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M uch of Indian historical heritage is biased towards the Gangetic plains but, as Champaner proves, there is much to see in parts of India you don’t expect to find much history at. This is an ancient land and there is something at every corner which we will dis- cover during the third edition of Hyundai India’s “Great India Drive.” Flagged off at the Statue of Unity near Vadodara by Hyundai India Managing Director SS Kim, we intend to explore some of Gujarat’s impressive historical sites such as Champaner, Rani Ki Vav, the Modhera Sun Temple and the historic centre of Ahmedabad. Gujarat has some of the most impressive historical sites in India, which are usually off the tourist trail but need to be exposed to the driving holiday circuit. The Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, inde- pendent India’s first Home Minister who effectively brought in the 550 disparate princely states into the Union, is extremely impressive. Built over five years, between October 2013 till its inaugura- tion in October 2018, it is the tallest statue in the world at 192 metres. Clad in over 6,500 bronze plates weighing 1,700 tonne, the statue overlooks the equally impressive Sardar Sarovar Dam and the reservoir behind. The dam, which was highly controversial, is the sec- ond largest cement dam in the world and has the world’s third largest reservoir behind it. Not only does the reservoir water the parched lands of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, it also generates 1,450 megawatts of clean energy. After the flag-off, The Pioneer team was joined by Talish Ray, lawyer and history buff, and travelled to the less- visited site of Champaner, the one-time capital of the Gujarat sultanate and before that of the Chavda empire and the Rajputs afterwards. Champaner is a fascinating site and is the only surviving example of a pre- Mughal Islamic city. It was recently added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This less- visited site is preserved to per- fection and the city, as we know it today, was built by Mehmud “Begadha” in the mid-15th century. It was sacked by Mughal Emperor Humayun after his defeat by Sher Shah Suri. The hill of Pavagadh that overlooks the city is the only major elevation for miles around and as such was a strategic perch as controlling it meant controlling the plains to the east leading to the pros- perous Malwa region. There are several buildings built on the Pavagadh hill that date back to the 1400s and it is topped with an ancient Kali Mandir, which is believed to have existed since circa 600CE. T he Supreme Court on Wednesday wrapped up the 40-day hearing in the decades-old temple-mosque dispute in Ayodhya — the sec- ond longest proceedings in its history — and reserved its verdict in the politically sensi- tive case that is expected in a month’s time. The concluding day of the marathon hearing during which Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi heading a 5-judge Constitution bench observed “enough is enough” was marked by high drama when Rajeev Dhawan, a senior coun- sel for the Muslim parties, tore a pictorial map provided by Hindu Mahasabha purported- ly showing the exact birth place of Lord Ram in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. The high voltage hearing in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute involving 2.77 acres of land is the second longest after the landmark Keshvanand Bharti case in 1973 during which the proceedings for propounding the doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution continued for 68 days. The hearing on the valid- ity of Aadhaar scheme lasted for 38 days in the top court which came into existence in 1950. The Bench, also compris- ing SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, came out with schedules for hearing more than once and the arguments, which were first fixed to be concluded by October 18, was advanced to October 17, but on Wednesday, it decided to wrap it up saying “enough is enough”. The Bench is racing against time since the verdict has to be delivered before Justice Gogoi demits office on November 17. It also granted three days to contesting parties to file writ- ten notes on ‘moulding of relief ’ or narrowing down the issues on which the court is required to adjudicate. The hearing was marked by heated exchanges between the lawyers of the Hindu and Muslim sides and midway the issue of settling the dispute through mediation once again cropped up. The first mediation bid failed to find an amicable res- olution leading to the com- mencement of day-to-day hearing from August 6. Later, the panel, which comprised FMI Kallifulla, a former apex court judge, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Living Foundation and Sriram Panchu, an acclaimed mediator, was allowed to continue mediation proceedings. T he Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided, in principle, to keep Pakistan in its Grey List till February 2020, directing Islamabad to take extra measures for complete elimination of terror financing and money laundering, accord- ing to reports on Wednesday. A formal announcement about the interim develop- ments will be made on Friday, the last day of the FATF’s ses- sion, the report said. The FATF will take a final decision on Pakistan in February 2020. The FATF has gave respite of four months to Pakistan to help her implement remaining recommendations of the task force, Aaj TV reported. Pakistan was placed on the Grey List by the Paris-based watchdog in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019, or face the risk of being placed on the black list with Iran and North Korea. If Pakistan continues in the Grey List, it would be very dif- ficult for the country to get financial aid from the IMF, the World Bank and the European Union, making its financial condition more precarious. Islamabad is obligated to report its performance to the group every three months. However, Pakistan’s Finance Ministry spokesperson Omar Hameed Khan rejected the reports of the country remaining in the Grey List, say- ing “it is not true and nothing before October 18 (can be confirmed)” T he Supreme Court on Wednesday witnessed a dramatic scenes as infuriated Rajeev Dhawan, lawyer for Sunni Wakf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ayodhya title case, tore up the pictorial map provided by a Hindu party purportedly showing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram on the concluding day of the marathon hearing. As the news of tearing of pictorial map spread like wild- fire on social media, Dhavan told the court during the post- lunch session, “The incident is going viral.” Dhavan took strong objec- tion to senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for a faction of All India Hindu Mahasabha (AIHM), relying on the site map and books written by foreign and Indian authors to buttress claims that the central dome of the now demolished structure was the birthplace of deity “Ram Lalla”. Dhavan said such docu- ments (maps) cannot be relied upon in the matter now as the issue of location of “janm- sthan” was discussed by the Allahabad High Court on other documents. When he vigorously raised objections to the reliance on the pictorial map, which is also part of the book “Ayodhya Revisited” by former Bihar cadre IPS officer Kishore Kunal, Singh said he will not press the pictorial map to be taken on record. Following this, Dhawan was seen tearing the pictorial map to the utter shock of the lawyers and visi- tors in the packed courtroom. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi at this point told Dhavan, “You can shred it further, Mr Dhavan.” After Dhawan did so, the exasperated CJI commented, “If these are the kind of argu- ments going on, then, we can just get up and walk out.” The drama did not end there and during the hearing in the post lunch session, Dhavan again referred to the pre-lunch incident and said that “outside the court, it has become viral”. “The news that has become viral is that I on my own tore the papers,” he said. Dhavan said he had asked and sought the permission of the Bench whether those papers can be thrown and the reply from the CJI was “if it is irrelevant, you can tear it”. “The CJI said I could shred the papers and I just followed the order," Dhavan said. A s many as 12,325 units of blood were collected under the BJD’s Jeevan Bindu pro- gramme organised at 77 places across the State to mark the 74th birthday of party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday. While the highest number of 772 units were collected from a blood donation camp held at Athagarh, second high- est of 616 units and third high- est of 511 units were collected from Brahmapur and Rourkela camps, respectively. In district-wise, Cuttack contributed highest 1,534 units followed by Mayurbhanj 1,239 units and Ganjam 1,195 units on the day. As many as 372 persons donated blood voluntarily at the Jeevan Bindu camp held at the BJD head office here where the Chief Minister encouraged blood donors and distributed certificates to them. Youths, students and women came up and donated blood at all centres. Continued on page 4 B ased on the second set of visit reports of the Mo Sarkar teams to six districts, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced setting up of a medical college at the district headquarters hospital(DHH), Phulbani in Kandhamal dis- trict and a slew of develop- mental works in five other hospitals. “State Government’s endeavour is to set up one medical college in each of the erstwhile undivided districts. In that backdrop, a Government medical college and hospital will be set up at Phulbani. The number of beds would be increased to 500 for the aforesaid purpose and a composite campus will come up,” said the Chief Minister. Besides this, a 200-bed hospital would be set up in Boudh district headquarters. Land would be handed over to the authorities soon. In Nayagarh, the bed strength would be increased to 250 and additional building for 100 beds will also be con- structed at the DHH. Similarly, the bed strength at the Kalahandi district hos- pital would also be increased by 100 for which a new build- ing will be constructed. This apart, ambulance and Mahaprayana services would be added to the Rayagada and Nuapada DHHs, the CM further said. For convenience of atten- dants, all DHHs to have rest sheds, he added. In addition to this, 15 lakh would be sanctioned to all Rogi Kalyan Samities from CMRF for patient welfare and innovations. The Mo Sarkar initiative would be expanded to five more departments by December 1 and would cover all departments by March 5 next year, the CM informed. Besides, 10 lakh would be provided for promotion of blood donation activities in Nuapada, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Boudh districts. N otwithstanding the pend- ing contempt case in the Full Bench of the High Court with regard to the frequent strikes by the lawyers in the State, members of the Orissa High Court Bar Association (OHCBA) on Wednesday unanimously decided to abstain from court activities till Monday next. The lawyers are protesting against the selection of a New Delhi-based Odia advocate as a judge of the High Court. According to sources, lawyers appearing in about half-a-dozen other lower courts and tri- bunals in the city will also boycott their respective courts till Monday. The High Court’s Full Bench comprising all the 14 judges, which had earlier issued notices to at least 68 Bar asso- ciations of the State, including the OHCBA, and the Odisha State Bar Council on Tuesday in connection with the contempt case, is also scheduled to meet again and hear the case on Monday too. Meanwhile, the OHCBA, the apex body of lawyers in the State, has convened a meeting of the executive bodies of the entire 68 Bar associations on October 18 here to discuss about the contempt case that was suo motu taken up by the High Court’s Full Bench. A Press release issued by the OHCBA on Wednesday further said that the lawyers of entire State would remain absent from their respective courts on October 18. “A panel of senior lawyers will be formed to deal with the contempt pro- ceedings by the Full Bench of the High Court,” the release said. Besides, the general body of the OHCBA also decided that a delegation of lawyers would go to Bhubaneswar on Thursday to meet Law Minister Pratap Jena and apprise him about the ongoing develop- ments arising due to vacant positions of judges in the High Court. D isturbed over the hooli- ganism by some Army job aspirants, who had come to attend the recruitment drive at the 120 Infantry Battalion here, the Commissionerate Police on Wednesday requested the Army authorities and the State Government not to hold such camps in the heart of the city. Commissioner of Police (CP) Sudhansu Sarangi urged that such camps should be held in rural areas or city out- skirts. Sarangi said the number of aspirants for the posts was quite high. The area around the 120 Infantry Battalion is sen- sitive from security point of view due and prohibitory orders have been clamped there. Some unscrupulous ele- ments among the aspirants resorted to antisocial activities after failing in the tests. Three aspirants were arrested by the Kharvel Nagar police for molestation at the Indira Gandhi Park and assaulting some locals who protested against the incident. Many aspirants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were involved in violence and hooli- ganism at the Bhubaneswar railway station on Wednesday. The RPF and GRP had a tough time in restoring normalcy.

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Much of Indian historicalheritage is biased towards

the Gangetic plains but, asChampaner proves, there ismuch to see in parts of Indiayou don’t expect to find muchhistory at. This is an ancientland and there is something atevery corner which we will dis-cover during the third editionof Hyundai India’s “Great IndiaDrive.”

Flagged off at the Statue ofUnity near Vadodara byHyundai India ManagingDirector SS Kim, we intend toexplore some of Gujarat’simpressive historical sites suchas Champaner, Rani Ki Vav, theModhera Sun Temple and thehistoric centre of Ahmedabad.

Gujarat has some of the mostimpressive historical sites inIndia, which are usually off thetourist trail but need to beexposed to the driving holidaycircuit.

The Statue of Unity ofSardar Vallabhbhai Patel, inde-pendent India’s first Home

Minister who effectivelybrought in the 550 disparateprincely states into the Union,is extremely impressive. Builtover five years, betweenOctober 2013 till its inaugura-tion in October 2018, it is thetallest statue in the world at 192metres. Clad in over 6,500

bronze plates weighing 1,700tonne, the statue overlooks theequally impressive SardarSarovar Dam and the reservoirbehind. The dam, which washighly controversial, is the sec-ond largest cement dam in theworld and has the world’s thirdlargest reservoir behind it. Notonly does the reservoir waterthe parched lands of Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh andRajasthan, it also generates1,450 megawatts of clean energy.

After the flag-off, ThePioneer team was joined byTalish Ray, lawyer and historybuff, and travelled to the less-visited site of Champaner, theone-time capital of the Gujaratsultanate and before that of theChavda empire and the Rajputsafterwards. Champaner is afascinating site and is the onlysurviving example of a pre-Mughal Islamic city. It wasrecently added as a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site. This less-visited site is preserved to per-fection and the city, as we

know it today, was built byMehmud “Begadha” in themid-15th century. It was sackedby Mughal Emperor Humayunafter his defeat by Sher ShahSuri.

The hill of Pavagadh thatoverlooks the city is the onlymajor elevation for milesaround and as such was a

strategic perch as controlling itmeant controlling the plains tothe east leading to the pros-perous Malwa region. There areseveral buildings built on thePavagadh hill that date back tothe 1400s and it is topped withan ancient Kali Mandir, whichis believed to have existed sincecirca 600CE.

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The Supreme Court onWednesday wrapped up

the 40-day hearing in thedecades-old temple-mosquedispute in Ayodhya — the sec-ond longest proceedings in itshistory — and reserved itsverdict in the politically sensi-tive case that is expected in amonth’s time.

The concluding day of themarathon hearing duringwhich Chief Justice RanjanGogoi heading a 5-judgeConstitution bench observed“enough is enough” wasmarked by high drama whenRajeev Dhawan, a senior coun-sel for the Muslim parties, torea pictorial map provided byHindu Mahasabha purported-ly showing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhyain Uttar Pradesh.

The high voltage hearing inthe Ram Janambhoomi-BabriMasjid dispute involving 2.77acres of land is the secondlongest after the landmarkKeshvanand Bharti case in 1973

during which the proceedingsfor propounding the doctrine ofbasic structure of theConstitution continued for 68days. The hearing on the valid-ity of Aadhaar scheme lasted for

38 days in the top court whichcame into existence in 1950.

The Bench, also compris-ing SA Bobde, DYChandrachud, Ashok Bhushanand SA Nazeer, came out with

schedules for hearing morethan once and the arguments,which were first fixed to beconcluded by October 18, wasadvanced to October 17, but onWednesday, it decided to wrap

it up saying “enough is enough”.The Bench is racing against

time since the verdict has to bedelivered before Justice Gogoidemits office on November 17.

It also granted three days tocontesting parties to file writ-ten notes on ‘moulding ofrelief ’ or narrowing down theissues on which the court isrequired to adjudicate.

The hearing was markedby heated exchanges betweenthe lawyers of the Hindu andMuslim sides and midway theissue of settling the disputethrough mediation once againcropped up.

The first mediation bidfailed to find an amicable res-olution leading to the com-mencement of day-to-dayhearing from August 6. Later,the panel, which comprised FMI Kallifulla, aformer apex court judge, Sri SriRavi Shankar, founder of Art ofLiving Foundation and Sriram Panchu, an acclaimed mediator, wasallowed to continue mediationproceedings.

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The Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) has decided,

in principle, to keep Pakistan inits Grey List till February 2020,directing Islamabad to takeextra measures for completeelimination of terror financingand money laundering, accord-ing to reports on Wednesday.

A formal announcementabout the interim develop-ments will be made on Friday,the last day of the FATF’s ses-sion, the report said.

The FATF will take a finaldecision on Pakistan inFebruary 2020.

The FATF has gave respiteof four months to Pakistan tohelp her implement remainingrecommendations of the taskforce, Aaj TV reported.

Pakistan was placed on

the Grey List by the Paris-basedwatchdog in June last year andwas given a plan of action tocomplete it by October 2019, orface the risk of being placed onthe black list with Iran andNorth Korea.

If Pakistan continues in theGrey List, it would be very dif-ficult for the country to getfinancial aid from the IMF, theWorld Bank and the EuropeanUnion, making its financialcondition more precarious.Islamabad is obligated to reportits performance to the groupevery three months.

However, Pakistan’sFinance Ministry spokespersonOmar Hameed Khan rejectedthe reports of the countryremaining in the Grey List, say-ing “it is not true and nothingbefore October 18 (can beconfirmed)”

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The Supreme Court onWednesday witnessed a

dramatic scenes as infuriatedRajeev Dhawan, lawyer forSunni Wakf Board and otherMuslim parties in the Ayodhyatitle case, tore up the pictorialmap provided by a Hinduparty purportedly showing theexact birthplace of Lord Ramon the concluding day of themarathon hearing.

As the news of tearing ofpictorial map spread like wild-fire on social media, Dhavantold the court during the post-lunch session, “The incident isgoing viral.”

Dhavan took strong objec-tion to senior advocate VikasSingh, appearing for a factionof All India Hindu Mahasabha(AIHM), relying on the sitemap and books written by

foreign and Indian authors tobuttress claims that the centraldome of the now demolishedstructure was the birthplace ofdeity “Ram Lalla”.

Dhavan said such docu-ments (maps) cannot be reliedupon in the matter now as theissue of location of “janm-sthan” was discussed by theAllahabad High Court onother documents.

When he vigorously raisedobjections to the reliance onthe pictorial map, which is alsopart of the book “AyodhyaRevisited” by former Biharcadre IPS officer KishoreKunal, Singh said he will notpress the pictorial map to betaken on record. Followingthis, Dhawan was seen tearingthe pictorial map to the uttershock of the lawyers and visi-tors in the packed courtroom.

Chief Justice of India

Ranjan Gogoi at this point toldDhavan, “You can shred itfurther, Mr Dhavan.”

After Dhawan did so, theexasperated CJI commented,“If these are the kind of argu-ments going on, then, we canjust get up and walk out.”

The drama did not endthere and during the hearing inthe post lunch session, Dhavanagain referred to the pre-lunchincident and said that “outsidethe court, it has become viral”.

“The news that hasbecome viral is that I on myown tore the papers,” he said.

Dhavan said he had askedand sought the permission ofthe Bench whether thosepapers can be thrown and thereply from the CJI was “if it isirrelevant, you can tear it”.

“The CJI said I could shredthe papers and I just followedthe order," Dhavan said.

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As many as 12,325 units ofblood were collected under

the BJD’s Jeevan Bindu pro-gramme organised at 77 placesacross the State to mark the74th birthday of party supremoand Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik on Wednesday.

While the highest numberof 772 units were collectedfrom a blood donation campheld at Athagarh, second high-est of 616 units and third high-est of 511 units were collectedfrom Brahmapur and Rourkela

camps, respectively.In district-wise, Cuttack

contributed highest 1,534 unitsfollowed by Mayurbhanj 1,239units and Ganjam 1,195 unitson the day.

As many as 372 personsdonated blood voluntarily atthe Jeevan Bindu camp held atthe BJD head office here wherethe Chief Minister encouragedblood donors and distributedcertificates to them.

Youths, students andwomen came up and donatedblood at all centres.

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Based on the second set ofvisit reports of the Mo

Sarkar teams to six districts,Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik on Wednesdayannounced setting up of amedical college at the districtheadquarters hospital(DHH),Phulbani in Kandhamal dis-trict and a slew of develop-mental works in five otherhospitals.

“State Government’sendeavour is to set up onemedical college in each of theerstwhile undivided districts.In that backdrop, aGovernment medical collegeand hospital will be set up atPhulbani. The number of bedswould be increased to 500 forthe aforesaid purpose and acomposite campus will comeup,” said the Chief Minister.

Besides this, a 200-bedhospital would be set up inBoudh district headquarters.Land would be handed over tothe authorities soon.

In Nayagarh, the bedstrength would be increased to

250 and additional buildingfor 100 beds will also be con-structed at the DHH.

Similarly, the bed strengthat the Kalahandi district hos-pital would also be increasedby 100 for which a new build-ing will be constructed.

This apart, ambulance andMahaprayana services wouldbe added to the Rayagadaand Nuapada DHHs, the CMfurther said.

For convenience of atten-dants, all DHHs to have restsheds, he added.

In addition to this, �15lakh would be sanctioned toall Rogi Kalyan Samities fromCMRF for patient welfare andinnovations.

The Mo Sarkar initiativewould be expanded to fivemore departments byDecember 1 and would coverall departments by March 5next year, the CM informed.

Besides, �10 lakh wouldbe provided for promotion ofblood donation activities inNuapada, Rayagada,Kalahandi, Kandhamal andBoudh districts.

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Notwithstanding the pend-ing contempt case in the

Full Bench of the High Courtwith regard to the frequentstrikes by the lawyers in theState, members of the OrissaHigh Court Bar Association(OHCBA) on Wednesdayunanimously decided to abstainfrom court activities tillMonday next.

The lawyers are protestingagainst the selection of a NewDelhi-based Odia advocate as ajudge of the High Court.According to sources, lawyersappearing in about half-a-dozenother lower courts and tri-bunals in the city will alsoboycott their respective courtstill Monday.

The High Court’s FullBench comprising all the 14judges, which had earlier issuednotices to at least 68 Bar asso-ciations of the State, includingthe OHCBA, and the OdishaState Bar Council on Tuesday inconnection with the contemptcase, is also scheduled to meetagain and hear the case onMonday too.

Meanwhile, the OHCBA,the apex body of lawyers in theState, has convened a meetingof the executive bodies of theentire 68 Bar associations onOctober 18 here to discussabout the contempt case thatwas suo motu taken up by the

High Court’s Full Bench.A Press release issued by

the OHCBA on Wednesdayfurther said that the lawyers ofentire State would remainabsent from their respectivecourts on October 18. “A panelof senior lawyers will be formedto deal with the contempt pro-ceedings by the Full Bench ofthe High Court,” the release said.

Besides, the general body ofthe OHCBA also decided thata delegation of lawyers wouldgo to Bhubaneswar onThursday to meet Law MinisterPratap Jena and apprise himabout the ongoing develop-ments arising due to vacantpositions of judges in the HighCourt.

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Disturbed over the hooli-ganism by some Army job

aspirants, who had come toattend the recruitment drive atthe 120 Infantry Battalion here,the Commissionerate Policeon Wednesday requested theArmy authorities and the StateGovernment not to hold suchcamps in the heart of the city.

Commissioner of Police(CP) Sudhansu Sarangi urgedthat such camps should beheld in rural areas or city out-skirts.

Sarangi said the number ofaspirants for the posts wasquite high. The area around the120 Infantry Battalion is sen-sitive from security point ofview due and prohibitoryorders have been clampedthere.

Some unscrupulous ele-ments among the aspirantsresorted to antisocial activitiesafter failing in the tests. Threeaspirants were arrested by theKharvel Nagar police formolestation at the IndiraGandhi Park and assaultingsome locals who protestedagainst the incident.

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As was expected since weeks,a disillusioned Damodar

Rout resigned from the BJP onWednesday.

“After conclusion of thegeneral elections, my presenceand involvement in party pro-grammes and policy makingprocess are not being felt nec-essary,” Rout said in his resig-nation letter sent to BJP Statepresident Basanta KumarPanda.

Rout, who reiterated hisdecision of retirement fromelectoral politics, told reportersthat he would consider return-ing to the BJD if he is asked.

Earlier, Rout had said, “Noone from the BJP discussedwith me over the Bijepurbypoll. The number of partyMLAs has increased from 10 to23 in the Assembly polls, fol-lowing which my presence isnot necessary for them (BJP).”

BJP national general sec-retary in charge of Odisha

Arun Singh said Rout’s resig-nation would make no differ-ence to the party.

Rout’s son Sambit Routray,who is the Paradip BJD MLA,said his father had made a mis-take by joining the BJP on theeve of the last general elections.

Notably, Damodar Routhad been expelled from theBJD in September, last year forallegedly making a series ofanti-party statements. He laterjoined the BJP in March thisyear before the elections andmiserably failed to win as theparty candidate in theBalikuda-Erasama Assemblyconstituency

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Dengue has claimed life of awoman who was under-

going treatment at the SCBMedical College Hospital here.

The deceased, identifiedas Rama Barik (50) ofSakhigopal in Puri district,had been admitted to theDengue ICU of the hospital onOctober 8. She died onTuesday, hospital sources said.

She had been diagnosedwith dengue fever, thrombo-cytopenia and hepatopathy,the sources added.

Another woman, DebakiBehera of the Aul area inKendrapada district, had diedof dengue at the hospital inAugust this year.

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Naveen Patnaik is just classapart on every front when

compared with any otherfamous politicians. He isindeed the simplest amongthose known for their simplelifestyle. Naveen’s very dress,which hasn’t changed indecades since he became ahigh-level politician, makeshim stand out so glaringly.Mamata Banerjee is the onlyone who sports ordinary qual-ity sarees, Hawaii chappals andno cosmetic application at all.But she is frighteningly the-atrical, noisy and crude inpublic behaviour. She is hor-rifically reactive to even healthycriticism; she hurls hard-hittingand hurting words at oppo-

nents no matter if the person isthe Prime Minister. So, she,despite her extremely humbledress, loses heavily to Naveenon simplicity and simplebehaviour.

Naveen turned 74 on yes-terday. The longest-servingchief minister of India, rou-tinely with a huge number offollowers, could have a smallcelebration of birthday. But,sensible that he is, Naveenmade it clear before that hewould not have any birthdaycelebration at all mainlybecause the thousands of theFani-affected people had notbeen out of distress as yet.Obviously, the good peoplearound him extolled the sanestdecision as divine. But thesycophants, quite big in num-ber, obviously sticking aroundhim for private gains, mayhave expressed sadness as if theheavens had come crashingdown.

Naveen, though a verysoft-spoken, quiet-loving gen-tleman, is very firm on princi-ples. He must have discardedmost of the flatterers when theymay have entered his homecampus. He strongly believes apeople’s leader doesn’t makemuch sense by having his own

birthday even observed, letalone celebrated when people,depending on his decisionsfor a good life, are suffering.

Just a fortnight earlier onthe 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi, Naveenlaunched the 'Mo Sarkar' ini-tiative. The Chief Ministermade personal phone calls topeople in Balangir, Sundargarh,Malkangiri, Jajpur andBaripada to seek feedbacks ontheir experiences atGovernment hospitals wherehealthcare services are expect-ed to be given to all withoutfees or hassles. This uniqueexercise is looked upon as amost people-friendly initiativewhich serious political leadersof the world are watching inawe.

Mo Sarkar is perhaps themost notable of all knowngood governance experimentsacross the developing world,typically in thickly-populateddemocratic regimes of the sec-ond and the third world (sec-ond world comprising thecommunist block of Europe,though, has lost relevance sincequite some time).

The Mo Sarkar initiative isall about the chief politicalexecutive coming in direct

contact with the masses tomake out what ails them themost. As is popularly believed,the police and hospital func-tionaries, expected to be politeand respectful to the people indistress, have been erring gross-ly on behaviour front. Thepoliceman and the doctor areequally callous and cruel topeople in urgent need of help.So, Naveen first set down toknow what’s cooking aroundthese two locations at criticaltimes of need. He listened topeople’s experience of utterwoe from Nayagah, Ganjam,Baleswar and Bhawanipatnaby using high-tech communi-cation equipments, videocon-ferences to interact with themasses face to face. This first-of-its-kind service made peo-ple feel enormously empow-ered and dignified. The latestreport in hand says people ofOdisha are just revelling overthe event and are vastly at easefor being sure their woes are tovanish soon and for goodbecause the trustworthy boss istaking stock personally to solvetheir problems.

Naveen is a very genuinehuman being with a big heartfor the backward communities.He has invariably given top pri-

ority to poverty alleviation bytrying to remove corruptionfrom public agencies; generat-ing maximum employment forthe youth by attracting bigplayers to invest in Odisha;arresting migration of the dis-tressed farmers; and, above all,empowering the masses byensuring good governancewhich means people get theirentitlements without hitch orhassle.

The reticent, gentlemanChief Minister is an exceed-ingly intelligent person as hisexposure to the wider world isimmense and wisdom gatheredhuge. He is not a foolish bossto meddle into the ground-levelnitty-gritty. The commendabletactic he employs unfailingly isdelegating tasks to very thor-oughly tested bureaucrats whoare truly sincere, selfless andfast in delivering to the end-users. After Pyari Mohapatra,his the then principal advisor,messed up on the power-shar-ing front by guile, Naveen gotwiser and picked his lieu-tenants himself after scrutinis-ing individual bureaucrats byputting them to rigorous tests.Quite a few fitted his design.One of them, V KarthikeyanPandian, a rather young IAS

officer, was given charge to helphim on every critical adminis-trative move. Karthikeyan is aquiet, composed, hardwork-ing guy with robust common-sense. He took charge when therest of the world believed theyoung boy would only burn outin months as Naveen is anincredibly hard taskmaster.What followed from thereon isalready history. Karthikeyanhas been guiding the bossstrictly on the administration.Naveen is made aware of therules and norms byKarthikeyan to take all criticalpolitical decisions. Such a phe-nomenon is very normal androutine all across the civilisedworld of governance. So,Karthikeyan has been made theSecretary of the 5T wing whichis part of the Chief Minister'soutfit. Most certainly, no otherfunctionary would have fittedthe post better than this young2000-batch IAS officer. Anyother officer would havegroped in dark trying to figureout tough taskmaster Naveen’sways and aspirations.

There has been a great dealof murmur about Karthikeyanrunning the show, which isonly a perception not backed bylogic. Naveen makes his wish-

es clear; and of course,Karthikeyan makes sure thenoble wishes come true by con-stituting down the line, perfectlychosen bureaucratic teams thatare skilled to deliver.

Not surprisingly, when thematter of good governancecame up, Naveen was keen tohave someone in place whounderstood his ways of life, hisaspirations apart from hisstrong likes and dislikes.Karthikeyan having workedwith him as a close aide formore than seven long years waschosen to be the good gover-nance guy.

The team led by him con-ceptualised the 5T approach;and, thus, the Mo Sarkar ini-tiative was launched on the aus-picious 150th birth anniversaryof Mahatma Gandhi only afortnight ago. The good gov-ernance team has been veryeffectively swooping in on theState-run hospitals and policestations where officials weresuspected to have been erringon duty for long.

The Mo Sarkar initiativeunder the 5T programme is, ofcourse, heralding the desiredtransformation in Governmentoffices. Every State institutionor agency is realising faster

than usual that to serve citizenswith dignity is their soleresponsibility. The State func-tionaries are getting to knowthe perspective right that theyare only mere servants to thepeople who are the masters andwhose coffers give them liveli-hood.

Thus, Naveen, for being theserving boss for a quarter cen-tury, has superb plans for giv-ing a much better quality of lifeto the distressed and the down-trodden communities. He hasalso as much packages formaking available ‘ease of doingbusiness environments' for thereal daring entrepreneurs andinvestors to set up establish-ments that will make moneyessentially by generatingemployment for the youth.

Naveen keeps settingexamples that are certain toinspire anyone keen on becom-ing ruler. His simplicity, humil-ity and, particularly, his silenceover bitter criticism by detrac-tors and opponents make himstand out as a unique politicalboss. No matter what the crit-ics may say for saying sake, theyknow pretty much the truth:Naveen is a compassionateruler, which makes him soinvincible!

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Prime Minister NarendraModi and Union Ministers

Dharmendra Pradhan andPratap Chandra Saraning,among many noted persons,conveyed good wishes to ChiefMinister Naveen Patanik on his74th birthday on Wednesday.

The PM took to Twitterand wrote in Odia which istranslated as “Greetings toOdisha’s CM Shri NaveenPatnaik Ji on his birthday. Mayhe be blessed with a long andhealthy life.”

Pradhan and Sarangi alsotook to Twitter and conveyedtheir wishes.

“Good wishes to CM ShriNavee Patnaik on his birthday.Let Lord Jagannath give youlong and health life,” wrotePradhan.

Sarangi tweeted, “Heartybirthday wishes toNaveenbabu. Let LordJagannath make your pathflowery and give you long life.”

“Happy birthday to CMNaveen Patnaik. Many manyhappy returns of the day, sir.Mu Bhagaban nk pakhareprathana karuchi apnk healthbahuta bhala rahu,” tweetedDutee.

Sudarsan tweeted, “A veryHappy Birthday to Hon'bleCM @Naveen_Odisha sir. MayLord Jagannath bless you withgood health and long life,”

“This year, Cyclone Fanihas caused a lot of damages. In

view of that I have decided notto celebrate my birthday,” aCMO statement said quotingthe Chief Minister.

The Chief Minister urgedthe well-wishers and partyworkers to visit orphanagesand schools meant for disabledchildren instead of coming towish him at Naveen Niwas.“Not just my birthday, youshould visit such places on allyour memorable days,” headded.

Patnaik also expressed hishappiness for the blood donation camps held by theBJD under the ‘Jeevan Bindu’ across the State on theday.

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Chaos prevailed at theBhubaneswar railway sta-

tion on Tuesday night whenhundreds of Army job aspirantsfrom Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,who had come to participate inthe ongoing recruitment driveat the 120 Infantry Battalionhere, created ruckus trying toboard the New Delhi-boundPurushottam Express withoutreservations for their return.

The aspirants forciblyentered the train that arrived atthe station at 11.02 pm. Besides,after boarding, some of theyouth pulled the chain fivetimes to stop the train to help

their friends to board it. Someof them also entered the lug-gage bogie of the train bybreaking open the lock.

The express which usuallyhalts at the station for five min-utes left the station here by overan hour delay due to the chaos.

Since the unruly youthwere in hundreds causinginconvenience to on-boardpassengers, the GRP and RPFofficials had a tough time totake control over the situation.

After failing to get the youth outof the train, the cops resortedto lathicharge.The train finallydeparted the station at around12.15 am. The police alsodetained a youth hailing fromMeerut on charges of enteringa luggage bogie of the train afterbreaking it lock. Following theincident, security has beenbeefed up at the railway stationto avoid such unpleasant situ-ation further and keep an eyeon unruly job aspirants.

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Due to the shortage ofGovernment houses for

the newly-elected legislatorshere, a multistoried building

would be constructed at MLAColony replacing the existingquarters.Assembly SpeakerSurjya Narayan Patro said, “Asper the plan, some portion ofMLA Colony will be demol-ished and 7R quarters will beconstructed in the area for140 members. The multistoriedbuilding will come up at a costof �400 crore.”The quarters

would be built with all facilities,including a conference hall, aKalyan Mandap, a gym and amorning walk path.Besidesthis, the lobby of LegislativeAssembly would also be reno-vated, Patro informed. Tenderfor the purpose has been invit-ed.The move is to make theAssembly complex most mod-ern in the country, he added.

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Odisha's PPP managementis a well-functioning sys-

tem in the entire countrywith its single window clear-ance system and ground levelfacilitation for expeditiouscommissioning of the pro-jects.

Reviewing the perfor-mance of the PPP Cell, ChiefSecretary Asit Tripathy direct-ed to make it more dynamicand innovative. Tripathy fur-ther directed that the PPP unitshould conceptualize and for-mulate a shelf of projects forattracting more private sectorinvestment.

The departments wereasked to provide necessarytechnical support in formula-tion of the detail project after

it is conceptualized by the PPPunit.

The proposal for devel-oping the PPP cell to the levelof an expert directorate underthe supervision of PrincipalSecretary Finance was dis-cussed in the meeting.

The Chief Secretar ydirected to form a detail pro-posal in the matter and placeit for Government approval.

It may be pertinent here tomention that as of now thePPP cell has been operating inPlanning and ConvergenceDepartment. Experts opinethat bringing it under Financedepartment will help in betterintegration of budgetary andextra budgetary sources fordevelopmental projects. It willhelp in enhancing the numberof projects and activities with-

in available budgetary provi-sions.

Principal Secretar yMeena appraised that as onJuly 1, 2019 a total number of88 projects of worth �18,349crore have been sanctionedunder PPP mode. These pro-jects are mainly in urbandevelopment, transport,industrial infrastructure,health, education, roads,tourism, food supplies andconsumer welfare and energysectors.

Out of these 88 projects57 projects worth �8,365 crorehave been completed andoperationalized, 17 projectsworth �4,861 crore are undervarious stages of completionand 14 projects of worth�5,123 crore are underpipeline.

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Now, robots will take ordersand serve food replacing

the waiters at a ‘smart’ restau-rant here.

Two robots are in service ofcustomers at the ‘Robo Chef ’restaurant that opened atInfocity DLF Tower. It isclaimed to be the first restau-

rant in eastern India where twoindigenously developed robots,‘Champa’ and ‘Chameli’ areengaged.

One is amused as Champaand Chameli ask you in Odia‘Apana Mane Khusi Ta’ (Areyou happy?) after serving thefood.“Being inspired by theservices by robots in restau-rants during my visit to the US,

I wanted that kind of servicehere in Bhubaneswar whererobots can be used in restau-rants,” said Robo Chef ownerJeet Basha.“The robot restau-rants in India are all importedfrom China. But we are com-pletely made in India restau-rant. The robots of the restau-rant are developed at a Jaipur-based startup,” he said.

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More than a week after theman who jumped into

river Kathajodi in front of hiswife and minor son over fam-ily feud, his body was found inriver Devi near Rahambaunder the Gobindpur policestation in Cuttack district onWednesday. The decomposedbody of Debabrata Mohapatra,a resident of Karanja villageunder the Niali PS in Cuttackdistrict, was found on thebanks of Devi in the morning,said Cuttack SP (Rural) RBPanigrahi. Mohapatra’s identi-ty was ascertained after amotorcycle registration cer-tificate book, driving licence,identity card, some cash andother documents were recov-ered from him. The identitycard revealed that he worked asa data entry operator at TataSteel, Kalinganagar.On October9, Debabrata was passing overthe Kathajodi bridge by hismotorcycle along with his wifeSubhalaxmi and minor sonwhen he stopped on the bridgeand parked his two-wheelerbefore jumping into the river.

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Demanding immediate pay-ment of dues of Rs 30

crore on account of providinghealth services under the BijuSwasthya Kalyan Yojana(BSKY), the State-sponsoreduniversal health coveragescheme, the All-Odisha PrivateClinical Establishment Forumhas said that private hospitalswould stop providing health ser-vices until the money is notreleased.In a letter to the StateGovernment on Wednesday,the forum alleged that despitedrawing the authorities’ atten-tion, no steps have been takento release the pending amountof the private hospitals for pro-viding healthcare services underthe BSKY. The forum alsodemanded that the Governmentrelax the norms for registrationand ensure security for doctorsand other staffs working at pri-vate hospitals.“Many privatehealth clinics have stopped pro-viding healthcare facilities in dif-ferent districts including Puri,Khordha, Bhadrak andBaleswar. Why we would pro-vide the services at cheaper ratesand that too when the dues areyet to be cleared. Until theGovernment fulfils thedemands, we will stop provid-ing health services,” said forumsecretary Indramani Jena.

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It has been more than twoyears since the two-lane

Burla ring road was proposedto strengthen connectivity toBurla under the SambalpurMunicipal Corporation (SMC)limits, but the proposal is yetto make much headway.

The Burla ring road hasbeen proposed to connectChaunrpur area under theSambalpur MunicipalCorporation (SMC) withAshok Niwas in Burla.

However, constructionwork of the road fromChaunrpur to Mundoghat hasbeen proposed to be con-structed in the first phase.While the total length of thering road will be around 14km, the length from

Chaunrpur to Mundoghat,which has been proposed to beconstructed in the first phase,

is around 3.5 km. The PublicWorks Department (PWD)will execute the constructionwork.

As the SambalpurUniversity, the VSS Institute ofMedical

Science and Research(VIMSAR) and the VeerSurendra Sai University ofTechnology (VSSUT) arelocated in Burla, the proposalof ring road for Burla, whichis better known as educationhub of western Odisha, waswidely welcomed by the resi-dents. The permanent campusof the IIM, second campus ofthe Gangadhar MeherUniversity (GMU), the SainikSchool and the CRPF GroupCentre will be developed atBasantpur.

The proposed ring roadwill also provide better con-nectivity to Basantpur.

This apart, the proposed

ring road will also be helpfulin the expansion of the city tothe other side of the riverMahanadi. However, the delayhas now caused suspicionabout the implementation ofthe project.

When contacted, Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO),PWD, Seikh Muftar, however,said the tender for the con-struction of the first phasework has already beenfinalised but the project is yetto begin due to land issue.Around 41.83 acres privateland will be affected by theproject.

"Initially, the Governmenthad planned to purchase theland.

However, the peoplerefused to part with the landat the price fixed by theGovernment, delaying the pro-ject. However, we have writtento theGovernment to acquirethe land. Rs 10.87 crore will beneeded for land acquisition.

We will begin the work onthe project once the landacquisition process completes,"he added.

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The Freethought Party ofIndia (FPI) has expressed

deep concern and shock at theshow cause notice that theA D M - c u m - A d d i t i o n a lRegistrar of Societies,Bhubaneswar, has served onthe secretary of AMOFOI onSeptember 9, asking why theorganization should not be de-registered as it has been vio-lating the Hindu Marriage Actof 1955 while conducting the

marriages.The AMOFOI organisa-

tion has been in existence sinceDecember 10, 1980 and ispurely and frankly non-reli-gious, non-communal whoseactivities are not confined tothe provisions of the HinduMarriage Act of 1955.

Besides, opposing castesystem and promoting caste-less, priest-less love marriages,AMOFOI founder BRamchandra CST Voltaire hasbeen campaigning for intro-duction of the mixed PR sys-tem of election of the German model, establishment of prayerlessquality English mediumschools and family planningcentres at the Gram Panchayatlevel throughout rural Indiaand at the level of urban wards

of municipal admin-istration. Also, theAMOFOI has beensaving the lives of“runaway” couplesfrom honour killing.

Moreover AMO-FOI has never beenmandated to nor hasit ever asked to followthe provisions of theHindu Marriage Actof 1955 while it con-ducts the marriage ofrunaway pair oflovers. So, where isthe legitimate basisto threaten AMOFOIof de-registering,asked Voltaire?.

He urged ChiefSecretary Asit Tripathy to inter-vene in the matter and see thatthe show cause notice served

on the secretary of AMOFOI is withdrawn in theearliest.

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No solution came out in themeeting held on Tuesday

in the chamber of Joda BDO tosort out demand raised by oneBilashini Karua, wife ofMohanty Karua, a formeremlpoyee of Tata Sponge, whohas been sitting in dharna forover 145 days in front of themain gate of the factory atBilaipada under Joda block.

Deceased Mohanty, a per-manent employee of TataSponge, had died while onduty on August 4, 2006. It isalleged that the companyauthority had performed the

postmortem of the body with-out informing the next of thekin of the deceased.

When the bereaved fami-ly members raised the issuebefore the proper forum, thethen MD Ashok Pandit hadtried to contain the situation byoffering a company job to theson of the deceased .Accordingly ,his son worked inthe company but dispute start-ed when Deepak, the benefi-ciary, was thrown out of jobafter working for 3 years in theyear 2009. Since then thebereaved family members aretrying to get justice but of noresult.

However, the matter gothighlighted when Bilashini saton dharana what she has beencontinuing till today.

In the meanwhile, not onlyMeenakshi Mahanta, MLA,Champua , Chandrani Murmu,MP, Keonjhar, had given herassurances that she will begiven justice but also her prob-lem has come to the notice ofthe President of India and theNational Human RightCommission. The NHRC hadissued a direction to the ChiefSecretary and Collector,Keonjhar to submit an actiontaken report on the issue. Lasttime, Ashish Thakre, DM,Keonjhar, during his visit toJoda Municipality, had alsoassured Bilashini of solvingher problem shortly.

Accordingly, KhirodKumar Behera, Tehsildar,Barbil, who is also in charge ofJoda BDO, had called a meet-ing of both parties such asMD,Tata Sponge and Bilashini

in the Joda block office. WhileSanjay Patnaik, MD and threeother officers had attended themeeting from the companyside, Bilashini and her sonjoined it.

However, after the meeting,both the parties were firm ontheir respective stand .

While the company isoffering two jobs under con-tractor, Bilashini is demandinga permanent job. Similarly,while company is referringthat there is no such provisionin the company ,the com-plainant is demanding that herhusband was a permanentemployee

She further claimed thatwhile the company has givenjobs to the sons of otheremployees on the ground ofbeing unfit due to sickness ,then ,why her case will not beconsidered.However, TehsildarBehera opined that the disputecan be solved if either of twowould soften their stand.

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Respecting the neigh-bours, especially the

deprived people, andhelping the victims ofinjustice is the motto ofthe UniversalNeighbourhood Daycelebration, saidfounder of the day andsocial activistRadhakanta Tripathy while cel-ebrating the occasion atBarikpur Chowk here onTuesday.

This was the fourth con-secutive year of the celebrationof the day under leadership ofTripathy and it has been appre-ciated by the India Book ofRecords.

Tripathy, a Supreme Courtlawyer, said the aim of the cel-ebration is to recognise andrespect the neighbours.Wherever there is human exis-

tence, the importance of neigh-bours must be felt. The dutiesand responsibilities of eachand every one for neighboursshould be performed in a judi-cious manner, he added.

Residents of Naguan,Todanga, Jalamandua,Nirgundi gram panchayatsjoined the celebration. Amongothers, lawyer Prabas Barik,artist Kalandi Malik, educa-tionist Harekrushna Barik andSurendra Gochchayat were pre-sent.

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Odisha has been awarded as“Top State” for promoting

sports in the recently-con-cluded India Sports Summit.

Sports and Youth ServicesSecretary Vishal Dev receivedthe award at the national meetheld to promote Fit IndiaMovement.Receiving theaward, Dev said Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik is promotingsports in a big way with an aimto turn Odisha as a globalsports hub. The StateGovernment is extending allsupports to make Bhubaneswarthe sports capital of India.

The Government has allo-cated �266.31 crore for theSports and Youth Services

Department in the 2019-20Annual Budget.

The Secretary said there ishuge scope and potential of FitIndia that can be leveraged iffocus is given on the 70 percent of people living in villages.

There needs to be inculca-tion of the culture of sportsthrough a number of initiativesin the rural areas, he said.WhileSundargarh district has pro-duced many national and inter-national standard hockey play-ers, rural zones of Ganjamand Puri districts are known forweightlifting and wrestling,respectively.The Governmenthas planned to set up foursports centres in equal numberof cities to support buddingnew sports talents.

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Even though the police havelaunched a massive drive

against drug trade and nabbedsome of the kingpins, the flowof the narcotics to Baleswar dis-trict continues unabated.

In a glaring example,Excise Department personnelon Wednesday seized aboutone kg of brown sugar andarrested a person from theMill Badi area of Station Bazaarunder theJaleswar polices t a t i o n . T h earrestee wasidentified asSapan KumarPradhan.

Acting on atipoff, a jointraid was carriedout by sleuths ofCentral Excise

Intelligence wing of Cuttackand Jaleswar ExciseDepartment in Jaleswar area.During the search, brown sugarestimated to be worth aroundRs 1 crore was seized from thepossession of theaccused.Besides, the cops havealso seized a country made gunfrom the house of Pradhan. Sources said Pradhan was running the drugtrade in Mill Badi area for along time.

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Aminor girl was abducted bytwo youths and gangraped

in the Remuna area of districton Tuesday night. Police arrest-ed one of the accused in con-nection with the incident.

Reports said the girl wasreturning home from a fairwhen Hemant Bindhani andBabul Barik kidnapped her.They forcibly dragged her to anearby forest where theyallegedly raped her.

On the basis of a complaintlodged by the father of the vic-tim at the Durga Devi policeoutpost, a case has been regis-tered. While the Remuna policearrested Hemant, Babul is stillat large.“The medical exami-nation of the girl was conduct-ed at the District HeadquartersHospital on Wednesday. Effortsare on to apprehend an accused,who has absconded. Furtherinvestigation is underway,” apolice official said.

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The Baidyanathpur policehere arrested a woman on

the charge of impersonating asCentral Electric AuthorityChief and duping senior citi-zens of whopping �1.70 croreon the promise of returningdouble their amount in differ-ent pension schemes.

The woman was identifiedas Madhusmita Mohapatro(27), a resident of the Rambaarea. She was staying in a rent-ed house at Ayodha Nagar.

Madhusmita’s fraud cameto the fore after one TripuraPrasad Rath lodged a com-plaint with the police allegingthat she had taken moneyhfrom him to facilitate him getpension. The police conductedan investigation and arrested

her from Cuttack on Tuesday.During investigation, the

police got to know thatMadhusmita had taken �1.70crore from 16 senior citizens.The accused has been for-warded to court and furtherinvestigations are on said, SadarSDPO Bishnu Pati.

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Aman was thrashed to deathallegedly by his relatives

over a land dispute at Katapalivillage in Khaprakhol block ofBalangir district on Wednesday.

The dispute had been pre-vailing between PanchananPutel, the deceased, and his rel-atives. On Wednesday ataround 7 am, Panchanan’s rel-atives attacked him with lath-is, killing him on the spot.

Being informed, policereached the village with a sci-entific team and sniffer dogsand started investigation intothe incident.

On the other hand, two ofthe accused, identified asKhyamanidhi and PrashantPutel, surrendered beforepolice.

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The Guduri police arrestedfive persons in a ganja

smuggling case and seized 224kg of cannabis from their pos-session here.

The accused were bringingthe contraband fromChandrapur area for trans-portation to Bihar State.

Accused Jitu Kadraka is anexpert driver and on everyoccasion he renders service to

accused persons in trans-portation of contraband Ganjafor pecuniary benefits.

Also cash of �1 lakh wasseized from prime accusedGanapati Patika which he washaving for payments and tobear the cost of transportationof contraband ganja.

A Bolero Pick Up van bear-ing Regd No. OD-18-F 2263owned by Patika in which theganja was transported wasseized.

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The local Sikh community aswell as the president of

Baleswar GurudwaraCommittee have submitted amemorandum to Baleswar MPand Union Minister PratapChandra Sarangi urging him tolaunch a superfast trainbetween Puri and Amritsar.

Amar Singh Walia, a resi-dent of Baleswar and presidentof Baleswar Gurudwara, hassubmitted a memorandumurging the Minister for hisinitiative in this front when the550th Birth anniversary ofGuru Nanak Devji is celebrat-ed across the globe.

He mentioned, “There isan eternal bond betweenSikhism and Jagannath culturewhich has root since 16th cen-tury. Guru Nanak Devji hastravelled to Puri to have a dar-shan of Lord Jagannath in that

era .During his stay, his spiri-

tual powers were witnessed bythen Gajapati and other Sevaksof Lord Jagannath.

The testimonies which arestill standing tall in Puri areBauli mutt and Mangu Mutt.While residing in Puri, close tothe sea beach, Nanak Dev hadasked his devotees to fetchdrinking water. When thedevotees were in dilemmafrom where to bring sweetwater for their Guru, the latterasked them to dig the earth onwhich he was doing medita-tion.Surprisingly, that placedelivered sweet water. The wellexists at Bauli Mutt, claimedWalia.Similarly , in a placeclose to temple where NanakDev was reciting hymns ofLord Jagannath and doing bha-jans along with devotees under-neath a peepal tree is known asMangu Mutt. Further , Waliasaid one among Odisha bornperson , Himaat Rai foundplace among the first ‘PanchPaire’ which was formed by10th Guru, Gobind Singhji.

In 1699, the first five com-mitted men embraced Sikhismafter Khalsa panth was formedby the 10th Guru of Sikhism ,Guru Gobind Singhji.

Himmat Rai , born in Puridistrict on January 18 ,1661 ,who was among the first five ,Panj-Piare (five beloved) vol-unteered to sacrifice their livesin response to the call of theGuru Gobind Singhji andlater on known as BhaiHimmat Singh.

“In view of above perpet-ual bonds I urged the Ministerto take initiative in this scaredyear and act on our demand.This would be not only enrich-ment of cultures between reli-gions and communities , thetrain would boost tourismprospects too of both States,"observed Walia. “This wouldbe a great help to devotees ,tourists and other passengersof both States and en-routes,”he added, further adding thetrain from Puri should run viaBhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur,Bhadrak, Baleswar andKharagpur.

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BJP national general secre-tary and Odisha-in-charge

Arun Singh on Wednesdayclaimed that his party candi-date Sanat Gadtia would winthe Bijepur Assembly seat by ahuge margin of votes in theOctober 21 by-election.

“A grassroots level studyhas revealed that voters havedecided to vote for SanatGadtia since the Chief Ministerhas betrayed the people ofBijepur,” Singh told mediaper-sons at Bargarh.

MP Suresh Pujari andparty’s senior leader BijayMohapatra were present.Hesaid though the Chief Ministermade a lot of promises to thepeopleof the Bijepur con-stituency, including GangadharMeher JalasechanPrakalpa,nothing tangible has beenachieved.The health and edu-

cation problems continue asusual in spite of theassurancefrom the Chief Minister, hesaid. “There is Modi wave allover the country and the samealso prevailsall over westernOdisha that made clean sweepfor five MPs of theregion dur-ing the last general election.The will be repeated intheBijepur Assembly constituen-cy,” Singh said.

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Maoist posters, banners andleaflets surfaced again in

the district on Wednesday at

Deokupuli Chowk under theMuniguda police station. Later,police removed them withmuch caution as they suspect-ed, the Red rebels might haveattacked them to detonatorsand mines to harm the securi-ty forces.

The Maoist posters andbanners which stated to be putup by CPI(Maoist), OdishaState Committee demandedthe Government to shift theCRPF camp from Trilochanpur

gram panchayat office and tostop killing Maoist revolution-aries in fake encounters.

They have requested tomake the Maoist bandh onOctober 25 in Odisha andChhatisgarh bandh a sucess.The posters also demanded tostop atrocities in Kashmir andmidnight arrests by securityforces in Lanjigarh. Police arekeeping a vigil on the situationand the investigation is underprocess.

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The public-sector Nalcohas shut down 80 elec-

trolytic pots in the smelterplant here due to low genere-tion of power from its CaptivePower Plant (CPP) for acuteshortage of coal.

Since the coal supplyposition is not improving, inorder to secure the safety ofpots, Nalco may be forced tofurther shut down up to 227electrolytic pots in phases,depending upon the powergeneration in CPP, matchingwith coal receipt.

Even though the Nalcohas been allocated two coalblocks since long , it hasfailed to operate the minesand now is fully dependentupon the MahanadiCoalfields Limited (MCL) forsupply of coal to its CPP atAngul and Steam and PowerPlant at Damanjodi. TheNalco’s requirement of coalfor its CPP at Angul is around

17,000 tonnes per day. Atpresent, Nalco’s CPP is receiv-ing only around 8,000 – 9,000tonnes per day and there is ashortfall of around 7,000 –8,000 tonnes.

Due to this short supply,which is running since the lastseven weeks, the buffer stockof coal available with Nalco’sCPP has been exhausted.

Since the supply of coalhas not improved, Nalco hasbeen drawing around 190MW of power from the Stategrid. As on date, 80 elec-trolytic pots in the smelter

plant have been stopped."Presently five units of

total 10 of CPP, each of 120MW capacity, are shutdownand further shutdown of potswill severely affect the publicsector," told working presi-dent, Nalco ShramikCongress Union, Bibhab Jena.

Short supply of coal hasseverely impacted aluminiumproduction of Nalco and alsothe cost of power, as thepower purchased from thegrid is costly as compared tothe power produced by theNalco at its CPP.

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Workers of a private firmengaged in mining oper-

ations resorted to stoppage ofcoal production at Kaniha andLingaraj mines in TalcherCoalfields on Wednesday whilestoppage of operations by vil-lagers at Balram opencast projectcontinued on seventh consecu-tive day.Coal production of atleast 16,800 tonne a day atLingaraj OCP and about 18,000tonne a day at Kaniha OCP hasbeen affected due to the stoppageby the workers of VFPL engagedin mining operations.

Meanwhile, stoppage of min-ing operations at Balram

OCP by Danara villagers con-tinued on seventh consecutiveday. Coal despatch at BalramOCP was forcibly stopped by thevillagers on October 6, while theystopped over burden removal atMahalakshmi patch on Oct 10

and coal production from themine was stopped from secondshift on October 12.

Overburden removal ofabout 30,000 tonne a day, 10,000tonne of coal production andequal quantity of coal despatchto consumers, including Nalco,JITPL, JSPL, BSL and GMR, hasbeen affected at Balram OCP ofMCL. Till now, 1,10,000 tonnecoal supply, around 40,000 tonnecoal production and more than1.9 lakh tonne of over burdenremoval has been affected fromBalram OCP.On Tuesdayevening, villagers of Bhalugadianear Hingula OCP mine stoppedmining operations in protest ofalleged abusive remarks by sometrade union activist. the miningoperation resumed from secondshift on Wednesday after suc-cessful meeting between vil-lagers and the local project man-agement.Around 7,000 cubicmeter over burden removal andmore than 4,000 tonne coalproduction was reportedly affect-ed by the stoppage of Hingulamine.

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Ameeting of Rehabilitationand Periphery

Development AdvisoryCommittee (RPDAC)was heldhere on Tuesday to discussissues on the MCLdisplacedand their settlement. The meet-ing was held under the chair-manship of Revenue DivisionalCommissioner (NorthernDivision) T WapangAo,Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari,Brajrajnagar MLA KishoreMohanty, Northern Range DIGHimansu Lal, MCL CMD BNShukla, Jharsuguda CollectorSaroj Samal and SP AswiniMohanty. Besides, the peoplesrepresentatives and depart-ment officials were present.

A discussion was held on

the displaced and their reset-tlement, employment, com-pensation, apart from devel-opment work, pollution prob-lem and its likely solutions inthe locality.

The RDC said that majorproblems have been sorted outand rest will be solved withmany welfare works in thelocality. Bargarh MP Pujariassured that people will getback their rights. Discussionwas held for giving compensa-tion to the displaced and theirjob prospects.

Brajrajnagar MLAMohanty said that local prob-lems will be solved soon. TheDistrict Administration is alsotaking quick steps in thisregard, he added.

The RPDAC meeting washeld after an interval of twoyears and the general public iseagerly waiting for the outcomeof the meeting.

The displaced and affected

persons were not allowed toparticipate in this close doormeeting for which displeasurewas noticed along with protestsoutside the conference hall.

MCL CMD BN Shuklatold the mediapersons thatsome villagers are demandingmore compensation than pre-scribed under the R&R policy.These policies are drafted bythe Government, not by us.Despite this, we have time andagain made exceptions andhave amply compensated peo-ple in the Samaleshwari Mine.Of late attempts have beenmade by certain beneficiaries todisrupt production by demand-ing much more compensationthan prescribed by the StateGovernment.

In some situations, weeven agreed to pay Rs 6 lakhand deposited the some withthe State Government, yet, theencroachers have refused tovacate the land, he told.

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Locals blocked road after awoman died in a road acci-

dent on NH-16 at RandhaChhak under the Golantharapolice station in Ganjam dis-trict on Wednesday.

According to reports, oneKanak Behera of Chikarada vil-

lage was moweddown by a truckwhile she wascrossing road in themorning.

Later, iratelocals blocked theroad by burningtyres and demand-ed compensationfor the family ofthe deceased. Manyvehicles remainedstranded on both

sides of the road due to theblockade.

Police have seized the truckand detained the driver forquestioning.

Further investigation isunderway. Residents of thearea have been demandingconstruction of a flyover atRandha Chhak.

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An information booklet'Aama Jojana Aama

Adhikar' for deaf people waslaunched by Mission DeafInclusion (MDI), Odisha, aconsortium of four non-Government organizations ofthe State working for the well-being and empowerment ofdeaf children and young per-sons in rural communities,supported by Deaf ChildWorldwide, UK.

The voluntary organiza-tions are SNDAYP, Puri; LIPI-CA, Ganjam, CARD, Ganjamand SADHANA, Mayurbhanj.The launching ceremony wasorganized in NCSCDA-National Career Service Centrefor Differently-Abled, here.

Assistant Director, NCSC-DA, RK Sharma presided overthe meeting.

The chief guest of the pro-gramme was StateCommissioner for Persons withDisability Sulochana Das andthe guests were District SocialSecurity Officer SannyasBehera, representative ofSSEPD Government of OdishaBijaya Parida, Chief Executive,Odisha Association of the Deaf

PR Das, advisor to the StateCommissioner for Persons withDisabilities Lanu WanboyAimol, among others.

Convener of Mission DeafInclusion (MDI), Odisha,Ranjit Mahapatra delivered thewelcome address.Advisor,MDI, Odisha Pravakar Sahooshared the experience of work-ing with deaf people in ruralcommunity and set the groundby sharing the purpose of theaugust gathering.

The guests on the daisunveiled the booklet for thepublic. The copies of the book-let were distributed among theaudience for larger circula-tion, use and experience.

Bijaya Parida, ChiefExecutive, Odisha Associationof the Deaf, being a deaf per-son himself shared about the

difficulties of deaf personswhen visiting to differentoffices. He shared his ownexperience of being remainingisolated of information.

Sannyash Behera said thatthe information presented inthe booklet contains picturesand sign language pictures thathelp deaf people to under-stand easily.

PR Das, shared his longexperience of working in thefield of disability and said thatdeafness is an invisible disabil-ity. Lanu Wanboy Aimolemphasized the need of signlanguage and interpretation ofdeaf people.

Chief guest Sulochana Dassaid that the booklet providesinformation in a very compre-hensive manner in pictures, insign language and in Odia.

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Anational workshop onnutri-cereals was inaugu-

rated by Chief Secretary AsitTripathy at the Krushi Bhawanhere on Wednesday.

Tripathy said, "The OdishaMillet Mission was launched inthe year 2017 and now it hasbeen extended to 72 blocks in14 districts in tribal areas.Odisha is also the first State tointroduce millets in public dis-tribution system. The NitiAayog has recognised Odishaas a progressive model State innutri-cereals. The NationalMillet Mission started in theyear 2018 has provided furtherboost to the campaign in theState". Sri Tripathy added,"Farmer is the key stakeholderin millet production and con-sumption activities and as such,all activities of the Mission

should be farmer centric".Agriculture Production

Commissioner PradeeptaKumar Mohapatra said, "TheOdisha Milliet has become amodel for other States. TheGovernment of India has rec-ommended other States to fol-low the Odisha model".

Agriculture and Farmer'sEmpowerment SecretarySourav Garg said, "The StateGovernment has already start-ed procurement of surplus mil-let from the farmers. This yearthe procurement target has

been enhanced to 1 lakh ton.The Government is planningfor inclusion of suitable milletsin ICDS, MDM and PDS.

Country Relations ofInternational Crops ResearchInstitute for the Semi-AridTropics (ICRISAT), DrArabinda Kumar Padhee saidpeople of south and westOdisha possessed skill of mil-let production over genera-tions. The high lands of theState have vast scope for mil-let cultivation as well. TheICRISAT would provide thetechnology and internationalbest practices for improvingproductivity in the State.

On the occasion, 14 lead-ing millet farmers from differ-ent millet growing districtsalong with representatives ofleading NGOs Pragati andPradhan were awarded.

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Ashok Chandra Panda, JeevanBindu chief coordinatorDebashish Samantray, MLASushant Kumar Rout, PranabKumar Balabantray, SoumyaRanjan Patnaik, MP Dr AmarPatnaik, BJD general secretaryand Jeevan Bindu State coor-dinator Bijay Kumar Nayak,Minority Cell president MunaKhan, BCJD president RanaPratap Patra, BJD Mahila Stateworking president LopamudraBaxipatra were present.

Notably, the BJD hadlaunched the Jeevan Binduprogramme on the 99th birth-day of former Chief MinisterBiju Patnaik on March 5, 2015.Since then, it has been holdingblood donation camps acrossthe State with the motto,Raktadana Mahapunya’ andthe programme has turned tobe a mass movement in col-lection of blood.

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The BR Life Kalinga Hospitalrecently added another

feather to its cap by perform-ing the first-ever TransjugularIntrahepatic PortosystemicShunt (TIPS) in Odisha on a46-year-old patient to treatchronic cirrhotic liver.

The person, a case ofchronic alcoholic liver cirrho-sis, complained of jaundice,

bloating of stomach and vom-iting blood; and upon investi-gation he was diagnosed tohave three litres of liquid accu-mulated in his abdomen.However, it kept recurring anddeteriorating his health further.

Later, BR Life’s Vascularand Interventional RadiologistConsultant Dr SibasankarDalai and Anesthesia HODDr Sanghamitra Mishra per-formed TIPS surgery.

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Some miscreantssuspected to be

liquor mafiaallegedly attacked ajournalist inChandragiri underthe Mohana policestation in Gajapatidistrict on Tuesdaynight.

The journalistidentified as SrihariPradhan is working with avernacular Odia daily.

Sources said Pradhan wasreturning home at night whenhe was attacked by a group ofmiscreants near Chandragirifor his reports on illegal man-ufacturing of liquor in thearea.Following the attack,Pradhan sustained grievousinjuries. He was initially takento the Chandragiri hospitalfor treatment and later shifted

to the MKCG Medical CollegeHospital in Brahmapur fortreatment.

He had recently reportedagainst the illegal liquor tradein the region.

He also alleged two per-sons of threatening him if helodges a complaint againstthem.

Pradhan has urged theGajapati SP to take necessaryaction against the culprits.

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To eradicate blindness, theState Government has

decided to introduce mobileeye treatment centres in 10more districts and put up per-manent eye treatment facility in50 more Community HealthCentres (CHCs).

It was revealed at a reviewmeeting on the “Sunetra’ yojanaheld under the chairmanship ofHealth and Family WelfareSecretary here on Wednesday.

It was revealed that8,14,483 school students hadchecked up their eyes and, ofthem, 25,360 were found to

have problems invision. A total of 8,929students were provid-ed spectacles free ofcost.

Now, 183 CHCshave eye treatmentfacility and six eyebanks are working inthe State. As many as712 persons haddonated eyes and 514patients got eye trans-plantation by September thisyear. Cataract operation wasconducted on 49,328 persons.

Among others,Empowerment CommitteeChairman Dr TP Dash,

Sunetra CEO Yamini Sarangi,Additional Secretary SushantMohapatra, Joint SecretarySmita Biswal and Public HealthDirector Dr Ajit Mohanty werepresent.

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Bhairav Mahotsav’ kicked-offwith vibrant and tradition-

al tone at Bhairav Sthan,Bhojudih in Polkiri villageunder Chandankiyari block ofBokaro district on Wednesday.

The two-day Mahotsav—an effort to bringChandankiyari in the list ofimportant religious touristmaps of Jharkhand— was inau-gurated by GovernorJharkhand Droupadi Murmu.

The programme wasorganised by JharkhandTourism Department in jointassociation with the Bokarodistrict administration, wherepeople rejuvenated the tone ofIndian classical music, Chhaudance and enjoyed several cul-

tural programmes on the firstday.

Artists from State andother parts of the countryenthralled the audiences. Abook 'Virashat' was alsoreleased on theoccasion.Speaking on the occa-sion Governor said, “Jharkhandhas immense tourism potentialconsidering its demography,rich ancient tribal culture andwildlife sanctuary.”

"Blessed with nature’sunlimited bounty and blessingslike hills, mountains, forests,and waterfalls, Jharkhand anunsurprisingly rich State makesa perfect holiday destination, she said adding,"Tourism must be utilized as avehicle for economic develop-ment."

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Blaming the Governmentfor the current state of eco-

nomic crisis and unemploy-ment in the country, the Leftparties on Wednesday held aprotest rally at Jantar Mantarand said the BJP-led NDA dis-pensation's "negative policies"has affected the economy.

Left leaders like CPI(M)general secretary SitaramYechury, Secretary, AIPWA,Kavita Krishnan and CPI gen-eral secretary D Raja along withthe party workers led theprotest and marched towardsthe Parliament street policestation, where barricades wereplaced.

The left parties alleged thatthe government was "plunder-ing" the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) and banks to bailout cor-porates, instead of boostingdemand by raising minimumwages, old-age pension.

Yechury, while addressingthe demonstration, pointedout that the economic slow-down in the country is a directresult of the "negative policiesof the Government". He said

this includes demonetisationand faulty implementation ofGST, which have adverselyaffected the economy.

"India's economy wasalready reeling under increas-ing unemployment, price rise,retrenchment and livelihoodissues. The Modi Governmenthas been ignoring the high rateof unemployment, contractsystem, low wages and agrari-an crisis. This has put hugeburdens on the vast workingsections of the country," hesaid.

The parties also allegedthat the Government has with-drawn �1.76 lakh crore fromthe RBI and instead of using itfor public expenditure, whichcan generate new jobs andincrease domestic demand, itwants to compensate the fiscaldeficit of �1.70 lakh crore,which was a result of demon-etisation and Goods andServices Tax (GST).

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President Ram Nath Kovindw i l l

embark ona week-longtwo-nationtrip to thePhilippinesand Japan,s t a r t i n gOctober 17.He will visitt h ePhilippinesfrom October 17-21 and Japanfrom October 21-23.

Vijay Thakur Singh, MEASecretary (East), said: "ThePresident's visit to thePhilippines is being undertak-en with a view to carry forwardthe high-level engagement thatwe have with them."

"The Philippines is a keypartner of India in the ASEANregion and relations with thePhilippines have been friend-ly and we have common valuesand our economic relation-ship has been growing," shetold reporters.

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Indians are opting more forexotic and crossbred cattle

than the desi ones, as per thelatest livestock census report.While the population of desicattle in India has declined bynearly one crore in the lastseven years — between the lastlivestock Census in 2012 to thecurrent one in 2019 to be precise — the population ofexotic and crossbred cattle haswitnessed an increase of 1.14crore during the same period.Interestingly, the overall livestock numbers have, however, increased with thefemale cow population registering an 18 percent rise.

The total livestock popula-tion is 535.78 million, anincrease of 4.6 percent, as com-pared to the previous census. Asper the report, the population ofdesi cattle is estimated at 142.11million compared to the previ-ous 2012 census figure of 151.17

million. There is a decline of 6% in the total Indigenous/non-descript cattle population overthe previous census. However,the pace of decline ofIndigenous/ Non-descript cattlepopulation during 2012-2019 ismuch lesser than as compared tothe 2007-12 which was about 9percent. The population ofdesi cattle is decreasing since1992, when it population wasrecorded at 189.37 million.

The 20th Livestock Censuswas carried out in about 6.6lakh villages and 89000 urbanwards across the country cov-ering more than 27 crores ofhouseholds and non-house-holds.

The female cattle or cowpopulation is 145.12 millionwhich an increase of 18 percentover the previous census whiletotal milch animals (cows andbuffaloes) is estimated 125.34million, an increase of 6 per-cent over the last census. Thisis an indicator that farmers pre-

fer to crossbreds to get moremilk. According to farmers,indigenous cow gives 700-800litres over a 300-305 days lac-tation cycle, compared to 4000-5000 litres of crossbreds.

The latest census alsopoints that the exotic andcrossbred cattle population hasjumped to 50.42 million in2019 as compared to 39 millionin 2012.

The total bovine popula-tion (cattle, buffalo, mithun andyak) is 302.79 million whichshows an increase of about onepercent over the last census.The total number of cattle inthe country is 192.49 million,an increase of 0.8 percent ascompared to the last census.The population of buffaloes is109.85 million showing anincrease of about 1.0 percentover previous census.

The total population ofsheep is 74.26 million, anincrease of 14.1 percent whilegoat population is 148.88 mil-

lion, an increase of 10.1 percentover the previous census.There is a decline of 12.01 per-cent in pig's population in thecountry. Pig is 9.06 million inthe country while the com-bined population of other live-stock including mithun, yak,horses, pornies, mule, don-keys and camel is 1.24 million.

As per the report, the totalpoultry in the country is 851.81million, an increase of 16.8 per-cent from 729.2 million in 2012.The total birds in the backyardpoultry is 317.07 million whichis showing an increase of 46 per-cent as compared to the previ-ous census. On the other hand,the total commercial poultry is534.74 million which is anincrease of 4.5 percent overprevious census.

In 2012, India's livestockpopulation — including cattle,buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs,horses and ponies, mules, don-keys, camels, mithun and yaks- was 51.2 crore, a fall of 3.3%

over the previous census, con-ducted in 2007. Cattle countdeclined from 19.9 crore in2007 to 19 crore in 2012.

The Livestock Census hasbeen conducted in the countryperiodically since 1919-20. TheLivestock Census covers alldomesticated animals and itsheadcounts. So far 19 such cen-suses have been conducted inparticipation with StateGovernments and UTAdministrations.

Officials said that the enu-meration was done both inrural and urban areas. "Variousspecies of animals (Cattle,Buffalo, Mithun, Yak, Sheep,Goat, Pig, Horse, Pony, Mule,Donkey Camel, Dog, Rabbitand Elephant)/poultry birds(Fowl, Duck, Emu, Turkeys,Quail and other poultry birds)possessed by the households,household enterprises/non-household enterprises andinstitutions have been countedat their site," they said.

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The National Council ofEducational Research and

Training (NCERT) is planningto review the 14-year-oldNational CurriculumFramework (NCF) in accor-dance with a new nationaleducation policy (NEP) and setup a committee for the pur-pose.

According to NCERTDirector Hrushikesh Senapaty,the council is going to announcea committee by the end of thismonth which will revisit theNCF to bring it on lines of thenew education policy.

The NCF has been revisedfour times so far — in 1975,1988, 2000 and 2005. Thenew proposed revision will bethe fifth of the framework. "Weare just waiting for the new education policy to befinalised and a committee forreviewing the NCF will beannounced by month-end.The committee, however, willkeep NEP as the base of revi-sion. Ultimately the textbookswill be revised as per the newframework," Senapaty toldmews agencies.

"It has been over 14 yearssince the last framework wasrevised. We did review thetextbooks in last two years butonce the new education policyis in place, the curriculumframework will need thoroughrevision," he said. The councilis also undertaking a survey in

six blocks to analyse the quality of primary educationavailable and the areas thatneed change.

"The blocks that have beenidentified for the preliminarysurvey are in Shillong, Mysore,Rajasthan, Bhopaland Orissa. Ateam of NCERT officials is vis-iting each of the block and con-ducting the survey. Once thefinding are received, the surveywill be conducted in moreareas and the findings will alsobe reviewed for the new curriculum framework,"Senapaty said.

The revision of NCERTtextbooks has also been rec-ommended in the new educa-tion policy draft. It has beenadvised that the textbooksshould be revised to containonly the essential core materi-al in each subject, keeping inmind a constructivist, discov-ery-based, analysis-based,engaging, and enjoyable style oflearning.

A panel led by formerIndian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) chief KKasturirangan had submittedthe draft of the new nationaleducation policy to UnionHuman Resource DevelopmentMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal'Nishank' when he took charge.The draft was then put in public domain to seek feedbackfrom various stakeholders andover two lakh suggestions werereceived by the HRD Ministryabout the same.

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All the technological, cultural and social

advances of the last fewdecades notwithstanding, soci-ety is failing its kids in pro-viding healthy diets. For, atleast one in three childrenunder five across the globe aresuffering due to poor diets andfaulty food system, a latestreport of the United NationsChildren's Fund (UNICEF)has said.

The alarming revelationcomes just months after astudy in the Lancet warnedthat two-thirds of the 1.04million deaths in childrenunderfive years in India are stillattributable to malnutrition.This accounts for 68.2 percent of the total under-5deaths, translating into 706,000deaths (due to malnutrition).

As per the 'The State of theWorld's Children 2019:Children, food and nutrition'at least 1 in 3 children underfive - or over 200 million - iseither undernourished or over-weight. Almost 2 in 3 childrenbetween six months and twoyears of age are not fed foodthat supports their rapidlygrowing bodies and brains.

This puts them at risk of poorbrain development, weaklearning, low immunity,increased infections and, inmany cases, death, warns thereport.

"Despite all the technolog-ical, cultural and socialadvances of the last fewdecades, we have lost sight ofthis most basic fact: If childreneat poorly, they live poorly,"said Henrietta Fore, UNICEFExecutive Director.

"Millions of children sub-sist on an unhealthy dietbecause they simply do nothave a better choice. The waywe understand and respond tomalnutrition needs to change:It is not just about getting chil-dren enough to eat; it is aboveall about getting them theright food to eat. That is ourcommon challenge today."

The report provides themost comprehensive assess-ment yet of 21st century childmalnutrition in all its forms. Itdescribes a triple burden ofmalnutrition: Undernutrition,hidden hunger caused by a lackof essential nutrients, and over-weight among children underthe age of five.

The report warns that pooreating and feeding practices

start from the earliest days ofa child's life. Though breast-feeding can save lives, forexample, only 42 per cent ofchildren under six months ofage are exclusively breastfedand an increasing number ofchildren are fed infant formu-la. Sales of milk-based formu-la grew by 72 per cent between2008 and 2013 in upper mid-dle-income countries such asBrazil, China and Turkey,largely due to inappropriatemarketing and weak policiesand programmes to protect,promote and support breastfeeding.

As children begin transi-tioning to soft or solid foodsaround the six-month mark,too many are introduced to thewrong kind of diet, accordingto the report. Worldwide, closeto 45 per cent of childrenbetween six months and two

years of age are not fed anyfruits or vegetables. Nearly 60per cent do not eat any eggs,dairy, fish or meat.

As children grow older,their exposure to unhealthyfood becomes alarming, drivenlargely by inappropriate mar-keting and advertising, theabundance of ultra-processedfoods in cities but also inremote areas, and increasingaccess to fast food and highlysweetened beverages.

In India too, two-thirds ofthe 1.04 million deaths in chil-dren under five years in Indiaare still attributable to malnu-trition. According to a reportpublished in the The LancetChild & Adolescent Health bythe India State-Level DiseaseBurden malnutrition in chil-dren varies 7-fold among theStates and is highest inRajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Biharand Assam, followed byMadhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh, Odisha,Nagaland and Tripura.

It said malnutrition con-tinue to be the leading risk fac-tor for death in children underfive years, and is also the lead-ing risk factor for disease bur-den for all ages consideredtogether in most States.

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Fearing a setback in Haryanaand Maharashtra, the top

Congress leadership hasrefrained itself from goingahead with a full-throttle pollcampaign for the October 21Assembly election in the twoStates.

While Congress presidentSonia Gandhi will address justone public rally in Haryana, herpredecessor Rahul Gandhi hasmade a late entry in the cam-paign after returning fromBangkok.

Former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh too will jointhe party's campaign in only inthe last lap and that too, just inneighboring Haryana.

Congress GeneralSecretary Priyanka GandhiVadra, who jumped into main-stream politics couple ofmonths before the Lok Sabhapolls, and is in the star cam-paigner list for both the States,is yet to hit the campaign trailand that has caused worry inthe grand old party which isalso reportedly hit by cashcrunch to meet the pollexpenses.

The campaigning in boththe states will come to an endon Saturday. Contrary to theCongress, the top ruling partyleaders including PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah

have addressed many rallies inboth the States.

While the Congress, whichis fighting internal squabblingin both the States, is againbanking on a reluctant RahulGandhi, who as per AICCsources did not show any inter-est in the selection of even thecandidates for the polls. Rahulhas so far addressed five ralliesin Maharashtra and one inHaryana while Sonia andManmohan Singh will join theparty's campaign only in its fagend at Mahendragarh districton Friday. The former PM,however, will address two Pressconferences in Mumbai and inChandigarh during the nexttwo days of campaign.

Congress is facing elec-tions after Rahul Gandhiresigned as party chief follow-ing the debacle in Lok Sabhapolls and Sonia Gandhi waschosen as interim president ofthe party by the CongressWorking Committee (CWC)."Sonia has kept a low profileand is yet to address her firstrally. This is a cause of worryas party workers were moti-

vated soon after she took overas the boss," sources said.

While BJP has been talkingof achievements of abrogationof special status to Jammu &Kashmir under Article 370,triple talaq etc, Congress hasbeen taking on the BJP-ledGovernment on the economicslowdown and restlessness perse jobs.

The Congress is fightingthe Haryana polls on its ownunder the leadership of formerChief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda, it is in alliancewith NCP in Maharashtra andfaces an uphill task to counterthe image of Modi.

Rahul's rallies, have, infact, seen the absence of pop-ular Mumbai leaders likeMilind Deora and SanjayNirupam. The candidates tooare not getting enough funds tosupport and sustain their cam-paigns. Many Congress candi-dates in Maharashtra claimedthat they have not been givenany party funds for their cam-paign. Usually, the party givesaround �10 lakh to each candidate.

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In a major success for thesecurity forces, the Jammu &

Kashmir Police on Wednesdayarrested the most wanted mas-termind of stone pelting indowntown Srinagar, HayatDar, from the State Capital.The Intelligence-based opera-tion to nab Dar was carried outfollowing inputs suggestinghis renewed role in master-minding stone-pelting post-abrogation of special status toJammu & Kashmir underArticle 370 on August 5.

Dar is alleged to have beeninstigating the area residents ofAnchar Lake and Soura local-ities in Srinagar for indulgingin stone pelting against thesecurity forces as also disturb-ing the law and order situation.

Dar was in the past bookedunder the stringent PublicSafety Act besides three casesunder anti-terror law UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act.

Sources said Dar was alsoin regular touch with the ter-ror operators in Pakistan and issaid to have been indulging inrumour mongering to incitepeople for hitting the security

forces and maximise the impactof such illegal acts. Dar was onthe radar of the agencies inJammu & Kashmir as a dis-cernible pattern was noticed inthe protests and stone peltingafter the annulment of theprovisions of Article 370 andother inputs also suggested hisrole in vitiating the law andorder situation.

The agencies are expectedto jointly interrogate Dar tounravel the larger nexus behindstone pelting and modusoperandi of such activities andthe network of operators acrossthe Valley and their patronagefrom Pakistan besides the fund-ing mechanism. Officials expectthe role and the financing pat-ter will also be unraveled dur-ing Dar's grilling by the sleuths.

Inputs also indicate a por-tion of the proceeds from ille-gal farming of opium in SouthKashmir by the cadres ofPakistan-based terror groups inthe Valley is used for fundingstone pelting across the Valley.Other funding mechanismsinclude money transfersthrough hawala operators bythe Lashkar-e-Tayyba andJaish-e-Mohammad.

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The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD)

announced that the southwestmonsoon has withdrawn com-pletely from the entire countryon Wednesday, just 8-9 daysafter it started receding fromnorthwest India.

Its withdrawal onWednesday was accompaniedby the arrival of the northeastmonsoon, which is the prima-ry rainy season for Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh, Karnatakaand Kerala. This is also perhapsthe fastest withdrawal of thesouthwest monsoon.According to the IMD, it wasalso unusual since both thewithdrawal of southwest mon-soon and arrival of the north-east monsoon took place on thesame day — October 16.

"The Southwest Monsoon

has withdrawn from the entirecountry and simultaneouslyNortheast Monsoon rains havecommenced over Tamil Naduand adjoining areas of AndhraPradesh, Karnataka andKerala," the IMD said in a state-ment.

Normally, the monsoonbegins withdrawing aroundSeptember 1, with the retreatcomplete by October 15. Thisyear, though, the retreat beganon October 9, marking thelongest ever delay, and wascomplete by October 16.

Unlike the southwest mon-soon which brings rainfall overthe entire country, north-eastmonsoon brings rainfall onlyover Tamil Nadu, coastalAndhra Pradesh, Rayalseema,Kerala, and south-interiorKarnataka during October toDecember. It is also crucial forcultivation of rabi crops such as

wheat.The four-month southwest

monsoon season is crucial forIndia, as it accounts for over75% of the country's annualrainfall. It determines the agri-cultural production and thusimpacts the economy. Unlikelast year, when 9% below nor-mal rains left various parts ofthe country reeling underdroughts, the seasonal rainfallthis year was in excess of 10%.

The IMD said that acyclonic circulation lies overeast-central Arabian Sea offsouth Karnataka coast at lowerlevels. A trough runs fromnorth Sri Lanka coast to abovecyclonic circulation at lowerlevels.

A trough in easterlies runsfrom southwest Bay of Bengaloff south Tamil Nadu coast towest-central Bay of Bengal atlower levels, it added.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Wednesday reservedits verdict on a plea by a deathrow convict seeking review ofthe apex court's judgementaffirming the capital punish-ment imposed on him for "hor-ribly" gang-raping a minor girland killing her along with her

brother in Coimbatore in 2010.A three-judge bench of

Justices R F Nariman, SanjivKhanna and Surya Kantreserved the judgement andasked the counsel appearing forthe state to file written sub-missions within a week."HeardSiddharth Luthra, senior advo-

cate, appearing on behalf of thepetitioner. He has furnished adetailed written submission,which will be considered by us.We give one week's time toYogesh Kanna, counsel appear-ing on behalf of the State do so.Judgment reserved," the benchsaid. PTI

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Wednesday agreedto hear on October 18 a plea seeking directions for interimprotective measures forinsuring around 15 lakh cus-tomers whose money isblocked in the scam-hit PMCBank.

The Punjab & Maharashtra

Co-operative Bank has beenput under restrictions by theReserve Bank of India (RBI)following the discovery of a�4,355-crore scam.

Deposit withdrawals havebeen capped at �40,000 over asix-month period, causingpanic and distress among the depositors. PTI

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Wednesday depre-cated the attempts made forrecusal of a judge from aConstitution bench hearingchallenges to provisions of theLand Acquisition Act saying itis nothing but a ploy of "benchhunting" which, if allowed,"would destroy the institu-tion".

The top court said ifrequest of parties demandingthat Justice Arun Mishra be

recused from the five-judgeConstitution bench is accept-ed, it would be the "blackestchapter in history" as an"onslaught is going on to tamethe judiciary".

The bench, also compris-ing justices Indira Banerjee,Vineet Sharan, M R Shah andS Ravindra Bhat, said it wouldpronounce order on October23 on the plea seeking therecusal.

"This is nothing but an

attempt of bench hunting andyou want a person of your lik-ing to be in the bench. If weallow your request and acceptyour view for recusal of judge,it will be destroying the insti-tution. This is a serious issueand history will judge it thateven senior counsel wereinvolved in this attempt,"Justice Mishra told senioradvocate Shyam Divan,appearing for some farmerassociation. PTI

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Less than 48 hours after thebrutal killing of Rajasthan

truck driver in Shopian, anoth-er non-local labourer fromChhattisgarh was shot dead incold blood by terrorists inNehama area of SouthKashmir's Pulwama district onWednesday.

In another operation, firstafter the postpaid mobile ser-vices were resumed in Kashmirvalley, the joint teams of secu-rity forces eliminated threeLashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) ter-rorists in Anantnag districtduring the night long operation.

According to police, "thedeceased labourer, identified asSethi Kumar Sagar, was work-ing in a local brick kiln to earnhis livelihood".

Sagar was targeted by theterrorists while he was heading

towards work early Wednesdaymorning.

His dead body was lying ina pool of blood when a localpolice party arrived on thespot. Police said, the terroristshad pumped in bullets from avery close range.

Two back to back incidentsof target killing of outsidersfrom Kashmir Valley hasalready triggered fresh wave ofpanic among the local farmers,waiting to harvest their applecrop in the orchards. ShariefKhan, a truck driver fromRajasthan was killed lateMonday evening in Shopianwhile he was transporting appleboxes outside the State.

Responding to the securi-ty concerns of local farmers inthe area, a top ArmyCommander of Srinagar basedChinar Corps, Lt-Gen KJSDhillon Wednesday said all

possible security will be pro-vided to the farmers so thatthey can reap the harvest.

Interacting with thereporters, Lt-Gen Dhillon said,"The farmers will be allowed tosell their fruits to whomsoev-er they want to. I would assuresecurity to all farmers inKashmir, it'll be provided by theState. It is our responsibility.”

Sharing details of the nightlong operation, Policespokesman in Srinagar said, "a cordon and search operationwas launched on the interven-ing night of Tuesday andWednesday in Pazalpora area ofAnantnag after receiving a spe-cific tip off about the presenceof terrorists in the area from thedistrict police.

Police spokesman said, "assecurity forces tightened thecordon and approached ahouse, the house owner resist-ed saying that no one was pre-sent at their premises". Withoutpaying any heed, the securityforces carried on with theiroperation.

The first contact with thehiding terrorists was estab-lished in the wee hours around2.30 am as they first opened fireat the approaching securityforces, police spokesman said.

In the ensuing encounter,the entire house came downdue to the gun fight, they said,adding that the bodies havebeen handed over to the fam-ilies for their burial.

Police spokesman said, thekilled terrorists have been iden-tified as Nasir Gulzar residentof Kharpora ArwaniAnantnag, Aqib Ahmad Hajamresident of Redwani PayeenKulgam and Zahid HussainLone resident of TakiyaMasood Shah Bijbehara.

All the killed terrorists asper police records were affili-ated with proscribed terroroutfit LeT and were wanted bylaw for their complicity in aseries of terror crimes includ-ing attack on security estab-lishments and civilian atroci-ties.

According to the police

records, all of them had a his-tory of terror crime cases andwere part of groups involved inplanning & executing terrorattacks in the area and manyother civilian atrocities.

As per the records avail-able with police, Nasir Gulzarwas involved in case FIR No.84/2018 of PS AchabalAnantnag pertaining to terrorattack at police guardKhulchora Ranipora Achabalon 07 September 2018.

Aaqib Ahmad Hajam wasalso involved in planning andexecuting series of terrorattacks on security establish-ments and many other civilianatrocities in the area. He wasinvolved in case FIR NO.23/2017, 16/2019, 28/2019 and31/2019. Similarly ZahidHussain Lone was part of ter-ror groups responsible for ter-ror attacks in the area.

Incriminating materialincluding arms & ammunitionwere recovered from the site ofencounter, police spokesmansaid.

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Fishermen along the 7,516km long Indian coastline are

in for a bonanza as the scien-tists and engineers of the IndianNational Centre for OceanInformation Services (INCOIS)at Hyderabad have come outwith a state-of-the-art instru-ment that gives out a plethoraof real time information aboutthe oceans and sea surroundingthe peninsular region.

Though the INCOIS, func-tioning under the Ministry ofEarth Sciences, have been com-ing out with innovative prod-ucts for the benefit of the fish-ermen community likePotential Fishing Zone (PFZ)where there would be aggre-gation of fish catch whichhelped in saving precious fuel

as well as time spent in the sea,the data and real time infor-mation eluded the fishers oncethey crossed the distance of 10to 12 km from the shore.

This is because the fisher-men usually travel up to 300nautical miles and beyond toconduct multiday fishing oper-ations. Fishermen along theTamil Nadu and Kerala coastshad told The Pioneer that eachfishing operation means threeto four weeks stay in the seaand beyond the reach of telecommunication systems.“Once we cross the 10 km dis-tance from the shore, we goincommunicado as mobilephones and high frequencyradios go off ,” said Jayapalayan,a marine engineer-turned-fish-ermen activist based inChennai.

This handicap came in the

way in disseminating the infor-mation about the Ockhicyclone (November/December,2017), when fishermen hadgone deep sea fishing before theonset of the cyclone. “We couldnot inform them about thedeveloping cyclone. This com-munication gap resulted inloss of life, serious injuries tothose rescued and severe dam-ages to fishing boats and fish-ing gear,” said TM Balakr-ishnan, senior scientist ,INCOIS, who lead the team ofresearchers in developing afoolproof mechanism to dis-seminate information aboutocean state forecasts, high wavealerts, tsunami and high wavesurges even to fishermen inhigh seas.

Thanks to the collaborativeresearch and development ini-tiative by INCOIS and the

Airport Authority of India,fishermen would start gettingthe services of Gemini. It hasnothing to do with the zodiacsign as well as astrologybecause the term stands for thethird astrological sign as per theHindu system of astrology.Readers are aware of GAGAN(GPS Aided Geo AugmentedNavigation ) Satellite Systemthrough which INCOIS used totransmit details about PFZ andother ocean state conditions forthose who are dependent onocean for their livelihood.

GAGAN system consists ofthree geosynchronous satel-lites (GSAT-8, GSAT-10 andGSAT-15). GAGAN foot-printcovers the entire Indian Oceanround the clock. “To receive themessages transmitted throughthe GAGAN satellites, INCOIStogether with AAI developed a

low-cost GAGAN system-enabled GEMINI (GAGANEnabled Mariner's Instrumentfor Navigation andInformation) device and elec-tronically designed and manu-factured by a private industryM/S Acord, Bangalore underMake in India Program,” DrBalakrishnan told The Pioneer.

He explained that the GEM-INI device receives and transfersthe data received from GAGANto a mobile through Bluetoothcommunication.“A mobile appli-cation developed by INCOISdecodes and displays the infor-mation in nine regional lan-guages,” said Dr Balakrishnan.Fishermen will start gettingdetails about Potential FishingZones three days in advance andthis would give them enoughtime and space to set sail for thecatch well in advance.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Wednesday released a bookmentioning the exploits of herGovernment in the past eightyears “in comparison to theprevious Governments in thepreceding 64 years.”

Releasing the booklet theChief Minister said that theState had since her coming topower in 2011 marched aheadin every respect “if comparedto the previous Governmentsthat ruled for 64 years Bengalpost Independence.”

The Chief Minister said“our tax revenue has gone upmore than three-fold,” andadded the State had witnessedan 11-time increase in capitalexpenditure which has led tothe “massive development inthe infrastructure develop-ment.”

Stating that the “main goalof the government is to take theState ahead in the path ofdevelopment,” making it num-ber one state in the countryBanerjee said Bengal’s plannedexpenditure had gone up morethan six times while the agri-cultural growth had witnesseda nine-fold jump.

Earlier writing on WorldFood Day Banerjee remindedhow her Government hadensured food security to morethan 8 crore people of theState.

“today is World Food Day.We have ensured the foodsecurity of more than 8.5 crore”of Bengal through KhadyaSathi Scheme, adding how her government had providedspecial assistance to the people of Jangalmahal and thehills (of North Bengal) apart from catering to theneeds of Aila-hit areas ofSunderbans as well as the dis-placed farmers of Singur andthe workers of the closed teagardens.

“Special assistance is alsoprovided to the people ofJangalmahal and Hill areas,Aila-affected areas, farmers ofSingur, tea garden workers &Toto tribe,” she maintained.

Later in the day the ChiefMinister visited the house ofIndia’s latest Nobel LaureateAbhijit Vinayak Banerjee whereshe met her mother also aneconomist for more than half-an-hour and discussed herGovernment’s economic poli-cies with her.

“We are proud to be

Indians and Bengalis that aAbhijit babu has received NobelPrize along with her wife for hiswork on poverty alleviation. Infact our Government has alsotaken a whole lot of stepsregarding this and during mymeeting with his mother Irelated many of such schemesto her.

“I have directed the HomeSecretary and otherGovernment officials to keepher posted about our developmental activities fromtime to time so that we can be helped Mr Banerjee’s invalu-able advice,” the Chief Ministersaid adding she was proud ofanother Bengali personalitySourav Ganguly who had beennominated as the next presi-dent of the Board of Control forCricket in India.

“Sourav is the son of thesoil and our own child. I amproud of his becoming theBCCI president. Last time hewas here he met me and I amexpecting a meeting with himsoon,” Banerjee said.

The Chief Minister’s state-ment comes hours after criticssaid Home Minister and BJPleader Amit Shah had a handin Ganguly’s becoming theBCCI president.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation has sent

notices to senior officials of theBengal Government demandingthe relevant papers of previousinvestigations into the multi-crore Rose Valley chit fundcase.

Alleging that the Statepolice had despite repeatedrequests failed to produce rele-vant evidentiary documentsand other inventories theAgency has written to ChiefSecretary Rajiva Sinha toarrange for the relevant docu-ments at the earliest.

Apart from the Chief

Secretary the CBI has also senta notice of appearance to theofficer on special duty in StateFinance, asking him to appearbefore the Agency on October18, sources said.

The latest developmentcomes within a month of theCBI facing a judicial reversal inRajiv Kumar case with theCalcutta High Court allowing

anticipatory bail to the formerKolkata Commissioner of Policethe Sharada chit fund case.

Following a Supreme Courtorder the CBI is investigatingthe larger angle behind the chitfund fraud. Before the CBIbegun its investigation the pre-liminary probe was conductedby a Special Investigation Teamled by senior IPS officer RajivKumar whom the Agency hasaccused of non-cooperation.

The CBI says that the Statepolice and in particular Kumarhad despite repeated requestsfailed to produce the relevantpapers and inventories to it forthe probe to be taken to its log-ical end.

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The ongoing strike byemployees of the Telangana

State Road TransportCorporation continued for the12th day on Wednesday withno immediate thaw betweenGovernment and the staff insight.

"Strike is continuing. Evenas per the advice of (high)court, neither the (TSRTC)management nor governmenthas come forward for talks.AsJAC (Joint ActionCommittee),we are ready fortalks," Raji Reddy, a leader ofemployees' JAC, told PTI.

The protests would con-tinue on Thursday and Fridayin the run-up to the October 19state bandh called by them, hesaid, adding that the nextcourse of action would beannounced later that day.

Reddy said leaders of thenational transport workers

unions, as also others likeTelangana Public sectoremployees' federation, onWednesday extended supportto their strike.

The state-wide strike bynearly 48,000 employees ofvarious TSRTC unions,demanding fulfillment of theirdemands, including merger ofRTC with the government, payrevision and recruitment tovarious posts, among oth-ers,began on October 5.

Since the strike began, twoemployees have ended theirlives and three attempted sui-cide.

The Chief Minister hadruled out talks with theemployees or taking them back,terming the agitation as "ille-gal".

The State Government hasbeen running some buses fromRTC's fleet, besides privatevehicles.

TRS parliamentary party

leader K Keshava Rao onTuesday indicated that he waswilling to hold talks with theprotesting employees to bringthe stir to an end.

Rao had earlier urged theworkers to call off the strikeand resolve their issues amica-bly through negotiations.

He said on Tuesday hewas willing to take up the roleof a mediator if asked by ChiefMinister K ChandrasekharRao.

The Telangana High Courthad on Tuesday directed thestate government and strikingemployees to set aside their dif-ferences and work towards anamicable settlement.

Former MP and stateCongress working presidentPonnam Prabhakar onWednesday said his party wouldintensify its stir after the October19 state bandh if the TRS gov-ernment failed to resolve theRTC strike issue by then.

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The Madras High Court onWednesday directed the

CBI to file before it a copy ofthe final investigation report inthe Pollachi sexual harassmentcase once it was submitted inthe jurisdictional court.

Hearing a batch of peti-tions, including a plea seekingmonitoring of the case by thehigh court, it also ordered theinvestigating agency to fur-nish copies of the report to thepetitioners' counsel.

The case related to sexualabuse of several women by agang in Pollachi in Coimbatoredistrict which came to light inFebruary after a victim lodgeda police complaint.

When the matter came upbefore first bench comprisingacting Chief Justice VineetKothari and Justice CSaravanan, the Central Bureauof Investigation submitted thata charge sheet had alreadybeen filed on May 23 in thecourt of chief judicial magis-trate in Coimbatore and fiveaccused were arrested.

The agency said somevideos which were recoveredfrom the mobile phones of theaccused were being scanned

and the final report would befiled in the competent courtafter the completion of theprobe, the agency said.

The court then adjournedthe PIL petitions, seeking var-ious relief, including setting upof a fact finding team andmonitoring of the probe, toNovember 4 for further hear-ing.

A gang of four men onFebruary 12 allegedly tried tostrip a 19-year-old womaninside a car near Pollachi, over500 km from here, and hadrecorded the act and black-mailed her using the visuals.

Later during probe, itemerged that several otherwomen had been sexuallyharassed by the gang.

Amid mounting publicoutrage, the Tamil Nadu gov-ernment in March transferredthe case to the CBI.

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With just a few days left forthe Maharashtra

Assembly elections, some civilsociety groups in the state havecome out with a "manifesto",drawing the attention of politi-cians to 100 different demandsacross 12 domains. The docu-ment titled 'Maharashtra UrbanCitizen's Manifesto 2019' seekscreation of inclusive and sus-tainable urban spaces, finalisa-tion of Maharashtra HousingPolicy and guaranteed mini-mum wages not less than Rs18,000, among other things.

The manifesto was collec-tively prepared by 39 NGOs andother groups in the state, includ-ing Pani Haq Samiti,Maharasthra Beghar Abhiyan,Centre For PromotingDemocracy and Right to Pee.Members of around a dozen ofthese NGOs on Wednesdayheld rallies in western suburbsof Mumbai and distributed itscopies to voters.

Sitaram Shelar, convener ofPani Haq Samiti, said the doc-ument runs into 16 pages.

"After preparing the mani-festo, we met heads of all the par-ties last week and requestedthem to incorporate ourdemands in their poll mani-festos. Few parties found ourdocument worthy and bor-rowed some of our points. Weare now hitting the streets to sen-sitise the voters," he said.

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JD(S) patriarch HD DeveGowda on Wednesday said

his party would field candidatesin all the 15 constituencies forthe December 5 bypolls, fol-lowing the Supreme Court'sdecision on the status of dis-qualified Congress-JD(S) legis-lators.

The former Prime Ministeralso made it clear that there wasno question of taking backthree disqualified JD(S) legisla-tors back into the party fold.

"The disqualified legisla-tors case is likely to come up forhearing in the Supreme Courton October 22. Let's see whatwill be the outcome from thecourt.

If the court upholds thedecision of the then Speaker (todisqualify MLAs) elections willhappen. If not, the bypolls maynot happen as per schedule,"Gowda said.

Speaking to reporters here,he said his son and former ChiefMinister H D Kumaraswamyhad already spoken about theparty's decision to field candi-dates in all the 15 segments, and

there were no differences with-in the party on this matter.

"There is a feeling amongsome people that JD(S) mayonly field its candidates in theold Mysuru region, where theparty was strong...Winning orloosing is another issue alltogether.

We are fielding candidatesin all 15 constituencies going forthe polls," Gowda said, hintingthat this would form the"groundwork" for JD(S) to con-test local body polls from acrossthe State.

Congress and JD(S), thatcontested the Lok Sabha polls inalliance and had run a coalitiongovernment in the state, havedecided to go separate ways inthe bypolls.

The bypolls to 15 of the 17seats represented by disqualifiedMLAs, which the ElectionCommission had earlier decid-ed to defer until the apex Courtdecides on their plea challeng-ing disqualification, has nowbeen scheduled for Decemberfive. Among the 15 constituen-cies going for the polls, 12 wererepresented by Congress andthree by JD(S).

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Newly operational toll plazaalong the Jammu-

Pathankot National Highway atSarore in Samba district, hasbecome the new rallying pointfor all the political parties andtheir top brass in Jammu region.

Meanwhile, it is the com-mon passenger who is facinghardships for last five days onaccount of long traffic jams andstrike by the transporters unionon the same route.

Sensing public mood, thepolitical parties lost no timebefore throwing their hats in thearena and started politicking toearn brownie points.

Interestingly, none of thepoliticians are standing withthe project executing agency-National Highway Authority ofIndia (NHAI).

On its part, Project Director,

NHAI Ajay Kumar Rajak hasalready clarified before themedia that the toll plaza wasopened and operated as per rulesof the Central Government. Healso maintained “The rollback oftoll plaza at Sarore is not oncards as its location and rateshave been decided by theCentral Government”. Ironically,the BJP state president, RavinderRaina, had termed the toll postas ‘ill thought-out decision of thelocal officials of the NHAI’ andsought its removal.

Feeling the heat of growingpublic anger against the BJP'smuted silence over the issue,Raina shot off a letter to UnionTransport Minister NitinGadkari requesting scrapping ofthe toll plaza on October 12.

Union Minister of State inthe Prime Minister’s Office(PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh alsointervened in the matter. After

meeting Union Minister NitinGadkari on October 15, DrSingh tweeted, "I took up theissue of Toll Plaza constructed bythe National Highway Authorityof India (NHAI) at Sarore withGadkari in New Delhi and sug-gested Gadkari to defer opera-tion of Toll Plaza at Sarorekeeping in view peculiar cir-cumstances of the State’s transi-tion into the Union Territory. DrSingh also took up the issue ofToll Plaza with Governor SatyaPal Malik and urged him todefer the continuance of thePlaza.

Meanwhile, opposition par-ties, Congress, NationalConference, Panthers Party,Peoples Democratic Party andseveral other organisations cameout on the streets and heldprotest demonstrations seekingscrapping of the toll plaza atSarore.

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Invoking the “Narendra-Devendra” formula which

he said proved to be a “super-hit” during the last five years,Prime Minister Narendra Modion Wednesday made a strongpitch for Devendra Fadnavis’return as the Chief Minister ofMaharashtra and said that theModi-Fadnavis combinationwould give the state a newdimension to the state in termsof development in the comingyears.

Addressing a huge electionrally at Panvel in the neigh-bouring Raigad district, Modisaid: “You have re-installedNarendra in Delhi. I appeal tothe voters to re-installDevendra with the samestrength. Delhi me Narendra,Mumbai me Devendra ..Narendra-Devendra formulahas been a super-hit during the

last five years. In comingyears, this combination willgive a new dimension to thestate in terms of development”.

“You have to accept thisfact as well: When Devendraand Narendra stand together, itwill not be 1+1=2, but togeth-er they will become 11. Thecombined strength of elevenwill take Maharashtra willnewer heights in the country.At a time when we are aimingto become a 5 trillion economy,Maharashtra is such an enginewill give us boost will realisingour dream,” Modi said.

Modi also heaped praise onMaharashtra for its key rile inIndia becoming the third start-up friendly nation in theworld. “Maharashtra has playeda key role in our becoming thethird start-up friendly nation in the world. Youngsters from here have played a big rolein this.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday

slammed Opposition leadersseeking a link between theabrogation of Article 370and the MaharashtraAssembly polls, and toldthem to go drown (doobmaro) for their stance.

Modi made the acerbicremarks in Akola district ofVidarbha region during acampaign rally for theOctober 21 MaharashtraAssembly elections.

"How can they(Opposition) say that Jammuand Kashmir has nothing todo with Maharashtra? Theyshould be ashamed of suchthoughts. Don't they have anyshame? Doob maro," he said,using the two-word phrase inHindi.

Modi lambasted theCongress and NCP chiefSharad Pawar, who hadaccused the ruling BJP of

"diverting attention from itsfailures by harping on Article370 abrogation."

"A shameless Opposition isasking what is the connectionbetween Article 370 andMaharashtra. We are proud ofthe children of Maharashtrawho sacrificed everything forJammu and Kashmir," he said.

Modi said he was shockedthat such voices are beingraised for political gains in theland of Shivaji Maharaj.

Pawar had said on Tuesdaythat the BJP does not have any-thing concrete to show and sowas harping on abrogation ofArticle 370. "If you questionthem about farmers' suicides,unemployment, closure ofindustries, the BJP respondswith Article 370," the NCPleader had said.

Modi, who also addressedpoll rallies in Jalna and Raigaddistricts later, said the Congressnow is not the same party thatfought for Independence.

"The (Congress) party is

taking its last breath. It sees'rashtra bhakti' (nationalism) in'parivar bhakti' (devotion to afamily)," he said without takingany names.

"The Congress, which istaking its last breath, seesnationalism in devotion to afamily," Modi said.

Modi said Hindutva ideo-logue V D Savarkar's "san-skar" (values) are the basis fornation-building, and rued thatBabasaheb Ambedkar wasdenied the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian honour.

"It is due to Savarkar's 'san-skar' that we put nationalism asthe basis for nation-building,"Modi said.

His remarks came a dayafter BJP's Maharashtra unitsought Bharat Ratna forSavarkar in its poll manifesto.

Modi said the Marathwadaregion in Maharashtra gavethree chief ministers to the state, but the area is stillbackward in terms of develop-ment.

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Women protesters, includ-ing National Conference

President Farooq Abdullah'ssister and daughter, who werearrested on Tuesday after theytook out a protest march, were

released on bail by a court herethis evening, officials said.

Abdullah's sister Suraiya,his daughter Safiya and 11 otherwomen furnished a personalbond of Rs 10,000 and surety ofRs 40,000 each under section107 of criminal procedure code,

giving an assurance that theywould maintain peace, the offi-cials said. The women, who werelodged in central jail Srinagar,were released around 6 pm onWednesday after the court ofChief Judicial Magistrate grant-ed them bail, they said.

Suraiya and Safiya were lead-ing a group of women activists,who wore black arm bands andheld placards, while protestingagainst abrogation of provisionsof Article 370 and bifurcation ofJammu and Kashmir into twounion territories.

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Attacking the Opposition,Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath said that partieslike Samajwadi Party, BahujanSamaj Party and Congresswanted power to loot, not toserve the people as they werenot concerned about nation’sinterest but only about theirpersonal interests.

Addressing a series of ral-lies in Bahraich and Mau onWednesday, the Chief Ministersaid that the character of theSP, the BSP and the Congresswas similar.

“They are families, notpolitical parties and they arenot concerned about theprogress of the citizens,” hesaid.

“Anarchy, corruption anddishonesty remain their soleagenda after they come topower. In order to maintaintheir vote banks to retainpower, they oppose the deci-sions taken in the interest ofthe country. They do not evenshy away from supportingterrorism. Such people arenot liking abrogation of Article370 and they speak the lan-guage of Pakistan,” Yogi said.

The Chief Minister saidthat improvement in law andorder and curbing corrup-tion were the priorities of hisGovernment.

“Criminals have got a

clear message and they haveunderstood the motive of thegovernment. Those who didnot understand this in the begin-ning, have been made toacknowledge it and now eitherthey are behind bars or have fledthe state,” he said.

“During the rule ofSamajwadi Party, riots tookplace every other day. Therewas loss of property and restric-tions were imposed on cele-bration of festivals. But now, noriots take place and all festivalsare celebrated with zeal,” hesaid.

The Chief Minister saidthat during his 30-month rule,the Bharatiya Janata Party gov-ernment had provided employ-ment to 2.25 lakh youth in atransparent manner and nocomplaint of wrongful meanswas reported. “People whocame under suspicion wereexpelled at once,” he said.

Speaking at a rally inBahraich’s Balha town, theChief Minister said that thestate government constructeda medical college in the nameof Maharaj Suheldev.

“Admissions will start herefrom this year and this will pro-vide better health facilities tothe people of Bahraich,” he said.

“In addition, the state gov-ernment is also promotingsports by constructing opengymnasium and sportsgrounds in every village,” the

Chief Minister said.Yogi said that the BJP was

the only democratic party in thecountry. “It is only the BJPwhere any booth level workercan become prime minister andnational president of the party,”he said.

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Come November, India is about toenter key negotiations on theInternational Treaty on PlantGenetic Resources for Food andAgriculture (ITPGRFA) at its

eighth general body meeting in Rome. Butwhat is at stake? All of India’s future as thesetalks may impact the country’s biodiversityand germplasm relating to food and agricul-ture. In the delegates’ own words, “The ITP-GRFA, adopted in 2001, is a global responseto promote the conservation of plant genet-ic resources and to protect farmers’ rights toaccess and have fair and equitable sharing ofbenefits arising out of their use.” But let usexamine the agenda behind this treaty.

As per ITPFRA/Food and AgricultureOrganisation (FAO) data, India is the top des-tination for plant genetic resources for foodand agriculture (PGFRA), numbering725,117. Briefly put, these negotiations areabout how other countries can access all thesePGFRAs at the minimum price possible. Itis also to be kept in mind that India is a sig-natory to the Convention of BiologicalDiversity (CBD) and Nagoya Protocol, whichcover all of its biodiversity already. These twotreaties protect bio-piracy and have workedfavourably for a biodiversity/germplasm richcountry as ours.

The first issue in the discussion comesfrom Switzerland, which has been advocat-ing a “Multilateral System (MLS) to cover allother plant genetic resources for food andagriculture in accordance with Article 3 of theinternational treaty.” One should consider thatSwitzerland has only 39,953 accessions storedwith it. Given that India has one of the high-est stored ascensions in the world — 395,001— we would legally be bound to contributeall of them to the treaty. In this sense, we willbecome one of the biggest donors, too. Butis this economically sound and in the inter-est of the nation? After the emergence of cli-mate crisis, Brexit and Trumpism, it may notbe the best option.

Regarding the Swiss proposal to cover allother PGRs for food and agriculture, Indiashould think of its national interest first andonly those crop species should be includedand PGR accessions designated, which arealready available in the public domain (ieaccessible to everyone). Article 1 of the treatyshould also explicitly declare the crop species,which we do not want to make available underthe MLS. In fact, all crops, for which we havegeographical indication (GI) for now or forthe future, should be excluded from the treaty.China is currently not part of this treaty andis negotiating on its terms to make inroads.India should do the same. Our only bargain-ing chip is our vast plant genetic resource(PGR), let’s not allow it to be taken withoutany benefit to our country. The US recentlyjoined on the insistence of the private sectorand in a matter of years, it is the chairperson.So the treaty is heavily influenced by big glob-al agricultural corporations and geopolitics.

India has held a conservative position

until now and given only 26,530accessions to the MLS. But we arenot the only ones. A cold and wetisland off the north-west coast ofEurope, the United Kingdom, hasa total of 834,451 accessions, outof which it has put only 44,069accessions in the MLS. Beforeconsidering the inclusion of allPGRs in Annexure 1, theGovernment of India and theIndian Council of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR)-NationalBureau of Plant GeneticResources (NBPGR) mustanalyse how many PGRs havebeen accessed by Indian firmsthrough MLS and how much wehave contributed to other nations.A policy paper needs to be pub-lished on this so that citizens areaware of the benefits.

NBPGR must also work outthe economic, agricultural andsocial benefits of Indian seedcompanies under MLS. It mustalso make sure there is no vague-ness or secrecy regarding thesenegotiations. We need a clearplan of how if we contribute ourPGRs, the MLS will reciprocatein nation-building.

The MNCs and foreigncompanies, which will accessthe PGRs from the Indian collec-tion, should maintain strict com-pliance with national legisla-tions, especially related to theProtection of Plant Varieties andFarmers’ Rights Authority,Convention on Biological

Diversity (CBD), Seed Act, seedrules and other prevailing legis-lations. Otherwise we will see asituation where Indian farmersare growing cotton and the millsof Manchester are making thecloth. Ultimately, Indians will buytheir own cotton at 400 per centtimes the actual price. Thismodel will be emulated for seeds,too. In this case, especially assome nations allow for patents onseeds, our germplasm can bepatented as part of a foreign prod-uct. Then the same seed must besold to Indian farmers. We mustthink carefully and ensure Indianlegislations go with all ourgermplasm, too.

There is also an attempt tointroduce international unionfor the Protection of NewVarieties of Plants (UPOV) con-vention through this treaty. Indiashould advocate farmers’ rightsin ITPGFRA in accordance withprovisions of their rights availableunder the Protection of PlantVarieties and Farmers’ Rights Act,2001. Any dilution of farmers’and breeders rights must not benegotiated/accepted, especiallywhen we are not signatories of theUPOV.

India must seek an expan-sion of the MLS in such a waythat PGR-rich countries getappropriate benefits and advan-tage for conserving and preserv-ing germplasm. This can bedone through capacity-building,

development and expansion ofResearch and development(R&D) activities in India and inother PGR-rich nations. We canpropose that every State shouldhave ex-situ and in-situ PGR con-servation project funded by thistreaty.

Speaking of funds, the othercritical issue is of the corpus(FAO trust fund) created for shar-ing benefits. India must firststrongly urge to be on the boardcommittee of this fund and alsoensure that there is adequate rep-resentation from PGR donorcountries. This can be doneaccording to the availability/con-tribution of PGR resources. Theproject allotted for conservationand R&D should be commensu-rate with the PGR donations. TheGovernment of India andNBPGR must also analyse thatduring the last seven to eightyears how many projects forPGR activities have been fund-ed under the ITPGRFRA trustfund versus other countries.

We have to stress on the factthat monetary benefits arisingafter the commercialisation ofPGR should be made directly tothe PGR donor country. In addi-tion, the product developed usingthe PGR should be made avail-able to the donor country, espe-cially to the farmers, at relative-ly lower costs. There should berelaxations for public instituteslike ICAR and small and medi-

um companies of India, too. The meeting in Rome will

also discuss the dematerialiseduse of PGR. With advancementsin technology such as gene edit-ing, Digital SequenceInformation (DSI), physical plantmaterial may not be required todevelop new varieties. Genesequences will be enough. Whilethe world and organisation suchas the CBD are doing expert stud-ies on them, India should supportthat DSI and other future tech-nologies (CRISPR) should beadded under the benefit-sharingscheme so that our efforts in con-serving PGR are not left out.

But perhaps the biggest ele-phant in the room is: Who isIndia really negotiating with? Isit the developed countries ortrans-national big agriculturalcorporations in the garb of coun-tries? Such corporations are pre-sent in each country today,including India, and are lobbyingto have access to PGR through asecond channel. In fact, throughtheir Indian subsidiaries, they areeven consulting with theGovernment for a softer stanceon ITPGRFA. And why wouldthey do that? Because nationssuch as India expressed sovereignright over their PGR and havemany restrictions for foreignMNCs to access Indian biodiver-sity under the Biological DiversityAct. If the Swiss proposal isaccepted, Indian legislations willbe bypassed and all doors to PGRwill be opened to them withoutrestrictions — all for a nominalpercentage of profits.

Once they have Indian PGRavailable to them in any part ofthe world, we will see the emer-gence of “seed sweat shops”,much like clothes sweat shops incountries like Bangladesh. Thedesign is European or American,raw material is Indian and clothesare made in Bangladesh for a fewcents an hour and then sold inboutique stores for thousands ofdollars. Countries with the cheap-est farm labour costs will beselected to mass produce seedsand then the produce will beexported to nations which canpay higher prices. Indian farm-ers and women, who have pre-served seeds and biodiversity,may be alienated and all of theirbiodiversity commercialised bybig agricultural companies of thedeveloped world.

Given the threat of climatechange, we cannot allow forrampant exploitation of ourPGRs only to participate in for-eign treaties. We should learnfrom China and be more conser-vative and nationalistic in ourapproach towards our biologicalheritage.

(The writer is ProgrammeDirector for Policy and Outreachat the National Seed Associationof India)

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Since education and healthform the two most important pil-lars upon which a society thrivesand prospers, indifference tothese two can never eradicate thecurse of poverty from society. Allthe fight against it can be initiat-ed only through an able healthynutritious body, enriched with

basic academic/vocational educa-tion and skills. Also, quality edu-cation and health can be ensuredin this commercialised societyonly when people are upliftedfrom poverty.

So it is seen that poverty, edu-cation and health are intertwined

and all these three subjects needto be pursued at one go.

India and the developingnations must take cue from thehumanitarian approach of thethree and learn to accord utmostpriority towards alleviating pover-ty and ensuring education and

health to the deprived by investingmaximum resource, energy andtime. Nothing is more crucialthan human capital. Proper nurtur-ing and utilisation of it will ensurethe achievement of all other goals.

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ting bigger by the year. According to the IndiaM&A Report 2019 by Bain & Company, M&Aactivity has remained buoyant from 2015 wellinto 2019 with more than 3,600 deals with anaggregate value of more than $310 billion.During this period, several developments led toan unprecedented re-organisation of asset own-ership in corporate India. The present landscapeoffers a tremendous opportunity for well-man-aged businesses with a strong deal thesis, look-ing for new avenues of growth and/or improv-ing profitability. Large deals doubled in valuebetween 2015 and 2016 to $23 billion. Over 2017to 2018, large deal value doubled again, to $56billion. Deal size also grew during this period,averaging $0.7 billion in 2015 to more than $2.6billion in 2017 and 2018. Deal volume has beenrobust across sectors, with industrial goods, ener-gy and telecom and media representing morethan 60 per cent deals by volume and value.

Although deal values and volumes increaseevery year, most of them eventually fail to cre-ate synergy. Among other reasons, like nasty sur-prises due to poor due-diligence, poor gover-nance, poor communication channels, weakleadership, paying a high price for acquisitionand non-integration of culture, are the main rea-son why M&As fail. There are many examplesof companies that have destroyed shareholdervalue by overpaying to acquire other companies.Quaker Oats’ acquisition of Snapple for $1.7 bil-lion in 1994 still rings a bell as it sold Snappleto Triarc for $300 million 27 months after buy-ing it, losing a whopping $1.4 billion, makingit one of the worst flops in corporate-merger his-tory. India Inc also has countless examples ofoverpriced purchases. Subex, once a fairy well-known, Bengaluru-based telecom softwaremaker, tipped into bankruptcy by the disastrousacquisition of Canadian telecom software com-pany Syndesis for $164 million in 2007, whichwas four times its annual revenue. This dealturned out to be overpriced as the revenue ofSyndesis in the following year halved.

Overpriced acquisitions are not a new phe-nomenon. But what makes a company ignoreevidence and overpay for acquisitions? Theanswer lies mostly in behavioural theories.Agency problem is one of the main reasons forthis, as in most of the cases, senior executivesearn bonuses and stock grants based on metricsthat have no real connect to value. Corporategovernance and activist shareholders take a back-seat as executives have a higher influence on theprocess. So, they push the deals where they canmake more money. Second, when valuations aregenerally high, as in India, companies fall intothe overvaluation trap and end up making flashyacquisitions. Proposed by Michael Jensen ofHarvard Business School, it is a behavioural trap,where managers try to generate the expected per-formance in the short run, all the way knowing,that maintaining higher performance is not pos-sible, and in turn making investments that willultimately fall short. By making such invest-ments, companies postpone the consequencesof their bad investment decision. Too muchmoney chasing relatively scarce investmentopportunities, is also one of the reasons whycompanies end up paying more for their acqui-sitions. Ego, the driving force that helps individ-

uals reach the top of any organisation,is at play, when it comes to acquisitionsas well. It pushes executives to overpayfor acquisitions so they can get biggerand bigger, or so that they can stop acompetitor from getting bigger thanthem. In addition, managers are alsosusceptible to the Pollyanna Principle,a psychological bias that overratespositive memories and discounts neg-ative ones. This means that executivestake a cue from a few overpriced dealsthat were successful — like buying ofPayPal by eBay for $1.5 billion orGoogle paying $1.6 billion for YouTube— and turn a blind eye towards scoresof overpriced deals that went kaputsuch as the disastrous AOL/TimeWarner merger that led to a $45 billionwrite-down.

Even experienced managers, some-times, get attached to a deal, makingthem susceptible to bad decisions. Inthis situation, how should managersdecide how much to pay or when towalk away? In this flashy corporateworld, executives routinely get caughtup in the excitement of the race, fallprey to it and offer more than theyshould. So the first criterion is to be dis-ciplined and detached and the key tosuccess in buying another company isknowing the maximum price one canpay and then having the discipline notto pay a penny more. A companyshould be able to walk way from a dealif the synergy value is not being creat-ed. In addition to overpriced acquisi-tions, culture has also emerged as oneof the dominant barriers to effectiveintegrations and more than half of themergers fail due to lack of cultural inte-gration. Culture is the long-standing,largely implicit shared values, beliefs,and assumptions that influence behav-iour, attitudes and meaning in a com-pany or society. Since, it is a soft con-cept having a set of implicit influences,and it is difficult to account for com-pletely or accurately, therefore, itbecomes the responsibility of the topmanagement to stop culture clashes

from undermining their desired goals. History is replete with examples of

well-analysed and thought-of mergershaving failed due to cultural clashes asthey play a role in preventing post-inte-gration plans from being properlyexecuted. January happens to be the18th anniversary of one of the worstmergers in corporate history — TimeWarner and AOL. Merging the culturesof these two companies was problem-atic from the word go. The aggressiveand, apparently “arrogant” AOL peo-ple shocked the sober and corporateTime Warner side. Cooperation andpromised synergies failed to materialiseas mutual disrespect came to colourtheir relationships. When GermanDaimler (the makers of Mercedes-Benz) merged with American compa-ny Chrysler in the late 1990s, it wascalled a “merger of equals.” A few yearslater, due to discordant company cul-tures like differences in the level of for-mality, philosophy on issues such as payand expenses, and operating styles, themerger turned into a fiasco. After majorlosses and layoffs, in 2007, Daimler soldChrysler to Cerberus CapitalManagement for $6 billion. Taking anexample from India, the mergerbetween Kingfisher Airlines and AirDeccan failed due to their cultural dif-ferences with Kingfisher being a full-flight service catering to premiumsegment and Air Deccan’s vision toempower every Indian to fly.

Meanwhile, some mergers enduredthe cultural challenges to turn failuresinto success stories. One such exampleis that of Hewlett Packard and Compaq.In 2001, struggling computing giantHewlett Packard acquired similarlystruggling competitor Compaq. Therewere major cultural differences asHP’s engineering-driven culture wasbased on consensus and the sales-dri-ven Compaq culture on rapid decisionmaking. This poor cultural fit result-ed in years of bitter infighting in thenew company, and resulted in a loss ofan estimated $13 billion in market cap-

italisation. However, the companyhung on, and by making significantcultural and leadership changes, result-ed in long-term success.

Since integrating and redefiningthe culture and corporate values andreconciling the differences is essentialfor success of mergers, companiesshould avoid the “bear hug” i.e. toimpose their culture on the acquiredfirm. To integrate cultures, the first stepis to define the cultural objectivebased on where the deal’s greatest valuelies. An acquirer can assimilate theacquired company and continue withits own organisational values or it caneven use the merger to import theacquired company’s beliefs into its ownorganisation. In some cases, it can cre-ate a blend.

The next step is to diagnose thecultural differences between the twocompanies to identify and measure thedifferences among people, units, geo-graphical regions and functions usinga variety of tools like process flow maps,customer interviews and employeesurveys. The third step after setting theagenda and diagnosing the gaps is tocreate an actionable plan that is muchmore than the vision and values state-ments, and is concrete enough to beexecuted by managers. Finally, seniorleadership should take the responsibil-ity for communicating regularly andfrequently using all new technologicalinnovations and techniques such associal media, online platforms andweb-based employee forums, so thatthe new defined cultural objectives per-colate to all the departments andemployees.

To summarise, although successfulmergers and acquisitions must be pri-marily based on strategic, financial andother objective criteria, it should bemore than just numbers and cash flowanalysis; it has to be more human forit to survive and in turn create valueand synergies for all stakeholders.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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The second informal summit atMamallapuram between PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and

the Chinese President Xi Jinping, inthe wake of the abrogation of Article370 in Jammu & Kashmir andChina’s reaction towards it, had gen-erated apprehension.

Most analysts were speculatingthe cancellation of this summitbecause of bilateral tensions due toXi’s statements on the Kashmir issueand Beijing’s open tilt in favour ofPakistan even before the start of hisvisit, but the continuation of the“Chennai Connect” proved themwrong. This summit indicated a

new form of diplomacy meant tobreak the impasse between India andChina despite Beijing’s close ties withPakistan, insistence on resolution ofthe Kashmir problem as per the UNresolution and hosting of PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan justbefore Xi’s India visit.

The non-cancellation of the visitby either side despite other irritants,like undermining New Delhi’s role ininternational institutions, China’sreluctance to support India’s entryinto the Nuclear Suppliers Group andtrapping India’s neighbours throughaid and connectivity, has signalled thegrowing maturity of both the pow-erful leaders of Asia. This alsoreflects that both have understoodthat dialogue is better than a dead-lock as it will lead nowhere. Thoughthe terse body language of Xithroughout the visit was alsoanalysed but the agreement to hostthe next summit in China has madethe “Chennai Connect” more inter-esting for assessing the impact and

relevance of such summits in theemerging global scenario whereinChina is trying to redefine a newglobal order with its money, infra-structure development, connectivi-ty and expansion of trade.

This becomes more importantwhen one sees it in connection withthe US, which is aiming not only tochange the Chinese-promoted glob-al order through protectionism oftrade but also such measures whichhave resulted in trade wars withChina and India. This tit-for-tatapproach of countries, in way of rec-iprocal tariffs, is a bad omen for notonly the world economy but globalharmony. The narrow approach ofthe US and China signals not onlythe geo-economical aspects of theUS-China competition but also anti-multilateralism, which India views asnecessary for spreading its power andinfluence, especially in the Indo-Pacific and Asia.

The US understands China’stactics and its greedy geo-economic

and geo-political initiatives, whichare aimed at replacing and challeng-ing America as a key securityprovider and stabiliser in the Indo-Pacific. However, its obsession withIran, Turkey, North Korea, non-clar-ity on global issues and isolationisttendencies reflected through the“America First” policy have madeChina bold enough to expand itsreach and influence in all continents,including Europe, Asia, Africa,Southeast and South Asia. This issomething that India is dreading, asin New Delhi’s perception, an eco-nomically and geo-politically pow-erful China is an obstacle to its dreamof becoming a leading power of Asia.China’s constant moral, economic,military and infrastructural supportto its all-weather friend Pakistan, Xi’svisit to Nepal after India and cement-ing of many agreements, including atrans-Himalayan corridor betweenChina and Nepal (CNEC), a railwayline to connect Tibet andKathmandu, Chinese engagement in

Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,expansion of naval power across theIndian Ocean Region, connectivityand infrastructure developmentthrough Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) confirm India’s apprehen-sions.

On the one hand it shows thatIndia’s encirclement from all direc-tions by China is complete, but on theother hand it also signals the desireof neighbouring countries to ventureout of India’s ambit. In view of this,the expanding connectivity throughBRI is becoming a very serious issuefor India as some BRI-funded pro-jects are in the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) inPakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)and in the absence of transparency,sustainability and rule of law, theneighbours are being trapped in aChinese debt-trap. Although duringthe second Belt and Road Forum, inApril, Xi had promised to take careof India’s concerns, nothing concreteis visible.

However, despite showing firm-ness not to support BRI and attemptsto save the neighbours from a debttrap, the complex world order hasforced India to play its role careful-ly and engage with China wisely. InBangkok, during the Quad meeting,while supporting the idea of partner-ships to promote a transparent, rule-based approach to trans-boundarychallenges, India avoided any state-ments, which could offend China.

India is also collaborating withVietnam, Japan and other regionalpowers, but without annoying China.The unresolved border dispute, fre-quent scuffles with Indian troops,trade imbalance, the growing powerdisparity between India and Chinaand unpredictability of US supporthave also forced India to play its cardwith precision. Despite knowingabout China eating into Indian ter-ritory in Ladakh and Pakistan’s aidto various terrorist outfits, a face-sav-ing exit from Afghanistan has forcedthe US to ignore Islamabad’s activi-

ties and support it even at the cost ofIndia’s national interests. The help-lessness of New Delhi has made thechallenge more serious for India.Therefore, while working closelywith like-minded countries andexposing the Pakistan-China connec-tion at all international forums,engaging with China through suchsummits is a good policy, though itmay not bring the desired results. Butas the choices are very limited,India’s move of not unnecessarilyengaging in acrimonious matters isbeing seen as the gains of this meet-ing which has paved the way for thenext summit.

Although it is not a game-chang-ing move but if India plans it well andalso tries to explore opportunities tohit China where it can, then in future,the maturity shown by both leadersand strength and weakness of oneanother will prove that dialogue isbetter than deadlock.

(The writer is professor of PoliticalScience at HNB Garhwal University)

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India has halved its povertyrate since the 1990s and

achieved a seven plus growthrate over the last 15 years, theWorld Bank said on Tuesday.

India is both critical to thesuccess of global developmentefforts, including eliminatingextreme poverty, and as aninfluential leader for globalgoods such as addressing cli-mate change, the bank saidahead of the annual meetingbetween it and theInternational Monetary Fund.

The country has achievedannual growth exceeding sevenper cent over the last 15 years,halved its poverty rate since the1990s, and enjoyed strongimprovements in most humandevelopment outcomes, theWorld Bank said.

Noting that India’s growth

is expected to continue andelimination of extreme pover-ty in the decade is withinreach, it said at the same time,the country’s development tra-jectory nonetheless faces con-

siderable challenges. For this, the World Bank

said, India will need to achievegreater resource efficiency as itsustains growth, given itsresource endowments and large

population. Land will need to be used

more productively in urbanareas by the spatial transfor-mation of cities achieving“agglomeration economies”

and in rural areas by increasedagricultural productivity, itsaid.

India’s water managementwill need to provide for shift-ing water allocation to higher-value uses and policies toincrease the value of water usewithin sectors.

In addition, 230 millionpeople are not properly con-nected to the electricity gridwhile generation will need to beless carbon intensive, the WorldBank pointed out.

“More generally, India’srapidly growing economyneeds investment in infra-structure, an estimated 8.8 per-cent of GDP or $343 billion ayear until 2030,” it said.

Second, sustained growthwill also need to accelerateinclusion, especially to createmore and better jobs. While anestimated 13 million people

enter the working age popula-tion each year, only three mil-lion new jobs are being gener-ated on an annual basis, thefinancial institution said.

The World Bank said a par-ticular challenge lies in India’sdeclining female labour forceparticipation, which at 27 per-cent is among the lowest in theworld despite overcoming gen-der gaps in education.

“Finally, India’s public sec-tor institutions will need to bemodernised to deliver servicesand regulations that match theaspirations of a middle incomecountry; this will entail improv-ing accountability and effec-tiveness, improving the abilityof the state to interface with theprivate sector, and strengthening the compactamong tiers of government toimprove service delivery,” thebank said.

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It is important for India tokeep fiscal deficit in check,

even though its revenue pro-jections look optimistic, ChiefEconomist of the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) GitaGopinath has said.

As against India’s realgrowth rate of 6.8 per cent in2018, the IMF in its latestWorld Economic Outlookreleased on Tuesday, projectedthe country’s growth rate at 6.1per cent for 2019 and notedthat the Indian economy isexpected to pick up at 7 percent in 2020.

In India’s case, there hasbeen a negative impact ongrowth that has come fromfinancial vulnerabilities andthe non-bank financial sector,and the impact on consumerborrowing and borrowing ofsmall and medium enterprises,Gopinath said.

The Indian-Americaneconomist was speaking toreporters ahead of the annualmeeting of the IMF and the

World Bank.On the projections in the

World Economic Outlookreport, Gopinath said appropriate steps have beentaken.

Appreciative of the recentsteps being taken by FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanto address the economic chal-lenges being faced by India, shesaid there is still a lot more that needs to bedone.

Prominent among theseinclude cleaning up of balancesheets of regular commercialbanks, Gopinath said.

“In our projections we havethat India will recover to 7 percent growth in 2020. And thepremise is that these particularbottlenecks will clear up,” shesaid.

On the fiscal side for India,there have been some recentmeasures, including the cor-porate tax cut. There has notbeen an announcement abouthow that will be offset to rev-enues at this point, Gopinathsaid.

New Delhi: India’s fuel demandslipped to its lowest in over twoyears in September after a fallin diesel and industrial fuel con-sumption negated the rise inpetrol and LPG consumption.

Consumption of petrole-um products in Septemberdropped to 16.01 milliontonnes, its lowest since July2017, from 16.06 milliontonnes in the same month lastyear, according to data from the

Petroleum Planning andAnalysis Cell (PPAC).

Diesel, the most used fuelin the country, saw demanddrop by 3.2 per cent to 5.8 mil-lion tonnes, while naphthasales were down by a quarter to8,44,000 tonnes.

Bitumen, used in road con-struction, too saw consumptiondrop by 7.3 per cent to 343,000tonnes. Fuel oil sales edged 3.8per cent lower in September to

525,000 tonnes.These downward trends

negated the rise in cooking gas(LPG) and petrol demand.

The sale of petrol rose 6.2per cent to 2.37 million tonnes,but sale of jet fuel or ATF fell1.6 per cent to 6,66,000 tonnes.

LPG consumption surged6 per cent to 2.18 milliontonnes on the back ofGovernment’s push for the useof cleaner fuel. PTI

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The IMF on Wednesdayurged the largest economies

of the world, including India,to be prepared to engage in acoordinated policy action, aday after it downgraded the2019 global growth rate to 3 percent — the slowest pace sincethe 2008 global financial crisis.

The remarks by VitorGaspar, Director of theInternational Monetary Fund’sFiscal Affairs Department,came a day after the IMFpainted a grim picture of theglobal economy.

“It is timely for the largest

economies to be prepared toengage in a coordinated poli-cy action if downside risks to

the global economic growthmaterialise,” Gaspar told PTI inan interview.

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Chief Economic Advisor KVSubramanian on

Wednesday called upon theindustry to start making invest-ments, stressing that the fun-damentals of the economy are“very very strong”.

On more than �40,000crore of dues pending to smallcompanies, he nudged largecorporates to ensure timelypayment to the MSME sectoras small players are dependenton cash flows.

Large companies must play

a critical role in clearing cashdues to smaller companies, hesaid at an event organised byindustry chamber Ficci being attended by several cor-porates.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Monday hadsaid that according to returnsfiled by large corporates to theCorporate Affairs Ministry, asmuch as �40,000 crore was dueto the MSME sector.

The CEA further said theslowdown in the economy isdue to a decline in invest-ment, which is a key driver.

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India’s public sector bankshad the “worst phase” under

the “combination” of formerprime minister ManmohanSingh and ex-RBI governorRaghuram Rajan, and givingthe ailing banks a “lifeline” washer primary duty now, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanhas said.

The public sector bankshave been grappling with badloans and the government hasbeen taking measures toaddress the issue. In August,the government announcedupfront capital infusion to thetune of �70,000 crore into thepublic sector banks. Besides, 10public sector banks are beingconsolidated into four.

Delivering a lecture at the

prestigious ColumbiaUniversity’s School ofInternational and Public Affairshere on Tuesday, Sitharamansaid:

“While economists cantake a view of what prevailstoday or prevailed years ago,but I will also want answers forthe time when Rajan was in theGovernor’s post speaking aboutthe Indian banks, for whichtoday to give a lifeline is the pri-mary duty of the FinanceMinister of India. And thelifeline-kind of an emergencyhas not come overnight”.

“I do respect RaghuramRajan as a great scholar whochose to be in the central bankin India at a time when theIndian economy was all buoy-ant,” she said during the lectureorganised by the Deepak andNeera Raj Centre on IndianEconomic Policies of theColumbia University.

Asked about the ex-RBIgovernor’s comments during arecent lecture at BrownUniversity in which he hadapparently mentioned that inits first term, the NarendraModi government had notdone better on the economybecause the government wasextremely centralised and theleadership does not appear tohave a consistent articulatedvision on how to achieve eco-nomic growth.

New Delhi: The TelecomDepartment (DoT) is trying toget more spectrum free in the3.3-3.6 Ghz band for 5G ser-vices, a top official said onWednesday. The industry hasraised concerns over the limit-ed availability of spectrum inthe mid frequency bandsmarked for 5G services.

With the defence and thespace departments claimingfrequencies in the 3.3-3.6 Ghzband, which has been recom-mended for 5G services by theregulator Trai. PTI

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Union Minister NitinGadkari on Wednesday

said the MSME Ministry hassought a fund of �10,000 croreto buy equity in small busi-nesses wanting to list on thestock exchanges.

“We have requested theFinance Ministry to sanction us�10,000 crore and whicheverMSE (micro and small enter-prises) wants to list their equi-ty on the stock exchanges, wewill buy 10 per cent in them.

“I believe this 10 per centof our equity will increase bytwo to three times in 3-4 years.So this will increase value ofour capital so that we can keeprolling this fund as the gov-ernment alone cannot do allthe things in this age and

time,” the Minister for micro,small and medium enterprises(MSME) said at the ‘IndiaMSE Awards 2019’.

Gadkari, who is also theunion minister for road trans-port and highways, said hewants to increase the revenueof the ministry to �1 lakhcrore in next five years withoutseeking any help from theGovernment by monetisingroad assets.

He said roadside amenitiessuch as providing space forcharging stations or petrolpumps and charging commis-sion from companies, can betapped to increase the rev-enue of the ministry.

The minister also said thereis huge potential for smallunits and businesses in Indiafor export competitiveness.

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warned the InternationalMonetary Fund.

Predictions estimate theworld economy will grow byonly 3 per cent in 2019 pickingup to 3.4 per cent by 2020, aconsiderable slowdown from2017’s 3.8 per cent growth.

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Benchmark indices closedwith gains for the fourth

session on the trot onWednesday, propped up byfinance, energy and IT stocks,as investors wagered on anupbeat earnings season amidmixed global cues.

After swinging 250 pointsin see-saw trade, the 30-shareBSE Sensex ended 92.90 points,or 0.24 per cent, higher at38,598.99.

On similar lines, the broad-er NSE Nifty rose 35.70 points,or 0.31 per cent, to settle at11,464.

A batch of strong earningsfrom companies like Wiproand ACC enthused tradingsentiment, though the overallmacroeconomic pictureremains sombre, brokers said.

Top gainers in the Sensexpack included Bajaj Finance,ONGC, Yes Bank, HDFC, HCLTech, Tech Mahindra, TCS,ICICI Bank and RIL, rising upto 3.57 per cent.

On the other hand, HeroMotoCorp, Vedanta, AsianPaints, NTPC, ITC, PowerGrid,SBI and Tata Motors fell up to2.73 per cent.

“Though global marketsremained flat, Indian marketsrallied for the fourth straightday. The beginning of earningsseason has been better thananticipated. In addition, the

rosier outlook in managementcommentaries is adding to theoptimism.

“Despite the pervasive neg-ative sentiment of a slowdown,the on ground demand reportssuggest things are not as bad,and improving. The demand isnot as bad if sales numbers inearly festive season are to bebelieved. With all the negativesalready known, the downsideto markets looks limited,” saidSunil Sharma, ChiefInvestment Officer, SanctumWealth Management.

Sectorally, BSE oil and gas,realty, energy, teck, IT, telecom,finance and healthcare indicesended up to 1.20 per centhigher. However, power, utili-ties, metal, capital goods andauto slipped up to 1.06 per cent.

Broader BSE midcap index

dipped 0.14 per cent, while thesmallcap gauge rose 0.21 percent.

Elsewhere in Asia, bours-es in Hong Kong, Seoul andTokyo ended on a positivenote, while Shanghai settled inthe red.

Exchanges in Europe werealso trading lower in theirrespective early sessions onreports that Tuesday’s talksbrought British and Europeannegotiators closer to a Brexitdeal but failed to confirm anelusive breakthrough.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee appreciated 17 paise to71.37 against the US dollarintra-day.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, fell 0.17per cent to USD 58.64 per bar-rel.

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Silver also jumped by Rs 489 to Rs 46,809 per kilogram herefrom its previous close of Rs 46,320 per kilogram. On Tuesday,gold closed at Rs 38,910 per 10 gram. Spot gold prices for 24Karat in Delhi were trading higher by Rs 120 at Rs 39,030 onfestival demand and weaker rupee, HDFC Securities SeniorAnalyst - Commodities Tapan Patel said. Spot rupee was trad-ing 8 paise weaker against dollar during the day, he added. Goldwas trading higher at USD 1,485 an ounce in the internation-al market, while silver quoted flat at USD 17.33 per ounce. TheUS-China trade deal jitters and developments on Brexit maykeep gold prices on the edge in near term, he added.

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Reliance Industries in 24months can become the

first Indian company to reachUSD 200 billion market cap onthe back of its new commerceventure and fixed broadbandbusiness, Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch said onWednesday. In a report, thebrokerage said the key driversnecessary for Reliance tobreach USD 200 billion marketcap in 24 months from currentUSD 122 billion market cap arenew commerce initiative ofempowering Kiranas in unor-ganised retail market by offer-ing MPoS (mobile point-of-sale), entry into SME enterprisespace with Microsoft, Jio’s fiberbroadband business and digi-tal initiatives like advertising.

“We think the market isgiving little credit to these ini-

tiatives given limited visibility,”it said. “We expect near-termmomentum to be strong.”

Its bull case scenario thattakes m-cap to USD 200 billionassumed Jio’s per mobile phoneuser revenue increasing to Rs177 in FY22 from Rs 151, 10million Kirana’s paying thecompany Rs 750 a month forinstalling M-PoS, and broad-band users reaching 12 millionby FY22 with 60 per cent ofthem paying an average of Rs840 a month.

“In our bull-case, we lookat a 24-month fair-value of thecompany as we believe most ofthe new businesses which arein gestation period will takearound 24 months to acquirescale and contribute meaning-fully to RIL’s fair value,” it said.

Reliance Industries (RIL) isIndia’s largest petrochemicaland second-largest oil refining

company. It has significantinvestments in telecom, con-sumer retail and media busi-nesses in India. Its telecom sub-sidiary, Jio has garnered a largenumber of paying subscribersand has the opportunity toemerge as a top-three telecomplayer in a growing Indianmarket on the back of thelaunch of fiber-based broad-band services.

The report said the “upsidefrom base-case is predomi-nately driven by new com-merce gaining scale and help-ing B2B retail momentum aswell (USD 32 billion in addi-tional enterprise value); Jiogaining traction in enterprise,fixed broadband business +better than expected ad rev-enues/upselling services (USD222 billion in additional EV);more pronounced telecom tar-iff hike (USD 10 bn in addi-

tional EV); and better thanexpected IMO contribution +lower capex for a couple ofyear”.

India’s domestic shippingsector is to implement theInternational MaritimeOrganization’s low sulfur man-date for marine fuels, whichwill raise margins for diesel.

The brokerage said retailwill be the biggest driver ofupside as the firm’s new com-merce business gains tractionin the USD 800 billion unor-ganised markets. “On an aver-age, we expect 10 millionKirana’s to contribute to RIL ofRs 750/month on back of its M-POS monthly fees and contri-bution from inventory man-agement etc,” it said.

Stating that the entire cel-lular phone business industrywould see a meaningful tariffhike by FY2022, it said telecom

business of RIL will contributemore than a quarter of the pro-jected EV (enterprise value).

Also, Jio’s entry wouldexpand the SME market - cur-rently the majority of them donot use any enterprise offer-ings. “In the enterprise busi-ness, we expect Jio to target 15million SME users. In this, weassume 60 per cent conversion(i.e. 9 million paying SME byFY22) and expect each SME topay on an average Rs 2,000 permonth,” it said.

It estimated the Jio’s broad-band business users would be12 million by FY22, of which60 per cent could pay an aver-age of Rs 800 per cent, it said.

In the oil-to-chemicalsbusiness, it expected betterthan expected IMO impact,with refining margins movingto USD 13 per barrel from USD11.

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All India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC) on

Wednesday said it has extendedsupport to the all India bankstrike on October 22, to protestagainst the government’s deci-sion to merge public sectorbanks.

“We note that All IndiaBank Employees Associationand Bank Employees Federationof India have jointly given the

call for all India bank strike onOctober 22, against the recentdecision of the government tomerge 10 public sector banksinto four banks thus, deciding toclose down six importantnationalised banks,” an AITUCstatement said.

The AITUC termed thegovernment’s decision as mostunfortunate and totally unwar-ranted. All the banks who noware facing closures namelyAndhra Bank, Allahabad Bank,

Syndicate Bank, Corporate Bank,United Bank of India andOriental Bank of Commerceare well performing banks andhave been greatly contributingfor our nation’s economic devel-opment in their respective geo-graphical areas.

All these banks have a longhistory behind them and all ofthem have grown into big banksover the years, the statement said.

At a time, when governmentis talking of including every cit-

izen into banking access throughscheme like Jan Dhan yojana, etc,announcing the PSU bank merg-er, which will result in large scaleclosure of branches and deprivepeople of banking service is amost retrograde move, it added.“So far there is no evidence thatprevious mergers in SBI, Bank ofBaroda, etc have yielded any pos-itive results. This is not the timeto experiment with merger ofbanks when banks are requiredto play a crucial role in lifting the

economy out of its present seri-ous mess and crisis,” it said.

In fact, the entire attentionof banks will now shift fromefforts to recover the huge badloans to tacking the problemsarising out of mergers. Thisappears to be a deliberate move,since government is unable totake any serious measure torecover the bad loans from thecorporate defaulters exceptthrough huge write off, haircutsand concessions, it said.

Script Open High Low LTPICICIGI 1250.00 1250.00 1192.00 1206.75IBULHSGFIN 190.00 195.00 168.00 172.90LT 1436.60 1442.00 1416.20 1424.80HDFC 2023.00 2055.00 2015.00 2050.05YESBANK 40.65 42.05 39.80 41.15SBIN 259.40 261.85 255.05 255.90RBLBANK 266.00 273.55 254.30 258.05BPCL 504.00 520.35 502.70 511.95FEDERALBNK 86.05 86.80 79.05 82.15ZEEL 252.00 267.30 250.40 259.75BAJFINANCE 3900.00 4032.75 3900.00 4018.75MCX 1070.00 1107.70 1018.10 1026.70MARUTI 7000.00 7014.60 6897.25 6976.85TATASTEEL 354.40 354.70 345.40 347.45RELIANCE 1368.30 1379.90 1363.50 1372.70HINDUNILVR 2065.00 2080.00 2049.80 2071.80TATAMOTORS 127.50 128.25 124.50 125.80INFY 768.00 776.00 762.00 771.45AXISBANK 694.30 695.45 683.70 693.50M&MFIN 317.50 319.25 300.00 304.60AJANTPHARM 960.70 995.00 957.10 964.60TATAMTRDVR 57.10 57.10 55.45 55.95INDUSINDBK 1270.00 1284.90 1265.80 1274.45ICICIBANK 434.10 439.60 431.00 435.30HDFCBANK 1234.70 1235.50 1210.95 1221.20ONGC 140.20 142.90 138.30 141.60KOTAKBANK 1617.00 1623.80 1592.55 1606.05HDFCLIFE 594.90 616.00 594.20 610.75NCC 49.20 50.55 47.85 48.50ACC 1527.00 1559.90 1512.70 1521.40TCS 2039.00 2056.00 2016.50 2045.85ASHOKLEY 70.05 71.95 69.10 71.65CROMPTON 253.00 261.40 253.00 259.50IOC 147.20 148.95 144.95 145.45IDEA 6.19 6.74 6.17 6.56BANDHANBNK 605.10 605.10 577.20 583.75WIPRO 248.00 251.80 244.20 248.85BAJAJFINSV 8066.05 8261.80 8055.65 8129.30SBILIFE 836.20 891.95 831.00 877.40CASTROLIND 133.75 136.50 128.90 130.05ESCORTS 634.00 639.40 622.05 629.30INFRATEL 254.00 258.15 251.75 256.95AUROPHARMA 456.90 465.50 447.50 463.60JINDALSTEL 103.90 104.50 101.25 102.30BAJAJCON 221.25 234.65 221.25 234.65BANKBARODA 88.60 89.85 87.05 87.30VEDL 153.15 153.80 149.25 149.70ITC 247.00 247.50 242.20 243.70ADANIENT 155.00 161.35 154.55 160.20ITDC 285.00 350.00 280.15 341.80POWERGRID 199.50 200.70 196.55 198.70JSWSTEEL 222.05 224.90 218.55 220.20HINDPETRO 314.25 321.80 309.40 313.15GRASIM 708.00 734.20 707.35 730.60EICHERMOT 19151.00 19301.65 18902.05 19236.55BEL 111.25 112.50 110.15 111.95UPL 587.00 591.45 580.00 588.50PEL 1379.00 1385.60 1356.60 1374.80OMAXE 188.55 189.90 186.60 187.05L&TFH 83.00 85.15 82.00 83.05M&M 585.00 587.00 575.55 584.10HEROMOTOCO 2708.00 2708.00 2593.50 2603.00DLF 156.50 160.95 155.55 159.65TORNTPOWER 280.55 283.40 278.55 282.55SAIL 33.60 33.75 32.60 32.80AMBUJACEM 199.10 203.05 198.90 202.60VENKYS 1600.00 1708.35 1598.80 1686.35SUNPHARMA 399.00 402.00 394.70 399.50PNBHOUSING 437.00 467.05 373.80 380.10GAIL 128.00 128.00 126.00 126.80BHARTIARTL 382.55 386.60 377.50 385.20PHOENIXLTD 695.80 702.00 694.15 696.90BAJAJ-AUTO 3045.00 3050.00 3015.60 3020.85MINDTREE 728.00 750.45 716.00 743.30NMDC 101.10 103.25 101.00 102.80ASIANPAINT 1808.00 1813.90 1757.35 1765.70EQUITAS 101.05 103.95 99.65 100.85RECLTD 123.30 125.70 122.75 125.40TATAELXSI 660.00 676.05 648.60 672.65COALINDIA 191.50 196.10 191.30 194.65PERSISTENT 575.00 602.95 575.00 600.00RAJESHEXPO 674.50 676.35 670.10 672.45MOTHERSUMI 101.85 102.95 99.00 99.35PNB 58.20 58.80 57.05 57.30BHEL 42.75 43.25 41.35 41.85GICRE 220.20 258.30 220.15 258.30TATAPOWER 59.50 59.90 57.85 58.05INFIBEAM 39.65 40.00 38.25 39.55OBEROIRLTY 506.05 510.00 502.50 506.90INDIGO 1757.00 1761.90 1707.05 1724.45EDELWEISS 76.35 83.40 76.00 82.95NBCC 33.65 34.20 33.05 33.45TITAN 1274.80 1277.40 1257.00 1274.80STAR 355.65 357.95 338.55 350.85JUSTDIAL 582.00 587.40 575.25 583.90LUPIN 721.00 735.25 717.00 732.30IDFCFIRSTB 38.65 39.30 38.50 39.20ICICIPRULI 456.50 470.00 455.50 465.80BEML 884.75 911.10 883.30 897.20CANBK 181.60 182.70 178.55 180.00IBREALEST 43.60 45.70 42.30 42.30STRTECH 136.00 146.95 135.10 136.95BANKINDIA 61.50 62.60 60.30 60.95PIDILITIND 1382.00 1382.55 1358.05 1360.40HINDALCO 192.50 193.65 187.20 188.20MGL 954.50 984.00 951.80 979.50BERGEPAINT 480.00 482.00 469.00 471.10CIPLA 446.85 447.60 439.00 446.55

ULTRACEMCO 4220.30 4298.00 4220.30 4284.30LICHSGFIN 364.50 373.70 363.30 371.10SPICEJET 122.50 122.95 119.25 119.65SRTRANSFIN 1060.00 1061.95 1030.00 1038.65NESTLEIND 14088.00 14410.00 14088.00 14348.60BIOCON 263.70 263.70 254.55 259.90EXIDEIND 187.85 189.75 182.00 182.95SUNTV 490.00 499.90 481.90 483.20HEG 884.95 915.00 881.10 885.80POLYCAB 709.40 737.45 708.00 718.05TVSMOTOR 415.00 416.50 407.00 411.40SIEMENS 1591.35 1617.35 1590.00 1610.90COLPAL 1555.00 1558.80 1520.80 1524.45DMART 1840.10 1886.30 1840.10 1871.25GICHSGFIN 132.00 158.30 131.85 157.35AVANTI 382.60 402.40 382.60 388.45DELTACORP 171.50 183.00 171.50 178.80TORNTPHARM 1660.15 1687.75 1632.20 1641.95GODREJCP 692.15 713.20 692.10 706.05SRF 2626.00 2648.40 2590.00 2632.55ADANIPOWER 61.70 62.10 60.60 61.15GRAPHITE 272.95 279.90 269.60 272.40DRREDDY 2680.00 2742.05 2680.00 2700.80NTPC 118.65 119.75 117.00 117.50DIVISLAB 1699.00 1725.05 1693.00 1721.85IBVENTURES 85.80 92.00 81.30 81.30VOLTAS 675.00 675.65 661.10 670.50UNIONBANK 50.05 51.25 49.55 50.25TECHM 720.00 729.50 718.00 727.35WOCKPHARMA 255.00 264.40 253.00 255.35BRITANNIA 3186.90 3186.90 3153.60 3177.50BATAINDIA 1718.20 1718.20 1694.65 1700.80JUBLFOOD 1320.00 1335.15 1290.00 1298.40MARICO 383.70 384.00 377.70 380.50SPARC 120.40 138.00 120.20 129.55DABUR 457.00 457.00 449.70 455.85DISHTV 16.80 17.65 16.80 16.90UJJIVAN 303.00 310.00 302.60 308.35BHARATFORG 429.50 440.60 429.20 437.05CHOLAFIN 282.00 282.00 269.25 270.70BOMDYEING 71.55 73.25 71.00 71.90PETRONET 260.50 262.90 258.30 262.15CONCOR 596.00 608.20 590.85 604.80HCLTECH 1081.00 1107.00 1081.00 1100.85ADANIGREEN 80.50 82.30 79.50 80.15ADANIPORTS 413.10 413.65 404.00 409.85HDFCAMC 2717.00 2750.00 2715.00 2720.70HSCL 72.00 77.40 72.00 75.95SUNTECK 429.80 442.00 425.05 439.45IGL 370.00 375.00 364.60 374.00NIACL 95.00 113.75 95.00 113.75NAUKRI 2323.00 2358.00 2243.40 2259.20PCJEWELLER 33.25 33.50 31.55 31.90PFC 94.60 96.25 94.20 95.95RELCAPITAL 14.15 14.80 12.90 13.25GODFRYPHLP 1018.50 1049.15 1004.00 1034.05MRF 63425.00 63629.25 62666.00 62918.30WHIRLPOOL 2116.00 2155.00 2061.55 2133.75ADANITRANS 241.60 244.00 232.30 233.80GLENMARK 286.80 288.60 282.95 285.85BBTC 1198.00 1200.00 1154.75 1176.20FRETAIL 380.00 385.00 379.50 380.50PVR 1828.00 1836.60 1813.00 1819.55APOLLOHOSP 1489.95 1496.00 1479.65 1483.85BALMLAWRIE 164.80 180.85 164.25 171.25HINDZINC 212.35 213.90 209.30 210.65WABAG 195.00 195.25 179.00 180.40LTI 1505.00 1537.00 1496.55 1524.35TATAGLOBAL 275.10 279.00 274.00 275.60ADANIGAS 151.60 152.60 148.00 148.30MFSL 408.75 417.00 396.95 404.95MUTHOOTFIN 654.70 658.65 641.65 643.40JAICORPLTD 81.10 82.20 78.80 79.30BOSCHLTD 14200.00 14400.00 13876.90 14116.30MANAPPURAM 139.95 139.95 135.35 136.10AMARAJABAT 683.00 687.05 661.30 663.85HAVELLS 670.90 673.70 666.00 672.25INDIACEM 80.65 81.50 79.00 79.30PAGEIND 21207.95 21207.95 20705.85 20808.25CUMMINSIND 571.50 581.55 568.00 575.30IRB 60.80 64.70 60.40 64.05KTKBANK 70.00 70.00 68.40 68.75NATIONALUM 42.00 42.00 41.25 41.65APOLLOTYRE 173.85 177.75 172.90 177.50

RNAM 261.85 264.70 260.00 260.85RPOWER 1.99 2.00 1.92 1.94RADICO 293.05 302.00 291.40 299.05NIITTECH 1435.00 1435.00 1403.45 1409.45RVNL 24.45 24.45 23.75 23.80UBL 1299.00 1301.00 1267.00 1296.35FORTIS 136.10 137.90 128.80 136.30CEATLTD 936.10 973.30 935.00 967.10DBL 391.90 394.90 359.00 364.95HINDCOPPER 32.00 33.45 31.60 32.70RCF 49.20 49.20 46.85 47.45SWANENERGY 104.35 105.10 102.20 103.15FORCEMOT 1100.00 1105.15 1080.00 1090.00VIPIND 465.00 471.50 454.50 460.65BALKRISIND 772.35 786.00 769.50 781.10RELINFRA 18.80 19.50 18.15 18.60GODREJPROP 987.00 1010.70 980.05 989.95RITES 263.95 268.95 261.90 262.35CHAMBLFERT 147.15 153.40 146.80 151.75NOCIL 103.90 104.80 101.50 103.30CYIENT 456.00 460.00 445.65 453.20RAMCOCEM 730.00 731.50 721.70 729.55BLISSGVS 109.50 114.00 99.80 111.50ABCAPITAL 77.65 88.00 77.45 78.10ABB 1518.80 1536.65 1506.00 1519.10MEGH 49.95 52.00 49.85 51.05OIL 158.50 162.40 158.40 161.40HEXAWARE 371.00 377.80 368.90 376.05GMRINFRA 17.30 17.40 17.10 17.35NAVINFLUOR 714.00 733.70 714.00 728.70SCI 44.55 44.70 43.00 43.20LINDEINDIA 512.50 514.40 500.25 510.65REPCOHOME 285.95 304.95 278.00 295.80TATACHEM 594.00 596.10 585.60 594.15DHFL 20.20 21.00 20.20 20.20PIIND 1317.95 1325.00 1310.00 1313.20BALRAMCHIN 154.70 156.15 150.00 150.50AUBANK 649.10 673.70 646.00 647.10SHREECEM 18646.50 18733.20 18500.65 18617.45GHCL 207.00 210.30 205.20 206.35ABBOTINDIA 10918.00 11000.00 10880.00 10935.30MMTC 14.40 16.40 14.00 15.70CADILAHC 234.25 237.20 232.30 234.55DBCORP 150.30 154.80 148.50 153.10ISEC 274.80 278.85 274.00 275.05JUBILANT 484.95 484.95 477.00 479.50ASTRAZEN 2153.50 2230.00 2138.00 2206.10GNFC 199.65 201.10 193.55 194.30IDBI 29.05 29.90 28.85 29.10SUDARSCHEM 373.00 382.00 365.35 378.05SUZLON 2.60 2.60 2.43 2.47RAIN 86.40 88.25 84.50 86.90TRENT 505.00 510.50 504.00 505.85LALPATHLAB 1377.00 1388.40 1367.55 1375.85INDIANB 110.00 110.80 108.10 109.00RAYMOND 579.90 583.80 570.00 572.15JSLHISAR 66.85 67.20 63.25 65.20EVEREADY 36.95 37.00 36.20 36.20FINOLEXIND 590.00 605.95 590.00 599.55BAJAJELEC 383.00 398.70 383.00 388.15HFCL 17.70 18.00 17.05 17.70CANFINHOME 388.00 396.00 383.85 384.75GLAXO 1428.00 1444.00 1409.30 1430.05ITI 82.00 82.75 80.60 80.90EMAMILTD 305.00 321.25 304.95 318.90JISLJALEQS 13.40 13.40 12.50 12.80TV18BRDCST 22.10 22.10 21.20 21.40PFIZER 3195.00 3220.05 3176.00 3186.55JAMNAAUTO 34.40 36.40 33.85 35.65HUDCO 33.25 33.60 32.75 33.05HATHWAY 22.60 22.60 21.80 22.60INDHOTEL 150.25 150.50 146.50 149.30TATAMETALI 591.95 598.15 566.60 571.45IDFC 31.30 31.50 31.15 31.35GREAVESCOT 132.00 134.55 130.10 132.15WELCORP 133.60 134.10 130.85 133.30KAJARIACER 562.50 563.50 556.40 558.90ENGINERSIN 108.75 109.20 106.20 106.65DCBBANK 183.00 184.60 179.25 180.30GSKCONS 8782.00 8825.00 8744.05 8808.05PHILIPCARB 114.00 116.55 113.85 114.70KEI 554.55 554.55 540.70 546.30VINATIORGA 2162.00 2162.00 2092.50 2108.30FSL 45.10 46.45 45.10 46.30CENTRUM 23.45 24.70 22.75 24.05REDINGTON 109.05 109.05 107.05 107.95HEIDELBERG 182.35 185.05 181.50 182.05DEEPAKNI 300.00 304.50 296.70 302.50GODREJIND 384.75 390.40 382.30 385.85FINEORG 1898.90 1920.00 1890.00 1898.003MINDIA 20492.00 20615.00 20371.05 20595.90KEC 282.00 282.00 271.65 275.80PGHL 4410.10 4486.00 4316.70 4387.40SOUTHBANK 10.20 10.20 9.95 9.99BAJAJHLDNG 3548.00 3660.00 3548.00 3625.75UFLEX 204.95 205.85 201.05 201.75VSTIND 3872.05 3890.00 3800.00 3835.25KANSAINER 517.00 525.70 514.00 518.25JPASSOCIAT 2.14 2.14 2.02 2.04BASF 940.00 994.70 920.00 952.65ATUL 3971.25 3994.45 3886.75 3973.85PTC 54.25 55.05 53.45 53.95PNCINFRA 160.00 169.55 153.00 167.95ABFRL 202.45 203.10 196.35 197.90ORIENTBANK 51.15 51.70 50.60 50.90JSWENERGY 63.30 65.20 63.00 64.65VGUARD 231.50 232.00 228.75 229.05JBCHEPHARM 353.00 365.10 353.00 358.20IEX 120.20 127.50 120.20 124.95

PGHH 11459.00 11876.00 11250.00 11391.20HONAUT 28909.90 28939.00 28480.00 28578.90AEGISLOG 168.90 173.00 163.00 163.80SCHNEIDER 68.00 71.15 67.95 69.10ITDCEM 39.00 39.00 35.05 36.45SUVEN 268.30 268.30 258.65 259.95GILLETTE 7290.00 7410.00 7256.20 7310.15SOBHA 458.90 458.90 447.60 455.75BLUESTARCO 795.30 814.85 793.85 807.40LTTS 1553.00 1560.15 1542.00 1544.00STARCEMENT 95.05 97.00 93.85 94.25TIMKEN 778.95 795.00 770.00 791.50INTELLECT 187.05 189.70 183.75 186.05JSL 34.20 34.85 33.50 33.65TAKE 107.00 110.00 106.65 108.25NESCO 592.00 592.00 571.00 579.90MOTILALOFS 627.20 642.65 625.10 629.75J&KBANK 31.65 31.70 30.80 30.90IPCALAB 887.40 896.00 878.45 893.20ASHOKA 100.80 107.50 100.05 105.65INOXWIND 33.55 37.95 32.75 36.75SHANKARA 290.00 297.70 285.00 286.35CARERATING 528.70 539.00 518.00 530.55NILKAMAL 1165.00 1215.50 1165.00 1191.85COROMANDEL 409.95 411.30 404.00 409.15CHENNPETRO 156.05 161.50 154.70 160.20GRANULES 96.00 98.45 94.00 97.20OFSS 3115.40 3165.90 3115.40 3140.50VBL 638.65 639.95 632.75 636.50MAHSCOOTER 4518.15 4540.00 4480.00 4531.10JINDALSAW 83.55 83.65 81.85 82.25JKTYRE 65.00 67.65 65.00 66.00SUPREMEIND 1220.00 1230.95 1211.50 1213.35MOIL 132.00 134.90 132.00 132.75THERMAX 1115.00 1118.50 1095.00 1103.45FCONSUMER 24.75 25.10 24.15 24.40APLAPOLLO 1402.65 1419.00 1376.90 1406.95KRBL 208.95 208.95 193.30 202.00MPHASIS 921.00 923.30 910.05 920.85DHANUKA 302.05 302.05 294.15 295.40NHPC 23.75 23.75 23.40 23.40GUJGAS 176.45 176.45 174.10 175.15AKZOINDIA 1949.00 2006.00 1942.75 1976.30GSPL 208.60 212.70 206.85 211.90ASTRAL 1177.15 1177.15 1142.45 1160.35RCOM 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.74CREDITACC 625.05 628.80 611.00 614.20QUESS 469.50 474.00 463.30 464.35AAVAS 1689.00 1692.00 1650.00 1679.10TRIDENT 57.90 57.90 55.60 55.95SONATSOFTW 298.00 303.00 294.90 297.05SANOFI 5909.35 5995.00 5909.35 5975.15PRESTIGE 294.05 297.45 288.90 294.00ORIENTCEM 86.00 88.00 83.05 83.95GESHIP* 289.90 295.50 286.00 288.50ENDURANCE 1009.00 1016.60 978.00 983.50DCMSHRIRAM 378.00 390.15 378.00 382.95

SYNGENE 331.95 331.95 320.10 327.45DEEPAKFERT 90.15 91.80 89.20 89.55BIRLACORPN 536.00 548.80 525.00 529.05SUNDRMFAST 462.25 465.50 455.45 464.70MINDAIND 362.00 362.00 354.00 355.55INDOSTAR 191.00 191.00 178.90 179.95CHOLAHLDNG 464.80 470.00 458.00 464.70BAYERCROP 3380.85 3381.00 3265.05 3305.05TATACOFFEE 75.50 76.05 74.70 75.10MRPL 54.00 54.00 50.90 51.55THOMASCOOK 133.00 135.80 132.00 133.75ALBK 25.00 25.10 24.40 24.50MAHLOG 364.00 365.20 359.40 363.00TNPL 194.00 194.00 185.50 186.90FINCABLES 353.00 354.20 348.60 350.30SYNDIBANK 25.00 25.00 23.95 24.05PARAGMILK 155.15 158.65 153.00 153.90GRINDWELL 591.00 593.40 585.00 587.85GODREJAGRO 482.55 489.75 482.00 485.90JYOTHYLAB 162.15 164.45 157.60 159.25IRCON 362.00 368.30 362.00 365.05NLCINDIA 52.15 53.70 52.15 52.70VMART 2010.00 2015.00 1981.50 1986.10AIAENG 1722.50 1722.50 1655.50 1669.00JMFINANCIL 72.00 72.90 71.00 72.00CENTURYPLY 158.00 159.00 153.00 154.40METROPOLIS 1280.00 1284.00 1266.60 1270.65KALPATPOWR 444.00 444.25 435.70 439.35INOXLEISUR 334.20 336.15 327.20 328.80ALKEM 1916.05 1924.00 1907.00 1910.80DALBHARAT 814.80 819.15 792.35 807.70TTKPRESTIG 5972.95 5989.45 5850.20 5906.90

GSFC 76.10 76.80 75.10 75.25GUJALKALI 418.50 434.60 418.50 433.15IFCI 6.23 6.39 6.20 6.29TATAINVEST 791.65 792.00 780.25 784.60JKLAKSHMI 279.00 286.50 260.20 282.85COCHINSHIP 332.00 332.50 329.00 330.35SKFINDIA 2116.20 2153.70 2116.20 2135.30NATCOPHARM 567.05 570.45 562.60 564.00IOB 9.36 9.47 9.29 9.36GEPIL 700.45 708.30 685.00 703.75RELAXO 488.00 502.00 488.00 496.35IFBIND 664.75 667.40 641.00 650.15MAHLIFE 427.60 448.00 427.60 439.65SREINFRA 7.70 7.78 7.34 7.39SHK 123.00 123.00 115.00 119.05PRSMJOHNSN 76.05 78.90 75.90 76.25ZYDUSWELL 1633.00 1679.35 1633.00 1650.25TEJASNET 79.15 79.15 71.90 77.35DCAL 162.65 162.65 156.35 157.90CGPOWER 13.24 13.74 13.24 13.74NH 244.00 244.00 226.00 228.70CRISIL 1332.60 1332.60 1302.00 1306.00ADVENZYMES 146.10 148.35 146.10 146.80GMDCLTD 57.50 59.35 57.30 57.60ALLCARGO 99.60 101.75 98.35 98.80CAPPL 401.70 409.50 401.60 404.45TIMETECHNO 57.60 57.70 55.45 55.85LAURUSLABS 320.00 320.00 311.80 313.05ASTERDM 116.90 120.25 116.90 119.85GALAXYSURF 1470.00 1493.60 1425.05 1440.85ESSELPRO 115.00 115.85 112.05 114.15WELSPUNIND 49.45 50.10 49.45 49.65SUPRAJIT 179.10 182.00 179.05 180.30BDL 281.00 281.00 278.35 278.95JKCEMENT 1061.00 1075.00 1048.45 1053.85SYMPHONY 1275.00 1292.00 1254.55 1260.30SJVN 24.80 25.00 24.40 24.50RALLIS 173.00 173.00 168.80 169.60CUB 215.15 215.40 212.90 213.70EIDPARRY 155.80 157.10 153.05 154.35IIFL 108.00 108.95 105.00 107.30TRITURBINE 101.00 101.20 98.50 98.80NETWORK18 20.30 20.30 19.40 19.70SADBHAV 131.05 133.70 131.05 133.25SOLARINDS 1095.00 1098.00 1080.00 1091.80SHILPAMED 270.10 270.10 256.05 257.05UCOBANK 11.46 11.73 11.45 11.60MAHABANK 9.40 9.87 9.26 9.51COFFEEDAY 34.30 34.35 34.30 34.30THYROCARE 503.00 511.15 497.50 499.10MHRIL 209.95 212.00 206.05 209.40EIHOTEL 170.00 171.00 167.95 169.20ANDHRABANK 15.90 16.15 15.30 15.75HAL 718.00 721.05 704.60 709.30CENTRALBK 17.75 17.75 16.70 16.80LAXMIMACH 3331.00 3344.90 3321.65 3326.05LEMONTREE 56.10 56.80 55.60 56.20ECLERX 390.00 397.00 389.05 390.15SHOPERSTOP 399.00 400.80 391.55 393.90FLFL 417.75 417.75 403.95 405.10KNRCON 234.05 234.05 224.65 225.85MAHINDCIE 145.40 147.40 141.65 142.95FDC 162.30 163.35 159.05 159.35TVSSRICHAK 1798.00 1840.00 1798.00 1815.80UNITEDBNK 7.01 7.20 7.00 7.02WESTLIFE 319.00 322.25 316.30 320.40CERA 2441.70 2488.45 2434.05 2464.70ORIENTELEC 156.00 159.10 156.00 157.90GDL 92.05 95.05 92.00 93.15ERIS 423.00 423.00 406.80 417.25GULFOILLUB 880.00 880.00 846.40 853.70SCHAEFFLER 4120.00 4150.70 4114.00 4114.00GAYAPROJ 108.80 119.10 108.40 115.70CORPBANK 13.70 13.95 13.65 13.75APLLTD 530.00 530.00 521.10 522.95MAXINDIA 63.50 63.50 61.30 62.35MASFIN 696.00 696.00 689.15 694.70WABCOINDIA 6085.10 6120.00 6085.10 6118.15TIINDIA 366.95 367.00 363.15 364.85APARINDS 508.80 515.95 493.65 515.95ZENSARTECH 208.15 214.80 208.15 212.65JAGRAN 61.00 61.00 56.75 58.10SOMANYCERA 188.00 192.50 182.20 191.10VARROC 448.00 449.65 443.90 446.25TEAMLEASE 3140.00 3140.00 3094.05 3123.80HIMATSEIDE 139.20 140.30 137.80 138.05GPPL 81.10 83.10 78.35 78.90BLUEDART 2275.00 2311.50 2262.00 2269.40TVTODAY 297.00 301.25 297.00 298.55CARBORUNIV 285.70 293.05 285.10 287.60GET&D 177.45 177.50 170.00 171.10MINDACORP 81.35 82.15 80.00 80.85MAHSEAMLES 361.95 361.95 351.00 352.55MAGMA 47.55 48.25 45.90 46.70JCHAC 1891.00 1943.00 1891.00 1930.85HERITGFOOD 322.00 327.40 319.45 325.50LUXIND 1154.45 1154.45 1133.60 1142.15LAKSHVILAS 20.95 20.95 20.95 20.95NBVENTURES 74.50 75.60 74.00 74.75KPRMILL 554.35 565.90 554.35 564.95VTL 912.05 912.05 900.00 903.45RATNAMANI 930.00 930.00 905.15 919.00LAOPALA 178.95 178.95 170.45 173.60TCNSBRANDS 700.00 700.00 692.00 700.00IBULISL 77.80 77.80 77.80 77.80CHALET 314.00 314.00 312.00 312.85CCL 237.10 237.10 234.50 234.55SHRIRAMCIT 1331.00 1337.80 1326.25 1337.80SFL 1233.00 1233.00 1215.00 1224.00

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Ceylanpinar (Turkey): Turkeyrebuffed international pressureto curb its military offensiveagainst Kurdish militants inSyria on Wednesday as USPresident Donald Trump dis-patched his deputy Mike Penceto Ankara to demand a ceasefire.

Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan rejected anynegotiations, telling parliamentthe only way to solve Syria'sproblems was for the Kurdishforces to "lay down their arms...Destroy all their traps and getout of the safe zone that we havedesignated."

Battles raged in the keySyrian border town of Ras al-Ain on Wednesday, withKurdish fighters burning tyres ina bid to blind Ankara's war-planes and digging in against aground offensive by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.

The operation, now in itssecond week, has triggered aflurry of diplomacy amongmajor powers.

Trump sent Pence along

with his top diplomat MikePompeo to Turkey amid thegreatest crisis in relations fordecades between the NATOallies.

Moscow has stepped intothe void left by Trump's with-drawal of US troops from north-ern Syria, deploying patrols toprevent clashes between Syrianand Turkish forces.

The Kremlin said it wouldhost Erdogan for a meetingwith his Russian counterpartVladimir Putin in the comingdays, to ensure the operationdoes not turn into all-out warbetween Turkey and Syria.

Trump has hit back atErdogan, slapping sanctions onthree cabinet officials and rais-ing tariffs on Turkish steel.

Pence's office released astatement that he would meetErdogan on Thursday and "voicethe United States' commitmentto reach an immediate ceasefireand the conditions for a nego-tiated settlement".

He reiterated that Trumpwill pursue "punishing eco-nomic sanctions" until a reso-lution is reached.

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Erdogan told reporters he wouldnot meet with Pence — a posi-tion that was later reversed byhis office. AFP

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The Kurdish administrationguarding those suspected mem-bers of the Islamic State groupis crumbling and their fate hasnever seemed more uncertain.

This is what we know aboutthe detainees, whose fate hasbeen a security and diplomatichot potato for months:

How many?According to the Kurdish

administration, there are around12,000 suspected ISIS fighters inthe custody of Kurdish securi-ty forces across northeasternSyria.

At least 2,500 of them arenon-Iraqi foreigners of morethan 50 different nationalities.Tunisia is thought to have the

biggest contingent. Officials inParis say 60 to 70 French nation-als are among those held. Therest are around 4,000 Syriansand roughly the same numberof Iraqis.

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detained mostly in the course ofoperations led by Kurdish forcesand backed by the US-led coali-tion against ISIS, are detained inat least seven facilities.

The Kurdish-led SyrianDemocratic Forces do not revealthe exact locations but some of them are known, including in Roj, inDashisha, Jerkin, Navkur andDerik.

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The Hong Kong HumanRights and Democracy Act,which will now move to theSenate before it can become law,has drawn rare bipartisan sup-port in a polarised Congress.

The law would end theHong Kong-US special tradingstatus unless the StateDepartment certifies annuallythat city authorities are respect-ing human rights and the ruleof law.

The act will now move to asimilar vote in the Senate beforeit can become law.

"Today we're simply urgingthe Chinese president and theHong Kong Chief Executive,Carrie Lam, to faithfully honorthe Government's promises"that Hong Kong's rights andautonomy would be protected,Republican RepresentativeChris Smith, prime sponsor ofthe bill, said on Tuesday on theHouse floor.

"The House just sent astrong message to the people ofHong Kong: We stand with youin the fight for democracy andjustice," said Ben Ray Lujan, aHouse Democrat. AFP

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The images and Kim'srhetoric appeared aimed atbolstering his leadership athome as the North tries topressure the US into makingconcessions in nuclear diplo-macy.

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From advertisementsshowcasing adventurousgirls climbing mountains

(and in some cases, even mov-ing them) to women leadingcorporate teams and facingevery challenge that comestheir way, brands have nowturned their attention towardsshattering the image of Indianwomen which operated with-in confines of honour andboundaries. They are motivat-ing the better half of thehuman species to unleashtheir potential. The brandshave identified the power thattheir platforms hold because oftheir extensive reach. So, theycouple fashion with acts thatempower women instead ofadhering to the standard focuson consumerism.

In turn, they not onlygrab eyeballs and are applaud-ed for their work, but also ini-tiate a discussion around thesepoints and reflect on the worldwe ought to live in. Recently,brands such as Levis, AND,H&M, Puma and others havecome out with advertisementsand campaigns enunciatingthe idea in myriad ways. OnInternational Women’s Dayand Women’s History Month,Levis launched its I Shape MyWorld, a global initiative ded-icated to celebrate and elevatethe extraordinary women whomove the world forward everyday. The campaign celebratedthe spirit of women empower-ment and their determinationto inspire change. Throughthis unified global campaign,they tried to create an inclu-sive world.

Another campaign,ANDiRISE of AND celebrat-ed women who broke societalstereotypes. It introduced aworld where women believe inthemselves and propel them-selves to the top. They believethat their dreams are biggerthan the challenges they face.

H&M created a splash onsocial media by smashingstereotypes with its campaign,She’s A Lady. The campaignwas designed to break downgender norms and encourageself-expression by encouragingwomen to be fierce and fear-less with their fashion choic-es rather than fitting into therestrictive definitions of alady.

The most recent example

of such an initiative is Puma’snew campaign Propah Lady incollaboration with Digitas,which counters the conven-tional idea of what makeswomen proper and redefinesit. It celebrates the shift fromwomen being told what to do,to them writing their ownrules. The campaign recognis-es how women are owningtheir space and livingunapologetically. It encouragesthem to live life in keepingwith their own mantra.

It brings together IndianOlympic boxer, Mary Kom,International athlete, DuteeChand, Sara Ali Khan andtransgender model, AnjaliLama.

Mary, who has rewrittenthe history of Indian sportssays, “I’ve always been clearabout my goals and what Iwanted to achieve. Throughthis campaign, Puma cele-brates the shift in our societywhere women fearlessly chasetheir goals.” She feels proudleading the movement andbelieves that this will set anexample to encourage younggirls to pursue their passion.

Another athlete, Duteewho credits all her success tohard work, says, “As long asyou work hard to achieveyour goals, you shouldn’tworry about what othersthink. I broke many shacklesto get where I am and how Iwant to live.”

She is the first lesbian ath-lete to reveal her sexuality andrelationship with a womanfrom her village. She found thecourage to do so after article377 was scrapped inSeptember last year. Talkingabout the change it hasbrought, she says, “Manythings have changed since thedecriminalisation of 377, mostimportantly people’s mindset.They have become positive.The LGBTQ community nowopenly discusses their identi-ties.” As a girl from a small vil-lage in Orissa, naturally, thechallenges that she faced incoming out and discussing itopenly were higher. But nowwith the decriminalisation,she says that, even her vil-lagers’ mindset is changing.They have adapted to thechanging ways of life. She ishopeful about the extension ofthis law to same sex marriages.

For the campaign, shesays, “I am happy that Pumais changing the narrative forwomen in a progressive andpositive way. They are promot-ing girls to go forward in lifeand make India proud.”

Anjali, who is the firsttransgender model to walk atthe Lakme Fashion Week in2017, says that it is good to seethat the brands are stressingupon issues like womenempowerment and genderequality. “In fact, all brandsshould do something in thisdirection because the youthlooks upto such brands. Theysee, learn and follow what theypromote, for example PropahLady inspires a woman to be

herself. This will help manywomen watching the cam-paign.

As a transgender, Anjali’sjourney was not easy. Duringher childhood, people taunt-ed her for the way she dressedup, did make-up and carriedherself. She says that when shedisclosed her identity in 2005,she was abandoned by herfamily and friends. But slow-ly and gradually, when shestarted achieving her goals,they returned to her life.

“Today I feel proudimpacting a lot of lives. Peopleget inspired by my powerfulstories. I always believe thatone should never be afraid totell the world who you are.

Girls worry a lot about ‘whatwill people say?’ when theywant to do anything beyondthe traditionally acceptednotions. They often step backand, then, are left behind,” saysshe.

When asked about whatdrives her, she pauses for awhile but couldn’t come upwith an answer. She then says,“I don’t know. Very few peo-ple have this strength andcourage to overcome theirfears. I had it and maybe thatis the reason I am here. I amglad that my story and expe-rience match the concept ofthis campaign, so, believe inyourself.”

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Actor Sara Ali Khan says she ensures thatshe takes out time for workout, no mat-

ter how caught up she is with work or fami-ly commitments. “Between shoots and work-outs and now Diwali celebrations, it’s easy toforget about our skin. So I strongly advocategoing back to the basics,” Sara said.

The Simmba actor, who is brand ambas-sador for Garnier Serum Sheet Masks, sharedskincare and beauty tips for the festive sea-son.� Exercise, not just to drop a size: The health-iest way to detox your skin is to sweat it out.It helps clear your skin from all the pore clog-ging toxins. No matter how caught up I amwith work or family commitments, I alwaysinclude at least 30 minutes of workout in myroutine, my day just feels incomplete withoutthat.� Eat well and eat right: The ‘besan ladoos’,‘chole bhature’ and ‘kulfis’ feed the soul, Iagree! But it is also important to check on por-tions and eat healthy to ensure acne and dull-ness don’t wear you down during these cele-brations.� Less is more: I strongly believe in thismantra, beauty lies in minimalism and beingtrue to yourself. Keep it subtle, keep it orig-inal and wear your confidence.� Hydration all the way: Always make sureto keep your body and skin hydrated. Drinkenough water and moisturise your skin well.For me, putting on a sheet mask is the quick-est way to hydrate my skin while I am shift-ing gears from hectic shoots and early morn-ing rehearsals to late-night card parties withmy friends.� Get some me-time: The festive season canget chaotic. Grab some me-time not just for you,but also for your skin. Kick back, relax, put ona sheet mask and chill! Trust me, all it takes is15 minutes and your skin will thank you for it.� Get that beauty sleep: Don’t compromise onyour sleep! Eight hours of sleep is ideal but tryto get at least six hours of shuteye during thefestive madness. But no matter how late it is,don’t forget to take off your make-up beforegoing to bed. Residual make-up can cause yourskin to break out. —IANS

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�What is the collection about?Based on theme ‘Love is Love’

and the Chinese character ‘Tuzki’(an illustrated bunny character),the collection has some of ourclassic archival pieces which weare sharing with an online shop-ping site We are also celebratingone year of decriminalising ofSection 377 by making it a uni-sex collection. It is a huge step foran Indian e-tailer to come up withclothes which are meant foreverybody. Tuzki is such a fasci-nating character. While its home-land is China, it’s immenselypopular all across the world. I ama fan myself and knew about iteven before the collaborationhappened. What I loved aboutTuzki is that it gives people,especially millennials, the oppor-tunity to express themselves with-out any language barrier. As a partof my Fall-Winter collection atParis Fashion Week 2018, Tuzkiwas the inspiration for a specialline of accessories and apparel,Orange is the new Zen.Incorporating its ability to com-municate a story universallyblended well with my vision forthe collection. In fact, I am ecsta-tic to see the response from theinternational market and cannotwait for Indians to enjoy theaccessories and apparel. Therefore,when the idea of collaborationcame up, I was quite excitedgiven my love for the character.The collection is a mix of eclec-tic pieces that consist of denims,t-shirts, dresses, jackets, activewear and accessories.

With this collaboration, weintend to target the young audi-ence, who look for bold colours,quirky elements, fun and versatil-ity. And the ones who aspire tohave a Manish Arora outfit but arenot able to. Although my brandhas its reach among the youngergeneration, the category is nicheand we do not manage to reacheverybody. Online shopping web-sites have a much wider reach.Therefore, the goal is to achieveas many followers as possible.

�How would you define theidea of unisex wear?

Gender fluid clothes are thebiggest trend this year and Ithink, the trend will remain pop-ular for the longest time. Standingout from the crowd and notbeing shy of what and how youwant to represent yourself is thenew trend for both men as wellas women. With changing times,fashion is becoming unisex.Women are more confident towear their partner’s clothes evenwhile heading out. In fact, theyfeel bold and fearless as these looksporty. I feel clothes aren’t definedby gender, rather they are to beworn by people. Today, evenmen don’t shy away from wearingcolorful, bold prints, which wasnot the case in the past. We aretrying to explore the same.

�What is that inclination thatyou have towards the psychedel-

ic colour palette?The Manish Arora aesthetic

revolves around colour and noth-ing else, which is one of the mainreasons we have come together —to have my style adapted to theircollaboration. The psychedeliccolour palette defines me. The col-lection have a potpourri of bright,shiny-pop colours such as neons,pink, gold, blue, orange, yellow,black, white, red any many more.

�Fashion consciousness isincreasingly acknowledged bythe Indian population, how doyou think this change has comeabout?

Today’s Indian consumer isfashion conscious owing to glob-alisation and the awareness thatcomes with it. The strength andreach of digital media has nowempowered a world that is trulyconnected — through andthrough, which offers an influen-

tial platform to the happeningsaround the world. It has nowbecome easier to connect to awider range of audience wherethey can see — launches, fashionshows and trend reports andmake their choices for them-selves — in real time. The pres-ence of celebrities and fashioninfluencers is another aspect thatadds to an increased sense ofawareness, as they have the abil-ity to impact various minds col-lectively.

� Indians are increasinglybecoming comfortable of glob-al trends, styling and silhouettes.The definition of informal wearhas undergone a change. Howhave you hacked this change inyour works?

I always think of comfortwhen designing ready-to-wearsilhouettes and thus have alwaysexpressed that one should feel

comfortable and not restricted inthe garments one is wearing. Easeof wear fused with functionalityis what ensures that your designsare well-received. India, as a mar-ket, is no different from anyinternational one. Indians areequally aware, tasteful and arewell-travelled with an eye forfashion. In fact, a part of my Fall-Winter 19 collection features ath-leisure — sweatshirts, bombersand track pants with intricateembroideries and hand appliquethat can be worn all day frommorning to evening. And whatcould be more relaxing yet fash-ionable?

�Fashion designers have to keepabreast of changes with everyseason. How do you keep your-self updated and handle thepressure? What keeps you going?

All designers have their ownunique aesthetic that they com-

municate through their designsand these eventually becometrends. Seeking inspiration frommy travels across the globe, I ama keen observer of everythingaround me — nature, landscapesand people. Whatever I do, Idesign with an objective to makepeople happy and give them achance to see that life is trulybeautiful and that it should beembraced every day.

�What is the biggest thing thatyou stand for and support asdesigners?

For those who know me,spreading love, happiness and joywith my designs is my translationof art and supporting individualis-tic fashion has been my motto. Loveis the most beautiful emotion forme and I believe that everyone isunique and should be confident inwhat they wear, irrespective of whatthe world around you is doing.

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He started his career withBHEL as an engineer trainee atthe company’s corporate officein the capital and subsequentlymoved to its Heavy ElectricalEquipment Plant (HEEP),Haridwar, where he contributedin various areas and differentcapacities.

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Have you ever visited a place whichmade you feel that you belongthere? Where you breathed easily,

your mind quietened and you encounteredbeauty all around. Long back, a little girl lis-tened to stories — of valour and friendship,love and spiritualism, wealth and magic,struggles and religions — and her youngmind wandered across the battlegrounds ofAncient India.

Through these stories, she experi-enced sitting by the mighty rivers of theEast, shivering in the cold snow boundmountains of the North, dancing in themagnificent temples of the South. She trav-elled through those stories, like a gypsy,awestruck and in love with something newevery evening. Years later, she craved tobring out that gypsy again, to travel to newlands, live in different homes, wake up tosunrises in different places and tell those sto-ries. As a first step towards realising herdream, she moved out of the city and choseMashobra, in Himachal Pradesh as her ini-tial home. The endeavour was to absorb thelocal colours, aromas, tastes, stories and cul-ture of Himachal and then move on in a fewyears, to a new environment and a differ-ent place. And this is how Khanabadosh,the travelling bed and breakfast came to be.

Khanabadosh in Mashobra is a beau-tiful, luxurious, modern B&B in soulful

touch and local earthiness. The magicalquality of mountain air coaxes you to slowdown the pace of your feet, heart and soul.It will make you stop and gaze at the view,hear the musical cooing of birds or smellthe flowers. Everyone — children, women,men of all ages, colour, religion and sexu-al orientation — is welcome here. Artists,writers, poets and people with the abilityto appreciate the finer things will especial-ly rejoice in the place.

If you are an early riser, you will see thesun come up in front, winning battles withfluffs of white and grey. Step out and you’llalso find tiny wild flowers wake up andsmile at the effulgence. When you look hardenough, and you’ll see gossamer cobwebsin the grass, tiny spiders glistening likemoon dust, butterflies dutifully sayinghello to suede soft pansies that hold cleardrops of water, like proud trophies, Thereare vagabond poppies lining the fringe ofthe garden and dew drops glistening onleaves like mini moons. There is a magicalscent in the air and you will instantly recog-nise it as that of the earth. When you closeyour eyes and inhale in deep, the mélangeregisters as a sweet mix of apples, roses, loveand grass vapour. It is a clean, heavenly,intoxicating smell. This is the little villageof Purani Koti in Mashobra whereKhanabadosh is located, 18 kilometres from

the madding crowds that throng Shimla. Itis a perfect refuge for those seeking peaceand tranquility.

With four beautifully appointed rooms,it is truly a private escape. The decor isquirky yet elegant with plush beds piledhigh with pillows and cloud soft eider-downs, and antique wood furniture. TheKings Room, the only one on the secondfloor was originally an attic and nowboasts of a 200-year-old four poster bed,exquisite jamawar throws and antiquebrass statues.

Framed handwritten notes from theowner’s mother adorn the walls of the prop-erty and tell stories of shared laughter andconversations. Antiques collected fromaround the world are placed throughoutwhich reflect the gypsy soul of the place.

Guests will delight in a fabulous assort-ment of luxurious amenities when they trav-el. At Khanabadosh, they truly push con-vention and try to give their patrons some-thing unique. Guests get a choice ofcoloured and white towels and fluffy robesthat one could get lost in. Every room hasa tea and coffee caddie which offers unusu-al options like Green Pea Flower, Jasmineand Matcha.

Undoubtedly, the heart of Khanabadoshis its hearth. Heavenly aromas waft out ofthe kitchen. In fact, if there’s something that

you particularly like during a meal, you cantry your hand at it and learn to cook it.Sumptuous food is available all day start-ing with an elaborate breakfast with fresh-ly squeezed apple juice from fruit from theirown garden. Afternoon tea, pre-dinnersnacks and an elaborate dinner is served lov-ingly by the host in the gorgeous livingroom.

But that is not all. There is also “TheSecret,” a stash kept for those who wake uphungry in the middle of the night. Each dayat Khanabadosh, they organise a snack ormake some cookies and conceal them inaccessible places. Its location and the farechanges with each sunset. Make sure, youfind out what’s on and where because in themountains, nightly hunger pangs aren’tuncommon.

You could just stay here, unwind,sleep, meditate, eat, read, paint, write,sketch, dream, laugh, fall in love or simplyfind yourself. The possibilities are endlessand the choice is yours. Discover a beauti-ful trail, go out bird watching or huntingfor mushrooms and baby fiddlehead ferns.They also have mountain bikes if that isyour preferred mode of discovery. Yoga bythe huge stone Buddha in the garden canhelp you heal your body and soul. Thenthere is the crackling fire late in theevening to warm your soul. You can get cosy

on the couch in the library or just soak inthe warm mountain sun sitting under theparasol, the choice is yours.

There is an extensive library in thehouse, books bought and collected from allover. Bookworms would be spoilt forchoice. Fiction or history? Philosophy ortravel book? So they have tried to make iteasy and fun for the guests. The table at thefirst floor lobby has a selection of favourites,covered in brown paper, with tantalisingdescriptions where you can try your luckwith a ‘Blind Date with a Book’. Who knows,you might end up falling in love!

Team work is imperative in the success-ful running of any establishment and it isno different here. Guests often find them-selves being served by the owner. A shy butcheerful lady, who is the housekeeper,comes in everyday clinking her bangles toannounce her arrival. This is the team thatruns Khanabadosh to perfection. But thereal owners, are the two oversized goldens,Gabbar Singh and Sultan. They eat fallenapples, sleep, roll around in the vast gardensand cuddle with guests. The biggest attrac-tions of this place is that they will welcomeyou with vigorous tail wags and wide dog-gie smiles. If for nothing else, make a tripto Khanabadosh to meet these two andallow yourself to drown in an ocean full ofunconditional love!

The Bureau of IndianStandards (BIS) organised a

national seminar on VideoStandards Create a Global Stagein the capital to commemoratethe 50th World Standards Day.

Each year, InternationalOrganisation forStandardisation (ISO) decides atheme for the occasion based onthe current aspects of standard-isation. The theme of WSD2019, Video Standards Create aGlobal Stage, is very relevant asindustries are embracing newvideo technologies that haveconstantly pushed the limits.The event was inaugurated bythe Minister of ConsumerAffairs, Food and PublicDistribution, Ram Vilas Paswan.He highlighted the importanceof standards in facilitating tech-nological growth and advance-ment of industries. He said thatIndia is keen on adopting digi-

tal technologies to promotegovernment initiatives likeDigital India to transform theeconomy into a digitally-empowered one. He informedthe gathering about the severalinitiatives taken by BIS in stan-dardisation activities of emerg-ing technologies through vari-ous technical committees thathave been created for ArtificialIntelligence, IoT, Block Chain,Smart Cities and SmartManufacturing.

Speaking on the occasion,Avinash Kumar Srivastava, sec-retary, Department ofConsumer Affairs, said thatdigital and video technology isthe modern medium of expres-sion and BIS has been activelyinvolved in the internationalstandardisation work throughthe technical committee‘ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29’, whichinvolves coding of audio, picture,

multimedia and hypermediainformation. “It is responsiblefor developing standards forvideo compression,” he added.

Rohit Kumar Parmar, DG,BIS, in his inaugural address,said that the advancements inelectronics and informationtechnology in the second half ofthe 20th century has boostedvideo production and techno-logical developments in the lastcouple of decades. He added, “Ithas made producing and storingvideos more portable.Standardisation plays a crucialrole in this area where VideoStandards enables differentmanufacturers to work togeth-er across a range of applications.”

The ceremony also sawthree Indian experts —Surendra Jhalora, Bapu Gawade,Rajiv Sharma — being felicitat-ed with the IEC 1906 awardconferred by the International

Electro-Technical Commissionfor their contribution. Theawards to all the winners werepresented by Paswan.

There were also some tech-nical sessions and panel discus-sions, which turned out to anenriching experience for theaudience. They were deliveredby eminent speakers — DrScott Steedman, director ofStandards, British StandardsInstitution, Dr Ujwal Nirgudkar,chairman, Society of MotionPictures & Television Engineers(SMPTE), India Section, andOscar Academy Member, DrShashi Bhusan Gogia, PresidentSATHI, founding fellow ofIAHSI, Dr Dinesh MS, seniorresearch scientist, Philips India,Bengaluru, Murali BabuMuthukrishnan, director, IttiamSystems (P) Ltd — and MaheshD Kulkarni, senior director,CDAC, chaired the technicalsession. The occasion was alsocelebrated in BIS’ regional andbranch offices through seminarswherein deliberations over thetheme of the World StandardsDay were held.

The day is recognised as aninternational day of observancesince 1970. The occasion provid-ed a perfect opportunity toreflect how Standards work inthe real world and the benefitsthey bring to business, societyand the environment.

Malnutrition is emerging as ahuge socio-economic prob-

lem, particularly among childrenbelow five years who are under-nourished. Nationally, malnutri-tion in children below five could fallinto three categories — childrenwhose weight does not correspondto their age; children whose heightdoes not correspond to their age;children whose weight and heightboth do not correspond to their age.As per the National Family andHealth Survey 2015-16, 35.7 percent of children are malnourishedand the figure in Chhattisgarhstands at 37.7 per cent. However, thesame indicator from the VazanTyohaar initiative by Chhattisgarh

government pegs the figure at 23.37per cent in 2019. According to thelatest Lancet Journal report releasedon September 17, malnutrition wasthe predominant risk factor fordeath in children below five years ofage in every state of India in 2017,accounting for 68.2 per cent of thetotal under five deaths. The situa-tion is very alarming.

Taking cognisance of this situ-ation, strategic steps against mal-nourishment in Chhattisgarh havebeen taken as the top priority, mak-ing it a public movement. And withthe current status of malnutrition,development of infrastructure andother physical amenities would bemeaningless. Moreover, the worst-affected areas, predominantly thetribal areas of the state, compel usto rethink the social cost andmeaning of economic develop-ment. It also brings to the fore theunderstanding that the most severe

cases of malnourished childrenare from the regions of the state,where most of the natural resourcesare being extracted. In these areas,especially in Bastar, women andmothers between 15 to 49 years ofage are reported to be anaemic withan alarming figure of more than 65per cent.

Government of Chhattisgarhhas initiated many schemes andprogrammes to combat the chal-lenge. Bastar and Surguja divisionsof the state are the most-affectedareas. Tribal areas are being provid-ed protein-rich food, includingeggs and pulses on a pilot basis. Thedistricts covered under the pilotprogramme include Bastar,Dantewada, Korba, Surguja, Koriyaand a few other. The scheme wasplanned to be scaled up to cover theentire state on October 2, 150thbirth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

DMF funds will be managed bya committee headed by a StateCabinet Minister instead of theDistrict Collector. The money willbe utilised primarily for health,nutrition, education, training,livelihood, community-focussedactivities. Social audit of the dis-bursed amount will be mandated.The state is also implementing the‘universal health scheme,’ where allthe touch points in the healthecosystem will be improved andquality will be assured to bringabout a holistic change in thedelivery of health services to everycitizen. This year, 17 Mother-Babyhospitals will be set up all over thestate. Free health services to expec-tant mothers will be availableacross the state. Besides this, manyspecialised health services likefacilities for sickle cell examination,dialysis, pathologies, etc., will beprovided.

One of the most important ini-tiatives has been the access tohealth services across every nookand corner of the state. This

became possible with the ‘CMHaat Bazaar Health Initiative’ dur-ing the weekly haat, which is a spe-cial feature across Chattisgarh’svillages. Health services are beingmade available in Haat Bazaar,which happens to be a suitableplace to create health awarenessamongst masses and also to createtouch points for service delivery.

The Chhattisgarh governmentunderstands and realises thatimplementing the aforementionedactivities and working towards theobjectives may be a tough task butthe constant dialogue between thestakeholders and the implementerswill help find solutions of theproblems constantly. Both short-term as well as long-term objectiveshave been taken into consideration,which will lead to holistic and sus-tainable solutions to all healthissues plaguing the state.

One healthy family is capableof making wise choices and sever-al wise choices lead up to a healthysociety. Such a society, we believe,will be able to take Chhattisgarhforward in all matters of develop-ment in the decades to come.

(The author is IASCommissioner, Public Relations,Chhattisgarh.)

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Spin great Anil Kumble saysone of the biggest learnings

from his previous coachingstints, including the contro-versial one with the Indianteam, is to "back off and helpthe players relax".

Kumble resigned as Indiahead coach after the 2017Champions Trophy final dueto an "untenable relationship"with skipper Virat Kohlithough the team did wellunder his tutelage.

The 48-year-old is back tocoaching again, this time asdirector of cricket operationsat Kings XI Punjab. He alsoheld mentorship roles at RoyalChallengers Bangalore andMumbai Indians.

"With RCB we did not winthe title but we came close acouple of t imes. WithMumbai, we had wonderful

success those three years I wasthere. It is nice to have theexperience of crossing theline. It certainly helps (you asa coach)," Kumble told PTI onWednesday.

"It is all about a game ofcricket at the end of it. If yousimplify like that the jobbecomes a lot easier. Themoment you start puttingimportance to result, wins,trophies then it puts morepressure on the players. So thelearning is just to back off andhelp the players relax andwhen they are relaxed theytend to perform better."

At an event here onWednesday, EbixCash wasannounced as Kings XIPunjab's title sponsor for three

years.Kings XI Punjab have

never won the IPL andKumble has come on board toend the title drought. Kumble,who wants to add more expe-

rience to the Punjab squad,will soon start strategisingfor the IPL auction inDecember.

"You learn from the previ-ous experiences you have had

as a player, as a coach but IPLis a rollercoaster ride. Youneed to be patient and thenback the players you have.

"Generally because of cer-tain results you tend to startlooking at other teams andthat starts influencing yourdecision and that is the lastthing you want."

Earlier this week, Kings XIPunjab co-owner Ness Wadiatold PTI that the franchsieboard had a rethink onRavichandran Ashwin and ithas decided to retain him.Ashwin captained the side inthe previous two seasons butfailed to take them to the play-offs. Kumble said it is not cer-tain that Aswhin will captainthe side again.

"We have not decided thatyet. Some decisions need tome made but we don't need todecide at this moment. IPL isstill five months away. Thereis an auction coming up, wewill start to build a squadaround that as well.

"Ashwin had a wonderfultwo years but of course we didnot get the right results but wehave not made any decisionwho the captain will be."

Kumble conceded that anydecision will not be an easyone as he is a senior player.Ashwin has also done well forIndia in Tests of late, havingmade a comeback into theplaying eleven in the ongoinghome series against SouthAfrica.

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Rodrigo Moreno fired Spaininto Euro 2020 with a last-gaspequaliser in Sweden while the

Republic of Ireland’s chances ofreaching the finals are still in the bal-ance after they fell 2-0 in Switzerland.

Spain became the sixth team toqualify for next summer’s tourna-ment thanks to Rodrigo, who cameoff the bench to score a dramaticinjury-time leveller in a 1-1 draw inStockholm, sparking wild celebra-tions on the touchline.

“Qualification is a must for ateam like Spain but achieving it stillhas value,” said Moreno. “It releasesthe pressure and gives us time towork.”

Robert Moreno’s side are top ofGroup F on 20 points after drawingtheir last two matches. They are fiveahead of Sweden and six aboveRomania, who missed the chance totake second spot when Norway’sAlexander Sorloth snatched a late 1-1 draw in Bucharest.

However it was a far from vintagedisplay from Spain, who startedbrightly but faded as the match woreon against the lively hosts, who weredistraught after missing out on afamous victory right at the death.

A celebratory night was tem-pered slightly by the loss of goalkeep-er David de Gea to a thigh injury inthe second half, although that willworry his club Manchester Unitedmore ahead their meeting withPremier League leaders Liverpoolthis weekend.

IRELAND LEFT SWEATINGIn Group D, Haris Seferovic’s

early strike and Shane Duffy’s lateown goal kept Switzerland’s hopes ofautomatic qualification alive with a2-0 victory over the Republic ofIreland.

The win in Geneva means theSwiss are just a point behind groupleaders Ireland and Denmark withtwo matches remaining in their cam-

paign, compared to just the one forthe Irish, who host the Danes onNovember 18 needing a win to guar-antee qualification.

“It’s a cup final. Beat Denmark toreach Euro 2020. I would have takenthat at the start and I’ll take it now,”said the Republic’s coach MickMcCarthy.

The Swiss, who also have the bet-ter of the head-to-head record withthe Irish as the two teams drew 1-1in September, take on group min-nows Georgia and Gibraltar in theirfinal two games.

“The result doesn’t mean a lot inthe group, we still need to get resultsin our next two games. If we get the

points we need against Georgia andGibraltar we can turn our attentionsto Euro 2020,” said Switzerland coachVladimir Petkovic.

FINLAND TOWARDS HISTORYFinland inched closer to qualify-

ing for their first ever EuropeanChampionships after Teemu Pukkitook his qualifying tally to seven ineight matches with a double thathelped Finland sweep aside Armenia3-0 in Turku.

Fredrik Jensen gave the Finns a31th minute lead. Norwich Citystriker Pukki then scored just afterthe hour and got his second two min-utes from the end with a neat dinkedfinish.

Markku Kanerva’s side stay ninepoints behind Group J winners Italy,

who maintained their 100 percentrecord with an eighth straight win, 5-0 against Liechtenstein.

Finland need a win over rock-bottom Liechtenstein to qualify fortheir first major tournament afterfourth-placed Bosnia & Herzegovinalost 2-1 in Greece with an 88th-minute own goal from AdnanKovacevic.

Israel kept their hopes of quali-fying from Group G alive after see-ing off Latvia 3-1 as Eran Zahaviscored his 11th goal of the qualify-ing campaign.

Andi Herzog’s side are level on 11points with North Macedonia andSlovenia and five behind second-place Austria, meaning they stillhave a chance with two gamesremaining.

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Championship debut butIndian boxer Manju Rani hasno plans to rejig her weightcategory and give it a shot tocompete in the Tokyo 2020Olympics. Instead, the youngchampion wants to developher skills and prepare herselffor 2024.

The 20-year old won herfirst World’s medal in therecently concluded Women’schampionship in Ulan-Udebut since she competes in 48

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Asian Championships Bronzemedallist Nikhat Zareen

cried foul on Wednesday afterthe Boxing Federation of India(BFI) hinted that there would notrial between her and MaryKom in the 51kg category forparticipating in the TokyoOlympic qualifiers in Wuhanfrom February 3 to 14.

BFI president Ajay Singhtold reporters that Mary Kom,could possibly be their automat-ic choice for the China event.And that hasn’t pleased theyoungster looking to make amark.

“Today morning I got toknow that the President had toldthe media that there would be notrials,” Nikhat said.

“Anyone can win any day. It’sboxing. I am not saying send me,but give me a fair chance. I willtry to talk to them (BFI). Theysaid before that only Gold andSilver medallist at the Worldswill automatically be selected forthe Olympic qualifiers but nowthey are changing that rule foreven women,” she said.

Six-time champion MaryKom settled for the Bronze in theWomen’s World BoxingChampionships after losing hersemi-final bout of the 51-kg fly-weight category to second-seedBusenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey ina split 1:4 verdict.

Ahead of the Worlds, BFIhad a selection policy for boththe men and women boxerswhich said all the medal winners(Gold, Silver and Bronze) in the

men’s section at the Worlds willautomatically be picked for theOlympic qualifiers, without hav-ing to undergo trials.

However, for the Eves, thecriteria was only applicable forGold and Silver medallist win-ners at the Worlds.

“Now in December we haveNationals, again I have to gothrough the grind. Then if thereare no trials, what is the use ofall these competitions. No useright?” questioned the 23-yearold boxer.

Asked about her next courseof action, Nikhar said she willapproach sports minister KirenRijiju after trying to contact BFIPresident Singh several times.

“Everything is in President’s(Ajay Singh) hands. I am tryingto contact him but he is notresponding. I tried so manytimes. I will try to contact ourSports Minister and ministryalso, then let’s see what happens.If all this happens I cannotfocus on my game,” she said.

The BFI did not let Nikhatparticipate against Mary Kom atthe trials for the Worlds, back inAugust also. Chairman of selec-tors Rajesh Bhandari had saidthat her bout wouldn’t takeplace just to ensure that she isprotected for the future and notexposed at a young age in theWorld Championships.

The move had come as arude shock for both the boxerand her father who had travelledfrom Hyderabad to the nation-al capital for the trials for thechampionship to be held inRussia in October.

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Former India captainBhaichung Bhutia on

Wednesday said India’s 1-1 drawagainst Bangladesh in the GroupE World Cup qualifiers was“unfortunate”, adding that theteam needs to learn from theirmistakes and move on.

A last-gasp Adil Khan goalsaved India the blushes as theyheld a spirited Bangaldesh,ranked 83 places below them, toa draw.

“I could not watch thematch so I won’t be able to com-ment much on it, but it’s unfor-tunate,” Bhutia said.

India held Asian championsQatar to a 0-0 draw last monthand were hot favourites to winagainst Bangladesh who lost toQatar 0-2 at home before thismatch.

“They are a young side.They have talented players and

they will only learn from this.Yes it’s not a great result but theseboys and the team needs to con-tinue the work they are doing.They will get better,” Bhutia said.

India captain Sunil Chhetrialso expressed his disappoint-ment as he and other playerscame close to scoring but justcould not get the ball past thegoalpost until the 88th minutewhen Adil scored off a corner todraw level.

Taking to Twitter, Chhetriexpressed gratitude to the fanswho turned up in large numbersto support the Indian team.

“We couldn’t deliver a per-formance to match the atmos-phere at the Salt Lake last night,and the dressing room is verydisappointed about it. We could-n’t capitalise on the chances wegot, but this is a process on thepitch and in the stands. Youturned up, we’ll keep attemptingto,” Chhetri tweeted.

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Naveen Kumar was the star as DabangDelhi on Wednesday beat defending

champions Bengaluru Bulls 44-38 to booktheir maiden summit clash berth in the ProKabaddi League here.

The Delhi team produced an all-roundperformance, with Naveen Kumar impress-ing with his raids (15 raid points) and AnilKumar dominating with his tackles (4points) to win in front of a packed stadiumat the EKA Arena by TransStadia.

This was the first time Debanag Delhi

has qualified for the PKL final.The Bulls, just like in the Eliminator

against UP Yoddha, had a slow start, withDelhi dominating the first few plays.Ravinder Pahal seemed keen to maintainhis dominance in duels against PawanSehrawat and started the match with a cleanankle hold of the ‘High flyer’.

Delhi dominated in all departments,with Naveen Kumar spearheading theattack, and inflicted the first All-Out of thematch in the fifth minute to open up a 6-point lead.

Pawan secured a three-point Super Raid

in the seventh minute to reduce the mar-gin but Delhi maintained their momentumthanks to an unstoppable Naveen Kumar.They inflicted another All-Out in the 13thminute to open up an 11-point lead asNaveen Kumar secured another Super 10(his 20th consecutive).

Naveen did make a rookie error as hefailed to complete a raid on time which gavethe Bulls some hope going into the break.Delhi led Bulls 26-18 at half time.

The Bulls opted for a more aggressiveapproach in the second half with thedefenders consistently getting better of theDelhi raiders in do-or-die situations.

But what makes Delhi a complete unitis the presence of versatile all-rounders andthe likes of Chandran Ranjit and Vijaystepped up with valuable raid and tacklepoints to always maintain a healthy lead ofsix or seven points.

Delhi were aware of what PawanSehrawat could do on the mat and werekeen on keeping the league’s best raider inthe dugout as much as possible. Bulls’ starraider spent more than 20 minutes awayfrom the mat as they struggled to reduceDelhi’s lead.

At the other end, Delhi ensured NaveenKumar spent very little time on the bench,and that helped them sure another All-Outwith three minutes left in the match.

Despite Pawan’s attempts in the last fewminutes, Delhi defenders held firm to clincha berth in the grand finale on Saturday.

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Argentina striker MauroIcardi said Wednesday he

was enjoying the focus beingback on football and away fromhis private life at French clubParis Saint-Germain.

The former Inter Milancaptain arrived in the Frenchcapital on loan this season andafter recovering from injury hasscored two goals in theChampions League and Ligue 1.

"In Italy a vicious circle hadbeen created in certain journal-istic circles where we alwaysended up talking a little toomuch about anything concern-ing me," Icardi said in an inter-view with Italian sports dailyGazzetta Dello Sport.

"Here in Paris it's not likethis."

Icardi was the joint top-scorer in Serie A in 2017-18with 29 goals. But last season,he was stripped of the club cap-taincy amid a long contract dis-pute and later barred from fulltraining.

The 26-year-old's life withhis television host wife WandaNara, who is also his agent, hadalso become the focus of manyreports.

Despite parting on badterms the forward said he hadno hard feelings towards theItalian club he joined in 2013and scored 120 goals in just over220 matches.

"I can only wish the best forInter in every competition,"said Icardi.

"I'm good now, I'm up andrunning again even if I have tokeep working because I had acomplicated summer and Iwasn't one hundred percentwhen I arrived in Paris."

PSG are unbeaten on top ofLigue 1, and are also leadingtheir Champions League group

which includes Real Madrid."I've always been used to

pressure but I think it helps thatwe've almost always won so far,"said the former Sampdoriaplayer.

"It's a little different thanInter even though I don't havea real yardstick to comparebecause I haven't played inother great teams in the past.

"PSG has the right playersto do well but the Championsis a trophy coveted by all thegreat teams."

Icardi said he had settled into life in France even if he stillconsidered Milan his home.

"I didn't expect so muchsupport from the fans.

"They welcomed me rightfrom my first warm-up at Parcdes Princes. I then had the goodfortune of playing right awayagainst Real Madrid, beforepicking up a slight injury.

"(PSG coach Thomas)Tuchel is very friendly with theplayers. He talks a lot, jokes,tried to put me at ease from dayone.

"I think I made a goodimpression on him.

"Neymar, (Kylian) Mbappé,(Edinson) Cavani, are all strongplayers.

"It is nice to play with starplayers who change matcheseven at the last minute, likeNeymar does."

Icardi added that he had ahealthy competition withUruguayan striker Cavani.

"With Edy I have a greatrelationship. It's not rivalry,just healthy competition," saidIcardi.

"In this period Edy wasinjured so I had the chance toplay immediately.

"When he comes back, itwill be up to the coach tochoose the best one to sendonto the pitch."

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kg, which is not Olympicweight category. She cannotparticipate in the Tokyogames.

The only situation inwhich she can play in Japanesecapital was if she switches to 51kg or higher. But since 2012Olympic Bronze medallist MCMary Kom is expected to rep-resent India in that, Manju did-n’t even want to think aboutchallenging her and insteadfocus on the future events.

“I have a dream to com-pete in the Olympics since dayone of my introduction tothis sport. But right now I am

focused on preparing myselffor 2024 Paris games. Franklyspeaking, I have no plans for2020. For Tokyo, Mary didi haivo jayengi (Mary Kom is there,she will go). I want to preparemyself for the games afterthat,” she responded clearlywhen asked about 2020 games.

“At present, I aim to estab-lish myself in the 48kg catego-ry and perform. And with timeI will think about switching tohigher weight category andplay in the Olympics,” shesaid during the felicitationceremony organized by BoxingFederation of India.

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Tamil Nadu thrashed Gujarat by 78runs in its final Group C match of the

Vijay Hazare here on Wednesday to fin-ish with an all-win record in the 10-teamgroup.

Tamil Nadu, who topped the groupwith 36 points from nine games and sec-ond-placed Gujarat (32 points) qualifiedfor the knockout phase to be held inBengaluru from October 20.

Gujarat captain Parthiv Patel won thetoss and put Tamil Nadu in to bat andsaw the experienced Abhinav Mukund(79, 68 balls, 13 fours) and Murali Vijay(94, 106 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes) rattle up130 for the first wicket.

All-rounder Washington Sundar,pushed up the order, made 42 (65 balls,2 fours) and added 82 runs for the sec-ond wicket with Vijay.

However, Tamil Nadu suffered a jolt,losing Vijay and the prolific skipperDinesh Karthik (0) in quick succession.

Barring a partnership of 43 runs

between all-rounder Vijay Shankar (23,28 balls, 1 six) and the in-form BabaAparajith (25, 22 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes),the Tamil Nadu lower order fell apart.

From 268 for 4, Gujarat bowlers didwell to restrict Tamil Nadu to 274 for 9in 50 overs.

Faced with the task of making 280to finish with nine wins from nine games,Gujarat saw two of its best batsmsen —Parthiv Patel (6) and Priyank Panchal 12(11 balls, 1 four) fall early.

Bhargav Merai (44) played aggres-sively and hit a few superb shots and his50-run third wicket partnership withManprit Juneja (24) appeared to reviveGujarat’s hopes.

Juneja became the first of MMohammed’s three victims before Meraiwas run out by Mukund.

Left-hander Axar Patel (55, 55 balls,3 fours, 2 sixes) resisted Tamil Nadu’ssurge.

Leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin(2/35) castled Nagwaswalla (4) to endGujarat’s innings at 196.

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The BCCI president-electSourav Ganguly has made itclear that he would like to

know the selection committee’splans with regards to MahendraSingh Dhoni’s future and then givehis opinion on the matter.

The 39-year-old Dhoni hasbeen on a sabbatical post India’sWorld Cup exit and is unlikely tofeature in three-match T20 seriesagainst Bangladesh, set to bepicked on October 24.

While Dhoni has notannounced his international retire-ment, the selectors have time andagain made clear that they intendto move forward keeping nextyear’s World T20 in mind.

“I will find out from the selec-tors when I meet them on October24. We will find out what the selec-tors are thinking and then I willput forth my opinion,” the soon-to-be board supremo Gangulytold reporters at Eden Gardens.

Ganguly also said that hewould like to speak to Dhoni andknow what he wants.

“We will have to see whatDhoni wants. I will also speak tohim what he wants to do and whathe does not want to do.”

He said that since he was notin the picture, he had no clarity onDhoni’s future.

“Since I was not in the picture,it maybe a case that it’s not clearwith me as of now. Now will be in

a position to find out and then willdecide on the way forward.

The former India captainmade it clear that he will speak tothe selectors and captain once hetakes charge at the AGM on

October 23.Earlier the selection meeting

was scheduled on October 21 butnow it will be held on October 24along with selection of India A, Band C teams for the DeodharTrophy.

“During all this time, I wasnowhere in picture. My first selec-tion committee meeting will be onOctober 24. So I will ask the selec-tors and talk with the captain.Coach (Ravi Shastri) won’t be thereas per the new Constitution,”Ganguly said.

Asked if Ravi Shastri’s appoint-ment will be subject to discussionssince there were questions withregards to validity of the KapilDev-led panel, Ganguly replied innegative.

“I don’t think so that it willjeopardise the selection of RaviShastri. I am not sure though. Evenwe had selected the coach whenthere was this conflict issue,” saidGanguly.

For the record, the presidentwill not be a part of the selectioncommittee meeting as secretary JayShah is the designated convenor.Obviously once the team is select-ed, it can be made public afterBCCI president’s mandatoryapproval.

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Seventeen-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal struck ablazing 203 as Mumbai beat Jharkhand by 39

runs in their final Elite Group A match of the VijayHazare Trophy here on Wednesday.

The left-handed Jaiswal, at 17 years and 192days, became the first male teenager in the worldto score a double-century in List-A cricket. Beforehim, the youngest was Alan Barrow who scored adouble ton at the age of 20 years, 273 days in SouthAfrica in 1975.

Jaiswal’s knock comes just days after Keralawicket- keeper batsman Sanju Samson hit anunbeaten 212 in the Hazare Trophy.

Jaiswal’s knock was ninth instance of an Indianscoring a List A double-ton, and he joined the elitelist of Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and VirenderSehwag.

Riding on Jaiswal’s double hundred, Mumbaiposted 358 for 3 in 50 overs and bowled out theopposition for 319.

He struck 17 fours and 12 sixes and also builta mammoth 200-run stand with experiencedwicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, who played theperfect second fiddle with a knock of 78 off 102 balls.

After the game, Jaiswal said that he would enjoythe moment, but work even harder in future.

“It is a good feeling but I need to work moreand this is just the begenning and I need to focuson my next tournament. I am happy for today andwill try to ensure I continue to play these kinds ofknocks,” he said.

Jaiswal had stayed in the tent of his club in southMumbai during his early days as he could not affordto rent a house, and sold paani puri in the streetsbefore he was spotted by coach Jwala Singh.

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Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal’sstruggles continued with a first round

loss against Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi in theDenmark Open here on Wednesday.

The world number 8 Saina lost 15-21,21-23 in the women’s singles match that last-ed 37 minutes to crash out of the $775,000tournament. The 29-year-old was the run-ner-up last year.

Saina has been going through a toughphase with fitness issues since claiming theIndonesia Masters in January. She had alsomade first-round exits at the China Openand Korea Open.

Sameer Verma, however, crossed thefirst hurdle in the men’s singles when he beatKanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-11, 21-11 in29 minutes to advance to the secondround. The Indian mixed doubles pair ofPranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy

also made it to the second round with a 21-16, 21-11 win over the German duo ofMarvin Seidel and Linda Efler.

In another mixed doubles first roundmatch, Satwiksairaj Ranki and AshwiniPonnappa did not take the court and con-ceded a walk over to the second seededChinese pair of Wang Yi Lyu and HuangDong Ping.

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Sourav Ganguly, who is going tobe BCCI president, expressed

his reservations over the ICC’sattempt to stage the 50-overWorld Cup every three years.

The World Cup has tradition-ally been a quadrennial eventsince its first edition in 1975.However, the 1992 edition washeld after a five-year gap and the1999 edition after a three-yeargap.

“Sometimes less is more inlife. So we have got to be carefulwith that. And the football WorldCup happens every four years andyou see the madness,” Gangulytold reporters at the CricketAssociation of Bengal office.

The International CricketCouncil (ICC) is planning topropose a Futures ToursProgramme (FTP) in which T20World Cup will be played everyyear and the 50-over World Cup

once every three years.“That’s a decision the ICC has

to make I’m not in a position totalk or comment on it. As in whenwhen I get an opportunity to bea part of the discussion, I willspeak,” the former India captainsaid.

The 47-year-old however saidback to back T20 World Cup isthe way forward with the risingpopularity of the shortest format.

“When Champions Trophyfirst came in, I played the tourna-ment in 1998. I’ve captained twoChampions Trophies getting tofinals in both and being the jointwinners in one so at that time itwas a huge tournament.

“But with the advent of T20,people come to the ground morethan any other tournament. So Ithink that’s the reason ICC haschanged it.

The demands will changeaccording to the situation andICC will have to deal with it.”


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