Modi invokes Kabir to slam Opp’s ... lust for power and lack of ... Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy...
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CAPSULE ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI T he latest World Bank report has sounded alarm bells over the disastrous impact of climate change. It says by 2050, unchecked climate change causing higher temperatures and poor monsoon rainfall would diminish the living stan- dards of the half of India’s population, particularly farm- ers in the central India. Titled “South Asia’s Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards,” the report gives detailed analy- sis of future scenario of India and notes that by 2050, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh will be the top two cli- mate hotspot States in the coun- try. They are likely to experience a decline of more than 9 per cent in their living standards, fol- lowed by Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Also, seven out of the top ten most-affected hotspot dis- tricts, including Chandrapur, Nagpur, Gondiya, Wardha, Yavatmal, belong to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, as per the report. This comes as grim news for the country’s farmers who are already facing severe agrarian and financial crisis. The report notes that almost half of South Asia’s population, including India, now lives in vulnerable areas and will suffer from declining living standards that could be attributed to falling agricultural yields, lower labour produc- tivity or related health impacts. Some of these areas are already less developed, suffer from poor connectivity and are water stressed. Continued on Page 6 PNS n NEW DELHI B acking India on its securi- ty concerns with regard to Pakistan, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, on Thursday said the Trump administration has firmly told Pakistan that it cannot tolerate its Government providing a safe haven to terrorists. Speaking at an Observer Research Foundation event, Haley said neither India nor the US can afford to turn a blind eye to the regimes that produce, harbour, and support terrorists, and in this context, the US is treating Pakistan differently than in the past. Haley asserted that Washington and New Delhi must become global leaders in the fight against terrorism. Noting that the US and India have experienced the pain of terrorism, she said both the countries share a commitment of defeating ter- rorists and the hate ideology that motivates them. “We share an urgent inter- est in eliminating the terrorist networks that threaten us, and to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists and their sponsors. Both our nations lost citizens in the hor- rific Mumbai attacks a decade ago. As fellow democracies, the United States and India must be global leaders in the fight against terrorism,” Haley said. She said though in many instances Pakistan had been a partner of the US, but it can- not tolerate the Pakistani Government, or any other Government, giving a safe haven to terrorists. “We won’t tolerate it. We are communicating this mes- sage to Pakistan more strong- ly than in the past and we hope to see changes,” the envoy added. According to her, India and the US have expanded their counter-terrorism coop- eration in the past decade but there is still scope to do more. “We can and we must do more. We must use all of the elements of our national power -- economic, diplomatic and military to protect ourselves. This includes working togeth- er at the UN to designate ter- rorist leaders and networks,” she said. Haley is on a two-day visit to India during which she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Incidentally, shortly after her arrival, the US announced cancelling of inau- gural 2+2 dialogue between the two countries for which Swaraj Continued on Page 6 MADHUSUDAN SAHOO n NEW DELHI W ith high crude oil prices and weak macro-economic fun- damentals, the Indian rupee collapsed to a life- time low of 69.10 against the US dollar earlier on Thursday and finally closed at `68.78, while the pound ster- ling finished higher at `90.03. With the drastic fall of rupee, sources said, a horde of sectors, including small, medi- um and large companies involved in importing raw materials or those with foreign borrowings or both, are set to see pressure in near future. “Goods and services exporters in major sectors such as IT, pharma, jwellery are likely to witness sentimental rub- off from rupee’s depre- ciation,” sources added. The low currency witnessed both the key indices losing points. While BSE Sensex slumped 179.47 points to close at 35,037.64, broader NSE Nifty shed 82.30 points to 10,589.10 on Thursday. With the depreci- ating trend of the Indian currency, experts expressed mixed response, say- ing that a weak cur- rency and stubborn global oil prices not only pose inflationary risks to imports (net energy importers like India), but also discourage foreign institutional investors (FIIs) into the country and the export scenario as well. Besides, they also foresee that currency may be weak- ening closer towards the 70- mark in near future. Prathamesh Mallya, chief analyst of Mumbai-based broking firm Angel Commodities Broking, said, “A major selloff in the domes- tic equity and debt markets has added downward pressure on the Indian currency. So far this year foreign investors have sold a combined value of $7 bil- lion in equity and debt mar- kets.” As far as export sce- nario is concerned, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said the development would not provide any addi- tional support to exporters as currencies of other emerging economies, including China, are depreciating. “It will provide a level- playing field to our exporters. It will not provide a much needed support as India is not singled out,” Sahai added. Continued on Pg 6 PNS n MAGHAR (SANT KABIR NAGAR) I n this mofussil town in east- ern Uttar Pradesh, which is known as “Gateway to Hell”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cited the teach- ings and couplets of Sant Kabir to attack Opposition parties for their greed to grab power and blamed them for creating insta- bility in the country. In the rally that could be seen as the launch of his 2019 Lok Sabha campaign, Modi tried to woo Dalits and the backwards, saying his Government was forging ahead on the teachings of Saint Kabir. Saying that Kabir fought to break the caste barriers, Modi asked BJP workers to reach out to every person irrespective of caste and creed projecting party’s image of a ‘nationalist Hindutva’ party. After paying tribute to Kabir and laying the founda- tion of the Kabir Academy in Maghar, the PM said, “Those who opposed Emergency are trying to form alliances with the Congress. It showed their lust for power and lack of principles.” Taking a dig at those par- ties, who are promoting casteism and chaos, Modi said, “Some political parties do not want peace and harmony in society. Such people are cut off from ground realities. They want chaos and want to create doubt and fear in the minds of people. They think that by doing so, they will gain politically. But those par- ties are completely cut-off from the reality on the ground,” he said. Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the PM said that instead of under- standing Kabir and following his message of love and care, some leaders were keen to retain their bungalows. “Those, who talk of Samajwad and Bahujan, are only concerned about how to wrest power. They will lie and even harm people just to come to power,” he said. Modi even blamed Opposition parties for oppos- ing triple talaq law. “You know who are trying to block our efforts to ban Triple Talaq. We have done a lot for the poor. But there are forces who are throwing spanner in our work. These people do not want to see society prosper,” he said. Modi also quoted Kabir couplet -- ‘Kabir khada bazaar mein, maang raha sabki khair, na kahe sae dosti, na keh sake bair, saying this can be inter- preted as BJP’s philosophy of “sabka saath, sabka vikaas”. Modi said late former President APJ Abdul Kalam also visited Maghar 15 years back and expressed his concern about neglect of its develop- ment.” But now we have made a commitment to develop it as a symbol of humanity,” he said. The PM also recounted achievement of his Government, citing Ujjawala scheme, Aayushman Bharat Scheme, Jan Dhan yojana and constructing toilets for the poor. He also recited the Kabir’s couplet”Kaal kare, so aaj kar”, saying what this Government has done in four years no one had done in 40 years. Union Tourism and Culture Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma said that India would showcase the rich culture of humanity of Sant Kabir and would develop the area to bring it in the international tourism map. Earlier, the PM visited the Sant Kabir cave and unveiled a plaque to mark the laying of foundation stone of the Kabir Academy. The Prime Minister also offered a ‘chadar’ at the Samadhisthal and then at the ‘mazaar’ of Kabir. “This Academy will have all facilities like library and classes to accommodate all studies on Kabir,” the PM said. Climate may jeopardise life in half of India Haley: US won’t tolerate Pak harbouring terror Nikki says India, US must become global leaders in anti-terror fight BUKHARI’S MURDER PLOTTED IN PAK, 4 KILLERS IDENTIFIED Modi invokes Kabir to slam Opp’s ‘greed for power’ At least five persons, including a pedestrian, were killed and two injured when a chartered plane crashed in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in Mumbai on Thursday around 1.15pm. The deceased include two pilots and two engineers on board. Praising the deceased pilot for saving at least 30 other lives at the construction site, an eyewitness said the pilot seemed to be looking for an empty plot to land before the chartered plane crashed into the construction site PTI Detailed report on P7 HIZB, JeM USED KIDS IN KASHMIR CLASHES: UNSG United Nations: Pakistan-based banned terror outfits Jaish-e- Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen recruited and used children in Jammu & Kashmir during clashes with security forces last year, according to a UNSG report on Thursday. RAJASTHAN GAUSHALA OFFERS COW SAFARI Jaipur: In first project of its kind, a “gaushala” is offering “cow safari” in which people on bull- ock carts can ride past animals. KEJRIWAL TO BE CHARGED IN BABU ASSAULT CASE New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia will be charged with criminal conspiracy over the alleged attack on a top bureaucrat. Sources said police have prepared a chargesheet based on the evidence and statements of many and it is set to be filed soon. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley talks with US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster as they try their hands on making rotis during their visit to Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in New Delhi on Thursday AP MP, Chhattisgarh will bear brunt of unchecked global warming by 2050, says WB report Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers ‘Chadar' at Sant Kabir Mazaar as he pays homage to the great saint and poet Kabir on his 500th death anniversary at Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday PTI ` plunges to lifetime low of 69 against $ Predicted Change in Living Standards of the 10 Most Affected States Predicted Change in Living Standards of the Top 10 District Hotspots in India Living Share of standards State households change (%) Chhattisgarh 2.1 -9.4 MP 5.7 -9.1 Rajasthan 5.9 -6.4 UP 15.8 -4.9 Maharashtra 10.0 -4.6 Jharkhand 2.0 -4.6 Haryana 2.1 -4.3 Andhra 10.2 -3.4 Punjab 1.8 -3.3 Chandigarh 0.1 -3.3 Overall 100.0 -2.8 Living Share of standards District State household(%) change (%) Chandrapur Maharashtra 0.2 -12.4 Bhandara Maharashtra 0.1 -11.9 Gondiya Maharashtra 0.1 -11.8 Wardha Maharashtra 0.1 -11.8 Nagpur Maharashtra 0.5 -11.7 Raj Nandagaon Chhattisgarh 0.1 -11.4 Durg Chhattisgarh 0.3 -11.4 Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh 0.1 -11.3 Yavatmal Maharashtra 0.3 -11.1 Garhchiroli Maharashtra 0.1 -11.1 Overall 100.0 -2.8 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Follow us on: SPORT 16 INDIA FACE IRELAND IN SECOND T20 RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Published From DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 175 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable Established 1864 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 www.dailypioneer.com } } WORLD 12 TRUMP, PUTIN TO HOLD MEET IN HELSINKI ON JULY 16 OPINION 8 AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS SONAKSHI FOR CYBER SECURITY 13 VIVACITY PNS n MAGHAR (SANT KABIRNAGAR) C hief Minister Yo g i Adityanath stirred a con- troversy as he refused to wear a cap offered to him at the mazar of Sant Kabir in Maghar on Wednesday when he had gone there to oversee prepara- tions for the Prime Minister’s visit. He was offered a fur cap by caretaker Khadim Hussain, but he politely refused. “As per tradition, I offered the cap to Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath when he visited the mausoleum of Kabir saheb but he politely refused,” he said. However, he agreed to keep the cap, he added. On Thursday, while addressing a public rally at Maghar, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that PM’s visit to Maghar proved that the BJP government did not believe in superstitions and was com- mitted to working for the uplift of the society. “By coming to Maghar, the Prime Minister has broken the myth that the place is a Continued on Page 6 Yogi refuses to wear cap GROUP H COLOMBIA (Q) 1 SENEGAL 0 POLAND 1 JAPAN(Q) 0 GROUP G BELGIUM (Q) 1 ENGLAND (Q) 0 TUNISIA 2 PANAMA 1 (Q: Move into last 16) KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR T he Jammu & Kashmir Police has claimed that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) hatched conspiracy to kill senior Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari. Police released photographs of four killers on Thursday. They are identified as Srinagar resident Sheikh Sajjad Gul — who has been living in Pakistan since March 2017 — Azad Ahmad Malik, a known LeT operative from Anantnag, Muaffar Ahmad of Kulgam, and Naveed Jatt, a Pakistani terrorists who fled from police custody in February this year. Detailed report on P6 PTI n ZURICH/NEW DELHI M oney parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017, reversing a three-year downward trend amid India’s clampdown on suspected black money stashed there. In comparison, the total funds held by all foreign clients of Swiss banks rose about 3 per cent to CHF 1.46 trillion or about Rs 100 lakh crore in 2017, according to the official annual data released on Thursday by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the central bank- ing authority of the Alpine nation. The surge in Indian money held with Swiss banks comes as a surprise given India’s continuing clampdown on suspected black money stashed abroad, including in banks of Switzerland that used to be known for their famed secrecy walls for years. The Indian money in Swiss banks had fallen by 45 per cent in 2016, marking their biggest ever yearly plunge, to CHF 676 million (about Rs 4,500 crore) — the lowest ever since the European nation began making the data public in 1987. According to the SNB data, the total funds held by Indians directly with Swiss banks rose to 999 million Swiss franc (Rs 6,891 crore) in 2017, while the same held through fiduciaries or wealth managers increased to CHF 16.2 million (Rs 112 crore). These figures stood at CHF 664.8 million and CHF 11 million, respectively, at the end of 2016. As per the latest data, the Indian money in Swiss banks included CHF 464 million (Rs 3,200 crore) in the form of cus- tomer deposits, CHF 152 mil- lion (Rs 1,050 crore) through other banks and CHF 383 mil- lion (Rs 2,640 crore) as ‘other liabilities’ such as securities at the end of 2017. The funds under all three heads have risen sharply, as against a huge plunge across all categories in the previous year, the SNB data showed. The funds held through fiduciaries alone used to be in billions till 2007 but began falling after that amid fears of regulatory crackdown. Indians’ money in Swiss banks rise 50%
Transcript of Modi invokes Kabir to slam Opp’s ... lust for power and lack of ... Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy...
CAPSULE
ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI
The latest World Bank reporthas sounded alarm bells
over the disastrous impact ofclimate change. It says by 2050,unchecked climate changecausing higher temperaturesand poor monsoon rainfallwould diminish the living stan-dards of the half of India’spopulation, particularly farm-ers in the central India.
Titled “South Asia’sHotspots: The Impact ofTemperature and PrecipitationChanges on Living Standards,”the report gives detailed analy-sis of future scenario of Indiaand notes that by 2050,
Chhattisgarh and MadhyaPradesh will be the top two cli-mate hotspot States in the coun-try. They are likely to experiencea decline of more than 9 per centin their living standards, fol-
lowed by Rajasthan, UttarPradesh, and Maharashtra.
Also, seven out of the topten most-affected hotspot dis-tricts, including Chandrapur,Nagpur, Gondiya, Wardha,
Yavatmal, belong to theVidarbha region ofMaharashtra, as per the report.This comes as grim news forthe country’s farmers who arealready facing severe agrarian
and financial crisis.The report notes that
almost half of South Asia’spopulation, including India,now lives in vulnerable areas
and will suffer from decliningliving standards that could beattributed to falling agriculturalyields, lower labour produc-tivity or related health impacts.
Some of these areas are alreadyless developed, suffer frompoor connectivity and are waterstressed.
Continued on Page 6
PNS n NEW DELHI
Backing India on its securi-ty concerns with regard to
Pakistan, the United StatesAmbassador to the UnitedNations, Nikki Haley, onThursday said the Trumpadministration has firmly toldPakistan that it cannot tolerateits Government providing asafe haven to terrorists.
Speaking at an ObserverResearch Foundation event,Haley said neither India nor theUS can afford to turn a blind eyeto the regimes that produce,harbour, and support terrorists,and in this context, the US istreating Pakistan differentlythan in the past.
Haley asserted thatWashington and New Delhimust become global leaders inthe fight against terrorism.
Noting that the US andIndia have experienced thepain of terrorism, she saidboth the countries share acommitment of defeating ter-rorists and the hate ideologythat motivates them.
“We share an urgent inter-est in eliminating the terroristnetworks that threaten us, andto keep nuclear weapons out of
the hands of terrorists andtheir sponsors. Both ournations lost citizens in the hor-rific Mumbai attacks a decadeago. As fellow democracies, theUnited States and India must beglobal leaders in the fightagainst terrorism,” Haley said.
She said though in manyinstances Pakistan had been apartner of the US, but it can-not tolerate the PakistaniGovernment, or any otherGovernment, giving a safehaven to terrorists.
“We won’t tolerate it. Weare communicating this mes-sage to Pakistan more strong-ly than in the past and we hopeto see changes,” the envoyadded. According to her, Indiaand the US have expanded
their counter-terrorism coop-eration in the past decade butthere is still scope to do more.
“We can and we must domore. We must use all of theelements of our national power-- economic, diplomatic andmilitary to protect ourselves.This includes working togeth-er at the UN to designate ter-rorist leaders and networks,”she said.
Haley is on a two-day visitto India during which she metPrime Minister Narendra Modiand External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj. Incidentally,shortly after her arrival, the USannounced cancelling of inau-gural 2+2 dialogue between thetwo countries for which Swaraj
Continued on Page 6
MADHUSUDAN SAHOO nNEW DELHI
With high crude oilprices and weak
macro-economic fun-damentals, the Indianrupee collapsed to a life-time low of 69.10 againstthe US dollar earlier onThursday and finally closed at`68.78, while the pound ster-ling finished higher at `90.03.
With the drastic fall ofrupee, sources said, a horde ofsectors, including small, medi-um and large companiesinvolved in importing rawmaterials or those with foreignborrowings or both, are set tosee pressure in near future.“Goods and services exportersin major sectors such as IT,pharma, jwellery are likely towitness sentimental rub-off from rupee’s depre-ciation,” sourcesadded.
The low currencywitnessed both thekey indices losingpoints. While BSESensex slumped179.47 points to closeat 35,037.64, broaderNSE Nifty shed 82.30points to 10,589.10on Thursday.
With the depreci-ating trend of theIndian currency,experts expressedmixed response, say-ing that a weak cur-rency and stubborn
global oil prices not onlypose inflationary risksto imports (net energyimporters like India),but also discourageforeign institutionalinvestors (FIIs) into
the country and theexport scenario as well.
Besides, they also foreseethat currency may be weak-ening closer towards the 70-mark in near future.
Prathamesh Mallya, chiefanalyst of Mumbai-basedbroking firm AngelCommodities Broking, said,“A major selloff in the domes-tic equity and debt markets hasadded downward pressure onthe Indian currency. So far thisyear foreign investors havesold a combined value of $7 bil-lion in equity and debt mar-kets.”
As far as export sce-nario is concerned,
Federation of IndianExport Organisations(FIEO) DirectorGeneral Ajay Sahai said
the development wouldnot provide any addi-tional support toexporters as currenciesof other emergingeconomies, includingChina, are depreciating.“It will provide a level-playing field to ourexporters. It will notprovide a much neededsupport as India is notsingled out,” Sahaiadded.
Continued on Pg 6
PNS n MAGHAR (SANT KABIR NAGAR)
In this mofussil town in east-ern Uttar Pradesh, which is
known as “Gateway to Hell”,Prime Minister Narendra Modion Thursday cited the teach-ings and couplets of Sant Kabirto attack Opposition parties fortheir greed to grab power andblamed them for creating insta-bility in the country.
In the rally that could beseen as the launch of his 2019Lok Sabha campaign, Moditried to woo Dalits and thebackwards, saying hisGovernment was forging aheadon the teachings of Saint Kabir.
Saying that Kabir fought tobreak the caste barriers, Modiasked BJP workers to reach outto every person irrespective ofcaste and creed projectingparty’s image of a ‘nationalistHindutva’ party.
After paying tribute toKabir and laying the founda-tion of the Kabir Academy inMaghar, the PM said, “Thosewho opposed Emergency aretrying to form alliances withthe Congress. It showed theirlust for power and lack ofprinciples.”
Taking a dig at those par-ties, who are promotingcasteism and chaos, Modi said,“Some political parties do not
want peace and harmony insociety. Such people are cut offfrom ground realities.
They want chaos and wantto create doubt and fear in theminds of people. They thinkthat by doing so, they willgain politically. But those par-ties are completely cut-off fromthe reality on the ground,” hesaid. Hitting out at theSamajwadi Party (SP) and theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP), thePM said that instead of under-standing Kabir and followinghis message of love and care,some leaders were keen toretain their bungalows.
“Those, who talk ofSamajwad and Bahujan, areonly concerned about how towrest power. They will lie andeven harm people just to cometo power,” he said.
Modi even blamedOpposition parties for oppos-ing triple talaq law. “You knowwho are trying to block ourefforts to ban Triple Talaq. Wehave done a lot for the poor.But there are forces who arethrowing spanner in our work.These people do not want tosee society prosper,” he said.
Modi also quoted Kabircouplet -- ‘Kabir khada bazaarmein, maang raha sabki khair,na kahe sae dosti, na keh sakebair, saying this can be inter-preted as BJP’s philosophy of
“sabka saath, sabka vikaas”.Modi said late former
President APJ Abdul Kalamalso visited Maghar 15 yearsback and expressed his concernabout neglect of its develop-ment.” But now we have madea commitment to develop it asa symbol of humanity,” he said.
The PM also recountedachievement of hisGovernment, citing Ujjawalascheme, Aayushman BharatScheme, Jan Dhan yojana andconstructing toilets for thepoor. He also recited the Kabir’scouplet”Kaal kare, so aaj kar”,saying what this Governmenthas done in four years no onehad done in 40 years.
Union Tourism andCulture Minister Dr MaheshSharma said that India wouldshowcase the rich culture ofhumanity of Sant Kabir andwould develop the area tobring it in the internationaltourism map.
Earlier, the PM visited theSant Kabir cave and unveiled aplaque to mark the laying offoundation stone of the KabirAcademy. The Prime Ministeralso offered a ‘chadar’ at theSamadhisthal and then at the‘mazaar’ of Kabir.
“This Academy will haveall facilities like library andclasses to accommodate allstudies on Kabir,” the PM said.
Climate may jeopardise life in half of India
Haley: US won’t tolerate
Pak harbouring terror
Nikki says India,
US must become
global leaders in
anti-terror fight
BUKHARI’S MURDER PLOTTED IN
PAK, 4 KILLERS IDENTIFIED
Modi invokes Kabir to slam Opp’s ‘greed for power’
At least five persons, including a pedestrian, were killed and two injured when achartered plane crashed in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in Mumbaion Thursday around 1.15pm. The deceased include two pilots and two engineerson board. Praising the deceased pilot for saving at least 30 other lives at theconstruction site, an eyewitness said the pilot seemed to be looking for an emptyplot to land before the chartered plane crashed into the construction site PTI
Detailed report on P7
HIZB, JeM USED KIDS INKASHMIR CLASHES: UNSGUnited Nations: Pakistan-basedbanned terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and HizbulMujahideen recruited and usedchildren in Jammu & Kashmirduring clashes with securityforces last year, according to aUNSG report on Thursday.
RAJASTHAN GAUSHALAOFFERS COW SAFARIJaipur: In first project of its kind,a “gaushala” is offering “cowsafari” in which people on bull-ock carts can ride past animals.
KEJRIWAL TO BE CHARGEDIN BABU ASSAULT CASENew Delhi: Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal and his DeputyManish Sisodia will be chargedwith criminal conspiracy over thealleged attack on a topbureaucrat. Sources said policehave prepared a chargesheetbased on the evidence andstatements of many and it is setto be filed soon.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley talks with US Ambassador to India KennethJuster as they try their hands on making rotis during their visit to Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in New Delhi on Thursday AP
MP, Chhattisgarh willbear brunt of uncheckedglobal warming by2050, says WB report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers ‘Chadar' at Sant Kabir Mazaar as he pays homage to the great saint and poet Kabir on his500th death anniversary at Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday PTI
` plunges to lifetime
low of 69 against $
Predicted Change in Living Standards ofthe 10 Most Affected States
Predicted Change in Living Standards of the Top 10 District Hotspots in India
LivingShare of standards
State households change (%)
Chhattisgarh 2.1 -9.4
MP 5.7 -9.1
Rajasthan 5.9 -6.4
UP 15.8 -4.9
Maharashtra 10.0 -4.6
Jharkhand 2.0 -4.6
Haryana 2.1 -4.3
Andhra 10.2 -3.4
Punjab 1.8 -3.3
Chandigarh 0.1 -3.3
Overall 100.0 -2.8
LivingShare of standards
District State household(%) change (%)
Chandrapur Maharashtra 0.2 -12.4
Bhandara Maharashtra 0.1 -11.9
Gondiya Maharashtra 0.1 -11.8
Wardha Maharashtra 0.1 -11.8
Nagpur Maharashtra 0.5 -11.7
Raj Nandagaon Chhattisgarh 0.1 -11.4
Durg Chhattisgarh 0.3 -11.4
Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh 0.1 -11.3
Yavatmal Maharashtra 0.3 -11.1
Garhchiroli Maharashtra 0.1 -11.1
Overall 100.0 -2.8
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INDIA FACE IRELAND IN SECOND T20
RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18
Published From DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL
BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPURCHANDIGARH DEHRADUN
Late City Vol. 154 Issue 175*Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable
Established 1864
LUCKNOW, FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2018; PAGES 16 `3
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OPINION 8
AUTHORITARIANISM ANDTHE GLOBAL COMMONS
SONAKSHI
FOR CYBER
SECURITY
13 VIVACITY
PNS n MAGHAR (SANTKABIRNAGAR)
Chief Minister YogiAdityanath stirred a con-
troversy as he refused to weara cap offered to him at themazar of Sant Kabir in Magharon Wednesday when he hadgone there to oversee prepara-tions for the Prime Minister’svisit. He was offered a fur capby caretaker Khadim Hussain,but he politely refused. “As pertradition, I offered the cap toChief Minster Yogi Adityanathwhen he visited the mausoleumof Kabir saheb but he politelyrefused,” he said. However, heagreed to keep the cap, headded.
On Thursday, whileaddressing a public rally atMaghar, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that PM’s visitto Maghar proved that the BJPgovernment did not believe insuperstitions and was com-mitted to working for the upliftof the society.
“By coming to Maghar,the Prime Minister has brokenthe myth that the place is a
Continued on Page 6
Yogi refusesto wear cap
GROUP H
COLOMBIA (Q) 1SENEGAL 0
POLAND 1JAPAN(Q) 0
GROUP G
BELGIUM (Q) 1ENGLAND (Q) 0
TUNISIA 2PANAMA 1
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KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR
The Jammu & Kashmir Police has claimed that Pakistan-basedLashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) hatched conspiracy to kill senior
Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari. Police released photographs of four killers on Thursday. They
are identified as Srinagar resident Sheikh Sajjad Gul — who hasbeen living in Pakistan since March 2017 — Azad Ahmad Malik,a known LeT operative from Anantnag, Muaffar Ahmad ofKulgam, and Naveed Jatt, a Pakistani terrorists who fled frompolice custody in February this year.
Detailed report on P6
PTI n ZURICH/NEW DELHI
Money parked by Indians inSwiss banks rose over 50
per cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs7,000 crore) in 2017, reversinga three-year downward trendamid India’s clampdown onsuspected black money stashedthere. In comparison, the totalfunds held by all foreign clientsof Swiss banks rose about 3 percent to CHF 1.46 trillion orabout Rs 100 lakh crore in2017, according to the officialannual data released onThursday by Swiss NationalBank (SNB), the central bank-ing authority of the Alpinenation.
The surge in Indianmoney held with Swiss bankscomes as a surprise givenIndia’s continuing clampdownon suspected black moneystashed abroad, including inbanks of Switzerland that usedto be known for their famedsecrecy walls for years. TheIndian money in Swiss bankshad fallen by 45 per cent in2016, marking their biggestever yearly plunge, to CHF676 million (about Rs 4,500crore) — the lowest ever sincethe European nation beganmaking the data public in1987.
According to the SNB data,the total funds held by Indiansdirectly with Swiss banks roseto 999 million Swiss franc (Rs6,891 crore) in 2017, while thesame held through fiduciariesor wealth managers increasedto CHF 16.2 million (Rs 112crore). These figures stood atCHF 664.8 million and CHF 11million, respectively, at the endof 2016.
As per the latest data, theIndian money in Swiss banksincluded CHF 464 million (Rs3,200 crore) in the form of cus-tomer deposits, CHF 152 mil-lion (Rs 1,050 crore) throughother banks and CHF 383 mil-lion (Rs 2,640 crore) as ‘otherliabilities’ such as securities atthe end of 2017.
The funds under all threeheads have risen sharply, asagainst a huge plunge across allcategories in the previous year,the SNB data showed.
The funds held throughfiduciaries alone used to be inbillions till 2007 but beganfalling after that amid fears ofregulatory crackdown.
Indians’ moneyin Swiss banksrise 50%
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VIGNETTES OF MAGHAR VISIT
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the airport in Gorakhpur on Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kabir samadhi Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi showing Kabir Academy model to Modi
PTI n KANPUR
President Ram Nath Kovindon Thursday said technol-
ogy can be used to maximisethe reach of several govern-ment initiatives as he urged stu-dents passing out from theIndian Institute of Technology-Kanpur to contribute to suchnational missions. ThePresident was in his home cityof Kanpur to address the 51stconvocation of the IIT-K,where he gave away degrees toover 1,500 students.
In his convocation speech,the President told the passingout students that their gradu-ation is marked by excitementand opportunities in the coun-try. “Today’s India offersunprecedented hope andavenues... Our fast-growingeconomy offers you hugescope. With your talent, youreducation and your IIT degree,each of you can be agamechanger for India,” hesaid. He said the governmenthas undertaken many initia-tives to improve the quality oflife of citizens. Among others,he said, these programmesinclude the Atal Mission forRejuvenation and UrbanTransformation or AMRUT,the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Gram Jyoti Yojna, Digital India,Make in India, Start-up India,and the Swachh BharatAbhiyan. “Technology can bea force multiplier for all theseprogrammes. As you buildyour careers, please attempt tocontribute to such nationalmissions,” he told the students.
He also asked them tomake contribution towardsupgrading and re-imaginingKanpur as an industrial andcommercial hub. He also talkedabout how Kanpur was central
to the success of Centre’s ambi-tious programme to the cleanthe Ganga river. “The city isalso critical to the success ofNamami Gange. This is a pro-gramme to not merely de-pol-lute the Ganga and conserve itfrom industrial effluents. Itgoes further. It seeks to ratio-nalise the allocation and usageof the river’s waters as well asto develop the Ganga basin,” hesaid. He presented medals anddegrees to the meritorious stu-dents at the ceremony.
Tech can be a force multiplierfor govt programmes: Prez
President Ram Nath Kovind and IIT-K director Abhay Karandikar giving awayDirector’s Gold Medal to Kanupriya Agarwal at the convocation Pioneer
President in Allahabad today
Allahabad (PNS): Inorder to ensure foolproof secu-rity for President Ram NathKovind, the officials of Delhi,including the NSG and BlackCat commandos, reached thecity a day prior to his visit
there. They held a meetingwith the intelligence agenciesand the Allahabad Police anddiscussed in detail the securi-ty arrangements being madefor him.
The National Security
Guard (NSG) commandos willbe deployed in and around thenew building of the AllahabadMedical Association (AMA)and nobody will be allowedthere without their permis-sion.
Modi invoking Kabir for
political gains: Maya
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Hitting out at PrimeMinister Narendra Modi
for doing politics in the nameof Sant Kabir Das, BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) presidentMayawati said that Union gov-ernment was trying to divertthe attention of the peopleafter it failed to bring ‘achchedin’ for them which the BJPleaders had promised duringelection campaigns.
“When the Lok Sabha elec-tions are just round the corner,the Prime Minister is remem-bering Kabir Das. Is it not pettypolitics of vote-bank,” the BSPpresident said.
Mayawati ridiculed Modi’svisit to the ‘nirvan sthal’, themausoleum of Kabir in Maghar
earlier in the day where he helda public rally and laid thefoundation stone of an acade-my named after 15th centurymystic poet.
“Kabir Das is in the heartsof people. BJP should desistfrom indulging in politics forgaining cheap publicity,” theBSP chief said.
The former UP ChiefMinister alleged that massivefunds were spent on Modi’sevent at Maghar, where Kabirbreathed his last and wasburied.
“For laying the founda-tion stone of the Kabir Dasacademy to be set up at a costof Rs 24 crore, almost as muchmoney was spent on the func-tion and its publicity by theBJP,” she said.
The programme was aneffort to hoodwink the peopleof the backward eastern regionof the state, she added. “Whathappened to the big dreams of‘achche din’ and promises spe-cially made by Narendra Modibefore the last Lok Sabha elec-tions,” she asked.
Mayawati said that it washer government which hadcreated a new district in hon-our of Kabir and proposed theidea of dividing the state intofour parts to ensure overalldevelopment. “Developmentof the state’s eastern region wasnot possible without the cre-ation of a separate eastern partfor which her government hadgot a resolution passed whichis still pending with the Centre,”she added.
Akhilesh: Modi’s Maghar
visit politically motivated
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Samajwadi Party nationalpresident Akhilesh Yadav
said that it was unfortunate thatthe BJP was not averse to usingnames of saints and revered fig-ures to get political mileage.“The Prime Minister went toMaghar to influence the mindsof crores of followers of SantKabir spread across the coun-try. This was done with an aimto influence weavers’ commu-nity and Dalits. This is unfor-tunate that Sant Kabir spreadthe message of unity while theBJP and Prime Minister Modiare using the same saint todivide society on caste and reli-gious lines,” Yadav said here inThursday.
In a written statement, hesaid that Kabir had advocated
that people should not differ-entiate between mandir and
masjid. He even attacked thosewho talked about caste whichwas reflected in the coupletwhere he wrote “jaat na puch-cho saadhu ki”, said Yadav.
“The BJP does the oppo-site. It creates chasm in thesociety in the name of mandirand masjid and differentiatespeople on the caste lines,” hesaid. “But in Maghar, the PrimeMinister talked about peace,equality and social harmony,which incidentally is not in theDNA of the BJP,” he said.
The former Chief Ministereven said that the BJP wasscared of the unity of theBahujan Samaj Party andSamajwadi Party because theBJP leadership knew that in theface of the united Oppositionthe ruling party would bewiped out.
THE FORMER CHIEFMINISTER EVEN SAIDTHAT THE BJP WASSCARED OF THEUNITY OF THEBAHUJAN SAMAJPARTY ANDSAMAJWADI PARTYBECAUSE THE BJPLEADERSHIP KNEWTHAT IN THE FACE OFTHE UNITEDOPPOSITION THERULING PARTYWOULD BE WIPEDOUT
Congress will be major player in grand alliance: Babbar
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Throwing a hint thatCongress will be a major
player in the mahagathbandhan(grand alliance) in UttarPradesh, state Congress presi-dent Raj Babbar said hat theparty was ready to go to anyextent to defeat the BJP in thecoming Lok Sabha elections in
the state.“We have done it in
Karnataka and prevented theBJP from coming to power. Inthe Lok Sabha elections too, theparty can go to any extent for anOpposition unity to defeat theBJP,” he said.
Addressing a press confer-ence along with party’s nation-al spokesperson Priyanka
Chaturvedi and national mediacoordinator Rohan Gupta,Babbar said though the party’sexperiment of forging analliance with the SamajwadiParty in Assembly elections wasnot good, still the Congresswould do anything to defeat theBJP.
Though admitting that theparty high command will decide
on the mahagathbandhan in UP,Babbar said: “It is up to the partyleadership to decide on thealliance and the number ofseats to be contested.”
“In Gorakhpur and PhulpurLS bypolls, though Congresscontested but when it saw thatthe SP was in direct fight againstBJP, our candidates loweredtheir campaign for an easy run
for the Opposition candidate,”he said. However, Babbar didnot give any answer to queriesseeking his comment on the SPand BSP leadership not ready totake the Congress on board andhad hinted to give only RaeBareli and Amethi seats tothem.
Meanwhile, PriyankaChaturvedi alleged that the YogiAdityanath government in UP,on the directions of the Centre,was trying to dilute the LandAcquisition Act made by theUPA government. “Theannouncement of the UP gov-ernment to provide govern-
ment land to the industrialistsjust at circle rate shows the con-spiracy of the BJP to benefittheir industrialist friends,” shesaid. Announcing that theCongress will launch an agita-tion against such move,Chaturvedi said Narendra Modiand the BJP governments instates were working against theinterest of farmers and poor.Reacting on the NarendraModi’s comment on Oppositionat Sant Kabir Mahanirvana sthalin Maghar on Thursday, she saidPM was just trying to cover uphis failures by blaming theOpposition.
DGP suspends PPS officerLucknow (PNS): DGP OP
Singh on Thursday suspended aProvincial Police Service officerposted in Kanpur Dehat wherenine persons had died in ahooch tragedy in May last. Nine
persons had died in Rura area ofKanpur Dehat on May 20 afterconsuming spurious liquor. Thegovernment faced a lot of criti-cism for failing to curb themanufacturing of illicit liquor.
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PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
The arrival of the SouthWest monsoon in thecity brought in its magic
with the state capital witness-ing good rains. The cityreceived 37.8 mm of rains till8.30 on Thursday morning.Director, Meteorological Office,JP Gupta said that there hadbeen a good prediction interms of monsoon with therainfall expected to be around97 per cent across the country.
The rains on Wednesdaynight brought relief to thedenizens with pleasant windsblowing in the morning andskies remaining clear off andon. In the state, monsoon com-menced with the maximumrainfall at Gorakhpur onWednesday being 232.6 mm.On Thursday, the rainfallrecorded at Shahjahanpur was32.8 mm . Fursatganj record-ed 32 8 mm of rains, Sultanpur24.4 mm and Varanasi 23 mm.
The city recorded a maxi-mum temperature of 34.1degrees Celsius which was onedegree below normal and aminimum temperature of 25degrees Celsius which was nor-
mal. The forecast for Lucknowis a partly clear sky with themaximum and minimum tem-peratures likely to hoveraround 34 degrees Celsius and24 degrees Celsius respective-ly. The forecast is rain and
thundershowers at a few placesover the state. The rains whichstarted on Wednesday contin-ued throughout the night.However the following day theclouds flitted in and out as lightshowers drenched some areas
of the city. With the monsoonmania in the air the peoplehave begun planning sumptu-ous evenings of plateful pako-ras with ginger tea.
Agriculture experts statethat these rains can be extreme-
ly useful for the planting ofpaddy and for the seasonalvegetables too. “With theserains the farmers will not haveto irrigate their land and theywill also impact the kharifcrops. Early rains are also goodfor mangoes,” he said.
Health experts admittedthat the monsoon broughtrelief but it also brought itsshare of health problems.
Medical superintendent,Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,Dr ML Bhargawa said that itwas important to drink cleanwater and avoid chances ofinfection. “Fruits and vegeta-bles taken during this periodshould be thoroughly washedand then eaten. It is the timewhen in most cases infectionsoccur and one should takeprecautions. However, if thepeople are unable to manage,they should report to the hos-pital,” he added. Incidentallythe South West Monsoon isalso the time when creaturessuch as crocodiles and snakesare sighted near the pondsand lakes. DFO, Awadh, ManojSonkar said that they had res-cue teams for the incidents ifand when they occurred.
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Five persons, including threewomen, lured a minor girl
into going with them to asecluded place in Gosainganjwhere the men allegedlyattempted to rape her onWednesday afternoon. The girlsomehow managed to escapeand later shared the torridexperience with her parents,who lodged a case in this con-nection. Police nabbed four ofthe accused, including twowomen.
As per reports, the 14-year-old girl hails from a hum-ble background and she agreedfor some catering work whenthe accused persuaded herpromising good earning. Theaccused, identified as Nadeem,his wife Razia, Reshma andAfsana (all of Sarojini Nagar)and Mahesh of Malesemau vil-lage of Gosainganj told the girlthat she had to help in cookingfood at a function and serve itto guests. They took her to asecluded place near Ahimamaupower sub-station whereMahesh and Nadeem attempt-ed to rape her while the womenlooked on.
The girl said she raised analarm and managed to wriggleout of their clutches. “Theytried to pin me down when Icried for help, but I managed toscamper through,” she told herparents. A police spokesmansaid that a case for rape attemptunder section 376/511 of IPCwas registered in this connec-tion. The police also slappedsections 7/8 of POCSO Act onthe men while the womenwere booked for criminal con-spiracy. The police nabbedMahesh, Nadeem, Razia andReshma while Afsana was yetto be arrested.
“Afsana’s role in the crime
was not established duringpreliminary investigations. Thepolice are making furtherinvestigations and she willbooked for criminal conspira-cy, if found guilty,” the policespokesman said. He added thatthe girl was sent for medicaltest, reports of which wereawaited.
Meanwhile, sources in thepolice department claimed thatthe group of people arrested inthe case worked for a ganginvolved in human trafficking.“On finding the girl needy, theaccused first befriended herfamily and later offered her thejob,” the sources said.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Asub-inspector of LocalIntelligence Unit (LIU)
posted at Ghazipur police sta-tion of Lucknow and copsdeployed for security ofSecretariat indulged in a brawlafter the former attempted toenter the premises without avalid pass on Thursday after-noon.
Secretariat securityincharge inspector ShivBahadur Singh has lodged acomplaint, accusing the sub-inspector of stopping a gov-ernment official discharginghis duty and using abusivelanguage. Reports said theLIU sub-inspector, identifiedas Virendra Singh, tried toenter Secretariat from gatenumber 1 and indulged in averbal spat with the securitypersonnel when they askedhim to show the entry pass.
As the spat continued, thesub-inspector created a scenethere for hours. On beinginformed, a police team fromHazratganj and Secretariatsecurity incharge Shiv
Bahadur Singh reached thescene. When Singh tried topacify the sub-inspector, heallegedly shouted at him. Hewas later overpowered andhanded over to the police.
A police spokesman saidthat a case had been registeredagainst him and sub-inspectorSubhash Kumar assigned theprobe. He said the LIU cophad tried to sneak intoSecretariat from gate number2 on Wednesday but wasstopped. “He reachedSecretariat gate around 12:15pm on Thursday again andtried to enter the premises.When stopped, he indulged ina brawl with the security per-sonnel,” the spokesman added.
However, the LIU sub-inspector alleged that he wasmanhandled even though heintroduced himself and laterpinned down. He said he hadsome personal work for whichhe had to visit Secretariat. Thepolice spokesman said thatsecurity had been beef up inthe wake of threat to the ministers.
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Having failed to get justicefrom the Barabanki police,
a visually-impaired man andhis wife attempted to immolatethemselves outside LokBhawan in Hazratganj onThursday afternoon. However,cops present there overpoweredthe man and the couple weretaken to Hazratganj Kotwali.
As per reports, Asharam ofHitpura village (Barabanki)and his wife Arti reached nearLok Bhawan gate around 1:30pm and drenched themselvesin kerosene. Before they couldlight the fire, the cops swunginto action and overpoweredthe couple. Talking to media-persons, Asharam said his rivalRajaram destroyed his crop byletting loose cattle in his fieldsome days back. He said he andhis wife kept approaching thepolice in Barabanki, but to noavail. “My rival has a good rap-port with the low-rung cops inBarabanki and they hinderedhearing of my case. As we wereleft with no option, we decid-ed to immolate ourself outsideLok Bhawan,” he said.
A police spokesman said
the Lucknow police passed onthe information to theBarabanki police about theincident. He said senior policeofficials had also beeninformed. Sources said the
Lucknow police were underpressure due to spurt in suchincidents. “The senior copsare mulling to draft a foolproofscheme to deter such protest-ers,” they said.
Couple attempt immolationoutside Lok Bhawan
Police trying to overpower the couple from Barabanki to foil their self-immolationattempt out Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Thursday Pioneer
14-year-old girl manages to
escape rape bid; 4 arrested
The accused took
her to a secluded
place near
Ahimamau power
sub-station where
Mahesh and
Nadeem attempted
to rape her while
the women with
them looked on
Arrival of monsoon spells magic
LIU sub-inspector
held for Secretariat
security breach
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
The Lucknow Universitydeclared the result of post-
graduate courses (MBA, BPEdand MPEd) on Thursday.Admission coordinator,Lucknow University, AnilMishra said that the coun-selling for PG courses wouldbegin from July 4 and that forMBA programmes would beheld from July 7 to 10. He saidthat the candidates wererequired to go through thecounselling procedure.
“The cut-offs will bedeclared on the basis of openrank for open seats while forOBC, SC and ST candidates,the cut-offs will be declared onthe basis of their categoryrank,” he said. He added thatparents and guardians wererequested not to try to enterthe premises during the coun-selling. “A list regarding infor-mation about the reportingvenue (phase 1) and feedeposit venue (phase 2) will bereleased separately. Candidateshave to first report at thereporting venue and aftercompleting all the formalitiesof phase 1, they have to go tothe designated venue for phase2 of the counselling. Both
phases have to be completedon the same day,” Mishraexplained. The admissioncoordinator said that theadmission fee had to bedeposited on the day of coun-selling only. “The university isadopting a totally cashlessadmission process throughdebit/credit cards. Please makesure you have a valid debit orcredit card for fee payment.Admission fees can be paidusing multiple cards,” he said.
“The university has adopt-ed an on-campus online coun-selling and the candidates willbe required to report for coun-
selling in the departmentwhere the course is being runon the designated date andtime slot only. The candidatesreporting late for any reasonwill not be considered forcounselling during that ses-sion. However, they may beconsidered in the subsequentsession, if seats are available.Since seats will be allotted onthe basis of rank of candidateswho have reported for coun-selling within the stipulatedtime, the candidates reportinglate will have no claim if seatsof higher choice are filled up,”he added.
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The Central Institute ofSubtropical Horticulture
(CISH) is encouraging peopleto plant fruit saplings thisplanting season. CISH directorShailendra Rajan said that therewas always a great demand forsaplings and grafts from thegeneral public and farmersfrom the institute. He said thatthere were several advantagesof planting fruit-bearing trees.
“With these trees, peoplealso get fruits. This makes thetree plantation more sustain-able. Enthusiasts are interestedin planting new varieties oftrees for their own satisfactionand we help in providinggrafts of mango, guava, bael,aonla and jamun varieties tothe farmers, kitchen-gardenlovers and professionalsinvolved in the propagation ofthese plants. Due to thedemand for grafts in largenumbers, we provide plants onfirst-come-first-serve basis,” hesaid. He added that in therecent past, with the growingimportance of fruit crops, thedemand for quality plantingmaterial had increased mani-fold throughout the country.
“However, the greatest bot-tleneck in the expansion of areaunder fruits is the non-avail-ability of genuine and qualityplanting material in adequatequantity from reliable govern-ment nurseries. More oftenthan not, the farmers have toget the fruit plants from unre-liable sources and this practiceis causing great harm to thefruit industry of the country.Fruit growers, with adequatemeans and resources, can eas-ily establish their own hi-tech
fruit nursery with certificationfrom a recognised governmentagency.” He said that graft pro-duction of newer varieties offruit crops was becoming alucrative venture for the ruralyouths. “New nurseries arecoming up at a very high rate.However, the need for qualityplanting material can only befulfilled or assured if certainprecautions are observed whileproducing planting material.Production of high-qualityplanting material at the com-munity level is helpful inincreasing the farmers’ incomeby ensuring a good yield fromthe orchard as well as generat-ing profits from the nurseryalong with employment gener-ation for the village youths dur-ing the lean season when thecrop does not require muchmanual labour in the field,” hesaid. Rajan said that wedgegrafting, a technique for rapidmultiplication, had been per-fected at CISH. “This techniquehas a tremendous potential formultiplying guava plants rapid-ly throughout the year, both ingreenhouse and under openconditions. The techniqueinvolves growing of seedlings inpolyethylene bags, grafting,capping and hardening ofgrafts. With the standardisa-
tion of the wedge graftingtechnique, important subtrop-ical fruits are propagated by thismethod and other types ofgrafting like veneer graftingand patch budding is also rec-ommended in these crops,” hesaid.
He said that the raising ofrootstocks for grafting hadalso become an attractive occu-pation being adopted by manysmall farmers as they don’t havemuch land to cultivate othercrops and they grow root-stocks and supply them to thenurserymen for livelihood. TheDirector said that the Institutehad played an important role inthe establishment of nurseriesin different parts of the coun-try, not only by supplyingmother plants as core plantingmaterial to hundreds of thembut also the necessary tech-nique. “The nursery at theInstitute is a source of inspira-tion for many youngsters andfarmers who started their busi-ness after seeing production ofhigh-quality planting material.More than a 1,000 people havetaken advice and training forstarting their business. At theInstitute several hundreds havecompleted the agriculture skilldevelopment programme innursery management,” he said.
People being encouragedto plant fruit-bearing trees
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Integral University is offeringan opportunity to tech
enthusiasts to know all aboutdrones with its month-long‘Drone and UAVs industrialtraining and internship pro-gramme’ which started on June18 and will continue till July 14.
“Enthusiasts from acrossthe country have assembled inthe university hostels and near-by hotels to make the best useof this opportunity and learnthe working, making and flyingof these machines. Team TechEagle, which has the best man-ufacturing and training solu-tions towards improving theaerospace competence and spe-cialises in developingdrones/UAVs, are conductingthis training session. The pro-gramme has a vision to createan eco-system of trained pro-fessionals for the drone indus-try” an Integral Universityspokesperson said.
The first week of the train-ing included designing andfabrication of drones. The par-ticipants were thrilled at theirself-manufactured UAVs andare looking forward to an excit-ing future in this technology.The drone industry opens awide spectrum of opportunitiesfor the engineering students.
“Drones are the future,from archaeology to farming,there are reports on the usefuland interesting ways dronescan be used around the worldand youths today look forwardto machines that they can con-trol and make use of. Trainingand expertise in drones andUAVs is an exciting venturethat Integral University want-ed to offer to students from all
over India”, director of Planningand Research, IntegralUniversity, Syed NadeemAkhtar said. He added thatthere was something to learnand excel for all in the droneindustry.
“For example a mechanicalengineering student can learnall about designing and man-ufacturing of UAV airframes,structure analysis, simulationon softwares like ANSYS, xflretc. A computer science studentcan opt for coding the commu-nications network or advanceautomation algorithm develop-ment. The changes and devel-opments throughout the droneindustry in the last few yearshave been incredible. However,many people still may associ-ate them with expensive mili-tary aircraft or small consumertoys. The engineering and ITstudents at Integral Universitydecided to learn the art of mak-ing and handling these flyingmachines, gain expertise andbring forth the positive side ofthe technology which is beingembraced and tried by govern-ments, big businesses, surveil-lance teams and photographersand many more,” he added.
Counselling for PG coursesto commence from July 4
Tech enthusiasts’
tryst with UAVs
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Actor-dancer ShantanuMaheshwari said he always
wanted to explore Lucknow ashe had heard a lot about its cui-sine. Shantanu was in the statecapital on Wednesday for pro-motion his upcoming show. Ina chat with The Pioneer, saidthat he had heard a lot about thewonderful cuisine of the city
“The city is really clean andgreen, and I’m in love with itsculture, people and cuisine. Ibelieve if there is a food paradiseon Earth, it is right here inLucknow. If time allows, I hopeto gorge on some delicacies andbuy a chikan saree for my moth-er,” he said. About his show‘India’s Sabse Bada Dramebazz’,he said it gave a chance to thenew lot of promising child actorsto polish their skills and emergeas the superstars of tomorrow.“The show enables the childrento pursue their passion for act-
IISR VISITSecretary, department of Agriculture, Cooperation and
Farmers Welfare, SK Pattanayak visited ICAR- Indian Instituteof Sugarcane Research on Thursday and chaired an interactivemeeting on sugarcane and sugar production in India with itsstrengths and challenges. Pattanayak reviewed the present sta-tus and constraints of sugarcane and sugar industry in UP andexpressed his satisfaction over record production of sugar in thestate. He said the government was planning to allow sugar indus-try to export sugar to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for the speci-fied period with minimum quota of export. Pattanayak advisedthe Cane department for early settlement of long-pending arrearsto the farmers. He appreciated the R&D efforts of the Institutein making Uttar Pradesh the largest sugar-producing state in thecountry. He envisaged the increasing importance of jaggery andbioethenol in the field of human wellness and to meet future ener-gy requirements, respectively. Representatives from CaneDevelopment and Sugar Industry department and Directorateof Sugarcane Development were also present along with headsof the divisions and scientists of IISR.
PLANTATION IN 41 VILLAGES ON JULY 2The plantation drive in 41 villages on the banks of Gomti
river will be held on July 2. This is an initiative of the districtadministration to conserve the river. According to chief devel-opment officer Manish Bansal, they will be planting ‘panchampallav’ saplings, which include five species which help in waterconservation — peepal, pakad, jamun, gular and mango. Initialpreparations had been completed and a meeting would be heldon Friday during which gram pradhans would be motivated totake up the responsibility of taking care of the saplings, he said.
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The Mohaan road farmershave demanded more com-
pensation from the LucknowDevelopment Authority (LDA)for land acquisition and said itshould be based on the prevail-ing market value than theDistrict Magistrate (DM) circle rates.
Khushiganj village’s RamOnkar, whose land is supposedto be acquired by LDA, toldthis reporter that compensationbased on market value wouldbe around Rs 60 lakh per bighabut the compensation which
the LDA was giving was calcu-lated on the DM circle ratewhich would be around Rs 25-30 lakh per bigha.
He said the farmers wouldopt for the current marketvalue and hit the street if theywere denied the same.
With this imbroglio, theprestigious multi-purpose pro-ject of the LDA, which has beenplanned on Mohaan road, is infor further delay to be be fur-ther delayed. The project wassupposed to be launched fouryears ago. A delegation offarmers met LDA Vice-Chairman PN Singh and also
submitted a memorandum ofdemands. They also submitteda memorandum to the DistrictMagistrate in this regard.
The LDA Vice-Chairmanassured the delegation that hewould forward their demandsto Housing department forappropriate action. More than65 per cent of the farmers aresaid to have accepted the com-pensation based on DM circlerates.
Meanwhile, Singh hasissued directives to KanshiramEco Park incharge AP Singh tocomplete by September theworks related to basic needs of
those who will be reachingthere for protests and demon-strations. The park has beenmade the venue for big demon-strations so that people in gen-eral are not inconvenienced.
LDA has been assigned todesign three entry and exitpoints, four emergency existpoints and six watch towersfrom where the security forceswill keep an eye on the move-ment of the protesters. Besides,25 CCTV cameras will beinstalled there. The LDAadministration has been askedto make drinking water avail-able at the protest venue.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
The Lucknow DevelopmentAuthority will refurbish
the unsold residential and com-mercial projects in a bid toattract buyers. A share of themoney fetched from Shane-e-Awadh sale deed will be usedfor this purpose.
The projects lying unsoldfor over 15 years need repair tobe given a spruced-up look.The LDA administration madeseveral attempts to sell offthese projects but all bids failedto evince any response frompeople. LDA Vice-ChairmanPN Singh said they hadrequested the state govern-ment to lower the prices ofproperties and suggested that itbe calculated on the basis ofthen market value.
The LucknowDevelopment Authority is saidto be richer by Rs 485 crore lastweek as the amount wasfetched from the prestigious
Shane-e-Awadh project, whichwas sold to a Mumbai-basedreal estate company. Theaccounts department con-firmed that the real estate com-pany had deposited Rs 450crore for buying the project andRs 35 crore to make the landfree-hold. Even if five per centof this amount is given for therepair work, it will be sufficient.
People may opt to for theseproperties after the repair work.The Lucknow DevelopmentAuthority administration isalso concerned over land-grab-bing in cahoots with class IVemployees deployed as caretak-ers. Over a dozen cases havebeen reported to the LDAVice-Chairman of late but noaction has been taken as yet.
The private partners areexpected to be invited for thismajor task on the conditionthat they have to complete thejob in a time-bound mannerand the payment will be madeafter review of the work.
UP to lodgecomplaint with DGCAPIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment is likely to lodge a
complaint with DGCA againstthe private company whichpurchased the government air-craft but did not remove thelogo creating confusion thatone of the planes from the fleetof the government aircraftcrashed in Mumbai onThursday.
The plane King Air C90carrying four persons crashedin the populated area ofGhatkopar. In all, five per-sons, including one pedestrian,were killed in the crash.
Initially, it was believedthat the aircraft which belongedto the government’s fleet hadcrashed because one of itswings carried the logo of UPgovernment with its officialemblem. “The plane thatcrashed near Mumbai did notbelong to UP. It was sold out toSilver Jubilee Company of Punein 2014. It is not in control ofthe UP government anymore,”a government official said. Hesaid that the matter of concernwas that the private companydid not remove the UP govern-ment logo. This is misuse of thegovernment property and theUP government will lodge acomplaint with DGCA regard-ing that, he added.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
Disappointed over failurein MA final year, a girl
jumped into the Gomti river atSamta Mulak crossing in GomtiNagar on Thursday morning.As the passersby raised analarm, the boatmen swunginto action and the girl was res-cued. She was admitted toRam Manohar Lohia Hospital.
A police spokesman saidthat the girl, identified as PriyaTiwari (20) of Jiamau localityin Gautampalli, reached SamtaMulak crossing around 11:30am. “After standing near therailing for some moment, shejumped into the river,” an eye-witness told the police. In herstatement to the police, the girlsaid she was upset after shefailed in the exam and lost hopeof achieving anything in life.The spokesman said the girlwas a native of Rae Bareli.
SEVERED FOOT FOUNDThe Wazirganj police
recovered a chopped foot fromthe road outside the LariCardiology on Thursday. Thepolice spokesman said thesame had been sent to themorgue and the police wereinvestigating the case.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
It is a talent hunt for theCongress as its leaders now
need to give tests and inter-views before they are nominat-ed for the posts of UP Congressspokesman or penalists for TVchannels.
Around 70 leaders, seniorand young, appeared in thewritten exams of one hour andlater appeared for the interviewbefore party’s nationalspokesperson PriyankaChaturvedi and national mediacoordinator Rohan Gupta.However, in the written exams,there was free for all and lead-ers adopted to mass cheatingeven using Google ‘baba’ to getthe right answer.
The written question papercontained 14 questions, allcompulsory and to be complet-ed in one hour. The questionswere related to geography andpolitics. It also asked how theywould reply to any politicalevent questioned by the media.
Later, during the inter-view, the aspirants were askedthe political scenario of thestate and how they woulddefend the party. Recently, UPCongress president Raj Babbarhad dissolved the media com-mittee and the examinationprocess had created panicamong the leaders, who wereoccupying the spokespersons’post during the past severalyears.
There are around 12 postsfor the spokesperson and a sim-ilar number of media pan-elists with 50 per cent to begiven to the young and newone. Caste will also play animportant role in the selection.
Priyanka Chaturvedi saidthat such examination tochoose the spokespersons andpanelists had already been heldin Karnataka and three otherstates. “We just want that ourspokesperson are efficientenough to speak before themedia and it is nothing such abig issue,” she said.
CMS DELEGATION WINS APPLAUSEThe 64-member delegation of City Montessori school that
went to the United Nations Headquarters is winning applauseand admiration from the world community for its outstandingdisplay of yoga on International Day of Yoga. Representatives ofvarious countries present at the venue witnessed the display andshowered praise on the students.
Lucknow (PNS): NineBorder Security Force (BSF)jawans, who were on their wayfrom West Bengal to Jammuand Kashmir by a special train,went missing under mysteriouscircumstances on Wednesdaynight sending security agenciesand the UP police in a tizzy.Their platoon commanderSukhveer had lodged a com-plaint with the railway police in
this connection. Initial reportsaid the jawans were foundmissing between Bardhmanand Dhanbad railway stations.After head counting, the pla-toon commander filed a com-plaint in this connection whenthe train reached Mughalsarairailway station on Wednesdaynight.
Mughalsarai GovernmentRailway Police (GRP) sub-
inspector Rajesh Kumar saidthe commander had com-plained that nine jawans werenot found on their respectiveseats during the journey.Giving details, he said as manyas 83 Border Security Forcejawans were travelling by thetrain to Jammu and Kashmirand during counting nearMughalsarai and it was foundthat nine of them were missing
during counting.The GRP official said he
had a talk with platoon com-mander in the morning on theissue. Sukhveer had not raisedany apprehension as yet. Itseemed that the jawans gotdown from the train to pur-chase something and later theymissed their train. It is also pos-sible that they bunked to reachtheir homes,” he opined.
ing in order to build anextraordinary future in theworld of entertainment,” headded. “I do understand thatit is difficult to handle kidsbut I love children and thereis an entire team to help mehandle their varying moods,”Shantanu pointed out. Askedwhether he felt that it wasgood to have kids as a part ofthe reality show, he said itdepended on the attitude ofparents.He said he agreed tohost the show because he felthe could play himself and benatural. “This time around,it’s not only the contestantsthat will take the audience bystorm but also the spectacu-lar panel of mentors and tal-ented hosts who will provideentertainment extraordi-naire,” he said.
Guiding, grooming andmentoring the young actingprodigies through their jour-ney and teaching themnuances of acting will beindustry experts, includingSonali Bendre and VivekOberoi. Film directorOmung Kumar will be mak-ing his debut as a mentor onthe show. “The platformserves as a helping hand inmoulding the future of chil-dren as it boosts their con-fidence to face the cameraand world. I am lookingforward to this season’s jour-ney. We’re all eagerly waitingfor the show to hit the TVscreens on June 30,”Shantanu signed off.
‘Always wantedto explore Lko’
SCHOOLSCAN
CITYBRIEFS
Girl jumps into
Gomti over
failure in
exam, rescued
Nine BSF jawans mysteriously go missing
Dr Nafees Ahmad Farooqi from JN Medical College, AMU, and KGMU Vice-Chancellor Dr MLB Bhatt at the Foundation Day programme of KGMU’s Anatomy departmenton Thursday Pioneer
Cong holds talenthunt examination
Children performing for ‘The Dancing Rising Star’ at SNA on Thursday Pioneer
Farmers for compensation on current mkt rates
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD
Efforts are on to provideservices of Ola and Uber at
major railway stations of theNorth Central Railway (NCR)for the convenience of the pas-sengers and discussions withthe service providers are almostin their final phase, generalmanager MC Chauhan saidwhile addressing a conferenceof senior divisional commercialmanagers and senior division-al operations managers of thezone. Present at the meetingwere all PHODs/CHODs alongwith senior DCMs and seniorDOMs of the three divisions ofNCR — Allahabad, Jhansi andAgra. Punctuality, cleanliness,catering and freight loadingwere the main issues discussedat the meeting. The generalmanager laid stress on theissue of punctuality and saidthat the NCR had done well to
improve it by 13.1 per cent inthe last financial year. Furtherimprovement in punctualitycould be achieved through amulti-pronged approach con-sisting of enhanced operationalmonitoring, reduction in assetfailures and reduction inresponse time for attendingfailures. He said that punctual-ity should be monitored andthe trains originating from thezone should start at the righttime from the stations. He alsoemphasised on prioritising thelast mile connectivity infra-structural works so that thebenefits accruing out of themwere visible to the public soon.
The GM discussed the pol-icy of designating train captainswhich was being implementedin the NCR. He said that thisfacility would provide a singlewindow for redressing thegrievances of the passengers onboard.
Efforts on to provide
cab services at
major NCR rly stns
Unsold properties
to be refurbished
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PNS n NEW DELHI
The CBI has filed achargesheet against two
former chairman-cum-man-aging directors of the CanaraBank in connection with thealleged loan default of `146crore by Jatin Mehta ofWinsome Diamonds and hasalso sought a Red CornerNotice (RCN) against the bil-lionaire jeweller.
Mehta is absconding andbelieved to have got St Kittspassport, sources said. Theagency has filed thechargesheet against 21 accusedwhich includes Mehta, hiscompany, his wife besides 15public servants, CBISpokesperson Abhishek Dayalsaid.
The public servants chargesheeted by the agency includesformer CMDs AvinashChander Mahajan and SunderRajan Raman. Former execu-tive director of the bank,Archana Bhargava, has alsobeen named by the agency inits chargesheet filed in SpecialCBI court, Mumbai, he said.
The agency has alleged thecompany purchased gold fromthree bullion banks abroad —
The Bank of Nova Scotia,Standard Bank and StandardChartered Bank — on the basisof guarantees from the Indianbank. Later, this gold wasprocessed and sent to 13 buy-ers in the UAE, the CBI stated.
The company also failed tomake the payment for the goldimported on the strength ofguarantees, the agency said.
“In this regard, the com-pany has taken plea that exportproceeds have not beenreceived from foreign buyers(which) resulted in invokingthe SBLCs (guarantees) by bul-lion banks that cost wrongfulloss of ̀ 146.35 crore to CanaraBank.
PNS n NEW DELHI
The Election Commission(EC) has asked Facebook to
examine blocking of politicaladvertisement 48-hours beforeelections in the country. Thesocial media giant has notresponded to the request as yet,but is examining.
At a June 4 meeting of thecommittee constituted by theECI to study provisions ofSection 126 of theRepresentation of the PeopleAct, 1951, a Facebook repre-sentative agreed to examineproviding a window or buttonon the Facebook page for flag-ging complaints about violationof election laws.
The representative alsoagreed to examine if the num-ber of Facebook reviewersattending to complaints againstcontents posted by users can beincreased from current 7,500persons. The number, he said,could be augmented duringelection period if the needarises.
Section 126 of the
Representation of the Peopleprohibits displaying any elec-tion matter by means, inter alia,of television or similar appa-ratus, during the period of 48-hours before the hour fixed forconclusion of poll in a con-stituency.
The official of social mediagiant at the meeting statedthat complaints can be lodgedagainst the ‘contents’ on theFacebook and these arereviewed as per the globalcommunity standards. “If con-tents are found to be violatingthe community standards, they
will be taken off,” he stated,according to the minutes of themeeting.
Action would be prompt-ly taken if a complaint wasmade by the Commission or itsmachinery about violation ofany provision of the law inregard to “contents onFacebook”. “In such cases,action will be with regard toviolation of the law and notmerely based on the globalcommunity standards. There isa policy of taking special careduring elections,” he told themeeting.
In the case of proved vio-lations, the Facebook informsthe users concerned and con-tents are removed. The cases ofremoval of contents are alsoposted on the transparencypage of Facebook. “Maintaininga safe community for people toconnect and share on Facebookis absolutely critical to us. Inour recent meeting with the EC, we explained that we reviewcontent flagged to us on basisof our global ‘CommunityStandards’ and remove it fromour platform if found in viola-tion of our policies.
“Additionally, we also reit-erated that we remove content
which is in violation of any pro-vision of the law in the coun-try,” a Facebook Indiaspokesperson said.
At the meeting, the officialwas “requested to consider thepossibility of blocking postingof election advertisements dur-ing the period of last 48- hoursand to collect details about theexpenditure part of the adver-tisements for elections,” accord-ing to the minutes.
Committee Chairman andSr Deputy ElectionCommissioner Umesh Sinhasaid the aim was to prevent vio-lations so as to ensure free andfair elections and askedFacebook to share the code ofethics/guidelines for contentsand consider some mecha-nism to forewarn the usersagainst violation of electionlaws during elections.
Besides ECI officials, thepanel includes representativesof News BroadcastersAssociation (NBA), PressCouncil of India, and Ministryof Electronics and InformationTechnology.
PNS n NEW DELHI
The Congress on Thursdaycame out all guns blazing
against the Modi Governmentand said that it is trying to polit-ically exploit the surgical strikesby the Army against terrorlaunch pads in Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir (PoK) in 2016.
The party reacted aftersome TV channels telecast avideo of the surgical strikes onWednesday night. TheCongress alleged that the sur-gical strikes were “shamelesslypoliticised” by the BJP for theMarch 2017 Uttar PradeshAssembly elections.
Addressing a press chiefspokesman Randeep Surjewalacharged that while on the onehand the Modi Government isseeking credit for the sacrificeand valour of the armed forces,on the other it has failed to pro-vide direction and vision todeal with Pakistan. He alsoaccused the Government ofmeting out “step-motherlytreatment” to the armed forcesby not providing them withstate-of-the-art equipment andslashing their budgetary allo-cation.
“Let the ruling dispensa-tion remember that the bloodand sacrifice of our brave sol-diers cannot become a politi-cal vote garnering tool for theModi Government and theBJP. On the one hand, theModi Government/BJP indulgein seeking credit for the sacri-fice of our soldiers and surgi-cal strikes, yet the Governmenthas utterly failed to provide thedirection, the vision and thepolicy for dealing with Pakistanand checkmating Pak-spon-
sored terrorism,” he charged. Surjewala said the “apathy”
and “incapacity” of the ModiGovernment has resulted in thesacrifice of 146 soldiers, morethan 1,600 ceasefire violationsby Pakistan and 79 terroristattacks post September 2016.
“The doublespeak of theModi Government and theBJP stands is reflected in thestep motherly treatment of ourarmed forces, both in terms ofproviding for security appara-tus as also in slashing the bud-getary allocation. Vice Chief ofArmy Staff Lt Gen. SarathChand, was forced to publiclystate that 68 per cent of allequipment is vintage,” he said.
Hailing the indomitablecourage, fortitude and spirit ofsacrifice of the armed forces, hesaid the Congress has unequiv-ocally supported them and theGovernment in conductingsurgical strikes against terror-ists in Pakistan and for takingall steps for demolishing theterror infrastructure againstthe country.
“As the Modi Governmentseeks to politicise the braveryof our soldiers and their deter-mination in conducting thesurgical strikes through ‘head-line management’, the Nationdemands answers.
“Is the Modi Governmentendangering our ‘security infra-structure’? Is the ModiGovernment guilty of puttingthe life of our soldiers in dan-ger? Is the Modi Governmentusing our ‘soldiers’ as ‘politicalfodder’ — using their sacrificefor vote garnering?,” he asked.
Surjewala also askedwhether former PrimeMinisters Atal Bihari Vajpayeeand Manmohan Singh werewrong when they used surgicalstrikes for strategic and secu-rity purposes without any chestthumping. By making publicthe videos of the strikes, has theGovernment not somehowendangered lives of armedforces participating in them asalso civilians living along theLine of Control (LoC), heasked.
Modi Govt politicising
surgical strikes: Cong
PNS n NEW DELHI
The BJP on Thursdaydescribed Congress as a
“fringe party” which is ques-tioning “surgical strikes” car-ried out against Pakistan in2016 across the border anddoubting the commitment andcourage of the forces.
Addressing a Press confer-ence, senior BJP leader andUnion Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad asked theCongress whether it doubtedthe authenticity of the video onsurgical strikes being shown inthe media and should tellwhether the strikes were aright step or not.
Prasad rejected theCongress’ allegation that theModi Government is politicis-ing the surgical strikes, sayingif the BJP wanted to drawpolitical mileage then a videopurportedly showing theArmy’s operation in PoK wouldhave been released during thepolls in States like UttarPradesh, Gujarat or Karnataka.
“Where are the electionsnow ?”, he asked. Prasad saidthe Army officers connectedwith the surgical strikes haveconfirmed the video’s authen-ticity. Attacking Congress lead-ers for making Pakistan andterrorists there happy by mak-ing comments against Armyand Army chief, the BJP leadersaid while one Congress leaderGulam Nabi Azad has goneinto a silent mode after sayingthat Army killing more civiliansthan terrorists anotherCongress leader Saif UddinSoz started making commentsinimical to the interests ofnational integrity. Soz, in his
recently released book, hasreportedly called for the inde-pendence of Kashmir.
The Congress has becomeso desperate with its repeatedlosses in elections that it hasbeen repeatedly questioningthe commitment and courageof our armed forces, Prasadclaimed.
“It is boosting the moraleof terrorists. To what extent theCongress will stoop for votes,”he said. “It is clear from itsrepeated comments that theCongress is no longer a main-stream party but a fringe play-er, a fringe party in the nation-al politics,” Prasad said.
The Minister condemnedCongress comparing a globalleader like Prime MinisterNarendra Modi with anoppressive Mughal emperorAurangzeb, calling it a new lowin Congress politics and areflection on a “desperate anddefeated Congress.”
Senior BJP leader ArunJaitley had last week comparedformer Prime Minister IndiraGandhi with German dictatorAdolf Hitler.
Law Minister slams
Cong for doubting
courage of forces
PNS n NEW DELHI
The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has filed
a chargesheet against GitanjaliGroup and its owner MehulChoksi in a money launderingcase related to Punjab NationalBank scam. The total proceedsof crime in this case is ̀ 6097.63crore.
ED filed prosecution com-plaint equivalent chargesheetbefore the Special Court inMumbai. Mehul Choksi and 13other entities, including eightindividuals and five companies,have been charged underPrevention of MoneyLaundering Act.
The agency had filed amoney laundering case againstChoksi and other on February16 on the basis of FIR regis-tered by Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI). It wasalleged that Choksi and otherhad committed cheating inconnivance with certain bankofficials by fraudulently gettingthe Letters of Undertaking(LoUs) and Foreign Letters ofCredit (FLCs) issued withoutfollowing prescribed proce-dure and caused a wrongfulloss to the bank.
In this case, three compa-nies of Choksi — GitanjaliGems Ltd, Gili India Ltd andNakshatra Brand Ltd — gotfraudulently issued LoUs to thetune of `3,011.39 crore andfraudulently got the credit lim-its of FLCs enhanced to thetune of ̀ 3,086.24 crore makingthat total proceeds of crime`6,097.63 crore.
During the investigation, itis revealed that funds of LoUsobtained fraudulently weresiphoned off through their
alleged overseas suppliersnamely 4C’s DiamondsDistributors Hong Kong,Shanyang Gong SI LimitedHong Kong, Asian Diamondsand Jewellery FZE, UnitedArab Emirates, GitanjaliVentures DMCC, United ArabEmirates and Abbeycrest(Thailand) Limited, Thailand.
On receipts of FLC appli-cation, bank paid enhancedfunds to overseas companies4C’s Diamond Distributors andCrown Aim Limited (bothlocated in Hong Kong) whichare actually controlled byChoksi.
In addition, there are sev-eral other dummy companiescontrolled by Choksi in Dubaiand Hong Kong which wereused for layering and rotationof such funds. These compa-nies are having directors, whowere mere employees anddummies and ultimate decisionmaking always remained withChoksi. Most of these compa-nies had no genuine businessand were only paper companiesused for rotation of funds.Proceeds of crime was alsoremitted to Gitanjali GroupCompanies in India in guise ofExport-Import transactions.
It has also been found thatthough the goods being export-ed from India were of abysmal-ly low quality but the value washighly inflated. The valuationof the export and import goodswas used to be decided byChoksi. It has come on recordthat the diamond studded jew-elry in semi finished form andof very poor quality wereexported from India to theoverseas dummy firms. Thesewere then dismantled bydummy entities and diamondsand precious stones wereremoved. The gold and silver soobtained, after removing thediamonds was melted at thelocal melting unit and con-verted into bullion. The bullionso obtained and the diamondand precious stones wereexported as raw material toIndia, completing the cycle.
“Books of Gitanjali Groupwere also manipulated by usingthird party remittance systemand fabricated debtors wereused to be created in order toenhance the drawing power forcontinuation and enhancementof credit limits,” the chargesheetstated. During probe it has alsocome into light that funds werealso diverted from Dubai toseveral overseas subsidiary ofGitanjali Group in guise of loanrepayment, loan and advances.
Choksi indirectly used thefraudulently availed funds fromLoUs and FLCs to invest in hiscompanies in India throughindividuals/companies and inone case he transferred thefunds from Eternity JewelsFZE, a shell company of Choksito Rakesh Gajera in guise ofloan. These funds were laterused to purchase the equity ofGitanjali Gems Ltd.
ED files chargesheet againstMehul Choksi, 13 others
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK SCAM
PNS n NEW DELHI
The National BuildingConstruction Company
(NBCC) has sold nearly 28,000sq ft office space at Okhla in thenational Capital to BalmerLawrie & Co for `83 crore.
The office is part of thestrategically located ‘NBCCCentre’, a CommercialComplex developed by thecompany that offers world classamenities, makes it one of itskind office building in thevicinity.
The construction of thebuilding was completed.
“The profit margin avail-able to NBCC against the saiddeal will be approximately `55crore” NBCC said.
NBCC Centre comprises
three basements and groundplus 8 storeys having a totalsaleable area of approximately2,36,251 sq ft. With this sale,approximately 75 per cent ofthe commercial space at NBCCCentre stands sold.
Some of the leading com-panies which have taken upoffice space in the centre are OilIndia Ltd., Bharat DynamicsLtd., Council of Architecture,National Insurance, New IndiaAssurance and OrientalInsurance Company Ltd.
NBCC’s present areas ofoperations are categorised intothree main segments — projectmanagement consultancy(PMC), real estate and EPCcontracting. The current orderbook outstanding of the com-pany stands at `80,000 crore. PNS n NEW DELHI
Union Home Ministry hasinstituted new medals in
the special operations catego-ry for meritorious officers inpolice, security and intelli-gence services.
The medals are meant forspecial operations, Intelligencecategory and will be awardedon Independence Day andRepublic Day annually.
“Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh has approved
the institution of “HomeMinister’s Special OperationMedal”. Police Officers of States& Union Territories, CentralPolice Organisations (CPOs),Central Armed Police Forces(CAPFs) and SecurityOrganisation involved inSpecial Operations will be eli-gible,” said the MHA state-ment.
“The Union HomeMinister has also institutedthree more Medals, — theAntarik Suraksha Medal,
Asadharan Aashuchan Padak,and Utkrisht & Ati-UtkrishtSeva Medal.
The Medals will be award-ed annually; while the HM’sSpecial Operation Medal andAsadharan Aashuchan Padakwill be awarded on 15th Augustcoinciding with theIndependence Day, the AntarikSuraksha Medal and Utkrisht &Ati-Utkrisht Seva Medal will beannounced on 26th January tomark the Republic Day.
The Asadharan Aashuchan
Padak will be given to officialsof Intelligence organization ofCentral and StateGovernments, Assam Rifflesand NSG.
The Antarik SurakshaMedal will be bestowed uponPolice personnel of States andcentral police forces engaged inthe operation duty rendered bythem for a tenure of every twoyears in Internal Security inJammu & Kashmir State,Maoist affected areas NorthEastern States.
NBCC sells 28K sq ftoffice space to BalmerLawrie & Co for `83 cr
CBI chargesheetstwo former CMDsof Canara Bank
WINSOME DIAMONDS FRAUD CASE
Rajnath approves ‘Home Minister'sSpecial Operation Medal' for police
PTI n NEW DELHI
The Law Ministry hasapproached the Cabinet
Secretary for creation of an‘integrated legal division’ in allCentral Ministries to ensurethat legal advice on complexissues is not delayed and courtsare only approached as a lastresort and cases with leanchances of winning are not pur-sued.
After a push by the PrimeMinister’s Office and theCabinet Secretariat, LawSecretary Suresh Chandrawrote to the Cabinet Secretaryon Wednesday seeking cre-ation of integrated legal divi-sion on the lines of integratedfinancial division which is
already in place. “I have writ-ten to the Cabinet Secretaryyesterday. The draft proposal isfor creating ILD on the lines ofIFD in all ministries,” Chandratold a coordination committeemeeting of over 60 nodal offi-cers representing differentdepartments and ministrieswhich are part of the the LegalInformation Management andBriefing System (LIMBS).
LIMBS is an online data-base of Government-related lit-igation with details of 2.91 lakhuses. It was launched in 2016with an aim to eventually bringinformation on court caseswhere Government is a party ona single electronic platform.
According to the proposal,formulated last November, theLaw Ministry would firstincrease the strength of IndianLegal Service cadre so that itsofficers are deputed in variousministries. It also plans to setup an integrated legal divisionon the lines of integrated
finance division. The officersattached to the division wouldreport to the Department ofLegal Affairs in the LawMinistry and also get theirsalaries from it. This wouldensure their independencewhich is necessary for them tobe able to give an impartiallegal advice, a functionary said.
The move will ensure thatlegal advice required by variousMinistries is not delayed as thepresence of Law Ministry offi-cials in Ministries would cutshort the red tape. The officialswould report to their unit orgroup heads in the Law Ministrywho would also help themresolve complicated legal issues.
Law Ministry officials arealready posted in the Defenceand the Railway Ministries.
These officials would alsoensure that the Ministries inwhich they are posted approachcourts only when they are sat-isfied that litigation is the lastresort left to settle a dispute.
Law Min for creation of integrated
legal division in all Ministries
EC asks FB to block political ads 48-hour before polling
Law Secy writesto Cabinet Secyon proposal
Telugu Desam Party MPs meet Union Minister for Steel Birender Singh to demand an integrated steel plant in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, in New Delhi onThursday PTI
Randeep Surjewalacharged that while
on the one hand theModi Government is
seeking credit forthe sacrifice and
valour of the armedforces, on the other
it has failed toprovide directionand vision to deal
with Pakistan
Union Home Ministry has also instituted the Antarik
Suraksha Medal, AsadharanAashuchan Padak, andUtkrisht & Ati-Utkrisht
Seva Medal
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YOGI REFUSES...gateway to hell. What SantKabir preached 500 years ago,Prime Minister Modi did it onThursday. The area will nolonger remain neglected afterPM’s visit,” Yogi added. Yogisaid the Prime Minister ensured“Sabka saath sabka vikas” in atransparent manner and noone raised a finger at any min-ister as no one was facing a cor-ruption charge. “The last four-year tenure of the Central gov-ernment is corruption-free,” hesaid. Lauding developmentschemes being launched by thePrime Minister, he said that thecountry was galloping at a greatpace on to the path of develop-ment as the PM had turnedIndia into a fastest developingcountry in the world. However,the CM, blamed the previousstate governments for ignoringMaghar. “UP government iscommitted to developing thearea of Kabir which had beenignored by previous govern-ments,” he said. “The partieshave used Dalits and weavers asthe vote-bank but no onespared a thought about theirdevelopment,” he said. The BJPis eyeing the weavers’ commu-nity as through his address, theCM wooed the weavers’ com-munity and Vaishnava Nagas asKabir is widely believed to bethe disciple of Bhakti poetSwami Ramananda of Varanasi.Vaishnava Nagas have a hugepresence in Varanasi, Chandoli,Gorakhpur and Sant KabirNagar region. UP CultureMinister Choudhury LaxmiNarain welcomed the guestswhile Sufi singers from MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh sangsongs before the PM.Meanwhile, Yogi’s stirred a con-troversy when he refused towear a cap offered to him at themazar of Sant Kabir in Magharon Wednesday when he hadgone there to oversee prepara-tions for the Prime Minister’svisit. He was offered a fur capby Khadim Hussain, the care-taker, which he politely refused.“As per tradition I offered thecap to Chief Minster YogiAdityanath when he visited themausoleum of Kabir saheb buthe politely refused,” the Khadimsaid. However, he agreed tokeep the cap, he added.
` PLUNGES...India’s exports grew 20.18
per cent to $28.86 billion inMay — the highest in sixmonths, even though the tradedeficit widened to a four-month high of $14.62 billion.If we compare the currency sit-uation way back in 2013, whenthe rupee weakened past the`68 against the dollar mark forthe first time then, oil was near110 per barrel, poising the oilas the villain though, the cur-rent account deficit (CAD)was seen testing 3.6 per centduring the period, putting pres-
sure on the rupee. Besidesrupee as a factor, the otherpressure on CAD was throughimports, which was largely dueto gold, apart from oil. FIIshave become more reluctant inIndian equities and debt late-ly. “Signs of softer monetarypolicy have led to an outflow tothe tune of around $3.5 billionfrom debt this year. The CADis also projected to edge high-er, while inflation at both con-sumer and wholesale level hasreversed the declining trend.FIIs have also taken out aroundRs 16,000 crore from Indianequities during the first quar-ter of this fiscal,” said an experton condition of anonymity.
CLIMATE MAY...Impact of climate change is
already being felt. India’s aver-age annual temperatures isexpected to rise by 1°C to 2°Cby 2050 even if preventivemeasures are taken along thelines of those recommended bythe Paris climate change agree-ment of 2015. If no measuresare taken, average temperaturesin India are predicted toincrease by 1.5°C to 3°C, as perthe report. The work scientif-ically identifies vulnerableStates and districts as“hotspots” using spatial gran-ular climate and householddata analysis. The reportdefines hotspot as a locationwhere changes in average tem-perature and precipitation willhave a negative effect on livingstandards. These hotspots arenot only necessarily highertemperature zones than thesurrounding areas, but alsoreflect the local population’ssocio-economic capacity tocope with the climatic changes.In India today, approximately600 million people live in loca-tions that could either becomemoderate or severe hotspots by2050 under a business-as-usualscenario, the report says. Statesin the Central, northern andnorth-western parts of Indiaemerge as most vulnerable tochanges in average temperatureand precipitation.Muthukumara Mani, mainauthor of the report and LeadEconomist in the South AsiaRegion of the World Bank said“these weather changes willresult in lower per capita con-sumption levels that could fur-ther increase poverty andinequality in one of the poor-est regions of the world, SouthAsia.” “Identifying hotspotswill help policymakers in find-ing specific locations andhousehold types where theresources are needed the mostto address the rising risk to liv-ing standards.” The report pro-vides options to prioritiseinvestments and strategies tobuild local resilience to climatechange. To offset the negativeeconomic impact in India, forexample, the analysis suggests
enhancing educational attain-ment, reducing water stress,and improving job opportuni-ties in the nonagricultural sec-tors. The analysis predicts thata 30 per cent improvement onthese measures could halt thedecline in living standards byalmost 1 per cent from-2.8 percent to-1.9 per cent. Accordingto experts the scale of treedestruction, poses a gravethreat to tackling both climatechange and the massive glob-al decline in wildlife.
HALEY: US WON’T...and Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman were supposed totravel to the US. “Secretary ofState Michael R Pompeo spokelast night with External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj toconvey his regret for having topostpone the 2+2 dialogue,which had been scheduled forJuly 6. This scheduling changewas prompted by reasonsentirely unrelated to the bilat-eral relationship. SecretaryPompeo and Minister Swarajagreed to reschedule the 2+2dialogue as soon as possible.The US-India partnership is amajor strategic priority forthe Trump Administration.?The United States remainsfirmly committed to a strongrelationship with India,” theUS State Department said in astatement. It is believed thatthe US is pressuring India tojoin it in sanctions on Iranwhich India is non-committal.Though the IndianGovernment has not madeany statement on this so far,media reports claimed that thePetroleum Ministry has toldrefiners to look for alternativesto Iranian oil and be pre-pared for any eventuality.Following the US sanctions onimport of oil from Iran, theIndian Government said itwill take steps to ensure ener-gy security is not hampered.External Affairs Ministryspokesperson Raveesh Kumarsaid the statement by theDonald Trump administra-tion over oil import from Iranwas not India-specific andapplies to all countries. “Wehave seen the statement madeby the State Department offi-cial on this matter. The state-ment was not India specificand applies to all countries.India will take all necessarysteps, including engagementwith relevant stakeholders toensure our energy security,” hesaid. The statement by the USState Department talks aboutreducing import of oil fromIran to zero by November 4and there is no talk of snap-ping ties in that. Sources saidthat the Indian Governmentwas yet to firm up its positionon the issue and deliberationsby several countries weregoing on over the US sanctions.
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KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR
Police have claimed thatPakistan based Lashkar-e-
Tayyeba (LeT) outfit hatchedconspiracy to shoot dead seniorKashmiri journalist ShujaatBukhari and three militantsincluding a Pakistani fugitiveNaveed Jatt executed the broadday light murder in the pressenclave area of capital Srinagaron June 14.
Police released photographsof four persons named in theconspiracy including a Srinagarresident Sheikh Sajjad Gul wholives in Pakistan since March2017. Police said a lookoutnotice would be issued againstGul, who has written blogsagainst Bukhari, and Interpolhelp would be sought to nabhim. Addressing a press confer-ence at Police Control Roomhere, Inspector General of Police(Kashmir range) Soyam PrakashPani said that police have alwaysreferred to Bukhari’s killing asterror related crime.
“We have gathered tangibleevidence in the case that wouldbe produced in the charge-sheet,”he said adding the witnesses anddocuments have to be protect-ed.He said the case has conspir-acy part and execution part. Panisaid that Sajjad Gul is a Srinagarresident based in Pakistan whostarted an intimidating cam-paign against Bukhari on certainsocial media platforms like kash-mirfight. wordpress.com andfacebook account "Kadwa sachKashmir" and twitter handle"Ahmad Khalid" ahmad-khalid@313. “These sites werespreading hate campaign, mali-cious and intimidating contentagainst the Kashmiri journalist,”
Pani, who was flanked by AKBirdi, Deputy Inspector general(central Kashmir) said. Birdi isheading a Special InvestigationTeam (SIT) probing Bukhari’smurder. He said Gul aliasAhmad Khalid has settled inPakistan since March 2017.Earlier, he has been arrested byDelhi Police in 2003 in a terrorcase and Parimpora (Srinagar)police in 2016. “We have gonefor lookout notice againt Gul. Heis one of the persons who cre-ated blogs and spread lot ofrumours in public domain. Wehave strong evidence againsthim,” Pani claimed.
He identified the militantswho executed the conspiracy asAzadAhmad Malik, a knownLeT operative from Anantnag,MuaffarAhmad of Kulgam andNaveed Jatt, a Pakistani militantwho fled from police custody inFebruary this year.
He said Police have tangibleevidence to establish that thewhole conspiracy was hatchedin Pakistan by proscribed mil-itant outfit Laskar-e-Toiba(LeT). Pani said this is a highprofile case and further detailsshall be recorded in thechargesheet against the accused.He said Police will issue lookoutnotice against local accused and
interpol notice through properchannel shall be issued againstPakistan based Kashmiri bloggerSajjad Gul. Asked whether themotive behind the conspiracy wasfound pani said that this partwould be taken care of in thecharge sheet. He said the role ofJunaid Qayoom, a local residentwho was arrested on the basisof his presence at the shootoutsite, is being probed. Qayoompicked up pistol of one of thetwo slain policemen guardingBukhari. The pistol and twocellphones have been recoveredfrom his possession.
Bukhari, Editor-in-chief of aconglomerate of newspapersincluding English daily RisingKashmir, was killed on June 14outside his office at press enclavein Srinagar. Hours after the sen-sational killing, police releasedCCTV grabs of the attackers,who were riding a motorcycle.While one of the suspects con-cealed his identity under helmet,another covered his face with amask. The third rider’s face isinvisible who is holding a bagreportedly carrying assault riflesused in the attack. A volley of firesilenced Shujaat and his body-guards soon after they embarkedon their SUV on the fatefulevening. Militant groups includ-ing LeT have denied theirinvolvement in the killing. “Wewould like to call their bluff. IfIndian forces are truly con-vinced that this heinous crimewas committed by mujahideen,then they should have no objec-tion to an independent investi-gation of this murder by a neu-tral country such as China orRussia,” LeT’s chief spokesmanMahmood Shah said in state-ment.
LeT plotted to kill Bukhari, 4 murderers identified
Inspector General of Police SP Paniaddresses a Press conference inSrinagar on Thursday PTI
Amit Shah for second Parivartan in Bengal
SAUGAR SENGUPTA n
PURULIA/ASANSOL
BJP president Amit Shah onThursday blew the poll bugle
calling for a second Parivartan inBengal the “foundation of whichwill be laid in 2019” by winning23 out of 42 parliamentary seatsfrom the State.
Addressing a huge rally inPurulia that hit national head-lines last month — for anunprecedented saffron show inthe panchayat elections andmurder of three BJP workersallegedly by the TMC cadre inthe immediate aftermath —Shah said violence, rampantcorruption and syndicate rajwere the hallmarks of theMamata Banerjee regime thatdeserved to be defeated in 2019general elections.
The BJP president said atime had come for the MamataGovernment to be thrown outof power as it thrived only oncorruption and violence.
“In the Panchayat electionswhich hardly throws any impacton the future of the State
Government 1,341 people wereinjured, 20 killed and about 2crore people were not allowed tovote by the TMC goons whogagged the voice of democracythroughout Bengal,” Shah said.
“The TMC thinks that theywill continue to remain inpower through violence. But Ithrow an open challenge tothem from this rally that the sac-rifices of our workers who weremurdered by the TMC goonswill not go in vain. Their bloodwill show its true colours andthis Government will be thrownout of power —the process ofwhich will begin in 2019,” hethundered. Claiming that theMamata Government hadpicked up from where theMarxists left by “destroyingBengal’s economy and polityeven further,” Shah said, “whenthe CPI(M) Government wentthe State had a debt of `2 lakhcrore, but in the past seven yearsthat debt has gone up to `3.5lakh crore.” Accusing the rulingparty with misappropriation ofcentral funds sent by theNarendra Modi Government
the BJP president said Centrehad sent ̀ 3.6 lakh crore for thedevelopment of the State “butmost of that fund had beenspent for the development of theTrinamool Congress goons andthe syndicates run by it.”
Instead of the common manit were the sand mafia, coalmafia, cattle mafia, drug cartelsand cross-border infiltratorswho were developing, he said.“The development schemes ofthe Modi Government are notreaching the people because ofthe Trinamool Government and
the goons that control it.”Attacking the Chief Minister
for trying to raise a grand allianceShah said “Mamata didi is tour-ing the country to raise the grandalliance but I will suggest her tomind her own State where theground beneath her feat is slip-ping away fast.” There was noindustry in Bengal because of thefaulty policy of the MamataGovernment he said. “After theIndependence Bengal account-ed for the 25 percent of thenational GDP growth but todayit has come down to a mere 4
percent. This is because theentire industry has fled the State.The only industry that runshere is the one to make bombs,”he said.
Shah earlier arrived inKolkata on Wednesday and helda series of meetings saidTrinamool had ruined theBengali culture which was onceenriched by the likes of SwamiVivekananda, RamakrishnaParamahansa, Tagore, BankimChandra, Sarat Chandra andSyama Prasad Mukherjee.“Today instead of RabindraSangeet you can only listen tobombs going off,” he said.
Reacting to the BJP chiefBengal Minister Firhad Hakimsaid his party was “not ready tolisten about Tagore from a jun-gle because these peoplepresided over Gujarat carnage.”
On the misuse of Centralgrants, State Finance MinisterAmit Mitra said, “He is lyingbecause most of the people-friendly projects have either beendropped or slashed by the Centreand we are forced to run themwith our own resources.”
BJP National President Amit Shah addresses a public rally, in Purulia district ofWest Bengal on Thursday PTI
SAPNA SINGH n NEW DELHI
Few days after a historicglobal circumnavigation by
team TARINI (team of sixIndian Navy women officer),Commander (Cdr) AbhilashTomy is all set for second solocircumnavigation of globe thattoo in a non- motorised sail-boat. Cdr Tomy sailed into LesSabels d'Olonne in France a fewdays ago, in time for the July 1flag-off of the 30,000-mileGolden Globe Race (GGR).
Interestingly, there are 18skippers at the start line and CdrTomy of the Indian Navy is aspecial invitee at the race.
Explaining about the voy-age, the Indian Navy officialmentioned that the race isbeing held to commemorate 50years since it was held for thefirst and last time, which sawSir Robin Knox-Johnston's suc-cessfully completing the voyagein 312 days, to become the firsthuman to finish solo, unassist-ed and nonstop circumnaviga-tion of the world, adding, “Thebiggest challenge at the GGR isto have equipment, tools andboat which resembles the oneused by Sir Johntson, despitethe change in technology,” theofficial added.
Cdr Tomy is aiming tocomplete the race in 311 days,
one day less than Sir Johntson’stiming. He will be sailing in the10-metre ‘Thuriya’, whose designis similar to Sir Johntson’s boat‘Suhaili’, which was incidental-ly manufactured in Colaba,Mumbai. “Thuriya” has beenbuilt at Goa atRatnakarDandekar’s AquariusShipyard. Cdr Tomy has suppliesconsisting of specially-preparedfood items, and fresh water inthe limited space on board.Incidentally, in the age of GlobalPositing System (GPS), the nav-igation will have to be done oldinstrument - the maps.
Cdr Tomy was born atChengannacherry, Kerala andtaking inspirations from hisfather (A Naval officer) hejoined the Indian Navy.Graduated from the NavalAcademy and specialized as aMaritime Reconnaissancepilot and served on board var-ious ships and air squadrons.
Notably, in March 2009, he
volunteered to be Caption(then) now Commodore DilipDonde's (Retd) assistant for hissolo circumnavigation, SagarParikrama I.
And on completion of theproject in 2010, he sailed toCape Town and participated inthe Cape to Rio race from CapeTown to Rio de Janeiro on'INSV Mhadei'. Abhilash skip-pered 'Mhadei'from Rio, acrossthe Atlantic, with one crew andsailed solo from Cape Town toGoa on a 33-day long voyage.
Interestingly, November1,2012, Cdr Tomy set sail fromMumbai on 'INSV Mhadei'.And in the span of five monthshe covered 23,000 nauticalmiles and on March 31,2013,he was received by thePresident of India at theGateway of India, and becamethe first Indian and secondAsian to complete a solo andnon-stop circumnavigation.
2nd solo globetrotting in anon-motorised sailboat
OMER FAROOQ n HYDERABAD
Ma j l i s - e - I t t e h a d u lMuslimeen president and
Hyderabad MP AsaduddinOwaisi said that issue ofwomen’s safety highlighted bythe Thompson ReutersFoundation was a serious mat-ter and the entire countryshould ponder over it withoutdoing politics over it.
“This is a fact thatMuslims, Dalits and womenare facing a serious threat andthe situation has worsenedover the last four years”, Owaisitold the media in Hyderabad.
He said that the reportdescribing India as the mostdangerous country for womenwas correct and NarendarModi government should clar-ify what it intends to do aboutit. “But when you ask thePrime Minister about the safe-ty of women he says he hasbrought triple talaq bill forMuslim women. I want to tellhim every woman in the coun-
try is worried and fearful todayin the country.PM shouldunderstand that we are aboveAfghanistan and Syria in rank-ing today and you are rulingfor the last four years. But hedid not listen to me in LokSabha”, Owaisi said.
Instead of providing secu-rity to all the women he is justtalking about interfering withSharia, he said. “Now what hewill do? This is the finding ofReuters no body can ignore it.
Will the government dosomething about it or justkeep talking of Muslim womenwho have rejected the tripletalaq bill”.
Underlining the seriousthreat to women, Owaisi saidthat three women are rapedand ten women are assaultedevery hour in the country.“Even wife of a major is killed.So the security is not the prob-lem of only poor but also ofmiddle class and the rich. Thegovernment should do some-thing about it”.
Stressing that theMuslims, Dalits and womenwere under attack Owaisisaid, “When you talk aboutthe safety of women howabout the wife of Qasim whowas lynched to death andhow about the family mem-bers of Sameeuddin who isfighting for his life in hospi-tal, how about mother ofAklaq and the Dalit boyswho were killed and beatenup just because they were rid-ing horse. They should alsoget the safety”, he said.
Meanwhile the UttarPradesh unit president of MIMShoukat Ali and other leadersmet the families of the victimsof lynching in Hapur Theyhanded over financial help ofRs 100,000 to the family ofQasim who was brutallylynched to death and gave Rs50000 to the family ofSameeuddin who was injuredin the same incident and wasundergoing treatment in hospital.
MIM chief justifies report callingIndia most dangerous for women
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TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI
In a most shocking inci-dent, a 12-seater chartered
Beechcraft aircraft crashedinto an under-constructionbuilding site at the congest-ed residential suburb ofGhatkopar in north-eastMumbai on Thursday,killing five persons and leav-ing three others injured.
The King Air C 90(number VT-UPZ), whichhad been sold by the UttarPradesh Government to aMumbai-based firm UYAviation Pvt Ltd in 2004,crashed at 1.15 pm at anunder- construction site atManiklal Estate nearJeevdaya Lane at Ghatkopar(West).
The aircraft, which wasreportedly on a “wrong flightpath”, was less than three kmaway from Mumbai Airport’smain runway 09/27 when itcrashed.Thursday’s wouldhave been a major disaster,had the pilot not shownutmost circumspection toswerve the aircraft at the lastminute to crash into a con-struction site instead of abusy residential area. For,there are several residentialbuildings and slums next tothe under-construction sitewhere the ill-fated aircraftcame crushing down.
Those killed in themishap comprised pilot CaptP S Rajput, co-pilot captMarya Zuberi, aircraft main-tenance engineer Surabhi,technician Manish KumarPande and a pedestrianGovind Pandit.
The three constructionworkers injured in themishap were identified asLavkush Kumar (21),Mahesh Kumar Nishad (28)and Prashant Mahakal (23)who were rushed to nearbyBMC-run Rajawadi Hospital.Eyewitnesses said that the air-craft then hit a tree andcrashed onto the ground.Before long, the aircraft’swreckage strewn around theplace was up in huge red andyellow flames.
Alerted by the local resi-dents and WhatsApp mes-sages that went viral, person-nel from the Mumbai FireBrigade and the Ghatkoparpolice station rushed to theunder-construction “Jagruti”building where the aircrafthad crashed. It took morethan an hour for the firebrigade personnel to extin-guish the fire. The rescuersrushed the three injured con-struction workers to theRajawadi Hospital.
Officials of the AirportsAuthority of India (AAI)and Directorate General ofCivil Aviation (DGCA) alsoreached the spot less than acouple hours after themishap. "The initial investi-
gations would be done byDGCA after which a detailedinquiry would be done byAircraft AccidentInvestigation Bureau(AIIB)," a senior AAI officialsaid.
The officials, meanwhile,recovered the Aircraft VoiceData Recorder (AVDR) –known popularly as “blackbox” – from the mishap siteand handed it over to thecivil aviation authorities.Expressing his shock over theaircraft crash, Civil AviationMinister Suresh Prabhutweeted: “Saddened to hearthe news about the aircraftcrash in Mumbai. Havedirected DGCA to conductan investigation into theplane crash at the earliest. I'min constant touch with onground developments”.
Complimenting the pilotto have shown presence ofmind to avoid a big mishap,former Civil AviationMinister Praful Patel tweet-ed: “Saddened to hear aboutthe unfortunate incident at#ghatkopar as Charter planecrashes in an open area.Salute to the pilot whoshowed presence of mind toavoid a big mishap, savingmany lives at the cost of herown life. #RIP to all the 5Dead. My deepest condo-lences”.
Uttar Pradesh’s CivilAviation Minister Nand GopalGupta extended condolencesto members of bereaved fam-ilies. “We extend our deepestand heartfelt condolence tothe families of the peoplewho lost their lives in theunfortunate accident. VT-UPZ was Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment aircraft till 2014 andit was sold to UY Aviation PvtLtd of Mumbai in 2014. It iscurrently neither owned noroperated by UP Govt,” Guptasaid.
A senior UY Aviationofficial said the aircraft,which had been procured byhis firm in 2004, had been inoperation for the last 22years. “The pilot has flownover 5,000 hours while theco-pilot used to fly with JetAirways earlier, “ the officialsaid. Available informationsuggests that the ill-fatedaircraft was preparing toland at Mumbai Airport’smain runway 09/27 whichincidentally closed current-ly for maintenance workand the flight operationshave been moved to the sec-ondary runway
Meanwhile, Maharashtrachief minister DevendraFadnavis visited the aircraftcrash site and took stock ofthe situation. CM@Dev_Fadnavis visits pri-vate aircraft VT-UPZ crashsite in Ghatkopar, Mumbai toinspect relief operationsbeing carried out.
Fire-fighters work at the site of the chartered plane crash at Ghatkopar'sJivdaya Lane, in Mumbai on Thursday PTI
Aircraft firm ignored warnings:Victim pilot’s husband
Chartered plane
crashes in
Mumbai, 5 dead
Mumbai: Advocate Prabhat Kathuria, husband of co-pilot CaptMaria Zuibair, who was killed in an aircraft crash at Ghatkopar inMumbai on Thursday, said that M/s UY Aviation Pvt Ltd “seems tohave ignored weather warnings and decided to undertake the "testflight" during inclement weather conditions over Mumbai”. Reactingto the crash in which his pilot-wife was killed, Kathuria said: “Mariatold me last evening and this morning as well that the weather wasnot good.. Capt Rajput had flown in from New Delhi to undertakethe test flight. What was the hurry (to undertake a test flight)?. Theyclearly ignored weather warnings".
"Capt Rajput was an experienced pilot...recently Maria had flownanother test flight. It is because of her and another senior pilot’sexperience that they ensured the aircraft did not fall in a crowdedlocality or the school,” Kathuria said. Kathuria indicated that hemight consider lodging a police complaint or file a legal caseagainst M/s UY Aviation Pvt Ltd for its apparent negligenceleading to the mishap. “The company is answerable.....We wouldthink about it,” Kathuria said, when asked if he intended to lodge apolice complaint or file a legal case against M/s UY Aviation PvtLtd. Capt Maria was among five persons killed, when a 12-seaterchartered Beechcraft aircraft crashed into an under-constructionbuilding site at the congested residential suburb of Ghatkopar innorth-east Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. PNS
The re-election of Recep TayyipErdogan has led analysts andscholars to comment on anintensified move that thisdevelopment represents
towards a worldwide transition fromdemocracy to autocracy. On Sundaywith an unprecedented 87 per centturnout, voters have given “their autocrat-ic President another unprecedented man-date…”, according to an article by DavidA Andelman, published and disseminat-ed by CNN. The article concludes thatvastly large stretches of the world aremore concerned about the basics offood, housing and personal safety. Withthese overwhelming priorities, democra-cy seems to take a backseat as peopleexpress their choice solely in favour ofseeking and securing the necessities thatwill help them survive today.
The current move towards the impo-sition of tariffs on imported goods ini-tiated by US President Donald Trump isclearly creating the conditions for acomplete reversal of open trade and glob-alisation achieved over many years of sus-tained efforts. While this could have anegative effect on the global economy,there is another aspect of serving populistobjectives and national economic inter-ests alone which could have seriousimplications for all life on this planet.
The US decision for withdrawingfrom the Paris Agreement on climatechange is, of course, an explicit movetowards reversing an Agreement reachedby the previous President of the US, butmore than that it is a retreat from theresponsibility for global action by anation which is historically responsiblefor the largest share of cumulative emis-sions of greenhouse gases (GHG).
Human-induced climate change isthe result of the large concentration ofGHGs resulting from their emissions inthe past from burning of fossil fuels anddeforestation. Climate change, there-fore, and other threats to all life on thisplanet have come into existence becausepolicies adopted by nation states have puttheir own narrow economic interestsbefore the need to protect the global com-mons. It is another matter that destruc-tion of the global commons will imposea cost on one and all from which eventhose nations which have achieved eco-nomic gains on the back of neglectingtheir environmental responsibilities willnot be able to escape.
In January 2013, a group of UN agen-cies brought out a think piece entitled“Global governance and governance ofthe global commons in the global part-nership for development beyond 2015”.This document was an effort to providea basis for initiating an informed dialogue
on a subject which was important toaddress as the world came to the end ofthe period for reaching the MillenniumDevelopment Goals.
The then Secretary General of theUN, Ban Ki-moon, rightly focused on theglobal challenges facing human societyand all living species in coming up witha process and an intellectual foundationthat resulted in the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs). This reportstated, “Deepening economic globalisa-tion, and increasing migration, trade andcapital flows, and climate change andincreased activities in the global com-mons — those resource domains that donot fall within the jurisdiction of any oneparticular country, and to which allnations have access — make individualStates more susceptible to policies adopt-ed by others.”
As an example, it can be stated thatwhile the hurricane season of 2017 dev-astated large parts of the Caribbean andNorth American regions last year, theworst sufferer has been the island ofPuerto Rico which has still not recoveredfrom the devastation caused by HurricaneMaria. The lack of infrastructure andmeans in the poorest regions of the worldmake them particularly vulnerable to theimpacts of climate change and damagingthe global commons.
The UN System Task Team referredto above articulated the need for astronger UN system and a more effectivegovernance arrangement to deal with theprotection of the global commons. It
mentioned that environmental sustain-ability, the third dimension of sustainabledevelopment, is undoubtedly charac-terised by a weak global environmentalgovernance regime that is very fragment-ed. The move to a protectionist stanceand steps towards authoritarianism inevidence today clearly imply a retreatfrom collective responsibilities towardsprotecting the global commons.
Among today’s world leaders withunusual power the one who stands out withhis conviction in favour of protecting the glob-al commons is President Xi Jinping ofChina. Under Xi’s leadership protection of theenvironment has not only been given highpriority for solution of local environmentalproblems but the country has shown strongresolve in tackling climate change at the glob-al level. In fact, the Paris Agreement was facil-itated to a large extent by the joint efforts ofPresident Obama of the US, who, in his sec-ond term became pro-active on climatechange issues and President Xi of China.
By definition, global commons representthose parts of the planet that fall outsidenational jurisdictions and to which allnations have access, such that the benefitsfrom such access accrues to all. Internationallaw identifies four global commons, name-ly the High Seas, the Atmosphere, theAntarctica and the Outer Space. Humanactivities are threatening these at an alarm-ing level, resulting from increase in activitiessuch as fisheries, bioprospecting, navigation,aviation and scientific research.
More recently, the increase in the use ofplastics has been found to create unprecedent-
ed dangers to marine life and marine ecosys-tems even at locations remote from humanhabitation. Dramatic projections show thatby the middle of this century, the volume ofplastic under the ocean would exceed thequantity of fish.
In realisation of the threat that the oceanis facing from this form of pollution, we finda new resolve in some countries to cut downsignificantly on the single use of plastics. TheEuropean Union (EU), in particular, has takenthe lead in coordinated measures towardsreduction of single use plastic consumption.
Countries which have implementedpolicies of an exemplary nature, includingsome countries on the European continent,particularly in the Nordic region, have beenable to do so as a result of a high-level ofawareness on the scientific facts related todegradation of the global commons, theresulting cost and severe impacts that everysociety would have to bear and the co-ben-efits of actions to deal with the problem.
The answer lies in widespread aware-ness of the problem, the growing ease andeconomic merits inherent in feasible solu-tions and thus mobilising the youth of theworld, in particular, to take action. It is afterall their future which is at stake.Authoritarian leaders in the countrieswhere they are elected will not be able toignore the will of the people, if thisinvolves the security of their children forwhich youth must demand policies to min-imise damage to the global commons.
(The writer is former chairman,Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange, 2002-15)W
hen the World Cup began this June and crawled towards its initial encoun-ters, much was said about how parity had been introduced within the tour-nament. Iceland’s 1-1 draw against Argentina; Mexico’s confluence with glory
in a 1-0 win against Germany; Switzerland’s resistance to disallow Brazil an openingtriumph and Japan’s coronation as the first Asian side to defeat a South Americannation at the World Cup — all these results, unlikely yet not unwelcome, testified toequality. However, a look at the teams who have made it to the knockouts will bearthe impression that the parity was momentary. Regardless of the fact that most ofthe favourites reserved their slots for the higher stages, it is important to considerhow they came close to being ousted by teams lesser fancied. From group A, Uruguayand Russia made it with ease, with the Celeste perched at the top. Interestingly, itwas Russia who were expected to lead the group after a 5-0 routing of Saudi Arabiaand a 3-1 win over Egypt. Uruguay, in stark contrast, were advancing with the ben-efit of a solitary goal in each match. But when the two met, with an aim to finish as
group leaders, Uruguay showed why they are thebigger boys in world football as they imposed a 3-0 win over the high-flying Russians.
Meanwhile, the favourites in group B were hav-ing a hard time. The qualification of Spain andPortugal was foreseen as an easy task over Iran andMorocco. If anything, one of the Iberian neighboursremained on the brink of missing out. In the groupfinals Portugal held on to a 1-0 lead which cameunder threat when Iran won and converted a penal-ty to draw level. Another goal from the Asian sidewould have seen the Quinas out. Meanwhile, Spain
had to react after Morocco opened the scoring in the final group tie and then onceagain look for answers when their rivals took the lead for the second time. The Spaniardsfinally equalised in the dying minutes after VAR came to rescue an Iago Aspas goalwhich was initially disallowed for offside. Group C saw France and Denmark go throughafter both the teams played a sinfully boring 0-0 draw against each other in the groupfinal. Peru’s heartbreaking exit meant that the tournament would now be missing ateam that impressed with sheer creativity and passion. Australia seldom looked capa-ble of advancing, and went back home with a solitary point. Group D worked on mir-acles — for Argentina at least. Group E was a baffling affair, like group B, but in theend Brazil and Switzerland strolled across. It is Group F, whose contenders might addflavour to the World Cup knockout stage.The last time Sweden made it to the last-16 was at Germany-2006. This time, Germany are back to the place of Sweden’s pre-vious knockout stint — their home that is to say, while Mexico advance along withthe Swedes after a gift from Korea. The knockouts now present many mouthwater-ing fixtures. Parity still prevails, keeping in consideration how the stars have not yetsparkled to their superlative brilliance. The favourites arrive, doused in uncertaintyand with cracks exposed. Spreading paper on the crevices won’t be enough to con-ceal the loopholes. More of everything will now be expected and required of eachteam. And they will have to deliver, for the underdogs will keep a weather eye on thehorizon to keep their vessel steady as she goes.
Education is one sector which needs to mutate as knowledge sources and theirapplication become more varied and complex in probing times and the regula-tory systems or norms, therefore, need to rise above orthodoxies and become
dynamic. The HRD Ministry has done just that by preparing a draft Act that will scrapthe UGC with a new all-pervasive Higher Education Commission of India. Accordingto the proposals, which HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has left open to amend-ments, the new panel would solely look into academic matters and uniformity of stan-dards in providing quality instruction. Monetary grants would be the purview of theministry so that the expert commission would be free of bureaucratese and insteadconcentrate on things that matter — mentoring institutions, ensuring meritocracy,encouraging research, standardising the quality of training, identifying bogus insti-tutions, monitor faculty benchmarks and, in short, ensure autonomy of institutions.Higher education in India is indeed in a grave crisis mode as universities in our hin-terland, too, have made it to the global index whereas, except IITs, none of our insti-tutions are in the wanted list. If recent entrance test results to advanced courses areany indication, then the meritorious performances are a dismal ratio and need a quickfix. The rote learning method needs to be eliminated and replaced by one that assess-es comprehension and application of acquired knowledge. Our students need to beskilled and industry-ready and capable of driving innovation, rather than becomingformulaic clones. Other countries like UK and the Australia have already moved to
independent commissions of higher education.Absolutism of the UGC has had many casu-
alties. Vice-Chancellors have had to be at the beckand call of an official for routine fund clearances,leave aside seeking one for innovations. A per-formance-linked funding pattern that wouldencourage competitive scholarship, was neverconsidered. UGC has not quite been able to attractworld-class faculty to teach at Indian universitiesin a visiting capacity. We have not been able tobenchmark ourselves internationally as an edu-cation hub the way we have in the health sector,medical tourism now being the most sought after.Even China has worked towards evolving a strong
university culture that is attracting students from across the world, particularly theregion. The UGC’s ad hoc system of rewarding research, based on academic perfor-mance, rather than subjecting it to expert reviews, have discouraged path-breakingthought. Besides, there is a multiplicity of authorities for technical education, be it theAICTE and for medical courses MCI, that often run at cross purposes and add to theconfusion with overlapping functionalities. Of course, it is brave of the Modi Governmentto push through well-intentioned reforms that have been in the lab since UPA days.But it has practical challenges to meet. Will the higher education reforms be effec-tive enough without an overhaul of the National Education Policy? This would makethe new move look knee-jerk. Then there is the task of keeping it apolitical. By sub-jecting matters of appointment in leadership positions at all universities, even if theyare established under state law, to the panel may invite tendencies of favouritism, whichis a thin line to walk. Even if you free up teachers, can politicisation of students betamed? Most importantly, the assessment system itself has to be graded and appro-priate experts brought in to understand premium quality of elite institutions, whichneed to be given more room for autonomy. Most important though is filling up teach-ing vacancies in Central universities across the country, including the prized AIIMS.Some varsities in far-flung states have a shocking gap of faculty vacancies by over50 per cent. Can an ecosystem be developed at institutions set up in backward pock-ets that will be attractive enough to draw in quality teachers in the first place? Thesegrassroots issues need to be addressed on an emergency basis too.
New architecture
Centre is right in intent to replace the UGC but
the move entails further educational reforms
opinion 08LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | JUNE 29, 2018
Authoritarianism and the global commons
Final Knock Out
As the World Cup’s business end begins, uncertainty
looms large and an exciting finale is on the cards
Alliance tactics
Sir — This refers to the article, “Acontest between NDA and UPA”(June 27) by Kalyani Shankar. Postbreak-up with the PeoplesDemocratic Party, the NationalDemocratic Alliance seems to be ona tightrope as the Shiv Sena and theTelugu Desam Party had alreadyparted ways, making it tough for theBJP high command to ascertain theright permutation and combinationfor each of these States.
Lack of local leadership andstrong regional parties with a con-crete base might play a party spoil-er for the ruling dispensation.Dynamics of creating a politicalequilibrium is a tough task this timeas every regional party is aiming tostrengthen their condition on theirown and not by the aid of a nation-al party. The Congress is trying tomake an umbrella alliance by pro-jecting an anti-Modi narrative, asseen in the Karnataka election.
Opposition unity will be thedeciding factor for the approachingelection but will never be the onlyfactor. Winning the upcoming Stateelections of Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh willactually be a game changer for theBJP as the effect of these results willdefinitely get painted upon the2019 General Election.
Nischai VatsSultanpur
Understanding RSS
Sir — This refers to the article,“Thank you. Pranab da, for the con-versation” (June 27) by ManmohanVaidya. There is no doubt that for-mer President Pranab Mukherjee is
a mature politician who knowsabout the pulse of the people andappreciates the culture of this coun-try. Mukherjee elaborated on nation-alism and patriotism in TritiyaVarsh Sangh Shiksha Varg ofRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS), emphasising upon culturaldiversity of country.
The writer has rightly pointedout that usually, intellectuals nevertook the pain to understand the RSSstructure and functioning; nor werethey willing to hold any dialoguewith Sangh functionaries. We mustunderstand the contribution of RSSin nation-building and their cultur-al policy which are an importantcomponent of unity and integrity ina country. I congratulate the writerfor his understanding of the issue.
Jasim MohammadAligarh
Asteroid Day
Sir — World Asteroid Day (June 30)is a global awareness movementwhere people from all walks of lifecome together to learn about aster-oids and what we can do to protectour planet. Although asteroidswould seem like mere rocks float-ing in space, they are actually objectsof great importance for astronomers,geologists, planetary scientists,among others. On evolutionaryfield, they are pristine objects fromthe dawn of the solar system. Theymaintain their original chemicalcomposition that speaks to us abouthow our solar neighbourhood waslike 4.5 billion years ago.
Jubel D’CruzMumbai
www.dailypioneer.com
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SOUNDBITE
Centre had not given
permission for the mass
felling of trees in South
Delhi for the re-con-
struction project of
several colonies. We
are committed to
increasing the
green cover.
Union Minister
—Harsh Vardhan
RKPACHAURI
The answer to the problem of environmental degradation lies in widespread awareness. The economic meritsinherent in feasible solutions and in mobilising the youth, in particular, are the way forward
I’m concerned by contin-
ued attacks on schools by
armed groups. Pakistan-
based terror oufits have
released videos of child-
ren being taught how to
carry out suicide attacks.
US Secretary
General
—Antonio
Guterres
India stares at a
future without water
This refers to the editorial, “Water woes” (June 27). Disaster loomsis the apt warning. Two basic facts about groundwater should be under-stood. There is almost no inherent groundwater resource. All such
resources are a result of recharge by rains or existing water bodies inthe vicinity. The absence of these factors means absence of water.
Besides, over-exploitation of this resource, which for long has beena norm, results into poor water quality. With disappearance of village tanks,drying rivers and vagaries of monsoons, the recharge system is in dol-drums. Add to this our unstoppable population and self-centred consumers— individuals, farmers, industries and dilapidated and reckless water-sup-ply systems. The picture of gloom is complete.
“Water should not be a commodity and “this being a life-sustainingsource for all living beings, it must be available to all” are fine. When,however, greed outstrips need, an action is called for. Widespread individual awareness and judicious use by farmers and industries are the voluntary actions. Stern legislation to nip the crisis in the bud isalso now a requisite. The way we are, no such official compliance andcontrols are without opening new channels for corruption which shouldbe carefully plugged.
Prakash C DixitAhmedabad
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We have reached a cru-
cial stage in our fight ag-
ainst corruption. To stop
it, the Congress is con-
spiring against the Prime
Minister to sabotage pro-
bes in several cases.
BJP leader
—Subramanian
Swamy
There should be space
for all kinds of cinema.
Now, I think we (the ind-
ustry members) are bec-
oming inclusive and
recognising different
kinds of cinema.
Actor
—Adil Hussain
Yours truly travels a fair bit acrossthe world, and has noticed apeculiar variety of Indian pass-
port holder. The self-loathing Indianwho takes it upon himself or herself toeducate the world of India’s ills. This israrely in front a group of Indians, butalmost always when there are foreigners in the audience, the whiterthey are the better.
Initially, I put up with this; heck, Iwill be the first to admit that I evenjoined in the conversation quite oftenbut over the past decade I find theseconversations not just irritating but pos-itively anger-inducing.
This writer will be the first to admit
that there are hundreds of systemicproblems in India and then there arethe historic wrongs that have been com-mitted on a vast number of Indianssome of which must be discussed atglobal forums. But much of the con-versations I overhear nowadays arenothing but imagined wrongs or worseall driven by a unmitigated hatred ofthe party in power or more directlyPrime Minister Narendra Modi.
The belief that badmouthing Indiais directly badmouthing the party inpower or the man in power throughcomplaining about India to a whiteaudience befuddled me.
Not to stretch the ‘I met a taxi dri-ver’ analogy particularly favoured byself-loathing Indians but there havebeen Americans, Europeans and evenChinese folks I have met recently who after hearing such a conversation ask what is the problemwith us Indians is and whether theIndian nation-state is on the verge ofcollapse.
Yes, there was a section ofNarendra Modi’s supporters who tookthe 2014 election victory as a seeming-ly cultural victory of ‘us’ over ‘them’ andit is a pity that the party has not reinedin some of the more extremist elementson the Hindu right. But there is also nodoubt that there has been even moreextreme selective outrage by so-called‘liberals’ who have come across asBrahmanical defenders of an outdated
ideology and believers in makingnoise on social media for self-servingpurposes.
Nobody wants to indulge inwhataboutery but the simple fact thatsome of these ‘liberals’ have bent overso much that their noses touch theground. Of course, the foreign readWestern media confined to the hypo-critical liberal outposts of Khan Market,Kala Ghoda and the Jaipur Literary
Festival laps up every word of negativ-ity.
In their own failing states, hearingabout India’s failures from a supposedfirst-person perspective they can neverget in China perhaps makes their read-ership feel good, forgetting the fact thatthe US elected a demagogue, theBritish voted to leave the EuropeanUnion and their populations are as suchmore nationalist/right-wing than mostIndians. But sharing stories of‘deplorables’ from across the world givesreports a fizz.
Self-loathing Indians are only toohappy to feed narratives that India-haters in the West want to build. Afavourite tactic is to flame-bait on socialmedia, saying something outrageousand then feigning hurt and threatswhen called out; such people are thetrolls too.
These are the people who had theear of the Indian state and now thattheir privileges have been taken awaythey are the very definition of ‘namak
haram’. They would happily sell out thenation for an American or British res-idency, but thanks to electoral forces inthose countries that revolted againsttheir own self-loathing individualsthat’s becoming increasingly difficult toachieve. So some ply their trade onsocial media or pretend to be comics.
The only way to deal with suchpeople is to either counter them, with-out resorting to the malice they use, orbetter still ignore them altogether.
There are problems in India and wehave to acknowledge them, and somewho take offence to any questionasked of this Government have tounderstand that. Have things changedin the past four years? Yes, they have.Have they changed as fast as someexpected? No, they haven’t. But thecourse has been set and expect the self-loathing Indian to get even louder inthe coming 11 months.
(The writer is Managing Editor,Special Projects, The Pioneer)
Malicious UNHRC report
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | JUNE 29, 2018
Let the ruling dispensation remember that the
blood and sacrifice of our brave soldiers cannot
become a political, vote-garnering tool.
—Congress spokesperson
RANDEEP SUJREWALA
Rahul had described the surgical strike as
dalali of Indian Army jawans' blood. The
Congress needs to rise above petty politics.
—Union Minister
RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD
POINTCOUNTERPOINT
The UN Human Rights Council(UNHCR) report on Kashmiris a tedious and wasted effort
of 49 pages masquerading as unbi-ased reportage. It has been rightful-ly slammed as ‘fallacious, tenden-tious and motivated’.
The timing of the release of thereport could not have been worse forits chroniclers as the very next day, theValley witnessed the coldbloodedkilling of the Editor-in-Chief of a localnewspaper, Rising Kashmir and histwo bodyguards, an abduction fol-lowed by the recovery of a bullet-rid-den body of an Indian Army soldier(hailing from Jammu & Kashmir) andthe usual pelting of stones on thevehicles of the security forces acrossthe Valley — this when theGovernment of India had unilateral-ly initiated a ceasefire of anti-terror-ist operations during Ramzan.
In a cruel twist of fate, amongstthe last retweets (attributed to hisown newspaper) that ShujaatBukhari sent was on ‘India rejectsUN report on Kashmir’! Whereas,there are two detailed sections with-in this UNHR Council report sub-titled “restriction on the right to free-dom of expression” and “reprisalsagainst human rights defenders andrestrictions on journalists” that cap-tures multiple incidents blamingthe State authorities (including per-versely, even mentioning ‘RisingKashmir’) but there is not a singlemention about the terrorists or theseparatists putting any sort of pres-sure on the media and freedom ofexpression. Ironically, the man underwhose aegis this contentious reportwas prepared, Prince Zeid bin RaadZeid al-Hussein (United NationsHigh Commissioner for HumanRights), is from within the monar-chial ‘establishment’ of Jordan.
He is not allowed to use the feu-dal prefix ‘Prince’ in the officialdomof the UN. The dynast from animperfect democracy like Jordanwas a controversial choice at the timeof appointment as his earlier votingrecord on issues during his tenure asJordan’s Ambassador to the UN wasreflective of his countries dubiousstand on blasphemy laws, defamationof religion etc that was in consonancewith the Organisation of IslamicCountries’ (OIC) position —theorganisation that also has a certainpredetermined view on Kashmir.
Prince Zeid’s subsequent overenthusiastic interventions into theaffairs of sovereign matters withoutthe know of full details had led theRussian Ambassador to the UNcomplain about him saying, “PrinceZeid is overstepping his limits fromtime to time and we’re unhappyabout it. He criticised a number ofheads of State, Government. Heshould stick to his file, which isimportant enough.”
It is believed that the UN
Secretary-General António Guterreshad to urge Prince Zeid to tone downhis enthusiasm on various issues andhis term ends this August, as he hasperhaps read the writing on the walland refused to stand for a reelection.Meanwhile, his swansong via thisKashmir report (the first ever reportof its type) has led to furious reac-tions across, especially when the titleof the report ostensibly covers threeregions — Kashmir, ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’and worse, ‘Azad Kashmir’ — andgives away a clearly biased predisposition.
The fact is that India is besetwith various socio-economic chal-lenges and often the reaction of thestate and its response to the same areeither sub-optimal or sometimesplain incorrect.
There are internal challengestoo like gender issues, minorityright issues, riparian issues, dalit andtribal rights, north-eastern integra-tion issues etc that often morph intoviolent reactions, protests and evenarmed insurgencies like the Maoistmovement.
However, these are not an outcome of a deliberate sovereign policy that wishes the diminution ofany region, sect, race or religion. Theconstitutional aspiration of India isproudly secular, democratic andunambiguous about various libertiesand rights that it seeks to provide toits citizens — that there are flaws inimplementations, inefficiencies andeven mistakes do not make
the sovereign guilty of willfullyplanned or the deliberate abuse of human rights.
Acts like the much commentedArmed Forces Special Powers Act(AFSPA) are not a privilege or enti-tlement for the security forces; theyare simply a practical necessity thatrecognises the reality of dealingwith armed terrorism.
Contrast this with having todeal with a neighbouring state thathas since its Independence, decidedto move towards Islamisation as astate definition, with a declaredhostile position on Kashmir and aninternationally acknowledged infamyas a supporter-financer-perpetratorof the terror instigator beyond itsborders. Shockingly, this HumanRights report even shies away fromusing the word terrorist or militantsto describe the macabre operativeswithin the Valley and prefers toaddress them as ‘a variety of armedgroup’.
While there is a section cap-tioned, “Abuses by armed group”, theHuman Rights report states thateven though India accuses that thesearmed groups are actively support-ed by Pakistan, it notes ‘theGovernment of Pakistan categorical-ly denies any allegation of involve-ment in stoking unrest in Indian-Administered Kashmir or of provid-ing support to armed groups oper-ating there’.
A substantially lesser wordage isspared for the section detailing the
region in the Pakistan-OccupiedKashmir (POK), and incredulouslyadvises the authorities in India to“ful ly respect the right of self-determination of the people ofKashmir as protected under interna-tional law.”
It further seeks to escalate theKashmir issue (something Pakistanhas been trying desperately in therecent past and failing) by recom-mending to the Human RightsCouncil to “the possible establish-ment of a commission of inquiry toconduct a comprehensive indepen-dent international investigation intoallegations of human rights viola-tions in Kashmir.”
The biased pontification in thisreport aside, India has plenty ofroom for improvement in its gover-nance, operational and law-makingprocesses. However, to insidiouslyattribute a sinister motive to theGovernment of India in its Kashmiragenda is, to pander to a very selec-tive view.
Surely, there are cases of excess-es committed by the security forcesand the same needs to be addressedon priority and the guilty brought tobook, as soon as possible, but suchcases are of individual or unit levelfailures and not part of a dark sov-ereign plan, as this report almostseeks to project and establish as thedefinite narrative of Kashmir.
(The writer, a military veteran, isa former Lt Governor of Andaman &Nicobar Islands, and Puducherry)
Meet the self-loathing Indianthinknow
We must
develop
and
maintain the
capacity to
forgive. He who
is devoid of the
power to forgive
is devoid of the
power to love.
There is some
good in the worst
of us and some
evil in the best
of us. When we
discover this,
we are less
prone to hate
our enemies.
—Martin Luther
King, Jr
American leader
The UN Human Rights Council report on Kashmir is a wasted effort of 49 pages masqueradingas unbiased reportage. It has been rightfully slammed as fallacious, tendentious and motivated
There are many problems with India but we seem to take peculiar pleasure
in running down our country in front of foreigners
BHOPINDER SINGH
KUSHANMITRA
Due to the importance ofthe issue and to ensurethat the public has a bet-
ter understanding of the gen-eral atmosphere in Afghanistan,the Embassy of the IslamicRepublic of Iran, New Delhi,wants to put forth some pointsin response to an article titled, “Iran nuclear deal crisis” (June 11) byHamid Tahzeeb.
i) The Islamic Republic of Iran has always supported the peopleof Afghan and has played the most constructive role in Afghanistanin particular since the Bonn Conference in 2001. Accordingly, Iran'spolicy towards Afghanistan has always been and still is to ensure peaceand stability and to achieve sustainable development in this country.
ii) Iran was the first country that began helping Afghanistan in thereconstruction of its ruined infrastructure and economy. So far, it hasallocated and provided hundreds of millions of dollars as grants andloans for implementation of development projects as well as techni-cal and vocational training services in Afghanistan.
iii) Construction of the Khaf-Herat Railway, which connectsAfghanistan's railway network to Iran, Central Asia and Europe, is anoth-er example of Iran's assistance to development in Afghanistan.
iv) Key development projects including but not limited to electric-ity supply to border villages in Herat and Nimrooz, road constructionof the Dogharoun-Herat road, Mahirood-Farah as well as the comple-tion of the Herat Highway to Meymaneh in the north all have been car-ried out by Iranian contractors.
v) In addition, Iran has been hosting millions of Afghan refugeesfor almost four decades. Presently, 11 per cent of the total populationof Afghanistan dwells in Iran. This has been a great source of incomeand repatriation of millions of dollars to their own country annually.
vi) Also, Iran is bearing a huge spending annually for the educa-tion of more than 3,80,000 Afghan refugee children in Iranian schoolsand 17,000 Afghans in universities at different levels. Importantly, 77,000undocumented Afghan children were allowed to enroll in Iranian pub-lic schools based on a decree issued by Iran's Supreme Leader. Tocite an example, three Afghan students, including a girl, have attainedtop ranks in Iran's highly-competitive nationwide university entranceexam for a Master's degree in the current year.
vii) With the construction of the Chabahar port, Iran strived to giveAfghanistan, a land locked country, full access to open seas and inter-national waters. To facilitate such access, Iran provided Afghanistan'spublic and private sectors with sufficient facilities and preferential treat-ment to utilise this port. The first outcome of this policy was the ship-ment of Indian wheat cargos to Afghanistan just a few months ago.
viii) Iran has played a key role in defeating the terrorist group, IslamicState (IS). Unfortunately, after losing its base in West Asia, the IS hasestablished a suspicious foothold in eastern and northern Afghanistandespite a heavy presence of the US and other foreign troops and hasincreased its terror attacks in recent months.
ix) In Iran's security strategy, there is no interpretation of connect-ing with terrorist entities dividing them into good and bad terrorists.Therefore, any relationship with the Taliban is against the security andthe national interest of Iran, the region and the outside region. Thereis a strong belief that we share a number of threats and interests withAfghanistan. Iran continuously seeks long lasting and comprehensiverelations with the Central Government in Kabul.
x) Based on the request of the Government of Afghanistan andin order to provide intelligence coverage, maintain security of the east-ern borders of Iran and insecurity prevailing on the common borderdue to the weakness of foreign and Afghan forces, the Islamic repub-lic of Iran has initiated limited contact with the Taliban faction. Tehranhas used its limited contact to encourage and convince the Taliban tobring them to the negotiation table. It is crystal clear that almost allkey players on the ground have their own relations with the Talibanaimed at encouraging them to join the peace process.
xi) Iran has been participating in Afghanistan-related internation-al conferences at the highest level, including the Kabul Peace Process.Tehran recently backed a temporary ceasefire announced by thePresident of Afghanistan and encouraged both sides to avoid violenceand try to resolve problems through dialogue.
xii) Iran-Afghanistan relations have not been influenced by any thirdparty and this will be the case in the future due to an existing agree-ment between the top officials of the two countries. Both sides are nego-tiating a strategic partnership through the establishment of five com-mittees on different issues.
xiii) Iran and the Farah Province have 300 kilometers of commonborder, therefore, any sort of destabilisation or insecurity in Farah hasa direct impact on Iranian security. Therefore, accusations claimingthat Iran had a role in the Taliban attacks in the Province of Farah aretotally delusional, unsubstantiated and unrealistic. The Government ofAfghanistan has also dismissed these accusations.
xiv) On both sides of the war front in Syria, foreigner includingAfghan nationals, Fatemiyoun have gone to Syria to fight IS terroristson the basis of their own religious motives and personal initiative. Itis bizzare that there is no reaction to the recruitment of Afghan citi-zens by the IS in West Asia.
xv) Fighting against terrorism, assisting restoration of peace andsecurity, deterring the menace of drug cultivation and trafficking, hous-ing refugees, and playing a constructive role in rebuilding Afghanistanare Iran's main priority as its immediate neighbour.
xvi) Iran remains committed to its undertakings and respects theAfghan sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity.Tehran values its cultural-historical ties with Kabul, has always sup-ported peace, stability and security, and has been there to support itsneighbour's socio-economic development. Nothing shall change this.
(The writer is Third Secretary , Press Division, Embassy of Iran)
MASOUD HAMYANI
3rdeye 09
THE BIASEDPONTIFICATION IN
THE UNHRC REPORTASIDE, INDIA HAS PLENTY
OF ROOM FORIMPROVEMENT IN ITS GOVERNANCE,OPERATIONAL AND
LAW-MAKINGPROCESSES.
HOWEVER, TOINSIDIOUSLY
ATTRIBUTE A SINISTERMOTIVE TO THE INDIANGOVERNMENT IN ITSKASHMIR AGENDA, ISTO PANDER TO A VERY
SELECTIVE VIEW
Afghanistan-Iran
relations
Iran-Afghanistan relations have not been influenced by anythird party and this will be the case in the future as well due to an existing agreement between the two countries
The charms of an ordinary job are lostupon the present day’s workforce,especially when a host of exciting and
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GUIDE TO DU ADMISSIONS
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Despite hundreds of jobsoffered by private sectors,Government jobs still remain
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Fashion has been a hotbed forinnovation — from the inven-
tion of the sewing machine to therise of e-commerce. Like tech,fashion is forward-looking andcyclical. It’s also a huge industry.But at the same time it is a chal-lenging profession, and mostdesigners learn early on in theircareers that there are two ways todo it. Some choose to take theentrepreneurial route and launchtheir own brand, electing to dealwith the challenges of production,marketing, and e-Commerce.
The latter limits the creativi-ty and autonomy of the designereven though it shields them fromall the hustles of running a com-pany. However, new trends haveemerged that have combined thesetwo approaches to entering thefashion design world. Keeping upwith fashion isn’t always a breeze.Something may be in style one dayand it’s out the next. It’s also con-
fusing to pick up on trends sincefashion is personal and what’s “intrend” is really all about how youstyle it — anything can be in trendif you pull it off well. There are afew trends that every designerwho is planning to take the entre-preneur route should know. Oneshould have an idea whethereveryone is wearing skinny jeansor not. Knowing what’s in trendwill let you know what the publicis buying and what designers arecreating.
Listen and practice the art ofnetworking: You can learn some-thing from everybody, from thepeople in your office to those youmeet at industry events. Talk toeveryone and listen to what theyhave to say. The fashion industrymay seem huge but it's actuallypretty small—you never knowwho you could meet.
Empowerment of designers:
The increase of online users thatis being experienced every daygives designers an opportunity togain from e-Commerce, however,it does not eliminate the chal-lenges that are part and parcel oflaunching a new company. Someof these challenges include pro-duction and marketing. A design-er can come up with a stunningdesign for clothes or shoes butthey can’t monetise it if they donot have the money to open amanufacturing firm that will pro-duce the products.
Millennial prefer to buydesigner products: Millennialhave a robust consumer behaviourcompared to the older generation.They have a taste for specialtyproducts and also have a greatinfluence on how fashion com-panies are behaving in the market.A designer who intends to succeedin today’s market should take
advantage of this trend and targetthis segment of the population.
Teenagers have a trendy con-sumer behaviour as compared toelder generation as well. Theyhave different taste and have greatinfluence on how fashion compa-nies are behaving in the market. Adesigner who wants to succeed inthe long run should take advantageof this segment of the populationtoo. Teenagers are the key segmentwhen it comes to trendy wear.
They like to wear clotheswhich are comfortable, new andwant a product that should beentirely different. As a fashiondesigner one should know aboutthe demand of the teenagers andshould know their mindset whenit comes to designing clothes.
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sories and clothing due to socialmedia influence. Posting contenton social media and or having aninfluential figure review yourdesigns online is not enough;people want to hear the storybehind the product. As an entre-preneur, you should capitalise onthis phenomenon and share yourstory with your target audiencebecause it will help them connectwith your brand and buy it.
Understanding texture,colour, and fabric: Designrequires a good sense of texture,colour, and fabric. For example,you’ll need to know whether a gar-ment would work best in silk chif-fon or another fabric. You’ll alsoneed to know which combinationof colours will be most flattering.It is these details that make adesign stand out.
The writer is founder-CEO, International School of Design
Bhola MeenaCEO-founder OnlineTyari
Fashion is asdynamic astechnology.So thedesignersneed to keepup with thechallengesand newtrends inorder to be ontop of thegame, saysSUNJEYAGGARWAL
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B U S I N E S S C O R N E RAUDI INDIA LAUNCHES Q5 PETROL VARIANT, PRICE STARTS AT `55.27L
New Delhi: German luxury carmaker Audi on Thursday launchedpetrol variant of its popular SUV, Q5with price starting at `55.27 lakh (ex-showroom). The new variant ispowered by a 2-litre petrol enginewith a total output of 252 horsepower and is mated with 7-speedtransmission. It has a top speed of237 km/hr and is capable of accel-erating from 0-100 km/hr in 6.3 sec-onds, Audi India said in a statement.Audi India head Rahil Ansari said,“In line with our petrol strategy, weclearly want to increase the contribution of petrol variants in our total sales and withthe launch of the Audi Q5 45 TFSI, our entire Q range is now available with petroloptions.” He further said the Audi Q5 is one of the bestselling models in its class inIndia and with the launch of the petrol variant, the model will further strengthen itsfoothold in the Indian market. In January this year, Audi India had launched the dieselvariant of the new Q5. “We received over 500 bookings for the all new Audi Q5 TDI(diesel) model within a month of its launch in India, a testimony to its leadership posi-tion in the segment,” Ansari claimed. The all-wheel drive petrol variant has five dri-ving modes and is equipped with safety features such as eight airbags, anti-lock brak-ing system), electronic brake distribution and electronic stabilisation control systemamong others, the statement added.
H&M REPORTS 19% SALES GROWTH IN INDIA IN DEC-MAYNew Delhi: Swedish fashion retailer H&M has reported 19 per cent growth to
696 million Swedish Krona (approx `532 crore) in the Indian market in the December2017-May 2018 period aided by online expansion plans. The company, which followsDecember-November financial year, had reported a sales of 586 million Swedish Krona(approx `448 crore) here in the corresponding period last year. However, in terms oflocal currency, the sales growth for the H1 period was 26 per cent, H&M informedin its six-month report. While for the second quarter (March-May), H&M reported16 per cent growth with a sales of 347 million Swedish Krona (approx `265 crore) hereas against 298 million Swedish Krona (approx Rs 228 crore). During the H1 period,H&M added 5 stores in India and as on May 31, 2018, the company was operating 32stores here. H&M has reported net sales of 98,165 million Swedish Krona in H1 peri-od and was operating 4,801 stores globally. It was 114 billion Swedish Krona includ-ing VAT. The company has added 127 new stores globally and closed 65 stores dur-ing December to May period. Commenting on the expansion strategy, H&M said,“In spring 2018 the online expansion continued into further three markets - India, whichopened in March, and via franchise to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,which opened in May.” The company added: “The plan for the future is to offer onlineshopping in all our store markets and in other markets as well”.
Hyundai plans to roll out electric
vehicles from Chennai plant
PTI n NEW DELHI
South Korean auto majorHyundai plans to roll out
electric vehicles from its plantin India, which is set to becomeone of its global regional head-quarters with more responsi-bility for local long-term plan-ning, a senior company officialsaid.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd(HMIL), which has sold 8 mil-lion vehicles cumulatively inthe country in 20 years ofoperations, is also targeting tocross the 10 million milestonein the first quarter of 2021.
With plans to bring eightnew products between 2018and 2020, HMIL is also increas-ing its annual productioncapacity to 7.5 lakh units fromJanuary next year from 7 lakhat present.
“An electric SUV is amongthe eight products planned tobe launched here between thisyear and 2020. It is expected inthe second half of 2019.Initially. we will import it ascompletely knocked downunit,” HMIL ManagingDirector and CEO Y K Kootold PTI.
Going forward, dependingon the market response andgovernment support for elec-tric vehicles, he said: “Ourplan is to produce EVs fromour Chennai plant in the longterm.”
HMIL will launch the elec-
tric SUV in 15 cities in India,Koo said, adding “pricing andtarget volume are still beingfinalised”.
Reiterating that Hyundaihas identified EV as the keytechnology for the future inIndia, he said the company isnot looking at bringing hybridvehicles in the country.
“Our focus for new tech-nology is on EVs but we needgovernment support to makeit adopted on a mass scale,” hesaid.
Koo said the governmentmust consider reducing importduties, cutting GST rate onEVs to 5 per cent from 12 percent and continuation of sub-sidy support under FAMEscheme for personal EVs.
“Also there is a need fordevelopment of charging infra-structure, for which the indus-try would need governmentsupport,” he said, addingHMIL would provide homecharging kit when its electricSUV is launched in India.
On India becoming aregional headquarter (HQ) forHyundai from July 2 onwards,he said it reflected the impor-tance of the market, consider-ing it is among the only threeregional HQs along with NorthAmerica and Europe.
Elaborating on the signif-icance of the development,Koo said: “It empowers uswith more responsibility forlong-term planning for up to
ten years for the local market.Earlier we were focussed onshort term plans for up to threeyears.”
This will enable HMILstrategise its sales, marketing,aftersales service, manufac-turing, corporate planning,including exports, and productplanning to react swiftly to cus-tomer needs and requirements.
“The main purpose is tocontinue with sustainablefuture growth,” he said, addingthat learning from the Indianexperience, the NorthAmerican and Europeanregional HQs would also havea single head.
Earlier, in these tworegional markets there wereseparate heads for manufac-turing and sales and market-ing.
“Having a single head, likewe have here in India, enablesus to take decisions quickerand synergies better betweenmanufacturing and sales andmarketing operations,” Kooadded. Hyundai is expandingregional headquarters till 2019for other markets such asRussia and South America, headded. On capacity enhance-ment in India, Koo said:”Wewill increase production by50,000 units from January2019 at the Chennai plant. Soby next year we will have a totalannual capacity of 7.5 lakhunits, up from 7 lakh units thisyear.”
Pak money in Swiss banks down but remains above Indian fundsPTI n ZURICH
Money kept by Pakistani nation-als in Swiss banks fell by over
21 per cent to a record low of CHF1.115 billion (`7,700 crore) in 2017,even as the same from India roseafter three straight years of decline.
The Pakistani money in Swissbanks had fallen by 6 per cent toCHF 1.4 billion (about `9,500 crore)in 2016. Before that in 2015, thesefunds had risen 16 per cent fromCHF 1,301 billion at 2014-end.
As per the latest data released onThursday by Switzerland’s centralbank SNB (Swiss National Bank), thefunds linked directly to clients fromPakistan stood at CHF 1,100.7 mil-lion at the end of 2017, while themoney held through fiduciaries orwealth managers was CHF 15 mil-lion. In comparison, the clients’direct money stood at CHF 1,386.6million and through fiduciaries atCHF 29 million in 2016.
Despite the decline, the moneyheld by Pakistani nationals and enti-ties remains above that of Indians,which rose by over 50 per cent toCHF 1,015 million (about Rs 7,000crore) in 2017 after three consecu-tive years of decline. This is the third
year in a row that the funds linkedto Pakistan in Swiss banks haveexceeded that of Indians. A numberof other major countries also sawtheir funds falling in Swiss banksamid a global clampdown against theerstwhile banking secrecy walls inthe Alpine nation.
However, these official figuresdisclosed by the SNB do not includethe money that the foreign clients ofSwiss banks might have kept in thename of shadow entities or shellcompanies. Also, these figures do notindicate about the quantum ofalleged black money, which hasbeen a matter of a major politicaldebate in various countries, includ-ing India and Pakistan.
As per the SNB data, the totalfunds linked to Pakistan in Swissbanks stood at a record high level ofCHF 3.43 billion in the year 2001,but has come down considerablysince then and has hit the lowest levelsince 1996, from which this data isavailable. However, it rose by 6 percent and 16 per cent during 2014 and2015, respectively. The total fundsheld by all foreign clients of Swissbanks rose about 3 per cent to CHF1.46 trillion or about `100 lakh crorein 2017, according to the SNB.
Godrej Consumer eyes `100-cr turnover Chandigarh: Godrej Consumer
Products (GPCL) is eyeing `100crore turnover in the professionalhair products segment in the nextthree years. “The professional hairproducts market currently is about`1,200 crore and our company is
aiming to do a business of ̀ 100 crorein the next three years,” GCPL’sassociate vice-president KetanTakalkar told reporters. He said thecompany entered the hair productssegment with the launch of a newbrand — Godrej Professional. PTI
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world 12LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | JUNE 29, 2018
China will not concede an inch of land: Xi to MattisPTI n BEIJING
China will not concede “anyinch of territory” passed
down from ancestors to others,President Xi Jinping has toldUS Defence Secretary JamesMattis, amidst rising bilateraltensions over Beijing flexing itsmilitary muscles in the disput-ed South China Sea. Relationsbetween Washington andBeijing have been marredrecently by rising tensions —not only by an impendingtrade war but also by both mil-itaries viewing each other withincreasing suspicion. The UShas been sending periodic airand naval expeditions to assertits right of the freedom of thenavigation in the South ChinaSea area, most of which isclaimed by China.
“The Pacific Ocean is vastenough to accommodateChina and the US, as well asother countries,” Xi told Mattisduring a meeting here yester-day. Despite disagreements inthe Pacific over the SouthChina Sea, “it has long beenknown that the real experts onmilitary affairs do not want toemploy military means to solveissues,” Xi, also the GeneralSecretary of the rulingCommunist Party of China,said. China is engaged in hotlycontested territorial disputes inthe South China Sea. Vietnam,the Philippines, Malaysia,Brunei and Taiwan havecounter claims over the vitaltransit route for world trade.
Xi said China and the USshould promote the develop-ment of bilateral ties based onthe principle of mutual respect
and win-win cooperation.“When we see common
interests between China andthe US, we do not shy awayfrom differences. Our stance issteadfast and clear-cut when itcomes to China’s sovereigntyand territorial integrity,” hesaid, adding that “any inch ofterritory passed down fromancestors cannot be lost, whilewe want nothing from others.”
Xi’s comments to Mattiswas significant as the USDefence Secretary is a strongadvocate of proactive US pol-icy in the South China Sea tocontain China’s efforts to con-solidate its hold by installingmilitary bases on the reclaimedislands.As an important part ofbilateral relations, the US andChina military relations havemaintained a sound develop-ment momentum in the recentyears, Xi was quoted as sayingby the state-run Xinhua newsagency.
Mattis is the first Pentagonchief to visit China since 2014,and also held meetings with hisChinese counterpart Gen. WeiFenghe and other top generals.
Asserting that Sino-USrelation is one of the mostimportant bilateral ties in the
world, the Chinese Presidentsaid, “The history and realitysince the establishment ofbilateral diplomatic ties innearly 40 years have provedthat the sound development ofChina-US ties can benefit peo-ple of both the countries andthe world, and is also con-ducive to world and regionalpeace, stability and prosperity.”
China and the US sharecommon interests in extensiveareas and common ground faroutweighs differences, he said.
Mattis’ meeting with Xialso took place amid the spi-ralling tariff spat between USand China over PresidentDonald Trump’s demand torapidly reduce the USD 375billion trade deficit betweenthe two countries.
China has also stepped upits military drills in Taiwanstraits to pressure Taiwan,which it claims is part of themainland China.
“There are some issuesconcerning China’s sovereign-ty and territorial integritywhich have become increas-ingly tense because of the USmoves,” such as the SCS issuesand the Taiwan question,Chinese experts said referring
US House defeats immigration bill
PTI n WASHINGTON
In a setback to PresidentDonald Trump, the US
House of Representatives todaydefeated a bill which had pro-posed a merit-based immigra-tion system and elimination ofcountry quotas in Green Cardallotment that would havehelped legal migration of pro-fessionals from countries likeIndia. The Border Security andImmigration Reform Act, alsoknown as the Goodlatte Billbecause of it being introducedby Republican CongressmanBob Goodlatte from Virginia,was defeated by a large marginof 121 “yes” votes to 301 “no”votes in the Republican-major-ity House of Representatives.
“Once again, Republicanleaders put a partisan immigra-tion bill on the floor, and itfailed overwhelmingly,” HouseDemocratic Whip Steny HHoyer said.
Hours before the voting,
President Trump had askedlawmakers to vote for the billwhich among other thingswould end the agonising GreenCard wait for Indian-Americans and promote immi-gration that would enable amuch faster process for legalmigration of qualified profes-sionals from countries likeIndia.
Todd Schulte, president ofFWD.us which is backed by topIT companies, said the votemakes it absolutely clear - onceagain - that the only path for-ward to protecting ‘Dreamers’
is a bipartisan process thatleads to votes on bipartisan leg-islation.
“We opposed this billtoday. While it contained somegood elements, it came withharmful cuts to legal immigra-tion levels and allowed theindefinite detention of childrenand families - and we opposedit because it abandoned a bipar-tisan process that is absolutelyrequired to get legislationsigned into law,” Schultz said.
The Border Security andImmigration Reform Act of2018 (HR 6136) establishes a
new, merit-based green cardprogramme – without increas-ing legal immigration – basedon applicants earning points forskills, education, vocationaltraining, work experience,English language proficiency,and military service, accordingto Goodlatte.
More points are awardedfor each achievement. Onceapplicants meet the thresholdnumber of points for eligibili-ty, they will qualify for a GreenCard, although those with thehighest points each year willearn their green cards morequickly.
Those eligible for thisinclude children of E1, E2,H1B, and L workers who werebrought by their parents lawful-ly into the US as minors andhave been continuously in theUS for 10 years before the dateof enactment and any individ-ual granted a “contingent non-immigrant status” due toDACA eligibility may apply.
US mum on 2+2 dialogue postponement
PTI nWASHINGTON
The US on Thursday did notspell out the “unavoidable
reasons” that forced the postpone-ment of the first 2+2 dialogue withIndia again, a development thatIndia watchers here say was“unfortunate” and “more than alittle embarrassing” for the Trumpadministration. One observernoted that President DonaldTrump’s preoccupation withRussia could have led to the post-ponement. External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj andDefence Minister NirmalaSitharaman were to travel toWashington to take part in the
meeting with US Secretary of StateMichael R Pompeo and Secretaryof Defence James Mattis on July6. This new dialogue format wasagreed upon between the twosides during the visit of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toWashington in June 2017. It wasseen as a vehicle to elevate thestrategic relationship between thetwo countries with special focuson on bolstering strategic, securi-ty, and defence cooperation. Safeto say that US-India relations havetaken their “biggest tumble” inquite some time, tweeted MichaelKugelman from the WilsonCenter. “In the Trump era, no US
relationship is foolproof,” he said.“This is really big. 2+2 could havebeen used to reset a relationshipexperiencing growing tensionson the econ side,” he said in anoth-er tweet.
A State Departmentspokesperson told PTI thatExternal Affairs Minister Swarajand her American counterpartPompeo during a phone call onWednesday agreed to reschedulethe 2+2 dialogue as soon as pos-sible at a mutually convenient timeand location. Pompeo spoke overphone with Swaraj on June 27 todiscuss further strengthening US-India cooperation. Pompeo con-
veyed to Swaraj “his regret at thepostponement” of the 2+2 dia-logue previously scheduled totake place on July 6, the spokesper-son said.
“The Secretary and MinisterSwaraj agreed the 2+2 dialoguewould be rescheduled as soon aspossible at a mutually convenienttime and location,” the StateDepartment spokesperson said,hours after Ministry of ExternalAffairs spokesperson RaveeshKumar tweeted that during the callPompeo expressed his “regret anddeep disappointment” at the US hav-ing to postpone the 2+2 Dialoguefor “unavoidable reasons.”
PTI n UNITED NATIONS
Pakistan-based banned terroroutfits Jaish-e-Mohammed
and Hizbul Mujahideen recruit-ed and used children in Jammuand Kashmir during clasheswith security forces last year,according to a UN report onThursday. The annual report ofthe UN Secretary General onChildren and Armed Conflict,covering the January-December2017 period, said globally, over10,000 children were killed ormaimed in conflict last yearwhile more than 8,000 wererecruited or used as combatants.The report covers 20 coun-tries, including war-torn Syria,Afghanistan, and Yemen andalso the situation in India, thePhilippines and Nigeria. Onthe situation in India, the reportof UNSG Antonio Guterressaid children continued to beaffected by incidents of violencebetween armed groups and thegovernment forces, particular-ly in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhandand during tensions in Jammuand Kashmir.Noting “grave vio-lations”, it said three incidents ofrecruitment and use of childrenby the two terror outfits werereported in Jammu and
Kashmir during clashes with thesecurity forces.
“One case was attributed toJaish-e-Mohammed and twoto Hizbul Mujahideen,” thereport said, adding that “unver-ified” reports also indicate useof children as informants andspies by the security forces.
The UN said it continuedto receive reports of recruitmentand use of children, including bythe Naxalites, particularly inChhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
“Naxalites reportedlyresorted to the use of a lotterysystem to conscript children inJharkhand,” it said, adding chil-dren continued to be killedand injured during operationsof security forces against armedgroups.Citing government data,the report said 188 civilians werekilled in Naxal-affected regions,
but no disaggregated data onchildren were available.InMarch this year, a 15-year-oldboy was killed during clashbetween the security forces andLashkar-e-Taiba terrorists inPadgampora village of Pulwamadistrict.
Guterres asked the Indiangovernment to put in placemeasures to hold perpetrators ofchild recruitment and use toaccount and engage with theUN to end and prevent viola-tions against children.InJharkhand, the report said, sus-pected Naxalites attacked aschool in Khunti district, par-tially destroying it. With regardto military use, the occupationof over 20 schools was docu-mented by the Central ReservePolice Force in Srinagar,Kashmir, in April.
‘JeM recruited children in Kashmirduring clashes with security forces’
Bloodiestday yet insouth SyriaoffensiveBeirut (AFP): A barrage ofRussian strikes on rebel-heldtowns in southern Syria killed22 civilians on Thursday, thebloodiest day yet of the govern-ment’s offensive in the strate-gic region. With Moscow’shelp, Syrian President Basharal-Assad’s army has batteredthe south for more than aweek with air strikes, rocket fireand crude barrel bombs.
The bombardment hasforced more than 45,000 to fleetheir homes in search of safe-ty, according to the UnitedNations, while others huddle intheir basements to wait out theraids. Today, air strikes identi-fied as Russian killed 22 civil-ians, a monitoring group said,most of them in a single town.“At least 35 Russian air strikeshit the town of Al-Mseifra,” theSyrian Observatory for HumanRights said. “One of them hita basement where people weretaking shelter, killing 17 civil-ians, including five children,”the Britain-based monitorsaid.The hospital in Al-Mseifrahad been put out of service byRussian strikes on Tuesdaynight, the Observatory andrelief organisations said.
The Observatory says itdetermines who carried outparticular strikes based on thetype of aircraft and munitionsused, the locations and theflight patterns.
Another five civilians werekilled in other rebel-controlledareas of Daraa, the mainprovince in southern Syria.
PTI n WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW
US President Donald Trumpand his Russian counter-
part Vladimir Putin will holdtheir first summit meeting onJuly 16 in the Finnish capitalHelsinki to mend bilateral rela-tions, the White House and theKremlin announced today.
The summit will take placefour days after a NATO sum-mit on July 11 and 12 inBrussels, Belgium, whereTrump will meet leaders of USmilitary allies. Trump plans tovisit London to meet BritishPrime Minister Theresa Mayon July 13. The two leaders“will meet on July 16, 2018, inHelsinki, Finland,” WhiteHouse Press Secretary SarahSanders said.
“The two leaders will dis-cuss relations between theUnited States and Russia and arange of national securityissues,” Sanders said in a state-ment. In Moscow, the Kremlinpress service said Putin andTrump will discuss “the currentstate and prospects of furtherdevelopment of Russian-USrelations and also vital issues ofthe international agenda.”
Putin and Trump heldtheir first talks on the sidelinesof the G20 summit in
Germany’s Hamburg in July2017. They had another oppor-tunity to hold negotiationsduring the APEC summit inVietnam in November 2017 butno full-fledged meeting tookplace.
The announcement of thedate and venue of the summitfollows a meeting betweenPresident Putin and USNational Security Adviser JohnBolton in Moscow yesterday.Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakovhad said the two leaders willmeet in a third country. The
summit will include one-on-one talks between the presi-dents and conclude with ajoint news conference, Ushakovsaid, adding that the two lead-ers are expected to issue ajoint statement after their meet-ing.
“Both President Trumpand President Putin feel that it’simportant for these two lead-ers of these two criticallyimportant countries to gettogether and discuss theirmutual problems and areas ofco-operation,” Bolton said.
“It’s something that I thinkboth feel will contribute toimprovements in the US-Russiabilateral relationship and in sta-bility around the world,” headded. President Putin saidhis meeting with Bolton hadraised hopes for a full restora-tion of relations, which headmitted were not in the bestof shape.
Putin insisted Moscow hadnever sought confrontationand that, in his view, the poorstate of relations was a result offierce political confrontation
inside the US itself.Relations between
Washington and Moscow havehit lows not seen since the ColdWar over Russia’s annexation ofCrimea as well as disagreementover the Syrian conflict.
The summit with Putinalso comes amid FBI SpecialCounsel Robert Mueller’s probeinto alleged Russian interfer-ence in the 2016 US election.Trump has been critical of theprobe, denying any collusionand arguing that theDemocrats should be investi-gated instead.
Since assuming power,President Trump has sought toimprove relations with Putin.
Trump said this monththat Russia should be re-admit-ted to the powerful G-7 groupof industrialised nations fromwhich it was suspended afterannexing Crimea in 2014.
Trump’s summit with Putinis likely to draw criticism fromthe President’s domestic critics,who accuse him of curryingfavour with Putin, and jitter USallies, who fear Trump will takea less hawkish position withRussia on issues such as theannexation of Crimea and mil-itary exercises near the Russianborder in eastern Europe, CNNreported.
Trump, Putin to hold first summit in July
26/11case: Court issuesnotice to Pakistan govt toproduce Indian witnessesPTI n LAHORE
APakistani court hearingthe Mumbai terror attack
case has issued a notice to theinterior ministry asking it tofile a reply about presenting 24Indian witnesses in the casewithin a week, an official saidtoday.
The 2008 Mumbai attackcase has entered into the 10thyear but none of its suspectsin Pakistan is punished, indi-cating this case had neverbeen in the priority list of thecountry that appears to bekeen to put it under the car-pet.
“The Anti-TerrorismCourt Rawalpindi held hear-ing at Adiala Jail (Rawalpindi)yesterday and issued a noticeto the interior ministry askingit to file a reply about present-ing Indian witnesses by July 5,”a court official told PTI.
He said a prosecution offi-cial told the court about India’sreluctance to send its nation-als to Pakistan. The courtadjourned the hearing till July5.
The weekly hearing inthis case rarely takes placesince the anti-terrorism courthas completed the statementof all (70) prosecution wit-nesses. According to the pros-
ecution, case may not furtherproceed till the Indian govern-ment sends its 24 witnesses toPakistan to record their state-ments. Pakistan has writtento India in this regard.
India replied that Pakistanfirst put Mumbai attack mas-termind Hafiz Saeed on trialbased on evidence it had pro-vided to it. A number ofPakistani witnesses both offi-cial and private testified andprovided evidence against theseven accused but thePakistani authorities havebeen insisting on sendingIndian witnesses here forreaching a verdict in the case.
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is responsible forcarrying out the Mumbaiattack that ki l led 166people.Seven LeT suspects –Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi,Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal,Hamad Amin Sadiq, ShahidJamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed andYounis Anjum – are facingcharges of abetment to mur-der, attempted murder, plan-ning and executing the attacksince 2009. Except Lakhvi,the other six are kept in AdialaJail Rawalpindi. Lakhvi hasbeen living at undisclosedlocation since he got bail inthe case in 2015.
Indian-Americanamong Trump’slist of judges toreplace KennedyWashington (PTI):Amul Thapar,an Indian-American legal lumi-nary, is among the 25 shortlistedjudges US President DonaldTrump could nominate to replaceSupreme Court Justice AnthonyKennedy, according to Americanmedia reports. Justice Kennedy,81, announced his retirementfrom the US Supreme Court yes-terday. He met Trump at theWhite House last afternoon soonafter he told his colleagues in theSupreme Court that July 31 wouldbe his last day at the apex court.
Thapar, 49, is one of the 25shortlisted judges on Trump’sSupreme Court List. Trump toldreporters that his nominee toreplace Judge Kennedy would befrom this list compiled by theHeritage Foundation and theFederalist Society.
Multiple American mediaoutlets later identified Thaparfrom Kentucky as one among theshortlisted judges.
Last year, Trump appointedThapar, who sits on the 6th USCircuit Court of Appeals and aformer United States Attorney, forthe District of Kentucky andDistrict Judge.
The son of Indian-Americanimmigrants, Thapar is the Nation’sfirst Article III judge of SouthAsian descent. He was confirmedby the Senate 52-44.
‘Stay 100% in US, we won’t forget’Wa s h i n g t o n ( P T I ) : U SPresident Donald Trump hasasked Harley Davidson motor-cycle company to stay “100 percent” in America, warning that“we won’t forget” if it wentahead with its plan to shiftsome of its manufacturing baseoffshore in response toEuropean Union’s retaliatorytariffs for US duties. OnMonday, Harley-Davidson inits US Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC) filing hadsaid that the new retaliatorytariffs by the European Union(an increase from six per centto 31 per cent) will result in an
incremental cost of approxi-mately USD 2,200 on an aver-age motorcycle exported fromthe US to the 28-member trad-ing bloc. “Harley-Davidsonshould stay 100 per cent inAmerica, with the people thatgot you your success,” Trumptweeted. The Wisconsin-basedmanufacturer of iconic motor-cycles has said it planned tomove some manufacturingabroad in response to EuropeanUnion tariffs retaliating forUS duties.
“I’ve done so much foryou, and then this. Other com-panies are coming back where
they belong! We won’t forget,and neither will your cus-tomers or your now veryHAPPY competitors!” Trumpsaid yesterday, in an apparentreference to his effort to helpthe firm reduce its exportduties in India from 100 to 50per cent. “To address the sub-stantial cost of this tariff bur-den long-term, Harley-Davidson will be implementinga plan to shift production ofmotorcycles for EU destina-tions from the US to its inter-national facilities to avoid thetariff burden,” said the compa-ny, without indicating the
country it plans to move itsproduction facilities to. It saidthat shifting targeted produc-tion from the US to interna-tional facilities could take atleast nine to 18 months to befully completed.
Soon thereafterTrump, who had batted forHarley-Davidson’s case againstIndia over its high tariffs on theiconic motorcycles, had criti-cised the company for its planto shift some of its productionunits overseas.Trump yesterdaysaid he was surprised by sucha decision by the motorcyclemanufacturer.
PTI n WASHINGTON
From pugs to labradoodlesto huskies, pets dogs may
have genetic differences thatmakes them more friendlyand loyal to humans, scientistssay. Researchers have beencomparing dog and wolf DNAto try and identify the genesinvolved in domestication.They want to understand howa once nocturnal, fearsomewolf-like animal evolved overtens of thousands of years tobecome beloved members ofhuman families.
Amanda Pendleton, apostdoctoral research fellow atUniversity of Michigan in theUS, has been reviewing cur-
rent domestication researchand noticed something pecu-liar about the DNA of moderndogs: at some places it didn’tappear to match DNA fromancient dogs.
“We convinced ourselvesthat previous studies foundmany genes not associated
with being a dog but withbeing a breed dog,” saidPendleton. Breed dogs, whichmostly arose around 300 yearsago, are not fully reflective ofthe genetic diversity in dogsaround the world, sheexplains. Three-quarters ofthe world’s dogs are so-called
village dogs, who roam, scav-enge for food near humanpopulations and are able tomate freely. In order to get afuller picture of the geneticchanges at play in dog evolu-tion, the team looked at 43 vil-lage dogs from places such asIndia, Portugal and Vietnam.
Armed with DNA fromvillage dogs, ancient dogsfound at burial sites fromaround 5,000 years ago, andwolves, they used statisticalmethods to tease out geneticchanges that resulted fromhumans’ first efforts at domes-tication from those associat-ed with the development ofspecific breeds.
British Queengets pay hike London (PTI): Queen ElizabethII got a 13 per cent hike in herBritish taxpayer-fundedallowance ahead of extensiverepairs to Buckingham Palace,estimated to cost around awhopping 369 million pounds.The 92-year-old monarch’saccounts released today showedthe public funds used by her forofficial expenditure and dutieswent up from 41.9 millionpounds to 47.4 million pounds.More than 4 million pounds ofthat hike was spent on the ini-tial phase of palace modernising,including the removal of oldwiring, while 21.4 millionpounds went on staff payrollcosts and the rest on travel andother maintenance costs over theprevious year.
Large-scale refurbishmentwork on Buckingham Palace’seast wing will begin in April2019, which is expected to causeyears of upheaval for the royalfamily at their traditionalLondon residence. The removalof nearly 10,000 treasures fromthe Royal Collection installed inthe wing will begin in the com-ing months. Priceless antiquefurniture, paintings and tapes-tries will be moved to otherwings, transferred to otherpalaces, lent to exhibitions orplaced in commercial storage,the Palace announced. Aspokesperson said that disrup-tion to royal events would bekept to a minimum.
What makes dog man’s best friend?
Actress SONAKSHI SINHA hasjoined forces withUnesco to promote asafe and secure cyberenvironment foryoungsters toensure they arenot targeted forbullying, abuse,exploitationand morethrough theinternet.“Internet use inIndia is explodingand mobile accesshas really changedthe game. But iscyberspace safe forthe children whoare under 18? All470 million ofthem? The truthis that the risksthey face areshocking.”
JOE JACKSON, patriarch andmanager of American musicaldynasty that included the Jackson5, with its star lead singer MichaelJackson and soloist sister JanetJackson, has died following abattle with cancer at the age of89. Joe passed away early onWednesday at a hospice in LasVegas. “We are deeplysaddened by Mr.Jackson's passing andextend our heartfeltcondolences to Mrs.Katherine Jackson andthe family,” co-executors of theestate JohnBranca andJohn McClainsaid in astatement.Joe died twodays afterthe deathanniversaryof his son, Kingof Pop MichaelJackson. Joe'sgrandson, alsoconfirmed his death.
Joe Jacksondies at 89
Sonakshi forchild safety
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“It is a wishthat I wishfor everycouple thatcomestogether —be friendsforever. Love,respect and cherisheach other”—Dia Mirza
DIVYA DUTTA will beseen in a bold avatarin Manto, anemotional role inFanney Khan, andwill then jump intothe comic zone withAbhi Toh Party
Shuru Hui Hai before returning toher “vulnerable self” for anotherthriller. The actress says directorsdon't come to her with the sameroles, and she is having a blastfulfilling all her desires as anartiste. “All the films in line arevery different. I am kind of fulfillingand enjoying all my desires as anactor now,” Divya said. “Fanney Khan is opposite AnilKapoor. It is a beautiful, emotional,soft and strong role. Then I amdoing out-and-out comedy withAnubhav Sinha...That is Abhi TohParty Shuru Hui Hai. Then there isa thriller where I am back to myvulnerable self, and then aromantic movie,” she said. “Now,people don't come to me withsame kind of role. I'm happy thatthey offer me something different.Now if they don't then I ask themfor a different role myself,” she said.
She straddles the East-West divide with an ease that comestogether in the combination of Indian classical dance with
Western rap. And this amalgam is visible in the US bornsinger Raja Kumari’s new song I Did It which hit YouTubelast week and instantly went viral. Dedicating it to her fans,she tells us, “I created this song for my fans who wanted todance with me. I’m a dancer first, so it was exciting to cre-ate a true fusion of sounds. I always wanted to set classicaldance within hip hop beats. I feel like we achieved this.” Ifyou have missed it, then you certainly haven’t missed theAllah Duhai Hai number in Race 3.
She performs a mix of Indian ethnic dance forms andhip hop. Sung in English, she can be seen performing kathak,while the Indian taals (beats) can be heard in the back-ground.
The songwriter and rapper is best known for her col-laboration with artists including Gwen Stefani, Iggy Azalea,Fifth Harmony, Knife Party and Fall Out Boy while her solosongs on YouTube are unique. “Music has always been a hugepart of my life. I wanted to find a way to have fun every dayand music was always that escape for me”, Raja Kumari says.The West Coast hip hop and rap influence was commonground for her. She became a household name in India, espe-cially after the song City Slums (featuring Divine) which hassuccessfully amassed 7.6 million views on YouTube. “I’vehad some incredible experiences in life. I can never forgetthe feeling of performing City Slums for the first time at NH-7. It was the first time I stepped on stage in India and expe-riencing the love of the people was an incredible feeling,”she adds.
What makes her songs stand out is the ways she blendsgenres. Mixing the music traditions of two different coun-tries also helps in bridging the gap between them. She says,“I believe I am the bridge. I want to open the door for cul-tural exchange and want to see an Indian person impact-ing pop culture worldwide.” She is very passionate aboutmusic and was nominated for a Grammy award in 2015.
Though she grew up in America, the Indian in her wasalways alive and kicking thanks to her parents. She empha-sises, “I credit my parents for raising me with a deep respectand love for my culture. They always made me proud to beIndian and made sure I knew my roots.” Unlike some NRIswho force their children to be doctors and engineers, RajaKumari’s parents were supportive of her and satisfied withwhatever made her happy. Her academic choice was pio-neering too. She studied ancient religious studies and tookcomparative religious studies in college. She has a degreein ancient Indian history and studied Sanskrit besides threeclassical dance styles. “I did my arangetrams in differentstyles. I’ve dedicated my life to study Indian culture,” sheadds.
Despite supportive parents, she did face some obstaclesat at other fronts. Surmounting them, she says, “It is alwaysdifficult to blaze your own trail. Being a woman in a male-dominated arena is a challenge but I welcome it.”
I Did It has already won millions of hearts and has gainedover 300K YouTube views and because of its uniqueness thefigures will continue to rise. Talking about her future plans,she says, “I don’t limit myself. I want to lend my voice towhatever makes to my brand. Right now, I’m in Los Angelesworking on my new EP. I love Bollywood and would loveto get more involved.”
Actor Sanjay Dutt says spend-ing days in prison broke hisego but made him a better
person. “My confinement dayshave been nothing less than aroller coaster ride. To look at thepositive side, it has taught me a lotand made me a better individual,”Sanjay said in a statement.
“Staying away from my familyand my loved ones was a challenge.During those days, I learnt how tokeep my body in perfect shape,used trash cans and mud pots inplace of weights and dumbbells. Wealso used to have a cultural func-tion every six months in jail whereI taught convicts serving out lifesentences to mouth dialogues, sing,
dance and express themselvesthrough skits. These peoplebecame my family during the
hard times and came to encourageme when I was giving up,” headded.
Sanjay, who had made a rock-ing debut in Bollywood with Rockyin 1981, put his personal life injeopardy through drug addiction,and his life took a turn for theworse when he was arrested for ille-gal possession of weapons andwas convicted.
The actor, 58, was arrested forillegal possession of arms in a caserelated to the 1993 Mumbai serialblasts, in which over 250 peoplewere killed and several hundredwere injured.
Sanjay’s fans will get to see aglimpse of his life with RajkumarHirani's film Sanju, in which
Ranbir Kapoor will be seen livinghis life. A particular scene in thetrailer had in fact shown Ranbir ina helpless state due to an overflow-ing toilet in jail. The scene hasreportedly been deleted from thefilm.
A father of three, Sanjay says thecourt battle definitely transformedhim as a person. “The time I spentin jail made me realise a lot ofthings. It broke my ego,” Sanjay said.
It was in February 2016 that
Sanjay walked out of jail complet-ing his prison-term for illegal pos-session of arms.
Recounting the moment, hesaid, “The day I was released afterthe final verdict, it was the happi-est moment of my life. I was miss-ing my father (Sunil Dutt). I wishhe was alive to see me free... hewould have been the happiest per-son. We should never forget ourfamily, they are the pillar ofstrength always.” —IANS
When one thinks of the horrorgenre, one pictures an old
haveli, creaking doors, a racingheart and jump scares. But there aremany who are moving away fromthe traditional plotlines in the genreand mixing comedy, drama andromance to it. The deviations differdepending on the culture of the landin which the movie or TV show ismade in. India, for instance, hasused the trope of a tantric cursinglead characters multiple times.
A new TV show withKarishma Tanna called QayamathKi Raat has ventured into thesame space yet again but it includeselements of romance and thriller aswell. She believes that this new TVshow, which started on June 23, isnot over-the-top dramatic and theacting is natural, which grabbedher attention and prompted her totake it up. “It has strong contentand it was being produced byBalaji which firmed up my resolveto go for it. I know this serial fallsmore in the supernatural zonebut the content is good and thecharacter is challenging. Moreover,this is unlike other serials since itis a finite one-hour show. Everyweekend, you’ll find something dif-ferent,” she says.
Tanna has previously done acameo in Naagin 3 and VivekDahiya, the male lead, has acted ina supernatural themed showKavach. The current show isinspired by South Indian horrormovies like Arundhati and theRamsay brothers. “It takes a lot ofemotions when you do a fantasythriller. You need a lot of energybecause you need to act scared.There is rain and dust. It is not a reg-ular daily soap where the girl is look-ing very pretty all the time but thereare dreamy scenes as well. I wouldlove to do shows also if the contentis good but this I chose because itdemanded a very energetic perfor-mance.”
Tanna will also be seen in theRanbir Kapoor-starrer Sanju whichreleases today and it is believed thatshe will play Madhuri Dixit in theSanjay Dutt biopic.
Briggs Automotive Company(BAC) based in Liverpool has
become the first car manufactur-er in the world to go “climatepositive,” setting a new industry
standard for climate action.Becoming climate-positive
means that BAC will con-tribute to the removal ofmore carbon dioxidefrom the atmospherethan it emits.
To deliver on itscommitment to pro-tect the environ-ment, the maker ofthe world-famous
Mono supercar haspartnered with the
Poseidon Foundation.Poseidon gives individ-uals, organisations andgovernments the oppor-tunity to rebalance theircarbon footprint bysupporting forestryconservation projects
around the world usingblockchain technology.
As the manufacturer of theworld’s only single-seater, road-legal supercar used primarily toenjoy the sport of driving in itspurest form, BAC is taking mea-sures to ensure that current andfuture customers are offered theopportunity to do their bit for theenvironment.
With immediate effect, BACwill rebalance the climate impactof its operations; namely the pro-duction and distribution of theMono supercar worldwide.Whenever a BAC customer com-
pletes a transaction — from pur-chasing to servicing a Mono —they will be offered the opportu-nity to make an additional contri-bution through Poseidon’s plat-form which goes directly towardsforest conservation. It is BAC’s aimto drive behavioural change in theautomotive sector by engaging itscustomers in climate action.
With the help of Poseidon,BAC will contribute to forestconservation projects around theworld. One such project lies inPeru’s Cordillera Azul NationalPark, which is home to 6,000 plantspecies, 11 endangered large
mammals and where the averagetree is over 400 years old. Effortsto conserve forests are incrediblyeffective because trees act as car-bon sponges, providing a naturalsolution to climate change.
BAC developed the firsthybrid carbon-composite wheelsand body panels made from inno-vative material graphene. Thepartnership with Poseidon seesBAC lead the car industry on anenvironmental level, too.
Ian Briggs, BAC Co-Founderand Design Director, said, “We areabsolutely delighted to team upwith Poseidon and take this
important step towards becominga climate-positive manufacturer.We already implement measuresthat reduce our carbon footprint;through our UK-based supplychain, using lighter weight mate-rials and a higher grade of mate-rial in a more efficient way – andworking with Poseidon will allowus to protect the environmenteven more.
“At BAC, we are totally com-mitted to embracing new technol-ogy and are devoted to designingand developing more and morecarbon-friendly products as tech-nological advancements are made.
As time goes on, BAC will worktowards producing climate-posi-tive products and setting furtherenvironmental examples in theautomotive world.”
Laszlo Giricz, founder andCEO of Poseidon, added: “Weare thrilled to be partneringwith BAC who, like us, believethat innovation is key to chang-ing the world. If we don’t domore to change global behav-iours, we will exceed the 1.5°Climit set by the Paris agreementby 2027. It is imperative that wework together to address human-ity’s carbon impact and put a haltto climate change.”
The Mayor of Liverpool JoeAnderson, who is leading a pro-gramme to cut the city’s carbonemissions by 35 per cent by2020, said, “I’m delighted thatBAC is leading the way by usingthis cutting-edge technology.I’ve no doubt this approach willhave a revolutionary impact onthe motor industry and onceagain underlines Liverpool’s fab-ulously rich track record forinnovation and its position asone of the UK’s most progressivecities in tackling climate change.We are wholly committed tosupporting private companiesthat are making a real environ-mental difference and hope thisinnovative partnership betweenBAC and Poseidon is the first ofmany such projects in theregion.”
JAIL TIME BROKE MY EGO: DUTT
The climate positive car manufacturer
Briggs AutomotiveCompany (BAC)
based in Liverpoolwill remove more
carbon dioxide fromthe atmosphere than
it emits
And the twaindo meetSongwriter and rapper Raja Kumaribelieves that she is the link betweeneast and west, says Team Viva
Fans of the actor, who has been through drug addiction to jail time, will get to see aglimpse of his life with Rajkumar Hirani's film Sanju
Karishma’s spook fest
After Naagin 3, the actor is ready to scare you yet again with her new horror
show Qayamath Ki Raat. BY TEAM VIVA
STAYING AWAY FROMMY FAMILY AND MYLOVED ONES WAS ACHALLENGE. DURING
THOSE DAYS, ILEARNT HOW TOKEEP MY BODY INPERFECT SHAPE
BRUNO ALVES INSISTS PORTUGALARE "NOT INTERESTED" INGERMANY'S DEMISE, BUT
BELIEVES IT OFFERS FURTHERPROOF OF THE DIFFICULTY OF WC
N'GOLO KANTE BACKS FRANCETO STEP UP A GEAR AND
IMPROVE ON THEIRUNDERWHELMING EARLY
WORLD CUP PERFORMANCES
CROATIA HEAD COACH ZLATKODALIC LABELS MARIOMANDZUKIC AS THE "SOUL OFTHE TEAM" AHEAD OF THEIRLAST-16 CLASH WITH DENMARK
FORMER DENMARK PLAYERPETER SCHMEICHEL BELIEVESTHAT NEYMAR HAS BECOME A‘PROBLEM CHILD’ FOR BRAZILAT THIS WORLD CUP
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TROLLS SWEEP WEB AFTER GERMAN EXIT
MOSCOW: The internet turned cruel for Germany fans onThursday as online mockery swept the globe following thedefending champions' shock World Cup elimination. Astream of memes and jokes flooded social media after astunning 2-0 defeat to South Korea condemned DieMannschaft to their earliest exit in 80 years. "Don'tmention the VAR," was a common refrain, while Brazilianmedia gleefully took their revenge for Brazil's 7-1humiliation by Germany at the last World Cup in 2014."AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..." read a tweet from FoxSports Brasil that ran to 272 characters. In dramaticscenes in Kazan, Kim Young-Gwon's stoppage-timeopener was ruled legitimate after intervention from theVideo Assistant Referee, before Son Heung-min added thesecond goal minutes later. "Germany's fastest exit fromRussia since 1943," posted one user, while anothertweeted a picture of Germany towels reserving all theseats on an empty plane. Mexico fans were particularlydelighted after South Korea's last-gasp win allowed themto qualify for the last 16 behind Group F winners Sweden- while Germany finished rock bottom. Aeromexicooffered a 20 percent discount on flights to South Korea,tweeting an image of a plane with doctored "AeroCorea"livery and the slogan, "We love you Korea!" Meanwhile,England striker-turned-TV-presenter Gary Lineker revisedhis famous maxim that "Football is a simple game.Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at theend, the Germans always win." "Football is a simple game,"Lineker tweeted. "Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90minutes and at the end, the Germans no longer alwayswin. Previous version is confined to history."
TRUMP'S JOKE ON CRISTIANO FALLS FLAT
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump cracked ajoke about Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldorunning for president against incumbent Marcelo Rebelode Sousa, who responded by saying that Portugal "isnothing like the US". What started off as a casualconversation on Wednesday about the World Cupbetween Trump and Rebelo de Sousa, who is on an officialvisit in Washington, revealed the stark contrast betweentheir political cultures. In his first bilateral meeting withTrump, Rebelo de Sousa bantered that when Trump wouldtalk World Cup in his upcoming summit with RussianPresident Vladimir Putin, he should not forget to mentionthat "Portugal is still there and hopes to win..." "Don'tforget that Portugal has the best player in the world whois called Cristiano Ronaldo," Rebelo de Sousa told Trumpin the White House. Trump recognised that Portugalindeed was "doing very well" and asked his counterpart"how good a player" Ronaldo was. When Rebelo de Sousasaid Ronaldo was "the best player in the world", Trumpasked "so will Cristiano ever run for President againstyou?" As his Portuguese counterpart pondered on aresponse, Trump assured him that "Cristiano wouldn'twin, you know he won't". At this Rebelo turned and said"President, you know - you know something - I must tellyou, Portugal is not like the US. It's a little different."
WC SETS NEW RECORD FOR OWN-GOALS
MOSCOW: Mexico defender Edson Alvarez's 74th-minuteown-goal against Sweden on Wednesday was the seventhtime at this year's World Cup that a player has sent the ballinto his team's net - a tournament record - andSwitzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer made it eight on anunlucky bounce. And there are still 20 more matches to beplayed. As with many of the earlier miscues, Alvarez wastrying to clear a cross in the box. But it bounced off of himand inside the left goalpost as 'keeper Guillermo Ochoawatched helplessly. Sommer found a more creative way tocalamity: He scored the tying goal for Costa Rica deep ininjury time when Bryan Ruiz's penalty kick hit thecrossbar and ricocheted off the back of his head and intothe net, prompting a rueful smile. Mexico lost 3-0 andSwitzerland drew 2-2 but Alvarez and Sommer can takeheart - Mexico, Switzerland and the host Russians are theonly teams so far to make it out of their groups afterscoring on themselves.
DE BRUYNE PARTY WITH MAN CITY MATES
KALININGRAD: Kevin De Bruyne jokingly says he hasinvited some Manchester City teammates to his birthdayparty. De Bruyne turned 27 on Thursday, the day hisBelgium team plays England at the World Cup inKaliningrad. In a tweet, De Bruyne says he invited some ofhis club teammates to his party. The tweet includes apicture of Raheem Sterling, John Stones, Fabian Delphand Kyle Walker, all fellow Manchester City players whoare on England's squad. Whether they meet on the pitchremains to be seen. Both teams already are qualified forthe round of 16, and Belgium coach Roberto Martinez hassaid it would be "unprofessional" to use players who haveyellow cards. Agencies
STARS ALL AROUND: From the left: Brazilian football player RonaldoLuiz, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, FIFA President Gianni Infantino,and German player Lothar Matthaus, and former Spanish player CarlesPuyol pose for a photo at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow AP
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Switzerland moved through tothe World Cup last 16, after
a draw over Costa Rica but willbe without captain StephanLichtsteiner because of suspen-sion.
A 93rd minute own goal bythe unfortunate keeper YannSommer from a Bryan Ruizpenalty gave the centralAmerican side a deserved 2-2draw on a night of late drama inNizhny Novgorod.
That wiped out a Swiss leadwhich had lasted only two min-utes after substitute Josep Drmicslotted home to apparently givethe Swiss an undeserved victo-ry.
Earlier Blerim Dzemaili hadthumped home in the first halfto give Switzerland the leadagainst the run-of-play in the31st minute against the teamwho finished bottom of GroupE.
That goal was cancelled outby Kendall Waston's header inthe 56th minute, the central
Americans first goal of the tour-nament.
The draw ensuredSwitzerland finished second inthe group behind Brazil.
But Switzerland will be leftcounting the cost after yellowcards for experienced defendersLichtsteiner and Fabian Schaermeans they will miss the gameagainst Sweden in SaintPetersburg on July 3.
Lichtsteiner received a yel-
low card for a late tackle onDaniel Colindres in the 37thminute.
It was the Arsenal player'ssecond yellow of the tournamentafter being booked in the open-ing game against Brazil.
He was one of three playerswho had escaped a ban goinginto the match after the contro-versial "double eagle" goal cele-brations in the fevered 2-1 vic-tory over Serbia.
Then late on Schaer alsoreceived his second yellow cardof the tournament, also rulinghim out of the Sweden match.
Switzerland took the leadwhen Dzemaili emphaticallyconverted from close range aftera fine headed knock-down byBreel Embolo.
It was the only goalSwitzerland have so far scored inthe first-half at the tournament.
The goal was harsh onCosta Rica after a frantic startsaw them go close on severaloccasions, hitting the post andbar.
Four minutes laterColindres hit the bar with a fineshot which beat the excellentSommer but hit the bar.Campbell and Oviedo also wentclose as the Costa Ricans dom-inated.
But finally they wererewarded by defender Waston'sheader from a second-half cor-ner. The goal ensured that CostaRica would not be the only teamwho did not score at this WorldCup.
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South Korean fans rejoiced onThursday and called for nation-
al service exemptions after theirteam went out of the World Cup ina blaze of glory, eliminating defend-ing champions Germany with ashock 2-0 victory.
In one of the great World Cupupsets, Kim Young-gwon and SonHeung-min both scored in injurytime to condemn footballing super-power Germany to their first open-ing-round exit in 80 years.
South Korea were pelted withtoffees, a Korean insult, when theyreturned winless from Brazil 2014and although they again leaveearly, after defeats to Mexico andSweden, they finished aboveGermany on goal difference inGroup F.
"We didn't make it to theround of 16... But we sent the worldnumber one packing," said a head-line in Seoul's major Dong-A daily.
"We are so proud of you," thenewspaper said on its front page,adding the game "shook SouthKorea upside down".
Germany went into the gameknowing that a win by two cleargoals would have seen them intothe last 16. But instead it wasSweden and Mexico who advancedafter the Scandinavians romped toa 3-0 win in the group's othermatch.
The Taeguk Warriors, semi-finalists in 2002, brought thedefending champions "down withthem", Yonhap news agency said,adding that Germany "unceremo-
niously bowed out of the tourna-ment".
South Korean social mediawere flooded by tens of thousandsof messages from fans expressingjoy and astonishment over a victorythat had seemed utterly implausi-ble before the match.
"This is far more shocking thanour advance to the semi-final at the2002 World Cup," one commentersaid.
"Who cares we won't make itto the round of 16? We defeatedGermany, the world number one!"added another.
"It was an honourable exit."Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon
joined them, tweeting onThursday: "Reality beat our imag-ination today" and praising theSouth Korean footballers.
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Portugal defender Bruno Alves saidSaturday's World Cup last-16 clash
with Uruguay will be more than simplya battle between Cristiano Ronaldo andLuis Suarez.
The European champions will faceUruguay in Sochi for a place in the quar-ter-finals after finishing as runners-upbehind Spain in Group B.
Uruguay won all three of their groupmatches, beating hosts Russia 3-0 in theirlast outing, and are the only team yet toconcede a goal at the tournament.
Real Madrid forward Ronaldo hasscored four of Portugal's five goals so far,while Barcelona star Suarez netted againstSaudi Arabia and Russia.
"I don't think it will be a duelbetween Suarez and Ronaldo," Alves saidon Thursday. "It's a match between thetwo teams, Portugal and Uruguay, andwe'll do everything we can to win."
Portugal survived a late scare againstIran on Monday, as Ronaldo missed apenalty and was fortunate to escape a redcard for an elbow.
"At this stage we still believe we haveroom for improvement," Alves said.
"I think we will win, but you can't for-get you can only win if you play well andI think we'll play well." The 36-year-oldAlves is at his third World Cup, althoughthe Rangers centre-back has yet to make
an appearance in Russia."I feel that we're always highly moti-
vated. I think all of us have come here toplay and when our moment comes wewill be ready for it to help Portugal win,"he said.
"I think this Portugal team is readyfor everything. We've shown we have thechance to win and if we keep it up thisway I think we'll be successful. There aredifficult games in store for us though."
Portugal have not lost a competitivematch with Ronaldo in the side since the2014 World Cup, although they werebeaten on penalties by Chile at last year'sConfederations Cup.
Alves sounded a note of caution fol-lowing the departure of defending cham-pions Germany.
"Everybody can see that in thisWorld Cup there are no easy games,"Alves said. "Germany's fatemade it clear what can happen to anystrong team." Uruguay are hopeful JoseMaria Gimenez will return from injuryto resume his centre-back partnershipwith Atletico Madrid team-mate DiegoGodin.
Brazil cruise into R-16Paulinho, Thiago Silva score in either half to take Seleção through
Brazil conjured the opener from noth-ing when a beautifully lofted pass fromPhilippe Coutinho found Paulinho, whoflicked the ball over Stojkovic's reach on 36minutes to make it 1-0 at the break.
Serbia repeatedly struggled to containBrazil's fleet-footed attack.
Manchester United midfielder NemanjaMatic was the next Serbian midfielder to bebooked when he fouled Manchester City starGabriel Jesus on 48 minutes.
Serbia's brightest spell came with half anhour left, only to be let down by poor fin-ishing.
Ljajic stumbled to take a return pass aftera charging run into Brazil's box and thenfired over shortly after.
Then with his defence beaten, Brazilgoalkeeper Alisson palmed a save straightat Aleksandar Mitrovic, but the Serbia for-ward could only head the ball back into thegrateful arms of the Brazilian shotstopper.
To cap Serbia's frustrations, SergejMilinkovic-Savic fired wide, then Mitrovicguided a powerful header straight at Alissonfrom a corner.
However, Brazil made sure of the winwhen Neymar swung in a free-kick and hisParis Saint-Germain team-mate Thiagocrashed home his header, unmarked at thenear post, on 68 minutes.
With one eye on the last 16, Tite tookoff Countinho with ten minutes left whileNeymar twice went close to scoring theSelecao's third late on, but the Brazil coachcan be happy with his star forward.
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Brazil eased into the World Cupknockout stages after defeatingSerbia 2-0 here, with superstar
Neymar sparkling in a win which setsup a last 16 clash against Mexico.
Paulinho put Brazil ahead with asuperb dinked finish on 36 minutesbefore Neymar swung in a cross forThiago Silva to header the Selecao's sec-ond goal with 22 minutes left inMoscow.
Having opened his Russia 2018account with the second of Brazil's twolate goals in Friday's 2-0 win over CostaRica, Neymar was again impressive onWednesday.
After the tearful emotion of SaintPetersburg, Neymar cut a more joyfulfigure after this win, blowing kisses tothe crowd as the five-time championscelebrated.
As Group E winners, Brazil willnow face Mexico in Samara on Monday,with group runners-up Switzerlandtaking on Sweden in St Petersburg onTuesday.
In the pre-match build-up Brazilcoach Tite said Neymar alone can not"shoulder the responsibility" for histeam's World Cup hopes.
However, the 26-year-old seemedcontent to carry Brazil's attack, motor-ing through Serbia's midfield andcrashing an early shot just wide of thepost.
The match at Moscow's SpartakStadium began at a ferocious tempo andBrazil left-back Marcelo was an earlycasualty, limping off after ten minutesto be replaced by Filipe Luis.
Neymar had the best chance of theopening half hour when he forcedSerbia goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic topalm his shot away.
Tempers frayed when Serbia mid-fielder Adem Ljajic scythed downNeymar, in full flight on the left flank,to earn a booking on 33 minutes.
MOSCOW: Tite insists Brazil can cope withbeing installed as World Cup favourites,following Germany's shock exit, with theSelecao boss backinghis side to grow in theknock-out stages atRussia 2018.Brazil sealed a 2-0 winover Serbia in Moscowon Wednesday withgoals either side ofhalf-time by Paulinhoand Thiago Silva to setup a last 16 clashagainst Mexico onTuesday in Samara.With Germany havingfailing to advancedpast the first round forthe first time in 80years, Brazil are nowinstalled with manybookmakers as they favourite to win the WorldCup.Tite expects his side to grow in the knock-outstages having finished as Group E winners."We can take the pressure, we are a balancedteam and we have replacement who can comein, which is important," said the Brazil's headcoach Tite."For example, Marcelo was injured early onand we were able to replace him.""For us, this is about getting stronger andgrowing."We embrace expectations, but this team hascreated a high level because they did very wellin the qualifications, but then you come to theWorld Cup - it's a new cycle and a new format."We have had three matches and things are onthe up." Tite said he suffers with anembarrassment of riches and that one of thehardest parts of his job is deciding who toleave out, having brought on Manchester Citystar Fernandinho in the second half and leftLiverpool's Roberto Firmino on the bench inMoscow. AFP
Tite backs Brazil to grow
Thiago Silva, front, celebrates with teammate Neymar after scoring the second goal AP
South Korean fans celebrate after Korea’s win;(ABOVE) German fans disappointed AP
Costa Rica's Kendall Waston (No 19) scores his side's first goal against Switzerland AP
Luis Suarez (Left), Cristiano Ronaldo AP
Germany win shakes
Korea upside down
Swiss sail through to last-16
‘Portugal-Uruguay more than Ronaldo vs Suarez’
Paulinho, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal AP
FRANCE & BARCELONADEFENDER SAMUEL UMTITI
SAYS ARGENTINA DO NOTPLAY LIKE MESSI’S
BARCELONA
DAILY MAIL REVEALS DIEGOMARADONA IS ‘ACTING UP’
BECAUSE HE’S BEING FILMEDBY A CAMERA CREW FOR A
NEW DOCUMENTARY
MARCOS ROJO’S MOTHERSAYS SHE COULDN’TBELIEVE HER SON SCOREDHIS SIDE’S WINNER BECAUSEOF RIGHT-FOOTED SHOT
BRAZIL’S TEAM DOCTORBLAMES HOTEL MATTRESSFOR MARCELO’S BACKSPASMS WHICH FORCEDSUBSTITUTION VS SERBIA
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ONLINE INSULTS CAUSE RETIREMENTS
TEHRAN: Online bullying has just cost Iran one of theirtop players. Forward Sardar Azmoun said on Thursdaythat he's retiring from the national team. The 23-year-oldAzmoun was the target of numerous attacks on socialmedia after failing to score in any of Iran's three groupmatches at the World Cup. He was sent obscenemessages and mocked for his perceived lack of impact.Azmoun said his mother had been recovering from aserious illness, but the insults caused it to flare up again.Between football and his mother, he wrote on Instagramthat "I chose my mother." The Rubin Kazan striker hadbeen built up as Iran's top goal-scoring threat before thetournament and has scored 23 goals in 36 internationalappearances. Another forward, the 30-year-old RezaGhoochannejhad, said that he's also leaving the Iran team.He was an unused substitute in all three games. "My mind,my personality and my pride do not allow me" to wear theIranian national team shirt again, Ghoochannejhad said inhis Instagram statement. Ghoochannejhad didn't saywhether he was reacting to the online abuse or to coachCarlos Queiroz's decision not to play him at the WorldCup.
'DEATH' REPORT ANGERS MARADONA
BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona has offered a $10,000reward to identify the source of reports he had died afterArgentina's World Cup match against Nigeria, his lawyersaid on Thursday. The reports, circulated via WhatsAppvoice messages from a man with an Argentine accent,said the 57-year-old star had been hospitalized and haddied of cardiac arrest. "I gave instructions to make publicthe decision to offer a reward of 300,000 pesos (around$10,000) to anyone who can provide true and accurateinformation about the author of the audios," lawyer MatiasMorla told Argentina's Clarin daily from Russia. TheArgentine star took ill at the end of the match and had tobe helped from his seat. But he denied rumors of ill healththe day after, telling reporters: "I'm perfect. I've never beenbetter." Morla said Maradona had suffered "a spike" inblood pressure. "It's a subject that at one time alarmedhim. It's no secret how he lives through a game. How helived them as a player is how he lives them as a fan."According to Morla, Maradona shouldn't even have beenat the stadium for the second half of the game, in which alate goal secured Argentina's World Cup."The doctors toldhim to rest, not to stay for the second half of theArgentina-Nigeria match, but asking that of Maradona islike asking a son not to love his mother."
BRITISH FLAG FOR BRITISH HOPES
LONDON: Britain's House of Commons is to fly the StGeorge's flag in support of Gareth Southgate's Englandteam as World Cup fever sweeps the nation following abright start in Russia. The decision followed anannouncement by Prime Minister Theresa May that theflag would fly over her official residence at 10 DowningStreet on the days the team were playing. The Commonswill start flying the flag on the day England play their last-16 match next week. "I am keen that the House shows itssupport for the team in the World Cup, as I would be if anyof the other home nations were competing -- as I hopethey will be in 2022," Bercow told MPs. "I've thereforedecided that the House of Commons will indeed fly the StGeorge's flag for the next England game, which will be onMonday, July 2 or Tuesday, July 3 -- dependent on theoutcome of today's match against Belgium. "I know Ispeak for the whole House in wishing the Three Lions thebest of luck tonight." England beat Tunisia 2-1 andhammered Panama 6-1 to qualify for the World Cupknockout rounds.
BRITISH MEDIA GAGA OVER GERMAN DEFEAT
LONDON: British newspapers revelled in Germany'sWorld Cup despair on Thursday as Italy's Corriere dellaSera commiserated with their plight — mindful of the factthe Italians did not even make it to Russia. Germany, 4-time world champions, are England's historic nemesisafter inflicting some painful defeats over the course ofmore than half a century. And the press made the most ofthe demise of Jogi Loew's side, eliminated from the WorldCup at the first-round stage for the first time since 1938."Schadenfreude, noun (from the German): Pleasurederived from another person's misfortune," said the Sun's
front page. The paper also printed a cut-out-and-keeptable showing Germany rooted to the bottom, also listingseveral English footballing names who suffered at thehands of the Germans. "Sir Bobby (Robson), Psycho(Stuart Pearce), Chrissy Waddle, El Tel (Venables), Gareth(Southgate), Lamps (Frank Lampard) and every Englandfan... This is for you. The Sun issued a rallying call for theEngland team, set to play Belgium on Thursday to decidewho finishes top of their group: "Now come on England!"
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A LEGENDARY SHOW: FIFA Legends and children play football on RedSquare in front of the Kremlin.on Thursday. The Legends had joined FIFAPresident Gianni Infantino, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russianchildren from FC Totem. FIFA.com
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Amid a crescendo of boos and whistles as nei-ther side tried to score, Japan advanced tothe knockout round at the World Cup
because of a newly implemented tiebreaker — feweryellow cards.
The Japanese, barely playing for the final 15minutes of the match, lost to Poland 1-0 onThursday. But they still reached the round of 16because Colombia beat Senegal 1-0 in the otherGroup H match.
Both Japan and Senegal finished the groupphase with four points, had the same goal differ-ence and the same amount of goals scored.Starting at this year's tournament, disciplinaryrecords — known as fair play — were added by FIFAas a tiebreaker.
Japan had four yellow cards in their three groupmatches while Senegal had six. Both were even onpoints, goal difference, goals scored, and they tiedin their head-to-head meeting. If FIFA had notadded the fair play tiebreaker for this World Cup,a draw of lots would have determined which wouldadvance.
It's the first time since 1982 that no African teamhas advanced from the first round at the World Cup.
Poland, which had already been eliminated, gottheir goal from defender Jan Bednarek in the 59thminute. He beat his marker at the far post andvolleyed in a swerving free kick from RafalKurzawa.
When Bednarek scored, Japan were facing elim-ination. However, Colombia's goal in the 74thminute against Senegal meant Japan were in sec-ond place and would advance.
As the game continued, it barely got above walk-ing pace, prompting many inside the VolgogradArena to show their displeasure by whistling andbooing. During injury time, Japan's players softlypassed the ball among themselves, while their Polishopponents barely made an effort, content to fin-ish the tournament with a victory after two loss-es.
Japan coach Akira Nishino made six changesto the starting lineup — all four of Japan's scorersin the previous two games were left on the bench.
Poland had an early chance to take the lead in
the 32nd minute when Japan goalkeeper EijiKawashima stopped a header from Kamil Grosicki.Scampering across his goal before diving,Kawashima clawed the ball to safety just before ithad crossed the line.
Robert Lewandowski then had a chance to putPoland ahead 2-0 — a result that would haveallowed Senegal to advance — in the 74th minuteafter a swift counterattack but his effort flew overthe bar.
GROUP DYNAMICSJapan will next face the winner of Group G,
either Belgium or England, on Monday in Rostov-on-Don. Colombia, which won the group with sixpoints, will play the second place team in that groupon Tuesday in Moscow.
HOW THE TIEBREAKER WORKSHere's how FIFA decides who gets to keep play-
ing when teams tie on points:a) Best goal difference;b) Most goals scored;c) Points from head-to-head games between
the teams involved;d) If more than two teams are tied, best goal
difference from matches between the teamsinvolved;
e) Most goals scored in all matches betweenthe teams concerned;
f) Fewest points deducted based on yellow andred cards received in all group matches, as follows:a 1-point deduction for a yellow card, a 3-pointdeduction for a red card issued as a result of a sec-ond yellow, a 4-point deduction for a straight red,and a 5-point deduction for a straight red issuedafter a yellow card.
The Union of European Football Associations(UEFA) has used the disciplinary points rule forseveral years, but FIFA just introduced in 2016. Thisis the first time it's been used in a World Cup.
g) Drawing of lots by FIFA.The only time FIFA has ever drawn lots to
break a tie in a World Cup group was in 1990 inItaly, when Ireland and the Netherlands tied for sec-ond place in their group. The Dutch wound upthird, but both teams had already advancedunder the 24-team format in place at the time.
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Yerry Mina leapt high abovedefenders to score on a header in
the 74th minute and Colombia defeat-ed Senegal 1-0 on Thursday toadvance to the World Cup knockoutstage. Senegal became the first teamever eliminated by a new tiebreaker— number of yellow cards.
Colombia, which reached thequarterfinals four years ago in Brazil,finished atop their group and are thefourth South American team toadvance. Senegal's elimination meansall five African teams are eliminated.
Colombia are the only team inRussia to lose their opener — 2-1 toJapan — and make it to the round of16. The Colombians appeared as toregain form with a 3-0 victory overPoland. James Rodriguez, the BayernMunich star who was a substitute inthe team's opener because of a calfinjury, set up two goals in that match.
But Colombia's hopes appeared
diminished when Rodriguez wasreplace by Luis Muriel because of anapparent injury in the 31st minuteagainst Senegal. Teammate Radamel
Falcao patted him on the back sym-pathetically as he headed to the side-line.
Rodriguez returned to the team
bench in the second half, in time tosee Mina's header that gave Colombiathe lead.
Mina, 6-foot-5 (1.95 meters),leapt above a pair of Senegalesedefenders to head the ball hard off theground and off Senegal goalkeeperKhadim Ndiaye's hand, sending theenthusiastic Colombian fans atSamara Stadium into a frenzy.
Senegal kept trying to get a goalthat would have sent it to the nextround, but Colombia defended well.
Video review was used in the 18thminute when Colombia's DavinsonSanchez tackled charging forwardSadio Mane.
The referee originally gaveSenegal the penalty kick, but thereview went in Colombia's favor.
Carlos Sanchez returned to LosCafeteros after sitting a one-matchsuspension of a red card just threeminutes into the opener. Sanchezreceived criticisms and a death threat,which is being investigated by
Colombian authorities. It referencedthe murder of Colombian defenderAndres Escobar following an own-goal at the 1994 World Cup.
Senegal opened the tournament inRussia with a 2-1 victory over Polandand followed that with a disappoint-ing 2-2 draw against Japan.
Senegal's last appearance in theWorld Cup came in 2002, when theteam reached the quarterfinals.Current coach Aliou Cisse was thecaptain of that squad.
ALREADY WOUNDED:Colombia midfielder Abel Aguilar
was unavailable after he was injuredand taken off the field on a stretcherin the first half against Poland. MateusUribe took his place in that match andstarted against Senegal.
Coach Jose Pekerman would notsay when or if Aguilar might returnduring the tournament, but said theleft adductor injury was not as seri-ous as feared.
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Germany's coach Joachim Loewtoday acknowledged that far-
reaching changes were neededafter the Mannschaft's shock exitfrom the World Cup, adding thathe needs some time to consider hisfuture with the team.
"The Mannschaft did notdemonstrate what it can usuallydo," he said at Frankfurt airport asthe humiliated team arrived homeafter finishing at the bottom of thetable in the group stages.
"As coach, I bear the respon-sibility and must of course askmyself why we didn't succeed.That will require a bit of time, andwe will hold talks about it," headded.
But the coach stressed that"with the elimination, with thedeep disappointment that we haveexperienced, we now need to thinkabout which are the correct mea-sures to take".
"We need far-reaching mea-sures, we need clear changes. We'llneed to talk about how we'll dothat," he added.
After 12 golden years in charge
crowned by the 2014 World Cupwin in Brazil, Loew is under fire asa dismayed Germany question if hehas placed his faith in too manyformer stars past their prime.
The daiy FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung said onlyLoew's departure could giveGermany the "new start" it need-ed.
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Antoine Griezmann lit up Euro 2016 asFrance reached the final on home soil,
but a series of stuttering performances atthe World Cup have set alarm bells ring-ing ahead of a last-16 meeting withArgentina's Lionel Messi.
The Atletico Madrid striker looked farshort of his best during the group stage,failing to complete a full 90 minutes in anyof France's first three games.
Olivier Giroud suggested Griezmannwas not at his physical peak after a longseason in which he made a combined 60appearances for club and country, culmi-nating with victory in the Europa Leaguefinal.
His teammates have rallied aroundhim, led by Paul Pogba, a player subject-ed to his own fair share of criticism inrecent months.
"Don't touch my Grizou," Pogba saidwith a smile last week. "You've forgottenthe Euro."
A tired Griezmann also made a slug-gish start at the European Championship,toiling initially before making his markwith a late goal in the 2-0 group win overAlbania.
He led the French charge from thatpoint onwards, scoring five of his six goalsin the knockout rounds to finish as thetournament's top marksman.
"Just because he didn't score in the last
match doesn't mean he's not the sameGrizou," Pogba said after the 1-0 win overPeru.
Griezmann himself admitted he washoping for more as a vastly talented Franceside attempt to fulfil their potential inRussia.
"I hope to raise my level again in thelast 16," he told French television follow-ing the turgid 0-0 draw with Denmark.
"It was the same at the Euro. It was-n't until the last 16 that I hit my stride.So we'll see. I have confidence in my
game."Griezmann's decision to pledge his
future to Atletico, despite strong interestfrom Barcelona, in a televised docu-mentary two days before France's open-ing game provoked amusement withinthe team camp.
The 27-year-old also insisted thedrawn-out episode was not a distraction,although it was unusual for an Atleticorepresentative to fly out to France'straining base for Griezmann to sign hisnew deal.
Germany need bigchanges, says Loew
France seek solution to Griezmann puzzle
MINA HEADS COLOMBIAN HOPES TO LAST-16
FAIR PLAY SEES JAPAN THROUGH
Samurais’ relatively fewer yellow cards help reserve last-16 slot at Senegal’s cost despite loss
Poland's Robert Lewandowski, left, and Japan's Gotoku Sakai embrace each other at the end of the group H match between Japanand Poland at tthe Volgograd Arena in Volgograd, Russia on Thursday AP
Colombia's Yerry Mina, fourth from right, scores his side's opening goal during the group H matchbetween Senegal and Colombia in the Samara Arena in Samara, Russia on Thursday AP
France’s Antoine Griezmann has scored one goal, that too from a penalty, in three matches in Russia so far AP
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INDIA TOPS IN JR SHOOTING WCNEW DELHI: Indian shooters picked upeight more medals, including five Gold,on the concluding day of the ISSF JuniorWorld Cup in Suhl, Germany onThursday. Their successful campaignsaw them finish on top of the medalstandings among 61 participatingcountries, collecting 26 medals in allincluding 15 Gold, two Silver and nineBronze medals. India's Gold medalscame in the 10m air pistol mixed team,25m standard pistol men juniorindividual and team and 25m standardpistol women junior individual and teamevents respectively. Besides, they alsowon the Silver medal in the 10m air riflemixed team event, a Bronze in the 25mstandard pistol junior men as well as awelcome Bronze medal in the juniorwomen's skeet team event. The highlightof the day for India was their 1-2 finish inthe 10m air pistol mixed team event,where the pair of Devanshi Rana andSaurabh Chaudhary piped Manu Bhakerand Anmol Jain in the five team final toclinch Gold. Devanshi and Saurabh shota total of 478.9 to get the better of Manuand Anmol, who finished with 474.4.
TIGER EYES TO END WIN DROUGHTPOTOMAC: Tiger Woods, bolstered bysurprising power in his return from backsurgery, has tested new putters whilehosting the US PGA Quicken LoansNational in hopes of ending a five-yearwin drought. The 14-time major winnerplays his 11th event of the year, and onlyplanned tuneup for next month's BritishOpen, starting Thursday at TPCPotomac. "I'm pretty excited the way I'vehit the golf ball. I've done some things Ihaven't done in over a decade," Woodssaid on Wednesday. "No one has hadclubhead speeds as what I've had on thetour this year with a lower back fusion.These are things that I didn't know Icould do and all of a sudden I'm doingit." What the 42-year-old Americanhasn't done lately, however, is show thesharp putting that saw him share secondat the Valspar Championship and fifth atthe Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.
INDIA, IRAN FAVOURITES FOR SEMISDUBAI: Reigning world championsIndia and runners-up Iran will befavourites to make the final when theytake on their respective semifinalopponents in the Kabaddi Masters hereon Friday. Living up to theirheavyweights tag, India topped group Awith easy wins over Pakistan and Kenyaand they will face Korea, who finishedbehind toppers Iran in group B in whatseems to be a one-sided affair for theworld champions. Iran, on the otherhand, are likely to face a stiff competitionfrom Pakistan in the first semifinal of theevening at the Al Wasl Sports Complex.This will be a repeat of the AsianChampionship semifinal for India whenthey had beaten Korea 45-29 to avengetheir World Cup 2016 league stage lossin Ahmedabad. India have beaten Koreafour times from five exchanges and theonly loss was in the 2016 World Cup. Tomake matters worse for Korea, their topraider Lee Dong Geon is ruled out with aleg injury that he sustained duringtraining. Agencies
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Experiment is the buzzword asIndia prepare to take onIreland in the second and final
T20 International, aiming to strikethe perfect balance while ringing inthe changes here on Friday.
The Men in Blue got their three-month long tour of Ireland andEngland off to a fine start with a 76-run win on Wednesday.
Riding on half-centuries fromRohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan,India scored 208-5. ThereafterKuldeep Yadav and YuzvendraChahal shared seven wickets torestrict the Irish to 132-9.
It indicated that India's first-choice eleven was functioning prop-erly after a break of three months,and tuning itself for the Englandtour.
The big question is of benchstrength and chances for the likes ofKL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik andUmesh Yadav.
India will have an advantagefrom the fact that the pitch for thesecond T20I is expected to playmuch in the same fashion as onWednesday.
Both Kuldeep and Chahal wereable to garner purchase from thestrip, and Ireland skipper GaryWilson went as far as to say that it"wouldn't have mattered if they hadbowled first or second". Clearly, thegap in quality between the twosides is too far to bridge even for thisgutsy Irish side.
Barring an unimaginable upsetthen, India do have the luxury ofgoing with a batsman short andaccommodating an extra bowler.
Kohli's mantra of giving chancesto those sitting on the bench couldbe extended to the bowling line-upas well, where both Umesh Yadavand Siddarth Kaul are raring to goand longing for game time.
It is easily noticeable that theteam management is reluctant todrop both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and
Jasprit Bumrah whenever they are fitand available.
Leaving out Pandya for threefull-time pacers and two spinnersstill gives Kohli five bowling options,enabling him to leave out SureshRaina and Manish Pandey to bringin both Rahul and Karthik.
There is also the small matter ofgetting some time at the crease forhimself after Kohli got out for a two-ball duck on his first outing on thistour.
While it is too early to worryabout, it did ring in memories of histroubles in 2014 where he justcouldn't buy a run, irrespective offormats.
Irrespective of the scope of teamchanges, on the strength of their bat-ting and bowling, India will be firmfavourites going into this second
game.Fielding though is a different
matter, and the coaching staff will beexpecting a better display from theIndian players than in their first out-
ing.As many as three outfield catch-
es were dropped in the power-playovers, and a stronger opposition -like England - will definitely punishthese errors.
For Ireland, it won't simply be amatter of turning up on the day.While the 200-plus target was farbeyond their reach, they showedenough wherewithal to stick out inthe middle and attempt to compete.
Asking for an upset on Fridaywill be too much, but they remaincapable of springing a surprise ortwo on home soil. The biggestincentive for the hosts is another
chance to play against one of the topT20 sides in the world in front of afestive and raucous crowd.
SQUADINDIA: Virat Kohli (c), RohitSharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KLRahul, Manish Pandey, SureshRaina, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni(wk), Hardik Pandya, KuldeepYadav, Yuzvendra Chahal,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JaspritBumrah, Umesh Yadav, SiddarthKaul.IRELAND: Gary Wilson (c & wk),Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase,George Dockrell , Josh Little, AndyMcBrine, Kevin O'Brien, WilliamPorterfield, Stuart Poynter, BoydRankin, James Shannon, SimiSingh, Paul Stirling, StuartThompson.
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Indian captain Virat Kohliwants to "surprise the opposi-
tion" by experimenting with hismiddle order in the remainingT20s against Ireland and the sub-sequent three-match seriesagainst England.
Kohli pushed himself downthe order at six in the openingT20, which India won by 76runs. Suresh Raina came to batat three and M S Dhoni four afterthe openers Shikhar Dhawanand Rohit Sharma put up a 160-run stand.
"We have already announcedthat apart from the openingcombination we are going to doa lot of experiments in the mid-dle order. We are going to beflexible in the next few T20s. Wewill look to throw in guys whenthe situation requires them tocome in and try to surprise theopposition," said Kohli in thepost-match presentation.
"It presents the opportunityfor the batsmen who couldn't getthe opportunity to bat. The guyswho couldn't get a chance todaywill get an opportunity in thenext match. The guys had a greattime in IPL but they need to gettime in the middle here too."Kohli assured that everyone inthe squad will get a game.
"The team managementdecided to give a go to everyonein the squad. The guys are finewith this decision. We are look-ing to give everyone game-timeand want them to portray thequalities they possess becausemany guys go on tour and neverget an opportunity to play," saidthe skipper.
There was not much to com-plain either after India out-played Ireland in all depart-ments.
"The opening combinationwas excellent. The last overbowled by Ireland was terrific.Great effort by Rohit andShikhar to put us in a good posi-tion. And good strikes fromMS, Raina and Pandya in theend. Bowlers did a clinical jobtoo," Kohli added.
The Indian spin duo ofKuldeep Yadav and YuzvendraChahal started the UK tour witha bang, taking four and threewickets respectively.
Ireland captain Gary Wilsonsaid his batsmen will have to finda way to play the Indian spinnersbetter. "They are a world-classside and their lads at the topplayed beautifully. I expected itto be a good wicket, I did notexpect it to spin as it did in thesecond innings. We could havebowled spinners in the power-play," said Wilson.
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It is still early days in his maiden tourof the UK but Kuldeep Yadav feels he
has adapted well to the conditions witha four-wicket haul against Ireland in theopening T20 here.
Yadav also underlined that India'seasy 76-run win over Ireland onWednesday was down to hosts' inabil-ity to play spin properly.
"The score was good so it was eas-ier as we had a target to bowl at anddefend. A spinner always tries to bowlaccording to the target. From an indi-vidual point of view, it was quite goodbecause I was bowling the way I want-ed to bowl and I used the variations welltoo," said Yadav.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawanscored attacking half-centuries andIndia finished with 208-5. Irelandcould only manage 132-9 in responsewith Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahalsharing seven wickets.
"They batted well against pace andgot a good start too. But they struggledagainst our spinners because theyweren't using their feet too much. Also,we vary our pace and bowl slower attimes, and perhaps they are not usedto this type of bowling. But the morethey play (against top sides), they willget better," said Yadav.
India have had two practice ses-sions and now some game time as they
continue fine-tuning for the longEngland tour.
"Conditions here seem to be nor-mal. I haven't seen too much difference(from other overseas tours). Perhapswickets are a bit slower and the ball isturning. I felt normal (in practice andin the game), and didn't feel that it has
been something new," said the spinner."The weather is a bit colder and
conditions are different from India. Butit was easy to adjust and for me it is anormal thing. After one game you can-not say how wickets will be through-out the tour. This one had a little turnand the ball was turning, but as we play
more matches on this tour, maybe thewickets in England will be different,"he added.
Irrespective of conditions or targetsset by his batsmen though, Yadav out-lined that his prime focus is always ontaking wickets.
"Every bowler has a different styleso they may bowl differently as per thesituation. However, I always think ofpicking wickets because if I try to con-trol runs, I will give away more runs.So it is important for me to take wick-ets and get breakthroughs for my teambecause I am that type of attackingbowler. My style is different," he added.
Ireland Gary Wilson chose to lookat the positives after the heavy loss tothe visitors. He also admitted that theywere not good enough against theIndian spinners.
"We didn't expect the pitch to spinlike it did in the second innings. Therespinners are very good and would havespun it in the first innings like that aswell so I don't think we can blame theconditions by any means or prepara-tion," said Wilson.
"We need to go back and need tofigure out how we will play Kuldeepand Chahal in the second game. We canonly get better (against quality spinners)with playing more game. It is coveredin FTP now as we have 65 games innext four years so we are going to playmore," he added.
AFP n BIRMINGHAM
Jos Buttler hit the fastest fifty by anEngland batsman in a Twenty20 inter-
national to lay the platform for a 28-runwin over Australia at Edgbaston onWednesday.
Australia, set 222 for victory, lost halftheir wickets inside nine overs to be 72for five. Aaron Finch, their captain, keptthem in the match with a fine innings of84 while sharing a sixth-wicket stand of86 with Ashton Agar.
But the run-rate required Finch tokeep going for big hits and when he holedout off Adil Rashid, Australia were 158for six in the 16th over.
Leg-spinner Rashid, the official man-of-the-match, led England's attack withthree for 27 in his maximum four oversbefore paceman Chris Jordan strucktwice in two balls to leave Australia onthe brink of defeat at 174 for eight.
Australia were bowled out for 193with two balls to spare.
Buttler, fresh from his man of theseries heroics in a 5-0 one-day interna-tional sweep of Australia, including amatch-winning 110 not out in a dramaticone-wicket victory in the series finale atOld Trafford on Sunday, was promotedto open in this one-off T20 clash.
He responded with a 22-ball fifty,including six fours and four sixes, on hisway to 61. Alex Hales made 49 after Jason
Roy (44) put on 95 for the first wicketwith Buttler.
Roy should have been out for 27when he drove left-arm spinner AshtonAgar straight to long-off only for KaneRichardson to drop a simple catch.
The next two balls saw Buttler scoopa four and smash a six. An 'inside-out' sixover extra cover off fast bowler BillyStanlake was even more audacious.
The next ball saw Buttler go to fiftywith a scooped four just beyond the reachof wicket-keeper Alex Carey.
Buttler eventually became Swepson'sfirst international wicket when he holedout in the deep, with Roy falling next overwhen he skyed Stanlake to Finch at mid-wicket.
PTI n KUALA LUMPUR
Star shuttlers P V Sindhu andKidambi Srikanth notched up
straight-game wins to progressto the quarterfinals but it wascurtains for Saina Nehwal in the$ 700,000 Malaysia Open worldtour super 750 tournament hereon Thursday.
Olympic and world cham-pionship Silver medallist Sindhubrushed aside the challenge ofMalaysia's Ying Ying Lee 21-8,21-14 to set up a clash withOlympic champion and formerworld no 1 Carolina Marin.The 22-year-old Indian has a 5-6 head-to-head record againstthe Spaniard.
In men's singles, fourth seedSrikanth saw off Chinese Taipei'sWang Tzu Wei 22-20, 21-12 in36 minutes to take his head-to-head count to 3-0.
The 25-year-old fromGuntur, who had briefly becomeworld no 1 in April, will clashwith France's Brice Leverdez onFriday. The Indian had beatenthe world no 22 French in threegames at All EnglandChampionship this year.
Earlier, Saina's run at theMalaysia Open ended with a
straight-game loss to Japan'sAkane Yamaguchi.
Saina, a two-timeCommonwealth Games Goldmedallist, went down 15-21,13-21 to world no 2 Yamaguchiin 36 minutes at the AxiataArena in Bukit Jalil, a suburb inKuala Lumpur.
This is Saina's sixth straightloss to the Japanese in sevenmeetings. The only time Saina
had defeated Yamaguchi was inthe 2014 China Open.
World No 3 Sindhu hardlybroke any sweat as she firstopened up a 6-4 lead and thenreeled off eight straight points tojump to 14-4.
In the second game, Sindhuagain held an 8-7 lead beforemoving to 13-7. Lee tried tomake a comeback but Sindhuwas always ahead as she com-
fortably sailed into the quarters.In the men's singles,
Srikanth zoomed to a 11-3 leadat the break after dominating theproceedings right from the start.Wang, however, didn't give upand kept breathing downSrikanth's neck to eventuallyclaw back at 20-20.
But Srikanth grabbed thetwo crucial points to pocket theopening game.
In the second game,Srikanth was ruthless as hesurged to 10-2 advantage anddespite Wang trying to step uphis attack, the Indian kept hiscomposure to seal the contestcomfortably.
Earlier in the day,Yamaguchi, who had struggled abit against Saina during their lastmeeting at the Uber Cup Final,produced a dominating show asshe led 9-2 in the first game.
Saina fought back to narrowthe gap to 10-11 but the Japaneseagain jumped to an 18-11 advan-tage and eventually secured theopening game comfortably.
In the second game,Yamaguchi again raced to an 8-2 advantage before shutting thedoor on the Indian withoutmuch ado.
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India concede late goal
to draw with Belgium
BREDA: Wilting under relentless pressure in the finalquarter, India conceded a late goal to settle for a 1-1 drawwith Belgium in the Champions Trophy hockey tour-nament, here on Thursday.
India scored an early goal through a penalty cornerconversion by Harmanpreet Singh (10th minute) andmanaged to hold to the lead till the 59th minute beforeLoick Luypaert dashed their hopes by converting theirfirst of the 11 penalty corners.
With seven points from four games, India are stillin with a chance of progressing to Sunday’s final. Theytake on hosts Netherlands in their last round robin matchon Saturday.
Top two teams from the round robin stage willprogress to the summit clash.
The Indians had earlier defeated arch-rivals Pakistan4-0 and stunned Olympic champions Argentina 2-1before slumping to a 2-3 defeat at the hands of defend-ing and world champions Australia.
Just like Belgium, the Indians too were awful withpenalty corner conversions as they made use of just oneof the six that came their way.
India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was outstandingunder the post and made numerous brilliant saves to keepBelgium at bay, including a third-minute attempt ofLuypaert from their first penalty corner.
India slowly and steadily got off the blocks andMandeep Singh came close to breaking the deadlock buthis shot hit the post in the eighth minute.
India earned two back-to-back penalty corners in the10th minute, the second of which was converted byHarmanpreet. In the 25th minute SV Sunil messed upa great chance after receiving an inch-perfect throughpass from Sardar Singh. Towards the end of second quar-ter India secured two more penalty corners but failed toexecute them.
