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I n a first major decision taken after assuming power in the State, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday stayed the work on the construction of a car shed for Metro phase-III at Aarey Colony in South Mumbai, pending a review of the project. Within a couple hours after assuming the office at Mantralaya (State Secretariat), Uddhav said, “I believe in ful- filling promises I make... I have been thinking what to do for Mumbai... You may remember the Mumbai car shed issue had generated considerable heat during the elections. As a first, I have stayed the work on the metro car shed at Aarey colony. The car shed work will not resume till we take a full review of the project.” Speaking to mediapersons after he was felicitated by the State Secretariat and Legislature Reporters’ Association on his assuming the office, Uddhav said, “This (the review of metro car shed work) is essential I read news reports today that some trees felled at Aarey colony last night. I will not allow this kind of butchering of trees. I will take a total review of the whole thing,” the Chief Minister said. Indicating that he was per se not against the metro pro- ject, Uddhav said, “Whatever necessary will happen. I am all for development. I have not given any stay on the develop- ment work. But, I do not want any development that comes at the cost of our precious assets. Hence I have given direction to the people concerned that not even a leaf is removed from Aarey colony.” Reacting swiftly to the MVA Government’s decision to stay the car shed work, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis described the decision as “unfortunate” and it showed that the new Government is not serious about Mumbai Infrastructure projects. “It’s unfortunate that the State Government stayed Aarey Metro Car Shed work in spite of Hon Supreme Court & Hon High Court orders. This shows State Government is not seri- ous about Mumbai Infrastructure projects! And ultimate sufferer is common Mumbaikar only!,” Fadnavis tweeted. “Japan’s JICA had funded 15,000 crore for this Metro project on nominal interest rates. Such decisions will demotivate investors to come forward in future and all infra projects will get stalled which were already delayed for so long in previous 15-year rule,” Fadnavis added in another tweet. F our people have been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 27- year old woman veterinarian whose charred body was found in Hyderabad, which has sparked a national outrage. She was raped before being killed, police said, even as a Telangana Minister stoked a controversy asking why she had not called police immedi- ately. Another charred body of a woman was found near crime spot in Shamshabad on Friday. The gruesome cold-blood- ed gang-rape and murder of the vet was planned by a group of lorry drivers the moment she parked her scooter near the Tondupally toll plaza on Wednesday night, police said, after studying the CCTV footage at the toll gates. The accused have been identified as Mohammed, alias Areef, 26, Jollu Shiva, and Jollu Naveen, both aged about 20, and Chintakunta Chennakesavulu, alias Chenna, 20, all residents of Makthal Mandal in Narayanpet District. Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjnar said the drinking men noticed the victim parking her bike near the toll plaza at 6 pm, they dis- cussed and hatched a plan to rape and murder her. As part of the plan, Naveen removed the air from the tyre of the vic- tim’s scooter. When the victim, after finishing her medical work at Gachibowli, returned to toll plaza at 9.18 pm, Areef approached her and told her that her vehicle’s back tyre is punctured and offered to get it repaired through his cleaner Shiva,” said the official. The victim then called her sister and informed about the puncture and also about the physical features of the accused and told her that she was afraid and her sister advised her to come to the toll plaza and wait. Meanwhile, Areef, Naveen and Chennakesavulu forcibly took her inside the compound nearby, where Shiva came with with the vehicle. The men then took turns to rape her. Areef gagged her mouth till she died. “They immediately put her body in the lorry cabin and moved from the place as Shiva and Naveen rode the scooter towards Shadnagar while Areef and Chennakeshavulu took the lorry ahead of them. Shiva and Naveen went to petrol pumps enroute, asking for petrol in a loose bottle and got it from the second petrol pump near Kothur. The gang stopped near JP Dargah crossing and took diesel in a bottle from their lorry, after which they took a u-turn near Shadnagar crossing and stopped on the road above the underpass. I ndian economy continued with its downward slide as GDP growth slowed down to 4.5 per cent in July-September quarter from 7 per cent in the corresponding period in the last fiscal. This is the lowest GDP growth for the quarter since January-March of 2012- 13, when the growth was at 4.3 per cent. The slump in the GDP growth is mainly due to deceleration in manufacturing output and subdued farm sec- tor activity, according to offi- cial data released on Friday. Also, the output of eight core infrastructure industries contracted by 5.8 per cent in October and country’s fiscal deficit hit 102.4 per cent of 2019-20 Budget Estimate at 7.2 lakh crore at the end of October. The sixth consecutive quarter slowdown of the GDP showed that the consumer demand has not improved despite several Government measures and Reserve Bank of India’s intervention by way of cutting the interest rate. There is every possibility that the RBI may further cut the interest rate by 25 basis points in monetary policy review meeting on December 5. The falling GDP has cast doubt on India crossing even 5.5 per cent growth during the current fiscal, and possibilty of realising the goal of $5 trillion economy by 2024. On a half- yearly basis (April-September 2019), GDP growth came down to 4.8 per cent as compared to 7.5 per cent in the same peri- od a year ago. The RBI had lowered the GDP growth pro- jection for 2019-20 to 6.1 per cent from earlier 6.9 per cent. The slew of bad news poses a serious challenge to the Modi Government which has come under severe criticism from the Opposition which alleged “mis- handling” of the economy, thus affecting job creation, and breaking the backbone of small and medium class traders through demonetisation. According to the data released by National Statistical Office (NSO), the gross value added (GVA) growth in the manufacturing sector con- tracted by 1 per cent in the sec- ond quarter from 6.9 per cent expansion a year ago. Similarly, farm sector GVA growth remained subdued at 2.1 per cent, down from 4.9 per cent in the corresponding peri- od of the previous fiscal. Construction sector GVA growth too slowed to 3.3 per cent from 8.5 per cent earlier. Mining sector growth was recorded at 0.1 per cent as against 2.2 per cent contraction a year ago. Electricity, gas, water sup- ply and other utility services growth also slowed to 3.6 per cent from 8.7 per cent a year ago. Similarly, trade, hotel, transport, communication and services related to broadcasting growth was also down to 4.8 per cent in the second quarter from 6.9 per cent a year ago. Financial, real estate and professional services growth slowed to 5.8 per cent in the Q2 from 7 per cent a year ago. On the other hand, public admin- istration, defence and other ser- vices reported improvement with an 11.6 per cent rise dur- ing the quarter under review from 8.6 per cent last year. On a half-yearly basis (April-September 2019), GDP growth came in at 4.8 per cent as compared to 7.5 per cent in the same period a year ago. “GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q2 of 2019-20 is esti- mated at 35.99 lakh crore, as against 34.43 lakh crore in Q2 of 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 4.5 per cent,” an NSO statement said. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), which is barometer of investment, at constant (2011-2012) prices, estimated at 10.83 lakh crore in Q2 of 2019-20 as against 11.16 lakh crore in Q2 of 2018-19. In terms of GDP, the rates of GFCF at Current and Constant (2011-2012) prices during Q2 of 2019-20 are esti- mated at 27.3 per cent and 30.1 per cent, respectively, as against the corresponding rates of 29.2 per cent and 32.4 per cent, respectively in Q2 of 2018-19. “Growth rates of GFCF at Current and Constant Prices are estimated at (-) 0.9 per cent and (-) 3.0 per cent during Q2 of as compared to 16.2 per cent and 11.8 per cent during Q2 of 2018-19,” it added. The Congress took a swipe at the BJP Government over the GDP growth falling to 4.5 per cent, saying the declining numbers are a reflection of a failed “Modinomics” and a “Pakoda Economic Vision”. Congress’ chief spokesper- son Randeep Surjewala alleged that for the BJP, the GDP was “Godse Divisive Politics” as he sought to bolster his attack by using the ongoing row over BJP MP Pragya Thakur’s remarks. “India’s GDP has collapsed to an abysmal 4.5%. We are in a virtual free-fall. This is the lowest GDP quarter in 6 years. But why is the BJP celebrating? Because their understanding of GDP (Godse Divisive Politics) suggests double digit growth levels. All in the perspective,” he said on Twitter. F ourteen hours a day is par for the course for Delhi Police Traffic Inspector, Bhaskar Sharma, but he has to do this to ensure that the wheels keep moving in North- West Delhi’s Ashok Vihar. This is one of Delhi’s busiest for road traffic. The Pioneer’s team of reporters spent the day at Prem Bari Chowk on Delhi’s arterial inner Ring Road with TI Sharma, seeing how the traf- fic police manage the busy task of ensuring that traf- fic keeps moving and the thankless job of handing out fines and challans to way- ward motorists. In collaboration with Hyundai India’s “Be The Better Guy” programme, where peo- ple are urged to be the better guy on the road and follow traf- fic rules, we tried to delve into the working lives of those who monitor and try and organise the chaos on Delhi’s roads. On Thursday morning, we reached the Prem Bari Chowk, one of 11 points in the Ashok Vihar traffic zone, where along- side Sharma there were five other traffic police personnel. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Mange Ram Tyagi, ASI Kartar Singh, Head Constable Anirudh, Constable Ajay and Constable Naresh, equipped with body cameras, hand cameras and challan issuing machine, were spread at every corner of the chowk which has four red lights. Duty starts at eight in the morning with a briefing at the Keshavpuram Police Station, but even before that the police- men have started their run. On their way to the briefing they drive past the major traffic junctions of the area to ensure that everything is working and there are no holdups and snarls before the morning rush hour starts at 8 am. “We always take a round of our designated area to make sure there is no accident on the road and all red lights are functioning well. Office goers start around 8 am so we have to make sure traffic flow is smooth and free,” said Mange Ram. “During peak hours, from 8 am to 11 am, we avoid issuing challans as the roads are busy but we keep vigil eye on the vehicles passing by. We are here for safety first and fore- most,” said Sharma. As Sharma was explaining their daily routine on the chowk, a Maruti WagonR, which had jumped a red light, was stopped by traffic police personnel. A s the allegations of phone tapping by the lawmakers has sent the alarm bells ringing in the State, Punjab Police on Friday registered a case against its Inspector Vijay Kumar, accused of tapping Congress’ Samana MLA Rajinder Singh’s phone. Earlier following the alle- gations, Vijay Kumar, who was then posted as the Samana CIA staff inspector, was trans- ferred to CIA Nabha. He has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. A case has been regis- tered under sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 365 (kidnapping or abduction), 379-B (snatching with hurt), 389 (putting person in fear to commit extortion), and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) in Patiala’s Civil Line police sta- tion. The cop is accused of tak- ing 30 lakh bribe. Even as the Congress MLA had made the accusations, the Patiala Police has all along denied their involvement in any such activity. Continued on Page 4

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In a first major decision takenafter assuming power in the

State, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackerayon Friday stayed the work onthe construction of a car shedfor Metro phase-III at AareyColony in South Mumbai, pending a review ofthe project.

Within a couple hours afterassuming the office atMantralaya (State Secretariat),Uddhav said, “I believe in ful-filling promises I make... I havebeen thinking what to do forMumbai... You may rememberthe Mumbai car shed issue hadgenerated considerable heatduring the elections. As a first,I have stayed the work on themetro car shed at Aarey colony.The car shed work will notresume till we take a full reviewof the project.”

Speaking to mediapersonsafter he was felicitated by theState Secretariat and LegislatureReporters’ Association on hisassuming the office, Uddhavsaid, “This (the review of metrocar shed work) is essential Iread news reports today thatsome trees felled at Aareycolony last night. I will notallow this kind of butchering oftrees. I will take a total reviewof the whole thing,” the ChiefMinister said.

Indicating that he was perse not against the metro pro-ject, Uddhav said, “Whatevernecessary will happen. I am allfor development. I have notgiven any stay on the develop-

ment work. But, I do not wantany development that comes atthe cost of our precious assets.Hence I have given direction tothe people concerned that noteven a leaf is removed fromAarey colony.”

Reacting swiftly to theMVA Government’s decision tostay the car shed work, formerChief Minister DevendraFadnavis described the decisionas “unfortunate” and it showedthat the new Government isnot serious about MumbaiInfrastructure projects.

“It’s unfortunate that theState Government stayed AareyMetro Car Shed work in spite

of Hon Supreme Court & HonHigh Court orders. This showsState Government is not seri-ous about MumbaiInfrastructure projects! Andultimate sufferer is commonMumbaikar only!,” Fadnavistweeted.

“Japan’s JICA had funded�15,000 crore for this Metroproject on nominal interestrates. Such decisions willdemotivate investors to comeforward in future and all infra projects will get stalledwhich were already delayed forso long in previous 15-yearrule,” Fadnavis added in another tweet.

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Four people have beenarrested in connection with

the rape and murder of a 27-year old woman veterinarianwhose charred body was foundin Hyderabad, which hassparked a national outrage.

She was raped before beingkilled, police said, even as aTelangana Minister stoked acontroversy asking why shehad not called police immedi-ately. Another charred body ofa woman was found near crimespot in Shamshabad on Friday.

The gruesome cold-blood-ed gang-rape and murder of thevet was planned by a group oflorry drivers the moment sheparked her scooter near theTondupally toll plaza onWednesday night, police said,after studying the CCTVfootage at the toll gates.

The accused have been

identified as Mohammed, aliasAreef, 26, Jollu Shiva, and Jollu Naveen, both aged about 20, and ChintakuntaChennakesavulu, alias Chenna,20, all residents of MakthalMandal in Narayanpet District.

Cyberabad PoliceCommissioner VC Sajjnar saidthe drinking men noticed thevictim parking her bike nearthe toll plaza at 6 pm, they dis-cussed and hatched a plan torape and murder her. As partof the plan, Naveen removedthe air from the tyre of the vic-tim’s scooter. When the victim,after finishing her medicalwork at Gachibowli, returnedto toll plaza at 9.18 pm, Areefapproached her and told herthat her vehicle’s back tyre is

punctured and offered to get itrepaired through his cleanerShiva,” said the official.

The victim then called hersister and informed about thepuncture and also about thephysical features of the accusedand told her that she was afraidand her sister advised her tocome to the toll plaza and wait.

Meanwhile, Areef, Naveenand Chennakesavulu forciblytook her inside the compoundnearby, where Shiva came withwith the vehicle. The men thentook turns to rape her. Areefgagged her mouth till she died.

“They immediately put herbody in the lorry cabin andmoved from the place as Shivaand Naveen rode the scootertowards Shadnagar while Areefand Chennakeshavulu took thelorry ahead of them. Shivaand Naveen went to petrolpumps enroute, asking forpetrol in a loose bottle and gotit from the second petrol pumpnear Kothur. The gang stoppednear JP Dargah crossing andtook diesel in a bottle fromtheir lorry, after which theytook a u-turn near Shadnagarcrossing and stopped on theroad above the underpass.

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Indian economy continuedwith its downward slide as

GDP growth slowed down to4.5 per cent in July-Septemberquarter from 7 per cent in thecorresponding period in thelast fiscal. This is the lowestGDP growth for the quartersince January-March of 2012-13, when the growth was at 4.3per cent. The slump in theGDP growth is mainly due todeceleration in manufacturingoutput and subdued farm sec-tor activity, according to offi-cial data released on Friday.

Also, the output of eightcore infrastructure industriescontracted by 5.8 per cent inOctober and country’s fiscaldeficit hit 102.4 per cent of2019-20 Budget Estimate at�7.2 lakh crore at the end ofOctober.

The sixth consecutivequarter slowdown of the GDPshowed that the consumerdemand has not improveddespite several Governmentmeasures and Reserve Bank ofIndia’s intervention by way ofcutting the interest rate. Thereis every possibility that the RBImay further cut the interest rateby 25 basis points in monetarypolicy review meeting onDecember 5.

The falling GDP has castdoubt on India crossing even5.5 per cent growth during thecurrent fiscal, and possibilty ofrealising the goal of $5 trillioneconomy by 2024. On a half-yearly basis (April-September2019), GDP growth came down

to 4.8 per cent as compared to7.5 per cent in the same peri-od a year ago. The RBI hadlowered the GDP growth pro-jection for 2019-20 to 6.1 percent from earlier 6.9 per cent.

The slew of bad news posesa serious challenge to the ModiGovernment which has comeunder severe criticism from theOpposition which alleged “mis-handling” of the economy, thusaffecting job creation, andbreaking the backbone of smalland medium class tradersthrough demonetisation.

According to the datareleased by National StatisticalOffice (NSO), the gross valueadded (GVA) growth in themanufacturing sector con-tracted by 1 per cent in the sec-ond quarter from 6.9 per cent

expansion a year ago.Similarly, farm sector GVA

growth remained subdued at2.1 per cent, down from 4.9 percent in the corresponding peri-od of the previous fiscal.Construction sector GVAgrowth too slowed to 3.3 percent from 8.5 per cent earlier.Mining sector growth wasrecorded at 0.1 per cent asagainst 2.2 per cent contractiona year ago.

Electricity, gas, water sup-ply and other utility servicesgrowth also slowed to 3.6 percent from 8.7 per cent a yearago. Similarly, trade, hotel,transport, communication andservices related to broadcastinggrowth was also down to 4.8per cent in the second quarterfrom 6.9 per cent a year ago.

Financial, real estate andprofessional services growthslowed to 5.8 per cent in the Q2from 7 per cent a year ago. Onthe other hand, public admin-istration, defence and other ser-vices reported improvementwith an 11.6 per cent rise dur-ing the quarter under reviewfrom 8.6 per cent last year.

On a half-yearly basis(April-September 2019), GDPgrowth came in at 4.8 per centas compared to 7.5 per cent inthe same period a year ago.“GDP at constant (2011-12)prices in Q2 of 2019-20 is esti-mated at �35.99 lakh crore, asagainst �34.43 lakh crore in Q2of 2018-19, showing a growthrate of 4.5 per cent,” an NSOstatement said.

Gross Fixed Capital

Formation (GFCF), which isbarometer of investment, atconstant (2011-2012) prices,estimated at �10.83 lakh crorein Q2 of 2019-20 as against�11.16 lakh crore in Q2 of2018-19. In terms of GDP, therates of GFCF at Current andConstant (2011-2012) pricesduring Q2 of 2019-20 are esti-mated at 27.3 per cent and 30.1per cent, respectively, as againstthe corresponding rates of 29.2per cent and 32.4 per cent,respectively in Q2 of 2018-19.

“Growth rates of GFCF atCurrent and Constant Pricesare estimated at (-) 0.9 per centand (-) 3.0 per cent during Q2of as compared to 16.2 per centand 11.8 per cent during Q2 of2018-19,” it added.

The Congress took a swipeat the BJP Government overthe GDP growth falling to 4.5per cent, saying the decliningnumbers are a reflection of afailed “Modinomics” and a“Pakoda Economic Vision”.

Congress’ chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewala allegedthat for the BJP, the GDP was“Godse Divisive Politics” as hesought to bolster his attack byusing the ongoing row over BJPMP Pragya Thakur’s remarks.

“India’s GDP has collapsedto an abysmal 4.5%. We are ina virtual free-fall. This is thelowest GDP quarter in 6 years.But why is the BJP celebrating?Because their understanding ofGDP (Godse Divisive Politics)suggests double digit growthlevels. All in the perspective,” hesaid on Twitter.

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Fourteen hours a day is parfor the course for Delhi

Police Traffic Inspector,

Bhaskar Sharma, but he has todo this to ensure that thewheels keep moving in North-West Delhi’s Ashok Vihar.

This is one of Delhi’sbusiest for road traffic. ThePioneer’s team of reportersspent the day at Prem BariChowk on Delhi’s arterialinner Ring Road with TISharma, seeing how the traf-fic police manage the busy task of ensuring that traf-fic keeps moving and thethankless job of handing out fines and challans to way-ward motorists.

In collaboration withHyundai India’s “Be The BetterGuy” programme, where peo-ple are urged to be the betterguy on the road and follow traf-fic rules, we tried to delve intothe working lives of those who

monitor and tryand organise the chaos on Delhi’s roads.

On Thursday morning, wereached the Prem Bari Chowk,one of 11 points in the AshokVihar traffic zone, where along-side Sharma there were fiveother traffic police personnel.Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI),Mange Ram Tyagi, ASI KartarSingh, Head Constable

Anirudh, Constable Ajayand Constable Naresh,

equipped with body cameras,hand cameras and challan issuing machine, were spread atevery corner of the chowk which has four redlights.

Duty starts at eight in themorning with a briefing at theKeshavpuram Police Station,but even before that the police-men have started their run. Ontheir way to the briefing they

drive past the major trafficjunctions of the area to ensurethat everything is working andthere are no holdups and snarlsbefore the morning rush hourstarts at 8 am.

“We always take a round ofour designated area to makesure there is no accident on theroad and all red lights arefunctioning well. Office goersstart around 8 am so we haveto make sure traffic flow issmooth and free,” said MangeRam. “During peak hours,from 8 am to 11 am, we avoidissuing challans as the roads arebusy but we keep vigil eye onthe vehicles passing by. We arehere for safety first and fore-most,” said Sharma.

As Sharma was explainingtheir daily routine on thechowk, a Maruti WagonR,which had jumped a red light,was stopped by traffic policepersonnel.

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As the allegations of phonetapping by the lawmakers

has sent the alarm bells ringingin the State, Punjab Police onFriday registered a case againstits Inspector Vijay Kumar,accused of tapping Congress’Samana MLA Rajinder Singh’sphone.

Earlier following the alle-gations, Vijay Kumar, who wasthen posted as the SamanaCIA staff inspector, was trans-ferred to CIA Nabha.

He has been charged undervarious sections of the IndianPenal Code (IPC) and thePrevention of Corruption Act,1988. A case has been regis-tered under sections 342(wrongful confinement), 365(kidnapping or abduction),379-B (snatching with hurt),389 (putting person in fear tocommit extortion), and 120-B(criminal conspiracy) inPatiala’s Civil Line police sta-tion. The cop is accused of tak-ing �30 lakh bribe.

Even as the Congress MLAhad made the accusations, thePatiala Police has all alongdenied their involvement inany such activity.

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The 25th ConvocationCeremony of Himachal

Pradesh University Shimla washeld here with Union HumanResource DevelopmentMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal'Nishank' being the Chief Guestof the function.

As many as 448 Degreesand Gold Medals were award-ed on the occasion to merito-rious students, out of which 276were females and 172 males.

In his address, Nishankcongratulated the medal recip-ients and said youth of thecountry have a major role toplay in the vision of ‘NewIndia’ and urged the students towork with dedication to makeIndia a five trillion economy inthe next few years. He said thatUnion Government was com-ing up with new education pol-icy to strengthen educationsystem in the country andmake education employmentoriented.

Governor BandaruDattatraya said today girls wereexcelling in every sphere of life.In most of the educational

institutions, girls outnumberboys in the medals tally andsaid that it was a positive signthat the society was changing.He said 124 gold medals werealso awarded on Friday in HPUniversity, out of which 87 goldmedals were in the name ofgirls. Similarly, 189 girls wereawarded PhD degree out of thetotal 323 students and a total of448 degrees and medals wereawarded, of which 276 weregirls.

Chief Minister Jai RamThakur said that the StateGovernment was committed toprovide quality education tostudents of the State bystrengthening the existinginfrastructure. He said thatthe motto of the Governmentwas to make Himachal Pradeshan ‘Education Hub’ of thecountry.

Expressing concern overincreasing tendency of drugabuse among the youth,Thakur urged the students tomake campaign against thedrug abuse a movement,adding that this social vicewas posing a threat for the veryexistence of the society. He also

urged teachers and parents tocome forward to wipe out thissocial vice from the society.

Union Minister of State forFinance and Corporate Affairs,Anurag Singh Thakur saidyouth of our nation were thebiggest strength of India andpromised every possible sup-port to strengthen theUniversity.

Education Minister SureshBhardwaj said that the budgetfor the HP University has beenincreased to Rs. 130 crore,adding that New EducationPolicy being finalised by theUnion Government will helpIndia to regain its old glory as‘Vishwa Guru’. He expressedhope that the University wouldcontinue to excel in the field ofeducation, research and sports.

Vice Chancellor HimachalPradesh University, Prof.Sikander Kumar said it was ahistoric day for HimachalPradesh University as UnionHuman Resource DevelopmentMinister was the Chief Gueston the occasion of the 25thConvocation Ceremony. TheConvocation started with entryof an academic procession.

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Himachal Chief SecretaryShrikant Baldi on Friday

said seven polluted riverstretches of Sukhna, Markanda,Sirsa, Ashwani, Beas, Giri andPabbar should be cleaned up onpriority basis and added thatthe action plan prepared byHimachal Pradesh StatePollution Control Board(HPSPCB) must be imple-mented immediately and anylaxity in this regard won't betolerated.

Rreviewing the implemen-tation of action plan preparedby HPSPCB, he asked officersto take up the cleanliness workof the seven polluted riverstretches of the State.

Baldi said HimachalPradesh is known for clean andhealthy environment; there-fore it is necessary that natur-al resources especially waterand air should be free from all

kind of pollutants.He directed the HPSPCB

to regularly check the quality ofthe rivers through ContinuousWater Quality MonitoringStation data received fromIrrigation and Public Health(IPH) Department.

The chief secretary alsodirected Rural DevelopmentDepartment for setting up ofSolid Waste Management facil-ity at Kala Amb in districtSirmaur within timeframe. Heasked the IPH Department toensure completion of projectproposal for sewage manage-ment by laying pipelines andinstallation and commissioningof Sewerage Treatment Plant(STP) at Nalagarh in districtSolan, at the earliest.

Baldi directed officers toexpedite the installation ofnew STP of 2.0 MLD capacityfor Panthaghatti area and sep-tage management underAMRUT-Misson for manage-

ment of faecal sludge includingdrains contributing sewage intoAshwani khad in districtShimla.

He also directed for time-ly completion of expansion ofexisting STPs and installationof new STPs in district Mandi.He asked the officers to expe-dite work of sewer connectionand sewer line upgradation atNaduan in district Hamirpur.Directions were given to paceup the progress of installingone STP at Theog and two inKotkhai area of district Shimla.He asked Forest Department toensure that the proposed plan-tation, as per action plan, invarious polluted river stretches was completed with-in time.

Additional Chief Secretary,Environment Science andTechnology, R.D. Dhiman andother senior officers of theline departments were alsopresent in the meeting.

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Over 50,000 migratory birdshave arrived at the

Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake,also known as the PongReservoir, in HimachalPradesh's Kangra district, offi-cials said on Friday.

The general counting of thebirds is being done every fortnight. The annual countingwill be done on January 29 andJanuary 30, when it is believedthat the highest number ofmigratory birds are at the lake,Assistant Conservator of Forestin Dharamshala PardeepThakur said.

The lake was created in1975 by building the highestearthfill dam — Pong Dam —in India on the Beas River in thewetland zone of the SiwalikHills in the district.

Thakur said around 55,000migratory birds have already arrived since October.

The lake is a well-knownwildlife sanctuary and one ofthe 27 international wetlandsites declared in India by theRamsar Convention.

"The birds start arrivinghere in October and start theirreturn journey in April. Most ofthe birds are from Siberia,Central Asia and Russia. Thereare hundreds of avian speciesbut the Bar Headed geese are in abundance here," hesaid.

"We have appointed anadequate number of staffers forthe protection of these migratory birds. The anti-poachers team is assisting forest guards," Thakur said.

He said that according toSupreme Court guidelines, special staff has been appoint-ed to check illegal cultivationaround the lake. "We have alsoinstalled CCTV cameras in our main Sukhnada campus," Thakursaid.

The lake covers an area of24,529 hectares and the wet-lands portion is 15,662 hectares.

The number of birds at thelake last year was 1.10 lakhcompared to 1.27 lakh in 2017 -18.

Thakur said, "We havemore birds in the years whenwater of the lake recedes andthere is more dry land for thevisiting birds."

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The Himachal PradeshGovernment has decided to

set up modern outdoor gyms atpublic places to connect themasses with the Fit IndiaMovement, Urban DevelopmentMinister Sarveen Choudharysaid on Friday.

In a statement here, she said as part of theState Government''s initiative, recreationalequipment for children and modern outdoorgyms would be set up at identified parks andpublic places of Dharamshala.

The minister said outdoorgyms would be set up at a costof �2 crore through theDharamshala MunicipalCorporation.

Launched by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on NationalSports Day in New Delhi onAugust 29, the movement is a

nationwide initiative to encourage people toremain healthy by including physical activitiesand sports in their daily lives, she said.

Urging the youth to remain away fromdrugs, the minister said the public would be ableto use outdoor gyms as per their its convenience.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Friday

urged the Centre not to reducethe number of firearms per-missible on a license fromthree to one in Punjab, in viewof the sensitive location andtroubled history of the State.

Capt Amarinder has writ-ten to the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi seeking areview of a proposal of theUnion Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) to amend theArms Act, 1959, therebyrestricting the number of firearms from three to one.

He has, however, made itclear that if some States arekeen to reduce the number ofweapons than is currently per-missible on a license, they maybe allowed to do so withoutprejudice to the other states.

In his letter, the Chief

Minister pointed out that hehad personally raised the issuewith the Prime Minister duringthe latter’s recent visit to Punjabfor the opening of Kartarpurcorridor.

Punjab Government was inagreement with most of theproposed amendments but hadstrong reservations regardingrestricting the number of firearms a licensee can possess —from three to one, he said.

The Chief Minister stressedthat Punjab being a border stateand having gone through a longperiod of terrorist violence, alarge number of people possess

more than one firearm andmany farmers who reside awayfrom the villages in their agri-cultural lands or farms, alsopossess firearms for crop pro-tection.

“Therefore, it is also sig-nificant to note that only a verysmall fraction of crime is com-mitted using licensed weapons.These facts could be indepen-dently ascertained as they arewithin the domain of theMHA,” said Capt Amarinder.

Capt Amarinder observedthat restricting the number offirearms permissible on alicense from three to one maynot be of much help for controlof crimes. On the contrary, alarge number of people wouldbe inconvenienced by way ofsurrender of additionalweapons and the farming com-munity would also be deprivedof weapons meant for crop pro-tection, he added.

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Punjab Government willconsider providing special

weightage to the NCC certifi-cate holder cadets in govern-ment jobs.

The assurance to this effectwas given by the state HigherEducation Minister TriptRajinder Singh Bajwa on Fridayto the NCC officers during ahigh level meeting regarding aannual update on NCC activ-ities in Punjab.

Bajwa assured PunjabGovernment’s full support andcommitment under thedynamic leadership of ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh to all the officers ofNCC Punjab for shaping theminds of the state’s youthtowards becoming better citi-zens.

Responding to an issueraised regarding NCC activitiesbeing carried from privatebuildings for which highamount of rent is being paid,the Minister said that accom-modation would be construct-ed or provided in the govern-

ment colleges to accommodateNCC units.

At the same time, he issueddirections to the senior officialsof the Higher EducationDepartment to immediatelyprepare a case for this and getall the required sanctions fromthe concerned departments.

Regarding the demand forGranting Head of Department

Status to the Additional DGNCC in respect of StateGovernment Employees inNCC, the Minister was in totalagreement with the proposaland directed that the caseshould be processed on prior-ity in the light of other stateshaving implemented the same.

Acknowledging the sensi-tive nature of Punjab as a bor-

der state and the role of NCCin shaping the minds of theyouth, Bajwa called for anenhanced role of NCC inPunjab and its expansion.

“This matter would betaken up with the CentralGovernment for allotment ofadditional NCC units to Punjaband raising of new units,” headded.

The Minister said thatissues of NCC Punjab related toHigher Education Departmentwould be redressed on toppriority. To address financialissues of NCC Punjab, theMinister directed the officialsto arrange a joint meeting ofNCC officials, Finance andHigher Education Ministers atthe earliest.

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Punjab Government is all setto establish mini libraries at

3,000 cooperative societies toconnect the farmers and villagefolk with literature by providingbooks to them.

Maintaining that a literarymovement needs to be createdfor the development of Punjab,the state Cooperation and JailsMinister Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa advocated sprucingup of libraries at PanchayatBhawan and schools to inculcatereading habits amongst the peo-ple, especially children.He alsotermed reading of books as amust for the political people.

Randhawa further

announced that during thecooperation week, a whole daywould be devoted to the literaryactivities like seminars, andpoetry recitation.

Randhawa was speaking

after releasing a book titled ‘Ehjo Shamsher Sandhu’ chronicling the life of notedjournalist, lyricist and literary personality Shamsher Sandhu. Sharing a personal

moment, the Minister said thatafter the demise of his mother,his sisters got emotional one daywhile listening to the song ‘PekeHunde Mawan Naal’ penned byShamsher Sandhu.

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Haryana Agriculture andFarmers Welfare Minister

Jai Prakash Dalal on Friday saidthat the ultramodern apple,fruits market which is to comeup on 78 acres of land inPinjore, will help in economicdevelopment and will also ben-efit the apple farmers ofHimachal Pradesh and Jammuand Kashmir.

Addressing a consultationmeeting organized for variousstakeholders for the apple mar-ket of Pinjore in Chandigarh onFriday, he said that the StateGovernment has already set upan apple market on 3 acres landin Sector-20 of Panchkula, butduring the peak apple season,there is a shortage of space andother problems.

The infrastructure, mod-ern technology and other typesof facilities of the apple marketwere discussed in the meeting.

He said that apples comingfrom Himachal Pradesh andJammu are kept in cold storagein far-flung places like Delhi,Bangalore, and Chennai, whichnot only incurs huge trans-portation expenses but alsoaffects the quality of fruits andvegetables; therefore, theupcoming apple market ofPinjore will solve all theseproblems.

Dalal said that due to thelack of cold storage capacity inthe State and other provinces,most vegetables, and fruits get

wasted. The Minister furtherasked the stakeholders presentin the meeting to consider set-ting up a processing unit in anearby area of this ultra-mod-ern apple market and otherMandis so that the fruits andthe vegetables are not kept fora longer time and the avail-ability of the products remainsconsistent in the markets.

The Minister said thatunder the leadership of ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattar,it was decided to set up aninternational vegetable marketin Ganaur for which an amountof about 400 crores has beenreleased. Apart from this, theflower market will be set up inGurugram and a spices marketwill be set up in Sonipat.

He said that Haryana is aprogressive State in the field ofagriculture in the country.Along with this, Haryana is alsoa pioneer in the country forhorticulture and infrastruc-ture of Mandis. He said that thedepartment should movetowards the goal of setting upultramodern apple, fruits mar-ket so that the farmers' incomeshould be increased.

It was informed in themeeting that about 5 lakhtonnes of apples are producedin Himachal Pradesh and about18 lakh tonnes of apples inJammu which are distributedthrough Pinjore through Delhi.Therefore, the apple market inPinjore will directly benefitthe farmers of HimachalPradesh and Jammu.

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)on Friday accused the

Congress led PunjabGovernment of resorting tomischievous campaign todivert attention from its failureto generate Goods and ServicesTax (GST) revenue.

SAD’s senior leader andformer Finance MinisterParminder Singh Dhindsa saidthat the CongressGovernment’s performance vis-à-vis GST collection was theworst in the country. “It isresorting to a mischievouscampaign to divert attentionfrom its own failures by accus-ing the Centre of not releasingGST compensation of a meretwo months,” he said.

Dhindsa said that it was amatter of record that Punjabhad recorded the maximumshortfall of 44 percent in rev-enue collection through GST inthe first five months of 2019-,against the average country-wide shortfall of 21 percent.

“The GST revenue shortfalldue to the government’s inef-ficiency and mismanagementhas already touched �12,000crore which is likely to increaseto �20,000 crore in the next twoyears,” he said adding that a“financial emergency is truly inthe offing in Punjab”.

Dhindsa asserted that thelikely financial emergency wasentirely due to the CongressGovernment’s failures on thetax collection front. “The gov-ernment has achieved only 34

percent of the tax targets in thefirst six months of this year andrecorded a 14 percent shortfall.The situation is worse in nonplanned sector comprisingCLU and mining besides oth-ers with only 14 percent of thetargeted revenue being col-lected till now,” he added.

He maintained that theCongress Government was“misleading” Punjabis by stat-ing that �4,100 crore was duefrom the Centre on account ofGST compensation. “The actu-al figure for two months wasonly �2,100 crore. Remaining�2,000 crore is a claim whichthe Punjab Government isseeking under some other headand which has already beendenied to it,” he added.

Dhindsa said that �2,100crore due was part of 14 per-cent year on year compensationpromised by the Centre whiledoing away with VAT whoseaverage increase was 13 percentannually.

Stating that Punjab hadwitnessed zero growth duringCongress rule, Dhindsa asked“what will happen when thecentre does away with GSTcompensation after anothertwo years?”

The former finance minis-ter also asked Punjab Congresspresident Sunil Jakhar to firstlaunch a sit in protest againsthis own government besidesasking Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh why hisGovernment had failed soabysmally in collecting tax revenue.

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The Chandigarh HeritageConservation Committee

may have given a go ahead to theconstruction of G - 3 parking(three-floor basement) nearRock Garden to resolve theparking problem in the Punjaband Haryana High Courtpremises but the experts haveexpressed apprehensions overthe proposal.

Among other decisionsregarding the expansion of HC,the CHCC had on Wednesdayapproved the construction ofthree-level basement parkingnear Rock Garden to accom-

modate around 5000 vehiclescoming to the Court premisesand nearby areas on daily basis.

While the ChandigarhAdministration would need theapproval of United NationsEducational, Scientific andCultural Organisation(UNESCO) to undertake con-struction work for the parking,the officers in UT UrbanPlanning Department itself andother experts have nowexpressed concern over the pro-posal.

Notably, declared UNESCOWorld Heritage Site in the year2016, the Capitol Complex is anadministrative hub of two states

namely Punjab and Haryanaand has iconic heritage buildingsof Punjab and Haryana HighCourt, Haryana and PunjabSecretariat and Assembly, openhand monument among others.

Sumit Kaur, a former UTChief Architect while talking toThe Pioneer said, “TheChandigarh Administrationshould review its decision ofconstruction of three-levelunderground parking near RockGarden as approved by CHCC.”

“While a multi-level parkingin the buffer zone was proposedfor the High Court andSecretariat building, theAdministration does not need to

go for three-level parking now.Stack parking is another option.In Master plan, we had recom-mended strengthening publictransport between the CapitolComplex world heritage siteand important places in the cityto put less pressure of traffic inthe Complex area,” she said.

“But the proposal of accom-modating around 5000 vehiclesnear Rock Garden would defi-nitely put more pressure in thearea,” she added.

“The experts in UNESCOalso have an authority to rejectthe new construction proposalsif they think that it could harmthe universal outstanding value

of the heritage site,” the formerUT Chief Architect said whenasked about the protocol fol-lowed by UNESCO for pro-posals of new constructions inheritage site and its buffer zone.

In the dossier submittedbefore UNESCO in 2016 for thenomination of the world her-itage status of the CapitolComplex, the Administrationhad made it clear that increas-ing pressure on parking lots atthe High Court and Secretariatbuildings would be addressedwithout compromising on thelayout of the site.

In its yearly report to besubmitted to the UNESCO as

per the operational guidelinesfor the implementation of theWorld Heritage Convention,the state parties (concernedauthorities/states) have todescribe any potential majorrestorations, alterations and/ornew construction(s) intendedwithin the property, the bufferzone(s) and/or corridors orother areas, where such devel-opments may affect the out-standing universal value of theproperty, including authentici-ty and integrity

“The proposal of three-floor basement parking nearRock Garden was preparedlong time back but getting

approval for its constructionfrom UNESCO may not be aneasy task for the ChandigarhAdministration,” said a seniorofficer of ChandigarhAdministration, requestinganonymity.

The officer said that asaround 5000 vehicles are pro-posed to be accommodated inthe new three-level basementparking proposed in 6-7 acres,a proposal of new constructions will be preparedand sent to the UNESCO toapprize them about the deci-sions taken in CHCC meetingheld on November 27. They willre-analyze the proposal of new

constructions, the officer said.In its meeting held on

Wednesday, the CHCC hadapproved the expansion plan ofHC including construction of G+1 (ground plus one floor) forsetting up judicial branchesand lawyers chambers, G - 3parking (three floor under-ground) near Rock Gardenbesides single security system byCISF in the Court premises.

After the meeting, UTAdviser Manoj Parida had saidthat tenders for the new con-structions are likely to be float-ed in two months time afterseeking required permissionsfor it.

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The ChandigarhAdministration will soon

release city’s first sports policy.The sports policy will lay

down the procedure for givingcash awards and facilities to thesportspersons belonging to thecity. The issue was discussed atthe meeting of UTAdministrator AdvisoryCouncil’s Standing Committeeon Sports held here on Friday.Standing committee chairpersoncity BJP president Sanjay Tandonchaired the meeting.

During the meeting, it wasproposed that the sportspersonsof the city will get reservationsin sports academies run by theChandigarh Administration. 80percent seats in hockey, footballand cricket academy will bereserved for city players.

It was also proposed thatthe players of the city will getcash awards equal to Punjaband Haryana if they winmedals at national and inter-national levels.

The committee decided thata state level tournament of allsports will be organized by theSports Department to encouragesports and sportspersons in thecity. Along with this, it wasdecided to visit these complex-es from time to time by themembers of the AdvisoryCommittee to solve the prob-lems faced by the players.

Sports advisory committee,chairman Sanjay Tandon saidthat the help of internationallevel players associated with thecity will also be taken to promotesports in the city.

Sports director Tej DeepSingh Saini gave informationabout the ongoing projects ofsports in the city. He said thatworld class shooting rangewould be set up on 23 acres ofland in Sarangpur. In addition,an international level skatingrink will be built in Sector 23 andSynthetic track of athletics willbe laid in the sports complex ofSector 7.

The advisory committee onsports also includes Olympicmedalist Abhinav Bindra as amember but he did not attendFriday’s meeting. President golfclub, director NZCC SaubhagyaVardhan and PromilaChandermohan are also mem-bers of this committee.

Notably, the standing com-mittees under UT AdministratorAdvisory Council make an in-depth study of issues related totheir concerned subjects andmake recommendations to theAdvisory Council.

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Punjab Government is allset to host the special edi-

tion of International KabaddiTournament-2019 to markthe Guru Nanak Dev’s 550thprakash purb from December1 even as the Pakistan’s kabad-di team is awaiting approval ofthe Indian Government.

As many as nine coun-tries, including Australia,Canada, England, Kenya, NewZealand, Sri Lanka, US, areparticipating in the tourna-ment that wil l last t i l lDecember 10.

Giving details, PunjabSports and Youth ServicesMinister Rana Gurmit SinghSodhi on Friday said thatover 160 players are partici-pating and the Australianteam has already reachedIndia. The other teams arefrom Canada, England, Kenya,New Zealand, Sri Lanka and

the US, besides the host India.Sodhi said that the

Canadian team has got the no-objection certificate (NOC)from the Union Governmentwhile the approval for thePakistan team is still awaitedand hopefully it will be givensoon.

“Even the Chief Ministerwill speak to the CentralGovernment with regard toallow Pakistan to participate,”he added.

Sodhi said that the win-ning team would be given acash prize of �25 lakh, while

the runners-up and the teamclinching the third positionwould get �15 lakh and �10lakh, respectively.

“The opening ceremonywill be held at Guru NanakStadium in Sultanpur Lodhi inKapurthala district on Sundaywhile the closing ceremonywill take place at Dera BabaNanak in Gurdaspur districton December 10. ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh would be the chief guestat the closing ceremony and will distribute the prizes,”he said.

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during the Congress’ districtgrievances redressal committeemeeting where four CongressMLAs — Hardyal SinghKamboj (Rajpura), Madan LalJalalpur (Ghanaur), RajinderSingh (Samana) and NirmalSingh (Shutrana) — had raisedquestions over the working ofdistrict police.

Patiala SeniorSuperintendent of Police haddenied conducting any phonetapping of any if the electedrepresentative.

“The cop concerned hadonly recorded call of the MLA’spersonal assistant on someoccasion and the recordingwas done by default,” he hadstated.

The police had also main-tained that phone tapping wasa major things and involvedcumbersome formalities whichcould not be done withoutapproval from the HomeDepartment.

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Demanding Punjab CabinetMinister Sukhjinder Singh

Randhawa’s immediate dis-missal, the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) on Friday said that theracket involving control ofKabaddi tournaments throughdrug money by notorious gang-ster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria fromprison could not be probed aslong as he continued to receivethe Jail Minister’s patronage.

SAD’s senior leader and theformer minister Bikram SinghMajithia said that it was shock-ing that the North India CircleStyle Kabaddi Federation hadcome forward to disclose howJaggu Bhagwanpuria was con-trolling Kabaddi tournamentswith the help of drug money byintimidating and threateninggenuine organizers throughhis associates in Australia andNew Zealand.

“The Federation has, in aletter to the State DGP, giventelephone numbers ofBhagwanpuria’s associates andeven stressed that these asso-ciates including Kawal Singh ofSukha Raju village inGurdaspur had political back-ing,” he said.

He said the State DGPshould look into this unpro-fessional conduct and takeaction in the matter.

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Himachal Pradesh TourismDevelopment Corporation

(HPTDC) must maintain pro-fessionalism in its functioningso that they could survive in thepresent era of cut throat com-petition, Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur said on Friday.

Presiding over the 154thBoard of Directors Meeting of

HPTDC held here, the ChiefMinister said that all the staffof the corporation must be pro-vided regular training and skillupgradation so that they couldprovide quality services toguest. He is said that the imageof Himachal Pradesh as atourist destination was largelyin the hands of staff of the cor-poration, therefore they shouldbe courteous in their behaviour.

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An aggressive Oppositionon Tuesday extracted an

unconditional apology fromBJP MP Pragya Thakur in theLok Sabha after rejecting herfirst submission when she apol-ogised to the house but notbefore attacking Congressleader Rahul Gandhi fordescribing her a "terrorist"when a ruling to the effect is yetto be pronounced by the court.

The House was adjournedby the speaker Om Birla for theconsultations on the issue at thelunch-time and when itresumed at 2.30 pm the BJPMP from Bhopal made anunconditional apology for herremarks on Mahatma Gandhi'sassassin Nathuram Godse.

Thakur first tried to pref-ace her apology by targetingopposition but quickly put a lidon the controversy by readingout an unconditional apology."On November 27, during dis-

cussion on SPG (Amendment)Bill, I did not call NathuramGodse a patriot (deshbhakt), Idid not even take his name. Stillif someone is hurt, I express myregret and apologise," she said.

Before she entered theHouse, the Speaker had saidthat Thakur would read out thestatement agreed upon at themeeting of leaders of differentparties.

She began her statement byreferring to her enemies butwas interrupted by the Speaker.She then read out the statementas decided upon earlier, pavingthe way for normal business toresume. Her first apology wasnot accepted by oppositionparties for its reference to otherissues, as they insisted on anunconditional apology.

Thakur had created a rowon Wednesday with her remarkin the Lower House duringDMK member A Raja's narra-tion of a statement by Godsebefore a court on why he killed

Gandhi. She had then trig-gered a ruckus by indirectlydescribing Godse as "Deshbhakt".

BJP which had earlierwarned Thakur for not makingcontroversial comments, thistime round, acted quickly for

the damage control by sackingher from a consultative com-mittee on defence and barringher from attending parlia-mentary party meeting for therest of the winter session. In thepast Prime Minister NarendraModi had expressed his dis-

pleasure over her earlierremarks praising Godse butthen she was left unharmed bythe party. In fact, last week ,Thakur was nominated to theconsultative committee .

On Thursday defenceminister Rajnath Singh had inthe house disassociated fromThakur's comments saying hisparty condemns any philoso-phy which describes Gandhi'skiller as a patriot but oppositionparties insisted on an apologyfrom her on Friday. Thakur hadnot attended the House pro-ceedings on Thursday.

Her first apology, however,was not accepted by theCongress and some otheropposition parties as she hitout at Rahul without naminghim and also claimed that hercomments were twisted andput out of context.

"If my comments have hurtin anyway, I regret and seekapology. But, my comments inthe House have been misrep-

resented and twisted," she said,without taking MahatmaGandhi's assassin Godse'sname. The controversial BJPMP said she respects and paystribute to Mahatma Gandhifor his service to the country.

Thakur also said,"Onemember has publicly termedme as a terrorist, though I havenot been convicted by thecourt. It is an insult to a womanand a sadhvi," and added thatmaking such remarks too wasagainst the law. Thakur is anaccused in the Malegaon blastcase.

Rahul had accused her ofbeing a "terrorist" and claimingthat her comments represent-ed the "heart and soul" of thesaffron party and its ideologi-cal mentor RSS.

Meanwhile, BJP memberNishikant Dubey urged theSpeaker to allow a privilegemotion against Rahul foraccusing a sitting MP of beinga "terrorist".

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In an effort to furtherstrengthen ties with Sri

Lanka, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Fridayannounced a financial assis-tance of 450 million dollarsincluding 50 million dollars tofight terrorism after holding"fruitful" talks with visitingnewly elected PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa here.

The talks focused on issueslike fulfilling aspirations of theTamil community in Sri Lanka,ways to boost security andtrade ties and address concernsof the fishermen.

On the Tamil issue, Modisaid he was confident that theSri Lankan Government willcarry forward the reconcilia-tion process and fulfil the aspi-rations of the Tamil commu-nity.

"The mandate that youhave received reflected theaspirations of the Sri Lankanpeople for a strong and pros-perous Sri Lanka. India's good

wishes and co-operation arealways with Sri Lanka in thisregard,"Modi said.

In his media statementafter the talks, Modi said heassured Rajapaksa of India's fullassistance in taking his coun-try in the path of rapid devel-opment. India announced aline of credit of 400 million dol-lars for development projects inSri Lanka besides granting aseparate fund of 50 million dol-

lars to help the country dealwith challenges of terrorism.Sri Lankan capital Colombowas hit by a series of bombingsin April in which over 250 peo-ple were killed.

"I have discussed in detailwith President Rajpaksa how tostrengthen our mutual coop-eration in dealing with terror-ism. Sri Lankan police officersare receiving training on coun-tering terrorism in prominent

Indian institutions," Modi said.Rajapaksa arrived here on

Thursday on a three-day visit,in his first overseas tour aftertaking over the reins of SriLanka 10 days back in reflec-tion of importance he attach-es to ties with India.

Modi said a stable SriLanka is not only in interest ofIndia but for entire IndianOcean Region.

Gotabaya said the talks

were "fruitful" and that a majorfocus area of the deliberationswas on security cooperation."My talks with Prime MinisterModi also focused on eco-nomic cooperation," he saidadding he would strive to takehis country's bilateral relation-ship with India to a "very highlevel".

Speaking to reporters aftera ceremonial welcome at theRashtrapati Bhavan, he alsosaid both India and Sri Lankaneed to work together on issuesrelating to security.

"During my tenure as pres-ident, I want to bring the rela-tionship between India andSri Lanka to a very high level.We have a long-standing rela-tionship historically as well aspolitically," Rajapaksa said.

Rajapaksa, a formerdefence secretary who is cred-ited with ending the country'slong civil war, was sworn in asthe island nation's new presi-dent on November 18, a dayafter he won the closely foughtpresidential election in islandnation. Three days later, heappointed his elder brotherMahinda Rajapaksa as theprime minister. NationalSecurity Advisor (NSA) AjitDoval called on the visitingPresident.

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The DGPs conference 2019will be held in Pune from

December 6 to 8 where a rangeof security issues will be dis-cussed by the top police officersfrom the States and CentralPolice Organisations.

Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate theevent and Union HomeMinister Amit Shah willattend the top police meet forthe first time.

This conference is thefirst that comes after abroga-tion of Article 370 and re-organisation of erstwhile J&KState into two UnionTerritories and amendment inthe SPG Act besides Ayodhyaverdict. Weaning away radi-calized youth from terror foldin J&K is a challenge andbrainstorming on tackling the

issue is likely to be undertak-en during the event, sourcessaid.

Apart from issues like tech-nological upgradation of policeforces and tackling cybercrimes, the meet is also likelyto firm up strategies to main-tain security in J&K andcounter Pakistan-sponsoredterror and new tactics likearms dropping by Pakistaniagencies in Indian territorythrough drones. The armsdropping by Pakistan in Punjabhas come as a major concern asIslamabad aims to arm theMuslim populace of the Jammuregion to foment trouble thereamid tight security arrange-ments in the Kashmir Valley,they said.

Shah has also been seekingto curb corruption in theCentral armed forces andenhance their professionalism.

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The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) expects

a warm winter as minimumtemperatures in most parts ofthe country are likely to behigher than normal. In its lat-est seasonal temperature out-look, issued for the periodbetween December andFebruary, the IMD said theoverall average mean temper-atures are likely to be higherthan normal by 0.5 °C.

In central and peninsularIndia, minimum tempera-

tures could be 1°C or morethan normal.

The forecast comes in thebackdrop of rising concernsover climate change, with glob-al agencies indicating a rise intemperatures by 1 °C since pre-industrial levels and going bythe current rate, temperaturemay rise 1.5°C between 2030and 2052.

The prediction is for allparts of the country except thenorthern-most region. Thiswill be fourth consecutive win-ter season in India which isexpected to be warmer.February 2018 was the warmestin the last 118 years. The mean

temperatures for January-February 2018 were 0.53°Chigher than the normal of22.17°C for this period.

"Except for the northern-most parts, the entire countrycould see a warmer winter thistime, that's what our coupleddynamic forecasting modelsshow," said M Mohapatra,director general of meteorolo-gy, IMD, New Delhi.

The current sub-division-al forecast is based on predic-tions from Monsoon MissionCoupled Forecasting System(MMCFS) Model developedunder the Ministry of EarthSciences' monsoon missionproject.

The predictions are basedon the initial November weath-er conditions.

The relative rise in tem-peratures would be most evi-dent in the core cold-wavezone which covers most partsof north-west India, includingPunjab, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Delhi andHaryana. Rajasthan, UttarPradesh, Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar,Jharkhand, West Bengal,Odisha and Telangana are alsopart of the cold-wave zone.

"Besides El Nino condi-tions, there are other factors aswell that determine how cold orwarm the winter season inIndia will be. These are localweather patterns. North India'scold weather is on account ofthe western disturbances,which are extra tropical windsoriginating in theMediterranean region.However, this year, the westerndisturbances activities arebypassing the subcontinent,"said officials of IMD.

Earlier this year, the IMDhad predicted a hotter summerwith mean average tempera-tures rising above normal by0.5°C to 1°C, indicating a con-sistent warming trend seenacross various parts of theworld.

The latest Inter-Government Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) report indi-cated that impact of globalwarming has become evidentsooner than expected and hitharder than forecast. Thereport said it would not be pos-sible to limit the 1.5°C rise intemperatures by 2100, untilthere are rapid, far-reachingand unprecedented changes inevery aspect of society.

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AParliamentary panel hassuggested the Government

to introduce different disci-plines of Indian System ofMedicine (ISM) in the schoolcurriculum to make studentsfrom early childhood aware ofthe concept of mindfulnessand holistic health that theAYUSH system is based on.

"The present poor healthinfrastructure in the countrydemands more trained health-care providers from the mod-ern as well as ISM. TheCommittee, therefore, is of theview that different disciplines ofISM should also be introducedin the school curriculum," saidthe report prepared by thepanel headed by Rajya Sabhamember Ram Gopal Yadav..

The observation comes inthe wake of the growing burdenof lifestyle related diseases on

economic and health care sys-tem. According to Governmentdata, 17,73,75,226 patients vis-ited Government health careFacilities under AYUSH inOPD and 19,57,921 wereadmitted as inpatients in 2017-18.

The panel which has sub-mitted its report to theParliament recently also soughtthe inclusion of yoga andnaturopathy in the NationalCommission for ISM Bill, stat-ing these age-old practices withfocus on holistic health are anintegral part of Indian cultureand the AYUSH system.

The panel observed thatthe absence of a central regu-latory body at a time when yogais being considered as a panaceafor a meaningful life and living"may result in proliferation ofpoor standard institutes andunchecked practices by unqual-ified practitioners".

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India and Japan will discussthe entire range of strategic

and defence ties during the first2+2 talks here on Saturdayincluding external and DefenceMinisters of the two nations.The two sides are likely to fur-ther enhance maritime securi-ty co-operation in strategicwaters including Indo-Pacificregion.

Defence Minister RajnathSingh and External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar will headthe Indian delegation whilethe Japanese side will be led byForeign Minister ToshimitsuMotegi and Minister ofDefence Taro Kono.

"The 2+2 meeting wouldprovide an opportunity for the

two sides to review the statusof and exchange further viewson strengthening defence andsecurity cooperation betweenIndia and Japan," the externalaffairs ministry said here.

The talks under the newframework is taking place fol-lowing a decision taken byPrime Minister Narendra Modiand his Japanese counterpartShinzo Abe during the 13thIndia-Japan annual summitlast year.

The two leaders decided toinstitute the new mechanism

for further deepening bilater-al security and defence coop-eration and bring greater depthto the special strategic andglobal partnership between thetwo countries.

The ministry said the twosides will also exchange viewson the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and their respec-tive efforts under India's 'ActEast Policy' and Japan's 'Freeand Open Indo-Pacific Vision'to achieve their shared objec-tive of peace, prosperity andprogress in the region.

India and Japan for the lastfew years are holding jointmaritime exercises to securetheir sea lanes and the forth-coming talks will seek ways tofurther increase the co-opera-tion, sources said.

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The NIA on Friday arrestedabsconding accused

Sumitra Tati alias AaytiModiyam for alleged involve-ment in attack on a convoy ofCongress leaders and workersby banned CPI (Maoist), inDarbha valley in Chattisgarh inMay 2013.

Tati is a resident of Bijapurdistrict of Chhattisgarh is aDalam Commander and was ateam member of DarbhaDivision Committee of CPI(Maoist) formation inChattisgarh which executedthe attack.

The NIA has alreadychargesheeted her for variousoffences under Indian PenalCode and Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

The case relates to theattack on the convoy ofCongress leaders and workersby CPI (Maoist) on May 25,2013 in the hilly areas ofDarbha valley in Chattisgharh.After investigation, NIA hadfiled charge sheet on September25, 2014 and a supplementarycharge sheet on September 28,2019 against 39 accused per-sons.

Out of the 39 charge-sheet-ed accused persons, 10 werearrested, 2 were killed inencounters with security forcesand 27 were absconding.

Arrested accused Sumitrawas one of the 27 abscondingaccused. NIA has announcedrewards on the abscondingaccused persons and efforts areon to apprehend the remainingfugitives.

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There is no provision inGovernment's existing pol-

icy to provide assistance tofamily of farmers who com-mitted suicide. Besides, causesof suicides in the farming sec-tor were not included in theNational Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB). The NCRBhad omitted reasons for farm-ers' suicides under categories-like farm distress, crop failure,loans, family problems, illnessetc in its latest report.

In a reply to a query as towhether Government has pro-vided any relief to the kith andkin of farmers who committedsuicide during a Question Hourin the Rajya Sabha, Minister ofState for Agriculture andFarmers Welfare Parshottam

Rupala on Friday said that is noprovision in the policy of theGovernment to provide anyassistance to farmers whocommitted suicide. However,he said the AgricultureDepartment of the Governmenthas taken up a number of pro-grammes to improve the con-dition of farmers.

He said loans to distressedfarmers and to other persons,

not exceeding �1lakh per bor-rower, indebted to non-insti-tutional lenders is an eligiblecategory under priority sectorlending as per RBI's direc-tions.

Under the Kisan CreditCard (KCC), a flexible limit of�10,000-50,000 has been pro-vided to marginal farmersbased on the land holding andcrop grown for post-harveststorage related credit needs, hesaid.

In another reply to theRajya Sabha, the HomeMinistry said that causes of sui-cides in the farming sector werenot included in the NCRB asthe agency had omitted reasonsfor farmers' suicides under cat-egorieslike farm distress, cropfailure, loans, family problems,illness etc in its latest report.

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Citing new revelations inthe RTI replies on the non-

transparent nature of electoralbonds, the Association forDemocratic Reforms (ADR)filed an interim application inthe Supreme Court on Friday,seeking a stay on the contro-versial electoral bonds scheme.The petition filed by notedlawyer Prashant Bhushan onbehalf of the ADR said the RBIGovernor had objected to theissue of electoral bonds and hisobjections were over ruled byFinance Ministry.

Seeking immediate stay onthe issue of electoral bonds, thepetition also pointed out thatElection Commission object-ed to the floating of the bonds.Bhushan in his petition said

that RTI replies clearly showsthe role of Prime Minister'sOffice in issue of bonds duringstate assembly elections, vio-lating the time schedule. TheState Bank of India was forcedto open "illegal window" toissue the bonds for the benefitof the ruling party BJP, he said.

The Petition also cited thatapart from RBI, ElectionCommission, the Law Ministryalso objected to the issue of elec-toral bonds. It said that thisscheme was floated to benefitthe ruling party BJP, citing thedata showing 95% of the bondswent to the ruling party's coffers.

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The Congress on Friday tooka swipe at the BJP

Government over the GDPgrowth falling to 4.5 per centwith Former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh assertingthat such a low growth ratewas unacceptable and worri-some, and urged his successorNarendra Modi to set aside "hisdeep-rooted suspicion" of soci-ety and nurse India back to har-monious, mutually trustworthysociety that can help the econ-omy soar.

Delivering his valedictoryaddress at a national conclaveon economy, Singh said mutu-al trust is the bedrock of soci-etal transactions fostering eco-nomic growth, but "our socialfabric of trust, confidence isnow torn and ruptured".

The "toxic combination ofdeep distrust, pervasive fearand a sense of hopelessness inour society" is stifling eco-

nomic growth, he said. "The GDP figures released

earlier today point the growthrate of our economy in the sec-ond quarter of the current fis-cal year is as low as 4.5 per cent.This is clearly unacceptable.And, the aspirations of ourpeople want that this countryshould grow at 8 to 9 per centper annum. Therefore, thesharp decline in growth ratefrom 5 pc in first quarter to 4.5pc in second quarter is indeedworrisome," he said.

Singh, an eminent econo-mist himself, said with anabsolute majority in Lok Sabhaand low global oil prices, thegovernment has a once-in-a-generation economic opportu-nity to catapult India to thenext phase of economic devel-opment and create new jobs forhundreds of millions of youth.

"I urge the Prime Ministerto set aside his deep-rooted sus-picion of our society and nurseus back to a harmonious, con-

fident and mutually trustworthysociety that can revive the ani-mal spirits and help our econ-omy soar," he said in a directmessage to Narendra Modi.

While the former primeminister lamented "deeply wor-rying" state of economy, he saidthe state of the society is evenmore worrisome."But today, Iwill argue how the state of oursociety is even more worryingand that is a fundamental rea-son for the precarious state ofour economy. I will talk today,largely as a concerned citizenand as an economist, so that wecan keep politics out of thisimportant discussion," he saidin his speech.

A nation's state of theeconomy is also a reflection ofthe state of its society, he said.

"An economy is a functionof the numerous exchangesand social interactions amongthe people and institutions.Mutual trust and self-confi-dence are the bedrock of soci-

etal transactions that fosterseconomic growth. Our socialfabric of trust and confidenceis now torn and ruptured," henoted.

"There is a palpable climateof fear in our society today.Many industrialists tell methey live in fear of harassmentby government authorities.Bankers are reluctant to makenew loans, for fear of retribu-tion. Entrepreneurs are hesitantto put up fresh projects, for fearof failure attributed to ulteriormotives.

"Policy makers in govern-ment and other institutionsare scared to speak the truth orengage in intellectually honestpolicy discussions. There isprofound fear and distrustamong our various economicparticipants. Public trust inindependent institutions suchas the media, judiciary, regu-latory authorities, and inves-tigative agencies has beenseverely eroded.

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The Shiv Sena on Friday saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi

and Maharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray share brotherlyties and that it is the responsibilityof the former to co-operate with his“younger brother” who has takencharge of the State.

Apparently referring to theCentre, the Shiv Sena said Delhishould respect the decision made bythe people of Maharashtra and takecare that the stability of the StateGovernment is not bedeviled.

The Sena made the commentsin its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ as itlatched onto wishes extended byModi to Thackeray after he tookoath as the chief minister onThursday evening.

Modi has in the past referred toThackeray, who is also the Senapresident, as his “younger brother”.

The relations between the ShivSena and Modi’s party, the BJP,turned sore in Maharashtra oversharing the Chief Minister’s post onrotational basis in the state.

The Sena snapped its decades-old ties with the BJP and formed atri-party coalition, which also con-sists of the NCP and the Congress,to form the government in thecountry’s richest state.

“Congratulations to UddhavThackeray Ji on taking oath as theCM of Maharashtra. I am confidenthe will work diligently for the bright

future of Maharashtra,” the PrimeMinister tweeted after Thackeraywas sworn-in.

Responding, the Shiv Senareferred to Modi as “our PrimeMinister” and said he has wishedMaharashtra attains speedy devel-opment under Thackeray’s leader-ship. “The Centre will have to co-operate (with the state) for that(speedy development). The Centrewill have to extend help to bringMaharashtra’s farmers out of theirmiseries,” the Shiv Sena said.

The Shiv Sena made theremarks in the editorial of theMarathi daily.

“The BJP-Shiv Sena are sharingstrained relations in Maharashtrapolitics, but Modi and Thackerayshare brotherly ties. “Hence, it is theresponsibility of Shri Modi to coop-erate with the younger brother fromMaharashtra as the Prime Minister,”it added.

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Congress leader MilindDeora on Friday said

Baramati Lok Sabha MPSupriya Sule is the “right-ful heir” to her father andNCP chief Sharad Pawar’s“great” legacy.

The former Union Minister said heshares Sule’s belief that social work andpolicy change are the paths to politicalempowerment. “@supriya_sule is therightful heir to her father’s great legacy.She is effective because she believes thatsocial work & policy change are the pathsto political empowerment. I share thesevalues & admire her for staying thecourse,” Deora tweeted.

The former Mumbai South MPmade the comment while replying to atweet.

Sule is a three-time MP fromBaramati in Pune district, the bastion ofthe Pawars.

Media reports in thepast have claimed therebeing a race between Suleand her cousin, formerMaharashtra DeputyChief Minister Ajit Pawar,over inheriting the 79-year-old NCP patriarch’slegacy.

Pawar, whose career spans over 52years, has been a four-time ChiefMinister of Maharashtra and also servedas a minister in the Union Cabinet wherehe handled key portfolios like Defenceand Agriculture.

He co-founded the NCP after quit-ting the Congress in 1999. The NCP,which spent last five years in the oppo-sition, is a key constituent of the three-pary alliance, Maha Vikas Aghadi, whichformed Government in Maharashtra onThursday. The Shiv Sena and the Congress are the other main partners in the governing coalition.

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Aday after a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Government took over

in Maharashtra, Sena leader SanjayRaut on Friday said an anti-BJP coali-tion would be formed in neighbouringGoa.

Raut also spoke to leaders of theMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party(MGP) and Goa Forward Party (GFP),both of which are, like the Shiv Sena,former BJP allies.

While GFP leader Vijai Sardesaimet Raut in Mumbai and supportedthe Sena’s proposal, MGP’s SudinDhavalikar also said that such a coali-tion was possible.

“There will be definitely an earth-quake. Sardesai is here with all hisMLAs. Some other MLAs, who havebacked the (BJP) Government, are intouch with us,” Raut told reporters inMumbai. “After Maharashtra, (it is)Goa, there will be a big movement

across the country. We will form a non-BJP front,” Raut said.

“A front is being formed withSardesai in Goa...Like we did inMaharashtra,” the Sena MP added.

Earlier, Sardesai, GFP chief andformer Deputy Chief Minister of Goa,said they will interact with people whoare ready to oust the BJP Governmentthrough a Maharashtra-like model.

Sardesai made the remarks after he,alongwith party MLAs Vinod Palyekarand Jayesh Salgaonkar, met Raut andNCP leader Praful Patel in Mumbai.

“Regional entities fight for localpeople....We intend to have such(Maharashtra) type of experimentrecreated in Goa to provide an alter-native to anti-people Government ofPramod Sawant,” he said. “We havebeen backstabbed by the BJP after help-ing it form Government in the State(after February 2017 Assembly polls),”he alleged.

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The two-day Somalia YemenDevelopment Programme held

under the auspices of the KeralaUniversity of Fisheries and OceanStudies (KUFOS) as part of theInternational Conference on BlueEconomy and Aquatic Resources(AQUABE 2019) concluded at Kochiin Friday with the delegates decid-ing to meet again in Somalia andYemen to take forward the road mapconceived as part of the conference.

The highlight of the two-dayinternational event was the recogni-tion accorded to KUFOS by IndianOcean Rim Organisation, (IORA)under whose patronage the confer-ence was held.

“KUFOS and vice chancellor ARamachandran would play a majorrole in empowering and strengthen-ing the fishing activities of these twocountries (Somalia and Yemen) to liftthem out of the present economic sit-uation,” said Dr Nomvuyo N Nokwe,secretary general, IORA at the con-clusion of the conference.

Dr Nokwe described the two-dayevent as fruitful affair. “This was noordinary conference. The wealth ofdata provided by KUFOS and the par-

ticipating delegates have made us totake decision to meet again withinsix months with an action plan toresuscitate the fishing sector in thesetwo countries,”said the secretary general.

Earlier addressing the delegates,Prof Ramachandran said that inno-vation and skill development are thetwo major spheres in which Somaliaand Yemen were found lacking.

“We are willing to share ourskills and innovations with the fish-ermen of these two countries which,I am sure, would be a win-win situ-ation for all stake holders,” saidRamachandran.

He also told the delegates fromthe IORA member nations thatKUFOS has set apart seats for stu-dents from foreign countries in all itsacademic progrmmes. “What we arebothered about is the employabilityof the students passing out from the32 fisheries colleges in the country.The National Skill Mission has beenlaunched to resolve this issue and we

are sure that it would that it will payrich dividents,”said the KUFOS VC,an authority in industrial fisherieswith more than three decades ofresearch and teaching experience.

R Sandhya, additional director,Department of Fisheries ,Government of Kerala shared withthe delegates about the innovativeschemes implemented by the StateGovernment to rejuvenate the fishingsector.

“We have 335 fishing villages and204 fish landing centres. The mar-keting strategy formulated by thegovernment has succeeded in gettingrid of the middlemen who wereplaying major role in preventing thefishers from getting their due returns.The fishermen cooperatives and selfhelp groups have changed the fishingsector in the State,”explainedSandhya.

For the delegates from Somaliaand Yemen, the concept of fish coop-eratives was a new experience andthey asked a number of questionsabout the modalities. “We are goingback to our country with a lot of ideasand and information which we hopeto implement with slight modifica-tion,”said one of the delegates fromSomalia

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leader Sudin Dhavalikar saidon Friday that he was positiveabout a proposal mooted by theShiv Sena to form an anti-BJPfront in Goa.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Rautcalled him in the morning andspoke about formation of a newcoalition, Dhavalikar told PTI.

Earlier, speaking in Mumbai, Raut said afterMaharashtra, an anti-BJP frontwas shaping up in Goa. GoaForward Party leader VijaiSardesai met Raut and toldreporters later that his partyfavoured a Maharashtra-likeexperiment in Goa to get rid of“anti-people” BJP Government.

Dhavalikar too said that hereacted positively to the idea. “A

coalition of five parties —Congress, MGP, Goa Forward Party, Shiv Sena andNCP — can be formed in Goato fight the 2022 Assembly elec-tions,” the MGP leadersaid.

At present such an alliancecan not pose any threat to theBJP Government in Goa asopposition does not have thenumbers, he added.

“Alternative Governmentcannot be formed unless theSpeaker disqualifies the mem-bers who crossed over illegal-ly to the BJP,” he said.

Petitions seeking disquali-fication of former MGP lead-ers Manohar Ajgaonkar andDeepak Pawaskar and ten for-mer Congress members ispending before the AssemblySpeaker.

With entry of these 12MLAs, the BJP in Goa now hasa majority in the Assembly.

Panaji: Mocking Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s claimthat an anti-BJP coalition would be formed in Goa,the ruling party in the state said on Friday that hewas daydreaming. Goa BJP chief Vinay Tendulkaralso said that Raut should rather ensure that his partyfulfilled the promises made to the people ofMaharashtra, where it has formed Government withthe help of the Congress and NCP.

“Raut is daydreaming like `Mungerilal KeHaseen Sapne’,” Tendulkar said, referring to theDoordarshan series which was aired in 1989.

“Before venturing into Goa’s politics, Rautshould first ensure that his party fulfills the promis-es made to the people of Maharashtra,” he said.

Raut should also see to it that his party’s can-didates do not lose deposits in Lok Sabha andAssembly elections in Goa, the BJP leader furthersaid. Raut said earlier on Friday that an anti-BJPcoalition would be formed in Goa soon. He wasspeaking after meeting Goa Forward Party (GFP)chief Vijai Sardesai in Mumbai.

“The Shiv Sena, which used to slam Congresschief Sonia Gandhi, has overnight changed its ide-ology to cobble up an unholy alliance inMaharashtra,” Tendulkar further said. PTI

Bengaluru: It’s a clash between the Jarkiholibrothers in bypoll-bound Gokak Assemblyconstituency, where some local political leaders say the electoral battle is likely to godown to the wire, with the stakes being high.

The bypoll to the seat in Belagavi districtwas necessitated following the resignation andsubsequent disqualification of Congress MLARamesh Jarkiholi, after he rallied the rebels totopple the HD Kumaraswamy-led coalitionGovernment in the state.

While Ramesh Jarkiholi is now contestingthe bypolls on a BJP ticket, his youngest broth-er Lakhan Jarkiholi is his opponent as aCongress nominee.

The battle for Gokak has also drawn thebattle lines within the family, as their otherbrothers- Congress MLA from YemkanmardiSatish Jarkiholi and Arabhavi BJP MLABalachandra Jarkiholi, supporting their siblingswho are candidates from their respectiveparties. PTI

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Aday after moving the Supreme Court overconduct of local body polls in Tamil

Nadu, DMK chief M K Stalin on Fridayaccused the ruling AIADMK regime of “cre-ating confusions” on matters connected to thecivic elections.

Stalin, the leader of opposition in theAssembly, said Chief Minister K Palaniswamiand his cabinet colleagues were levelling falsecharges that the DMK was thwarting holding civic polls by pursuing legaloptions.

The DMK has moved the SupremeCourt, seeking a direction to Tamil Naduauthorities to complete processes, includingdelimitation ahead of notifying the civic polls.

Listing out “confusions,” he told reportershere that the AIADMK Government has notallegedly completed delimitation of wards incivic bodies as per a Madras High Courtdirective.

Besides, the delimitation exercise has notbeen done in five new districts, he alleged.

Chengelpet, Kallakurichi, Tenkasi,Ranipet and Tirupattur are the newly carvedout districts.

Stalin accused the authorities of not mak-ing appropriate reservations for ScheduledCastes, Tribes and women in town panchayats, municipalities and corporations.

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Expressing confidence abouthis Government complet-

ing full term, Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yediyurappa onFriday said the question of theBJP taking support of the JD(S)would not arise at all.

Confident about the BJPwinning all the 15 seats goingto the bypolls on December 5,Yediyurappa said he was notbothered about the possibilitiesof the Congress and JD(S)coming together again to formthe Government, in case theruling party fails to garnerrequired seats to remain inmajority.

“We have complete confi-dence that we will win in all 15seats, this fight is only to see-

with what margin we will win.It is the expectation of the people that YediyurappaGovernment should continuefor three and half more years,he said.

Speaking to reporters atHaveri, the Chief Minister saidthe opposition were free tospeak anything and they havethat freedom.

The ruling BJP needs towin at least six seats to remainin a majority in the 224-mem-ber Assembly, which would stillhave two vacant seats — Maskiand R R Nagar.

Among the segments goingto the bypolls, 12 were held bythe Congress and three byJD(S), whose coalition gov-ernment collapsed due to rebel-lion by the disqualified MLAs.

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader GParameshwara on Friday hinted at the possibil-ity of his party once again having an alliance withJD(S) if the ruling BJP failed to garner the requirednumber of seats in the December 5 bypolls toremain in a majority.

His remark comes days after the regionalparty patriarch HD Deve Gowda’s cryptic remarkin this regard sparked speculation. “After thebypolls, as we feel- if people dont elect the dis-qualified legislators, naturally BJP will losemajority and the Government will fall.

In such a situation both our parties (Congressand JDS) can form a Government or President’sRule may be imposed and then mid-term pollsmay be announced, Parameshwara told reportersin Tumakuru. To a question on Deve Gowda’scomments, he said there may be a possibility ofCongress and JD(S) forming the Governmentonce again. “This is what we have to understandfrom his statement.” “Two parties will have to forma Government. Either JD(S) and BJP should forma Government or JD(S) and Congress like in thepast will have to form one, he added. PTI

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Maharashtra’s new ChiefMinister Uddhav

Thackeray will seek a vote ofconfidence for the ShivSena-NCP-Congress front“Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi”Government on the firstday of a special two-dayState Assembly sessionbeginning here on Saturday.

Ahead of the floor test ofthe Uddhav Thackeray-ledMaharashtra Vikas Aghadigovernment, senior NCP leaderDilip Walse Patil was appoint-ed as the Pro-Tem Speaker topreside over the proceedings inthe State Assembly.

Walse-Patil replaced theearlier Pro-Tem SpeakerKalidas Kolumbkar from theBJP, who had earlier sworn inthe 285 newly elected MLAs asthe members of the House onWednesday.

Given that the ruling MVAhas a strength of 160-oddmembers on paper, theprospect of Uddhav winningthe confidence vote in the StateAssembly has become a for-mality now.

On its part, the MVA hasclaimed that it has more than170 MLAs, as against the sim-ple majority of 145 MLAs in the288-member State Assembly.“Earlier, we had a combinedstrength of 162 MLAs. Now ourstrength has crossed the 170 fig-ure with more independentand small party MLAsannouncing their support forthe MVA,” senior Shiv SenaMLA Abdul Sattar said.

The only agenda on thefirst day of the special session,which is expected to begin at 2pm on Saturday, is the confi-dence vote to be sought byUddhav Thackeray, who wassworn into office along with sixCabinet ministers at the his-toric Shivaji Park ground innorth-central Mumbai onThursday evening.

The Pro Tem Speaker willhold the election of the Speakerof the Assembly on Sunday, theday two of the special session.

Since the Speaker’s post hasgone to the Congress in the

power-sharing deal finalisedamong the constituents of theMVA, the Sonia Gandhi-ledparty will field its candidate forthe Speaker’s poll.

The much-discussedchoice as a nominee for theSpeaker’s election from theMVA’s side is senior Congressleader and former ChiefMinister Prithiviraj Chavan.Another leader whose name isbeing discussed is former chiefminister Ashok Chavan. All thesame, one is not certain if theCongress names any other can-didate for the Speaker’s elec-tion.

The BJP, which has astrength of 105 MLAs in the288 members in the StateAssembly, will in all likelihoodcontest Speaker’s electionscheduled for Sunday.

The deadline for filingnominations for the Speaker’selections is 12 noon onSaturday.

After the Speaker’s election,Maharashtra Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari will address ajoint gathering of the membersof the State Assembly and theCouncil on Sunday afternoon.

As has already been indi-cated by the MVA leaders,Uddhav will in all expand hisCabinet early next week.

There will in all be 15ministers from the Shiv Sena (including the Chief Minister),while the NCP will get 15ministries and the Congresswill be given 12 Ministries.

While things are still underwraps as to the distribution ofportfolios among the MVAconstituents, the Shiv Sena,NCP and Congress have beendiscussing among themselvesthe nominees for the ministe-rial berths.

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Aday after reverses sufferedby BJP in the Assembly by-

elections for three seats rum-bles of revolt was heard inBengal unit of the saffron partywith some leaders questioningthe over use of a sensitive sub-ject like the possible imple-mentation of National Registerof Citizens as also too muchplaying of the Hindu card in aState with Leftist mooring.

State BJP leader and of thescions of the Subhas ChandraBose family Chandra Bose onFriday questioned the politicalprudence behind pressing theNRC issue too hard in a Statelike Bengal where a majority ofthe people lived in the villagesand are poor.

“It seems that the NRCissue was overplayed whenthere were other issues in theState to take up,” Bose whosefather was a Forward Bloc MP

said adding “Bengal has a spe-cific cultural and political his-tory which has to be kept inmind. The way things like reli-gion work in areas like UP andMP will not work in Bengal ashere the people are influencedby the lives of SwamiVivekananda, Bankim ChandraChattopadhyay and SubhasChandra Bose.

“Besides the people of theState are somewhat Left mind-ed on whom religious issuesleave only a temporary impact.Hence our party will have tounderstand that we will have totake a line in Bengal which iscommensurate to the secular

history and the specificculture of this State. Youwill have to rememberthat Bengal is different. Ithas a specific history andculture which has to beunderstood, appreciatedand reflected in the poli-tics of a party.”

Bose said he had commu-nicated his feelings and con-cerns to the top most leader-ship. “I have given my impres-sion to party president AmitShah and it is likely to be takenup for consideration.”

The BJP lost all the threeseats in the by-elections byhuge margin. While inKharagpur it lost to the TMCby more than 45,000 votes inKarimpur the difference wasmore than 50,000. IN Kaliaganjit was 2,400. In fact the BJP hadtaken huge lead in all these seg-ments in the April-May par-liamentary elections.

Giving his reactions Union

Minister Babul Supriyo saidthat the Trinamool Congressmanaged to play up the NRCissue and exploit it by spread-ing a disinformation campaignin the State.

“We failed to convince thepeople and tell them the truthabout that no one will be vic-timized but Mamata Banerjeedid what she wanted to do bymisleading the people on theNRC. The general panic thuscreated had an impact in theelections,” Supriyo said addingthings will definitely be dis-cussed and taken care of.

Taking a dig at the BJPleadership senior BengalMinister Firhad Hakim said“the BJP has finally appreciat-ed the truth that communalpolitics will not pay any divi-dend in Bengal which is influ-enced by the preaching ofRamakrishna ParamahansaDev who spoke of religious tol-eration and unity of religions.

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The Supreme Court hasdirected senior IPS officer

Rajeev Kumar to respond to thepetition of appeal filed by theCentral Bureau of Investigationseeking cancellation of antici-patory bail of the formerKolkata Commissioner ofPolice.

The Bench of Chief JusticeSA Bobde on Friday sent anotice to Kumar asking him torespond against the CBI’sappeal challenging his bail ear-lier granted by a DivisionBench of Calcutta High Court.

The Apex Court also toldSolicitor General Tushar Mehtathat the investigating agencymust satisfy it about why itneeded the senior officer incustody before getting an orderin its favour.

Kumar’s role as the chief ofthe Special Investigation Teamin multi-crore Saradha chitfund case had come undercloud with the CBI alleging thathe had not on y tampered withthe opposition apparently tosave the topmost ruling partypoliticians of the State but alsosuppressed many evidence.

The Saradha group ofcompanies allegedly cheatedlakhs of people to the tune of��2,500 crore, promising high-er rates of return on theirinvestments.

The High Court order hadsaid if Rajeev Kumar wasarrested by the CBI in connec-tion with the case, he wouldhave to be released immediatelyon bail by an appropriate courton two sureties of �50,000each.

While Kumar’s counsel had

been saying that he had beencooperating with the CBI in theprobe, CBI said he was notdoing so and had in factrefused to appear before theAgency for more than threeweeks remaining undergroundin the month of September-October.

It had directed RajeevKumar, who is currently theAdditional Director General ofthe West Bengal CriminalInvestigation Department(CID), to cooperate with inves-tigating officers.

It had also directed him tomake himself available beforethe investigating officers inthe case for questioning on a48-hour prior notice by theCBI.

Earlier Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee had openlycome out in Kumar’s defenceand started a sit-in protestagainst the Centre’s move lead-ing Opposition BJP and Left toquestion true reason behindher getting so concerned aboutKumar.

Incidentally the top officerhad allegedly parried criticalquestions from the CBI sayinghe had instructions from“higher authorities,” the agencyofficials allege adding he hasfailed to provide clue to a “reddiary, pen drives, lap tops andsome other objects seized fromthe Saradha premises” andreferred to by one DebjaniMukherjee one of theprimeaccused in the case.

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Jammu & Kashmir Policeclaimed to have broken the

back bone of various terror out-fits across Kashmir valley bybusting at least six major terrormodules and arresting overtwo dozen over ground work-ers(OWGs) in the last onemonth.

These operations were con-ducted by the police teamsacross different parts ofKashmir valley to preventthese OGW’s from spreadingreign of terror among the com-mon masses.

Majority of arrestedOGW’s were found involved inpasting posters, threateningand terrorising shopkeepersand local residents from start-ing routine life during contin-uous shutdown in the after-math of abrogation of Article370 and bifurcation of the statein to two Union Territoriessince August 5.

Of all the police districts,Sopore police busted maxi-mum terror modules andarrested 10 out of 28 OGW’sbelonging to Lashkar-e- Toibaterror outfit.

According to policespokesman, Sopore police hadarrested four LeT OGWsalong with incriminating mate-

rial at Chatloora Gund MalrajCrossing Rafiabad. They wereinvolved in intimidation andthreatening to the general pub-lic.

“Similarly six OGWs ofLeT poster module was alsobusted by the Sopore police”.

Police spokesman said,these OGW’s were involved inarson incidents and publishingthreat posters in the area. Twohand grenades were also recovered from the possessionof the OGWs arrested at BypassCrossing.

Intensifying its fight againstterrorists J&K Police alongwith Army and other securityforces also busted a terrormodule in Awantipoora withthe arrest of three personsinvolved in pasting of threatposters in Ladoo area of thedistrict.

“Threat posters of pro-scribed outfit Hizbul-ul-Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Toiba were recovered fromtheir possession. Two OGWswere also arrested byGanderbal police fromNaranag area. Arms, ammuni-tion were also recovered fromtheir possession” policespokesman said.

In the militancy infestedSouth Kashmir district ofPulwama, police teams busted

a module of militant associatesresponsible for carrying outblasts in the area by arrestingfour OGWs. The arrested per-sons were involved in the IEDblast in Arihal area ofPulwama.

According to policespokesman, “On November25, 2019 Baramulla Police hadfoiled an attempt to target therecruitment process of SpecialPolice Officers (SPOs) in northKashmir’s Baramulla district.Four OGWs were arrestedalongwith grenades.

The arrested persons hadprocured the grenades withtheir ulterior motive to attackrecruitment rally of SPOs in thedistrict. By the arrest of theseOGWs a big terror incidentwas foiled.

“Kulgam Police and otherforces during a joint operationarrested three OGWs who wereinvolved in motivating youth tojoin militancy”, policespokesman said.

According to police, OneOGW namely Bashir Ganie anotorious law and order insti-gator wanted by Srinagar Policefor his involvement in orga-nizing protests in Anchar areaof Srinagar was also arrestedlast week. He was the kingpinand was wanted in variouscriminal/terror cases.

Jammu: Jammu & KashmirLieutenant Governor GirishChandra Murmu on Fridayannounced a special ex-gratiaof � 30 lakh in favour of thenext of kins (NoKs) of SheikhZahoor Ahmed, JuniorAgriculture Extension Officerwho was killed by the militantswhile performing his dutiesduring the Back to Village-2(B2V2) programme in village Hakura, Anantnag onTuesday.

The Government employ-ee identified as Sheikh ZahoorAhmad and Sarpanch of villageHakura, had sustained fatal

injuries after terrorists hadlobbed a grenade and firedindiscriminately to terroriselocal villagers who participat-ed in the back to village pro-gramme organised by the RuralDevelopment department. Twoother Government employeeshad also sustained injuries inthe attack.

Paying rich tributes, Lt.Governor observed that theseinhuman and dastardly acts arenot going to deter theGovernment in its resolve toreach out to the people andusher a new era of participato-ry development. PNS

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West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar, who

is at loggerheads with the TMCGovernment in the State, onFriday hit out at Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee for “humili-ating” him “on every occasion”and not briefing him regularly.

This will only “belittle” herown stature, Dhankhar toldPTI in an interview and urgedBanerjee, for whom he pro-fessed “enormous respect”, tointrospect and find the way for-ward. The governor alsoslammed Speaker BimanBanerjee for “violating proto-col” by inviting him to speak atthe Constitution Day specialsession in the Assembly onNovember 26 after other dig-nitaries.

“Have you ever seen inany part of India that a gover-nor of a state (is) being asked toaddress the Assembly in aqueue at number five andprecedence being given to for-mer governor (M K Naryanan),former Lok Sabha speaker(Meira Kumar) and formerchief election commissioner (S

Y Quraishi)?“This is a gross

violation of protocol.Suffering this greatindignity, looking atthe importance of theday I went... His conduct leavesmuch to be desired.” Dhankharsaid.

Keeping up his attackagainst Mamata Banerjee, hesaid under the Constitutionthe CM is obliged to brief thegovernor but he has not beeninformed by Banerjee evenonce. “It is her constitutionalduty as chief minister to briefthe governor,” he asserted.

“After Cyclone Bulbul, Iwrote a letter to her asking herto brief me. But most unfortu-nately it was replied by the prin-cipal home secretary. I takeexception to such kind of con-duct. My communication to theChief Minister has to be repliedonly by her and none else,”Dhankar said.

Refuting allegations againsthim that he is crossing his“constitutional limits” and is“trying to run a parallel gov-ernment”, the governor chal-lenged the TMC Government

to cite one instance ofit.

“I am working asper the Constitution.It is not my job to runthe Government. But

it is my job to ensure that theGovernment is run in accor-dance with the Constitution. Ifthere is violation of theConstitution anywhere, I willstep in. Her (Banerjee’s) oath isallegiance to the Constitution,my oath is to protect theConstitution,” he said.

The governor raked up thealleged disrespect shown tohim at the State Government-sponsored Durga Puja carnivaland at the November 26 specialsession of Assembly onConstitution Day and askedBanerjee to think about it.

“Such behaviour is unwor-thy of her (Banerjee’s) statureand her position ... While I mayhave been humiliated this hasresulted in the belittling of herown stature. I am sure given herexperience she will reflect,think of a way forward withconstructive approach,”Dhankhar, who is a former par-liamentarian himself, said.

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Alitre of milk was allegedly diluted with abucket of water so that 81 children could be

served during their midday meal at aGovernment school in Uttar Pradesh’s Chopanblock, following which a teacher was suspend-ed, officials said on Friday.

The Wednesday incident led to an outcryafter a video went viral purportedly showing thecook of the Salai Banwa Primary School emp-tying a one-litre milk packet in a bucket of boil-ing water, and later serving it to the students.

The officials said an inquiry has beenordered and an FIR registered against a Kotagram panchayat ‘Siksha Mitra’ (contractualteacher).

Opposition Samajawadi Party and Congresslatched onto the incident to attack the ruling BJP,alleging the Government has not been able tocheck “corruption” in midday meal scheme,which aims to better the nutritional intake ofschoolchildren.

In another video, the woman cook is seenconfessing she had mixed the milk in a bucketof water.

Assistant Basic Siksha Adhikari Mukesh Raisaid though milk was available, the cook onlyprovided one litre for the children. There wassome error but it was promptly rectified, he said.

Taking serious note of the incident, DistrictMagistrate S Rajalingan visited the school andsuspended a teacher, Shailesh Kannaujia. He alsogot an FIR registered against a ‘siksha mitra’,

Jitendra Kumar, and dismissed him from ser-vice.

The ‘Shiksha Mitra’ has been accused of get-ting water mixed in the milk and making itsvideo viral on the social media in the FIR lodgedby the Assistant BSA Mukesh Rai, the DM said.

Rai has also been withdrawn from field dutyand attacked to office and disciplinary action hasbeen recommended against him, the DM said.Basic Siksha Adhikari Gorakhnath Patel said aninquiry has been ordered and stern action willbe taken against those responsible.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadavtook a dig at the Government over the incident.In tweet, he alleged the BJP Government onlybelieves in show-offs.

State Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallutweeted, “Recent Central Government figuresshowed that UP reported maximum number ofcorruption cases in midday meal scheme. TheSonbhadra incident just confirms it. The chiefminister may make tall claims, but he is not ableto handle the Government. The entire systemis corrupt and the CM is just a mute spectator.”

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Twelve non-BJP MPs onFriday urged Prime

Minister Narendra Modi toexclude the northeast Statesfrom the purview of the pro-posed Citizenship AmendmentBill, saying if it comes intoeffect the tribal population ofthe region will be vulnerable todisplacement.

The MPs, most of thembelonging to the Congress andfrom the Northeast, said civilsociety organisations of theregion are also opposing theBill.

“We collectively believe ifsuch a Bill is implementeduniformly across the nation, itwill particularly render theindigenous and tribal popula-tion of the Northeast vulnera-ble to displacement,” the lettersigned by the 12 members ofLok Sabha and Rajya Sabhasaid. Shillong MP Vincent HPala, who took the initiative towrite the letter, told PTI theyfelt that it was their moral dutyto convey the sentiment of thepeople of the region to thePrime Minister.

MP from Barpeta (Assam)Abdul Khaleque, another sig-natory of the letter, said thepeople in the Northeast havestrong reservations about theCitizenship Amendment Billand hence have been protestingstrongly. “We the undersignedas members of Parliament rep-resenting the indigenous tribesof the Northeastern region

would like to express our strongobjection to the passing andimplementation of CAB in ourregion,” the letter said.

Among those who signedthe letter include formerArunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister and Rajya Sabhamember Mukut Mithi andAssam’s Nagaon MP PradyutBordoloi.

Pala said those who signedthe letter are MPs from Assam,Meghalaya, ArunachalPradesh, Nagaland, Manipur,Mizoram and Sikkim. BJP MPsfrom the Northeast — around15 — did not sign the letter.

BJP MP from ManipurRajkumar Ranjan Singh had,however, requested the HomeMinistry to exempt the north-eastern state from the purviewof the Citizenship AmendmentBill.

Speaking during the ZeroHour in the Lok Sabha onThursday, the BJP MP said,“There is a lot of hue and cryin my state of Manipur. Peopleare apprehensive of this newcitizenship law. They believethat if this new law is enacted,there will be huge influx ofmigrants in the state.”

The non-BJP MPs also saidin the letter that during the vis-its of the members of aParliamentary StandingCommittee of the 16th LokSabha to the northeasternstates, the people had expressedtheir views which were in linewith the demands being putforth by the 12 MPs.

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December 3, 1971, saw the begin-ning of the third India-Pakistanwar with Pakistani aircrafttreacherously attacking India’smilitary bases in the country’s

north-western parts. The war, which endedin Pakistan’s ignominious defeat, also led tothe culmination of Bangladesh’s (then EastPakistan’s) liberation struggle in the form ofits complete independence and emergenceas a sovereign State. Further, it paved the wayfor the revelation of the full, chilling dimen-sions of the genocide and mass rape perpe-trated by the Pakistani Army and itsBangladeshi collaborators from the night ofMarch 25, 1971, when Islamabad’s militarylaunched its savage crackdown, to December16, 1971, when Bangladesh emerged intofreedom.

Reports from across the border hadalready conveyed some idea of the horrendousatrocities unleashed by the Pakistani Armyand its collaborators. Now the complete pic-ture began emerging. The cold figures — threemillion people slaughtered, perhaps as manyas over 500,000 women raped (against the ini-tial official figure of 200,000), more than 10million fleeing to India as refugees and 30 mil-lion internally displaced — are horrifying. Nocountry can forget such massive trauma.Unfortunately, there was a time when itappeared that Bangladesh might, given a con-certed effort to ensure collective amnesia.

It is hardly surprising that the Jama’at-e-Islami Bangladesh (Jama’at), its students’ wingIslami Chhatra Shibir (Islami ChhatraShangha until 1971), its allies like Nezam-e-Islami and spawns like al-Badr, al-Shams andRazakars, and other collaborating organisa-tions and individuals, did their best to denythe genocide and the mass rapes. Maj GenZia-ur Rahman (Zia), who grabbed power fol-lowing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s assassina-tion, also did the same besides rehabilitatingthe collaborators and trying to annihilate theAwami League. This was in keeping with hismindset as revealed by his drive to IslamiseBangladesh, destroying the secularismenshrined in its post-Liberation 1972 consti-tution and establish close ties with Pakistan.

Zia’s attitude towards the victims of theLiberation War, in which he is said to havebeen forced to participate by Bengali troopsof his regiment who had made him their pris-oner, was revealed by his Government’s clo-sure of the rehabilitation centres for raped andtortured women, established when SheikhMujibur Rahman was in power. His assassi-nation on May 30, 1981, did not change mat-ters. Lt Gen HM Ershad, who came to poweron December 11, 1983, following the removalof two civilian Presidents through two coups,pursued the same approach until he wasforced to resign as President on December 6,1990, following a massive popular upsurge.

What Zia, Ershad and the other gener-als, who either supported — or did not oppose—them did is entirely understandable. In theintroduction to his book, Bangladeshi

Generalder Mon (The Mind ofBangladeshi Generals), MuntassirMamoon points out that theywere steeped in the Pakistanimindset. The latter includedextreme communalism and sec-tarianism, use of religion, the fur-therance of group interests, vio-lence, unbelievable anti-Indianism and destruction ofcivilian authority. Mamoon fur-ther states in his introduction that20 out of the 21 BangladeshiGenerals had been trained as offi-cers at the Pakistan MilitaryAcademy at Kakul, Abbottabad,in the Pakhtunkhwa province,where they had come to acquirethe Pakistani mindset. The influ-ence of their training was sostrong that they could not getover it despite their participationin the Liberation War. It is no sur-prise then that they had a natur-al affinity with the Jama’at, whoseweltanschauung was very similarto the Pakistani mindset.

The Bangladesh NationalistParty’s first innings inGovernment, stretching from1991 to 1996, with BegumKhaleda Zia as Prime Minister,had a different agenda. It soughtto project Zia as the sole hero ofthe Liberation War and simulta-neously sought to play downSheikh Mujibur Rahman’s role asthe architect of the country’s free-dom struggle and the Father ofBangladesh as a nation. It, there-fore, sought to project someaspects of the events of 1971 andrelegate the rest.

Yet the memories did not die.They were too horrific to be for-gotten, particularly by the fami-lies of the victims and their chil-dren and grand-children. Norwere they forgotten by the wit-nesses to the mass slaughter andrape. There, however, was theserious danger that, with the pass-ing of generations, memorieswould burn in fewer and fewerhearts and be reduced to a pas-sive presence in the backwatersof the popular mind. It seems thatfar from this happening, a begin-ning has been made for increas-ing salience in the public mindthanks to two remarkable organ-isations and their leaders.

The first was the EkatturerGhatak Dalal Nirmul Committee(the Committee for theEradication of the killers andCollaborators of Seventy-one)that, established in January 1992,has tirelessly sought to bring tojustice those who killed and col-laborated with the Pakistanis in1971. Shahriar Kabir’s landmarkbook, Ekattorer Ghatak O DalalraKe Kothaye (The Killers andAgents of Seventy-one: WhoWhere), has played a signal rolein identifying and locating them.The organisation has played animportant role in keeping alivethe memories of 1971 byfocussing on Bangladeshis likeGhulam Azam, Ali AhsanMohammad Mojaheed andQuader Ali Molla, all from theJama’at, who perpetrated atroci-ties along with the Pakistanis.

Needless to say, all of them werefrom the Jama’at.

A more direct role has beenplayed by the 1971: Genocide-Torture Archive and Museumfounded on May 17, 2014, at theinitiative of the notedBangladeshi historian, ProfessorMuntassir Mamoon. The onlygenocide museum in Bangladeshas well the whole of South Asia,its importance was recognised bySheikh Hasina, who offered it aplot of land and a building. Themuseum began functioning fromits own premises from March 26,2016. It is now going to have amuch bigger building of its own.

Of the many ways it seeks tokeep memories of genocide andBangladesh’s struggle against italive is by holding conferencesand seminars. The latest one wasan international conference, heldon November 22 and 23 inDhaka and was titled, “Genocideof 1971: Golden Jubilee ofBangladesh and Birth Centenaryof Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman.” The deliberations cov-ered a whole gamut of subjects,including Sheikh MujiburRahman’s architectural role inleading Bangladesh to freedom,the Liberation War, the massmurders and rape that occurredand the need to bring the perpe-trators of the last to justice.Condonation of genocidesencourages further genocides.

(The writer is ConsultantEditor, The Pioneer, and anauthor)

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Sir — This refers to the report, “BJPmaking shameless attempts tosubvert democracy inMaharashtra: Sonia Gandhi”(November 29). A Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress allianceGovernment led by Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray has been swornin Maharashtra but the questionremains: Was this the people’smandate? The BJP had a pre-pollalliance with the Shiv Sena. Theiralliance won a comfortable man-date in the recent State elections(145+ seats required), with 105 and56 seats respectively. People hadvoted for a BJP-Shiv Sena allianceGovernment. However, the ShivSena made a claim for chief min-istership citing a pre-poll agree-ment, while the BJP asserted thatno such promise was made. Theparties parted ways, which led toa political stalemate.

The hullabaloo culminated inthe Shiv Sena forging an alliancewith the Nationalist CongressParty and the Congress. By break-ing the pact, did the Sena notcheat the electorate? It is for thepeople to decide who hasbetrayed the mandate and sub-verted democracy. The BJP has

had its share of disgrace in thedirty power-game by manipulat-ing the daybreak swearing in ofDevendra Fadnavis. To maintainthe sanctity of our democracy, itis necessary that only pre-pollalliances be recognised.

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Sir — The Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways hasintroduced an innovative tollcollection system throughFASTags — the RFID stickers thatcan be used to make electronic

payment for toll charges. Whilethe move will eliminate the needto stand in long queues on tollplazas, the Ministry must ease theregistration process and extendthe deadline for getting theFASTags.

At present, banks and paymentgateways accept applications for

RFID/FASTag with relevant nec-essary vehicle and owner relateddocuments. The account registeredis then linked to the bank accountof the respective vehicle ownerthrough which a system of auto-debit at toll plazas is enabled viaRFID sensors affixed to the vehi-cle. The delivery of FASTags takessome time owing to the manualregistration process. The deadlineof December 1 is too short toobtain a physical RFID sticker.

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Sir — The grim findings of theUN Environment ProgrammeEmissions Gap Report, pointingto an alarming rise in the level ofglobal carbon emissions, shouldserve as a wake-up call for theinternational community.According to the report, even ifall emissions promised by thecountries are met, the world willbe warmer by more than doublethe 1.5-degree target by 2100.

KaushikVia email

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Following Narendra Modi’s massive win inIndia’s general election this year and secur-ing a larger mandate for a second-consec-

utive term (the Bharatiya Janata Party increasedits seat tally to 303 in 2019 against the 282 it gotin the 2014 election) the Prime Ministerpromised to build a “new India.”

Marking the 150th birth anniversary of theMahatma a few weeks ago on the banks of theSabarmati river in Ahmedabad, the PrimeMinister appealed to the audience to participatein building a New India on the lines of Gandhiji’sdream of an India, “which is clean and environ-ment-friendly; where every individual is fit andhealthy; where every mother and child is nour-ished and where every citizen feels safe. An Indiawhich is free from discrimination and has har-mony. An India which will follow the ideals ofSabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas(Together with all, development for all, trust ofall). These principles of Bapu will be our guid-ing light to achieve our goal of a New India.”

Politics of convenience, opportunism,tokenism and appeasement, protests against thewithdrawal of the Special Protection Group (SPG)cover for the Gandhi family, elevation of PragyaThakur, the BJP MP and charge-sheetedMalegaon blasts accused to Parliament’sConsultative Committee on Defence (though shehas been kicked off it now), audacious politicalcoup and lack of transparency in political fund-ing are the worrying features of the Indian polit-ical discourse.

The big question is whether Modi’s “NewIndia” can be any different? The Modi-ledNational Democratic Alliance (NDA)Government has so far got a mixed scorecard.

The flagship successes of the ModiGovernment’s first term on the welfare front arethe health insurance scheme Ayushman BharatYojana, rural electrification, free LPG cylindersunder the Ujjwala Yojana scheme, SwachhBharat Mission (SBM) and the digital transfer ofsubsidies.

On the infrastructure front, there has beena steep rise in the building of roads, highways andmetro networks. The progress of the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) under Housing ForAll 2022 initiative has been satisfactory.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) to fos-ter one nation, one tax, have also been fairly suc-cessful. Plus, the abrogation of Article 370 is saidto be the biggest achievement of the NDA 2.0Government so far.

Now, what are the debacles? The failures are broadly listed as the poor

state of economic management, acute joblessness,the agrarian crisis, weakening of institutions andsubjugation of critics. Besides, corruption inModi’s India is evidenced by the TransparencyInternational report ranking India at 78 out of180 countries. According to a Forbes piece,“Modi’s Government has been fighting corrup-tion in the wrong places, among the country’spoor. And it has left corruption thriving in thehigh places, among the country’s rich.”

What conclusions should we draw afterscrutinising successes and failures?

It seems the goal of achieving a“New India” will elude us if the BJP-ledNDA Government at this crucial junc-ture fails to rethink strategies, offer aninvigorated vision and take bold deci-sions.

World Bank Group PresidentDavid Malpass recently asked for morereforms and innovation to improveIndia’s growth rate.

Put differently, the narrative of“New India” is taking a beating whichcan only be built on the foundations ofreform measures pertaining to nation-al core interests.

According to a special report onIndia by Max Rodenbeck in TheEconomist, “despite strides in raising liv-ing standards, Indians are not growingmore cheerful. In 2018 they rankedalarmingly low in a Gallup survey ofglobal well-being: Just three per centsaid they were ‘thriving’, compared with21 per cent of the Chinese. Moreover,India had sunk faster on the ‘happinessindex’ than Egypt, Greece or Yemen,which endured a collapsed revolution,national bankruptcy and a fierce civilwar respectively. Strikingly, too, for asociety so defined by caste, languageand creed, India scored low on mea-sures of social support.”

Moreover, a report based on thelatest consumer expenditure survey —Key Indicators: Household ConsumerExpenditure in India — conducted bythe National Statistical Office (NSO),Indian consumer spending fell for thefirst time in four decades. It means in2011-12, the average amount spent byan Indian was �1,501 but by 2017-18,this amount fell to �1,446.

However, the Government hasreportedly decided not to release theleaked survey citing data quality issues.According to an official statement, theMinistry is separately examining thefeasibility of conducting the next con-sumer expenditure survey in 2020-21and 2021-22 after incorporating all dataquality refinements in the surveyprocess.

What does it mean? It means thatthe country is unlikely to have an esti-mate of poverty for a period of 10 years.This, in any case, does not alter the factthat the overall state of affairs isgloomy. The question now is whetherachieving the goal of a “New India”would get lost in a political quagmireor Modi would work through theproactive policy framework while chas-ing his dream. Because Modi mustknow that only by offering a more com-pelling economic and social vision canhe get closer to his dreams.

It’s a transformative Governmentthat holds the key to a “new India.” Andfor the Modi Government to be con-sidered truly transformative, it mustdeal with the issues which continue topose hurdles in the progress of ournation. This is no easy task given thatthe conventions are deeply ingrained,even seductive. India’s political class hasso far exploited enough of the gapbetween rhetoric and reality, betweenhaves and have-nots and between theelite and the ordinary people.

Therefore the agenda for NewIndia lies in ushering in fundamentalpolitical reform. For instance, chang-ing the political system to make it moretransparent and accountable, removing

the nexus between politicians, police,and criminal, strengthening the socialfabric as also ensuring greater cooper-ation across the political spectrum onissues of national importance.

The list though does not claim tocover all aspects of India’s governancechallenges but, high intention, earnestefforts and sincere execution can pavethe way for healthier, happier and har-monious India.

And why not? In the words ofFrench scholar Sylvia Levi, “She (India)has left indelible imprints on one-fourthof the human race in the course of along succession of centuries. She has theright to reclaim ... her place amongst thegreat nations summarising and symbol-ising the spirit of humanity. From Persiato the Chinese sea, from the icy regionsof Siberia to the Islands of Java andBorneo, India has propagated herbeliefs, her tales and her civilisation!”

The BJP-led NDA Governmentwith an absolute majority in the LokSabha, is expected to play a more force-ful role in projecting India as a power-ful regional and new global power.Prime Minister Modi has to demon-strate more leadership qualities onnational issues. The dream of a “NewIndia” will be realised once we ensureimproved life for one and all, with theopportunity for everyone according tohis/her ability or achievement. And, Iwill be pleased to write another pieceexplaining that the “New India” dreamis alive and happening for an over-whelming majority of Indians.

(The writer is former DGM, IIC,New Delhi and General Manager,International Centre Goa)

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There we all were, bleary-eyed,attending the Labour Party’searly morning election news

conference (in the days when therewere such things) when the questionof leadership came up. It was May 1983and the party general secretary, JimMortimer, had something to say:“The unanimous view of the campaigncommittee is that Michael Foot is theleader of the Labour Party and speaksfor the party.”

Since no one had actually askedwhether this was still the case, hisunsolicited statement created quite astir. In the middle of a general electionthe main Opposition party had felt itnecessary to pass a motion of confi-dence in their leader.

As it happened, there had notbeen a vote and Mortimer was mak-

ing a somewhat ham-fisted soloattempt to shore up the rapidly crum-bling position of Michael Foot. Heknew then, as Labour Party knowsnow, that they had a leadership crisis.He just made it worse.

I was reminded of that momentwhen Lord Kerslake, a former head ofthe Civil Service, who has been help-ing the Labour Party prepare forpower, hinted that Jeremy Corbyncould be dispensed with in the eventof a hung Parliament as the price theparty was ready to pay to head up acoalition Government.

The leader’s team immediatelyshot this down, insisting that a changeof leadership “is not on the table.” Inwhich case they will crash and burn,just as Labour did in 1983 because itturns out that this election is not aboutBrexit after all. It is about Corbyn.

That was confirmed by the head-lines recently after the Chief Rabbideclared the Labour leader unfit togovern. By any measure this was anextraordinary intervention. The accu-sations of anti-Jewish racism thathave dogged Corbyn for several yearshave exploded into the election cam-paign and reinforced an impression

that many voters have already formed— that stopping him getting to No 10trumps everything, including Brexit.

Corbyn is the reason why theLiberal Democrats (Lib Dems) arefloundering because “Remain” votersin London and the South will not risksupporting Jo Swinson’s party if thereis even a remote chance he will get intoNo 10. If it’s a choice between him andleaving the European Union (EU) thenit’s au revoir Brussels. He’s the reasonwhy Labour is losing ground in seatsacross the North that have beenimpregnable party fiefdoms fordecades. While constituency-basedpolling is always to be taken cautious-ly, a survey from Great Grimsby pub-lished in the Economist is startling. TheLabour’s vote has collapsed, partly tothe Brexit Party, and the Tories havea 13-point lead in a seat they have notheld since the Second World War. Wemay be seeing a repudiation of Corbynacross the North and Midlands which,if Labour cannot arrest in the next twoweeks, will guarantee a majority forBoris Johnson.

The Labour leader’s deep,unplumbed unpopularity cannot havecome as a shock to the party’s candi-

dates even if his Praetorian Guardcleave to the fantasy that their brandof red in tooth-and-claw socialism canever resonate with the country.

Yes, say the “Corbynistas.” Weheard all this in 2017 and look whathappened. The Tories began with alead of around 15 per cent but by theend it was reduced to just 2.5 per cent,denying Theresa May a majority.Labour polled 40 per cent, their bestperformance since 2005. But in 2017there were several factors at play. First,many voters were not particularlyaware of Corbyn’s track record as anextremist supporting almost any loonyLeft cause, since he had spent most ofhis political career on the fringes of theparty ploughing a lonely ideologicalfurrow with his fellow Marxists.

Second, those who did knowabout him were assured by Labourcandidates that the party could notpossibly win and they could risk vot-ing for them, as many “Remainers” didhoping to stop Brexit. In that they suc-ceeded. But the other intended con-sequence did not materialise: Corbynwas supposed to do so badly that hecould be pushed out. But even thoughhe was more than 50 seats short of a

majority, by securing a much biggervote than in either 2010 or 2015, heshored up his position. Labour mod-erates then faced a choice: Either leavethe party or trot lamely behind, pre-pared to put into Downing Street aman they know to be dangerous. Theychose the latter.

It was at that 1983 election thatCorbyn was elected to Parliament asan enthusiastic supporter of Foot andthe manifesto dubbed “the longest sui-cide note in history”, which bears aremarkable resemblance to the party’sprogramme for this election. He wasjoined in the Commons by Tony Blair,who subscribed to a platform propos-ing unilateral nuclear disarmamentand leaving the European EconomicCommunity (EEC) among other poli-cies with which he subsequently saidhe did not agree. He did not openlydissent from the party line, whichwould have been politically coura-geous. Other pro-EEC centrists likeRoy Jenkins, David Owen and ShirleyWilliams, had left the party.

Since Blair went on to helpreshape Labour as a social democra-tic party and won three elections whois to gainsay his decision? But that is

not going to happen again now theleader is elected by an unremittinglyLeft-wing membership. Blair mustknow this, yet recently said he wouldstill be voting Labour even though theLib Dem candidate where he lives isChuka Umunna, a Blairite who didhave the guts to jump ship. Greaterlove hath no man than this: That helay down his country for his tribe.

Labour’s moderates have beenbanished to the outer darkness, left theparty or stepped down. It is hard toimagine a fresh-faced young barristerstanding in a North East seat todayextolling the virtues of a hard-Leftparty leader while biding his time tolaunch a counter-coup. The last, lin-gering hope of “Remainers” is that vot-ers conclude that Corbyn cannotpossibly win and do what they did in2017 — vote Labour or Lib Dem, leav-ing the Tories as the biggest party butwithout a majority. This would forceBoris to concede a referendum as theprice of getting his deal through andstaying in office. But if there is eventhe slightest chance of putting Corbyninto Downing Street who is going torisk that?

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Output of eight core infra-structure industries con-

tracted for the second month ina row by 5.8 per cent inOctober, the lowest in over adecade, indicating the severityof economic slowdown.

As many as six of eight coreindustries — coal, crude oil,natural gas, cement, steel andelectricity — saw a contractionin output in October.

Coal production fell steeplyby 17.6 per cent, crude oil by5.1 per cent, and natural gas by 5.7 per cent, accordingto the data released by theGovernment on Friday.

Production of cement (-7.7per cent), steel (-1.6 per cent),and electricity (-12.4 per cent)also declined during the month.

The only sector that post-ed growth in October was fer-tilizers where productionincreased by 11.8 per centyear-on-year.

Growth in output of refin-ery products slowed down to0.4 per cent in October asagainst 1.3 per cent in the sameperiod last year. The eight coresectors had expanded by 4.8 percent in October 2018.

During the April-Octoberperiod, the growth of coreindustries fell to 0.2 per centagainst 5.4 per cent in the

year-ago period. Output of these sectors

had contracted by 5.1 per centin September, the lowest in thedecade. Commenting on thedata, ICRA Ltd said based onthe unfavourable performanceof the core sector, the contrac-tion in the IIP appears set todeepen in October 2019.

“The sharp worsening inthe performance of electricitygeneration and cement inOctober 2019, offset thesequential improvements inrefinery production, fertilis-ers and coal, resulting in aneven deeper contraction of thecore sector output in thatmonth,” it said in a statement.

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The Reserve Bank on Fridaysent the troubled mort-

gage lender Dewan HousingFinance (DHFL) for bank-ruptcy proceedings, making itthe first financial services play-er to go NCLT for a possibledebt resolution.

Last week, the central bankhad superseded the board ofthe third largest pureplay mort-gage lender on concerns overits corporate governance anddefaults, and appointed anadministrator.

“The Reserve Bank today(Friday) filed an application forinitiation of corporate insolven-cy resolution process (with theNCLT Mumbai) against DHFL

under Section 227 of the insol-vency and bankruptcy code,” theRBI said in a statement.

Following this the regula-tor also announced an interimmoratorium on all repaymentclaims on the company till thebankruptcy application isadmitted or rejected.

With this the city-head-quartered housing financecompany, the third largestamong mortgage players, isthe first NBFC/HFC to go forbankruptcy resolution after thegovernment had on November15, notified Section 227 ofIBC to deal with systemicallyimportant financial serviceproviders with over �500 croreassets, excluding banks forbankruptcy and empowered

the RBI to do so.Following this, on

November 20, the RBI super-seded the board and appoint-ed a former head of IndianOverseas Bank RSubramaniakumar as itsadministrator.

On November 22, the cen-tral bank constituted a three-member advisory committee,comprising IDFC First Banknon- executive chairman RajivLall; ICICI Prudential LifeInsurance managing directorNS Kannan and mutual fundsbody Amfi chief executive NSVenkatesh.

The committee will assistSubramaniakumar in the oper-ations of DHFL during theinsolvency resolution process.

New Delhi: InternationalMaritime Organization (IMO),during its ongoing 31st sessionin London, UK has highlyappreciated India’s decision ofaccession to the Hong KongInternational Convention, 2009.Compliments of the SecretaryGeneral IMO were officiallyconveyed to High Commissionof India at London.

Hong Kong Convention2009 is not yet in force, but,with India’s accession, the firstof the three conditions for theConvention’s entry into forcehas now been fulfilled.

Acknowledging this, theMinister of State for Shipping

(I/C) and Chemical &Fertilizers MansukhMandaviya said, “An apprecia-tion from the IMO is a testi-mony of India’s commitment tothe global standards of Shiprecycling. We are committed tothe global best practices andaspire to become a role modelin ship recycling industry.”

Recently, the Cabinet com-mittee on economic affairs

(CCEA) approved India’s acces-sion to the Hong KongConvention on Hong KongInternational Convention forShip Recycling, which will helpin providing boost to the ship-recycling industry in India.

The International MaritimeOrganization (IMO) adoptedthe Hong Kong InternationalConvention for the Safe andEnvironmentally SoundRecycling of Ships in 2009.This is aimed at ensuring thatships being recycled after reach-ing the end of their operationallives do not pose any unneces-sary risks to human health, safe-ty and the environment. PNS

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Zurich Airport InternationalAG will develop the Jewar

airport on the outskirts ofDelhi, officials said after theSwiss company on Friday outbid competitors like Adaniand DIAL for what is billed tobe the biggest airport in thecountry.

The Switzerland-headquar-tered company that runs Zurichairport made the highest perpassenger bid, beating DelhiInternational Airport Limited(DIAL), Adani Enterprises andAnchorage InfrastructureInvestments Holdings Limited,the officials said.

The airport in UttarPradesh’s Gautam BuddhNagar district will be the thirdin the National Capital Regionafter Delhi’s Indira GandhiInternational Airport and inGhaziabad’s Hindon.

The Jewar Airport or theNoida International GreenfieldAirport will be spread over5,000 hectares when fully builtat an estimated to cost �29,560crore, Shailendra Bhatia, theproject’s nodal officer said.

“Zurich AirportInternational AG has madethe highest bid for developingthe Jewar airport and has beenselected as the concessionairefor the airport,” he added.

On Wednesday, the fourfirms were announced to havecleared the technical criteria asproposed developers for thenew airport. The financial bidswere on Friday opened beforetheir representatives at theNoida International AirportLimited (NIAL) office inGreater Noida, he said.

The selection for conces-sionaire has been done on basis

of premium per passenger (pax)offered by the four bidders.Anchorage InfrastructureInvestments Holdings Limitedoffer �205 per pax, AdaniEnterprises Limited �360, DIAL�351 and Zurich AirportInternational AG �400.97,Bhatia said.

He said the winning bidwill now be put up before theproject monitoring and imple-mentation committee (PMIC)on Monday for approval fromthe Uttar Pradesh Government.

A global tender was float-ed to hire a developer for theproposed airport on May 30 bythe NIAL, an agency floated bythe Uttar Pradesh Governmentto manage the mega project.

The airport is expected tohave six to eight runways, themaximum at an airport inIndia, when fully built, accord-ing to officials.

The first phase of the air-port would be spread over1,334 hectare and completed by2023, they said. After winningthe bid, Zurich Airport AGsaid, “The capital investmentsassociated with the first phaseis expected to amount toroughly CHF 650 million(approximately �4,657 crore)during the construction periodof approximately four years.”

“The first phase will be ableto accommodate around 12million passengers per year,” itadded. The company said in itspress release that it “will par-ticipate in the expected growthof the Indian aviation marketand will implement its bestpractices developed inSwitzerland while maintain-ing the local Indian values”.

Zurich Airport AG is cur-rently involved in eight airportsin Latin America.

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With a net worth of USD 60billion, Reliance

Industries chief MukeshAmbani has been ranked the9th richest person globally,according to ‘The Real-TimeBillionaires List’ of Forbes, thatwas topped by AmazonFounder and CEO Jeff Bezos.

The list tracks the daily upsand downs of the world’s rich-est people and reflects changessince 5 pm EST of the previoustrading day. Ambani wasranked 13th in the annualForbes’ rich list for 2019.

Ambani made it to thedaily list of top 10 richest peo-ple in the world following a sig-nificant jump in the share priceof his flagship firm RelianceIndustries on Thursday.

The company on Thursdaybecame the first Indian firm tohit the �10 lakh crore marketvaluation mark following a

spike in its share price. Atmarket close, the oil-to-telecomconglomerate’s market capital-isation (m-cap) zoomed to�10,01,555.42 crore (USD 139.8billion) on the BSE.

The stock rose 0.65 percent to close at �1,579.95.During the day, it jumped 0.90per cent to an all-time high of�1,584.

Bezos with a networth ofUSD 113 billion topped theThe Real-Time Billionaires Listof Forbes, followed byMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates(USD 107.4 billion) andBernard Arnault & familyChairman and CEO, LVMHMoet Hennessy Louis Vuitton(USD 107.2 billion) in the sec-ond and third positions,respectively.

The wealth-tracking plat-form provides ongoing updateson the net worth and rankingof each individual confirmedby Forbes to be a billionaire.

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The Government would soonbring the tax refund scheme

for exporters before the UnionCabinet and would notify it,Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal informedRajya Sabha on Friday.

Replying to supplementariesduring the Question Hour, theMinister said the Government isalso engaged in codifying vari-ous laws relating to labour intoa far more crisper, well defined,easy to navigate and understandset of labour codes and the samewould also come up beforeParliament soon for approval.Goyal said the Government isalso encouraging its entrepre-neurs to expand their manufac-turing operations in the currentglobal trade situation wherenations are engaged with eachother in a trade war.

The Government hasalready announced the

Remission of Duties or Taxes onExport Product (RoDTEP)scheme. “The scheme RoDTEPwas announced by the financeminister for refund of varioustaxes to exporters. These will berefunded through the RoDTEPscheme. We will be shortly begoing to the Union Cabinet andnotify this,” he told the House.

“With growing tensionsbetween countries, theGovernment of India is seeingat opportunities for our manu-facturers and is seized of this toallow our entrepreneurs toexpand their operations and getmore and more manufacturingattracted to India,” he said.

The Minister said India can-not afford to be left behind in therace for technology and thereforegovernment has been focusingvery heavily on skill developmentto ensure modern manufactur-ing technology with 3D manu-facturing, artificial intelligence,better data analytics.

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Chief Economic Adviser KVSubramanian on Friday

said the cut in corporate taxrate was required to boostinvestments as the virtual cyclethat spurs growth in the econ-omy has not been functioningas expected for the last fewquarters.

For us (India) to achievethe goal of USD 5 trillioneconomy by 2024-25, and USD10 trillion by 2030, we need topress the paddle on structuralreforms, he said and explainedthe host of measures that theGovernment has taken in

recent times.Economic survey released

in July this year laid out strate-gic steps for India to become aUSD 5 trillion economy withspecial emphasis on invest-ment as the key driver for theeconomic development withconsumption being the forcemultiplier, he said.

“Investment is importantfor enhancing productivity inthe economy and it is produc-tivity that eventually thenimproves wages, creates job,enhances exports and then thecombination of all these gives the purchasingpower in the hands of the con-

sumers which is what manifests as demand.

“The anticipation ofdemand is what the companiesuse to make investments andthat is how this virtual cyclegoes. Over the last few quartersthis virtual cycle is not movingas fast as it was when we weregrowing at 7 per cent plus...,” hesaid at the ‘India EconomicForum’ Skoch event here.

Explaining tax dynamicsfor corporations, he said cor-porate tax is first paid by acompany and whatever is left as capital gains or divi-dends, the individuals are thentaxed later.

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Benchmark indices Sensexand Nifty on Fridayretreated from record

highs as investors scrambled tobook profits in recent high-fly-ing stocks amid fears thatIndia’s second quarter GDPnumbers may slip further.

The 30-share BSE gaugeplummeted 336.36 points or0.82 per cent to close at40,793.81. The index swungabout 466 points during theday.

Likewise, the broader NSENifty also settled 95.10 pointsor 0.78 per cent down at12,056.05.

On a weekly basis, theSensex advanced 434.40 pointsor 1.07 per cent; while the Niftyrose 141.65 points or 1.18 percent.

Investor sentiment duringthe week was mainly driven bypositive news about US-Chinatrade talks progress and con-tinuation of measures by thegovernment to boost consumerdemand and economic growth.

“Profit booking ahead ofeconomic data and selling pres-sure in Asian peers due to riskof retaliation from China addvolatility in the market. Therecent rally has lifted the mar-ket to supreme valuation whichmay limit the headroom of key

indices to perform well in theshort-term. Consequently,investors are likely to shiftfocus for quality mid & smallcaps, which are likely to out-perform in the near term,”Vinod Nair, head of research atGeojit Financial Services, said.

Sanjeev Zarbade, VP PCGResearch, Kotak Securities, saidmajor global markets weremostly positive for the week,the Chinese markets being anexception.

“Chinese equities remainedunder pressure on the back ofongoing turmoil in HongKong. Tensions rose betweenUS and China after the USpassed a law supporting theHong Kong protests. The BSE-30 Index gained (1.1%) in theweek to reach a new life-timehigh.

“Markets were buoyed byprogress on phase-1 of theUS-China trade deal, resolutionof stress in financial sectors andmultiple government initia-tives to arrest the ongoing eco-nomic slowdown,” he said.

Shares of RelianceCommunications hit theirupper circuit for the sixth con-secutive session on Friday amidreports that Bharti Airtel hassubmitted conditional bids ofaround �9,500 crore for theassets of the debt-ridden firm.

On the BSE, the stock set-

tled 3.85 per cent up at 81 paise.The stock has gained over 42per cent in 9 trading sessions.

Shares of Bharti Airtelclosed 1.28 per cent up at�442.30 on the BSE.

Yes Bank was the top loserin the Sensex pack, shedding2.50 per cent, followed by HULthat fell 2.37 per cent, M&M2.12 per cent, SBI 2.03 per cent,Tata Motors 2.03 per cent andVedanta 1.97 per cent. On theother hand, HDFC Bank andNTPC ended with gains.

Sectorally, BSE energy,metal, auto, oil and gas, capi-tal goods and FMCG indicesfell up to 1.46 per cent whileBSE telecom, realty, utilities andpower indices rose up to 2.54per cent.

Broader BSE midcap andsmallcap indices rose up to 0.47per cent.

Investors turned cautiousahead of Q2 gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth data, asmany economists feel thatgrowth numbers will furtherweaken from the 5 per cent in Q1.

Weak cues from globalmarkets also weighed on mar-ket mood, they added.

Bourses in Hong Kong,Tokyo, Kospi and Seoul endedin the red as US law support-ing pro-democracy protestersin Hong Kong put a dampen-

er on hopes of an early tradetruce over tariffs.

Stocks in Europe weretrading on a positive note.

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rupee settled 12 paise lower at71.74 against the US dollar,tracking heavy selling indomestic equities and growthconcerns ahead of the release ofGDP data.

Forex traders said month-end dollar demand fromimporters and uncertainty overthe US-China trade talks alsoweighed on the domestic cur-rency.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the localcurrency opened weak at 71.63and during the day, it lost fur-ther ground and fell to a low of71.87.

The rupee finally settled at71.74, lower by 12 paise againstits previous close.

On Thursday, the localunit had settled at 71.62 againstthe greenback.

On a weekly basis, thedomestic unit has lost 3 paise.

Forex traders said investorsturned cautious ahead of therelease of the Q2 gross domes-tic product (GDP) numbers.The second-quarter GDP num-ber is scheduled to beannounced later in the day.

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BDL 345.25 347 329.85 333.4LEMONTREE 61.65 63.2 61.35 63.05FINEORG 1855.05 1864.95 1782.5 1823.2GPPL 87.2 95 87.1 90.05IEX 144 144.6 138.9 139.8HFCL 17.15 17.5 17.05 17.1PERSISTENT 685.15 686 680 684CAPPL 319.1 325.2 309.65 314.35ASTRAZEN 2708.1 2708.1 2630 2645.7SANOFI 7000 7100 6927.25 7063.05GLAXO 1700 1705.35 1664.3 1677.5COCHINSHIP 401 407.25 399.45 401.1GSPL 215.5 219.4 214.9 216.05ITDCEM 63.45 66.05 63.45 64.7LUXIND 1388.65 1388.65 1354.55 1358.75KALPATPOWR 455.65 462.05 452.6 459.35PGHL 4267.2 4350 4264 4338.05GODREJIND 437.95 441 435.2 437.45LAXMIMACH 3447.8 3619.2 3432.5 3494.35LAURUSLABS 350.65 359.05 349 350.35FORTIS 139 139.4 138.1 138.65ECLERX 524 548.9 519 530.4KEC 275.55 283.85 275.55 281.1HINDCOPPER 41.1 41.75 40.15 40.5NETWORK18 30.15 30.7 28.8 29.05PRESTIGE 298.95 308.25 297 303.65VBL 755 755 715.4 729.25IFCI 7.15 7.25 7.04 7.06CROMPTON 245.8 256 245.8 254.55TIMKEN 854 882.45 847 857.65DALBHARAT 882.85 895 872 876.35BASF 1005 1010 984 997.2COROMANDEL 471.25 475 470.75 474.2ADVENZYMES 169 170 165.05 165.85ASTRAL 1100 1146.9 1100 1132.2TEJASNET 101 103 97.5 98.95THYROCARE 564 564 547.35 549.2CYIENT 399 408.4 399 403.75KEI 526.75 530.95 516.95 519.1AJANTPHARM 998.9 1001.55 992 999.65NIACL 150.55 152.7 147.4 148.4TTKPRESTIG 5795.95 5821.5 5735 5743.95JKTYRE 71 71.4 70 70.1CGPOWER 14 14.1 13.64 13.69GODREJAGRO 490 495 487.5 494.6QUESS 524 528.7 517.05 519.15ANDHRABANK 19.1 19.2 18.75 18.8TRIDENT 67.8 67.8 65.35 65.75REDINGTON 113 116.5 112.25 114.35GESHIP 320.5 325 318.6 320.7JAGRAN 56.65 57 54.35 55.15CRISIL 1588.5 1608.8 1556.4 1580.75SUPREMEIND 1159.95 1162.75 1119 1149.3RALLIS 183.65 189 183.2 185.1BALMLAWRIE 195 196.05 194 194.55SREINFRA 9 9.06 8.8 9.03AEGISLOG 197 199 194.5 196.1DEEPAKFERT 97.05 97.55 94 94.5CENTRALBK 22.5 22.8 21.85 22.1AKZOINDIA 1924.8 1940 1901 1936.25KNRCON 234.95 236.95 229.7 230.4HEIDELBERG 187.65 191.4 187.65 190.4GILLETTE 6880 6899 6851.05 6863.4JBCHEPHARM 405.4 405.45 394.4 396.253MINDIA 22352 22352 22200 22247.55INOXLEISUR 360 362 356.2 359.6

MAHSCOOTER 4765.8 4890.1 4735 4747EIHOTEL 153.95 160.9 153.7 160.35MAHABANK 12.73 12.73 12.35 12.41TATAMETALI 597.35 613.75 590.7 609.15BLUESTARCO 778 790 775.05 785.95JPASSOCIAT 2.13 2.32 2.11 2.32SCHAEFFLER 4372.15 4397.55 4330 4349.7SJVN 24.65 24.8 24.65 24.65NAVINFLUOR 884.15 891.6 870 871ATUL 4048.6 4088.9 4032.9 4044VGUARD 237 239.55 235.65 236.7SYNDIBANK 30.2 30.25 29.2 29.7GSKCONS 8941 8941 8838.5 8848.1FLFL 412.8 428.45 401 409.25CENTRUM 23 23.8 22.55 23.45JKCEMENT 1150 1168 1148.55 1157.3WELSPUNIND 53.65 53.7 52.55 52.85

GREAVESCOT 134.55 135.9 134.1 135.25HIMATSEIDE 132 138 132 133.55IOB 10.71 10.93 10.6 10.67INOXWIND 37 39.65 36.4 37.2JSL 38.6 39.45 38.4 38.7CARERATING 478 481.25 474.15 476.1FINOLEXIND 581 584.75 576 580.95MAHINDCIE 154 155.05 150 152INTELLECT 155 155 143.65 150.05JAMNAAUTO 45.1 45.3 44.65 45VMART 1714.05 1780 1698.95 1744.85KRBL 206.65 212 204.35 205.25HAL 778.25 781.2 772 774.35NILKAMAL 1304.45 1325 1301 1316.65ALLCARGO 92.9 94.5 92.4 93.45GUJALKALI 395.55 412.5 395.55 409.05CHENNPETRO 126.5 128.3 125 125.8SONATSOFTW 309.5 311.8 307.5 310.65CENTURYPLY 171.8 175.8 171.8 173NHPC 23.75 23.95 23.7 23.8GHCL 205.05 205.05 200.7 203.4BIRLACORPN 653.25 659 650.4 653.6DCMSHRIRAM 341.85 344 339 341.2UFLEX 204.85 204.85 196.85 200PNCINFRA 194 195.15 192.4 194.8THERMAX 999.95 1040 999.95 1028.95EIDPARRY 180.15 180.6 177.3 177.75PGHH 11439.05 11600 11350 11374.6CHOLAHLDNG 486 498 486 496.15VINATIORGA 1975.5 2009.4 1972 1990.7TIMETECHNO 51.95 52.85 51.2 51.8JYOTHYLAB 180.95 182.65 178 178.7RELAXO 589 590.25 582.95 586.3JSWHL 2273.15 2450 2273.15 2420.3WABCOINDIA 6235 6249 6225 6229.65SCHNEIDER 69.6 69.95 67.35 67.65SHANKARA 312.9 323.95 310.5 311.75BAYERCROP 3598 3744 3596 3716.35ZYDUSWELL 1453 1453 1440 1443.5NESCO 615.5 617.65 605.05 606.2EMAMILTD 316.05 317 313.8 315.05PRSMJOHNSN 69 70.25 68.15 68.25UNITEDBNK 9.16 9.21 9.1 9.13SYNGENE 312.75 319.6 312.75 317.2TIINDIA 460 473.25 459 469.05ALKEM 2025 2036.75 2005.5 2025.2MRPL 47.8 48.15 47.55 47.7SYMPHONY 1139.45 1168.4 1120 1149.35KANSAINER 527 528 522 525JKLAKSHMI 290.5 291.6 287.8 290.3FINCABLES 364.35 370.4 364.25 366.45JSLHISAR 73.3 74 71.5 71.95JCHAC 1929 1950 1915 1948.5MOIL 139.6 140 138.1 138.6SADBHAV 126 130 121.2 127.4FDC 192.9 193.85 188.3 191.8SHRIRAMCIT 1322.95 1360.4 1321.8 1357.3NBVENTURES 67.6 71 67.6 70.65TEAMLEASE 2530 2530 2461.2 2491.8ZENSARTECH 186.15 188.1 186 186.75MMTC 18 18.4 17.9 18PHOENIXLTD 745.05 762.65 744.9 751.85IFBIND 667.5 673.3 645 652.1EVEREADY 55.15 55.85 53.6 54.05MINDACORP 91.55 91.7 90.6 90.7CARBORUNIV 317.75 332.45 316.75 327.95OFSS 2934.05 2941.95 2922 2933.5VTL 873.4 900.1 873.4 897.35GMDCLTD 56.75 58 56.65 57.8ENDURANCE 1097 1124.9 1088.9 1111.75CERA 2502.15 2560.85 2499.85 2548.45RATNAMANI 984.25 996 970 985.2BLUEDART 2059.45 2070 2050.6 2053.3MAHLOG 392.55 392.55 385.2 386.25HERITGFOOD 345.15 353.3 345.15 349.95SHK 112.25 112.45 111.6 111.75MAHLIFE 385.6 387 381.8 384VSTIND 4385.95 4392.05 4305.8 4323.75GULFOILLUB 810 814.5 795 800.05HATHWAY 20.15 20.2 19.8 20MAXINDIA 76.7 77.15 75.4 76.1DBCORP 140.35 140.9 137.4 138.15KPRMILL 659.5 659.5 656.7 657.8GET&D 162.2 163 159 159.25TAKE 100.2 100.95 98.7 98.9ORIENTCEM 76.1 76.6 75 76.05APLAPOLLO 1599 1599 1553.45 1564.4TCNSBRANDS 697.25 749.5 685 703.05VARROC 455 455 442 444.4TATAINVEST 828.75 839.55 828 833.1MAHSEAMLES 380.7 380.7 371 372.85NH 295.4 299.65 294.5 295.75DHANUKA 300.7 304.2 295.3 297.65AIAENG 1651 1652 1629 1643.5TNPL 180.4 181 180 180.5SOLARINDS 1040.05 1063.15 1035.65 1058LAOPALA 142.2 143.9 142.2 142.55GEPIL 703.6 703.6 690 695.9APARINDS 454.9 459 454.9 454.95MASFIN 714 718 701.85 712.8TVTODAY 282 282.75 280 281.15CCL 204.6 206.55 204.3 204.55GRINDWELL 555.65 575.4 555.65 573.85CHALET 337.1 356.4 335.1 353.5TVSSRICHAK 1771.15 1775 1756.9 1762.3TRITURBINE 95 95.25 93.5 93.85SUPRAJIT 177.5 179.4 177 179.4RCOM 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.81SHOPERSTOP 349.3 356.9 346.75 355SFL 1315 1315 1315 1315

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 12,146.20 12,147.40 12,017.40 12,056.05 -95.1INFRATEL 250 283.8 238 273.8 17.2ADANIPORTS 372 384.95 370.8 381 8.4BHARTIARTL 439.6 449.65 435.15 441.55 4.9HDFCBANK 1,267.70 1,279.90 1,252.00 1,275.00 9.7NTPC 116 117.6 115.5 116.1 0.55GAIL 125.05 128.45 125.05 126 0.2INDUSINDBK 1,556.00 1,581.60 1,552.05 1,569.00 0.75BPCL 511 518.45 505.2 510.1 0.1MARUTI 7,254.00 7,293.85 7,132.00 7,253.35 -7.9CIPLA 469.65 473.4 465.6 467 -1.35ITC 246.75 247.4 245 245.95 -0.75KOTAKBANK 1,610.00 1,622.00 1,592.30 1,608.00 -7HCLTECH 1,136.00 1,136.85 1,125.10 1,127.50 -5.15ASIANPAINT 1,715.00 1,720.40 1,677.35 1,706.00 -8.6BAJAJ-AUTO 3,186.00 3,196.00 3,147.10 3,178.85 -17.55HDFC 2,309.75 2,316.35 2,280.10 2,296.00 -13.75WIPRO 240.05 241.2 236.85 238.25 -1.55COALINDIA 206.4 208.8 203.85 204.4 -1.45TECHM 766 772.35 758.4 760 -6.25BAJFINANCE 4,095.00 4,135.00 4,062.35 4,068.00 -34.05INFY 700.9 702.3 691.55 695.8 -6.05JSWSTEEL 262.6 269.5 260.05 261.6 -2.35EICHERMOT 23,052.00 23,079.95 22,650.00 22,885.00 -206.6ULTRACEMCO 4,301.60 4,337.50 4,239.75 4,255.00 -39.7TITAN 1,173.00 1,178.55 1,155.00 1,157.60 -11.9IOC 133 133.7 130.7 130.9 -1.65TCS 2,085.00 2,085.00 2,045.80 2,051.65 -25.7TATASTEEL 427.45 429.5 421.1 426.7 -5.4UPL 577.25 582.8 571.4 572.55 -7.35ICICIBANK 516 516.5 510.3 512.5 -6.65POWERGRID 195.4 195.9 192.1 193.6 -2.55BAJAJFINSV 9,230.00 9,235.80 9,095.30 9,118.90 -121.2ONGC 133.05 133.45 130.5 131.35 -1.8NESTLEIND 14,699.00 14,699.00 14,411.00 14,460.00 -199.55BRITANNIA 3,085.00 3,095.00 3,050.00 3,056.00 -42.25LT 1,350.00 1,350.20 1,328.00 1,331.45 -18.45HEROMOTOCO2,476.75 2,483.75 2,424.00 2,427.55 -38.75AXISBANK 749.9 756.35 736.5 738.6 -12RELIANCE 1,581.95 1,581.95 1,547.85 1,553.00 -27.3GRASIM 796 809 784.45 786.2 -13.95SUNPHARMA 458.4 460.55 447.45 449 -8.35SBIN 348.85 348.85 340.6 342 -7.3VEDL 146.1 148.4 144 144.3 -3.1HINDALCO 203 204.5 196.55 199.8 -4.3YESBANK 72 74 67.55 68.5 -1.55M&M 543 543.8 528.25 529.65 -12.3TATAMOTORS 164.8 167.75 160.6 160.95 -3.85DRREDDY 2,974.70 2,974.70 2,895.30 2,905.85 -70.9HINDUNILVR 2,084.00 2,084.50 2,031.00 2,034.00 -53.15ZEEL 315 324 284.25 286.5 -24.5

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 28,798.05 28,906.60 28,468.05 28,546.45 -219.15L&TFH 116.05 123.5 116.05 120.7 6.2CONCOR 556 580.75 553.8 578.7 25.85IDEA 6.7 7.2 6.65 6.8 0.2ICICIGI 1,339.00 1,374.35 1,335.00 1,369.90 30.8DLF 218.1 224.2 215 220 2.05ICICIPRULI 498.15 506.25 498.15 502.5 4.35INDIGO 1,426.15 1,474.90 1,420.35 1,444.20 10.65GICRE 259.35 265.5 257.25 260.5 1.2NHPC 23.8 24 23.75 23.85 0.1ACC 1,514.00 1,535.00 1,510.00 1,521.00 4.6MCDOWELL-N 605 613.65 598.55 606.2 1.5OFSS 2,932.70 2,948.10 2,910.00 2,940.00 5.35HINDZINC 215.8 220.65 213.8 215.4 0.3GODREJCP 725 726.9 713.3 723 0.7AUROPHARMA 454 461.85 445.6 450 0.35PEL 1,807.95 1,858.00 1,781.00 1,807.00 1.5AMBUJACEM 206 208.2 203.9 204.65 -0.3BERGEPAINT 493.6 499.75 486 494.7 -0.9MARICO 358.2 361.75 355 359.75 -1.4COLPAL 1,482.00 1,486.60 1,453.85 1,470.60 -6.15DIVISLAB 1,795.30 1,802.85 1,781.80 1,785.20 -7.8LUPIN 803.5 815 796.3 799.55 -4.8BIOCON 283.2 288.4 280.55 282 -1.75HDFCLIFE 577.5 583 570.2 572.5 -3.7SHREECEM 21,230.00 21,299.20 20,915.20 21,049.00 -136.4PIDILITIND 1,312.00 1,320.00 1,300.00 1,302.00 -8.6BOSCHLTD 16,201.00 16,345.80 15,960.10 16,084.10 -125.6DMART 1,838.20 1,862.00 1,812.00 1,829.15 -15.1BANDHANBNK 584.4 597 571.1 578.2 -4.9HAVELLS 673.6 677 660 667.1 -6.5PAGEIND 22,190.00 22,422.30 21,438.00 21,975.00 -214.4PETRONET 276.15 276.15 269.1 271.5 -3.25SBILIFE 970 970 955.05 959.25 -11.9SIEMENS 1,486.25 1,498.00 1,461.05 1,467.25 -19.6SRTRANSFIN 1,140.95 1,149.00 1,115.50 1,127.20 -17.45NIACL 151.55 152.5 147.05 148.55 -2.3BANKBARODA 106.95 108.25 104.5 104.7 -1.7DABUR 466.75 466.9 457.3 458.4 -7.85UBL 1,266.00 1,298.50 1,250.65 1,254.40 -23.4PGHH 11,528.00 11,590.00 11,342.00 11,360.00 -216.85CADILAHC 259.05 265.6 252.05 253.85 -4.95PNB 67.05 67.7 65.35 65.65 -1.3BAJAJHLDNG 3,620.05 3,625.15 3,552.00 3,561.35 -73.3PFC 116.8 117.25 113.7 114.5 -2.4NMDC 104.5 104.5 101.4 102.25 -2.75ASHOKLEY 81 82.1 78.25 79.05 -2.4HINDPETRO 291.9 292.5 280.55 281.65 -9.05HDFCAMC 3,660.60 3,682.00 3,525.00 3,540.00 -120.55MOTHERSUMI 133.15 135.75 128.15 128.2 -6.15IBULHSGFIN 354.45 376.7 268.1 290 -44.75

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Shares of RelianceCommunications hit their

upper circuit for the sixth con-secutive session on Friday amidreports that Bharti Airtel hassubmitted conditional bids ofaround �9,500 crore for the

assets of the debt-ridden firm.On the BSE, the stock set-

tled 3.85 per cent up at 81 paise.The stock has gained over 42per cent in 9 trading sessions.

The scrip advanced 5.26per cent to �1 on the NSE. Theshares have hit upper priceband on the stock exchanges.

Meanwhile, shares ofBharti Airtel closed 1.28 percent up at �442.30 on the BSE.Telecom operator Bharti Airtelhas submitted conditional bidsof around �9,500 crore fordebt-ridden RelianceCommunications’ telecomassets, including spectrum,mobile towers and optical fibre, according to an industry source.

Along with Bharti Airtel,VFSI Holdings Pte Ltd and UVAsset ReconstructionCompany Limited have sub-mitted their bids.

“Bharti Airtel seems to bethe highest bidder with bids ofaround �9,500 crore. However,the final result will be knownon Friday after the committeeof creditors opens all the bids,”the source said.

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New Delhi: Telecom operatorBharti Airtel on Friday said itboard will meet on December4 to consider raising of funds.The fund raising proposal fol-lows the Supreme Court judge-ment on adjusted gross revenue.

“...A meeting of the boardof Directors of the Company isscheduled to be held onWednesday, December 4, 2019,to, inter-alia, consider and eval-uate any and all proposals forraising of funds either byissuance of equity shares, andor bonds including foreigncurrency convertible bonds,”the company said in a regula-tory filing.

The board will also evalu-ate raising of funds through

debentures, non-convertibledebt instruments along withwarrants, convertible deben-tures , securities or any otherequity based instrumentsincluding through qualifiedinstitutions placement or rightsissue, or through any other per-missible mode, the filing said.

The SC on October 24,2019, upheld the Government’sway of calculating telecom rev-enue, on which licence fee andspectrum usage charges arecomputed. As per initial calcu-lations, access players like Airtel,Vodafone Idea and other oper-ational telecom operators mayhave to pay the Government awhopping �1.33 lakh crore with-in three months. PTI

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“To facilitate sufficient leadtime to citizens to obtainFASTag, it has now been decid-ed that all the lanes in the Feeplazas shall be declared as‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ byDecember 15, 2019,” a Ministryof Road Transport andHighways communication said.The National Electronic TollCollection (NETC) programme,the flagship initiative of the

Ministry of Road Transport andHighways, has been imple-mented on a pan-India basis inorder to remove bottlenecksand ensure seamless movementof traffic and collection of userfee as per the notified rates, usingpassive radio frequency identi-fication (RFID) technology.

Over 70 lakh FASTags hadbeen issued till Wednesday,with the highest per-dayissuance of 1,35,583 tags onNovember 26, 2019, whereas1.03 lakh tags were issued onthe day before. The averagedaily issuance had grown by330 per cent from 8,000 in Julyto 35,000 tags sold inNovember 2019 after theGovernment announced toimplement it from December 1.

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Hong Kong police on Fridayended their two-week

siege of a university campusthat became a battlegroundwith pro-democracy protest-ers, as activists vowed to holdfresh rallies and strikes in thecoming days.

Renewed calls to hit thestreets came after Beijing and cityleader Carrie Lam refused fur-ther political concessions despitea landslide victory for pro-democracy parties in local elec-tions last weekend.

Sunday’s district councilpolls delivered a stinging rebuketo the financial hub’s pro-Beijing establishmentand undermined their argu-ment that a silent majority weretired of the nearly six months ofincreasingly violent protests.

They also ushered in a rareperiod of calm following weeksof spiralling unrest, with noclashes or tear gas battlesbetween protesters and police formore than a week.

But the calm spell looksset to end as public angergrows once more over the lackof response to the electionresults by Beijing and HongKong’s leaders.

Online forums used to organ-ise the mass movement have filled

with calls for a major rally onSunday and a strike on Mondaytargeting the morning commute.

“If the communist HongKong government ignores pub-lic opinion, we will blossomeverywhere for five or six daysstraight... We have to set a dead-line,” read one post on the Reddit-like LIHKG forum, which gotheavy approval from users.

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Istanbul: Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan lashedout on Friday at counterpartEmmanuel Macron over hiscriticisms of NATO, saying itwas the French president whowas suffering “brain death”.

“I am talking to France’sPresident Emmanuel Macron,and I will also say this atNATO. First of all, have yourown brain death checked.

These statements are suit-able only to people like youwho are in a state of braindeath,” Erdogan said in a tele-vised speech.

He was referencingMacron’s much-publicisedclaim that NATO was suffering“brain death” due to the lack ofstrategic cooperation amongmembers.

“You know how to show offbut you cannot even properlypay for NATO. You are anovice,” Erdogan said.

“Believe me, Macron isvery inexperienced. He doesn’tknow what fighting againstterror is. That is why yellowvests invaded France,” headded, referring to the Frenchprotest movement of the pastyear. AFP

Pyongyang: North Korea’s topleader Kim Jong-un inspectedtest-firing of a super-large mul-tiple launch rocket system, theofficial Korean Central NewsAgency (KCNA) reported onFriday.

The volley test, which was

conducted by the Academy ofDefence Science and aimed atexamining the combat appli-cation of the super-large mul-tiple launch rocket system,proved the military and tech-nical superiority of the weaponsystem and its firm reliability,

the report said.Kim expressed great satis-

faction over the results of thetest, Xinhua reported, citing thereport.

The KCNA report did notspecify when and where the testwas launched, but South

Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff saidN.Korea fired two unidentifiedprojectiles from its easternprovince of South Hamgyongtowards the eastern watersaround 4:59 p.m. local time onThursday.

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Karbala: Iraq’s top Shiite cleric on Friday urgedparliament to replace the cabinet, after dozensof protesters were killed in one of the bloodi-est days of anti-government rallies gripping thecountry.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s weekly ser-mon gave a major boost to Iraqi demonstra-tors who have been taking to the streets sinceearly October against a ruling class deemed cor-rupt and inefficient.

The grassroots movement is the largest Iraqhas seen in decades but also the deadliest, withnearly 400 people dead and more than 15,000wounded in the capital and Shiite-majoritysouth, according to an AFP tally. AFP

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The Taliban said on Friday itwas “way too early” to

speak of resuming direct talkswith Washington, a day afterPresident Donald Trump sug-gested negotiations to endAmerica’s longest war wereback on track during a surprisevisit to Afghanistan.

The statement from insur-gent spokesman ZabihullahMujahid sounded a note ofcaution after Trump said dur-ing a lightning visit to BagramAirfield Thursday that theTaliban “wants to make a deal”.

“We’re meeting with themand we’re saying it has to be aceasefire,” he told reportersduring the visit to mark theThanksgiving holiday withtroops at the base.

His statement indicatedprogress, though Mujahid’ssuggested roadblocks remain.

“It is way too early to talkabout the resumption of talksfor now,” the insurgentspokesman told AFP in aWhatsApp message, addingthat the Islamist group wouldgive an official reaction later.

In September the US andthe Taliban had appeared onthe verge of signing a deal that

would have seen Washingtonbegin pulling troops out ofAfghanistan in return for secu-rity guarantees.

It was also expected topave the way towards directtalks between the Taliban andthe government in Kabul.

But that month Trumpabruptly called the year-longeffort “dead”, and withdrew aninvitation to the insurgents tomeet in the United States dueto the killing of an Americansoldier.

“We were getting close and

we pulled back. We didn’t wantto do it because of what theydid,” Trump said at Bagramduring a meeting with Afghanpresident Ashraf Ghani, refer-ring to the death of the soldier.

“Since then, we’ve hit themso hard, they’ve never been hitthis hard,” he added.

Most observers agree thata political settlement is the onlyway towards a lasting peace inAfghanistan, and since September diplomaticefforts to foster dialogue havecontinued.

Tokyo: Former Japanese PrimeMinister Yasuhiro Nakasone,an ardent conservative whoworked to forge a strongermilitary alliance with theUnited States, died on Friday atthe age of 101, an official at hisson’s office said.

In office for five years fromNovember 1982 to November1987, Nakasone was known fortrying to transform the nationdefeated in World War II intoa full-fledged member of theWest during the Cold War era.

His efforts to strengthensecurity ties with Washingtoncame at a time of intensifyingtrade friction with the United States, the world’sbiggest economy.

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Johannesburg: A South Africancourt on Friday dismissed for-mer president Jacob Zuma’sattempts to appeal against a cor-ruption trial in which he facescharges related to a 1990s armsdeal. The High Court in thesoutheastern city ofPietermaritzburg ruled that “MrZuma’s leave to appeal is dis-missed with costs”.

Zuma filed an appeal lastmonth ahead of the initialOctober 15 trial date, draggingon a case that has seen numer-ous legal turns over a decade anda half. He is alleged to have takenbribes worth four million rand($270,000, 240,000 euros) relat-ed to a $3.4 billion arms deal in1999 when he was deputy pres-ident. AFP

Half Moon Island (Antarctica): “It’s like gettingstabbed,” a tourist exclaims as he plunges into thethree degree Celsius (37 Fahrenheit) water, allunder the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins.

All around Half Moon Island, off theAntarctic Peninsula, blocks of ice of all sizes floatby on a calm sea, their varying forms resemblingweightless origami shapes.

To reach the Antarctic destination the 58-year-old Norwegian, Even Carlsen, travelled14,000 kilometres (8,700 miles), and spentthousands of euros. Mostly indifferent to thebipeds donning neon-coloured windbreakers,wildlife abounds in the deafening silence of theicy landscape. AFP

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Arjun Kapoor follows ThePioneer as much as he doesother newspapers although itdoesn’t get distributed inMumbai. It’s one of the many

links that connects him to Delhi. We sharethe cold as the city’s weather is turning toits usual December self — chilly. But hedoesn’t feel “too weird” about the the draftor the pollution ever because he has beenhere too many times. So having imbibedDelhi’s cliff-edged and weather-beatenresilience, he fields questions on his newfilm Panipat and doesn’t feel shy of the con-troversy it has generated.

Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film is beingcalled out by Peshwa Baji Rao’s descendantover one of Kriti Sanon’s dialogues, whichcan be seen in the trailer. “Maine suna haiPeshwa jab akele muhim par jaate hain toek Mastaani ke saath laut te hain” (I haveheard when Peshwa leaves for a battlealone, he returns with a Mastaani.) Thedialogue is being called as “highly objec-tionable” that presents Mastaani in a “badlight.” However, Arjun clarifies that there’snothing derogatory about the dialogue asit is said out of pure love and a certain kindof jealousy that a wife can have towards herpartner. Besides, the third battle of Panipatwas fought in 1761, about 20 years afterMastaani and Peshwa Baji Rao died. Theywere Shamsher Bahadur’s parents, whofought with Sadashiv. In that sense, therewas an immediacy of context, he feels.“Shamsher played a crucial role in the bat-tle. So 20 saal pehle jo apna zinda hoga,unka naam toh aayega hi na? (If a closeperson was alive 20 years ago, wouldn’t weremember him/her?” he asks.

This is Arjun’s first stint in a perioddrama. Sitting comfortably on the couchwith a cushion in his lap, the actor seemsanimated about the character he is play-ing, saying this is the first role he has inter-nalised “organically.”

“The director took two years to do allhis research and get this brilliant story outon the screen. I was blown away by the factthat nobody knows why the battle ofPanipat was fought exactly. We have onlyheard about the battle but not about thereason and the people behind it. I felt thatit must be told. And more than only thestory, my main focus was on my charac-ter — Sadashivrao Bhau — who led thethird battle of Panipat in 1761. I wantedthat when the audience looks at him, itshould feel that he was a real man. He livedand breathed the oxygen we are breathing.One needs an empathy towards him tounderstand why he was the way he wastowards his kingdom, his wife, the battleand the soldiers. He was known to be stub-born. But why? Was he stubborn or arro-gant or just very adamant and deter-mined?” asks Arjun, who likes peeling lay-ers of his character.

He points out that Sadashiv was thefirst soldier who decided to fight for theidea of India and made India come togeth-er to defend itself from invaders. “As anactor who was portraying him, I very muchbelieved in my character. I saw him assomeone who was silently resilient but healso speaks absolute logic,” adds he.

So what was his ground researchwork for the preparation of his role? Didhe know about the third battle of Panipatbefore coming across Gowariker’s script?

“I didn’t have any knowledge ofit. Even in history textbooks inschool, I remember, it’s onlytaught how Panipat was witnessto two-three bloodiest battlesbut never taught in detail. Ilearnt how the Marathas ruledIndia for over 20 decades. It isjust like Kesari. Before thefilm, I didn’t know about thebattle of Saragarhi. I researchedmore on the character becausethe facts on the battle are avail-able in books and the internet,to some extent. I learnt aboutthe personalities, politics,thought processes of the time,and the behaviours rather thanfocussing on the actual histo-ry,” he says.

People are full of doubtswhen it comes to history.Especially, when a film is madeon one of its chapters, voicesquestioning the practicality andfactual reality of the film con-

stantly surface on the internet.One of the most recent exam-ples being Padmaavat. In caseof Panipat, it is that how couldMarathas, the communitywhich ideally finds its origin inMaharashtra, could be battlingin Panipat, in a far awayHaryana? Clearing the doubt,Arjun says that Panipat was theplace where the Marathas hadgone to stop Afghani invaderAhmad Shah Abdali. “Theyhad to go North to stop himfrom coming down southbecause then he would haveinvaded the heart of India,Madhya Pradesh, the Sahyadris,the Marathwada and then theSouth. So geography had ahuge role to play in this battle.It would have been very diffi-cult to push him out once he gota hold on other regions of thecountry. He had alreadyreached towards Delhi in the

North so we had to climbupwards to stop him,” he adds,and I notice how he uses ‘we’,though unrealisingly, todescribe the warriors as thoughhe was a part of it too, directly.

After films like JodhaAkbar, Bajirao Mastani,Manikarnika..., Mohenjo Daro,and now Panipat, it seems likehistoricals are finding newfavour among today’s audienceand filmmakers. It’s still a raregenre for OTT platformsthough. So is there an overdoseof it? “Well, Hollywood hassuperheroes, we have our richhistory,” says Arjun. “Our his-tory itself is full of so manyheroes and unsung warriorsthat no matter how many morefilms one makes, there willalways be something new to befeatured. After Bajirao Mastaniand Panipat, maybe, some timelater, someone also wants to

make a film on ChattrapatiShivaji Maharaj. And why not?Every era has its own historyand India is one of the oldestcivilisations in the world. Wehave done plenty of human sto-ries,” he adds, looking to breakyet another stereotype.

He also feels that it isn’tabout just filmmakers pickingthis subject for their films. Butalso the Indian viewers, whohave become more “inquisitive”than before. He says, “Indiansalso like to know their historybetter. We might not enjoyreading about the IndustrialRevolution as much as wewould enjoy watching it unfoldin a film. It is a new way to cel-ebrate Indian history. Also, itmakes for a great visual story-telling. It is so dynamic.”

(The film releases onDecember 6.)

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Actor Vivek Oberoi is avoidinglong interviews because hedoesn’t want to confirm

whether his character is dead oralive in the digital series Inside Edge2. “Everybody wants to know ifVikrant Dhawan is alive or notbecause he was on the brink ofdying in the first season,” he tells us.

In the trailer, Vikrant is nowherein the first half but peeps in the last11 seconds. “As the trailer came out,my wife went on watching it buthalfway through, when she could-n’t find me in it, she was shockedand asked, ‘why aren’t you in thetrailer?’ And then the last 11 sec-onds, the voice, the image frombehind, all of the drama around andher reaction was super exciting.People are shouting, ‘those last 11seconds man.’ It feels so special toreceive this love. And what is evenbetter is that, I know we are goingto live up to or cross people’s expec-tations,” adds he.

While Vivek was dubbing aseries, Jack Ryan in Hindi, he wasapproached to dub another show —Inside Edge series — which was laternominated for the Emmy awardswhich the actor feels was a cherryon top.

In the first season, Vikrant wasthe king of the game, he was themaster manipulator, the man whoused drugs and weapons againstpeople. He loved the experience ofbeing in power and controlling

things. But at the end of the seasonhe loses everything. He loses theworld that he created in just one bigstroke.

But this season’s Vikrant is verydifferent. So it was like starting froma scratch. With powerful expres-sions, the actor talks about hischaracter. He says, “Imagine thewounded lion who is even moredangerous, coming back to hiskingdom and territory and saying‘this is mine, I am going nowhere.’The guy who learned from hismaster who backstabbed him, isnow going to master him. So willVikrant succeed in claiming back histerritory and power. And if hedoes, how does he do that? Thoseexciting questions intrigues one towatch the series.”

If the first season was flat plane,in the second season his charactergraph is quite complex. Working onthat graph was difficult for Vivekbecause it had to be done in a veryrealistic way. “In the first season,Vikrant was above everyone, he was

almost like a comic book villain,slightly larger than life, projectedrather than real. But now he’s real,he’s among everybody, sitting nextto a regular person.” Since theseries is non-linear, the challengewas even higher. “One day I had toshoot a scene from episode nine andin the evening I had to shoot forepisode two where I am somewhereelse in the graph. To be able to plotthat was difficult,” adds he.

But even then for Vivek, thepsychological journey was chal-lenging for he negotiated — the vul-nerability, fear, insecurity, rage,vengeance, greed and so muchmore. It was one of the mostdetailed curated experience for theactor.

Though the digital space isvery empowering, Vivek, havingbeen a prized Bollywood hero at onetime, had his fair share of criticism.“What’s wrong with you, why areyou doing digital content? It will besmall and have no quality.” But theactor says that he has always built

his career on disruption. “My debutcame in when every other actor wasfollowing a format where theirfather would launch them in a filmwhere they would ride horses, doaction, dance and romance, andwear designer dresses too and lookgood in that. And I went for a com-plete opposite in my debut filmCompany (2002). I actually droppedout of the film that my father wasproducing. And I struggled for ayear and a half without a last name,stood in line like everyone else andsomehow made it through an audi-tion of Company. Everybody toldmy dad that I am wrong, ‘he has gotno style, has not danced orromanced in the film. He is just walk-ing with a cigarette in his mouth.’ Andwhen it became a hit people said ‘nowdo these types of films only.’ So I dida romantic film, Saathiya (2002), andwhen that became a hit everyoneasked me to do such kind of filmsonly. Then I did Masti (2013),which is the first-of-its-kind, acrazy comedy. I kept doing the stuff

which was different. I also did therole of a villain in Krrish 3 (2013)because I always wanted to push mylimits and challenge the norms.”

The digital platform becametruly democratic and liberatingbecause it allows an actor to do thekind of roles they want to. If Vikrantwas a film’s character, Vivek feels hewouldn’t have been able to do jus-tice with it then. Looking upbeat, aseries allows you to craft each facetof the character.

The actor has overcome savagetroll attacks for his lead role inNarendra Modi’s biopic, in May thisyear. He shares that he has a nega-tivity filter within him. “WhereverI see anything going negative, I justcut it off because staying positiveand happy in your beautiful bubbleis a conscious daily choice. You canallow people only if you want to.Imagine that your home is clean,and somebody wants to put garbagethere. Will you open the gate? No,so I just do that. I only look towardsthe positive people. I am thankfulthat I could do a role like, so manycritics and people applauded it,” sayshe. That’s Vivek for you. A talentedactor who is still looking for a rolethat isn’t just a suit.

“Don’t miss it. It is as riveting asa Virendra Sehwag inning,” he saysas he signs off.

(The Amazon Prime Originalreleases on December 6.)

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� How did you get the idea ofthe film?Kevin Hart: It was a very ran-dom thought. The other pro-ducer, Will Packer and a friendof ours got together in London.We were just casually talkingabout what would happen if weput a bunch of adults in schooland made them embrace ahigh school mentality. Wethought that we could get agood comedy out of it. Andthat’s how we started workingon it.

� What does the film exact-ly aim at? Kevin: Night School is a filmabout second chances. It’s onething that people take awayfrom this film. The film isabout a character who can talkhis way out of pretty much anyand everything. At times in life,you have to go backward tomove ahead. Sometimes, youtake a wrong turn, a ‘shortcut’that takes you way of course,and you realise far too late thatthe right road was in the oppo-site direction. It’s possible thatyou’ll get lucky and the rightand wrong roads will connectat some point but more oftenthan not, you need to turnaround. When you’re 10 milesdown the wrong path with nodirections, going back the wayyou came can also seem like thewrong way. But remember,every step backwards is onestep closer to the right way.Rob Riggle: There are so manyadventures in this film. Thereis some breaking, hindering,

stealing, a bit of lying, a lot ofdancing along with a lot ofembarrassment, pain and sac-rifice but ultimately, there isredemption and that’s reallyamazing.

� Kevin, what do you feelabout Tiffany Haddish?Kevin: Tiffany is full of talent.She is a fire. To see where shehas come from, where she hadstarted and where she hasreached now. I couldn’t bemore proud of her.

� Why should the audiencewatch Night School?Tiffany Haddish: Reason num-ber one, watch it if you like tolaugh. Two, you should watchit if you want to see TiffanyHaddish and Kevin Hart hav-ing fun together and enlighten-ing the world. Rob: We all need to relax.Relaxation helps you achieve aclear and calm mind. Yourthought process is more posi-

tive and helps you in making abetter decision. So give yourselfa 90-minute break and golaugh it out.

� Tell us something aboutthe character Carrie? Tiffany: Carrie is a teacher atthe high school. She is over-worked and underpaid but shecares. Her reward isn’t neces-sarily the pay cheque but to seepeople get succeed. That’s whatshe wants to do in her life, that’swhat she cares about and that’swhat she does.

� What would you like to sayabout the ensemble comedy?Tiffany: Every single person inthis film has funny hystericalmoments. We got to work withsome of the most talentedcomedians that I know. PeopleI have literally grown up with.It’s like we have grown togeth-er in comedy. It is so exciting.(The film will premiere on SonyPIX on December 1.)

Indo-American director Ben Rekhi hashelmed projects which go behind thescenes of headline news and delve into

the aftermath of tragic events. He found-ed Drops Entertainment to produce his firstfeature film, Bomb the System, which wasnominated for the 2004 IndependentSpirit Award for Best First Feature and dis-tributed by Palm Pictures. His directorialdebut, Waterborne, was the runner-up forthe narrative audience prize at the 2005SXSW Film Festival, and Car Babes, whichhe produced, premiered at the HollywoodFilm Festival.

Rekhi has also directed The Ashram(2016) featuring Sam Keeley, Kal Penn,Melissa Leo, and Radhika Apte. In thecountry for Watch List, which was nomi-nated for the coveted Golden Peacock atInternational Film Festival of India, theartist spoke at length about the kind of filmshe makes and his search for authenticity.The film is a crime thriller set inPhilippines. It is the story of a widowedmother who is forced to enter Manila’s darkunderworld of cops, criminals and drugsafter her husband is murdered in anextra-judicial killing.

� Being nominated for the best film atIFFI 2019, what does it mean to you?

I have a strong connection with India.I’ve worked here for two years and donesome projects. So it is great to come backand be in competition at the festival.

� Your several films have cross-cultur-al references and artists. What does thatadd to a film?

The exciting thing is not to put peo-ple in one box. I love that I have been ableto do genre films, drama and managed toexperiment with something I call sociorealism. This story needs to be told rightnow as reality has to be related truthfully.

� Wouldn’t that be somebody’s versionof the truth and not necessarily that ofthe others?

Yes, of course. But any story is an inter-pretation of reality. Even right now I amdoing a documentary called the ReunitedStates, which is about how people overcomepolitical divisions. It is my first documen-tary. But it doesn’t matter if it is fiction ornon-fiction. Non-fiction tells you what hap-pened and fiction tells you what it feels like.They both serve a different purpose.

� Since you’ve done both, which one doyou like to engage with?

The medium doesn’t matter. It is justthe story and the world that it exists in. Itis very exciting not to be limited to any onegenre and just go by my inspiration.

� What kind of research did Watch Listneed?

I was inspired by a photograph that I

saw which went viral where a woman wascradling her dead husband, who had beenshot by the police. I couldn’t stop thinkingabout it. So I called the journalist who haddone the story, who invited me to see whatwas happening. I ended up being embed-ded with these journalists for three weeks.I talked to the victims’ families and the sto-ries that I heard weren’t being reported ortold to a broader audience. So I wanted totake what I was hearing into the homes ofpeople to help them understand the real-ities on the ground. I researched for amonth and then the shoot took aboutanother month.

� Many of your films are journalistic innature...

There is journalism around it. But whatthis does is that it humanises the story.While the headlined story is what hap-pened and how many people were killed,what I was interested in was what happensin the aftermath or how does the familycope with the father being murdered. Therewas a moment when I was in a slum wait-ing with the family for a dead body to bebrought back, that I saw the teenage son.It made me realise that this was the side ofthe story that was not being told. Watch Listdelves into that.

Also there is a lot of similarity betweenthe rise of territorialism and what is hap-pening in US and western Europe. A lot ofleaders are making this bargain with thepublic that if you give me your freedom,you are safe. It is a dangerous road to godown. In Philippines, they are virtually get-ting away with murder. This was meant tobe a cautionary tale. It was a good way toexplore a lot of themes.

� Does actually witnessing a deathmake it more of an emotional experiencefor you and hence difficult to film?

Watch List is a fictional story but basedon true events. You have to go through itto reproduce the moment truthfully. Ofcourse, witnessing a dead body makes youemotional. I saw more dead bodies in sixweeks than in my entire life. It is hard toerase those images. It was devastating.Journalists reporting there are the ones inthe frontline who put their lives in danger.And I have the utmost respect for them. Iwent to the crime scene for a couple nightsand they do it every (emphasises) night.Seven hundred days straight and differentcrime scenes! A lot of people say that film-making istelling a story but I feel film-making is lis-tening deeply, absorbing and trying toreproduce it truthfully. Even if it is sci-fior period piece, authenticity comes fromlistening.

� Would you say witnessing such inci-dents as opposed to hearing it secondhand adds more layers to the story?

As someone who is a half-Indian andhalf-American film maker, I ask myself whydo I feel compelled to go and direct thisfilm. And I wonder, how do I know I cando it? But I don’t think that we choose sto-ries any more, the stories choose us. I feellike I was given this task. For me, listen-ing and researching was important as anoutsider for if I could not get the story rightthen I would be doing a disservice. If it wasnot authentic, it would be disrespectful tothe people who are suffering there. For methe research part was critical because as anoutsider I had double the pressure to getit right.

� Telling the truth can be dangerous.Was there any real threat to life?

We had gone to make a film becausewe were exposing an atrocity that was stillhappening. It was suggested that we shooton a film set so that everyone was safe. Butwhen I saw it, I realised it wouldn’t lookauthentic so I really pushed for us to shootin the real neighbourhood where the mur-ders took place. At night there would beexecutions on the streets and during the daywe were shooting at those places. It was def-initely scary at times and was a difficultshoot. A plane crashed into our sets andtyphoons flooded the location. At one pointI was hospitalised. But in the end it isauthentic so it was worth it. We put our-selves in the condition so that you couldfeel you were there.

� Does being an Indian American giveyou a unique perspective where you canreach out to a wider audience?

I grew up in two distinct cultures,almost two different worlds. I was going toa Sikh gurudwara on one weekend and thechurch, the next. Bridging cultures anddivides has been a part of my DNA sincethe beginning. I’ve lived in a number ofplaces and when you see the commonhumanity everywhere, it comes handy fora story teller trying to find his connections.Going into the Philippines, I felt comfort-able since I had already worked in Mumbaiin similar conditions.

� The world turning right is somethingthat we did not expect in the 21st centu-ry. As an artist, do you think that it is yourduty to put out that it is not right?

I think these cycles happen in swings.I do not see it as left and right but more inthe context of whether we are treating each

other right, fairly and with dignity. Thoseare the bigger questions that drive me asa filmmaker. I want to use films and sto-ries to challenge the way people wish to seethemselves and the world. I want to breakthe illusions that we hold about what mat-ters. Cinema is a window into the humancondition and it can give you a front rowseat into someone else’s life. Maybe even awar that you’ve never been. It allows youto be a fly on the wall and see everythingthat is happening private and public.Cinema is an incredibly powerful tool.

� Working with stalwarts like GeorgeClooney and Shabana Azmi must havebeen a learning experience...

Working with George Clooney wasincredible. One thing that people don’tknow is that he is a practical joker and pulls

pranks on people. He is one of the mosthumble people that I’ve met. I think thatwas one learning that you can be success-ful and be a good person because a lot oftimes you feel that success will bring outthe worse in a person.

Shabana is incredibly gifted. Acting isone of the hardest things to do and I haveutmost respect for people who can embodyand live in that truth.

Radhika Apte is a real force, one of thekindest people that I have met who is alsoextremely talented.

When you meet someone who isincredibly talented and also has his/her feeton the ground, it is something.

� Did you have any idea growing up thatthis is what you would be dong?

When I was growing up, I mademovies in the backyard with my friends.I actually miss those days because therewas no pressure of making money. We didit because we actually loved it. One of thethings that I’ve tried to do as I get olderis to get back to that space of creating. Thedeath of art is when we start thinking ofthe commercial or the money side of it. Ofcourse, you need to consider that butthinking too much about it adulterates thecreative process. So in some ways I try tochannel my inner child in making moviesnow.

� What are the future projects that youare working on?

Reunited States is in production. Wehave been shooting it for the last one anda half years. It shows how media can be apart of the solution of what brings us backtogether. This new film challenges the ideathat vision is something that is happeningto us and saying that it is something thatis happening within us. Each of us have arole in overcoming divisions. So we eachhave a responsibility.

I have a new script that we would beshooting next year. And two Indian pro-jects that I would be pursuing next yearbut it is too early to discuss them.

� Do you think that the idea of exoticabeing peddled in The Ashram?

I think for better or worse, the majorIndian export to the West has been spir-ituality. That is a double-edged sword.While there is the idea that India has theanswers to questions and perspectivesabout who we are and where we camefrom, this has been commercialised andstereotyped. It is exciting to do a film thatchannelises both the energies. For some-one who has had an intersection of Eastand West, there were stereotypes like theBeetles coming to India or yoga as a com-modity. So what the film tried to do wasinvite people through that window that isfamiliar and then challenge their precon-ceptions.

The real barometre to fig-ure out whether a serial

has found favour with theaudience is whether it makesa reappearence in anotherseason or not. Broken ButBeautiful on ALT Balajiand Zee5 has made the cutand is out with season 2.

Actor Vikrant Masseyand Harleen Sethi reprisetheir roles as Veer andSameera respectively. In this

season, after her heartbreak,Sameera would now be seen as

a bold women says Harleen.“She has rebuilt herself and erect-

ed walls around her heart. She isalways on her guard. Sameerawants to protect herself and doesnot want to invest herself emotion-ally as much as she did in her pre-vious relationship which hurt her.It took a long time for her to comeout of that hurt. She is doing every-thing that a person would do afterh/she has genuinely healed from abreak-up. She takes care of herselfand enjoys her work. She hascoloured her hair and dresses upbetter,” adds Harleen. The storyexplores whether she has healedgenuinely or if there are still somecracks left.

It is not too long back thatHarleen got into acting and she says,her journey so far has been beau-

tiful. She got her first break in anadvertisement because shecould do ballet. The secondad brought her in the lime-

light and people started notic-ing her. There was no looking back as shedid around 60-70 ads in a span of two to

two-and-a-half years. But though she wasbeing appreciated, Harleen realised thatpeople who work in advertisements are notperceived as actors. She then started host-ing a show for a lifestyle channel which puther on fast track to fame. She says, “I neverplanned to be in front of the camera.Things just fell in place. I am very com-fortable being an artiste. I just genuinelylove being in the moment whether it is asan actor or a dancer. It does not matter.”

Vikrant, her co-star in the show has atake on modern relationships, one ofwhich the show depicts. He feels, “We havelost patience and that holds true for me tooin real life.”

Having played several different char-acters in films, TV and web series, he ishappy to push the envelope further andsays, “I am really delighted that I got achance to explore different facets of thischaracter.” In the first season, Veer is seenlost in his imagination after the death ofhis wife but in this season, the characteris poles apart and the audience will noticea complete turnaround in both the char-acters of Veer and Sameera. “It might seemthat they have swapped characters,” hesays.

It may appear difficult working in dif-

ferent mediums of film, TV and web seriesas an actor but Vikrant does not seem tofeel that pressure. He says, “I really do notthink a lot changes for an actor as themethod remains the same. You still pre-pare days in advance and then, for yourshot, in the van. I do not see any changein your output either because you have togive the best irrespective of the medium.Every role, ad, TV series and film has givenme the opportunity to reach out to theaudience with a particular story and thathas helped me to grow as an actor.”

Talking of web series naturally bringsto the fore the issue of explicit content andviolence that has now become a way to gar-ner eyeballs and generate publicity arounda show. What does Vikrant feel is the wayforward? He says, “Definitely there shouldbe self-censorship by the directors ratherthan censorship. One has to realise respon-sibility. We are in a transitional phase andshould learn from what has happened inthe last two to three years to move forward.I am sure we will make mistakes in thecoming two-three years too. We shouldlearn from these too. It is a cycle but def-initely, there should not be an outsider whoasks us to censor content as people them-selves are capable of understanding whatto watch and what to avoid.”

There is always a positive side to every-thing, he says, and web content is fillingin the gap between different countries andmaking global content accessible. Vikrantsays, “Online content and the internetreduced the gap between all the countriesin the world. The consumption of enter-tainment is seamless so that people inBrazil are watching the same thing asIndians or anyone from any other coun-try. We are reaching out to a far more big-ger audience and are not just catering toone community or one region as we arecatering to the global community. Thisgives an opportunity for a creative artistelike me to explore different possibilitiesand expand my horizons. This is veryimportant in an ever-changing world inorder to upgrade and remain relevant”.

Vikrant has been making news foranother reason as well, for starring oppo-site Deepika Padukone in Chhapaak. “Itwas incredible and still seems surreal. Therelease is just a few days away, so I am real-ly looking forward to it,” says he.

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Unai Emery was sacked asArsenal manager on Friday

after just 18 months in charge atthe Emirates, with the PremierLeague giants mired in theirworst run since 1992.

The 48-year-old Spaniardwas fired following the 2-1home defeat to EintrachtFrankfurt in Thursday’s EuropaLeague match, which extendedtheir winless run to sevengames.

Assistant Freddie Ljungberghas taken over as interim man-ager with ex-Juventus coachMassimiliano Allegri andWolves boss Nuno EspiritoSanto among the early favouritesto be named the next full-timeboss.

“We announce today thatthe decision has been taken topart company with our headcoach Unai Emery and hiscoaching team,” Arsenal said ina statement.

“The decision has beentaken due to results and per-formances not being at thelevel required. We have askedFreddie Ljungberg to takeresponsibility for the first team

as interim head coach.”Former Arsenal player

Ljungberg said he would workhard to improve the atmos-phere at the club.

“However long I oversee@Arsenal for I will give every-thing I have to put smiles onfaces again,” he tweeted. “Wehave a busy few weeks aheadand the team needs your sup-port. Let’s get to work!”

Arsenal are on their worstrun without a victory since1992, when they had wenteight games without a winunder George Graham.

They are already eightpoints off the top four aftergoing without a PremierLeague victory since October6.

Emery was appointed assuccessor to Arsene Wenger inMay 2018 after a trophy-ladencareer at Sevilla and ParisSaint-Germain with a brief tomake Arsenal a PremierLeague force again.

He is the third PremierLeague manager to lose his jobthis season after the dismissalsof Watford’s Javi Gracia andTottenham’s MauricioPochettino.

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Liverpool midfielder Fabinhowill be out for more than a

month after suffering ankle lig-ament damage during this week’sChampions League clash withNapoli, the club said on Friday.

The Brazilian, who has thisseason established himself as afirst-choice pick for JurgenKlopp’s Premier League leaders,was substituted after just 18 min-utes of the 1-1 draw at Anfieldon Wednesday.

Liverpool have announcedthat the 26-year-old will play nopart in their congested run of 10games between now and the endof December.

A club statement read:“Liverpool can confirm Fabinhosuffered ankle ligament damageduring the Champions Leagueencounter with Napoli in mid-week.”

“Further assessment on theinjury has discovered Fabinhowill be out of action until theNew Year,” it added.

“The Brazilian will begin arehabilitation programme withthe Reds’ medical team atMelwood as he works his wayback to full fitness.”

Speaking at his pre-matchpress conference ahead today’shome game against Brighton,Klopp discussed Fabinho’sabsence.

“Absolute bad news,” hesaid. “We are not 100 percentsure how long it will take butlooks sure he will not take partin the Christmas fixtures.

“We have solutions for theposition. We are not the onlyteam with injuries. We have tofind a solution and that’s what wewill do.”

Adam Lallana, JordanHenderson and Gini Wijnaldumwere mentioned as possiblestand-ins, with a reshuffle in thecentre likely, but Klopp admit-ted none represented a perfectlike-for-like swap.

“Will the solution be exact-ly like Fabinho? No, because no-one is like Fabinho,” he said.

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Ar u t h l e s sIndia racedto 2-0 lead

in their Davis Cuptie for the loss of just

two games as SumitNagal and Ramkumar

Ramanathan toyed withtheir teen rivals from Pakistan,here on Friday.

In a mismatch of epic pro-portion, Ramkumar double-

bageled 17-year-oldMuhammed Shoaib injust 42 minutes in theopening singles.

The only timeShoaib made it look

like a match was inthe sixth game of

the second setwhen hes t r e t c h e dRamkumar totwo deucepoints.

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Nagal then earned his first-everDavis Cup win, beating HufaizaMohammed Rehman 6-0, 6-2in the second singles whichlasted 64 minutes.

Pakistan badly missed itstop players who pulled out,protesting against shifting ofthe matches to a neutral venue.

“I gave my best in everypoint. We are happy with 2-0on the first day. Now we arelooking forward to see Jee(Jeevan) and Leander fire somebombs tomorrow. Let’s get thejob done,” said Ramkumar,who also thanked fans who hadgathered to support them.

While the first match wasnot even a contest, promisingPakistani youngster Hufaizaresisted Nagal as much as pos-sible by engaging the Indian inlong rallies.

Twice he pushed Nagal todeuce points in the secondgame of the second set andfinally put Pakistan on board byholding the third game after

squandering four game points.He returned and dished

out another hold, staying closeto Nagal.

However, it just delayed theinevitable as Nagal wrapped upthe match in the eighth game.

“I started decent and fin-ished it pretty strong. Both ofus (he and Ram) had lot of firetoday. We did not want to lose.They are juniors but theyplayed well and did whateverthey could. The guy I playedcame up with some really goodshots. He played to his poten-tial but has a long way to go,”said Nagal.

“Tomorrow’s it’s going tobe pretty similar (scoreline),”said Nagal.

India’s non-playing cap-tain Rohit Rajpal too waspleased with the performance.

“It is a fantastic day forIndia. Ram gave us a nicestart, winning in quick time.The second match was littletighter and tough, though itlooked simple. Sumit kept thelevel high and came throughwith flying colours,” he said.

Veteran Leander Paes anddebutant JeevanNedunchezhiyan will now lookto seal the tie when they clashwith Hufaiza and Shoaib in thedoubles rubber today.

India have never lost a tieto Pakistan in six meetings sofar and the trend does not looklike changing.

A win today will stretchPaes’ record for most numberof doubles wins in Davis Cuphistory. He is leading the chartwith 43 wins.

“It will be interesting to seehow the Pakistan youngsterscope with our world class play-ers. Let’s see how it goes,” saidRajpal.

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India’s G Sathiyan won bothhis group matches against

higher-ranked opponents toenter the round of 16 in theInternational Table TennisFederation (ITTF) Men’sWorld Cup here on Friday.

The world number 30Sathiyan, making his WorldCup debut, defeatedFrenchman Simon Gauzy,ranked eight places above him,4-3 in a thrilling and energy-sapping first match that lastedone hour and four minutesbefore a 4-2 win over worldnumber 24 Groth Jonathan ofDenmark.

The 26-year-old Indiantopped the group D standingswith four points to book a pre-quarterfinal berth. He willnow face former world num-ber one and current numbereight Timo Boll of Germany inthe round of 16 today.

In his first match of theday against Gauzy, Sathiyanwas down two games butmade an impressive recoveryto win the match 11-13, 9-11,11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8.

Gauzy looked like he wasin control early on but the con-

sistent backhand block andreturn shots from Sathiyanturned the match on its head.

“I am just out of words,this is a fantastic win for me.This is the first time I am beat-ing Gauzy after losing twovery close matches. I wasmatch point up in the WorldTeam Championships and Ilost. This was getting into myhead, not again,” Sathiyansaid after the hard-foughtwin.

“My coach kept motivat-ing me and I just kept believ-ing. Losing the first gameafter being 10-6 up, I was a lit-tle upset that I could not cap-italise on it. You can never takeit easy against Gauzy. He isalways coming back at you butI was ready for it this time andreally happy that I was suc-cessful.”

Against Jonathan, the topIndian paddler dominated thematch and scored an 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 16-14, 8-11, 11-8 win.

Gauzy advanced to theround of 16 as Group D run-ner-up with three points fromtwo matches.

He beat Jonathan 4-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2) in hissecond group match.

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Indian shuttlers Sourabh Vermaand Rituparna Das advanced to the

semifinals but Kidambi Srikanthmade an exit after losing in the quar-terfinals of the Syed ModiInternational tournament here onFriday.

Sourabh, who claimed two BWFSuper 100 titles in Hyderabad andVietnam this year, notched up a 21-19, 21-16 win over Thailand’sKunlavut Vitidsarn in the quarterfi-nal match.

The 26-year-old Sourabh willnext face Korea’s Heo Kwang Hee fora place in the men’s singles final.

However, third seed Srikanthcontinued to struggle as his run wascut short by former world No 1 SonWan Ho.

Srikanth, who had reached thefinals at India Open Super 500 earlythis year, went down 18-21, 19-21 tothe seventh seeded Korean for hisseventh loss in 11 meetings.

In the women’s singles, formernational champion Rituparna over-came a fighting Shruti Mundada 24-26, 21-10, 21-19 in an all-Indian clashto enter the last four stage.

Rituparna, who won the PolishInternational in 2016 and 2018, willnow face Thailand’s PhittayapornChaiwan today.

In doubles, the women’s pair ofKuhoo Garg and Anoushka Parikhlost 15-21, 9-21 to Hong Kong com-bination of NG Wing Yung andYeung Nga Ting to bow out of thecompetition.

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Unai Emery’s last game asArsenal coach on

Thursday ended with defeatwhen the Gunners slumped toa 2-1 loss in the Europa Leagueagainst Eintracht Frankfurt.

Japan midfielder DaichiKamada scored a second-halfdouble for Eintracht after cap-tain Pierre-EmerickAubameyang had opened thescoring in first half injurytime for Arsenal inside a half-full Emirates Stadium.

Boos from the lowestattendance at the ground sinceit opened in 2006 greetedEmery and his misfiring teamat the final whistle while somedisgruntled fans held up ban-ners demanding ‘Emery Out’.

Aubameyang struck homejust before the half-time whis-tle with a low effort for hisninth goal in 14 matches.

Kamada’s equaliser came10 minutes later as he curled atidy shot past EmilianoMartinez before adding hissecond on 64 minutes with adrive from outside the box toinflict a first home defeat of thecampaign on Emery’s men.

The Gunners are still oncourse for a last 32 place if theydraw with Standard Liege onDecember 12.

Scottish champions Celticclinched top spot in Group Ewith a 3-1 win over Renneswhile Wolves reached theknockout stages with a 3-3draw at fellow qualifiers Bragain Group K.

Rangers drew 2-2 atFeyenoord to hold top spot inGroup G with a one point leadahead of their last game againstYoung Boys.

Earlier, Roma’s LorenzoPellegrini was hit by coins as

the Italian club kept their last32 hopes alive with a 3-0 vic-tory at Istanbul Basaksehir.

Attacking midfielderPellegrini had his head ban-daged after he was struck bymultiple coins with an hour ofthe game played after JordanVeretout, Justin Kluivert andEdin Dzeko had claimed theadvantage for the Serie A out-fit in Turkey.

The visitors remain in con-tention for a knock-out spotand sit behind leaders BorussiaMoenchengladbach, who beatAustrians Wolfsberg 1-0, ongoal difference with theTurkish side a point behind onseven.

Elsewhere, Kazakh cham-pions Astana fought back tosurprise a youthful ManchesterUnited 2-1.

United captain JesseLingard opened the scoring,who had already reached thelast 32, before Dmitri Shomkoequalised for the home side.

Di'Shon Bernard, 19, thenput through his own goal tohand Astana victory over aUnited side whose average agewas just 22.

United boss Ole GunnarSolskjaer made 11 changesfrom Sunday’s draw withSheffield United by handingsenior debuts to teenagersEthan Laird, Dylan Levitt andBernard as well as namingcancer survivor Max Taylor onthe bench.

Shomko, meanwhile, toldUEFA.com the result will livein his memory.

“I will be telling my grand-children, ‘you know guys awhile ago I scored againstManchester United’. It does notmatter who scored, really. Themost important thing is thatwe won,” he said.

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Jadon Sancho was droppedfrom Borussia Dortmund’s

starting lineup at Barcelonathis week following anotherdisciplinary problem, club offi-cials said on Friday, but theEnglish starlet is not being sold.

Sancho did not startWednesday’s ChampionsLeague game. He came on athalf-time with Dortmund losingand scored a remarkable goal tomake the final score 3-1 toBarca.

Dortmund general manag-er Michael Zorc said Germanpress reports that the 19-year-old missed a team breakfast andmorning warm-up and arrivedlate for a talk by coach LucienFavre, were wide of the mark.

“It’s not exactly that,” Zorcsaid on Friday, but he did notdeny there was an incident.“We talked about it internally,with him and with the team. Forus the case is closed, we lookforward. Jadon is a normalplayer and part of the team.”

Sancho sent out a tweet onThursday saying he had shownhis committment on the fieldand intended to do so againstHertha Berlin at the weekend.

“Think I showed heart ndesire last night anyway wewill try our best to get the 3points on Saturday!” wroteSancho.

Zorc insisted the club werenot about to be forced to sellSancho.

“I do not have the impres-sion that we are going towardsa transfer this winter, accordingto the conversations we hadwith him and his agents,” saidZorc.

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Two former champions,hosts Aizawl FC and one-

half of the Kolkata giants,Mohun Bagan, are all set tokick-off the 13th Hero I-Leagueedition at the Rajiv Gandhi sta-dium in Aizawl today.

Aizawl FC, champions ofthe 10th edition will see theirKolkata visitors playing undera new coach and a new-looksquad from the one whichfinished fifth last time around.

The green and maroonshave roped in Spaniard KibuVicuna this season along witha fleet of Spaniards in a cleardeparture from establishednorms. The side under Vicunahas been together for about fivemonths now and have playedat least three competitive tour-naments going into today’sopener and should be suitablywarmed up to deliver the goodsto their legion of fans.

Speaking at the pre-matchpress conference, Head ofMohun Bagan, Jose AntonioVicuna said, “We are workingtogether for almost fivemonths. We have prepared theteam to be 100% ready to playfirst game. We respect Aizawlbecause we know they are agood team and it’s going to bea tough match but we want tostart well the competition andcome back to Kolkata withthree points.”

The hosts, on the otherhand, having finished a disap-pointing seventh in the previ-ous edition, had appointed a

new coach towards the end ofthat season and will be contin-uing with Stanley Rosario at thehelm of affairs.

The Aizawl gaffer is waryof the threat their opponentspossess and said, “This matchagainst Mohun Bagan means alot to my young Mizoramplayers and it’s going to be atough task at hand. MohunBagan have full strength with6 foreign players and we haveonly 2 foreigners with lots ofyoung players promoted fromour academy. It’s going to be abig challenge for me and myyoung players to play againststrong Mohun Bagan.”

On the importance ofstarting with a win, he furtheradded, “I want my players tobelieve in themselves and gowith a positive mind-set andtry hard on the field to getsomething out of it because

everything is possible in foot-ball. A good and positivestart in the I League will giveconfidence to my players andwill help them to move for-ward and to approach onother matches to be played.”

As far as teams go, Aizawlhave managed to retain thenucleus of the side whichturned up for them in the 12thedition and have also madesome new and potentiallyyoung exciting signings.

The likes of Liberiandefensive wall Alfred Jaryanand his partner RichardKasagga of Uganda are stillaround and so are midfielderslike David, Isac, Lalremsanga,Rocharzela and they evenhave William Lalnunfella backfrom a brief flirtation withBagan.

As far as head to heads go,Aizawl have not beaten Baganin the last edition where theylost their home game to theiropponents and will thereforebe wary.

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the 10,000 metres at next year’s OlympicGames.

The Briton has won double Gold at eachof the last two Olympics, taking the 5,000m and10,000m crowns in London and Rio, butswitched to the marathon in 2017.

Farah, 36, won the Chicago Marathon in2018 but has decided to return to the track,admitting the marathon had been “a learningcurve”.

“The big news is I’m back on the track inthe 10,000m in Tokyo next year,” he said on hisYouTube channel.

“I hope I haven’t lost my speed but I’ll trainhard for it and see what I can do.”

Farah slashed 37 seconds off the Europeanrecord with a time of 2hr 5min 11sec when hewon in Chicago but with Kenya’s EliudKipchoge ruling the marathon world, theBriton was never as dominant at the longer dis-

tance as he had been on the track.“To win the Chicago Marathon was nice,

to finish third in London was OK, it was good.It’s been a learning curve for me,” he contin-ued.

“(But) next year I’ve decided, Tokyo 2020,I’m gonna be back on the track. I’m really excit-ed to be competing back on the track and giveit a go in the 10,000m.”

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David Warner and MarnusLabuschagne both plundered

back-to-back centuries as Australiastamped their authority on the open-ing day of the day-night second Testin Adelaide on Friday.

At the close on a rain-interrupt-ed day, the home team were a dom-inant 302 for one with the pair build-ing an ominous 294-run partnership,leaving Pakistan with a huge battleto stay in touch.

Warner was not out 166 andLabuschagne unbeaten on 126, fol-

lowing on from their 154 and 185respectively in the first Test atBrisbane. Their Adelaide partnershipwas the highest ever in a day-nightTest.

“It’s a bit surreal at the moment.It was just amazing to be out there

with Davey and to just put on a real-ly big partnerhsip,” said Labuschagne.

“Really happy. We were runninghard, I love the intensity of thecrease.”

Warner paid tribute to the matu-rity of his partner, who is playing inonly his 11th Test.

“Credit to Marnus for the way hecame out and took the bowlers onagain, he picked up where he left offat the Gabba,” he said.

“We’re just thrilled to get throughthat tonight and want to come outtomorrow and put some more runson the board.”

Pakistan need to win to squarethe two-match series. The oddswere heavily stacked against thembefore the game began, having lost13 consecutive Tests in Australia, andtheir chances are even slimmernow.

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Burly off-spinner RakheemCornwall returned a

career-best 10-wicket matchhaul to script West Indies’comprehensive nine-wicketwin over Afghanistan insidethree days in the one-off Test,here on Friday.

The Caribbeans skittledout Afghanistan for 120 intheir second innings after theRashid Khan-led sideresumed at overnight score of109 for seven.

It left the West Indies witha 31-run target which theyknocked off in 6.2 overs forthe loss of Kraigg Brahwaite(8).

John Cambell (19) andShai Hope (6) remainedunbeaten.

Cornwall, who is six feetand five inches and weighs140kg, had taken seven wick-ets in Afghanistan’s first

innings and added three morevictims on Thursday whentheir rivals slid to 109 forseven after being 53 for noloss at one stage.

West Indies skipper JasonHolder was pleased with theresult after being outplayed byIndia at home in a two-matchTest series.

“It’s a really importantwin. We had a tough seriesagainst India. It was importantto finish the year well. It’s verypleasing to see new guyscome in and take the oppor-tunity. Shamarh (Brooks) did

that. He scored a fifty in thelast innings and followed itwith a hundred here. Andthen Rahkeem getting sevenin the first innings, in just hissecond Test, is amazing,” hesaid.

Afghanistan skipperRashid said his side needs toimprove its batting in Tests.

“We have been strug-gling in the longer formats.Especially in batting. That’sthe only area we need toimprove. Once we do that, wecan trouble good sides,” saidKhan.

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Tom Latham’s unbeatenhundred and his cen-

tury stand with RossTaylor laid a solid founda-tion for New Zealandbefore rain brought anearly end to day one of thesecond Test againstEngland in Hamilton onFriday.

Latham was on 101when the rain swept in,just three deliveries afterthe tea break with NewZealand 173 for three.

While Latham playeddown his 11th Test centu-ry as “nice”, England wereleft to regret dropping theleft-hander on 66 and notmeeting expectations afterwinning the toss andbowling first.

“On day one of a Testmatch if you get a team sixor seven down by the closeyou’ve probably had apretty good day,” saidChris Woakes who tooktwo of the three wickets tofall.

Woakes was added tothe England line up to givethem five seamers on awicket renowned to assistthe side bowling first.

Instead England toiled

for little reward, saw RossTaylor benefit from adubious decision during acentury partnership withLatham and lost the use ofBen Stokes as a bowlingweapon.

Stokes, who was alsoresponsible for droppingLatham, felt pain in his leftknee after bowling twoovers and will be assessedovernight to see whetherhe can bowl again.

Latham has nowscored five centuries in thelast 10 Test innings butpreferred to talk about “areasonably good day” forNew Zealand rather thanfocus on himself.

“Hopefully we cankeep going and put a goodscore on the board.”

His 11th century lift-ed him to equal sixth onthe New Zealand century-makers list headed byKane Williamson with 20.

Williamson, however,was off his best thisinnings when he was dis-missed for four in a rockystart for New Zealand afterJeet Raval was removed forfive.

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Gearing up for next month’sT20 series, West Indies all-rounder Sherfane

Rutherford on Friday said histeam has been trying to adapt tothe Indian pitches and would lookto put up a good show againstIndia.

The three-match T20 seriesstarts in Hyderabad on December6, followed by games inThiruvananthapuram (December8) and Mumbai (December 11).

“I am happy to get the oppor-tunity. Preparation have been com-ing along well, we had a lot of timeto train and to get some work done.So over the past few days we havebeen putting in some hard work

and are looking forward to give ourbest against India,” Rutherfordsaid.

“Most of the Indian pitches aregood wickets to bat on. We havebeen working on adapting to thepitches so we can improve ourgame. I don’t think players arethinking too much about theWorld Cup or IPL, it’s just aboutperformance and everything elsewill follow from there.”

The West Indies team hasbeen based in India for the last onemonth, playing their bilateral seriesagainst Afghanistan which fea-tured three ODIs, three T20s anda one-off Test.

Rutherford, who was part ofthe T20 series against Afghanistan,said he has been taking batting tips

from skipper Kieron Pollard andAndre Russell.

“My role in the middle orderis similar (to that of Kieron Pollardand Andre Russell). I have beenworking with them, talking tothem and learning a lot. My gameis about adapting and learning,”said the 21-year-old left-handedbatsman.

Talking about his skipper,Rutherford said: “KP (Pollard) issuch a cool leader. He’s somebodyyou can talk to. Someone, whowould listen to you always. (He)brings a different energy to train-ing sessions and the guys look upto him.”

The T20 World Cup will beheld next year in Australia butRutherford said he is not thinking

that far and would like to take onestep at a time.

“T20 World Cup is a whilefrom now but every series welook to take something out of it.We look to give our best and takeit one step at a time,” he said.

Rutherford, who has playedthree T20Is, said he is keen to playall the three formats and is puttingin the hard yards.

“Bowling is something that Ilike to do. Now I’m comfortablebowling but its something comesafter my batting but it gives meconfidence,” he said.

“I want to play all three formatsbut everything is (about the right)timing so I am doing the hard workand hopefully I will get my oppor-tunity when I deserve it.”

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Sri Lanka on Friday gave former skip-per Dinesh Chandimal a new chance

to fight his way back into the nationalteam by naming him in the squad to playa landmark two-match Test series inPakistan.

The matches will be the first Testsplayed in Pakistan for more than a

decade because of security fears.The 30-year-old Chandimal, who

played his last Test in Australia inFebruary, will be in a squad now led byDimuth Karunaratne, the cricket boardsaid.

He was in a squad that played NewZealand in August but did not play amatch.

Half of the 16-man squad refused togo on a tour of Pakistan in October cit-ing security fears. Sri Lanka lost the threeODIs but won the all three T20 match-es.

New skipper Karunaratne was one ofthe eight players who stayed away fromthe tour.

The first Test of this series will be inRawalpindi from December 11. Sri Lankaleave for Pakistan three days earlier.

SQUADDimuth Karunaratne (capt), OshadaFernando, Kusal Mendis, AngeloMathews, Dinesh Chandimal, KusalPerera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjayade Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, DilruwanPerera, Lasith Embuldeniya, SurangaLakmal, Lahiru Kumara, VishwaFernando, Kasun Rajitha, and LakshanSandakan.

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Pacer Abhimanyu Mithun, openersDevdutt Padikkal and K L Rahul

starred as defending championsKarnataka romped into the final ofthe Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy afterthrashing Haryana by 8 wickets inthe first semi-final here on Friday.

The highlight of the match wasMithun (5/39) taking five wickets inan over including a hat-trick and reg-istering his name in the record books.

Mithun became the first bowler inthe domestic circuit to claim hat-trickin all the formats.

He had snared a hat-trick in theVijay Hazare (national ODI champi-onship) final against Tamil Nadu ear-lier this year.

The Karnataka pacer did nothave a good time until he bowled hislast over where he prevailed over theHaryana batsman.

In the 20th over of the innings, hedismissed Himanshu Rana (61) andRahul Tewatia (32) off the first twoballs and completed his hat-trick bysending back Sumit Kumar (0).

There was more drama in store asMithun got a wicket on the fourth ball,that of Amit Mishra (0), and then sentback Jayant Yadav (0) on the final ballof the over.

Asked to bat first, Haryana piledup 194/8 on the board but Karntakachased it in 15 overs, thanks to blaz-ing half centuries by openers DevduttPadikkal (87) and K L Rahul (66), who

took the opposition attack to the clean-ers.

For Haryana, opener ChaityanBishnoi (55 off 35 balls; 7x4, 1x6) andRana (61 off 34 balls; 6x4, 2x6) shonewith the bat, while Harshal Patel (34

off 20 balls; 6x4, 1x6) andTewatia (32 off 20 balls;

6x4) also playedtheir parts to per-fection.

Haryana weregoing all guns blazing at 192-4 whenMithun, a right-arm pacer, wreckedhavoc.

The stiff chase was a walk in parkas Paddikal and Rahul conjured a 125-run stand for the first wicket in just 9.3overs to lay the foundation stone of thewin.

Rahul’s departure did not deterPaddikal from playing his shots as hefound an able ally in Mayank Agarwal(30 not out in 14 balls; 3x6) as theytook Karnataka home.

Karnataka will now face TamilNadu for title after Dinesh Karthik’sside beat Rajasthan by 7 wickets in theother semifinal of the day.

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Bravo were left out in WestIndies’ ODI and T20 squadsfor the upcoming seriesagainst India, beginning nextmonth.

Senior player KieronPollard will continue to leadboth the ODI and T20 squadswith Nicholas Pooran as hisdeputy in the shorter formatand Shai Hope taking over therole of the vice-captain in theODIs.

Russell, who played sixgames at the recently-con-cluded Abu Dhabi T10 league,didn’t find a place despitebeing fit, while Bravo, who hadearlier hinted of an interna-tional comeback, was also notconsidered.

Star opener Chris Gaylewas in contention but hedecided to take “a break”,making him unavailable.

The West Indies team hadwon the ODI series but lost theT20Is against Afghanistan andthe selectors decided to keepfaith with the players whoplayed in Lucknow.

Left-arm spin all-rounderFabian Allen made it to thesquad after recovering from aknee injury.

Denesh Ramdin, who alsomissed parts of that series withhamstring injury, also found aplace in the squad after regain-ing his fitness.

Coach PhilSimmons said: “Wehave three match-es in each format,so we wanted togive each squad achance to com-pete against India.

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spect to Afghanistan, but fac-ing India will be a more dif-ficult series, especially in theODI. Our players really thehang of thing with the 3-0series win and I believe we willmove from strength tostrength.”

Talking about the T20squad, Simmons said: “In theT20s this will be anotherchance for them to play anddevelopment, and again nodisrespect to Afghanistan,this should be a stronger T20country and we will look tosee how they perform againstIndia.

“The next World Cup isin Australia (2020) and theone after that is here in India(2021) so there is a lot ofpreparation to be done forfirst for Australia, so we havegiven the players here achance in this series and weknow we have players outsidewho may be coming in lateron as well, so it’s good to givethose here another opportu-nity.”ODI Squad: Kieron Pollard(C), Sunil Ambris, Shai Hope,Khary Pierre, Rostan Chase,Alzarri Joseph, SheldonCottrell, Brandon King,Nicholas Pooran, ShimronHetmyer, Evin Lewis, RomarioShepherd, Jason Holder,Keemo Paul, Hayden Walsh Jr.T20 squad: Kieron Pollard(C), Fabian Allen, BrandonKing, Denesh Ramdin,Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis,

Sherfane Rutherford,Shimron Hetmyer,Khary Pierre, LendlSimmons, JasonHolder, Hayden WalshJr, Keemo Paul,Nicholas Pooran,

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