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I ndia’s second mission to the Moon — Chandrayaan-2 — was called off due to a “tech- nical snag” in its most power- ful rocket a little less than an hour before launch from a spaceport here in the early hours of Monday. Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were assessing the seriousness of the problem with the heavylift rocket GSLV Mk-III rocket carrying the satellite that put a halt to the ambitious 976 crore lunar mission amid uncertainty over a future launch date. The ISRO was tightlipped as to what may have caused the glitch that occurred when liq- uid propellant was being loaded into the rocket’s indige- nous cryogenic upper stage engine. But several space sci- entists said the space agency must be appreciated for calling off the launch of rather than hurrying into a major disaster. Despite the odd hour, enthusiasts of all ages reached the island, some of them trav- elling long distances on two wheelers, to witness the proud moment. The men, women and children waiting at a spe- cial gallery, set up recently by ISRO, left the venue disap- pointed as the mission did not go as expected. ISRO had set up the gallery — inaugurated by Chairman K Sivan a few months ago — on the sprawl- ing Sriharikota premises as the number of spectators turning up to witness launches has been increasing over time. “We do not know what happened but we are disappointed. I hope they rectify whatever the issue is. We will come back again to witness the launch,” said a young boy, holding aloft the tricolour, who had come with his family. A man standing nearby said it was good scientists had called off the launch when the rocket was still on the ground. “If it had gone into space and something had happened there, the huge amount of money spent on the mission would have gone to waste,” he said. Watched by President Ram Nath Kovind, the countdown to the launch of Chandrayaan- 2 on board Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III, dubbed as “Baahubali”, was scheduled for 2.51 am on Monday. The mission was stopped 56 minutes and 24 sec- onds before lift-off at 1.55 am following an announcement from the Mission Control Centre. Confusion prevailed for several minutes before the ISRO came out with an official confirmation about the launch being cancelled. “A technical snag was observed in the launch vehicle system at t-minus 56 minutes. As a measure of abundant pre- caution Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today,” ISRO Associate Director (Public Relations) BR Guruprasad said. He did not specify the nature of the snag. A revised launch date will be announced later, he added. “Launch is called off due to technical snag. It is not possi- ble to make the launch within the (launch) window. (A new) launch schedule will be announced later,” another ISRO official said, India’s space agency had earlier scheduled the launch in the first week of January but shifted it to July 15. The lift-off of the three-component space- craft weighing 3,850 kg and comprising an orbiter, the lan- der and the rover was scheduled from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The satellite was supposed to explore the uncharted lunar south pole, 11 years after ISRO’s successful first lunar mission — Chandrayaan-1, which made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009. It would have taken 54 days to accomplish the task of landing on the Moon through meticulously planned orbital phases. Continued on Page 4 B attling for survival after the resignation of 16 MLAs, the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition Government in Karnataka will face the floor test in the Assembly on Thursday. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had announced he would seek a trust vote to end the “confu- sion” caused by the resignations of rebel MLAs, while asserting he was "ready for everything". The fate of all the 16 rebel legislators who have approached the Supreme Court is expected to be decided on Tuesday. Leaders of the ruling coalition led by Congress expressed con- fidence to win the trust vote, while Opposition BJP main- tained the Government has been reduced to "a minority" after 16 MLAs resigned from the Assembly. As the political turmoil lingered on with the ruling coalition making frantic efforts to win back rebels who have pushed the Government to the brink of collapse, Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced that the confidence motion sought to be moved by Kumaraswamy would be taken up at 11 am on July 18. With the support of the two independents, the BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224-member House, where the half-way mark is 113. If the resignations of the 16 MLAs are accepted, the coalition's tally will be reduced to 100. The date has been fixed after consulting both the Opposition and ruling coalition leaders at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting. The disgruntled MLAs are in Mumbai and have not turned up for the Assembly proceedings, which began on Friday last. Rebel MLAs have also written to the Mumbai Police chief saying they don't want to meet senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad or any other Congress leaders. Their move came amid speculation that Kharge, some other senior Congress leaders and Kumaraswamy may visit Hotel Renaissance in Powai where the rebel MLAs are sequestered, to win them back. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of five more rebel Congress MLAs, along with the pending petition of 10 legislators, seek- ing a direction to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to accept their resignation. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the sub- mission of senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the rebel MLAs, that they also be made parties to the pending petition, which is to be heard on Tuesday. Continued on Page 4 A fter cricketers, current and former, shared New Zealand's pain on losing the World Cup title on boundary countback with tournament top-scorer Rohit Sharma ask- ing for a "serious look" into the rule, which was slammed as "absurd" by several former players, England skipper Eoin Morgan said players "do not have control over the rules" set by the ICC. Earlier, when New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was asked if the rule was a fair way to decide a World Cup final winner, he admitted it was hard to swallow. "I suppose you never thought you would have to ask that question and I never thought I would have to answer it (smiling)," was Williamson's reaction. Meanwhile, former inter- national umpires Simon Taufel and K Hariharan on Monday said officials standing in the World Cup final erred in awarding six runs, instead of five, to England for an over- throw, an observation that the ICC refused to comment on. "It's a clear mistake.. It's an error of judgment. They (England) should have been awarded five runs, not six," Taufel, a five- time ICC Umpire of the Year, told foxsports.Com.Au. In a pulsating encounter in the final, England were adjudged the winners of the world Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count — 22 fours and two sixes — to New Zealand's 16 after the epic final, and also the ensuing Super Over, ended in a tie. Continued on Page 4 A fter a heated debate, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which allows the NIA to probe terror attacks on Indians and Indian interests abroad. Refuting Opposition’s claims of “misuse” of the NIA law, Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Modi Government will never abuse it to target anyone but will ensure that terrorism is fin- ished off irrespective of the reli- gion of the accused. Replying to the queries of Opposition MPs on Pakistan’s reluctance to sign the SAARC agreement to co-operate in cases on terrorism and rele- vance of amendment to the NIA law, Shah told the Lok Sabha that India has several means, including surgical and airstrikes, to deal with Pakistan. “I am sure that Pakistan would also have to sign that agreement under internation- al pressure,” he said. Defending the Bill, the Government refuted Opposition’s allegations of “misuse” of the NIA law to tar- get members of a community, and stressed that people have given the mandate to the Government to protect the country from terrorism. Opposition MPs accused the anti-terror law is misused at times to target members of a particular community. Continued on Page 4 S enior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra was on Monday appoint- ed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Acharya Devvrat, who has been trans- ferred and appointed the Governor of Gujarat. A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique said the appoint- ment of Mishra and Devvrat will come into effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. Mishra, 78, had resigned from the Narendra Modi-led Government as Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2017 after he crossed the age of 75, the BJP’s unofficial age limit for holding an elected post. The Uttar Pradesh leader did not contest the last Lok Sabha election. Devvrat, 60, was appoint- ed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh in 2015. He will replace Governor of Gujarat OP Kohli, who retires on Monday. E xcavated by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) way back in 1950s, Jagatgram village, the 2,000- year-old site in Dehradun asso- ciated with the ancient practice of horse sacrifice or the ritual of Ashvamedha, has been final- ly declared a monument of national importance. Ashvamedha rituals find mention in epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as many other ancient texts. Ashvamedha was con- ducted by kings to prove their imperial sovereignty. An official in the ASI said the site known as Jagatgram has remains of three fire altars where the horse sacrifices were presumably conducted. “As it will be now under the ASI fold, efforts will now be on its con- servation and protection,” said the official. The excavated remains of the three fire altars here reveal that they were built in the eagle-shaped Syena Chiti form, where the bird is depicted with its wings spread. According to experts, such altars are extremely rare. In the period between the first and fifth century AD, Jagatgram and adjoining places like Haripur and Lakhamandal were under the rule of the Verman clan. An inscription on the first altar says King Silavaraman, alias Pona of Yugasaila, who belonged to the Vrishgan gotra, and is believed to have ruled during the 3rd century AD, performed four sacrifices here. (During that period, the western part of the Himalayas was known as Yugasaila). The excavated remains clearly indicate that after defeat of the Kushnas, the Kunindas might have strong ruling power in the region, extending their rule over adjoining region and enjoyed supremacy till the 3rd to the 4th AD. The excavations at the sec- ond site have revealed a num- ber of inscribed bricks — in a standard two by two feet size — with inscriptions written in the Brahmi script. In the third site, known as Garud Kund, the formation of bricks is in the form of an eagle. All the sites have now been covered with cement and the bricks jut out of the cemented ground. Continued on Page 4 W ith the aim to mobilise resources to improve infrastructure in municipal areas of Lucknow and Ghaziabad, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed these two municipal corporations to float Municipal Bonds. Besides, the government has also encouraged people to open small shops in residen- tial areas by reducing house tax. These decisions were taken in the UP Cabinet meet- ing chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Monday. Briefing media persons, state government spokesper- son and Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma said for the first time, municipal corpo- rations had been allowed to borrow from people to improve their infrastructures. He said the Lucknow Municipal Corporation would float bonds to raise Rs 200 crore and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, Rs 150 crore. The LMC will use the funds generated through bonds for sewage and drink- ing water projects while the GMC would use it for treating sewage water for industrial use. “The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the pro- posal. Two credit rating agen- cies have been engaged to complete the process within a month’s time,” Sharma said, adding that the bonds would be listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange very soon. Maintaining that the bonds would be an attraction for the institutions to invest in, the minister said that the municipal corporations would have to pay around 9 per cent interest. A separate cell would be set up in both the munic- ipal corporations to monitor the performance. Principal Secretary (Urban Development) Manoj Kumar Singh told reporters that this was for the first time that municipal bonds were being floated in the state. The money raised by the Ghaziabad MC will be used for the tertiary treatment of water for industrial usage. Singh said this was a mar- ket-oriented experiment and an attempt to make the work- ing of the MCs more profes- sional. In another important decision, the UP government has given a big sop to small traders by approving a pro- posal of municipal corpora- tions to reduce house tax on small shops in the residential areas. “If a shop measuring 120 sq feet is operational in a res- idential area, it would have to pay 1.5 times the property tax,” he said, adding that ear- lier the shopkeeper had to shell five times the property tax prevailing in that area. UP officials said the deci- sion would benefit small shop- keepers selling tea, milk, egg and vegetables etc. However, the government clarified that it was up to the development authorities to permit shops though such shops were allowed in mixed habitation areas. In another decision, the government has made misuse of government official logo a punishable offence. The gov- ernment has proposed a jail term of two years and a fine of Rs 5,000 for this offence. The government has also reduced the qualifying marks in written exams for sub- inspectors and inspectors in the civil police by amending the service rule. Now, against the mandatory 50 per cent marks in all the four subjects for qualifying the examina- tion, the aspirants will quali- fy the exam with 35 per cent marks in individual subjects provided the aggregate is 50 per cent. Defence industrial corri- dor: In order to speed up the acquisition of land for the ambitious Defence Industrial Corridor project, the Cabinet has approved a proposal to transfer 45.498 acres of land of the Agriculture department to the Industry department in Aligarh. The government has already acquired around 2,500 acres of land in Aligarh, Jhansi and other places for the defence corridor in the state. Besides, the government has also approved to amend the service rule for promotion of deputy director in the Backward Welfare department to the post of joint director.

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India’s second mission to theMoon — Chandrayaan-2 —

was called off due to a “tech-nical snag” in its most power-ful rocket a little less than anhour before launch from aspaceport here in the earlyhours of Monday. Scientists ofthe Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) wereassessing the seriousness ofthe problem with the heavyliftrocket GSLV Mk-III rocketcarrying the satellite that put ahalt to the ambitious �976crore lunar mission amiduncertainty over a futurelaunch date.

The ISRO was tightlippedas to what may have caused theglitch that occurred when liq-uid propellant was beingloaded into the rocket’s indige-nous cryogenic upper stageengine. But several space sci-entists said the space agencymust be appreciated for callingoff the launch of rather thanhurrying into a major disaster.

Despite the odd hour,enthusiasts of all ages reachedthe island, some of them trav-elling long distances on twowheelers, to witness the proudmoment. The men, womenand children waiting at a spe-

cial gallery, set up recently byISRO, left the venue disap-pointed as the mission did notgo as expected. ISRO had set upthe gallery — inaugurated byChairman K Sivan a fewmonths ago — on the sprawl-ing Sriharikota premises as thenumber of spectators turningup to witness launches hasbeen increasing over time. “Wedo not know what happenedbut we are disappointed. I

hope they rectify whatever theissue is. We will come backagain to witness the launch,”said a young boy, holding aloftthe tricolour, who had comewith his family.

A man standing nearbysaid it was good scientists hadcalled off the launch when therocket was still on the ground.“If it had gone into space andsomething had happened there,the huge amount of money

spent on the mission wouldhave gone to waste,” he said.

Watched by President RamNath Kovind, the countdownto the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on board GeosynchronousLaunch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III,dubbed as “Baahubali”, wasscheduled for 2.51 am onMonday. The mission wasstopped 56 minutes and 24 sec-onds before lift-off at 1.55 amfollowing an announcement

from the Mission ControlCentre. Confusion prevailed forseveral minutes before theISRO came out with an officialconfirmation about the launchbeing cancelled.

“A technical snag wasobserved in the launch vehiclesystem at t-minus 56 minutes.As a measure of abundant pre-caution Chandrayaan 2 launchhas been called off for today,”ISRO Associate Director(Public Relations) BRGuruprasad said. He did notspecify the nature of the snag.A revised launch date will beannounced later, he added.

“Launch is called off due totechnical snag. It is not possi-ble to make the launch withinthe (launch) window. (A new)launch schedule will beannounced later,” another ISROofficial said,

India’s space agency hadearlier scheduled the launch inthe first week of January butshifted it to July 15. The lift-offof the three-component space-craft weighing 3,850 kg andcomprising an orbiter, the lan-der and the rover was scheduledfrom the Satish Dhawan SpaceCentre (SDSC) in Sriharikota,off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

The satellite was supposedto explore the uncharted lunarsouth pole, 11 years after ISRO’ssuccessful first lunar mission —Chandrayaan-1, which mademore than 3,400 orbits aroundthe moon and was operationalfor 312 days till August 29,2009. It would have taken 54days to accomplish the task oflanding on the Moon throughmeticulously planned orbitalphases.

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Battling for survival afterthe resignation of 16 MLAs,

the Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) coalitionGovernment in Karnataka willface the floor test in theAssembly on Thursday. ChiefMinister HD Kumaraswamyhad announced he would seeka trust vote to end the “confu-sion” caused by the resignationsof rebel MLAs, while assertinghe was "ready for everything".

The fate of all the 16 rebellegislators who have approachedthe Supreme Court is expectedto be decided on Tuesday.Leaders of the ruling coalitionled by Congress expressed con-fidence to win the trust vote,while Opposition BJP main-tained the Government hasbeen reduced to "a minority"after 16 MLAs resigned fromthe Assembly.

As the political turmoillingered on with the rulingcoalition making frantic effortsto win back rebels who havepushed the Government to thebrink of collapse, AssemblySpeaker KR Ramesh Kumar onMonday announced that theconfidence motion sought to bemoved by Kumaraswamywould be taken up at 11 am onJuly 18.

With the support of the

two independents, the BJP has107 MLAs in the 224-memberHouse, where the half-waymark is 113. If the resignationsof the 16 MLAs are accepted,the coalition's tally will bereduced to 100.

The date has been fixedafter consulting both theOpposition and ruling coalitionleaders at the BusinessAdvisory Committee (BAC)meeting. The disgruntledMLAs are in Mumbai and havenot turned up for the Assemblyproceedings, which began onFriday last.

Rebel MLAs have alsowritten to the Mumbai Policechief saying they don't want tomeet senior Congress leadersMallikarjun Kharge, GhulamNabi Azad or any otherCongress leaders. Their move

came amid speculation thatKharge, some other seniorCongress leaders andKumaraswamy may visit HotelRenaissance in Powai where therebel MLAs are sequestered, towin them back.

The Supreme Court onMonday agreed to hear a pleaof five more rebel CongressMLAs, along with the pendingpetition of 10 legislators, seek-ing a direction to the KarnatakaAssembly Speaker to accepttheir resignation. A Benchheaded by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi took note of the sub-mission of senior advocateMukul Rohtagi, appearing forthe rebel MLAs, that they alsobe made parties to the pendingpetition, which is to be heardon Tuesday.

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After cricketers, current andformer, shared New

Zealand's pain on losing theWorld Cup title on boundarycountback with tournamenttop-scorer Rohit Sharma ask-ing for a "serious look" into therule, which was slammed as"absurd" by several formerplayers, England skipper EoinMorgan said players "do nothave control over the rules" setby the ICC.

Earlier, when New Zealandskipper Kane Williamson wasasked if the rule was a fair wayto decide a World Cup finalwinner, he admitted it washard to swallow. "I suppose younever thought you would haveto ask that question and I

never thought I would have toanswer it (smiling)," wasWilliamson's reaction.

Meanwhile, former inter-national umpires Simon Taufeland K Hariharan on Mondaysaid officials standing in theWorld Cup final erred inawarding six runs, instead offive, to England for an over-throw, an observation that theICC refused to comment on."It's a clear mistake.. It's an errorof judgment. They (England)

should have been awarded fiveruns, not six," Taufel, a five-time ICC Umpire of the Year,told foxsports.Com.Au.

In a pulsating encounter inthe final, England wereadjudged the winners of theworld Cup on the basis oftheir superior boundary count— 22 fours and two sixes — toNew Zealand's 16 after theepic final, and also the ensuingSuper Over, ended in a tie.

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After a heated debate, theLok Sabha on Monday

passed the NationalInvestigation Agency(Amendment) Bill, 2019, whichallows the NIA to probe terrorattacks on Indians and Indianinterests abroad.

Refuting Opposition’sclaims of “misuse” of the NIAlaw, Home Minister Amit Shahasserted that the ModiGovernment will never abuseit to target anyone but willensure that terrorism is fin-ished off irrespective of the reli-gion of the accused.

Replying to the queries of

Opposition MPs on Pakistan’sreluctance to sign the SAARCagreement to co-operate incases on terrorism and rele-vance of amendment to theNIA law, Shah told the LokSabha that India has severalmeans, including surgical andairstrikes, to deal with Pakistan.

“I am sure that Pakistanwould also have to sign thatagreement under internation-al pressure,” he said.

Defending the Bill, theGovernment refutedOpposition’s allegations of“misuse” of the NIA law to tar-get members of a community,and stressed that people havegiven the mandate to theGovernment to protect thecountry from terrorism.Opposition MPs accused theanti-terror law is misused attimes to target members of aparticular community.

Continued on Page 4

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Senior BJPleader Kalraj

Mishra was onMonday appoint-ed the Governor of HimachalPradesh, replacing AcharyaDevvrat, who has been trans-ferred and appointed theGovernor of Gujarat.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan presscommunique said the appoint-ment of Mishra and Devvratwill come into effect from thedates they assume charge oftheir respective offices.

Mishra, 78, had resignedfrom the Narendra Modi-ledGovernment as Minister forMicro, Small and MediumEnterprises in 2017 after hecrossed the age of 75, the BJP’sunofficial age limit for holdingan elected post.

The Uttar Pradesh leaderdid not contest the last LokSabha election.

Devvrat, 60, was appoint-ed the Governor of HimachalPradesh in 2015.

He will replace Governorof Gujarat OP Kohli, whoretires on Monday.

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Excavated by theArcheological Survey of

India (ASI) way back in 1950s,Jagatgram village, the 2,000-year-old site in Dehradun asso-ciated with the ancient practiceof horse sacrifice or the ritualof Ashvamedha, has been final-ly declared a monument ofnational importance.

Ashvamedha rituals findmention in epics like theRamayana and Mahabharata aswell as many other ancienttexts. Ashvamedha was con-ducted by kings to prove theirimperial sovereignty.

An official in the ASI saidthe site known as Jagatgram hasremains of three fire altarswhere the horse sacrifices werepresumably conducted. “As itwill be now under the ASI fold,efforts will now be on its con-servation and protection,” saidthe official.

The excavated remains of

the three fire altars here revealthat they were built in theeagle-shaped Syena Chiti form,where the bird is depicted withits wings spread. According to

experts, such altars areextremely rare.

In the period between thefirst and fifth century AD,Jagatgram and adjoining places

like Haripur and Lakhamandalwere under the rule of theVerman clan. An inscription onthe first altar says KingSilavaraman, alias Pona of

Yugasaila, who belonged tothe Vrishgan gotra, and isbelieved to have ruled duringthe 3rd century AD, performedfour sacrifices here. (Duringthat period, the western part ofthe Himalayas was known asYugasaila).

The excavated remainsclearly indicate that after defeatof the Kushnas, the Kunindasmight have strong ruling powerin the region, extending theirrule over adjoining region andenjoyed supremacy till the 3rdto the 4th AD.

The excavations at the sec-ond site have revealed a num-ber of inscribed bricks — in astandard two by two feet size —with inscriptions written inthe Brahmi script. In the thirdsite, known as Garud Kund, theformation of bricks is in theform of an eagle. All the siteshave now been covered withcement and the bricks jut outof the cemented ground.

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With the aim to mobiliseresources to improve

infrastructure in municipalareas of Lucknow andGhaziabad, the Uttar Pradeshgovernment has allowed thesetwo municipal corporations tofloat Municipal Bonds.

Besides, the governmenthas also encouraged people toopen small shops in residen-tial areas by reducing housetax. These decisions weretaken in the UP Cabinet meet-ing chaired by Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath here onMonday.

Briefing media persons,state government spokesper-son and Energy MinisterShrikant Sharma said for thefirst time, municipal corpo-rations had been allowed toborrow from people toimprove their infrastructures.He said the LucknowMunicipal Corporation wouldfloat bonds to raise Rs 200crore and GhaziabadMunicipal Corporation, Rs150 crore.

The LMC will use thefunds generated throughbonds for sewage and drink-ing water projects while theGMC would use it for treating

sewage water for industrialuse.

“The Securities andExchange Board of India(SEBI) has approved the pro-posal. Two credit rating agen-cies have been engaged tocomplete the process within amonth’s time,” Sharma said,adding that the bonds wouldbe listed in the Bombay StockExchange and National StockExchange very soon.

Maintaining that thebonds would be an attractionfor the institutions to invest in,the minister said that themunicipal corporations wouldhave to pay around 9 per centinterest. A separate cell wouldbe set up in both the munic-ipal corporations to monitorthe performance.

Principal Secretar y(Urban Development) ManojKumar Singh told reportersthat this was for the first timethat municipal bonds werebeing floated in the state.

The money raised by theGhaziabad MC will be usedfor the tertiary treatment ofwater for industrial usage.

Singh said this was a mar-

ket-oriented experiment andan attempt to make the work-ing of the MCs more profes-sional.

In another importantdecision, the UP governmenthas given a big sop to smalltraders by approving a pro-posal of municipal corpora-tions to reduce house tax onsmall shops in the residentialareas.

“If a shop measuring 120sq feet is operational in a res-idential area, it would have topay 1.5 times the propertytax,” he said, adding that ear-lier the shopkeeper had toshell five times the propertytax prevailing in that area.

UP officials said the deci-sion would benefit small shop-keepers selling tea, milk, eggand vegetables etc.

However, the governmentclarified that it was up to thedevelopment authorities topermit shops though suchshops were allowed in mixedhabitation areas.

In another decision, thegovernment has made misuseof government official logo apunishable offence. The gov-

ernment has proposed a jailterm of two years and a fineof Rs 5,000 for this offence.

The government has alsoreduced the qualifying marksin written exams for sub-inspectors and inspectors inthe civil police by amendingthe service rule. Now, againstthe mandatory 50 per centmarks in all the four subjectsfor qualifying the examina-tion, the aspirants will quali-fy the exam with 35 per centmarks in individual subjectsprovided the aggregate is 50per cent.

Defence industrial corri-dor: In order to speed up theacquisition of land for theambitious Defence IndustrialCorridor project, the Cabinethas approved a proposal totransfer 45.498 acres of land ofthe Agriculture department tothe Industry department inAligarh.

The government hasalready acquired around 2,500acres of land in Aligarh, Jhansiand other places for thedefence corridor in the state.

Besides, the governmenthas also approved to amendthe service rule for promotionof deputy director in theBackward Welfare departmentto the post of joint director.

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Lucknow (PNS): In a sen-sational broad daylight murderin Pratapgarh, a local VishwaHindu Parishad leader was shotdead in Jethwara area by someunidentified assailants onMonday. Local police officersrushed to the spot soon aftergetting information about thekilling and faced a huge protestby the local residents and col-leagues of the victim.

Reports said that a lawyerby profession, Om MishraPranav, 38, who was also theVHP president of Kunda tehsil,was gunned down when he wasgoing somewhere on a motor-cycle on Monday morning.

Following Pranav’s mur-der, the local lawyers blockedtraffic near collectorate gateand demanded immediatearrest of the murderers.

Meanwhile, in another inci-dent, two persons have beenarrested in Muzaffarnagar forallegedly murdering a 12-year-old boy after he resisted theirattempt to sodomise him, policesaid on Monday. The accused,aged 19 and 20 years, were thevictim’s friends. They werearrested on Sunday inCharthawal town and have con-fessed their crime.

Lucknow (PNS): Tragedyhit Balrampur when about 50students were injured after ahigh-tension wire fell into a pri-mary school in Naya NagarVishnupur area of the district onMonday morning. The studentswere admitted to a hospitalwhere the condition of three ofthem was to be serious.

Taking a serious note of themishap, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath directed the officialsto extend the best medical assis-tance to the injured. He alsoordered the managing directorof Madhyanchal Vidyut VitramNigamm to conduct a highlevel probe into the incident andsubmit his findings in the next24 hours along with report ofaction taken against thoseresponsible for the incident.

Yogi Adityanath also askedthe MD to start a state-widedrive immediately to repair allfaulty high tension wires. Hewarned of stern action if simi-lar incident was reported fromanywhere in the state.

According to DistrictMagistrate Karun Karunesh,when the high tension wire fellinto the school, the studentswere at a distance but water hadcollected on the compound afterrainfall due to which they camein contact with electricity. Hesaid 50 students sustainedinjuries and they were sent tonearby hospitals,.

Two employees of the Powerdepartment were suspended anda departmental inquiry orderedagainst the junior engineer con-cerned. The District Magistratesaid the basic education officerand Power department’s execu-tive engineer were issued direc-tions to conduct a survey ofschools and remove any suchwire passing over them.

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Beware bootleggers andthose overcharging forthe liquor they sell, the

Uttar Pradesh government hasapproved several stringent stepsto punish the guilty, includingbooking them under NationalSecurity Act (NSA) andGangster Act for adulterationof liquor.

The government has pro-posed hefty fine, even cancel-lation of licence, if a liquortrader is found realising morethan the MRP from the retailcustomers.

These steps were approvedunder the Excise Policy 2019-20 by the state government ata Cabinet meeting chaired byChief Minister Yogi Adityanathhere on Monday.

Briefing media persons,Principal Secretary (Excise)Sanjay Bhoosreddy said thegovernment had made strin-gent law for punishing theguilty, including retailers andwholesalers, in the liquor adul-teration case.

Earlier, for adulteration ofliquor, there was a nominal fineof �40,000 for the first offence,�50,000 for the second offenceand cancellation of licence ofthe vendor of the third offence.

“Under the new law,licence will be cancelled in thefirst instance and a case will beregistered under sections 272,273 and 304 of the IndianPenal Code against the guiltyperson. The Excise depart-ment will even register casesunder NSA and Gangster Act,”

Bhoosreddy said.The government has taken

a serious note of retail shopscharging more from the con-sumer than the MRP printedon the liquor bottle.

“We have increased thefine for the first time offencefrom �10,000 to �75,000, forsecond time offence from�20,000 to �1,50,000 and forthe third time offence from�30,000 to cancellation of thelicence,” Bhoosreddey said,adding that both the retail andwhole dealers would be coveredunder this clause. He alsoannounced that very soon atoll-free number would be pub-lished on which a customercould complain about over-charging by the shops.

In another decision, thegovernment has allowedmono-carton of foreign madeliquor brands of more than�4,000 per bottle. Earlier, theretail shops and bars were fac-ing difficulty in making pur-chase of a carton of such bigbrand liquors.

The government has alsoreduced the limitation of keep-ing a 500-litre cask for draughtbeer in a bar. Now they canbeen casks of 20, 30 and 50litres. Besides, the governmenthas allowed security money tobe deposited in FDR orthrough e-payment when ear-lier it only NSCs had to be sub-mitted.

The government has alsoamended the rules for penaltyfor the supply of liquor by thedistilleries as per the demandof the wholesalers.

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Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath

said the state governmentwould implement the sugges-tion for development given bythe NITI Aayog (NationalInstitution for Transformationof India).

He said the NITI Aayogshould prepare a plan for thetransformation of every districtof the state, the way it came upwith a plan for eight aspira-tional districts of the state.

“The state governmentwill provide all possible helpfor the same. Once the plan ismade, it will be implementedeffectively in a time boundmanner,” Yogi said.

The Chief Minister askedthe state officials to ensureeffective coordination with theNITI Aayog for the develop-ment of aspirational districts.

In a meeting with the offi-cials of the NITI Aayog hereon Monday, the Chief Ministersaid that from the very begin-ning, his government’s inten-tion has been to make UP an‘Uttam Pradesh’ and it wel-comes every suggestion fromall the NITI Aayog.

Chief Executive Officer ofNITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant,and his colleagues presentedthe details of the progress ofeight aspirational districtsbefore the Chief Minister.

Praising the progress ofthe state, the NITI Aayogmembers said that they want-ed the aspirational districts ofUP to come at the top amongthe 115 districts in all themajor parameters.

The NITI Aayog memberssaid the way the ChiefMinister himself was takinginterest in this matter since thebeginning of this scheme andconsidering the progress by far,they hoped that in the next 3-4 months, all the aspirationaldistricts of UP would be on thetop of every key parameter.

The officials of the NITIAayog suggested that the good

works done in the aspirationaldistricts should be shared withthem through the district mag-istrates concerned and theywould share it to the worldthrough social media.

The entire transformationwork of the districts should bedone in team spirit and thereshould be proper coordinationbetween the representativesof the Centre and the state,they added.

In order to represent theranking of the work on thedashboard, the data entryshould be done correctly andtimely, the officials added.

Out of the 115 districtsselected from the country asaspirational districts, eight dis-tricts (Chitrakoot, Fatehpur,Bahraich, Shravasti,Balrampur, Siddhartha Nagar,Chandauli, and Sonbhadra)are from UP.

They have been selectedon 49 parameters, namelyhuman development index,medical and nutrition, agricul-ture, water resources, financialinclusion, skill developmentand infrastructure.

Chief Secretary AnupChandra Pandey, PrincipalSecretary, (Information)Awanish Awasthi, AdditionalChief Secretary and PrincipalSecretaries of the departmentsconcerned, Principal Secretaryto Chief Minister, MrityunjayNarayan, and senior officials ofthe NITI Ayog were presentparticipated in the meeting.

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Uttar Pradesh Congress maysoon get a new president

as party’s national general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadrahas blamed present state pres-ident Raj Babbar for the poorshow of the party in recent LokSabha elections.

She also hinted at revamp-ing the entire UP Congressunit, giving a chance also tothose who complained of beingsidelined by the party leaders.

Sources said that whileinteracting with some partyleaders in New Delhi onMonday, Priyanka blamed RajBabbar for the poor show in UP,saying that he took little inter-est in the organisational work inUttar Pradesh.

Priyanka also claimed thatshe hade full knowledge of the

UP set-up and pointed that verysoon, she would revamp theentire UPCC.

On grievances aired by someleaders that despite giving theirlives for the party they had notgot their due, Priyanka assuredthem that all such leaders whohad similar complaints would begiven some important `task’ inthe organisation and they allmust gear up to give a new leaseof life to the Congress in thebiggest state of the country.

It may be mentioned thatAll-India Congress Committeewhich is in search of a new faceto lead the party, on Saturdaygave Priyanka the full charge ofthe party affairs in UttarPradesh.

The decision was taken inthe aftermath of the drubbingCongress received at the handsof the Bharatiya Janata Party in

the recently concluded LokSabha election.

Priyanka, had, ahead of theLok Sabha election, made a for-mal entry in politics after shewas appointed Congress gener-al secretary in-charge easternUttar Pradesh.

Jyotiraditya Scindia wasappointed general secretary in-charge west Uttar Pradesh. Herappointment, however, did notprove to be much of a successas Congress could only win oneseat in UP — Rae Bareli fromwhere her mother and UnitedProgressive Alliance chairper-son Sonia Gandhi contested.

After the dismal show in thegeneral election, the Congressdissolved all its district commit-tees in the state and set up athree-member panel to lookinto complaints of gross indis-cipline during the election.

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The Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has made wear-

ing of helmet mandatory fortwo-wheeler riders on Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

A directive in this regardwas issued by the ChiefExecutive Officer of UPExpressways IndustrialDevelopment Authority(UPEIDA) Awanish Awasthion Monday.

“No two-wheeler riderwill be allowed to enter Agra-Lucknow Expressway withoutwearing a helmet. The orderwould be implemented strict-ly,” Awasthi said in a writtenstatement here.

He said the UPEIDA wascommitted to ensuring a safeand pleasant journey to com-muters on the Agra-LucknowExpressway. “The order forusing helmets is a step in thisdirection,” the CEO said.

The directive was issuedafter two youths riding amotorcycle died when theirtwo-wheeler rammed intothe rear of a parked bus onSunday night. The motorcy-cle rider and the youth on thepillion were not wearing helmets.

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Lucknos (PNS): BahujanSamaj Party chief Mayawatisaid that forcing people to chantreligious slogans was fastbecoming a “wrong practice”and a “dangerous religioustrend” in Uttar Pradesh and sev-eral other states in the country.

Mayawati’s remarks cameafter a cleric claimed that he wasforced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ inMuzaffarnagar while in Unnao,some children were allegedlyassaulted for refusing to chantthe religious slogan.

The state government hasalready clarified that the Unnaoincident was a dispute over acricket match. It also said con-certed efforts were being madeto disturb communal harmonyby spreading rumours that peo-ple were being forced to chantreligious slogans.

Mayawati said the Centreand the Uttar Pradesh govern-ment should strictly deal withsuch instances.

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Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hasoffered a golden crown weighing 2.5 kg to Lord Hanuman dur-ing his visit to Shukratal in the district. He was visiting the holysite on Sunday to attend an event to mark the death anniversaryof Swami Kalyan Dev. A 75-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanumanis located in Shukratal, which is on the banks of river Ganga.

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Mathura (PTI): Over 65 lakh pilgrims have undertakenparikrama of the Goverdhan hillock here since July 10, with anincrease in devotees since the Mudiya Poono Mela began onFriday, an official said. The fair, which is dubbed as Mathura’sMini Kumbh, began on July 12 and will end on Tuesday. “Though65 lakh pilgrims have performed the parikrama of the Goverdhanhillock by this afternoon, the unprecedented rush is continues,”District Magistrate Sarvagya Ram Mishra said on Monday.Schoolsin Mathura district’s Goverdhan block have been closed tillTuesday as a precautionary measure as there has been a surgein traffic due to the Mudiya Poono Mela, he said.No untowardincident has been reported, the district magistrate said. Mishraattributed the sudden spurt in the number of pilgrims perform-ing the circumambulation to the lunar eclipse that falls on Tuesdaynight. Major temples of Brijbhumi, except the ancientDwarkadhish temple, will remain closed during the lunar eclipse.“Only Dwarkadhish temple will remain open during the lunareclipse period between 1:30 am and 4:30 am on July 16,” publicrelation officer of Dwarkadhish temple, Rakesh Tewari, said.

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Muzaffarnagar: A group of Islamic scholars, activists andlocals of the district demanded strict action against those whoallegedly attacked a Muslim cleric and forced him to chant ‘JaiShri Ram’. The local activists of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organ-isation of Islamic scholars, protested near Jaula village here onSunday against the incident, a release by the organisation said.They also threatened to launch a widespread agitation if the policefailed to arrest the culprits. PTI

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Three students of a pri-vate school sustainedinjuries while another

escaped unhurt when the vandriver took a wrong turn atSamta Mulak crossing inGomti Nagar and the vehiclecollided with a roadways buson Monday morning.

Police lodged a caseagainst the school van driver(who also suffered injuries),van owner and school manag-er for negligence. The injuredstudents were admitted toCivil Hospital.

As per reports, four stu-dents of Maharaja AgrasenPublic School — ShahanaKhan (class XI), Anurag (classVIII), Shivani Yadav (classV) and Ankur Yadav (classVIII) — were in the van dri-ven by Shahrukh Khan, a res-ident of Gomti Nagar.

When the van reachedSamta Mulak crossing,Shahrukh took a wrong turn,instead of circling the round-about, to enter the lane lead-ing to Gomti Nagar. All of asudden, the roadways bus(Ghazipur depot) comingfrom Gomti Nagar flyovercame in front of the schoolvan. Shahrukh tried to swervethe vehicle but could notavoid the collision due towhich the van overturned.The bus driver and passengersgot down and jacked up thevan. In the meantime, a policeteam led by Sanjay KumarShukla, who is the incharge ofFun Republic police outpost,reached the scene.

“Shahana, Anurag andShivani suffered grievousinjuries while Ankur escapedunhurt. The van driver alsosuffered minor injuries. Thechildren were admitted toCivil Hospital,” Shukla said.An FIR was lodged in thisconnection.

Shukla said Shahrukh didnot have commercial licence.“Shahrukh was driving thevan recklessly which led to theaccident. He endangered thelives of students. Van ownerHari Prasad and school man-ager allowed Shahrukh toferry students even when hehad no commercial licenceand they are also responsiblefor the mishap,” Shukla said,giving a clean chit to the busdriver.

“The incident has come asan eye-opener as the districtadministration and policehardly check licence of schoolvan drivers in the city,” resi-dents said. “Every year inJuly, the Traffic departmentlaunches drive to ensureschool bus/van driver do notoverspeed. They should alsocheck if the drivers have com-mercial licences. The schoolauthorities should also ensurethe same,” they said.

Meanwhile, parents werea worried lot at the emergencyward of Civil Hospital wherethey were admitted. The par-ents seemed concerned aboutthe risks involved even insending their kids to schoolsby authorised vehicle. Theuniforms of two girls injuredin the mishap were blood-stained. Anurag Yadav (15)

said the mishap occurred ataround 6.30 am. “I have sus-tained injuries on my arm andhave terrible pain on the leftside of my,” he said.

His sister Shivani Yadav,who is on another bed, hadover 12 stitches on the fore-head. Their father Raj KumarYadav, who works in a privatecompany, said he was notgoing to take the risk of send-ing his children by school vanagain.

Anisha Khan, whose sisterShaheen Khan also sufferedinjuries in the mishap, saidthey were shocked. “We aresending the child through thebest possible mode of trans-port but if even that is not safe,what more can we do,” saidAnisha exclaimed.

Driver Shahrukh Khan,admitted to have taken thewrong turn. “I thought thatthe traffic had slowed downand I could take a quick turn,but I was wrong in my judge-ment,” he said.

The medical officer onduty said the injuries wereminor and the children hadbeen kept under observation.ARTO Sanjeev Kumar Guptasaid they would cancel thelicence of the driver while theTraffic department said theywould deploy a traffic consta-ble at the point where themishap occurred.

District MagistrateKaushal Raj Sharma also metthe children at the hospitaland talked to them. He saidthe licences of drivers andschool vans would be checked.

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District Magistrate KaushalRaj Sharma said on

Monday that every schoolshould have school transportsafety committees formed byJuly 31. The DM called themeeting of District SchoolVehicle Security Committee atCollectorate and it was attend-ed by RTO officials involved inenforcement, Traffic depart-ment and Education depart-ment officials. It was said thatfor the safety of schoolchildren,some amendments had beenmade in the Motor VehiclesAct, 1998.

The DM said according tonew rules, every school shouldhave school transport safetycommittee to be presided overby respective principals.

He directed the DIOS andbasic shiksha adhikari to hold

a meeting with all the princi-pals, thana incharges andtehsildars. The committees, hesaid, would carry out physicalverification of the vehicles atschools and check licences ofthe drivers. A district-levelcommittee consisting of SP(Traffic), RTO (Enforcement),DIOS, basic shiksha adhikariand two members nominatedby the DM was also constitut-ed. Sharma said stern actionwould be taken against over-loading of school vehicles andthe onus would rest on drivers,owners of the vehicles andeven parents.

He said it was mandatoryfor publishing the addressesand telephone numbers of theschools on school vehicles.The fitness of vehicle had to bechecked every week and sternaction taken against thosefound unfit, he added.

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Agitated over transfer ofjunior engineers of Public

Works Department (PWD) in“violation” of the transfer pol-icy, hundreds of members ofUP Diploma Engineers Sangh(PWD) laid siege to the officeof Principal Engineer (GraminSadak) RC Barnwal at PWDheadquarters here on Mondaymorning.

The protest was continuingat the time of filing the report.The junior engineers associa-tion’s president Hari KishoreTewari threatened boycott of alldevelopment work if their gen-uine demands were not met byTuesday. Tewari, who is sittingon dharna despite doctor’sadvice to take rest, claimed thatfrom Tuesday, engineers fromall over Uttar Pradesh wouldreach Lucknow to join theirprotest. Tewari alleged that thestate government was not fol-lowing the laid transfer policy

and was instead shifting juniorengineers just on the com-plaints of peoples’ representa-tives, local mafia and others.

He alleged that due tonexus of local leaders, seniorofficials and contractors, poorquality construction work wasbeing done all over UP and itwas the junior engineers whofirst brought it to the knowl-edge of seniors or complainedabout corruption to the author-ities concerned.

Tewari said that once theJE start raising objection, theMLAs, local leaders, big con-tractors send complaintsagainst the said officer and thegovernment, without makingany verification of the charges,transfers the JE to anothertown. “We demand that thegovernment first constitutean enquiry into all the com-plaints and if found true, firstsuspend that JE and then com-plete the transfer formality,”Tewari said.

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Police on Monday expeditedthe search for the mobile

phone of national-level wrestlerResham Singh, who was foundhanging at BJP media incharge(Awadh region) RukhsanaNaqvi’s house in Thakurganj onSunday morning. The hunt forhis friend Waris Ghazi is alsoon. “A couple of days before hewas found hanging, Resham(26) had lodged an FIR inform-ing police that he had lost hismobile phone. Though it maynot be related to his suicide inany way, we are searching forthe mobile which is yet to betracked,” Thakurganj SHONeeraj Ojha said.

He denied reports aboutthe mysterious disappearanceof Resham’s friend Waris Ghazi,

who along with Resham, hadvisited Rukhsana’s house.

Resham was in the teamled by Rukhsana carrying outmembership drive forBharatiya Janata Party thesedays. A native of Balamau inHardoi, Resham and WarisGhazi visited Rukhsana’s housein Sarfarazganj around 10 pmon Saturday.

Sources privy to the inves-tigation disclosed that Resham’smobile could have some clueswhich might unravel as to whyResham ended his life, if at allhe did. “It is beyond compre-hension that Resham commit-ted suicide on the night hereached the BJP leader’s house.Police are clueless about whatmade Resham hang himself,”the sources said contestingpolice claim.

However, the SHO said nofoul play was mentioned in theautopsy report and it was a caseof suicide.

The BJP leader, who hadinformed the police about theincident, had said on Sundaythat Resham was found hang-ing from the ceiling with a bed-sheet and dupatta tied aroundhis neck in the room around 10am. “He did not wake up thismorning following whichWaris went to the room butfound it locked from inside. Webroke open the door and foundResham hanging,” Rukhsanahad said.

Resham Singh was unmar-ried and he had taken part ina national-level wrestlingchampionship. He had beenworking with the BJP leader forthe last two months.

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Lucknow (PNS):Managing director of UttarPradesh State Road TransportCorporation (UPSRTC) RajShekhar said on Monday thatthey would launch a mobileapplication to seek real-timefeedback from passengers in abid to improve services andensure safety and security.

He was addressing media-persons at the UPSRTC head-quarters where he assumedcharge. Shekhar told mediaper-sons that he met all the seniorofficials of UPSRTC on all theprojects being carried out sec-tor-wise. He pointed out thatinformation technology ande-governance would be takenup in a major way to makeimprovements in the UPSRTCservices. He said that GPS sys-tem would be used to track thebuses and they will work on thefindings of the high-level com-mittee following the mishapnear Agra.

He said UPSRTC had 9,400buses of its own and 3,000 oncontract, and they would alsotry to cover the routes whichhad not been tapped. “In thelast two years, we have coveredover 2,000 villages and wehope to cover more in the com-ing years,” he said.

Shekhar said UPSRTC hadbeen making profits in the last4-5 years and in the next threemonths, they would chart outa plan to earn more profits.“We will also take into consid-eration the best services ofcorporations of the other statesand incorporate them in ourown,” he added.

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Lucknow (PNS): Theorientation programmewas organised by IntegralUniversity on Monday.The freshers were wel-comed with enthusiasm.The programme beganwith a welcome addressby DSW Prof MA Khalid.

Chancellor Prof SyedWaseem Akhtar wishedthe students a brightfuture and a memorabletime during their stay inthe university. Vice-Chancellor (acting) AqilAhmad, in his welcomespeech to the parents andstudents, spoke about theimportance of hard work,concentration and disci-pline in a student’s life.

Proctor TahseenUsmani spoke about ano-tolerance policy forfoul or unlawful activitieson the campus. He saidthe Integral Universitycampus was strictly rag-ging-free and seniorsmust share a great bondwith juniors.

Director, CCG&DNilanjan Mukherjiextended his support tothe newcomers and laidemphasis on the signifi-cance of a goal in a stu-dent’s l i fe. DG, UPCouncil of AgriculturalResearch, BrijendraSingh, who was the chiefguest on the occasion,motivated the newcom-ers. He laid stress on therole of attitude in successand said that positivityand confidence backedup by good educationwere key to a fulfillingfuture.

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Aday after the mysteriousdeath of former woman

deputy commandant in CoastGuard Services Sneha Katyat(32), police claimed that shedied of head injuries after shejumped off the top floor. Thepolice ruled out any possibil-ity of foul play.

“Sneha committed suicideand she sustained eightwounds on her body. Therewas no injury on her privateparts. The viscera has beenpreserved and will be sent forforensic test,” policespokesman AK Dwivedi saidwhile giving details of theautopsy which was conductedon Monday. “Head injurieswere ascertained as the causeof death in the autopsy,” he saidwhile quoting the doctors.

About the police’s decisionto preserve viscera and send itfor forensic test, SP (North)Sukirti Madhav said: “It isbeing done to be doubly sure.There is no possibility of anykind of foul play. The recoveryof an identity card from Snehawas unrelated to the incident,”Madhav said. About queries asto how a mentally strongwoman could commit suicide,the SP (North) said the men-

tal condition varied from per-son to person.

“We are trying to find outas to why she ended her life,”Madhav said. Sneha had diedafter she fell off the top floorof Sushant Golf City (residen-tial apartment) under PGIpolice area on Sunday morn-ing. She was found lying in theopen space inside the apart-ment premises around 8 am.She was identified by SupriyaSingh, who is the wife of theelder brother of Sneha’s hus-band Ajay Singh.

It had surfaced duringinvestigation that Sneharesigned from her job in July3 and was planning to enrol onmartial arts classes in Goa.

A native of Pithoragarh inUttarakhand, she was stayingin the apartment with Supriyaand Ajay since July 7.

Arvind and Sneha kneweach other for the last twoyears and got married on May30 last. Arvind was staying athis native home in Pratapgarhwhen the incident took place.It also surfaced that differenceshad cropped up between thecouple after Sneha decided toenroll on martial arts classes inGoa. In a CCTV footage,Sneha was seen going to thetop floor.

Lucknow (PNS): Heavyrains lashed the city, albeit fora brief period on Mondayevening, making the weatherpleasant. The rains were pre-ceded by a dust storm.

Earlier, the skies turnedcompletely dark at 6 pm afterwhich heavens opened up. Thesudden burst of showers caughtthe commuters off-guard asthey were seen taking refugeunder the overbridges andMetro stations. The city record-ed the maximum temperatureat 35.7 degree Celsius, whichwas a couple of notches abovenormal, while the minimumtemperature at 27.2 degreeCelsius which was also twodegrees above normal. Theforecast for Lucknow is partlycloudy sky with rain and thun-der likely in some areas. Themaximum and minimum tem-peratures are expected to bearound 34 degree celsius and27 degree celsius respectively.

Lucknow (PNS): LucknowDevelopment Authority (LDA)on Monday identified 13 prop-erties, including hotels, restau-rants, guest houses anddharmshalas, in Charbagh andNaka areas for violation of safe-ty norms and land misuse. TheLDA administration launcheda four-day exercise.

Over two dozen establish-ments will be identified tillThursday. Initially, those enjoy-

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A massive building on APSen Road meant for residentialpurpose is being used as aguest house without legal for-malities. Its manager has been

directed to appear in the courtroom of LDA head office with-in a week with all the docu-ments. The main auditorium ofLDA head office is called thecourt room where disputesare settled.

A portion of the templelocated near the employment

exchange office tri-section issupposed to house a primaryschool but it is being used adharmshala on the pretext ofgiving shelter to the homeless.The LDA team took photogra-phers to the site and alsorecorded the statements oflocals to buttress their claim of

land abuse. The manager of anewly-constructed hotel toldthe LDA team that firefightingequipment would be installedsoon as an order had beenplaced. However, the officialsasked him how could a hotelrun without obtaining NOCfrom the authorities.

LDA secretary MP Singhsaid the administration wouldnot allow the hotel to run tillthe fire safety equipment wereinstalled. The hotel is expect-ed to be sealed this week asSingh has clearly said thatthey cannot take risks in pub-lic interest.

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Uttar Pradesh GovernorRam Naik said his term

witnessed faster developmentof the state and it had nowbecome one of the top states ofthe country. Ram Naik’s termas UP Governor will end onJuly 22. “Though I have madea small contribution in theeffort, during my tenure bothSamajwadi Party governmentas well as the present YogiAdityanath government haveworked well and have takenthe state to the present posi-tion,” Naik said while claimingthat he had worked impartial-ly in his five-year term.

Refusing to comment on hisfuture, Naik said he would con-tinue to hold the present officetill a new incumbent wasappointed. “I will continue tomeet you all,” he said withoutmaking further commentwhether his tenure would beextended or not. Addressing a

press conference here onMonday, Naik said: “The gov-ernments of both AkhileshYadav and Yogi Adityanath weremine and it is for the people todecide which one is better.”

Giving details of his five-year term, which is also pub-lished in a booklet, theGovernor said his main contri-bution was the introduction ofUP Diwas on January 24, cor-rection of the name of Dr BRAmbedkar in governmentrecords, regularisation of aca-demic calendar of state univer-sities and other initiatives,including opening of RajBhawan’s doors to the commonman. During his five-year term,the Governor met 30,225 com-mon people while 2,19,643 let-ters were received by the RajBhawan. He attended 1,857public functions, 118 universi-ty convocations and wrote1,623 letters to the ChiefMinister. He also issued 2,279press releases to the media

and took leave of only 22 daysin his five-years tenure.

The Governor said abronze statue of SwamiVivekananda would beunveiled at Raj Bhawan on July

17. Naik said his effort to ben-efit leprosy affected people wassupported by both SP and BJPgovernments in the state.“While the SP governmenthiked the pension of leprosy

patients from Rs 300 permonth to Rs 2,500 per month,the Yogi Adityanath govern-ment has sanctioned Rs 46crore for construction of hous-es for them,” he said.

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week, the countdown for the missioncommenced at 6.51 am on Sunday andscientists had undertaken various stagesof propellant filling to power the rock-et ahead of the launch. Billed as themost complex and prestigious missionever undertaken by the ISRO since itsinception, Chandrayaan-2 would havemade India the fourth country to softland a rover on the lunar surface afterRussia, the United States and China.“ISRO has an exceptional success ratewhen it comes to launching systems.Checking and diagnosing complexsystems in a rocket till the last minuteis an art by itself, which they seem tohave mastered,” said Rajesh KumbleNayak, head of the Centre forExcellence in Space Sciences India inKolkata’s Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research (IISER). “I amglad that people at ISRO decided tohold back rather than hurrying into amajor disaster. I guess the mission willbe held back for a few weeks, which ismuch better than a failure,” Nayak told PTI.

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Karnataka Speaker from taking anydecision till July 16 on resignation anddisqualification of 10 rebel MLAs of theruling Congress-JD(S) coalition.

Apart from the question of main-tainability of the writ petition filedunder Article 32 of the Constitution bythe MLAs, the Supreme Court had saidit needs to address as to whether theSpeaker is obligated to decide on dis-qualification proceedings before accept-ing the resignation of legislators.

The counsel for the rebels MLAshad contended that the Speaker has notdecided on the resignation of the law-makers to bind them with the partywhip and disqualify them from themembership if they violate the whip onthe floor of the House.

Kumaraswamy continued toremain confident his Governmentwould get over the crisis. "I have fullconfidence...Why do you worry," hesaid reporters in response to a questionas the coalition struggled to shore upits numbers brought down by theMLAs' resignations. Senior Congress

legislators said they have got more timeto continue their efforts to mollify therebel MLAs.

Keeping up pressure on the Speakerand the Government, BJP also soughtto move a no-confidence motionagainst the over 13-month oldKumaraswamy Government with itsmembers JC Madhu Swamy, KGBopaiah and CM Udasi submitting anotice, but later agreed to the trust voteschedule.

"As already he (CM) has submittedthe motion and has expressed theintention (to seek trust vote), so we willtake it up first. Opposition leaders saidthey have no objection and things cango as suggested, Speaker Kumar said.

Reacting to the developments,senior BJP leader and former State CMBS Yeddyurappa said the BAC meetingwent on in a cordial atmosphere. Hesaid after the BJP sought to move a noconfidence motion, government decid-ed fix a date for the trust vote.

"We had requested that no businessshould be transacted until the trust voteis sought, and as per our request thehouse has been adjourned till theThursday to meet for trust vote. Wewelcome it," he said. CongressLegislature Party leader and coordina-tion committee chief Siddarmaiah saidafter discussion with both sides, theSpeaker has fixed Thursday as the datefor trust vote, and "we have agreed tomove vote of confidence."

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needs (sic) a serious look in," tweetedRohit on Monday. Rohit amassed 648runs in the tournament, including fivehundreds, before India were knockedout in the semifinal stage.

Former India opener GautamGambhir, who is now a parliamentar-ian, lambasted the ICC for the "ridicu-lous" rule. "Don't understand how thegame of such proportions, the#CWC19Final, is finally decided onwho scored the most boundaries. Aridiculous rule @ICC. Should havebeen a tie. I want to congratulate both@BLACKCAPS & @englandcricket onplaying out a nail biting Final,"Gambhir wrote on his twitter handle.

Gambhir's former teammate YuvrajSingh also disagreed with the rule. "I

don't agree with that rule ! But rules arerules congratulations to England onfinally winning the World Cup, myheart goes out for the kiwis theyfought till the end. Great game an epicfinal !!!! #CWC19Final," he wrote.

Former New Zealand all-rounderScott Styris called the ICC a joke. "Nicework @ICC ... You are a joke!!!," hewrote. Former Australian pacer BrettLee called for a change in the rule. "I'vegot to say that it's a horrible way todecide the winner. This rule has tochange," he tweeted. Kyle Mills, whowas part of the 2015 team which lostits first-ever World Cup final toAustralia, felt that the decision couldhave been on the basis of wickets lost."I guess the game of cricket is aboutruns and wickets and when the runs aretied, it'd be ideal then to take it backto how many wickets were lost," he said.

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that the horse meant for sacrificewould be allowed to roam around fora year. If it was not challenged by anyenemy of the king’s for one year, theanimal would be brought back and thensacrificed, to indicate that the king wasan undisputed sovereign. The sacrificeswere performed after a gap of five years,ostensibly for the “purification of thestate and its subjects,” said the official.

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G Kishan Reddy said the Governmentis committed to protect the countryfrom terrorism. Shah also targeted theCongress-led UPA Government forrepealing the anti-terror act POTA, say-ing it was not done because of itsalleged misuse but to “save its votebank”. He said terror attacks witnessedan upsurge after the Prevention ofTerrorism Act (POTA) was repealedresulting in the same UPA Governmentbeing forced to constitute the NIA afterthe 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The House witnessed a spatbetween the Home Minister andAIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi,with the BJP chief asserting that he isnot frightening anyone but cannothelp when someone has fear in theirminds. The verbal duel between the twoleaders started during a discussion on

the National Investigation Agency(Amendment) Bill, when Oppositionmembers including Owaisi startedinterrupting BJP’s Satyapal Singh.

Singh alleged that the thenHyderabad Police Commissioner wasasked by a political leader of the Stateto change the course of investigation ina particular case else he could betransferred out. He said he is aware ofthe development as at that time he wasMumbai Police Commissioner.

Objecting to his claim, Owaisi, aMP from Hyderabad, demanded thatSingh should place on table of theHouse all records related to his claim.On this, Shah got up from his seat andsaid treasury members did not disturbOpposition members during theirspeeches so they should also do thesame. Pointing out at Owaisi, Shah saidOpposition members should have thepatience to listen to others point ofview. Owaisi got agitated and askedShah to not point a finger at him andsaid he cannot be frightened.

In response, Shah said he is not try-ing to frighten him and just saying thatOpposition members should havepatience to listen to the counter view.“When you have fear in your mind thenwhat can I do,” he hit back. Later Owaisisought division of votes when the Billcame up for passage. Shah shot backthat division should be taken up toshow “who all are for or against terror-ism”. While 278 members supported itsconsideration, only six opposed it.The Bill was later passed by a voice vote.

During the debate, Manish Tewari(Congress) accused the Government oftrying to turn India into a “police state”.However, Minister Reddy told theHouse, “We want to fight terrorismwith zero tolerance and have broughtthis Bill in national interest. I pray toall of you for its passage.” Danish Ali(BSP) too alleged that through this Billthe Government is in a hurry to con-vert this state into “police state”.

Supriya Sule (NCP) said theGovernment should not make theissue of dealing with terrorist into apolitical one and sought to know whatconcrete plan it has to bring wanted ter-rorists back to India. Ravneet Singh(Congress) said courts should decide onthe cases investigated by NIA withinthree months.

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The Government on Monday intro-duced two important Bills in the

Lok Sabha — one to amend MotorVehicles Act that provides for higherpenalties for violations and protectionof good samaritans, among other pro-visions and the Surrogacy (Regulation)Bill that provides for banning of com-mercial surrogacy with a provision thatonly close relatives will be permitted toact as surrogates to infertile couples for

"ethical altruistic" reasons. The Motor Vehicle bill was passed

in the previous Lok Sabha but could notbe approved from the Rajya Sabha.Several members of the oppositionraised concern over certain provisionsin the bill and also sought to say that itcould that it may encroach the powersof the states to legislate on the roadtransport.

Surrogacy bill was also passed inthe Lok Sabha in 2018 but could not getpassage in the upper house.

Speaking on the Motor Vehicle bill,Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkarisaid the central government is not look-ing to take away the rights of states andurged the House to pass the legislationwhich would help in saving morelives. The Minister said around 30 percent of driving licences in the countryare bogus. About 1.5 lakh people dieand 5 lakh people get injured in roadaccidents every year, he said .

The bill seeks to increase penaltiesfor violations, facilitate grant of online

learning licence, simplified provisionsfor insurance to provide expeditioushelp to accident victims and theirfamilies, and protection of good samar-itans.

As per the Statement of Objects andReasons of the bill, the period forrenewal of transport licence would beincreased to five years from threeyears and enable licensing authority togrant licence to differently-abled per-sons.

Another provision is to raise the

time limit for renewal of driving licencefrom one month to one year before andafter the expiry date.

Another important bill that seeksto ban Commercial surrogacy wasintroduced in the house. The bill waspassed by Lok Sabha in December, 2018but lapsed as it could not get nod fromParliament.

According to the bill, only close rel-atives will be permitted to act as sur-rogates to infertile couples for "ethicalaltruistic" reasons.

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Pakistan continues to encour-age terrorists to infiltrate

into India under the cover ofmassive cross-Line of Control(LOC) and cross-border firing inJammu and Kashmir and thePulwama terror attack inFebruary this year confirmed yetagain that India remains a per-sistent target of Pakistan's statesponsored cross-border terror-ism policy.

Making this observation inits annual report for 2018-19, theDefence Ministry said onMonday India's position is thatPakistan takes credible and irre-versible steps to stop supportingterrorists and terror groups oper-ating from territories under itscontrol and dismantle the infra-structure operated by terroristsoutfits to launch attacks againstIndia.

Assuring that India will con-tinue to take robust and decisivesteps to ensure its national secu-rity, the document said India'sresponse amongst other mea-sures, included a successful pre-emptive non-military anti-terroraerial strike on the largest train-ing of Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM)in Balakot in Pakistan. The aer-ial strike came on February 26 inretaliation to the Pulwama attackon February 14 by JeM in which40 Central Reserve PoliceForce(CRPF) were killed.

Touching upon internalsecurity situation in the country,the report said state sponsoredterrorism by Pakistan in Jammuand Kashmir remains the fore-most challenge. During theperiod from January 1, 2018 toMarch 31, 2019, security forceswere able to neutralize 305 mil-itants, the document informed.

On China, the report men-tioned that relations with theeastern neighbor moved towardsgreater stability in the overallcontext of closer developmentalpartnership. Following theinformal summit between PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andPresident Xi Jinping in Wuhanin China in April last year, there

was improved and sustainedstability in the India-China bor-der areas.

This comes in the backdropof India and China having a dis-puted border of more than 4,000km and two countries fighting awar in 1962. The report saidboth sides recognized that peaceand tranquility in the India-China border is an importantpre-requisite to development ofbilateral relations.

As regards political situationin Pakistan, the report said itcontinues to remain challengingwith a severe deficit of inclusiveand balance economic develop-ment. The Pakistan Army con-solidated its position as theinstitution driving Pakistan'sforeign policy and defence poli-cies after the elections there.

Pakistan also continues torelentlessly expand its militaryforces, especially nuclear andmissile capabilities despite afinancial crisis. The countryhas been torn by ethno-region-al conflicts, with the zone ofconflict expanding from tribalareas on Pakistan-Afghanistanborder to hinterland. Religiousextremism is also on the rise.The military has avoided takingaction against jihadi and inter-nationally proscribed terroroutfits that target Pakistan'sneighbor. Support to suchgroup persists, the 272-pagereport observed.

On global scenario, thereport said terrorism and radi-calization are the biggest threatsto peace and security facing theworld. India has reiterated at anumber of bilateral and multi-lateral platforms its resolve in allits forms and manifestations.

The global concerns regard-ing proliferation of weapons ofmass destruction(WMD) andtheir delivery systems, continueto pose serious threats to inter-national security. The WMDterrorism will remain a potentthreat as long as there are ter-rorists seeking to gain access torelevant material and technolo-gies for malicious purposes, thereport said.

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Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu on Monday

said the House needs to discussthe powers and limitations of thethree-pillars of democracy —judiciary, legislature and execu-tive — as an Elder made astrong case for an all-Indiaexamination for selection ofjudges in high courts and theSupreme Court. Cutting acrossparty lines, the members backedAshok Bajpai(BJP) who madethis assertion. Raising the issueduring the Zero Hour, he saidthe Constitution does not men-tion the word 'collegium', thoughit is currently being used forappointments and transfers ofjudges in the higher judiciary.

He also referred to anAllahabad High Court judgerecently writing to the PrimeMinister that appointments arenot being made on the basis ofmerit and nepotism prevailed insuch appointments and deserv-ing candidates missed thechance.

Bajpai suggested that thereshould be an all-India examina-tion conducted to ensure thatmeritorious candidates get into

higher judiciary. Members cut-ting across party lines endorsedhis suggestion.

Observing that overwhelm-ing members are of the sameopinion, the Chairman said "weneed to discuss" during one of thediscussions, particularly the issueof the judiciary, legislature andexecutive and their powers andlimitations.

Amongst other issues to fig-ure in the Upper House, theAIADMK and DMK on Mondayurged the central government tocancel the postal departmentexamination for postmen andother posts and hold it afreshwith questions in Tamil languagealso.

Tiruchi Siva (DMK) saidthe recent circular issued by thecentral government to the postaldepartment has brought a senseof agitation in the minds of theyouth in Tamil Nadu. He saidearlier the practice was to con-duct the examination in Hindi,English and regional languages.Asserting that not holding exam-ination in regional language was"totally unwarranted" anddemanded the revocation of thecircular and maintaining statusquo.

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In a move that would bringsmiles on the faces of the

medical aspirants, the NationalEligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) could soon bescrapped for postgraduate stu-dents.

According to the reviseddraft of the National MedicalCommission (NMC) Bill, theUnion Health Ministry hasproposed to do away withNEET-PG and for admissionto MD and MS programmes.It has proposed to use the finalMBBS exam.

The revised draft of theNational Medical Commission(NMC) Bill, will soon be sentto the Cabinet. The Bill, intro-duced in December 2017,lapsed when the tenure of the16th Lok Sabha ended.

"According to the amend-ments in the fresh NMC Bill,

entry into the PG programmeswill be on the basis of theresults of the National ExitTest, which would be held asa common exam across thecountry. So the candidateswould not have to appear in aseparate exam after clearingthe MBBS final exam foradmission to PG courses,"sources said.

However, the exams forAIIMS, NEET super specialtyand other entrance testsremain.

While introducing theIndian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill, 2019,Health and Family WelfareMinister Harsh Vardhan said,"The National MedicalCommission Bill could beintroduced in the near future,though for having legal conti-nuity, every ordinance has tobe converted into a law," hesaid.

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Samajwadi Party leaderNeeraj Shekhar on Monday

resigned as member of theRajya Sabha and his resignationwas accepted by Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu. Shekhar, theson of former prime ministerChandra Shekhar, met Naiduand told him he is resigningvoluntarily and not under anycompulsion, the sources said.

Shekhar was a prominentleader of the Samajwadi Partyand there is speculation that hemight join the BJP. Upset overhaving been allegedly side-

lined, Neeraj quit amidst spec-ulations over his next course ofpolitical move.

He first became a memberof the Lok Sabha in 2008 in theby-elections for Ballia con-stituency.

The following year, he wonagain from the same con-stituency.

He had been a member ofthe Rajya Sabha from UttarPradesh since November 26,2014, and was due to retire onNovember 25, 2020.

He lost the 2014 polls andthe party sent him to RajyaSabha.

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Aspecial judge holding trialin Babri Masjid demolition

case, involving BJP veterans LK Advani, M M Joshi and oth-ers, Monday moved theSupreme Court seeking sixmore months to conclude thetrial in the case.

The special judge, in a let-ter written in May, hasinformed the top court that heis due to superannuate onSeptember 30, 2019.

The matter came up forhearing on Monday before abench headed by Justice R FNariman, which asked theUttar Pradesh government toapprise it by July 19 about amechanism by which thetenure of the special judgecould be extended till he deliv-ers the verdict in the high pro-file case.

On April 19, 2017, the topcourt had ordered day-to-daytrial to be concluded in twoyears in the politically sensitive

1992 Babri Masjid demolitioncase.

While dubbing the demo-lition of the medieval eramonument as a "crime" whichshook the "secular fabric ofthe Constitution", it hadallowed the CBI's plea onrestoration of criminal con-spiracy charge against theVVIP accused.

However, the top courthad said Kalyan Singh, who iscurrently the Governor ofRajasthan and during whosetenure as Chief Minister ofUttar Pradesh the disputedstructure was razed, is entitledto immunity underConstitution as long as heremained in gubernatorialposition.

The court had come downheavily on the CBI for the delayof 25 years in the trial and said,"The accused persons have notbeen brought to book largelybecause of the conduct of theCBI in not pursuing the pros-ecution of the aforesaid alleged

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Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) on

Monday launched a vaccinetrial to prevent occurrence oftuberculosis (TB) among closecontacts of a TB patient. Thisis the first-ever governmentconducted vaccine trial afterthe BCG vaccine trial that wasundertaken decades ago.

This vaccine trial is animportant step in preventionand decreasing the burden ofthis disease, said a statementfrom the ICMR, a researchbody of the Union HealthMinistry.

"After a detailed land-scape analysis of the availablelead vaccine candidates, twopotential vaccine candidates -VPM 1002 produced bySerum Institute of India inPune and MycobacteriumIndicus Pranii (MIP) wereshortlisted for taking forwardthrough the phase III vaccinetrial in healthy house holdcontacts of sputum smear pos-itive TB patient," said thestatement.

The study which will testthe safety and efficacy of thesetwo vaccines by administeringthem in close TB contacts asopposed to a control group ofclose TB contacts who will notreceive the vaccine. The studywill enrol 12,000 healthyhousehold contacts of sputumsmear positive TB cases thatare at high risk of contractingthe disease, from seven sites insix states - Delhi, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Orissa, TamilNadu and Telangana.

Balram Bhargava,Secretary, Department ofHealth Research and DirectorGeneral, ICMR said that theclinical trials are needed inIndia to show that the vaccineis safe and effective, and thatit can provide protection toIndian populations where thedisease is endemic.

Rohit Sarin, Director,National Inst itute ofTuberculosis and RespiratoryDiseases (NITRD) said thatthis is the much awaitedtrial and assured full supportin timely completion of thetrial.

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offenders in a joint trial, andbecause of technical defectswhich were easily curable, butwhich were not cured by theState Government."

Issuing a slew of directions,it had said that "the proceed-ings (against Advani and fiveothers) in the court of theSpecial Judicial Magistrate atRae Bareilly will stand trans-ferred to the Court ofAdditional Sessions Judge(Ayodhya Matters) atLucknow."

Besides the three leaders,the accused, against whom theconspiracy charge was invoked,were Vinay Katiar, SadhviRitambara, Vishnu HariDalmia, who were being triedat Rae Bareli.

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Kerala, which recently wit-nessed an alarming spurt in

the number of black magic cases,is gearing up to bring in a legis-lation to curb “inhuman” prac-tices and exploitation in thename of superstition.

The Kerala Prevention andEradication of Inhuman EvilPractices, Sorcery and BlackMagic Bill, 2019 has been sub-mitted to the CPI(M)-led LDFGovernment for its considera-tion to pass as legislation. On thelines of the Anti-Superstitionand Black Magic Bill, passed byMaharashtra and Karnataka, theState-run Kerala Law ReformsCommission has drafted the billto fight superstition and eradi-cate “inhuman evil” practicespropagated in the name of blackmagic.

The draft bill, accessed byPTI, proposes stringent punish-ment for any kind of evil prac-tice and cheating in the name ofblack magic, ranging from“expelling ghost” to isolatingwomen for menstruation andpostpartum.

It also aims at raising socialawareness in the society with aview to protect people againstfraudulent and exploitative prac-tices thriving on ignorance. Thelegislative assemblies ofKarnataka and Maharashtra hadpassed the Anti-Superstition

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Amid heightened alertalong the International

border across Jammu frontier,alert jawans of BorderSecurity Force (BSF) late sun-day night shot dead aPakistani intruder after heignored advance warningsand tried to breach the barbedwire fencing in Ramgarh sec-tor of Samba.

The intruder, in his earlyfifties, was not carrying anyarms and ammunition on hisperson at the time of sneak-ing inside the Indian borders.

Since July 1, BSF is con-ducting special exercises tofortify its defences in thewake of ongoing Amarnathyatra. BSF troops on groundzero are also maintainingtight vigil along the vulnera-ble stretches of theInternational border to time-ly detect presence of any crossborder tunnel or any sur-prise intrusion bid.

Official sources said, afterthe recovery of the dead bodyof the intruder the BSF

authorities handed it over tothe local police for complet-ing necessary legal formali-ties. BSF spokesman in astatement said, “during theintervening night of 14/15July 2019, BSF troopsdeployed at forward post inRamgarh area noticed a sus-picious movement betweenborder fence and IB”. BSFspokesman said, “BSF troopschallenged him to stop, but hecontinued moving stealthilytowards border fencing.Sensing his ill-intentions ofcrossing the fence BSF Jawansfirst fired a warning shotwhich did not deter theintruder. Final ly, whenintruder tr ied to enterthrough the fence , BSFJawans neutralised him”.Meanwhile, security forces,deployed on Amarnath yatraduty, continue to guard allthe border roads leading tothe Jammu-PathankotNational Highway to preventany terrorist strike on theAmarnath yatra.

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) Monday told

the Bombay High Court that itwould not examine for a weekevidence of those prosecutionwitnesses whose names andstatements have been truncat-ed from its chargesheet filed inthe 2008 Malegaon blast case.

The NIA made the state-ment before a division bench ofJustices IA Mahanty and AMBadar which was hearing anapplication filed by Lt ColPrasad Purohit, one of theaccused in the case, seekingnon-truncated copies of thewitnesses’ statements that arepart of the chargesheet.

Purohit’s lawyer ShrikantShivade said the special NIAcourt is presently recording theevidence of prosecution wit-nesses and the cross-examina-

tion of those witnesses whosestatements or names have beenmasked would not be possible.

NIA counsel Sandesh Patilsaid that on July 22 it wouldgive names of the prosecutionwitnesses whom they proposeto examine out of those whosestatements have been truncat-ed. The agency said till then itwould not call any of these wit-nesses to the stand before thetrial court for recording ofevidence.

In his plea, Purohit claimedthat when the state Anti-

Terrorism Squad (ATS), theagency which probed the caseinitially, filed its chargesheet,several documents and wit-nesses’ statements were trun-cated or masked.

He further claimed that theagency never sought the court’spermission to truncate or maskthe documents and did so at itsown discretion.

The case pertains to thekilling of six people and injuryto 100 when an explosivedevice strapped to a motorcy-cle went off near a mosque innorth Maharashtra town ofMalegaon, about 200 km fromhere, on September 29, 2008.

In October last year, a spe-cial court framed charges underthe Unlawful ActivitiesPrevention Act (UAPA) againstPurohit, Pragya Singh Thakur,now a BJP MP, and some otheraccused persons in the case.

Black Magic Bill in 2017 and2013, respectively.

“The draft bill is com-pleted and we have submittedit to the State Government,” KSasidharan Nair, ViceChairman, Kerala LawReforms Commission, toldPTI.

“Unlike the bills passed byMaharashtra and Karnataka,we have given special thrust toa series of intense awarenessprogrammes in our bill for theGovernment to implement.Because, superstition seems tobe so deep-rooted in the minds of Keralite peoplenowadays,” he said.

“While going throughmany instances of supersti-tion, I feel whether we deserveto be called a civilised society?Only a few cases are reportedin the media,” Nair, also a for-mer law secretary, said. Hesaid a legislation and stringentpunishment alone cannotmake any changes in themindset of the people. “As itis a very sensitive topic, wehave drafted the bill verycarefully. I personally feel thatpublic opinion should be gar-nered before it is enacted aslaw by the Government,” thevice-chairperson added.

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Two Amarnath pilgrimsdied in the past 24 hours

en route to the holy 3,880metre-high cave shrine insouth Kashmir Himalayas,taking the death toll in thisyear’s pilgrimage to 16, officialsources said on Monday.

A woman pilgrim fromRajasthan died at the Baltalbase camp due to a cardiacarrest, while a male pilgrimfrom Madhya Pradesh col-lapsed while moving towardsthe base camp, they said.

The death toll in thisyear’s Amarnath Yatra hasgone up to 16 which includes12 pilgrims, two ‘sevadars’(volunteers) and two securi-ty force personnel posted onduty.

The sources said 30 peo-ple sustained injuries due toshooting stones and othercauses since the pilgrimagebegan on June 30.

Deaths due to cardiacarrest triggered by lack ofoxygen in areas around thecave shrine have been com-mon over the years, prompt-ing the Shri Amarnath ShrineBoard to issue regular healthadvisories to the pilgrims.

"�!��������� �8�&��'����$ �& ��� !Jammu: Jammu & KashmirPolice’s crime branch onMonday moved a plea beforea juvenile justice board hear-ing the case of an accused inthe gangrape and murder ofa young girl in Kathua, seek-ing deferment of the trial asthe state high court is yet todecide whether he is a minoror not.

Appearing before theboard, the special public pros-ecutor of the crime branchsubmitted that the high courtis yet to pronounce its deci-sion on an application movedagainst the decision of aKathua court which acceptedthe accused’s claim that he isa minor, officials said.

The board had fixedMonday for examining pros-ecution witnesses. PTI

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The report to UNESCO of theInternational Commission onEducation for the 21st Century wasreleased at the session of theInternational Bureau of Education

(IBE) in Geneva on October 2, 1996. Thechairperson of the commission, JacquesDelors, very clearly summarised the essenceof global consultations and the future visionof global education in the 21st century. Forindividual national contexts, he unequivocal-ly stated: “Education in every nation must berooted to culture and committed to progress.”The report begins with Delors’s Preamble enti-tled, ‘Education: The Necessary Utopia’ andsays it all in the first sentence: “In confrontingthe many challenges that the future holds instore, humankind sees in education an indis-pensible asset in its attempt to attain the idealsof peace, freedom and social justice.”

The report has been deliberated uponglobally for over two decades; it has receivedglobal appreciation and has impacted policiesand implementation strategies international-ly. Its articulation of four pillars of education— learning to know, learning to do, learningto be and learning to live together — hasreceived admiration from common folks toseasoned academics alike. In the first quar-ter of the 21st century, who would not appre-ciate the fact that education “is not a miraclecure or magic formula” but one of the “prin-cipal means available to foster a deeper andmore harmonious form of human develop-ment and, thereby, to reduce poverty, exclu-sion, ignorance, oppression and war.” India,known for its economic, social, cultural, eth-nic, linguistic and religious diversity, is com-mitted to transform its education system toachieve social cohesion and religious harmo-ny and strengthen unity in diversity. But itseducation system has to encompass a verysensitive canvas. Its three-language formula,accepted in the mid-1960s, is yet to be imple-mented fully in letter and spirit.

Its national policy on education was lastrevisited in 1992. After more than a quarterof the century, in 2019, the KasturiranganCommittee submitted the draft NationalEducation Policy (NEP) to the Governmentfor finalisation of a new education policy. Thepreparation of this report was preceded by anational consultation process spread over fouryears. The draft NEP is open for inputs andsuggestions from every quarter before final-isation. It is interesting that widespread freshconsultations have generated demands for fur-ther extension of the time limit for submis-sion of suggestions beyond July 31, 2019.

Yes, people are concerned about educa-tion, its quality, utility and capacity toachieve total personality development. Whilethere is no limit to improvements in the pre-sentation of such reports, one has to beginimplementation at some point. The NEP,2019 mostly consists of formulations thatdeserve support of all and active involvementof academics as well as scholars, who areunconstrained by ideological bonds and nar-

row political considerations. The draft report attempts at

giving a comprehensive view ofnational expectations and aspira-tions fully synchronised withinternational trends and require-ments: “The vision of India’s neweducation system has according-ly been crafted to ensure that ittouches the life of each andevery citizen, consistent withtheir ability to contribute tomany growing developmentalimperatives of this country on theone hand and towards creating ajust and equitable society on theother.” To achieve such an objec-tive, the issue of ‘language’ and‘medium of instruction’ willbecome relevant.

For obvious reasons, theBritish were not interested in edu-cating Indians in their mothertongue. They needed obedientand loyal educated people whowould despise everything thatwas Indian — be it culture, his-tory or heritage. This could bestbe achieved by “delinking Indiansfrom India.” The best and easilyavailable tool was to develop fas-cination for English language andall that was Western and, hence,admirable. Under severe burdenof learning an alien language,where was the time for childrenas also parents’ inclination torealise the importance of learn-ing the mother tongue? It wasrather interesting that withinhours of the presentation of thereport to the Human ResourceDevelopment Minister and itssimultaneous uploading on theMinistry’s website, certain vest-ed interests attempted to create an

unsavoury conflict in the mindsof people, raising the issue of theso-called imposition of Hindi onnon-Hindi speaking States. Itmust go to the credit of theMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment that within hoursof the issue emerging on thenational scene, it issued a clari-fication that the Government hasno intention to impose any lan-guage on any set of peopleunwilling to learn it. In fact, eversince the three languages formu-la was accepted by theGovernment and a commitmentmade to the nation, none of theUnion Governments ever tried toimpose any language hegemony.

The issue of mother tonguemedium has once again beencomprehensively addressed in thedraft NEP, 2019. It is a universal-ly accepted fact that initial edu-cation must be provided in themother tongue of the child. It isalso a known that children in theage group of 2-8 years areextremely flexible in learningmultiple languages.

The NEP report acknowl-edges: “Language has a directbearing as the mediator in all cog-nitive and social capacities,including in knowledge acquisi-tion and production. The scienceof child development and lan-guage acquisition suggests thatyoung children become literate in(as a language) and learn bestthrough (as medium of instruc-tion) their ‘local language’ ie, thelanguage spoken at home. It isinteresting to note that the com-mittee uses two terms — moth-er tongue and also the language

spoken at the home.” One can citean example that will indicate thefarcical levels of fascination forEnglish medium schools in India,particularly among those whocan afford paying exorbitant feesin privately managed “publicschools.”

A young professor, workingin a national academic institutionin Delhi, sought transfer to hishome-town in Bengaluru tolook after his octogenarian in-laws, who had no other support.The request was accepted andthe family shifted to their homeplace “happily.” Their two kids —10 and 12-year-old — got admis-sion in a public school withoutany difficulty. However, theirgrandparents could communi-cate in Kannada only and thechildren were made monolin-gual, meaning they could speakEnglish only. One had the occa-sion to ask the young parentshow it was beyond comprehen-sion that children were totallyalien to Kannada. The responsewas very truthful and also reveal-ing: “We decided to speak onlyEnglish in our home and fami-ly conversation, even guests wererequested accordingly. All this toensure children acquire greaterfluency in English — it was all fortheir bright future and to maketheir life easier to get a greencard.” If highly educated peopleare so charmed by English medi-um and English language, nonewill be surprised to find themushroom growth of Englishmedium schools in villages andtowns.

The growing fascination for

English as the medium ofinstruction from day oneonwards in schools is not new. Ithas a historic legacy. The lan-guage policy adopted by theBritish in India included everytrick of the trade to wean Indiansaway from their culture and her-itage and language was the firsttool. One cannot ignore howMahatma Gandhi analysed thisfascination very early in his life.

On February 4, 1916,Gandhiji raised the issue of lan-guage and referred to the insighthe had gathered from somePoona (now Pune) professors,who assured him “that everyIndian youth, because hereached his knowledge throughthe English Language, lost atleast six precious years of life.”On July 5, 1928, he made a verytouching statement on the medi-um of instruction, whichdeserves to be re-read and exam-ined in the context of languagelearning and policy formulation.In fact, more than the policy-makers, it is the parents whoshould be aware of the harmbeing inflicted on the childrenby forcing children to learnEnglish at the cost of mothertongue language: “The foreignmedium has caused brain fag;put an undue strain upon thenerves of our children; madethem crammers and imitators;unfitted them for original workand thought; and disabled themfor filtrating their learning to thefamily or the masses. The foreignmedium has made our childrenpractically foreigners in theirown land.”

In his opinion, among themany evils that the British impe-rialists imposed on India and itspeople, the imposition of a for-eign medium was the greatest.He fervently wanted India toshake itself free from the hypnot-ic spell of foreign medium; soon-er the better. Sadly enough thatwas not to be. Practically everycommission and committeeappointed in the post-indepen-dence period accepted andemphasised the importance andnecessity of the mother tonguemedium but things have gonefrom bad to worse. We havereached a stage whenGovernments, having failed tolook after schools properly, haveallowed their credibility to touchthe nadir. The failure to maintainthe mother tongue medium,Government schools are nowbeing covered under the plancalled school merger. Peopleunderstand the real position. Itwill be interesting to see whatemerges on the language frontand the issue of medium ofinstruction in the final nationaleducation policy.

(The writer is the IndianRepresentative on the ExecutiveBoard of UNESCO)

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Sir — The 2019 Cricket WorldCup final was, perhaps, thewildest in cricket history and willbe remembered for all time tocome. This because thereemerged no decisive winner. Inthe first stage, both England andNew Zealand scored an equal of241 run each by the end of 50overs. In the super over, too, bothteams ended up with 15 runs insix balls.

However, it was England,which was crowned as championsby virtue of its overall direct hitto the fence. The country had 26fours to its credit while theBlackcaps had only 17. While itis a memorable maiden victoryfor England, it is not a tellingdefeat for the Kiwis, too. Bothteams played well.

Sravana RamachandranChennai

���������������Sir — Perhaps the most imagina-tive writer, too, would not dare tocome up with a script as unbeliev-able as the 2019 World Cupcricket final. What a fairy taleending it had?

However, the decision on thewinning team, on account of thenumber of boundaries it hit — 26by England and 17 by NewZealand — acted not only as acruel dampener but also renderedgreat injustice to the valiant dis-play of the unsung Kiwis.

Barring Kane Williamson,Ross Taylor and Trent Boult, there

was hardly any other star in theirline-up. Yet, by virtue of an impec-cable team spirit and fighting atti-tude with cool minds, the Kiwishad succeeded in equalling thestar-studded English in all depart-ments, including the super over inthe latter’s own den, Lords, in thethrilling final. Justice would havebeen adequately served had both

England and New Zealand beendeclared joint winners.

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Sir — Cricket teams these daysdepend on a handful of batsmen

and bowlers. They are calledupon in all tricky situations andthe selectors, the coach and thecaptain tend to rely a bit too muchon this group. Other players inthe team play as fielders. Lower-order batsmen seldom experiencecrunch situations and are happyto let the top order do all the hardwork and take all the glory.Hence, if the top order collapsesin a given match, then all hope isgenerally lost. India’s loss in thesemi-finals is a pity after winningalmost every game in the leaguestage. The fault lies in the dodgymiddle and lower orders.Expecting predictably good per-formances in Word Cup is foolish.

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Sir — With the monsoon playingtruant and cities facing rising pop-ulation, the Government mustlook for a long-term remedy forthe water crisis, failing which theproblem may go out of hand.

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In 1919, Charles (Carlo) Ponzi, a dishwasher fromParma, Italy, who immigrated to the United States(US) in 1903 and worked as a clerk in Boston,

duped the Americans with a scheme that now bearshis name. Ponzi was a financial con artist who didnot invent this eponymous scheme but he lent starpower to one of the oldest scams known to us andpioneered its subtle variation on a huge scale.

India has always been a fertile ground for swin-dles that have bilked mostly low-income householdsof millions of rupees. The financially illiterate areusually the easy picks. Financial illiteracy leads peo-ple to make systematic and costly mistakes.Investors have been periodically gulled by nefari-ous characters into dubious schemes. The poor havenow become wary of investing money even in cred-ible organisations. These mercenary agents use entic-ing traps to net gullible investors like sharks prey-ing on small gold fish in the big bad financial ocean.

Ponzi sponsors are authors of the dreamers’landscape: Get-rich-quick schemes and rags-to -rich-es stories; they have an unerring gift of charmingand beguiling investors, fuelling their avarice. Theruse actually juggles investors’ money and works inthis manner: Perpetrators typically promise gullibleclients moon-stratospheric returns on investments.The scheme relies on a constant stream of newinvestors to fund guaranteed payouts to existingsavers. These schemes can snowball but eventual-ly collapse when the potential pool of new saversruns dry. This happens when the scheme hits thenatural limits of its strategy for recruiting investors.

Ponzi and pyramid schemes: A Ponzi schemeis a classic swindle, similar to a pyramid scheme inthe sense that both are based on using new investors’funds to pay earlier investors. The promoters toutphenomenal returns for investors. One differencebetween the two schemes is that the Ponzi origina-tor gathers funds from new investors and then dis-tributes them. Pyramid schemes, on the other hand,allow each investor to directly benefit in proportionto the number of new investors recruited. Oldermembers are allowed to withdraw money after a cer-tain period of time and receive bonuses for encour-aging new entrants to sign up. In this case, the per-son on the top of the pyramid does not, at any point,have access to all the money in the system. Insteadof investing funds or doing legitimate business, theuncouth Ponzi operator just recycles money, usesthe commitments to pay off earlier investors andtakes a cut for himself. Gullible investors are nor-mally illiterate and do not understand the nuancesof finance. They don’t realise that existing investorsare paid money not from genuine business profit.They believe that their funds are a sound and legit-imate business.

The scam establishes a façade of credibility bypaying the promised returns to early-stage backers,as long as new savers keep adding to the fold. Theliabilities actually exceed assets and the firm is per-manently insolvent. The scheme moves seamless-ly, delivering steady returns and without raising afaintest hint of suspicion, until a point when it is nolonger able to attract new investors. The promot-ers even pay the fanciful returns, perhaps even high-er than the promised dividend, out of their person-al funds, thus confirming the promoter’s credibil-ity. They plough ahead until the whole structure col-lapses like a house of cards when the flow of freshmoney dwindles and the perpetrator can’t honourthe redemptions because the outflow of cash

exceeds the inflow. Savings disappear, debts mount and

the scammer goes slowly under. He triesto siphon off as much of the money as hecan before the scheme fails and those atthe bottom end up losing all the money.The crucial piece in the puzzle is theincompetence of regulators and watch-dogs, who either know about these scamsand do nothing, or completely overlookit on account of powerful promoters, whohave political links. Such schemes thrivein an opaque policy environment.

We live in a difficult financial worldwhere millions of financially illiterate, andsome surprisingly literate, are beingconned by dangerous money games thathave generated increasingly massive bub-bles of fake growth and Ponzi prosperitywhile endangering precious hard-earnedsavings, jobs and futures of virtually every-one outside the financial industry.“Voodoo banking” continues to generatemassive phony profits. These episodescontinue to cause a significant loss of con-sumer trust and confidence. Our marketstructure puts the onus of reliability on the“buyer”, who is expected to be fully awareof the implications of his/her decision. Itis presumed that information available inthe market will empower them, who willsort through various options that compet-ing businesses offer and make a decisionthat maximises the economic utility.

This model, where the responsibili-ty sits on the consumers for choosing theright product, is based on the twin pillarsof full disclosure by firms and of literateconsumers, who are considered capableof decoding these disclosures.

Financial literacy is an antidote toscams: While we should make a case forstrong regulations to protect consumersagainst unscrupulous firms, we mustremember that good financial literacy

among citizens is the most effective anti-dote against these moral abuses. To bluntthe potential for risk, it’s more importantthan ever to arm customers with skills theyneed to responsibly borrow to get a busi-ness idea off the ground or to acquire anasset like a house, save and insure to stayresilient through the life’s worst momentswithout being pushed deeper into debt.They can then keep distance fromunscrupulous and dubious investmentschemes that have lacerated the financiallives of multitudes. Stories commonlyabound of people having been stripped ofevery rupee they earned by the time theyrealised that they’d been conned. Financialadvisors and counsellors must be able tospot early, and sometimes subtle, signals.

Since low-income communities facemultiple risks, small businesses need to beinsured to prevent their slide back intopoverty. Micro-insurance softens theimpact of economic shocks, which fre-quent within this segment. Offeringmicro-credit without micro-insurance isself-defeating; it must be an integralcomponent of financial inclusion whenoffered in conjunction with micro savings.Micro-insurance can keep this segmentaway from the poverty trap. Offeringmicrocredit without micro-insurance isfraught with risk. Therefore the need isto emphasise the linking of microcreditwith micro-insurance. It will also enhancethe sustainability of micro-insurance as itis not viable as a standalone product.

Many micro-entrepreneurs still pre-fer other informal sources of finance, likethe moneylenders because of their flexi-ble methods of repayment. If they are pre-pared to pawn their jewels, local informallenders will advance at high interest. The(interest) rate may be sky-high, but onecan pay back whenever he/she has themoney. It’s less stressful and one can invest

all the loans without keeping anything forinitial instalments. Many of these borrow-ers are moving to other sources for theirfinancial needs after experiencing toomany close calls when they find them-selves short of money to make their micro-finance repayment. Robust consumer pro-tection rules are critical to safeguard peo-ple from fraud and abuse and the perva-sive menace of illegal money pooling bycompanies. This is especially importantfor women and low-income people, whoare most likely to be financially inexpe-rienced. This also underscores the impor-tance of targetted financial literacy andcapability training and embracing oppor-tunities to use new technologies toexpand access to formal financial services.

We need an overhaul of the customerprotection regime. The new regime mustbe one that can hold all entities to a com-mon standard of institutional conduct inhow they deal with the individual cus-tomer, including how they sell products.A misalignment of incentives between theprovider and the customer leaves the cus-tomer worse-off. Therefore, we need toenforce a system that keeps the customer’sinterests above everything else. The goodnews is that there are now several chan-nels of information and resources to helpthe public build financial stability. To safe-guard the hard-earned money of investorsand curb the pervasive menace of illegalmoney pooling by companies, the ReserveBank of India has set up a portal —sachet.rbi.org.in — to enable the public toobtain information about registered enti-ties, who accept deposits, get informationregarding illegal acceptance of depositsand lodge complaints. The portal alsofacilitates filing and tracking of complaints.

(The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’sNational Committee on Financial Literacyand Inclusion for Women)

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With India emerging as aleading digital economy,driven by information

technology, infrastructure and ser-vices, a range of new opportunitiesis being created for entrepreneurshipdevelopment across various sectors.Rural and semi-urban communitiesare being connected with servicesand opportunities through digitaland financial inclusion.

This is being made tangiblethrough the Digital India movement.“Digital India” is the flagship pro-gramme of the Government to trans-form the country into a digitallyempowered society and a leadingknowledge economy. The aim is tobride the digital divide and ensure

that the advantages of informationand communication technology areharnessed so as to empower the cit-izens. The true potential of these rev-olutionary steps is being harnessedby promoting rural entrepreneurshipbased on digital infrastructure andservices to provide relevant andsustainable options of livelihood inrural areas.

In the present context, it is rel-evant to provide opportunity topeople in rural areas for gainfulemployment. It is here that digitalIndia has opened new avenues forthem. The Common ServicesCentres (CSC), under the Ministryof Electronics and InformationTechnology, are playing an importantrole as they have emerged as the har-binger of rural entrepreneurship,which is an integral part of theGovernment’s Digital India pro-gramme.

CSCs are internet-enabled accesspoints that deliver various electron-ic services through a pan-India net-work, catering to regional, geo-graphic, linguistic and cultural diver-sity, thus fulfilling the Government’s

mandate of a socially, financially anddigitally inclusive society. The abil-ity of CSCs, which avoids directinteraction of the citizens with theGovernment offices, ensures trans-parency, accountability and efficien-cy in the delivery of services througha reduced turnaround time.

In 2015, under the Digital Indiaprogramme, the Governmentapproved the CSC 2.0 scheme withan aim to create “one CSC, one grampanchayat” in order to cover all the2.50 lakh gram panchayats, thus aim-ing at establishing a self-sustainingnetwork at the gram panchayat levelunder digital India and deliver var-ious citizen centric services. It placesgreat stress on sustainability of thescheme as well as providing access tothe rural population.

Today, CSCs are playing therole of a catalyst in extending accessto technology and services for citi-zens, especially in rural areas and inthe process, paving grassroot pene-tration of digital services and, hence,fostering participation in gover-nance. The objective of the CSCscheme is to provide non-discrimi-

natory access to e-services to ruralcitizens by making it a complete ser-vice delivery centre, by creating thephysical service delivery infrastruc-ture and utilising the back-end infra-structure already created in terms ofother MMPs. The CSC 2.0 is envis-aged as transaction-based and servicedelivery-based model, delivering alarge bouquet of e-services througha single delivery technological plat-form, which would increase the sus-tainability of the CSCs across thecountry.

The role of CSC e-GovernanceServices India Limited (CSC SPV),a special purpose vehicle set up bythe Ministry of Electronics andInformation Technology to overseethe implementation of the CSCscheme, is engaged by theGovernment as the overall imple-menting agency for the success ofthe CSC 2.0 scheme. The body con-stantly engages with variousGovernment departments, businessestablishments, banks, insurancecompanies and educational institu-tions to augment the range of ser-vices that can be provided through

CSCs and thereby ensure their sus-tainability. As on today, there arearound 3,65,918 functional CSCs inIndia, of which 2,65,398 cover thegram panchayats.

These bodies are run by individ-uals called the Village LevelEntrepreneurs (VLEs), who are co-opted into the ecosystem from thecommunity they serve. Currently,around 28 Central Governmentservices are offered to the citizensthrough the CSC network that usesthe centralised Digital Seva Portal.State G2C services, ranging from 10to 400 in various States, are alsodelivered through CSCs in collab-oration with various StateGovernments and other depart-ments.

In a rough estimate today,around 12 lakh people have beenprovided direct or indirect employ-ment through their engagementwith CSC across the country. Despiterapid urbanisation, more than 66 percent of our population still resides inrural areas. Hence, providing liveli-hood opportunities is crucial for thisvast segment of the population. The

launching of developing entrepre-neurship capabilities in rural areas byenabling the CSCs to implement var-ious important programmes is a par-adigm shift in the approach of bridg-ing the digital divide.

This initiative is expected toignite rural development and reducemigration of the young generation tocities. As India continues to grow asa digital economy, the rural commu-nities need avenues and employmentopportunities that are based on thedigital infrastructure. Gradually, theCSCs are being positioned as changeagents, promoting rural entrepre-neurship and building rural capac-ities and livelihoods.

The CSCs provide a successmodel for creating rural entrepre-neurship that leverages new-ageopportunities through a sound busi-ness and social development serviceframework. This approach has a nat-ural call for continuation in the yearsto come to meet citizens’ expecta-tions and the Government’s vision ofdelivery of services at their doorstep.

(The writer is CEO, CommonServices Centre)

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We are obsessed with reaching any place in the fastest waypossible. It doesn’t matter if we’re carrying jam-packed

bags, standing or sitting in uncomfortable positions for longhours or utilising roads which are uneven. A combination ofthese aspects can cause serious impact — muscle spasm, slippeddisc, back and neck pain among other problems.

There are several things one should keep in mind when trav-elling by different modes of transport:

�When using a two-wheeler: A two-wheeler does not haveany back support. This makes the passenger’s back an easy tar-get for losing the correct posture. Additionally, carrying heavyloads when using a two-wheeler, can be dangerous. Especiallyfor those who live a sedentary lifestyle, their back and spine mus-cles are not strong enough to carry the load for long hours. Thiscauses aches and pains.

Tip: One should choose a two-wheeler which distributes theweight between their wrists and their back. Avoid carrying anyheavy load so as to evade leaning forward which leads to imbal-ance.

�When using a car: Traveling in a car for more than 30 min-utes can stress your back. This is because when we are driving,we tend to lean forward. At this point we do not make use ofthe backand the head rest.

Tip: A lumbar support is necessary when travelling by car.Adjust your seat in such a way that your spine is aligned against

the back rest and the middle ofyour head is supported by theheadrest.

�When traveling by trainor flight: Our normal posture isS shaped. When sitting in thesame position for long durationin the train or the plane makespeople lean forward and bendtheir back to form a C shape cur-vature. This also restricts bloodflow, as well as restrains andcauses pain in the tissues.

Tip: Get up and move every20 to 30 minutes. This willstimulate the blood flow andsupplies- sending essential nutri-ents and oxygen to the lowerback. Moving for ten seconds inyour seat is still better than nomovement at all.

Additional measures whilecommuting to avoid strain onyour back:

�Travel light: Overloading your bag will put a lot of pres-sure on you neck, shoulders and back. It will aggravate the strainin your muscles and joints. It is advisable to carry only those thingsthat you absolutely require. In unavoidable scenarios, instead ofstuffing one big bag, utilise several smaller bags so that the weightgets distributed.

�Avoid bad roads: No matter how consciously you havealigned your back to the back rest or the middle of your headto the headrest in a car, if the road consists of potholes and bumps-it will strain and intensify your back problems.

�Caution when travelling by public transport: A sudden,even a half second, push to someone or by someone can havelong-lasting effects. The sudden jerk will come as a surprise toyour back muscles. Be mindful of other travelers when using thebus, train or metro.

�Support your feet: The position of our feet determines theposture of our lower back. This means that if your feet are in anuncomfortable position while sitting- hanging off, it will affectour lower back posture. The correct way to sit is with your kneesat right angle and your feet firmly on the ground. In such a sce-nario use a foot rest to support your feet for long drives.

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rich in antioxidants, protecting the body against cell-damaging free radicals. Plumsare also low in calories andhence will notincrease yourblood sugar levels.The antioxidantsfights the freeradicals,preventing heartdiseases and strokescares.

Plums contain isatinand sorbitol, which help relieve constipationand improve digestion. It also keeps the bowel healthy.Consuming plum firms your skin and clears your skin texture.The fruit reduces wrinkles and rejuvenates your skin. Drink plumjuice for younger looking skin.

Eating plums will keep cold and flu at bay by improving yourimmunity. The fruit boosts your immunity and promotes devel-opment of healthy tissues. The fruit is good for summers as wellbecause of its hydrating nature.

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Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitalssaved the life of a three weeks old baby

girl Inaya from a rare heart conditionknown as Anomalous left coronary arteryfrom the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).Inaya presented with complaints of respi-ratory distress with excessive sweatingand fast breathing with difficulty. When shewas brought to the emergency, she suffereda heart attack.

Dr Muthu Jothi, Sr Consultant,

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon,Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said: “Themiracle happened when the team of doc-tors treating Inaya managed to resuscitatethe baby by massaging her heart. Intensivecare doctors were called and together theygot the heart beating again within 40 min-utes. Despite being without any cardiacfunction for 30-40 minutes, the child didnot suffer from any perceptible braindamage.”

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Depression andother mentalhealth problems

can spread through socialnetworks, up to “threedegrees of separation” of a friend or afriend of a friend, warn recent studies.

Addiction to social media technolo-gy can have a negative effect on social con-nections. The accompanying loneliness ispartly a consequence of replacing face-to-face interaction with a form of communi-cation where body language and other sig-nals cannot be interpreted.

Having access to so many differentstreams of information through gadgetshas been found to decrease the brain’s greymatter density, which is responsible forcognition and emotional control. In thisdigital era, the key to good health shouldbe moderation i.e. moderate use of tech-nology. Most of us have become slaves todevices that were really meant to free usand give us more time to experience lifeand be with people. And we are leadingour children in the same path as well.

Tips from Heart Care Foundation ofIndia

�Don’t use any electronic gadgets 30minutes before sleep.

�Take a Facebook holiday for 7 daysevery three months. Avoid use of socialmedia once in a week for the entire day.

�Use your mobile phone only whenmobile. Do not use computer for morethan three hours in a day.

�Limit your mobile talk time to notmore than two hours in a day.

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We all look forward tothe rainy days.Sipping tea and eating

pakoras on a lazy Sunday is theperfect way to enjoy the down-pour. Unfortunately, mostof us have to step outfor work and thatmeans skins prob-lems; fungalinfection, itchyand red skin arecommon prob-lems. Here are afew things thatone can do to treatit at home.

We all know theimportance of neem. Boil ahandful of neem leaves forabout 10 minutes. Add this toa bucket of water and take abath with it to cure skin prob-lems. The antimicrobial prop-erties of the leaves will removeimpurities. Do this till theinfection is cured.

One can use aloe vera aswell since it has medicinalproperties and can cure manyskin problems. Apply somefresh aloe vera gel on the affect-

ed area and leave it forhalf an hour. Wash it

with cold water.Apple cider

vinegar is anageold cure toall your skinallergies. Diluteit with water.

Then apply gen-tly with cotton ball

on the affected part.A painful fungal

infection — Athlete’s foot — iscaused by ill-fitting and wetshoes. One should not wearplastic, leather or canvas shoes.Try wearing footwear whereyour feet can breathe. Wearwashed cotton socks and keepfeet clean and dry.

While rains bring much neededrelief from the scorching heat, the

season comes with its woes.Fungal infection, red and itchy

skin are a few of them.ROSHANI DEVI shares home

remedies to treat these

The AIIMS Centre for DentalEducation and Research will under-

take the largest nationwide oral healthsurvey this year in collaboration with theMinistry of Health to collect data thatwould act as a baseline for plan-ning preventive and treatmentstrategies.

An expert committeecomprising dentists repre-senting various oral healthspecialities and health min-istry officials met at the AIIMSto discuss sampling strategies, plan-ning and timelines of the survey.

“The burden of oral diseases in Indiais enormous. The impact of oral diseasesis irreversible when neglected. Pain dueto decay leads to loss of school hoursamong children and severely impacts thequality of life. Lack of proper oral hygieneleads to severe gum diseases which is thebiggest cause of tooth loss in India,” Dr

OP Kharbanda, the Chief of Centre forDental Education and Research (CDER),AIIMS said.

The survey aims to record specific,representative data on the most preva-

lent dental diseases in the countrylike dental decay, gum diseases,dentofacial deformities, can-cerous lesions, dental fluorosisand dental trauma among oth-ers.

The plan is to ensure trainedand calibrated oral health work-

force examine the teeth followingprotocols in coherence with global guide-lines to bring out an authentic data bankthat acts as a baseline to plan preventiveand treatment strategies, Dr Kharbandasaid.

Scientifically validated guidelineshave been formulated for sampling,examination and recording of data byexperts. PTI

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As a parent, it can be unnerving to learn thatyour child has asthma. You need to know

that the condition is very common and that it’smanageable. Your child can surely be able tosleep well at night and play any sports they want,but it needs work.

To make asthma easier on you and to be ableto create a normal lifestyle for your child, youcan:�Schedule regular doctor’s appointments

Your child’s healthcare provider can help youwith a treatment plan and can reevaluate it ateach visit. You can proactively ask for tips aroundusing an inhaler, figuring out whether a certaindiet is working or any questions around expo-sure to pollution and dust.

Ensure that you schedule a new appointmentoutside of the regular check-up schedule if youhave any concerns around the treatment notworking, but be patient and don’t get paranoidas that may stress the children out as well.�Create an action plan

Work with the doctor to create a plan formanaging the regular symptoms and for han-dling all kinds of possible emergencies. If thereare other members in the family, train them totake responsibility and proactive action if theyare with the child. Keep a copy of the emergencyplan with you, and give one each to your fam-ily members, also to your child’s school dispen-sary or nurse. Check whether the school allowsfor keeping medicine in backpacks.�Make your child learn how to take medica-tion when necessary

Your child’s treatment may involve consum-ing a pill or using a device such as an inhaleror nebuliser. To maximise their effectiveness,your child will need to learn how to use any ofthese, as per the condition or situation at hand.Talk with your doctor and teach your child.�Beat the flu

Be prepared for the changing season and forbacteria in the air. If your child has asthma andcomes down with a virus, it could lead to moredifficulty in breathing. An influenza vaccine canreduce your child’s risk of getting sick, and youcan get one vaccination ideally every autumn,after consulting your healthcare provider.�Avoid exposure to allergens

Allergens like certain foods, pollen or graincan give your child breathing trouble. Observeif any of these cause any difficulty in breathingfor your child, and consult your doctor for best-possible medication.

Precaution is the best form of care. If youare prepared with medication and know whenand how to use it, you will be fine. Stay alert andcognizant, but learn not to panic.

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Hypertension, also known ashigh blood pressure is theresult of force exerted by the

blood against the artery walls.When there is too much force ofblood on the walls of the blood ves-sels, it leads to hypertension. Severehealth complications and anincrease in risk of heart diseases,stroke may arise in people withhypertension. Stress is one of theacute causes of an elevated bloodpressure level, however there canalso be several underlying causes

including kidney diseases and med-ication. Consumption of excesssalt in food plays a vital role in anincreased number of cases of hyper-tension worldwide.

According to the MedicalGuidelines, normal blood pres-sure is 120 over 80 mm of Hg.When it exceeds and reaches130/80 mm Hg, it is considered tobe high blood pressure or hyperten-sion.

Symptoms of hypertensionoften go unnoticed. For this reason,

it is also known as a silent killer.Pain in the back of head and neckis one of the initial symptoms ofhypertension. If left untreated,these symptoms may end up caus-ing coronary heart diseases anddamage to internal organs. Oneneeds to stay aware of the symp-toms to notice them right at thebeginning.

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again raises its head and sinceits symptoms are silent it candamage vital organs like heart,brain and kidney withoutmaking any noise. So skippingor stopping the medicine leadsto irreversible damage toorgans (kidney, heart andbrain). �Myth 5: Hypertension isconcern for only 40 abovepeople�Fact: This is a major miscon-ception among the people thathigh blood pressure onlyimpacts those above 40 andhypertension does not devel-op in young age. But the truefact is that happen to anyoneat any time. In fact, nearly onein five young adults havehypertension. More impor-tantly people getting moreblood pressure at extremes ofages.�Myth 6: Wine is good forheart and can take high quan-tity of wine�Fact: This is again a myth,earlier small doses of red winewas shown to have some car-diac preventive effects. Newresearch forbids alcohol inany form. Even small amountsof wine can lead to heavierdamage and complicationslike heart failure, strokes andmany others.

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JSW Steel on Monday told theNational Company Law

Tribunal that the company isnot backing out from the ongo-ing resolution process ofBhushan Power & Steel despitereports of alleged fraud by itsformer promoters.

During the proceedings inNCLT, counsel appearing forJSW Steel informed the tri-bunal that it was anxious about

the alleged fraud reports andneeds to know what is goinginside Bhushan Power & SteelLtd (BPSL).

A two member NCLTbench headed by the PresidentJustice M M Kumar asked theResolution Professional (RP) ofBPSL to hand over a copy of theforensic report to JSW Steel.

NCLT said that allegedfraud reports will not haveany impact on the insolvencyresolution process and JSW's

resolution plan for BPSL.NCLT has to take a deci-

sion over the lenders' approvalof the resolution plan of JSWSteel for BPSL.

Earlier on February 4, theNational Company LawAppellate Tribunal (NCLAT)had dismissed the plea of TataSteel and upheld theCommittee of Creditors (CoC)decision to approve JSW Steel'sbid.

The NCLAT had said the

CoC decision was well withinits rights to negotiate betterterms with resolution appli-cants and has had asked NCLTto decide over JSW Steel's bidby March 31, 2019.

However, the judgement isstill pending before thePrincipal bench of NCLT.

JSW Steel had revised itsoffer from Rs 11,000 crore to Rs18,000 crore and later to overRs 19,000 crore, whereas TataSteel's last offer was at Rs

17,000 crore after it had refusedto revise its bid.

Last week, state-ownedlender Allahabad Bank hadreported fraud of over Rs 1,774crore by BPSL to the ReserveBank of India.

Earlier, PNB reported afraud worth Rs 3,805.15 croreby BPSL by misappropriatingbank funds and manipulatingits books of accounts.

Around 85 per cent ofPNB's Rs 4,399 crore exposure

to the company had beensiphoned off.

Investigate agency CBI hasalready registered complaint inApril names several otherlenders. According to the CBI,BPSL diverted around Rs 2,348crore through its directors andstaff from the loan accounts ofPNB, Oriental Bank ofCommerce, IDBI Bank andUCO Bank into the accounts ofmore than 200 shell companieswithout any obvious purpose.

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The government is consid-ering to split state-run gas

utility GAIL (India) Ltd by hiv-ing off its pipeline business intoa separate entity and selling itoff to strategic investors,sources privy to the develop-ment said.

GAIL is India's biggest nat-ural gas marketing and tradingfirm and owns more than two-thirds of the country's 16,234-km pipeline network, giving ita stranglehold on the market.

Users of natural gas haveoften complained about notgetting access to GAIL's 11,551-km pipeline network to trans-port their own fuel.

The sources said that toresolve the conflict arising outof the same entity owning thetwo jobs, bifurcating GAIL is

being considered.While previously selling

of the marketing business, pos-sibly to another state-ownedfirm, was being considered, thegovernment is now mulling onhiving off the pipelines into aseparate entity and selling offa majority stake in it, they said.

GAIL has multiple long-term contracts to import gas inits liquid form (LNG) fromcountries such as the US andno strategic buyer would like totake the responsibility of those,particularly when the fuel isavailable at a cheaper price inthe spot or current market, thesources said.

They said it is now beingconsidered that GAIL contin-ues with the marketing busi-ness that would include all thesale contracts as also city gasretailing.

The pipeline business canbe spun off into a separatecompany, where the govern-ment may divest a majoritystake to a strategic investorsuch as Canadian asset man-agement company Brookfieldthat recently bought a 1,480-km pipeline owned by MukeshAmbani's Reliance Industries(RIL).

The sources said the strate-gic partner will operate thepipelines and give access on anon-discriminatory basis toany entity wanting to transportgas either from a natural gasfield or an LNG import termi-nal to consumers.

GAIL already keeps sepa-rate accounts for it's gaspipeline and marketing busi-nesses, making it easier to splitthem into two entities.

By unbundling GAIL and

opening the sector, the gov-ernment hopes to increase gasuse to 15 per cent of the ener-gy mix by 2030 from current6.2 per cent.

When talk of splitting firststarted in January last year, OilMinister Dharmendra Pradhanhad stated that GAIL shouldfocus on laying pipelines, sug-gesting hiving of the marketingbusiness.

The sale of a stake inpipeline business would helpthe government meet a part ofits Rs 1,05,000 crore target forraising revenue from disin-vestment in the year to March31, 2020.

Incorporated in August1984 by spinning off the gasbusiness of ONGC, GAIL ownsand operates over 11,500-km ofnatural gas pipelines in thecountry. It sells around 60 per

cent of natural gas in the coun-try.

The sources said the oilministry has not been veryhappy with GAIL's perfor-mance in building pipelinenetwork. Besides, there is apossible conflict of interest inits role as an infrastructureprovider and carrier.

GAIL did not start execut-ing the Rs 12,940 croreJagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline until the gov-ernment agreed to give 40 percent of the project cost as agrant from the budget. Thepipeline takes the gas to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's con-stituency, Varanasi.

Plans to split the companyhad been discussed more thana decade back too but it did notmaterialise.

The sources said refiners

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) andBharat Petroleum Corp Ltd(BPCL) had in 2017 evincedinterest in acquiring GAIL toexpand their gas marketingbusiness.

GAIL also owns a petro-chemical plant at Pata in UttarPradesh, which too could besold to either IOC or BPCL.

The company had in thepast resisted the split ongrounds that its gas marketingand transmission businessesoperate at arm's length andhence do not need to be sepa-rated.

GAIL's marketing businessformed 76 per cent of its 2018-19 total sales and about 30 percent pre-tax profit.

The government has a54.89 per cent stake in GAILIndia. Its current market cap isRs 65,600 crore.

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Market benchmark BSESensex ended 160 points

higher Monday driven byheavy gains in index heavy-weight Infosys and positivemacroeconomic cues.

After swinging 327 pointsduring the day, the 30-shareindex settled 160.48 points or0.41 per cent higher at38,896.71. The index hit anintra-day high of 39,023.97and a low of 38,696.60.

The broader NSE Niftyended 35.85 points, or 0.31 percent, up at 11,588.35. Duringthe day, the index hit a high of11,618.40 and a low of11,532.30.

Infosys was the top gainerin the Sensex pack, closing 7.20per cent higher as investorscheered its financial results.

The IT major posted bet-ter-than-expected 5.3 per centrise in its June quarter net prof-it, and raised revenue growthforecast for the current fiscal.

Rival TCS too jumped 1.77per cent.

Other gainers included SunPharma, TechM, Maruti, KotakBank, Bajaj Finance and HDFCtwins, ending up to 3.61 per

cent higher.On the other hand,

IndusInd Bank, L&T, ITC,Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, YesBank, SBI and Hero MotoCorplost up to 2.28 per cent.

Besides the rally in Infosys,wholesale price-based infla-tion declined for the secondconsecutive month to its 23-month low of 2.02 per cent inJune, traders said.

Inflation in food articlesbasket eased marginally to6.98 per cent in June, from6.99 per cent in May.Vegetable inflation too soft-ened to 24.76 per cent inJune, down from 33.15 percent in the previous month.

Elsewhere in Asia,Shanghai Composite Index,Hang Seng and Nikkei endedin the green, while Kospi set-tled in the red.

Equities in Europe weretrading lower in their respec-tive early sessions.

On the currency front, theIndian rupee appreciated 17paise to 68.52 against the USdollar (intra-day).

Meanwhile, the global oilbenchmark Brent crude futureswere trading 0.42 per centhigher at USD 67 per barrel.

Script Open High Low LTPJPASSOCIAT 2.70 2.75 2.60 2.69YESBANK 95.45 99.30 92.65 93.20DHFL 61.65 61.65 46.70 48.50INFY* 762.00 781.40 754.50 779.45RPOWER 4.28 4.29 4.00 4.02ZEEL 348.70 349.75 340.90 345.10IBULHSGFIN 664.95 669.30 631.10 638.30SUNPHARMA 415.50 427.65 414.25 422.40INDUSINDBK 1526.25 1530.90 1466.70 1474.40RELIANCE 1285.00 1289.00 1271.00 1275.90SPARC 126.70 149.85 125.50 148.95LT 1473.00 1473.10 1432.15 1440.25SPICEJET 125.00 127.20 123.50 126.25DMART 1430.00 1447.00 1410.00 1425.70INDIGO 1310.20 1388.00 1300.00 1381.15SBIN 364.10 364.65 357.60 359.95BAJFINANCE 3311.00 3438.90 3311.00 3412.25CANBK 284.35 284.35 272.30 273.50HDFCLIFE 482.60 494.35 482.00 491.15TATASTEEL 476.80 478.00 463.35 468.20QUESS 510.00 511.60 485.85 503.70RELCAPITAL 58.20 58.80 53.55 54.00AXISBANK 757.95 759.20 744.00 749.65RELINFRA 51.20 51.60 48.50 49.10PEL 1954.95 2088.90 1950.00 2077.75TATAMOTORS 159.50 162.60 157.80 160.95RBLBANK 644.00 644.00 603.30 605.55TCS 2120.00 2153.00 2099.00 2145.20MARUTI 5975.00 6090.10 5960.00 6079.75SUZLON 4.98 5.00 4.79 4.82ICICIBANK 427.45 428.30 421.75 422.40UPL 633.00 649.75 621.50 647.05DISHTV 31.05 33.90 29.90 32.90IDEA 11.80 12.00 11.66 11.75L&TFH 121.60 125.90 120.20 121.35TITAN 1115.00 1115.00 1077.70 1088.90HINDPETRO 281.50 288.35 280.50 286.35WIPRO 260.00 262.20 255.95 260.10ADANIPOWER 64.20 64.25 60.90 62.65ITC 275.10 275.60 270.50 270.90AUROPHARMA 598.90 602.40 571.00 575.65PNB 74.85 75.25 72.70 73.45GRAPHITE 298.85 305.00 290.70 295.15ICICIGI 1063.50 1091.00 1058.70 1077.20JINDALSTEL 140.00 142.25 136.15 141.40BANKBARODA 125.85 125.85 121.70 122.00ALBK 42.00 44.30 40.30 43.50APOLLOHOSP 1370.00 1403.00 1368.00 1383.40HDFCBANK 2412.90 2412.90 2377.75 2396.10UJJIVAN 281.15 286.85 275.15 284.00TECHM 670.55 680.40 666.35 678.10SRTRANSFIN 1051.40 1062.00 1035.80 1059.90TATAELXSI 855.20 856.45 809.10 815.95VEDL 167.70 167.70 162.85 166.70HEG 1199.00 1223.50 1170.95 1175.10BHEL 65.30 65.55 63.25 64.20SBILIFE 782.00 794.25 765.65 781.90BANKINDIA 87.00 87.40 83.20 83.90FEDERALBNK 107.60 107.60 103.40 107.15BHARTIARTL 356.00 359.30 349.30 351.15ASIANPAINT 1370.00 1370.00 1348.20 1348.40ADANIENT 140.90 141.50 136.20 137.95AMBUJACEM 217.40 219.95 211.50 219.65COALINDIA 231.00 231.90 228.25 230.25HINDUNILVR 1739.80 1739.80 1702.50 1718.50KOTAKBANK 1497.95 1510.25 1480.00 1507.75UNIONBANK 78.50 78.60 74.15 74.55RCOM 1.95 1.98 1.80 1.80HEROMOTOCO 2570.10 2580.00 2515.00 2544.00JSWSTEEL 269.50 272.65 263.60 271.10BEL 106.20 106.20 101.30 102.90M&MFIN 383.90 383.90 371.85 380.95JUSTDIAL 783.00 786.20 764.25 769.20IBVENTURES 304.00 304.00 286.00 287.50DLF 188.10 188.10 184.70 185.95IBREALEST 114.10 116.95 112.35 113.75RECLTD 151.00 151.70 148.40 149.80HDFC 2260.00 2270.00 2235.60 2267.00ACC 1580.00 1598.50 1555.00 1593.10PCJEWELLER 39.25 39.95 38.50 38.95ASHOKLEY 85.80 86.10 84.90 85.50ESCORTS 545.70 546.85 523.85 528.00NCC 87.50 87.75 83.90 84.00MANAPPURAM 131.00 131.40 126.05 128.55ONGC 150.00 151.65 148.90 150.15TATACHEM 608.00 610.00 591.85 593.90NMDC 112.15 114.25 110.60 112.25KAJARIACER 570.30 571.75 556.60 557.05M&M 632.00 637.60 626.00 632.35POWERGRID 205.10 206.80 203.00 205.50TATAMTRDVR 78.75 78.75 75.70 77.65SAIL 47.40 47.50 46.15 46.60INTELLECT 281.00 292.00 280.05 283.45IPCALAB 964.00 965.30 948.35 960.00WESTLIFE 319.90 324.50 312.50 316.35BAJAJ-AUTO 2740.00 2754.40 2706.30 2716.35HCLTECH 1032.00 1037.20 1020.00 1026.00GSPL 200.90 205.50 196.50 203.85PETRONET 249.00 249.05 245.15 245.60ULTRACEMCO 4595.00 4604.20 4535.05 4593.15GODREJPROP 950.50 953.15 940.00 948.65IOC 145.90 147.30 144.60 145.30NTPC 128.00 128.85 127.40 127.90PFC 124.65 125.45 122.85 124.60BEML 903.55 920.15 896.00 901.00WOCKPHARMA 357.00 359.00 351.20 352.40EDELWEISS 176.00 177.30 172.30 176.10STRTECH 164.30 165.50 161.65 162.95

DCBBANK 238.00 238.95 233.60 235.60BAJAJFINSV 7755.00 7760.95 7674.65 7709.85RAIN 95.45 96.50 92.00 92.70PHILIPCARB 114.35 116.70 113.70 115.70FSL 51.20 53.30 50.60 51.60BOMDYEING 100.90 100.90 97.10 98.30BAJAJELEC 478.00 486.50 459.70 479.30VGUARD 248.00 250.00 234.80 238.85TEJASNET 133.00 144.35 133.00 137.40BPCL 345.90 348.25 342.85 347.80MOTHERSUMI 118.45 120.40 117.45 118.50STAR 378.60 380.90 366.50 371.15CGPOWER 21.15 21.15 18.85 19.10EMAMILTD 312.90 318.25 311.70 314.25FRETAIL 472.10 472.10 446.60 450.45CASTROLIND 126.85 127.50 123.35 124.10ADANIPORTS 416.45 416.45 408.10 411.40CREDITACC 491.10 523.50 491.10 519.55IDFCFIRSTB 43.20 43.20 42.00 42.35KTKBANK 102.10 104.40 101.60 102.25TORNTPOWER 309.10 311.60 302.20 309.00APOLLOTYRE 187.25 187.65 184.25 184.50ICICIPRULI 384.95 391.60 381.20 383.50MINDTREE 760.00 761.90 743.85 759.45GAIL 148.50 148.50 144.75 145.45BHARATFORG 463.90 469.00 456.30 462.00LUPIN 762.65 768.05 750.40 764.45BATAINDIA 1344.00 1355.10 1329.00 1340.20NBCC 56.45 56.45 53.80 54.00FORCEMOT 1290.00 1311.00 1250.00 1262.60EQUITAS 118.35 121.85 117.50 121.05CHOLAFIN 280.35 283.20 275.00 276.00SRF 2752.00 2767.65 2661.75 2689.90LICHSGFIN 536.00 541.10 531.70 540.00GNFC 234.90 234.90 225.25 227.30THOMASCOOK 194.20 196.00 188.75 190.00CENTURYTEX 928.15 933.00 910.55 926.35SIEMENS 1231.95 1236.60 1206.35 1214.05COLPAL 1145.00 1145.00 1120.65 1125.00AVANTI 338.85 339.10 321.75 332.35TATAPOWER 68.35 69.15 67.05 68.60HEXAWARE 366.00 366.00 352.70 359.00DCMSHRIRAM 537.50 542.15 528.00 530.85GODREJCP 630.00 630.00 618.60 620.80HAVELLS 714.00 720.50 706.70 719.20DELTACORP 163.20 164.70 136.25 161.25PIDILITIND 1185.00 1206.45 1182.00 1203.20HINDALCO 198.50 200.95 196.00 200.60BALKRISIND 743.15 754.40 719.05 747.75DBL 419.90 429.85 416.55 418.15KEC 331.00 335.80 326.00 326.45ADANIGREEN 50.00 51.00 48.10 48.50LAXMIMACH 4680.50 4681.00 4365.55 4415.65COROMANDEL 397.70 397.70 386.85 395.45HDFCAMC 1963.00 1963.80 1925.05 1934.65DRREDDY 2649.95 2667.45 2613.40 2629.00NATIONALUM 47.85 47.85 46.65 46.90WABAG 303.65 305.65 291.50 293.50DABUR 407.40 411.45 406.55 410.55JAICORPLTD 100.25 100.25 96.45 97.30PTC 63.85 64.55 63.65 64.30IGL 314.30 316.00 308.65 314.65PVR 1748.00 1748.00 1713.00 1722.00INDIACEM 97.80 98.25 96.10 97.30OMAXE 200.95 201.80 199.65 200.90JUBILANT 474.35 474.35 458.00 460.10RADICO 285.65 289.25 281.55 283.40BIOCON 256.00 256.00 249.30 252.70FCONSUMER 39.00 39.00 37.25 37.65KALPATPOWR 511.00 519.80 504.00 504.75JUBLFOOD 1211.20 1220.55 1203.80 1205.50SADBHAV 183.85 184.20 168.00 181.00OBEROIRLTY 560.95 573.45 556.30 568.65MFSL 422.65 426.55 408.55 412.80CHAMBLFERT 163.00 164.80 161.60 163.35TATACOMM 493.00 499.65 485.85 488.45ITI 88.20 88.65 86.25 86.70TATAGLOBAL 257.70 258.75 253.55 254.30ASHOKA 132.45 132.85 125.25 126.60AEGISLOG 210.35 212.50 205.35 210.70JINDALSAW 76.80 77.65 76.35 77.05ADANITRANS 224.50 226.00 221.35 222.80CADILAHC 238.95 238.95 230.75 237.85ABFRL 209.45 210.65 202.90 206.45SUNTV 487.00 487.00 468.70 474.25CENTURYPLY 146.80 148.00 145.00 145.20NLCINDIA 67.55 67.55 64.65 65.25TVSMOTOR 435.50 436.80 427.90 430.25INDIANB 242.70 243.50 235.45 235.80MINDAIND 312.25 322.35 308.10 320.35DEEPAKFERT 101.90 102.50 97.55 97.80GRASIM 917.25 926.90 916.35 923.00ENGINERSIN 108.00 108.85 106.55 108.30

JISLJALEQS 25.40 25.40 23.80 24.15TORNTPHARM 1557.25 1561.30 1540.90 1549.70CEATLTD 899.80 908.25 889.00 890.00PARAGMILK 264.95 268.80 258.00 258.00MEGH 61.65 61.70 59.40 59.65NAUKRI 2257.00 2257.00 2189.35 2231.00RAYMOND 715.90 715.90 697.00 697.00VOLTAS 590.05 590.05 580.00 586.25HFCL 21.90 21.90 20.85 21.00GLENMARK 450.70 452.75 443.25 445.55MUTHOOTFIN 619.00 619.30 602.15 612.35EICHERMOT 19045.65 19195.00 18786.55 18817.00EVEREADY 76.80 76.80 70.40 71.20SUNTECK 453.50 453.50 440.30 442.90ABCAPITAL 91.90 91.90 89.25 89.35UBL 1389.00 1397.95 1361.00 1362.65NOCIL 111.45 111.45 107.40 107.75CIPLA 562.70 562.70 549.05 551.00BRITANNIA 2781.15 2791.00 2757.80 2774.95RCF 56.20 56.45 54.60 55.00MGL 811.00 811.00 789.50 794.60DIVISLAB 1615.30 1630.50 1601.00 1613.00INDHOTEL 148.90 149.00 142.80 144.85GRUH 288.00 288.00 276.00 284.20VENKYS 1565.75 1573.00 1500.00 1530.00ECLERX 664.00 698.75 633.00 686.15AMARAJABAT 653.00 653.00 639.35 642.75FINEORG 1390.00 1397.95 1378.00 1394.60CROMPTON 229.15 232.00 224.15 226.00BBTC 912.80 920.95 892.45 902.20CANFINHOME 377.00 377.10 368.85 371.00ADANIGAS 163.50 165.15 160.75 163.10RAJESHEXPO 718.00 718.00 684.50 686.00VIPIND 424.55 428.40 411.10 414.00MCX 831.00 832.15 812.65 818.60AUBANK 667.05 672.20 664.05 668.00IDBI 34.65 35.20 34.25 34.60LTI 1610.00 1616.60 1582.00 1587.70WELSPUNIND 56.35 56.60 55.10 56.05CERA 2897.80 2897.80 2307.40 2797.15JAMNAAUTO 48.55 49.35 46.55 46.65BANDHANBNK 558.55 558.55 545.65 545.65IRB 91.50 92.20 88.70 88.70TRENT 460.00 462.50 444.10 444.10GMRINFRA 15.25 15.25 14.90 15.00GLAXO 1148.75 1212.30 1147.00 1181.00AJANTPHARM 899.45 899.45 880.25 883.30NATCOPHARM 528.00 539.70 523.05 524.00BERGEPAINT 310.75 310.75 302.35 303.45BAJAJCON 325.40 328.40 315.05 317.60REPCOHOME 372.00 377.80 367.25 367.70ORIENTBANK 89.50 89.50 85.70 86.60NESTLEIND 11681.00 11692.95 11466.20 11480.00OIL 172.70 173.80 171.00 172.45MAGMA 104.00 105.25 98.50 99.55HATHWAY 24.80 24.90 22.55 22.65MRPL 59.90 60.95 59.25 60.05IBULISL 171.00 174.00 160.20 160.20J&KBANK 40.00 40.10 39.15 39.40SOUTHBANK 13.12 13.27 12.98 13.03SUVEN 239.25 243.00 234.15 235.65SWANENERGY 104.25 104.75 103.20 104.50LAKSHVILAS 65.15 65.85 61.50 62.55LTTS 1633.00 1645.00 1620.00 1636.50CONCOR 558.45 561.85 550.00 551.05FLFL 474.00 474.55 450.00 467.85PNBHOUSING 769.80 772.65 748.70 751.00MPHASIS 933.45 939.20 931.50 934.00MARICO 369.60 372.50 368.30 369.10CHENNPETRO 189.00 190.50 184.80 188.50INOXLEISUR 319.50 325.00 313.00 317.95SYNGENE 314.25 327.00 314.00 316.45HINDZINC 227.00 228.60 224.80 228.00TIMKEN 726.15 742.45 721.00 736.20TATACOFFEE 80.80 80.80 77.10 78.00HSCL 97.75 97.75 93.60 94.00RITES 288.00 289.95 285.45 287.75BIRLACORPN 652.10 655.60 630.85 633.90RAMCOCEM 777.55 781.20 762.10 777.00EXIDEIND 207.00 207.40 203.65 204.00INFRATEL 263.00 263.50 261.50 262.20WELCORP 138.00 140.05 136.00 136.70GRANULES 96.00 97.20 93.50 95.90GODREJAGRO 492.60 493.20 484.00 489.35HIMATSEIDE 161.90 168.00 160.05 161.70NAVINFLUOR 655.00 660.00 642.30 644.00GSFC 87.35 87.75 86.95 87.10KEI 471.00 476.85 468.70 472.25GULFOILLUB 861.00 862.00 857.40 860.00BOSCHLTD 16042.00 16112.40 15863.75 15993.80LALPATHLAB 1073.80 1083.50 1049.50 1054.65OFSS 3280.10 3394.45 3263.05 3383.45PRESTIGE 270.90 273.35 266.10 269.85SUDARSCHEM 321.35 325.85 313.00 314.35APLLTD 543.60 556.00 534.00 534.20CRISIL 1426.65 1428.60 1380.00 1383.50GODREJIND 480.05 486.50 479.55 483.95GREAVESCOT 130.10 130.10 126.05 127.85FINOLEXIND 500.05 508.70 500.00 504.00TV18BRDCST 23.35 23.65 23.20 23.55RNAM 226.50 227.30 226.40 227.00VINATIORGA 2070.00 2096.00 2055.00 2087.00SOBHA 569.00 574.00 565.60 567.25BASF 1186.50 1186.50 1125.05 1130.00CUB 206.00 206.00 202.10 205.00MAHINDCIE 215.40 222.15 215.25 220.20KRBL 233.10 239.85 229.00 229.00HUDCO 39.10 39.15 38.55 38.70SONATSOFTW 354.00 356.00 344.60 346.80

GUJALKALI 500.00 500.55 482.45 483.80NBVENTURES* 89.60 95.50 89.20 95.50TATAMETALI 586.30 591.00 574.00 580.45PAGEIND 20621.70 20857.60 20499.90 20570.90PFIZER 3169.85 3191.00 3132.60 3187.50SHANKARA 378.35 386.15 370.00 370.00NIITTECH 1351.50 1352.35 1341.95 1346.15PNCINFRA 188.65 194.90 188.30 194.90CYIENT 544.00 553.85 540.00 544.65THERMAX 1040.20 1046.30 1025.40 1040.85HEIDELBERG 198.00 198.10 192.30 195.00MOTILALOFS 667.95 672.60 661.00 663.00VARROC 461.00 461.00 445.85 446.60HSIL 242.00 243.00 236.00 237.85RALLIS 153.60 156.50 152.00 153.75PGHL 4304.90 4365.00 4293.00 4330.00SYNDIBANK 39.90 39.90 39.05 39.25GICRE 231.00 231.00 224.10 225.50GICHSGFIN 261.00 262.15 255.80 257.50RELAXO 425.00 427.50 419.80 423.35CUMMINSIND 756.00 757.85 743.90 751.45EIDPARRY 172.90 174.00 169.80 171.10TIINDIA 405.00 407.30 393.00 400.50MAHLOG 461.00 470.00 452.20 458.00TRIDENT 60.95 61.40 60.30 60.85INFIBEAM 43.00 43.00 42.00 42.00MOIL 152.05 152.75 148.30 148.75JKTYRE 78.00 78.95 76.90 78.95LUXIND 1139.80 1148.50 1102.45 1111.15NHPC 24.50 24.50 24.00 24.40PHOENIXLTD 655.65 656.00 629.40 629.45SUPREMEIND 1091.55 1092.00 1081.05 1086.00KPRMILL 585.00 595.00 583.70 590.05GUJGAS 166.05 169.00 165.00 166.65BLUEDART 2561.55 2582.30 2460.00 2460.00BDL 299.00 302.45 295.60 295.80DEEPAKNI 300.00 303.95 300.00 300.00HINDCOPPER 38.15 38.25 37.50 37.85ADVENZYMES 162.15 164.15 162.15 162.80JSWENERGY 69.40 69.80 68.45 69.45JKLAKSHMI 332.30 334.45 331.30 331.30CARBORUNIV 353.35 353.35 338.35 339.00ATUL 3755.00 3756.95 3709.30 3750.00MAHSCOOTER 4190.00 4190.00 4008.00 4152.00ENDURANCE 1019.95 1022.85 998.60 999.70ISEC 218.50 220.40 217.40 218.40FINCABLES 384.60 384.60 378.55 382.00ABB 1504.20 1507.80 1488.20 1497.75VMART 2150.80 2150.80 2025.00 2025.00SCI 30.75 30.80 30.15 30.20TAKE 126.00 128.10 124.30 124.80FORTIS 128.00 130.00 127.55 129.40BLISSGVS 158.95 159.90 157.65 157.65NIACL 140.00 141.25 138.50 138.50UCOBANK 18.60 18.60 18.00 18.10CENTRALBK 19.85 19.95 19.60 19.85JAGRAN 108.00 108.00 100.55 101.30ASTERDM 123.00 124.80 121.00 122.65SUNDRMFAST 475.90 480.85 470.00 473.45SANOFI 5800.00 5828.10 5735.10 5770.10ZENSARTECH 244.60 244.65 242.50 242.50IDFC 34.75 36.70 34.75 35.70WHIRLPOOL 1558.65 1566.00 1548.15 1559.05SREINFRA 17.50 17.50 16.30 16.80LEMONTREE 65.15 69.00 64.45 65.20DCAL 217.15 217.15 209.75 212.40ERIS 445.15 462.45 442.55 453.35PIIND 1140.00 1149.20 1134.10 1149.20NILKAMAL 1158.45 1158.45 1130.15 1144.00JKCEMENT 977.85 988.60 966.15 966.15ASTRAL 1279.00 1287.00 1260.00 1282.30REDINGTON 100.00 100.60 97.95 99.70SJVN 26.55 26.55 25.70 26.30HERITGFOOD 395.65 395.65 372.85 373.00MMTC 22.70 22.95 22.45 22.60COCHINSHIP 374.90 375.55 368.10 369.60IFCI 8.60 8.89 8.60 8.62KANSAINER 437.40 438.90 430.40 438.90GODFRYPHLP 773.90 777.90 766.00 766.00SOLARINDS 1181.95 1181.95 1146.45 1162.00IFBIND 755.25 766.70 749.95 753.05JMFINANCIL 77.30 77.30 74.00 74.10TATAINVEST 879.00 880.00 853.65 853.65ALKEM 1788.80 1805.00 1751.50 1758.00CCL 234.60 244.15 234.60 240.05BLUESTARCO 747.05 754.55 741.00 751.40CARERATING 878.65 889.60 871.00 882.50MRF 56180.85 56233.70 55825.35 55875.00IRCON 394.00 401.25 390.00 390.00MINDACORP 102.00 106.35 102.00 105.05ITDCEM 98.25 98.30 94.65 95.00ALLCARGO 98.50 100.50 98.50 99.65UFLEX 230.00 233.00 228.40 233.00NETWORK18 25.20 25.45 24.95 25.15COFFEEDAY 217.55 219.75 217.55 218.60ANDHRABANK 23.00 23.00 22.40 22.65GEPIL 835.75 844.00 821.85 823.35NH 226.40 226.40 221.40 223.00BAYERCROP 3405.00 3444.00 3330.70 3387.30GMDCLTD 72.10 72.40 71.20 71.65JETAIRWAYS 46.35 46.35 46.35 46.35MONSANTO 2187.70 2191.95 2130.05 2180.00SOMANYCERA 421.05 427.25 417.70 426.90IOB 12.25 12.29 12.00 12.00GPPL 82.00 85.00 80.45 80.80MAXINDIA 64.75 65.20 64.15 64.15KNRCON 273.00 273.00 260.60 260.60TTKPRESTIG 6412.45 6431.10 6257.00 6285.00BAJAJHLDNG 3536.00 3536.00 3504.05 3514.70

ORIENTCEM 108.35 109.00 105.55 107.90TIMETECHNO 93.00 93.00 88.90 89.10BALMLAWRIE 181.00 181.00 178.30 178.50LAURUSLABS 367.00 367.00 343.35 344.65GESHIP* 256.10 256.10 249.00 250.75SHILPAMED 349.00 356.70 349.00 356.00VBL 970.00 970.00 952.30 961.90PERSISTENT 624.00 624.00 615.40 620.05SHK 127.00 127.80 125.05 127.55EIHOTEL 170.50 171.90 167.10 167.15GDL 119.10 119.45 118.40 118.60SHREECEM 21425.05 21504.55 21205.00 21490.05APLAPOLLO 1560.85 1560.85 1541.45 1550.00CORPBANK 27.60 27.75 26.95 27.05ITDC 248.85 248.85 237.30 237.60CHOLAHLDNG 485.00 487.00 475.05 475.05INDOSTAR 355.85 357.45 350.05 350.05ORIENTELEC 160.00 164.00 156.30 160.30CENTRUM 25.40 26.00 25.00 25.95HAL 676.00 678.05 665.00 676.15NESCO 563.00 565.15 559.15 561.15UNITEDBNK 10.02 10.12 9.90 9.97JYOTHYLAB 162.15 164.45 159.80 162.00MAHLIFE 407.45 414.80 404.35 414.80SHOPERSTOP 476.70 482.00 462.90 482.00JBCHEPHARM 377.00 380.00 366.20 366.70AAVAS 1513.00 1518.40 1509.25 1514.65SCHNEIDER 91.50 91.50 89.50 89.55GUJFLUORO 921.00 921.00 912.45 914.20SHRIRAMCIT 1500.00 1500.00 1476.45 1479.30JSL 32.00 32.20 31.40 31.55PRSMJOHNSN 91.65 91.95 91.50 91.60GRINDWELL 596.50 596.50 580.00 588.35MHRIL 233.05 233.05 228.00 229.70APARINDS 564.10 568.05 563.05 564.95SKFINDIA 1950.00 1971.00 1940.35 1941.30JSLHISAR 74.60 74.60 73.35 73.90MASFIN 600.95 603.70 587.10 598.35MAHABANK 15.90 15.90 15.75 15.80

GHCL 223.80 223.80 220.75 221.90ZYDUSWELL 1379.80 1379.80 1361.10 1373.95TNPL 176.60 177.70 175.00 176.10GILLETTE 7226.00 7226.00 7052.60 7101.00TVSSRICHAK 1903.00 1914.00 1847.30 1900.00GSKCONS 7427.00 7427.00 7360.00 7384.00CAPPL 414.20 423.00 411.00 418.10GALAXYSURF 1239.20 1240.65 1232.30 1240.00TEAMLEASE 3023.00 3026.25 2962.20 2965.50TCNSBRANDS 780.00 792.85 758.60 758.60THYROCARE 484.25 484.25 465.45 466.75INOXWIND 68.45 68.45 67.00 67.55DBCORP 183.85 188.00 182.05 188.00LAOPALA 194.85 201.65 191.40 197.65SCHAEFFLER 4499.85 4499.85 4450.00 4450.00SYMPHONY 1220.00 1232.50 1220.00 1228.00IEX 144.15 145.80 144.15 145.00PGHH 10879.00 10974.80 10868.10 10965.00LINDEINDIA 508.00 516.55 501.15 503.95ASTRAZEN 2003.55 2003.55 1970.10 1970.10GET&D 226.20 227.30 225.35 226.20HATSUN 711.00 711.00 692.00 692.00FDC 167.85 170.00 166.35 166.35ABBOTINDIA 8901.00 8944.60 8861.05 8861.05DHANUKA 400.10 401.65 396.25 397.50TRITURBINE 101.85 101.85 98.00 99.00AKZOINDIA 1748.05 1749.80 1728.15 1730.10TVTODAY 276.50 280.10 275.00 278.853MINDIA 21914.00 21997.75 21720.10 21809.00JCHAC 1704.45 1704.45 1615.15 1623.85AIAENG 1772.35 1779.80 1755.10 1764.00MAHSEAMLES 416.45 419.25 415.00 418.80SFL 1280.10 1315.55 1235.00 1315.55SUPRAJIT 202.40 202.40 200.00 200.70ASAHIINDIA 204.55 209.55 201.00 202.45GAYAPROJ 143.75 143.90 138.85 140.20HONAUT 23367.00 23367.00 22825.00 22825.00ELGIEQUIP 268.00 268.00 260.00 261.85VTL 1038.30 1042.70 1038.00 1039.80ESSELPRO 130.60 131.25 130.00 130.00WABCOINDIA 6140.05 6140.05 6118.75 6125.00STARCEMENT 113.85 113.85 113.00 113.00SIS 862.40 877.00 862.40 874.80

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11614.75 11618.40 11532.30 11588.35 35.85INFY 763.00 781.65 754.20 779.40 52.65SUNPHARMA 416.25 427.70 413.65 420.40 12.70UPL 634.00 650.00 621.50 648.00 17.95TECHM 675.00 680.70 665.85 679.55 13.75MARUTI 5980.00 6096.00 5955.00 6079.95 108.50KOTAKBANK 1489.00 1510.95 1478.60 1504.10 20.45TCS 2125.00 2153.60 2098.00 2135.50 27.90BAJFINANCE 3398.50 3440.00 3353.60 3411.00 33.50JSWSTEEL 267.40 272.75 263.70 270.40 2.50GRASIM 919.00 927.60 916.00 923.60 7.55HINDALCO 198.55 201.00 195.80 200.20 1.35TATAMOTORS 159.00 162.60 157.85 160.35 1.05DRREDDY 2630.05 2670.65 2612.20 2625.00 16.40ULTRACEMCO 4576.00 4605.00 4532.30 4593.00 27.15WIPRO 260.00 262.00 255.90 260.45 1.50HDFC 2255.90 2271.00 2236.40 2270.00 12.20BPCL 346.20 348.30 342.70 347.20 1.45HCLTECH 1034.45 1038.00 1020.00 1027.50 3.60ONGC 150.00 151.70 148.80 150.15 0.45HINDUNILVR 1715.00 1724.70 1702.00 1716.50 3.30HDFCBANK 2396.00 2403.00 2377.35 2398.00 4.10NTPC 128.00 128.95 127.30 128.00 0.20M&M 632.05 638.00 625.45 632.60 0.70BAJAJ-AUTO 2728.00 2754.00 2705.70 2720.10 -2.45INFRATEL 262.70 263.60 261.25 262.30 -0.65BRITANNIA 2795.00 2795.00 2755.00 2772.90 -7.70RELIANCE 1285.00 1289.50 1270.35 1276.50 -4.00BAJAJFINSV 7750.70 7780.00 7672.00 7700.00 -25.70VEDL 167.75 167.75 162.65 166.95 -0.70EICHERMOT 19100.00 19198.00 18787.50 18850.00 -105.30ZEEL 347.70 349.75 340.65 344.95 -2.25POWERGRID 205.65 206.75 202.90 205.15 -1.55COALINDIA 231.00 231.70 228.25 229.45 -1.80AXISBANK 757.25 759.65 744.00 749.90 -5.90GAIL 147.00 147.80 144.65 145.40 -1.25TATASTEEL 478.00 478.25 463.35 468.80 -4.10SBIN 364.10 365.00 357.60 360.25 -3.35ASIANPAINT 1362.85 1367.00 1347.05 1348.95 -13.00HEROMOTOCO2552.00 2579.90 2514.20 2545.00 -24.80ADANIPORTS 413.55 416.20 408.10 411.00 -4.30CIPLA 559.90 560.50 548.60 551.00 -5.80ICICIBANK 428.40 428.40 421.60 422.55 -4.50IOC 145.85 147.35 144.50 145.20 -1.65TITAN 1110.00 1110.05 1077.35 1088.00 -13.20ITC 275.00 275.60 270.55 271.20 -3.85YESBANK 95.00 99.30 92.55 92.85 -1.35BHARTIARTL 357.60 359.40 349.15 351.00 -5.10LT 1471.00 1473.95 1431.90 1440.00 -26.85INDUSINDBK 1529.95 1530.00 1468.00 1473.45 -36.05IBULHSGFIN 665.80 670.00 630.65 636.95 -29.00

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Flood-hit Nepal has appealedto the international agencies

for help to prevent the possiblewater-borne diseases and toensure proper health services tothe tens of thousand of peopleaffected by the incessant rainsthat has claimed at least 60lives, according to mediareports.

Nepal has been hit byheavy rainfall since Thursday.More than 25 districts and10,385 households have beenaffected.

Thirty five people arereported to be missing in therain-related incidents that havethrown normal life out of gearin central and eastern parts ofthe country.

An emergency meetingwas called on Sunday to takestock of the damage caused bythe rains. Representatives of theWorld Health OrganisationNepal Office, the UnitedNations Children's Fund,(UNICEF), the United NationsPopulation Fund (UNFPA) andother agencies were present at

the meeting, The KathmanduPost reported.

The Health EmergencyOperation Centre, set up by theMinistry of Health andPopulation, has asked interna-tional partner agencies to helpand mobilise their mechanismsin the districts hit by flood andlandslide.

During the meeting at theHealth Ministry on Sunday, thecentre informed representa-tives of the agencies about thepossible risk of disease out-breaks in the districts.

"We have also requestedthem to mobilise their localchannels in the areas of need.All our international partneragencies are ready to provide allkinds of help," ChudamaniBhandari, chief of the centre,told the Post.

The Health Ministry hasalso directed all the central-level hospitals and medicalcolleges to prepare emergencyteams of doctors to bemobilised in the disaster-hitareas, Bhandari said.

Three teams of doctorsfrom the Health Ministry

would be deployed on Mondayto Pathlaiya of Bara district,Lahan of Siraha district andBardibas of Mahottari districtof Province 2, one of theprovinces worst hit by thefloods, he said.

Those teams would coor-dinate with the provincial andlocal governments to ensurehealth services to the needypeople.

Health experts havewarned of possible outbreaks ofwaterborne diseases—diarrhea,dysentery, typhoid, Hepatitis A,Hepatitis E in the flood-hitareas of the Tarai region, asmost of the water resourceshave been contaminated byfloodwaters, the report said.

"Cases of malaria, dengue,kalajar could go up and peoplein the affected areas are vul-nerable to snake bites as well,"said Dr Sameer KumarAdhikari, an official at theEpidemiology and DiseaseControl Division.

The division has also urgedall provincial governments tonot allow health workers totake leave during the monsoon,

which is considered an epi-demic season.

Provinces 1, 2 and 3 are theworst hit, with Lalitpur,Bhojpur and Rautahat wit-nessing the highest death toll,The Himalayan Times report-ed.

Provincial governmentshave decided to provide relieffor flood and landslide victims.They will also provide freemedical treatment to the 38people who have been injuredso far.

According to the FloodForecasting Section on Sunday,water level in the major riversis coming down.

The section, however, haswarned people to remain alert,as risk of landslides hasincreased due to continuousrainfall for the last four days, itsaid.

The MeteorologicalForecasting Division (MFD)warned the public to remain onhigh alert and said that air androad traffic could be affecteddue to low visibility.

Heavy rainfall has led thewater level in the rivers to rise.

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South Africa's graft-accusedex-president Jacob Zuma

said on Monday he had been"vilified", as he testified at ajudicial inquiry into the allegedlooting of state funds while hewas in power.

"I have been vilified,alleged to be the king of corruptpeople," he told the inquiry. "Ihave been given every othername and I have neverresponded to those issues. Ibelieve it is important that werespect one another."

Zuma had struck a char-acteristically relaxed tone aheadof his televised appearance,which could last for five days,tweeting a video on Sunday ofhimself dancing and singing"Zuma must fall" before laugh-ing heartily.

The former president isaccused of fostering a cultureof corruption during a nine-year reign before he was oust-ed in 2018 by the ruling ANCparty and replaced by Cyril

Ramaphosa.Zuma, 77, was not legally

required to appear at theinquiry into the so-called "StateCapture" scandal.

State capture describes aform of corruption in whichbusinesses and politicians con-spired to influence policies toadvance their own interests.

He denies all wrongdoingand dismissed the concept of"state capture", while hislawyers have described theinquiry as an attempt to"ambush and humiliate" him.

Zuma, who addressed thecommission at the start of theday, said that he had been thevictim of "character assassina-tion over 20 years." His requestto see questions in advance wasdenied by the inquiry com-mission, which had invitedhim to appear "to give his side

of the story" after other wit-nesses gave damning evidenceagainst him.

Led by judge RaymondZondo, the probe is investigat-ing a web of deals involving

government officials, thewealthy Gupta family and state-owned companies.

"The commission is notmandated to prove any caseagainst anybody but is man-dated to investigate and inquireinto certain allegations," Zondosaid, thanking Zuma forappearing.

Before Zuma spoke, hislawyer Muzi Sikhakhane toldthe commission: "The propa-ganda machine out there hasbeen quite alive.

"The former presidentestablished this commissionand is willing to cooperate."

According to AngeloAgrizzi, one of the inquirywitness, Zuma allegedly accept-ed a monthly USD 2,200 bribedelivered in luxury bags froma contracting firm that was try-ing to evade police investiga-

tion.The money was in theory

for his charity foundation.Agrizzi said his company

also organised free parties,bulk alcohol supplies and birth-

day cakes to keep favour withZuma's associates.

Former finance ministerNhlanhla Nene, who wassacked by Zuma in 2015, testi-fied that Zuma pushed policieson nuclear power and aviationthat were designed to benefitthe Gupta family.

The Gupta brothers areaccused of fraudulently profit-ing from government contractsincluding energy and transportdeals under Zuma.

The family owned a urani-um mine, which would haveseen profits soar from thenuclear deal, as well as a port-folio of mining, technologyand media companies.

They allegedly held suchsway over Zuma that they wereable to select some of his cab-inet ministers.

Former deputy financeminister Mcebisi Jonas toldthe inquiry that the Guptasoffered him the finance min-ister's job and even threat-ened to kill him after herefused to accept a USD 40million bribe.

Zuma was forced to set upthe inquiry in January 2018,shortly before he left office,after failing in a legal battle tooverturn the instructions of thecountry's ethics ombudsman.

Sitting in centralJohannesburg, it has heardfrom scores of witnesses over130 days in session since lastyear.

Zuma has separately beencharged with 16 counts of graftlinked to an arms deal frombefore he became president.

The Indian-born Guptabrothers — Ajay, Atul andRajesh — have left South Africaand are now based in Dubai.They also deny any wrong-doing.

Eager to distance himselffrom the Zuma era,Ramaphosa has declared hispresidency as a "new dawn" forthe country and described theinquiry as a "very painfulprocess".

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The Indian diaspora inHouston are thrilled over

reports that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi could visitAmerica's energy capital toaddress them during hisplanned trip to the US toattend the annual UnitedNations General Assemblymeeting in September.

Community leaders saidthe dates for the prime minis-ter's address has not beenfinalised yet, but they havebeen asked to make prepara-tions for a potential address ofModi in Houston onSeptember 22.

Houston, which has oneof the largest concentration ofthe Indian-American com-munity in the US, is the ener-gy capital of the world. Energysecurity is a priority area forthe prime minister.

This could be Modi's thirdmajor address to the Indian-American community afterhe became the prime ministerin 2014 and the first after his

re-election in May.The previous two being at

the Madison Square Garden inNew York in 2014 andtheSilicon Valley in 2016. Boththe events were attended bymore than 20,000 people.

Prime Minister Modi'spossible visit to Houston andNew York in the last week ofSeptember has already gotIndian Americans into dis-cussions and excitement modeabout his arrival.

Indian-American com-munity leaders in Houstonsaid that "this visit was long-awaited since Modi's firstaddress in New York in 2014and later in California in2016." "The Indian diaspora isthrilled and counting the daysfor Modi's visit to Houston.We are enthusiastically prepar-ing, one of the most memo-rable programmes to welcomehim," said the members ofOverseas Friends of BJP(OFBJP).

Prime Minister Modi isexpected to address the Indiandiaspora on September 22, at

the NRG Stadium, which hasa seating capacity of 45,000people, the Indian communi-ty leaders said.

Prime Minister Modi islikely to attend the UNGA ses-sion in New York betweenSeptember 20-23 and will takea day off from his schedule tovisit Houston on September21-22, they said.

"As it is very early in thestage, no other plans are yetfinalised," a community leadersaid. Regarding Modi's trip toHouston, Mayor SylvestorTurner, who took a trade del-egation to India in Novemberlast, told PTI, “I look forwardwith excitement to PrimeMinister Modi's visit as thishistoric visit will strengthenthe already robust bondsbetween Houston and India ontrade, culture, tourism andmore." "As one of the mostinternational cities in theworld, Houston hosts one ofthe biggest and most vibrantIndian communities in theUS. This is one of the manygrowing connections I dis-

cussed with Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu and somenational government ministersduring my trade mission toNew Delhi and Mumbai,"Turner said. The Indo-American Chamber ofCommerce of GreaterHouston (IACCGH) saidPrime Minister Modi'splanned visit will not onlystrengthen the economic tiesbetween the two countries butalso encourage more invest-ment in India.

IACCGH FoundingSecretary Jagdip Ahluwaliasaid Texas accounts for 15 percent of the US global tradewhile Houston-India tradestands at USD 6.6 billion.

"With a catchment area ofover 400,000 Indo-Americans,Houston, the energy capital ofthe world, and home to theworlds largest medical centreand NASA Johnson SpaceCentre, we hope the primeminister during his visit willannounce a non-stop flightfrom Houston to Delhi,"Ahluwalia said.

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Indian diplomats South Africaparticipated in a cycle rally

along with scores of cyclists aspart of an effort to promotegreater awareness of MahatmaGandhi's ideals of non-vio-lence and satyagraha to cele-brate his 150th birth anniver-sary.

Conceived by IndianConsul-General inJohannesburg Dr K J Srinivasa,the event was co-hosted by theGandhi Walk Committee,which annually hosts the walk.

Scores of cyclists joined theIndian diplomats on Sunday atthe inaugural Block Ride in thesprawling Indian township ofLenasia, south of the city, tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi thisyear.

"The aim was to promotegreater awareness of Gandhiji'sideals of truth, non-violenceand Satyagraha," said Srinivasa,who was lauded by a host ofother speakers as he preparedto leave for his new posting asAmbassador to Guyana thesame evening.

"As we always say, Indiasent South Africa a lawyer andwe sent back a Mahatma, sothis is his karmbhooomi."

"There was no question ofpartnering with anyone else butthe Gandhi Walk Committeefor this project as we have beenwith them for the past few yearsfor the massive Gandhi Walkthat has been coordinated sowell by them for the past 34years," Srinivasa added.

The event also served as awelcome for new Indian HighCommissioner Jaydeep Sarkar,who assumed his position inPretoria last month.

"Along with all those idealsthat Gandhiji strove for in ourfreedom struggles in both ourcountries, like civil disobedi-ence and satyagraha, the rele-vance of today's function is thathe also emphasised a lot onpersonal habits and individualand community actions,"Sarkar said.

"Today's cycling event is anattempt in that direction – topropagate the idea of individ-ual action to not only keepyourself healthy, but also tomake a modest contribution to

the environment. The otherthing is the importance of thefeeling of community thatGandhiji emphasised."

"I'm delighted to see peo-ple from all walks of life and ofall ages participating so enthu-siastically and look forward toit growing in future," Sarkaradded before he donned a hel-met and led the cyclists along-side Srinivasa and other localdignitaries.

From toddlers on threewheelers to professional cyclerson expensive cycles, the threekm ride through the streets ofLenasia and back to the GandhiHall was enjoyed by all as theycollected a commemorativemedal on completion, bearingthe image of Mahatma Gandhi.

"This was not a race, butrather a fun event to com-memorate Gandhiji's 150thbirthday this year," GandhiWalk Chairman AmitParbhucharan emphasised.

Gauteng provincial gov-ernment representatives whoattended the inaugural eventpledged to bring in greatersupport from across theprovince next year.

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About 300 gunmen raided avillage in northwestern

Nigeria in a revenge attack,killing 10 people, burning carsand stealing cattle, police said.

The assailants "invaded"Kirtawa village in Katsina statelate Saturday, shooting residentsand stealing cows, regional policespokesman Gambo Isah said ina statement.

"Ten persons were founddead, five injured," Isah said.

The bandits set fire to fivecars and four motorcycles afterstealing "an unspecified numberof cows", he said.

Police said the gunmenopened fire on security forces asthey arrived on the scene, shoot-ing out the tyres of an armouredvehicle and wounding a soldierand a paramilitary officer, beforefleeing. The raid was a "reprisalattack" for an earlier assault on thebandits by vigilantes from the vil-lage, police said.

Katsina state has seen asurge in attacks by kidnappingand cattle rustling gangs, prompt-ing villagers to form vigilantesgroups to defend themselves.

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Leader of the Opposition inPakistan's National Assembly

Shehbaz Sharif has said that hewill file a law suit against a UKnewspaper for publishing a "fab-ricated and misleading story"blaming him for stealing Britishforeign aid money, Pakistanimedia reported on Monday.

The former Punjab ChiefMinister accused the 'Daily Mail'of publishing the story "at thebehest" of Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan and hisaide Shahzad Akbar and said hewill initiate legal proceedingsagainst them as well.

"Have decided to file law suitagainst Daily Mail. The fabri-cated and misleading story waspublished at the behest of ImranKhan and Shahzad Akbar. Wewill also launch legal proceed-ings against them," Sharif said ina tweet on Sunday.

"Btw Imran Khan has yet torespond to three such cases Ifiled against him for defama-tion," he said.

The report, quoting inves-

tigators and a "confidentialinvestigation report", claimedthat the money "stolen" by thePakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) president between the2005 earthquake and 2012, alsocame from the UK'sDepartment for InternationalDevelopment (DFID)-fundedaid projects, the Dawn newspa-per reported.

"For years he was feted as aThird World poster boy byBritain's Department forInternational Development,which poured more than 500million pounds of UK taxpayers'money into his province in theform of aid," the Daily Mailreport said.

"Yet, say investigators, all thetime that DFID was heapinghim and his government withpraise and taxpayers' cash,Shehbaz and his family wereembezzling tens of millions ofpounds of public money andlaundering it in Britain," it said.

Earlier, the Daily Mail hadreported that the DIFD hadgiven Shehbaz and his govern-ment taxpayers' cash and that he

and his family were embez-zling tens of millions of poundsof public money and launderingit to Britain, Geo News report-ed.

It said Akbar, the PrimeMinister's special assistant, saidthe PML-N President's sonSuleman Shehbaz was the mainculprit in the laundering of UKaid fund for earthquake victims.

In his report British jour-nalist David Rose has allegedthat Shehbaz and his family hadembezzled and laundered mil-lions of pounds out of 500 mil-lion pounds aid coming fromUK during his tenure as the chiefminister of Punjab, The ExpressTribune reported.

PML-N spokespersonMarriyum Aurangzeb hastermed the report "baseless"and a "propaganda campaign".

"Conspiratorial point ofviews and allegations have beenpublished... news report does notmention any report by the UKgovernment. It is fabricated,baseless and a pack of lies thathas been invented by ImranKhan's conspiratorial mind,"

Aurangzeb said in a tweet.During a press conference,

Aurangzeb also showed to themedia a picture showing jour-nalist Rose sitting with PrimeMinister Khan and Akbar.

Rose hit back at the PML-N leaders for terming his newsstory as "baseless" and "propa-ganda campaign".

"The PML-N trolls inPakistan are posting a photo ofme with Imran Khan, claimingthis shows my article aboutShehbaz was 'planted'. Thephoto was taken last year, whenI interviewed him before theelection. Here's the proof," hesaid while sharing the web linkof the interview published onJuly 21, 2018 in the same paper,The Express Tribune reported.

Sharif, 67, is the youngerbrother of ousted prime minis-ter Nawaz Sharif, 69, who is fac-ing corruption charges in threecases.

Shahbaz was allegedlyinvolved in the corruption of Rs14 billion Ashiana Housing pro-ject and Rs 4 billion Punjab SaafPani Company scams.

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Bangladesh's border force onMonday described smug-

gling of cattle, drugs, narcoticsand arms at the Indo-Banglafrontier as a "major challenge"and sought greater cooperationfrom their Indian counterpart tocrackdown on smugglers.

Brigadier Jalal Gani,Commander of the North WestRegion, Border GuardBangladesh (BGB), however,said that several poor people earntheir livelihood through smug-gling and killing them is not thesolution.

"Smuggling of cattle, drugsand narcotics, leather, arms andammunition has been a majorchallenge for the border guard-ing forces of the two countries.

Smugglers are very poor people.For their livelihood they go forsmuggling and not for leading alavish lifestyle," Gani said.

Calling for the greater coop-eration between the BorderSecurity Force (BSF) and theBorder Guard Bangladesh(BGB), Brigadier Gani said thatalthough there have been manypositive outcomes in bordermanagement over the years,some ground remains to becovered.

Gani said that there shouldbe zero tolerance for killing andthe two forces should help eachother.

"We always try to catchthem (smugglers), investigateand then handover them to theconcerned officials and followprocedures.

"The BSF also does the samething but in some cases, killingof smugglers takes place. Thisshould be stopped," Gani said."This is our request that weshould follow the law of the land.Killing is not the solution," theBGB commander told a group ofvisiting Indian journalists.

His remarks came a monthafter the 48th bi-annual DirectorGeneral-level talks between theBSF and the BGB in Dhakawherein it was decided toenhance cooperation to checkcrime and smuggling of cattleand narcotics across the 4,096-km frontier shared by the neigh-bours.

In the meeting, the BSF andthe BGB decided to undertakejoint efforts to reduce borderkilling incidents.

The BGB claims that thisyear 15 Bangladeshi nationalshave been killed and 12 injuredtill July 8 by the border force. Lastyear, six people were killed and25 others injured.

The BSF maintains that itfires only when a situation turns"ugly" and lives of its troops arein danger.

Talking to the media, AjmalSingh, IG, North Frontier, BSF,said that the "we have adopted anon-lethal strategy according towhich the usage of lethal weaponis minimum".

"Bangladesh is a friendlycountry, the basic problem weare facing along the border is ille-gal infiltration, movement ofcriminals, cattle smuggling, fakecurrency, narcotics, arms andammunition.

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Mumbai terror attack mas-termind and JuD chief

Hafiz Saeed and his three aideswere granted pre-arrest bail onMonday by an anti-terrorismcourt in Pakistan in a case per-taining to the banned outfit'sillegal use of land for its semi-nary.

The Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) in Lahore granted inter-im bail to Saeed and his aides— Hafiz Masood, AmeerHamza, and Malik Zafar -until August 31 against suretybonds of Rs 50,000 each, Dawnnewspaper reported.

During the hearing, Saeed'scounsel insisted that Jamat-udDawah (JuD) was not using anypiece of land illegally and urgedthe court to accept bail pleas.

According to officials,JuD's network includes 300seminaries and schools, hospi-tals, a publishing house andambulance service.

In March, Punjab policesaid that government seizedcontrol of 160 seminaries, 32schools, two colleges, four hos-pitals, 178 ambulances and153 dispensaries associatedwith the JuD and its charitywing the Falah-e-InsaniatFoundation (FIF) in province.

At least 56 seminaries andfacilities being run by the JuDand FIF in southern Sindhprovince were also taken overby authorities in the samemonth.

Saeed-led JuD is believedto be the front organisation forthe Lashkar-e-Taiba which isresponsible for carrying out the2008 Mumbai attacks.

The US Department of theTreasury has designated Saeedas a Specially DesignatedGlobal Terrorist, and the US,since 2012, has offered a USD10 million reward for infor-mation that brings Saeed to jus-tice.

Under pressure from the

international community,Pakistani authorities havelaunched investigations intomatters of the JuD, LeT and theFIF regarding their holdingand use of trusts to raise fundsfor terrorism financing.

Meanwhile, the LahoreHigh Court (LHC) issuednotices to the federal govern-ment, the Punjab governmentand the Counter-TerrorismDepartment (CTD) regardinga petition filed by Saeed and hisseven aides, challengingcharges of terror financing andmoney laundering againstthem.

A two-member bench ofthe LHC comprising JusticeShehram Sarwar Chaudhryand Justice MohammadWaheed Khan asked the partiesto submit their replies withintwo weeks.

A lawyer for the federalgovernment objected to thenotices, arguing that the peti-tion was non-maintainable.

The bench, however, dismissedthe objection and adjournedproceedings until July 30, thepaper said.

The Counter TerrorismDepartment (CTD) of PunjabPolice on July 3 registered 23FIRs against 13 leaders of theJuD including Saeed on thecharges of "terror financing" indifferent cities of Punjabprovince.

On Friday, Saeed, who isreportedly living at his JauharTown residence in Lahore,challenged these FIRs in theLahore High Court.

"Hafiz Saeed and other(petitioners) are not membersof Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as perthe (earlier) judgement of theLHC. The petitioners have nonexus with LeT or Al-Qaeda,"the petition said.

It urged the LHC to declarethat the petitioners are notlinked with the LeT and there-fore the CTD's FIRs be declaredillegal.

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India has not been excludedfrom the efforts to bring

peace in Afghanistan, Chinasaid Monday, days after it host-ed a key meeting with the US,Russia and Pakistan on facili-tating peace process in thewar-torn country.

Representatives of China,Russia, and the US held their3rd consultation on the Afghanpeace process in Beijing on July10-11 following which theyalso requested Pakistan to joinfor a surprise quadrilateralmeeting.

"China, Russia, and theUnited States welcomedPakistan joining the consulta-tion and believe that Pakistancan play an important role infacilitating peace inAfghanistan", a joint statementissued at the end of the meet-ing said.

US special envoy for

Afghanistan reconciliationZalmay Khalilzad, who is cur-rently holding talks with theTaliban to work out an agree-ment for withdrawal of the UStroops and participation of therebel group in the Afghan gov-ernment, attended the meeting.

Briefing reporters aboutthe meeting here on Monday ,Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang said"we have reached some con-sensus and exchanged views onthe current situation inAfghanistan and our effort tohelp to restore peace and secu-rity".

He said all four countrieshad agreed to step up coordi-nation and communicationand jointly promote reconcili-ation and peace in Afghanistan.

Hinting that the quadrilat-eral meeting could be institu-tionalised in the future, Gengsaid the future meetings of thefour countries will take place

with mutual consultations.Asked why India was not

invited to the meeting, he said"China has been in close com-munication and coordinationwith all parties including India"on the Afghanistan issue.

The four countries havedecided to hold the meetingbased on mutual understand-ing, he said.

"I believe we (China,Russia, the US and Pakistan)don't exclude India in dis-cussing and helping early set-tlement of the Afghanistanissue," he said.

The invitation to Pakistanto take part in the meetingcame ahead of its PrimeMinister Imran Khan's firstvisit to the US starting fromJuly 21 to hold talks with USPresident Donald Trump dur-ing which the peace process inAfghanistan is expected tocome up.

In December last year,

President Donald Trumpannounced that the US wouldpull out troops fromAfghanistan.

The US still has about14,000 troops in Afghanistan,nearly 18 years after the US-ledinvasion to topple the Taliban.

Afghanistan accusesPakistan of harbouring theTaliban militants who havebeen carrying out violentattacks and destabilising thecountry.

Last month, China for-mally acknowledged that ithosted a Taliban delegationheaded by its chief negotiatorMullah Abdul Ghani Baradarfor talks here.

The meeting was seen aspart of China's stepped-upefforts to enlarge its strategicrole in Afghanistan as the USis negotiating its way out of thewar-torn country.

Bardar has also been hold-ing talks with Khalilzad.

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European foreign ministersmet Monday for crisis talks

on the Iran nuclear deal, asBritain warned the "small win-dow" to save the accord wasclosing, with Tehran breachingthe agreement.

Tensions in the Gulf havesoared since the United Stateslast year pulled out of the 2015deal and reimposed sanctionson Iran, hammering its econ-omy and prompting Tehran tobreak limits on uraniumenrichment and stockpiling.

The European Union isdesperately trying to preventthe deal unravelling complete-ly, seeing it as the best way tostop Tehran acquiring atomicweapons, and the issue was topof the agenda as ministersfrom the bloc met in Brussels.

British Foreign SecretaryJeremy Hunt -- who heldphone talks with his US andIranian counterparts over theweekend -- insisted "the dealisn't dead yet".

"Iran is still a good yearaway from developing a nuclear

weapon. We think there is stillsome closing but small windowto keep the deal alive," Hunttold reporters.

Britain, France andGermany — the threeEuropean parties to the deal —on Sunday issued a joint state-ment saying they were"extremely concerned" by Iran'srecent breaches as well as by USsanctions They called for dia-logue to resolve the crisis.

Europe hopes to use a spe-cial trading mechanism calledINSTEX to enable businesses todeal with Iran without usingthe US dollar or financial sys-tem, thereby avoidingWashington's sanctions.

But the system is compli-cated, no transactions havebeen finalised yet and it can fornow only be used for human-itarian goods — food andpharmaceuticals, for example— and not Iran's crucial oil sec-tor.

Iran accuses Europe of notdoing enough, but the sweep-ing nature of the US measureshas scared many majorEuropean businesses out of

Iran despite Brussels' insis-tence that American sanctionsdo not apply in Europe.

"Iran has taken bad deci-sions in response to the baddecision of the United States to

pull out of the deal and reim-pose sanctions, whose extrater-ritoriality strikes at the eco-

nomic advantages the countrygot from the deal," FrenchForeign Minister Jacques-YvesLe Drian said as he arrived fortalks in Brussels.

EU ministers insistedIran must return to respect-ing its obligations under thedeal in full, rejecting a sug-gestion by Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani that bothsides could reduce their com-mitments.

"This is a very, very serioussituation. We must make itclear once again, in clear lan-guage, that there is only achance if Iran commits itselfunreservedly to what is con-tained in the treaty," Germany'sjunior foreign minister MichaelRoth told reporters.

Hunt agreed, saying thedeal "has to be taken in itsentirety".

The joint commissionoverseeing the accord, made upof ministers from the countriesstill in the deal — theEuropeans plus China, Russiaand Iran — will meet "verysoon" to discuss Tehran'sbreaches, Hunt said.

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At least 23 people were killedand several others are

missing after a cloudburstcaused flash flood in theNeelum Valley of the Pakistanoccupied Kashmir, officialssaid. A large number of homesin the Laswa area of the Valleywere damaged and dozens ofpeople were swept away in theflooding caused by relentlessrainfall after the cloudburstover night.

"The Laswa area of thevalley was badly hit wheremany house were swept away.There were also reports oflandsliding in some areas. Atotal of 23 people have beenkilled," Syed Al-RehmanQureshi, Director ofOperations, State DisasterManagement Authority, said.

He said several people,including women and chil-dren, are still missing.

Landslides were alsoreported in the area and offi-cials said many structures inthe Laswa's main market,including two mosques, werecompletely destroyed. Trafficflow in the area has beenseverely disrupted, while cellphone and internet services arealso affected. Teams includingofficials from the districtadministration, disaster man-agement authority and localpolice are conducting rescueoperations in the area. Lastweek, a flood hit several villagesin Golen Gol area of Chitraldistrict after a glacial lake burstits banks overnight, topplingelectricity poles and inundatingroads and farmlands, theExpress Tribune reported.

The glacial lake outburstflood (GLOF) occurred afterthe Jam Ashpar glacier – a pop-ular tourist destination inChitral – exploded overnight,it said.

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Sri Lankan Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe on

Monday assured the minorityTamil community in the Norththat they would be granted apolitical solution within thenext two years.

"We are closer to achievinga political solution. We willprovide a solution during thenext two years. That will leadto a future where all SriLankans can live with pride," hesaid while speaking at an eventin Jaffna.

The prime minister saidthat his government was notable to achieve a solution to theTamil minority question dur-ing the past four years as hisgovernment lacked parlia-mentary majority it needed tocomplete the process.

"No one had the majority,so we struggled. But we triedhard," he said.

"My party and I are com-mitted to reconciliation and apolitical solution," he stressed.

"We are agreeable to give thepowers which are acceptable toall communities."

Since PresidentMaithripala Sirisena and PrimeMinister Wickremesingheformed the coalition in 2015,an attempt was made to for-mulate a new Constitution toaddress the Tamil issue. A con-stitutional assembly was creat-ed and an experts panel reportwas issued.

However, there was noagreement among political par-ties for the form of devolutionin the experts' panel report withpolitical objections being raisedover it. The whole constitu-tional reform process wasstalled after a constitutionalstandoff between Sirisena andWickremsinghe last year.

Wickremesinghe's com-ments in the Tamil heartlandon Monday came as the coun-try was heading for the nextpresidential election whichmust be held before December8.

The Tamil minority which

supported the current govern-ment in 2015, remain dis-gruntled that despite the largescale Tamil minority support toSirisena in 2015, nothing hadbeen delivered to them – or notadequate efforts have beenmade to address their griev-ances.

The political uneasebetween Sirisena andWickremesinghe led to the lat-ter being sacked as the primeminister only to be restored bythe highest court's interventionlast year.

The Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) had runa military campaign for a sep-arate Tamil homeland in thenorthern and eastern provincesof the island nation for nearly30 years before its collapse in2009 after the Sri Lankan Armykilled its supreme leaderVelupillai Prabhakaran.

Rajapaksa, who was thepresident at the time, hasrepeatedly said that the war wasagainst the LTTE and notagainst the Tamil community.

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At least 10 miners aretrapped more than a kilo-

metre (nearly a mile) under-ground after a fire started by anelectrical short circuit in a coalmine in southwestern Pakistan,officials said Monday.

Rescue efforts were ham-pered by the fire spreading poi-sonous carbon monoxide gasinside the mine, some 35 kilo-metres (22 miles) east ofQuetta, the capital of oil andmineral rich Balochistanprovince.

Abdullah Shahwani, a topofficial for the industry in theprovince, said 11 miners wereworking Sunday around 4,000feet (1,200 metres) under-ground when the accident hap-pened.

"Fire erupted due to a cableshort circuit, causing the spreadof poisonous monoxide gas,"Shahwani told AFP.

One miner has been res-cued but 10 remain trappedinside, he said.

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The authorities in theDemocratic Republic of

Congo have appealed for calmafter the first case of Ebola wasdiagnosed in the main easterncity of Goma.

The city is the biggestwhere a case of the killer dis-ease has been confirmed sincean outbreak started in easternDR Congo last August, but thegovernment said chances of itspreading were "low".

The patient is a pastor whohad been preaching at achurch in another town,Butembo, where he wouldhave touched worshippers"including the sick", the coun-try's health ministry saidSunday.

His symptoms f irstappeared last Tuesday.

The preacher left forGoma from Butembo, one ofthe towns most affected by theoutbreak, by bus on Friday,and arrived two days later

where "the results of the lab-oratory test confirmed that hewas positive for Ebola", theministry said.

"Given that the patientwas quickly identified, as wellas all the passengers on the busfrom Butembo, the risk of thedisease spreading in the city ofGoma is low," it added.

The other passengers, 18in all, and the driver will bevaccinated against Ebola onMonday, said the ministry,and urged the population ofone of Africa's largest coun-tries to "keep calm".

At the weekend, however,two Ebola awareness cam-paigners were murdered intheir homes in the North Kivuprovince, where locals viewforeign health care providerswith deep suspicion.

The pair were killed aftermonths of threats, the healthministry said.

The UN is convening a"high-level event" in GenevaMonday to discuss response

and preparedness for the Ebolaoutbreak.

It will be attended by gov-ernment ministers from theDR Congo and Britain, seniorofficials of the World Bank, theWorld Health Organisation,and other UN agencies.

Health workers in Goma,which has a population ofabout one million and is thecapital of North Kivuprovince, were vaccinated asearly as December when theoutbreak first hit Butembosome 300 kilometres (180miles) north.

The two towns are sepa-rated by poor roads under thethreat of armed groups.

The latest Ebola outbreakin eastern DR Congo haskilled 1,655 people, accordingto a health ministry bulletin onSaturday.

Nearly 700 were cured,and total of 160,239 peoplehave been vaccinated againstthe highly contagious haem-orrhagic fever, it added.

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ACanadian citizen detainedin China is being held on

drug-related offences, Beijingsaid Monday, at a time of tenserelations between the twocountries.

News of the latest arrestcomes amid a diplomatic crisissparked by the detention ofMeng Wanzhou, chief financialofficer for Chinese tech giantHuawei, in Vancouver on a USextradition bid.

"The Shandong ProvincialPublic Security Bureau recent-ly seized a drug-related caseinvolving foreign students,"said foreign ministryspokesman Geng Shuang at apress briefing.

"One of the peopleinvolved in the case is aCanadian citizen."

Geng said the case wasunder investigation and the rel-evant embassies had been noti-fied.

Canada said Sunday thatone of its citizens was beingdetained in the city of Yantai inthe eastern province ofShandong, and that consularassistance was being given.

A source familiar withthe latest detention told AFPthere was no indication thatthe case was related to thearrests of Canadians MichaelKovrig, an ex-diplomat, andconsultant Michael Spavor,who face espionage-linkedaccusations.

The pair were detaineddays after Meng's arrest inDecember — sparking ques-tions over whether the allega-tions were in retaliation.

Ottawa has called theirarrests "arbitrary".

As the diplomatic rowescalated, Beijing sentencedtwo other Canadians to deathfor drug trafficking andblocked imports of Canadianagricultural products worthbillions of dollars.

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Joe Biden is taking an aggres-sive approach to defending

Obamacare, challenging notjust President Donald Trumpbut also some of his rivals for theDemocratic presidential nom-ination who want to replace thecurrent insurance system witha fully government-run model.

The former vice presidentwill spend much of the comingweek talking about his approachto health care, includingremarks he'll deliver on Mondayin Iowa at a presidential forumsponsored by AARP. His almostsingular focus on the 2010health care law has been on dis-play recently in the early votingstates.

In Iowa, he declared himself

"against any Republican (and)any Democrat who wants toscrap" Obamacare. Later inNew Hampshire, he said "weshould not be scrappingObamacare, we should be build-ing on it," a reference to hisapproach to add a governmentinsurance plan known as thepublic option to existingexchanges that sell private insur-ance.

Biden is hoping his posi-tioning as Obamacare's chiefdefender could be helpful onseveral fronts. It's a reminder ofhis close work alongsidePresident Barack Obama, whoremains popular amongDemocratic voters. And it couldreinforce his pitch as a sensiblecentrist promising to rise abovethe strident cacophony of

Trump and Democrats includ-ing Sens. Bernie Sanders,Elizabeth Warren and KamalaHarris, all single-payer advo-cates.

Perhaps as important, it's anopportunity for Biden to go onoffense ahead of the next pres-idential debate at the end of July.

Biden has spent the pastseveral weeks on defense,reversing his position on tax-payer funding for abortionsand highlighting his past workwith segregationist senators.Harris slammed him during thefirst debate, blasting the segre-gationist comment and criti-cizing his opposition to federalbusing orders to desegregatepublic schools during the sameera.

Each of the episodes raised

questions about whether Bidencan maintain his front-runnerstatus.

In New Hampshire over theweekend, it was clear Bidenwanted to turn the tables as hetouted the idea of a "Medicare-like" plan that any Americancould buy as opposed to a"Medicare-for-all" that would beimposed on everyone.

"I think one of the most sig-nificant things we've done in ouradministration is pass theAffordable Care Act," Bidensaid. "I don't know why we'd getrid of what in fact was workingand move to something totallynew. And so, there are differ-ences." He argued that someof his opponents, with theexception of Sanders, aren'tfairly representing the conse-

quences of their proposals."Bernie's been very honest

about it," Biden said. "He saidyou're going to have to raisetaxes on the middle class. Hesaid it's going to end all privateinsurance. I mean, he's beenstraightforward about it. Andhe's making his case."

Asked specifically whetherHarris has been honest abouthow her plan would affect pri-vate insurance, Biden said, "I'lllet you guys make that judg-ment." During last month'sdebates, Harris, Warren andSanders raised their hands whencandidates were asked as agroup whether they supportedeliminating private insurance.

A day later, Harris, a Senateco-sponsor of Sanders' single-payer bill, reversed her answer

— the second time since hercampaign launch that she'dwalked back her seemingendorsement of eliminating pri-vate insurance.

She explained that she inter-preted the debate moderator'squestion as asking whethershe'd be willing to give up herexisting coverage as part of asingle-payer model. She said shewants private policies to remain"supplemental" options for con-sumers.

Sanders, meanwhile, hitback at Biden, clarifying that hisplan would be a net financialbenefit for most households:Their federal taxes would go up,but their private insurance pre-miums, deductibles and co-pays would be eliminated.

"At a time when Donald

Trump and the health insuranceindustry are lying every dayabout 'Medicare for All,' I wouldhope that my fellow Democratswould not resort to misinfor-mation about my legislation,"Sanders said in a statementresponding to Biden's NewHampshire comments.

Biden hasn't yet introducedhis full health care plan, buthas said it will be anchored bya "Medicare-like" plan thatwould be available to anyone— including the 150 million-plus Americans now coveredby job-based insurance, agroup now ineligible forexchange-based policies.Biden has indicated thatincome-based subsidies wouldensure that any householdcould get coverage.

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Crime novelist AgathaChrist ie once said,

“Instinct is a marvellous thingthat can neither be explainednor ignored.” And it was actorJimmy Sheirgill’s instinct tosay yes to Family ofThakurganj. He says, “I justcouldn’t ignore it and now Icannot explain the feeling.Dilip Shukla, who has alsowritten Dabangg series, wrotethis film as well. He narratedthe story long before he hadactually written it. Since thattime I knew I had to do thisfilm. You have a certain kindof instinct about everything.I had the same about thisstory line. I was sure that thisscript couldn’t possibly gowrong. Ye concept level pe hiitna acha hai. (This is sogood at the concept levelitself.)” Even though hereprises shades of his earlierheartland characters, it istheir raw reality that he wantsto chew into as an actor.

The film has a politicalbackdrop and unfolds thestory of how some people livewithout following any rules.“It is a rooted story with a lotof dialogue baazi. Dilip has asense of style and flavourwhen he pens down any-thing. He writes with a lot ofemotion, drama and action.”

The actor narrates, “Afamily lives in Thakurganjand some of the membershave set rules and regulations.And then comes my charac-ter, who does everything with-out following any law butthat doesn’t make him a badperson. Even if his way ofdoing things is unlawful, hisintentions are right.”

We have seen Jimmy play-ing similar roles before. ThinkTanu Weds Manu, Saheb, Biwior Gangster, Haasil and more.So why does he have an incli-nation towards these? He

answers prompt-ly, “I don’t seeany harm in play-ing small townroles. I myself havecome from one.Chote shehar seaakar hi bade-bade shehron kobasaya jata hai.(These small townpeople have madebig cities.) In fact,I feel, these char-acters havemore colour.They make aperson feelalive at heartand I think that iswhy I have an inclina-tion towards suchroles.”

Jimmy says he doesnot regret the lack oflead roles. “Peopleremember me for thecharacters I played, so Ihave no regrets about notplaying a lead,” he adds.

While many actors getbothered when the releasedate of their film clashwith those of other actors,it is interesting toobserve how Jimmyis enjoying theexcitement thatanother of his films, Jhootha

Kahin Ka, hits the screens onthe same day. He feels that he

was fortunate to star along-side actors like Saurabh

Shukla inThakurganj... and

Rishi Kapoor inJhootha...

“It was soexciting to be

part of ano u t - a n d -out comedywith Rishi

uncle. We allknow what a

fantastic actorMr Shukla is

and his contri-bution to cinemaand theatre. At

times, it is a surrealfeeling. In fact, work-

ing with these veteranactors helped me bet-ter my craft,” he says.

Jimmy is oneactor who believesthat a story makes afilm good or bad.The characters aresecondary. “Thescreenplay of a

film matters themost,” adds theactor, who hasbeen a part off i lms l ike

Maachis, A

Wednesday, Special 26, MereYaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Yahaanand Munna Bhai MBBS.

He tells us that you haveto keep yourself motivated inlife and give your 100 per centto everything. “There are var-ious phases in life. You workin a specific zone. You have tofollow that rhythm. There isno hard and fast rule in life.Life is what you make of it.Just like my character in thefilm, there are no specificrules and regulations to live.It’s a very natural process andit all depends on the situationsthat are thrown at you.”

Censorship or the controlor suppression of what can beaccessed, published or viewedis increasingly being discussedwith the coming of digitalplatforms and Jimmy feelsthat a lot rests on the individ-uals who should engage inself-censorship. He says, “It’ isa platform for each one us.When this medium wasmade, it was obvious thatyou have to act as the moralpolice. One cannot createanything in the name of free-dom and creativity. Just byadding abuses in a story is nota way to attract the audience.While some people are creat-ing out of the box content,there are others who are justseeking attention. Here peo-ple need to engage in self-cen-sorship. They are capable ofjudging what is right or wrongfor them. It’s people whomake everything good or bad,never a platform. It’s a greatone for actors, directors andcreative teams.”

Jimmy tells us that evenhe is reading a lot of scriptsfor the web platform. “Let’ssee what happens,” he says.

(The film releases on July19.)

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Falguni and Shane Peacock combinedisparate elements — feathers andsequins, bling and applique, con-

temporary Western silhouettes andIndian tradition — which are in syncwith the sensibilities of the modern bridewho looks ahead yet is rooted in the past.The designer duo will be exhibiting at a

wedding show in the capital. Theplace is ideal for those looking for acomplete solution to their weddingday as it brings together fashiondesigners, top jewellers, wedding

planners, hair and makeup artists, decorexperts and gifting specialists under oneroof.

�What is the wedding colour thisyear?

Brides are willing to ditch theconventional reds and pinks for pastels,

champagne, silver, gold and other coloursfrom the Parisian palette.

�What has been your approachtowards your ensembles for this year?

For our ensembles this year, ourapproach has been a juxtapositionbetween modern, glamorous and tradi-tional silhouettes. Think lehengas withexaggerated gown trails, blouses withstructured shoulders and extravagantsleeves. With this collection, we are try-ing to give the best of both worlds. It willhave the perfect balance between ethnicand contemporary silhouettes.

�You have stayed true to your signa-ture style of feathers and glitteryensembles all these years while blend-ing and experimenting with it. How hasthis style evolved?

Feathers and sequins are a big partof our identity and over the years we haveexperimented with it by using these ele-ments in unconventional ways. Fromincorporating opulence through feathers,sequins and crystals in dresses andgowns, we have now made them a bigpart of traditional collections as well.Lehengas bearing feathers, crystalencrusted corset blouses are some of theways in which we have reinvented oursignature style.

�Fashion consciousness is beingincreasingly acknowledged by theIndian population; how do you thinkthis change has come about?

About time, both consumers and

designers need to be fashion consciousand sustainable in their approach. I thinkthe change was put in motion a coupleof years ago and people are now becom-ing increasingly aware of it. The con-sumers now are more educated on thesubject.�From designing bridal couture toresort wear, designers have to constant-ly update their designs as fashiontrends keep changing with every sea-son. How do you keep yourself updat-ed and handle the pressure? Whatkeeps you going?

For us, it is not about following thenorm or doing what others are doing tokeep up with the trend. We have alwaysremained authentic in our approach sowhat we create comes from what we areinspired by during that time. For exam-ple, if we’re travelling to palaces acrossIndia, we translate that into our bridalcouture, but if we’re vacationing on abeach abroad and are inspired by thetropical nature, we create a line that fitsthe aesthetic there.

�Since most of your designs are dedi-cated to bridal couture, how do youthink the fashion sensibility on ceremo-nial lines and wedding couture has

evolved in India? The Indian bridal market has evolved

enormously over the last few years. TheIndian bride of today is well-travelled andaware of international trends whichmakes her taste and aesthetic global.They like to experiment more withtheir silhouettes, the cuts, and the colour

palettes instead of going for the conven-tional designs and in the vermillionshade.

�Do you think your creative freedomgets restricted in India?

Not really, the Indian audience hasevolved when it comes to fashion, theyare now at par with global trends, so it’sno longer creatively restrictive. they arefar more open and welcoming of newerstyles, whether it’s couture or pret, theaudiences are constantly looking forsomething unusual and unique.�Your designs are majorly fantasy-themed, dreamy with embroidery.What made you inclined towards thisparticular style?

Our brand’s aesthetic has always beeninclined towards grandeur and opulence,maximalism has always been the way forus. We like to intertwine fashion with art,therefore, we are always inspired by larg-er-than-life fantasies that we bring to lifethrough the clothes we design.

�You had said, ‘Statement jewellery isa non-negotiable aspect of a bride’schecklist.’ Can you give an insightinto this?

It’s all about putting the pieces

together when it comes to creating thatperfect bridal look. Nothing comple-ments a couture lehenga better than state-ment jewellery that will instantly elevateyour look.

�What is new about India CoutureWeek this year? Apart from this, whatare the forthcoming projects that youare working on?

Our India Couture Week collectionthis year is a celebration of the royalIndian heritage, seeking inspiration fromthe Fort Amer in the pink city of Jaipur.It is designed for the modern bride whowants to look contemporary yet ethere-al.

�Fabrics have evolved to be acceptedand recognised as an art form. What isyour take on this?

Fabrics are one of the most essentialcomponents of your garment, It is veryimportant that your choice of fabrictranslates the vision you have for your sil-houette. It should identify with yourbrand’s aesthetic and enable you to cre-ate art with fashion.

(The seventh edition of the three-dayfest will be held from August 2 to August4 at Taj Palace.)

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Marriages are made in heaven,goes the old saying but in the

digital era, it is internet that people areclearly bonding over. The number ofmatrimonial websites that improvesthe chances of finding an ideal matchis on the upswing.

A recent survey by a leading mat-rimonial site has revealed 56 per centof women and 52 per cent of menwere looking for a partner living out-side India, of which USA, UAE andCanada were the top three preferredcountries. EliteMatrimony, a match-making website fromBharatMatrimony, based its studyon 1.5 lakh of its users.

Based on registrations, the topfive cities sampled were Mumbai,Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai andHyderabad. The customer base com-prised 38 per cent female registrantsand 62 per cent males.

The survey revealed that 64 percent of female users, who are seekinga life partner, were between the agesof 18 and 27, while 70 per cent of menwere of the age group of 28 to 37.

Six per cent of the members werefrom top educational institutes,including Harvard School of Business,Stanford, Princeton, Yale, MIT,Cornell, Chicago Booth, Kellogg,Wharton, Dartmouth, NUS, LondonSchool of Economics, Oxford,London School of Business, INSEADand HEC Paris. While within India itwas ITS, IIT, IIM, ISB, XLRI, SP Jain,AIIMS, National Law School andInstitute of Chartered Accountants of

India. Almost 60 per cent of the pro-files were self-created, whereas 40 percent of them were managed by sib-lings or parents.

It was evident from the reportthat 33 per cent of women and 50 percent of men were looking for a part-ner with high education qualification.Among those, looking for a partneroutside their caste, eight per cent werewomen and nine per cent men.When it comes to the preferred lan-guage of the registrants, the top fivewere Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Teluguand Tamil. The most common pro-fession among majority of registra-tions was business, investmentbanker, entrepreneur or a doctor.

With respect to the partner’scareer, 29 per cent were looking forthose doing business, 23 per cent asoftware professional, 12 per cent civilservices/Army/Navy while 14 percent preferred chartered accoun-tants.

The report also disclosed aninteresting aspect that Commentingon the trends, MurugavelJanakiraman, founder and CEO of thesite said, “India is home to the fourthlargest population of millionaires inthe Asia Pacific region with nearly 3.5lakh millionaires as per a report lastyear. That’s a huge and a special mar-ket to cater to. For this niche segment,the needs and preferences for findinga life partner are unique. We see ahuge potential and have been witness-ing rapid growth each year and see-ing plenty of success stories.”

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Ben Stokes started England’smarch to World Cup glorywith a catch to remember

and ended their historic campaignweeping tears of joy as victoryagainst New Zealand completed apersonal tale of redemption.

The all-rounder was votedman-of-the-match after hittingan unbeaten 84 in a thrillingEngland run chase that ended withthe match tied after Eoin Morgan’steam finished on 241 all out inreply to New Zealand’s 241-8. The 28-year-old’s hero-ics set up a rare SuperOver that saw Stokes andJos Buttler score 15 runsfrom six extra balls offNew Zealand’s Trent Boult.

When England heldNew Zealand to 15 fromJofra Archer’s own SuperOver, it was the hosts whotook the trophy becausethey hit more boundariesin the match, includingseveral from Stokes.

The incredible climaxat Lord’s gave Englandtheir first World Cup andensured Stokes’ lastinglegacy will be his heroicsin the final instead of the2017 street brawl thatthreatened to ruin hiscareer.

Not surprisingly, Stokeswas overcome with emotionand he wept openly during

the jubilant on-field celebrations.“I’m pretty lost for words. All thathard work for four years and nowto be stood here as champions ofthe world, it's an amazing feeling,”Stokes said.

“There was no chance I was-n’t going to be there at the end. It’smoments like that you live for asa professional cricketer.

“It’s incredible, I hope wehave inspired people to want to dothis in the future.”

“Ben Stokes, he’s a great play-er. He stepped up when his team

needed him. That is the markof greatness,” former

England captain MichaelVaughan said on BBC

radio.Stokes missed

the 2017/18 Ashesseries in

Australia fol-lowing a well-documentedincident inBristol —an uglyscene out-

side a night-club which led to

a charge of affray,over which he was

found not guilty.But he was welcomed

back with warm, uncondition-al support from his team-matesand has repaid that faith in spadesduring this unforgettable WorldCup campaign.

“Without the lads in the ODI

(one-day international) team andthe Test team and the supportfrom my family — that’s all gonenow,” said Stokes, who made hisEngland ODI debut in 2011.

“This is what we aspire to be.I don’t think there will ever be abetter game in cricket than that.”

New Zealand-born Stokes andthe World Cup have been a per-fect match over the past six weeks.

From the moment he leaptbackwards and thrust a hand overhis head to take a stunning catchto dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo inEngland’s tournament-openingwin over South Africa, the tour-nament has provided Stokes witha chance to change his story.

He scored 82 not out and 89when all about him were losingtheir heads in group-stage defeatsagainst Sri Lanka and Australiathat threatened England's progressto the semi-finals.

In a must-win clash againstIndia, Stokes delivered again with79, helping to launch England ona three-match winning run that

took them to the final.With the situation growing

more tense by the minute inEngland’s run chase against NewZealand’s fired-up pace attack onSunday, it was Stokes who came tothe rescue.

Playing with poise andpanache, he ensured Englandmade it to the Super Over despiteneeding 14 off the final over to tiethe regulation match.

Smashing Boult for a six,Stokes enjoyed a moment ofdeserved good fortune when hedived full length to avoid beingrun out, with the ball deflecting offhis bat and going for four moreruns — giving him another sixruns.

It was surely at that momentthat Stokes realised it was going tobe his day.

The cathartic triumph wascompleted soon after amid fire-works and confetti as Morgan heldthe World Cup high in the Londonsky while Stokes tried in vain tostop the tears.

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Tournament top-scorer RohitSharma and pacer Jasprit

Bumrah were the only Indiansnamed in the ICC’s World CupXI, captained by New Zealand’sadmirable skipper KaneWilliamson and dominated bychampions England.

Player of the TournamentWilliamson leads a team thatincludes six players fromSunday’s dramatic final at theLord’s.

Newly-crowned worldchampions England are themost represented with fourplayers in the XI while runners-up New Zealand have two in theteam, named by a panel select-ed by the ICC to honour allthose who performed well in thetournament.

The other representativescome from the losing semi-finalists India and Australia,who have two each, while

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasanrounds out the team.

Sharma top-scored in thetournament with 648 runs whileBumrah was India’s best bowlerwith 18 wickets.

Jason Roy got the nod at thetop of the order for his tone-set-ting brilliance for England thatsaw him overcome injury dur-ing the tournament to help hisside to the title.

Alongside Roy, the otheropening batsman is India’sRohit Sharma. One of the eas-ier selections in this XI, consid-ering the Indian star was thetournament’s top run scorerand cracked a record five cen-turies in all.

Williamson comes in at No3. The Black Caps star scoredmore runs than any captain hasever done before at a World Cupand led his side with aplombfrom start to finish.

Joe Root will come in at No4 for this team after a World

Cup that saw him finish asEngland’s top run scorer, fifthoverall in the tournament, withtons against Pakistan and WestIndies and three half centuries.

Shakib Al Hasan scored hisruns this summer batting at No3 for Bangladesh, but for muchof his career he has come in atNo 5 and it is there that heappears in this team.

Shakib had a quite wonder-ful tournament, averaging 87with the bat with two centuriesand five half centuries, and still

managed to chip in with11 wickets as well withhis left-arm spin.

Fellow all-rounderBen Stokes is also acast-iron selection —his heroics in thefinal were the stuffof fairytale but hewas also a picture ofc o n s i s t e n c ythroughout thetournament forEngland.

Behind thestumps, Alex Careyeffected 20 dismissalsthis tournament, onlyKiwi Tom Lathammanaged more, while

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Australian also bludgeoned 375runs at an average north of 60.

Alongside Carey is his com-patriot, and the tournament'stop wicket-taker with 27,Mitchell Starc.

Jofra Archer — the hero ofthe Super Over in the final andappearing in his first World Cup— claimed 20 wickets at animpressive economy rate of 4.57to earn his spot.

New Zealand’s LockieFerguson finished second in thewicket charts with 21, includingthree in the final as well as anastonishing catch, while alsogoing at less than five runs anover.

Last but by no means leastis Bumrah, the world’s No1ODI bowler who lived up to thatbilling with 18 wickets while stillonly going for 4.41 runs an over— better than any other bowleron the top wicket takers list.

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Ashattered and devastated NewZealand captain Kane Williamson

rued the unfortunate overthrow in thelast over that eventually turned the epicfinal in England’s favour, saying hehoped the incident would never happenin such moments again.

In a high drama encounter onSunday night, the pendulum swungviciously in the final over with Englandneeding nine from three balls when BenStokes hit Trent Boult to the deep. Thereturn throw from Martin Guptill hitStokes’ bat as he dived to make hisground for the second run, with the ballrebounding to the rope for additionalfour runs.

It impacted the equation to theextent that the heart-stopping conteststretched to the Super Over and even-tually the hosts lifted their maidenWorld Cup trophy at the iconic Lord’shere.

“It was a shame that the ball hitStokes’ bat, but I just hope it doesn’thappen in moments like that. I don’twish to nitpick, just hope it never hap-pens in such moments ever again,”Williamson said.

“The New Zealand side showed agreat amount of heart to get us to thispoint, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Theguys are shattered at the moment — it

is devastating. It’s pretty tough to swal-low at this stage. But a fantastic effortfrom our guys,” said the skipper.

Stokes later apologised to NewZealand for that lucky unintentionaltouch.

“In the last over when the ball hitthe bat and went for four — I apologisedto Kane (Williamson) for that.”

Williamson, who was adjudged theplayer of the tournament for scoring 578runs and for his brilliant captaincy, saidthey were a few runs short.

“We thought runs on the board —we would have liked 10-20 more. But ina World Cup final this was a competi-tive total.

The bowlers really put the batsmenunder pressure. It had to go down to thelast ball, and then the last ball of thenext little match, but a great match allround,” he said.

“There were so many momentsthat could’ve gone either way, but con-gratulations to England— they’ve hadan incredible campaign and theydeserve it.”

Winning skipper Eoin Morganacknowledged the brave brand of crick-et New Zealand displayed throughoutthe tournament.

“I’d like to commiserate Kane(Williamson) and his team. The exam-ple that they lead is hugely commend-able to him and his team,” he said.

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Britain may be in the middleof a painful divorce from the

EU, but Brexit did not stopBrussels congratulating Englandon Monday on their dramaticcricket World Cup triumph.

Before moving to the usualround of questions about migra-tion, US trade relations and EUcompetition rules, EuropeanCommission chief spokesmanMargaritis Schinas used a dailybriefing with journalists to hailthe win.

"Congratulations to theEngland cricket team on win-ning the men's cricket World

Cup in a nail-biting final againstNew Zealand. Cricket is cominghome!" said the smiling Greekspokesman, whose enthusiasmfor the game had previouslypassed unnoticed.

England were captained intheir thrilling Super Over tri-umph on Sunday by IrishmanEoin Morgan, giving a Europeangloss to the side's maiden 50-over tournament triumph.

Schinas followed his warmwords for England with similar-ly enthusiastic congratulationsfor the Portuguese roller hock-ey team, who saw off Argentinain the final of their own worldcup on Sunday.

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The BCCI will soon invitefresh applications for the

Indian cricket team’s supportstaff, including the head coach,and incumbent Ravi Shastriwill need to reapply once hiscontract expires after nextmonth’s tour of the West Indies.

The support staff compris-ing Shastri, bowling coachBharat Arun, batting coachSanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar were given a 45-day extension following the World Cup, covering the WestIndies tour from August 3 to September 3.

All of them can reapply but the team is set to have a newtrainer and physio after the departure of Shanker Basu andPatrick Farhart respectively following India’s semifinal exit inthe World Cup.

After the West Indies tour, India’s home season kicks offwith the series against South Africa beginning September 15.

Shastri was appointed India chief coach in 2017 after AnilKumble’s tenure ended prematurely in controversial circum-stances.

The 57-year-old was also India’s director of cricket fromAugust 2014 to June 2016.

However, India have not won a major ICC event underhis guidance though the team did make history by winninga maiden Test series in Australia earlier this year.

“The job openings will put be up on our website in a dayor two. Besides the support staff, fresh applications will alsobe invited for the post of team manager,” a BCCI official said.

It was the first time that the BCCI had followed a trans-parent procedure for hiring the team manger, in accordancewith the Lodha committee recommendations.

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The Indian team for next month’stour of West Indies will be

announced on July 19 but there is noclarity over the future of MahendraSingh Dhoni ahead of the limited-oversleg beginning August 3.

Dhoni’s future has been widelyspeculated ever since India lost to NewZealand in the World Cup semifinal onJuly 9. The 38-year-old is expected tomake an announcement on it in thecoming few days.

“The selectors will meet inMumbai on July 19. We have not heardfrom Dhoni but what is relevant is thecommunication between the playerand selectors. If you ask me, Dhoni didwell in the Word Cup but he is his ownman. Only he can decide whether hewants to carry on or not,” a BCCI offi-cial said after the Committee OfAdministrators’ meeting.

Skipper Virat Kohli and pacespearhead Jasprit Bumrah are expect-ed to be rested for the limited-overs legcomprising three T20s and as manyODIs before returning for the two-Testseries starting August 22. The five-daymatches will be part of the inauguralWorld Test Championship.

There is also no official word onthe availability of opener ShikharDhawan who is recovering from athumb injury that cut short his World

Cup campaign.It was COA’s first meeting since

India’s heartbreaking loss atManchester but the Vinod Rai-ledcommittee did not discuss the team’sperformance.

However, the three-member paneland CEO Rahul Johri, who joined invia video conferencing as he remainsin London for the ICC meetings, diddiscuss the issue of players picking andchoosing games.

Former greats like Sunil Gavaskarhad questioned the BCCI for allowingthe likes of Dhoni and ShikharDhawan to skip domestic cricket in therun-up to the World Cup.

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The thrilling final throes of the ICCMen’s Cricket World Cup 2019 wereall about emotions — each as raw as

you’ll find. We watched Jofra Archer visibly sag

under the weight of unimaginable pressure,Jos Buttler gleefully uproot the stumps andman of the moment Ben Stokes immedi-ately console a broken Martin Guptill.

These scenes will be seared into thememories of the nation and so Englandhave etched their names into the historybooks.

Eoin Morgan’s men have won heartsand broken records on the way: here areyour 2019 Cricket World Cup heroes innumbers.

����������� The climax to the Lord’s final was a

white-knuckle ride and not even Englandcould avoid the odd slip-up.

In the final over of their run-chase, AdilRashid and Mark Wood became the firstpair of team-mates to both be run out with-out facing a ball in the same World Cupinnings.

In the penultimate over of their bowl-ing effort, which also featured a wicket anda crucial boundary from Matt Henry, ChrisWoakes bowled a no-ball.

It seemed nothing earth-shattering atthe time, but it was the first no-ballEngland bowled in the entire tournament.

Only one team has played a World Cupwithout bowling a no-ball and that was theNetherlands in 1996.

��!�"����#��"����"�Archer was a revelation for the hosts

— his tournament haul of 20 wickets wasthe highest-ever for an England player ata World Cup, surpassing Ian Botham’s 16when they last reached the final in 1992.

The 24-year-old formed a fearsomepace bowling partnership with MarkWood and no pair were faster across theseven weeks.

Wood’s 95.7mph delivery to HenryNicholls in the final matched Archer’s featsfrom earlier in the competition, andAustralia’s Mitchell Starc also reached thatspeed.

Consistency was one of the keys toArcher’s success and in taking at least threewickets against West Indies, Afghanistan,Sri Lanka and Australia he became just the

fifth bowler to do so in four successiveWorld Cup matches.

The other four bowlers to haveachieved the feat are Chaminda Vaas andBrett Lee in 2003, Glenn McGrath in 2007and Shahid Afridi across the 2007 and 2011editions.

��" $�"��#When England fielded well at the 2019

Cricket World Cup, they played well as a

team and tended to win. They were found wanting as a collec-

tive in the defeat to Pakistan at Trent Bridge,runs leaked in the field seeing their battingline-up set an unwanted run-chase record.

Before that game, only two teams hadscored 300 batting second in a World Cupmatch and ended up losing — both in 2015,Zimbabwe in defeat to Ireland and SriLanka when they lost to Australia.

England scored 334-9 and still fell

short, the highest-ever losing score in a run-chase at the tournament.

But their fielding was largely excellent,and Joe Root set a new record for the mostcatches in the field in any World Cup with13 from 11 games played, passing RickyPonting’s 11 grabs back in 2003.

And James Vince set a new record forthe most catches by a substitute fielder ata World Cup with five. Ravindra Jadejatook four, surpassing Kenya’s Joe Angaraand Suresh Raina with three.

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tinctive feature of their triumph and theyset a record for sixes hit at a World Cup,clearing the rope 76 times and surpassingWest Indies’ 68 in 2015.

Joe Root’s aggregate 556 was England’sbest-ever in a single edition of the WorldCup and county colleague Jonny Bairstowended the competition with 532, a newrecord for a player at his first World Cup.

Indeed, Babar Azam’s 474 runs alsowent past the previous record of 461 set byRahul Dravid back in 1999.

Root opened the batting in the winover West Indies — his adaptability is takenfor granted, but it was the first time he’d per-formed the role in his 128 ODI appear-ances.

Only four other batsmen have battedmore times before opening in the format;

namely Mahela Jayawardene (269), MichaelBevan (178), Kapil Dev (166) and CarlHooper (131).

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tressed by the ability of several of theirnumber to contribute with bat, ball and inthe field, and they did so to history-mak-ing proportions.

With 3-71 and four catches againstPakistan, Chris Woakes became just thethird man in ODI history to take threewickets and pouch four catches in the samematch, after Hooper and New Zealand’sChris Harris.

In addition to opening against WestIndies and scoring a century, Root alsotook two wickets and two catches — justthe second such performance in ODI his-tory.

The first and only other was AravindaDe Silva’s inspired display to lead Sri Lankato victory in the 1996 final as he made 107not out, took 3-42 and two catches.

Moeen Ali missed out on the final andearlier in the tournament, narrowly missedout on a peculiar place in cricket history.

He scored 31 runs on his 32nd birth-day against Afghanistan, nearly matchingAndrew Strauss’ 34 on his 34th birthdayagainst Ireland in the 2011 World Cup.

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The New Zealandplayers will be devas-

tated on their way backhome but they should beforever proud of howthey performed in theWorld Cup final.

Both teams wereincredible, each hadtimes where they wereon top and in controlbefore it was wrestledback, so there were somany parts that youcould analyse anddeconstruct from thematch.

Two ties in a WorldCup final at Lord's, youcan't even imagine thatstuff. There was a lotgoing on, a lot packedinto 102 overs and itwas gripping from startto end.

It is heart-breakingfor New Zealand, you

could see the emotionfrom Kane Williamsonat the end of the gameand there would be somedevastating guys in thatdressing room.

The fans and thecountry will be devastat-ed, they saw the effort,they saw the fightbackand the opportunity towin the game.

The two ties arecrazy, but there will be alot of pride around theperformance not only inthis game but with theway New Zealand haveplayed throughout thewhole World Cup.

You can't take any-thing away fromEngland, a couple ofthings went their way atthe last but they wereunder an immenseamount of pressure for

the last few weeks of thetournament.

They stood up anddominated, they beat thethree other semi-finalistsin successive games toreach the final and youcan't underestimate thattype of performance.

New Zealand playedvery well in that final -they barely did anythingwrong and in that seemsunfair to be talkingabout them as a losingside.

So for them it's aboutcelebrating the brillianceof their game and therewas plenty of it. Thecatches in the outfieldwere superb, Matt Henrywith the new ball wasfantastic and Colin deGrandhomme, to puttogether a spell of 1/25 ina World Cup f inal

shouldn't be overlooked.Jimmy Neesham did a

great job, Lockie Fergusonwas in the wickets, TomLatham played really wellwith the bat - there are farmore positives than negativeto take from this game and theperformance.

It's a time to celebratewhat went right and not focustoo heavily on what wentwrong.

New Zealand have shownthemselves to have the fightbut there's plenty to notice inthe skill as well, their talent inpressure moments is incredi-ble and they've shown that inso many games through thetournament, not least againstIndia.

To see that and to see theway they play makes all NewZealanders very proud.

The Black Caps are a fan-tastic group of guys and that's

personified in their cricket, asit was for England, too.

Watching KaneWilliamson and Eoin Morganlead their teams made it sucha pleasure for people to watchthat final, these are two greatteams doing their all but withupmost respect for each other.

Looking ahead to whereNew Zealand go, we certain-ly won't be seeing too muchchange from them.

This is a settled team andthe majority of this squad willbe available for the next WorldCup, so they've got the build-ing blocks of something veryspecial.

They'll take a lot of expe-rience from this heading for-ward and there's no reasonwhy these 15 guys can't becompeting for a title in Indiain four years' time.

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India skipper Virat Kohli andJasprit Bumrah on Monday

retained their number one posi-tion in the ICC batsmen andbowlers' rankings, respectively,following the conclusion of theWorld Cup.

India had lost to New Zealandin the semifinals of the World Cup.

Players from England andNew Zealand, champions andrunners-up, have moved up rank-ings after featuring in an exhilarat-ing final at Lord's here on Sunday.

The latest rankings update,which takes into account perfor-mances from the semifinals andthe final, sees players from eitherside reach personal bests duringthe last two stages.

Player of the tournament KaneWilliamson reached a career-high799 points after the semifinalagainst India, in which he scoredan important knock of 67. Heended the tournament at 796points, gaining two points from histwo matches, while his compatri-ot Ross Taylor has ended thetournament in fifth place, havingreached a career-best 841 ratingpoints earlier in the tournament.

England all-rounder BenStokes has ended the tournamentat a career-best 694 points, gain-ing five places and moving into thetop 20 and to within two places ofhis career best of 18th two yearsago.

Jason Roy's 85 from 65 balls inthe semi-final win over Australiahas helped him into the top 10 forthe first time.

Another notable gainer in therankings for batsmen is RavindraJadeja, whose valiant knock of 77against New Zealand has liftedhim 24 places to 108th position.

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Rejuvenated after amonth's break,

Olympic silver medallistPV Sindhu will look toproduce the goods andbreak this season's titledrought when she spear-heads the Indian cam-paign at the USD1,250,000 Indonesia OpenBWF World Tour Super1000 beginning hereTuesday.

A title has eludedSindhu ever since shestood on the podium withthe gold medal at theWorld Tour Finals lastDecember.

Sindhu has not lookedher usual self as she failedto reach a single final so farthis season and has madeit to only two semi-finalsin six tournaments.

The fifth seededIndian will have her firstfinal of the season in sightwhen she opens againstJapan's Aya OhoriWednesday. However, itwill be easier said thandone as another Japanese

Nozomi Okuhara standson her way to the quarter-finals.

"It has not been real-ly great. I think I have todo much better. I haveworked on mental as wellas physical fitness. I havebeen working out on myskills a lot more," Sindhuhad said recently.

Saina Nehwal, theonly Indian to win a titlethis season at MalaysiaMasters earlier in the year,has been suffering frommultiple injuries and willnot feature in the presti-gious tournament.

In men's singles,world no 9 KidambiSrikanth, who was side-lined by a knee injuryahead of the SudirmanCup, will also test his formand fitness when he opensagainst Japan's KentaNishimoto.

Srikanth had reachedthe finals at India Openthis season and he wouldlook to put another goodperformance at a tourna-ment, which he had wonin 2017.

B Sai Praneeth, whohas looked in good touchhaving reached the finalsat Swiss Open, will be upagainst Hong Kong'sWong Wing Ki Vincent,while HS Prannoy willface an imposing task oftaming second seed Shi YuQi Wednesday.

Women's doubles pairof Ashwini Ponnappa andN Sikki Reddy will meetMalaysian combo ofVivian Hoo and YapCheng Wen, while men'sdoubles combination ofSatwiksairaj Rankireddyand Chirag Shetty willtake on Malaysian pair ofGoh Sze Fei and NurIzzuddin. Mixed doublespair of Pranaav JerryChopra and Sikki will faceNetherlands' RobinTabeling and Selena Piek.

Indian shuttlers didn'tset the stage on fire thisseason with just Sainawinning a title and chiefcoach Pullela Gopichandblamed it on the numberof injuries, and hopedthey would do well in thesecond half of the year.

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