANS 263.25 271.90 262.10 263.85MPHASIS 930.00 955.00 922.15 946.55COCHINSHIP 386.00 394.80 383.40 392.15TATAMETALI 581.00 605.65 570.25 575.45ASTRAL 1138.00 1146.60 1122.00 1124.15RCF 53.00 53.50 51.50 52.70GSFC 77.05 78.10 71.55 77.50CANFINHOME 405.90 405.90 393.80 396.45JISLJALEQS 13.60 13.75 13.15 13.75FSL 50.15 51.35 49.85 50.35RAMCOCEM 750.00 758.85 739.50 750.65ADVENZYMES 165.35 174.50 164.10 170.70GODFRYPHLP 1075.00 1085.00 1066.40 1076.20SUPREMEIND 1191.65 1191.65 1169.95 1172.45VARROC 469.95 525.00 469.95 492.90CREDITACC 668.00 669.00 652.90 662.15RITES 282.00 282.10 275.50 277.20GSKCONS 8990.00 9185.00 8990.00 9157.80GALAXYSURF 1577.00 1594.60 1537.45 1547.25MEGH 52.00 52.80 50.20 52.00OBEROIRLTY 496.85 504.00 491.85 499.40ZYDUSWELL 1701.00 1745.00 1701.00 1729.70GSPL 208.00 209.10 203.45 204.60MMTC 18.15 18.75 18.00 18.40MINDAIND 375.00 378.25 361.00 363.10ABFRL 209.30 209.75 204.70 206.15METROPOLIS 1460.50 1472.95 1398.00 1438.50RCOM 0.71 0.72 0.66 0.68FINEORG 1955.00 1955.00 1886.65 1909.55DEEPAKFERT 102.50 105.00 102.10 103.65WESTLIFE 360.00 360.00 346.85 355.00AEGISLOG 166.65 175.75 166.60 174.90FDC 175.00 181.30 173.65 180.85SHREECEM 20109.60 20389.30 20109.60 20333.80GILLETTE 8200.00 8200.00 8005.35 8038.35IBULISL 52.60 57.80 52.60 57.80IBREALEST 48.85 51.25 48.80 51.25ASHOKA 107.00 107.35 102.05 103.10

BLUESTARCO 844.60 859.50 836.50 846.35ORIENTBANK 51.50 51.70 50.20 51.00CROMPTON 256.10 257.85 251.30 253.05CYIENT 408.50 409.55 399.05 405.20EMAMILTD 327.65 332.60 321.55 329.90THOMASCOOK 122.95 122.95 117.65 119.60WHIRLPOOL 2181.95 2197.80 2143.50 2189.05AUBANK 686.00 691.20 679.00 689.75JKCEMENT 1146.00 1171.00 1120.00 1126.253MINDIA 22170.10 22500.00 22150.00 22218.95COFFEEDAY 30.00 30.00 27.95 27.95KAJARIACER 554.30 561.20 551.95 552.55FINCABLES 381.20 393.05 379.15 382.05GODREJIND 408.70 413.30 406.00 410.15PARAGMILK 143.00 143.00 137.45 139.10HEIDELBERG 188.10 189.15 185.10 187.05FORTIS 139.75 140.00 138.25 138.65SKFINDIA 2235.75 2290.40 2230.00 2261.95GHCL 215.50 220.85 213.45 220.00MOIL 145.00 146.80 142.85 143.75INTELLECT 189.80 189.80 183.80 185.50TEAMLEASE 2955.10 2967.10 2821.00 2865.55NETWORK18 24.90 24.90 22.50 24.10HSCL 75.30 76.75 74.50 75.95IDFC 33.50 33.65 33.10 33.50NHPC 23.90 24.20 23.70 24.05DCAL 120.00 120.10 114.00 115.60QUESS 471.00 485.15 461.70 468.65LINDEINDIA 548.50 583.35 548.50 558.40FCONSUMER 24.15 24.85 23.20 24.70TRIDENT 60.00 60.50 59.30 60.00GODREJAGRO 507.00 521.20 501.90 515.50J&KBANK 31.15 31.50 30.50 30.95JYOTHYLAB 177.00 183.65 174.45 175.35PGHH 12230.00 12357.95 12140.00 12250.00BASF 973.00 998.15 970.10 984.60KEC 271.80 272.15 266.50 270.05VINATIORGA 2127.40 2151.15 2127.40 2136.55DHFL 15.90 15.90 15.90 15.90FRETAIL 392.70 393.75 380.10 382.40RELAXO 547.45 552.00 532.05 540.45BAJAJHLDNG 3690.85 3725.00 3657.30 3698.25ENDURANCE 1009.00 1067.00 1006.05 1053.85JBCHEPHARM 337.85 337.85 330.00 333.40TNPL 189.10 192.90 189.00 191.60NATCOPHARM 579.60 597.00 577.30 586.50SYNGENE 329.00 333.50 329.00 330.00GREAVESCOT 136.00 141.80 134.10 137.10THYROCARE 557.00 570.00 540.10 541.25HFCL 17.25 17.25 17.05 17.15HATHWAY 22.30 22.50 21.55 21.90TVTODAY 339.00 339.05 330.55 336.75BAJAJELEC 381.00 385.45 379.20 379.80HUDCO 35.30 36.25 35.15 35.95AKZOINDIA 2030.95 2092.65 2005.35 2045.75TIMETECHNO 63.15 63.75 60.55 60.90WABAG 190.05 198.65 190.00 193.55CAPPL 375.65 396.00 375.35 386.05

MRPL 51.50 51.50 48.70 50.45JPASSOCIAT 2.41 2.44 2.32 2.38MAHSCOOTER 4599.95 4600.00 4510.00 4599.90JSWENERGY 66.50 68.75 66.25 66.85HONAUT 28606.00 28606.00 28400.00 28432.75REDINGTON 113.75 120.30 111.65 116.55EIDPARRY 168.60 169.90 166.15 169.45MAHINDCIE 158.45 162.80 155.90 158.30DCMSHRIRAM 373.25 383.05 371.20 377.20GPPL 81.55 82.15 80.70 80.90CENTURYPLY 163.00 170.30 161.75 163.75FINOLEXIND 630.00 630.00 608.00 609.55ZENSARTECH 189.35 189.35 183.85 185.70CHENNPETRO 155.40 156.40 151.25 155.10LEMONTREE 60.20 60.45 59.65 59.80IFCI 7.00 7.26 7.00 7.09NH 262.00 273.45 262.00 268.10DALBHARAT 815.00 830.00 807.20 812.05NILKAMAL 1233.10 1263.40 1233.10 1238.10SYNDIBANK 25.05 25.60 24.90 25.30SUNDRMFAST 484.70 498.90 484.70 493.25MINDACORP 84.00 92.40 84.00 89.50WABCOINDIA 6154.00 6164.00 6135.00 6145.10NLCINDIA 57.45 59.10 57.20 58.50

ALBK 25.85 26.20 25.25 25.80OFSS 3065.00 3097.70 3050.00 3087.05IFBIND 684.35 714.15 682.20 701.35GESHIP* 305.25 305.25 295.25 295.25SONATSOFTW 316.15 320.80 313.60 316.70APLLTD 544.00 548.00 540.20 542.45TAKE 107.00 116.10 105.55 111.45KALPATPOWR 442.60 444.80 435.00 436.05AIAENG 1691.75 1725.05 1664.25 1711.25SCHNEIDER 71.80 72.95 71.00 72.35MAHABANK 11.17 11.28 10.50 11.02MAHLOG 361.85 374.95 361.85 371.55IEX 139.30 144.10 138.60 142.25CHAMBLFERT 159.65 162.15 158.90 159.80JAGRAN 59.30 59.90 57.00 57.55SOBHA 446.00 446.00 430.90 433.20SJVN 25.00 25.00 24.80 24.85CGPOWER 14.75 15.20 14.49 14.63NESCO 557.10 566.00 557.10 561.00RALLIS 163.00 165.80 162.00 163.55ORIENTCEM 78.15 79.45 78.00 78.55GMDCLTD 58.85 59.90 58.35 59.45GUJALKALI 445.00 470.85 444.00 456.95ERIS 432.90 455.65 432.90 448.85SHK 124.00 124.45 120.80 121.55GET&D 181.30 196.50 180.95 192.50UFLEX 194.00 203.90 192.90 200.90CHOLAHLDNG 451.00 462.00 449.10 458.00SCHAEFFLER 4038.55 4079.80 3989.55 4029.10JSLHISAR 64.25 67.30 64.25 66.60PRESTIGE 302.95 306.50 302.45 303.10LAURUSLABS 353.65 358.00 352.20 354.35PRSMJOHNSN 74.60 76.60 73.25 75.60VBL 621.00 627.25 617.35 623.25LUXIND 1215.00 1233.00 1210.30 1226.95APLAPOLLO 1428.00 1430.00 1403.00 1415.75PNCINFRA 171.45 173.00 167.50 170.60CARBORUNIV 302.00 303.25 293.40 302.10CENTRALBK 17.65 18.00 17.55 17.95CARERATING 536.40 552.45 531.00 535.20EIHOTEL 171.75 173.00 168.15 170.65SREINFRA 8.21 8.83 8.20 8.64VSTIND 3800.00 3834.10 3750.00 3774.40MAHLIFE 432.00 432.00 420.05 424.10DBCORP 160.30 160.30 150.00 152.35HIMATSEIDE 152.15 154.30 152.05 153.50SHOPERSTOP 370.65 379.55 357.95 365.85JSL 34.20 35.00 33.55 34.70CRISIL 1382.20 1396.45 1371.00 1392.95CCL 201.00 201.00 190.65 198.70ECLERX 455.00 467.55 455.00 456.40BLUEDART 2372.60 2410.00 2369.20 2385.50ALLCARGO 99.00 99.70 98.75 99.20SIS 882.75 938.90 882.75 917.55HERITGFOOD 315.05 315.05 306.35 306.95CENTRUM 23.10 23.15 22.65 23.00JCHAC 2022.30 2048.00 1978.70 2040.15VMART 1946.55 1952.95 1921.40 1935.30JKLAKSHMI 293.60 294.95 289.90 290.20ASTERDM 123.80 128.60 123.80 127.10THERMAX 1091.00 1126.25 1088.00 1108.15ANDHRABANK 17.80 17.80 16.25 16.35MHRIL 210.70 214.00 208.25 210.35GRINDWELL 599.90 611.85 599.00 600.70SOMANYCERA 189.15 191.65 187.00 188.45FLFL 414.50 424.00 400.00 414.25GEPIL 709.75 730.05 701.05 722.60UCOBANK 11.88 11.98 11.70 11.90REPCOHOME 276.00 284.00 276.00 281.15MAXINDIA 68.55 72.55 68.55 69.10PERSISTENT 604.45 607.90 598.00 607.00TVSSRICHAK 1817.50 1868.50 1800.00 1834.20ORIENTELEC 183.15 186.75 180.60 182.50TIINDIA 373.00 374.50 366.00 371.35TTKPRESTIG 6300.00 6379.85 6135.05 6176.95INDOSTAR 182.55 195.20 182.55 192.70KRBL 227.65 228.70 222.50 223.35NBVENTURES 76.50 76.70 75.20 76.00PHOENIXLTD 735.00 739.15 729.45 730.75JMFINANCIL 73.50 74.40 73.00 73.60KNRCON 234.00 234.85 232.80 233.50ALKEM 1969.80 1978.00 1963.75 1974.45SADBHAV 137.30 138.00 135.70 137.05DHANUKA 290.00 295.35 290.00 294.70APARINDS 555.00 569.80 545.30 549.55IOB 9.67 10.00 9.62 9.78SYMPHONY 1233.40 1260.00 1233.40 1255.95GDL 94.75 94.85 92.15 92.80GULFOILLUB 856.00 870.00 851.00 865.00BAYERCROP 3262.95 3322.95 3262.95 3291.90CERA 2560.15 2580.55 2537.00 2547.90TEJASNET 75.15 75.85 72.00 72.85INOXWIND 35.45 36.60 33.35 34.30SFL 1300.00 1300.00 1252.15 1262.40JSWHL 2678.00 2735.45 2618.05 2652.90MAGMA 52.30 54.80 52.30 54.40ESSELPRO 109.00 110.35 106.75 109.15LAOPALA 173.00 174.90 167.70 169.20IIFL 120.00 120.00 115.00 118.10CORPBANK 14.50 14.85 14.50 14.70CHALET 334.65 334.65 325.15 325.20SUPRAJIT 177.15 190.00 177.15 184.00UNITEDBNK 7.25 7.46 7.18 7.42MASFIN 721.65 733.95 713.00 724.70SOLARINDS 1071.30 1084.00 1071.30 1083.35SHILPAMED 270.00 281.10 270.00 272.85STARCEMENT 94.65 96.00 92.60 95.90SHRIRAMCIT 1323.10 1323.10 1315.00 1317.75MAHSEAMLES 361.00 365.00 361.00 363.50TRITURBINE 97.25 97.35 96.05 97.35VTL 903.00 911.00 900.15 910.75RATNAMANI 917.80 917.80 900.05 902.10TCNSBRANDS 732.00 746.20 732.00 734.70

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11643.95 11809.40 11627.35 11786.85 159.70TATAMOTORS 151.90 175.50 151.20 172.15 24.45JSWSTEEL 219.60 236.40 219.60 234.00 14.65TATASTEEL 365.55 399.70 365.55 388.50 23.50YESBANK 54.35 59.90 53.10 58.20 3.45MARUTI 7416.00 7758.70 7381.85 7750.00 327.90AXISBANK 706.50 742.90 704.25 740.00 29.90TCS 2121.50 2201.70 2121.50 2197.50 81.80TECHM 728.00 763.00 725.10 754.30 27.55EICHERMOT 21323.65 22150.00 21323.65 22110.00 786.35COALINDIA 204.00 210.45 199.60 209.40 6.55M&M 595.45 618.00 592.50 610.10 18.60VEDL 145.55 152.50 145.55 149.00 4.35BRITANNIA 3273.00 3367.00 3259.00 3356.25 97.15INDUSINDBK 1275.00 1326.00 1264.15 1314.00 37.35RELIANCE 1445.50 1480.00 1442.10 1470.10 35.85CIPLA 463.90 478.40 462.00 472.25 11.20GRASIM 699.05 720.90 687.90 717.10 14.10LT 1435.50 1464.80 1431.00 1462.90 28.50BAJAJFINSV 8113.00 8174.35 8013.00 8150.00 148.50GAIL 123.65 127.55 123.00 125.95 2.30BAJFINANCE 3990.00 4060.00 3962.45 4041.00 62.10ONGC 140.55 143.85 138.20 141.95 2.10ICICIBANK 470.20 482.00 466.85 476.00 6.45ASIANPAINT 1792.10 1820.00 1772.55 1817.05 24.45BAJAJ-AUTO 3145.00 3198.65 3137.35 3180.80 37.45HEROMOTOCO2684.50 2720.00 2665.75 2700.00 31.10NTPC 118.70 120.35 117.60 120.15 1.35IOC 143.25 146.25 143.20 144.30 1.60HINDUNILVR 2135.00 2163.95 2111.40 2163.00 23.25ITC 250.95 255.10 249.55 253.10 2.70HINDALCO 183.40 188.15 182.45 184.00 1.90TITAN 1320.00 1340.00 1293.20 1333.55 13.65SUNPHARMA 417.70 425.50 414.00 421.80 4.05HCLTECH 1130.90 1145.85 1127.95 1140.00 9.50WIPRO 253.65 255.90 252.20 255.75 2.10HDFC 2095.00 2123.55 2079.05 2114.75 9.40HDFCBANK 1238.00 1257.35 1237.70 1242.55 4.85INFY 651.00 653.75 647.00 650.90 2.05DRREDDY 2775.00 2820.00 2753.45 2794.00 8.40UPL 596.00 600.00 591.50 594.75 -1.35ADANIPORTS 401.00 401.00 398.15 398.80 -1.00SBIN 283.15 285.00 278.55 280.80 -1.00NESTLEIND 14868.00 14868.00 14510.00 14725.00 -88.40POWERGRID 202.25 202.90 199.50 201.00 -1.35BPCL 534.00 534.00 518.00 522.50 -4.30ZEEL 240.00 241.30 235.30 236.05 -2.20KOTAKBANK 1597.40 1597.40 1568.00 1573.80 -19.20ULTRACEMCO 4219.70 4219.70 4081.00 4125.00 -64.90BHARTIARTL 363.00 365.65 353.10 360.80 -12.30INFRATEL 211.50 214.40 190.85 193.10 -19.15

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Britain was on course for a December election Tuesday afterthe main opposition Labour party said it would support

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan, although a date has notyet been fixed.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: “I have consistently saidthat we are ready for an election and oursupport is subject to a ‘no deal’ Brexitbeing off the table.”

He said the decision by EU leaderson Monday to delay Brexit to January31 meant that “for the next three months, our condition of taking NoDeal off the table has now been met.

“We will now launch the mostambitious and radical campaign for realchange our country has ever seen,” hesaid in a statement.

Johnson has called for an election on December 12 butLabour and other opposition parties are pushing for a date near-er to December 9.

“It will be a December election,” a Labour party source toldAFP. The Prime Minister will on Tuesday bring forward a billto legislate for the snap poll, which is expected to pass parlia-ment in the next few days.

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Hong Kong democracyactivist Joshua Wong was

barred Tuesday from standingin upcoming local electionsafter months of huge and fre-quently violent protests inthe city.

Wong, one of the mostprominent figures in the oth-erwise leaderless movement,accused the government of“political screening” after anelection officer ruled invalidhis nomination for theNovember poll.

The 22-year-old was sent toprison earlier this year over thedemocracy protests he helpedlead in 2014. He immediatelyjoined the historic anti-gov-ernment protests rocking thecity upon his release in June.

Wong was the only candi-date barred from standing in anelection for district councils,which tackle regional issues.The election is the first to beheld since the current massprotests started.

He accused the govern-ment Tuesday of censorship in

disqualifying him.“The decision to ban me

from running for office wasclearly politically driven,” hetold a press conference onTuesday.

“The true reason is myidentity, Joshua Wong, is thecrime in their minds.” He alsoaccused the election officer ofmisinterpreting his politicalideology.

“This says that the dis-qualification was simply a hardorder from Beijing, a politicalmission handed down fromBeijing.”

The election officer wrotein her reasoning that Wong’sconcept of self-determinationdoes not rule out the indepen-dence of Hong Kong as anoption, which she deemedinconsistent with the BasicLaw, the city’s mini-constitu-tion.

Wong and his party,Demosisto, have denied sup-porting independence for thecity. They advocate self-deter-mination and a referendum forHong Kong people to decidehow they want to be governed.

Any talk of independenceincenses Beijing as ChinesePresident Xi Jinping increas-ingly emphasises the impor-tance of territorial integrity.

A Hong Kong governmentspokesman said Tuesday thatthe administration supportedthe decision, and denied anypolitical censorship.

“There is no question ofany political censorship, restric-tion of the freedom of speechor deprivation of the right tostand for elections as alleged bysome members of the com-munity.”

“The candidate cannot pos-sibly comply with the require-ments of the relevant electorallaws,” the spokesman added.

Hong Kong has been bat-tered by nearly five months ofpro-democracy protests whichBeijing and its local leadershave taken a hard line against.

Millions have hit thestreets, with hardcore activistsclashing repeatedly withpolice in the biggest challengeto China’s rule since the city’s handover from Britainin 1997.

Washington, Oct 29 (PTI)President Donald Trump onTuesday said the US had “ter-minated” the “number onereplacement” to ISIS leaderand world’s most terrorist AbuBakr al-Baghdadi who waskilled in an American raid inSyria.

President Trumpannounced on Sunday thatBaghdadi, believed to be 48-year-old, blew himself in hissuicide vest as the ISIS leaderwas chased to the dead end ofa tunnel by the US service dogsduring a raid by Americanspecial forces in northwestSyria.

“Just confirmed that AbuBakr al-Baghdadi’s numberone replacement has been ter-minated by American troops.Most likely would have takenthe top spot —Now he is also

Dead!” Trump tweeted.Baghdadi had not officially

named his successor, but sev-eral names were being specu-lated after his death.

Trump told reporters onSunday that the US knew the

potential successors ofBaghdadi and was after them.

The president, however,did not specify who the indi-vidual was, nor did he give anydetails on the mission that ledto his death. PTI

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China on Tuesday said itsapproval is must for choos-

ing the successor to Tibetanspiritual leader the Dalai Lama,rejecting the US’ assertion thatthe next-in-line to Tibet’s exiledleader will be selected by theTibetan people themselves andnot by Beijing.

US Ambassador at Largefor International ReligiousFreedom Sam Brownback, whomet the Dalai Lama inDharmshala on Monday, hitout at what he called China’s“persecution” of the Tibetanpeople’s faith and said they havethe right to choose their ownreligious leaders.

“The role of picking a suc-cessor to the Dalai Lamabelongs to the Tibetan Buddhistsystem, the Dalai Lama, andother Tibetan leaders.

It does not belong to any-body else, not any govern-ment or any entity,” Brownback

was quoted as saying by RadioFree Asia (RFA).

Brownback made theremarks while speaking at aconference hosted by theTibetan Institute forPerforming Arts inDharamshala -- the seat of theTibetan government-in-exile.

Concerns over the healthof 84-year-old Dalai Lama,who fled into exile in India fol-lowing a failed 1959 Tibetanrevolt against Chinese rule,have renewed uncertaintiesover his possible successorafter his demise.

China claims control overthe selection, asserting thatthe successor to the Dalai Lamahas to be endorsed by it.

Asked for his reaction toBrownback’s comments,Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang toldmedia here that the envoy’scomments amounted to inter-ference in China’s internalaffairs.

Islamabad: A Pakistani court onTuesday suspended the sentenceof ailing former premier NawazSharif for eight weeks in a cor-ruption case, paving way for hisrelease on bail as his conditiondeteriorated after a drastic dropin his blood platelet count.

Sharif, 69, was admitted tothe Services Hospital on Mondaynight from Pakistan’s anti-graftbody’s custody after his plateletsdropped to a critical low level of2,000. Sharif was sentenced toseven years in jail in Decemberlast year in the Al Azizia case. Hewas granted interim bail onSaturday by the Islamabad HighCourt’s (IHC) on medicalgrounds. PTI����� �9690�9

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court onTuesday extended the stay order till

November 10 against a move byPresident Maithripala Sirisena to rein-state capital punishment in the coun-try for the first time since 1976 beforehe leaves office next month.

Sri Lanka has maintained a 43-yearmoratorium on capital punishment. However, Sirisena in June this yearannounced that he has signed the deathwarrants of four drug convicts and thatthe executions will take place soon.

Later, the move was stayed tillOctober 29 by the Supreme Court afterit took into consideration a number ofpetitions filed against the President’sorder, that termed the order as a vio-lation of the fundamental rights of theconvicts.

Sri Lanka has been grappling withdrug-related crimes for many years andofficials say it is being used by dealers

as a transit centre.Sirisena is due to leave office

immediately after the announcement ofthe results of the November 16Presidential polls.

MA Sumanthiran, a lawyer, filed acase claiming that Sirisena’s decisionimpinges on the rights of one of thedrug convicts. “The case argument wasthat hanging would be a cruel anddegrading treatment,” Sumanthiransaid. There were 11 more fundamen-tal rights petitions against the hanging.

Sirisena became the coun-try’s first ever president since 1978 tosign death warrants to carry out capi-tal punishment.Sirisena during a recentpublic gathering said that he would getexecuted the death sentence of at leastone convict before his term ended.

Sirisena had drawn international irefor his decision to resume the capitalpunishment in Sri Lanka. It has con-tinuously voted in favour of the UNmoratorium on death penalty. PTI

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Nawaz Sharif is “fightingfor life” after a drastic

drop in his blood platelet count,a media report quoted his per-sonal doctor as saying onTuesday, days after Pakistan’sformer Prime Minster wasrushed from prison to a hos-pital.

Sharif, 69, was admitted tothe Services Hospital onMonday night from the anti-graft body’s custody after hisplatelets dropped to a criticallow level of 2,000.

Sharif ’s personal physicianDr Adnan Khan said in a seriesof tweets that “Former PM#NawazSharif, critically unwell,is fighting the battle for hishealth & life.Thrombocytopenia (Low

Platelet Count) & NSTEMI(Heart Attack) is further com-plicated by deterioratingKidney functions. Poor BloodSugar & Blood Pressure controlis taking its toll,” Geo Newsreported.

The three-time prime min-ister on Saturday also sufferedangina attack while undergoingtreatment. Angina is a type ofchest pain caused by reducedblood flow to the heart.

Khan said that the poorblood sugar and blood pressurehad also taken a toll on the for-mer premier’s health, the reportsaid.

The doctor further said,“Pending Scans/Biopsies,diagnostic dilemma stillensues from mult iple complex pathologies & co-morbidities.”

London: A senior UK politicianclaimed on Tuesday that theIndian government withdrewwith little explanation its invita-tion to him to be part of an EUdelegation currently on a visit toKashmir after he demanded tospeak with local people withouta police escort.

A delegation of 23 MPsfrom the European Unionreached Srinagar on Tuesday fora two-day visit during which theywill be briefed on the situationby Government officials and

also meet a cross-section oflocal people.

The team originally com-prised 27 parliamentarians,mostly from extreme right orright wing parties, but four didnot travel to Kashmir and havereportedly returned to theirrespective countries, officialssaid.

Liberal Democrat Memberof the European Parliament(MEP) Chris Davies said thedecision showed the Indian Gov-ernment was trying to hide the

“reality of its actions” and block-ing absolute freedom of thePress. “I am not prepared to takepart in a PR stunt for the ModiGovernment and pretend that allis well. It is very clear thatdemocratic principles are beingsubverted in Kashmir, and theworld needs to start takingnotice,” said Davies, whose invitefor the visit between October 27and 30 was rescinded.

On Monday, the membersof the European Parliament metPM Narendra Modi in Delhi

during which he expressed hopethat they have a fruitful visit tovarious parts of the country,including to Jammu & Kashmir.

“Their visit to Jammu &Kashmir should give the dele-gation a better understanding ofthe cultural and religious diver-sity of the region of Jammu,Kashmir and Ladakh, apart fromgiving them a clear view of thedevelopment and Governmentpriorities of the region,” a state-ment from the PM’s Office said.

PTI

Baghdad: Masked gunmenopened fire at Iraqi protestersin the Shiite holy city of Karbalaon Tuesday, killing 18 peopleand wounding hundreds, secu-rity officials said, in one of thedeadliest single attacks on pro-testers since anti-governmentdemonstrations erupted earli-er this month.

The attack, which hap-pened overnight, came as Iraqistook to the streets for a fifthconsecutive day, protestingtheir government’s corruption,lack of services and other griev-ances.

The bloodshed in Karbala,a major pilgrimage site wherea revered Shiite figure waskilled in a 7th century battle,could mark a turning point inthe demonstrations. AP

Beirut: At least six Syrianregime fighters were killed asheavy clashes broke outTuesday between the army andTurkish forces for the firsttime since Ankara attackednortheastern Syria three weeksago, a war monitor said.

The Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights said artilleryand machine-gun fire was

exchanged near Assadiya,south of the border town of Rasal-Ain.

“Heavy fighting eruptedfor the first time between theSyrian and Turkish armies,” theBritain-based monitoringgroup said.

The Turkish military andits Syrian proxies attackedKurdish forces in northeastern

Syria on October 9 with theaim of creating a roughly 30-kilometre (20-mile) deep bufferzone.

“Turkish artillery fire killedfive regime forces in battles onthe edge of the village ofAssadiya,” Rami AbdelRahman, the head of theObservatory, told AFP.

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The iconic Empire StateBuilding was lit orange in

celebration of Diwali in a cer-emony led by a leading Indiandiaspora organisation.

The world famous struc-ture turned orange onSaturday night as Indiansacross the world celebratedDiwali.

The Federation of IndianAssociations (FIA), the largestnon-profit umbrella organisa-tion in the tri-state area ofNew York, New Jersey andConnecticut of the Indiancommunity, lit up the monu-ment in a special ceremonyorganised by the FIA in coop-eration with the Empire StateRealty Trust.

The ceremony was attend-ed by key members of theIndian diaspora. A specialdance performance and cul-tural show was also presentedon the occasion.

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US officials have said thebody of Islamic State

group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea, asfresh details surfaced aboutthe US special forces opera-tion that led to his death

over the weekend.Syrian Kurds claimed to

be a key source of the intel l igence that ledAmericans to Baghdadi afteryears of tracking the manbehind a five-year reign ofterror across much of Iraqand Syria.

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“We have declassified apicture of the wonderful dog(name not declassified) thatdid such a GREAT JOB in cap-turing and killing the Leaderof ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi!” Trump tweeted onMonday.

Trump tweeted the photoof a Belgian Malinois but didnot reveal the name and otherdetails of the service dog.

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Agoal without proper planningremains a mere dream. It isalso true in case of civil ser-

vices. Civil service exam being thetoughest exam in the country requiremore than just preparation. Itrequires what is called ‘strategy pluspreparation’. A good strategy makesa thin line of separation betweenaspirants and smart aspirants. Thelater become more productive withfewer inputs where the former areless productive with more inputs.Underlying the basic philosophy ofcivil service exam aspirants musthave to understand, plan and executethat plan properly for qualifying civilservices.

UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE)consists of 3 stages — preliminaryexam (objective), main exam (writ-ten), interview (personality test).The Civil Services exam conductedby UPSC is one of the most presti-gious exams of the country. Every

year, thousands of candidates workhard to clear the exam, but only a fewlucky ones get through. Aspirantswho are confused about how to startpreparations for UPSC should followthe below:� Keep the syllabus to your heartand mind. An accurate understand-ing of the nature, clarity, and scopeof the syllabus is crucial for goodpreparation. It helps in understand-ing what to read and what not toread. The questions asked in theexam are always within the syllabusand hence keeping close eye on syl-labus is very fundamental to UPSCpreparation.� Before you start your UPSCexams prepare a smart strategy. Itneeds to be scripted dovetailing thedetails of each step that you have togo through in the journey to civil ser-vice. A proper strategy is an exten-sive plan about what you are doing,how you are doing it and what

resources you need to do it.� Not rigorous studies but smartstudies are what is required forUPSC exam. What does a smartstudy mean? It means understandingthe nerve of the exams and adjust-ing to it accordingly. Reading thestuff that is important for the examsmartly is the core principle ofsmart study.� Stay updated with what is goingaround in the world. Current affairsand contemporary issues are, infact, the dynamic areas in all the syl-labus topics.

Read one national newspaperdaily and keep adding the currentdevelopments to the all topics givenin syllabus.

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Why do aspirants need to exper-iment at first place if they have to justqualify an examination to becomecivil servants? The aspirants evenafter years of self-study can’t beat asubject matter expert. It is recom-mended to pursue coaching butdoesn’t rely only on this.� That last but not the least is thatproper care for your health must bea part of your IAS/IPS strategy. Onemust do exercises or go to gym in themornings or evenings to remainhealthy as well maintain higher con-centration during study hours."� ���� �������������--��� �$ �! ���

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Ansal University celebrated its SilverAlumni Meet at India Habitat Centre as

Sushant School of Art and Architecture(SSAA) completed 25 years of its existence.The event exhibited The Second Degree Show,presenting the best works of its students andaddressing the concerns and issues prominentin human society.

Delving into conversations and scope ofdesign engagement and architecture, theevent witnessed a panel discussion steered byDr Prabh Bedi, Planning Programmes Head,SSAA.

The Second Degree Show — beyond con-flicts showcased some of the best accom-plishes by students in architecture design,

planning and research. The exhibition dis-played a range of projects conceived by thestudents who further explored possible res-olutions of relevant conflicts in human soci-ety.

“The Second Degree Show meets FirstSSAA Alumni Meet at the India HabitatCentre! This is a historic occasion for SSAAattended by key influencers of theArchitecture profession,” said Dr VibhutiSachdev, Dean, Sushant School of Art andArchitecture

The alumni talked of the positive ener-gy and enthusiasm of the group, expressinggratitude to the university for continuing sup-port, and urging students to learn to be inde-pendent and spread their wings in the skiesof success.

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The Indian Institute ofTechnology Madras

researchers have developed algo-rithms that enable novel appli-cations for Artificial Intelligence,Machine Learning and DeepLearning to solve engineeringproblems.

The researchers are going toestablish a startup to deploytheir AI Software called AISoftto develop solutions to engi-neering problems in variedfields such as in thermal man-agement, semiconductors, auto-mobile, aerospace and elec-

tronic cooling applications.AI, Machine Learning and

Deep Learning are now beingused for over a decade but tra-ditionally only in areas such assignal processing, speech recog-nition, image reconstructionand prediction.

Very limited attempts havebeen made globally in usingthese algorithms in solvingengineering problems such asthermal management, electron-ic cooling industries, automobileproblems like fluid dynamicsprediction over a bonnet orinside the engine, aerospaceindustries like aerodynamics

and fluid dynamics problemsacross an aero-foil or turbineengine.

A team of researchers leadby Dr Vishal Nandigana,Assistant Professor, FluidSystems Laboratory,Department of MechanicalEngineering, IIT Madras, hasdeveloped AI and DeepLearning algorithms to solveengineering problems, whichthey do not solve a physical lawto arrive at the solution of thesystem.

This idea is new and is onlyhas now being looked by a fewresearch groups across the world.

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hosted the 7th Chef Summit aspart of India’s biggest culinaryawards, the 16th Annual ChefAwards in New Delhi onOctober 22, 2019.

The summit was inaugu-rated by Chef Davinder Kumar,President Indian CulinaryForum, Tarun Thakral (ExDirector, Le Meridien), RohitBhatia (Chairman & CEO ofRIG Group of Institutions)and Anil Bhandari, a hospital-ity industry veteran and

Chairman of the OrganisingCommittee.

The theme of this year’ssummit was ‘Future ofBanqueting — Food andBeverages, Economics andSustainability’.

The summit witnessedparticipation of aspiring chefs,hotel-management studentsand hospitality professionalsfrom all over India, who dis-cussed, debated and deliber-ated upon a lot of burningissues relating to the hospital-ity industry.

The day-long summit wasphased over four sessions.

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Eligibility: Candidatesshould have scored 80 per centin standard XII including Mathsand science.

IELTS grade of 6.5 with aminimum of 6.0 in each com-ponent, or an equivalent Englishlanguage qualification.

How to apply: Log on tohttps://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=H4602020 or contact [email protected].

The telecom sector is making arapid growth towards intelligent

communication systems, allowingmillions of people to experience newways of getting information. The tele-com operators are focusing more onenhancing the engagement withusers. Being at the forefront of the dig-ital transformation, the telecom oper-ators have started adopting automa-tion technologies, multi-channelapproaches and personalisation ser-vices to create a great customer expe-rience.

Out of the biggest technologytrends like Artificial Intelligence (AI),Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data andcloud computing, 5G technologywill change the role of the telecom sec-tor, which means they will not onlybe technology distributors but also bethe service providers in the comingtime. Also, it is said to have long-termimplications on the human lifestyle.Indian telecom operators like Airtelhave started its 5G trial with Huawei,BSNL has tested its 5G use with Nokiaand Ericsson, and Reliance Jio hasstarted Narrowband-IoT withSamsung. The 5G adoption servicesin India are expected to be amongstconsumers by the mid-2020s.

What is 5G?It is the fifth generation of wire-

less networks, which is expected tobring higher capacity than the exist-ing 4G network. It is the next-gener-ation cellular technology that will offerimproved data rates, ultra-low laten-cy and enable faster and more reliablecommunication. It not only inter-connects people but also interconnectsmachines, objects, and devices, pro-viding faster speed and strong con-nection. This next-generation tech-

nology will deliver a new level of per-formance and efficiency that willhelp connect industries and make userexperiences completely a good one.

Benefits: The game-changingtechnology has the huge potential todeliver multiple benefits through itsunique connectivity features. Theyare:� With 5G technology, data passed

over wireless broadband connec-tions could easily travel at the rates ashigh as 20Gbps.� Users would be able to downloadheavy files and games with bettergraphics in less than 4 seconds.� This new-age technology isdesigned to significantly reduce laten-cy, which means 5G provides real-time interactivity using the cloud.

Latency is a time gap or transmissiontime for a packet of data.� 5G-enabled technologies providehigh connection density, greater reli-ability and high energy savings in away to make smarter cities andenable Digital India.

Seeing the key role of future gen-eration technology like 5G in the tele-com sector, it would not be wrong tosay that in future youth will have toprepare themselves as per the trend-ing technology-based skills like 5G toget employed in the telecom sector.The new-age technology skills willbring a sea of change in the telecomsector and the demand for suchskills will be too high.

Need to train manpower as per5G technology: Telecom sectorenrolls more and more people, beingamongst the largest employers inIndia to provide jobs to youth. But thistime, while there are plenty of newjobs coming in this sector, the biggestchallenge exists in getting the skilledmanpower specifically in revolu-tionary technology like 5G. There isa need of creating a demand of tal-ent pool transformation and makethem ready for this future generationtechnology.

To cope with the rapid transfor-mation in the industry, youth have tolearn about new technologies thathave become an important skill thesedays. Set up under the Ministry ofSkill Development andEntrepreneurship (MSDE), TSSC isplanning to design the job roles thatwill complement the standards ofemerging tech-based skills like 5Gand make them job-ready in the nearfuture.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is allaround us. There is no indus-

try left untouched by the ripplescaused by artificial intelligence, beit medical, HR, media or even edu-cation.

Within today’s classroom, wefind ourselves surrounded bydevices such as smart boards, AV,computers, laptops, tablets andphones, to name but a few tech-nologies which are now being inte-grated into teaching. And now theemergence of Artificial Intelligencein this arena has changed the gameto the next level.

These are few of the waysthrough which the academic worldis becoming more convenient andpersonalised through the applica-tions of AI in the world of educa-tion.

Simplifying administrativetasks: AI has automated drabadministrative tasks and cut downon the time and effort teachers usedto put in things like assessing stu-dents’ work and grading exams.Educators spend a lot of time ongrading exams, assessing home-work, and providing valuableresponses to their students. But AItechnology can be used to automatethe grading tasks where multipletests are involved. This means thatprofessors would have more timewith their students rather thanspending long hours grading them.

AI is also helping school admissionboards by automating classificationand processing of paperwork.

Smart content: AI and educa-tion go hand in hand and the newtechniques could be all that isrequired to ensure that all studentsattain their ultimate academic suc-cess. Smart content creation, fromdigitised guides of textbooks to cus-tomisable learning digital inter-faces, are being introduced at all lev-els, from elementary to post-sec-ondary to corporate environments.

Identify weaknesses in theclassroom: AI will also work inidentifying classroom weaknesses.For instance, AI will identify whengroups of students miss certainquestions letting the teacher knowwhen material needs to be retaught.In this way, AI will also hold teach-ers accountable and strengthen best

teaching practices.Intelligent tutoring systems: AI

can do more than condense a lec-ture into flashcards and smart studyguides as it can also teach a studentbased on the difficulties, they’re hav-ing with class material. Intelligenttutoring systems (ITS) seem tohave made the most progress overthe last few years, as one of the orig-inal concepts for applications of AIin education. A

While artificial intelligence andeducation may seem like a futuris-tic invention, it’s present in our livesand education systems today. Withthe assistance of artificial education,we can make both students’ andteachers’ lives easier and also it willhelp students and parents alike tobecome better!

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India is certainly a nation ofgrowth and prosperity. Itsabundance of manpower

guarantees more contributionto the economy at large.Naturally, one can assume thatthe nation is thriving in its nativepopulation but in reality, this isfar from true. We are moving tothe West when it comes to edu-cation and work, this despite thecountry known as the land ofopportunities.

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Index ranking across the worldof 144 followed by Brazil, Chinaand Mexico. Young Indian’s (18- 34 years) are more willing thanolder ones (35 to 64 years),making the age gap prominent.This can be contributed to thechange of mindset, along with ahost of other reasons.

While the earlier generationwas sceptical about the amountof money one had to invest tomove abroad, the onset ofincreased dispensable incomeand value provided by the inter-national organisation are urgingthe youth to look for betterprospects.

Money isn’t any more a cri-terion, states an eminent report

as less than a third of the respon-dents are willing to move abroadfor a job without a pay hike.

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like our’s may look like a goldmine of opportunities but is it thecase? Unlikely, as there is a lackof advancement in infrastructureand amenities that has hinderedthe apt generation of jobs.Finding adequate opportunitiesfor such a large population is aconsiderable challenge, whichnations such as the US are aptlycapitalising on.

According to the NationalScience Foundation, a USGovernment agency, there wereabout 9,50,000 scientists andengineers of Indian origin in theUS in the year 2013, making an85 per cent growth in the num-ber from 2003.

The US has the apt infra-structure and not surprisingly thedemand for enterprising indi-viduals with the hunger toachieve. This is exactly the sweetspot that an educated Indianwant to capitalise, plugging thedemand and supply for scientists,engineers, and doctors ratherthan hunting for opportunitiesback home.

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are lacking in resources andinnovation as it has risen to be aleading provider of manpower,being one of the biggestInformation Technology andoutsourcing services providers inthe world. Companies likeGenpact, TCS, Infosys, andWipro have been successful inmaking a significant mark in theEU and the US, with a vastcapacity to offer large scale ITand BPO services.

Yet, it is this progress that isbiting the nation on its tail as thenation is the brink of a majorbrain drain from continuously

sustaining this supply. It isbecause IT and consulting arevast industries that require ayearly stream of sizable man-power to ensure their smoothfunctioning. This has created asnag in the nations own plan ofgrowth as even the India-basedinternational organisationsrequire several workers in theindustry to go overseas, at leastfor long periods.

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extolled in the halls of Indianinstitutes is on a decline. Theundue emphasis on traditionalrote learning, takes away the real-life lessons from the curriculum,thereby providing half-cookedknowledge. Knowing this, par-ents are more and keener tosending their progenies abroad,making it an agenda for them toenter into esteemed institutionssuch as Yale, Cambridge,Princeton and Harvard.

With an increase in the dis-posable income of families, thisdream is increasingly becominga reality as Indian StudentsMobility Report 2016 states thatthe growth in the number of stu-dents going abroad is at anunprecedented high, with 2015

clocking a 17.8 per cent. Most ofthese students head out to the theUS, the UK, Australia, Canadaand New Zealand and prefer tostart working in these countriesafter their education, as it is fea-sible to work in the nation fromwhere they have gained an edu-cation, instead of returninghome.

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fessional business communication. Studieshave predicted that by 2020, the total num-ber of email users would reach three billion.That’s almost half the global population.

Emails enable record-keeping, allowimmediate transmission, and provide a lowcost consuming method of communicationthrough providers like Yahoo, Gmail orHotmail. In spite of such myriad benefits,many emails fail to yield the desired results,owing to the lack of the right structure, tone,and content. An oversight in any of these fac-tors increases the chances of miscommuni-cation and can rob a message of its efficacy.

To write a mail that conveys its meaningand message with clarity, follow the tips:

Make subject line meaningful and clearAn unclear and complicated headline

defeats the purpose of drafting the mail. Timeis the most prized currency in the businessworld. So, an email with a clear subject linewill enjoy a much higher opening rate as itwould save the recipient from losing time indecoding the subject. The best practiceinvolves writing a simple, crisp and to-the-point message that reflects the purpose of theemail.

Address with proper greetingsWhen it comes to professional email writ-

ing, addressing the recipient either by his nameor his designation becomes vital to get theirattention. Beginning with words like “hi” canleave an unprofessional image while writingto seniors and supervisors. However, suchinformal salutations would work if the recip-ient is a friend or someone with a personalbond.

Keep beginning direct and purposefulState the purpose of your email from the

very first sentence. Make it appealing anddirect so that it hooks your readers and com-pels them to read ahead. Doing so will savetheir time in understanding your message, inturn, boosting your chances of getting aresponse.

Maintain a positive tone throughoutWriting in a positive and professional tone

will ensure your recipient understands yourmessage without any ambiguity. Even whenthe information is negative, keep the tone neu-tral and focus on the action that can yieldimproved results. Ensure that your email neversounds like an exercise in blame-game. Overlycritical emails can offend the readers and pro-voke them to respond in an offensive manneror disregard your message.

Close in a constructive mannerEmails should always end on a note that

leaves a good impression of the sender. A bril-liantly written mail might lose its oomph if itmisses a positive and purposeful closing. Lineslike “thank you for your time and considera-tion” or “feel free to contact me” reflect yourcourtesy and inclination to be in touch withthe recipient. Even in the lack of a response,closing on a respectful note will be of great helpif you need to establish communication withthe recipient again.

Revise and proofread emailYour biggest blunder would be pressing

the send button just after drafting youremail. Nothing tarnishes an impression likean email replete with typos and grammarerrors. So, reread your email carefully for allkinds of grammatical, punctuation andspelling mistakes. Casual texting has shapedour minds to the extent that we have forgot-ten every word carries weight. So, be sure touse words that add value and drive the read-er to act in your favor. One of the best meth-ods to do so is to either get the content proof-read by an English expert or use an online applike Grammarly or Hemming way. Keep inmind that your message can’t be unsent, onceyou hit the send button.

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Four-time Asian medallistShiva Thapa (63kg)secured a medal at the

Olympic Test event for boxingby winning his quarterfinalbout on Tuesday while sixother Indians made the last-four stage without even step-ping inside the ring here.

Thapa overpowered localfavourite Yuki Hirakawa in a5-0 verdict to fight his wayinto the medal rounds. Theseasoned boxer from Assamclaimed his third nationaltitle earlier this month.

He will be up againstanother Japanese, DaisukeNarimatsu, in the semifinalson Wednesday. Narimatsu gota bye in the opening round.

However, for his six othercompatriots, including formerjunior world championNikhat Zareen (51kg), amedal was guaranteed with-out a fight as they either gotbyes or were helped by thesmall size of their respectivedraws.

Apart from Zareen, AsianSi lver-medal l ist SumitSangwan (91kg), Ashish(69kg), Vanhlimpuia (75kg),

Simranjeet Kaur (60kg) andPooja Rani (75kg) have madethe semifinals.

Sang wan, who wascrowned national championearlier this month, will squareoff against Kazakhstan’s AibekOralbay.

Zareen, who hit the head-lines recently for a bitter rowover selection for next year’sOlympic qualifiers where six-time world champion M CMary Kom has been pre-ferred over her without atrial, will face Japan’s SanaKawano on Wednesday.

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bronze-medallist Rani willbe up against Brazil’s BeatrizSoares. Rani had won a silvermedal at the AsianChampionships earlier thisyear.

Opponents for the otherIndian boxers will be knownlater after the quarterfinalbouts conclude on Tuesdayevening.

The only disappointmentfor the country’s contingentwas the quarterfinal exit ofAnant Choapde, who wentdown 2-3 in a hard-foughtcontest against local hopeTosho Kashiwasaki.

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Japanese sensation Naomi Osakavowed to be fit and firing forher Australian Open title

defence after her season wasabruptly cut short by injury at theWTA Finals on Tuesday.

The two-time Grand Slamwinner, who was on a hot streak of11 matches, withdrew from the sea-son finale with a shoulder problem— the second straight year she hasbeen forced out due to injury.

Third-ranked Osaka, whoretired during last year’s edition ofthe lucrative year-ender with ahamstring injury, had been due toplay world number one AshleighBarty later on Tuesday.

Her place in Red Group will betaken by world number 10 KikiBertens, who will now faceAustralia's Barty in Shenzhen.

The 23-year-old Osaka said shewas unsure of the severity of theinjury to her right shoulder, whichshe initially hurt during her tri-umph in Beijing earlier this month.

“I felt it immediately (in herfirst match on Sunday),” she toldreporters. “When I woke up the dayafter it was throbbing.

“It’s just a little bit painful. Idon’t think it’s something that Iwould immediately need surgeryfor,” she added.

Osaka had started the $14 mil-lion round-robin tournament witha tough three-set victory overPetra Kvitova on Sunday to extendher winning streak, after titles inBeijing and Osaka.

She had been determined tomake amends for a disappointingWTA Finals debut last year, when

her winless campaign ended witha tearful retirement againstBertens.

“I thought I was playing well.I definitely wanted to win here,”Osaka said.

Once she recovers from theinjury, Osaka's attention will turntowards the Australian Open inJanuary, where she will defend aGrand Slam title for only the sec-ond occasion.

“I just want to train reallyhard,” Osaka said. “Last year dur-ing the off-season, I trained real-ly hard for Australia. I felt likegoing into the Slam I was really fit.I just want to try to duplicate that.”

Even though it ended prema-turely, Osaka was pleased with herback end to the season after atough stretch where shesuffered a stunningfirst-round exitat Wimbledonfollowed by alacklustre USOpen tit ledefence.

She rated2019, which startedon a high in Melbourne, as amore pleasing season than last year,when she made her Grand Slambreakthrough by beating SerenaWilliams in a tempestuous final atFlushing Meadows.

“(Losing at Wimbledon) wasthe lowest emotional feeling I’veever felt,” she said. “After the USOpen, I set goals. I was able to wintournaments. That was definitelythe highlight.

“I definitely think that this yearwas somehow better (than lastyear),” she added.

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Late entry Kiki Bertensstunned world number one

Ashleigh Barty with a comebackthree-set victory to shake-up theseason-ending WTA Finals inShenzhen Tuesday.

The world No.10 looked indeep trouble at a set and breakdown, but turned the tide withruthless returning and aggressiveplay at the net to overwhelm adeflated Barty, who could havesealed a spot in the semi-finalswith victory.

Bertens won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 intwo hours and nine minutes ina see-saw match featuring 12breaks of serve.

“In the beginning I did notplay well but I think I got betterand I tried to play aggressive andcome to the net,” Bertens saidafter.

Bertens was a late replace-ment for world No.3 NaomiOsaka, who earlier in the daywithdrew from the round-robintournament due to a shoulderinjury.

She appeared nervous underthe bright lights dropping herfirst three service games andBarty, who has locked up theyear-end number one ranking,pounced to run away with thefirst set.

Barty then endured her ownservice woes against an increas-ingly aggressive Bertens, whoshowcased soft touch at the net.

A slumping Barty had herserve broken five times throughthe second and third sets asBertens stormed to her first vic-tory over the Australian.

Bertens continued herstrong form after making thefinals in Zhuhai last week andthe semi-finals of the ChinaOpen earlier in the month,when she lost a three-set thrillerto Barty.

Bertens, who made thesemi-finals of last year's edition,has to win both her matches toqualify from Red Group.

Belinda Bencic needs to winthe later match against PetraKvitova to stay in the tourna-ment.

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India’s leading squash player JoshnaChinappa crashed out in the pre-quar-

terfinals of the CIB PSA Women's WorldChampionship after a straight game defeatto top seed Nour El Sherbini here.

Joshna, ranked 12th in the world, wentdown 5-11, 3-11, 6-11 in the round of 16match on Monday night.

The three-time world champion ElSherbini produced a dominant perfor-mance to comfortably take the openingtwo games. Chinappa put up more of afight in the third but the Egyptian sealedthe match.

It was Joshna’s second consecutive lossto the Egyptian. She had gone down 1-3at the JP Morgan China Squash Open in2017.

“Joshna has been on form from thestart of this season. I’m really happy thatI managed to win 3-0. I think I felt sharp-er tonight,” El Sherbini was quoted as say-ing by psaworldtour.Com.

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Roger Federer withdrewfrom the Paris Masters on

Monday in order to “pace”himself for the next year, whileMarin Cilic and Jo-WilfriedTsonga reached the secondround.

World number threeFederer claimed his 10th Baseltitle on Sunday but decided toskip the final Masters event ofthe season at Bercy Arena.

"I am extremely disappoint-ed to have to pull out of theParis Masters," he said in astatement.

"I have to pace myself sinceI want to play as long as possi-ble on the ATP Tour.

"I am sorry for my Frenchfans who I will see next year atRoland Garros." Tournament director Guy

Forget said he was "disappoint-ed" with Federer's late decisionto withdraw.

The 38-year-old Federerhad warned on Sunday afterbeating Alex de Minaur at theSwiss Indoors that he may skipthe trip to the French capital.

"My fitness is fine, I'mhappy with how I feel," he said.

"I just don't know if Ishould play next week. I'll fig-ure it out with the team."

The 20-time Grand Slamchampion returned to the ParisMasters last year for the firsttime since 2015 and reached thesemi-finals where he lost athree-set thriller to NovakDjokovic, who is top seedahead of Rafael Nadal in theFrench capital this year.

Federer will next play at theATP Tour Finals in London,which get underway on

November 10.He was replaced by Italian

veteran Andreas Seppi in themain draw as a lucky loser.

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on Cilic was one of the firstunseeded players to book hisspot in the last 32 with a 7-6(7/5), 6-4 win over Poland'sHubert Hurkacz.

Croatian Cilic, who hasfailed to reach a final this sea-son and has slipped to 24th inthe world rankings, will nextface three-time Grand Slamtitle-winner Stan Wawrinka.

Tsonga, who was the lastFrenchman to win the ParisMasters title in 2008, battledback from a set down to defeatin-form Russian Andrey Rublev4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

The 34-year-old, who has

risen to world number 35 afterending an injury-plagued 2018at 239th, saved four breakpoints in a dramatic decidingset in front of a partisan crowd.

There was more cheer forthe home fans as JeremyChardy and Benoit Paire alsoprogressed.

Chardy edged out big-serv-ing American Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 to set up a tie withworld number four DaniilMedvedev, while Paire saw offBosnian Damir Dzumhur 7-5,6-4.

Paire will face fellow Frenchhope Gael Monfils for a placein the last 16.

Elsewhere, Croatian BornaCoric lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 toFernando Verdasco, and formerWimbledon finalist MilosRaonic cruised past Britain'sCameron Norrie 6-3, 6-2.

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Indian women’s football teamstar Bala Devi has hailed the

recent changes in the nationalset-up and said they have helpedthe players in innumerable ways.

The team is currentlyundergoing a camp for theforthcoming back-to- backinternational friendlies againstVietnam on Nov 3 and 6.

“Since making my debut in2005, I have been playing in thenational team for more than adecade now. But there has beena string of recent changes, andall for good,” she said. We haveseen some considerable changesin the dietary regime, trainingsessions, and most importantlyvideo analysis off late.

“Laying out a proper dietplan, carbohydrate balance, pro-tein intake, are aspects which arebeing taken being care of nowa-days, and all of that helps play-

ers recover faster.”She also highlighted the

change in the fitness regime inthe camp.

“Compared to earlier days,we spend more time in the gymnowadays. We stress on coreexercises. These processes signif-icantly reduce the chances ofinjuries, and accelerate therecovery process which is ofparamount importance from aplayer’s vantage point,” she said.

However, Bala added that allof that would have fallen flat onits face had the senior women’steam not got the much-neededexposure, which gave them “theopportunity to gauge where westand, and put all into effect”.

“Since Jan 2019, we haveplayed around 20 Internationalmatches. We played in theCOTIF Cup, away matchesagainst Hong Kong, Indonesia,Uzbekistan, and now we are slat-ed to travel to Vietnam.

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The Indian cricket team willplay its first ever Day-NightTest match here against

Bangladesh next month, BCCIPresident Sourav Ganguly told PTIon Tuesday, taking a path-breakingdecision within a week into hisnine-month tenure.

The Test is scheduled to be heldat the Eden Gardens from November22-26 and will be the second gameof a two-match series.

The development ended days ofspeculation after Ganguly first pro-posed the idea to the BangladeshCricket Board, which faced resis-tance from its players and sat formultiple meetings to convince them.

“The BCB has confirmed and weare having a pink-ball Test. It’s a gooddevelopment. Test cricket needs thispush. Me and my team were bent onit and thanks to Virat (Kohli) also,he agreed,” Ganguly told PTI.

Bangladesh’s South Africancoach Russell Domingo conceded inDhaka that there are concerns abouthow the match will pan out but theteam has decided to accept thechange and explore new avenues.The match will start at 2pm (IST)and will comprise a Tea and Dinnerbreak.

“We think it’s a great opportuni-ty. I don’t think India has played apink ball Test before. It’s a massiveoccasion at Eden Gardens againstone of the best teams in the world,”Domingo said.

“We are looking forward to thatchallenge. There are some chal-lenges as we will not have a lot oftime to prepare but it’s same forIndia. I don’t think they have had aday-night Test match. So it will besame for both teams,” he added

“Since it’s pink ball, both teamswill be close to each other. Sometimechange is the best,” the formerProteas coach said.

It was Ganguly, who was instru-mental in organising the first everpink ball match in India although it

was a Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) Super League final betweenMohun Bagan and Bhowaniporeunder lights in June, 2016. Gangulyheaded the CAB at the time.

Two players, who played thatmatch — Wriddhiman Saha andMohammed Shami — are expectedto play the first ever pink Test.

The BCCI had introduced thepink ball in Duleep Trophy that sameyear and it continued for three sea-sons before the Board scrapped it

this year due to lack of broadcastcoverage.

Mayank Agarwal, RavichandranAshwin, Kuldeep Yadav, IshantSharma have also played pink ballDuleep games among the currentIndia players.

The spinners have expressedconcerns about the dew factor, whichthey believe, puts them out of equa-tion.

Ganguly, however, assured thatconditions won’t be a problem.

“We will sort this out and therewould be no dew. We have day-nightone-dayers after all and dew spray isused,” he said.

There are plans to invite India'slegendary Olympians like AbhinavBindra, M C Mary Kom and P VSindhu and felicitate them for theircontribution to the country’sOlympic movement during thematch.

Ganguly, a former India captainand an advocate of the innovation torevive interest in Test cricket, wantsto make it an annual affair likeAustralia's Pink Test in which thenational team wears pink caps toraise breast cancer awareness.

Also, with Bangladesh PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina set to witnessthe first day’s proceedings, it isexpected to be a carnival at the Eden.

Ganguly, within a week of takingover as Board chief, has created alasting legacy.

“It’s just my job, that’s what I’mhere for... Because I’ve played thisgame for so long. I think it’s a greatmove for Test cricket and hopefullyit will bring crowds back to theground,” he said.

Internationally, there have been11 day-night Tests so far since thefirst between Australia and NewZealand in 2015. The most recentday-night Test took place in Januarythis year between Australia and SriLanka in Brisbane.

India were approached to play aday-night Test during their tour ofAustralia last year but the countrydeclined the offer at that time,asserting that sighting the ballbecomes a problem after it gets oldunder floodlights.

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Bangladesh captain and star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was

on Tuesday handed a two-year sus-pension by the ICC for failing toreport three corrupt approaches,including one at the IPL, by a sus-pected Indian bookie, ousting himfrom the upcoming tour of India.

Twelve months of that ban isa suspended sentence which willcome into effect if Shakib fails tocomply with the anti-corruptioncode of the world body.

The one-year ban that he hasto serve will keep him out of nextyear’s Indian Premier League (IPL)and also the World T20 to be heldin Australia from October 18 toNovember 15 the same year.

“I am obviously extremely sadto have been banned from thegame I love, but I completelyaccept my sanction for not report-ing the approaches. The ICC ACUis reliant on players to play a cen-tral part in the fight against corrup-tion and I didn’t do my duty in thisinstance,” Shakib said in a mediarelease given by the ICC.

In his absence, senior-mostplayer Mushfiqur Rahim mightlead the team in Tests while oneamong Mahmudullah RiyadhMosaddek Hosain is set to be theskipper in the three T20Internationals.

The 32-year-old was beingkept away from team's ongoingpractice sessions before the Indiatour on ICC’s instructions. Theseries against India comprisesthree T20 Internationals and twoTests and gets underway in Delhiwith the shortest format games onNovember 3. Shakib was spoken toby the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unitin January and August this yearand he failed to report theapproaches made to him by “anindividual known to the ACUand suspected of involvement incorruption in cricket, DeepakAggarwal.”

The ICC said Aggarwal hadasked Shakib to provide informa-

tion on team composition andstrategy on three separate occa-sions, one of them being April 26,2018 when his IPL franchiseSunrisers Hyderabad was to takeon Kings XI Punjab. Sunrisers wonthe game by 13 runs.

“These messages on 26 April2018 included a number of delet-ed messages. He confirmed thatthese deleted messages containedrequests from Mr Aggarwal forInside Information,” the ICC stat-ed.

Aggarwal’s other twoapproaches were during theBangladesh Premier League whenShakib was playing for DhakaDynamites in 2017, followed by thetri-series against Zimbabwe and SriLanka in January 2018.

Aggarwal, the ICC said, want-ed to meet Shakib but the cricketerdidn’t oblige as “he had concernsover Mr Aggarwal, feeling he wasa bit ‘dodgy’, and that, followingtheir conversations, he had the feel-ing that Mr Aggarwal was a book-ie,” it added.

Shakib, who escaped the max-imum punishment of five years forthe offence, will not have the rightto appeal as he accepted the ICC’sinvestigation and charges.

Shakib recently spearheaded aplayer’s strike before calling it offafter the BCB assured that theirdemands, including a pay hike, willbe fulfilled.

He is unarguably one of thegreats of the game in Bangladeshwith more than 11,000 runs andover 500 wickets across three for-mats.

The ICC said while Shakib’svoluntary admission, cooperationduring interviews worked in hisfavour, the fact that he failed toreport advances made over monthswas an “aggravating” factor.

“Mr Al Hasan is an experi-enced international cricketer who,having participated in several anti-corruption education sessions, wasfully aware of his responsibilitiesunder the Code,” the world bodysaid in its judgement.

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The Netherlands on Tuesdaysealed their berth in the ICC

men's Twenty20 World Cup inAustralia next year with asuperb eight-wicket win overUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) inthe qualifying play-off here.

Brandon Glover returnedwith a four-wicket haul, whilePaul van Meekeren and T vander Gugten claimed two wick-ets each to restrict UAE to 80 fornine in the stipulated 20 overs.

The Dutch then overhauledthe target, reaching 81 for twoin 15.1 overs, riding on a 53-ball41 by opener Ben Cooper.

The Netherlands thusbecame the third team, afterPapua New Guinea and Ireland,to book a place in the T20World Cup. The Dutch are nowassured of a place in the eight-team first round of the tourna-ment to be held in Australia inOctober next year.

UAE have a final chance toreach the tournament whenthey face Scotland in a qualify-ing playoff on Wednesday.

Hosts UAE skipper AhmedRaza's decision to bat first back-fired as they slumped to 9 for 5.

Opener Rohan Mustafa (1)

was the first to go after he wascaught and bowled by FredKlaassen in the first over.

Paul van Meekeren thenstruck twice in as many balls,having Rameez Shahad (0)and Mohammad Usman (0)caught behind by wicketkeep-er Scott Edwards in the secondover.

Glover then trappedDarius D'Silva LBW for a duckin the third over, before remov-ing Zawar Farid (5) when hetried to pull a delivery to mid-wicket as UAE lost half theirside inside five overs.

UAE were in danger ofrecording the lowest score inT20I history but they managedto put up 80 for 9 after Raza(22), Waheed Ahmed (19),Mohammad Boota (16) andSultan Ahmed (11) made someuseful contributions.

In reply, the Netherlandslost Max O'Dowd (5) to RohanMustafa in the second overbefore Colin Ackermann (18)was sent packing by ZahoorKhan in the 10th over.

Cooper and Ryan tenDoeschate (11 not out) thensteadied the innings and tooktheir team home with 29 ballsto spare.

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Bangladesh head coachRussell Domingo on

Tuesday welcomed the deci-sion to play their maidenDay-Night Test against India,saying both team’s inexperi-ence of playing with pink ballmight give the visitors an edgeover the hosts.

The Test is scheduled to beheld at the iconic EdenGardens from November 22-26 and will be the secondgame of the two-match series.

The development endeddays of speculation after newBCCI president SouravGanguly managed to con-vince the Bangladesh CricketBoard, which initially facedresistance from its players.

“As a coach I think it’s agreat opportunity. I don't thinkIndia played a pink ball Testbefore, we too haven’t playeda pink ball Test either. It's goingto be a massive occasion at theEden Gardens. It will be a newexperience for both teams.So we’re very excited,”Domingo said.

“We know India are agood Test team. Probably theyare the number one team inthe world, but there will beuncertainty among players ofboth the teams of playing a

pink ball Test.“Both teams don't quite

know what to expect, so itcould work in our advantage,could work in our favour,” headded.

The South African furthersaid it will be a level-playingfield for both the teams interms of preparation for theirfirst-ever Day-Night Test.

“It’s going to be a greatoccasion under lights inKolkata against one of thebest team of all formats. Sowe're really looking forward tothe challenge. For sure therewill be challenges becausewe’re not going to have a lot oftime to prepare with a pinkball,” Domingo said.

“It’ll be the same for boththe teams, not a lot of prepa-ration time, but an excitingevent. It’s new for both of theteams, so it can get the teamsa little bit closer.

“And just the way thegame is going, we’ve got to lookat trying new things at certaintimes. Like I said, we haven’tdone much of it, but some-times change is the best thing.”

Domingo said Bangladeshplayers were initially reluc-tant to the idea because of lackof preparation time.

“I’ve spoken to the players.For sure there were some con-cerns. Some guys actually said‘we don’t know what to expect.A little bit of preparation is

needed, there will be onlytwo-three days between thefirst and the second Test. Howmuch time are we going tohave to get used to it?”

“(But) during my timewith South Africa, we playeda pink ball match in Adelaide.We had a warm-up gamebefore that with a pink ball, wehad a few sessions. It’s a littlebit less time this time forIndia,” he said.

“I’ve got some experiencewith the pink ball. Hopefully,we can share that information(with the players). But our firstfocus will be on the openingTest and once that’s complet-ed, we will work with the pinkball,” Domingo added.

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BCCI President SouravGanguly on Tuesday said

the historic decision to organ-ise India’s first-ever Day-NightTest is based on “commonsense” as it is the only way torevive falling crowd interest inthe traditional format.

India’s maiden Day-NightTest against Bangladesh, thesecond game of a two-matchseries, will be held at theEden Gardens here fromNovember 22-26 and will bea first for the visiting side aswell.

Ganguly said he is happythat India skipper Virat Kohlias well as the BangladeshCricket Board (BCB) haveagreed on a historic first atsuch a short notice.

“It’s just my job, that’swhat I’m here for... BecauseI've played this game for solong. It’s great. I think com-mon sense is important. AndI think it's a great move forTest cricket and hopefully itwill bring crowds back to theground,” Ganguly told PTI inan exclusive interview justafter the landmark develop-ment.

It’s been less than a weekin office as BCCI chief andGanguly had created some-thing that will be his legacyeven if his term ends in thenext 10 months.

“Test cricket needs thispush. Me and secretary Jay(Shah) and our new teamwere pretty hell bent on it.Thanks to Virat (Kohli) also,he agreed straightaway. Andeven more to BangladeshCricket Board that they agreedat such a short notice. It's agood way forward,” Gangulysaid.

It wasn't an easy job butGanguly managed to con-vince BCB mandarins after alot of back channel talks.

“Things change like this.I think it’s a great start for Testcricket in the subcontinent.Our intentions have beengood. It’s going to be no prob-lem at all. Everything will befine don't worry,” the formercaptain said in an assuredtone.

In the Duleep Trophygames that were held in thepreceding years (2016, 2017and 2018), when Ganguly wasthe technical committee chair-man, dew was one issue thatbecame problematic for thespinners.

“We will make sure there’sno dew. After all day/nightone-dayers are played here.There's this dew treatmentspray and all. Nothing willhappen,” Ganguly said.

Ganguly also informedthat BCCI will persist with 'SGTest' pink balls instead ofDukes or Kookaburra.

“Hopefully SG...Becausethe first match will be with SGso the second Test will alsohave to be with SG.”

Asked why Kookaburraballs can't be used, Gangulysaid that two different balls(different companies) can't beused in the same series.

“No, it can’t be because theseries has to be played withsame ball. It can’t be two dif-ferent balls in the same series.”

With no Shakib Al Hasan,banned for two years (one yearsuspended sentence) forbreaching ICC Anti-Corruption code, Bangladeshmight find it problematic todeal with pink ball underlights.

“I don’t think it’s going tobe a problem. They have suchquality players they wouldadjust easily,” Ganguly sound-ed confident that the matchwont lose its competitiveflavour without Shakib.

Was there a feeling of dejavu when Bangladesh agreedjust like CAB hosted the Indo-Pak game in World T20 afterbeing shifted fromDharmasala at short notice in2016, he replied: “This wasscheduled. We just made it aday/night unlike that game.”

Now that the matchwill be a day-night one,Ganguly said he would nowget on with the arrangementpart.

“We have not decided any-thing yet because we were notconfirmed whether it's goingto be a day/night or day. Oncethis is confirmed we will takeit from there,” he concluded.

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Environmentalists wrote to BCCI pres-ident Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday,

requesting him to consider moving thefirst India-Bangladesh T20 outside Delhias the rapidly deteriorating air qualitycould prove a health risk for the playersand thousands of spectators.

The rapid spike in the pollution levelafter Diwali has become a cause for con-cern ahead of the international match atFeroz Shah Kotla Ground on November3. In December 2017, the Sri Lankancricket team was left gasping for breathduring a Test match at the Kotla, forcingmost of their players to wear protectivemasks even as some fell ill.

“In the light of extreme pollution inDelhi, we would like to request you toconsider shifting the venue for the firstT20 outside of Delhi. Making our crick-

eters play a physically demanding sportfor 3-4 hours in Delhi’s toxic air will endup doing more damage to our cricketteam’s health in the long run,” Jyoti Pandeof Care For Air and Ravina Raj Kohli ofMy Right To Breathe said in the letter.

Care For Air and My Right ToBreathe are clean air awareness and advo-cacy non-profit organisations.

“Thousands of innocent spectators atthe venue will also be putting themselvesat risk in order to watch the match in theprevailing situation,” they said.

The environmentalists said outdooraerobic activities raise the respiration rateof the human body, thus depositing evenhigher levels of toxins into our lungs andorgans.

“This puts our sportspersons at evengreater risk when they play outdoors. Anymatch played outdoors harms the healthand very lives of the players and it is irre-sponsible to schedule such sportingactivities during times of such toxic airquality,” they said.

On Monday, Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal had hoped pollution willnot affect the T20 match, emphasisingthat his government has been taking stepssuch as the odd-even scheme to improvethe air quality.

A day later, a smoky haze turnedDelhi's skies grey as the air qualitydropped further and entered the second-worst “severe” category. At 6.45pm,Delhi's overall AQI stood at 410, whilethe situation was worse in the satellitetowns of Ghaziabad, Greater Noida andNoida.

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