Imphal Times Supplementary issue

Edited by Rinku Khumukcham, Owned and Published by Iboyaima Khuman at Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai, Imphal and Printed by him at M/s Imphal Times Printers, Elangbam Leikai Imphal West, Contact No. 2452159, Resident Editor- Jeet Akoijam

4Sport News

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

Chief minister DevendraFadnavis will carry out thelong-pending reshuffle andexpansion of his cabinet onSunday, just three monthsahead of the MaharashtraAssembly elections. Theexercise is being undertaken toaccommodate senior leaders,who moved to the BJP and ShivSena from the Opposition camp,and to give internal aspirants achance before the polls.While former Congress leaderRadhakrishna Vikhe Patil, whowas also leader of oppositionin the Assembly before joiningthe BJP, is set to be inductedinto the cabinet, ex-NationalistCongress Party (NCP) leaderJaydutt Kshirsagar, who joinedthe Shiv Sena, too, will get aberth.“The cabinet expansion will be

Devendra Fadnavis to revamp his cabinettoday; Shiv Sena likely to get two new berths

held tomorrow [Sunday]. I haveheld one discussion about itand one final discussion will bedone today,” said Fadnavis,who was in New Delhi onSaturday to attend the NitiAayog meeting.The new ministers will be swornin at a ceremony at Raj Bhavanat 11am on Sunday.A senior BJP leader said thatthe cabinet will see “10 newministers”.Other than Vikhe Patil, theother BJP leaders, who couldget cabinet berths, are theparty’s Mumbai unit ch iefAshish Shelar; Mumbailegislator Yogesh Sagar;Vidarbha legislators Dr AnilBonde, Sanjay Kute andParinay Phuke; Sangli MLASuresh Khade; and Mavallegislator Bala Bhegade.Sena is likely to give a chanceto its Solapur MLA TanajiSawant, besides Kshirsagar.

The party is also likely to getone cabinet (Kshirsagar) andone junior ministerial berth(Sawant).The Republican Party of India(A) may get one ministerialberth , and is expected tonominate Avinash Mahatekarfor the post.The leaders who are likely to bedropped from the cabinet arehousing minister PrakashMehta; tribal developmentminister Vishnu Sawara (ST);social justice minister RajkumarBadole (SC); minister of state forsocial justice Dilip Kamble (SC);and minister of state forindustries and mining PravinPote Patil. The berth for the foodand civil supplies minister isalso vacant as incumbent GirishBapat was elected as a MP inthe Lok Sabha polls.“The final decision on Mehtawill be taken by the Delhileadership,” said a senior BJP

minister, who did not wish tobe named. “The CM will tryand induct new faces bybalancing out region andcaste factors. The party willalso induct loyal BJP leadersto make up for the sense ofdisenchantment overinduction of outsiders such asVikhe Patil.”The Fadnavis cabinet has 38ministers – out of which 22 arecabinet ministers and 16 arejunior ministers. The ChiefMinister can induct up to 43ministers as per constitutionalnorms.Fadnavis had met Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray late onFriday to discuss themodalities of the expansion. Itis learnt that Sena was offeredthe post of deputy chiefminister, but Thackeray didnot take it up to avoiddissidence within the party’ssenior leadership.

AgencyMuzaffarpur June 16,

The to ll f rom acuteencephalitis syndrome (AES)in Bihar reached 65 onSaturday. Of these, 55 deathshave been reported f romMuzaffarpur’s Sr i KrishnaMedical College and Hospital(SKMCH) and 10 f romKejriwal Matern ity Clinic(KMC), a private hospital.SKMCH’s medicalsuperintendent, Dr SK Shahi,confirmed the deaths of eightmore children on Saturday. Sofar 55 children had died at thehospital, he added.As many as 53 children, withAES like symptoms, wereadmitted to the two hospitalson Saturday. These childrenwere brought from variousparts of the district as well asadjoining East Champaran,West Champaran, Sitamarhi,Sheohar, Vaishali, andSamastipur districts. District

Encephalitis kills 65 in Bihar, govt saysdisease spread due to heat wave

author ities said that thechildren were suffering fromhigh and ir regular fever,vomiting, seizures, and acuteheadaches.Bihar’s pr incipal secretary(health), Sanjay Kumar, andother health departmentofficials visited SKMCH onSaturday to review thesituation . Kumar checkedpaediatric intensive care units,with a team of encephalitisexper ts and later helddiscussions with theattending doctors.Kumar told journalists that aseven-member central team,which was monitoring the AESoutbreak in Bihar, was yet toascertain the reason for thespread of the disease.“The central experts are of theview that there are multiplefactors behind the childrenfalling sick from the v iraldisease broadly named AES,”Kumar said. “It is high timeresearchers did an in-depth

investigation for ascertainingthe causes behind the AESoutbreak,” he added.Also read:In Bihar hospital,encephalitis rush forces docsto treat patients on floorFive nursing staff members anda team of doctors being sentfrom government hospitals inPatna are likely to help themedical team at SKMCH.An advisory issued by thestate health department saidchildren between 1 and 15years were susceptib le toAES and Jap aneseen cep hal itis an d t ime lytreatment was the best wayto deal with them. It said thatth e d isease had s preadbecause of excessive heatand humidity. Bihar is facingan intense heat wave.The health department alsoasked people not to givelychee to children . It alsosaid that if a child has eatenlychee during the day, thenit should be ensured that the

child gets a healthy mealbefore going to sleep.Bihar ’s main oppositionparty, Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD), accused the stategovernment of being in a“state of oblivion” over theou tbr eak . An RJDdelegation , led by s tatepar ty chief Ram ChandraPurve, also visited SKMCHon Saturday, and met thefamilies of the patients anddoctors of the central team.At tack ing the sta tegovernment, Purve said, “Thechief minister is in a state ofoblivion, while children arelosing their lives at thehospital of Muzaffarpur. Whyhas not he visited thehospital yet?” he asked .“.. . the central team hasexpressed doubts aboutmalnutrition, lychee, drinkingwater, and dietary habits asfactors for the spread, andhave confused the people,”he added.

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

Indian equity markets couldcome under pressure over thefresh tension between the USand India over trade as Indiaretaliated with tariffs on 29American products.This decision followed the USending India’s $5.6 billiontrade concessions under theGeneralised System ofPreferences (GSP) programme.Last year, the US imposedduties on steel and aluminiumfrom India following which aretaliation was deferred untilnow.Several analysts have saidinvestors sentiments wouldbe impacted.“Tariffs to the tune of $400-450 million from all bilateraltrade of 142 billion dollar withthe US — this shows that theimpact is insignificant,” saidAjay Sahai is the DirectorGeneral and CEO of theFederation of Indian ExportOrganisations (FIEO).The US-China trade war haslong troubled the globalfinancial markets. The damagewas such that the globalgrowth took a beating, asnoted the In ternationalMonetary Fund (IMF).“Local investors will beworried as to how US couldreact to this. However, FIIs

US-India trade tension hangs over Indian capital marketswill wait for any such move bythe US before feeling theIndian market,” Deepak Jasaniof HDFC Securities told IANS.“$400 million is not a bignumber, but 29 items consistof almonds, walnuts andapples which affect theirfarmers. This could trigger aresponse and which will notbode well for the Indianmarkets,” Jasani added.The Indian market, which iscurrently dealing withslowdown concerns, will notreact well if the US announcesfresh tariffs, several analystssaid.On Friday, Sensex slid andclosed nearly 290 points lowerafter reports that the Indiangovernment had decided toimpose retaliatory tariffs. Thefresh tension now adds to theslowdown concerns in theIndian markets.“There is always a fear thattariffs can be levied on moreproducts from either side. Sofrom a sentiment perspective,some tension could be seenin the markets if retaliation isseen by the US,” saidMayuresh Joshi of AngelBroking.“I t can hurnt the investorsentiments, but beyond thatit is difficult to acertain as towhat could be the impact onthe capital markets. Investorswill get into trouble if the

additional tarriffs are applied,”Joshi added.Earlier, US Commerce SecretaryWilbur Ross said in aconference that Washingtoncould reverse the decision ofwithdrawing trade concessionsto India under the GeneralisedSystem of Preferences (GSP) ifthe situation permits.Ross had said that “India isalready the world’s th ird-

largest economy, yet it isonly the US’s 13th largestexport market, due to overlyrestr ictive market accessbarriers”.While “the US is India’slargest export market,accounting for about 20 percent of the total”.“There is a real imbalance...And it’s an imbalance wemust strive to counteract.”

AgencyMumbai June 16,

Former Congressman andLead er of Op po si tio n inMaharashtra RadhakrishnaVikh e Pa ti l jo in ed th ecabinet of Chief MinisterDeven d r a F adn av is o nSunday.Vikhe Patil was sworn in asa minister by Governor C.V.Rao at a function in RajBhavan. The BJP’s Mumbaich ief Ash ish Sh elar al sotook oath as a minister.Ahead of the expansion, theFadnavis cabinet h ad 38ministers – out of which 22were cabinet ministers and16 were junior ministers.

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patilsworn in as minister in

Devendra Fadnavis cabinetA total of eight ministersand five ministers of statewere sworn in.As sem b ly e lec t io n inMaharashtra are due laterth is year.Patil who submitted h isresignation as a member of theAssembly on June 4, waswidely tipped to join theFadnavis cabinet.Patil’s son Sujay Vikhe Patilhad switched to BJP fromCongress before the recentLok Sabha elections. He wonthe Ahmednagar seat with amargin of 2.81 lakh votes.Vikhe Patil had quit as Leaderof Opposition in March ,days after his son joined theBJP.

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

In the ICC Cricket World Cup,the most anticipated fixture atgroup stage takes place todaywhen India take on arch-rivalsPakistan at Manchester.The match is scheduled tobegin at 3 PM Indian time. AllIndia Radio will broadcastlive commentary of the match.I t can be heard on DTH(Hindi) and additionalfrequencies from 2:30 PMonwards.

ICC World Cup: India to clashwith arch-rivals Pakistan today

This will be the first matchplayed at Old Trafford duringth is World Cup, so thecondition will be something ofan unknown with the threatof rain looming large.The match is very importantfor India as it intends toextend its six-match winningstreak over Pakistan at 50-oversWorld Cups. For Pakistan, theteam will be under tremendouspressure as it faces a mammothtask to reach the semi-finals ifthey lose to India today.Pakistan have lost two of their

four games and are eighth inthe tournament standings.There were two matches playedon Saturday. In the first match,Australia beat Sri Lanka by 87runs in London. Chasing avictory target of 335 runs, SriLanka were dismissed for 247in 45.5 overs. Earlier, put intobat, Australia made 334 for theloss of seven wickets in thestipulated 50 overs.In the second match at Cardiff,South Afr ica defeatedAfghanistan by 9 wicketsthrough Duckworth-Lewis-S

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

In Football, the Netherlandsand Canada have enteredthe Round-of-16 f romGroup-E at the Women’sFIFA World Cup being heldin France.The Netherlands made it tothe pre-quarterfinals afterbeating Cameroon, 3-1 at

Women’s FIFA World Cup: Netherlandsand Canada enter Round-of-16

Valenciennes. 22-year oldVivianne Miedema becamethe European champions’ all-time top scorer when shescored her 59th and 60thinternational goals to eclipseManon Melis’ record.Dominique Bloodworth wasthe o ther scorer f or theNetherlands. The lone goalfor Cameroon came throughGabrielle Onguene.

In the other game, Canadaeased past New Zealand witha two-nil win. Jessie Flemingand Nichelle Prince were thegoal scorers.Today, in Group-F, Swedenwill take on Thailand at Niceat 6:30 PM (Indian Time),while three-time winners anddefending champions UnitedStates face Chile at 9:30 PMat Paris.

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

The stage is set for the highlyanticipated clash betweenIndia and Pakistan at theongoing World Cuptournament. The two teamswill face off against each otheron Sunday in Manchester.India got off to a fantasticstar t in the tournament,defeating South Africa andAustralia convincingly intheir first two matches. But theside lost a point against NewZealand as the fixture wascalled off due to rain withouta ball being bowled.

India Predicted XI againstPakistan - Two changes expected

in Shikhar Dhawan’s absenceAnother blow to India inthe past week was a thumbinjury to Shikhar Dhawan thatruled him out for the next twogames. In his absence, it isexpected that KL Rahulwill open the innings for the sidealong with Virat Kohli. It meansIndia will have to once againdecide on someone to bat atnumber four.Between Dinesh Karthik andVijay Shankar, India will, mostlikely, go for the latter. The right-handed batsman showed hisability to score quick runs at theposition in the home seriesagainst Australia, and can alsogive India another fast-bowling

option in the middle.Kuldeep Yadav has notenjoyed the tournament so far,having picked up just onewicket. India are likely to drophim in the crucial tie and theycould opt for MohammedShami considering the cloudcover which is expected to bepresent right through the day.Here is India’s predicted XI against Pakistan:Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, ViratKohli (c), Vijay Shankar, KedarJadhav, MS Dhoni (wk) ,Hardik Pandya, BhuvneshwarKumar, Mohammed Shami,Yuzvendra Chahal, Jaspr itBumrah,

AgencyNew Delhi June 16,

Croatian Donna Vekic reachedthe final of the weather-hitNottingham Open grasscourtevent on Saturday as she camefrom a set down to win 12consecutive games againstGerman Tatjana Maria.Croatian Donna Vekic reachedthe final of the weather-hitNottingham Open grasscourtevent on Saturday as she camefrom a set down to win 12consecutive games against

Nottingham Open: Donna Vekic wins 12consecutive games to reach final

German Tatjana Maria.Vekic, the second seed, lost atight opener before stormingto a 5-7 6-0 6-0 victory.What was perh aps m oreremarkable than theturnar ound in Vekic’sfortunes, was the fact that itwas the first match she hadcompleted on grass all week.Five days of rain has wroughthavoc with the schedulethroughout the week, forcingmost of the matches to beplayed on indoor hardcourtsrather than the lawns.

Even when Vekic led 5-0 inthe decider ther e wasanother rain interruption butshe returned to complete thewin.“I’m super happy to be backin the f inal, and f inallycompleted a match on grassas well,” Vekic, champion in2017, said. “That was reallyfun, to be out there playingagain . I ’m really lookingforward to tomorrow.“It’s definitely been a crazyweek for everyone,” the 22-year-old added.