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A n attractive album in Odia and Sambalpuri languages has been released here in the presence of mediapersons and music loving people of the town. The album is composed by Chittaranjan Dhal and named ‘Katakia Pua-Sambalpuria Jia.' It is expected to be widely- accepted. A local youth, Suraj Purohit, is its music director. The recording of the song has been made in Mumbai where Bollywood singer Asit Tripathy and Prangya Patra have given the voice. Some amusing comedies have been included in the song to make it more attractive. Tarpan Kumar Pradhan gave a brief note of the song and its nomenclature, the zeal of the youths who made it pos- sible facing many a problem. B inodini Samal, a 50-year-old woman teacher of a primary school in Rathiapala village under Odapada block in Dhenkanal district, has set exam- ples for many due to her work commitment and sincerity. For the past 10 years, Binodini has not taken a day off to ensure that her stu- dents do not lag behind in getting edu- cation. Moreover, she wades through neck-deep water of Sapua river everyday which flows between Rathiapala and Jaripala, her native village, to reach the school. The odds have not deterred Binodini from carrying out her job. She said imparting education to children is her goal in life. Despite advice from her well-wishers not to be bothered so much, Binodini is firm on her commitment. “I have been doing my job. I don’t care about hurdles com- ing in my way to provide edu- cation to children,” said Binodini, who gets only Rs 6,000 monthly salary. She was appointed as a Gana Shikshak in 2008, but the Government is yet to regularise her job. After some social activists narrated the story of her sin- cerity and dedication on social media, Binodini has come to public attention. A teacher in Nabarangpur district was arrested on Wednesday after a video of his commenting against Hindu religion went viral in social media. According to reports, Kumesh Das working as a CRC in Raighar block in the district allegedly made the video viral in which he is seen making derogatory comments against Hindu religion and throwing photos of Hindu gods in a river. Further he urged people to renounce Hinduism. Hindu organisations strongly protested against the teacher’s act in front of the Raighar police station and demanded his immediate arrest. Police registered an FIR against the CRC and forward- ed him to court, which rejected his bail application. T he Odisha Government might follow in the footsteps of its Gujarat coun- terpart and reduce fine amounts for violation of traffic rules, said transport secretary G Srinivas on Wednesday. “We are observing the moves of other States over the MV Act. Discussions and con- sultations are underway to take a decision regarding reduc- tion of the fine amount in the State,” said Srinivas. The secretary, who visited the RTO-I here to take stock of the steps undertaken for expe- diting the processing of vehicle- related documents of appli- cants, said more counters would be opened at the RTOs to expedite the process. He advised people to obtain or update documents of their vehicles within the stipu- lated three months. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the enforce- ment agencies not to go on an overdrive but to counsel and handhold the people to facili- tate compliance with the rules. Notably, presently there are seven counters at the RTO- 1 here to handle the processing of documents, but still the queues are serpentine and peo- ple have to wait for hours together. T aking a cue from Gujarat, West Bengal on Wednesday refused to implement the amended Motor Vehicle Act while the Tamil Nadu Government decided to imple- ment it partially. The BJP-Shiv Sena coalition Government of Maharashtra stayed the imple- mentation the fines imposed under the amended Act and wrote to the Centre to “recon- sider” and “reduce” the fines for traffic violations through suit- able amendments. Against the backdrop of reluctance of several States to implement the new Motor Vehicle Act and instances of massive protests against it, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said States have the authority to revise fines. “MVA falls in the concur- rent list, and States as well as the Centre can revise and frame rules under the amended Act. The Government does not intend to garner revenue by increasing fines. The idea is to make roads safer and reduce the number of accidents. Are fines more important than someone’s life? You won’t be fined if you don’t break the rules,” the Minister said defend- ing the amended Act. Gadkari’s comments come after Gujarat announced to reduce traffic fines, with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani saying that the “base rate for the fines will be lower than the one pro- posed by the Union Government” and the revised fines will be implemented from September 16. While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she will not imple- ment the new law that impos- es hefty fines for traffic viola- tions, the Tamil Nadu Government decided to imple- ment it partially. Announcing the decision to stay the fines for traffic vio- lation pending the revision of rates by the Centre, Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote of the Shiv Sena said, “The fines are very high and beyond the lim- its of common people. People cannot pay so much of fine. We have asked the Central Government to reduce the fine. Till we get a reply from the Centre, we will not implement the new fines. If the reply is in the negative, we will decide our future action.” Calling the amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act “too harsh” Mamata said it was against the federal structure of the Government. “We had opposed amendments in Parliament. If we implement the Motor Vehicles Act amend- ments, it will hurt general peo- ple,” the Bengal CM, who is one of the BJP’s fiercest critics, told reporters in Kolkata. Adding that money is not the solution, Mamata said the problem needs to be looked at from the “humanitarian point of view”. Saying that accidents have come down, Mamata also added that Bengal already has the “Safe Drive Save Life” cam- paign — a flagship programme of the Bengal Government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the stake- holders in his Government are still examining the issues. Reacting to Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote’s letter, Gadkari said, “Diwakar was a part of the committee that approved the Act. During my discussion with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he didn’t mention it. I feel there’ll be no problem.” The Tamil Nadu Government said as many as 26 clauses which prescribed hefty penalty for various traffic offences are being reviewed by the Chief Minister’s office and that penalty prescribed in the Act are likely to be reduced by the Government. “The decision by a few States to cut the fine amount for a few traffic offences will be taken into account before arriv- ing at the final decision,” said a Tamil Nadu transport official. The Union Government had amended 93 clauses in Motor Vehicle Act which deals with penalties for traffic viola- tions, registration of vehicles, national transport policy and vehicle designs. I n order to deal with the rush of vehicles to pollution checking centres for Pollution Under Control (PUC) certifi- cate across Delhi after the implementation of new Motor Vehicle Act, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday announced sev- eral remedial measures. The decision was taken after the Transport Department witnessed a three- fold increase in the number of applications for PUC certificate from 15,000 to 45,000 a day. Gahlot said there are 70 lakh vehicles on roads in Delhi. The Transport Department has asked all 941 pollution checking centres to function from 7am to 10pm. Besides, and server capacity has been increased nearly twice to deal with 6,000 online appli- cations per hour. “The Delhi Government has decided to open more pol- lution checking centres and new applications are invited. An advertisement in this respect will be floated tomor- row. Transport terminals and depots to provide pollution checking services. In centres with huge rush, civil defense volunteers will be deployed for crowd management to prevent law and order issues,” the Delhi Government’s transport department said in a statement. The Delhi Government on Friday suspended two pol- lution checking centres for malpractices. On diluting the penalties of offences under the MV Act 2019, the Transport Minister said, “Though the State Governments have certain dis- cretionary powers to ease the penalties with respect to cer- tain offences as per the new MV Act, as of now Delhi Government is not mulling to dilute them since the stringent measures are meant to ensure road safety. Road safety is a major concern in Delhi and the Delhi Government is very seri- ous about it.” Gahlot said, “We are close- ly observing the initiatives by other States and consulting various stakeholders. At any stage, if the Delhi Government is convinced to reduce the fine for certain offences, we shall do the needful.” P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at critics who argue that the mention of words “Om” and “cow” takes India centuries back, saying they are hell-bent on damaging the country. “When some people hear the words Om and cow, they scream that the country is back to the 16th century. Such people are only destroying the nation,” Modi said at the launch of National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) in Mathura. The NACDP aims to con- trol foot and mouth disease and bacterial infection in livestock. The Centre will spend 12,652 crore to vaccinate over 600 mil- lion animals in the programme stretching up to 2030. Modi also promoted clean- liness, spoke against single- use plastic and invoked the 9/11 attack on America to indirectly condemn Pakistan for nurturing terrorism. “There is a country called Rwanda in Africa. I had gone there. In Rwanda, there is a unique programme, where the Government gives cows to vil- lages with the condition that the first female calf born to the cow is taken back and given to those who do not have a cow,” said the PM. “This way a chain operates. And their endeavour is that in Rwanda every household should have a cow. Milk pro- duction and animal rearing form the base of the economy. I have myself seen how a net- work to earn livelihood through a cow has been estab- lished there,” Modi said, adding, “But it is unfortunate that in our country the moment the word ‘Om’ falls on the ears of some people, they get alarmed.” “They also get alarmed by the word ‘cow’. They feel as if that the country has gone back to the 16th or the 17th century,” I n-camera proceedings com- menced on Wednesday at AIIMS here, where a tempo- rary court has been set up for recording the Unnao rape sur- vivor’s statement in the case of alleged sexual assault by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017. The woman’s statement is being recorded by District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. In-camera proceedings are not open to the public and the press. Sengar, along with co- accused Shashi Singh, was brought to the temporary court at the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, where the woman is presently admitted following an acci- dent on July 28. The Delhi High Court had on Friday approved recording the rape survivor’s statement at AIIMS Trauma Centre. A notification to this effect was issued by the HC, which said special judge Sharma, who is conducting trial of the cases, shall record her tes- timony. The rape survivor was air- lifted from a Lucknow hospital to Delhi on the Supreme Court orders.

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Page 1: ˇ ˆ˜...An attractive album in Odia and Sambalpuri languages has been released here in the presence of mediapersons and music loving people of the town. The album is …

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An attractive album in Odiaand Sambalpuri languages

has been released here in thepresence of mediapersons andmusic loving people of thetown.

The album is composed byChittaranjan Dhal and named‘Katakia Pua-Sambalpuria Jia.'It is expected to be widely-accepted.

A local youth, SurajPurohit, is its music director.

The recording of the songhas been made in Mumbaiwhere Bollywood singer AsitTripathy and Prangya Patrahave given the voice. Someamusing comedies have beenincluded in the song to makeit more attractive.

Tarpan Kumar Pradhangave a brief note of the songand its nomenclature, the zealof the youths who made it pos-sible facing many a problem.

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Binodini Samal, a50-year-old woman

teacher of a primaryschool in Rathiapalavillage under Odapadablock in Dhenkanaldistrict, has set exam-ples for many due toher work commitmentand sincerity.

For the past 10years, Binodini has nottaken a day off toensure that her stu-dents do not lagbehind in getting edu-cation.

Moreover, she wadesthrough neck-deep water ofSapua river everyday whichflows between Rathiapala andJaripala, her native village, toreach the school.

The odds have not deterredBinodini from carrying outher job. She said impartingeducation to children is hergoal in life. Despite advicefrom her well-wishers not to bebothered so much, Binodini isfirm on her commitment.

“I have been doing my job.I don’t care about hurdles com-ing in my way to provide edu-cation to children,” saidBinodini, who gets only Rs6,000 monthly salary.

She was appointed as aGana Shikshak in 2008, but theGovernment is yet to regulariseher job.

After some social activistsnarrated the story of her sin-cerity and dedication on socialmedia, Binodini has come topublic attention.

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Ateacher in Nabarangpurdistrict was arrested on

Wednesday after a video of hiscommenting against Hindureligion went viral in socialmedia.

According to reports,Kumesh Das working as aCRC in Raighar block in the district allegedly made thevideo viral in which he is seen making derogatorycomments against Hindu religion and throwing photos ofHindu gods in a river.

Further he urged people torenounce Hinduism.

Hindu organisationsstrongly protested against theteacher’s act in front of theRaighar police station anddemanded his immediate arrest.

Police registered an FIRagainst the CRC and forward-ed him to court, which rejected his bailapplication.

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The Odisha Governmentmight follow in the

footsteps of its Gujarat coun-terpart and reduce fineamounts for violation of trafficrules, said transport secretaryG Srinivas on Wednesday.

“We are observing themoves of other States over theMV Act. Discussions and con-sultations are underway to takea decision regarding reduc-

tion of the fine amount in theState,” said Srinivas.

The secretary, who visitedthe RTO-I here to take stock ofthe steps undertaken for expe-diting the processing of vehicle-related documents of appli-cants, said more counterswould be opened at the RTOsto expedite the process.

He advised people toobtain or update documents oftheir vehicles within the stipu-lated three months.

Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik has asked the enforce-ment agencies not to go on anoverdrive but to counsel andhandhold the people to facili-tate compliance with therules.

Notably, presently thereare seven counters at the RTO-1 here to handle the processingof documents, but still thequeues are serpentine and peo-ple have to wait for hourstogether.

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Taking a cue from Gujarat,West Bengal on Wednesday

refused to implement theamended Motor Vehicle Actwhile the Tamil NaduGovernment decided to imple-ment it partially. The BJP-ShivSena coalition Government ofMaharashtra stayed the imple-mentation the fines imposedunder the amended Act andwrote to the Centre to “recon-sider” and “reduce” the fines fortraffic violations through suit-able amendments.

Against the backdrop ofreluctance of several States toimplement the new MotorVehicle Act and instances ofmassive protests against it,Road Transport Minister NitinGadkari said States have theauthority to revise fines.

“MVA falls in the concur-rent list, and States as well asthe Centre can revise and framerules under the amended Act.The Government does notintend to garner revenue by

increasing fines. The idea is tomake roads safer and reducethe number of accidents. Arefines more important thansomeone’s life? You won’t befined if you don’t break therules,” the Minister said defend-

ing the amended Act. Gadkari’s comments come

after Gujarat announced toreduce traffic fines, with ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani sayingthat the “base rate for the fineswill be lower than the one pro-

posed by the UnionGovernment” and the revisedfines will be implemented fromSeptember 16.

While West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeesaid that she will not imple-ment the new law that impos-es hefty fines for traffic viola-tions, the Tamil NaduGovernment decided to imple-ment it partially.

Announcing the decisionto stay the fines for traffic vio-lation pending the revision of

rates by the Centre,Maharashtra TransportMinister Diwakar Raote of theShiv Sena said, “The fines arevery high and beyond the lim-its of common people. Peoplecannot pay so much of fine. Wehave asked the CentralGovernment to reduce the fine.Till we get a reply from theCentre, we will not implementthe new fines. If the reply is inthe negative, we will decide ourfuture action.”

Calling the amendments inthe Motor Vehicles Act “too

harsh” Mamata said it wasagainst the federal structure ofthe Government. “We hadopposed amendments inParliament. If we implementthe Motor Vehicles Act amend-ments, it will hurt general peo-ple,” the Bengal CM, who is oneof the BJP’s fiercest critics, toldreporters in Kolkata.

Adding that money is notthe solution, Mamata said theproblem needs to be looked atfrom the “humanitarian pointof view”. Saying that accidentshave come down, Mamata also

added that Bengal already hasthe “Safe Drive Save Life” cam-paign — a flagship programmeof the Bengal Government.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said the stake-holders in his Government arestill examining the issues.

Reacting to MaharashtraTransport Minister DiwakarRaote’s letter, Gadkari said,“Diwakar was a part of thecommittee that approved theAct. During my discussionwith Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis, he didn’t mention it.I feel there’ll be no problem.”

The Tamil NaduGovernment said as many as 26clauses which prescribed heftypenalty for various trafficoffences are being reviewed bythe Chief Minister’s office andthat penalty prescribed in theAct are likely to be reduced bythe Government.

“The decision by a fewStates to cut the fine amount fora few traffic offences will betaken into account before arriv-ing at the final decision,” saida Tamil Nadu transport official.

The Union Governmenthad amended 93 clauses inMotor Vehicle Act which dealswith penalties for traffic viola-tions, registration of vehicles,national transport policy andvehicle designs.

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In order to deal with the rushof vehicles to pollution

checking centres for PollutionUnder Control (PUC) certifi-cate across Delhi after theimplementation of new MotorVehicle Act, Delhi TransportMinister Kailash Gahlot onWednesday announced sev-eral remedial measures.

The decision was takenafter the TransportDepartment witnessed a three-fold increase in the number ofapplications for PUC certificatefrom 15,000 to 45,000 a day.Gahlot said there are 70 lakhvehicles on roads in Delhi.

The TransportDepartment has asked all 941pollution checking centres tofunction from 7am to 10pm.Besides, and server capacityhas been increased nearly twiceto deal with 6,000 online appli-cations per hour.

“The Delhi Governmenthas decided to open more pol-lution checking centres andnew applications are invited.An advertisement in thisrespect will be floated tomor-row. Transport terminals anddepots to provide pollution

checking services. In centreswith huge rush, civil defensevolunteers will be deployed forcrowd management to preventlaw and order issues,” the DelhiGovernment’s transportdepartment said in a statement.

The Delhi Governmenton Friday suspended two pol-lution checking centres formalpractices.

On diluting the penaltiesof offences under the MV Act2019, the Transport Ministersaid, “Though the StateGovernments have certain dis-cretionary powers to ease the

penalties with respect to cer-tain offences as per the newMV Act, as of now DelhiGovernment is not mulling todilute them since the stringentmeasures are meant to ensureroad safety. Road safety is amajor concern in Delhi and theDelhi Government is very seri-ous about it.”

Gahlot said, “We are close-ly observing the initiatives byother States and consultingvarious stakeholders. At anystage, if the Delhi Governmentis convinced to reduce thefine for certain offences, weshall do the needful.”

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday hit

out at critics who argue that themention of words “Om” and“cow” takes India centuriesback, saying they are hell-bent on damaging thecountry.

“When some people hearthe words Om and cow, theyscream that the country isback to the 16th century. Suchpeople are only destroying thenation,” Modi said at the launchof National Animal DiseaseControl Programme (NACDP)in Mathura.

The NACDP aims to con-trol foot and mouth disease andbacterial infection in livestock.The Centre will spend �12,652crore to vaccinate over 600 mil-lion animals in the programmestretching up to 2030.

Modi also promoted clean-liness, spoke against single-use plastic and invoked the9/11 attack on America toindirectly condemn Pakistan

for nurturing terrorism.“There is a country called

Rwanda in Africa. I had gonethere. In Rwanda, there is aunique programme, where theGovernment gives cows to vil-lages with the condition thatthe first female calf born to thecow is taken back and given tothose who do not have a cow,”said the PM.

“This way a chain operates.And their endeavour is that inRwanda every householdshould have a cow. Milk pro-duction and animal rearingform the base of the economy.I have myself seen how a net-work to earn livelihoodthrough a cow has been estab-lished there,” Modi said,adding, “But it is unfortunatethat in our country themoment the word ‘Om’ falls onthe ears of some people, theyget alarmed.”

“They also get alarmed bythe word ‘cow’. They feel as ifthat the country has gone backto the 16th or the 17thcentury,”

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In-camera proceedings com-menced on Wednesday at

AIIMS here, where a tempo-rary court has been set up forrecording the Unnao rape sur-vivor’s statement in the case ofalleged sexual assault byexpelled BJP MLA KuldeepSingh Sengar in 2017.

The woman’s statement isbeing recorded by DistrictJudge Dharmesh Sharma.

In-camera proceedings arenot open to the public and thepress. Sengar, along with co-accused Shashi Singh, wasbrought to the temporary courtat the Jai Prakash NarayanApex Trauma Centre, AIIMS,where the woman is presentlyadmitted following an acci-dent on July 28.

The Delhi High Court hadon Friday approved recordingthe rape survivor’s statement atAIIMS Trauma Centre.

A notification to this effectwas issued by the HC, whichsaid special judge Sharma, whois conducting trial ofthe cases, shall record her tes-timony.

The rape survivor was air-lifted from a Lucknow hospitalto Delhi on the Supreme Courtorders.

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To give a boost to air con-nectivity to more places in

the country from theJharsuguda airport, two moreflights would be introducedfrom Jharsuguda to Bangaloreand Kolkata soon in addition tofive flights operating from theairport now.

A decision to this effectwas at taken at the State-levelMonitoring Committee meet-ing held under the chairman-ship of Chief Secretary AsitTripathy at Lok Seva Bhawanhere on Wednesday. HomeSecretary Sanjeeb Chopra out-lined the issues for discussion.Civil Aviation DirectorHimansu Bhusan Panda waspresent.

Tripathy directed to widenthe airstrip at Rourkela foroperation of bigger flightswhich would benefit the peo-ple. Presently, Rourkela airportwith 5,900 ft runway has been

made ready for operation of the19 sitter flights. Routes likeBhubaneswar, Kolkata andRaipur have been decided forthe airport. The AirportAuthority of India has alsofloated the bidding invitingoffer from airlines operators.

Tripathy further directed tocomplete the construction ofterminal building, runway andother associated infrastructureat Jeyopore airport in Koraputdistrict for which �55 crore hasbeen sanctioned.

The progress regardingdevelopment of Utkela airstripin Kalahandi district showedthat the social impact study hasalready been completed andsubmitted to the Government.No major issues of displacementand rehabilitation are involvedin it. The process for land acqui-sition has been started. Tripathydirected to complete the processwithin scheduled time.

It was revealed that fourairstrips at Rourkela,

Jharsuguda, Utkela and Jeyporewere selected for the UDANscheme. The Biju PatnaikInternational Air Port,Bhubaneswar would serve asmentor airport.

Notably, the StateGovernment is providing boththe manpower and financialsupport to make the regionalconnectivity scheme viableduring initial periods. It hasdecided to reduce VAT from 5per cent to 1 per cent and pro-vide 20 per cent of the ViableGap Funding. The State willalso provide land, security andfire services. Around 43 secu-rity personnel and nine fire ser-vice personnel will be deployedin each airport.

Apart from that electricityand water would also be pro-vided by the State Governmentat concessional rates. Theroutes like Bhubaneswar toUtkela, Utklela to Raipur,Bhubaneswar to Jeypore,Bhubaneswar to Jharsuguda,Jharsuguda to Ranchi andBhubaneswar to Rourkela havebeen suggested for regionalconnectivity. The Governmenthas decided to support theregional air connectivityscheme as a part of its ‘Make inOdisha initiative’.

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Suddenly across India, thereis panic among automobile

vehicle users as the police andtransport authorities are joint-ly slapping huge amounts ofmoney by way of penalty fortraffic rule violation.

The Motor Vehicle Act,mainly relating to traffic safe-ty, has been amended drasti-cally with the sole view tomaking vehicular movementsafe for all.

The new set of rules cameinto force on September 1 andlife has been hell for the major-ity of habitual offenders includ-ing innocent kids and parentsand citizens not educated well.

Between November 18 and19, 2015, the BrazilianGovernment hosted the 2ndGlobal High-Level Conferenceon Road Safety in Brasilia, co-sponsored by the WHO, tochart progress for road safety inthe 2011-2020 period. The2,200 delegates adopted the“Brasilia Declaration on RoadSafety” through which theyagreed on ways to halve roadtraffic deaths by the end of thisdecade.

The Brasilia Declarationremains ever since a call torethink transport policies inorder to favour more sustain-able modes of transport such aswalking, cycling and usingpublic transport.

It highlights strategies toensure the safety of all roadusers particularly by improvinglaws and enforcement; makingroads safer through infra-structural modifications; ensur-ing that vehicles are equippedwith life-saving technologies;and enhancing emergencytrauma care systems. The dec-laration encourages the WHOand partners to facilitate devel-opment of targets to reduceroad traffic crashes and fatali-

ties.But as it seems, the

Government of India, fullyaware of the public ignoranceabout the declaration’s high-lights and features, has ignoredall critical strategies except lawenforcement. Hence the mas-sive hue and cry against what’shappening today on the trafficmanagement front. It’s onlythe enforcement agencies head-ed by the police that are rulingthe roost. Strategies includingbetter road infrastructure andlifesaving technology for vehi-cles and more have not been inplace at all.

Since the latest disturbingroad accident data are notavailable, it’s logical to go by2015 as the base year: Therewere about 5 lakh road acci-dents in India, which killedabout 1.5 lakh people andinjured about 5 lakh people.India, as a signatory to theBrasilia Declaration, is expect-ed to reduce road accidents andfatalities by 50% by 2022.

The first three high-fatali-ty States are Uttar Pradesh,Maharashtra and Tamil Naduin order and they account for33% of total Indian traffic

fatalities. Three cities account-ed for 18.7% of the total acci-dents in 2016. Chennai led with7,486 accidents followed byDelhi and Bengaluru. But Delhileads in the number of deathsfollowed by Chennai.

It is an established factthat ‘speeding’ is the biggestcause of accidents, especially onthe highways-accounting for41% of the total deaths. InIndia, over 1,37,000 peoplesuccumb to injuries from acci-dents. This figure is four timesthe annual death toll from ter-ror attacks. There is one roadaccident death every fourthminute. Five deaths are report-ed everyday in Delhi and 16children die every day in India.While two-wheelers accidentsaccount for 30%, ironically themodern vehicles with state-of-art safety features cause themost accidents.

India is said to be thefastest-developing country afterChina. However, the road con-ditions are dangerously terribleeverywhere – the metros,towns and remote villages.

According to the RoadAccident Report for 2014 pre-pared by the Road Transportand Highways Ministry, 75,000people were killed because ofthe dangerous roads.Overloaded vehicles, passengeror goods, are also a majorcause for accidents. Goodsvehicles carrying goods likeprotruding steel rods causeextremely horrific accidents.Overloaded vehicles caused36,543 deaths in 2014.

Drunken driving is per-haps the biggest reason for fatalaccidents. It is am irony thatmost drunk drivers walk awaysafely from the gruesome scenedue to the latest safety featuresin place. Pedestrians and small-er vehicles are never so lucky.

Two-wheelers account for30% of the accidents in India.Wearing a helmet can reducethe risk of severe head injury by72% and the risk of death by39%. Unfortunately, helmetuse has not been mandatoryeverywhere in India.

India has been upgradingits highways since 2000 with

dividers, four and six-laneroads and expressways, butthe design does not cater to therequirements of pedestrians,cyclists, two-wheelers, animalcarts and other slow-movingtraffic. So accidents occuroftentimes.

Not surprisingly, theenforcement officials have beenlax and casual all these decades.One gets to witness police offi-cials without helmet every nowand then; and on enquiry,quite a few government vehi-cles keep moving without validdocuments that are proof to fit-ness, up-to-date insurance anddriver’s licence and more.

Recently, in Bhubaneswar,when the traffic authoritiesincluding the police camepouncing on daily commutersand started slapping illogical-ly heavy fines for violations, theenraged public found someofficials' vehicles plying with-out valid documents.

All hell broke loose and theofficials had to flee or apologisepublicly, embarrassing theGovernment. Fortunately, theconsiderate Chief Ministerrealised all was not well on thetraffic front and passed orders

to go lax on most rules except‘drunk driving' and ‘lack ofinsurance coverage'. The relax-ation is for only three months,during which offenders areexpected to get their docu-ments organised.

Most importantly, parentsand guardians need to inspireyoung people to know mostcritical rules and regulationsthat ensure road safety:

Union Transport MinisterNitin Gadkari says steep penal-ties are not meant to collect big-ger revenue but to ensure thatpeople do not suffer injury orloss of life due to violation ofsafety laws.

He is right but not practi-cally so. Sudden harsh,extremely stringent laws andrules do cause panic whichresults in rebellion, mob behav-iour and violence all over. Onbeing caught, huge amounts ofmoney can never be arrangedby kids, poor parents or thewage-labour community.

The best way to dissuadehabitual offenders is to have the‘driving licence' impoundedinstantly with no scope forrenewal for some years unlessthe case is truly hard and

deserves clemency. Monetarypunishment can hurt peoplevery badly and turn theminimical.

But cancelling licence, roadpermit or suspending vehicleregistration temporarily willforce traffic rule offenders tofall in line with law.

If offence is committed asecond time, the violator maylose entitlement for life.Similarly, vehicles can be seizedattracting hefty fines. Mindlessfinancial punishment will noteasily teach people anylesson.

But the fear of losing enti-tlement, temporary or perma-nent, can drive everyone tomend ways. This approach willbe the most effective deterrentin matters of traffic rule viola-tion, given the economic situ-ation of the masses of India.

No matter what, they cannever cough up the astronom-ical sums of money by way ofpenalty. If the new law is forcedon people, there could be coun-trywide rebellion.

In consequence, all busi-ness would come to a standstillfor a pretty long time as mostvehicles would go off roads.

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Notorious criminal Buddhia Das,a close associate of gangster Tito,

was apprehended following anencounter with police at Sector 13 inCDA area of Cuttack city late onTuesday night.

Reports said that based on spe-cific inputs about Buddhia’s presencein the area, the Chauliaganj policeand the Special Squad conducted araid in CDA to nab him, who was one of the most wantedcriminals.

Spotting the police, Buddhiahad opened fire at them in a bid toescape from the spot.

In retaliation, the police teamfired back in self-defence. Buddhiawas hit by a bullet in his right leg andwas injured. He was subsequently

overpowered and nabbed.During the gunfight, the

Chaliaganj police station IIC had aclose shave as a bullet missed him bya whisker, but another police per-sonnel, Biswajit Mohanty, waswounded.

Later, Buddhia was taken to theSCB Medical College Hospital herefor treatment.

The cops seized a pistol and tworounds of bullet from the spot.

Police sources said that Buddhiawas a close associate of gangster Titoand was wanted in as many as morethan 30 criminal cases includingmurder, attempt to murder, extortionin various police stations of Cuttackcity and Kendrapada district.

After Tito was earlier arrested bythe Special Task Force (STF),Buddhia used to operate his network.

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BJD State general secretaryManas Ranjan Mangaraj

on Wednesday took charge asthe Advisor of Media andPublic Relations to the StateGovernment.

Director of Informationand Public RelationsKrupasindhu Mishra andAddition al Director NiranjanSethi and Editor ofGovernment mouthpieces‘Utkal Prasanga’ and ‘OdishaReview’ Lenin Mohanty werepresent.

Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik recently picked upMangaraj as the Government’sAdvisor of Media and PublicRelations in view of the latter’sgood rapport with the mediaworld as he was a journalist ofeminence earlier.

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Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik has been urged to

protect the Mangu Mutt andthe Panjabi Mutt at Puri ratherthan letting them to be demol-ished.

In a memorandum to theCM, lawyer Sukhvinder Kaurand researcher Anil Dhir onbehalf of the Sikh community

have highlighted the age-oldconnection of the two muttswith the JagannathTemple.

They said that the connec-tion between Sikhism and theJagannath temple goes back tomore than 500 years ago when Guru Nanak Dev Ji vis-ited the holy temple to spreadthe message of Ek Onkar, meaning "one supremereality".

It was at the JagannathTemple that the Holy SikhArti, which is enshrined in theSri Guru Granth Sahib, wascomposed. Since then, the asso-ciation of Sikhs with theJagannath Temple was formedand continues till today, they

said.Referring to the heritage

Mangu Mutt, they said themonastery also played animportant role during the free-dom struggle.

Many freedom fighters,both from Odisha and upcoun-try were sheltered here. LateGobind Tripathy, freedomfighter from Puri, had recol-lected his stay in the mutt as aninmate and the immense sup-port he and fellow freedomfighters received here in thethirties.

"Historically, Sikhs havealways been seen as the pro-tectors of Hindus. Even duringvictorious conquests, the Sikhshave never defiled, not

destroyed any place of worshipof the enemies. Many of theSikh Gurus and their familiesgave up their lives for the pro-tection of the Hindu faith andtemples. It is ironic that ourholy place will be destroyed inthe name of development,"they told.

The administration canremove all the commercialestablishments and illegalstructures, but the Gadi, theSanctum Sanctorum, should beleft intact.

The relics should be prop-erly preserved. It will hurt thesentiments of the Sikh com-munity worldwide if the muttsare razed to the ground, theyadded.

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To make the environment free fromplastic wastes, Chief Secretary Asit

Tripathy on Wednesday asked the WorksDepartment to make guidelines for use ofwaste plastic materials in construction ofroads.

Chairing a meeting at the Lok SevaBhawan here, he asked the Chief Engineer

of the department to include the use ofplastic wastes in the schedule of rate andascertain the quantum of plastic that can be used for construction of roadsannually.

It was revealed that waste plasticswould need to be processed for use in roadconstruction. The wastes would be cut intovery small pieces and processed to get min-gled with tar. It was decided that youthswould be given training to establish pro-cessing units. The Chief Secretary alsostressed to provide exposure visit to suchentrepreneurs. Youths can establish suchentrprenures under the Prime Minister

Employment Guarantee Programme, saidIndustries Secretary Hemant KumarSharma.

The Panchayati Raj and DrinkingWater Supply Department would collectplastic wastes from the rural arreas andhand over them to the Housing andUrban Development Department.

The Chief Secretary further asked theofficers to bring under full control the useof plastic bags, bottles and packing anddecorative items.

It was revealed that 150 tonnes of plas-tic wastes being generated from 2024 wardsof 114 ULBs in the State every day.

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Abody of an unidentified youth wasfound under suspicious circumstances

near a temple at Panchupala village underthe Barang police station in Cuttack dis-trict on Wednesday.

Locals spotted the body near the tem-

ple in the morning and informed policeabout it. Cops reached the village, recov-ered the body and started investigation intothe incident.

The identity of the deceased was yet tobe established. The circumstances underwhich the body was found indicated thathe was murdered, reports said.

The body bore grievous injuries onhead. Police sent the body for post-mortem.

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Many illegal struc-tures from around

the CRPF Campusbetween Fire StationSquare and RentalSquare here weredemolished onWednesday.

A team of officialsof the BDA, BMC,CRPF andC o m m i s s i o n e r a t ePolice conducted theeviction drive to avoidsecurity threat, said anofficial release.

Two Omfedbooths, four houses, 39extended shed of vend-ing aone, 15 hotel/ fast foodshops, 12 cabins, 11 movablestalls, an unauthorised nursery,

three extended shed of housesand a juice shop were demol-ished. BDA Enforcement

Officer Pramod Kumar Patroand Liaison Officer SubhransuSekhar Mohanty were present.

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Sundargarh SPSaumya Mishra,

who had recentlylanded in a contro-versy for allegedlyassaulting a preg-nant woman whichlater led to her mis-carriage, is onceagain in news. Butthis time, for a goodcause.

The woman cop rescued an accidentvictim at Kutra in the district and rushedhim to hospital in her Government vehi-cle on Tuesday.

Reportedly, the SP was heading toRajgangpur in her Government vehicle toreview law and order on the occasion ofMuharram. After seeing a cyclist in a poolof blood following an accident at Kutra onBiju Expressway, the SP stopped there andmade arrangements to rush him to hos-pital.

The youth identified as Rajendra

Kisapeta had sus-tained criticalinjuries in his headand body.

As per the direc-tive of the SP, otherpolice personnel pre-sent there used apolice jacket asstretcher and carriedhim to the seniorcop’s police vehicle.

Rajendra wasadmitted to the

Kutra hospital and later shifted to theRajgangpur hospital after his conditionworsened. According to the latest reports,he succumbed to injuries while undergo-ing treatment at the Rajgangpur hospital.

Meanwhile, the two bikers, PradeepSingh and Bhim, who had hit Rajendra’scycle, were admitted to the Kutra hospi-tal in critical condition.

Later the duo was shifted to IGH inRourkela. Sources said condition of the twoinjured is stated to be stable at present.

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Language, Literature and Culture MinisterJyotiprakash Panigrahi on Wednesday

advised District Culture Officers to adhere to5T principles in implementation of variousschemes and programmes of the department.

Chairing a review meeting, the Ministerasked the officers and the office bearers of theZilla Kala Sanskruti Sanghas (ZKSSs) to be tech-no-savvy to promote the rich heritage and cul-ture of Odisha.

Stating that special emphasis has beengiven to protect the heritage sites, Panigrahi

stressed on oragnising a training workshop forCulture Officers to develop their professionalskill and behavioral motivation.

Discussions were held on revival ofBhagabata Tungis, progress of MukhyamantriKalakar Sahayata Yojana (Financial Assistanceto the Artists) and activities of Block and ZillaKala Sanskruti Sanghas (BKSS and ZKSS).Besides, various activities mooted for celebra-tion of 150th Birth Anniversary of MahatmaGandhi were also discussed.

Principal Secretary Manoranjan, DirectorBijay Nayak and other senior officers were pre-sent.

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In yet another shameful incident, aClass-VII girl was found to be seven-

month pregnant in Papadahandi block ofthe district.

The incidence came to light onTuesday evening when the 12-year-old girlcomplained of acute stomach pain. Herfamily members noticed her changedbehaviour and suspicious physical state andtook her for a medical checkup. And afterthe checkup, the girl was found to be preg-nant for seven months.

The girl’s mother lodged a complaint

with the Papadahandi police alleging thather minor daughter was raped and impreg-nated by one Rajiv Majhi of Ghusurabedhavillage under the Papadahandi police sta-tion.

Acting on the complaint, police arrest-ed the accused and recorded the girl’s state-ment. According to reports, the girl usedto go to her school at Tikarapala alone.Taking advantage of it, the accused madefriends with her and sexually exploited herrepeatedly on a false promise of marriage.

“We have arrested the accused underthe POSCO Act and sent the victim andthe accused for medical examinations. Theaccused was produced before the SessionsCourt on Wednesday and remanded tojudicial custody,” said the InvestigatingOfficer.

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The Child Welfare Committee(CWC) here has directed for

an inquiry after a 13 -year-oldmissing girl child was rescued andlodged in a short stay home onTuesday.

The minor was missing sinceMay this year and rescued byChildline, Khaira unit, with thehelp of police from the house ofone Dhrutiban Sahu when the lat-ter was away from home.

When rescued by thrChildline team, they found ver-milion on her head suggesting sheis married.

Sahu (35) is married since 10years and has an 8-year- old sonout of his wedlock withMadhusmita. In fact, Madhusmitahad informed to the child rescueagency and police about presenceof the girl in her house.

The victim after being rescuedhas been lodged in Nari Sanghaand her medical examination is

conducted, said Nari Sangha pres-ident Gopamudra Mohapatra.

CWC chairman BhagirathiBarik said an inquiry is underwayregarding the missing child by theDistrict Child Protection Officer.Further, action would be takenafter obtaining report from theDCPO.

“Since the child is a minor, hermarriage with accused Dhrutibanor any one is treated illegal as perlaw. Hence, the police have beendirected to register a case under

POCSO Act against the accused.The statement of the minor wouldbe recorded under 164 CrPC andthe DCPO has been directed tosubmit report for further action onthe issue,” said Barik.

The minor of villagePatherapentha under Khantaparapolice station limits was missingsince May last and the parents andrelatives had failed to trace her.

The parents had lodged an FIRwith the police regarding missingof the child.

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While an unknown fevergripped several parts of

the district, as many as 37 stu-dents of an Ashram schoolwere admitted in the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital (DHH)on Tuesday and were under-going treatments of fever.

These students are of theNidhipada Primary Schoolunder Bardhanpur gram pan-chayat and studying in Classesbetween I and V. A medicalteam from the DHH visited theaffected school, said sources.

Sources said on Monday

while 5-6 students of the schoolavailed treatment for fever,others made similar com-plaints.

After receiving complaints,ambulances from the DHHwere pressed into service toferry the ailing students tohospital. FM MCH PrincipalSudhir Ghosh said the studentswere suffering from viral feverand all tests including bloodand stool were beinng made.He added that they were stable.

The residential schoolwhile has around 200 strength,about 150 of them reside inhostel.

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BHUBANESWAR: Even asdeaths of elephants due toelectrocution are being report-ed often, the CompensatoryAfforestation FundManagement and PlanningAuthority (CAMPA) funds arenot made available for strength-ening electrical infrastructurein forests, thanks to the Centralguidelines governing thescheme.

While Odisha has beengiven the highest fund of

�5,933.89 crore under theCAMPA till date, it doesn’tinclude any allocation for cre-ating electrical infrastructure inthe forest areas. The State hasbeen asked to spend the fundsfor protection of nature andnatural resources and for var-ious developmental works.

While in 2018-19 a total of93 elephants died due to vari-ous reasons, 24 of them wereelectrocuted and 15 died inaccidents.

Under this backdrop, theEnergy Department has under-taken various initiatives tocurb electrocution of elephants.But it still requires �550 crorefor improvement and strength-

ening of electrical infrastruc-ture, as per the proposals of thedistribution companies.

The department has pro-posed to the Forest andEnvironment department torelease the required amountfrom CAMPA Funds.

But old rules governingCAMPA does not allow itsfunds for strengthening elec-trical infrastructure.

Under this backdrop, theMinistry of Forests andEnvironment and ClimateChange has been requested tomake necessary changes inrules and allow CAMPA fundsfor improvement of electricalinfrastructure in elephant cor-

ridors to check untimely deathsof elephants.

While the StateGovernment and MPs haveplaced the demands, bureau-cratic wrangling is delayingthe process, said senior offi-cials. The Centre framed theCAMPA with an intention toconserve nature and its natur-al resources amidst the variousdevelopment works.Accordingly, funds should bemade available for protection ofelephants from electrocutionand these wild animals can besaved from any such accidents,said a senior officer engaged indistribution of power in an ele-phant corridor. PNS

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Amale elephant was stuck inthe Rengali canal under the

Parjang police limits inDhenkanal district onWednesday.

The tusker fell into thecanal after attacking and injuring one Panchanan Sahuof Chandpur village while hewas working at a farmland ataround 7.30 am.

The elephant’s repeatedattempts to come out of thecanal yielded no result due tohigh water current.

Being informed by locals,Forest Department officialsreached the spot and launchedan operation to rescue the ani-mal.

However, the elephantcame out of the canal on its

own after its hour-long effort.

The animal then attackedone Mantri Roul of Barihapurvillage, leaving him criticallyinjured.

He was admitted to theDistrict Headquarters Hospitalfor treatment.

Forest officials were tryingto ward off the elephant fromthe area, reports said.

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Of late, temple looters arehaving a field day in the

district. On Tuesday night,miscreants looted cash andgold ornaments from a templeat Gabasahi under the BhadrakTown police station.

Reports said the miscreants

broke into the Maa Tarini tem-ple at Gabasahi and decampedwith gold ornaments of thedeities, other valuables andcash from the donation box.The loot came to light whendevotees reached the templeearly on Wednesday morningfor prayers.

Getting information, theTown police reached the spotand started an investigation.But the exact amount of prop-erty stolen from the temple wasyet to be ascertained.

Locals alleged that recent-ly this was the fourth incidentof temple loot in the district,but police are yet to achieve anybreakthrough in any of thecases and nab the looters.

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The Paradip Port Trust(PPT) began observance

of “Swachhta Hi Sewa” from September 11 to October 2 under the instruc-tions of the CentralGovernment.

The observance startedwith taking of the Swachhtapledge by all the PPT officersand employees in the lobby ofAdministrative Buildingadministered by PPTChairman Rinkesh Roy onWednesday.

The PPT has alreadydrawn up action plan for theperiod which includes aware-ness drive among workers andstaff of all Departments andPPT Divisions and

local community, cleaningactivities in colonies and sites,holding Swachhta awarenessworkshop in local

schools, cleanliness drive inlocal slums, displayingSwachhta awareness hoardingsand digital display at important

locations in the township withspecial emphasis on plasticwaste management.

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Reinforcing the commitmentof Indian Railways for

green initiatives, the East CoastRailway (ECoR) is observingmassive awareness campaignssince long time and discour-aging the use of plastic inRailway premises over its juris-diction.

In view of harmful of plas-tic to the environment, theRailways have taken steps notto use single use plastic in itspremises, especially in stations,trains, resident areas and in itsestablishments.

ECoR General ManagerVidya Bhushan in an oath-tak-ing ceremony administeredoath to its employees and offi-cers not to use plastic in theirday to day life and to awareothers about the impact onenvironment.

Later, the GM along withother senior officials and staffsparticipated in Shram Danprogramme where plasticwastages were cleared fromthe Rail Sadan premises.

The ECoR has installed 16Plastic Bottle Crushing

Machines at different railwaystations over its jurisdiction.

It has also been proposedto instal plastic bottle crush-ing machines over the ECoRjurisdiction in near future.These include, four at Puri, twoat Khurda Road, two atRayagada, one each atVizianagaram, Srikakulam,Simhachalam, Araku,Jagadalpur, Balangir, Titilagarhand Kesinga.

Awareness programmesare also being conducted toaware the train passengers andrail users to use this machine,so that the premises of RailwayStations will be maintainedclean.

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Abandh call given by farmers of Kuchinda and thecommon people in Kuchinda sub-division on

Wednesday demanding crop insurance was suc-cessful.

The farmers said they should get crop insurancemoney from the companies within 45 days ofdeclaration of the area as drought-affected but yethave not been for the years 2017 and 2018.

At the same time, the input subsidy declared bythe State Government is also unavailable to them, they further rued.

Due to the bandh, normal life got paralysed inBamra, Jamankira and Kuchinda blocks of the sub-division.

All schools and colleges, Government and pri-vate offices, banks and commercial organisationsremained shut. Vehicles also remained off the roads.

Police said forces were deployed in adequatenumbers to avert any untoward situation. But thebandh was totally peaceful.

Different political parties also came forward tosupport the bandh and demanded that the StateGovernment and insurance companies take steps toprovide crop insurance money.

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C U T T A C K :DGP BK Sharmahere onWednesday felic-i t a t e dJagatsinghpurSpecial PublicProsecutor SibaPrasad Majhiand Erasamapolice station IICBichitranandaSethi for their good jobs in thegruesome rape and murder case of aminor girl in Erasama leading to theawarding of death penalty to theaccused on Tuesday.

Investigating the rape and mur-der case of the girl on March 21, 2018,Erasama PS IIC and InvestigatingOfficer Sethi utilised the services ofa dog squad and collected materialevidence by a forensic team. He alsosent the body to the SCB MedicalCollege Hospital in Cuttack forautopsy.

T h ea c c u s e dKalia Manaalias Labawas arrestedand for-warded tocourt onM a r c h23,.2018.

The casewas charge-

sheeted on May 21, 2018 (within 60days) on charges of rape, murder andoffences under the POCSO Act.Special PP Majhi prosecuted thecase before the JagatsinghpurAdditional Session Judge and SpecialJudge.

The case ended with convictionof the accused Laba with award ofcapital punishment on Tuesday. DGPSharma appreciated the efforts ofSethi and Majhi and advised them tocontinue in such zeal, spirit and sin-cerity in future days. PNS

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BHUBANESWAR: The seventhfoundation day of the KISS-Delhi, ajoint venture of Government of NCTDelhi and KISS-Bhubaneswar, wascelebrated on Wednesday.

NCT SC and ST, Social Welfareand Cooperative Minister RajendraPal Gautam and Health and FamilyWelfare Pr Secretary RaajivYaduvanshi attended as guests andaddressed the students.

Education is the key to develop-ment and students should pursue edu-cation with discipline, opined theguests. “The KISS-Delhi has provid-ed all kinds of facilities to pursue qual-ity education and you should utilizethe opportunities to excel in your life”,they added.

Addressing students, KIIT andKISS founder Dr Achyuta Samantasaid the KISS is the leading NGO ofOdisha, which has been doing goodwork for the upliftment of poor andunder privileged children.

“Following a request from theDelhi Government, the KISS openedits branch in the name of KISS-Delhiand the school has been successfullyrunning in Issapur, Najafgarh for lastseven years and it is moving fromstrength to strength. The students ofKISS-Delhi are doing very well in edu-cation,” he added.

Ten best students of the KISS-Delhi will be provided technical edu-cation in various branches in KIIT freeof cost, Dr. Samanta declared.

He also thanked the NCTGovernment for their continuoussupport to KISS-Delhi and congrat-ulated the staff, students and teach-ers including KISS-Delhi CEOKumkum Sharma. PNS

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Aworkshop on AutismSpectrum Disorder

and ABA interventionwas organised at theKIMS here onWednesday in the pres-ence of more than 100schoolchildren, parents, doc-tors and rehabilitation profes-sionals.

Early diagnosis of autismplays an important step inrehabilitation process of child.Evidence based therapies suchas Applied BehaviourAnalysis(ABA) have shownexcellent results in children.However, in India, ABA ther-apy is expensive.

Focusing on child devel-opment as a holistic goal,affordable remote ABA servicesexecuted by non-experts willrevolutionise therapy forautism children, said the speak-ers. Dr Joshua K Pritchand,Manu Kohli, FoundercogniAble and Dr DebasishPanigrahi, MD Paediatrics,spoke on different aspects ofautism.

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The UAIL hasinstalled 75 solar

street lights which willlight the village of Tikirifrom Azad Youth Clubtill Tikiri Haat under itsCSR programme.

These modernsolar lights will haveunique features to takecharge from sun in themorning and light thestreets in the night andwith an auto controlwill conserve energy byswitching off whilethere will be day light.

Utkal Alumina Unit Headand president N Nagesh said, “We are committed to ideology

of “We Grow Together.”We have always strivedfor all-round develop-ment of the people andthe communitythrough many CSR ini-tiatives to raise the liv-ing standard of societysurrounding us. AndUAIL has been workingwith the people and forthe people.”

Rayagada MLAMakahand Muduli,Joint President UAILMazhar Beig, RuaiMajhi, SankarshanNaik, Soubhgya

Behera, among others, werepresent.

CUTTACK: Vigilance officerson Wednesday arrested threeGovernment officials for tak-ing bribe in two separate inci-dents in the State onWednesday.

In the first incident,Khordha district’s HaladiaCHC Vital Statistical ClerkAshok Kumar Mohanty was

caught red-handed whiledemanding and accepting ille-gal gratification of Rs1,000from Manoranjan Ray ofBaniatangi to issue a death cer-tificate of his father.

In the second incident, I/CRevenue Inspector SimanchalPadhi and his office PeonSantosh Kumar Gouda ofMundamarai Revenue Circleunder Ganjam district’s

Dharakote tahasil were caughtred-handed while taking illegalgratification of Rs 1,500 fromone Pabitra Kumar Das to sub-mit an enquiry report in amutation case filed by him. Theoffice and residential house ofPadhi at Gosaninuagaon,Brahmapur and rented houseof Peon Gouda were undersearch, informed an officialrelease. PNS

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DJs would not be allowedduring the Durga Puja

celebrations in the State capi-tal, said Commissioner ofPolice Sudhansu Sarangireviewing preparations for the

Puja on Wednesday.Sarangi called a meeting of

senior police officials and pujacommittees of the city to dis-cuss the safety and securitymeasures and other prepara-tions.

The Durga Puja would

begin fromOctober 5. Whilethe Mahashtamiis on October 6and Dussehra onOctober 8,immersion of theg o d d e s sidol would takeplace on October9.

He stressedon installation ofCCTV cameras atprominent pujapandals as part ofsecurity arrange-ment.

Besides, threemembers of eachpuja committeewould be impart-

ed training on security mea-sures. The committees werealso asked to install fire extin-guishers at the puja pandals forsafety.

He also informed that the‘Ravana Podi’ would be held atfive places in the city.

BHUBANESWAR: Athree-day BusinessExcellence Summit2019, the flagship eventof Xavier Institute ofM a n a g e m e n t ,Bhubaneswar (XIMB)on the theme“Innovating Business”is going to be held fromSeptember 13.Theevent will be inaugu-rated by ChiefSecretary Asit KumarTripathy.

The event aims tobring together eminentindustry stalwarts from differentareas of the business gatheringtheir unique perspectives.

On the first day, Tata SteelTQM and Steel Business presidentAnand Sen, Bridge i2i AnalyticsSolutions CEO Prithvijit Roy andAditya Birla Group CorporateStrategy and Business

Development group executivepresident D Shivakumar wouldspoke.m While the second daywill open with panel discussionsbetween several speakers fromCDS Development Centre LLP,Bizibean, Sequoia Fitness andSports Technology Pvt Ltd,Lenovo, Infosys, Deloitte Touche

Tohmatsu India LLP,IBM and L&TFinancial Services.

Last day would seefirstly Yeshwanth Nag,The ThickshakeFactory Founder andDXC TechnologiesSabyasachi Dasaddressing the stu-dents. Later a paneldiscussion is scheduledwith several otherspeakers from Uber,Reliance Retail, OYORooms and UTIM u t u a l

Funds.Several successful leadersacross industries will also impartknowledge to the students on theroad to be the future managers. Itis also a chance to gain an in-depth understanding of recentmarket trends, as the economy isever-changing, in the blink of aneye. ` PNS

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The old employees of RathiSteels Ltd had no other

option than to lock up theoffice of the Deputy LabourCommissioner (DLC) onSaturday last when the pre-fixed tripartite meeting

could not be held in thestipulated time.

The steel company estab-lished at the other end of riverMahanadi was closed in theyear 2012 and the employees ofall ranks turned jobless all ona sudden. But the companyauthorities are now making therenovation work after sevenyear to run it again.

“However, the authorities

who made us jobless are notthinking about us now result-ing in mass dissatisfaction,”alleged the old employees.

They have approached theDistrict Labour Officer (DLO)and the Deputy LabourCommissioner (DLC) to takenecessary step with the man-agement so that the oldemployees can get back theirjobs.

But to the utter surprise ofthe employees as well as thepublic, the company manage-ment is not in a mood to listento the direction the LabourDepartment and hence, hasbeen avoiding a tripartite meet-ing of the employees, the LaborDepartment authorities andthe company representatives.

The employees, the labourleaders and even local MLA

Nauri Naik got infuriated whenthe company authorities didn’tturn up on Saturday afternoonas per the stipulated date andtime.

The result being, the oldemployees locked up the officeof the DLC and didn’t allow thestaff to come out of it.

Looking at the situation,the DLC Haburt Lugun againcontacted the Rathi Steel man-agement who assured of anoth-er meeting on September 18afternoon. “If they will notcome for the next meeting,then action as per the LabourAct will be taken against them,”said Lugun, the DLC. LocalMLA Naik and union leaderswarned that if the companydoes not attend the next meet-ing, they would stop the ongo-ing renovation works.

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Students of the BindhyagiriPrimary School at

Chatabara Panchayat havebegun restoring the greenery ofChandaka forest that was dec-imated by the tropical cycloneFani.

Instead of extensive plan-tation, the students have joinedhands in adopting a distinctand natural way for reforesta-tion. The new way is describedto be mixing and mashing ofsoil and manure or compost

together and formation ofround balls with different kindsof seeds inside them. These aretermed as 'Seed Balls'.

Social organisation MindEmpowerment Foundation hadorganised the event at theBindhyagiri Primary Schoolfor restoration of the forestback to its original greenery.Social activist Sushanta Sahooaddressed the students on mak-ing, usage, importance andadvantage of the seed balls.

Swami ShrikrushnandaGiri, Manoj Kumar Pradhan

,Priyabrata Panda of MindEmpowerment Foundation,Ramesh Chandra Maharana-Headmaster of the school,CRCC of Paniora DebendraKumar Ratha and BasantaMahapatra, president of SchoolManaging Committee werepresent to encourage the stu-dents.

It is known that adjoiningto the boundaries of theBindhyagiri Primary School isthe Chandaka forest. Prior tocyclone Fani, group of peacocksused to hustle around theschool and surroundingperimeter which would makethe students happy for wit-nessing such an amazing sceneevery day.

At present, the scene is notmore than a dream asexpressed by the students.

The Mind EmpowermentFoundation has assured thestudents that their efforts ofrestoring the forest would def-initely make their dream cometrue once again.

The reforestation effortsby students have been highlyappreciated by the residents ofthe area.

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CEO, Alumina Business,Vedanta Limited, Rahul

Sharma has claimed that theVedanta Aluminium has gen-erated one lakh job opportu-nities in Odisha.

Vedanta Lanjigarh sub-sidiary of Vedanta Aluminium,the largest producer of alu-minium in India, participatedin the HR Leadership Summit2019, organized by IndianChambers of Commerce,recently here. Speaking aboutthe essentiality of a skilledworkforce, CEO Sharma said,“Vedanta is pleased to contin-ue its efforts to support theOdisha Government’s vision totake the State economy to the$1-trillion mark by 2030.”

“As the biggest investor in

the State with over Rs 50,000crore, Vedanta Aluminium hasgenerated 1 lakh direct andindirect employment opportu-nities in Odisha. As the majorjob creator, we can assure youthat our openness towards dig-itization and diversity hasenabled us to achieve thesemilestones ” said Sharma.

The company believes thatpromoting mining can helpOdisha unlock its vast miner-al reserves that can trigger amultiplier effect in the form ofemployment creation and eco-nomic growth.

While debating the theme‘Unlocking Odisha’s humanpotential to achieve $1-tril-lion economy’ in the summit,the panel of speakers unani-mously agreed that Odishashould tap into its skilledhuman capital to ramp up itsmining sector.

To achieve this, the Stateshould also provide structural

support in the form of invest-ment-friendly policies, moderninfrastructure and connectivi-ty. These efforts, in turn, willenable Odisha to become themanufacturing hub of India.

At the summit, Vedantademonstrated some of the bestpractices it has adopted foreffective human resource man-agement including several digi-tisation-led initiatives under-taken for modern training anddevelopment practices.

The company also spoke ofits focus on gender diversitythat currently stands at 17 percent-- one of the best in themanufacturing sector. At pre-sent, 80 per cent of the com-pany’s workforce is fromOdisha.

It is to be noted that thecompany’s investment in theregion has played a critical rolein the development of around400 new micro and small enter-prises.

TALCHER: The annual eventfor honouring freedom fighterswas celebrated as thePrajamandal Diwas here onSeptember 6. It was organisedby the NTPC Kaniha in asso-ciation with the TalcherSwadinanata SangramiMemorial Trust

The Prajamandal move-ment had started for improvingcivil rights and which becamepart of the Indian indepen-dence movement from 1920s inwhich people living in theprincely States, who were sub-ject to the rule of local aristo-crats rather than the British Raj,campaigned against thosefeudatory rulers, and some-

times also the British adminis-tration.

The programme wasgraced by Minister for Tourism,Odia Language, Literature andCulture Jyoti Prakash Panigrahiand Dhenkanal MP MaheshSahoo.

Besides, Jatai MLA SureshRoutray, Talcher MLA BrajaPradhan, Pallahara MLAMukesh Pal, freedom fighterBichannda Pradhan, AngulCollector Manoj Mohanty,NTPC Kaniha ED RameshBabu V and GM V Ringejoined as guests.

The dignitaries felicitatedBichannda Pradhan, who waspart of the Prajamandal move-ment. In all, 50 freedom fight-ers were honoured. PNS

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Odisha-bornbureaucrat

Pramod KumarMishra todaytook charge as theprincipal secre-tary to PrimeM i n i s t e rNarendra Modi.He is the firstOdia to hold thepost.

He was earli-er serving as theadditional prin-cipal secretary to the PrimeMinister. Recently, NripendraMisra had stepped down as theprincipal secretary to the PrimeMinister.

Notably, P.K. Mishraserved as principal secretary toModi between 2001 and 2004during the latter’s tenure asChief Minister of Gujarat.

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The Mountain Strike Corpsraised recently to meet any

threat from China in the eastwill carry out its first exercisewith its Integrated BattleGroups (IBG) in parts ofArunachal Pradesh and Assamin October.

The one-and-a-half-month-long drill named 'HimVijay' will see the Army assess-ing the operational efficiency ofthe Strike Corps to fight ininaccessible terrain and theIAF will provide support interms of air lifting troops fromneighbouring states.

The nod for the MountainStrike Corps was given by theCabinet Committee onSecurity(CCS)in 2013 and theprocess of raising began there-after with its headquarters atPanagarh in West Bengal. Thefirst ever exercise of the Corpshaving about 40,000 troopswill help the Army to evaluateits performance. With theIBGs playing a crucial role inthe drill, the Corps will later berestructured into small units tomove swiftly in the mountainsand fight modern day war.

The first IBG was raised inthe north facing Pakistan andafter successfully meeting allparameters during an exercisein the plains of Punjab,Jammuand Rajasthan in June, theunit will be functional by thismonth end and three othersIBGs will be in place sometimelater. Each IBG has about 5,000soldiers and the main objectiveis to operate jointly in terms ofthe tanks, artillery and infantry

instead of fighting in silos,sources said here onWednesday. The idea of hav-ing smaller and meaner IBGsis the brainchild of Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat.

The forthcoming exercisewill see more than 15,000troops of three IBGs, part of theMountain Strike Corps, carry-ing out drills both offensive anddefensive using artillery, tanksand infantry. While tanks willplay a limited role given themountainous terrain, the eval-uators will keenly watch theperformance of the artilleryand infantry.

Moreover, the IAF willprovide support by airliftingtroops from Assam and otherparts in AN-32s, C-17s and C-130Js besides helicopters tosimulate realistic battle sce-nario, officials said adding the

IBGs are trained to be ready foroperations within 24 hours.The main objective of havingsuch small units was to cutdown the time in mobilizationthereby losing the surprise ele-ment.

These composite units arelikely to be headed by a MajorGeneral rank officer and will beequipped to perform offensiveand defensive roles. While theoffensive action means makingquick and effective thrust intothe enemy territory stealthily,the defence role will see theseunits guarding its own territo-ry in case of retaliatory actionfrom across the border.

Each unit, both in defen-sive and offensive formationswill have six battalions(onebattalion has 1,000 men)trained to fight in a synergisedmanner.

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While the BJP and theGovernment on

Wednesday defended UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman’s claim that theautomobile industry was takinga hit due to millennials’ pref-erence for using ride-sharingapps such as Uber or Olainstead of buying cars, RSS out-fit Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) sought to protestagainst what it said wasGovernment's "wrong eco-nomic" policies leading toeconomic slowdown, unem-ployment and slowdown inthe auto-sector.

BJP Vice-PresidentBaijayant Panda said emer-gence of cab services didimpact the automobile sector

but argued that some newentrants in the auto sectors aredoing very well even thoughthere is a slowdown for someestablished brands.

Deflecting the attackagainst economic slowdown,the BJP leader said Congresswas in no position to criticizeeconomy under the presentdispensation. He said UPA-1received a very healthy econo-my from the Vajpayee era butworsened it on account of its"mismanagement".

He said many sectorsincluding the IT are doingvery well and pointed toAmazon opening a centre inHyderabad and giving jobs to15000 people. Panda attributedexternal factors like globalslowdown impacting theIndian economy.

Coming to Sitharaman'srescue, Minister of RoadTransport and Highways NitinGadkari said the FinanceMinister's statement on theslowdown in the auto sectorcontributed by Ola and Uberwas misinterpreted.

Elaborating on the slow-down, Gadkari said that there

were a number of other reasonsfor the auto industry witness-ing discouraging volumesmonth-on-month. He said thatthe switch to e-rickshawsslowed down the sale of ICEauto rickshaws, while anothercontributor was the improve-ment in public transport acrossthe country.

He further pointed outwhat the Finance Ministeractually said was that, "there area lot of reasons for the slow-down, and Ola, Uber are one ofthose reasons."

But contrary to the BJP andthe Transport Minister'sdefence, RSS outfit BMSblamed the government's"wrong policies" for the eco-nomic slowdown , particular-ly in the auto-sector.

News Agency ANI quoted

BMS president Saji Narayananas saying that the governmentwas working in a "different par-adigm" and things would notchange unless the dispensationcomes out of it.

Narayanan said that theBMS attack on the governmentis limited to LPG-Liberalisation, Privatisationand Globalisation-reforms."Government is working inthis framework only which iswrong. The government has tocome out of the LPG para-digm," the BMS president wasquoted as saying.

BMS is to organise anationwide awareness pro-gramme from September 25 toOctober 2 on the current slow-down, including that in theautomobile sector .

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The AppointmentsCommittee of the Cabinet

(ACC) on Wednesdayapproved two key appoint-ments - PK Mishra as PrincipalSecretary and PK Sinha asPrincipal Adviser to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

Mishra, a veteran bureau-crat from Gujarat cadre, wasworking as AdditionalPrincipal Secretary to PM fromMay 2014 while Sinha was

functioning as OSD in thePrime Minister's Office afterretiring as Cabinet Secretaryrecently.

The post of principal sec-retary to the PM fell vacantafter Nripendra Misraexpressed his desire to leave the

post and continued tillThursday.

Pramod Kumar Mishra(PK Mishra) had already beengiven Cabinet Rank in June andwas handling senior level post-ing and transfers. He wasAgriculture and Cooperation

Secretary and belongs to the1972 Batch IAS from Gujaratcadre. He hails from Odisha.

Recently, he was conferredwith the United NationsSASAKAWA Award 2019, themost prestigious internationalaward in disaster management.Mishra has a Ph.D inEconomics/DevelopmentStudies from the University ofSussex, M.A. in DevelopmentEconomics at the University ofSussex as also M.A. inEconomics with a first class at the Delhi School ofEconomics.

Pradeep Kumar Sinha (PKSinha) is a 1977 batch IAS fromUttar Pradesh cadre. He wasPower Secretary and ShippingSecretary before becomingCabinet Secretary in May 2015.

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Days after suggesting hisparty against demonising

Prime Minister Narendra Modiall the time, Congress leaderJairam Ramesh on Wednesdaytook a swipe at the ModiGovernment over the proposedban on use of single use plas-tic, saying it will only grabheadlines and “mask” thisregime’s true environmentalrecord.

“As Environment Minister Iresisted blanket ban on use ofsingle-use plastic. Plastic indus-try employs lakhs and the realproblem is how we dispose andrecycle waste,” he said on Twitter.

The former Environmentminister said the real problemwas how to dispose of and recy-cle plastic waste.

He also tagged a mediareport claiming that a completeban on plastic by the Modi gov-ernment was not a good idea as

the economy was facing aslowdown.

"The ban will only grabheadlines, home and abroad,and mask the Modi regime'strue environmental record,"he also said.

Prime Minister NarendraModi had suggested the controlon use of plastics whileaddressing the COP(Conference of Parties) here.Modi government's "blanketban on plastics at this moment

of economic slowdown is a badidea," Ramesh added.

In an event recently,Ramesh saidModi's governancemodel is not a "complete neg-ative story" and not recognis-ing his work and demonisinghim all the time is not going tohelp. He said it is time werecognise Modi's work andwhat he did between 2014 and2019 due to which he wasvoted back to power by over "30per cent of the electorate".

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India’s first environmentschool — World Environ-

ment School — is all set to beopened in Coorg, Karnataka. Itwill also be the first school inentire South Asia to take a lead-ing role in promoting anddelivering environmental edu-cation with sustainability at itscore. Spread over a hundredacres across the beautiful hillsof Coorg, the school's focus willbe to build strong environ-mental and moral valuesamong its students.

Mobius Foundation, anon-profit organization work-ing towards environmental sus-tainability, in partnership withthe UK-based Whitgift Schoolannounced the launch of thisinitiative at InternationalConference on SustainableEducation.

"WESc will be operationalfrom 2021 for Grade 6 to 12students from India andaround the world. The school will cater to the par-ents who want the next gen-eration to be actively involvedin the protection and sus-tainability of the environ-ment apart from a world-

class education," said PradipBurman, Chairman, MobiusFoundation.

WESc will offer an inter-national curriculum with affil-iation from Cambridge

Assessments and InternationalBaccalaureate.

"The need for environ-mental education is growing rapidly as the degra-dation of the environment is

taking place at a fast pace andwe have taken a lead role inthis direction by launchingIndia's first environmentschool," said Chris Ramsay,Head Master, Whitgift.

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Various jackets along withportraits of the Prime

Minister, 576 shawls, 964angavastrams, 88 pagris andvarious other artworks giftedto Narendra Modi in the pastsix months would go under thehammer in an e-auction start-ing September 14.

Union Culture MinisterPrahlad Singh Patel said onWednesday that the auctionwill continue till October 3 onthe portal www.pmmemen-tos.gov.in.

Prices for the artefacts willrange from Rs 200 to Rs 2.5lakh as base prices and are cur-rently on display in theNational Gallery of ModernArt (NGMA) in the nationalcapital.

Gifts and the proceedswould go towards the govern-ment's Namame Gange project,Patel said.

Overall, there are a total of2,772 objects, including por-traits of Modi, artworks, tur-bans, shawls, swords, figurinesof cows and religious idols.These will be available for atleast a month in the e-auction,

the minister said.Patel added that the objects

displayed at the NGMA wouldbe changed every 15 days. "Thereserve price set for the objectsstarts at Rs 20 and goes up to Rs 2.50 lakh for a silk print withthe Prime Minister's face," he

said.While most gifts that will

be auctioned have been givento the Prime Minister byIndians, ranging from politicalleaders to religious groups toindustry, there are a handful ofobjects gifted by countries in

the neighbourhood, an NGMAofficial said.

This would be the secondsuch e-auction of gifts given toModi organised by the Union Culture Ministry, thelast one being from January 27to February 9.

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The CBI is all set to updateits standard operating pro-

cedures (SOPs) in the CrimeManual in order to sync themwith the changes in thePrevention of Corruption Act,Criminal Procedure Code andSupreme Court orders.

The move is being takenafter nearly 14 years as theCrime Manual was last updat-ed in 2005.

A team under AdditionalDirector Praveen Sinha is onthe job to make the changes inthe manual for the last 10months and may finalise itsoon, agency officials said.

The Crime Manual of theCBI is a collection of standardoperating procedures for itsofficials to approach investiga-tions and other related aspects.

"The manual was lastupdated in 2005 since thenthere have been changes in thePrevention of Corruption Act,Criminal Procedure Codebesides directives from theSupreme Court. The cybercrime has also become preva-

lent since then which requirescompletely new sets of proce-dures," a CBI spokespersonsaid.

International dimensionsin the white collar crimes arebecoming more pronouncedand the agency is also receiv-

ing lot more requests from theglobal agencies seeking coop-eration which needs to beincorporated in the manual,another top agency officialsaid.

The manual was last updat-ed in 2005 when changesbrought about by the VineetNarain Judgment of theSupreme Court in 1997,Information Technology Act,2000, Central VigilanceCommission Act, 2003,Securities and Exchange Boardof India Act, 1994, and a hostof other laws were incorporat-ed into the manual.

In 2005, the CBI Academy,the Directorate of Prosecution,the Command Centre and theRegional Training Centres wereadded in the manual under thethen agency Director U SMishra, officials added.

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The Supreme Court warnedthe homebuyers of now

defunct Amrapali Group onWednesday that their unwill-ingness to pay the outstandingdues may lead to winding up ofthe stalled projects due tofinancial crunch.

The top court cleared themodalities by which the home-

buyers can be put to notice forclearing outstanding amountsafter being validated by courtreceiver appointed by the apexcourt.It observed that it wouldnot allow the "ghost buyers",who had purchased flats fromAmrapali Group at a nominalprice to step in by allowingthem pay the outstandingamount and their registration offlats will be annulled.A bench

of Justices Arun Mishra and UU Lalit said, "If home buyers arenot ready to pay their out-standing amount, then we willhave to bundle up the projects".

Advocate Shobha, appearingfor a homebuyer, said that herproject Amrapali Leisure Parkfalls under category-C, and as perthe builder-buyer agreement thepayment plan was linked to theconstruction.

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In a show of strength, manygroups of Vokkaligas (Gowda

community) which include theOpposition Congress took outa protest march in Bengaluruon Wednesday against thearrest of senior Congress leaderDK Shivakumar. Many leadersof the Vokkaliga communityblamed the CentralGovernment, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, BJP presidentAmit Shah and StateGovernment led by BSYediyurappa for the arrest ofDK Shivakumar .

The protesters were shout-ing slogans and said it was avendetta arrest by the ED andother intelligence agencies. Theprotest march affected the traf-fic and several parts of the citycame to a standstill.

Even though many JD(S)leaders and workers took partin the protest, both father andson, HD Devegowda and HDKumaraswamy were conspicu-ous by their absence. Later inChennapatna, Kumaraswamytold the media that he was notinvited by the organisers. Hesaid “I was not invited to theprotest march by the organis-ers. If they have invited I would

have attended.”The protesters gathered at

the National College Groundand marched to Freedom Park.Bengaluru Traffic Police hasissued an advisory and madetraffic diversions for com-muters.

Moments after his arrest,Shivakumar has tweeted, "Iwholeheartedly thank leaders,supporters, well-wishers andfriends who have organised amassive protest in my supporttomorrow in Bengaluru. Ihumbly request that the protestbe peaceful & doesn't cause anyinconvenience to citizens.Please ensure public propertyisn't harmed."

In another development,Karnataka Congress leader DKShivakumar’s daughter,Aishwarya, was summoned bythe Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Tuesday to deposebefore the agency onSeptember 12. Shivakumar iscurrently in ED custody in con-nection with an alleged moneylaundering case.

Sources in the ED saidAishwarya has been sum-moned to seek clarification ona trip she took with her fatherto Singapore in 2017. Theagency is likely to record herstatement under the Preventionof Money Laundering Act(PMLA), they added.

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At least 50 political workersand half-a-dozen police-

men including a police inspec-tor received injuries when theBJP workers demanding onenation one power tariff regime— marched towards the pri-vately owned, century-old,Calcutta Electric SupplyCorporation (CESC) building— clashed with law enforcers.

Senior State leaders likeRaju Banerjee and SayantanBasu, actor-turned-leaderSuman Banerjee, and State BJPYuva Morcha (youth wing)president Debjit Sarkar werelater arrested police said addingwater cannons were chargedand tear gas shells fired as thecrowd went berserk pelting

brickbats at the police whenthey were stopped at the CentralAvenue for want of permissionto organise a movement in thearea. Clashes erupted as thou-sands of Yuva Morcha activistsmarched towards the CESCbuilding at Esplanade areademanding reduction of powertariff. “We want one-nation-one-tariff,” said Suman Banerjeereminding, “Kolkata and Bengalcharged the highest tariff thananywhere in India.”

Alleging that CESC (run bythe Sanjeev Goenka group)had been “allowed to loot thepeople of Bengal by MamataBanerjee Government becausethey fund their political activ-ities in the State,” Raju Banerjeesaid more such agitationswould follow.

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Kolkata/Asansol: A personwas lynched at Asansol in WestBengal on Wednesday morningon suspicion of being a childlifter and a person has beenarrested in connection with theincident, police said.

Several others have beendetained for their allegedinvolvement in the incidentwhich took place at Salanpurarea, it said.

The lynching was the sec-ond in a week and took placebarely a fortnight after thestate Assembly passed the WestBengal (Prevention ofLynching) Bill, 2019 to stopsuch incidents.

According to officials ofAsansol Durgapur PoliceCommissionerate, the uniden-tified person aged 35-40 yearswas allegedly moving aroundsuspiciously in the area sincemorning. He was suspected tobe a child lifter, tied to a lamppost and beaten up severely byseveral people.

He was later untied andthrashed again by the attackers,they said.

A huge police contingentrushed to the spot on beinginformed about the incidentand rescued the man, wholater succumbed to his injuriesin a state run hospital, the offi-cials said.

"We are yet to identify thedead person. We have arrestedone person and have detainedfew others on the basis of

video clippings of the incidentthat went viral," a senior policeofficial said.

"We have started a probeinto the case," he added.

The West Bengal(Prevention of Lynching) Bill,2019, was passed by voice voteon August 30 in the Assemblyin the aftermath of a string ofincidents in which people werebeaten to death over rumoursof cattle smuggling and childlifting.

The Bill has provision ofjail term for three years to lifeimprisonment in cases ofassault leading to injury,besides a fine ranging from �1lakh to �3 lakh.

In the event of the victim'sdeath, the attackers would bepunished with death sentenceor rigorous life imprisonmentand a fine of up to �5 lakh.

This is the second incidentof lynching in the state after thepassage of the bill on August30.

On September 4, a masonKhabir Sheikh died after he wasthrashed by unidentified peo-ple inside a clinic. He was pro-nounced dead on arrival atMurshidabad Medical Collegeand Hospital.

Three other incidents ofassault had been reported fromvarious parts of the state but thevictims had survived.

The incidents of lynchinghave kicked up a politicaldebate in the state with TMC

and BJP blaming each other forthe incident.

"In the incidents of lynch-ing law will take its own course.But I would like to mentionthat wherever BJP is in poweror is trying to gain ground,there have been rampant inci-dents of lynchings," seniorTMC leader and West Bengalminister Firhad Hakim said.

"The BJP and its affiliatessupport lynching and use it asa tool to terrorize people," headded.

The BJP, which has madedeep inroads in the state andlook to deseat the MamataBanerjee government in the2021 assembly polls, hastermed the allegations againstit as baseless.

"In none of these incidentsno BJP leader nor worker wasinvolved. Actually these lynch-ings prove that law and orderhas gone for a toss in Bengalunder the TMC regime," stateparty president Dilip Ghoshsaid.

State Congress presidentSomen Mitra said the state gov-ernment has failed to controlincidents of lynching andshould take stern action againstthe culprits.

Senior CPI(M) leaderSujan Chakraborty criticisedthe TMC government and saidthough the state has passed thebill, it has failed to control inci-dents of lynching and mobassault. PTI

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Shahjahanpur (UP): A specialinvestigation team onWednesday took the studentwho has accused BJP leaderSwami Chinmayanand of rap-ing, and "physically exploiting"her for a year to a hospital formedical examination.

She was taken under heavysecurity to the local medicalcollege hospital where ChiefMedical Officer Dr AnitaDhasmana said the womanwas examined by a panel ofdoctors.

Meanwhile, terming thewhole episode a conspiracyagainst him, Chinmayanand onWednesday expressed full faithin the SIT probe.

"I have full faith in the SITteam and everything will beclear once it is completed. Thisis a conspiracy against me,"Chinmayanand told PTI.

The father of the womanhad claimed that during thesearch at the hostel room of herdaughter on Tuesday, some

objectionable material wasfound, which was "planted" byvested interests before the roomwas sealed by the local police.

He said his daughter hadonly one key of the room andsome things belonging to herwere missing.

Meanwhile, a video featur-ing a woman and an elderly hasstarted doing rounds on socialmedia.

In the video, the woman isshown massaging an elderly.

Another woman and someyouths are shown talking aboutthe "rangdari" (extortion)demand of �5 crore.

Members of the SIT,accompanied by forensicexperts, had on Tuesdayinspected the hostel room ofthe complainant for nearlyeight hours and collected evi-dence.

The woman had toldmedia persons on Monday thatthe Shahjahanpur police wasreluctant to register a case ofrape against the 72-year-oldBJP leader.

The woman had appearedbefore the press, alleging thatChinmayanand had raped her,and also "physically exploited"her for a year.

The woman had said shehad all the proof and the hos-tel room where she stayedshould be opened in front ofthe media.

"On Sunday, the SITquizzed me for about 11 hours.I have told them about the rape.Even after telling them every-thing, they have not arrestedChinmayanand yet," she had

alleged.She had said that when her

father gave a complaint topolice here about her physicalexploitation, ShahjahanpurDistrict Magistrate IndraVikram Singh "issued threats",asking her father to file "amissing complaint" instead.

The SIT, headed byInspector General NaveenArora, was set up by the UttarPradesh government on aSupreme Court directive.

It is looking into details ofthe probe conducted by thelocal police in the high-profilematter.

The apex court had saidthat an Allahabad High Courtbench would monitor theprobe.

The inspector generalheading the SIT had said theprobe report would be sub-mitted to the Supreme Court ina sealed envelope.

The SIT was formed lastTuesday, a day after the

Supreme Court took suo motucognisance of the case anddirected the state governmentto investigate the charges lev-elled by the student.

The victim had gone miss-ing on August 24, a day aftershe posted a video on socialmedia, alleging that a "seniorleader of the sant community"was harassing and threateningto kill her.

She was located in Dausadistrict of Rajasthan last Friday.

Her father had filed a com-plaint with police, accusing72-year-old Chinmayanand ofsexually harassing her, a chargerefuted by the former Unionminister's lawyer who claimedit was a "conspiracy" to black-mail him. Police had on August27 booked Chinmayanandunder Sections 364 (kidnap-ping or abducting in order tomurder) and 506 (criminalintimidation) of the IndianPenal Code based on the herfather's complaint. PTI

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Shillong: A resolution movedby a Congress MLA seeking tobring Meghalaya under Article371 of the Constitution to pro-tect the interests of the tribalswas defeated by voice vote inthe State Assembly onWednesday.

Congress memberAmpareen Lyngdoh also want-ed that the Centre recognise theInstrument of Accession signedby the independent Khasi stateswith the Union of India in1948.

"The Instrument ofAccession and AnnexedAgreement, signed and accept-ed by the Government of India,did not find place in theConstitution primarily due tolack of representatives in theconstituent Assembly,"Lyngdoh, a former education

minister, told the House.A total of 25 Khashi states

had individually signed theInstrument of Accession withthe Indian Union betweenDecember 15, 1947, and March17, 1948, and GovernorGeneral C Rajagopalachaisigned a joint treaty on August17, 1948.

Lyngdoh said althoughtribal interests are safeguardedby the Sixth Schedule of theConstitution, the state is notunder Article 371 which grantsspecial provisions to severalstates of the country.

The Sixth Schedule provides for the administr-ation of tribal dominated areas in Assam, Meghalaya,Tripura and Mizoram by set-ting up autonomous districtcouncils. PTI

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Mumbai: Over 10,000 Ganeshidols at Latur in Marathwadaregion won't be immersed onthe 'visarjan' day this year dueto acute water shortage in thetown, local officials said.

A senior official said thereis "not even a drop of water" inthe usual six spots in Laturwhere the Ganesh idols, bothpublic and domestic, areimmersed each year.

Latur district collector GShrikant told PTI that the deci-sion to skip the immersionprocess is the result of publicawareness and was finalisedafter review meetings of theGanesh mandals in the city.

"This decision is not sole-ly due to water scarcity.

The big mandals werereusing the idols for the lastthree to four years. It is a col-lective decision of the man-dals," he said.

The municipal corpora-tion has made facilities forstorage of idols in temples, theIAS official said. "If they can bereused and recycled, that willbe the best way to overcome thewater scarcity," he added.

"We have asked people toperform the 'visarjan' ofdomestic idols at home likeChief Minister DevendraFadnavis did at his official'Varsha' bungalow. I will bedoing the same," he said.

A local historian in Latur,which is around 500 km fromMumbai, said this will be thefirst time in over a century thatthe Ganesh idols in the citywon't be immersed. PTI

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After a prolonged wait of 3years, the Centre has final-

ly allotted the Deocha-Pachamicoal field to West Bengal PowerDevelopment Corporation Ltdwhich will create more thanone lakh jobs and solve theState’s employment, coal andpower woes for more than 100years, Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee onWednesday said.

Apart from addressingBengal’s coal requirements the

second largest coal block of theworld with an estimated reserveof about 2.1 billion tones wouldgo a distance in taking goodcare of the entire country’s coaland power needs, Banerjee saidadding it would take at least fiveyears for the infrastructure pro-ject to take off.

By the time extraction ofcoal begins the project wouldinvolve an investment of�12,000 crore and wouldspread over an area of 1,100acres, Banerjee said remindingDeocha Pachami had a poten-tial of becoming India’s biggestindustrial project that could inthe final run bring back manyan industrial houses that hadleft the State.

“Had the clearance been

given earlier the project wouldhave started long ago,” theChief Minister said adding acommittee led by the ChiefSecretary would be set up tolook into the various issuesrelated with infrastructurebuilding and extraction of coal.

“We will not eject peopleout of the area,” Banerjee saidadding there were “some 400families living in the area outof which about 40 per cent aretribal people. We will takethem into confidence and provide them adequate rehabilitation before beginningthe work,” the Chief Ministerwho herself came to power fol-lowing prolonged farmers’movement against forcibleeviction said.

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Chennai: Almost one in threenetizens in India encountercyber attacks, with users fromChennai more vulnerable tothese attacks among users in themetros, a new study said onWednesday.

The study conducted by K7Computing - a city-based cybersecurity major, tracks all criti-cal components like Enterprise,Mobile, Mac, Windows andIoT, covering 20 Indian citiesthat include metros, tier-1 andtier-2 regions.

According to the report,amongst tier-1 cities, Chennaihas recorded the highest per-centile of cyber attacks with 48per cent from April 2019-June2019 followed by Kolkata with41 per cent during the sameperiod. Delhi has registered thelowest percentile of cyberattacks with 28 per cent.

"K7 Computing's K7 Labs'Cyber Threat Monitor high-lights the ever evolving threatlandscape around the countryand addresses the growingnecessity of being more proac-

tive in the approach towardscybersecurity," said KPurushothaman, CEO of K7Computing.

"We see an increasing num-ber of cyber attacks in tier-1 and

tier-2 cities, and therefore, weurge concerned stakeholdersto leverage specific intelligencefor countermeasures and threathunting," Purushothaman said.

As per the report, cyber riskexposure steadily rises on work-ing days in metros, starting fromMonday and records the high-est on Friday.

The average percentage ofcyber attacks in the top dozeninfected tier-2 cities was foundto be worse when compared tometros and tier-1 regions.

From April 2019-June 2019,Patna experienced the highestpercentile of cyber attacks (48per cent), closely followed byGuwahati (46 per cent) and Lucknow (45 per cent),while Thiruvananthapuramstood safest among others at 35per cent.

The study also found that

ransomware and fileless attackscontinued to grow faster in thecountry.

Trojan attacks, at 72 percent, were detected to be themajor threat for Mac followedby Adware (18 per cent) andPUP/PUA (PotentiallyUnwanted Programmes/Potentially UnwantedApplications) that stood at nineper cent, the study said.

A majority of IoT devicemanufacturers and users werefound to be ignorant about thenecessity of optimised security,thus inviting massive-scaleattacks

The report states thatrouters are the most vulnerableIoT devices existing in thecountry, followed by printers,NAS, IP cameras, media play-ers, set-top boxes and smartTVs. IANS

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Mumbai: After the April-MayLok Sabha elections,Maharashtra has increased itsvoter strength by around 8.5lakh, a top official said here onWednesday.

Chief Electoral OfficerBaldev Singh informed themedia that after the parlia-mentary elections, 10,75,528voters were added while2,16,278 were deleted from theelectoral list.

"This means we have addedaround 8.5 lakh new voters, ofwhich many shall be first timevoters," he said.

As on August 31,Maharashtra had 8,94,46,21people who will be eligible tovote in the upcoming Assemblyelections.

"We are fully prepared fora free and fair assembly polls,"Singh assured, as the count-down for the announcement ofthe election dates got under-way.

The date for elections tothe 288 assembly constituenciesin the state, along with someother states, is likely to beannounced soon by theElection Commission. IANS

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Bank Unions (UFBU), theumbrella body of nine bankingsector trade unions, will holddemonstration before theParliament next week to protestagainst the mega bank mergerplan announced by the gov-ernment, a top banking unionleader said.

All India Bank Employees'Association (AIBEA) GeneralSecretary C.H. Venkatachalamtold IANS that the UFBU hasdecided to a national dharnabefore Parliament on Sep 20 at10.30 a.m. The UFBU has alsodecided to give a memorandumto Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman. IANS

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The Jammu & Kashmir policeon Wednesday successfully

eliminated a dreaded terrorist ofPro-Pakistan Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terror outfit inSopore area of North Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

The LeT terrorist, identi-fied as Asif Maqbool Bhat,along with two others wasactive in the area for last onemonth and was chiefly respon-sible for spreading a reign ofterror among the local popu-lation.

At least 8 OGW's , workingat the behest of three membergroup of LeT terrorists,involved in threatening andintimidation of locals by pub-lishing and circulating ofposters, were earlier arrested onMonday.

Director General of police,Dilbagh Singh while addressinga press conference in SrinagarWednesday said, "after appre-hending eight over groundworkers closely associated withLeT terrorist Asif MaqboolBhat, we were closely trackinghis movement in the area. OnWednesday morning, wereceived a specific input abouthis movement in the area and

during routine checking at sev-eral security check points jawansof state police intercepted a carand directed it to stop". Insteadof stopping the car, Asif, whowas travelling in the same car,lobbed a grenade towardspolicemen on duty. DGP said,"some of our jawans receivedinjuries and in the ensuingencounter LeT terrorist AsifMaqbool Bhat was neutralisedby the security forces.He saidthe injured jawans were under-going treatment and their con-dition was stated to be stableand out of danger.

DGP also confirmed, Asifwas responsible for a recentshootout and inflicting injuriesto two family members of afruit trader in Sopore. He wasalso responsible for targeting a

labourer, from outside the state,in Sopore.

Meanwhile, commentingon the overall security situationin Jammu & Kashmir, DGPsaid since August 5, a total of184 incidents of law and orderengagements were reportedfrom various regions of thestate in the aftermath of abro-gation of Article 370.

Singh said of these inci-dents, heavy violence was onlyreported in half-a-dozen cases.

"Very minor kind of inci-dents took place in most of theplaces. Till yesterday, 184 inci-dents of law and order engage-ments were there of which notmore than half-a-dozen are ofsuch nature where a little high-er level of violence was seen interms of stone-pelting by the

civilians," he said.The DGP said forces have

also tried to exercise a lot ofrestraint and very minimal useof force has been exercisedwherever required.

While commenting on thestatus of fresh recruitments inthe ranks of terror outfits inKashmir valley, DGP said therehave been no reports of any freshrecruitment of local youth join-ing militant ranks in the state,where life is returning to normal.

The DGP also said thereare some incidents of terroriststhreatening fruit dealers insouth Kashmir against collect-ing fruits but police is awareabout the situation and "our jobis to facilitate the process andensure that no one is able toharass them".

"There have been noreports of any fresh localrecruitment among the militantranks. Some youth had beenmisled (in the past) and in a fitof anger gone astray, and wehave been able to bring manyof them back," Singh clarified.

On the prevailing situationin the Valley, the police chiefsaid, "Life is returning towardsnormalcy and people are goingabout their activities withschool and offices open."

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In yet another jolt to theCongress ahead of

Maharashtra Assembly polls, itsformer Minister and seniorparty leader from westernMaharashtra HarshavardhanPatil joined the ruling BJP onWednesday.

In a development thatcame on the heels of seniorCongress leader and formerstate party presidentKripashankar Singh and actressUrmila Matondkar quittingthe Congress, 56-year-old Patiljoined the BJP in the presenceof Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis and State party pres-ident Chandrakant Patil.

Heaping praise on the BJPin general and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in particularfor the bold decisions byGovernment during the first100 days of its second tenure,Patil said: “ For all those like mewho believe in and practisehonesty, dedication and prin-ciples in politics, there is noalternative to the BJP thesedays. .. I am happy with theGovernment at the Centre. .Inthe first 100 days of his gov-

ernment, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has taken somebold decisions like the abroga-tion of Article 370 and MotorVehicle Act are being abouttransformation in the society.Considering all this, I havedecided to join and work withthe BJP”.

Patil said that he had notjoined the BJP with any pre-conditions and would acceptany role or responsibility givenhim by the party.

Welcoming Patil into theBJP, Fadnavis said: “With Patil’sentry to the BJP, our party’sstrength will increase. We wereexpecting Patil to join ourparty for the last five years. Hehas worked as the Minister forLegislative Affairs. He has theability to take all sections ofpeople along with him. Plus he

has built a following of his own.These things will handy forboth the BJP and saffronalliance government in future”.

A four-time MLA fromIndapur constituency in Punedistrict, Patil lost to NCP'sDattatrey Bharne in the 2014Assembly elections by a mar-gin of nearly 14,000 votes.

Notwithstanding the asser-tions to the contrary made byPatil, the main reason for Patiljoining the BJP is that he couldnot have contested theAssembly elections on aCongress ticket. Because, theIndapur seat is with the NCPcurrently. The NCP is not will-ing to displease its sitting MLABhame and and part withIndapur seat to its ally Congressin the seat-sharing arrange-ment so that it could fieldPatil as its candidate.

On his part, Fadnavis indi-cated that the BJP would fieldPatil as its candidate fromIndapur in the Assembly polls.

Patil is the second bigCongress leader from westernMaharashtra — after theLeader of the OppositionRadhakrishna Vikhe-Patil — tojoin the BJP.

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Aizawl: With a literacy rate of91.3 per cent, Mizoram is hold-ing the third position in thecountry, State School EducationMinister Lalchhandama Raltesaid here on Wednesday.

The Minister did not men-tion the two other States thatare ahead of Mizoram in liter-acy. However, according to the2011 Census, the Northeasternstate is behind Kerala (94.0 percent) and Lakshadweep (91.8per cent).

Addressing a function onthe occasion of theInternational Literacy Dayhere, Ralte said now there arean estimated 36,700 illiteratepeople in the state at present.

"There were 43,341 illiter-ates when the State educationdepartment conducted a surveyin 2015. Of them, around 7,000became literate," he said.

The population ofMizoram is 10,97,206, accord-ing to the 2011 Census.

The Minister sought thecooperation of the civil soci-eties and church leaders inachieving hundred per cent lit-eracy in the State. PTI

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Jaipur: Two persons have dieddue to Congo fever in Jodhpurand Jaisalmer and blood samplesof people who came in contactwith them are being sent toNational Institute of Virology inPune for examination, RajasthanHealth Minister Raghu Sharmasaid on Wednesday.

He said that blood samplesof a total of 136 people weretaken for the investigation ofCongo Fever, out of which twopersons were found positiveand they eventually died inJodhpur and Jaisalmer.

A team has been formed bythe medical department and itis surveying the affected areasand distributing kits for pre-vention, the minister said in astatement. The department hasissued guidelines to medicalofficers across the state to tack-le the disease. The minister saidthat the staff has been trained for

blood sample collection and allthe Chief Medical and HealthOfficers of Jodhpur Division,Medical Officers of MedicalCollege and AIIMS and allMedical Officers of JodhpurDistrict have been oriented.

Also, through video con-ferencing on September 9, theofficials have also been instruct-ed to remain alert and takeimmediate action.

He said that people cominginto contact with positivepatients will be monitored for14 days and their blood sam-ples are being sent to NIV, Punefor examination. He said that inorder to provide better medicalfacilities to the common peo-ple in the state, the governmentwill soon bring the 'Right toHealth' law. In its electionmanifesto, Congress hadpromised to provide right tohealth to the people. PTI

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Thane: Shiv Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray onWednesday said the alliancebetween his party and the BJPwould continue.

The ruling parties are cur-rently holding deliberations tofinalise a seat-sharing formulaahead of the assembly elections,whose schedule is yet to beannounced officially.

Thackeray launched anumber of civic projects forThane at a function held atRam Ganesh Gadkari audito-rium which was attended byparty leaders, elected repre-sentatives and officials of theparty-ruled Thane MunicipalCorporation (TMC).

"The BJP and the Sena arein alliance right now and thesame will continue," Thackeraysaid.

The Sena chief had lastweek said in the presence of

Prime Minister Narendra Modiin Mumbai that the alliancebetween his party and the BJPwas "inevitable" and it wouldreturn to power once again.

On the occasion, the Senachief unveiled a draft plan forthe 576-bed civic-run super-speciality hospital which will bedeveloped at the cost of Rs 316crore.

He inaugurated V DSavarkar memorial pillar on thepremises of the auditoriumand later a hospital and a car-diac centre.

Thackeray performed theearth-breaking ceremony for aschool being constructed by anNGO and also inaugurated therenovated crematorium atJawhar Baugh locality.

He said the villages in thestate should be linked to thedistrict hospital through a com-munication link. PTI

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Patna: Senior Bhartiya JanataParty (BJP) leader and BiharDeputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi deleted his tweetsoon after posting it in whichhe had supported ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar to leadthe NDA in the 2020 Assemblypolls, contrary to some partyleaders demanding chief min-isterial post for the BJP.

Sushil Modi, consideredclose to Nitish Kumar, in histweet had said "Nitish Kumaris captain of NDA in Bihar &will remain its Captain in nextAssembly elections in 2020also. When Captain is hitting 4& 6 & defeating rivals byinnings where is the Q (ques-tion) of any change."

But soon Sushil Modideleted this from his officialaccount that raised eyebrows.

Earlier, senior BJP leaderand former Union MinisterSanjay Paswan said that Nitish

Kumar has held the post ofChief Minister for far too longand should now move to theCentre.

"Even as his tenure wit-nessed lots of development inBihar and also improved thelaw and order situation, heshould now vacate the chair fora 'second-line leader' of BJP orJD-U and take an active role inthe Centre's politics," Paswan,BJP MLC had said onSeptember 9.

After Paswan, anothersenior BJP leader and formerUnion Minister C.P. Thakursaid that BJP now deserves toppost in Bihar. IANS

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Ahmedabad: Union MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad onWednesday said India's firstPrime Minister JawaharlalNehru was wrong and the thenHome Minister SardarVallabhbhai Patel was right intheir approach to the issue ofJammu & Kashmir afterIndependence.

Referring to the currentNDA government's decision toabrogate Article 370 whichgave special status to Jammu &Kashmir, Prasad said PrimeMinister Narendra Modishowed immense courage andcorrected that "historic blun-der".

"I want to say that inJammu and Kashmir, SardarPatel was right and JawaharlalNehru was wrong. It (Article370) was a historical blundercommitted (that time) and (byscrapping the special status)Narendra Modi as our PM,showing immense courage,corrected that historical

wrong," Prasad told reportersat a press meet.

The senior BJP leader washere today to highlight theachievements of the Modi gov-ernment in its first 100 days ofits second term.

"The decision to abrogateArticle 370 is historic, coura-geous, far-reaching and it isalso in the interest of Jammuand Kashmir and also for India.I congratulate our prime min-ister for the sheer courage hehas shown. I also congratulateUnion Home Minister AmitShah for his strategic planningand execution (of the deci-sion)," he said.

Prasad said "not a singlebullet has been fired" in Jammuand Kashmir ever since thecontroversial provision of theConstitution was scrapped lastmonth.

"Curfew has been liftedfrom all areas (in J&K), exceptthose under the jurisdiction of14 police stations there," he

said.The law and justice minis-

ter said the entire world,including major countries likethe UK, USA, Russia andFrance, "appreciated" India'sstep to scrap the special statusto Jammu and Kashmir.

Even China did not "open-ly" raise its objection againstIndia over this issue, he point-ed out.

Slamming the Congressover the issue, Prasad said hecould not understand whatwas the opposition party'sstand on it. On Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan's latestannouncement to hold a largegathering in Muzaffarabad, thecapital of Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK), Prasad askedhim to first talk about thedemocratic rights of people liv-ing in that area.

"What is the situation ofpeople living in PoK? Werethey given their democraticrights? Do they have employ-

ment opportunities? Insteadof talking about Kashmir, bothImran Khan and Pakistan needto first talk about the violationof democratic rights of thepeople of PoK," he said.

"Talk about what is hap-pening with people living inBalochistan and Gilgit," Prasadfurther said.

In a tweet on Wednesday,Khan said, "I am going to do abig jalsa in Muzaffarabad onFriday 13 Sept, to send a mes-sage to the world about thecontinuing siege of IOJK byIndian Occupation forces; & toshow the Kashmiris thatPakistan stands resolutely withthem." Prasad, who also holdsthe charge of communications,electronics & information tech-nology ministries, listed sever-al other achievements of theModi government in its 100days of rule, like criminalisingtriple talaq and amendment tothe anti-terror law to designatean individual as terrorist. PTI

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Jaipur: The newly formed JalShakti Mantralaya is taking upinnovative measures to meetthe deadline for the 'Har GharJal' scheme by 2024, said UnionMinister of Jal Shakti, GajendraSingh Shekhawat.

The measures includeadopting a latest technologynamed Helibound to map thewater reservoirs pan India,bringing in a law on Right toWay for rivers, rejuvenatingtraditional water resourcesacross the nation and planningto bring the unsung heroes whohave done credible job inenhancing ground water level intheir villages on one platform.

In an exclusive interviewwith IANS, Shekhawatinformed that his ministry isnow contemplating to bring ina law on Right of Way for riversin India to ensure their smoothflow.

"It's sad that encroach-ments are coming up on rivers.So we are thinking to bring ina policy on Right of Way, so that

rivers have their own paths andways. The encroachments onrivers result in two major loss-es. Firstly, the water from riverfails to reach other water bod-ies, and secondly, the rivertakes its own toll when it rainsheavily which leads to hugelosses.

"So we have found thatrivers need to have Right ofWay and we are contemplatingto bring in a law on the same sothat there is a clear cut policyin this direction," he said.

The minister said that he isvery much inspired by Israel'smodel on water conservation.

"Israel's model is quiteinspiring when it comes towater harvesting. It is one coun-try which has set up an exam-ple by making itself self-suffi-cient on water related issues,despite getting only 10 per centof India's average rainfall.

"They have tackled eachissue of water smartly. Whilethe average rainfall in India is1068 mm, the average rainfall

in Israel is just 100 mm," theminister said.

The minister said that pri-marily, his ministry is workingon four key areas.

"The first issue is of waterharvesting and water reten-tion. The total water retentionis quite less in India. However,our under ground water capa-bility is quite huge withtremendous scope, but it is notused properly, rather it is overexploited.

"Secondly, we should usewater judiciously. As per thepresent statistics, we use 6 percent water for industry, 5 percent for drinking and domesticpurposes, while 89 per cent isused for agriculture. We need tobalance the supply chain anddemand side for judicious use,"Shekhawat said.

In fact, the average waterconsumption in India whileproducing one kg of rice is5,600 litre. In many places, itgoes up to 8,000 litre. However,China produces the same quan-

tity of rice with 350 litre ofwater.

Same is the case with sugarin Maharashtra where 80 percent water is consumed bysugar cane farming.

"The states will have tochange their policies. What weneed to look into is that whatwe can afford should be grown,"he said.

The minister said that hewill like to appreciate the statesof Haryana, Maharashtra andPunjab for introducing ambi-tious and inspiring policies tosave water.

"The Punjab governmentbrought in the 'Paani Bachao,Paisa Kamao' scheme, underwhich the farmers are gettingmonetary benefits for lesser useof tubewell.

"In Haryana, the govern-ment has asked the farmers togrow maize and corn instead ofrice, promising them 100 percent procurement. 18,000hectare of land has been trans-ferred to grow maize and corns.

"Similarly, in Maharashtra,drip irrigation has been madecompulsory, and the govern-ment will give money if thefarmers save 70 per cent waterlosses in sugarcane farming,"Shekhawat said.

The government needs toreduce water on agri con-sumption to be successful, headded. Reuse of water is thethird goal, he said, adding that"we need to learn the art ofwater reuse. Israel reuses itswater from industrial afflu-ence and domestic sewage out-put for underground waterrecharge and other purposes."

Fourthly, the minister said,technology should be used tominimise water use for agri-culture and irrigation purposes.

Also, one should reducenon-revenue water which istotal loss of water which hap-pens from the time you getwater from its source till thetime you get your bill, he said.

"In case of electricity, it iscalled as T&D. However, in

water, it is called non-revenuewater which is 45 per cent onan average in India while it isjust 10 per cent in developedcountries. However, there are afew cities in India such asJamshedpur where this figure isjust 10 per cent," Shekhawatsaid.

According to the minister,"The biggest challenge beingfaced by our ministry is thatthere is no audit of water, thereis no price for water and thereis no availability of groundwater data.

"Hence we have decided tohave the Helibound technolo-gy. This will be a programme tomap underground waterreserves across India. We havealready surveyed one millionsquare km and 1.5 millionsquare km more will be sur-veyed in the next two years.Under this technology, a heli-copter does cent per cent map-ping of the 300 metre sub sur-face level from wherever itpasses." IANS

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Will Chinese President XiJinping make it to the south-ern beach resort ofMahabalipuram? And if theinformal summit with

Prime Minister Narendra Modi does get con-firmed, can the two leaders pull off a coup andcome to an agreement to solve the vexed bor-der dispute? Today, one is not even sure if themeeting can take place. One obvious reasonis that the next round of border talks betweenthe Special Representatives (SR) of bothnations was postponed recently. The Indianand Chinese SRs were to meet this month inNew Delhi for the 22nd round to prepare forthe Xi-Mo (Xi Jinping-Modi) summit.

It was the Chinese Foreign Ministry’sspokesperson who announced that the talksbetween SRs will not take place now: “Dueto India’s schedule, this visit has been tem-porarily postponed. The two sides will con-tinue to maintain communication on thisissue,” read a Chinese statement. There is cer-tainly more than just a question of “schedule.”India has been deeply shocked by China’sstand at the UN Security Council. After theabrogation of Article 370 of the IndianConstitution, Beijing blatantly supportedPakistan. During a press conference in NewYork, Zhang Jun, China’s PermanentRepresentative to the UN, said that India hadchanged the status quo in Kashmir, causingtensions in the region. He argued that Indiahad challenged China’s sovereign interests:“Such practice by India …will not changeChina’s exercise of sovereignty and effectiveadministrative jurisdiction over the relevantterritory.”

One wishes India would now start talk-ing about the human rights in Tibet, the fateof the Uyghurs in Xinjiang or the aspirationsof the Hong Kong population — the cancel-lation of the SR talks should certainly be seenin this perspective. The Hindustan Times com-mented: “It is rare — in fact unheard of —for China to officially confirm the delay of thetop-level bilateral meeting, which theGovernment, or the Foreign Ministry had-n’t even announced.”

A factor which has certainly played a rolein the postponement is the continuous pro-Pakistan bias showed by Wang Yi, theChinese SR and Foreign Minister. Last week-end, he visited Islamabad and met thePakistani President, Prime Minister ImranKhan and Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi (officially, he had gone to attend the3rd China-Afghanistan-Pakistan ForeignMinisters’ Dialogue). Perhaps more telling forIndia, Wang had detailed talks with the Chiefof Army Staff, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, andboth pledged to deepen cooperation in var-ious fields between the two nations.

According to Xinhua, Wang asserted thatChina “will firmly support Pakistan in safe-guarding sovereignty, dignity and territorialintegrity and the Government to achievenational stability, development and prosper-ity. China will also firmly support Pakistan

in playing a more constructiverole in regional and interna-tional affairs.”

Was it a coincidence thatPakistan decided to release Jaish-e-Mohammad chief MaulanaMasood Azhar from protectivecustody? According toIntelligence reports quoted in theIndian media, Azhar, thoughdesignated a terrorist by theUnited Nations in May 2019, hasbeen let out to plan terrorist oper-ations against our country.

Another issue usually notmentioned is the fact that the SRtalks have been downgraded.For years, the National SecurityAdvisor used to meet Yang Jiechi,who was then State Councillor(like Wang Yi today). Yang waslater promoted as a member ofthe Politburo, while his Indiancounterpart, Ajit Doval, was ele-vated to the rank of a CabinetMinister. The logical and normalway would have been that Dovalcontinued to meet Yang. Instead,Wang, far junior, was designatedby China as the new SR. Thisamounts to a de facto downgrad-ing of the talks.

Just to give an example, lastmonth, amid the Hong Kongunrest, important China-US talkswere held in New York. MikePompeo, the US Secretary ofState, met Yang Jiechi. Any seri-ous talks are usually conductedby Yang; if China was seriousabout solving the border issue,Yang should have been named asSR by Beijing.

Another sign of black clouds

gathering over bilateral relationswas when the Northern ArmyCommander Lt Gen RanbirSingh postponed his scheduledvisit to China. Officially, it wasmeant to monitor the situation inKashmir but there is no doubtthat the Chinese side was notkeen on the visit and remainedvague. In these circumstances, isthe time propitious for a seriousadvance on the vexed borderissue? The answer is no.

Officials in India are oftenconfused by the length of India’sborder with China. According tothe MEA: “The entire Sino-Indian border is 4,056 km longand traverses one Indian UnionTerritory, Ladakh, and four Statesviz, Uttarakhand, HimachalPradesh, Sikkim and ArunachalPradesh”. While the MHA says,“India shares 3,488 km of borderwith China that runs alongJammu & Kashmir, HimachalPradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkimand Arunachal Pradesh…theborder is not fully demarcatedand the process of clarifyingand confirming the Line ofActual Control is in progress.”They have forgotten about theShaksgam Valley “donated” byPakistan to China in 1963.Though currently in China’s pos-session, it is very much part ofIndian territory. This should bethe first point on the agenda ofthe SRs when they meet.

On August 29, UnionDefence Minister Rajnath Singhreiterated India’s position:“Kashmir has always been India’s

territory and will remain so.” Headded that Pakistan, which ille-gally occupied Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan, has no locus standi inKashmir. The implication is thatthe “donation” of ShaksgamValley is invalid and needs to bediscussed. In July 1961, three con-versations took place betweenZhang Wenji, Director of theForeign Ministry’s Asian AffairsDepartment and GParthasarathy, the Indian Charged’affaires in Beijing.

Zhang argued that based onChina’s experience of Sino-Burmese and Sino-Nepalesenegotiations, though the twosides disagree on the facts, twomethods were worked out toresolve differences: (1) Eachpresents a factual basis andobjectively compares them,looking to see whose informa-tion is relatively more logical…and more beneficial to the twocountries’ friendship; (2) eachcan keep to its own position andconsider, from a political stand-point, what kind of resolutionwould be more beneficial.

This could be a way to pro-ceed but basic trust needs to bebuilt first. It is not present today.It is, therefore, doubtful if aXiMo encounter can bring any“early harvest” as predicted by theChinese side. In these circum-stances, the best one can expectis some “softening” of the Line ofActual Control.

(The writer is an expert onIndia-China relations)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “True grit” (September 10).Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal andNovak Djokovic, the “big three”who have been dominating theworld of tennis, are exceptionalplayers and have shared the bulkof the Grand Slam crowns in thelast 10 years. This hegemony isunlikely to fade anytime soon.This year itself, all the fourslams were conquered by thistenacious trio.

Such an exceptional display ofspirit and valour deserves alladulation but this dominancealso raises questions as to why theyounger generation has not beenable to dent their supremacy, bar-ing rare occasions. StanWawrinka and Andy Murrayfirmly believe that young playersare likely to entrench themselvesat the top of the game for anextended period.

The 2019 US Open final willbe remembered not only as oneof the greatest victories of Nadalbut also as the revival of hope foryoung guns in the form of DaniilMedvedev. With Murray yet torecover from hip injuryWawrinka, Cilic and even

Nishikori were the top contendersto break the hegemony of the bigthree. However, that threat wasshortlived. Only time can solvethe most pertinent puzzle dom-inating men’s tennis as to whenthe change of guard will ultimate-ly happen.

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Sir — With the GujaratGovernment’s decision to cutdown traffic penalties by 25 percent to 90 per cent as against theones notified by the Centre, manyStates have undertaken similaractions. For example, the Odisha

Government has sought toapproach the Centre to demandamendments to the new MotorVehicles Act. Many States havenot even implemented the Actfearing backlash from the people.

Truly speaking, the new leg-islation is good in intent. The heftyfines imposed on those violatingthe rules may lead to a change in

behaviour among them. But it isalso true that not everyone isfinancially strong enough to paythe fines. To top it all, in manycases, traffic policemen have actedoverzealously by imposing multi-ple fines on one person. A way hasto be found to make this Act asuccess. While it is for theGovernment to tweak certainportions of the amended Act tomake the fines realistic, citizens,too, must start behaving.

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Sir — After the abrogation ofArticle 370, one of the prime con-cerns of the Government shouldbe to uphold basic civil rights.Most parts of Jammu & Kashmirtoday lack mobile and internetconnectivity. It must restore thesebasic requirements without jeop-ardising people’s security. Failureto do so will raise a question markon our credentials as the world’slargest democracy.

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If only we could go back to the way things werewhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi came topower in 2014, when there was so much opti-

mism in the country. The wishful thinking is a com-mon refrain now. Much has changed in the macroand micro environment since then as both “endoge-nous and exogenous” factors have played a part inslowing down the global and Indian economy. Andthough it is laudable that the Finance Minister did-n’t wait for the Government’s first full-year budgetin February 2020 to make necessary rectification,hopefully recent interventions can help greenshoots of revival spring up after the next two quar-ters, the minimum time needed for it.

While the existing problems are well known,senior economists are at sea to fathom the natureof the beast at hand. Yet, there are some definitiveassumptions one derives from data points availableand it is important not to get too pessimistic, as eachsector, country and company reacts differently tonegative triggers.

At the macro-level, till January 2021 when a newUS President will be in place, expect a world in flux.That’s because Donald Trump’s re-election campaignhinges on projecting himself as the hero of an“America First” policy, which will continue to esca-late US-China trade tensions, with cascadingeffects on trade and job losses globally. America’strade bullying is making it a “lose-lose” propositionfor American consumers, Chinese manufacturersand the rest of the world. According to InternationalMonetary Fund’s (IMF) forecasts, America’s unilat-eralism will reduce the world economic output by0.5 per cent, having a recessionary impact on theworld economy.

Then, at the micro-level, which pertains to India,let us view how the science of behavioural financeplays out on corporates and retail investors whenconfronted with a “flight or fight syndrome.” Thiscan be seen in relation to how Governments andindividuals responded to business cycles during the1998 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 slump and nowthe 2019 sputter. We are now at the lowest ebb, witha lock-jawed economy at five per cent GrossDomestic Product (GDP) growth.

Here is a textbook example of what occurs whenmoney supply halts. Discretionary spending getspostponed as consumers turn cautious and the resul-tant fall in demand threatens a local and global slow-down, as all economic vitals sink into downwardspirals. Yet, strangely, higher income brackets don’tget impacted during downturns on the consump-tion side, unlike middle and lower middle classes.

Private consumption has been the biggest pro-peller of India’s economic growth. But Private FinalConsumption Expenditure (PFCE) growth was justthree per cent in the June quarter. The salaried classhas become afraid of taking loans for automobilesor housing, as savings-to-GDP ratio comes underpressure. The collateral damage is already impact-ing the construction and automobile sectors, whichare among the largest employers and feed a supplychain of at least 200 ancillaries of growth, as theyare laying-off the unorganised sector labour whichcomprises 90 per cent of the workforce.

Thereafter, the country sinks into deeper sov-ereign debt and yet the only panacea is to looktowards the Government itself to increase spend-ing on welfare schemes and pump funds into infra-structure, railways, roadways and health care. At this

point, there are two options for the Centre.It can tap into the Reserve Bank of India’s(RBI) reserves and go in for sovereign bor-rowing. The latter is a double-edged sworddue to exchange rate risks, especially if itis a Euro/dollar debt. Because though theborrowing interest rates are low, the rateof the rupee could plummet further.Besides, as India’s sovereign rating is “justabove investment grade”, lending costs willbe higher.

The transfer of the surplus amount bythe RBI comes as a well-considered andconsensual move between the Centre andthe central bank, if the infused windfallof �1.76 lakh crore of the surplus reservetransferred is used to stimulate consump-tion demand instead of diverting it tofunding the Government’s revenue deficit.

India has been growing at an averageof 7.5 per cent in the last five years. Yetglobally, the new-normal for growthrates has seen downward revisions by apercentage point, and a climb-up ofnational debt to GDP ratios to levels ashigh as the pre-2008 years. In order totransit towards a new growth trajectory,we cannot afford to grow at sub-optimalrates of anything below eight to ten percent GDP annually, year on year, for thenext 20 years. The Centre needs a moreholistic approach, which entails bothstructural reforms as well as cyclical booststo raise short and medium term-growth.And even in a slowdown, there exist pock-ets of growth that can be scaled up.

The Centre has the biggest role to playin this by tapping into its own domesticpropellers of growth, of which labour-intensive industries like housing, infra-structure, tourism, education and man-ufacturing, can be the prime movers.

The Centre must have a calibratedapproach towards Industry 4.0 that guz-zles labour-intensive jobs and opts forautomation, as there still exists a vastpotential for labour-intensive manufac-tured goods within the domestic marketand exports to Southeast Asian markets.

The Government needs to lower the

following: The cost of capital, land, elec-tricity and corporate taxes in particular,so that firms hire more, earn more andpay more revenue; while simultaneouslyimproving the quality of human resourcesto increase the productivity quotient.

The potential for upside growth inIndia exists in building infrastructure,urbanisation and making India into aglobal hub for start-ups, exports, servicesand manufacturing. India had hoped toencash the opportunity that US-Chinatrade wars threw up but the anticipatedrelocation to India is yet to happen.

India contributes nearly three per centto the world’s GDP but has only one percent share of the global investmentmoney. The present stock of globalForeign Direct Investment (FDI) exceeds$32 trillion. Global inflows have contin-ued to decline since the peak of 2015,despite FDI policies in India being pro-gressively liberalised, with in-boundinflows of $64 billion in 2018-19. Thereis scope to double this investment by mak-ing India a preferred investment destina-tion, as doubling this figure from one percent to two per cent in itself could yieldclose to $3 trillion inflows into the coun-try.

While there is a silver lining that infla-tion has been contained to below four percent and the fiscal deficit was containedat 3.4 per cent of the GDP, the Centreneeds to rethink its stance on both.Because maintaining the fiscal deficit tar-get of 3.3 per cent amidst a contractingeconomy may not be the best policy intimes of contraction, when there is needto turn expansionary by increasing cap-ital expenditure on public projects. Andinflation must be allowed to rise a bit,because rural wages and consumptiondropped as farmers were paid less.

The intent in correcting some of theanomalies in tax laws is laudable and longoverdue. Implementation of the recom-mendations of the Akhilesh Ranjan-ledtask force on the Direct Tax Code mustwork towards effectively overhauling an

archaic tax administration system. Itsobjective must be to ensure “ease of tax-ation” and to “maximise certainty andminimise disputes.”

The Government also needs toexplore hitherto untapped sources for rev-enue generation. Herein, India must takethe initiative to tax big tech differently, asthis is an untapped source of revenue.Because tech giants like Google, Amazonand Facebook invoice their revenues outof India, while maintaining operations inthe country, showing lesser profits.Developed nations are trying to form aconsensus on a way forward unitedly toimpose higher taxation on big tech.Beyond a maximum revenue threshold,the surplus revenue must be taxed onIndian turf.

Digital commerce is anticipated tobring about the next biggest revolution increating jobs and increasing GDP, as com-panies seek to draw the next 500 millionIndians into the e-commerce main-stream. For example, revenues of Asia’slargest company, Alibaba, rose 42 per centin the last quarter of 2019, defying theslowdown, due to internet- shopping sup-ply chains. Energising the Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises (MSME) market-place needs tapping into low-cost fund-ing from multilateral banks; providingadequate skilling and marketing support,so as to encourage digital entrepreneur-ship in financial services, online retail,online education and remote healthcare.

In conclusion, slowdowns are neveras bad as they appear, nor are economicboom times as prosperous as they seem.Because historically, periods of boom aretimes when asset bubbles get created, giv-ing an illusion of rising prosperity. But ineffect, they have invariably presageddownturns. So let’s ride this out. Toughtimes call for being mindful of efficien-cies at all levels, so India can emergestronger and smarter.

(The writer is an author, columnist,chairperson for National Committee onFinancial Inclusion at NITI Aayog)

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Aerosols, tiny solid particles orliquid droplets suspended inthe atmosphere, are rapidly

becoming the ubiquitous factor inenvironmental degradation andpushing up the frequency ofdroughts across the world, especial-ly in India. They can come from nat-ural sources, like dust or wildfires, orman-made sources such as vehiclesand industrial emissions.

A team of atmospheric scientistsfrom India, USA and Canada foundthat aerosols in the atmosphere canincrease the severity of droughts inthe Indian subcontinent by as muchas 17 per cent during El Niño years.

The El Niño phenomenon,which occurs when there is abnor-

mal warming over the Pacific Ocean,is already considered detrimental forthe monsoon as it blocks the flow ofmoisture-bearing winds from theoceans to the Indian landmass. Anew study by Indian Institute ofTropical Meteorology (IITM) Punefound that it further weakens themonsoon by transporting aerosolsfrom lower altitudes in the East Asianregion up and into the higher alti-tudes of about 12-18 km, forming anaerosol layer called the AsianTropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL)over the South Asian region.

It remains suspended there dur-ing the monsoon and its thickeningcuts solar energy to the Earth. Thisin turn weakens monsoon circulationand increases the severity of droughtconditions.

The study, published in theScientific Reports journal, revealsthat the combined effect of El Niñoand aerosols reduces rainfall over theIndian sub-continent as compared tothe individual effect of El Niño.Going by the satellite readings anda series of model simulations in thereport, the severity of droughts dur-

ing El Niño years over the sub-con-tinent has amplified by 17 per cent.

Noting that in recent decadesthere has been an increase in the fre-

quency of El Niño events anddroughts over India, the researcherswarned against any further increasein industrial emissions from both

East and South Asia as they can leadto a wider and thicker aerosol layerin the upper troposphere and furtherintensify droughts.

Given that India is already vul-nerable to hydrological and weath-er extremes, a higher degree ofdrought severity will only subject thecountry to more hydrological stresswhile affecting agriculture and thelivelihood of millions of people.

Reducing aerosol emissions isnot only essential for improving airquality but also for controllingdroughts and their impact on peo-ple in the Indian subcontinent.Rising temperatures, too, are becom-ing the cause of increase in the con-centration of aerosols in the atmos-phere that cause air pollution.

According to a recent study byresearchers from the University ofCalifornia, aerosol presence is exac-erbating climate change and itsadverse effects. While climate changeis warming oceans, it is warmingland faster, which is bad news forglobal air quality. The study, pub-lished in the journal Nature ClimateChange, shows that the land-sea

warming contrast drives up aerosolconcentration in the atmosphere.

Aerosols not only affect the cli-mate system, including disturbancesto the water cycle, they also harmhumans, animals and plants as theycause smog and pollution. Their out-put and emissions are a matter ofgrave concern.

To rein in these soaring emis-sions, we need to understand thelevel of aerosol pollution in India.India needs an aerosol protocol thatis able to set the parameters for pre-venting spread of aerosol emissions.Industries and other man-madesources of aerosol emissions current-ly have a free run thanks to lack ofstringent regulations that set groundrules for operations.

The categorisation of industriesand other aerosol-emitting units iscritical and periodic checking will goa long way in controlling them. Thiswill have a direct impact on the fightagainst climate change and helpIndia arrest its worsening environ-ment situation.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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The liquid-ity crisis

t r i g g e r e dafter thedefault ofIL&FS iscausing thenon-bankingfinancial andh o u s i n gfinance com-panies to pull back on loans tomicro, small and medium sizedenterprises (MSMEs), Moody’ssaid on Wednesday.

“The value of loan againstproperty (LAP), assets undermanagement by HFCs andNBFCs increased by 8.3 percent over the six months lead-ing to December 2018, downfrom 15.4 per cent growthover the previous six months,”Moody’s said.

Moreover, according toMoody’s, it does not expectLAP lending by NBFCs andHFCs to pick-up significantlyin the next few months too asthe operating environmentremains challenging for themas they continue to face issueswith accessing funds.

“Indian non-bankingfinancial companies (NBFCs)and housing finance companies

(HFCs) are pulling back onloan against property (LAP),lending to micro, small andmedium sized enterprises(MSMEs) because of the fund-ing squeeze caused by the liq-uidity crisis in the country’sfinancial sector,” Moody’s saidin a note.

This situation is credit neg-ative for asset-backed securities(ABS) backed by LAP toMSMEs, because it will reducerefinancing options for thesesmall businesses, potentiallyleading to loan delinquenciesand defaults, the brokeragefirm added.

Besides, it said that thedeclining real estate prices insome cities and a slower paceof price growth in others hascurtailed refinancing of LAPand hurt recovery prospects fordefaulted loans.

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Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPIs)on Wednesday

turned buyers for the firsttime in September. FPIs hadbeen on a sell mode despitethe roll-back of the tax sur-charge on them as macro-economic concerns took thecentre stage.

On Wednesday, FPIsbought �266.89 crore worthof stocks while DomesticInst i tut iona l Investorsb ought �1,132 .42 croreworth. However, the out-flow had steadily declinedfrom �2,016.20 crore at thestart of the month, down to�188.08 crore on September 9.

“A gamut of factors, suchas s lower-than-expecteddemand growth in majoreconomies, geopolitical andtrade tensions and a gradualweakening of the economicgrowth prospects in India,have contributed to a build-up of risk aversion, whichhas impeded the demandfor emerging market (EM)debt instruments,” the ratingagency said.

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China announced Wednesday it would exempt 16 categories of products from US tariffs, aheadof a fresh round of trade talks next month.China and the US have been embroiled in a year-long trade war that has seen the two sides

slap punitive tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in two-way trade.The exemptions announced Wednesday will become effective on September 17 and be valid

for one year, according to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, which releasedtwo lists that include seafood products and anti-cancer drugs.

The lists mark the first time Beijing has announced products to be excluded from tariffs.Other product categories which will become exempt from tariffs include alfalfa pellets, fish

feed, medical linear accelerators and mould release agents. Wednesday’s lists do not include big-ticket items such as soybeans and pork. Trade negotiators have said they will meet in Washingtonin early October, raising hopes that fresh negotiations could help ease tensions between the world’stwo biggest economies.

Both sides imposed fresh tit-for-tat tariffs on September 1.

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American businesses areincreasingly pessimistic

about their prospects inChina as the US trade warrumbles on, with growingnumbers of companiesexpecting their revenues andinvestment in the local mar-ket to shrink, a survey said onWednesday.

The American Chamberof Commerce in Shanghai’sannual China BusinessReport also found that 75 percent of US firms opposed theUS use of punitive tariffs toforce China into a trade dealand market-access reforms.

President Donald Trumpsays his tariffs against billionsof dollars in Chinese goods —which have been reciprocat-

ed by Beijing — are hurtingChina and are good for theUnited States.

But only half of US com-panies surveyed said theyexpect 2019 revenues inChina to increase year-on-year, while just over a quarterexpect them to fall — com-pared with just 6.1 per cent inthe previous year’s poll.

Overall, most members ofthe chamber remain opti-mistic about a country whoseconsumer market is still blos-soming.

The report also foundChina’s ongoing economicslowdown — which predatesthe trade war -- remains thetop overall concern of UScompanies.

But the standoff is a veryclose second, and more than

half of companies surveyedsaid they were delaying orreducing further investmentin China as a direct result ofthe tit-for-tat tariffs.

Just 47 per cent said theyexpected to increase theirinvestments in China in 2019,down from 61.6 per cent lastyear.

“American companiescontinue to do well in China,but the trade conflict nowshadows many businesses,”said Eric Zheng, chairman ofthe trade association.

Some of the biggestswings in the survey came inthe area of future expecta-tions for China’s market, with61.4 percent expressing opti-mism, down from historicalrates in the 80-90 percentrange.

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Germany luxury car manu-facturer BMW will tem-

porarily close its British plantin Oxford for two days aroundthe current scheduled date forBrexit, a company executiverevealed Tuesday. “The firstconcrete measures we haveagreed with suppliers is (that)we will not be producing onOctober 31st and November1st,” BMW’s chief finance offi-cer Nicolas Peter told reportersat the Frankfurt Motor Show.

He said the decision wasagreed with suppliers to “ensurethe logistical security” of theOxford site, which producesthe Mini brand models.

“We have prepared ourprocesses for the Brexit, our sys-tems are able to cope,” assuredPeter. Despite a series of setbacksin Westminster, British PrimeMinister Boris Johnson has insist-ed he will not ask seek a new post-ponement to the UK’s with-drawal from the European Union,

currently set for October 31.Like other car manufactur-

ers with plants in the UK, BMWis preparing for the prospect ofa ‘no-deal Brexit’ and Britain’swithdrawal from the EU with-out a deal, which Peter warnedcould push prices up.

“A ‘no-Deal’ means thatWTO (World TradeOrganisation) tariffs will comeinto force, which means anaggravated situation comparedto the existing one,” he said.

“We would therefore haveto increase prices in differentmarkets,” if sales and produc-tion decreased, he explained.

Other manufacturers havealready warned of drastic con-sequences if Brexit goes badly.

Last month, Peugeot chiefCarlos Tavares told theFinancial Times that produc-tion of Vauxhall and OpelAstra cars could be shifted tosouthern Europe fromEllesmere Port on Merseysideif Brexit has a negative impacton business.

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Apple is finally taking onNetf lix with its own

streaming television serviceand, uncharacteristically forthe company, offering it at abargain price — $5 a monthbeginning on November 1.

Walt Disney Co is launch-ing its own assault on Netflixthe same month, for just $7.

It may be sheer coinci-dence that the cost of payingfor both Apple and Disneysubscriptions will still be a dol-lar less than Netflix’s mainplan, priced at $13 a month.But the intent to disruptNetflix’s huge lead in thestreaming business couldn’tbe clearer.

Apple delivered the newsTuesday while also unveilingthree new iPhones that won’tlook much different than lastyear’s models other than boast-ing an additional camera fortaking pictures from extra-wide angles.

The aggressive pricing isunusual for Apple, which typ-ically charges a premium forproducts and services to bur-nish its brand. Most analysts

expected Apple to charge $8 to$10 per month for the service,which will be called AppleTV Plus.

But Apple is entering amarket that Netflix practical-ly created in 2007 — aroundthe same time as the firstiPhone came out. And Netflixhas amassed more than 150million subscribers, meaningthat Apple needed to make asplash.

“You have to expect they’regoing to do something, con-sidering how hyper competi-tive the streaming video spaceis,” said Tim Hanlon, CEO ofVertere Group.

Apple CEO Tim Cook didnot have much new to sayabout the TV service beyondits pricing and debut date,although he did show a trail-er for a new Jason Momoa-ledseries called “See.” Netflixdeclined to comment.

In the past, Netflix CEOReed Hastings has depicted theincreased competition as apositive for everyone, allowingconsumers to create their ownentertainment bundles insteadof accepting bundles puttogether at higher prices by

cable and satellite TV ser-vices.

Like Netflix and similarservices from Amazon andHulu, Apple has been spend-ing billions of dollars for orig-inal programs.

The most anticipated so farseems to be “The MorningShow,” a comedy starringJennifer Aniston, ReeseWitherspoon and Steve Carrell.The service will launch withnine original shows and films,with more expected eachmonth. It will only carryApple’s original programmingand will be available in 100countries at launch.

Since it began focusing onexclusive shows and movies sixyears ago, Netflix has built ahuge library of original pro-gramming and now spendsupward of $10 billion annual-ly on its lineup.

Apple also announced anew videogame subscriptionservice that will cost $5 amonth when it rolls out Sept19. Called Apple Arcade, theservice will allow subscribersto play more than 100 gamesselected by Apple that areexclusive to the service.

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Apple unveiled its iPhone 11models Tuesday with a

price cut for the most basicmodels while also laying outplans for streaming and gam-ing services as it bids to weath-er the slump in the globalsmartphone market.

Price appeared to be a keyconsideration as the tech giantreduced the entry level price forthe iPhone 11 to $699 andundercut rivals for its gamingand streaming television sub-scriptions. Apple unveiled threeversions of the iPhone 11including “Pro” models withtriple camera and otheradvanced features starting at$999 and $1,099, unchangedfrom last year’s prices, toutingupgraded features includingultra-wide camera lenses.

The surprise from Applewas the reduction in the start-ing price at $699, down from$749 for the iPhone XR a yearago even as many premiumdevices are being priced around$1,000.

The new iPhones are “jam-packed with new capabilitiesand an incredible new design,”Apple chief executive TimCook told a launch event in

Cupertino, California as thecompany set plans to sell thenew handsets on September 20.

Apple’s announcementsappeared to be aimed atemphasizing value as the com-pany looks to shift its businessmodel to reduce its dependenceon smartphones and tie in dig-ital content and other servicesto its devices.

“I think the iPhone 11 iscompelling and may convincepeople to upgrade earlier thanthey might have otherwisegiven the lower price andlonger battery life, not just animproved camera.” With thenew devices and services, “Ithink there are more reasons tostay with Apple than to defectfrom Apple,” said PatrickMoorhead, analyst at MoorInsights & Strategy.

Apple TV+ service willlaunch November 1 in morethan 100 countries at $4.99 permonth and will include a “pow-erful and inspiring lineup oforiginal shows, movies anddocumentaries.” While Apple’sstreaming service will havelimited content at first, its priceis below the $6.99 for theforthcoming Disney+ serviceand the more expensive plansfrom Netflix.

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State-owned hydro powergiant NHPC on Wednesday

said its board next week willconsider a proposal to raise upto Rs 2,500 core via bonds,loans or ECBs.

The fund will be raisedthrough issuance of corporatebonds in one or moreseries/tranches on privateplacement basis and/or raisingof term loans/inter-corporateloan/External CommercialBorrowings (ECB) in suitabletranches, it added.

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China on Tuesday removedlimits on foreign institutions

wanting to invest in its stocksand bond markets, as it seeks toattract overseas investment amida slowing economy and a tradespat with the United States.

Foreign individuals arebarred from investing directly inChina’s markets, but the countryallows certain institutions to buyshares under the so-calledQualified Foreign InstitutionalInvestor (QFII) scheme.

The State Administration ofForeign Exchange (SAFE) saidTuesday it has removed theoverall ceiling of $300 billion ontotal asset purchases under thisscheme, offering unfetteredaccess to the world’s second-largest capital market.

A cap on a yuan-denomi-nated sister scheme — theRenminbi Qualified ForeignInstitutional Investor (RQFII)programme, which allowedoverseas institutions to invest inChinese securities using theoffshore yuan — was alsoremoved on Tuesday.

“Foreign institutionalinvestors with the relevant qual-ifications can remit funds tocarry out investment in securi-ties in compliance with regula-tions, greatly enhancing theconvenience for foreigninvestors participating in theonshore financial market,” theregulator said in a statement.

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Limited (NCML) onWednesday said that SirajChoudhury has been appoint-ed as its new ManagingDirector and CEO.

Choudhury will replaceSanjay Kaul, who has beenappointed as Chairman of theNCML Board, an official state-ment said. Choudhury hadretired as Chairman and CEOof Cargill India after serving for30 years.

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Greater Noida: Real estatedeveloper Migsun Group hasreceived the completion cer-tificate for its Greater Noidaproject, Migsun Ultimo. Thedeveloper has received thecompletion certificate for atotal of 584 units of tower 1,2& 3 which are housed in theproject. Launched in February2015, Migsun-Ultimo has total1168 units and is a 6.5 acreshaven of beautifully landscapedwalkways with lush greens allaround. A total of 6 towers areavailable with 2 and 3 BHKapartments, ranging from 1005to 1575 Sq Feet. PNS

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New Delhi: Veeba’s V-Nourishwill start hiring process for dif-ferent roles in the company’ssales, production, and marketingteams, and will support V-Nourish’s pursuit of gaining over5% market share in the kids’drink segment in India within thenext three years. Veeba’s V-Nourish is designedwholesome nutritional supple-ment for kids above 5 years. Thecompany has a strength of 1500employees working directly andindirectly. PNS

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New Delhi (PTI): Bharti Airtel on Wednesday launched itsbroadband offering, ‘Airtel Xstream Fibre’ promising 1Gbps speedfor �3,999 a month, raising the competitive heat in a market thathas recently seen commercial roll-out of Jio’s fibre based services.

“Starting today (Wednesday), Airtel Xstream Fibre is avail-able to Homes, SOHO (Small Office Home Office) and smallcommercial establishments in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad,Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad,Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad,”Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

In the coming months, Airtel Xstream Fibre will be rolledout in more markets, the statement added. “Airtel Xstream Fibreoffers unlimited broadband at 1Gbps for just �3,999/month. Italso offers unlimited landline calls to any network in India alongwith exclusive ‘AirtelThanks’ benefits...,” it said.

The benefits include three months Netflix subscription gift,one year Amazon Prime membership and access to premium con-tent from ZEE5 and Airtel Xstream app.

On September 5, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio hadannounced launch of its fibre-based broadband service, offer-ing minimum internet speed of 100 Mbps for �699 a month.JioFiber will offer free voice calling anywhere in the country,unlimited data and video conferencing. All subscribers will get4K set-top box, for streaming TV channels free while a 4K tele-vision set would be complimentary with annual plans with high-er payouts such as ‘Gold’ and above.

New Delhi (PTI):Schneider Electric expects tocomplete the �14,000 croreacquisition of Larsen &Toubro’s electrical and automa-tion business by early 2020, itsIndia head Anil Chaudhry saidon Wednesday.

In May last year, SchneiderElectric, a global player in ener-gy management and automa-

tion, together with Singapore’sstate investment firm TemasekHoldings had announced anall-cash buyout of L&T’s elec-trical and automation busi-ness.

“We expect the deal to closein the next few months... maybeend of the year or early nextyear,” said Chaudhry, zone pres-ident and managing director of

Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd.Schneider, he said, had a “verystrong commitment” to Indiawhich it sees as the futuregrowth engine of the world.

Also, the country’s vision tobecome a developed nation froma developing one now wouldneed massive infrastructurebuilding and Schneider Electriccan “play a strong role,” he said.

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Equity benchmark BSESensex ticked higher forthe third session on the

trot on Wednesday, fuelled bygains in banking and autostocks amid firm cues fromother Asian markets.

The 30-share index settled125.37 points, or 0.34 per cent,higher at 37,270.82. Similarly,the broader NSE Nifty rose32.65 points, or 0.30 per cent,to finish at 11,035.70.

Investor sentiment hasrevived amid indications ofmore steps from the governmentto shore up growth, while glob-al equities rose on hopes of atrade truce between the US andChina, analysts said.

China on Wednesdayannounced it would exempt 16categories of products from UStariffs, ahead of a fresh round oftrade negotiations next month.

Yes Bank was the biggestgainer in the Sensex pack, ral-lying 13.47 per cent, followingreports that digital paymentsmajor Paytm may buy a stake inthe lender from co-founderRana Kapoor.

Tata Motors, Maruti, TataSteel, Vedanta, Bajaj Auto,IndusInd Bank, SBI, HeroMotoCorp, M&M, Asian Paints,Axis Bank, RIL and L&T toojumped up to 10.21 per cent

On the other hand, ONGC,HCL Tech, NTPC, Sun Pharma,TCS, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid,Tech Mahindra and Infosyswere among the top losers on theindex, shedding up to 2.93 percent.

“The Indian markets areshowing signs of stabilising andinching towards recovery. Theheadline index (Nifty) is up forthe fifth straight day as com-ments from the FinanceMinister have contributed to sta-bilising market sentiments. Theimproved focus of the govern-ment to boost economic recov-ery are being priced in.

“Further, signals indicatingChina will move to lessen tradewar repercussions and globalstimulus have helped globalmarkets recover from growthworries,” said Sunil Sharma,chief investment officer,Sanctum Wealth Management.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Tuesday saidthe government had set up a taskforce to boost investments ininfrastructure projects and wasin the process of identifying sec-tors which needed funding fromthe Centre.

Sectorally, BSE realty, auto,metal, basic materials, industri-als, bankex, finance and telecomindices gained up to 4.45 percent. However, IT, teck, FMCG,oil and gas and utilities ended up

to 1.29 per cent lower.The broader BSE midcap

and smallcap indices rallied upto 1.43 per cent.

Elsewhere in Asia, HangSeng, Nikkei and Kospi settledsignificantly higher, whileShanghai Composite Indexended in the red.

Exchanges in Europe weretrading in the green in theirrespective early sessions.

The Indian rupee appreci-ated by 2 paise (intra-day) totrade at 71.68 per US dollar.

Global oil benchmark Brentcrude was trading 0.82 per centhigher at USD 63.20 per barrel.

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Meanwhile, investorspumped in over �9,000 croreinto equity mutual funds inAugust, a sharp rise of 12 percent from the precedingmonth, despite volatile stockmarkets.

Open-ended equityschemes witnessed an infusionof �9,152 crore, while there wasa small outflow of �62 crorefrom close-ended equity plans,taking total equity inflows to�9,090 crore last month,according to data from theAssociation of Mutual Funds inIndia (AMFI).

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Union minister NitinGadkari on Wednesday

said it was up to the FinanceMinistry along with state gov-ernments and GST Council todecide on reduction in GSTrate for automobiles and that hehad already spoken to theFinance Minister in this regard.

The Road Transport andHighways Minister also said ascrappage policy, which alsoincludes two-wheelers, is in theworks and will be launchedsoon.

Last week at the SIAMannual convention, Gadkarihad assured the auto industrythat he would take up the issueof GST reduction for automo-biles to 18 per cent from 28 percent.

“I have already discussedwith the Finance Minister. Butultimately if the FM has to take

any decision it must be with theconsultation with state financeministers and GST Council,”Gadkari said here at the launchof a BS-VI scooter by HondaMotorcycle and Scooter India.

He further said, currentlythe ball was in the court of theFinance Ministry and he wasconfident that the ministry inconsultation with state gov-ernments would take a positivedecision.

Commenting on vehiclescrappage policy, Gadkari saida draft had already been pre-pared. “But there are still prob-lems related with various stake-holders. We need cooperationfrom the manufacturers as wellas the Finance Ministry,” headded.

Some of the issues arerelated with tax while some arerelated with state governments,he said.

When asked how soon

such a policy could become areality, he said, ”We are readywith the process. My ministryis trying to get it cleared asearly as possible and I am con-fident that in the limited shorttime we would come to a con-clusion and we will launch thepolicy.”

He said such a policywould also include old two-wheelers and “if the two-wheel-er industry wants to suggestanything we are going to listento it with an open mind”.

Acknowledging the cur-rent distress in the auto indus-try, the minister said the rea-sons could be myriad due todemand and supply issues,global economic slowdown ordue to business cycle.

He, however, exuded con-fidence that within five to sixyears, India would become aglobal manufacturing hub forautomobiles.

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Script Open High Low LTPICICIGI 1142.3 1149.35 1122.55 1128.6YESBANK 66.15 72.55 65.4 71.6TATAMOTORS 124.5 135 124.5 134.35MARUTI 6333.5 6630.25 6283.6 6598.35KALPATPOWR 446 472.4 444 465IBULHSGFIN 427 437 422.1 431.3HCLTECH 1096 1096 1052.55 1057.25RBLBANK 362.1 380.65 359.45 378.45ITC 245.5 245.55 243 243.65TATASTEEL 356.1 368.35 355.5 367.1MCX 977 1015 957.75 985.7RELIANCE 1222.7 1239.95 1222.7 1234.1JINDALSTEL 97 109 96.45 107.5BAJFINANCE 3449.95 3458.9 3385.8 3417.3TECHM 713.2 722.5 701.3 703.7INFY 821.65 827.95 814.7 820.1SBIN 278.9 285.85 278.45 285.3ASHOKLEY 62 64.65 60.35 63.7DLF 156.45 164.15 153.3 160.4TCS 2192 2200 2147.05 2153.95ESCORTS 506 533 500.25 530.8INDUSINDBK 1337 1379.8 1337 1371.7ALKEM 1844.95 1852.2 1770 1848.5WIPRO 254.35 255 247.45 248.15ICICIBANK 395.95 399.1 393.35 394.35ERIS 370 394.35 359 390.65SUNPHARMA 430.1 435.2 421 422.05ULTRACEMCO 3906 3943.1 3894 3901.75HDFC 2070.85 2086.7 2053.25 2071.75ASTRAL 1300 1300.25 1285 1289.95LT 1361.1 1383.7 1356.8 1363VEDL 144.6 147.35 143.5 146BANKBARODA 95.75 99.6 95.55 99.05EICHERMOT 16260 17080 16211.55 17012.8HDFCBANK 2271 2271 2241.9 2248.85DHFL 49.1 52.7 48.75 50.85BAJAJ-AUTO 2820 2918.95 2816.5 2908.45L&TFH 93.25 97.9 92.65 96.75ICICIPRULI 445 447 420.6 421.9TATAMTRDVR 56.5 63.25 56.5 61.6EMAMILTD 293.65 296.15 289.85 290AXISBANK 674.5 683.15 671.2 681.7APOLLOHOSP 1499 1510 1474.55 1495.4PEL 1923 1989.9 1908 1981.85SHANKARA 460 484.2 453.7 475.2NAUKRI 2080 2080 1950 1960.1HEROMOTOCO 2690.05 2770 2687.85 2760.6MARICO 386.9 390.75 385.3 386.65RELINFRA 38.6 41.5 38.2 40.5JSWSTEEL 220 228.9 220 227.7GODREJPROP 890.4 994.85 875 955.35PNB 62.6 65 62.45 64.85BAJAJFINSV 7340 7418.5 7301 7349.95MOTHERSUMI 100.45 104.95 99.55 103.3ZEEL 366.55 367.2 352.4 354.45ADANIPOWER 60.35 64.4 60.35 63.65HDFCAMC 2666 2690 2651.05 2656.75RNAM 274.8 285.5 273.7 276.5TVSMOTOR 390.8 406.65 388 402.8UPL 585 590.35 575.25 577.7NCC 59.4 60.9 58.4 58.9CANBK 198.7 205.85 197.8 204.55IDEA 5.35 5.81 5.35 5.73WOCKPHARMA 242.75 291.3 242.4 291.3ADANIENT 139.95 144.85 139.9 143.9RELCAPITAL 36.15 37.9 35.3 35.9ACC 1473 1493.85 1473 1484.75COALINDIA 201 203.1 195.65 196.45SRTRANSFIN 1012.4 1039.3 1012 1035.9DBL 429.9 466.55 429 455.8HINDUNILVR 1833 1847 1818 1823.5ONGC 130 130.85 125.1 125.7HEIDELBERG 191.1 195 189 191.65KOTAKBANK 1471 1478.5 1459.55 1474.65JUSTDIAL 737.5 740.95 721.85 725.15GRASIM 706 716.25 705.35 711.15HDFCLIFE 532 540.15 532 538.25CREDITACC 601.9 618 601.9 607.1IOC 126.05 128.4 125.3 125.9BPCL 382.95 387.8 379 386.1BRITANNIA 2683.05 2700.7 2660 2665.2UJJIVAN 308 317.55 305.85 315.45SAIL 33.1 34.45 32.95 34.15JUBLFOOD 1212 1263.8 1207.45 1257.8HONAUT 27551 29100 26585 26732.2HINDPETRO 262 267.3 259.65 266.2BANKINDIA 66.45 68.4 66 68.2JUBILANT 496 532 489 501.4M&M 535 548.75 534.9 545.55LICHSGFIN 398 405.9 398 402.4RAIN 106.25 108.45 102 103.05GRAPHITE 280 289.9 260 282.5DELTACORP 176 187.5 174.9 183.25UNIONBANK 56.6 59.9 56.3 59.75INDIGO 1675.9 1689.4 1656.75 1663.7PFC 110.1 112.95 109.15 110.3STRTECH 128.3 138.85 126.8 136.5TITAN 1092.4 1103.45 1083.45 1100.55PIIND 1211.05 1298 1211.05 1266.55SPICEJET 129.25 130 128.5 128.75BOMDYEING 88 91.8 84.8 87.15ASIANPAINT 1544.1 1564.5 1543.6 1561.3HINDALCO 189.25 193.85 189.2 193.45BEL 110.25 111.35 107.25 107.95BHARTIARTL 359 361.55 350.6 355.25COLPAL 1259.45 1266.8 1232 1237.05NBCC 38 38.55 37.3 37.85BHEL 50.15 52.35 50.15 51.95

BIOCON 233 238.7 232.3 234.8IPCALAB 939 959.55 920 927.55NTPC 126.3 127.5 124.1 124.6VENKYS 1426 1503.8 1417.1 1475.85TATAELXSI 640.25 652.5 636.65 645BHARATFORG 401 413.05 399.95 411.25TATAPOWER 59 61.65 58.8 61.2DMART 1568 1587.25 1555 1569.2IBREALEST 66 66.35 63.65 64.4ADANIPORTS 370 375 367 373.3LTTS 1636.25 1641.75 1617 1621.55GAIL 132.05 133 128.15 128.45LTI 1674.95 1675 1633.1 1640.25OFSS 3050 3050 2979.15 3008.7CEATLTD 889.5 902 885.05 890.7EQUITAS 110.75 117.8 109.35 116.3LUPIN 767 769.5 756.15 759.4IDFCFIRSTB 43.5 44.2 43 43.85CENTURYTEX 861 885.85 861 880.85BANDHANBNK 452.25 463 447 448.7AKZOINDIA 1745 1745 1699.95 1702.65SOMANYCERA 220 247.8 200 205.8AUROPHARMA 627 630 621.9 628.35HEG 1015 1065 1015 1043.95NATIONALUM 43 44.6 42.5 44.4BBTC 1004.95 1045 1004.95 1023.5MANAPPURAM 123.75 126.05 123.75 125.35PHILIPCARB 117 123.5 116.2 118.55IBVENTURES 156.8 159.4 148.4 151.85M&MFIN 324.4 337.75 324.4 336.45PAGEIND 18201.1 18634.5 18201.1 18363.45RAJESHEXPO 679 693 672 672.6DRREDDY 2747.65 2777.9 2742 2761.7SUNTV 444.5 451.5 439.2 444.3DABUR 444.3 450 442 449HSCL 75.85 77 73.1 75.25TATAGLOBAL 264.05 267.65 257.3 259.2FEDERALBNK 86.3 86.8 84.9 85.7SIEMENS 1226 1256 1217.45 1225.25FORCEMOT 1199 1251 1199 1238.8SBILIFE 809 812.3 795 798.75DISHTV 23.8 24.3 23.15 23.45OBEROIRLTY 520 568.4 511.2 565.05HAVELLS 661.65 667.1 653.7 664.85BATAINDIA 1560 1574.05 1558.7 1572.1RECLTD 151.05 151.95 147.6 149.15ITI 72.75 80.3 71.35 78.1GODREJCP 608 618.5 594.95 609.8TORNTPOWER 278.1 285.25 277.4 279.1ABBOTINDIA 9941 9961.95 9789.95 9808.9JAICORPLTD 79.2 85.1 78.5 84AIAENG 1518.3 1530.7 1501.2 1510.1GHCL 195 199.6 193.05 194.9SUNTECK 450.25 471 445.6 465.4PVR 1550 1606 1550 1587.2SRF 2790.05 2841.75 2790.05 2815PETRONET 267 270 264.1 265.35INDIACEM 75.25 81.2 75.1 78.55UBL 1289.5 1311 1282.6 1306.55GMRINFRA 15.8 17 15.65 16.85SUZLON 2.82 3.05 2.81 3.02APOLLOTYRE 176.65 180 176.3 179.1PNBHOUSING 639 646.25 630 635.1BERGEPAINT 368 370.6 363.9 369.95CIPLA 473.9 477.9 468.5 471.45VOLTAS 644 644 630 632.6DIVISLAB 1630 1640.1 1607 1617.8MRF 58700 60233 58700 60055.4NESTLEIND 12830 12830 12663.75 12757.2EDELWEISS 106.2 107.6 103.85 104.6IDBI 28 28.8 27.8 28.3MEGH 52.5 56 48 54.9IEX 134.05 136.05 129.95 130.05OMAXE 195.25 195.25 193.25 193.45RAYMOND 561.05 578.1 561 573.35POWERGRID 203 203.9 200 201.2STAR 402 402.7 394.4 398.5NOCIL 101.5 104.75 99.95 103.55BEML 810.85 825 810.5 814.55JSLHISAR 66.7 76.25 66.7 74.8GLAXO 1340 1400 1320 1384.6AMBUJACEM 197.4 198.3 195 197.25PIDILITIND 1360.25 1382.75 1360.25 1374.9

CANFINHOME 399.15 404 391.65 393.75ABCAPITAL 95 97.6 95 96.65MUTHOOTFIN 610.9 613.25 597.8 604.25SPARC 152.75 154.5 150 150.5ORIENTBANK 65.05 68.05 65 66.95INDIANB 166.4 170.65 166.15 167.25RCF 42.5 45.3 42.5 44.5BOSCHLTD 14209 14500 14064.9 14252.45CHOLAFIN 272.2 277.45 272.2 276.05VINATIORGA 2300 2358 2295 2313.95SANOFI 6204.85 6208.35 5975.8 5987.85TNPL 193.95 208.25 190.2 201.05BALKRISIND 740 747 736 745.05CASTROLIND 123.1 125.5 123 124.7MGL 855.1 857.75 844.7 851.6NMDC 83 85.1 83 84.35SWANENERGY 115 115 106.55 108.4GLENMARK 388.85 393.65 382.6 384.7CADILAHC 236.2 242.65 236.2 239.6KTKBANK 76.1 79.75 76.1 78.55GODFRYPHLP 1009.75 1039.55 999.55 1012.45JINDALSAW 73 79.25 73 78.65FSL 48.9 50.6 48.55 50.25KAJARIACER 495 511.45 488.9 492.1AVANTI 355.3 357.3 345.8 347.6GNFC 187 194 186.2 192.1VIPIND 399 405 395.95 398.9HUDCO 36.25 38.65 36.25 37.4NIITTECH 1440 1463.95 1413.25 1419.4EXIDEIND 183 185.05 181.75 183.05LEMONTREE 54.4 54.4 53 53.45AMARAJABAT 643.45 659.7 643.45 656.85ENGINERSIN 111.05 113.5 110.5 112.25JISLJALEQS 19.65 22.65 19.65 21.8IRB 73 77.8 73 77.2ADANIGAS 134.1 141.75 133.55 137.5PCJEWELLER 33 33 32.2 32.35IGL 335.5 338.9 333.8 336.6CUMMINSIND 579 588 572.55 582.45INFRATEL 253 254.5 250.2 253.55ATUL 3516 3702.95 3516 3691.4DCMSHRIRAM 393.5 417 393.5 411.45MINDAIND 340.9 343.8 325.1 336.3GRANULES 94.5 99.65 93.65 99JAMNAAUTO 36.7 40.4 36.2 39.3RADICO 300.05 303.5 296.55 297.35MFSL 400 409.7 399.45 401.1SUPREMEIND 1117.75 1152.8 1115.55 1147.95SOUTHBANK 10.92 10.92 10.74 10.8PGHL 4249 4399.65 4249 4382.85DEEPAKNI 271.5 285 271.5 278.45CERA 2450 2564.65 2391.8 2473.65GICHSGFIN 177.9 190.5 177.9 187.1RPOWER 3.34 3.5 3.34 3.43HFCL 19.3 19.9 19.1 19.7OIL 154 155.35 148.6 149.85MINDTREE 683 686.2 676.75 679.5GODREJIND 401 403.2 398.9 399.8SUVEN 272.1 280.95 270.55 274.35LALPATHLAB 1293 1345.2 1285 1321.55JKTYRE 62.9 66.75 62 65.65HINDZINC 216.5 218.8 213.7 214.6FCONSUMER 27 29.7 27 29SCI 32.8 34.7 32.2 34.15ASTRAZEN 1998 2092.95 1998 2069.05GSFC 76.3 79.3 74.95 78.95TATACOMM 421.05 432 420.05 429.9INTELLECT 215.95 223.1 214 220.25TATACHEM 589.2 594 586.45 591.95VBL 639 639 576.25 595.05JSL 35 37.3 34.3 36.5ADANIGREEN 45.55 49.1 45.55 48.3GULFOILLUB 869 870 841 843.05INFIBEAM 39.05 40.85 39.05 40.15DCBBANK 196.8 199 194.7 195.65RAMCOCEM 724.3 725.45 717.85 724.5CONCOR 512.35 521 508.2 518.85JPASSOCIAT 2.38 2.61 2.25 2.52HEXAWARE 386 386 378.5 380TATACOFFEE 75 81.25 74.9 79.7PTC 62.45 64.4 62.45 63.25ASHOKA 95.3 103.5 95 98.95QUESS 468 474.75 457.8 460.2KRBL 226 242.9 226 238.4NATCOPHARM 589.9 592.2 575 579.3AJANTPHARM 1015 1024.8 1004.25 1012.75CHAMBLFERT 156.55 165.6 155.4 159.55J&KBANK 40 41.5 39.8 40.05TORNTPHARM 1717 1731.4 1693 1697.95GRUH 253 256 251 255RALLIS 168.5 172 166.6 167.45CENTURYPLY 140.55 146.95 140.45 145.9WELCORP 129 136.1 128.95 135.75BLISSGVS 109.35 113.5 107.55 110.9SOBHA 525 546.5 525 532.25KEC 250.5 250.5 244 245.15DEEPAKFERT 88.1 93.5 88.1 92.2BDL 285 286 278 279.35EIDPARRY 149.55 162 149.1 159.35PARAGMILK 152.55 159.6 149 158.2MMTC 20.7 21.9 20.5 21.5SHREECEM 17964.8 18550 17964.8 18470.35IBULISL 80 84.75 79.1 84.4SUDARSCHEM 318.6 336 317.55 328.8PFIZER 3215 3270 3185.3 3195.1RITES 234 236.1 232.6 234BALMLAWRIE 168 170 168 169.25NHPC 23.5 24.55 23.5 24.3ADANITRANS 234.05 241.05 193 234.8

ABFRL 189.1 191.7 187.45 187.65TRIDENT 59 61.05 58.9 60.15ENDURANCE 989.55 1004.6 969 987.1THERMAX 1004.4 1022.8 1004.4 1013TEJASNET 80.7 90.1 80 90.05WABAG 288.6 305.95 288.6 304.35BAJAJELEC 382 389 378.75 385.15HINDCOPPER 34.45 35.6 34.45 35.05PRSMJOHNSN 90.1 90.9 87.15 88.25GREAVESCOT 132 132.5 128.95 130.85GSPL 219.7 223.7 216.7 218.6HIMATSEIDE 143.6 148 143 143.55IDFC 35.3 36.05 35 35.95ALBK 33 34 33 33.5HATHWAY 26.7 26.7 24.7 24.7AAVAS 1552.75 1559 1540 1550.1MPHASIS 987.8 997.2 982 990.65JSWENERGY 66.75 67.85 66.6 67FRETAIL 408.7 408.7 403.2 404.45ALLCARGO 94.45 107 92.3 102.3REPCOHOME 322 324.3 313.5 317.45VGUARD 219.8 223.1 219.65 220.55CARERATING 551.25 563.05 543.2 545.1SYNDIBANK 31.3 32.95 31.2 32GESHIP* 245.9 249 245.9 247.5CYIENT 445.1 458 441.25 450.35RELAXO 514.95 514.95 490.2 491.5LAXMIMACH 3649.3 3800 3610.15 3780.85ABB 1338 1346.95 1321.85 1327.2CENTRALBK 18.8 20 18.8 19.53MINDIA 20762 20762.1 20156 20220.5PRESTIGE 298.2 309 297.1 302.85MOIL 124.15 125.3 122.4 123.35TAKE 129.55 133.3 127.1 129.55EVEREADY 67.55 70.75 67 67TTKPRESTIG 5834.6 5921.2 5795.7 5829.2LAKSHVILAS 35.3 36.95 35.3 36.95WHIRLPOOL 1655 1660 1652 1658CUB 197.2 199.4 196.8 198.7ZYDUSWELL 1831 1855.7 1778 1794.75ASAHIINDIA 177 183 177 182.5INDHOTEL 135 138 133.05 134.25GUJALKALI 440 449.45 438.8 446.25NLCINDIA 55.8 57.25 55.8 56.15UFLEX 204.25 223.3 204.25 219.45FORTIS 126.5 128.9 126.05 126.55KANSAINER 455 476.05 455 472.95TV18BRDCST 21 21.4 21 21.25KEI 473 476 463.4 473.15APLAPOLLO 1300 1306 1281.2 1299.9COROMANDEL 381 382.4 377 379.75MAHSCOOTER 4010.05 4198 4001.4 4146.3TVSSRICHAK 1773 1872.2 1770 1848.75THOMASCOOK 146.95 152.2 146.5 149.6BAJAJHLDNG 3314.25 3336.9 3306 3323.45MAXINDIA 62.8 64 62.3 62.55NAVINFLUOR 741 745 725.25 729TIMETECHNO 64.2 69.2 63.7 68.6IFCI 7.15 7.55 7.15 7.52BASF 1030 1034.4 1007.05 1020.25VARROC 454.8 469.35 451.5 463INOXLEISUR 281.5 289.45 281.2 283.6TATAINVEST 765.4 785.25 765.4 775.65WESTLIFE 286.2 287.05 282.9 284.6GMDCLTD 67.35 68.4 66.85 67.95SONATSOFTW 306 310.05 297.05 305.95ISEC 222.75 231.85 222.45 228.65MOTILALOFS 582.5 596.5 580.5 582.25TRENT 464.95 467.6 450 455.35SCHNEIDER 78 81.5 78 80.75

GDL 109.85 115 108 111.5CHENNPETRO 184.55 185.5 181.85 182.15ITDCEM 70 70 67.5 67.85JETAIRWAYS 36.6 39.95 36.45 38.5CAPPL 421.2 449 421.2 435.85NILKAMAL 1007 1055 1000.35 1037.2CROMPTON 241.85 241.85 231.4 231.85GSKCONS 7962.5 7962.5 7869 7882.4GUJGAS 175.05 179.7 173 176.65BAYERCROP 3127.1 3212.7 3079.3 3179.2CRISIL 1317.95 1317.95 1275 1288.5WELSPUNIND 52.5 52.95 52 52.2GODREJAGRO 465 475.15 460 467.6ANDHRABANK 18.95 19.8 18.75 19.55LINDEINDIA 517 527.5 493.6 494.8SJVN 25.3 25.45 25.2 25.3TATAMETALI 528.85 553.4 528.2 541.1GICRE 176.1 180.05 173.6 176.5PGHH 10000 10200 10000 10175.85GALAXYSURF 1358.65 1369 1310 1360.05AUBANK 666 666 660 662.8MINDACORP 97.55 101.25 97.15 99.15

VTL 900.05 904.2 878 901.6PERSISTENT 561 566.75 560.75 564.45TVTODAY 297.45 310 297.45 305.05FINOLEXIND 512.95 515 511.05 514.5IRCON 344.15 345 341.15 344.75MAHINDCIE 161.15 163.3 157.05 162.25SREINFRA 12.45 13.26 12.45 13.18COCHINSHIP 350 355.6 345.3 352.85THYROCARE 460.5 476 460.5 468.75ITDC 180.4 193.75 178 189.5DBCORP 134.9 139.55 134.8 137.45ORIENTCEM 90 92 89 91.2FINEORG 1538.4 1546.25 1500 1530MRPL 46.6 47.6 46.55 47.35JKCEMENT 1014 1025.4 995.85 1015.7MAHABANK 11.75 12.17 11.75 12.01SUNDRMFAST 427.35 433.35 422 431.3SKFINDIA 1895 1897.45 1870.65 1882.6BIRLACORPN 545.25 562.45 545.25 558.9FDC 163.25 169.25 162.1 167.75TEAMLEASE 2852.85 2852.85 2737.8 2761.45ECLERX 467 481.95 465.25 471ADVENZYMES 162.1 165 161.1 164.2INDOSTAR 281.05 285.5 277 284JYOTHYLAB 145.7 147.9 143 147.1PNCINFRA 179.5 184 178.55 182SYNGENE 326.95 329.35 318 327.9MAHLOG 343 347 340.95 343.25HAL 706 710 686 695.6MAGMA 58.95 64.5 58.85 62.65GILLETTE 7162.6 7162.6 7117.25 7122.55BLUESTARCO 737.8 737.8 718.75 723.85JKLAKSHMI 334.9 334.9 325.6 327JBCHEPHARM 383 383.5 379.6 381.15WABCOINDIA 6110 6121 6104 6110.4NIACL 109.25 112.6 108 109.45EIHOTEL 156 160 155.25 159.85IFBIND 660.9 678.05 654 670.95FLFL 468 468 422.5 432.45CENTRUM 25.45 25.45 24.85 24.9MAHLIFE 399.9 415 392 396.65JMFINANCIL 73 75.3 73 74.4AEGISLOG 187 191.8 187 188.2NESCO 532 539 526 527.45NETWORK18 23.25 23.95 23.25 23.7RATNAMANI 900.35 946 898.75 938.9GPPL 82.85 83.95 82.5 82.8ORIENTELEC 155.85 156.05 152.5 154.1CORPBANK 17 17.5 16.7 17.2UCOBANK 15 15.1 14.8 14.85DCAL 179 181.9 178.8 179.6PHOENIXLTD 703 703 693.35 694.6UNITEDBNK 9.6 9.8 7.7 9.62BLUEDART 2347.15 2434.3 2319 2391.8SHILPAMED 287 288.65 268.65 273.45HERITGFOOD 369 385.6 365 379.65LUXIND 1168.25 1190.8 1150.6 1164.3FINCABLES 376.1 378.35 371 373.25SADBHAV 145 147 137.1 141.05SOLARINDS 1088.1 1089 1070 1070.65GEPIL 767 773 755 756.65CARBORUNIV 290.65 306.2 289.25 303.95SIS 805.6 810 801.2 806.9CCL 242 248.4 239.5 246.7BAJAJCON 248.05 260 248.05 254.7GET&D 164.9 170.2 163 165.75TIINDIA 336 348.7 336 341.1APLLTD 496 505 495 502.9KPRMILL 558 558.3 547.25 547.85IOB 9.8 10.2 9.8 10.17SCHAEFFLER 4175.7 4184.55 4020.75 4073.35SHK 131.9 132.35 129.25 130.05ZENSARTECH 220.35 225.2 218.6 221.05SYMPHONY 1237.25 1280 1233.85 1259.85JSWHL 2715.15 2791 2715.15 2772.7KNRCON 221 223.45 217.5 219.75JAGRAN 70.95 72 69.7 70.4TIMKEN 702 702 685.1 696.05GRINDWELL 559.9 584.9 559.9 578NBVENTURES 87.75 88.5 85.5 86.15NH 250 255 238.6 244.4ASTERDM 120 120.65 117.95 119.45JCHAC 1640 1647.25 1603.9 1620.35REDINGTON 111 111.3 109.5 109.9ELGIEQUIP 250.2 258.85 245 250.9ESSELPRO 101.2 107.95 101.2 107.45LAOPALA 176 179.1 175.1 177.9MASFIN 620 620 609.8 612.65MAHSEAMLES 389 391 379.45 389.75TCNSBRANDS 653.3 656 636.8 645.5VMART 2150 2155 2052.05 2071.9DHANUKA 324 339.45 324 334.9STARCEMENT 94.5 97 94.5 95.95APARINDS 543.15 565.8 538.95 556.75MHRIL 213.45 216.9 213.45 215.25SUPRAJIT 162 166.4 158.85 161.15LAURUSLABS 351.95 352 346.6 346.9MONSANTO 2050 2060 2017.5 2041.15SFL 1254 1345 1229.05 1297.55INOXWIND 33 35.9 33 34.35SHOPERSTOP 393.45 398.7 392 398.55COFFEEDAY 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1CGPOWER 13.92 13.92 13.92 13.92RCOM 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.79TRITURBINE 98 99.05 93.35 98.8HATSUN 630 635.7 624.3 624.45SHRIRAMCIT 1339.75 1340.7 1313.55 1325.15GAYAPROJ 114.15 115 113.45 114.05CHOLAHLDNG 443.95 447.3 440 447.3

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New Delhi (PNS) Shram, a self-help group with a large num-ber of doctors and professionals, working in the field of healthand education for past many years and building awareness cam-paigns against tobacco and alcohol has appealed to Dr. HarshVardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Group ofMinisters to completely Ban E-Cigarettes and all such NicotineDelivery Products as Pro Health Policy Initiatives. The“Prohibition of E-cigarettes Ordinance 20” as per reports is alreadygone to the group of ministers (GOM) for scrutiny and to ini-tiate complete ban on Electronic Nicotine Delivery System(ENDS).

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The US has unveiled newsteps to fight terrorism

and add muscle to the Trumpadministration's ability topursue terror suspects, theirfinanciers and supportersworldwide.

Utilising a new execu-tive order signed by PresidentDonald Trump, issued onthe eve of the 9/11 anniver-sary, the TreasuryDepartment sanctioned overtwo dozen individuals andentities from 11 terroristgroups, including Pakistan-based Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP).

Noor Wali, also knownas Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud,from the TTP was one of thesanctioned individuals, theUS State Department said,describing him as a SpeciallyDesignated Global Terrorist.

He was named theleader of the terror group in

June 2018 following the deathof former TTP leader MullahFazlullah.

Under Noor Wali's leader-ship, TTP has claimed respon-sibility for numerous deadlyterrorist attacks acrossPakistan, the State Departmentsaid in a press release.

The executive order allowsthe US government to bettertarget terror group leaders andprovides new tools to pursueindividuals who participate interrorist training, TreasurySecretary Steven Mnuchin said.

It order also authorisessecondary sanctions on foreignfinancial institutions that haveknowingly conducted or facil-itated significant transactionswith sanctioned persons,Mnuchin said. He added thatthe order targets those actorsfor and behalf of specially-des-ignated global terrorists.

"Specifically, we haveleaders, operative andfinanciers from over 11 terror-

ist organisations, includingIran's Quds Forces, Hamas,ISIS, Al Qaeda, and their affil-iates," Mnuchin told WhiteHouse reporters at a joint newsconference with the Secretaryof State Mike Pompeo.

Pompeo described theexecutive order as the "most-significant update" to counter-terrorism sanctions authoritysince September 2001.

The treasury secretary saidthat his department wasenhancing efforts to deny ter-rorist access to the financialsystem.

"Since the horrific attacksof 9/11, the US government hasrefocused its counter-terrorismefforts to constantly adapt toemerging threats. PresidentTrump's modernised counter-terrorism Executive Orderenhances the authorities we useto target the finances of terrorgroups and their leaders toensure they are as robust aspossible," Mnuchin said.

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Speaking to theBundestag lower

house of parliament, theGerman leader saidthere was still time tohammer out a workableaccord.

"The EU will in afew months experiencethe exit of an importantmember, the exit ofBritain," Merkel said.

"I am firmly con-vinced that we still have everychance to do it in an orderlyway and the German govern-ment will work toward makingthis possible until the very lastday."

However she added that ifthe European Union andBritain failed to agree on termsfor Brexit that Germany as thebloc's top economy was "pre-pared" for a disorderly divorce.

British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson suspended par-liament Tuesday following aseries of bruising clashes with

MPs over his Brexit plan butinsisted he was making everyeffort to strike an exit deal withthe European Union.

As the planned departuredate of October 31st looms,Johnson said: "We're workingvery hard to get a deal. I thinkwe will get a deal but if absolute-ly necessary we will come outwith no deal."

The Conservative leaderhas faced intense opposition inthe House of Commons to histhreat to leave the bloc withoutagreeing exit terms with

Brussels. Before he sus-pended parliament,MPs rushed throughlegislation requiringJohnson to postponeBrexit by three monthsif he fails to secure adeal at an EU summiton October 17th-18th.

He took office inJuly promising to rene-gotiate the Brexit termsstruck by his predeces-sor, Theresa May, whichwere rejected three

times by MPs. He has previ-ously said he would rather be"dead in a ditch" than delayBrexit.

Merkel has repeatedlyexpressed concerns that a no-deal exit could deal a body blowto the European economy witha recession already looming.

But she has stressed that the integrity of the EU is too important to sacrifice core principles for thesake of a deal.

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The EU warnedWednesday that Israeli

Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu's pledge to annexthe Jordan Valley in the occu-pied West Bank if he winsnext week's election under-mines chances for peace inthe region.

"The policy of settlement construction andexpansion... is illegal underinternational law and its con-tinuation, and actions takenin this context, underminethe viability of the two-statesolution and the prospects fora lasting peace," an EUspokesperson said in a state-ment to AFP.

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Prime Minister JustinTrudeau on Wednesday

kicked off the campaign fornext month's Canadian gener-al election, gunning to holdonto his liberal majority in atight race against newcomerson both flanks.

The parties have alreadybeen wooing voters with pre-election ads, announcementsand whistle stops in key bat-tlegrounds across the country.

But Governor General JuliePayette's dissolution of parlia-ment, at Trudeau's behest,marked the official start of therace to the Oct 21 ballot.

Mr Trudeau, who swept tooffice in November 2015promising "sunny ways" andstressing the importance ofgender equality, gay rights andthe environment, faces an elec-torate more focused on theeconomy and affordabilitywhen it votes on Oct 21.

The 47-year-old marriedfather of three, whose colour-ful socks and classic goodlooks are often splashed acrossthe international media, mayhave history on his side.

Not since 1935 has aCanadian Prime Minister who won a parliamentarymajority in his first term beenbooted from office in the nextelection.

But Mr Trudeau may notwin enough seats to govern byhimself after a series of mis-steps that called into questionhis leadership while cuttinginto his once sky-high popu-larity.

That would leave him andhis Liberal Party weakened,relying on opposition membersof parliament to push throughlegislation.

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Turkey has slammed as"racist" Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'scontroversial pledge to annex theJordan Valley in the occupiedWest Bank if he is re-elected inSeptember 17 polls.

"The election promise ofNetanyahu, who is giving allkind of illegal, unlawful andaggressive messages before theelection, is a racist apartheidstate," Foreign Minister MevlutCavusoglu wrote on his officialTwitter account in both Englishand Turkis on Tuesday.

"Will defend rights andinterests of our Palestinianbrothers&sisters till the end," headded.

The Turkish governmentregards itself as a champion ofthe Palestinian cause and hasnever shied away from criticismof Israel. Netanyahu issued thedeeply controversial pledge as hegears up for elections onSeptember 17. He also reiterat-ed his intention to annex Israelisettlements in the wider WestBank if re-elected.

Palestinians immediatelyreacted to Netanyahu's state-ment by saying he was destroy-ing any hopes for peace, whilehis electoral opponents accusedhim of a cynical play for right-wing nationalist votes with pollsonly a week away.

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Iran on Wednesday rejectedthe possibility of a meeting

between President HassanRouhani and US counterpartDonald Trump, after the WhiteHouse signalled it was open tosuch an encounter.

Two of Trump's top lieu-tenants on Tuesday indicated hewas ready to meet the Iranianpresident without precondi-tions, after the US leader sackedhis hawkish national securityadviser John Bolton.

But Secretary of State MikePompeo and Treasury SecretarySteven Mnuchin stressed theUnited States would maintain itscampaign of "maximum pres-sure" against the Islamic repub-lic.

The idea of a Trump-Rouhani meeting was floatedlast month by French PresidentEmmanuel Macron, who hasbeen spearheading Europeanefforts to de-escalate tensions

between Iran and the UnitedStates.

The arch-foes have been atloggerheads since May last yearwhen Trump unilaterally with-drew from a 2015 nuclear dealand began reimposing crip-pling sanctions on Iran.

Iran's representative at theUnited Nations reiteratedRouhani's position in an inter-view published Wednesday bystate news agency IRNA.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi saida meeting could take place onlyif Washington ends its "eco-nomic terrorism" by lifting all ofits sanctions against Tehran.

The Iranian envoy said anymeeting must also be held in theframework of the group ofmajor powers that negotiatedthe 2015 nuclear deal.

"As long as the US govern-ment's economic terrorism andsuch cruel sanctions areimposed on the Iranian people,there is no room for negotia-tions," he was quoted as sayingby IRNA.

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Australia on Wednesdayrevealed that three of its

citizens had been detained inIran, the latest in a series ofWesterners to be seized byauthorities in Tehran.

News of the trio's detentioncomes at a sensitive geopoliti-cal juncture, and after Australiaannounced that it would join aUS-led mission to protect ship-ping through the Strait ofHormuz with tensions high inthe Gulf region.

"The Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade isproviding consular assistance tothe families of three Australiansdetained in Iran," a spokesper-son told AFP, declining to com-ment further citing privacyobligations.

Canberra is battling tokeep efforts to free the triounder wraps, and it is notclear if the three have beencharged.

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that I work for this newspaper,immediately takes a shine to me. Inthe blink of an eye, she recalls her“good, old” college days when sheinterned at the daily in the samesection. “I have a stack of newspa-pers with so many bylines,” shereminisces.

The discussion continues abouther experiences in journalism andthen turn towards her forthcomingfilm, Section 375: Marzi YaZabardasti, opposite actor AkshayeKhanna. This section of the IndianPenal Code defines rape as a crim-inal offence and states that a manis said to commit rape when he hassexual intercourse with a womanagainst her will or without her con-sent or if she is a minor. “The wholefilm rests on the subject — can a lieruin all the truths? Who do youbelieve? The guy who says that hedidn’t do anything or the girl whosays that he raped me,” asks Richa.

The film revolves around afilmmaker, who stands accused bya member of his female crew ofhaving raped her at his residence.The case draws unprecedentedmedia attention as argumentsbetween the criminal lawyer(played by Akshaye) representingthe accused and the public prose-cutor Hiral Gandhi (played byRicha) representing the victim heatup as they produce undeniable evi-dence proving their respectiveclients’s innocence. The questionremains — will justice be served?

Richa’s understanding of hercharacter is that Hiral is a very pas-sionate and idealistic girl, who hasjust started her career. She wants toprove a point. She believes in “nail-ing” the bad guys. “When we startour new jobs, we have so much ide-alism and enthusiasm, and slowlywe get jaded or cynical. So she’s allnew to the world of justice andAkshaye sir’s character has been hermentor. She’s his prodigy,” theactor says.

A film like this could beextremely draining and if onedoesn’t catch the vibe of the char-acter right, one can start off on awrong footing. The leads very wellknew that they needed to imbibethe energy of the film to crack itcorrectly. And thus they strategical-ly kept their conversations to bareminimum while shooting the film.Richa’s rich repertoire is a testimo-ny to her versatility and strong act-ing chops. In this film, she foundit necessary to allow the simmer-ing tension to feel authentic.During her prep and through the

workshops, she and Akshaye kepttheir conversations limited to thefilm and its plot. Their workshopstoo were laden with heavy work —rehearsing the monologues anddebating the stances for the court-room drama and quite early on, sherealised that the right approach wasto keep their off-screen cama-raderie to bare minimum.

Richa says, “Thankfully, whenwe started the film, we barelyknew each other. So when westarted shooting, it was a thorough-ly professional relationship.Akshaye is a brilliant actor, whoknows his character like the backof his hand. The energy is hostileand the past equation betweenthem gives context to their hostil-ity. Because Akshaye and I areshown to show a professional and

cordial relationship outside court.”Bholi Punjaban of Fukrey has

no confusion when she talks abouthow she understood her characterand its various layers. “If there’s anaccused and s/he cannot afford alawyer, the government will providea public prosecutor, which is therole that I play. I have to prosecuteon behalf of the girl who hails froman economically-weaker sectionof the society,” she says. While onemight get perplexed about theroles of a defendant and a publicprosecutor in the court and notunderstand the difference, sheexplains, “A public prosecutor is alaw officer who conducts criminalproceedings on behalf of the stateor in the public interest. Akshayesir’s character is completely oppo-site to mine. He’s a private crimi-

nal defence lawyer, who demandsan expensive fee and is rich. I amjust nailing his character. Andbecause she’s a prosecutor, shenever has to defend anybody. Shejust has to be watchful of the ‘bad’guys.”

Richa says that everybody hasthe constitutional right to be rep-resented and defended, even thefive horrible men, who wereaccused in Nirbhaya’s rape andmurder. Even (Ajmal) Kasab inIndia had a lawyer. So that’s thebeauty of the Indian Constitutionthat “it’s very fair. It gives even anaggressor to present his point ofview, which is important too.”

Not always do people knowabout how law works and what itmeans. So how does this film try tobring that up? Richa observes thateven the educated people barelyunderstand the law. She says, “Onlylawyers and the judges know aboutit besides people working in judi-ciary and the police force, of course.So films like these will only help tocreate an awareness among themasses.”

We cannot ignore the fact thatfilms and every other manner ofstory-telling have a responsibilitytowards the society as they have thehighest capacity to impact diverseminds collectively. The actor feelsthat of course, films have a respon-sibility and they are a powerfulmedium too “but then if there is apressure to teach and educate theaudience, we won’t be able tomake all kinds of film becausethere are some on terrorists andgangsters too. If cinema sits downwith this responsibility, this medi-um of entertainment will sooncome to end. Interesting charactersare always grey. You cannot bepreachy all the time. The respon-sibility that cinema should bescreened by the censor board onlyand not by common public becausekal ko fir koi bhi kuch bhi boldega,which is what happens in India —hall ki seats tod do and things thatthey say like yeh hamari sanskritike khilaf hai. At least watch the filmfirst. People just watch the trailerand make up their minds. We havea censor board and it is their jobto certify films,” says she.

Laws have changed afterNirbhaya’s case and there is talk oflegal reforms and fast trials, but thestigma and blaming of rape sur-vivors is something which is unfor-tunately very much prevalent.Richa feels not only in India butanywhere in the world, there is asocial stigma and drama attachedto it. And it’s a very common prob-lem that a lot of rapes go unreport-ed. “So there is need for change ofattitude in society. People need tostop associating shame with thesurvivor. Social mindsets don’tchange with just a click. They takea long time. The government alonecannot combat damaging stereo-types around it. But they do playa critical role. And this film aimsto do just that — initiate a dialoguearound the stigma that rape sur-vivors face in our country,” saysRicha with a hope of seeing a bet-ter world.

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September 13.)

If you thought tattoos were thepreserve of the hip youngsters,

then that’s not true anymore.Even though older generationsmight look like they’re against the‘getting inked’ trend, they too arejoining the style movement now.There are no more judgementslike “Have you imagined whatyour tattoo would look like at 50?”From face-line tattoos to mandalageometric designs, current tattootrends show how people are ‘keep-ing it simple’ these days.

The first on the line are thebasic prism tattoos, which aremade from one-liver needle, sug-gests tattoo artist Micky Malani,founder of BodyCanvas. “Thesesimple pieces make a structurethrough a pair of arrows pointedin separate directions on thewearer’s wrist. The geometric andmandala tattoos are also toppingthe trends as they used to shadeand beautify the look,” he says.

There are X-ray tattoos whichhave given a new face to shadingand transition in tattoos today.These might result in skin burnsas its magnetic resonance imag-ing (MRI) heats up some of thecomponents of tattoo ink.However, the increasing popular-ity of these tattoos has extendedits role beyond style statements.

Apart from such intricately-shaded and designed tattoos,there are the face-line tattoos,which have gained immense pop-ularity today. “It’s because peopleare increasingly wanting to ‘keepit simple’ and the artwork requiresdeep thoughts and are very min-

imalistic in terms of its ink usage.For instance, a face-line tattoowould look like a woman’s facedrawn with a continuous line.People look at it more like puttingtheir own mark on themselves,”Micky says. They are also knownto be as less painful than otherswhich involved a lot of work onthe nerves.

Based out of Chandigarh, tat-too artist Rishabh Narang, ownerof Immortal Tattoos, says, “Thefirst-timers might choose more ofminimalistic designs with subtledetails. They would also go forsimple designs which are moredetailed yet clean.” While earlierpeople used to get influenced bytattoo designs of other people orsearched for designs online,Rishabh says that today, studiosare boosting custom works so thatevery one can have an individualdesign. “Not only this gives indi-vidual identities to the people butthe artist also feels fulfilled,’ hesays.

Artist Vikas Malani says thatthe outline work, line art and geo-metric patterns are more trendy.In the West, people get heavy tat-toos done on their bodies withoutthe fear of being judged. But inIndia, there is still a social stigmaattached to it. People call namesto the ones who get tattoos. Hesays, “Here people don’t wantheavy work on them because of

the kind of surrounding that weare in and the families that wecome from. They don’t allow tat-toos easily because they feel it isnot something sophisticated peo-

ple do.” He shares his personalexperience that he comes acrosssuch people everyday. “They comeand tell us to make any design andare not sure about their choices.

It is important to educate thepeople about tattooing and breaktheir perceptions about this indus-try. To make them aware about itsbroader perspective there are var-ious events and festivals. And onesuch is the Heartwork TattooFestival, which is currently in itsfifth version. Director LokeshVerma says, “People don’t usual-ly go to a tattoo studio. Throughsuch festivals they can walk inwith their families and see peoplegetting tattoos all around. Thishelps them to become comfort-able.”

However, he further chal-lenges the notion of trends in tat-toos. He says that there is notrend in them as it has manydesigns which stays forever. Heasserts that it is very importantfor people to understand theessence of a tattoo. “There aremany people who get copieddesigns done on them. Theyneed to understand that it is anexpression of their individualityand they should be able toexpress themself through it. If agirl is feminine she will get but-terfly and flowers, if she is notfeminine she will get other geo-metrical symbols,” he adds.

For students from elemen-tary to high school, the

September 11 terrorist attackisn’t a memory. It’s history. Anew HBO documentary thathas made a debut on thetragic incident’s 18thanniversary treats it that way.

The necessity of her pro-ject, “What Happened onSeptember 11,” struck film-maker Amy Schatz when athird grade girl told herabout a playdate where sheand a friend Googled“September 11 attacks.”

“When a child does that,what he or she finds are somehorrific images that are notnecessarily appropriate forkids. So I felt a responsibili-ty to try to fill that void andtry to give kids somethingthat isn’t horrifying and kindof fills in the gap,” Schatzsaid.

The half-hour film is acompanion piece, focusingon the memories of formerstudents at a high school nearGround Zero.

Schatz has made a spe-cialty of creating films thatseek to explain the inexplic-able, with The Number onGreat-Grandpa’s Arm tack-ling the holocaust and anoth-er on the Parkland shooting.“I’m really desperate forsome more lightness verysoon,” she said.

In this case, she workedwith the September 11remembrance museum onthe story, filming two menwho work there giving pre-sentations to third graders.Stephen Kern, who workedon the 62nd floor of theWorld Trade Center’s NorthTower, talks about beingevacuated. MatthewCrawford, whose father wasa firefighter who died thatday, discussed his experience.She also found a middleschool in Secaucus, NewJersey, that teaches historythrough art and poetry, help-ing students process theemotions of what theylearned.

Short history lessons aresprinkled throughout thefilm, about New York and theWorld Trade Center, theone-time tallest towers in theworld. Construction beganin 1968.

“One of the biggest ques-tions the kids have is why?

‘Why would somebody dothat? Why would there besuch cruelty?’” she said.“That’s a very difficult thingto grapple with and answerso that was the trickiest partof the project,” she adds.

The film tells of OsamaBin Laden and his activismthat started with the SovietUnion’s invasion ofAfghanistan. But it nevertruly answers the whys.Maybe no one can.

Schatz doesn’t avoidsome of the terrible imagesof the day — the secondplane striking the WorldTrade Center and resultantfireball, the collapse of eachtower and the giant clouds ofdebris that billowed throughthe canyons of city streets.Schatz didn’t want to avoidthose clips, since kids knowthat planes crashed into thebuildings, but she opted notto spend much time on them“so that we didn’t create toomany lingering after-imagesin people’s minds.”

As part of her research,Schatz interviewed alumni ofStuyvesant High School nearthe World Trade Center site.But the memories of whatthey saw, heard and smelledthat day — and the uncer-tainty of how they would gethome from school — provedtoo raw. That’s why In theShadow of the Towers:Stuyvesant High on 9/11 is aseparate film that premiereson HBO.

Schatz said a school cur-riculum is being developedfor teaching children aboutthe tragedy, and “WhatHappened on September 11”will be made available toschools for free. The film isaimed generally at childrenages 7 to 12.

Throughout her work,Schatz kept returning to thememory of the youngstersearching for details aboutSeptember 11 on the inter-net.

“You can’t protect kidsfrom what they’re going tocome across. It seemed to methere was an opportunity toput something out there thatis age-appropriate and nottoo scary and give them thetools they need to under-stand the world aroundthem,” said she.

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Monaco, the Rivieragem, has become theepitome of luxury

travel. It is not only for singlesor young couples, but serves asa great experience for the kidstoo.

To have fun, one needs tocatch the monacair chopperride from Nice Cote d AzurAirport, which will give you asight to behold. The ‘Changingof Guards’ ceremony at Prince’sPalace is a must visit withkids.

A fun morning activity forthe whole family can also be avisit to the Zoological Gardenof Monaco, which is home tonearly 250 animals represent-ing about diverse species —exotic birds, turtles, caimans,hippopotamuses, reptiles, pri-mates and farm animals. Onceyou make your way to the heartof Monte-Carlo, a visit to theJardin Exotique is a must whichoffers breath-taking views ofMonaco and proposes to dis-cover succulent plants.

For the little devoted auto-mobile fans, take your kid tothe Monaco’ cars collection byPrince Albert. It is a dreamymuseum for all the minor carafficionado. As the day sets in,stroll down to the Larvotto

Beach that offers fun in theblue Mediterranean for theadventurous water babies. Letyour children try the water-ski-ing or banana boats and amarine excursion for spottingwhales and more. Aqua lovers

learn the secrets of the marineworld and discover the won-derful things that live beneaththe surface with activities atOceanographic Museum ofMonaco. Don’t forget to hop onto the Monaco’s little touristtrain which sets off from theOceanographic Museum, todiscover La Porte de France, LaPlace d’Armes and its market,hairpin bends on the Formulaone Grand Prix circuit, theCasino de Monte-Carlo, thePrince’s Palace, the Cathedraland choose to get dropped atthe famous Port Hercule. Havedinner at American stylerestaurant, Stars’NBars whichis the most family-friendly anda great place to go with childrenas they have a large kids menu,starring the organic hamburg-er.

Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo, has a programme foryour little ones known as theLittle Chefs and the kitchen isopen to children from six to 10years. They can create anytreat their hearts desire, anddiscover the joys of baking. Thelittle bakers will leave the work-shop with their own little chefapron, along with their cre-ations to proudly bring back totheir family.

If we recall our vedic historyand culture, we would find

that the base of the universe istruth. As one of the shlokas inthe Bhagwad Gita says, Naabhaavahavidyateysataha,meaning the truth prevails.The above shloka relates to thealmighty, who is eternal, ever-lasting and who creates, nurs-es, holds and is naturally thebase of the universe.

As fire generates fire, truthgenerates truth. When godcreated the universe, he alsogave true knowledge of the fourVedas to rishis (saints), whichhas been obtained traditional-ly till now through ancient andpresent rishi-munis. So withoutstudying Vedas, wherein theeternal truth exists, who wouldbe able to understand it? Theordinary man doesn’t have thepower to know or realise thetruth.

Today, when the younggeneration is not studyingVedas, they, as per a Yajurvedamantra, are indulged in illu-sion. So without knowing theeternal path of worship, whichexists only in Vedas, no onewould be able realise the mean-ing of god.

Vedas preach that throughmind (Mansa), voice (Vacha)and deeds (Karma), nobodyshould follow falsehood.Mundakopnishad says,“Satyamev Jayate, Na Nritam”meaning at last, the truthshall prevail and not false-hood. And anyone who fol-lows truth firmly will get shel-ter and his speech will nevergo in vain. However, an unde-serving person will never beblessed.

In this regard, the

Manusmriti shloka said,“Satyam Brooyaat PriyamBrooyaat, Apriyam Satyam NaBrooyaat.” This implies thatone should always speak truth.Be it bitter or sweet, it’s for thegood. The rishi-munis used topreach to their disciplesSatyam Vad Dharmam Char,which implies that life is givento you to speak the truth andpractice moral duties towardsyour family and nation.However, today, due to lack offacilities to spread vedicknowledge in our country,students are not aware of thelessons that Vedas teach.

In the Mahabharata, itwas said that Yudhishthiralways spoke truth. It wasonly once that he said in areformed manner. However,he is known to have been pun-ished by god after death for it.Today, telling lies have becomea custom. Even for petty ben-efits, people confidently lie.Imagine, the level of seriouspunishments will be borne byus after death now?

A child learns the mostfrom his parents. They shouldcondition their children in theright way, keep them awayfrom the bad influence andteach him to never lie. Andthat is why there is a need ofspreading the vedic knowledgedoor to door. This wouldenable all the human-beings,especially saints, doctors,lawyers, administrators, teach-ers to save themselves fromcorruption, falsehood andprofessionalism.

(The author, Swami RamSwarup, is the chief editor ofVed Ishvareeya vani, a bi-annual Magazine.)

To promote and popularisethe system of alternative

medicine, Unani HamdardLaboratories (India) with theinitiative of AYUSH Ministry,Government of India, hasintroduced a Customer LoyaltyProgramme, HamdardBonanza for practitioners andchannel partners.

In the last four years,Hamdard Bonanza has benefit-ted more than 5,000 partici-pants from across the countryand helped generate awarenessabout lifestyle related disorders— diabetes, high cholesterol,lack of immunity — and theircure through nature-basedHamdard medicines. It hashelped Unani practitioners,especially younger brigade, todo mass scale patients’ trials,gain clinical experience leadingto enhanced confidence inUnani medicines. This year thetheme of the event was to pro-

mote active participation, makeUnani profitable and popu-larise it to every nook and cor-ner of the country along withthe digital campaign#BeTheUnaniChampion for allits consumers.

Hamdard Bonanza hasbeen launched through amobile application (HB-App)to bring in speed, efficiency,accuracy and transparency inthe entire process right fromenrollment to redemption ofgifts that would be offeredthrough Electronic GiftVouchers (EGVs).

Fifty-five winners wererecognised and awarded acrossthe country, under seven differ-ent categories, through a luckydraw that included the bumperprize. The event also lauded thehard work of its devotedemployees from sales, mar-keting and support functionsfor executing and ensuring

quality service to the con-sumers.

Mansoor Ali, chief salesand marketing officer,Hamdard Laboratories (India),said, “Hamdard Bonanza pro-gramme was initiated in theyear 2014 with an effort toappreciate the loyalty of ourUnani practitioners and moti-vate the young doctors to prac-tice and promote this heritagesystem of medicines. Unani isrecognised by WHO and piv-ots around a very scientificapproach, emphasising holisticwellness of the body, mind andsoul. The brand occupies ahuge element of trust and lin-eage in people’s minds and it isin continuation with this lega-cy that we have launched theseinitiatives acknowledging thewide positive impact that hasbeen brought in. The use oftechnology to build loyalty intrade is now the way forward.”

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IP University, celebrated Teacher’sDay with full fervour at Dwarka cam-

pus. Dr Kiran Seth, founder of SpicMacay, was the chief guest of the occa-sion.

Professor Shiv Vishwanath of theJindal Global Law School was the guestof honour. The acting vice chancellor,Professor Kamal DP Singh, actingregistrar brigadier PK Upmanyu, direc-tor of student’s welfare, ProfessorManpreet Kang, controller of finance,Rinku Gautam and other senior offi-cers as well as faculty members werepresent on the occasion.

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The GhaziabadM u n i c i p a l

Corporation will organ-ise a workshop to dealwith accidents in sewerdue to lack of securitymeasures, after the deathof the safari personnelwho died due to suffoca-tion during the cleaningof sewer. Experts fromall across will come tothis workshop. They willgive safety tips on the

matter.Giving this infor-

mation, MunicipalC o r p o r a t i o nCommissioner, DineshChandra said that JalKal Department,Jalnigam, all municipalcouncils of the district,executive officers ofNagar Panchayats, engi-neers associated withsewer work will also beinvited.

WORKSHOP FOR SEWER ACCIDENTS

Builders are bringingschemes to deal with

recession and sell their prop-erties. Ghaziabad builderswill soon be selling real estateproperty. Proyu InfrastructureLimited offers a scheme ofbooking a house only for �1in its officer city project. Forthe past several years, becauseof the recession in real estate,millions of builders’ houseshave remained unsold, which

has weakened the financialcondition. Now they want tosell those property by bring-ing up new schemes.

Puneet Tyagi, director ofthe organisation, says thatthe 14-floor project has 18towers. He claims that thesociety has all the facilities.The customers can easilybook their favorite sites bypaying just �1. One can startthe loan process later and payin easy installments. Heshares that real estate hasincreased by 25 to 30 per centcompared to the year 2017.

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Carnival of Joy wasorganised by Wealth

Clinic at the CitrusHotel in the city. Thesession was followed bya customer meet underthis carnival. Around250 people from DelhiNCR attended the work-shop and were briefedhow RERA and GSThave boosted thedemand of the outsidersto invest in.

The true meaning ofinvestment was alsoexplained. CMD ofWealth Clinic, AmitRaheja said, “We haveorganised this carnivalfor the purpose of mak-ing people aware aboutright investment. Thisarea is now becomingthe first choice of thepeople and the demandfor residential propertyis also increasing here.”

Ifelt a surge of friendliness and polite-ness passing through me as I landed at

the Airport in Montreal, Canada. As I hadan air cast on my twisted leg and had dif-ficulty in walking, an airport workerimmediately rushed to guide me to theelevator and lead me towards the immi-gration area. This was in great contrast to

the treatment Ireceived at the previ-ous airport where wehad a stopover.

I had heardmany amazing andjaw-dropping sightsthat this city couldoffer. And my expe-riences did not makethem appear as false.A quick peek at the

map made me realise that I was just a fewskips, hops and road-trips away fromsome of Canada’s finest spots.

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island of Montreal is a juxtaposition of thenew and the old. My visit to this formerFrench colony was an unforgettable expe-rience. The city is home to 120 distinctcommunities. Withvibrant people,r e s t a u r a n t s ,

cafes, museums, churches and lush greenopen spaces, it presents a moving canvasof beautiful landscapes.

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Montreal, we can explore the city’s cen-turies-old history. One can walk down thecobbled streets of old Montreal andadmire the various historical structuresthat line the streets. If looked closely, onewill notice French, English and Scottishinfluence in the architecture. After tak-ing a walk through those lanes, one cantake a well-deserved break in one of thenumerous restaurants or cafes along thestreets.

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catholic roots and the close relationshipbetween art and religion. Vintage wood

carvings, slainglass art

stained in

deep-blue colour makes its interior pre-sent a classic example of architectural art,by Victor Bougear. One can also enjoy thevarious street art performances like clas-sical, vocal and instrumental music at thecourtyard in front of the Basilica and atthe same time, admire its very beauty.

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is popularly known as ‘The Mountain’.Apart frombeing a per-

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spot for nature-lovers, bird-watchers andsports enthusiasts, the slopes are home totwo of the city’s oldest cemeteries. TheMount Royal Chalet at its top takes oneback to the history of Montreal during theGreat Depression in 1932. TheKandiaronk lookout in front of theChalet offers a magnificent view of thedowntown area and the mighty StLawrence.

;��)���#�����Founded in 1931 by Brother Marie-

Victoria, it has a very thoughtfully laid-out garden with green houses. The botan-ic is known to be one of the finest andlargest of its kind. The collection of plantsspecies here include several exotic andrare herbs. A stroll through its varioustheme gardens such as the Japanese gar-den, the Chinese garden, Courtyard ofSenses and many more, is an experience

that comes once in a lifetime.It is also a

source of

endless knowledge and beauty.

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Quebec city from Montreal through sev-eral bus tours which are available. One canalso hire a cab for the day so as to moveleisurely at one’s own pace. With pic-turesque cobblestone streets, vintage hut-like houses and cafes by the streetside andlive performances in the open spacesalong the river front, make this historiccity a pleasure to be at.

A visit to its Montmorency Falls is amust too. It ranges from a height of 83metres, higher than the Niagara Falls. Thefalls can be climbed up in different waysand a few of them could be really adven-turous and thrilling.

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road journey from Montreal to NiagaraFalls, with two to three halts, and call ittedious and tiring. However, the drivethrough the excellent roads with densegreen forests on both sides is a differentexperience altogether. The ‘ThousandIslands’, which constitute an archipelagoof 1,864 islands that straddles theCanada–USborder in

the St Lawrence River, is certainly a mar-vel of nature. With 3,160 tonnes of watercascading down the falls every second isa spectacle. The Horseshoe Falls on theCanadian side are awe-inspiring. The‘Maid of the Mist’ cruise to the Horseshoeis a must.

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Toronto. However, they were enough toabsorb in the place’s warm vibe, which ishome to various people of different cul-tures and languages. We could alsosqueeze in some time to go up the CNTower, which gives a magnificent view ofthe city and Lake Ontario. We took a strollat the the vibrant Eaton Square too.

All in all, one thing I will remembermy visit to Canada for, is the friendly vibeof the place and its polite and helping peo-ple. They have a great respect for pedes-trians. Drivers here would usually stoptheir cars if one is about to cross the roads(something highly unexpected in India).Jardin Nelson, located in the heart of OldMontreal, is a haven for foodies to relishthe combined pleasures of good food,exceptional service and an impressive andbreath-taking ambience.

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England have droppedJason Roy for the fifth

Ashes Test againstAustralia that starts today,as they look to level theseries at 2-2.

One-day specialist Roywas handed his Test debutagainst Ireland in July aftermaking a devastatingimpact at the top of theorder during England’s vic-torious World Cup cam-paign.

But the Surrey bats-man failed to impress inthe first four matches of theAshes, either as an openeror when he dropped downthe order in the fourth Test,where he made a top scoreof 31.

Paceman CraigOverton has also been leftout for the clash at theOval, with all-roundersSam Curran and ChrisWoakes, who made way

for Overton at Old Traffordlast week, coming into theside.

The England andWales Cricket Board con-firmed that Ben Stokeswould play as a specialistbatsman due to a shoulderinjury.

Captain Joe Root saidRoy had missed outbecause the side needed re-balancing due to Stokes’sinjury.

“It’s always tough toleave guys out, but Stokesyobviously picked up ashoulder injury in the lastgame and won’t be able tobowl the overs we normal-ly expect him to,” he said atthe London ground onWednesday.

“With that we’ve hadto change the balance ofthe side, and Jason’s theunfortunate one to missout.

“Jason’s had an oppor-tunity to come in and play

Test cricket, get a feel for itand it’s not quite gone howhe would have liked.

“But I’m sure he’ll goaway and work extremelyhard and come back againand that’s what you expectof guys when they get leftout.”

Root said it wouldhave been a risk to pickStokes as a frontline bowlerdue to the all-rounder’sfitness issues but he fullyjustified his place as a spe-cialist batsman.

The 28-year-old isEngland’s top-scorer in theseries with 354 runs andtwo centuries, includinghis match-winning ton inthe third Test atHeadingley.Playing XI: Joe Root(capt), Jofra Archer, JonnyBairstow (wkt), StuartBroad, Rory Burns, JosButtler, Sam Curran, JoeDenly, Jack Leach, BenStokes, Chris Woakes

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The Indian men's hockey teamgoalkeeper PR Sreejesh on

Wednesday said he is expecting agood challenge from Russia in theTokyo Olympic qualifiers, despite avast gap between the two sides inworld rankings.

In a favourable draw, the Indianmen's team, ranked fifth, was onMonday pitted against world no 22Russia in the final round of theTokyo Olympics qualifiers.

India will play back-to-matchesagainst Russia in Bhubaneswar onNovember 1 and 2 to seal theirTokyo Games berth.

"It is every player's dream to playthe Olympics and Russia, who arenow investing in hockey and want todo well in this sport, will surely comewell-prepared and we can definitelyexpect a good challenge from them,"

Sreejesh said.Eight-time Olympic champions

India had mauled Russia 10-0 duringthe FIH Series Final in Bhubaneswarearlier this year.

Sreejesh said before the draw tookplace, they were mentally prepared totake on any opponent be it arch-rivalsPakistan or Austria.

"To be honest we had discussedwhat it would take from the team ifwe had to play Pakistan or Austria orfor that matter Egypt who laterdropped out. So in that sense, we werementally prepared to take on anyteam. Also I think retaining theworld ranking at No.5 was a boon,"he said.

Sreejesh said the tour to Belgiumstarting September 26 will help themprepare for the Olympic qualifiers.

"I think playing world championsBelgium, who have been in greatform, will be like a preparatory test

before the actual exam," he said.The 31-year-old revealed that

they have been working on strength-ening the team's defense amongstother things and will look to executeall the plans against Belgium.

"We have been working on animproved defensive structure, betterpenalty corner defending and also onscoring opportunities and it will beimportant to execute this as plannedagainst Belgium," Sreejesh said.

Talking about India's goalkeepingoptions, he commended his youngercompatriots Suraj Karkera andKrishan Bahadur Pathak for a goodshow in the Olympic Test Event inTokyo, Japan.

"It's good to see both of them per-form well. It is always good to havecompetition within the team and I amenjoying the role of mentoring themand at the same time improving myown game," he said.

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Vice-captain Rassie van der Dussenon Wednesday said that a new look

South African team will be relying a loton IPL regulars Quinton de Kock andDavid Miller to put up a competitiveperformance against formidable Indiain the T20 series beginning here onSunday.

De Kock will captain the team inthe absence of Faf du Plessis, who willbe in India for the Test series.

Van der Dussen, who impressed inthe 50-over World Cup in an otherwiseforgettable tournament for the Proteas,has been elevated to vice-captaincy lessthan a year after he made hisInternational debut.

“Quinton and David have played alot of cricket in India. We will look tofeed off them and ask them a lot ofquestions about the conditions, the kindof bowlers we would be facing so we canquickly adapt against a strong side likeIndia,” van der Dussen said in a mediainteraction.

“We have had two tough trainingsessions since we have been here andtwo more are coming up. It has beenpretty hot and humid, pretty much likeDurban. It is definitely an advantagethat we came here a week before the firstgame.”

Van der Dussen feels captaincy willonly make de Kock a better player.

“Quinton is one of those guys wholeads by example. He doesn’t say a lotbut when he speaks he says really valu-able things. He has won a lot of gamesfor South Africa and everyone respectshim for that. I am sure the captaincyband around his arm will bring moreout of him,” said de Kock’s deputy.

India hammered South Africa athome in the Test series played four yearsago but lost the T20 and ODI series.

One of the T20s was at the scenicHPCA Stadium here and South Africawon the game by seven wickets.

“We have had a look at the condi-tions, Proteas beat India by sevenwickets the last time here. It will be agood wicket to bat on. The boundariesare 65 metres all around, they are notreally big. We know what India aregoing to throw at us and we will pre-pare accordingly,” said the 30-year-oldfrom Pretoria.

South Africa have regrouped forthe first time since the disappointingWorld Cup campaign and the playersare raring to go, said va der Dussen.

“Last time, we were together at theWorld Cup. It was a disappointingshowing by the team. But now it is afresh start, we have a new coaching staff.We have spoken a lot about in the lastfew days how we want to be as a team.We have got a few new faces so it alwaysbrings the energy up.

“India are one of the strongestteams in the world, especially in homeconditions. They have played somecricket recently against the West Indies.It gives us the advantage of looking atthe players and what they are likely todo. We have been off for a while as ateam and guys are fresh and raring togo,” van der Dussen added.

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Tim Paine described the fifthAshes Test as Australia’s “grand

final” as they target their first serieswin in England since 2001.

The tourists have already retainedthe urn after winning the fourth Testto take a 2-1 lead but captain Painesaid they are “very hungry” to com-plete the job at the Oval.

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh hasbeen recalled to the 12-man squad inplace of Travis Head to ease the work-load on Australia’s impressive paceattack.

“We’ve already spoken a lot aboutit (the final Test),” Paine said onWednesday on the eve of the match.

“We came here to win the Ashes,not just to retain them.

“Last week’s result was brilliantand we played very well but all theguys are fully aware that this Testmatch is bigger than that one.

“This is our grand final. We wantthis Test just as much as any otherTest that we’ve played in this series.”

He said Marsh’s inclusion wasaimed at easing the workload on hisimpressive pace attack and that he

had “full faith” in his batting.“We just wanted a bit more

bowling depth in the squad to coverwhat looks like a really good wicketand be able to look after our big fastbowlers,” said Paine.Squad: David Warner, Marcus Harris,Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith,Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, TimPaine (capt, wkt), Pat Cummins,Peter Siddle, Mitch Starc, NathanLyon, Josh Hazlewood.

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Opener KL Rahul’s poorshow with the bat could

pave the way for RohitSharma’s return to the IndianTest XI when the selectorsmeet here today to decide thesquad for the three-matchseries against South Africanext month.

White ball vice-captainRohit, who couldn’t make thecut in the playing XI againstthe West Indies, is expected tobe tried out as an opener afterHanuma Vihari and AjinkyaRahane sealed slot Nos 5 and6 in the batting order respec-tively. Rohit’s last Test appear-ance for India was in the awayseries against Australia in2018.

Cheteshwar Pujara, at No3, and skipper Virat Kohli, atNo 4, automatically pick them-selves.

This has left head coachRavi Shastri and skipper Kohliwith only one option, to try anexplosive player like Rohit atthe top of the order, followingthe Virender Sehwag impactmodel.

Bengal openerAbhimanyu Easwaran, a pro-lific performer at the domes-tic and India A games, couldbe rewarded with a place inthe side as a reserve opener, ifthe selection committeedecides to drop Rahul.

The other openers in frayare Priyank Panchal of Gujaratand Shubman Gill of Punjab.

Rahul, considered afavourite of this team manage-ment, has scored 664 runs inhis last 30 Test innings, withhis only notable score — 149against England at the Ovallast year — coming in a deadfifth rubber.

With Mayank Agarwalassured of his place, the onlybone of contention could bethe opening slot where a 15-member squad could ensureboth Rohit and Easwaran

make it.In case they both make it,

then they might feature in theIndia A side in the two-daypractice game against SouthAfrica in Vizianagaram beforethe f irst Test inVisakhapatnam on October 2.

Otherwise, the selectionwill remain pretty straightfor-ward with only BhuvneshwarKumar, who isn’t fully fit,likely to miss out.

In that case, all-rounderHardik Pandya could be backin the Test squad or elseNavdeep Saini might come inas a back-up pacer.

However, it remains to beseen whether the Think-Tankwill want Pandya to only con-centrate on white ball cricketin the next 13 months keepingthe World Cup in focus.

Test matches in India nor-mally feature one specialistkeeper in the side butWriddhiman Saha is verymuch in the scheme of thingseven though Rishabh Pantremains the top choice.

Ravindra Jadeja, KuldeepYadav and RavichandranAshwin will be the three spin-ners while Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami and IshantSharma will be the three pac-ers. In case Shami is rested,then Umesh Yadav can comein.Likely Squad: Openers:Mayank Agarwal, RohitSharma Middle order :Cheteshwar Pujara, ViratKohli, Ajinkya Rahane,Hanuma Vihari All-rounder:Hardik Pandya Wicketkeepers:Rishabh Pant, WriddhimanSaha Pacers: Jasprit Bumrah,Ishant Sharma, MohammedShami/Umesh Yadav Spinners:Ravichandran Ashwin,Ravindra Jadeja, KuldeepYadavIn Contention: AbhimanyuEaswaran (3rd opener),Priyank Panchal (3rd opener),Navdeep Saini (reserve pacer),Kona Bharat (2nd keeper).

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Australia head coach JustinLanger has backed out-of-

form opener David Warner tocome good in the fifth and finalAshes Test beginning Thursdayat The Oval.

Warner has been in awfulform in the ongoing Ashesscoring just 79 runs at an aver-age of 9.87 per innings. The left-handed opener has endured atough series tackling the newball, particularly againstEngland seamer Stuart Broad,and has managed just one dou-ble-figure score (61) in eightinnings with ducks from each ofhis last three starts.

"Davey hasn't had a greatseries, there are no secrets aboutthat," Langer was quoted as say-ing by cricket.com.au.

"But he's also a word-classplayer and I've said throughoutthe whole series, if Davey hasone good innings it'll help uswin the Ashes. He probably has-n't been through this lean runbefore, so it's going to be a goodtest of his character.

"But he's a match-winnerand he's been brilliant aroundthe group since he's been back(from suspension)," he added.

Terming Warner a "match-winner", the Australian headcoach said that he is looking for-ward to see the 32-year-old batat The Oval.

"He's been great, good forthe crowds, good amongst thegroup.

"He hasn't got the runs hewants at the moment but jeezI'm looking forward to seeing itwhen he does, and there's nobetter place in the world to batthan The Oval."

Australia have an insur-mountable 2-1 lead in the series,retaining the Ashes, and willlook to win the rubber inEngland for the first time since2001.

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Deepak Niwas Hooda led by example asJaipur Pink Panthers held the in-form

Haryana Steelers to a 32-all draw in their Pro-Kabaddi League fixture at the Netaji IndoorStadium on Wednesday.

Eyeing a sixth successive win, HaryanaSteelers got off to a solid start and led by fourpoints at half time, but Hooda came up with14 raid points from 22 attempts to help theJaipur outfit salvage a draw.

In fact, Jaipur will rue their missedchances as they held a one-point lead with lessthan a minute left on the clock.

But a final minute blunder by Jaipur'sSachin Narwal handed Steelers a point as theysquandered a great opportunity move to thefifth spot.

At second place, Haryana now have 49points, 10 less than Dabang Delhi from 14matches, while Jaipur are outside top-six with41 points.

The teams went into the match with con-trasting forms as Haryana were on a roll with

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Jaipur started the match bright-ly as Pink Panthers had to rely onHooda's raiding prowess and thecaptain secured seven raid points inthe first-half.

The Pink Panthers inflicted anAll-Out on the Steelers in the 16thminute to open a six-point gap.

Haryana bounced back with thehelp of raider Vikas Kandola whowas ably supported by PrashanthKumar Rai.

Kandola's five-point raid in thedying minutes of the first-half gavethe Steelers their first All-Out of thematch and brought about a changein momentum.

The first half ended withHaryana leading Jaipur 18-14.

Haryana maintained their dom-inance in the second-half, withVinay also taking up the raidingduties.

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Hooda also secured a Super 10and secured a personal milestone of800 raid points in the process.

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Sanjay Bangar has said that he won't be taking any offers outsideIndia immediately. Bangar's five-year tenure as India's batting

coach ended this month and the former batsman says that he willuse this much needed break to "reflect, refresh and reinvent."

"I have been travelling for five years, I don't think I may takeup roles outside India immediately," Bangar told Cricbuzz onWednesday. He said that despite being the only person among RaviShastri's coaching staff who lost his place when their contracts wererenewed, he does not have negative feelings about the situation andinstead views his tenure at the helm with pride.

"Being disappointed is a natural feeling, which lasted for justa few days. But I thank the BCCI and all the coaches, Duncan(Fletcher), Anil (Kumble) and Ravi (Shastri), for giving me an oppor-tunity to serve Indian cricket for five years.

"I look back on the progress the team made since 2014 and beingNo. 1 in Tests for three years in a row with happiness. We won 30out of 52 Tests played, 13 of them overseas. We also won consis-tently in ODIs in all countries. The only thing that eluded us wasthe World Cup," he said.

One of the biggest criticisms that came Bangar's way afterIndia's exit from the World Cup was the lack of a concrete optionat the number four position in limited overs. During the tourna-ment, KL Rahul played in the position and after the injury toShikhar Dhawan, it was Vijay Shankar who was played in that role.

"The entire team management and selectors were part of thedecision making for the No. 4 spot. The choice relied upon cur-rent form, fitness criteria, whether he was a left-hander, whetherhe could bowl, etc.," he said.

It was during his time that Virat Kohli consolidated his posi-tion as the best batsman in the world across all formats and RohitSharma and Shikhar Dhawan went from strength to strength asan opening pair. Cheteshwar Pujara also took his game to the nextlevel in Test cricket. However, Bangar's time also saw the inter-national career of Murali Vijay plateauing and Ajinkya Rahane'sinconsistency.

"Rahane missed out on converting a lot of 50s into 100s inthe last 18 months and contributed in all our overseas victoriesin Johannesburg, Nottingham and Adelaide. I was happy for himthat he eventually crossed the three-figure mark in West Indies,where he played a pivotal role in seaming conditions," said Bangar.

"As far as Vijay goes, when a player is playing only one for-mat, it adds to the challenge of immediately finding rhythm ininternational cricket if you are opening in tough overseas con-ditions.”

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Peru grabbed a slice of revengefor their loss to Brazil in the

Copa America final, defeatingthe five-time World Cup winners1-0 in a friendly in Los Angeles.

A headed goal fromArgentina-based defender LuisAbram was enough to give Perua hard-fought win over theBrazilians on Tuesday.

The defeat brought an end toBrazil’s 17-game winning streak,a run which started with a vic-tory over the United States justover a year ago.

Brazil coach Tite meanwhileopted against starting Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, four daysafter he had made a successfulreturn from injury with a goaland an assist in a 2-2 draw withColombia on Friday.

Tite, who had been reluctantto start Neymar in back-to-backgames as the striker regains fit-ness, brought on the PSG for-ward after 63 minutes in place ofLiverpool’s Roberto Firmino.

Neymar attempted to upthe tempo in attack, but wasunable to break the deadlock,with Brazil, who were also miss-ing Dani Alves and Thiago Silva,struggling to find their usualattacking rhythm.

Instead it was Peru whograbbed a winner, Abram risingto meet Yoshimar Yotun’s free-kick to glance in the winner.

MARTINEZ HAT-TRICKLautaro Martinez fired a

22-minute hat-trick as Argentinathrashed Mexico 4-0 in a friend-ly international in San Antonio.

Inter Milan striker Martinezscored in the 17th, 22nd and39th minutes at the Alamodometo give Argentina a deserved winover a lacklustre Mexico team.

Paris Saint-Germain mid-fielder Leandro Paredes scoredArgentina’s other goal from thepenalty spot after 33 minutes asthe South American giantsromped into a 4-0 lead at half-time.

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England and Portugal both scored fivegoals while France scored three as theyovercame lowly-ranked Kosovo,

Andorra and Lithuania in Euro 2020 qual-ifying on Tuesday.

Captain Ronaldo, making his 160thinternational appearance, scored four asPortugal won 5-1 in Vilnius and strength-ened their position in Group B after a slug-gish start.

For Ronaldo it was a second hat-trick inthree internationals. The victory overLithuania, 130th in the world rankings, keptbrought Portugal five points behind Ukraineat the top of Group B.

Portugal, who opened the group withhome draws against Ukraine andSerbia, started their recovery witha victory in Belgrade on Saturday.They have a game in hand on allthe other teams in the group.

Ronaldo’s first goal was apenalty. The second, with thescores level after an hour, was ascuffed low shot from outside thepenalty area which took a coupleof stranges bounces off the artificial turfbefore it was parried into the air by the div-ing Ernestas Setkus. The dropping ball hitthe back of the goalie’s head before rollingin. The third was a clinical volley from closerange. The fourth was a low shot into the cor-ner.

Vytautas Andriuskevicius scored thehosts’ only goal before William Carvalhoadded a fifth for the reigning champions atthe end.

Serbia beat Luxembourg 3-1, asAleksandar Mitrovic netted twice, to solid-ify their grasp on third place. They are a pointbehind Portugal.

In Southampton, Gareth Southgate’sEngland side trailed early on to Kosovo,ranked 120th in the world, when ValonBerisha scored after 34 seconds. Englandreplied with a first-half goal binge that ended

with Jadon Sancho scoring twice to make it5-1 at the break.

‘BIZARRE GAME’The visitors claimed two back in the sec-

ond half, including a second for Lazio mid-fielder Berisha, but the 5-3 victory putEngland three points clear in Group A, aheadof the second-placed Czech Republic, whobeat Montenegro 3-0.

“A bizarre game,” said Southgate. “Theoutstanding parts of our play were obvious.The errors were obvious.”

In Paris, the world champions made lightwork of beating 136-ranked Andorra 3-0. Itwas Les Bleus’ 100th match at the Stade deFrance.

Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty forhis country for the second game running butKinglsey Coman, Clement Lenglet, with hisfirst on the international goal, and WissamBen Yedder clinched three points.

“It is really annoying. I’ll just need tokeep working. You can’t be on top of yourgame all the time,” Griezmann said.

Cenk Tosun scored twice as the Turksbeat Moldova with ease in a 4-0 victory inChisinau. But Iceland, who had been levelwith the top two, suffered a blow as they lost4-2 in Albania.

That result meant Iceland droppedthree points behind. It also changed thetiebreak, allowing Turkey to take first placefrom France.

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Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Wednesdayhailed the Indian football team’s performance,

terming the result as a “great achievement”.He said the result can motivate the Indian play-

ers to have a shot at advancing further to the nextround.

“It was a big achievement, drawing against Asianchampions Qatar and that too in Qatar. This matchshould motivate the players to do well and instill con-fidence in the upcoming matches (of the World Cupqualifiers),” Bhutia said.

“The boys have played well against Oman andQatar and if they continue in the same way, therecan be a possibility for India to make it to the nextround, you never know. But it should not be a one-off performance and they should maintain it in thematches coming up,” he added.

Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was the starof the match as he single-handedly stopped theQataris from scoring any goal by making at least 10saves.

“He was simply outstanding and he was the mainreason (for the draw),” the 42-year-old Bhutia saidof Gurpreet who also wore the captain’s armbandin the match against Qatar.

Talking further about the match against Qatar,Bhutia, who played 104 international matchesbetween 1995 and 2011, said, “India defended real-ly well, the players maintained the shape andremained compact throughout.

“Against Oman, India were dominating in thefirst half but let in two late goals. So, against Qatarit was very scary (thinking India may concede lategoals) but in the end they were able to keep theirnerves and did not commit any mistake.”

He, however, said that it’s early to judge headcoach Stimac as he is new to the job.

“It is too early to say anything about the coach.India has done well so far in these World Cup qual-ifiers and it should not be about one match or twomatches. It should be consistent,” said the formerstriker, who was known as ‘Sikkimese Sniper’ in hisplaying days.

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He is “more than happy”with the solitary pointthat the Indian football

team snatched by drawing againstAsian champion Qatar but coachIgor Stimac says he has told theplayers to stay grounded as theycan’t afford complacency duringFIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

The former Croatian interna-tional wants the Indian players tostay focussed and garner morepoints in their upcoming match-es. India dished out a gritty per-formance to Qatar to a goallessdraw in a FIFA World CupRound 2 qualifying match hereon Tuesday night.

“As a coach, I don’t have timeto waste in thinking too muchhigher than it was a few days agowhen we lost to Oman. Stilltoday as a coach, of course, I ammore than happy to get a pointagainst the reigning champions ofAsia,” Stimac said at the post-match press conference here.

“We need to improve in cer-tain areas, on the other hand, allcongratulations not just to my

players but also for Qatar. Therewas excitement in front of bothgoals, of course.”

“It was a great experience forus. All credits to my players, I amvery proud of my players. But themessage to the team is to keepyourself down as it is just a point,”he added.

Despite playing without theirtalismanic captain and strikerSunil Chhetri, who was laid lowby fever, the Indians deniedQatar, who won the Asian Cuptitle in January, despite the homeside managing more than adozen shots on target.

“Qatar deserved more fromthis game. They created morechances today but we also hadmany chances,” Stimac said.

Stimac also took a potshot atthose who criticised his team’s fit-ness levels after India lost 1-2 toOman in their campaign-open-er, with both Oman goals com-ing in the final eight minutes.

The coach asserted that fit-ness was never a problem for hisside.

“You see, I cannot reply toeach comment after a game

because not many people are welleducated about football. We area fit team and we proved ittoday.

“We played against Qatarand we made space for ourselveseven in the last minutes. Wemade sprints even in the 95thminute, showing a lot of concen-tration. So we showed good fit-ness,” Stimac said.

India will play Bangladesh intheir next World Cup qualifying

match in Kolkata on October 15and the coach expects a fullhouse at the mecca of Indianfootball.

“Our country has a popula-tion of over 1.3 billion peoplecompared to that this was a verysmall crowd.

“I want to see 80,000 peoplein Kolkata against Bangladesh.We deserve that and they need tocome and support us,” Stimacsigned off.

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England manager GarethSouthgate insists his side

must improve on "obvious"defensive errors after beingbailed out by another devastat-ing attacking display in athrilling 5-3 win over Kosovo inSouthampton.

Jadon Sancho scored hisfirst international goals andHarry Kane and RaheemSterling were also on target asSouthgate's men took their tallyto 19 goals in four Euro 2020qualifiers.

However, the good work ofthe front three was nearlyundone by mistakes from cen-tre-backs Michael Keane andHarry Maguire, as Englandconceded three goals at home ina qualifier for the first time in12 years.

"A bizarre game," saidSouthgate. "There were obviouspoor errors for goals but I'mreally pleased with the compo-sure we showed.

"We had devastating attack-ing play throughout and weused the ball well.

"The outstanding parts ofour play were obvious. Theerrors were obvious."

Kosovo had been on a 15-game unbeaten run stretchingback two years and were giventhe start to spark dreams of amonumental shock for a nationonly given FIFA membershipthree years ago.

Just 35 seconds in, a mis-placed pass by Keane allowedValon Berisha to fire past JordanPickford and give the visitors thelead.

England bounced back inemphatic fashion. It was anoth-er demonstration of the paceand firepower that will make theThree Lions among the

favourites for Euro 2020 oncethe formality of mathematical-ly securing their place at nextsummer's showpiece is out ofthe way.

The World Cup semi-final-ists moved three points clear atthe top of Group A ahead of theCzech Republic, who won, 3-0,in Montenegro. Kosovodropped to third, four pointsbehind. England have a game inhand on all four sides belowthem.

Sterling was in scintillatingform, but the Manchester City

winger scored his sixth goal inhis last six international capswas in unusual fashion, with atowering header from closerange.

Sterling then turnedprovider with a dangerous dartinto the Kosovar half before tee-ing up Kane to drill low pastAro Muric.

- Embarrassed -Sancho's low cross was then

turned into his own net byMergim Vojvoda and theStandard Liege right-back wasfurther embarrassed as England

struck twice more before half-time.

Sterling was too quick forthe Kosovo defence as he cut infrom the left before playing aperfectly weighted pass forSancho to fire in at the near postfor his first goal for his country.

A minute later, the 19-year-old had a second, againthanks to unselfish play fromSterling after leaving Vojvoda inhis wake.

"I'm delighted to score myfirst goal for England," saidSancho.

"It was a crazy game. Fivegoals and I'm just happy to gettwo of them."

Yet, for all England'sthrilling attacking play, therewere concerns for Southgateover their defending as thehosts let Kosovo back into thegame early in the second-half.

Berisha produced a secondcool finish after Keane wascaught under a cross from theright.

Maguire, the world's mostexpensive defender after an£80 million move fromLeicester to Manchester Unitedlast month, then clumsilybrought down Vedat Muriqiinside the area.

Muriqi dismissed Berisha'splea to take the spot-kick withthe chance to complete afamous hat-trick and theFenerbahce striker was relievedas Pickford just did not get astrong enough hand to save hispenalty.

At the other end,Manchester City goalkeeperMuric produced some heroicsas he saved Kane's powerfulpenalty and only the postdenied Sterling a sixth, butEngland had already doneenough to move another stepcloser to Euro 2020.

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the Blue Tigers fought valiant-ly against Qatar and held themto a goal-less draw in the secondmatch of the FIFA World CupQatar 2022 and AFC AsianCup China 2023 joint qualifiersRound 2 in Doha. Chhetri, who could not takepart in the crucial game on

Tuesday because of fever, tookto Twitter to express his joy afterIndia earned their first points inthe ongoing qualifiers.

“Dear India, that is myteam and those are my boys!Cannot describe how proud Iam at this moment. Not a bigresult for the table, but in termsof a fight, as big as it can get.Huge credit to the coaching staffand the dressing room,” Chhetritweeted.

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possible in football after a grit-ty India held Asian championsQatar to a goalless draw in aFIFA World Cup Round 2qualifying match.

“I feel extremely proud ofthe team for our performanceagainst Qatar,” said Gurpreet,who also worn the captain’sarmband.

“The team-effort helpedus achieve the result. It willhelp us immensely in the qual-ifiers.

“We have played just twomatches, and we have playedwell, that too against two pow-erful teams. It gives us thatadded motivation and confi-dence that in football, anythingis possible,” he added.

Custodian Gurpreet, whowas unbeatable under theIndian bar, credited the entireteam for stealing an unexpect-ed point from the away match.

“Everyone played theirhearts out, and gave everythingout on the pitch. That enabledus to come back to the dress-ing room, satisfied, and with avery crucial point,” he said.

He also thanked the Indianfans, who had turned up inlarge numbers.

“It was like playing at homeaway from home. The supportwas incredible. They spurredus on, cheering us all through-out,” he said.

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Sri Lanka on Wednesday named deplet-ed squads for a six-match tour of

Pakistan, after 10 top players opted out cit-ing security concerns.

Lahiru Thirimanne has replaced one-day international skipper DimuthKarunaratne, who refused to join the touralong with T20 skipper Lasith Malinga.

Thirimanne will lead a 15-memberODI squad, while the 16-member T20squad will be led by Dasun Shanaka.

A majority of international teams haverefused to tour Pakistan following a March2009 militant attack on the Sri Lankan teambus during a Test match in Lahore.

The other eight players who opted outof the tour are Thisara Perera, Mathews,Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Perera,Dhananjaya de Silva, Akila Dananjaya,Suranga Lakmal and Dinesh Chandimal.ODI squad: Lahiru Thirimanne (Captain),Danushka Gunathilaka, SadeeraSamarawickrama, Avishka Fernando,Oshada Fernando, Shehan Jayasuriya,

Dasun Shanaka, Minod Bhanuka, AngeloPerera, Wanindu Hasaranga, LakshanSandakan, Nuwan Pradeep, Isuru Udana,Kasun Rajitha, and Lahiru Kumara.T20 squad: Dasun Shanaka (Captain),Danushka Gunathilaka, SadeeraSamarawickrama, Avishka Fernando,Oshada Fernando, Shehan Jayasuriya,Angelo Perera, Bhanuka Rajapaksha,Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Madushanka,Wanindu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan,Isuru Udana, Nuwan Pradeep, KasunRajitha, and Lahiru Kumara.

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