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The controversial practiceof triple talaq is a criminal

offence now. The contentiousBill to ban triple talaq — thepractice of Muslim meninstantly divorcing their wivesby uttering “talaq” thrice — hada smooth passage in the RajyaSabha on Tuesday with a strate-gic floor management by theTreasury Benches. The practicewill now be punishable by jailterm up to three years.

The Muslim Women(Protection of Rights onMarriage) Bill was passed by 99votes in favour and 84 against.The ruling NDA, which lacksmajority in the Upper House,was helped by the absence ofsome members of theOpposition Congress, SP andBSP as well as six members ofTRS (TRS) and two MPs ofYSR Congress. The rulingNDA has 107 members in the242-member Rajya Sabha.

Four Congress MPs —Vivek Tankha, Rajiv Bishwal,Mukud Medhi, Pratap Bajwa —were absent during the vote.Independent MP KTS Tulsi toodid not vote, even though hehad moved amendments tothe Bill. RJD’s Ram Jethmalaniand NCP’s Sharad Pawar andPraful Patel were some of theother prominent names absent.

The AIADMK, along withthe TRS and the JD(U), walkedout terming the Bill “uncon-stitutional” thus bringing downthe majority mark in the RajyaSabha. The BJD, however,

extended support to the Bill. The same strategy had

helped the Government pushthrough the contentiousamendment to the Right ToInformation (RTI) Act lastweek despite lacking numbersin the Upper House.

The Triple Talaq Bill couldnot make it through the UpperHouse in the first term of theNarendra Modi Government,although it was passed by theLok Sabha twice.

The Bill was again passedby the Lok Sabha last weekamid a walkout by severalOpposition parties, including

the Congress and the TMC.Hailing the passage of the

Bill, Prime Minister NarendraModi said that a historic wrongdone to Muslim women hasbeen corrected and an “archa-ic and medieval practice con-fined to the dustbin of history”.

“This is an occasion tosalute the remarkable courageof those Muslim women whohave suffered great wrongs justdue to the practice of tripletalaq,” said Modi in his tweetmessage. He added that theabolition of the practice willcontribute to women empow-erment and give women the

dignity they deserve in oursociety.

The House rejected anOpposition sponsored motionto send the Bill to a Rajya SabhaSelect Committee with 100votes against it as compared to84 in favour. Once grantedassent by the President, the Billwill replace an Ordinance pro-mulgated on February 21 to thesame effect as the Bill.

Replying to a four-and-half-hour debate on the Bill,Law Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad cited jail provisions inthe legislations that ban dowryand multiple marriages by

Hindu men to justify the three-year jail term for Muslim menpractising triple talaq.

To Ghulam Nabi Azad,who termed the Bill a politicallymotivated move to destroyMuslim households withdomestic fights, the Ministersaid the Congress leader shouldthink of why his party couldnever win majority followingthe peak of 400-plus seats itwon in 1984.

He saw the 1986 ShahBano case, where the Congressdid not stick its neck out tosupport women rights, as themain reason for the downfall ofthe party.

The law, he said, was notbeing brought due to theSupreme Court ruling of 2017declaring talaq-e-biddat, com-monly referred to as instanttriple talaq, unconstitutional.

“I am a Minister of theNarendra Modi Governmentand not the Rajiv GandhiGovernment,” he said citing theShah Bano case of 1986.

He said he cannot leave inlurch women who have beendivorced by triple talaq viaWhatsApp or other suchmeans.

On Opposition charge oftargeting Muslims, he said theBJP may be getting a little lessvotes from the community butit considers them very much apart of the country and workson the principle of “sabkasaath, sabka vikas, sabka vish-was”. “More than 20 Islamicnations have regulated tripletalaq,” he said.

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The Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG) in

its first report on the imple-mentation of Goods andServices Tax (GST) has notedthat the failures in properimplementation of the GSTresulted in slowing down ofgrowth of indirect taxes to5.80 per cent in 2017-18 ascompared to 21.33 per centduring 2016-17. TheGovernment of India’s revenuefrom goods and services alsotook a 10 per cent dip.

The report criticisedRevenue Department underthe Finance Ministry andCentral Board of Indirect Taxes(CBIC) for imposing non-userfriendly tax filing system.

“The system of payment

and settlement of tax that wasenvisaged for GST was basedon one hundred per centinvoice-matching and avail-ment of input tax credit, as wellas settlement of IGST on thebasis of invoice-matching.Neither is possible as of now, asan invoice-matching systemhas not kicked in.

Invoice-matching is thecritical requirement that wouldyield the full benefits of thismajor tax reform. It would

protect the tax revenues ofboth the Centre and the States,it would lead to proper settle-ment of IGST and would min-imise, if not eliminate, the taxofficial-assessee interface,” thereport said.

The report went on to saythat even after two years ofrollout of GST, system validat-ed Input Tax Credit throughinvoice matching was not inplace and non-intrusive e-taxsystem still remained elusive.

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The mysterious disappear-ance of VG Siddhartha

Hegde, the owner-founder ofthe Café Coffee Day chain,since Monday evening has sentshockwaves in the corporateworld with an intensive searchoperation launched inKarnataka to trace him.

The recovery of a letterpurportedly written by the cof-fee tycoon to the Board ofDirectors has given impetus tothe theory that he allegedlycommitted suicide.

He was last seen near abridge on the Netravati River inDakshina Kannada district onMonday night.

And that is why accordingto officials, 100 firefighters,100 policemen, 50 divers and50 fishermen and 30 boatshave been deployed for searchoperations.

Siddhartha had told hisdriver he was going for a walknear the bridge, police said.

“He (Siddhartha) asked thedriver to wait till his arrival.When he did not return evenafter two hours, the driverapproached police and lodged

a missing complaint,” DeputyCommissioner of DakshinaKannada district SenthilSasikant Senthil earlier said.

Mangaluru PoliceCommissioner Sandeep Patilsaid police are questioning afisherman who claimed that hesaw someone jumping off thebridge. Search operations wereon at the place identified by thefisherman, he said. Call DetailRecords were also underscrutiny, Patil added.

In the unverified letter,widely circulated in the socialmedia, Siddhartha alleged hewas harassed by the previousDG of the Income TaxDepartment in the form ofattaching “our shares on twoseparate occasions to blockour Mindtree deal and then

taking position of our CoffeeDay shares, although revisedreturns have been filed by us(sic)”.

“This was very unfair andhas led to a serious liquiditycrunch,” the letter, bearing apurported signature ofSiddhartha, said. The depart-ment has refuted the charges.

“I have failed as an entre-preneur. I have failed to createthe right profitable businessmodel despite my best efforts,”Siddhartha, who built the cof-fee empire over the last 37years, said in the letter.

As per the I-T departmentrestrictions, 7.49 million sharesheld by Siddhartha and CoffeeDay Enterprises faced the pro-hibitory order for six months,starting 25 January 2019.

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The Unnao rape survivorand two of her family

members had written to theChief Justice of India (CJI)three weeks ago apprehendingthreat to their lives by theaccused persons in the case.

The letter written on July12 has come to light two daysafter the 19-year-old girl wastravelling with her family onSunday when their car was hitby a speeding truck atGurubakshganj area ofRaebareli, killing her two aunts.

The girl and her advocateare battling for their life in theIntensive Care Unit.

News agency PTI quotedan official of the SupremeCourt saying the letter writtenin Hindi has been received bythe office of Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi, who hasasked the court’s SecretaryGeneral to prepare a note outof it and place it before him.

The letter written by thesurvivor and two of her fami-ly members was also sent to theAllahabad High Court andother authorities of the UttarPradesh Government.

The letter signed by thegirl, her mother, and aunt stat-

ed that on July 7 Naveen Singh,son of rape accused ShashiSingh, Manoj Singh, brother ofanother accused KuldeepSingh, and one Kunnu Mishrahad visited their house andthreatened to kill them.

The next day, another per-son came to their house withthe same threat.

The victim and the familysaid along with the letter theywere also attaching the video ofthe car in which these personscame to their house.

Kuldeep Singh Sengar, afour-time BJP MLA from UP’s

Bangermau, is an accused inthe rape case and was arrestedlast year in April.

The letter narrates the inci-dents of July 7-8 when somepeople allegedly associated withSengar threatened the victim’sfamily with dire consequences.

The letter to the CJI alsosought a direction for registra-tion of FIR against the persons.An FIR which was lodged a dayafter the car crash names theBJP legislator,

his brother Manoj SinghSengar, Vinod Mishra, HaripalSingh, Naveen Singh, Komal

Singh, Arun Singh,Gyandendra Singh, RinkuSingh and Awadhesh Singh asaccused.

The rape case had come tolight after the victim allegedlyattempted self-immolation out-side Chief Minister YogiAdityanath’s residence last year.

Meanwhile, a team of theNational Commission forWomen (NCW) met the moth-er of the Unnao rape survivorin Lucknow on Tuesday.

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Exodus continues from the“leaderless” Congress. After

mass resignation of CongressMLAs in Karnataka, fourCongress-NCP legislatorsresigned from MaharashtraAssembly on Tuesday. Themajor shocker came fromDelhi where Rajya Sabha mem-ber and a close confidant ofGandhi family, Sanjay Sinh,resigned from the Congress. Allthe Congress members whoquit the party on Tuesdayannounced to join the BJP.

NCP MLAsShivendrasinhraje Bhosale(Satara), Vaibhav Pichad

(Akole) and Sandeep Naik(Airoli) and Congress MLAKalidas Kolambkar (Naigaon)handed over their resignationletters separately to SpeakerHaribhau Bagade at theMaharashtra legislature build-ing Vidhan Bhawan in south

Mumbai. These would be thelatest inductions in the BJPahead of MaharashtraAssembly polls due in justover two months.

Last month RadhakrishnaVikhe Patil, then Leader ofOpposition in the Assembly,

quit the Congress and wasinducted into the BJP andmade a Cabinet Minister. TheNCP too received a jolt lastweek when its Mumbai unitchief Sachin Ahir joined theruling coalition partner ShivSena.

The Sharad Pawar-ledNCP, which recently saw manyregional satraps leave the 20-year-old party, bore the maxi-mum brunt of the latest moveas three of the four MLAsbelonged to it.

NCP chief spokespersonNawab Malik alleged thatOpposition MLAs are “eitherbeing lured or threatened tomake them join the rulingparty”.

Sinh, a Congress memberof the Rajya Sabha from Assam,resigned from the Upper Houseof Parliament and took a dig atthe party, saying it is still livingin the past and unaware of thefuture.

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The day after winning trustvote on the floor of the

Assembly, Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yediyurappa onTuesday scrapped Tipu Jayanticelebrations by the StateGovernment.

The BJP has been opposingthe birth anniversary of thecontroversial 18th century rulerof the erstwhile MysoreKingdom since 2015 when theannual event was launchedduring the Congress rule.

Within three days aftercoming to power, theYediyurappa Governmentissued an order cancelling the“Tipu Jayanti” celebrations,initiated by the Siddaramaiahled Congress Ministry as anannual affair on November 10,

2015 amid protest by the BJP.The celebrations were con-

tinued by the Congress-JD(S)coalition Government.

According to the officialorder, Virajpet BJP MLA KGBopaiah wrote to ChiefMinister BS Yediyurapparequesting him to cancel Tipu

Jayanti celebrations by the StateKannada and CultureDepartment, highlightingopposition to such celebra-tions, particularly in Kodagudistrict, and the violence it hadled to in the past.

The MLA had submitted apetition stating that there hadbeen violence during the cele-brations in the past and itshould not be repeated.

The first official celebrationin 2015 was marred by wide-spread protests and violence inKodagu district, leaving a VHPworker Kuttappa dead.

BJP and right-wing organ-isations have been stronglyopposing Tipu Jayanti, callingthe erstwhile Mysore king a“religious bigot” who perse-cuted Hindus and other non-Muslims.

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In a major achievement, ajoint team of security forces

eliminated two terrorists,including top commander ofJaish-e-Mohammad involvedin the attack on CRPF atAnantnag town on June 12, ina fierce gunfight in Anantnagdistrict on Tuesday.

Five CRPF personnel werekilled, while SHO of J&K Policewas critically injured in theJune 12 attack.

Sharing details of the gun-fight, a J&K Police spokesmansaid, “Top commander of Jaish-e- Mohammad Fayaz Panzookilled along with his associatein an encounter.”

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in Parliament, the Centre onTuesday handed over to theCBI probe into the road acci-dent in which the rape sur-vivor and her lawyer werecritically injured and her twoaunts killed, officials said.

Earlier on Tuesday, theUttar Pradesh Police had con-stituted a Special InvestigationTeam to probe the “murder-ous” accident.

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In a case reported in Doiwalapolice station on Tuesday, a

man beat his two children todeath and injured his wife anda third child with a lathi andsharp weapon before attempt-ing suicide on Tuesday.

While two of the childrendied in the hospital duringtreatment, his wife and a childare critically injured and areundergoing treatment in thehospital.

Dehradun SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP)Nivedita Kukreti said, “The inci-dent happened in the morning.Two children have died while thewife and a child have been hos-pitalised in a critical condition.The accused who attempted

suicide afterwards also is admit-ted in the hospital. He is nowout of danger but still under

observation.” About the cause ofattack she said, “Prima facie itappears that they had some

quarrel. One of kids had a car-diac disease and they were alsogoing through financial crisis.

The case is under investigationand directions have been givento collect evidence from the

crime scene.” The deceasedchildren have been identified asVinay (13) and Muskan (9). Thewife Reena Devi (35) and adaughter Bhumika (11) havesurvived but are in critical con-dition. Reena’s brother RajnishKumar has filed a complaintagainst the accused Man Singh(45), resident of Doiwala, underthe sections 307 and 302 of theIndian Penal Code (IPC).

According to the informa-tion provided by the police, theaccused Man Singh on Tuesdayearly morning started hittinghis family members (three chil-dren and a wife) with a lathi.

Two of the children suf-fered fatal injuries on the head.When neighbours heard theshouts they broke in to thehome and took the injured tothe hospital.

The accused Man Singhwas also rescued by the vil-lagers, who saw him attemptingsuicide by tying a noose aroundhis neck.

According to the neigh-bours the accused was under alot of stress and appeared to bementally disturbed for the pastcouple of days.

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The Shiva templesof the holy city

were decked up onaccount of ShrawanShivaratri on Tuesday.The rush of DakKanwad pilgrims hadmostly subsided as bylate night on Monday,only a few were seenon their bikes onHaridwar bypass roadand national highway.

D e v o t e e sthronged the Daksh,Bilwakeshwar, ShankarAshram andPardeshwar templessince early morning.No temple, big or

small, was left whereGanga water was notoffered on theShivling.

The fortnight longKanwad pilgrimagewitnessed a recordnumber of pilgrimsthis year.

As per the districtadministration andpolice, 4.20 croreKanwad pilgrims hadreached Haridwar dur-ing this Shrawanmonth breaking pre-vious record of 3.67crore.

The police topbrass hosted BadaKhana at police lineRoshanabad on

Tuesday and the copswho did exemplarywork were awardedfor the duties duringKanwad Mela.

In the morninghours, strict securitymeasures were takenby the Haridwar policeat major temples ofthe city for Shivratri.Since early morningdevotees thronged HarKi Paidi and otherGhats of the Ganga totake a holy dip andoffer milk to the moth-er Ganga and did‘abhishek’ of Shivlingswith Panchmarit.

The whole cityresounded with ‘Bam

Bam Bhole’ and HarHar Mahadev and thedevotional rituals con-tinued for the wholeday and at night insome temples.

D e v o t e e sthronged Daksh tem-ple since morning andserpentine queueswere seen outside thetemple. A similar scenewas observed atBilwakeshwar temple,Shankar Ashram andJuna Akhara seer’s tem-ple in Kankhal. A spe-cial Rudrabhishek wasorganised during nighttime at the Pardeshwarand NeeleshwarMahadev temple.

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In three separate cases report-ed on Tuesday three people

committed suicide inDehradun. Superintendent ofPolice (City) Shweta Choubeyhas given orders for investiga-tion. In the first case reportedin Vasant Vihar police station,a 27 year old man hanged him-self to death. The deceased hasbeen identified as AbhishekChhetri, a resident ofShastrinagar. According to thepolice, the deceased used to livewith his wife and relatives andwas reportedly under stressbecause of family issues.

In the second case report-ed in Raipur police station, a 42year old man hanged himself inhis room on Monday night.The deceased has been identi-fied as Rajeev Kumar, a residentof Raipur Khala.

He used to work as a dri-ver in Yuva Kalyan Kendra,Raipur. According to the police,the deceased was reportedlyaddicted to intoxicants andhas left no suicide note.Investigation to find the causeof suicide is ongoing. In thethird case reported inPremnagar police station, a 38year old woman hanged herselflate on Monday night.

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Contradicting its ownHealth Department data

which stated that only boyswere born in 133 villages ofUttarkashi district in threemonths, a fresh survey by theUttarakhand Government onTuesday said 62 girls wereborn in these villages duringthe period.

A report based on thesurvey conducted by the StateWomen Empowerment

and Child DevelopmentDepartment said that 222 chil-dren were born in past threemonths at 158 AnganwadiKendras run in 133 villagesspread over six blocks.

Out of these 160 wereboys and 62 girls, the reportsaid. Twelve girls each were

born in Bhatwadi and Dundablocks, eight in Chinyalisaur,19 in Naugaon, two in Purolaand nine in Mori blocks. Thesurvey was ordered by WomenEmpowerment and ChildDevelopment

Minister Rekha Arya afterthe Health Department datacreated a flutter as it claimedthat not a single girl was bornin these villages from April toJune.

The minister said the sur-vey dispels fear that femalefoeticide is prevalent in thesevillages.

She, however, said the gapbetween the number of boysand girls born in these villageswas big she and added that thefactors behind it will beprobed.

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On the International HumanTrafficking Day on Tuesday

founder of Empowering PeopleSociety (EPS) accusedUttarakhand police of insincereattitude towards human traffick-ing.

He alleged that the numberof cases registered in the Stateis low because police in most ofthe cases does not registercomplaints under the sectionsof human trafficking.

On the other handDirector General (law andorder) Ashok Kumar said thatthe rate of human trafficking inthe state is not alarming.

According to the informa-tion provided by the policeheadquarters in year 2017, 20cases of human traffickingwere reported across the State.

In 2018 this numberincreased and total 30 caseswere registered and as of April2019, five cases have been reg-istered.

At present there are sevenfunctional Anti HumanTrafficking Units (AHTUs) inUttarakhand. Apart from theseunits stationed in Banbasa,Kotdwar, Haridwar, Haldwani,Uttarkashi, Vikas Nagar andPithoragarh, six more AHTUsare proposed to be establishedsoon.

DG Kumar said, “Theratio of human trafficking casein Uttarakhand is not alarming.

However, for the preven-tion and rectification of such

cases we seven AHTU units arefunctional in the state, whichare given time to time training.”

According to the informa-tion provided by officialsources, members of the spe-cialised unit against HumanTrafficking in the state have nospecialised training.

The members of theseAHTUs are recruited as allpolice men and they get trans-ferred from one department toanother as per the standardprotocol. These AHTU mem-bers are not permanent in theunit specifically. Founder ofEPS, Gyanendra Kumar said,“For this particular crime policein the state is not sincere.

The biggest problem withthem is that they do not file FIRunder the sections of humantrafficking.

The basic problem is thatthey cannot even identify andseparate missing child casefrom trafficking cases. To theorganisation like ours who areworking tirelessly againsthuman trafficking and buildingour own network, we get nosupport from the police.”

He further added,“According to our study, about500 to 600 girls every year aretrafficked from Uttarakhand,but the data provided by policewill have almost negligiblecases.

Haridwar has emerged as amajor begging destination ofIndia. Udham Singh Nagar isbeing used as a corridor by traf-fickers. Most of the cases arefrom mountainous regions ofUttarakhand. The maximumnumber of cases are of bridal

trafficking and then for thepurpose of domestic slavery. Inmost of the trafficking case thecrime happens with the con-sent of the victim.”

On the recent attempt ofpolice against child begging inthe form of Operation Mukti,he said that the departmenttook the wrong modus operan-di while planning the cam-paign, which is why it willnever get successful.

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The activists of the NationalStudents Union of India

(NSUI), the student wing ofCongress party burned theeff igy of Uttar PradeshGovernment for showing lax-ity in the attempted murder ofUnnao rape victim case.

On the day, the NSUIworkers assembled at the DAVPG College under the leader-ship of the NSUI state presi-dent Mohan Bhandari.

Shouting slogans againstthe Yogi Adityanath

Government, they torched theeffigies UP Government andthe BJP MLA and rape accusedKuldeep Singh Senger.

Speaking on the occasion,Bhandari said that the incidenthas exposed the status of lawand order situation in UP.

He said that all the per-sons mentioned in the FIR ofthe family members of rapevictim who is battling for herlife, should be arrested with-out any further delay.

Bhandari threatened thatthe members of the NSUIwould intensify protests on

the roads if the accused arenot arrested.

The Vice President of theNSUI, Nityanand Kothiyalsaid that the BJP MLAKuldeep Senger is already injail in the rape of the girl butthere too he is dictating terms.He said that the all theaccused in the attempt tomurder the Unnao victimshould be arrested.

Meanwhile, the Womenwing of the UttarakhandCongress has said that itwould burn the effigies of UPChief Minister Yogi

Adityanath and BJP MLAfrom Unnao, Kuldeep SinghSenger on Wednesday atAstley hall.

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The members of the associ-ation of Bachelor of

Education (Bed), TeacherEligibility Test (TET) qualifiedyouths held a vehement protestat education directorate onTuesday.

The association is protest-ing against change in therecruitment process of the pri-mary teachers.

The President of the asso-ciation, Arvind Rana said thatthe thousands of the unem-ployed B.Ed –TET qualifiedcandidates are agitated onunwarranted change in selec-tion criteria of teachers.

He warned that the associ-ation would intensify its agita-tion if their one point demandof following the old pattern inselection of primary teachers isnot accepted.

The members of the fed-eration are annoyed at theState Government’s decisionto change the ‘ Teacher recruit-ment guideline’ which dis-pensed with the practice of fol-lowing a pattern in selection ofPrimary teachers in which theyear wise seniority of doing theB Ed degree was used for mak-ing the merit list for selection.

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Ayouth from Gadowali vil-lage under the jurisdic-

tion of Pathri police stationwas allegedly beaten to deathfollowing the theft of a mobilephone.

Though the mobile phonecould not be recovered, he

was beaten black and blue andthe accused even made avideo.

This case of mob lynchinghappened on July 21 and theyouth died on Monday. Policehave registered case againstfive people following the com-plaint of his relatives.

The victim Mohsin usedto work as a painter and wasthe youngest among his foursiblings. Some of his neigh-bours had alleged that Mohsinhad stolen a mobile phone andbeat him with logs.

His condition becameserious and was admitted in aprivate hospital where he diedduring treatment on Monday.

Police have registered acase on the complaint lodgedby the victim’s uncle Mominagainst f ive accusedKhursheed, Ajam, Jahid,Usman and Kurban who areresidents of Gadowali.

The body of the deceasedhad been sent for postmortem said the police.

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and ChildD e v e l o p m e n t ,Smriti Zubin Iranialong with ChiefM i n i s t e rTrivendra SinghRawat held ameeting with offi-cials concernedregarding womenempowerment ,child developmentand the nationalnutrition missionhere on Tuesday.

Speaking atthe meeting theUnion ministerstressed on theneed for payingspecial attentionto the nationalnutrition mission,drinking waterand toilets inAnganwadi centres.

Severely malnourishedand malnourished childrenshould be provided with ade-quate nutritious food so thattheir condition can improve

and be in the normal category.A calendar should be preparedfor nutritious food and this cal-endar should also be sharedwith the public representa-tives, she said.

Irani also stressed on theneed for focusing on the T-3plan for mitigating anaemia. Itis also important to carry outa public awareness campaignregarding adequate time gap

between the birth of two chil-dren so as to ensure theirproper mental and physicaldevelopment, said the Unionminister.

Speaking in the meeting,

the chief minister said that offi-cials concerned should tour thedistricts where the child sexratio is poor. They should thenalso deliberate on the findingsto ascertain the cause for thepoor child sex ratio. Under theBeti Bachao, Beti Padhao cam-paign, the state and districtlevel committees should holdmeetings from time to time,said the chief minister.

Officials informed in themeeting that four on-stop cen-tres have been established inthe state while remaining ninesuch centres will also be start-ed before August 15. They also

requested that the annualincome limit be raised in ruraland urban areas in order toensure maximum benefit to thebeneficiaries under the sponsorscheme. They also requestedthat mentally challengedwomen also be brought underthe purview of the SwadharGreh scheme.

The additional secretary,Government of India, SK

Singh, State’s women empow-erment and child developmentsecretary Sowjanya, directorJharna Kamthan and otherofficials concerned were alsopresent in the meeting.

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In an important decision thatwill boost mitigation of envi-

ronmental damage, the HighCourt of Uttarakhand, in orderto effectively enforce the ban onpolythene bags, has maintainedan earlier decision of the singlebench to make provision for Rs500 penalty per polythene bagin stead of Rs 5,000 per shop-keeper for the prohibited items.

The matter was taken upfor hearing by the divisionbench of chief justice RameshRanganathan and justice AlokKumar Verma. According tothe case details, Bageshwarbased businessmen Madan Laland Nirmal Kumar Sah hadfiled a special appeal in the highcourt challenging the earlierorder of the single bench. The

single bench hadordered that Rs500 per poly-thene bag penal-ty should be col-lected.

In 2012, thehigh court hadordered collec-tion of Rs 500per polythene aspenalty inNainital whilehearing a public interest litiga-tion filed by noted environ-mentalist Ajay Rawat. Later,while hearing the public inter-est litigation filed by advocateLalit Miglani in 2015, the highcourt had ordered a state-wideban on polythene bags. DuringJanuary 2017, the State gov-ernment had issued a govern-ment order making provisionfor Rs 5,000 penalty per shop-keeper for the banned item.The Bageshwar municipality, inaccordance with the govern-ment order had started col-lecting Rs 5,000 penalty fromeach shopkeeper found usingthe banned polythene bags.After this, the businessmenfrom Bageshwar had filed apetition in the high court chal-lenging the government orderdirecting collection of Rs 5,000penalty. The single bench ofjustice Sharad Kumar Sharmahad held the provision to beright and had directed that the

penalty should be paid at therate of Rs 500 per polythenebag. This decision of the singlebench was challenged througha special appeal in the highcourt. After hearing the partiesinvolved, the high court divi-sion bench maintained thedecision of the single bench tobe correct and ordered that Rs500 penalty be charged perpolythene bag.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that despite the earlierorder of the high court banningpolythene bags across the state,the use of the banned item hascontinued blatantly in mostparts of the state. The localauthorities have continuedperiodic drives to penaliseshopkeepers found violatingthe ban. However, this has hadlimited effect as both the mem-bers of the general public andmembers of the business fra-ternity continue to use thebanned polythene bags.

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The benefit of 10 percentreservation to the students

of Economically WeakerSection (EWS) among casteswould be extended in all theuniversities, Government andaided colleges of Uttarakhand.In an order directed to all ViceChancellors (VC) of theUniversities and DirectorCollege education, thePrincipal Secretary AnandBardhan said that 10 percentof the seats in all instituteswould kept reserved for EWS.He however added that theexisting reservation status ofSC, ST and OBC would remainunchanged and seats in thesecolleges would be increased forthe 10 percent reservation ofEWS students.

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The Pradesh CongressCommittee (PCC) presi-

dent Pritam Singh has said thatan environment of anarchyprevails in the country andwomen, minorities and Dalitsare being harassed. He wasaddressing a meeting of theoffice bearers of the Congressminorities’ cell at state partyheadquarters on Tuesday.Singh said that BJP has conve-niently forgotten its electoralpromises and anarchy prevailsin the country. He claimed thatthe future of the country is safeonly in the hands of theCongress party and the partyhas never compromised withits basic ideals. Accusing the

BJP leaders forspreading falsehoodin an attempt to pro-ject themselves aspatriots, the PCCpresident said thatthe fact remains thatnot even a single BJPleader participated infreedom movement.He said that the RSSleaders were inform-ers of British govern-ment. Singh said thatthe BJP is encourag-ing communal dis-cordance in thecountry which is dangerous forthe country.

Addressing the meetingthe national President of theminorities’ cell, MahendraSingh Bohra said that the coun-try is passing through a difficultphase and incidents of harass-ment and atrocities againstwomen are being reported fromdifferent parts of the country.He said that the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has no controlover his ministers who remainin headlines for making outra-geous comments. Bohra made

an appeal to the members of theparty to take the programmeand policies of the party to thegeneral public. The chairpersonof state minorities cell ofCongress party Tahir Ali saidthat prices are skyrocketingand the common people arefinding themselves cheated bythe Modi government.

The chairperson of the dis-ciplinary committee ofCongress party Pramod KumarSingh, Yaqub Siddiqui, GuljarAhmed, Suleman Ali and oth-ers participated in the meeting.

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Rules are the same for every-one be it a common person,

government employee or asenior officer. Meeting theexpectations of the generalpublic is the most importantresponsibility. To remainunaware of responsibilities orbe apathetic towards them isunethical, said the chief min-ister Trivendra Singh Rawat. Hesaid this while speaking at aworkshop on the subject ofethics in governance held at thesecretariat on Tuesday.

Speaking at the workshop,the chief minister said that thebehaviour of people in theadministration and govern-ment makes the image of thegovernment. A good imagesends a positive message whilea bad image sends a negativeimage to the public. “We areethical if we do justice to ourresponsibilities but if we remainunaware or careless towardsour duties, it comes under thecategory of unethical conduct.It is our conduct that makes usgreat. Even after good educa-tion or achieving a senior posi-tion, if our conduct is notgood then the education andsenior position are immateri-al. Ravana was very knowl-

edgeable but his conduct wasnot ethical,” said Rawat.

He went on to state that thepeople living in the remoteareas of the state have greatexpectations from the govern-ment. He said, “The higher theposition, the greater theresponsibility. The society,especially the younger genera-tion too has great expecta-tions from us. Every personultimately aims for happinessand real happiness is possibleonly through ethical conduct.

The secretariat is a very impor-tant institution. The decisionstaken here affect the lives oflakhs of people. One needs todesist from the tendency todelay taking decision or dis-posal of files. We will auto-matically benefit if the welfareof our State is ensured,” stressedthe chief minister.

Addressing the officials inthe workshop, the chief secre-tary Utpal Kumar Singh saidthat the knowledge of right andwrong is essential while taking

any decision. Hesaid, “If there isany dilemmawhile taking adecision, consid-ering the poorestperson in society,one should con-sider whether any-thing is beingdone for that per-son through thedecision. The Statehas given us a lot,we will have toreturn more thanthat to the State.The targets for2020 have beenascertained on thebasis of ethics. Wewill have to makeall possible efforts

for achieving these targets.Observing ethics in routine life,one should ensure disposal offiles on time. People put theirfaith in us and meet us orphone us to communicate theirproblems. It is our responsi-bility to listen to them careful-ly and attempt to provide allpossible relief,” said Singh.

The director general ofpolice Anil Kumar Raturi saidthat all official are fully awareof the rules. By observing theserules, ethics can be maintained

in civil service. Efficiency,knowledge and attitude arevery important. Stating that thisworkshop is an importantopportunity for self assess-ment, he stressed on the needfor knowing right from wrong.“Improvement in the quality oflife of the general public is themain aim of the administra-tion. The government officialsreceive good salary and otherfacilities while there is a largesection of society which has tostruggle even to meet its sim-ple needs. It is very importantfor officials to remain availablefor the general public,” he said.Additional chief secretary OmPrakash the biggest responsi-bility of government officials isto discharge their duties. It isalso important to control per-sonal ambitions. If any personalambition causes undue prob-lem to someone else, then it isunethical, he said.

Additional chief secretaryRadha Raturi said that this wasthe first workshop organised onethics in governance. Similarworkshops will be held also forother officials and directorates.Principal secretaries, secre-taries, additional secretariesand officials to the level of sec-tion officers were also presentin the workshop.

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In support of the nationwidecall given by the Indian

Medical Association (IMA)against the proposed NationalMedical Commission (NMC)bill, the private hospitals andthe clinics would remain closedon Wednesday. The emergencyservices however wouldremain unhampered.

The general secretary ofthe Uttarakhand Chapter ofIMA, Dr D D Chaudhury saidthat the IMA has given a callfor 24 hours withdrawal of ser-vices from 6 am on July 31 toAugust 1. However,Emergency, Casualty, ICU and

related services will functionnormally.

He said that the Section 32of the NMC Bill provides forlicensing of 3.5 lakhs unqual-ified non medical persons topractice modern medicine.“The term Community HealthProvider (CHP) has beenvaguely defined to allow any-one connected with modernmedicine to get registered inNMC and be licensed to prac-tice modern medicine. Thiswould mean that all para-medics including pharmacists,nurses, physiotherapists,optometrists and others arebecoming eligible to practicemodern medicine and pre-scribe independently. This lawlegalizes quackery. This provi-sion and the earlier objectedprovisions can never be accept-ed by the medical fraternity ofthe country,’’ he said. The IMAsecretary added that proposedNMC would seriously affectthe health of the nation.

The one day strike call ofthe IMA would affect thehealth services of the state.

There are more than 1400private hospitals and clinics inthe state which treat thousandsof patients daily.

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The medical health and fam-ily welfare department of

Uttarakhand has decided torecruit 400 new medical offi-cers. The recruitment wouldprovide some succor to thedepartment affected by short-age of doctors.

The secretary medicalhealth and family welfare,Nitesh Jha said that the processof recruitment of doctors in 400posts would start soon. He saidthat the Uttarakhand MedicalServices Selection Board(UMSSSB) would recruit thesedoctors. The secretary claimedthat the department is recruit-

ing new doctors every year in the state healthservices.

The data of the state health departmentreveals that as many as 679 posts of medical offi-cers are vacant in the state health services whichhave a sanctioned strength of 2735. The depart-ment is impeded by the fact that only 1522 reg-ular doctors are working in the health servicesof Uttarakhand. To aggravate the problem fur-ther as many as 239 doctors are on leave for var-ious reasons while 173 out of 359 bonded med-ical officers (Contractual) are not giving theirservices as they are doing their post graduation.

In an attempt to increase the number of doc-tors, the state health department in last two yearshas recruited more than 900 doctors. Howeverthe situation has remained more or lessunchanged in the remote areas. In Pauri whichis the home district of chief minister TrivendraSingh Rawat who also holds the health portfo-lio, 111 posts of the doctors out of total 365 postsare vacant similarly in Tehri, only 124 regulardoctors are working. This district has 226 sanc-tioned posts of doctors.

The health department reeling under short-age of doctors in impeded further by acute short-age of specialist doctors. The situation is sopathetic that the state health services do not havea single specialist of cardiology in the entire state.The state health department has only 393 spe-cialist doctors in its ranks out of sanctioned postsof 1234.

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Punjab Government is plan-ning to extend the online

transfer system to its otherdepartments to ensure totaltransparency minus corrup-tion, after its implementationin the Education Department.“

The State Governmentplanned to extend the policyto other departments, thusushering in total transparen-cy in their systems too.

With the computer-drivensystem, there is no scope for anybias or prejudice, and theprocess is designed to awardperformance,” said the ChiefMinister Capt Amarinder Singhon Tuesday after issuing the firsttransfer orders for teachersunder the new Transfer Policywith the click of a button,ensuring total transparency inthe system.

Under the new policy ofthe Department of SchoolEducation, all transfers of teach-ing staff are now being done

only online, with no humanintervention, thus ending thewidespread corruption report-ed in the matter of such trans-fers.

A total of 11,063 applica-tions were received for transfer,of which orders in the case of4,551 were successfully issuedwhile 6,506 could not be enter-

tained in the first round, said thespokesperson.

Schools have been dividedinto five zones for this purpose,with detailed criteria laid down

to decide claims against thetransfers including length ofservice, age,

marks for special categorieslike females, widow, divorcee,unmarried females, differentlyabled persons, persons sufferingfrom debilitating disorders, cou-ple cases.

Apart from this, 90 markshave been provided, out of thetotal 250, for performance of theteachers, thus making the sys-tem totally performance-basedlike results of the teachers, per-formance as per AnnualConfidential Report etc.

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To examine all aspects of theproposed Punjab Land

Leasing and Tenancy Bill, 2019,the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesdaydecided to set up a sub-com-mittee.

Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh announcedFinance Minister ManpreetBadal as the committee head,with Social Security MinisterAruna Chaudhary andRevenue Minister GurpreetSingh Kangar as its membersafter the Cabinet authorisedthe Chief Minister to set up thepanel and decide on its termsand tenure among otherthings.

The Bill aims to repeal thesix existing tenancy laws tobring in major reforms in mat-ters of leasing of agriculturalland in the state. It also seeksto balance the rights andresponsibilities of landownersand tenants, besides providinga process of fast adjudicationfor resolution of disputes.

The introduction of thistransparent land leasing law isaimed at not only allowing thelandowner to enter into a writ-ten contract with the potentialtenant without the fear of los-ing his land to him but also atincentivizing the tenant tomake long term investments inimprovement of land and getaccess to credit and subsidies.

The existing laws set to berepealed with the new pro-posed legislation are: ThePunjab Tenancy Act 1887; thePunjab Occupancy Tenants(Vesting of Proprietary Rights)Act, 1952; the PepsuOccupancy Tenants (Vesting ofProprietary Rights) Act, 1953;the Punjab Colonisation ofGovernment Lands Act 1912;

the Punjab Security of LandTenures Act, 1953 and thePepsu Tenancy andAgriculture Lands Act, 1955.

The Bill has been necessi-tated by the changing agrarianrelations in recent years, whichhas transformed the concept oftraditional tenancy to a pri-marily commercial one. Abooming land leasing markethas emerged in Punjab, whichcovers a quarter of the totalcultivated area.

The lease of agricultureland, at present, is mostly oral,which indicates a lack of trustand confidence in the prevail-ing tenancy laws. The lessors,while leasing out their lands,generally do not show thelessees to be in occupation ofthe leased land due to theapprehension of losing theirownership rights or gettingembroiled in avoidable pro-tracted eviction proceedings asthe laws governing tenancy inthe State tend to favour the ten-ant.

On the other hand, thepresence of informal tenancyputs the lessees or tenants atthe risk of exploitation by thelessors because of no legalsecurity.

In addition to these risks,the lessees or tenants do not getthe benefits of various gov-ernment initiatives, includingcredit, insurance, subsidiesand calamity relief in case ofdamage to their crops.

The Bill envisages remov-ing barriers against invest-ment apart from helping adoptnew technology on the leasedland and introduce cultivationof high-value crop, so as tousher in higher productivityand prosperity for sustainableagriculture.

This legislation would fur-

ther encourage new forms oforganisation in agriculture,such as corporate cultivation,cooperatives or group pro-duction, self-help groups, part-nerships including limited lia-bility partnerships, farmers'producer organizations andothers to make agriculture aviable and sustainable occu-pation for small and marginalfarmers as well.

DRAFT FARMERS’POLICY DISCUSSED, SUB-COMMITTEE TO STUDYIT

After informally discussingthe farmers’ policy, the Cabinetsub-committee has beenassigned with the task of study-ing it in detail.

Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh, afterthe Council of Ministers infor-mally discussed the draftPunjab farmers’ Policy in itsmeeting, decided to hand overthe same to a cabinet sub-com-mittee for a detailed study.

Presenting the draft,Farmers’ Commission chair-man Ajay Vir Jakhar said thatthe policy was open to discus-sion and amendments.

The Chief Minister saidthat he had seen the draft andin view of the political impli-cations of some of its provi-sions, a cabinet sub-committeeshould be formed to examinethe policy and take furtherdecision, following which theCabinet authorized CaptAmarinder to form the sub-committee.

The policy focuses onissues of water management,livestock development, cropdiversification, value addition,common lands, crop compen-sation fund, governance, merg-er of departments and min-

istries etc to improve liveli-hoods of those dependent onagriculture on a sustainablebasis while preserving the eco-logical balance for future gen-erations.

NEW RULES TO BOOSTAGRO-FORESTRY ACTIVI-TIES IN PUNJAB

To boost agro forestryactivities in Punjab, theCabinet on Tuesday approved‘The Punjab Forest ProduceTransit Rules, 2018’, and the‘The Punjab Regulation ofWood Based Industries Rules,2019’.

The new rules have beenformulated in the light of var-ious advisories or guidelinesissued by the CentralGovernment from time totime, as per the changed sce-nario of the Timber TransitRegine for various timberspecies.

Spokesperson said thatKullu, Kangra, GurdaspurForest Produce (and Routes)Rules, 1965< were notified in1965, which were applicable toKullu and Kangra Districtsand Pathankot Tehsil ofGurdaspur district of undi-vided Punjab. Thus, it becamenecessary to promulgate newrules, keeping in view the pre-sent territory of state of Punjab.

The main features of thenew rules include exemption ofBamboos grown on privatelands from the purview ofTimber Transit Regine. Agroforestry species such asPopulus spp, Eucalyptus spp.Drek, Mulberry, Subabul,Silver Oak, Malabar Neem,Khejri, Indian Willow, Gamarihave also been exempted fromthe purview of Timber Transitregine, as this provision wasnot there in previous rules.

In another decision, the

Cabinet has cleared ‘ThePunjab Regulation of WoodBased Industries Rules, 2019’to give impetus to agro-forestryand promote diversificationof agriculture, besides ensuringsocio-economic benefits to thefarmers.

Under the new rules, nonew licensed wood based unitwould be granted license with-in 1 kilometre aerial distancefrom notified governmentblock forests, protected areas,protected forests and un-classed forests in the state,except if it located within anotified industrial estate/parkor municipal areas.

STATE PROJECT MAN-AGEMENT UNIT TO BESET UP UNDER CENTRE’SPOSHAN ABHIYAN

To improve nutritional sta-tus of children under 6, preg-nant women and lactatingmothers in the state, theCabinet has approved settingup of a State ProjectManagement Unit (SPMU)under the Government ofIndia’s Poshan Abhiyan(National Nutrition Mission).

It was also decided to fillup 184 project specific posts atState, District and Block levelfor the project implementation.The tenure of these postswould be co-terminus withthe duration of the PoshanAbhiyaan, that is till March 31,2020.

The posts include three ofC o n s u l t a n t - P l a n n i n g ,Monitoring and Evaluationand Capacity Building,Consultant-Health andNutrition, Consultant-Financial Management andProcurement, two projectassociates, 22 DistrictCoordinators and 155 Block

Coordinators, besides twooffice messengers.

ZOO REVENUE TO GOTO PZDS ACCOUNT

The Cabinet on Tuesdaydecided to revert to the earli-er system of depositing the rev-enue collected from sale ofentry tickets and other sourcesin all zoos of the State into thePunjab Zoos DevelopmentSociety (PZDS) account.

The decision has beenprompted by the increase infootfalls at the zoos, especial-ly the Chhatbir Zoo, thus lead-ing to growing challenges inmaintaining the upkeep of thezoos.

The Bill would also man-date PZDS deposit of revenuecollected from all other sourcesat the zoos, such as canteens,parking place, safaris, vehiclesetc, as well as revenue to begenerated in future from food

court or any other source ofincome.

It will supersede theCabinet Sub-Committee deci-sion taken on February 5,2018, directing the society todeposit all proceeds into thestate government treasury.

CABINET APPROVESBILLS TO TABLE INASSEMBLY

Punjab Cabinet onTuesday stamped its approvalon new Bills relating to pro-curement, amendment to statecivil services rules and postingsin veterinary hospitals in theState, as well as the Excise ActAmendment Ordinance.

The Cabinet approved thedraft of ‘The PunjabTransparency in PublicProcurement Act, 2019’ toensure efficiency, economyand transparency besides pro-viding fair and equitable treat-

ment to bidders in order topromote healthy competitionand put in place mechanism toprevent corrupt practices.

The draft legislation relatesto all procurements which aremet from the Governmentaccounts including consoli-dated fund, public accountsand contingent fund of thestate. It would apply to allprocuring entities, whether anAdministrative Department orBoard, Corporation, PSU orsemi-autonomous bodies or asociety of an AdministrativeDepartment.

The Cabinet also gave nodfor conversion of PunjabExcise Act AmendmentOrdinance 2019 (PunjabOrdinance No. 2 of 2019) intoan Act by presenting a Bill dur-ing the forthcoming monsoonsession of Punjab VidhanSabha. This enactment is relat-ed to amendment in clause (C)of section of 31 of PunjabExcise Act, 1914 as a regulatoryor monitoring measure only.

Further, the Cabinet hasapproved amendment in CivilServices (DepartmentalExamination) Punjab Rules,2014, for the posts of AssistantCommissioners or ExtraAssistant Commissioners.

To provide efficient animalhealth services in the veteri-nary hospitals across the State,the Cabinet okayed continua-tion of services of ServiceProviders (516 VeterinaryPharmacists and 531 SafaiSewaks) for a period of oneyear — from March 31, 2019,to March 31, 2020.

The decision has beentaken to ensure smooth func-tioning of the veterinary hos-pital, besides enabling farmersto avail the best veterinary ser-vices for the livestock.

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Punjab’s upcoming sports university will be named MaharajaBhupinder Singh Sports and Science University, after the

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s grandfather in recog-nition of the latter’s contribution to the promotion of sports.

The decision was taken by the majority of CabinetMinisters overruling the Chief Minister’s objections duringthe Cabinet meeting. The Cabinet also approved the tablingof the Punjab Sports University legislation in the monsoonsession, starting August 2.

The suggestion to name the university after MaharajaBhupinder Singh was made by the Spors Minister Rana GurmitSodhi. Though the Chief Minister was not in favour initial-ly, he eventually gave in to the pressure of his Cabinet col-leagues, and a unanimous decision on the same was taken.

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Late on Monday night a contractual employee of forest depart-ment was killed in a road accident. He was reportedly going

from Malik Chowk, Indranagar towards Seema Dwar when hewas hit by a garbage collection vehicle, which was coming fromthe opposite direction.

According to the information provided by the police, thedeceased has been identified as Praveen Maindola (28), a nativeof Pauri Garhwal.

His brother Naveen Maindola filed a complaint stating thatdriver of the said tractor was over-speeding at the time and cametowards the wrong side of the road and then hit victim’s motor-bike.

The victim was then admitted to Mahant Indiresh Hospitalwhere he died during treatment. The accused driver Rajesh Kumar(29), resident of Race Course has been arrested.

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Senior journalist KushalKothiyal shared intricacies

of journalism on second day ofthree day orientation pro-gramme of students of massmedia at School of mass mediaand communication studies atDoon University here onTuesday.

In the programme he heldinteractive session with thestudents and explained themthe finer points of news reportwriting. Kothiyal explaineddifferent aspects and dimen-sions of journalism and saidthat attributes like sensitivity,novelty and affability areimportant for journalists.

He said that a news reportbased on incomplete informa-tion can be dangerous for thesociety and it is important thatall the facts related to news are

ascertained. The head of department

Rajesh Kumar said that theobjective of the programme isto give real experience to thestudents of journalism.

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Vehemently raising theissue of cattle smuggling

during zero hour in RajyaSabha, MP Mahesh Poddartoday asked, “It is a matter ofsurprise that if someone talksabout saving tigers, he is calledsocial activist.

If someone talks aboutsaving dogs, he is called ani-mal lover, but if someone talksabout saving cattle, he is calleda fundamentalist or a fanatic.Many times, the way of think-ing becomes the reason ofuntoward incidents.”

Poddar further said, “Inour country, smuggling ofanimal wealth and especiallycattle animal wealth hasbecome a big problem. Sadly,livestock trafficking is mostlydone for cutting and for meatand leather business.

The feelings of a largesection of the country arehurt by such incidents, whichoften cause unpleasant inci-dents. In order to preventsuch incidents, it is necessarythat statutory and adminis-trative restriction measures

are needed to prevent totaltrafficking of animals. It is nec-essary to strictly implementstrict rules.”He said that theSupreme Court had directedthe Environment Ministry toprepare a detailed plan totackle the problem of animaltrafficking in Bangladeshwhile disposing of the petitionon the large scale smuggling ofcross border animals on July12, 2016.

Poddar told the Housethat illegal smuggling of ani-mals is done through theopen border withBangladesh. There are mar-kets and fairs in many borderareas where animals are senti l legal ly to Nepal andBangladesh. There are manyother types of illegal activitiesthat are operated by provid-ing terror funding with theamount of money collectedthrough animal trafficking.

India and Bangladeshborder is more than 4,000kilometres long, which is thefifth largest limit in the world.It is estimated that about 10lakh cattle have been traf-ficked in Bangladesh everyyear from this border. Aftertrafficking on the border, thecattle caught after leavingthe auction again becomesthe goods of smuggling.

It is a lso seen inJharkhand that after the cat-tle stops producing milk, theowner sells the cattle-stock tothe smugglers with a goodvalue. About 42 lakh animalsof Jharkhand have 70 percentcattle.

He said that the faith of alarge community of the coun-try is associated with bovineanimals. This communitygets excited when the infor-mation about smuggling ofslaughter of slaughter is done.

There are times also mis-understood and it is difficultfor the people to differentiatebetween the purchase of cat-tle and their smuggling foranimal husbandry work.

There is a need to makethe necessary provisions tomake a clear difference inthem.

In addition, the section ofsociety is involved in thebusiness for the slaughter ofanimals or slaughter of cattle,it is also expected to respectthe feelings of the majoritycommunity.

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Hundreds of women fromabout 67 SHGs in

Rambhadeipur GramPanchayat underJagatsinghpur block convergedat a meeting on Monday andtook an oath to make theirPanchayat liquor free byOctober 2, the Gandhi Jayantiday. Notably, these womenhave been working on an anti-liquor campaign in the area forlast several months.

Reports said that due to

flourishing liquor sale, thewomen members from differentSHGs of RambhadeipurPanchayat, mainly Dalit women,had started a drive checkingwine sale in the Panchayat inMay. The women folk from thearea had raided liquor vendingspots and ransacked the stores.The women too had conducted

road blockade at Dhanipur onCuttack- Jagatsinghpur NH 55on June 14, demanding liquorprohibition in their village.

The district Excise depart-ment and police had conduct-ed massive raids and seizedhuge quantity of liquors, givingthese women activists a furtherspur. Social activist and anti-

liquor leader of Jagatsinghpurdistrict Basudev participaingas guest advised the women tointensify the agitation and setthe October 2 date as their goalto make the locality liquor-free.

Sarpanch BhramarabarSahoo speaking on the occasioninformed that earlier thePanchayat had bagged theSwachha Nirmal award inJagatsinghpur district. He hopedthat the liquor ban will addanother feather in thePanchayat's hat.

Among others, lawyerStalin Dhirendra Acharya, socialactivists Tulu Mishra, ManojLenka, Prabhat Satapathy, anti-liquor movement women lead-ers Kusum Bhoi and SujataBhoi were present.

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Chhattisgarh PradeshCongress chief Mohan

Markam on Tuesday metsenior Congress leader RahulGandhi at the national capi-tal. All India CongressCommittee (AICC)’sChhattisgarh in-charge P.L.Punia was also present on thisoccasion.

According to Congresssources Markam briefedGandhi about the state of

affairs in the organisation inChhattisgarh and had “someserious discussions” on con-temporary issues. Markamalso briefed Gandhi aboutorganisational activities in thestate and about the futureprogrammes and plans,sources said.

Sources said the PCCChief also deliberated withGandhi on restructuring ofstate organisation and alsoperformance of the stateGovernment in Chhattisgarh.

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Issues like having a perma-nent voter list to provide

relief to those who find theirnames missing from the list onthe voting day and plagiarismin Indian universities figured inthe Rajya Sabha on Tuesdaywith the entire house associat-ing. However, a BJP member'sremarks about Indian womenwhile favouring a comfortabledress code for women in uni-form saw protest by somewomen MPs and he apologisedand retracted it.

Raising the dress codeissue, D P Vats urged variousministries to have work friend-ly dress for women in uniformas the present pattern of sum-mer uniform with the shirttucked in under the belt andtrousers is inconvenient forwomen in police and military,especially during pregnancyand afterwards. He thenreferred to the physique ofIndian women leading toprotest by some women MPsclaiming it was objectionable.

Vats said the best exampleof dress code is women officersof Parliament security andSpecial ProtectionGroup(SPG)donning safarisuits thereby making it com-fortable and urged otherdepartments to follow suit byallowing safari suits or salwarkameez. He also said thearmed forces are permittingeven saree for the Army, Navyand Air Force, but saree is notconvenient for parade andother duties.

Highlighting plight of vot-ers who find their names miss-ing on polling day, P L

Punia(Congress)called for apermanent voters' list toaddress the issue. He said alarge number of eligible votersfind their names missing ordeleted from voters' list. Also,separate voters' list for differ-ent elections like gram pan-chayat, state legislative assem-bly and Lok Sabha are there, headded. The entire House cut-ting across party lines backedthe suggestion.

Drawing the attention ofthe house to the malaise of pla-giarism, K J Alphons(BJP) saidthere should be zero tolerancetowards this practice as itbrings a bad name to India. Iffaculty members indulge inplagiarism they should be dis-missed from service and asubject and 'Research Integrity',should be added in the cur-riculum of institutions, he said.

Backing his contentionwith figures, Alphons said in In2018, 127 published articles ininternational journals had to beretracted because they werefound to be plagiarised. ‘One inevery three articles submittedby Indian authors is returnedtoday because of plagiarism,’ hesaid, adding that a software can

run through the thesis and cantell if the article is plagiarised.Members from nearly all par-ties including ruling and oppo-sition associated themselveswith him

Congress MP JairamRamesh made a demand forabandoning the interlinkingof rivers, claiming it will havea disastrous environmentalimpact, but members fromAIADMK and DMK objectedto his views.

Mahesh Poddar (BJP)demanded strict laws to checkcattle smuggling for slaughter-ing for beef and leather indus-try.

Shiv Pratap Shukla(BJP)drew the attention of the Housetowards need to de-silt rivers tocheck floods. He also suggest-ed rivers should be inter-linkedas it would solve the problemof flooding.

Another senior CongressMP Motilal Vora expressed con-cern over ‘reduction’ in salariesof ISRO scientists. He said thecentral government's decision inthis regard would affect 16,000scientists and urged the rulingcombine to review the decisionand take it back.

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With the Governmentextending the Parliament

session by two weeks to seekthe passage of over 20 Bills, BJPpresident Amit Shah onTuesday asked party MPs to bepresent in full strength as theOpposition has been everynow and then pressing for adivision of votes on the legis-lations.

The BJP chief, who is alsothe Union Home Minister,asked party lawmakers toensure the legislations getpassed by maximum votes.Prime Minister Narendra Modihad in the past expressed hisunhappiness about MPsabsenting themselves duringthe voting of key bills.

Addressing the BJP parlia-mentary party meeting, Shahalso asked MPs, includingUnion Ministers, to attend atwo-day orientation pro-gramme being held by theparty on August 3-4, sayingtheir attendance is a must,Parliamentary Affairs MinisterPralhad Joshi told reporters.

Prime Minister NarendraModi, who was present in themeeting but did not address theMPs, will also speak at the pro-gramme, a course on parlia-mentary procedure and rules,and also the saffron party's ide-ology.

In his address, Shah saidthat the motion for considera-tion of the National MedicalCommission Bill in Lok Sabha

on Monday was passed with260-48 votes, sources said afterthe meeting, adding that theBJP president stated that themargin should have been big-ger. The BJP alone has 303members in Lok Sabha whileits allies have 50 votes.

Since the Opposition hasoften been pressing for divi-sions of votes, BJP membersshould be present in theirrespective House, he said. Joshitold reporters that Parliamenthas so far passed 15 bills.

There are six bills whichhave been passed by only LokSabha and are yet to get RajyaSabha's nod. There are four billswhich have been passed by onlyRajya Sabha and are yet to getLok Sabha's nod, the parlia-mentary affairs minister said.

He said that 11 other billsare still pending and will betabled in both the Houses inthe coming days. ‘We requestparliamentarians to sit late sothat all these bills could bepassed,’ Joshi said.

The ongoing session hadstarted from June 17 and wasscheduled to end on July 26,but it has been extended tillAugust 7 now.

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The Lok Sabha on Tuesdaywitnessed loud protests and

sloganeering, mainly by theCongress which was support-ed by the TMC, DMK and BSP,over the incident of Unnao rapesurvivor getting injured whenthe car she was travelling in washit by a truck.

Amid the bedlam, the rul-ing BJP sought to say that theUttar Pradesh Government istaking steps to ensure justicefor the girl and her family andurged the Opposition not topoliticise the matter.

The Congress said it wasnot politicising the issue but theincident was ‘shameful’.Treasury benches alleged thatthe truck that hit the carbelonged to an SP leader.

Congress, TrinamoolCongress, BSP and DMKmembers walked out of theHouse as a protest. TrinamoolCongress walked out twice.More than 30 members, most-ly from the Congress were inthe Well of the house. CongressMPs continuously shouted 'wewant justice' for about 40 min-utes while discussion onConsumer Protection Bill wasunderway.

Raising the matter, Leaderof Congress in Lok SabhaAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury saidit was shameful and demand-ed that adequate securityshould be provided to the vic-tim's family. He made it clear

that there was no intention topoliticize the case.

Parliamentary AffairsMinister Pralhad Joshi tooasked opposition to not to‘politicise’ the issue saying thestate government was doingeverything to ensure justice.

Minister of State for RuralDevelopment Sadhvi NiranjanJyoti who is also know as fire-brand `Hindutva leader`claimed the truck belonged toa worker of the SamajwadiParty (SP).

BJP leader Jagdambika Palclaimed the truck that hit thecar -- in which the girl, herfamily members and lawyerswere travelling -- belonged toa (SP) leader. He also claimedthat the Congress was trying totarnish the image of the BJP.

While allowing oppositionto have their say on the issue,Speaker Om Birla also toldthem that issues related tostates should not be raised inthe House.

Later, BJP member

Meenakshi Lekhi, who was inthe Speaker's Chair, asked theOpposition to be constructiveand said that the CBI is alreadyprobing the case.

On Monday, the UttarPradesh police filed a murdercase against BJP MLA KuldeepSingh Sengar and nine othersfollowing a complaint by theUnnao rape survivor's familyalleging ‘conspiracy’ behindthe Sunday's car crash in whichthe victim was severely injuredand two of her family memberswere killed.

A woman in Unnao hadalleged that Sengar, a four-timeMLA who representsBangermau in the UPAssembly, raped her teenagedaughter at his residence in2017.

The case had come to lightafter the girl allegedly attempt-ed self-immolation outsideChief Minister YogiAdityanath's residence. Sengar,an accused in the rape case, wasarrested in April 2018.

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Aday after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi called for

ensuring ‘Baaghon meinbahaar hai’, the National TigerConservation Authority(NTCA) chalked out an ambi-tious action plan to be execut-ed in partnership with variousMinistries like Power, Minesand Railways for conservationof the big cats whose numbershave doubled to around 3000 in2018 from 1,400 in 2010.

‘We had a brainstormingsession with many stakehold-ers — the ministry of transportfor infrastructure solutions,the ministry of agriculture, theministries of mines and powerto reduce electrocution of ani-mals, the ministries of animal

husbandry, health, home affairsand external affairs. We havecome out with an action plan,’NTCA Member SecretaryAnup Nayak said at an eventheld here as part of the GlobalTiger Day celebrations.

The plan is in keepingwith the observation that tigersneed to move between suitablehabitats, so although protectedareas are fundamental to theirsurvival, connecting landscapesis also essential. These areasoften have limited protection,and many development, min-ing and extraction projects areeither proposed or in progressthreatening the survival ofmany species

Nayak said the NTCA willco-develop and co-implementa strategy in collaboration with

Ministry of Jal Shakti on howtiger conservation could help inensuring water security for thecountry while livestock deathdue to tiger attack will be dis-cussed with Ministry of Animal

Husbandry and Departmentsof Livestock Development atstate level.

A State level mechanismwill be developed at a state levelto ensure that victims of tiger

attack gets ex-gratia paymenton time and the amounts are inaccordance with needs of thepeople.

As per the plan, manage-ment of crop-raiding herbi-vores in agriculture fields adja-cent to tiger habitats and cor-ridors/interlinking areas will bedone in collaboration withdepartment of Agriculturedepartment at state level.

Minister of State forEnvironment Babul Supriyosaid that ‘Tigers cannot beblamed for man-animal con-flict. Villagers venture intoforest areas and encroachupon their habitat and cutforests. ‘

Referring to the PrimeMinister's analogy that thestory of protecting tigers start-

ed with ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ (oncethere was a tiger) and reached‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ (the tiger isalive) and that it should not endthere, he said, ‘I am very proudto say that 3,000 zinda hai(3,000 tigers are alive in India).’

In conserving tigers wealso conserve some of theworld's richest ecosystems,including territories of otherendangered flagship species.The large range needed bytigers mean that opportunitiesfor landscape connectivity arebeing identified and managedfor conservation, which alsobrings benefits for many otherspecies and the provision ofecosystem services, accordingto a 2017 WWF report, ‘Beyond the stripes: save tigers,save so much more. ‘

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The Lok Sabha on Tuesdaypassed the Wages Code

Bill that will enable introduc-tion of minimum wage forworkers and dealing with issueslike delay in payment toemployees.

Terming The Code onWages Bill, 2019 as a ‘historicstep’, Labour Minister SantoshKumar Gangwar said this billhas consolidated and amendedthe laws relating to wages andbonus and matters connectedtherewith and will benefit 50crore workers

The Bill, passed by voicevote, subsumes four labourlaws -- Minimum Wages Act,Payment of Wages Act,Payment of Bonus Act andEqual Remuneration Act. Afterits enactment, all these fourActs would be repealed, saidthe Minister.

He said while drafting thebill, the government hasaccepted 17 out of the 24 rec-ommendations made by theStanding Committee whichhad scrutinised the similar billintroduced in the previous LokSabha.

As per the bill, the tripar-tite committee comprising rep-resentatives of trade unions,employers and state govern-ment would fix a floor wage forworkers throughout the coun-try, Gangwar said, adding min-imum wage will become rightof every worker.’

In addition to otherthings, the Bill will effective-ly address the problems relat-ing to delay in payment ofwages whether on monthly,weekly or daily basis, theMinister said. The code uni-versalises the provisions ofminimum wages and timely

payment of wages to allemployees irrespective of thesector and wage ceiling.

At present, the provisionsof both Minimum Wages Actand Payment of Wages Act

apply on workers below a par-ticular wage ceiling working inScheduled Employments only.The floor wage will be com-puted based on minimum liv-ing conditions, benefiting

about 50 crore workers acrossthe country.

At present, there are 12 def-initions of wages in the differ-ent labour laws leading to liti-gation besides difficulty in its

implementation.The definition has been

simplified in the Bill and isexpected to reduce litigationand also reduce compliancecost for employers.

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The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed theConsumer Protection Bill 2018 that

seeks to strengthen the rights of consumersand provide a mechanism for redressal ofcomplaints regarding defects in goods anddeficiency in services. It was passed in thelower house after all the amendmentsmoved by Opposition were negated. TheBill will replace the Consumer ProtectionAct, 1986.

Among others, the legislation providesfor protection of interests of consumersand setting up of authorities for timely andeffective administration and settlement ofconsumer disputes.

Speaking on the bill, Union Food andConsumer Affairs Minister Ram VilasPaswan said the overall purpose of the leg-islation is to ease the process of address-ing grievances of consumers.

The bill will now go to Rajya Sabha forpassage, where it was not passed inDecember last year and had lapsed.The bill proposes setting up of ConsumerDisputes Redressal Commission andforums at the district, state and national lev-els for adjudicating consumer complaints.

It also seeks to set up a CentralConsumer Protection Authority (CCPA)to promote, protect and enforce consumerrights as a class. The CCPA would makeinterventions to prevent consumer detri-ment arising from unfair trade practices.The agency can also initiate class action,including enforcing recall, refund and

return of products. Paswan said CCPA would take imme-

diate action on any complaint filed by theconsumer and if required could also fileclass action suit. He said this bill propos-es stringent action in case of misleadingadvertisements against the advertiser butnot against the media through whichadvertisement is being publicised.

BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy suggestedthat cases of call drops and power cutsshould also be considered under theambit of this proposed law.

Opposing the bill, Congress memberM K Vishnu Prasad claimed it would curbthe freedom of consumers and trample ontheir rights. ‘The real problems of con-sumers must be heard,’ he said, adding thegovernment must bring a comprehensivebill in this regard. While DMK's KVeeraswamy said the bill provides for ‘feu-dal rule, not federal rule’ and it will takeaway consumer rights, Pratima Mondal ofTrinamool Congress claimed that theintention of the bill is to encroach uponpowers of the state.

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The CBI has registered a crim-inal case of corruption and

criminal conspiracy against UK-based Rolls Royce, its subsidiaryin India, unknown officials ofCentral Government undertak-ings Hindustan AeronauticsLimited (HAL), Gas Authority ofIndia Ltd(GAIL) and Oil andNatural Gas Commission(ONGC) besides Singapore-based firm Aashmore Pvt Ltdand its Director Ashok Patni foralleged violation of the IntegrityPact and bribing governmentservants in procurements worth�4,700 crore from 2000 to 2013.

Rolls Royce, the iconic andhigh-end car manufacturer,allegedly misrepresented facts towin contracts of HAL, ONGCand GAIL and the bribe wasrouted through the Singaporefirm which in turn bribed thebabus of the Public SectorUndertakings. Mumbai-basedfirm Turbotech Energy ServicesInternational Pvt Ltd andunknown others have also beenmade accused in the case reg-istered on Monday. The FIR wasregistered after a five-year longPreliminary Enquiry that wasregistered on March 21, 2014.

Rolls Royce is alleged tohave engaged the services ofAashmore as an agent andpaid commission to the tune of10 to 11.3 per cent value of thepurchase orders in violation ofTerms and Conditions of pur-chase orders and Integrity Pactwith HAL. The total value ofpurchase orders placed on RollsRoyce by Industrial and MarineGas Turbine (IMGT) of HALduring 2005 to 2013 was Rs286.55 crore In addition, theEngine Division of HAL also

placed orders on Rolls Royce tothe tune of Rs 4455.92 crorebetween 2000 and 2013.

‘There is likelihood thatRolls Royce may be engagingAashmore Pvt Ltd on paymentof commission in otherPurchase Orders and part of thiscommission paid by Rolls Royceto Sshmore Pvt Ltd may havebeen paid as kickbacks tounknown officials of HALinvolved in the procurementprocess as the total business ofHAL with Rolls Royce in recentyears is in excess of Rs 4,700crores,’ said AdditionalSuperintendant of Police, Anti-Corruption Unit of CBI andcomplainant of the case SandeepChaudhary in his complaintwhich is part of the FIR.

It is further alleged thatRolls Royce appointed AshokPatni, Director of AashmorePvt Ltd, as Commercial Advisorin India for supply of spare partsto ONGC during 2007 to 2011by violating Integrity Pact whichbars appointment of agents forexecution of government con-tracts. ‘Rolls Royce paid com-mission to Aashmore in 38transactions for supply of mate-

rials/spare parts to ONGC dur-ing the period from 2007 to2011. The value of this com-mission was declared inDecember, 2013, which was atthe rate of 10-11.3 per cent of thevalue,’ the complaint alleged.

It is further alleged thatduring the 2008-2009, RollsRoyce engaged TurbotechEnergy Services InternationalPvt Ltd in Vijaypur, Dadri,Bawana Pipeline Project anddeclared two per cent com-mission on bid. During 2008-2009, Rolls Royce also engagedthe services of another com-pany Infinity owned by Patnifor the Viajypur, Dadri, BawanaPipeline Porject by violating theIntegrity Pact with GAIL andmade two per cent extra pay-ment to Infinity for projectmanagement services in con-nection with the above project.

‘There is every likelihoodthat part of the payment made byRolls Royce to Aashmore in caseof ONGC and Aashmore/Infinityin case of GAIL may have beenpaid as kickback to unknownofficials of ONGC and GAILinvolved in the procurementprocess,’ added the complaint.

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Three senior Navy officersincluding the then captain

of INS Betwa, a missile frigate,are now facing court martialproceedings after the high levelinquiry found them guilty ofdereliction of duty. The front-line warship met with an acci-dent in 2016 and the courtmartial has commenced in

Mumbai since July 26.Giving this information

here on Tuesday, sources saidthe court martial proceedingsbegan after the officers con-tested the finding of the boardof inquiry which probed the‘rare accident.’ The three offi-cers include two commandersand a captain, they added.

Two sailors were killedwhen the Brahmaputra-classguided missile frigate capsizedduring undocking at the NavalDockyard in Mumbai onDecember 5, 2016. The thencaptain of INS Betwa is amongthe three officials facing thegeneral court martial, they said.

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At least two Pakistani sol-diers were killed and some

of the Pakistani posts wereflattened in a strong retaliato-ry fire by the Indian Army afterit lost one of its jawans inSunderbani sector of Rajouridistrict on Tuesday.

Fresh hostilities also brokeout between the two neigh-bouring armies in NorthKashmir area of TangdharTuesday afternoon. Briefexchange of fire was also report-ed along the Line of Control inKeran and Macchail sectors ofKupwara. Reportedly, both thearmies exchanged heavyartillery fire after a long gap inthe region triggering panicamong the local population.

This is for the second time,Indian Army resorted to use ofArtillery guns to counteraggressive posturing by the‘beleaguered’ Pakistan Army. Inthe aftermath of Balakote airstrike, India had deployedartillery guns and used them‘effectively’ to flatten Pakistaniposts and other terror infra-structure raised close to the

Line of Control.Last week, Indian Army

Chief, General Bipin Rawat,had also issued a stern warningto Pakistan against attemptingkargil like misadventure during‘Vijay Diwas’ celebrations inDrass.

According to groundreports, “Pakistani army initi-ated ‘unprovoked ceasefire vio-lation in Sunderbani sector ofRajouri district around 12.00p.m on Tuesday using smallarms firing”. After some time,Pak army started shelling for-ward areas using mortar shells.

Defence PRO, Lt-ColDevender Anand in Jammusaid, “Indian army responded‘strongly’ and ‘effectively’.

He said, in the intenseexchange of fire, Indian armycaused heavy damage toPakistan army posts and inflict-ed casualities to Pakistani sol-diers.There was no confirma-tion about the exact nature ofdamages caused on the otherside of the Line of Control.

Lt- Col Anand said, “in theexchange of fire Naik KrishanLal attained martyrdom inSunderbani after he succumbedto his injuries”. 34 year old NaikKrishan Lal is a resident ofGhagriyal village in Khour areaof Akhnoor. He is survived byhis wife Shashi Devi, he added.

On Sunday, three civiliansincluding a 12 day old toddler,along with his mother hadreceived splinter injuries afterPakistani army resorted to mor-tar shelling on civilian pocketsin Shahpur area of Poonch.

The 12 day old toddlerlater succumbed to his fatalinjuries in the wee hours ofMonday. His mother, FatimaJaan and another villager,Mohd Arif, are currentlyundergoing treatment at theGovernment Medical collegehospital in Jammu.

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In a major achievement, ajoint team of security forces

eliminated two terrorists,including top commander ofJaish-e- Mohammad, involvedin the attack on CRPF atAnantnag town on June 12, ina fierce gunfight in Bijbeharaarea of Anantnag district onTuesday.

Five CRPF personnel werekilled in the attack while SHOof J&K police Arshad Khan,was critically injured.

Sharing details of the gun-fight, J&K police spokesmansaid, “Another top Commanderof Jaish-e- Mohammad, FayazPanzoo killed along with hisassociate”.

Police spokesman said,

Jaish commander was involvedin attack on CRPF at Anantnagtown on June 12,2019 in which5 CRPF Personnel were killed& SHO Arshad Khan was seri-ously injured who later suc-cumbed to injuries”.

Police spokesman said,“after receiving credible inputsa cordon & search operationwas launched jointly by policeand security forces in KatooBijbehara area of Anantnag”.

During the search opera-tion, the hiding terrorists firedon the search party, he said,adding that the fire was retal-iated, leading to an encounter.

“In the ensuing encounter,two terrorists were killed andthe bodies were retrieved fromthe site of encounter”, policespokesman said.

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Mumbai: In an explosive claim,a top Maharashtra police officeron Tuesday said a practice ofsome moneylenders keepingwives of borrowers with themfor a certain period in the eventof “non-payment of debts orinterest” had been once preva-lent in Dharavi slum in Mumbai.

Addressing the students ofSt Andrew’s College in suburbanBandra on the occasion of the“UN World Day AgainstTrafficking in Persons”, DirectorGeneral, Home Guards, SanjayPandey also said such a thingused to happen in Dharavi, thelargest slum in Asia, located incentral Mumbai.

The officer added that suchprctice might still be alive.

The event was organised byHarmony Foundation.

“There are many people orgroups once active in Dharaviwho would lend amount of �1-2 lakh. If they (borrowers) repaythe loan or interest in timethen there was no issue. But canyou imagine what else they(borrowers) had to pay (in theevent of default)? Can you guess?Borrowers used to trade theirwives for a few days with lenderstill they repay debt or interest.

“I am not talking aboutTamil Nadu, Nepal or Bihar.This used to happen only 1.5 kmaway from here,” he said.

Pandey, an IPS officer of the1986 batch, had served as DCPin 1992 for the zone which cov-ers Dharavi.

“I had arrested one personover this practice, but, unfortu-nately. This practice may be stillprevalent,” he told the gathering.

Pandey said a few laws hadbeen introduced to tackle thistype of human trafficking, whichis a form of “slavery”. The IPSofficer had won accolades fromthe Srikrishna Commission andlater by Amnesty Internationalfor his work in controlling the1993 Mumbai communal riots.

One of the speakers andgreat-grandson of MahatmaGandhi, Tushar Gandhi, saidslave trade was a “sin” againsthumanity and “very heinousform of violence”. CassandraFernandes, who representsInternational Justice Mission(IJM) Mumbai in anti-traffick-ing cases, Abraham Mathai, thefounder chairperson ofHarmony Foundation, threwlight on various aspects ofhuman trafficking. PTI

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collected under the Goa IronOre Permanent Fund (GIOPF)since the last four years islying unutilised, Chief MinisterPramod Sawant told theAssembly on Tuesday.

The sum is lying unused asthe matter related to its utili-sation is sub-judice, he said,responding to a question byAleixo Reginaldo Lourenco(Congress).

As per the reply tabled onthe floor of the House bySawant, who also handles themines and geology portfolio,from April 21, 2014 to April 1,2018 - that is before the closureof the mining activity - Rs 396crore was collected underGIOPF from fresh iron oreextracted in the state.

During the same period, Rs75 crore more was collectedunder the fund (taking total toRs 471) as proceeds from theiron ore stock which was e-auc-tioned, the chief minister said.

As per a Supreme Courtorder, 10 per cent of the sale ofproceed of iron ore extracted inGoa and sold by the lessee mustbe appropriated towards theGIOPF for the purpose of “sus-tainable development and inter-generational equity”. PTI

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Chandauli (UP): A 17-year-oldboy, who was allegedly set on firein Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli dis-trict two days ago for not chant-ing ‘Jai Shri Ram’, succumbed tohis injuries on Tuesday, policesaid.

Mohammad Khalid, a resi-dent of Saiyad Raja town,around 350 km southeast ofLucknow, had alleged that hewas kidnapped on Sunday byfour men, who poured keroseneand set him set on fire for notchanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a chargedenied by the police.

Khalid, who sustained near-ly 50 per cent burn injuries, wasadmitted to a nearby hospitaland then referred to governmenthospital in Varanasi. He died inthe morning, the police said.

The deceased’s father alsoalleged that his son was set afirefor not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram.

Chandauli Superintendentof Police Santosh Kumar Singh,however, had denied the allega-tion and said the teenagerchanged his statements threetimes.

“When the police recordedhis statement in the districthospital, he gave contradictoryreplies. He also gave differentstatements to different people,”Singh said.

“It seems that he had beentutored to mould the issue to getattention,” the SP claimed,adding that the police hadchecked the CCTV footage andan investigation was on. PTI

!��<��=��*��/�#�� Lucknow: The Allahabad High

Court Tuesday granted one-day parole to Unnao rape sur-vivor’s uncle Mahesh Singh toattend the last rites of his wifewho was killed in a road acci-dent on Sunday.

The Lucknow bench of thehigh court directed the jailsuperintendent and districtauthorities to ensure that Singhis taken for the cremation atGangaghat in tight security.

The court directed seniorregistrar of the high court tocommunicate the copy of theorder to jail and district author-ities immediately for compli-ance.

Justice Mohammad F AKhan directed officials to bringSingh back to the jail by theevening after the cremation.

Singh’s appeal against hisconviction in a criminal case ispending in the high court.

The rape survivor’s familymembers sat on a dharna out-side the hospital where she is

undergoing treatment, demand-ing parole to her uncle.

The Unnao rape survivor’sfamily filed a complaint alleging“conspiracy” behind theSunday’s car crash.

Jailed BJP MLA Sengar andnine others were booked formurder on Monday, a day afterthe car in which the 19-year oldrape survivor, her family andlawyer were travelling was hit bya speeding truck in Rae Bareli,killing two members and leav-ing her and the advocate criti-

cally injured. The Uttar Pradeshgovernment has recommendeda CBI probe into the road acci-dent. The woman belonging toMakhi police station area inUnnao had alleged that Sengar,a four-time MLA who repre-sents Bangermau in the UPAssembly, raped her teenagedaughter at his residence in2017. The case had come to lightafter the victim allegedlyattempted self-immolation out-side Chief Minister YogiAdityanath’s residence. PTI

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CH Vidyasagar Rao onTuesday mooted a proposal ofcreating additional 30,000MBBS seats in the country ina year at no cost to theGovernment, by introducingMBBS course in private andcharitable trust-run hospitals inthe country.

Addressing the fourthSpecial Convocation of theMaharashtra University ofHealth Sciences (MUHS), theGovernor alluded to a recent-ly published article by cardiol-ogist Dr Devi Shetty and saidthat Dr Shetty had made animportant suggestion aboutcreating 30,000 additional seatsin private and charitable trust-

run hospitals in the country“There are 330 private or

trust hospitals in India with 300to 800 beds conducting post-

graduate training under theNational Board ofExaminations (NBE). DrShetty feels that by introducing

MBBS programme in thesehospitals with 100 seats perhospital, we can add over30,000 MBBS seats in less thana year, at no cost to govern-ment. I think the suggestionneeds due consideration inMaharashtra,” the Governorsaid.

At the convocation held atthe State-run Sahyadri GuestHouse at Malbar Hill in southMumbai, the Governor con-ferred the D.Litt (HonorisCausa) on renowned Socialactivists Dr Abhay Bang and DrRani Bang.

Bangs were honoured bythe Governor for their healthcare services in the tribal areasin the underdeveloped districtof Gadchiroli in easternMaharashtra. Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis, Minister of

Medical Education GirishMahajan, Vice Chancellor ofthe MUHS Dr DeelipMhaisekar were prominentthose present.

For almost four decades,Dr Abhay Bang, a recipient ofprestigious state awardMaharashtra Bhushan, and hiswife Dr Rani Bang have beenliving and working in the midstof the people, mostly the poor-est and marginalized tribals.They have been striving torealize the goal of ‘ArogyaSwaraj’, by helping rural com-munities to achieve freedomfrom disease and dependence.

Bangs have done exem-plary work in the field of com-munity health, de-addiction,rural social up-liftment andhome based newborn careamong the poorest people.

“Dr Abhay Bang and DrRani Bang are the true follow-ers of the Hippocratic Oath inletter and spirit. I congratulatethem for their outstandingwork for the rural poor andtribals. I want to tell them thatMUHS is proud of you andMaharashtra is proud of you,”the Governor said, whileaddressing the gathering afterbestowing the honour on Bangcouple.

Quoting the 2011 census,the Governor said: “India has104 million elderly people hav-ing age of 60 and above. .. Indiawill have 340 million elderlypeople in 2050. Which means,India alone will have an elder-ly population which is morethan the total population of theUnited States of America !!.”Rao said.

Jaipur: The officer-in-chargeinvestigating the rape caselodged by a woman, who diedafter setting herself on fire at apolice station here demandingthe arrest of the accused, hasbeen removed from his post-ing, an official said on Tuesday.

Vaishali Nagar police sta-tion in-charge Sanjay Godarawill be under awaiting postingorders (APO) status till aninvestigation is over. The casehas been transferred to theCrime Branch of the CID,Additional Commissioner ofPolice Santosh Chalke said.

The ACP said it would beprobed whether there was anylapse in the investigation con-ducted by the officer.

The 36-year-old womanimmolated herself at the policestation premises on Sundaywhile demanding arrest of her

husband’s relative for alleged-ly raping her. She succumbedto injuries at a hospital here onMonday, an officer said.

Rajasthan ParliamentaryAffairs Minister ShantiDhariwal told reporters in theAssembly on Tuesday that thestation house officer would besuspended and the case wouldnow be investigated by anadditional SP-rank officer ofthe CID-CB.

Meanwhile, a member ofNational Commission forWomen has reached Jaipur tomeet the deceased’s family andvisit the police commissioner-ate, former state women’s com-mission member SumanSharma said. The woman hadlodged an FIR in June againsther husband’s cousin, RavindraSingh, alleging that he hadraped her in 2015. PTI

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police on Tuesday raided SPleader Azam Khan’sMohammad Ali JauharUniversity in Rampur andrecovered books which wereallegedly stolen from a 250-year-old madrasa, officialssaid.

“A team from the Rampurdistrict administration andthe police raided the universityand recovered around 400 to500 books of a madrasa withit’s stamp. The exact numberof stolen books are yet notclear. The probe is on in thematter,” said IG, law and order,Praveen Kumar here.

The team was probing acase, registered last month, onthe theft of thousands of booksfrom the ancient MadrasaAliya in Rampur which isabout 250 years old. Therecovered books are ancientand valuable, he said. PTI

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Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-ledNCP on Tuesday declared itssupport for the August 9 protestrally against the use of EVMs inthe upcoming Assembly elec-tions.

The announcement wasmade by state NCP unit presi-dent Jayant Patil at a pressconference which was alsoattended by his Congress coun-terpart Balasaheb Thorat,CPI(M) leader Ashok Dhawale,Peasants’ and Workers Party(PWP) leader Jayant Patil andothers.

The rally is being planned

by ‘EVM Virodhi Rashtriya JanAndolan’ seeking use of ballotpapers in the polls, due inSeptember-October.

“We had to taste defeatdespite fielding winnable can-didates in some Lok Sabhaseats. At some places,(Opposition) candidates didnot get votes from their ownfamily members,” a statementquoted Patil as saying.

“Even the elected candi-dates have raised suspicionsabout EVM functioning. Hence,we are supporting this anti-EVMmovement,” Patil added. PTI

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New Delhi: The Bombay HighCourt has summoned formerUnion Finance Minister PChidambaram and top servingbureaucrats, KP Krishnan andRamesh Abhishek, in connec-tion with �10,000 crore damagesuits filed by 63 moons tech-nologies, formerly known asFinancial Technologies Ltd(FTIL), and their role in engi-neering the NSEL paymentdefault crisis.

The Bombay High Courthas asked the three to remainpresent in the court on October15.

"You are hereby required tofile in this Hon''ble Court anappearance in person and awritten statement for yourdefence and serve a copy of thewritten statement on the plain-tiff within 12 weeks from the ser-

vice of this summons on you,"said the Bombay High Courtorder, dated July 24.

63 moons filed a �10,000crore damage suit againstChidambaram, Krishnan,Secretary, Ministry of SkillDevelopment, and RameshAbhishek, then Chairman ofForward Market Commission(FMC), and now the outgoingSecretary, Department forIndustrial Policy and Promotion(DPIIT), stating that the com-pany has been facing continuoustargeted and mala fide actions inthe wake of an engineered pay-ment default crisis at one of itssubsidiaries, the National SpotExchange Ltd (NSEL).

According to the lawsuits,there is no money trail traced toNSEL, 63 moons and its founderJignesh Shah by multiple inves-

tigative agencies. However, thegroup has been singularly tar-geted as part of a conspiracy byChidambaram, Krishnan andAbhishek who wanted to protectthe National Stock Exchange(NSE) in which they had vest-ed interests. These maliciousactions perpetrated against 63moons caused a damage of Rs10,000 crore to its shareholders.

During his presentation tothe media on the NSEL saga inFebruary this year, 63 moonsmentor Jignesh Shah had saidAbhishek, as FMC Chairman,played a proactive role in per-petrating the NSEL crisis,destroying the exchange eco-sys-tem created by 63 moons tofavour NSE, resulting in a hugedamage to the shareholders of 63moons, loss of employment andincomes in the economy. IANS

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Panaji: The Goa Governmenton Tuesday tabled a Bill in theAssembly which seeks to allowwomen staff to work in nightshifts in factories from 7 pm to6 am.

Factories and BoilersMinister Chandrakant Kavlekartabled The Factories (GoaAmendment) Bill, 2019, in theHouse.

The amendment has beenmoved "with a view to boost themanufacturing sector and tofacilitate ease of doing business",according to the Bill's statementof objects and reasons.

The Bill, cleared by the statecabinet on June 26, seeks toamend section 66 of the Act toenable women to do nightshifts. PTI

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Chennai: J Deepa, niece of for-mer Chief Minister JJayalalithaa, on Tuesday saidshe was quitting politics,describing her short stint as a"bad experience" and that shehad been "cheated" after shefloated an outfit.

Deepa, who came into thelimelight after the death ofJayalalithaa in December 2016,said her supporters were free tojoin any party though shewould prefer them to pick theruling AIADMK.

She had floated the MGR-Amma Deepa Peravai, namedafter late AIADMK stalwartsMG Ramachandran and

Jayalalithaa, in February 2017and tried to contest the RKNagar bypoll in December thatyear. Her nomination was,however, rejected.

Deepa said she faced"many personal attacks" duringher stint in politics and urgedpeople to stop posting suchcomments for women to con-tinue in public life.

"I have taken a decision toquit politics," she said.

"The main reason is, afterthe formation of the Peravai, itwas taken on a different direc-tion and I was cheated.

I was not prepared for allthis, had no experience, no

guidance in politics. I didn'thave the right people to guideme," she told TV channelshere.

There was lot of anguishand pressure, she said.

"I never expected that this(politics) will be such a badexperience," she said, addingthat she had to weather a lot of"abusive comments" while inpolitics.

"If women need to contin-ue in politics, people shouldstop posting (abusive) com-ments," she said and pointedout that this was one of the rea-sons that prompted her to quitpolitics. PTI

Jaipur: The RajasthanGovernment on Tuesday intro-duced a Bill in the Assembly,proposing up to life imprison-ment in cases of lynching andnaming senior police officers as“coordinators” to prevent suchmob attacks.

The Rajasthan Protectionfrom Lynching Bill, 2019 putsthose who conspire or help inthe act in the same category asthose who commit lynching.

If the Bill become law, thoseconvicted of lynching will face“rigorous life imprisonment”and a fine of between �1 lakhand �5 lakh in case of the vic-tim's death.

The punishment in caseswhere the victim is hurt will vary-- up to 10 years in prison anda fine between Rs 25,000 to Rs3 lakh in cases of grievousinjury.

The special law will be inaddition to the provisions of theIndian penal Code.

The Bill defines a “mob” asa group of two or more indi-viduals.

“Lynching” is described asan act or series of acts of vio-lence, whether spontaneous orplanned, by a mob on thegrounds of religion, race, caste,

sex, place of birth, language,dietary practices, sexual orien-tation, political affiliation andethnicity.

The state's director generalof police shall appoint a statecoordinator of the rank ofinspector general to preventcases of lynching, the Bill said.

Every district superinten-dent of police shall be the districtcoordinator who will be assist-ed by a deputy superintendentof police (DSP) for taking mea-sures to prevent mob violenceand lynching.

The Bill also proposes pun-ishments for dissemination ofoffensive material (one to threeyears in prison), creating a hos-tile environment (five years)and obstructing the legal process(up to five years).

The Bill was introduced byParliamentary Affairs ministerShanti Dhariwal.

The state government shallprovide compensation to the vic-tims under the Rajasthan VictimCompensation Scheme and takesteps for their rehabilitation.

If such offences lead to thedisplacement of the victims,relief camps will be set up at safelocations for them, the Bill pro-poses. PTI

Lucknow: The Uttar PradeshBJP said on Tuesday that rape-accused MLA Kuldeep Sengarwas suspended from the partylong ago, amid growingdemands to sack the lawmakerafter the Unnao rape survivorwas critically injured in a car-truck collision.

"Sengar was suspended bythe party earlier and there is nochange in his status," state BJPpresident Swatantra Dev Singhtold PTI. "There is no change inthe position of the party and thegovernment, which is standingwith the victim of the Unnao(rape) case."

The victim, who accusedSengar of rape, was travellingwith her family when a truck hittheir car in Rae Bareli onSunday. Two persons died, whilethe woman and her lawyerwere critically injured andadmitted to a Lucknow hospi-tal, police had said.

The state BJP chief said allpossible help was being extend-ed to those who are undergoingtreatment.

Asked about mentioningthe specific date on which theparty had announced Sengar'ssuspension, state BJP spokesper-son Manish Shukla said: "Thereis no specific date on whichSengar was suspended fromthe party."

Shukla was not able to give

a clear answer on the issuanceof any formal press note by theparty.

The police had filed a mur-der case against Sengar and nineothers on Monday after the rapesurvivor's family filed a com-plaint, alleging conspiracybehind the incident. Sengar, afour-time MLA fromBangermau, was arrested inApril last year on charges onrape.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy ChiefMinister Dinesh Sharma alsosaid on Tuesday that Sengar hadalready been suspended fromthe party long ago.

Sharma visited the KingGeorge's Medical University(KGMU) to inquire about thehealth of the two injured.

"He (Sengar) has alreadybeen suspended. Strictest actionhas been taken," the BharatiyaJanata Party leader toldreporters outside the traumacentre when asked about whenthe party would sack Sengar.

Meanwhile, hospitalspokesperson Sandeep Tiwarisiad there was no improve-ment in the condition of thetwo. "The situation is critical.Both of them are in the ICUand kept on ventilator," headded.

The deputy chief ministersaid the government wouldprovide the best treatment to

them."If needed, best doctors will

be brought for them. We haveinitiated strict action and an FIRwas lodged under the sectionsas the family members of vic-tims wanted," Sharma said.

The demand for Sengar'sexpulsion from the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wasled by Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra, who, in a tweetthis morning, said, "For Godssake, Mr. Prime Minister, divestthis criminal and his brother ofthe political power your party isgiving them."

Congress party workerscame out against the BJP inLucknow, staging a dharna anddemanding Sengar's expulsionfrom the saffron party.

They were detained as theystarted marching towards theBJP office.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)chief Mayawati had also accusedthe saffron party of complicity.

"The meeting of BJP MPSakshi Maharaj with the rape-accused BJP MLA in jail provedthat the raped accused are con-tinuously getting the patronageof the ruling BJP...The SupremeCourt needs to take cognisanceof it," Mayawati tweeted.

Samajwadi Party (SP) pres-ident Akhilesh Yadav had visit-ed the hospital to meet the rapesurvivor and her family. PTI

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Srinagar: Seeking to put to restspeculations about a possible"major development" in Jammu& Kashmir, Governor Satya PalMalik said on Tuesday that"everything is fine, everything isnormal" and rejected as "invalid"Government orders that hadgenerated panic in recent days.

A series of Governmentorders, including the one whichspoke of prolonged law andorder situation, had generatedwidespread speculation that theCentre was planning to abrogateArticle 35-A of the Constitution,which provides exclusive rightsto immoveable property andgovernment jobs only to nativesof Jammu & Kashmir.

Political parties in the statehad reacted strongly to such apossibility, warning of dire con-sequences.

Dismissing the speculation,the Governor said, "Koi validorder nahi hai jo dikhayi diyagaya hai (There are no validorders that are in circulation onsocial media)".

The Governor was replyingto questions about the ordersfloating on social media regard-ing storage of ration due to apossible law and order situationin the wake of alteration in thespecial status of the State.

The replies from theGovernor seek to put to rest aweek's uncertainty that hadbeen dogging the valley espe-

cially after Centre had rushed100 companies (10,000 securi-ty personnel) to the State.

"Kashmir is a place where ifsomeone sneezes in Lal Chowk,the same incident is projected asa bomb blast at Raj Bhavan," theGovernor said.

The distance between LalChowk and Raj Bhavan is 10kilometres.

"Many rumours float hereon daily basis but please do notpay any heed to that. Everythingis fine, everything is normal," hesaid on the sidelines of a func-tion at SKICC where he wasaddressing principals ofNavodaya Vidyalaya.

Kashmir has been on theedge for the past week after theCentre decided to send addi-tional Central ArmedParamilitary Forces (CAPFs)to the valley, giving rise tospeculations that the BJP-ledunion government might repealArticle 35-A of the constitution.Out of these, 80 companieswere pushed to the Valley whilethe remaining were sent toJammu region. PTI

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Lucknow: The Uttar PradeshGovernment has prohibited theuse of mobile phones in jails forofficers and employees, howev-er jail superintendents andjailors are allowed to use theirclosed user group numbers.

A statement issued by theUP Government on Tuesdaysaid stern action will be takenagainst those officers andemployees who are found usingmobile phones during surpriseinspections. Director General ofPolice, Jail Administration andReform Services, Anand Kumarsaid this step was taken toimprove work culture in jails."Stern action would also betaken if any prisoner was foundusing mobile phone illegally," hesaid. Kumar said public calloffices had been set up so thatprisoners could speak to theirfamily members and lawyersonce a week, only up to five min-utes. For this purpose, the pris-oners have to provide two phonenumbers, which will be verifiedthrough the police and only afterverification the prisoner will beallowed to speak to his/her fam-ily members. PTI

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Agartala: The North EastStudents' Organisation(NESO), a confederation ofeight student bodies of theregion on Tuesday urged theCentre to consider the diversi-ty of the region before finalis-ing the National EducationPolicy (NEP).

In a statement NESOdemanded that regional lan-guages be accorded due impor-tance by including them in theeighth schedule.

"No language should bemade compulsory. But, Centreis trying to surreptitiouslythrust Hindi as the sole lan-guage of the country throughthe draft NEP, which will neverbe accepted," it said.

NESO executive memberSunil Debbarma said that themedium of instruction in theschools should be in theregional languages.

The draft NEP was revisedin June following protests invarious parts of the countryfearing imposition of Hindi onnon-Hindi States through theeducation policy.

"The Centre's intention ofimposing Hindi is clear in thedraft NEP. Though revised inJune, we still have apprehen-

sions that there may beattempts to impose the lan-guage in North East," he said.

NESO said the NEP shouldnot be implemented in hasteand states should be allowed toprepare the roadmaps for thedifferent sectors after con-sulting the stakeholders andworking out the requiredfinances.

"NEP's emphasis on theneed to have centrally- con-stituted bodies to frame rulesand policies and asking thestates to only implement themthreatens the federal structureof the nation," it said.

NESO said that the edu-cation policy should take intoaccount the diverse socio-economic conditions in ruralareas.

It said that the time allot-ted to the stakeholders tooffer their views on the draftNEP is limited and at least six

more months should be givento deliberate on the workabil-ity of NEP after translating itinto all the scheduled lan-guages.

NESO comprises of AllAssam Students' Union(AASU), Khasi Students' Union(KSU), Naga Students'Federation (NSF), Mizo ZirlaiPawl (MZP), Twipra Students'Federation (TSF), All ManipurStudents' Union (AMSU), GaroStudents' Union (GSU) and AllArunachal Pradesh Students 'Union (AAPSU). PTI

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Ahmedabad: Against the back-drop of few instances of policepersonnel in Gujarat postingtheir videos on TikTok, StateDGP Shivanand Jha onTuesday warned officialsagainst uploading “improper”videos on mobile applicationsand social media even if theyare off duty, under suspensionor in civvies.

In a circular, Jha said all thepolicemen and officers mustnot indulge in any act thatwould attract public criticismand tarnish the image of a "dis-ciplined police force".

The circular comes daysafter three police constablesfrom various police stations,including a woman, were sus-pended for uploading theirvideos on TikTok.

Citing provisions of theGujarat Service (Conduct)Rules and the Gujarat PoliceAct, the DGP stated all policepersonnel must abide by theserules while using TikTok orother social media platforms.

While the circular doesnot suggest a blanket ban on

the use of TikTok by police per-sonnel, it directed them torefrain from uploading"improper" videos which wouldtarnish the image of the depart-ment.

"It has come to the noticerecently that several policemenand police officers haduploaded their videos onTikTok. While some were onduty and in their uniform,some had shot the video insidepolice stations. Circulatingsuch videos is not proper. Suchacts tarnish the image of policein the society," stated the cir-cular addressed to all policecommissioners, district SPsand Range IGs.

"A policeman remains apoliceman even if he is not inuniform, not on duty, undersuspension or on leave," it stat-ed.

The DGP has asked seniorofficers to ensure that lower-rung officers do not indulge inany act on social media whichwould attract public criticismand bring disrepute to thepolice force. PTI

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It was ironic that speaking to servingand retired armed forces personnel atthe grand finale of the 20th anniver-sary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi emphasised

on the need for modernisation and joint-ness, the two pivotal issues on which he hasdone little. Appointing a Chief of DefenceStaff (it was approved by the Cabinet in2003), ordering the integration of theArmed Forces Head Quarters with theMinistry of Defence and increasing defencecapital outlays — at present barely sufficientfor committed liabilities — will transformthe ad hoc defence and national security sys-tem into an effective military mechanism.This is precisely what the Kargil ReviewCommittee (KRC) report, From Surprise toReckoning, had recommended in 1999.Modi’s script-writers must read the KRC andits sequel, the Group of Ministers (GoM)reports.

The catastrophic intelligence failure thatpermitted massive Pakistani intrusions ledto monumental confusion. Troops hurried-ly brought in from the Valley had to be re-oriented from counter-insurgency to con-ventional war-fighting. Loss of two fightersand one helicopter chastened the Indian AirForce (IAF). Strategic constraint of not cross-ing the Line of Control (LoC) proved avoid-ably costly. The jointness was absent in theArmy-waged Op Vijay, IAF OperationSafedsagar and Navy Operation Talwar.Acute shortages of high-altitude clothing,equipment and ammunition forced the thenArmy Chief, Gen VP Malik, into saying,“We will fight with what we have.” Kargilbecame a test-bed for uphill infantryassaults, never witnessed before or after inany war. The re-capture of jagged peaks took83 days and cost 527 lives with nearly 1,400brave men wounded. Brave infantry com-manders, junior leaders and soldiers, withthe help of IAF, turned around the situationin Kargil from ‘defeat’ into ‘victory’, muchlike Field Marshal William Slim’s secondBurma campaign in World War II.

The theme for this year’s Kargil VijayDivas was ‘Remember (sacrifices), Rejoice(victory) and Renew (resolve to protect tri-colour)’. Missing was the fourth ‘R’: Reviewlessons of Kargil. I commanded my tripleVictoria Cross, winning Gorkha battalionin Kargil after the 1971 war. My World WarII vintage Brigade Commander made mewalk from Batalik to Dras — the extent ofthe incursions — so that I write a threatappraisal paper. I did not visualise like manybefore and after, and at different headquar-ters of command, that Pakistan could dowhat it did. KRC called it irrational and saidit could have been avoided withSiachenisation of Kargil, which it did notrecommend. Operation Badr (also calledKoh-i-Paima) by the Kargil clique of fourPakistani Generals, while tactically brilliant,had blistering strategic consequences.

KRC reported that Kargil was complete

and was a total surprise for theGovernment, the Army andthe intelligence services. Theuncorrected intelligence deficitled to attacks on Parliament in2001 and Mumbai in 2008.Twenty years on, Pulwama hap-pened. On February 14, for thefirst time in Jammu & Kashmir,a local suicide bomber rammeda Maruti packed with 60 kg ofRDX smuggled from Pakistaninto a Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) convoy, killing 40troopers. The NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) isstill investigating the case.

KRC has a full chapter ondefence budget and modernisa-tion, lamenting the decline indefence outlay from 3.85 percent in 1987-88 to 2.09 per centof the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) in 1999-2000. It stressedthat infantry modernisation begiven the highest priority. Sadly,this process started only last yearwith Infantry combating CIS“with what it has.” The KRCnoted: “Many grave deficienciesexist in India’s security manage-ment system” and recommend-ed a thorough review of thenational security environmentand national security system inits entirety.

It also added that theGovernment, Parliament andpublic opinion should deter-mine the security shield

required to meet the challengesof the 21st century.

Never in the country’s his-tory has a review of the nation-al security environment beendone — neither a White Paperon defence nor a strategicdefence and security review.Instead, piecemeal defencereforms have been attempted bythe likes of Krishna Rao andArun Singh Committees andNaresh Chandra Task Force,among others. The Army hastinkered with the reforms toenhance tooth to tail ratio.

Gen Bipin Rawat had cutArmy by 50,000 soldiers tomuster �500 crore, which theGovernment never added to theArmy’s capital outlay. Similarly,it was overlooked by theShekatkar Committee. Now,the Army is on the threshold ofimplementing operational andstructural reforms without anoverall review of national secu-rity, environment and the sys-tem.

Despite the Governmentmaking national security itsflagship programme, defenceoutlay this year was 1.5 per centof the GDP, the lowest since1962. The modernisationaccount allocation was eveninsufficient for the payment ofold programmes. Still, the ser-vice Chiefs have painted a rosypicture. Both the Army and Air

Force Chiefs are retiring short-ly and vying for either CDS orgovernorship/ambassadorship.Gen Dalbir Singh, the architectof the Uri surgical strikes, wasbelatedly rewarded with ambas-sadorship to the Seychelles. AirChief Marshal BS Dhanoadeservedly is eyeing his divi-dend from Balakot, which deci-sively swung the ModiGovernment’s vote tally to 303seats.

Dhanoa, who commandeda MiG 21 squadron in Kargil, iseuphoric. Once, he had com-pared fighting a two-front warto playing a T20 cricket matchwith seven players. Now theassertion is that an attack on anIAF installation like Pathankotin 2016 is a greater threat thantwo-front war and that 42 com-bat squadrons are required onlyin a two-front war. He alsoclaimed that the IAF has all-weather capability, includingduring clouding for precisionstrikes. The IAF’s post-Balakotinternal report leaked to thePress said: “Because of badweather, the Crystal Maze-AGM 142, which video recordsthe target strike, could not beused after Spice 2000 mis-siles…”

Defence Minister RajnathSingh said on Kargil Day that hewill ensure no harm comes tothe pride and honour of the sol-

diers, conveniently forgettingthat as the Home Minister, he letthe Delhi Police rough up vet-erans protesting One Rank OnePension (OROP) and evict themfrom Jantar Mantar. On nation-al security, the ModiGovernment has excelled insymbolism and rhetoric. Whileit lauded the daring, determina-tion and raw courage of soldiersin Kargil, it is playing hide andseek on Non FunctionalFinancial Upgrade (allowed toalmost all central services), dis-ability pension and full OROP(matter in court).

Modi, who has become thedarling of most veterans, mustwalk the talk: Ban anyone say-ing “we will fight with what wehave”; apply dil maange more,which he quoted from brave-heart Vikram Batra, to defencemodernisation; order review ofnational security system in itsentirely; and bestow genuineizzat auriqbal (honour andrespect) as engraved on the gun-ners’ cap-badge and as RajnathSingh has promised. Kargil hasshown that India has becomeimpervious even to crises tousher in reform.

(The writer is a retiredMajor General of the IndianArmy and founder member ofthe Defence Planning Staff, cur-rently the revamped IntegratedDefence Staff)

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Sir — This refers to the report,“BSY wins Karnataka trust,Speaker quits” (July 30). Whathas happened in Karnataka overthe last few months is no drama— it comes as a very real insultto the mandate of those in theState. While BS Yediyurappahas won the trust vote, the peo-ple have lost the trust they hadimposed in their MLAs.

Monday’s development mayhave given temporary closure tothe political turmoil that keptgovernance in the State in a pro-longed coma. But this doesn’trule out the fact that the disqualified MLAs may getanother chance to enter theAssembly.

Some of them may evencontest from the very partiesthey deserted if denied tickets bythe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),giving this sordid saga anothertwist. To sum up, the crisis inKarnataka demonstrates that amature democracy must allowpeople the right to recall theirrepresentatives if they fail to liveup to their expectations.

J AkshayBengaluru

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Sir — This refers to the report,“BSY wins Karnataka trust,Speaker quits” (July 30). FormerKarnataka Speaker KR RameshKumar acted in haste in disqual-ifying all the 17 lawmakers, whohad resigned and proved that heis more loyal to his party than tothe Constitution. This came near-

ly a month after the resignationletters submitted by the dissidentswere put in cold storage by theSpeaker, who later also told theSupreme Court that he cannottake hasty actions.

He was probably hopingthat the MLAs will withdrawtheir resignations and save theGovernment. However, after thefall of the Government, he per-haps realised that a no-confi-

dence motion would be movedagainst him. Therefore, he hur-riedly disqualified the MLAs. Indoing so, he inadvertently did afavour to the BJP, which sailedthrough the no-confidence vote.However, the Speaker’s movecould act as a deterrent forfuture dissidents wanting todestabilise a Government.

KV SeetharamaiahHassan

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Sir — UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson has started orchestratingthe theatre of the real. The clashof civilisations will no longer bea big-bang event but will be esca-lated gradually through infinites-imal attrition. With increasinglevels of migration across the bor-ders and the ever-evolving demo-graphic situation, at a politicallevel, the right and left wing fac-tions have gelled into an amor-phous entity.

On a strategic level,nanobots and drones have beena “game-changer” and conflict intechno-obsessed societies willlargely be subject to massive col-lateral damage as shown in thepopular sci-f i movie, TheSurrogates. Europe is an emerg-ing theatre to study sociologicalassimilation and the robustnessof multi-cultural societies. As inthe past, when the two great warshad their epicenter here, thefuture will also “emerge” fromthis cauldron of humanity.

Anoop HosmathMysuru

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In the Union Budget presented on July 5,Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pro-posed an “overseas sovereign borrowing

plan” to partly fund an ambitious investment pro-gramme that will involve a mammoth spendingof �100,00,000 crore ($ 1.4 trillion) for the build-ing of infrastructure to make India a $ 5 trillioneconomy by 2024-25. During the current year,the Government intends to raise $ 10 billion fromthis source. The contours of the plan are expect-ed to be finalised by October.

In sync with the character of the many infra-structure projects such as roads,highways/expressways, railways, ports, airports,coastal transport and waterways, among others,which take a long time to get completed as alsostart generating return, the tenure of borrowingwill be 10 years plus — going up to 25-30 years.As per available indications, for now, sovereignloans will be denominated in major internation-al currencies such as Yen and Euro. However, indue course, the Government will go for dollar-denominated loans as well.

In view of the Federal Reserve of the US, hav-ing dilly-dallied on the rollback of its quantita-tive easing (QE) programme and given the indi-cation of a cut in the interest rate and the CentralBanks of European Union (EU) and Japanbeing glued to expansionary fiscal and monetarypolicies at present, there is surplus liquidity in theinternational market. So the interest rate envi-ronment is benign. The investors are getting lowreturns (negative in some jurisdictions), prompt-ing them to look for destinations where they canget attractive returns.

This is where India offers an attractive des-tination. It has already brought into picture far-reaching reforms with great emphasis on attract-ing foreign investments and improving the easeof doing business. At the same time, in a won-derful coincidence of sorts, the Indian demandfor these funds is also huge. The reasons as to whythe Government wants to tap funds globally aremanifold.

First, the Centre is making expenditure com-mitments on an increasing scale due to the invest-ment requirements linked to accelerated growthon the one hand, and the ever-expanding scopeof the existing welfare schemes such as the PMAwas Yojna , Ujjwala Yojna (free gas connection),Saubhagya Yojna (free electricity connection),Ayushman Bharat (free medical treatment cov-ering expense up to �500,000) and Swachh Bharat(free toilets) among others. There is also thelaunch of new ones such as drinking water toevery household.

Second, the tax collections — both direct andindirect — are not on the desired trajectory.During 2018-19, the Government got net tax col-lection (after devolution to States) of �1,317,000crore against a target of �1484,000 crore, lead-ing to a shortfall of �167,000 crore. The short-fall was in both Goods and Services Tax (GST)and direct taxes. This has forced it to fix the tar-get for the current year at about �1460,000 crore,which is even lower than the target for 2018-19.

Third, the revenue from non-tax sources suchas proceeds of disinvestment of the Government’sshare-holding in Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs) and dividend from the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) may fall short of the targets. The dis-

investment proceeds of �105,000 croreinclude �35,000 crore from “strategic”sale (this includes revenue from the saleof Air India), which is suspect. In regardto dividend from the RBI, the Centrewas expecting transfer of surplus fromthe Central bank at one go but the DrBimal Jalan committee is expected torecommend staggered transfer overthree to four years.

These factors, when seen in juxta-position, lead to an unsustainable fis-cal deficit (FD). But the Governmentsuppresses it by taking recourse to whatis termed as extra-budgetary resources(EBR) and postpones the payment ofmajor subsidies such as food, fertilisersand fuel to future years. Similar adjust-ments (an apt phrase would be windowdressing) during 2017-18, according tothe Comptroller and Auditor-General(CAG) helped in lowering FD in thebooks from 5.85 per cent to 3.46 percent.

The irony is that even at the sup-pressed FD level, the borrowings arehuge over �700,000 crore, and if theentire load were to be put on domesticsavings, the Government fears, it wouldreduce availability of funds for the pri-vate sector and increase interest rates,which could affect investment as wellas private consumption (a good slice ofthis is financed by retail loan, which willalso get impacted due to the “crowdingout” effect) and in turn, growth.

So, it is keen to borrow someamount abroad, thereby easing theburden on domestic turf. Since overseasfunds are also available at low cost, there

is reason for mandarins in the FinanceMinistry to be cheerful. But there areno free lunches. There is a price foralmost everything that looks so attrac-tive at the first sight.

The proposed move will requiretremendous discipline in terms of fis-cal consolidation road-map and main-tenance of current account balance. Theforeign lenders could insist on this con-dition to be incorporated in the loanagreement as an essential pre-requisite.The covenants could also include a pro-vision for increasing interest rate in caseof deviation from the agreed path. Theslippage will also lead to a collateraldamage. The Indian currency willcome under pressure vis-à-vis the cur-rencies viz, Dollar, Yen and Euro inwhich sovereign loans are denominat-ed. The resulting depreciation of therupee will cause a surge in the loanrepayment liabilities on Governmentbooks.

Furthermore, if deterioration in themacro-economic fundamentals contin-ues, international rating agencies maybe prompted to downgrade India’s sov-ereign bonds. In that scenario, freshloans will come at higher interest ratesto provide for heightened risk. As a con-sequence, India could slip into a viciouscircle of unsustainable increase inexternal debt and debt servicing.

The Finance Minister argued thatIndia’s sovereign external debt — at lessthan five per cent of the GDP — isamong the lowest, globally. Therefore,a lot of head room is available. The argu-ment is specious. Today’s situation

can’t be compared with a scenario thatwill unfold when it actually takes a bigplunge. Once things get going, there isno going back, especially when demandfor funds is escalating and supply isplenty (unlike domestic lendableresources). India needs to tread cau-tiously. The Government should avoidslipping in to a mindset whereby it startsbelieving that any amount of its savings-investment gap can be met by borrow-ing abroad and that, too, at an interestrate that suits us. For now, it may limitthe sovereign borrowings to $3-4 bil-lion, and focus on making its balancesheet more robust and improving thequality of fiscal discipline by pruningoff-budget liabilities. But this is easiersaid than done.

For instance, during 2019-20, majorsubsidies viz, food, fertilisers and fuel,are expected to guzzle about �420,000crore. But an allocation of only �300,000crore has been made. The rest �120,000crore will be rolled over to next year.The Government needs to address thefactors behind these high subsidies. Itis doable but requires political will. Itshould also work on developing anddeepening the domestic bond market,especially for long-term funds, by win-ning the confidence of domestic pen-sion funds, provident funds etc. Afterachieving a good measure of success onthese fronts, it should think of takinga plunge into global waters via “exter-nal sovereign borrowings” on a signif-icant scale.

(The writer is a New Delhi-basedpolicy analyst)

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Going by the erosion takingplace in the NationalistCongress Party (NCP) over

the past few days, it seems the partyis going through difficult timesahead of the Maharashtra Assemblyelections. The polls are due inOctober this year. NCP chief SharadPawar has alleged that the defectionfrom his party to the BJP/Shiv Senawas because of the saffron party’smanipulations. Added to that, evenas Pawar is trying to do some dam-age control, the ElectionCommission of India recently sent anotice to his party, removing it fromthe list of national parties.

Pawar is a big and a formidableleader in Maharashtra politics but

with a decimated strength today.Only last week, senior NCP leaderSachin Ahir joined the Shiv Senaamid much fanfare. Following this,the NCP women’s wing chief, ChitraWagh, quit the party. Soon after, theNCP MLA from Akola, VaibhavPichad, left the party to join the BJP.Narayan Rane, too, is likely to jumpthe ship and the BJP might not beaverse to his joining the party. Thereare rumours that Chagan Bhujwal islikely to defect to the BJP.

Pawar attributes the current ero-sion to the fact that some like to bepart of the Government all their lifeand those are the ones who are leav-ing the party. He has also accused theBJP of misusing the probe agenciesto coerce NCP leaders to join theparty. “I haven’t seen such blatant useof the State machinery by anyGovernment. The misuse is ofextreme level,” he said.

Though Pawar claims that thesedefections do not worry him but withAssembly elections just a few weeksaway, it does not augur well for apolitical party to face such erosion.Drawing comparison with the situ-

ation in 1989, Pawar claims, “I amnot worried about any of the defec-tions as I experienced a similar sit-uation back in 1980 as a ChiefMinister. Of our total strength of 60MLAs, only six remained in the(Congress) while I was on an officialforeign tour. In the subsequent elec-tion, all those, who defected from theparty, got defeated and I got back allmy 60 seats.”

Pawar, being a shrewd politician,must have seen the decline comingfor quite some time. It is the NCP,more than the Congress, which has

been hit by defections. In fact, evenbefore the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, thesignals were visible. There was dis-content within the party when heprojected Ajit Pawar’s son ParthPawar as the chief ministerial candi-date and to his dismay, with all thehalo of the Pawar family, Parthcould not even win the seat. EvenPawar’s daughter Supriya Sule did nothave an easy time in the family pock-et borough Baramati.

Though the Congress and theNCP have agreed to fight the com-ing Assembly polls together, things

are not looking good for the former,too. There is confusion at the toplevel in the Congress after its chiefRahul Gandhi resigned two monthsago. The grand old party is yet to finda replacement. Things are drifting inthe Congress both at the State andnational level. There is erosion in theparty, too. Those, who are not sureof getting elected with a NCP orCongress ticket, are leaving. Thereare quite a few looking for greenerpastures.

The local party is facing faction-al fight and indiscipline. There is nosingle command at the State level.Demoralisation has set in after thehumiliating defeat in the 2019 LokSabha polls. After losing Karnatakalast week, the Congress is ruling onlyin Punjab, Puducherry, Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

There was talk of the NCPmerging with the Congress soonafter the recent Lok Sabha polls. Butthis died down though the subjectwas discussed between Pawar andRahul Gandhi after the poll debacleto enable the Congress get the postof the Leader of the Opposition if the

NCP were to merge with theCongress.

There is no doubt that the NCPis politically shrinking. Though it gotfive seats in the recent polls, it wasmuch below its expectations. Whilethe Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chiefChandrababu Naidu and Pawar triedto project the latter as the Oppositionface, as he was acceptable to small-er Opposition parties before the 2019polls, this did not succeed.

Both the BJP and its coalitionpartner, the Shiv Sena, are makingsolid preparations for the Assemblypolls. Together, they stand to gain incomparison to the dwindling for-tunes of the NCP and the Congress.Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis and Shiv Senaleader Aditya Thackeray are under-taking padayatras for mass contactprogrammes. The coming twomonths will be crucial for theCongress-NCP combine to set theirhouses in order as the stakes are veryhigh. If this coalition loses, it willremain out of power for two consec-utive terms.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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The National Company LawAppellate Tribunal on

Tuesday extended the resolu-tion period of Jaypee Infratechfor another 90 days, whichincludes a 45-day window forthe resolution professional andlenders of the debt-ridden firmto invite fresh bids.

The Committee ofCreditors and the resolutionprofessional would have 45days to consider the resolutionplans and select a final bidderto complete the process.

A two-member benchheaded by Chairman Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya said that asCorporate InsolvencyResolution was pending for along time, it would give only 45days to Resolution Professional(RP) and the Committee ofCreditors (CoC) of the JaypeeInfratech to complete theprocess of inviting new bids.

It also granted another 45days to the RP and the CoC tofinish the entire process ofselecting a final bidder.

“In view of aforesaid extra-ordinary situation, we are of theview that the period from 17thSeptember 2018 i.E the date ofapplication filed by theAssociation of the allottees forclarification for the order andtill the final decision i.E. 4thJune 2019 can be excluded forthe purpose of counting the270 days,” the NCLAT said.

However it also said that asthe matter is pending sincelong, it was “not inclined toexclude the total period of 260days and instead in the inter-est of the Allottees, we exclude90 days for the purpose ofcounting the period of 270 daysof ‘Corporate InsolvencyResolution Process’, whichshould be counted from thedate of receipt of the copy ofthis order.”

The said period is to enablethe RP and the CoC to call for“fresh ‘resolution plans’ and toconsider them” within a “peri-od of 45 days,” the NCLAT said.

The appellate tribunal fur-ther added: “Rest of the peri-od of 45 days margin is givento remove any difficulty andappropriate order as may bepassed by the AdjudicatingAuthority (NCLT).”

The appellate tribunal hasalso rejected the plea ofJaiprakash Associates Ltd, the

promoters of Jaypee Infratech,to be eligible to submit a bid.

“No liberty is given to‘Jaiprakash Associates Ltd.’, inview of the aforesaid observa-tion and decision of Hon’bleSupreme Court in ‘ChitraSharma’ (Supra),” it said.

The NCLAT had askedstate-owned NBCC, whose bidwas rejected by the CoC ofJaypee Infratech, to submitfresh resolution plan for thedebt-ridden company.

“It is made clear that all theearlier ‘resolution plan(s)’including the plan submitted bythe NBCC, can not be consid-ered, having been rejected bythe CoC. However, it will beopen to the ‘NBCC’ to file afresh improved ‘resolutionplan,” it said. Meanwhile, theNCLAT also did not expressany opinion over the bid to befiled by Adani Infra for JaypeeInfratech.

“It is informed that ‘AdaniInfra also proposed to file ‘res-olution plan’ but we are notexpressing any opinion withregard to the same,” saidNCLAT. Lenders were request-ing to exclude the 250 daysfrom September 17, 2018, toJune 4, 2019, from the stipu-lated period for CorporateInsolvency Resolution Process(CIRP), as this time was takenby the National Company LawTribunal (NCLT) to decide onthe voting rights of the home-buyers.

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Air India Express Tuesdayreported a net profit of

�169 crore in the year endedMarch 2019 as higher utilisa-tion of aircraft and manpowerhelped the low-cost carrier.

This is the fourth straightyear of profitability, the airlinesaid in a release.

The low-cost arm ofnational carrier Air Indiarecorded over 16 per centgrowth in revenues at �4,202crore in 2018-19. In the year-ago period, the same stood at�3,620 crore.

“The net profit earned inthe last fiscal is particularly sig-nificant as the aviation sectorhas had to face many chal-lenges, including high inputcosts. The unit cost incurred onfuel alone, increased by around35 per cent during this period.

“The impact of this onprofitability was huge, as morethan 40 per cent of the airline’soperating cost were incurredon fuel,” Air India ExpressCEO K Shyam Sundar said.

According to him, the prof-it was mainly due to greaterutilisation of assets andresources like aircraft, man-power and materials.

Air India Express carried4.36 million passengers lastfiscal, higher than 3.89 millionpeople flown in the same peri-od a year ago.

“Average daily aircraft util-isation rose to 13.3 hours (in2018-19), from the 12.7 hoursin the previous year, which inturn led to an increase incapacity,” the release said.

With a fleet of 25 Boeing737-800 NG planes, the airlineoperates from 13 internation-al and 20 Indian destinations.

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Reflecting subdued senti-ments, India has been

ranked fourth globally interms of business optimism, asonly 64 per cent of corporatesare optimistic about the coun-try’s economic growth overthe next 12 months, says a sur-vey.

Earlier, India had stood atsixth position with 78 percent of the total respondentsshowing confidence in theeconomic growth for theApril-June 2018 period.

According to GrantThornton’s InternationalBusiness Report (IBR)released on Tuesday,Philippines topped the chartwith 73 per cent respondentsbeing optimistic about eco-nomic growth, followed byVietnam (72 per cent) andIndonesia (66 per cent).

The IBR further notedthat global optimism has fall-en to a three-year-low leveland economic uncertaintyremains elevated.

“In tandem with the sub-dued economic optimism,India Inc’s dismal sentimentsreflect in its expectations foran increase in revenue, sellingprices and profitability,” saidGrant Thornton India LLPChief Executive Off icerVishesh C Chandiok.

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National Company LawTribunal (NCLT),

Hyderabad bench on July 26,2019 approved State runhydropower major NHPC’sbid for the debt-ridden LancoTeesta Hydro Power Ltd(LTHPL) for an amount of�897.50 Crores underCorporate InsolvencyResolution Process. NHPCLimited is a mini-ratna com-pany under Ministry of Powerand this is the first time thata state run company hasbagged a project under IBC.The Original bid of �907 crorewas initially approved by theCommittee of Creditors (CoC)of Lanco Teesta Hydro Powerwith 100% vote and the pre-sent bid amount of �897.50crores takes into considerationthe theft occurring at site wasapproved by 97.34% vote.

As per the approved reso-lution plan, NHPC would pay�877.74 crore to the financialcreditors and �11.12 crorewould go to the operationalcreditors of Lanco TeestaHydro Power. NHPC will fundthe project through a debt-equity ratio of 70:30.

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The Income Tax Departmenthas attached �254 crore

worth of “benami” equity ofMadhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Kamal Nath’s nephewRatul Puri which he is stated tohave allegedly received from asuspect in the VVIP chopperscam via shell companies, offi-cials said on Tuesday.

Ratul Puri, the chairmanof Hindustan PowerprojectsPvt (HPP) Ltd, is already underscanner of the tax departmentand the EnforcementDirectorate on charges of taxevasion and money laundering.

Officials said a provisionalorder for attachment of theshares or non-cumulative com-pulsory convertible preferenceshares (CCPS) has been issuedunder section 24 (3) of theProhibition of Benami PropertyTransactions Act by the Delhi-based office of the department.

The funds were received asFDI (foreign direct investment)in Optima Infrastructure Pvt Ltd,a group concern of Moser Baer,a firm promoted by Ratul Puri’sfather Deepak Puri, they said.

The I-T department alleges

that the investment of �254crore was generated through“over-invoicing of imports ofsolar panel’s by another groupcompany, HEPCL, and was“facilitated through shell com-panies” of Dubai-based opera-tor Rajiv Saxena, an accused inthe AgustaWestland VVIPchopper scam case. Saxenawas deported from Dubai byIndian agencies in January.

He is under arrest by the EDin the chopper scam case, whileRatul Puri is being questioned.They said Ratul Puri is the ben-eficial owner of these benamiequity shares and has beencharged under the relevant law.

These alleged benami andillegal funds, officials alleged,were generated by using “thirdparty remittances” received bySaxena on behalf of Ratul Puriand were routed back to Indiavia a Mauritius-based shell ordummy company — RigelPower Limited. The depart-ment has attached investmentsin Unocon Infradevelopers tooas part of the probe, they said.Benami properties are those inwhich the real beneficiary isnot the one in whose name theproperty has been purchased.

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The National Company LawAppellate Tribunal

(NCLAT) has said it wouldhear the pleas of auditors ofIL&FS — Deloitte Haskins &Sells LLP and B S R AssociatesLLP — against an order passedby NCLT to implead them inthe ongoing case of oppressionand mismanagement of thescam-hit firm.

The case will be heard onAugust 19.

A two-member bench ofthe NCLAT has directed theMinistry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) and others to file theirreplies in the matter within aweek.

“Interim order dated 23rdJuly, 2019 passed by theNational Company LawTribunal, Mumbai Bench,Mumbai, in MA Nos. 2581 &2071 of 2019 in CP 3638/241-242/2018 shall continue tillnext date,” the NCLAT said.

It further added, “However,the interim order will not comein the way of the National

Company Law Tribunal andthe Union of India to proceedin accordance with law.”

Earlier, the Mumbai benchof the National Company LawTribunal (NCLT) had on July18 allowed the MCA’s plea toprosecute Deloitte, BSRAssociates and other auditorsfor their failure to detect andreport the scams that tookplace at IL&FS under theirwatch as auditors.

Udayan Sen and KalpeshMehta, partners at Deloitte, andSampath Ganesh, a partner atBSR & Associates, had alsobeen impleaded as respon-dents by the NCLT order.

On July 23, the NCLTMumbai bench had stayed itsown order for four weeks toallow the auditors to appealagainst the impleadment.

In its order, the NCLAT,while seeking the govern-ment’s response on the audi-tors’ plea against implead-ment, said the NCLT Mumbaibench’s order of stay wouldcontinue till August 19, whenit would hear the case.

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Rajiv Kumar, currently serv-ing as Financial Services

Secretary, was on Tuesday des-ignated as the new FinanceSecretary.

The AppointmentsCommittee of the Cabinet (ACC)headed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi approved thedesignation of Kumar as the newFinance Secretary, according to anofficial order. Kumar is a 1984batch IAS officer of Jharkhandcadre. His appointment comesin the backdrop of transfer ofSubhash Chandra Garg as thepower secretary. Garg hasalready sought voluntary retire-ment from service.

Kumar is credited withundertaking multiple reformsin the banking sector and pro-viding a record amount of cap-ital infusion in the public sec-tor banks. Since the com-mencement of clean-up in2015-16, the recapitalisationhas crossed over �3 lakh crorethrough the mix of budgetarysupport and market raising,helping banks to make adequateprovisions for the bad loans.

New Delhi: India received the highest-ever FDI inflow of $64.37billion during the fiscal ended March 2019, said a Governmentreport.

According to the Annual Report 2018-19 of the Departmentfor Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), foreigndirect investments (FDI) worth $286 billion were received in thecountry in past five years. “In the current financial year (2018-19), the country registered highest ever FDI inflow of $64.37 bil-lion,” the report said. PTI

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The benchmark Sensex onTuesday fell over 289.13

points to close at 37,397.24 dueto heavy selling mainly inbanking, auto and oil & gasstocks as tepid corporate earn-ings and auto sector woesweighed on investors’ senti-ment.

Besides, sustained foreignfund outflows continued tospook domestic equity market.

The 50-share NSE Niftytoo dropped 103.80 points tosettle at 11,085.40.

In the Sensex pack, Yesbank emerged as the biggestloser, falling 9.13 per cent, fol-lowed by IndusInd Bank (6.6per cent), HeroMotoCorp (6.01per cent), Sun Pharma (4.79per cent) and SBI (4.70 percent).

Other losers were TataSteel, Vedanta, Tata Motors,Reliance, Axis Bank, ONGC,HDFC and ICICI Bank, amongothers.

On the other hand, BhartiAirtel topped the gainers’ chart,up 3.19 per cent, followed byTCS (2.32 per cent), HCL Tech(0.83 per cent), ITC (0.49 percent), HDFC Bank (0.39 percent), L&T (0.36 per cent),HUL (0.19 per cent), Infosys(0.16 per cent) and NTPC(0.08 per cent).

Sectorally, BSE metal wasthe worst performer with 3.25per cent drop. Other major lag-gards were energy (2.42 percent), basic materials (2.32 percent), oil & gas (2.14 per cent),auto (2.12 per cent) and bankex(1.86 per cent).

In Asian markets, ShanghaiComposite Index, Hang Seng,

Nikkei and Kospi closed on apositive note ahead of US-China trade talks and Federalreserve policy.

Meanwhile, gold pricesTuesday moved upward,gaining Rs 160 to Rs 35,880per 10 gram in the nationalcapital due to fresh buyingfrom jewellers even as theprecious metal remained flatoverseas.

Silver also firmed up by Rs150 to Rs 42,050 per kg onincreased offtake by by indus-trial units and coin makers.

Bullion traders said thepick-up in demand helped therally in the precious metal.

Globally, gold was tradingflat at USD 1,427.60 an ouncein New York, as investors werecautious ahead of crucial tradetalks between the US andChina.

The investors are alsoawaiting the outcome of the USFederal Reserve’s meeting forfurther signals.

Meanwhile, silver globallyalso witnessed lack of move-ment and was trading steady atUSD 16.54 an ounce.

In the national capital, goldof 99.9 per cent and 99.5 percent purity rose Rs 160 each toRs 35,880 per 10 grams and Rs35,710 per 10 grams, respec-tively.

Sovereign gold held steadyat Rs 27,500 per eight grams.

Silver ready gained Rs 150to Rs 42,050 per kg and week-ly-based delivery was advancedRs 53 to Rs 41,239 per kg.

Silver coins were in gooddemand and traded higher byRs 1,000 at Rs 85,000 for buy-ing and Rs 86,000 for sellingof 100 pieces, respectively.

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The Department ofTe l e c o m mu n i c at i o n s

(DoT) is “working on” a pro-posal for merger of cash-strapped BSNL and MTNL aspart of efforts to revive the ail-ing state-owned telecom firms,a source said. The source, privyto the development, said merg-er is “one of the many compo-nents” of the overall revivalplan being worked out for thetwo corporations, and that afinal call on the matter will betaken by the Cabinet.

The move assumes signif-icance as the distressed telecomPSUs Mahanagar TelephoneNigam Ltd (MTNL) and BharatSanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)have been making losses andhave faced challenges in clear-ing staff salaries in the recentpast.

“Merger is one of the manycomponents of the overallrevival plan because clearlyMTNL cannot stand by itself.Finally, the Cabinet has to takea view on that,” the source saidadding that the plan entailsMTNL being merged withBSNL. MTNL provides tele-phony services in Delhi andMumbai, while BSNL is presentin the rest of the circles.

The DoT is preparing arescue plan for MTNL andBSNL in the form of a revivalpackage that entails compo-nents like voluntary retirementscheme, asset monetisation,and allocation of 4G spec-trum. BSNL’s loss is estimatedto be around Rs 14,000 crorewith a decline in revenue to Rs19,308 crore during 2018-19.The public sector firm’s provi-sional loss was Rs 4,859 crorein 2015-16, Rs 4,793 crore in

2016-17, Rs 7,993 crore in2017-18 and is estimated toswell to Rs 14,202 crore in2018-19, according to infor-mation presented inParliament.

The total number ofemployees of BSNL stands at1,65,179 and the total employ-ees’ cost is a staggering 75 percent of the total income of thecompany. Contrast that withAirtel, which has 20,000 work-ers and the employees’ cost is2.95 per cent of the company’sincome or Vodafone with 9,883employees that has the costpegged at 5.59 per cent.

The net worth of BSNLstood at Rs 34,276 crore (unau-dited and provisional), whileMTNL had a negative net-worth of Rs 9,735 crore as onApril 1, 2019.

Communications MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad had last

month told the Lok Sabha thatthere is no proposal to close thestate-run telecom companiesand that a comprehensive planfor their revival is under prepa-ration. Prasad has, in the past,acknowledged the role of thetwo state-owned corporationsin maintaining a “sober equi-librium” in the market, but atthe same time has sent out astrong message to them thatthey will have to “become pro-fessional”.

“Let my message clearly goto these two PSUs... It is innational interest that theyremain healthy, we are workingon that... But, they also need tobecome professional. While Iwill work towards their revival,they will have to respond withprofessional attitude,” Prasadhad said on June 3, soon afterassuming charge of the newtelecom portfolio.

�� 6�� .;�� New Delhi (PTI): Shares ofCoffee Day Enterprises Ltddropped 20 per cent onTuesday, eroding Rs 813 crorefrom its market valuation, afterreports surfaced that itsChairman and ManagingDirector V G Siddhartha hasgone missing.

The scrip tumbled 19.99

per cent to Rs 154.05 — its 52-week low as well as its lowercircuit limit — on the BSE.

On the National StockExchange (NSE), shares plum-meted 20 per cent to its lowesttrading permissible limit for theday as also its one-year low ofRs 153.40 apiece.

Led by the massive drop in

its share price, the company’smarket valuation dived Rs 812.67crore to Rs 3,254.33 crore on theBSE.

“CCD shares have been hit-ting 52-week lows for quite sometime in the last couple of months.Now, the unfortunate event offounder missing and in the lightof the alleged letter left by him

clearly underlines the crisis in thecompany. “We may see the stockto slide further to double digitsif the clarity regarding its finan-cials is not declared. The casereminds us of the notorious caseof Satyam fiasco,” said RomeshTiwari, head of research,CapitalAim.

Umesh Mehta, head of

research, Samco Securities, saidthat the Nifty marked a gloomyday on the stock markets with akey industrialist going missingand the stock of Coffee DayEnterprises hitting the lower cir-cuit.

In a filing to the BSE onTuesday, the company said, “V GSiddhartha, chairman and man-

aging director of Coffee DayEnterprises Ltd, is not reachablesince Monday evening. We aretaking the help of concernedauthorities.” “Company is pro-fessionally managed and led bycompetent leadership team,which will ensure continuity ofbusiness,” the filing added.

Siddhartha, the son-in-law of

former Karnataka chief ministerSM Krishna, was headed forSakaleshpur but on the way, hehad asked his driver to gotowards Mangaluru, according tothe police. On reaching a bridgeover the Netravati river in theKotepura area in the DakshinaKannada district, he got downfrom the car and told his driver

that he was going for a walk.“He (Siddhartha) asked the

driver to wait till his arrival.When he did not return evenafter two hours, the driverapproached the police and lodgeda missing complaint,” DeputyCommissioner of DakshinaKannada district Senthil SasikantSenthil told PTI.

Script Open High Low LTPIBULHSGFIN 551.95 579.55 516.30 524.05YESBANK 94.85 96.35 84.40 86.10RCOM 1.47 1.54 1.44 1.46SPICEJET 141.30 148.40 140.45 144.70RBLBANK 448.30 453.80 389.25 398.20IDEA 6.81 7.00 6.04 6.52RELIANCE 1211.25 1219.90 1175.80 1180.55MARUTI 5572.90 5644.75 5490.60 5507.35STAR 365.00 397.90 360.00 371.75ICICIBANK 430.80 438.75 422.80 424.95SBIN 343.75 346.70 325.85 327.50TATAMOTORS 138.40 139.70 132.60 133.45LT 1375.20 1392.70 1373.00 1376.45INDUSINDBK 1430.25 1447.00 1318.15 1336.90DHFL 53.10 54.70 48.65 50.00PEL 1794.00 1861.80 1765.95 1786.80TATASTEEL 434.70 441.95 406.25 414.70SUNPHARMA 430.90 441.20 405.05 410.50RELINFRA 47.25 47.90 42.20 42.95INFY* 792.00 798.00 788.25 792.80VEDL 156.30 159.00 149.80 150.55GRASIM 798.00 816.50 758.00 762.15BANKBARODA 109.10 109.95 101.40 102.70RELCAPITAL 52.00 53.35 48.65 49.10BEL 93.55 100.40 93.35 98.40VIPIND 365.00 408.00 361.80 385.85AXISBANK 725.05 727.70 701.10 706.55BAJFINANCE 3274.50 3299.00 3233.00 3250.10DLF 176.00 182.30 175.15 177.90BHARTIARTL 335.95 348.20 335.70 345.60HEROMOTOCO 2400.00 2416.25 2246.10 2259.35RPOWER 3.41 3.41 3.05 3.09BANKINDIA 75.90 76.50 69.95 70.70ASHOKLEY 71.65 72.45 68.10 68.60DRREDDY 2655.00 2691.60 2550.10 2562.05GRAPHITE 333.40 333.40 303.00 308.75HEG 1069.00 1069.00 971.00 980.35ITC 268.55 269.90 266.50 269.00TCS 2125.00 2184.70 2121.00 2179.00IBREALEST 99.95 101.30 86.20 89.30L&TFH 102.05 102.90 97.20 97.75JSWSTEEL 245.60 248.20 219.85 230.35CHOLAFIN 247.20 250.50 238.30 243.50GRANULES 91.00 97.40 87.15 90.50PNB 69.50 69.70 66.30 66.90ICICIPRULI 399.30 401.00 396.30 397.90LUPIN 766.35 795.00 748.35 752.30ZEEL 389.90 392.10 379.00 381.20M&MFIN 304.55 307.60 294.85 297.50IBVENTURES 255.20 263.60 228.70 237.45NBCC 47.35 48.30 40.80 41.70HDFCBANK 2254.00 2270.30 2240.30 2253.35INDIGO 1580.00 1589.30 1539.65 1545.10ULTRACEMCO 4368.25 4471.05 4303.00 4319.05KOTAKBANK 1505.00 1509.50 1484.45 1498.00SUZLON 4.86 4.86 4.40 4.46TECHM 645.00 650.50 633.30 640.30HDFCLIFE 487.80 491.95 475.20 483.05HAVELLS 668.00 668.00 626.80 635.85SPARC 157.00 163.90 152.00 152.35JINDALSTEL 136.90 137.60 129.25 130.40ASIANPAINT 1513.10 1526.60 1503.30 1508.10DMART 1446.00 1474.90 1428.40 1459.60TITAN 1084.00 1093.00 1073.00 1079.05HDFCAMC 2192.00 2238.15 2116.00 2138.35M&M 550.00 560.80 547.35 548.75KEC 319.00 319.00 306.90 308.30BHEL 59.20 60.00 57.55 57.75COALINDIA 205.10 206.85 198.00 199.75PFC 110.85 112.55 107.25 108.65BANDHANBNK 488.00 498.70 471.60 481.05SBILIFE 795.00 804.35 782.65 795.65PERSISTENT 539.10 539.10 472.25 504.25BAJAJ-AUTO 2485.00 2514.15 2447.00 2460.55MINDTREE 706.05 718.50 680.00 712.15UPL 588.00 593.50 569.10 573.70BOMDYEING 83.10 84.40 76.10 76.55HINDPETRO 269.00 270.40 257.40 258.30BERGEPAINT 332.30 340.75 330.45 332.30JUBILANT 431.00 468.05 429.10 444.35BRITANNIA 2676.90 2695.00 2592.30 2617.50IOC 139.00 139.00 133.15 133.55INDIANB 212.00 212.00 181.45 185.45BAJAJFINSV 7120.30 7252.20 7054.05 7073.70HDFC 2149.00 2157.45 2114.20 2128.35AUROPHARMA 558.00 574.20 550.00 551.85KTKBANK 90.00 90.15 83.40 84.40BIOCON 238.05 243.80 232.90 234.25GLENMARK 430.35 437.10 411.10 418.85SAIL 44.75 44.85 41.10 41.60SRTRANSFIN 979.95 981.50 964.55 969.00CANBK 240.90 242.35 231.50 232.35ACC 1542.05 1566.25 1533.00 1541.10INDIACEM 93.90 94.25 83.35 85.75ADANIPOWER 61.80 62.25 60.20 60.60IDFCFIRSTB 41.70 41.90 39.65 39.80RAJESHEXPO 740.00 740.00 685.05 695.70TATAELXSI 640.45 644.60 617.00 619.55TATAPOWER 62.00 62.05 58.40 58.90MOTHERSUMI 108.10 108.15 103.15 103.65PCJEWELLER 36.05 36.55 34.10 34.60HINDUNILVR 1713.00 1734.00 1704.35 1719.45MGL 775.00 799.00 775.00 785.55GAIL 131.50 132.60 128.50 129.05ESCORTS 469.30 479.70 457.40 459.80DISHTV 29.70 30.20 27.95 28.40PHILIPCARB 128.50 130.40 115.85 116.35APOLLOTYRE 151.35 154.65 149.00 149.65

ADANIENT 128.70 130.90 123.85 125.35EICHERMOT 16650.00 16731.65 16051.00 16159.20JISLJALEQS 22.90 22.90 19.60 19.75NCC 73.00 73.95 68.70 69.20IDBI 30.00 30.30 27.20 27.65JUSTDIAL 701.00 706.40 685.00 688.45QUESS 430.60 435.05 386.85 399.40FEDERALBNK 94.45 95.00 90.20 90.65NOCIL 91.00 91.70 84.50 85.80JUBLFOOD 1182.00 1222.30 1182.00 1198.55TATAMTRDVR 67.45 68.05 64.30 64.60STRTECH 156.75 157.35 151.75 152.50UNIONBANK 70.45 70.90 66.70 67.05RITES 300.00 309.45 295.00 301.40HINDALCO 192.40 194.80 188.90 190.10MCX 815.10 818.85 779.05 789.95HEIDELBERG 202.00 202.00 185.40 187.50UJJIVAN 268.40 270.75 251.95 254.40ASTRAZEN 1905.00 2067.50 1905.00 1986.30ENGINERSIN 102.35 102.90 94.90 95.30AEGISLOG 196.10 198.70 189.30 190.20FORCEMOT 1120.00 1120.00 1060.10 1068.20IRB 95.15 95.30 92.60 93.05RADICO 305.15 307.70 294.00 298.75TVSMOTOR 359.00 363.50 342.85 344.70BAJAJELEC 369.00 375.00 350.00 355.95CIPLA 522.00 533.15 517.75 520.15EIDPARRY 156.00 156.00 136.15 140.70COLPAL 1164.00 1187.80 1158.60 1168.90KANSAINER 431.00 439.40 416.20 433.95RCF 52.00 52.10 48.00 48.25WIPRO 263.05 264.45 261.00 262.20EDELWEISS 145.00 148.60 140.60 142.55

NTPC 127.10 128.65 126.20 127.35INTELLECT 230.00 238.50 226.35 227.65POWERGRID 207.10 209.75 206.85 208.35PVR 1656.00 1657.60 1566.90 1583.05SUNTECK 411.35 416.35 392.50 400.90ONGC 140.10 143.25 138.20 138.80PNBHOUSING 701.00 724.90 701.00 715.95UBL 1432.80 1443.70 1391.90 1400.20LICHSGFIN 516.00 526.00 511.25 514.05JAICORPLTD 82.45 82.75 75.15 76.25IPCALAB 955.00 974.00 947.65 959.20BHARATFORG 428.40 429.60 414.85 417.25DCMSHRIRAM 425.00 442.00 390.55 405.15CADILAHC 229.80 231.85 219.00 220.30GODREJCP 617.65 619.35 595.00 598.10FSL 51.20 51.55 48.50 49.10WESTLIFE 282.50 287.40 261.00 264.60BBTC 862.00 862.00 806.80 820.25ABCAPITAL 83.25 84.50 80.20 81.05PIIND 1087.70 1106.95 1083.45 1098.95INFRATEL 260.00 260.00 245.10 249.25SUPREMEIND 1055.05 1068.00 1000.00 1023.25BEML 898.00 905.15 838.15 854.35IBULISL 115.50 118.40 115.45 115.45HCLTECH 1016.00 1026.00 1011.90 1023.85SRF 2766.00 2785.10 2661.45 2679.95MUTHOOTFIN 588.80 607.60 588.80 601.50RECLTD 141.50 142.00 135.00 135.40MFSL 414.70 424.40 410.80 413.80PETRONET 236.60 239.50 232.25 233.45TORNTPHARM 1656.00 1690.00 1649.70 1652.60CENTURYTEX 885.90 897.75 868.40 875.60DELTACORP 144.50 149.75 143.00 143.30WOCKPHARMA 320.00 327.00 313.00 314.75ADANIPORTS 377.50 389.55 371.10 373.30KAJARIACER 485.00 485.00 466.75 467.80GODREJPROP 937.85 960.00 929.00 943.05CYIENT 472.20 473.25 433.00 448.10NATIONALUM 45.60 45.70 43.85 44.05ITDCEM 78.70 79.50 65.70 73.25LTI 1525.00 1540.00 1498.05 1511.90BAJAJHLDNG 3443.65 3599.00 3443.65 3569.50GSFC 82.45 82.60 78.20 79.30SOUTHBANK 12.89 12.92 12.34 12.42SUNTV 469.00 477.45 463.55 466.15AMBUJACEM 206.90 207.95 201.05 202.05ITI 81.80 82.50 77.00 77.55ABFRL 198.95 199.00 188.70 189.95RAYMOND 664.90 664.90 631.40 637.10LTTS 1461.00 1473.75 1430.10 1465.10TATAGLOBAL 256.25 259.00 247.85 249.50MANAPPURAM 114.00 114.00 108.70 109.15DBL 410.05 425.50 410.05 412.95KRBL 251.55 253.00 216.85 224.40VENKYS 1325.00 1339.45 1222.20 1257.00NIITTECH 1203.65 1231.15 1192.80 1203.50WELSPUNIND 53.25 53.70 51.45 51.85IGL 304.00 308.90 299.25 300.15

WABAG 303.95 305.70 288.00 289.35LAXMIMACH 4317.00 4338.00 4100.00 4123.45TATACHEM 577.00 577.00 565.00 572.50GRUH 260.05 260.15 246.25 248.80TEJASNET 90.15 90.30 81.50 82.50PIDILITIND 1241.00 1250.50 1224.40 1229.30BPCL 343.40 343.40 334.45 335.70ADANIGAS 161.45 161.50 154.40 157.85LAKSHVILAS 54.00 55.85 49.15 49.25GICHSGFIN 241.25 244.90 232.65 239.95CROMPTON 228.95 233.40 228.80 230.50TORNTPOWER 308.00 308.50 296.10 299.40DABUR 426.10 429.30 420.70 423.10ABB 1395.00 1403.55 1353.10 1360.80DIVISLAB 1645.00 1672.55 1642.00 1658.70VBL 639.40 664.15 633.85 637.15MEGH 53.80 54.15 48.55 49.50EQUITAS 112.90 114.00 107.85 108.25CASTROLIND 127.50 128.15 123.90 124.45PAGEIND 18606.70 18939.45 17900.00 18036.30ORIENTELEC 153.20 158.10 148.05 151.10NHPC 22.40 22.55 22.20 22.35APOLLOHOSP 1357.65 1372.50 1329.15 1332.85NMDC 109.50 110.85 106.90 107.45ADANITRANS 202.05 210.25 202.05 203.40ICICIGI 1172.25 1177.25 1141.75 1158.60MARICO 363.70 366.95 360.00 362.95PGHL 4873.55 4960.00 4676.85 4685.10DCBBANK 197.80 198.00 192.30 193.00AVANTI 315.00 322.20 305.70 307.95INDHOTEL 139.30 144.30 139.30 143.70WELCORP 112.00 113.75 106.20 107.75SUVEN 235.85 238.35 221.40 222.50NAVINFLUOR 589.80 614.00 576.10 600.85ORIENTCEM 98.50 99.90 93.25 93.75CGPOWER 19.35 19.80 18.60 18.80PRSMJOHNSN 91.85 94.00 91.55 92.50CHENNPETRO 200.75 202.00 195.10 196.15SIEMENS 1168.50 1180.00 1145.30 1154.20BALKRISIND 714.80 720.55 698.30 700.80SONATSOFTW 322.60 324.10 318.00 319.95SOBHA 547.90 555.00 526.25 534.25RAIN 90.90 92.65 88.65 88.95VGUARD 229.20 238.00 225.20 226.20CUMMINSIND 722.10 725.60 700.00 702.15BATAINDIA 1307.00 1323.20 1293.25 1302.05APLAPOLLO 1386.00 1387.05 1302.40 1352.55EXIDEIND 183.90 183.90 180.00 180.75AUBANK 659.00 663.95 645.15 654.10KALPATPOWR 468.90 481.45 464.40 475.95HINDZINC 216.15 220.50 213.20 214.30GODREJIND 451.75 458.10 448.65 452.30CANFINHOME 388.00 395.00 386.55 388.10NIACL 118.00 118.90 113.20 114.55FINCABLES 374.00 375.50 368.00 374.60IRCON 377.65 384.00 356.00 361.40FCONSUMER 29.15 29.60 27.55 28.10AMARAJABAT 647.60 656.15 646.25 650.35ADANIGREEN 49.00 49.10 46.05 46.45GREAVESCOT 146.75 146.75 138.05 138.55OMAXE 201.30 201.30 198.80 199.40HEXAWARE 358.25 359.50 352.10 355.40TRENT 406.00 413.00 391.80 400.60SANOFI 6065.00 6085.00 5895.55 6022.10PTC 59.00 59.60 57.05 57.40REPCOHOME 326.00 328.15 317.05 318.90COROMANDEL 377.00 378.10 360.05 369.30JINDALSAW 73.00 73.60 68.10 68.45ERIS 394.80 405.60 379.00 399.45CENTRUM 23.70 24.90 23.70 24.40MRPL 55.30 55.30 53.75 54.70THOMASCOOK 188.55 188.55 185.20 186.60ORIENTBANK 73.45 74.15 69.05 69.85GHCL 221.20 221.80 209.00 210.50GSPL 205.70 207.45 204.00 205.15SADBHAV 165.05 167.85 154.80 158.95HINDCOPPER 33.25 33.45 30.75 31.35INFIBEAM 41.70 41.95 40.25 40.60PARAGMILK 231.15 232.55 221.00 222.75ATUL 3615.00 3690.00 3598.65 3652.85UNITEDBNK 9.55 10.38 9.49 9.68OIL 154.60 156.50 153.35 154.10EMAMILTD 325.25 328.70 320.00 321.95ASHOKA 120.80 124.40 115.30 119.50GMRINFRA 14.80 14.80 14.31 14.42IDFC 33.65 34.40 33.25 33.45VOLTAS 573.00 578.65 562.60 564.50GICRE 205.10 208.10 197.20 198.90APARINDS 517.00 525.90 480.00 504.15KEI 470.40 472.95 450.50 454.45TATACOFFEE 75.60 76.20 72.30 74.50MPHASIS 940.25 965.00 940.25 957.55NESTLEIND 11660.00 11694.85 11500.00 11531.20DEEPAKFERT 86.10 88.40 84.20 85.10CEATLTD 832.00 840.00 827.20 831.70RELAXO 408.00 411.75 400.90 402.80JKLAKSHMI 343.90 345.80 331.10 335.85ISEC 227.00 228.40 225.00 226.85MAHABANK 14.40 14.45 13.10 13.30HIMATSEIDE 143.60 145.70 132.30 134.65EVEREADY 74.55 77.40 73.50 74.95JYOTHYLAB 157.30 157.50 149.75 152.30PFIZER 3202.00 3208.50 3140.00 3152.20RAMCOCEM 748.20 761.00 736.25 745.30HUDCO 34.95 34.95 33.55 33.75TATACOMM 491.25 493.05 477.00 483.15APLLTD 534.95 548.60 497.25 506.40TRIDENT 54.50 54.80 53.30 53.50GNFC 211.05 213.55 209.05 210.55

BIRLACORPN 569.15 577.05 533.75 537.95SCI 29.05 29.55 28.60 28.85ALBK 39.90 40.30 38.90 39.05HFCL 19.50 19.70 18.80 18.90TVSSRICHAK 1692.00 1692.00 1573.35 1581.95GODREJAGRO 445.50 449.55 434.45 437.00AJANTPHARM 902.00 905.00 868.00 881.10BLISSGVS 154.05 154.50 148.25 150.30COCHINSHIP 365.00 367.00 358.55 359.80RALLIS 160.50 160.80 157.65 159.95CONCOR 515.45 516.20 510.70 513.75FRETAIL 425.50 426.60 412.35 420.05THERMAX 1121.00 1137.65 1070.60 1081.85WHIRLPOOL 1544.40 1555.40 1517.10 1535.50JKTYRE 71.10 71.45 70.20 70.45HSCL 83.70 84.55 82.00 82.25VINATIORGA 1943.00 1953.50 1880.50 1900.85NILKAMAL 962.10 966.15 940.05 944.40SHANKARA 296.35 304.00 287.00 290.95BLUESTARCO 710.00 710.00 675.00 681.40NATCOPHARM 520.05 529.85 520.00 521.60JPASSOCIAT 2.50 2.56 2.34 2.37GET&D 174.20 177.45 163.15 165.00MOIL 142.45 142.45 136.60 137.40BDL 305.30 307.95 292.00 296.00SREINFRA 14.20 14.35 12.10 12.35BOSCHLTD 14841.15 14870.05 14233.75 14285.25JETAIRWAYS 35.20 36.90 35.20 35.20NAUKRI 2245.00 2271.00 2217.30 2230.55THYROCARE 433.85 442.50 410.10 416.30SYNDIBANK 35.50 35.50 33.20 33.60MAHINDCIE 179.10 179.10 170.50 174.60SYNGENE 317.45 319.00 303.05 304.60IFCI 7.39 7.56 7.19 7.24HERITGFOOD 346.00 348.15 341.00 345.60CUB 195.00 196.30 194.05 194.50SUNDRMFAST 446.00 447.15 435.00 439.45TATAMETALI 547.30 553.45 528.40 539.35INOXLEISUR 309.05 309.10 296.15 299.85OFSS 3350.00 3350.00 3292.20 3313.00CARBORUNIV 331.20 331.20 313.00 316.60CHAMBLFERT 152.85 153.10 146.10 147.80NESCO 545.00 546.00 527.00 541.25UFLEX 217.40 218.75 205.40 212.30VARROC 429.30 435.00 401.90 420.10J&KBANK 37.30 37.65 35.35 36.00ALLCARGO 99.80 99.85 92.15 93.60MMTC 20.80 21.05 19.80 19.95LALPATHLAB 1120.80 1120.80 1077.50 1082.40JSWENERGY 68.70 69.50 68.70 68.90TEAMLEASE 2680.00 2690.30 2632.95 2670.70JMFINANCIL 69.00 70.00 67.60 67.95SYMPHONY 1224.00 1233.45 1216.00 1219.45MINDACORP 95.25 95.30 86.30 86.95ASTRAL 1260.00 1271.00 1240.00 1243.10PNCINFRA 189.85 194.00 183.50 187.75ANDHRABANK 21.55 21.80 20.95 21.00MAHLOG 413.60 413.90 404.00 408.80ASTERDM 123.75 123.85 121.60 123.05LINDEINDIA 498.50 499.60 480.10 483.45OBEROIRLTY 550.80 554.00 543.30 548.35FINEORG 1411.70 1427.25 1382.70 1398.90CREDITACC 535.00 543.75 533.20 536.70JAMNAAUTO 43.50 44.30 41.50 41.85MOTILALOFS 564.25 564.25 527.00 530.35DEEPAKNI 283.10 283.35 274.30 275.30CENTURYPLY 128.10 129.10 122.65 123.70REDINGTON 106.90 107.55 104.00 104.10ENDURANCE 897.55 907.05 850.95 877.55BALMLAWRIE 172.25 173.80 170.00 170.30GUJGAS 164.45 165.15 161.00 163.60CARERATING 749.95 750.40 730.85 742.80TV18BRDCST 22.10 22.20 21.50 22.10COFFEEDAY 154.05 154.05 154.05 154.05GUJALKALI 426.00 431.70 419.00 420.80TTKPRESTIG 5535.00 5535.00 5155.10 5227.60CENTRALBK 18.10 18.10 17.60 17.70GDL 114.00 114.20 107.00 108.20TIMKEN 679.55 689.40 653.05 657.60HAL 670.20 679.80 668.00 672.75SHK 122.70 122.70 108.95 113.15DCAL 213.35 215.60 206.00 208.15HSIL 228.65 228.65 221.20 224.75PRESTIGE 264.00 264.00 256.35 258.30GODFRYPHLP 726.00 729.90 693.50 700.10TAKE 100.30 100.90 97.30 97.95INDOSTAR 308.00 310.00 295.00 298.45UCOBANK 17.30 17.30 16.65 16.75SHREECEM 21125.00 21211.65 20655.30 20800.10INOXWIND 58.20 58.30 56.65 57.60SWANENERGY 104.75 104.90 103.70 104.40LUXIND 1071.50 1084.50 1016.95 1061.25ZYDUSWELL 1420.00 1425.00 1361.30 1366.90GULFOILLUB 685.00 746.00 685.00 738.70RNAM 224.00 228.00 224.00 227.45AIAENG 1725.05 1758.95 1725.05 1749.70SJVN 24.00 24.45 23.95 24.00NLCINDIA 58.00 58.10 57.15 58.00JBCHEPHARM 372.75 377.05 368.00 369.20MRF 54100.00 54214.95 53700.00 53748.70ECLERX 602.40 606.00 570.00 582.75ZENSARTECH 214.60 215.50 209.00 210.65MAGMA 77.00 77.90 72.60 74.15IFBIND 627.70 629.80 587.85 592.85LEMONTREE 58.65 59.00 57.40 58.50NETWORK18 21.90 22.00 20.70 20.75TNPL 158.85 160.20 152.00 153.40NBVENTURES* 93.20 93.20 90.00 90.65ADVENZYMES 156.80 157.45 152.00 152.85

SCHNEIDER 81.10 81.15 77.60 78.05ASAHIINDIA 200.00 201.90 194.55 200.00FINOLEXIND 512.55 514.75 503.00 512.15IOB 11.27 11.36 11.09 11.13FORTIS 123.75 126.10 122.65 123.85JKCEMENT 971.85 976.75 950.00 951.90GMDCLTD 70.85 71.30 70.00 70.15LAURUSLABS 338.50 344.00 338.50 340.75CRISIL 1359.95 1360.00 1301.10 1317.95BASF 1077.00 1103.80 1060.00 1065.80BAJAJCON 275.00 277.90 268.50 269.20GPPL 78.80 79.70 78.05 78.20ALKEM 1802.00 1803.25 1756.00 1762.15ITDC 193.40 200.00 181.00 181.80TVTODAY 280.00 284.90 273.35 276.85TRITURBINE 82.75 85.55 80.90 85.45ABBOTINDIA 8480.10 8560.20 8455.40 8480.90TIINDIA 338.80 347.55 338.00 344.70JSLHISAR 68.50 68.50 65.95 66.60SOMANYCERA 378.95 378.95 357.20 363.65KPRMILL 585.40 585.60 553.00 561.55MAHSCOOTER 4090.60 4112.30 3943.70 3952.45GALAXYSURF 1219.15 1219.15 1195.00 1200.15DBCORP 159.40 168.00 157.55 164.10GRINDWELL 554.60 564.00 539.25 548.25FDC 159.00 159.10 156.40 156.75JSL 29.50 29.90 28.85 29.00IEX 141.30 142.25 140.85 141.65MAHLIFE 369.70 373.40 368.95 370.80GLAXO 1202.20 1202.20 1191.50 1197.15CORPBANK 23.70 23.70 23.00 23.05TIMETECHNO 77.70 79.40 76.15 77.80SUPRAJIT 192.00 192.00 189.70 190.00GESHIP* 239.80 242.25 238.40 238.85JAGRAN 91.60 91.90 87.60 88.10MHRIL 216.55 220.15 215.65 217.15HONAUT 22378.10 23737.00 22378.10 23043.853MINDIA 21150.00 21331.25 20898.25 21013.25GSKCONS 7272.85 7400.00 7235.00 7319.45TATAINVEST 832.00 834.15 825.00 825.55CCL 244.70 246.05 240.05 245.00SKFINDIA 1807.25 1855.95 1805.00 1843.05KNRCON 271.00 273.00 263.25 266.95SIS 857.25 868.00 830.35 850.20GILLETTE 7160.00 7199.95 7073.00 7150.00CERA 2574.00 2689.70 2510.90 2641.30SCHAEFFLER 3980.00 4165.95 3965.00 4143.15MASFIN 611.20 616.50 590.20 596.50SUDARSCHEM 320.25 322.65 318.25 319.95HATHWAY 21.45 21.45 20.30 20.50ESSELPRO 133.05 133.10 132.90 133.00SOLARINDS 1167.00 1167.00 1130.00 1135.45GEPIL 788.40 788.40 765.10 774.40CAPPL 414.00 414.80 400.60 401.85LAOPALA 180.15 180.15 176.00 177.15AKZOINDIA 1731.65 1736.20 1717.50 1724.20FLFL 465.10 465.10 449.75 453.60PGHH 10625.95 10725.00 10625.95 10710.65SHOPERSTOP 381.55 385.80 371.90 379.80DHANUKA 366.35 369.80 356.00 357.15MINDAIND 290.00 291.00 289.15 289.45EIHOTEL 164.75 166.10 164.10 165.45AAVAS 1441.25 1445.00 1428.25 1429.95VTL 919.00 930.00 910.75 916.60PHOENIXLTD 670.25 676.50 668.55 672.95VMART 1888.90 1904.10 1883.70 1885.50TCNSBRANDS 740.15 740.15 715.10 721.45JCHAC 1595.00 1624.00 1530.95 1532.65GAYAPROJ 147.15 147.15 142.10 142.65GFLLIMITED 907.30 907.30 890.00 894.70SHILPAMED 356.25 361.65 354.60 355.00BAYERCROP 3110.00 3124.10 3067.35 3122.40SHRIRAMCIT 1430.35 1430.35 1399.55 1402.70MAHSEAMLES 410.05 416.45 410.00 414.40WABCOINDIA 6110.00 6110.00 6051.00 6051.55CHOLAHLDNG 463.90 463.90 451.20 457.25MONSANTO 2012.45 2029.15 2007.00 2015.15NH 224.45 224.80 221.00 222.85STARCEMENT 105.55 105.55 101.25 102.15MAXINDIA 60.00 60.00 59.60 59.95SFL 1244.25 1270.00 1244.25 1246.40HATSUN 688.05 694.85 688.00 689.05BLUEDART 2394.65 2414.05 2392.30 2395.30ELGIEQUIP 248.05 250.00 248.05 250.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11213.70 11267.45 11072.65 11085.40 -103.80BHARTIARTL 337.00 348.30 335.15 347.90 13.35TCS 2130.00 2185.00 2120.45 2176.30 46.30HCLTECH 1015.00 1027.35 1010.80 1023.00 7.55WIPRO 262.90 264.80 261.00 264.25 1.85HDFCBANK 2255.00 2271.20 2239.90 2254.80 10.50LT 1376.00 1393.15 1372.30 1376.10 4.60HINDUNILVR 1715.00 1734.35 1705.00 1718.95 5.65TITAN 1080.00 1093.60 1072.10 1082.35 3.45ITC 268.00 270.10 266.55 268.20 0.45INFY 791.90 797.80 788.55 791.65 0.20ADANIPORTS 376.60 379.90 371.10 373.85 0.00POWERGRID 207.80 209.80 206.70 207.70 -0.20BAJFINANCE 3260.00 3299.00 3231.30 3249.35 -3.30KOTAKBANK 1505.00 1509.60 1484.05 1498.75 -3.75ASIANPAINT 1511.10 1527.00 1502.70 1509.50 -3.75BAJAJFINSV 7150.00 7257.75 7056.00 7093.65 -27.20ICICIBANK 433.00 438.70 422.75 427.25 -2.10MARUTI 5562.00 5644.85 5492.00 5521.80 -39.45M&M 551.80 561.30 547.55 549.20 -3.95CIPLA 522.20 533.60 517.80 518.45 -3.80NTPC 126.65 128.65 126.10 126.35 -0.95BAJAJ-AUTO 2490.00 2515.00 2445.45 2467.70 -19.95EICHERMOT 16490.00 16725.00 16009.25 16252.00 -136.10TECHM 645.00 650.30 633.15 640.90 -5.40HDFC 2150.00 2158.30 2113.35 2125.50 -23.50ZEEL 387.45 392.35 379.00 382.85 -4.30ULTRACEMCO 4351.00 4407.00 4301.00 4317.60 -51.35UPL 589.35 593.25 568.95 577.00 -7.55ONGC 141.40 141.80 138.10 138.15 -2.20HINDALCO 192.40 194.80 188.85 190.00 -3.25GAIL 131.60 132.65 128.50 129.15 -2.25BRITANNIA 2675.00 2696.95 2592.50 2624.00 -48.30BPCL 343.50 343.50 334.35 335.30 -6.90AXISBANK 725.95 728.00 701.00 702.40 -17.85RELIANCE 1213.95 1220.00 1175.95 1177.60 -33.35TATAMOTORS 138.00 139.70 132.60 133.70 -3.85VEDL 155.50 159.00 149.80 151.00 -4.65INFRATEL 257.00 259.50 245.10 248.00 -8.50COALINDIA 205.60 206.80 198.00 198.20 -7.20IOC 139.00 139.00 133.05 133.30 -4.95DRREDDY 2648.00 2693.50 2549.10 2558.00 -95.95JSWSTEEL 243.05 248.00 220.00 231.00 -10.40TATASTEEL 434.90 441.90 406.20 414.55 -18.90GRASIM 791.00 817.00 758.00 760.45 -35.20SBIN 344.40 346.70 325.85 327.35 -16.45SUNPHARMA 430.00 441.30 405.00 410.35 -20.70HEROMOTOCO2408.00 2424.65 2245.30 2267.75 -136.80IBULHSGFIN 549.00 579.80 516.20 522.90 -36.80INDUSINDBK 1436.05 1447.60 1317.65 1329.70 -102.60YESBANK 95.00 96.30 81.15 85.80 -8.95

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Police say dozens of HongKong protesters detained

during recent clashes will becharged with rioting — anoffence that carries a jail termof up to ten years — as thefinance hub’s embattled pro-Beijing leaders crack down onweeks of demonstrations.

Hong Kong has been hit byseven weeks of mass protest ral-lies -- some of which have endedin violence -- triggered by a con-

troversial bill which would haveallowed extraditions to mainlandChina. They have evolved intocalls for wider democraticreforms and a halt to sliding free-doms in the most significantchallenge to Beijing’s rule sincethe city’s 1997 handover.

Recent weeks have seen adramatic surge in the level ofviolence used by both protest-ers and police who have repeat-edly fired rubber bullets andtear gas to disperse projectile-throwing crowds.

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President Donald Trump’schoice of a lawmaker with

limited experience to overseethe massive US intelligencecommunity has sparked con-cerns over the possible politi-cization of crucial nationalsecurity decisions.

Trump announced thenomination Sunday ofRepublican RepresentativeJohn Ratcliffe to replace DanCoats as Director of NationalIntelligence, the person whocoordinates the 17 agenciesthat make up the US intelli-gence community.

Coats is leaving after 24months during which Trumphas regularly ignored andundermined his spy chiefs,keeping them in the dark espe-cially on his plans for relationswith Russia.

While the departure is nota surprise, the choice ofRatcliffe has sparked worriesamong lawmakers.

“I’m gravely concerned

when it appears that the pres-ident is trying to look forsomeone who will be a politi-cal loyalist rather than thatindependent voice standing upfor the intelligence communi-ty,” Democratic Senator JohnWarner told CNN.

Key Republicans were cau-tious about the nomination,some thinking that, despitehis inexperience in the field, hemight have Trump’s ear, unlikeCoats.

“I don’t know John, but Ilook forward to getting to

know him,” said SenatorRichard Burr, chairman of theSenate Intelligence Committee,which must approve the nom-ination. Coats’ willingness tomake clear his disagreementwith Trump on importantsecurity matters earned theformer senator and ambas-sador to Germany respectacross the political spectrum.

Ratcliffe, by comparison,has made his name over fouryears in the House ofRepresentatives as a staunchdefender of the president.

Like many of Trump’sappointees, he frequentlyappears on Fox News repeatingconservative conspiracy theo-ries and alleging that specialcounsel Robert Mueller’s inves-tigation into Russian electioninterference was a political hit-job by Democrats workingwith US intelligence.

“So was the Trump inves-tigation really about ournational security — or was itpolitically motivated?” he saidlast year.

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More Afghan civilians werekilled by Afghan and

NATO forces than by theTaliban and other terrorists inthe first half of 2019, the UNMission said in a reportreleased on Tuesday.

Most of the civilian casu-alties were apparently inflictedduring Afghan and NATOoperations against insurgents,such as airstrikes and nightraids on militant hideouts.Insurgents often hide amongcivilians.

The report by the U.N.Mission in Afghanistan said 403civilians were killed by Afghan forces in the first six

months of the year and another 314 by inter-national forces, a total of 717.

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British Prime Minister BorisJohnson was visiting Wales

on Tuesday as part of a nation-al tour intended to reassureBritons that his hard-Brexitpush won’t hurt the economyand rip apart the UK.

He faces a tough receptionfrom farmers a group central tothe Welsh economy who feareconomic havoc if Britainleaves the European Unionwithout a divorce deal. Theysay millions of sheep mighthave to be slaughtered if tariffsare slapped on lamb exports tothe EU.

Johnson’s office argues thatleaving the 28-nation bloc andits rules-bound CommonAgricultural Policy will be “ahistoric opportunity to intro-duce new schemes to supportfarming” and will open upnew markets for UK agricul-tural exports.

The trip follows a visitMonday to Scotland, whereJohnson was booed by protest-ers and warned by FirstMinister Nicola Sturgeon that

his vow to take Britain out of the EU on October 31,with or without a deal, was“dangerous.”

Johnson, who took officelast week, also plans to visitNorthern Ireland, the only partof the UK to share a land bor-der with the EU. The status ofthat currently invisible frontierwith the Republic of Ireland hasbecome the main stumblingblock to a Brexit deal.

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Asmall military plane of thePakistan Army crashed

into a residential area in thegarrison city of Rawalpindiearly Tuesday, killing 19 people,including five military per-sonnel, officials said.

The Pakistan ArmyAviation aircraft on a routinetraining flight crashed in thesuburbs of Mora Kalu village,killing 12 civilians and five crewmembers and destroying five tosix houses, said the Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR) - the media wing of thePakistan Army.

It said that all five crewmembers, including two pilots,were killed in the crash.

However, a local rescuespokesman said that 18 deadbodies were brought to hospi-tal that included 13 civiliansand five crew members.

District commissionerRawalpindi Ali Randhawa toldthe media that the incidentoccurred between 2:30 to 2:40am when a small military planewhich was on a training mis-sion crashed in Rawalpindi.

Rescue teams of 1122 andPakistan Army immediatelyreached the site and started therescue operation.

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Anew UN Report says arecord number of more

than 12,000 children were killedand injured in armed conflictslast year, with Afghanistan, thePalestinians, Syria and Yementopping the casualty list.

The deaths and injurieswere among more than 24,000“grave violations” against chil-dren verified by the UnitedNations including recruitmentand use of youngsters by com-batants, sexual violence, abduc-tions, and attacks on schoolsand hospitals, it said.

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British Prime Minister BorisJohnson promised Ireland’s

Leo Varadkar on Tuesday therewould be no physical checkson the border between theirtwo countries after Brexit, aspokeswoman said. But intheir first phone call since hetook office, Johnson repeatedthat the current “backstop”plan to keep the frontier open,which is included in the EU’sdraft divorce deal, was unac-ceptable.

“On Brexit, the PrimeMinister made clear that theUK will be leaving the EU onOctober 31, no matter what,”a spokeswoman said.

“He said that in all sce-narios, the government will besteadfast in its commitment tothe Belfast Agreement and willnever put physical checks orphysical infrastructure on theborder.”

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The Philippine defense chiefcriticized China on Tuesday

for what he called “bullying”actions in the South China Seaand said Beijing’s peacefulassurances contrast with itsbehavior in the contested waters.Defence Secretary DelfinLorenzana criticized China’sincreasingly assertive actionswhen asked to comment on theChinese ambassador’s assur-ances in Manila that Beijingwon’t seek hegemony in the dis-puted region and “will not takethe first shot.”

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In the present scenario, as thecrime is increasing day byday, there is an immense

need of a discipline that couldteach the youngsters that howto detect and prevent the crimehappening in the society. Forthis particular purpose, theyhave to have the specialisedknowledge of the subject thatcould be applied to overcomeall these problems rising day byday; therefore, the ForensicScience comes into the scene.Currently, the crime rate isincreasing at a terrifically as wellas the criminals have become assmart as it is becoming too dif-ficult to handle such criminalsby police personals solely.

Forensic Science is basical-ly the application of various sci-entific principles and tech-niques in terms of law for thepurpose of justice. The ForensicScience is that branch of sciencethat deals with investigation,collection, examination, analy-sis and comparison of the evi-dences encountered at the sceneof crime. The physical evi-dences are all those evidencesthat are encountered at a par-ticular scene of crime. Thesemay include fingerprints, foot-prints, blood, hair, fiber, semen,saliva, trace elements etc.

�Need and scope With the rising number of

incidents of crime and fraud allover the world, the scope offorensic science is definitely ris-ing. Today there is an immenseneed of Forensic personals bothin the Government as well asPrivate Sector. The Police labs,Crime Branches, CID,Investigation Bureau,Defense/Army, Courts,Narcotics Department,Universities,Detective Agencies,Banks, Insurance Companiesand other Multi NationalCompanies are hiring the ser-vices of the Forensic Scientists.Apart from this one can evenengage himself/herself in pri-vate practice and can work as afreelance forensic expert for thebanks, insurance companies,individual clients and otherlaw enforcement agencies.Forensic Experts having exper-tise in different fields like fin-

gerprint, handwriting, ballistics,toxicology, odontology, crimescene investigation and suchothers can collect clues from thecrime scene and elsewhere andcan convert them into evi-dences to prove a crime or tosolve a case.

�Forensic Scientists andtheir work pattern

Forensic Scientists aretrained to locate, collect andexamine the trace evidencesthat are left by the criminal atthe scene of crime. Such as fin-gerprints, footprints, blood,hair and others. It is only theforensic scientist who knowsthe proper collection and exam-ination technique of particularevidence in a specific crime.Over in all the success or fail-ure of a crime investigationdepends upon the proper col-lection and evaluation of the

evidences encountered at thescene of crime. Therefore, theforensic scientists play animportant role during crimeand criminal investigation andfor this he has to be a keenobserver with analytics skills.

�Education and careerprospects in forensic sciences

To opt a career in Forensicscience one has to have the sci-ence background as most of theareas of Forensic science are theapplication of various branch-es of science including solvinga crime and analysing the evi-dences. Therefore, the one whois having a science backgroundcan make his/her career inForensic Science.

The candidates who wantto make their career in foren-sic science can opt for any spe-cialisation from general foren-sics, forensic anthropology,

forensic dentistry, crime sceneinvestigation, questioned doc-ument & handwriting exami-nation, fingerprint science,forensic toxicology, forensicbiology and serology, forensicballistics and explosives.

�How one can be a goodforensic scientist?

�He has to be keen observ-er as he has to visit the crimescene and look for the evi-dences so an unskilled personmay overlook certain evidencesbut a skilled forensic scientistwill observe the crime scenethoroughly and will try to gath-er more and more information.

�He must be methodicalwith research skills and thor-ough in his investigations.

�He has to have Patience asmany of the cases may take lotof his time just to reach a con-clusion. Sometimes a forensic

scientist has to analyze the evi-dence again and again andperform his investigation sev-eral time to look for moreclues and corroborative evi-dences.

�He has to have the basicknowledge of all scientific areasand also have the skills to applydifferent scientific disciplinein the investigation of crimeand examination of the evi-dences

�The detective view andsolving skills are very importantfor a forensic scientist.

�And lastly he has to havegood communication skills ashe has to opine in the court oflaw so he is to be able to explainthe findings clearly to lawyers,jurors and the public.

There are many new emerg-ing areas in forensic science thatincludes forensic psychology,forensic paleontology, forensicgenomics, tele forensics, foren-sic accountancy, forensic arche-ology, digital forensic, cyberforensics.

�Job prospects A forensic scientist can

work as a freelance forensicexpert and can give his opinionin various areas of forensic sci-ence to court, lawyers anddetectives, they can work inGovt. Forensic ScienceLaboratories on various posts,they can work as freelanceQuestioned Document andFingerprint expert and others.Also they can work in bankingand insurance sectors. All in allin present scenario the ForensicScientists are in great demandto solve a large number of casesand to combat this requirement,Govt. is taking action to openmore and more institutions toprovide the degrees and train-ing in the area of ForensicScience. The candidate can optthis booming area and canmake career in this ocean ofinvestigation. The job market isvery good in this booming areabut one has to keep in mind thathe can also be a freelance expertand can earn more in the areathan a Job.

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India is a cauldron of talent with bright ideascoming from youngsters eager to create their

own startups. Running into its 18th edition,Startup Master Class (SMC), co-hosted by NitiAayog, IITK Alumni Association and AtalIncubation Centre — JKLU was held on July27, 2019 in Jaipur, to empower young mindswith real-time market expertise while honingtheir burning ideas. This year’s theme focusedon the important areas like social impact, ener-gy, transportation, and defence. Eminentbodies such as, Entrepreneurship cell IIT-Kanpur, Energy Efficient Services Limited(EESL), Social Alpha, Samarth Community,Start-up Oasis, AIC-Banasthali, AmazonWeb services, HeadStart, MASH Foundation

and more partnered in this endeavour. Theparticipation of 400 to 500 members from theentrepreneurial ecosystem was witnessed,making it a convergence of rarities.

Ambrish Kumar, Commissioner andSpecial Secretary, DoIT, GoR said: “Whatyoung minds need to take into considerationis the need amongst mass to provide solutionsto problems in the most comprehensive waypossible. This startup masterclass providesways to understand the core of what peoplewant.”

Pradeep Bhargava, Founder-CEO,Gladminds and President, Alumni AssociationIIT-Kanpur said: “While the birth of an ideais important, people should know the nuancesof ideas and also what they will execute as theidea itself will not become business.”

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Professor Ram Charan delivereda lecture on Digital

Transformation Strategies atJaipuria Institute of Managementon July 26, 2019. This lecture wasa part of Thought LeadershipSeries organised by JaipuriaInstitute of Management.

Prof Charan is an influentialconsultant. He has written close to25 books and more than 2 millioncopies have sold.

He said that success anddevelopment is progressive and isa continuous journey so one has

to keep learning. He shared a 3-point principle with the student,select 3 focus area in your life andput 2/3 of your time in achievingthe same. Focusing on the role ofcommunication for managers headded that for achieving successin life one has to be a very goodlistener and should listen to theopinion of other person withoutinterrupting in between, once hehas completed the counter pointsmay be raised but first one has toensure that he has understood theopinion in all respect.

Speaking on the success andfailures of organisations he said:

“Right people for the right job isone of the most fundamental andmost violated norm of business.For success of any organisation itis crucially important that peoplewith right kind of desired skills areassigned the right kind of job.Together people will design thesystem and an efficient system willensure success. He added that peo-ple are the biggest asset for anyleader or an organisation.”

The talk was attended by del-egates from various educationalinstitutions, industry and otherrenowned dignitaries fromLucknow.

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The Indian Institute ofTechnology Mandi (IIT-

M) has successfully achievedthe target of female enrolmentin undergraduate courses byadmitting 20.22 per cent femalestudents to BTech programmefor the academic year 2019-20.This compares favourably withthe target of 17 per cent set byJoint Entrance Examination(JEE) Apex Board Committeefor 2019-20.

A total number of 262 stu-dents were admitted to IITMandi this year in BTech cours-

es, out of which 53 are girls and209 are boys as compared to 38girls and 158 boys last year. Atotal of 103 students have beenadmitted this year in the MSccourses, of which 36 are girlsand 67 are boys.

Welcoming the new batch,Prof Timothy A Gonsalves,Director, IIT Mandi, said:“Disruptive technologies aretaking the world by storm.Young engineers must embracethe change and be at par withthis rapidly evolving world.Our wide range of programmeswill emphasise on the integra-tion of theory and practice.”

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apllications for admissions toit’s bachelors and masters pro-grammes.

The courses being offeredare BTech, BSc(Hons), BArch,Law(Integrated), BPharma,BPT, BA(Hons), Bachelor ofDesign, Bachelor of MassC o m m u n i c a t i o n ,BCom(Hons), BBA and BCAcourses at undergraduate leveland MTech, MSc, MArch,MCA, MBA, MA, Master inDesign, MA — MassCommunication at postgradu-ate level.

How to apply: Log on tohttps://www.sharda.ac.in.

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Design, Sonipat invites appli-cation for admissions inArchitecture (BArch) with lim-ited scholarships.

How to apply: Log on tohttps://worlduniversityofde-sign.nopaperforms.com/.

Last date to apply: August08, 2019.

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Institute invites applicationsfor admissions to its Diplomain Operation TheaterTechnician course.

The programme aims toprovide efficient and balancedtraining in OTT. This courseoffers core clinical skills and asound knowledge of specialistequipment and drugs providesthe students with the ability toreassure and support patientsemotionally through the stress-ful experience of surgery.

Duration: One year Eligibility : Minimum

qualification for securingadmission to diploma pro-gramme is Class XII pass fromany recognised board.


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Design invites application foradmissions to its bachelors,

masters and diploma pro-grammes in Fashion Design.

Eligibility: For diploma— Class XII

For Bachelors andDiploma — Class XII;

For Masters — graduates(any stream).

How to apply: Log on tohttp://www.insd.edu.in/apply-online.html.

Last date to apply: July 31,2019 or download applicationform from the website andapply or walk into the corpo-rate branch with all docu-ments to register.

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applications for admissions toits Bachelor of Vocation(B.Voc) programme for thisacademic session in the fol-lowing disciplines —AppliedArts (only for female candi-dates), Software Development,Interior Design (only forfemale candidates),Automobile, ConstructionTechnology, PowerDistribution Management,Printing Technology,Electronics andCommuinication.

Total seats for this pro-gramme is 900 only.

The programme is avail-able in various upgraded poly-technics of Delhi governmentlike GuruNanak Dev Instituteof Technology, Meera BaiInstitute of Technology,Ambedakar Institute ofTechnology, Aryabhat Instituteof Technology and others.

How to apply: Log on towww.ipu.ac.in.


Are you creative minded? Doyou fancy beautifying theinterior of your own home?

Do you have passion for newdesigns, colour and aesthetics of ahouse and think of giving amakeover to the mundane sur-roundings? Do you often change theexisting decorations of your house?If ‘yes’ is your answer to all thesequestions, Interior Designing can bea potential career for you.

The idea of a beautiful home isalways fascinating to all. Since ages,people have dreamt of building ahome, which could be a reflectionof his/her personality. The taste andpreferences of owners have alsoevolved with time and often theylook for recommendations, whichwould provide the comfort of allmodern amenities. The role of aninterior designer comes into play tocreate a healthier and aestheticallypleasant environment with creativ-ity, art and design strategy.

The job of an interior designeris not restricted only to mere deco-ration of the interiors but they aregiven the responsibility to strike acorrect balance between conve-nience and beauty for their cus-tomers. Interior designer is respon-sible to deal with everything from

floor to ceiling designing. He/Shehas the opportunity to show cre-ativity in wide range of fields.He/she should have the eye to fore-see, what the space will look like.The conceptualisation and executionis completely the responsibility of theinterior designer for both commer-cial and residential properties keep-ing in mind the budget, time frameand safety standards.

The interior designers arerequired to have a sound knowledgeof the history of design before tak-ing up any projects. The key skillsrequired for pursuing the course areas follows:

� Good Artistic sensibility�Planning &Administrative skills� Communication skills

� Computer skills� Drawing skills� Maths sense� Leadership SkillsThe designers generally are

required to work not only withhomeowners, but also builders,architects, government agencies andbusiness owners. Hence, it isextremely crucial to be a qualifiedindividual with the right skill setbefore choosing this as a careeroption.

After completion of the interi-or designing course, the graduatescan explore their career by eitherjoining the industry as profession-als or going for higher studies orthey can even venture into entre-preneurship. With a booming real

estate and hospitality sector, thedemand for interior designers haveincreased in the recent years. Eventhe workplaces are also built onthemes to enhance the efficiency ofthe employees. It is also projectedthat the interior designing industryis expected to grow 4 per cent by2024 and hence career prospects aremuch higher in the near future.

Eligibility criteria for BSc. inInterior designing course is Class XIIpass from any board. Often the uni-versities conduct Common EntranceTest followed by a personal inter-view.

It is extremely important topursue interior designing from agood college to have a good port-folio. In addition, one should defi-nitely go for one or two internshipsfor hands-on training. In India, thestarting salary of an interior design-er ranges between �20k-30k andeventually it gets directly propor-tional to the years of experience andscale of projects associated.

The interior designing industryin India is on a fast track mode andhence a career in this is likely to wit-ness higher level of employability.

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�� AIMA, a management body inIndia has tied up with Paytm,

for accepting ManagementAptitude Test (MAT) applicationsfrom students for admission toMBA and PGDM courses. It willmake registering for MAT easierand faster by allowing applicantsto complete the entire processthrough Paytm app with multiplepayment options. MAT as anational level test approved byMinistry of HRD, Government ofIndia, to facilitate BusinessSchools to screen candidates foradmission to MBA/PGDM andallied programs.The tie-up with Paytm extendsMAT’s reach, especially in smalltowns. Paytm app facilitates entireMAT registration process fromfilling the form to its submissionand payment. The app also noti-fies the applicants about MATschedule and other useful infor-mation through in-app messages,push notifications and SMS.Paytm has placed a prominentMAT icon under education cat-egory on its app to access MATregistration function. The processof registration has been madesimple and it allows filling of theform flexible. Applicants can fillin the details they readily haveand save the form for editing andcompletion later. The interface forpayment allows multiple optionsincluding debit and credit cards,net banking, UPI and Paytmwallet. Applicants can mentiontheir choice of B-School and

they can also select the mode oftest, as MAT is offered in both thepaper and the computer-basedformats.Currently, more than 600 B-Schools in the country use MATscores to admit students in man-agement courses. MAT has beenin use since 1988 and it has exten-sive national reach, including insmall towns and it is held fourtimes a year to give flexibility tostudents from states with differ-ent academic years. MAT scoresare valid for one year. Many B-Schools and universities offerscholarships to students withhigh MAT scores.Sanjeev Phatak, Director, Centrefor Management Services, AIMA,said: “With this partnership,MAT becomes a part of digitalmarket place. We believe thatmore and more aspiring candi-dates will take advantage of thisnew and innovative feature andregister for MAT through Paytm.”Vineet Kaul, Sr Vice President atPaytm Education said: “Paytmwill play a significant roleenabling as well as facilitating stu-dents throughout their academ-ic journey. Our partnership withAIMA and launch of MATApplication Form on Paytm is asignificant first milestone in thisdirection. We are excited aboutthis partnership and believePaytm & AIMA will reach out toa much larger audience helpingthem participate in the MATExaminations.”

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The Indian Institute of TechnologyHyderabad researchers have devel-

oped a simple and innovative method tosynthesise a catalyst that can convertchemicals derived from biomass into bio-fuel precursors. Their catalyst showed bet-ter efficiency and selectivity than com-mercial catalysts to produce the desired C15oxygenated hydrocarbon, a precursor todiesel and jet fuel.

This development is important forIndia, especially for States such as UttarPradesh and Andhra Pradesh-Telenganaduo, the first and second largest producersof corn in the country respectively. Theyproduce a large amount of corncob waste,much of which is currently burnt as itspotential to be converted to valuable fuelsis not harnessed owing to lack of awareness,expertise and technology.

This research on cheap and efficientcatalyst can enable this conversion, whichwould trigger the cascade of additionalearning opportunity for the corn-farmer,provision of a sustainable energy source andreduction of carbon footprint in the auto-mobile/aviation sector.

It was led by Dr Atul SureshDeshpande, Assistant Professor,Department of Materials Science andMetallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad,and Prof Sunil Kumar Maity, Departmentof Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad,along with their research students — DDamodar, K Alekhya and Dr V Mohan.

Pursuing higher educationfrom a renowned interna-tional university is a

thrilling reality test that cancompletely transform one’s life inaddition to a great career choice.It equally involves earning a for-eign degree and exploring newcultures. However, to decidewhether to go for it or not isoften a difficult choice for bothstudents and parents. There is aslew of questions that studentsnaturally come across, whichshould be thoroughly researchedupon before applying for admis-sion into a foreign university.

Here’s a list of some ques-tions one should ask beforemaking the final decision tostudy abroad?

Course to pursueDeciding to study abroad

without a clear vision on whichcourse to pursue can be quitechaotic. One should first decidewhy s/he wants to pursue thatparticular program and what thebenefits are. Do a thoroughresearch on the course and theuniversity, and see what extra itoffers apart from a regulardegree. Read the reviews of for-mer students who studied there,and contact them in case oneneeds to clarify personal queries.Find out which companies cameto the university for campusplacements and how many stu-dents managed to get decent jobsafter passing out from there.

Is it affordableThis is one of the primary

questions that one should askand figure out how. Which iswhy it’s very important to skimthrough various programsoffered by noted foreign uni-versities and carefully under-stand their fee structure.Moreover, there is no surety thatthe course one is opting for, fallsin the budget. In such a case,look for the second best option.

Although Google can clar-ify almost every query related tocourses and programs, one canstill go to an education counsel-lor for better assistance. Oncedecided which course to opt for,seek top student loans that offerflexible EMIs and easy repay-ment options. Usually, shorterduration programs charge lessfee and longer duration pro-grams do the opposite.

Eligiblility for jobsMany employers don’t give

weightage to a lot of one-yeardegrees or diplomas. Therecould be situations when onemay not get jobs despite beingeducated from noted foreignuniversities. It is, therefore,important to first find outwhether foreign degrees willmake one eligible for employ-ment in the home country or anyother country of choice, andaccordingly look for universitiesthat offer programs recognizedby home employers to avoidunemployment.

Any friends or relativesHaving friends or relatives in

a foreign land where one is goingfor the first time can be of greathelp. Local contacts could helpone familiarise with local cus-toms and also get the bestaccommodations. Plus, they willalso act as local guardians in caseof any emergencies. It’s, there-fore, advisable to know a coupleof reliable people out there whocan come to rescue wheneverrequired.

Open to culture fitThe world is a mixed bag of

people, but not everyone likes tomix up quickly. There are thosewho want to pursue higher stud-ies abroad but have no interest inacclimatizing to the new culture.This can be quite challengingespecially when one is com-pletely reluctant to adapt to thenew environment. One can facea complete meltdown in times ofsmall differences between theirown practices and the ones fol-lowed in the new country.

SafetySafety should be the top

priority for every student whenit comes to studying abroad. Oneshould, therefore, search forcountries such as New Zealand,Canada, Australia, etc. whichoffer a friendly learning envi-ronment to outsiders involvingless violence as compared toother corrupted countries.

Although one should neverlet fear hold them back, anycountry would have thieves wholook for opportunities to stealone’s wallet. This is something

very common in any country,and one should, thus, be extracareful especially while visitingthe crowded places and train sta-tions that attract such people.

ConvenienceWhile studying abroad, it is

not just the education expensethat one needs to deal with, buta whole lot of other expenses thatone has to smartly manage; cellphone bill, food and groceries,transport, health, and insurance,among others. Plus, there aretimes when one’s expense may gobeyond the pocket money pro-vided by parents. To avoid suchsituations, one should try totake up part-time jobs that couldenable them to easily manageextra expenses.

If rejectedA rejection letter is a com-

mon reality for many candidates.Don’t be disheartened in suchcases. Rather, start afresh bylooking for the next best option.Also, if one wishes to reapply, itis always advisable to skimthrough the university’s rejection

procedures and guidelines. Someuniversities may allow one torevaluate and those who don’t,usually give detailed feedbackabout one’s failure. Read thefeedback and improve upon theshortcomings. A candidate mayalso take a year’s gap and prepareagain to score better, however, inthat case, one must make surethat s/he prepares a convincingstory about this career gap.

Studying abroad can be thebest decision in one’s life ifplanned well. Therefore, a stu-dent must look for the bestoptions while keeping in mindtheir budget and other keyrequirements. Take time to do in-depth research about variousuniversities and the courses theyoffer. Do not jump into takingabrupt and quick decisions.Rather, start early to get a lot oftime for research and decidewisely.

Remember, it’s not just aboutstudying abroad, but living andlearning abroad.

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PTI n Port of SpainOpener Mayank Agarwal

and pacer Umesh Yadav willlook to get into the groovewhen India A take on WestIndies A in the second unof-ficial Test beginning here onWednesday with an aim totake an unassailable 2-0 lead inthe three-match series.

With Shreyas Iyer andNavdeep Saini joining thesenior team in the US for theT20s against West Indies, Testspecialists like opener Agarwaland speedster Yadav, who arealready in the Caribbean, willplay the second four-day gamein their absence.

Both Agarwal and Umesh

are part of India’s squad for theTests against the West Indies.Earlier, Agarwal was picked inthe A squad only for the third

unofficial Test from August 6before joining the senior teamfor the series opener beginningAugust 22.

The six-wicket win forIndia A in the series openerwas mainly down to the effortsof bowlers especially left-armspinner Shahbaz Nadeem,who took five wickets in boththe innings. Pacer MohammadSiraj too was amongst thewickets, taking five in total.

The game will be anotheropportunity for Shubman Gillto make a statement afterbeing overlooked for the WestIndies series. Both Gill andPriyank Panchal got starts inthe first game but could notconvert.

The biggest positive tohave come out of the game wasthe performance of comebackman Wriddhiman Saha, wholooked good with bat andbehind the stumps.

Captain Hanuma Viharidid not get going in the seriesopener and he would like toget a big one ahead of the Testseries.

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Talented India openerPrithvi Shaw was onTuesday banned from

all forms of cricket for a peri-od of eight months after failinga dope test, the BCCI said.

A BCCI release said Shawhad “inadvertently ingested aprohibited substance, whichcan be commonly found incough syrups".

Shaw's suspension is retro-spective in nature, startingfrom March 16 and ending onNovember 15 which rules himout for India's home seriesagainst South Africa andBangladesh.

"I accept my fate with allsincerity. While I am still nurs-ing an injury which I sufferedduring my last tournament,this news has really shakenme," Shaw issued a statementon twitter.

""Cricket is my life andthere is no bigger pride for methan playing for India andMumbai and I will come out ofthis faster and stronger," he fur-ther stated.

Apart from Shaw, twoother cricketers -- AkshayDullarwar and Divya Gajraj -- were also suspended for thesame offence.

Shaw had provided a urinesample as part of the BCCI'santi-doping testing programmeduring the Syed Mushtaq AliTrophy on February 22, 2019in Indore. His sample was sub-sequently tested and found tocontain terbutaline.

"Terbutaline, a specifiedsubstance, is prohibited both Inand Out of Competition in theWADA Prohibited List ofSubstances," the BCCI releasestated.

"Prithvi Shaw registeredwith Mumbai CricketAssociation, has been sus-pended for doping violation,"

the BCCI said. Terbutaline isgenerally used to treat prob-lems related to breathing andcan be consumed if the athletein question avails aTherapeutic Use Exemption(TUE) certificate in advance,which Shaw didn't avail.

Terbutaline comes under Beta-2 Agonists of banned sub-stances that finds it mention inthe World Anti-DopingAgency (WADA) list.

Shaw admitted that young-sters need to be more cautiouswhile consuming over the

counter medicines."I have to take this in my

stride and hope it inspiresothers in our sports fraterni-ty that we as athletes need tobe extremely careful in takingany medicine for the smallestof medical ailments even if the

medicine is available over thecounter and we need to alwaysfollow the protocol," he said.

The 19-year-old, who hasplayed two Test matches forIndia scoring 237 runs with ahundred and a half-century,had earlier pulled out of IndiaA's one day and Test seriesagainst West Indies A report-edly due to a hip injury.

The 19-year-old juniorWorld Cup winning skipperhad made a mark last year, hit-ting a hundred on Test debutagainst the West Indies, butwas sent back from the tour ofAustralia after twisting hisankle during a practice game.

Shaw is currently at theNational Cricket Academyundergoing rehabilitation fora reported hip injury, but theBCCI statement is an indica-tor that he had already failedthe dope test when he wasplaying the tournament.

The BCCI said that Shawwas charged with violatingBCCI's Anti-Doping Rules(ADR) article 2.1.

"On 16th July 2019, Shawwas charged with the commis-sion of an Anti-Doping RuleViolation (ADRV) under theBCCI Anti-Doping Rules(ADR) Article 2.1 and provi-sionally suspended pendingdetermination of the charge.

"Shaw responded to the

charge by admitting the ADRVbut asserting that it was inad-vertent, being caused by hisingestion of the over thecounter cough syrup he hadtaken for his cough," therelease stated.

Shaw explained that hehad taken terbutaline inadver-tently to treat a respiratorytract infection and not as aperformance-enhancing drug.

"Having considered all ofthe evidence and taken expertexternal advice, the BCCI hasaccepted Shaw's explanation ofthe cause of his ADRV, and onthat basis has agreed that aperiod of ineligibility of eightmonths should apply, togeth-er with disqualification of cer-tain results," the BCCI ruled.

The BCCI then explainedwhy the suspension was back-dated.

"Under BCCI ADR Article10.10.3, Shaw is entitled to fullcredit against that period ofineligibility for the provision-al suspension that he has beenserving since 16th July 2019.

"In addition, because Shawpromptly admitted his ADRVupon being confronted with itby the BCCI, there is discre-tion under BCCI ADR Article10.10.2 to back-date the startof the period of Ineligibility tothe date of sample collection(22nd February 2019).However, the BCCI ADRArticle 10.10.2 also requiresShaw to actually serve one halfof the period of ineligibility,"BCCI said.

"Therefore, further toBCCI ADR Article 10.10.2, theeight-month period ofIneligibility will be deemed tohave started to run on 16thMarch 2019, so that it will endat midnight on 15thNovember 2019."

However, the BCCI's ruleswould allow Shaw to starttraining from September 15.

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Indian cricketing greatsslammed the national selectors

for making too many changesand accused them of bowingdown to skipper Virat Kohli,with Sunil Gavaskar callingthem “lame ducks” ahead of theWest Indies series.

Pressure has mounted sinceIndia lost their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, withformer captains Gavaskar andSourav Ganguly leading theonslaught.

India have brought in ahost of younger players for theirthree Twenty20 internationals,three one-day matches and twoTests starting on Saturday.

Kohli, Rohit Sharma,Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul,Rishabh Pant and RavindraJadeja are the only players select-ed in all three formats for thetour, while rising stars ManishPandey and Shreyas Iyer are inthe limited-overs team.

“I’m opposed to too manyplayers being moved around. I’mfor stability, not a stop-starttype of an environment,”Ganguly told The Print newswebsite.

“We haven’t won a globaltournament since the 2013Champions Trophy.

“We have to find a way tomove beyond the last-four stage.Look at what England did in therecent World Cup. Learningfrom 2015, they transformedthemselves into world beaters.”

Ganguly said there had to be“clear” communications betweenthe selectors, team managementand players.

“We don’t need cameos only,we need match-winning inningsor spells. Learn from Virat,Rohit (Sharma) and (Jasprit)Bumrah... Mohammed Shamitoo.”

Gavaskar launched his“lame ducks” attack because

Kohli’s appointment as skipperfor the West Indies did not gothrough the normal protocol.

He said the selection com-mittee did not meet to reappointKohli as captain.

“That they selected the teamfor West Indies without first hav-ing a meeting to select the cap-tain brings up the question ofwhether Virat Kohli is the cap-tain of the team at his or theselection committee’s pleasure,”Gavaskar wrote in the Mid-Daynewspaper.

“To the best of our knowl-edge his appointment was till theWorld Cup. After that, it wasincumbent on the selectors tomeet even if it was for five min-utes for his reappointment.”

He added: “By bypassing theprocedure, the message thatgoes out is that while the play-ers like Kedar Jadhav, DineshKarthik get dropped after belowexpectations performance, thecaptain continues despite muchbelow par expectations wherethe team did not even reach thefinal.”

Selectors’ chairman MSKPrasad rejected the criticism,telling PTI news agency thatpundits’ jibes only make theselectors “stronger”.

Prasad, who played just sixTests and 17 ODI between 1998and 2000, said selecting a side isspecialised job and experience asa player alone does not guaran-tee success.

“If international experienceis the case, then many ex-crick-eters, who have played a lot offirst-class matches can neverever dream to become Indiaselectors,” said Prasad.

“We have utmost respect forthe legendary cricketers,” heinsisted.

“In fact, more than gettinghurt by this kind of comments,it only makes this selectioncommittee stronger, committedand united.”

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Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’sCommunity Shield clash with

Manchester City on Sundaywill have no bearing on theirbattle for the Premier Leaguetitle.

The two sides will renewthe rivalry that saw them takethe title race to a tense final daylast season.

City eventually claimedtheir second successive PremierLeague crown by a single pointas Liverpool’s bid for a first titlesince 1990 reached a painfulconclusion.

Klopp’s men made amendsfor that angst just weeks later asthey beat Tottenham in theChampions League final and theReds are expected to fight it outwith City for the major honoursagain in the coming campaign.

A win against PepGuardiola’s team at Wembleywould be a welcome psycholog-ical boost for Liverpool.

But, having seen his pre-season plans disrupted by theabsence of key players such asMohamed Salah, Sadio Mane,Roberto Firmino and keeperAlisson due to the CopaAmerica and African Cup ofNations, Klopp isn't puttingtoo much stock in the result ofthe curtain-raiser to the Englishtop-fight season.

“For me, it has nothing todo with the rest of the season,”Klopp told reporters.

“It’s a game and, even if weonly have eight players available,

I would like to try to win it.“If we win it, good. Will it

have an influence on the season?I don’t think so.

“If we lose it, not good. Willit have an influence on the sea-son? No, again, I don’t think so.

“We have to prove ourselvesduring the season, not in onegame. If I have to say thiswould be the statement for theseason, I would be really mad.”

Klopp admitted he was sur-prised the Community Shieldisn’t taken more seriously inEngland as he prepares to takepart in the match for the firsttime.

“It’s a final. This is the firsttime that I realised nobodysees it like that to be honest. A‘curtain-raiser’ is unbelievable,”he said.

“We think constantly about

the game and how we can pre-pare for it and then everyonethinks, ‘Oh, do they really play?’

“That’s not too cool, but it’show it is. I don’t know exactlywhy people play this competi-tion if it means nothing. Whydon’t we cancel it then?

“In Germany I won it fivetimes, but nobody mentions it.We played every year. TheSuper Cup, you win it, nobodycares, you lose it and some care.”

Klopp said he would nottake risks with his line-upagainst City, especially withplayers just returning to train-ing ahead of Wednesday’sfriendly against Lyon inGeneva.

Mane will remain absentuntil next week after playing forSenegal in the African Cup ofNations final.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas began ahistoric hardcourt run at

last year's ATP WashingtonOpen and the 20-year-oldGreek star returns this week asthe top seed and world numbersix.

And it might not be toomuch longer before the devot-ed video blogger tests his on-camera talents in the actingrealm.

Tsitsipas, an AustralianOpen semi-finalist who crashedout in his first match atWimbledon earlier this month,will open against US wildcardTommy Paul in a second-roundmatch Wednesday in the USOpen tuneup.

"I've matured a lot since lastyear," Tsitsipas said. "I found anew challenge on the ATP Tour.

"I was hungry and veryexcited. I was very hungry tomake the transition to the ATP,many chances to play the bigguys. That's what got me soupsized."

Tsitsipas -- seeking a fourthATP title after wins atStockholm last October,Marseille in February andPortugal in May -- has definite-ly had big matches against thetop stars.

He dropped finals to 18-time Grand Slam championRafael Nadal last year inBarcelona and Canada, to 20-

time Grand Slam winner RogerFederer in March at Dubai andto world number one NovakDjokovic, a 16-time GrandSlam champion, in May atMadrid.

Tsitsipas reached the 2018Washington semi-finals beforelosing to eventual championAlexander Zverev, then the nextweek became the youngest play-er to beat four top-10 rivals inan ATP event, reaching theCanadian Open final before los-ing to Nadal.

The effort lifted him from32nd to 15th in the ATP rank-ings and was a sign of things tocome, notably a win in the ATPNextGen Finals and the ATP'sMost Improved Player award.

But his big breakthroughcame in January at theAustralian Open, where hesaved all 12 break points hefaced to defeat third-rankedFederer in the fourth round onthe way to the semi-finals,where he lost to Nadal.

His Wimbledon loss, infive sets to Italy's ThomasFabbiano, left more time for hisvideo work. Tsitsipas has hiredSwedish videographer HugoLjungquist to improve his"Greek Abroad" video blogs.

"I decided it was time tostep it up," he said. "For me tobe able to do it each season Ithought it would be nice to havea videographer travel with meinstead of film it myself."

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Former Australia captain SteveWaugh believes the ICC

World Test Championship(WTC) is a great concept andwill add more excitement to thelongest format of the game.

Getting underway onAugust 1 with the first AshesTest in Birmingham, the inau-gural WTC will see the top nineTest teams in the world --Australia, Bangladesh, England,India, New Zealand, Pakistan,South Africa, Sri Lanka and theWest Indies -- compete in 71Test matches across 27 series,played over two years.

The top two teams willcontest in the WTC Final in June2021 (to be played in the UK)and the winners will be crownedICC World Test Champions.

"I think it's great for Testmatch cricket," cricket.com.auquoted Waugh as saying.

Waugh, whose winning per-centage of 71.93 is the highest forany captain to have led theircountry in more than 10 Tests,believes their achievementswould have carried even greaterresonance if there had been aformal Test cricket champi-onship in his playing days.

"I played for 18 years andmany people said we were thenumber one Test side in theworld, but I think unless you

hold up a trophy or you can getto that final game then you'renot really sure," Waugh said.

"I think Test cricket reallyneeds this.

"You've got the T20 WorldCup, the 50-over World Cup andyou need something to hangyour hat on if you're the best Testteam in the world," he added.

The 54-year-old further saidthat according to him, Testcricket is still the only format ofthe game where a player can"truly" test himself to his fullcapacity.

"I think players still want tobe the best Test player they canbe, and the best team so this isa great way to measure it," hesaid. With points available forevery single game under WTC,each team will play three homeand three away series.

Each series counts for 120points, distributed over thenumber of matches in a series.

For example, a two-matchseries will mean 60 points foreach Test while a three-matchseries will give 40 points to eachTest match. A tie will be 50 percent of the points available,whilst a draw will be a 3:1points ratio.

The matches will be playedjust like any bilateral series, butwith the added context of a com-petition and one championteam.

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Former Australia captainMichael Clarke said that the

World Test Championship willdo to Test cricket what theWorld Cup does for the sport ingeneral. The Championshipstarts with the Ashes as Australiatake on England starting onAugust 1 and Clarke expects atough series between "two verygood teams".

"I think its great for Testcricket. The top two teams play-ing in something like the WorldCup final at Lord's in 12 months(24 months) time. It's a little bitlike the World Cup (in the waythat) no matter where you areranked in the ICC standings, theteam that wins the World Cup isI think seen as the best team inthe world. With Test cricket it

will be the same, whoeverwins the championship isthe best team in the world,"Clarke said on the sidelines ofthe MedParliament, wherethe 38-year-old shared hisjourney and insights inhealthcare entrepreneurship.The Ashes will be the plat-form for the return of SteveSmith, David Warner andCameron Bancroft to Testcricket after they served outtheir bans for their involve-ment in the 2018 ball tamper-

ing scandal. Tim Paine, whoreplaced Smith as captainafter the latter received hisban, will be leading the teamand Clarke felt that he has agood team at his disposal.

"This Australian team isvery talented. (Josh)Hazlewood's back in thesquad, Warner, Smith andBancroft are back. JamesPattinson is fit again and heis the squad. It will be inter-esting to see what XI they willpick," said Clarke.

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Three-time GrandSlam champion Andy

Murray says he is “quiteclose" to being able to playsingles matches and a“best-case scenario” couldsee it happen atCincinnati in two weeks.

The 32-year-oldBritish star, who feared hecould be forced intoretirement before under-going right hip surgery inJanuary, returned to thecourt in June but hasplayed only doubles whilerehabilitating and seeinghow his hip responds.

“In terms of movingand feeling and wakingup the next day, I’m feel-ing good,” Murray said.“I’m quite close but there’sstuff that would need toget better.”

Murray, paired withbrother Jamie in men’sdoubles at the ATPWashington Open, saidon Monday he feels nohip pain and will practicesingles this week whileplaying doubles and plansto do so against next

week in Canada.“I’ll play singles as

soon as I feel ready,”Murray said. “I’m goingto practice singles andplay doubles to competeand each week I’ll see. I’llkeep on that path untilI’m ready.”

Murray, the formerworld number one who isnow ranked 222nd,downplayed the idea hemight compete in the USOpen, which startsAugust 26, but didn’t slamthe door on the possibil-ity.

“Best case scenarioprobably would beCincinnati,” Murraysaid. “If I wasn’t inCincinnati, I wouldprobably wait untilafter the US Open.

“I wouldn’twant my first tour-nament to be playingbest-of-five (sets)either.”

But Murray,whose Grand Slam sin-gles titles include the 2012US Open and 2013 and2016 Wimbledon crowns,warned he has hopes of

regaining his peak form.“I’m playing better

than I was last year. I canextend my leg behindme. I can push off forserves. It’s brilliant,” hesaid.

“The question I havenow is why not? Whycan’t I get back where I

was? What’s the reason?There isn’t one. It justtakes time.”

Earlier thismonth atW i m b l e d o n ,Murray said itwould be up to 18months before hereturned to singlesand the US Openwas a “pretty

unlikely” prospect.“I’m closer than

what I maybethought I was,”Murray said. “AfterWimbledon I start-ed doing a few sin-gles drills. At onepoint brief prac-tices. It felt great.”

“This latestcomeback I didn’thave any particular-ly high hopes.”

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Joe Denly confirmed onTuesday that he would

drop to number four in thebatting order for England’sopening Ashes Test againstAustralia, with captain JoeRoot replacing him at num-ber three.

Root has previouslymade clear he prefers battingat four but the Yorkshiremanis understood to haveapproached England coachTrevor Bayliss after lastweek's Test win over Irelandabout returning to his oldposition when the Ashesopener starts at Edgbastonon Thursday.

Although England beatIreland by skittling out thevisitors for 38 in their secondinnings at Lord’s, they onlymanaged 85 all out them-selves in their first innings.

Bayliss has long wantedRoot, England’s best bats-man, to bat at number threefollowing a succession oftop-order collapses that haveseen the skipper walkingout to bat at four when twocheap wickets have fallen.

Root averages 48 atnumber four in the order buta shade over 40 when battingat number three.

But with England open-ers Jason Roy and RoryBurns having played just

eight Tests between them,the logic in having 81-Testveteran Root bat at numberthree is clear.

Denly, speaking atEdgbaston on Tuesday, said:“Joe Root will bat at threeand I’ll be batting at four.

“He rang me the otherday and told me he wantedto bat three and for me to goin at four. I think Rooty justwanted to get involved in thegame, get up there and getout in the middle.”

“I’m very excited. I was-n’t too fussed where I’d bebatting, it’s just great to be inthe eleven. I’ve batted atfour before for Kent andthroughout my career, so itreally wasn’t a big issue,” headded. “I’m just happy to beplaying.”

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Kent batsman has playedjust three Tests and this willbe his first Ashes series.

He had a brief stint as alimited-overs international adecade ago but it seemedTest cricket had passed himby.

However, a return to

form and the arrival of hisformer Kent teammate EdSmith as national selectorsaw him given a Test debutagainst the West Indies inAntigua earlier this year.

“Everyone from a youngage dreams of playing in anAshes series and to finallyget that chance, being quitean old campaigner, I’m cer-tainly excited and up for thechallenge,” said Denly.

“There’s no doubt thatthe Australian bowling line-up is one of the best in theworld. They have all basescovered really and, as a top-order batter, that is whereyou want to be, testing your-self against the best.”

Denly just missed out ona place in England’s tri-umphant World Cup squad,being replaced byHampshire spinner LiamDawson, who did not play agame.

“I think it was the rightdecision,” he said. “I thoughtit might happen and it wasa great opportunity for me togo back and play some red-ball cricket with Kent andget some good form goinginto this series.”

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Australia coach Justin Langersays Usman Khawaja andJames Pattinson are set to

play in the Ashes opener as the selec-tors prepare to make several crunchdecisions in Birmingham.

Langer confirmed Khawajapassed a fitness test on his hamstringon Monday and will bat at No 3 inthe first Ashes Test at Edgbaston start-ing Thursday, while only a last-minute setback will prevent Pattinsonfrom playing in his first Test sinceFebruary 2016.

“Usman Khawaja will definitelybe in,” Langer told reporters inBirmingham.

“He’s fit, ready to go, he’s playingwell.

“He’s a seasoned pro for us, heaverages 40-odd in Test cricket, hishammy (hamstring) is good, he’s run-ning well, he’s passed all the fitnesstests so he’s ready to go. He’ll bat No3.”

Commenting on Pattinson,Langer said: “It’s a great story isn’t it,coming back from where he was asa young bowler, the back surgeries,to more than likely being selected forthis Test match, it’s a great story.”

While those two pieces of theselection puzzle have been locked in,Langer and his fellow national selec-tors — Trevor Hohns and GregChappell — now must fill in the restof the gaps.

David Warner, who Langer saysis “fine” after copping a nasty blowabove his left knee in the nets onMonday afternoon, Steve Smith, cap-tain Tim Paine, Pat Cummins,Nathan Lyon and now Khawaja andPattinson appear the certainties in theXI to take on England.

Langer says deciding who willopen the batting with Warner and thethird specialist fast bowler are at theforefront of the selection panel’s

minds.Marcus Harris is the incumbent

Test opener, Australia’s leading run-scorer against world No1 India lastsummer and posted a century againstSussex on the Australia A tour twogames ago.

Cameron Bancroft was Australia’sTest opener before he was suspend-ed, has been in solid form forDurham in Division Two of theCounty Championship and scored a

match-winning 93 not out on achallenging pitch in last week’s intra-squad clash in Southampton.

As for the third quick, it is hardto split Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starcand Peter Siddle.

Hazlewood is finding his grooveafter returning from a back injury hesuffered in January, Starc continuesto adjust to the red Dukes ball afterfinishing the World Cup as the lead-ing wicket-taker for the second-

straight tournament, while Siddle ispurring along with plenty of wicketsand match experience in English con-ditions this season under his belt.

“Like in all these selections,there’s literally a case for 17 blokes toplay,” Langer said.

“The opening partnership’s goingto be really tough, between Cameron(Bancroft) and Marcus Harris, real-ly hard.

“They’ve both got a really strong

case, and then the fast bowling spots.“There’s probably three to be fair,

(Mitch Starc), Peter Siddle and JoshHazlewood for one spot.

“Three pretty good players to tryto find a spot for, I reckon.”

Whoever of the pace trio miss-es out, they will likely get a gamethroughout the campaign as theselectors look to assemble a fast bowl-ing attack to suit each specific venue.

But do not mistake the chopping

and changing as rotation, says Langer.“They (the fast bowlers) won’t be

rotated as such,” he said.“Like in the World Cup we’ll pick

the best three or four for every gamewe play. “Lord’s is very different tohere (Edgbaston), Old Trafford’sgoing to be different, so that’s how.

“We won’t rotate them per se, butwe’ll just pick the best three, proba-bly not four, but three for every game.

“It won’t be different opposition,

certainly different conditions.”The selectors also have to settle

on a middle order, with incumbentNo 6 Kurtis Patterson missing selec-tion in the Ashes squad.

Tasmania’s Matt Wade andQueenslander Marnus Labuschagneappear to be the main contenders, butLanger did not rule out allrounderMitch Marsh making his Test return.

“Time will tell,” Langer said witha wry grin.

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Pakistan head coach MickeyArthur is not surprised by

Mohammed Amir’s decision to retirefrom Tests at the age of 27 as he feelsthe pacer’s career in the longest for-mat was considerably damaged bythe spot-fixing ban he served.

Amir was banned for five yearsfor his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal in England. Hereturned to all formats of the gamein 2015 but announced his retire-ment from Tests on Friday after hav-ing played 36 Tests with 119 scalpsin his chequered career.

“He (Amir) had five years out ofthe game...In those five years, he did-n’t do anything. His body was not upto the rigours of day in, day out Testcricket,” Arthur told ESPNCricinfo.

“We pushed him as much as wecould during the England and SouthAfrica series, because he is such agood bowler whom we wanted dur-ing those tours. We’ve tried every-thing we possibly could with Amir.

“He could have managed thosefive years better. He’d be the first oneto acknowledge that. But I under-stand where he was in his whole life,so it was a tough period for him. Iunderstand all that,” Arthur said.

Arthur felt Amir would havebeen one of the best Test fast bowlersin Pakistan’s history had he not lostthose five years to the spot-fixingban.

“The Amir hype all those yearsago was justified because he is a qual-ity bowler. When the ball swingsthere’s not much better. But he’s notthe bowler now that he was in 2009and 2010. He was different, hisbody was different,” he said.

“Making a connection betweenthe bowler now and then would bewrong. But had he not had those fiveyears out of the game, I think hewould be up there with the very bestPakistan have ever had,” he said.

The South African said that the

left-arm fast bowler had been think-ing about it for over a year.

“It was on the cards for a longwhile. Amir had been speaking to meabout it with me for some time now.His Test career was taking a strain onhis body,” Arthur said.

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Former world numberones Maria

Sharapova and VenusWilliams were givenwildcard entries intonext month’s WTACincinnati tournament,a key tuneup event forthe US Open.

Each will competein the main draw for theAugust 12-18 hardcourtevent.

Sharapova is one ofonly six women to havecompleted a careerGrand Slam. The 32-year-old Russian owns36 WTA titles, includingfive Grand Slam crowns,and is ranked 81st in theworld. Her most recentGrand Slam title came atthe 2014 French Open.

She suffered a nag-ging shoulder injury andmissed more than fourmonths before returningon grass, but retired inthe third set of her open-ing-round match at

Wimbledon.Sharapova won the

2011 Cincinnati title andlost in the 2014 semi-finals in her most recentappearance.

Williams, 39, haswon seven Grand Slamtitles among her 49WTA crowns and hasfinished runner up inGrand Slams anothernine times.

It will be Venus’sseventh Cincinnati startin her 25-year WTAcareer, her best run came

in 2012 when she lost inthe semi-finals.

Williams, a five-timeWimbledon singleschampion, lost to US15-year-old qualifierCoco Gauff in the firstround at Wimbledon inher most recent start.

“Maria and Venusare two of the greatestchampions in tennis his-tory,” tournament direc-tor Andre Silva said.“We look forward toboth joining our worldclass field.”

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Australia coach Justin Langer saysan Ashes return for Cameron

Bancroft would be “a great story” butknows he will face a hostile recep-tion from England fans after his ball-tampering ban.

Bancroft, 26, is set to open thebatting in Thursday’s first Test atEdgbaston, with Australia’s toporder also likely to feature DavidWarner and Steve Smith.

If that is the case, it would meanall three players who were bannedfor their roles in the ball-tamperingscandal in South Africa last year

would be in Australia’s XI.Smith and Warner have already

experienced plenty of boos fromEnglish crowds during the recentWorld Cup. Bancroft, not selectedfor the one-day tournament, willalmost certainly experience more ofthe same given he was the one whoactually applied sandpaper to theball during a Test away to SouthAfrica in a blatant flouting of crick-et’s rulebook.

“It would be a great story if hecomes back into the team,” Langersaid at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

“His development after whathappened in Cape Town has beenextraordinary.”

Langer, a former Australiaopener, said: “We know what thereception is going to be. There’snothing we can do about it. We don’tknow (how he will cope) actually,but we’ll find out.

“He’s a good kid and as toughas anyone you could meet. Toendure the scrutiny of the past 14months, especially the first part ofit, I think he’s had a pretty good dressrehearsal.”

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Despite Pakistan’s failure to makeit to the knockout stage of the

World Cup 2019, Mickey Arthur ismost likely to retain his position ashead coach, at least till the 2020World T20.

On August 2, Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB) cricket committeewill be reviewing their World Cupperformance for which Arthur hasalready arrived in Lahore.

A Dawn report quoted sourcesas saying that initial deliberationsover the appointment of the headcoach, other members of coachingstaff, new selection committee andcaptain had already begun immedi-ately after the showpiece eventended on July 14 with Englandemerging as eventual winners.

The report further said that vic-tories at the 2017 ChampionsTrophy and Pakistan’s attaining topranking in T20Is under Arthur’scoaching are his plus points. Andwith World T20 nearing, Arthur willbe the best man to head Pakistan.

The PCB is also mulling oversplit captaincy, with Azhar Ali like-ly to be made as Test captain whileSarfaraz will lead the team in limit-ed-overs cricket. Azhar was removedas Test captain soon after Pakistanwon the Champions Trophy in2017 under Sarfraz’s leadership.

The report further said thatBabar Azam may also be appoint-ed as deputy to Sarfraz and Azharto be groomed for future.

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