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E quity investors lost 2.72 lakh crore in two days as market tanked for the second day in a row on Tuesday fol- lowing spike in the crude price triggered by drone attacks on the world’s largest oil process- ing facilities in Saudi Arabia. The rise in geopolitical tensions in West Asia led to severe sell- ing in the equity market. The Sensex on Tuesday plummeted 642.22 points or 1.73 per cent to close at 36,481.09. During the day, it dropped 704.22 points. Sensex on Monday tanked 262 points. After soaring as much as 20 per cent to $71.95 per barrel on Monday, brent crude futures corrected slightly to trade at $67.97 per barrel on Tuesday. Haunted by fear that ele- vated crude prices could wors- en India’s fiscal concerns, the market came under vicious bear grip and even blue chip stocks could not withstand the sell-off. Led by the heavy sell- ing in the market, the market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE- listed companies was eroded by 2,72,593.54 crore to 1,39,70,356.22 crore. All sectoral indices ended in the red, with BSE auto, real- ty, metal, banks, finance, oil and gas, energy, technology and IT indices falling up to 3.80 per cent. On the Sensex chart, loss- es were driven by Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Maruti and SBI — falling by 6.19 per cent. Only, Hindustan Uniliver, Asian Paints and Infosys ended in mild green. Broader BSE midcap and smallcap indices followed benchmarks, cracking up to 1.84 per cent. The rise in crude prices could give nightmare to the Government, which recently announced a slew of measures to boost up the economy. Each dollar rise in crude prices lead to a burden of 10,000 crore on India’s oil import bill. Even if oil prices were to settle at a level which is 5-6 dollar more from average of the last year, India will stare at a very tough situation. While RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das warned on Monday that India’s current account and fiscal deficits could worsen if oil prices remain at the elevated level, many experts felt that higher oil prices were likely to severely hit economic conditions in India, which imports more than 70 per cent of its oil needs. “Selling intensified as surge in oil prices and weakening rupee reduced the scope of eco- nomic turnaround in the near term. Banks were impacted the most while investors are in a pessimistic mood as stimulus packages from the Government are not adding any resurgence in sentiment. On global front, announcement of FED policy on Wednesday will be keenly watched and consensus is showing 25bps rate cut to counter low inflation,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services told news agency PTI. T he Ashok Gehlot Government received a big boost in Rajasthan after all six BSP MLAs on Tuesday joined the Congress. Though Gehlot denied having given any inducement to MLAs who switched sides, Mayawati accused the Congress of “betraying” her. Gehlot described Mayawati’s reaction as “natural”, but reit- erated his party did not mount any pressure on the BSP MLAs. “The Congress Government in Rajasthan has lured the BSP MLAs (to its fold) and given proof of being an untrustworthy and fraudu- lent party once again,” said the BSP supremo in a tweet. Mayawati lamented that the Congress, instead of fighting rival parties, always hurts the ones which support them. Gehlot justified the MLAs’ cross-over, arguing that the MLAs have taken the decision to join the Congress as per the aspiration of their electorate. Congress State president Sachin Pilot too defended the development, saying the BSP MLAs have switched over to his party without any greed and it would boost development in their region. With BSP MLAs joining the Congress, the number of the Congress MLAs has increased to 106. The BJP has 72 MLAs in the 200-seat Assembly. The Congress was able to woo MLAs from other parties after losing dozens of them in other States, particularly in Maharashtra, where its ally NCP has seen major exodus. A sia’s biggest wholesale elec- trical market Bhagirath Palace — a one-stop destina- tion for retailers to buy elec- trical equipment — located in the heart of Delhi, wore a deserted look on Tuesday ahead of the festival season. Many traders were sitting idle waiting for customers with only a few people seen doing window shopping in the nar- row lanes of the market. Bharat Ahuja, president of Delhi Electrical Traders Association, hold economic slowdown responsible for slack business. “Many real estate projects have been stalled in neighbouring States and it has hit sale of electrical appli- ances. Realtors were our major buyers and we have lost them as well,” he said. Ahuja said the Union Government has done nothing to address our concerns except announcing support to micro, small and medium enterpris- es. “How does it help traders?,” he said, adding that the decreasing number of Government or local bodies tenders for electrical appli- ances has further added to our woes. Traders claimed 70 to 80 per cent drop in sales. It has affected the job prospects. A trader said shopkeepers used to employ four to five workers every year before Diwali to deal with the festival rush but the situation this year is different. “Now, it is difficult to keep the existing employees as there is not enough work. Staffers employed in shops have been reduced to two or three as compared to 10 to 12 in corresponding years. Many workers came from different States in search of jobs here but they returned back disappointed,” he said. However, some traders blamed road blockage due to redevelopment work being car- ried out by the Shahjehanabad Redevelopment Corporation, a firm responsible for redevel- opment of Old Delhi. A midst raging debate over making ‘Hindi’ India’s national language, the Shiromani Akali Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally in Punjab, on Tuesday said that regional lan- guages were “inalienable part” of India’s federal structure. In fact, party’s core com- mittee on Tuesday passed a res- olution to promote Punjabi language, which forms “proud part of the great cultural her- itage bequeathed to the people of this region by the great Guru Sahiban”. “The party firmly believes that throughout the country the regional languages serve as inalienable symbol of the rich multi-cultural character of our federal and democratic polity,” read the resolution. SAD’s statement comes at a time when BJP’s senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recently assert- ed to make Hindi as national language. Shah, on ‘Hindi Diwas’, had stated that although diversity in languages was India’s strength, it needed one language to “unite” the coun- try — Hindi. The remarks have drawn strong opposition from the south, which has said that imposing Hindi would go against India’s federal structure. Opposition parties have also criticised Shah for his remarks, and cautioned BJP to tread carefully. The remarks did not go down well even within BJP’s own quarters — Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, in a tweet on Monday, said: “All official languages in our coun- try are equal. However, as far as Karnataka is concerned, Kannada is the principal lan- guage. We will never compro- mise its importance and are committed to promote Kannada and our state's culture.” I nternational wrestler Babita Phogat, who became a household name in the coun- try after Amir Khan's Dangal, on Tuesday said she always wanted to take a plunge in politics. The 29-year old wrestler, daughter of noted wrestling coach Mahavir Singh Phogat on whose story to train her and her sister Geeta Phogat, was showcased in the hit movie Dangal, said the decision to enter politics is my own. "My family has been con- nected with politics, my moth- er has been a village sarpanch twice and my uncle too has served as a village head twice. So these things acted as a motivation for me since child- hood," Babita said. She and her father Mahavir Phogat had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last month. Talking to reporters during the launch of her father''s biog- raphy, ''Akhara'' (wrestling ring), the Arjuna awardee exuded confidence that like sports, she will make a mark in politics too and motivate many women to take the political plunge. "The way I motivated women in the field of wrestling, in politics too I will motivate women. I will be there to help them. Even if they need my help in the middle of the night, I will be there for them," she said. Asked whether the BJP will give her a ticket from Badhra or Dadri in Charkhi Dadri district for the upcom- ing Haryana Assembly polls, Babita said the party will take a call on that. "I have been a fighter and as fighters we are taught to be ready for every- thing. Whatever responsibility my party entrusts me with, I will try to live up to its expec- tations," she said. Asked which Assembly constituency she would like to contest from, she said, "Badhra, Dadri or anywhere else, whichever seat my party decides on, I am ready." The Assembly polls in Haryana are slated to be held in October. Explaining her decision to join the BJP, Babita said she was impressed by the party''s ide- ology and the bold decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s Government. "I wanted to connect with a nationalist party. For a sportsperson, country is above all. Now that I have joined pol- itics, here too I will keep the country above everything else," she said. Mahavir Phogat said he has no desire to contest elections and will be happy if Babita gets a ticket. Though he has joined politics, he said ''akhara'' is his life and he continues to coach wrestlers. A day after denying security cover to the cricket teams of India and South Africa, the Chandigarh Police on Tuesday provided security to the teams. The Men in Blue, led by Captain Virat Kohli are slated to face South Africa in the sec- ond T20 fixture at the PCA sta- dium in Mohali on Wednesday. Both the teams had reached Chandigarh on Monday but were devoid of security cover by the Chandigarh Police. The reason was non-payment of previous bills running into crores by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to Chandigarh police, forcing the latter to deny security cover. Both the Indian and South African cricket teams were received at the Chandigarh International Airport and pro- vided security by the Mohali police. However, Chandigarh Police did not provide securi- ty cover to the team inside its territory. The teams reached Hotel Lalit here safely and pri- vate security arrangements were made by the Hotel on Monday. But, after assurances from BCCI for paying unpaid bills to the tune of Rs 9 crore, the Chandigarh Police on Tuesday provided security to the crick- et teams. A senior officer of Chandigarh Police, requesting anonymity confirmed that security cover has been pro- vided to both the teams. DSP (east) and 3 inspectors along with teams of police personnel are looking after the security of the teams, he said. Due to non-payment of previous bills by BCCI, the UT Police had earlier decided not to provide security to the teams. The case pertaining to the non- payment of bills by BCCI is sub- judice, the officer said. Despite several attempts, Shashank Anand, SP (Traffic and Security) Chandigarh did not respond to the calls. Notably, both teams will head into the second T20 scheduled to take place in Mohali on Wednesday. The first match of the series was abandoned without a ball being bowled as persistent rain in Dharamsala made the condi- tions unplayable. H aryana Police on Tuesday said it has tightened secu- rity arrangements at all railway stations in the State following a threat letter purportedly sent by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The letter, signed by one Masood Ahmed, was received by the railway police in Rohtak and stated that the Pakistan- based terror outfit Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) would avenge the killings of its mili- tants by blowing up railway sta- tions across the country includ- ing Haryana''s Rohtak, Rewari and Hisar on October 8. "Intensive checking is being carried out in all trains passing through the railway stations in the State. Elaborate manpow- er has been deputed to ensure proper monitoring in and around the railway stations," Additional Director General of Police, Law & Order, Navdeep Singh Virk said here on Tuesday. He said that as a precau- tionary measure, regular checks are being made and vehicles parked outside the railway sta- tions were also being checked. Police force is taking extra precautions in view of the threat, he said in a statement. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) are conducting joint operations to keep any eye on any suspicious elements within the premises of railway stations. In addition, Government Railway Police (GRP) person- nel alongwith Railway Protection Force (RPF) are conducting a joint drive at the railways stations to instill sense of security among passengers, Virk said.

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Equity investors lost �2.72lakh crore in two days as

market tanked for the secondday in a row on Tuesday fol-lowing spike in the crude pricetriggered by drone attacks onthe world’s largest oil process-ing facilities in Saudi Arabia.The rise in geopolitical tensionsin West Asia led to severe sell-ing in the equity market.

The Sensex on Tuesdayplummeted 642.22 points or1.73 per cent to close at36,481.09. During the day, itdropped 704.22 points. Sensexon Monday tanked 262 points.

After soaring as much as 20per cent to $71.95 per barrel onMonday, brent crude futurescorrected slightly to trade at$67.97 per barrel on Tuesday.

Haunted by fear that ele-vated crude prices could wors-en India’s fiscal concerns, themarket came under viciousbear grip and even blue chipstocks could not withstand thesell-off. Led by the heavy sell-ing in the market, the marketcapitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies was eroded by�2,72,593.54 crore to�1,39,70,356.22 crore.

All sectoral indices ended

in the red, with BSE auto, real-ty, metal, banks, finance, oiland gas, energy, technology andIT indices falling up to 3.80 percent. On the Sensex chart, loss-es were driven by HeroMotoCorp, Tata Motors, AxisBank, Tata Steel, Maruti andSBI — falling by 6.19 per cent.

Only, Hindustan Uniliver,Asian Paints and Infosys endedin mild green. Broader BSEmidcap and smallcap indicesfollowed benchmarks, crackingup to 1.84 per cent.

The rise in crude pricescould give nightmare to theGovernment, which recentlyannounced a slew of measuresto boost up the economy. Eachdollar rise in crude prices leadto a burden of �10,000 crore onIndia’s oil import bill. Even ifoil prices were to settle at a levelwhich is 5-6 dollar more fromaverage of the last year, Indiawill stare at a very tough situation.

While RBI Governor

Shaktikanta Das warned onMonday that India’s currentaccount and fiscal deficits couldworsen if oil prices remain atthe elevated level, many expertsfelt that higher oil prices werelikely to severely hit economicconditions in India, whichimports more than 70 per centof its oil needs.

“Selling intensified as surgein oil prices and weakeningrupee reduced the scope of eco-nomic turnaround in the nearterm. Banks were impactedthe most while investors are ina pessimistic mood as stimuluspackages from the Governmentare not adding any resurgencein sentiment.

On global front,announcement of FED policyon Wednesday will be keenlywatched and consensus isshowing 25bps rate cut tocounter low inflation,” VinodNair, Head of Research, GeojitFinancial Services told newsagency PTI.

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The Ashok GehlotGovernment received a big

boost in Rajasthan after all sixBSP MLAs on Tuesday joinedthe Congress.

Though Gehlot deniedhaving given any inducementto MLAs who switched sides,Mayawati accused theCongress of “betraying” her.Gehlot described Mayawati’sreaction as “natural”, but reit-erated his party did not mountany pressure on the BSP MLAs.

“The CongressGovernment in Rajasthan haslured the BSP MLAs (to itsfold) and given proof of beingan untrustworthy and fraudu-lent party once again,” said theBSP supremo in a tweet.Mayawati lamented that theCongress, instead of fightingrival parties, always hurts theones which support them.

Gehlot justified the MLAs’cross-over, arguing that the

MLAs have taken the decisionto join the Congress as per theaspiration of their electorate.

Congress State presidentSachin Pilot too defended thedevelopment, saying the BSPMLAs have switched over to hisparty without any greed and itwould boost development intheir region.

With BSP MLAs joiningthe Congress, the number ofthe Congress MLAs hasincreased to 106. The BJP has72 MLAs in the 200-seatAssembly.

The Congress was able towoo MLAs from other partiesafter losing dozens of them inother States, particularly inMaharashtra, where its allyNCP has seen major exodus.

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Asia’s biggest wholesale elec-trical market Bhagirath

Palace — a one-stop destina-tion for retailers to buy elec-trical equipment — located inthe heart of Delhi, wore adeserted look on Tuesdayahead of the festival season.

Many traders were sittingidle waiting for customers withonly a few people seen doingwindow shopping in the nar-row lanes of the market.

Bharat Ahuja, president ofDelhi Electrical TradersAssociation, hold economicslowdown responsible for slackbusiness. “Many real estateprojects have been stalled inneighbouring States and it hashit sale of electrical appli-ances. Realtors were our majorbuyers and we have lost themas well,” he said.

Ahuja said the UnionGovernment has done nothing

to address our concerns exceptannouncing support to micro,small and medium enterpris-es. “How does it help traders?,”he said, adding that thedecreasing number ofGovernment or local bodiestenders for electrical appli-ances has further added to ourwoes.

Traders claimed 70 to 80per cent drop in sales. It hasaffected the job prospects.

A trader said shopkeepersused to employ four to fiveworkers every year beforeDiwali to deal with the festivalrush but the situation this year

is different. “Now, it is difficultto keep the existing employeesas there is not enough work.Staffers employed in shopshave been reduced to two orthree as compared to 10 to 12in corresponding years.

Many workers came fromdifferent States in search ofjobs here but they returnedback disappointed,” he said.

However, some tradersblamed road blockage due toredevelopment work being car-ried out by the ShahjehanabadRedevelopment Corporation, afirm responsible for redevel-opment of Old Delhi.

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Amidst raging debate overmaking ‘Hindi’ India’s

national language, theShiromani Akali Dal, BharatiyaJanata Party’s ally in Punjab, onTuesday said that regional lan-guages were “inalienable part”of India’s federal structure.

In fact, party’s core com-mittee on Tuesday passed a res-olution to promote Punjabilanguage, which forms “proudpart of the great cultural her-itage bequeathed to the peopleof this region by the greatGuru Sahiban”.

“The party firmly believesthat throughout the countrythe regional languages serve asinalienable symbol of the rich

multi-cultural character of ourfederal and democratic polity,”read the resolution.

SAD’s statement comes ata time when BJP’s senior leaderand Union Home MinisterAmit Shah has recently assert-ed to make Hindi as nationallanguage. Shah, on ‘HindiDiwas’, had stated that althoughdiversity in languages wasIndia’s strength, it needed onelanguage to “unite” the coun-

try — Hindi. The remarkshave drawn strong oppositionfrom the south, which has saidthat imposing Hindi would goagainst India’s federal structure.Opposition parties have alsocriticised Shah for his remarks,and cautioned BJP to treadcarefully.

The remarks did not godown well even within BJP’sown quarters — KarnatakaChief Minister BS Yediyurappa,in a tweet on Monday, said: “Allofficial languages in our coun-try are equal. However, as far asKarnataka is concerned,Kannada is the principal lan-guage. We will never compro-mise its importance and arecommitted to promote Kannadaand our state's culture.”

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International wrestler BabitaPhogat, who became a

household name in the coun-try after Amir Khan's Dangal,on Tuesday said she alwayswanted to take a plunge inpolitics.

The 29-year old wrestler,daughter of noted wrestlingcoach Mahavir Singh Phogaton whose story to train her andher sister Geeta Phogat, wasshowcased in the hit movieDangal, said the decision toenter politics is my own.

"My family has been con-nected with politics, my moth-er has been a village sarpanchtwice and my uncle too hasserved as a village head twice.So these things acted as amotivation for me since child-hood," Babita said.

She and her father MahavirPhogat had joined theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)last month.

Talking to reporters duringthe launch of her father''s biog-

raphy, ''Akhara'' (wrestlingring), the Arjuna awardeeexuded confidence that likesports, she will make a mark inpolitics too and motivate manywomen to take the political

plunge."The way I motivated

women in the field of wrestling,in politics too I will motivatewomen. I will be there to helpthem. Even if they need myhelp in the middle of the night,I will be there for them," shesaid.

Asked whether the BJPwill give her a ticket fromBadhra or Dadri in CharkhiDadri district for the upcom-ing Haryana Assembly polls,Babita said the party will takea call on that. "I have been afighter and as fighters we aretaught to be ready for every-thing. Whatever responsibilitymy party entrusts me with, Iwill try to live up to its expec-tations," she said.

Asked which Assemblyconstituency she would like tocontest from, she said, "Badhra,

Dadri or anywhere else,whichever seat my partydecides on, I am ready." TheAssembly polls in Haryana areslated to be held in October.

Explaining her decision tojoin the BJP, Babita said she wasimpressed by the party''s ide-ology and the bold decisionstaken by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi''s Government.

"I wanted to connect witha nationalist party. For asportsperson, country is aboveall. Now that I have joined pol-itics, here too I will keep thecountry above everything else,"she said.

Mahavir Phogat said he hasno desire to contest electionsand will be happy if Babita getsa ticket. Though he has joinedpolitics, he said ''akhara'' is hislife and he continues to coachwrestlers.

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of India and South Africa, theChandigarh Police on Tuesdayprovided security to the teams.

The Men in Blue, led byCaptain Virat Kohli are slatedto face South Africa in the sec-ond T20 fixture at the PCA sta-dium in Mohali on Wednesday.

Both the teams hadreached Chandigarh onMonday but were devoid ofsecurity cover by theChandigarh Police. The reasonwas non-payment of previousbills running into crores byBoard of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) to Chandigarhpolice, forcing the latter todeny security cover.

Both the Indian and SouthAfrican cricket teams werereceived at the ChandigarhInternational Airport and pro-vided security by the Mohalipolice. However, Chandigarh

Police did not provide securi-ty cover to the team inside itsterritory. The teams reachedHotel Lalit here safely and pri-vate security arrangementswere made by the Hotel onMonday.

But, after assurances fromBCCI for paying unpaid bills tothe tune of Rs 9 crore, theChandigarh Police on Tuesdayprovided security to the crick-

et teams. A senior officer ofChandigarh Police, requestinganonymity confirmed thatsecurity cover has been pro-vided to both the teams. DSP(east) and 3 inspectors alongwith teams of police personnelare looking after the security ofthe teams, he said.

Due to non-payment ofprevious bills by BCCI, the UTPolice had earlier decided not toprovide security to the teams.The case pertaining to the non-payment of bills by BCCI is sub-judice, the officer said.

Despite several attempts,Shashank Anand, SP (Trafficand Security) Chandigarh didnot respond to the calls.

Notably, both teams willhead into the second T20scheduled to take place inMohali on Wednesday. Thefirst match of the series wasabandoned without a ball beingbowled as persistent rain inDharamsala made the condi-tions unplayable.

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Haryana Police on Tuesdaysaid it has tightened secu-

rity arrangements at all railwaystations in the State followinga threat letter purportedly sentby Pakistan-based terror outfitJaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

The letter, signed by oneMasood Ahmed, was receivedby the railway police in Rohtakand stated that the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) wouldavenge the killings of its mili-tants by blowing up railway sta-tions across the country includ-ing Haryana''s Rohtak, Rewariand Hisar on October 8.

"Intensive checking is beingcarried out in all trains passingthrough the railway stations inthe State. Elaborate manpow-er has been deputed to ensureproper monitoring in andaround the railway stations,"

Additional Director General ofPolice, Law & Order, NavdeepSingh Virk said here onTuesday.

He said that as a precau-tionary measure, regular checksare being made and vehiclesparked outside the railway sta-tions were also being checked.

Police force is taking extraprecautions in view of thethreat, he said in a statement.

The Government RailwayPolice (GRP) and RailwayProtection Force (RPF) areconducting joint operations tokeep any eye on any suspiciouselements within the premises ofrailway stations.

In addition, GovernmentRailway Police (GRP) person-nel alongwith RailwayProtection Force (RPF) areconducting a joint drive at therailways stations to instill senseof security among passengers,Virk said.

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Himachal Government onTuesday claimed that it has

signed MoUs worth Rs. 45,000crore before Global Investor'sMeet to be held at Dharamshalalater this year.

Presiding over the MiniConclave of Global Investor'sMeet organised here, Himachalchief minister Jai Ram Thakursaid the state government hasadopted a holistic approach forattracting investment to makethe state an investment hub ofthe country.

The Mini Conclave receiveda good response from theinvestors mainly in Tourism,Housing, Education, FoodProcessing, Health and IT sec-tors. As many as 93 MoU's weresigned during the conclavewhich would attract investmentworth Rs. 4775 crore for theState which include 47 MoU's

related to tourism sector alone.Thakur said till date MoUsworth Rs. 45,000 crore have beensigned in different sectors in theState. He said that organizingGlobal Investor's Meet in theState was a major step to attract-ing investment as all majorstates of the country were organ-ising such meets to wooinvestors. He said that manyother States have also conduct-ed international road shows inGermany, Netherlands and UAEand domestic road shows inDelhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad,Mumbai, Ahmedabad andChandigarh in which HimachalPradesh received positiveresponse from business com-munity.

Thakur said the new indus-trial policy announced by theState Government was a stepforward to attract investment.The State has immense scope inpower, Tourism, hospitality, food

processing, renewable energy,IT, Education, manufacturingsector etc. He said the MiniConclave aims at listening theproblems of entrepreneurs andbusinessman of our State andensure their redressal so thatthey could leverage the maxi-mum benefits of GlobalInvestors Meet.

Education Minister SureshBhardwaj said the Governmentwas laying special stress on easeof doing business. UrbanDevelopment Minister SarveenChaudhary said housing andurban development sector alsohave immense potential forinvestment.Chief SecretaryShrikant Baldi made presenta-tion on ‘InvestmentOpportunities in Tourism andHousing sector’. He said abouttwo crore domestic tourists werevisiting State every year, addingthat the State offers immensescope in tourism sector.

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Taking on the Akalis fortheir “baseless” allegations

on the achievements ofCongress-led PunjabGovernment, Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onTuesday described the chargesas a sign of desperation andfrustration in view of patheticperformance of previous SAD-BJP Government.

Citing facts and numbers totrash the Akali charges, theChief Minister dared them tolist a single count on whichtheir Government had deliv-ered to the people during theirdecade-long rule. “All they didis destroying every vestige of

development that ourGovernment has achieved inmy previous term,” said CaptAmarinder, lashing out at theAkalis for misleading the peo-ple with “blatant lies” and“baseless claims”. In sharp con-trast to the Akalis, and theirallies (BJP), who failed to deliv-er on a single promise in 10years of their “misrule”, theCongress Government had notonly implemented the majori-ty of promises made in partymanifesto but had successfullypulled the State back from thebrink of collapse to which it hadbeen pushed by the previousregime, said the Chief Minister.Trashing SAD’s claims andcharges as a bunch of lies and

fabrications, clearly aimed athiding their own failures, CaptAmarinder said that not onlyhad his Government executedthe central schemes effectivelybut had also launched severalpath-breaking initiatives to pavethe way for Punjab’s develop-ment, that had plummeted toshockingly abysmal levels underthe previous Government.“While SAD had been respon-sible for transforming Punjabinto a narcotics den, ourGovernment has set up aSpecial Task Force, which hadforce most drug traffickers toleave the state, with 27,744NDPS cases registered and33,622 persons arrested, besideslarge seizures of drugs,” he said

adding that so far, 87,000 drugaddicts had also been treated at178 OPD clinics. He said thatthe Government’s flagship pro-gramme ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’had witnessed the creation ofnine lakh jobs or self-employ-ment opportunities (at the rateof 1034 per day).

Despite severe fiscal crisis,the Government had waived off�4,700 crore of farm debt, while9.28 lakh people had benefittedfrom various welfare schemesunder the Mahatma GandhiSarbat Vikas Yojana. “The peo-ple of Punjab could see thechange on the ground and noamount of fabrications by theAkalis would negate that,” saidCapt Amarinder, adding that

the recent Lok Sabha electionshad shown that the peoplewere not ready to be taken in bythe rantings of a group ofpoliticians who cared nothingfor the State or its welfare.“Cognizant of the importanceof education to a society’sprogress, 4261 smart schoolshad already been made opera-tional, with 12,921 pre-prima-ry classes started inGovernment schools to makeeducation accessible to all.

English Medium had beenintroduced in as many as 6000Government schools,” said theChief Minister, pointing outthat various initiatives of the lasttwo years had led to a remark-able improvement in the per-

formance of Governmentschools, which were lying in ashambles under the SAD-BJPrule. The Chief Minister saidthat the people of Punjab havenot forgotten how industrieshad fled the State under the pre-vious Government and listedout steps taken by hisGovernment to attract invest-ment and industries through�five per unit (for five years)industrial tariff freeze andannual average of �1,146 crorein industrial power subsidy.“This had led to actual on-ground investment of �50,000crore in 30 months, againstwhich previous Governmenthad realised a mere �31,323crore in 10 years,” he said.

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IPS officer of Punjab Police’s1987-batch, CSR Reddy,

currently posted as the DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP),Investigation, Lokpal, onTuesday breathed his last at theRela Institute and MedicalCenter, Chennai, after a briefillness.

Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh condoledReddy’s death while describinghim as an “intelligent, upright,astute and valiant uniformedofficer, who rendered out-standing services in the policeforce, while fighting against ter-rorism bravely”.

In is condolence message,the Chief Minister said: “WithReddy’s demise, the policeforce has been deprived of theservices of a dynamic andcourageous police officer. Hiscommendable services wouldbe always remembered by oneand all.”

Sharing his heartfelt sym-pathies with the bereaved fam-ily, Capt Amarinder prayed tothe Almighty to give strengthto them to bear this huge loss,and grant eternal peace to thedeparted soul.

Reddy joined Punjab cadrein the thick of terrorism in theState and trained in Gurdaspurdistrict and was posted as anASP in Batala and Phillaur Sub-division.

After a stint as SP CityJalandhar, he was posted asSenior Superintendent of Policein Batala, Patiala, Majitha andChandigarh. He worked asDIG Jalandhar Range, DIGCM Security, DIG Traffic, DIGVigilance Bureau.

On promotion to the rankof IGP, Reddy was posted asDirector, Vigilance Bureau, IGIRB, Zonal IG Patiala, Zonal IGFerozepur, IGP Security andIGP Provisioning. He held thecharge of the posts of ADGPSecurity, ADGP Provisioning,ADGP IT&T.

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BJP leaders in Haryana organ-ised several programmes to

mark the 69th birth anniversaryof Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday. HealthMinister Anil Vij served langarto mark the birthday celebra-tions of PM Modi at Ambala.Agriculture and Farmers’Welfare Minister Om PrakashDhankar pledged to make theBadli assembly constituencyplastic-free, under the single-useplastic free India campaign. Hesaid that his pledge with a door-to-door campaign in the con-stituency's Bhindawas villageand distributed cloth bags.

The Women trained bySamartha Sanstha have pre-pared one lakh cloth bags in oneday with the slogan of 'Plastic KoNa, Modi Ji Ko Haan' written onit. To mark the birthday anniver-sary of Modi, State BJP PresidentSubhash Barala launched a plas-tic-free Haryana campaign.Arriving at Tohana Mandi, hedistributed cloth bags to the peo-ple and called upon the workersto go door to door to make peo-ple aware of Modi's plastic-freeIndia.

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Expressing satisfaction atthe changed picture of

Haryana in terms of develop-ment, BJP working presidentJagat Prakash Nadda onTuesday gave credit to thestate Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar saying the Statehas set new dimension ofdevelopment in every field-Agriculture, Health,Education, Sports among oth-ers.

Addressing a public gath-ering as the chief guest at theBJP's scheduled caste con-vention held in Kharkhoda,he said that earlier, the statewas known for Ayaram-Gayaram's politics, leader injail or release on bail as wellas promotion of caste politics.But after Khattar- led gov-ernment came into powerfive years ago, the image of

the State has changed."Development has been givenpriority without any discrim-ination under the Khattar ledGovernment in the State.

In such a situation, itbecomes the responsibility ofthe people to strengthen theBJP led government in theAssembly election," he said.Nadda said that PrimeMinister Modi and Khattarhave taken effective steps toend casteism.

The biggest event of thiscentury was washing of thefeet of a sweeper by PrimeMinister Modi in Allahabad,he said, adding discrimina-tion and casteism will not endby just saying and makingspeeches. You have to show itby doing it yourself.

The goal is achieved onlyby doing deeds. "Modi-Manohar has shown this bytheir actions," he added.

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)on Tuesday off icial ly

declared that it would contestthe forthcoming VidhanSabha elections in the neigh-bouring Haryana. However, itis yet not clear on how manyseats the Akali Dal wouldfield its candidates.

The decision to contestHaryana state polls was

taken at the party’s CoreCommittee meeting, chairedby SAD president andFerozepur MP Sukhbir Badal,and attended by senior lead-ers including Balwinder SinghBhunder, Hari Singh Zira,Charanjit Singh Atwal, NirmalSingh Kahlon, Bikram SinghMajithia, Prem SinghChandumajra, among others.The party has decided to holda workers’ meeting atKurukshetra on September22 to interview candidatesinterested in contesting theelections, said SAD’s principalspokesperson HarcharanSingh Bains.

Bains said that a screeningcommittee, headed by RajyaSabha MP and party’s Haryanain-charge Balwinder SinghBhundur, has been formedfor the purpose. All candidatesinterested in contesting the

elections had already beenasked to submit their applica-tions by September 22, headded. Regarding forging analliance, a committee, headedby Bhunder, would hold nego-tiations with the BhartiyaJanata Party on seat sharing inHaryana.

The CommitteeCommittee for Haryana pollcampaign, which also includesformer MP Prof Prem SinghChandumajra and formerMinister Surjit Singh Rakhraas its members, will also pre-pare the party's election cam-paign strategy. Besides, thecore committee also passedspecial resolutions—immedi-ate release of all Sikh prison-ers languishing in differentjails throughout the countrydespite serving their stipulat-ed sentence, preserving andpromoting Punjabi language,and demanding .

SAD, in a resolution,urged the CentralGovernment to order animmediate release of all Sikhprisoners who are languishingin different jails throughoutthe country despite havingserved their stipulated sen-

tence. The party urged the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi toend “unjust and unconstitu-tional incarceration” of theseSikh and other Punjabi pris-oners through a specialannouncement on the eve ofthe 550th parkash utsav ofGuru Nanak Dev. In anotherresolution, the party reiterat-ed its strong and principledcommitment to the persever-ance and promotion of thePunjabi language. “The partyfirmly believes that through-out the country, the regionallanguages serve as inalienablesymbol of the rich multi-cul-tural character of our federaland democratic polity,” readthe resolution.

The party also came downheavily against the Congress-led Punjab Government for“its insensitive and incompe-tent handling of the situationarising in the wake of floodsin the State”. It said that thebeleaguered flood affectedpeople were left to fend forthemselves and the govern-ment was nowhere to be seen.“The Core Committee whole-heartedly applauds the roleplayed by large hearted andpublic spirited individuals,voluntary and religious organ-isations and institutions,notably the SGPC, for theoutstanding humanitarianwork done by them duringthis crisis”, it said in the reso-lution.

The Core Committeedemanded award of �25, 000per acre as compensation forcrop loss or damage and amatching, liberal compen-satory grant to farm labourersaffected by these flood. Theparty also demanded fullcompensation to all floodaffected people for loss ofimmovable properties.

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Murmurs of discontentmentwere heard loud and clear

within the Punjab Congresscircles on Tuesday as the partyleaders expressed their unhap-piness over the state’s “morepowerful” bureaucracy, and“unapproachable” Government.

Despite highlighting theissue time and again at differentlevels, including with the ChiefMinister, the party leadersblamed the babus for wieldingmore powers in the State thanthe elected representatives dur-ing the party meeting of all MPs,MLAs, former MLAs, zilaparishad members, among oth-ers.

In fact, a section of partyleaders also raised questionsover the appointment of six leg-islators as the Chief Minister’sadvisors, giving Cabinet rank tofive of them while a minister ofstate rank to the remaining.

Already, the opposition par-ties has all along been lashing

out at the Government forappointing another half a dozenadvisors to assist the two-timeChief Minister taking the totaltally of such appointments to20-plus. The opposition hasaccused the Government ofcircumventing the constitu-tional cap on the cabinet size,besides robbing the state exche-quer.

On the other hand, PunjabCongress president Sunil Jakhardefended the appointmentsmaintaining that these “advi-sors” would break the barrier ofbureaucracy raised around thegovernment, and act as a bridgebetween the MLAs, party work-ers and the Government—vir-tually admitting that babudomis calling the shots in the state.

“Advisors are required. It isnot a presidential form of gov-ernment. It is not that only offi-cers could give advice. MLAscan give advice too as they feelthe pulse of people,” said Jakharafter the meeting, adding thatthe decision would not put any

strain on the state exchequer.In turn, Jakhar came down

heavily on the Shiromani AkaliDal (SAD) which had, in its pre-vious term, had appointed 26legislators as the ChiefParliamentary Secretaries in2007 which was later quashedby the Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court.

Besides, the meeting alsodiscussed the proposed ‘pady-atra’ on Gandhi Jayanti onOctober 2, membership drivetargeting the youngstersbetween 18 and 25 years, andalso taking on the BJP-ledCentral Government on theissue of economic slowdown inthe country.@�������� ��� ������� A

Amidst reports of formerMP Jakhar contesting the ensu-ing byelections in Punjab, thestate Congress president hasmade it clear that he would notbe in fray. Punjab is set to wit-ness bypolls in Jalalabad,Phagwara, Dakha, and also

Mukerian.As Jakhar ruled out the pos-

sibility of contesting the assem-bly bypolls in the state, thestate’;s party affairs in-chargeAsha Kumari maintained thatthe party had asked him if hewanted to contest the elections,but he said no and the partyrespected his decision. ����� ���������

As the majority of partyMLAs, MPs, and even CabinetMinisters attended the partymeeting, the cricketer-turned-politician and former MinisterNavjot Singh Sidhu was con-spicuous by his absence.

Even as the party MLASidhu decided to stayed awayfrom the meeting, Asha Kumarimaintained that the party wouldapproach the firebrand leaderwhenever the party requireshim.

“He is an MLA (Sidhu)and he is doing his job.Whenever the party requireshim, it will talk to him,” she said.

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The Indian Navy is set toinduct the second Scorpene

submarine INS Khanderi onSeptember 28 in Mumbai in afunction presided over byDefence Minister RajnathSingh. The remaining fourScorpene submarines are inadvanced stages of manufac-turing and trials.

Giving this informationhere on Tuesday, Navy ViceChief Vice Admiral G AshokKumar also said two otherlandmark events are plannedon September 28. They includelaunch of first frigate Nilgiriunder the Project-17 A andcommissioning of the largestdry dock of the Indian Navy.

He said with the launch ofthese three projects, the Navywill further enhance its reachand combat sustenance.

INS Khanderi waslaunched into waters in January2017 and was undergoing exten-sive sea trials before commis-sioning. When asked about thedelays in inducting the subma-rine, Kumar said certain amountof delays and learning happen

along the way and it is accept-able. He also said all issues ofKhanderi were now resolved.

The public sector MazagonDock Limited (MDL), Mumbai,is manufacturing six Scorpeneconventional submarines undertechnology transfer from NavalGroup of France under a 2005contract worth $3.75 bn. Aftera series of delays in the project,the first submarine of the classKalvari joined service inDecember 2017. The entireproject is expected to be com-pleted by 2020.

The cost of the Scorpeneproject is now about Rs . 25,000crore. The cost of aircraft car-rier dry dock was Rs 1,320crore while the cost of the sevenfrigates under P-17A is over Rs.48,000 crores.

Responding to a queryabout budgetary constraintsof the Navy, the Vice Chief saidthe service will certainly seekmore money." "What we needis more capital allocation of thebudget... Share of Navy sharewas 18% of defence budget in2012-13 which has come downto 13.6%. We would like it to goback to 18-20%," he said.

Answering questions onthe Naval Light CombatAircraft(LCA), which made itsfirst short arrested landing inGoa last week, Kumar said theNavy is fully in support of LCAproject and always made pay-ments on time. He also said thearrested landing is a greatachievement and will lead totwin engine advanced mediumcombat aircraft which the Navywill induct.

After extensive arrestedlandings on shore, the pilotswill graduate to landing on air-craft carrier INS Vikramaditya.Landing and take- off from amoving aircraft carrier withrestriction of space in terms ofthe landing strip demandsexceptional pilot skills andsophisticated aircraft.

The Navy will finally inducta squadron(18-20jets)indige-nously designed and developedLCA on the aircraft carrier. Atpresent, the service is operatingMIG-29s from the carrier.Incidentally, the defence minis-ter will spend a day at sea onboard INS Vikramaditya afterpresiding over the three func-tions in Mumbai.

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In every two seconds, an e-card is being issued to a ben-

eficiary under Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's ambitioushealth scheme AyushmanBharat, or Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana (AB- PMJAY),which is completing one yearon September 23.

More than 45 lakh so farwho have availed medical facil-ities worth Rs 7,500 crore,Union Health Minister HarshVardhan said on Tuesday hereat a press conference.

He said, over 10 croreAyushman Bharat PMJAYeCards have been issued inaround 350 days of the launchof the scheme. "I am pleased toshare that more than 45 lakhpeople have availed cashlesstreatment worth over Rs 7,500crore for serious illnesses sincethe launch of AB-PMJAY," headded.

Several events are being

planned across the country tocommemorate the firstanniversary of its launch andSeptember 23 will be celebrat-ed as 'Ayushman Bharat Diwas'to generate awareness about thescheme.

The Minister said 18,000hospitals have been empanelledso far and the effort was to get25,000 on board. The fort-night of September 15-30 willbe marked as the 'AyushmanBharat Pakhwara' when sever-al activities will be carried outin the states to generate aware-ness around the scheme andcelebrate this gift of health tothe nation.

Cyber security and privacymechanisms have been set upat the National HealthAuthority, the apex body imple-menting the scheme to protectthe beneficiary data. "Nearly1,200 cases of fraud have beenconfirmed and action has beentaken against 338 hospitals," theMinister said,

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The roadmap for theCongress campaign in the

forthcoming Assembly pollswill revolve around risingunemployment, increasing joblosses, economic slowdownand the hefty penalty imposedon commuters under the newMotor Vehicle Act.

In the two crucial states ofHaryana and Maharashtra,where agriculture is equallyimportant, the party mayannounce certain sops the waythey did in Madhya Pradesh ,Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh towrest power from BJP lastyear.

AICC sources said that theparty may also announce guar-anteed stipend for unemployedyouths in the poll-borne statesof Jharkhand, Maharashtra andHaryana and a team has beenconstituted to devise a mech-anism focusing on youths' aspi-rations.

"The roadmap is clear.Today every family of thiscountry is affected by the bad

economics of Modi govern-ment. Every household haseither lost a job, or did not getany employment and worst isthat the Centre blames theskills and talent of Indianyouths rather than acceptingthey are unable to meet thedemands of citizens. Theyannounced sops to farmersbut still this segment is in dis-tress," said a senior Congressleader at AICC.

The last time whenCongress saw some successunder the leadership of RahulGandhi was in Punjab, MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan, andChhattisgarh where it was ableto win voters by announcingpopulist measures for farmers,youth and poor.

While the economic slow-down has raised hopes for thegrand old party to revive itselfafter its dismal Lok Sabha per-formance which ultimately ledto Rahul Gandhi quitting theparty president's post, it hasbrought trouble for the rulingBJP just ahead of elections inStates where the BJP is inpower.

Congress and alliance part-ners are constantly trying tocorner the Modi governmenton slowdown, unemploymentand rural distress. General sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadrahas been constantly talkingabout the issues concerning theyouth like unemployment andjob loss by taking to socialmedia.

The mood in the Congressis also upbeat with the rise inmonetary collections throughdonations. The party's treasuryhas seen a five-fold increase atRs 146 crore in 2018-19 frommere Rs 26 crore in the last fis-cal.

While erstwhile Tata-backed Progressive ElectoralTrust emerged as biggest donorwith Rs 55 crore, PrudentElectoral Trust (chiefly backedby Bharti Airtel group andDLF) donated Rs 39 crore.Prudent in last fiscal haddonated Rs 144 crore to theBJP and Rs 10 crore toCongress. Party presidentSonia Gandhi and RahulGandhi contributed Rs 54,000each this fiscal.

New Delhi: A first-ever cadrereview for jawans and sub-offi-cers of the CRPF will "benefit"2.37-lakh troops as it willensure faster promotion andmonetary benefits to them, anorder issued on Tuesday said.

The Union Home Ministryhas sanctioned fresh posts tothe CRPF, the lead internalsecurity force of the country, inits fighting or combat ranks.

The over 3-lakh personnelforce is thickly deployed in anti-Naxal operations, counter-ter-rorist offensives in the KashmirValley and responding to law andorder duties across the country.

As per the latest order, theCRPF said in a statement,while it will be a 100 per centjump in sanction for the rankof sub-inspector (SI), the samefigure will be 91 per cent forinspector ranks, 40 per cent forhead constable and 34 per centfor assistant sub inspector (ASI)ranks, it said.

Henceforth, the total sanc-tioned posts in the subedarmajor or inspector ranks willrise upto 6,271 (91 pc) while itwill be doubled to 17,403 in therank of SI.

“The maiden cadre review

for general duty personnel ofthe force will bring cheers toabout 2.37-lakh personnel ofGroup B and C, from constableto inspector ranks, who werefacing stagnation. This reviewhas been undertaken the firsttime in its about eight decadeslong history," the force said.

This would provide oppor-tunity for honing junior lead-ership and improve opera-tional efficacy with a youngerage profile, it said.

The move would alsoensure faster career growthand better remuneration forthese personnel who form thebulk of an operational teamthat is led by officers of theCRPF cadre and those from theIndian Police Service (IPS).

"The cadre review of theseofficials will add more respon-sibilities on their shoulders,improve their motivational leveland increase their job satisfac-tion. "This anti-stagnation drivewould also motivate them to befitter, a criteria vital for the pro-motion of those in uniformedservices," CRPF spokespersonDeputy Inspector General(DIG) Moses Dhinakaran said.

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Celebrating his 69th birthdaywith a packed schedule

that included visiting his 99-year-old mother Heeraben,statue of unity , 'Sardar Sarovardam' , the Khalvani Eco-Tourism site and ‘safari’ inGujarat, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was greeted onTuesday by a string of toppolitical leaders even as a first-look poster of Sanjay LeelaBhansali’s film on him titled '‘Mann Bairagi’ was launchedon the occasion.

Top dignitaries and polit-ical leaders including VicePresident M Venkaiah Naidu,Defence Minister RajnathSingh and BJP president andHome Minister Amit Shahcongratulated Modi with partyleaders being effusive in theirpraise of the Prime Ministerwho is on his consecutive sec-ond inning at the centre.

Those congratulating thePrime Minister took note of his"strong" and " visionary" lead-

ership that led the countydecisively in the comity ofnations. Many BJP leaderrecalled his modest roots andpraised his achievements as aworld leader.

'Padmavat' fame filmdirector Sanjay Leela Bhansaliwill weave a special featurefilm on Modi titled 'MannBairagi' and Bollywoood startAkshay Kumar posted thefilm's poster on his Twitteraccount on the PM's birthday.The film is supposed to bebased on an `untold` storyfrom the life of the PrimeMinister - that of what inspiredhim to dedicate himself to theservice of the nation.

In the national Capital,BJP leaders celebrated Modi'sbirthday by cutting cakesweighing 69 kg and 370 kg,highlighting the revocation ofspecial status to J& K underArticle 370, and 'bhandara'and `yagna`

Modi had a packed sched-ule and spent most part of theday in Gujarat. His schedule

included a visit to the SardarSarovar Dam on the Narmadariver, whose water level hasreached its highest mark for thefirst time. He inaugurated the"Namami Narmade" festivalthere.

For the first time since theheight of the Sarovar dam wasraised in 2017, the water levelreached its highest peak at138.68 metres on Sundayevening. The dam was inau-gurated by PM Modi on thisday in 2017.

Modi said that the Sardar

Sarovar project is catering toneeds of Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra andRajasthan. Addressing a gath-ering in Kevadiya, he alsothanked and saluted lakhs ofpeople who worked to makeSardar Sarovar project a suc-cess. "Our culture believes indevelopment while protectingenvironment. Nature ourjewel and dear to us." hesaid.

On dismantling ofArticle 370 from Jammu and

Kashmir, he said that the BJPgovernment's decision onKashmir was inspired by SardarPatel and an attempt to findsolution to decades-old prob-lem.

In his congratulatory mes-sage to Prime Minister , Naidusaid the nation is makingsteady progress under Modi'sable leadership. Shah describedModi as a leader with strongwillpower and a symbol ofdecisive leadership and hardwork. "Under your leadership,an emerging India has made a

mark in the world as a strong,safe and reliable nation," Shahsaid on Twitter.

JP Nadda, the nationalworking president of the BJP,called the PM a "Karmayogi"and said his dedication towardsthe "service of the nation" wasan inspiration and DefenceMinuster Rajnath Singh saidthe PM has been instrumentalin building and strengtheningIndia's position in the comityof nations.

Union Minister forRailways Piyush Goyal hailedModi as a statesman, decisiveleader and an inspiration for all.Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath also wishedthe PM on his birthday. Amongthe opposition ranks, WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee who is scheduled tomeet Prime Minister onWednesday, also wished himon his 69th birthday on herTwitter handle. FormerCongress president RahulGandhi also extended his wish-es to the PM.

New Delhi: Irked over the tin-kering of its judgement andorder by the Kerala High Courtin a matter related to churches,the Supreme Court has saidKerala is a part of the Indian ter-ritory and courts there arebound to follow the law declaredby the apex court.

The top court restrained theKerala High Court and all civilcourts there from passing anyorder in violation of the topcourt's 2017 decision which hadheld that prayer services were tobe performed in consonancewith the 1934 MalankaraChurch Constitution and guide-lines. The 2017 judgement hadsaid that 1,100 parishes and theirchurches under the MalankaraChurch should be controlled bythe Orthodox faction as perthose guidelines. A bench ofJustices Arun Mishra and M RShah said that as per Article 141of the Constitution, the lawdeclared by the apex court isbinding on all the courts andunder Article 144, civil andjudicial authorities within theterritory of India shall act in aidof the Supreme Court. PTI

New Delhi: Indo-US relationshave been on an upward tra-jectory and they are in a verygood health, External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar said onTuesday.

Addressing the 100-daypress conference of theMinistry of External Affairs, hesaid the "trajectory" of the rela-tionship between India andthe US has been "upwards"amid various administrationsin Washington, be it Bush,Obama and now Trump.

Responding to a questionon commerce, he said thetrade problem between thetwo countries is "normal". "Asrelationship grows, there willbe problems ... The only wayyou don't have trade problemsis when you do not trade," hesaid referring to the traderelations between the twonations.

Prime Minister NarendraModi will be on a six-day visit tothe US, beginning September 22.

Jaishankar said in part-nership with the Indian dias-pora, Modi addressed events inSan Jose in 2015 and MadisonSquare in New York in 2014,and the September 22 event atHouston will be the third.

He said the Indo-US rela-tions are in very good health."There is no facet of the rela-

tionship today which has notgone upward over the period of20 years," he said. PTI

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CPI(M) leader fromKashmir Mohd Yousuf

Tarigami on Tuesday criticisedthe Centre for detaining formerChief Minister FarooqAbdullah under PSA and saidthat “people across the borderare clapping” that theGovernment has done whatthey could not. Addressing aPress conference with CPI(M)general secretary SitaramYechury, the former member ofJammu & Kashmir Assemblysaid that whatever is happen-

ing in Kashmir is not in theinterest of the country.

“We, Abdullah and othersare not terrorists. It is such ahorrible time. I am very dis-turbed,” he said.

Tarigami said he wasunder house arrest sinceAugust 5, when the Centreannounced abrogation Article370 and bifurcation of J&K. Hewas brought to the AIIMShere for treatment on thedirection of the SC after itallowed Yechury to meet himin Srinagar and submit a reporton his health condition.

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The assets are "held" in thename of shell firms "controlled"by Qureshi, the ED said in astatement.It said a provisionalorder for attachment has beenissued under the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act (PMLA)and the total value of the prop-erties is Rs 9.35 crore. PTI

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt Tuesday asked the coun-sels for both Hindu andMuslim parties in the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjidland dispute case to inform itabout the tentative "time sched-ule" for concluding their argu-ments.

The moment the 5-judgeConstitution bench, headedby Chief Justice RanjanGogoi, re-assembled in theafternoon on the 25the day ofthe hearing, it asked senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavan,appearing for Muslim parties,about the time schedule forconclusion of arguments say-ing it will enable it to knowthe time left for writing thejudgement.

The CJI, who would demitoffice on November 17, thisyear, asked Dhavan to sit withhis associates and inform theapex court about the number ofdays they will take to concludethe arguments.

The bench, also compris-ing justices S A Bobde, D YChandrachud, Ashok Bhushan

and S A Nazeer, asked Dhavanto consult lawyers from othersides as well.

Dhavan, arguing for SunniWaqf Board and others includ-ing original litigant M Siddiqon the 8th day, said he alsowanted a judgement in this caseand he would be very fast inadvancing submissions.

The top court said that ifthe schedule is known, "thenwe will know how much timewe have to write the judgment".

The senior lawyer thensaid that the court may con-sider granting him mid-weekbreak on this Friday.

The bench said he maytake the break, but the othercounsel from Muslim side canadvance submissions on Friday.

"I do not want to break myargument," Dhavan said,adding that they have a sched-ule and they are conscious ofthe speed of the arguments.

The bench said Dhavanmight be needing the break,but his "young team" was capa-ble and would like to workhard. PTI

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A bench headed by JusticeR F Nariman said it would hearon October 16 the plea filed byconvict Manoharan seeking areview of the apex court'sAugust 1 verdict had whichconfirmed his death penalty.

During the open courthearing on the review plea, thebench, which also comprisedjustices Sanjiv Khanna andSurya Kant, said it was granti-ng "last opportunity" to thecounsel representing the con-vict to argue the case since itwas a matter of death sentence.

The counsel told the benchthat a death warrant has beenissued and he was scheduled tobe executed on September 20.

"List the matter on October16, 2019, at 3 pm as a lastopportunity for oral argumentsin terms of our judgment.Meanwhile, there shall be stayof execution of the death sen-

tence," the bench said in itsorder.

The top court had onAugust 1 sent Manoharan togallows for "horribly" gang-rap-ing a 10-year-old girl alongwith a co-accused and killingher and her seven-year-oldbrother by throwing them in acanal with their hands tied.

Terming the offence as"shocking" and "cold blooded",a three-judge bench, by amajority of 2:1, had upheld theverdicts of the trial court andthe Madras High Court toaward death penalty to thecondemned convict saying thatthe offence fell under the "rarestof rare" category.

During the hearing onTuesday, the counsel repre-senting the convict told thebench that throughout the trialin the case, Manoharan waslodged in jail and seven advocates were changed in the mat-ter due to which the convictwas not duly represented fromtrial court to the top court.

"During the trial, he (con-vict) must have been producedbefore the court and interact-ed with his lawyers," the benchobserved. PTI

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The retail price of onion isruling between � 50-60

per kg due to short supply inmetro cities of the country.The prices are expected toremain high in the next 15 daysor till the arrival of new crops.

According to the data main-tained by the Consumer AffairsMinistry, the maximum retailprice of onion was at � 70 perkg while the model rate was �44per kg. Among metros, onionprices was quoted at Rs 45 -50per kg in Chennai,� 43-60 perkg in Mumbai, �44-60 per kg inDelhi and � 45 per kg in Kolkata

on Friday, the ministry datashowed. At present, fresh onions

are not available. It is mostly thestored one of the last year'scrop.

Union Food andConsumers' Affairs ministerRam Vilas Paswan held ameeting in the ministry onskyrocketing of onion price inthe retail market. In someparts of the country, onion isruling high at � 50-60 per kgdepending on the quality andlocality.

Terming high onion pricesas a "temporary phase", Unionminister Ram Vilas Paswanasserted that they have enough

supplies in buffer stock to checkprices of the staple food that

official data showed is ruling inthe range of�50-60 per kg insome parts of the country.

"It is a temporary phase.Every year we face this problem(price rise) in three main per-ishable commodities potato,onion and tomato. This year, itis onion. However, we haveenough supply in our buffer,"Paswan said .There was supplydisruption because of floods inmain-growing states likeMaharashtra and Karnataka.Otherwise, the country hasenough onion production andthe Centre has also created abuffer stock of 56,000 tonne toaddress any shortages, he said.

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In a first for them, the Thaneforest department has bust-

ed a gang of crocodile smug-glers from Hyderabad andseized two live endangeredbaby crocodiles, an officialsaid on Tuesday.

Following a tip-off, theunprecedented operation wascarried out on Monday, atBorivali East in north-westMumbai, on the highway, whena team of forest departmentofficials intercepted a touristbus travelling from Hyderabadto Navi Mumbai in Thane.

“On checking the luggagecompartment of the bus, wecame across the two baby croc-odiles kept in cages. We haveseized them and sent them forcaretaking, and arrested threepersons in connection withthe racket. Further investiga-tions are underway,” ThaneRange Forest Officer NarendraMuthe told IANS.

He said that these juvenilereptiles — known by their sci-entific name as ‘CrocodylusPalustris’ — are estimated to beworth between Rs 1,00,000 toRs 2,00,000 each in the greymarkets.

“However, it is still notclear what is the real reason forsmuggling these creatures oversuch a long distance by roadfrom Hyderabad to Navi

Mumbai, and what will be theirultimate fate,” Muthe added.

The ‘Crocodylus Palustris’figures on the Red List ofThreatened Species of theSwitzerland-based InternationalUnion for Conservation ofNature (IUCN) since 2014.

The forest department hasarrested three persons - the busdriver M Abdul Rahim Hafizand Shivaji Baglaya, both fromHyderabad, and their associate

Khuddos Latif Baig from Bidarin Karnataka.

They were produced beforea Magistrate Court in Borivaliand have been remanded topolice custody for three days,Muthe said.

Found only in freshwaterbodies or marshes of India,Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan andIran, these crocodiles are alsoknown locally as ‘muggers’.

They have already become

extinct in Bhutan andMyanmar, and the species islikely to have been wiped outeven in Bangladesh, accordingto the IUCN.

The current estimatedpopulation of the ‘muggers’ isbetween 5,700-8,700 in thewild and are poached for use asfood — especially its eggs andmeat as delicacies, certainorgans for medical purposes,and its skin is used for fashionapparels and accessories,wildlife officials said.

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BJP Minority Morchanational vice-president

Nahid Sheikh on Monday saidonly a “handful of people” areopposing the Centre’s decisionto scrap Jammu & Kashmir’sspecial status.

“Except a handful of peo-ple who are opposing the deci-sion for their own benefit orsaving their own skin, theminorities living in Jammu &Kashmir are happy with thedecision to nullify Article 370,”Sheikh, who is BJP’s J&KMinoriry Morcha in-charge,told reporters here.

She said the minorities arehappy with the Centre’s deci-sion as they are of the firmbelief that their “days of mis-eries” are over and a new era ofreal welfare and empowermentwill begin, paving way foroverall development, progressand prosperity of the State.

“Article 370 has been mis-used by vested interests for per-sonal benefits for decadestogether at the cost of welfare ofthe masses and development,”she said without identifying the“vested interests” but apparent-ly referring to the Congress,National Conference and PDP.She said history has been creat-ed with the abrogation of thisArticle, which could only bepossible due to the firm will ofPrime Minister Narendra Modiand BJP president and UnionHome Minister Amit Shah.

“Jammu & Kashmir hasnow been completely integratedwith the rest of the country andthe people here will be enjoyingall rights and benefits availed bythe citizens in other States,”Sheikh said. She said the bolddecision would attract privatesector and full exploration oftourism sector which wouldresult in creation of employmentopportunities for the local youth.

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Aspecial court on Tuesdayheld a 30-year-old man

guilty of killing a 7-year-oldchild after trying to rape hernearly three years ago.

Special Judge Sanjiv KumarTiwari, trying cases registeredunder Prevention of Childrenfrom Sexual Offences Act, con-victed Tanzim of murderingthe child in November 2016 inher village.

The court will decide thequantum of sentence to the con-vict on Wednesday. Prosecutioncounsel Dinesh Kumar Sharmasaid the case dated back toNovember 16, 2016, whenTanzim lured away his neigh-bour’s daughter and tried to rapeher at a secluded place.

But as the girl began cry-ing, he bludgeoned her todeath and fled the scene, saidSharma. After the girl’s parentsnoticed the child having gonemissing, they launched a searchfor her and found her in poolof blood near their house in asecluded place, said Sharma,adding the girl was rushed toa hospital but declared“brought dead”.

Police later registered acase under section 376 of theIndian Penal Code and sections3 and 4 of the POCSO.

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Former Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu has

lashed out at the YSRCP statingthat it has harassed formerSpeaker Dr Kodela Siva PrasadaRao mentally, physically andfinancially by slapping cases onhim. Kodela’s was a case of mur-der by the YSRCP Government,he said and demanded a CBIprobe into the death.

Naidu said despite the let-ters sent by Kodela SivaPrasada Rao to take away thefurniture, the Government hadfiled cases after receiving them.

He said on August 20,Kodela had sent a letter and onNarasaraopeta MLAGopireddy Srinivasa Reddylodged a complaint two dayslater. Subsequently, they filedcases against Kodela and hisson Kodela Sivaram, he added.

“When he was ready tohand over furniture, what’s the

need for filing cases against. Isit not harassment? A man whohas charge sheets against himfor financial frauds worth Rs43,000 crore, has filed casesagainst Kodela for furnitureworth Rs 2 lakh. They havefiled 19 cases against Kodela,including the old ones, whichhave been reopened now.”

Calling Kodela “PalnatiTiger”, he said even the policehumiliated him by notresponding to his appeal. Healleged that all police officialsand IAS officers had surren-dered to the ruling party.

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In a partial respite for now“missing” IPS officer, Rajeev

Kumar the special CBI courthearing the multi-croreSharada and other chit fundcases on Tuesday refused topass any order on the Agency’spetition seeking non-bailablearrest warrant citing lack ofjurisdiction.

The court at Barasat alsorefused Kumar’s applicationfor anticipatory bail in thesame case saying it lackedjurisdiction to grant or notgrant anticipatory bails being atrial court and directed the par-ties to approach the court ofDistrict and Sessions Judge.

While the CBI had allegedthat the top IPS officer was notonly refusing to cooperate withits officials by giving mislead-ing or no answers to specificqueries but also he was repeat-edly refusing to respond to itssummons.

Kumar had appearedbefore the CBI sleuths atShillong following a SupremeCourt order which had afterproviding him a temporaryshield from arrest directed himto appear before the Agency ata neutral venue outside Bengal.

Subsequently after theSupreme Court withdrew itsshield and directed him tomove the Calcutta High Courtthe latter two after providingsome initial protections lifted

the protective cover exposingthe senior officer to CBI’schances of arresting him.

Since then Kumar has notbeen heard off despite repeat-ed CBI’s summons notices toappear before it forcing theAgency to move the court oforiginal jurisdiction seeking anon-bailable arrest warrantagainst him.

Kumar, former KolkataCommissioner of Police isbeing probed for his role as the chief of the StateGovernment constitutedSpecial Investigation Team ininvestigating into the multi-crore Sharada chit fund case.

The CBI has alleged thatthe senior officer presentlyfunctioning as the Additional

Director General of CID wasnot cooperating with it theinvestigation process despiteSupreme Court and HighCourt directives.

The Calcutta High Courthad on September 13 with-drawn the protection againstarrest given the officer anddirected him to cooperate withthe CBI. Since then he had beenat large and the StateGovernment too respondingto the letters written by theCentral Agency seeking hiswhereabouts expressed itsinability to contact him as hismobile phone and that too of hispersonal security officer wereswitched off. Kumar is report-edly on leave till September 25,the Government source said.

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)chief Mayawati on Tuesday

called the Congress “unreliable”and “untrustworthy” after six ofher party MLAs switched over to the grand-old party in Rajasthan.

Mayawati, in a tweet, said,“By poaching BSP MLAs, theCongress has proved that it isan unreliable party. This is abreach of trust even when theBSP was lending its uncondi-tional support to the CongressGovernment in Rajasthan.’’

The BSP president said,“Instead of fighting with itsarch rivals, the Congress alwaysdamages the parties that havehelped and supported it.

Hence, Congress is againstDalits, STs and OBCs and hasbeen non-serious about therights of backwards.’’

She also accused the grand-old-party of being against theprinciples of BabasahebAmbedkar, “which is why hehad to resign from the post ofthe country’s first law minister’’.

“The Congress never letBabasaheb go to Lok Sabha andneither was he awarded theBharat Ratna. This is veryshameful and sad,’’ she said.

On Monday night, all sixBSP MLAs wrote to stateAssembly Speaker CP Joshi tomerge the Legislative Party withthe Congress. MLAs RajendraSingh Gudha, Jogendra SinghAwana, Wajib Ali, Lakhan Singh

Meena, Sandeep Yadav andDeepchand said they weremerging their legislative partywith the Congress. The devel-opment came ahead of civicbody polls and bypolls to twoAssembly seats.

Meanwhile, in anotherdevelopment, after theAllahabad High Court stayedthe notification to include 17OBC groups in the ScheduledCastes list, the BSP president onTuesday said such governmentdecisions were guided by totalselfish political motives butaffected the entire society.

She said the move was“most unfortunate”. “The newsof the high court staying theforcible declaration of 17 OBCsas Scheduled Castes in UttarPradesh is naturally in limelighttoday. Such decisions guided bytotal selfish political motives donot affect any party/govern-ment but the entire society.Most unfortunate,” Mayawatitweeted in Hindi.

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Amid scornful remarks fromOpposition parties like the

BJP and the Left, Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onTuesday left for Delhi whereshe will meet Prime MinisterNarendra Modi breaking afteran 18-month gap since they lastmet for a few moments at theconvocation of VishwabharatiUniversity.

While Banerjee claimedminutes before leaving for theCapital that meeting the PrimeMinister was within her officialduty and that the meeting waslong overdue “because I have todiscuss some matters like pend-ing Central grants, renaming ofthe State of West Bengal,” asalso some other issues that maycome in between during theconversation.

She is also likely to relate tothe Prime Minister the “popu-lar concern regarding stepsbeing taken to privatise AirIndia, BSNL and even the

Indian Railways,” Banerjee saidadding “the people often can-not reach him as they don’thave that access so they cometo us. So I have decided to takethis issue with him.”

The Chief Minister wouldnot react to the loaded remarksfrom the Opposition leaderswho questioned her suddendecision to meet the PrimeMinister at a time when theCentral Bureau of Investigationprobing the multi-crore Sharadachit fund case was almost on theverge of arresting one of herblue-eyed IPS officers and for-

mer Kolkata Commissioner ofPolice Rajiv Kumar for hisalleged role in the investigationof the ponzi scam in 2013 beforethe Supreme Court finally hand-ed over the case to the CBI.

Banerjee said “all the 365days I am tied down in Kolkataon account of the huge workload. But the same responsi-bility demands a visit or two toDelhi where a Chief Ministerhas to go to get many worksdone in the interest of theState… This is a constitution-al obligation to meet the PrimeMinister,” irrespective of the

political differences.The BJP and the Left how-

ever took a dig at Banerjee “notfor her constitutional obliga-tions as the Chief Minister tomeet the Prime Minister but thetime of the visit,” said seniorCPI(M) leader and former MPSamik Lahiri. “Let us see whatthe outcome of the talks is, par-ticularly at a time when the CBIhas zeroed in on Rajiv Kumarfor his dubious role in the chitfund investigation,” he said.

Questioning the timing ofthe visit BJP leader and theparty’s minder for BengalKailash Vijabargiya said “this isthe same Chief Minister whodeclined the invites of theCentral Government to visitDelhi during the Niti Ayogmeeting, or the meeting of theChief Ministers or even themeeting on the education pol-icy. Now suddenly she hasbeen reminded of her respon-sibilities as a Chief Ministerwhen the CBI is tightening itsnoose around Rajeev Kumar.”

He said, “Mamata Banerjeeknows that if Rajeev Kumar isarrested then he will spill thebins and half of her ministeri-al colleagues will go to jail.”

State BJP vice president LPMajumdar scoffed at Banerjeesaying “not very long ago thesame Chief Minister was tellingpacked crowds about herdesigns to tie Narendra Modiwith ropes and put him behindthe bar and now she is runningto him perhaps to save some ofher trusted bureaucrats andparty men.”

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Hours before her visit toDelhi, Bengal Chief

Minister Mamata Banerjeeon Tuesday morning wishedPrime Minister NarendraModi on his 69th birthdayapart from meeting his wifeJashodaben and gifting her with a saree at NSI Airportin Kolkata.

Banerjee wrote, “Birthdaygreetings to Prime MinisterNarendra Modiji,” in themorning and late in the noonwhen she was waiting at theVIP lounge of the airportbefore leaving for Delhi sheheard about the PrimeMinister’s wife who was alsoreturning to Gujarat.

The Chief Minister imme-diately rushed out and met herand demanded a second visitwhen “I will arrange for a site-seeing.” Modi’s wife was inDhanbad and had come toKolkata enroute to Delhi. Shereplied in the affirmativewhen the Chief Minister askedher as to whether she had vis-ited Kalighat andDakshineshwar temples.

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������������ ��������������������������Bengaluru: KarnatakaCongress MLA LaxmiHebbalkar has been sum-moned by the EnforcementDirectorate to appear before itin connection with the moneylaundering case against hersenior party colleague DKShivakumar, official sourcessaid on Tuesday.

ED sources said thewoman MLA, who representsBelagavi (Rural), has beenasked to appear before its offi-cials on September 19 in New

Delhi. Hebbalkar confirmedreceipt of the summons andsaid she had requested the EDto allow her to depose at herresidence itself but the agencywas yet to respond.

Yes, it is true. They (ED)have given me notice asking meto appear on September 19. Iam talking to my advocate,” shetold PTI.

Shivakumar, arrested bythe ED on September 3 in amoney laundering case, was onTuesday remanded in judicial

custody for 14 days till October1 by a Delhi court.

The former minister was inthe ED custody since his arrest.The agency had earlier sum-moned his daughterAisshwarya in connection withthe case.

It had in September lastyear registered the money laun-dering case againstShivakumar, Haumanthaiah,an employee at KarnatakaBhavan in New Delhi, andothers. PTI

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Amajor international summithere next week will take up

use of artificial intelligence (AI)and other technologies in thetourism industry.

For the two-day event,which will start on September26, the Kerala Tourism is part-nering the Association ofTourism Trade OrganisationsIndia (ATTOI).

Among the 500 partici-pants from across the worldwill be Hannes Losch, knownfor intelligent analytics andbusiness intelligence solutions.

PK Anish Kumar, conven-er of the event, said AI hadmade travel more convenient.It’s use allowed travellers to optlast-minute vacation planning,he added. The event will see

convergence of owners of hotelsand resorts, online tourismmarketing managers and tour operators, who is expected tobe the biggest beneficiary ofnew technology.

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Peace prevailing along theInternational Border across

Jammu frontier was shatteredby the Pakistani Rangers inHiranagar sector of Kathuadistrict by resorting to ‘unpro-voked’ firing for around threehours in the forward areas.

In response, BSF jawansretaliated the fire which con-tinued for about three hoursbetween 1 to 4 pm in the border area.

BSF officials of Jammufrontier claimed, this is the firstmajor incident of ceasefire vio-lation across Jammu frontierthis year. By and large peaceprevailed in the border areaeven as Pakistani rangers raisedobjections to developmentalactivities in the forward villagesfalling close to the zero line.

Inspector General of BSF,Jammu frontier NS Jamwaltold The Pioneer, “Pakistanirangers resorted to ‘unpro-voked’ firing in the Hiranagarsector of Kathua on Tuesdaybetween 1 to 4.00 pm”.

He said, “Pakistani rangersused small arms firing to tar-get the Indian posts. We retal-

iated the fire in equal measure.”He said we are keeping a closewatch on the activities ofPakistani rangers. IG, BSF alsomaintained, no incident ofinfiltration was reported acrossJammu frontier this year.

When asked whether theyestablished any contact withtheir Pakistani counterparts, IGBSF clarified, no contact wasestablished with them onTuesday after the exchange offire took place on theInternational border.

Earlier, on July 15, 2019, asuspected Pakistani intruderwas killed by the alert BSFjawans in Samba sector whenhe was trying to sneak insidethe Indian territory near SMPura border outpost.

Meanwhile, no freshexchange of firing was report-ed along the Line of Control inRajouri and Poonch districts tilllate Tuesday evening.

However, jawans of theIndian Army have been main-taining tight vigil in vulnerable

areas and non-traditionalroutes of infiltration to foilrepeated infiltration bids by theheavily armed intruders withsupport from the PakistanArmy regulars.

Recent Intelligence reportsclaimed, small groups of infil-trators have managed to sneakinside the Indian territory fromdormant routes of infiltration

in Rajouri and Poonch sectorsin the recent weeks.

Meanwhile, LieutenantGeneral Ranbir Singh, GeneralOfficer Commanding-in-Chief,Northern Command onTuesday witnessed an exerciseby integrated troops of all armsand services in Super HighAltitude area in EasternLadakh. He was briefed on the

conduct of the exercise byLieutenant General YK Joshi,General Officer Commanding,Fire & Fury Corps. The exer-cise encompassed employmentof mechanised forces with forcemultipliers integrating hightechnology platforms.

Complimenting the com-manders and troops for theoutstanding display of profes-sional competence and warfighting capability in extremeterrain and altitude conditions,Lt Gen Ranbir Singh stated thathe was fully confident thatNorthern Command will con-tinue its legacy of excelling incombat, should a conflict beforced upon the nation. He alsoremarked that with the induc-tion of new weapon systemsand high tech equipment, thecapability and lethality of theIndian Army was progressive-ly improving each passing day.

Later, General Bipin Rawat,Chief of Army Staff also visitedHQ Fire & Fury Corps andinteracted with NK Singh,Chairman and other membersof the 15th FinanceCommission. The FinanceCommission team is in LadakhSector as part of their visit to

field formations of the IndianArmy to understand the con-ditions under which troops areoperating and assess the require-ment of financial outlays tomeet the modernisation andinfrastructure developmentrequirements of the Army.

During their meeting,General Bipin Rawat highlight-ed the peculiar terrain, weatherand altitude challenges ofLadakh Sector, which requirespecialised equipment & skillsfor performing operational tasks.

He also apprised the

Finance Commission that thefocus on improving connec-tivity to the border areas in therecent years had greatlyimproved the efficacy of the troops deployed alongthe borders.

Members of the FinanceCommission appreciated thededication and commitment ofthe Indian Army, while defend-ing the borders of the nation,in such far flung areas. Theyassured the Indian Army of allsupport required to dischargetheir duties effectively.

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BJP leader SwamiChinmayanand, accused of

raping a student, remainedunder medical observation onTuesday, a day after he com-plained of uneasiness.

Chinmayanand had com-plained of uneasiness onMonday after the alleged rapevictim got her statementrecorded before a magistrate.

A team of three doctorsexamined the former UnionMinister in his ashram after hecomplained of weakness andfluctuating blood sugar levelbesides an upset stomach, DrGaurav Mishra of a privatenursing home here told PTI aftervisiting the 72-year-old leader.

Chinmayand, however, hasnot been shifted to any hospi-tal, he added. Official sources,meanwhile, said the SIT con-tinued with its probe in the mat-ter, but no FIR has been lodgedso far against the BJP leader.

The special investigationteam probing the case, howev-er, took the alleged rape victimto the court on Monday forrecording of her statementbefore Judicial MagistrateGeetika Singh.

The Supreme Court-appointed SIT had on Sundayexamined three friends of thevictim besides some employeesof her college.

The victim’s friends, whowere examined, included the

one who was with her when shewas traced in Rajasthan afterhaving gone missing last month.

The SIT had called them tothe police lines here andrecorded their statements, offi-cial sources said.

The SIT had also examinedprincipals of the two colleges,besides their two staffers, wherethe girl studied.

The girl’s father on Sundayhad termed the leakage ofsome video footage given by hisdaughter to the SIT as a “con-spiracy” and had said he wouldrequest the Supreme Courtcourt to order a probe into it.

“From where have thescreenshots and videosappeared on social media? Thescreenshots have been postedon various social media plat-forms. These were given to theSIT by my daughter. This is aconspiracy,” he had said.

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Fulfilling a long standingdemand of the people of

Hyderabad Karnataka region,Chief Minister BS Yediyurappaon Tuesday announced that ithas been renamed as ‘KalyanaKarnataka’ and a separate sec-retariat would be establishedfor its development.

Karnataka Chief MinisterBS Yediyurappa on Tuesdayannounced that theHyderabad-Karnataka regionhas been renamed as ‘Kalyana

Karnataka’ and a separate sec-retariat would be establishedfor its development.

“It has been a long standingdemand to rename Hyderabad-Karnataka as KalyanaKarnataka. With God’s grace atthe time when I’m the ChiefMinister of the state, Im declar-ing Hyderabad-Karnataka asKalyana Karnataka. There is afestive atmosphere in the six dis-tricts of the region,” Yediyurappatold reporters at Kalaburagi.

The Chief Minister said aseparate secretariat would be

set up for the development ofKalyana Karnataka, throughwhich funds would be releasedfor developmental work

All other formalities relatingto the renaming would follow inconsultation with the centre, hesaid. Assuring more funds forthe all round development of theKalyana Karnataka region,Yediyurappa said there may befinancial issues this time due tofloods in several parts of theState, but more funds would beallocated for development in thenext budget.

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Attracted by the welfareschemes being implement-

ed here, a section of peoplefrom five villages in borderingNanded district, Maharashtra,has expressed a desire to mergethem with Telangana.

The people and elected rep-resentatives of various politicalparties have also decided to con-test the forthcoming Assemblypolls in Maharashtra with themerger demand, the villagersinformed the Telangana ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar Rao,an official Press statement saidon Tuesday.

“People, including electedrepresentatives from villagesspread over five legislative

Assembly segments from thebordering Nanded district inMaharashtra, are in an agita-tional mood demanding the

State Government to eitherimplement the welfare schemesof Telangana State in their vil-lages also or allow their villagesto be merged with Telangana,”the release from the ChiefMinister’s office said.

The leaders from Nalgaon,Bhokar, Degloor, Kinwat andHathgaon Assembly segments,who met Rao, sought his sup-port for their agitation andinformed that they were readyto contest on the TRS partytickets if allotted.

The people informed thatmany Telangana Governmentschemes such as the Rs 10,000financial assistance per acre peryear under the Rythu Bandhu,Rs 2016 per month pension, 24-hour uninterrupted free and

quality power, Kalyan Laxmi,KCR kits and clothes distribu-tion during the festivals were notavailable for the Maharashtrapeople, the release said.

In the past, 40 villages inDharmabad taluk in the neigh-bouring State had passed a res-olution demanding their merg-er with the Telangana.Responding to the resolution,the Maharashtra Governmenthad then declared Rs 40-croregrant for these villages, but theassistance was yet to be released.

Rao said the demand ofpeople for implementation ofwelfare schemes like ones in theTelangana was rational andhoped that the MaharashtraGovernment will accede to thedemand.

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All four persons named asaccused in the Bettiah gan-

grape case have been arrestedand the complainant, whoclaimed she was 18 year old,turned out to be a minor, a toppolice officer said on Tuesday.

Additional Director Generalof Police, headquarters, JitendraKumar, said that the fouraccused — including two broth-ers — have allegedly confessedthat they had sexual intercoursewith the girl last week.

Even if it was with mutualconsent it would be deemed anoffence since the medicalreports of the girl, a formerinmate of the infamous

Muzaffarpur shelter home,have put her age between “15and 17 years”, Kumar noted.

A sex scandal had come tolight at the Muzaffarpur shel-ter home in April last yearwhen abuse of the inmateswas flagged in a social auditreport by Mumbai-based TataInstitute of Social Sciences.

Talking to PTI over phone,Bettiah SP Jayantkant said allfour accused named in the FIR— Akash Kumar, Sajan Kumar,Kundan Kumar and AnshuKumar — have been arrested.

“All of them, including sib-lings Akash and Sajan, are saidto be known to the girl. Thevictim and the accused report-edly used to visit each other,” he

said.Earlier, the SP had said that

the complainant, in her FIR,stated she was raped by the fouron Friday in a moving car inBettiah, the district headquar-ters of West Champaran.

Jayantkant had also saidthat the medical examinationreports of the girl, whoclaimed she was 18years old, showed“no internal orexternal injury”which was unusu-al in a case of asexual assault.

He, however,maintained thatpolice was “not rul-ing out anything” as of

now. Talking to reporters in theBihar capital, the ADG said,“The girl’s medical examina-tions suggest that her age isbetween 15 and 17 years.During interrogation, theaccused have confessed thatthey had intercourse with thegirl. Even if it was with mutu-

al consent, it becomesimmaterial and falls

in the category ofan offence as thegirl is a minor.”

He also saidpolice was insearch of anotherunnamed personin connection

with the case. “Wewould like to point

out that there has been someconfusion in the social mediaabout the girl. Many people aresuggesting that she was amongthe eight former inmates of theMuzaffarpur shelter home whowere recently released and reunited with their fami-lies upon a Supreme Courtdirection. This is wrong,” heasserted.

“The girl had gone missingfrom her home in May last yearand found at a railway stationin Muzaffarpur. She was kept atthe shelter home for a week andshifted to Mokama thereafter.Two months later she wasreleased from the Mokamacare unit and handed over toher parents”, the ADG clarified.

He, however, declined todivulge more details about thegirl, saying “the identity of asexual offence victim, especiallya minor, has to be kept secret.Sharing more information willgive it away”.

Expressing outrage over theBettiah incident, the NationalHuman Rights Commission(NHRC) and the NationalCommission for Women(NCW) had shot off missives totop officials in Bihar.

The NCW, which took suomotu cognizance of the inci-dent, has asked the DirectorGeneral of Police to treat thecase on a priority, while theNHRC has sought a detailedreport on the case in four weeks.

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It is a tragic irony that the worst act byterrorists involving wanton killing ofinnocent people in recent times tookplace on September 11, 2001, whentwo hijacked planes were deployed to

kill over 3,000 people on the Twin Towersof the World Trade Center, New York, whileanother one targetted the Pentagon and yetanother crashed in Pennsylvania. Just threeweeks later after that dastardly act, we com-memorate the birth anniversary of thegreatest human being to ever have practisednon-violence, Mahatma Gandhi. This year,of course, marks a special occasion whenGandhiji’s 150th birth anniversary wouldbe celebrated.

Gandhian philosophy represents aperfect integration of non-violence, non-exploitation of one community by anoth-er and respect for all human beings andother species with whom we share the plan-et earth. His views on these subjects are bestexplained by the following quotation:“Public opinion alone can keep a societypure and healthy...I claim that human mindor human society is not divided into water-tight compartments called social, politicaland religious. All act and react upon oneanother...Human society is a ceaselessgrowth, an unfoldment in terms of spiri-tuality...ill-digested principles are, if any-thing, worse than ill-digested food, for thelatter harms the body and there is a curefor it, whereas the former ruins the soul andthere is no cure for it...It is the law of lovethat rules mankind. Had violence, ie,hate, ruled us, we should have becomeextinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of itis that the so-called civilised men andnations conduct themselves as if the basisof society was violence.”

The holistic nature of Gandhianemphasis on non-violence was expressedeloquently by his emphasis on the need forhuman beings not exploiting other humanbeings and the essential need for them, notin any way considering themselves supe-rior to other forms of life. Here again,Gandhiji was very direct in two commentsthat he conveyed.

“A society can be judged by the way ittreats its animals.”

“It is an arrogant assumption to say thathuman beings are lords and masters of thelower creatures. On the contrary, beingendowed with greater things in life, they arethe trustees of the lower animal kingdom.”

Most importantly, Gandhiji’s concept ofnon-violence extended directly to humansociety, not in any way inflicting major dam-age to the ecosystems of this planet andresources, which nature provides us and onwhich all life survives and endures. Today,the material demands of human society areresulting in extensive damage to the earth’sbiodiversity, the growing dangers and risksfrom human-induced climate change andmajor pollution of the oceans, which willhave serious consequences not only for life

under water but also extensive-ly on large areas of land.

There is a section of pub-lic opinion today which seemsto believe that perhaps nothingcan be done to solve some ofthese problems simply becausehuman society is too far goneto be able to retreat in the direc-tion of reduced demand forgoods and services.

There is now mountingevidence from all over theworld on the expanding foot-print of human society on theearth’s ecosystems. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hastaken up the challenge of reduc-ing single-use plastic in thiscountry because we have blind-ly emulated the developednations, which are responsiblefor the mounting waste of var-ious kinds, based on the grow-ing demand for material goodsand products.

It is for this reason scien-tists like Paul J Crutzen havedescribed the current periodthat we are going through asone of the anthropocene asopposed to the geological ageHolocene, which began 11,700years ago. Gandhiji wasabsolutely right when he said:“The incessant search for mate-rial comforts and their multi-plication is evil. I make bold tosay that the Europeans willhave to remodel their outlookif they are not to perish underthe weight of the comforts towhich they are becoming

slaves.”For almost 50 years, human

activities have increasinglyexceeded the bio-capacity ofecosystems to absorb theexpanding footprint of ouractivities. There is, therefore, theneed for a radical shift bywhich a rapid and decisivechange is brought into the dev-astating consumerist culturedominating modern society,which would ultimately lead tounacceptable risks in the futureand exploitation by some, aswas the case with colonialism.

We are already seeing signsof domination by vested inter-ests of countries and commu-nities by the rich and powerfulseeking benefits of assuredsupply of raw materials, ener-gy and rare minerals fromother locations, almost in acolonial relationship. There is,therefore, an imperative forhuman society to movetowards Gandhian principles,which, quite apart from shun-ning violence of one commu-nity versus another, proscribeviolence used against natureand its attributes, which sustainlife for all species on earth.

In actual fact, it is clearlythe desire by human beings toexpand material wants and thepower associated with it whichin some form or the other leadsto violence all around. It is trag-ic that in the 21st century, thereare still prosperous nationsand groups, which are financ-

ing terrorist activities, the worstexample of which leaves uswith a continuing sense ofhorror from the events ofSeptember 11, 2001.

It appears that the globalcommunity, including theUnited Nations, has been large-ly ineffective in curbing violencein several regions of the world.The war in Yemen continues tokill innocent human beings,including children. The conflictin Syria, despite the involvementof some big powers, has not ledto any movement towardspeace, even as ceasefire afterceasefire is violated. In our ownneighbourhood, the Talibancontinues to attack innocentindividuals in Afghanistan,clearly encouraged and fundedby the army of another countryin our neighbourhood.

Overall, Gandhian beliefsand principles are required tobe spread worldwide not onlyto eliminate conflict within thenarrow prism of one commu-nity or one nation imposingviolence against another butalso in respect of our wantondestruction of nature and theecosystems of this planet. India,as the nation to which Gandhijigave so much, has a deep glob-al responsibility to carry hismessage to the rest of theworld, particularly on his 150thbirth anniversary.

(The writer is former chair-man, Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change, 2002-15)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Not Hindi hain hum”(September 17). Union HomeMinister Amit Shah’s pitch forHindi as a national languagebecause it is the “heart and soulof our freedom struggle” shouldhave been best avoided becauseit is beset with strongly divisiveattitudes, especially in the Southwhere the earlier anti-Hindiagitations had disturbed a hor-net’s nest. By seeking to thrustHindi down the throat of mil-lions, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) would be committing agrave act of indiscretion.

Any imposition wouldarouse a fresh round of anti-North hatred that the Centremust guard against. Our linguis-tic chauvinism and respectivelingual ethnocentrism will hard-ly let us accept Hindi as the lan-guage of the country.

English has ceased to be aforeign language. Even the Britishhave ceded exclusive rights overthe English language. What iscertain is that no language —indeed, nothing — can beimposed from the top. In reali-ty, it is not even needed. Even

without any Government impo-sition, Hindi as a language hasspread far and wide. In 1971, 36.9per cent of Indians spoke Hindias a first language but in 2011 thishad increased to 43.6 per cent.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “War clouds” (September17). West Asia is yet again in thegrip of hysteria with rebels inYemen attacking Saudi oil infra-

structure. The development has sent

alarm bells for a possible war onIran by the US because the lat-ter believes that the drone strikewas carried out by the rebelswith support from Iran. It is anopen secret that Houthi rebels

are being fed by Iran for long.Yemen is Saudi Arabia’s neigh-bouring country and has beenravaged by civil war for long.

Houthi rebels have beenbattling against the Yemenregime backed by Saudi Arabiaand the US. So the attack on theSaudi oil facilities is only a natural extension of Houthirebels’ vendetta against SaudiArabia.

Iran has always cocked asnook at the US. Now Iran’s eliterevolutionary guard force hassaid that it is prepared for a “full-scale war” and that their missilescould hit bases in the US andships within a range of 2,000 km.Anything may happen anytime.This could be disastrous for theentire world.

The drone attack on theSaudi oil facilities made theauthorities in Saudi Arabia slashthe oil production by half andconsequently, oil prices havebeen gone up. For India, the fall-out will be unbearable as a spikein oil prices will upset the com-mon man’s budget.

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Every nation and individual is exposed to therisks of climate change and we have to makeseveral adaptations to mitigate them. These

largescale measures are costly. So nations needfunds to implement them, making climate financea vital necessity. Such a resource pool seeks to raiselocal, national or trans-national funds drawn frompublic, private and alternative sources. Recognisingthat it may be out of scope and capacity of sever-al countries to initiate climate change measures,the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement callfor financial help from parties with more resourcesto those that are less endowed and vulnerable.

In accordance with the principle of “commonbut differentiated responsibility and respectivecapabilities” set out in the convention, developedcountries are to provide financial resources to assistdeveloping nations in implementing the objectivesof the UNFCCC (United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change). The pact reaf-firms the obligations of developed countrieswhile encouraging voluntary contributions by par-ties.

Developed country parties should also con-tinue to take the lead in mobilising climate financefrom various sources, instruments and channels,through a variety of actions, including supportingcountry-driven strategies and taking into accountthe needs and priorities of developing country par-ties. Such mobilisation of climate finance shouldrepresent a progression beyond previous efforts.Overall, efforts under the Paris Agreement areguided by its aim of making finance flows consis-tent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gasemissions and climate-resilient development.

Setting up of funds: A financial mechanism,which also serves the Kyoto Protocol and the ParisAgreement, was set up to provide financialresources to developing countries by entrusting oneor more existing international entities. Since theConvention came into existence in 1994, the GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF) has served as an oper-ating entity of the financial mechanism. At theConference of Parties (COP) 16, in 2010, partiesestablished the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and in2011 also designated it as an operating entity ofthe financial mechanism.

This module is accountable to the COP, whichdecides on its policies, programme priorities andeligibility criteria for funding. In addition, threemore special funds have been established — theSpecial Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the LeastDeveloped Countries Fund (LDCF), both managedby the GEF; and the Adaptation Fund (AF) estab-lished under the Kyoto Protocol in 2001. At theParis Climate Change Conference in 2015, it wasagreed that the operating entities of GCD, GEF,SCCF and the LDCF shall serve the ParisAgreement.

A Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) wasestablished at COP 16 to assist it in exercising itsfunctions in relation to the financial mechanismof the Convention. Currently, the SCF has four spe-cific functions: assisting the COP in improvingcoherence and coordination in the delivery of cli-mate change financing; assisting it in rationalisa-tion of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC;supporting it in the mobilisation of resources forclimate financing; and supporting it in reportingand verification of support provided to develop-ing country parties.

The committee is also tasked withorganising an annual forum on climatefinance, provide the COP with draft guid-ance for operating entities, provideexpert inputs during periodic reviews ofthe mechanism and prepare a biennialassessment and overview of climatefinance flows. Furthermore, the SCF isdesigned to improve linkages and pro-mote coordination with climate financerelated actors and initiatives both with-in and outside the Convention. At theParis Conference in 2015, it was decid-ed that the SCF shall also serve the ParisAgreement.

In addition, the long-term financeprocess is aimed at progressing on themobilisation and scaling up of climatefinance of resources originating from awide variety of sources. The COP decid-ed on the following activities until 2020:organisation by the secretariat of annu-al in-session workshops; developedcountries providing, on a biennial basis,information on strategies and approach-es for scaling up climate finance and con-vening of biennial high-level ministeri-al dialogue on climate finance.Throughthe Cancun Agreements in 2010, devel-oped countries committed, in the con-text of meaningful mitigation actions andtransparency on implementation, to agoal of mobilising jointly $100 billion peryear by 2020 to address the needs ofdeveloping countries.

When adopting the ParisAgreement, parties confirmed this goal,called for a concrete roadmap to achievethe goal by 2020 and agreed that priorto 2025, the COP shall set a new collec-tive quantified goal of over $100 billionper year.

India’s position on climate finance:Since India is quite susceptible to theimpacts of climate change, it is a hugechallenge for us. Given its unique and dis-tinct topography, variations in climateremain a steady feature and any changes

in climate are likely to worsen the exist-ing pressure on various sectors. With agrowing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emis-sion profile, India is currently the third-largest discharger of GHGs globally, afterChina and the USA. However, accord-ing to a 2014 World Bank report, India’sper capita GHG emanations remainextremely low at 1.7 metric tonnes(MT) of carbon dioxide (CO2) percapita, as compared to China at 6.2 MTand USA at 17.6 MT.

Moreover, according to the PressInformation Bureau 2009(b) report onemissions, it has been estimated that evenby 2031, India’s per capita GHG emis-sions (likely to remain 4 MT of CO2 percapita) will continue to be lower than theglobal per capita GHG emissions in 2005(4.22 MT of CO2 per capita).

Climate finance entered the dictio-nary of the official establishment with therelease of the Economic Survey 2011-12,which contained for the first time a chap-ter on Sustainable Development andClimate Change and a dedicated sectionon Climate Change Finance and provid-ed an overview of various domestic andinternational sources of finance, as wellas private finance sources. An estimat-ed �230,000 crore was provided as theamount needed to fulfil the missionobjectives under the National ActionPlan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in thesubsequent Economic Survey of 2012-13.

The Government responded by set-ting up the Climate Change Finance Unit(CCFU) in September 2011. In spite ofthe creation of the CCFU, there is no for-mal coordination mechanism around cli-mate finance. As a result multipleprocesses for financing thrive within thecountry including the Centre, States, pri-vate sector and civil society actors, allplaying significant roles in low emissionand climate-resilient development.

Due to the well-defined national cli-mate policy, climate-related finance is

available through a variety of domestic,international, public and private sources.Domestic resources in India can bebroadly divided into public climatefinance and private climate finance.Public finance comprises budgetarysupport, taxes, subsidies and other mar-ket mechanisms. Private finance usual-ly comprises clean development mech-anism finance, debt instruments, equi-ty finance and partial risk guarantee facil-ities. To realise the potential for greaterand more effective action on climatechange, given the diverse public and pri-vate actors engaged in climate finance atthe national level, there are lessons to belearnt by India on how to engage withthe international climate finance archi-tecture, and the emerging GCF in par-ticular. India can develop a long-term,coherent strategy around climate finance,by interfacing ongoing efforts on miti-gation and adaptation with the emerg-ing financial arrangements.

It would also be worthwhile tothink of ways in which India could devel-op new, transformative ideas with a highmitigation or adaptation potential anduse GCF financing to unlock a range ofdomestic financing and implementationcapacity around such efforts. India needsto debate on the “readiness” for climatefinance.

It has to identify and link existingpipelines of projects to the financial chan-nels that have emerged, both domestical-ly and through international flows. It hasto create a new pipeline of domestical-ly-owned projects that could seek inter-national finance for their transformativepotential.

To achieve this, several Governmentdepartments will need to work closelytogether not just on climate policyissues but also on operational questionsaround how to prioritise action.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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Will Prime MinisterNarendra Modi go for aUniform Civil Code

(UCC), particularly after beingprompted by the Supreme Court(SC) last week?

Right now several of the reli-gious communities in India followtheir own personal laws. Under theUCC, all personal religious laws inthe country, including marriage,divorce, property rights, inheri-tance and maintenance will bebrought under a secular umbrella ina unified way.

The apex court batted for theUCC, pointing out that the found-ing fathers who framed theConstitution had hoped that the

State would bring in such a code. Justice Deepak Gupta said,

“Though Hindu laws were codifiedin the year 1956, there has been noattempt to frame a Uniform CivilCode applicable to all citizens of thecountry despite exhortations. Abelief seems to have gained groundthat it is for the Muslim communi-ty to take a lead in the matter ofreforms of their personal law. Nocommunity is likely to bell the catby making gratuitous concessionson this issue. It is the State which ischarged with the duty of securing aUniform Civil Code for the citizensof the country and, unquestionably,it has the legislative competence todo so.”

Citing the case of Goa, where aUCC is applicable to all, regardlessof religion, except while protectingcertain limited rights, the courtasked why the Centre has notbrought an UCC as yet.

The SC’s observation hasstrengthened the ModiGovernment’s resolve to bring theUCC, which is part of the core agen-

da of the Sangh Parivar. TheBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alsomanaged to nuance its narrative byadding the issue of gender equali-ty.

The BJP’s argument is thatthough Hindu laws were codified in1956, there is no law applicable toall citizens of the country even afterseven decades of Independence.

India’s first Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru, while defendingthe introduction of the Hindu CodeBill in Parliament in 1954, said, “Ido not think that at the presentmoment the time is ripe in India forme to try to push it through.”Today Modi has the mandate andthe ability as well as willingness tobring the UCC for the benefit of thecountry.

Taking advantage of the weakand divided Opposition, the PrimeMinister has already pushedthrough two controversial Bills inParliament, the Triple Talaq and theabrogation of Article 370, in his sec-ond term despite not having amajority in the Rajya Sabha. The

Ram temple issue is in court. Though the Law Commission in

its report last year said that the UCCis “neither necessary nor desirableat this stage”, the party promised tobring the UCC in its 2019 manifesto.

However, the immediate prior-ity of the Government is to deal withthe economic situation andKashmir. There is trouble in theNortheast on the National Registerof Citizens (NRC).

Then there are elections tothree State Assemblies, Maharashtra,Haryana and Jharkhand soon.Therefore, the work on the UCCcould be taken up after that.

Supporters of the UCC arguethat it is long overdue. The issue wasdiscussed during the ConstituentAssembly debates where BRAmbedkar was batting for it, butmany Constituent Assembly mem-bers shot it down. Thus it was addedto Part IV of the Constitution as oneof the Directive Principles of Statepolicy.

Second, Modi’s vision of a NewIndia is also a young India with 65

per cent of the population under theage of 25 years. These young peo-ple are influenced by global viewsand would appreciate the UCC.Third, it would promote nationalintegration as it would provide onelaw for all citizens. Fourth, it wouldprovide gender justice.

The opponents point out thatthe Muslims perceive the UCC as anencroachment on their religiousfreedom, even though some of theIslamic countries have adopted acommon law for all. They also notethat there is no consensus on theissue.

However, today, the issue ismore political than legal and eachtime the subject comes up, there isa heated debate from both its sup-porters and opponents. As for polit-ical parties, there is no consensusand most of them use it for votebank politics.

The Congress wants a politicalconsensus while the SamajwadiParty has accused the BJP of doingit for Muslim votes. On the otherhand, the BJP’s ally, the Janata Dal-

United (JD-U), has diplomaticallyasked for consultation with allstakeholders. The Communist Partyof India-Marxist (CPI-M) wantsreforms across all religions and theNationalist Congress Party wantsdiscussions on a broader spectrum.While the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is opposedto it, the Shiv Sena supports it. Sowhere is the consensus?

However, there is merit inhaving one law for all. One canunderstand the stand of the Muslimsbut the Congress and other politi-cal parties should not play politicsin bringing uniformity in laws. Inthe 80s, even the late Rajiv Gandhihad explored the possibility ofintroducing a voluntary civil code.

“One nation, one law” is anecessity and the sooner the UCCcomes, the better, though it is a sen-sitive issue and should be handleddelicately by having more publicdebates and discussions to bringabout a consensus.

(The writer is a senior journal-ist)

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Traders body CAIT onTuesday said there is no

slowdown in the domesticautomobile sector and theindustry is making hue and cryonly to get a package from thegovernment.

The auto industry has beenattributing the sales downturnto several factors like highGST (Goods and Services Tax)rates, farm distress, stagnantwages and liquidity constraints.

“There is no slowdown inthe domestic automobile sector.They are saying this to get apackage from the government,”Confederation of All IndiaTraders (CAIT) SecretaryGeneral Praveen Khandelwaltold reporters here.

Citing an example of newvehicle launches, he said com-panies have received hugenumber of bookings, which donot reflect any slowdown in the

sector.Talking about recent festi-

val sales announced by globale-commerce firms like Amazonand Flipkart, Khandelwaldemanded immediate actionfrom the government to banthese mega sales.

He claimed that such firmsare violating foreign directinvestment (FDI) norms inthe e-commerce sector.

“If the Government doesnot take action, we willapproach the court,” he said.

He also said these e-com-merce companies are allowedto do only B2B business butthey are indulging in big adver-tisement campaign.

“These companies are notdoing business, this is the busi-ness of valuation. They shouldgive details of top 10 vendorsin the last five years,” he said.

He also said interest ratesare high in India and globalfirms get loans at cheap rates.

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Oil prices dipped Tuesdaybut held most of the pre-

vious day’s record gains fol-lowing an attack on Saudi facil-ities that wiped out half thecountry’s output, with tradersnervously awaiting the USresponse after it said Iran waslikely to blame.

The crisis revived fears ofa conflict in the tinderboxGulf region and raised ques-tions about the security ofcrude fields in the world’s topexporter as well as other pro-ducers.

It has also taken attentionaway from the upcoming tradetalks between China and theUS as well as a much-antici-pated policy meeting of theFederal Reserve, which isexpected to see it cut interestrates. Trump said he was readyto help Riyadh following thestrikes but would await a“definitive” determination onwho was responsible.

Iran-backed Huthi rebelsin Yemen have claimed respon-sibility but Washington andRiyadh have pointed the fingerat Tehran, which denies theaccusations.

Trump appeared to temperhis earlier warning that the USwas “locked and loaded” toresponse, saying: “I’m not look-ing to get into a new conflict,but sometimes you have to.”

The weekend’s attack sentboth main oil prices surgingalmost 15 percent on Mondayand managed to hold most ofthose in early Asian trade withWTI and Brent dipping a little

more than one percent.Uncertainty and geopolit-

ical fears hit regional equities,which had been enjoying anupbeat month thanks to easingtrade war tensions and fresheasing measures by global cen-tral banks.

Hong Kong fell 0.9 percentwith sometimes violent unrestadding to the financial hub’swoes and dragging on theeconomy.

Tokyo ended the morningdown 0.1 percent as investorsreturned from a long weekend,Shanghai slipped 0.8 percent,Sydney shed 0.1 percent andSingapore retreated 0.4 percent.

Taipei and Manila werealso lower, though Seoul,Wellington and Jakarta roseslightly.

But while there are fears ofa conflagration in the MiddleEast, observers said the chancesof that were low.

“Despite the circumstantialevidence, I feel the barrier ofproof would have to be veryhigh indeed. Almost impossi-bly so as there are zero appetitesin the world for a military con-flict with Iran,” said JeffreyHalley, senior market analystfor the Asia-Pacific at OANDA.

He said the most likely out-come would be more severesanctions on Iran, though hepointed out: “What is clear isthat Saudi Arabian oil infra-structure is more vulnerablethan thought, and a risk pre-mium will be built into oilprices going forward.”

Analysts said the Fedwould probably consider theSaudi attack’s possible impact

on the economy and priceswhen deciding on its nextmonetary policy move thisweek but tipped it to cut bor-rowing costs after its meetingWednesday.

Also providing some opti-mism was news that Chinesevice finance minister Liao Minwill visit the United States onWednesday to “pave the way”for the higher level talksplanned for next month.

On foreign exchanges theaversion to riskier assetspushed the dollar up againsthigh-yielding currencies, whilethe pound fought to recoverfrom Monday’s losses.

Sterling dropped Mondayafter European officials saidBritish Prime Minister BorisJohnson had offered no new,viable ideas to break the Brexitimpasse during talks with EUchief Jean-Claude Juncker.

West Texas Intermediate:DOWN 1.5 percent at $61.96per barrel Brent North Seacrude: DOWN 1.1 percent at$68.21 per barrel Tokyo -Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.1 percentat 21,964.74 (break) HongKong - Hang Seng: DOWN 0.9percent at 26,873.31 Shanghai- Composite: DOWN 0.8 per-cent at 3,005.25 Pound/dollar:DOWN at $1.2417 from$1.2424 at 2300 GMTEuro/pound: UP at 88.63 pencefrom 88.56 pence Euro/dollar:UP at $1.1006 from $1.1002Dollar/yen: UP at 108.20 yenfrom 108.10 yen New York -Dow: DOWN 0.5 percent at27,076.82 (close) London -FTSE 100: DOWN 0.6 percentat 7,321.41

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Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal said

on Tuesday that all options areopen with the ministry forclosure or merger of threepublic sector undertakings -MMTC, STC and PEC.

When asked whether thegovernment is considering toshut or merge these units,Goyal said: “All options areopen”. He said gradually thepurpose of these companies isgetting eroded and they are nomore canalising agencies.

“It is not the government’sbusiness to be in the business,”he told reporters here at thesidelines of a CII function.

He said there is no mean-ing for such a big infrastructure(MMTC) to carry out goldimports.

“We have started discus-sions. One by one we will do,”he added. STC and PEC aredebt-ridden firms.

According to STC’s annu-al report for 2018-19, the com-pany is facing “severe liquidi-ty crisis” as all the lender bankshave reported STC’s account asNPA due to non-payment ofinterest on the banking limitsavailed by the company”.

Therefore, at present, thecompany has no banking lim-its, funded or non-funded,available with it.

The company has reporteda net loss (after tax) of �881crore during 2018-19 as com-pared to net profit (after tax) ofabout �38 crore in 2017-18.

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Given weak consumerdemand, higher oil prices

can result in stagflation in anemerging economy like India,which imports more than 70per cent of its oil needs, says areport.

In economic parlance,stagflation means a situation ina country’s economy wheninflation is persistently high,demand is stagnant and unem-ployment rates are high.

According to the Japanesefinancial services majorNomura, when the rise in oilprices is driven more by sup-ply-side factors – as is the casecurrently — it tends to be moredamaging to large net oilimporters.

This is because, “in theabsence of a strong pick up inexports, higher import cost ofoil could sharply worsen cur-rent account positions, com-press profit margins and, to theextent that firms pass on high-er production costs, raise con-sumer price index (CPI) infla-tion,” it said.

Crude oil benchmark,Brent futures, surged by almost20 per cent to $71.95 per bar-rel (intra-day) on Mondayafter twin drone attacks onSaturday wiped out more thanhalf of Saudi Arabia’s crudesupply. It was also the biggestgain in Brent in dollar termssince futures started trading in1988.

The drone attacks onSaturday targeted Abqaiq, thesite of the largest oil process-ing plant run by the Saudi stateoil company, Aramco, and theKhurais oilfield.

As per the report, for acountry like India, higher oilprices are equivalent to a neg-ative terms-of-trade shock thatweakens growth, pushes upinflation and deteriorates thetwin deficits.

“Given weak demand,higher oil prices, even if tem-porary, can result in a stagfla-tionary outcome,” Nomurasaid. According to Nomuraestimates, every USD10/bblrise in oil price would reducegross domestic product (GDP)growth by around 0.2 per-

centage point, widen the cur-rent account deficit by 0.4 percent of GDP, widen the fiscaldeficit by 0.1 per cent of GDPand add around 30 basis points(bp) to headline CPI inflation.

It further noted that ifhigher oil prices result in rupeedepreciation (against the USdollar), then we estimate that,for every 5 per cent rupeedepreciates against the dollar,headline inflation wouldincrease by 20 bp.

“Given this is a temporarysupply-side shock, we expectthe Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to look through higheroil prices, especially since CPIinflation will be at its 4 per centtarget and as the negative out-put gap would persist,”Nomura said.

The global brokerage firmexpects a cumulative 40 bp ofrate cuts in Q4 2019.Although sustained high oilprices would increase thelikelihood of a 25 bp rate cutin October (followed by 15 bpin December), rather than amore aggressive (over 25 bp)cut in October.

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Adding to the growing cho-rus for lowering of Trai-

recommended rates, industrybody COAI on Tuesday said itsmember companies have indi-cated reluctance in picking up5G spectrum in the upcominggovernment-organised sale ofradiowaves, concerned overhigh prices and less-then-ade-quate quantum.

Cellular Operators’

Association of India (COAI)Director-General RajanMathews said there could besome takers for 4G spectrum inthe auctions, which the gov-ernment hopes to conduct inthe current financial year.

“In spectrum auctions, forsub-1GHz, it is possible thatsomeone might want to pick upsome spectrum for 4G but 5Gpricing is still the main chal-lenge. Our members have indi-cated that at the current prices,

it does not make sense toinvest this kind of money,”Mathews told PTI.

On Monday, theBroadband India Forum (BIF)had claimed that radiowavesunsold in past auctions,because they were priced high,had an implication of Rs 5.4lakh crore due to economicbenefits lost, and that the gov-ernment needs to ensure ade-quacy and “reasonable” ratesfor upcoming 5G auction.

New Delhi: To save the liveli-hoods of Indian Famers fromthe multinational groups,Bharatiya Kisan Union has sentan appeal to Agriculture andCommerce Minister demand-ing complete ban of E-Cigarettesand Vaping Products in India.More than 30 countries havebanned e-cigarettes and othercountries are planning to banthem. Tobbaco grower nationslike Thailand, Nepal, Brazil,Mexico, Sri Lanka have alsobanned them. PNS

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The mines Ministry onTuesday said it has

allowed State-owned SAIL tooffload up to 25 per cent oftotal iron ore produced in theprevious year through openmarket.

However, it will be subjectto clearance from the respec-tive state governments, wherethe mines are located, afterfollowing due procedure. It isvalid for a period of 2 years,the ministry said in a state-ment.

The country’s largest steelmaker, under the Ministry ofSteel, has over 20 captivemines spread acrossJharkhand, Odisha,Chhattisgarh and West

Bengal.As per the provision of

section 8A(6) of the MMDRAAct 1957, the lease of 31working iron ore mines areexpiring next year on March31, 2020, and it is expected tolead to a shortfall of 60 milliontonnes (MT) of iron ore in themarket, the ministry said.

The mines ministry hasnoted that there is a need totake adequate steps to ensureavailability of iron ore in themarket to meet the demand ofdomestic steel makers.

Steel plants of the firm aredesigned to process definedquantity and quality of oreand the increased productionfrom captive mines can not beconsumed in their plants, itsaid.

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Trying to allay apprehen-sions of India Inc, Union

Home Minister Amit Shah onTuesday said the Modi gov-ernment is “sensitive” andlooking into the difficultiesbeing faced by businessmen,including those related toreforms initiatives. Shah alsoattributed to some of the prob-lems being faced by industriesdue to the global economicslowdown.

“I understand your diffi-culties, your apprehensions.There may be uncertainties.But it is a sensitive and non-corrupt government,” he saidaddressing an event of the AllIndia ManagementAssociation (AIMA). Talkingabout the reforms initiativestaken by the government, Shahsaid there may be some initialproblems but such difficultieswill be over soon. He askedindustries to face them as“they will bring overall goodfor everyone”.

“There were some teethingproblems in the GST. But tellme in which big decision thereis no theething problems. Butwe have been able to collectover Rs 1 lakh crore (in a sin-gle month) on many occa-sions. There may be a need totake a few corrective steps.

“You have to undergo lit-

tle difficulties initially but atthe end reforms brings thelarger good,” he said. Shah saidthe government was putting inplace rules and regulationswithout any fair and favour.

“You may have apprehen-sions that so many inquiries.But rule of law has to bebrought,” he said. Shah said thegovernment wants to expediteindustrial activities and tryingto provide all assistance,including proving a suitableplatform to startups. “We aretrying to help you... but thereis a global slowdown too,” hesaid.

The Home Minister saidthe Modi government worksfor the welfare of both the agri-cultural sector as well as indus-tries. He asked the AIMA andother industry bodies to comeup with suggestions for thegovernment on what to do forthe industries. The govern-ment would do its best for thebenefit of industries, he said.

Shah urged the AIMA,FICCI and ASSOCHAM todevote more energy forresearch and developmentinitiatives. He said the Modigovernment was not run bybureaucrats but by politicalexecutives. “The politicalleadership takes the policydecisions and the bureau-crats implement them,” hesaid.

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The Finance Ministry isworking on one more

booster dose to give a leg-up tothe economy that has hit oversix-year low of 5 per cent, asenior Finance Ministry officialsaid. The blue print for the stim-ulus is ready that would beannounced by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman in the nextfew days, the official said with-out giving further details. Thegovernment announced a slewof measures in three dosageswhich include a special windowfor real estate, export incentives,bank consolidation and sops formicro, small and medium enter-prises (MSMEs) and the auto-mobile sector. Earlier this week,RBI Governor Shaktikanta Dashad said the government hastaken a number of measures toboost the economy in threephases and indicated that moresteps are likely.

“I think with right measurestaken, things should improve.It’s a positive trend that the gov-ernment is responding fast andI don’t think we have heard thelast from the government withregard to dealing with the cur-rent economic situation... Myexpectation is that it will be acontinuous process and theywould definitely be dealing withother challenges,” he had said.The first set of announcementswas made on August 23 that

included rollback of theenhanced surcharge imposed onforeign portfolio and domesticinvestors in Budget 2019-20.Sitharaman had in her maidenBudget raised the surcharge onincome tax paid by super-richindividuals. The surcharge,levied on top of the applicableincome tax rate, was hikedfrom 15 per cent to 25 per centfor those with a taxable incomeof Rs 2-5 crore, and to 37 percent for those earning morethan Rs 5 crore. This increasedthe effective tax rate for thesetwo groups by 3.12 per cent and7 per cent to 39 per cent and42.74 per cent, respectively.

Some 40 per cent of foreignportfolio investors (FPIs) auto-matically came under the high-er tax rate as they have beeninvesting as a non-corporateentity, such as trust or associa-tion of persons (AOPs), whichin the income tax law is classi-fied as an individual for the pur-pose of taxation. It was followed

by announcement with regardto consolidation of 10 publicsector banks (PSBs) into four onAugust 30.

According to the consoli-dation exercise, United Bank ofIndia and Oriental Bank ofCommerce are to be mergedwith Punjab National Bank,making the proposed entity thesecond-largest PSB. SyndicateBank is to be merged withCanara Bank. Allahabad Bankwill be merged with IndianBank. Andhra Bank will beamalgamated with CorporationBank and Union Bank of India.

This would be the secondround of consolidation of PSBs.Earlier this year, State Bank ofIndia had absorbed its fiveassociate banks and theBharatiya Mahila Bank to formthe biggest public sector lender.In another merger, Bank ofBaroda had taken over DenaBank and Vijaya Bank.

Last week, the governmentannounced a slew of measuresto boost exports and the realestate sector. During the week,the finance minister will chairthe 37th meeting of the GSTCouncil, which is expected todiscuss rate revisions for varioussectors, including automobiles,fast-moving consumer goods,and hotels. Besides, she willmeet heads of the PSBs to dis-cuss issues, including followingup on transmission of monetarypolicy rates.

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Script Open High Low LTPMARUTI 6412.30 6440.00 6109.20 6130.65YESBANK 67.05 68.85 64.70 65.15HEG 1374.00 1473.00 1232.75 1245.55GRAPHITE 359.00 383.85 332.00 339.50IBULHSGFIN 424.80 437.10 421.00 429.05TATAMOTORS 128.75 130.45 121.40 121.95TATASTEEL 361.15 365.95 342.25 344.45HDFC 2047.00 2047.00 1977.50 1996.50AXISBANK 670.00 670.00 638.15 640.20SBIN 285.30 286.35 273.10 273.90RELIANCE 1214.80 1214.80 1193.70 1197.20BAJFINANCE 3424.20 3433.00 3354.50 3365.65TCS 2154.00 2155.85 2107.00 2121.35ICICIBANK 406.85 411.85 398.35 400.60HDFCBANK 2255.00 2255.00 2198.30 2208.60INDUSINDBK 1381.00 1384.40 1325.90 1332.55ICICIGI 1133.00 1141.00 1125.30 1133.90JINDALSTEL 108.00 111.30 101.65 102.85BEL 110.15 112.45 107.55 107.95SAIL 34.20 36.25 33.20 33.40CROMPTON 240.00 243.50 239.00 240.00VEDL 149.00 153.10 144.45 145.55NAUKRI 1950.00 1954.15 1911.95 1923.95TIINDIA 352.00 358.00 338.00 338.75VENKYS 1669.95 1786.00 1640.00 1663.30ITC 239.90 240.05 236.85 237.15HCLTECH 1067.00 1067.00 1046.45 1056.30DHFL 52.10 53.00 48.90 50.25HINDPETRO 254.35 255.10 244.35 246.05BPCL 379.95 379.95 367.55 368.70GRASIM 718.80 724.55 698.90 700.70LT 1345.00 1345.00 1310.50 1314.00JSWSTEEL 223.00 229.00 214.85 216.10TITAN 1154.00 1175.50 1154.00 1158.60BANKBARODA 98.50 99.55 94.80 95.15HDFCAMC 2616.00 2703.95 2552.00 2574.50PCJEWELLER 37.95 43.30 37.75 41.20RBLBANK 360.00 366.75 349.85 351.40HEROMOTOCO 2739.05 2758.25 2556.00 2570.05ASHOKLEY 63.05 63.30 59.70 59.95DLF 162.65 163.65 154.35 155.70L&TFH 95.30 95.55 91.55 91.85TATAPOWER 64.25 64.55 63.45 63.95ESCORTS 535.00 536.45 501.05 503.40BBTC 1168.00 1211.35 1130.00 1146.30DMART 1585.05 1615.95 1581.00 1602.90IDEA 5.24 5.29 5.02 5.08ULTRACEMCO 3992.05 3992.05 3883.00 3899.30APOLLOHOSP 1433.00 1438.85 1410.50 1413.85HINDUNILVR 1815.00 1841.00 1813.00 1830.95ACC 1529.65 1535.40 1487.45 1492.05RNAM 250.95 250.95 221.10 228.40GAIL 129.50 133.25 129.15 131.90BRITANNIA 2701.85 2741.20 2680.65 2693.50INFY 830.00 834.00 821.00 831.05MOTHERSUMI 107.90 109.70 105.15 106.15RELCAPITAL 37.00 37.65 34.80 35.15BOMDYEING 92.45 95.90 85.20 86.20BHARTIARTL 345.60 349.40 332.65 339.85SUNPHARMA 426.65 427.60 419.15 420.65RELINFRA 39.90 40.50 37.80 38.15PEL 1915.00 1915.00 1815.00 1826.30PHILIPCARB 132.70 137.90 124.00 125.55TORNTPOWER 281.90 283.00 275.50 277.40JUBLFOOD 1275.10 1285.40 1241.15 1247.70ONGC 131.00 131.95 129.10 129.70WOCKPHARMA 329.75 341.85 317.50 321.55COLPAL 1312.00 1325.40 1302.00 1306.70IOC 128.00 128.25 124.70 125.20JUSTDIAL 732.20 734.25 695.60 699.60CEATLTD 925.00 939.50 888.00 894.20CANBK 203.00 204.15 193.30 194.35PFC 111.40 111.40 101.50 102.45M&M 543.00 543.00 520.00 522.15PNB 64.75 65.00 62.15 62.40STRTECH 152.25 158.80 148.00 149.65ADANIENT 145.95 147.80 142.40 143.70NCC 57.85 58.75 53.50 53.85ADANIPOWER 64.70 65.35 63.55 63.80INDIGO 1668.95 1688.00 1655.90 1668.10BAJAJFINSV 7287.00 7324.95 7102.00 7149.65UBL 1290.00 1290.00 1251.15 1254.20EQUITAS 102.05 103.75 99.30 100.65EICHERMOT 16710.15 16854.80 16091.40 16274.25AUROPHARMA 639.85 639.85 614.80 616.80ZEEL 347.00 348.50 333.90 336.15LICHSGFIN 402.00 404.50 390.45 392.10UNIONBANK 58.90 59.55 55.65 56.15HDFCLIFE 537.40 540.85 524.25 530.55SPICEJET 125.50 127.90 123.70 124.30ASIANPAINT 1525.00 1542.95 1519.25 1531.05LTI 1580.15 1631.45 1580.15 1625.35GODREJCP 642.20 662.00 641.85 645.95BANKINDIA 68.90 68.90 64.55 64.80KOTAKBANK 1472.00 1480.45 1444.20 1449.10DISHTV 23.70 23.95 21.65 21.85UJJIVAN 306.00 306.50 295.25 296.25BHEL 50.85 50.90 48.50 48.75HINDALCO 199.90 202.95 196.80 197.90STAR 378.00 384.60 364.10 366.40EDELWEISS 104.00 110.50 101.70 103.10BALRAMCHIN 152.80 157.55 147.10 149.15NIITTECH 1378.60 1392.35 1368.25 1370.65RAIN 108.50 111.75 101.20 102.55IBVENTURES 170.00 180.70 168.50 173.25MCX 951.80 961.00 935.80 939.60HAVELLS 672.00 675.00 643.30 649.45TATAELXSI 665.00 665.00 630.80 635.00

TECHM 718.00 719.10 699.45 705.95JUBILANT 538.00 560.30 516.30 524.15BIOCON 232.85 234.00 226.50 228.25MGL 841.00 846.45 831.00 832.75NBCC 38.25 38.30 35.65 35.95RECLTD 144.00 144.00 136.30 136.85BERGEPAINT 369.70 369.70 362.00 365.10SRF 2796.10 2820.00 2725.60 2734.75DIVISLAB 1646.00 1646.00 1598.00 1601.75MMTC 22.80 22.80 20.50 20.65WIPRO 246.60 247.40 243.70 244.20APOLLOTYRE 180.00 180.55 176.15 177.65ICICIPRULI 415.00 423.00 415.00 416.15BAJAJ-AUTO 2874.10 2875.65 2764.20 2773.45COALINDIA 201.00 201.00 196.10 197.60DRREDDY 2727.50 2761.50 2726.30 2737.50CADILAHC 244.45 244.45 237.15 239.15GNFC 204.50 208.00 187.90 189.65RAJESHEXPO 693.00 693.00 672.00 674.05COFFEEDAY 77.75 77.75 71.10 72.75PAGEIND 19750.00 19750.00 19023.10 19418.80IPCALAB 945.60 947.70 928.00 932.05TVSMOTOR 390.25 390.25 370.95 372.30NILKAMAL 1040.00 1194.00 1039.75 1132.65NTPC 123.30 123.30 120.55 120.85INFRATEL 252.00 252.20 247.40 250.10ADANIPORTS 371.00 373.00 363.20 365.60SPARC 167.90 172.00 158.05 160.65BEML 835.05 846.90 811.25 814.10SBILIFE 795.30 801.70 793.10 798.50TATAMTRDVR 59.40 59.85 55.90 56.20PIDILITIND 1354.25 1360.00 1317.20 1322.40TATAGLOBAL 257.55 260.75 255.10 255.90UPL 569.25 571.30 560.85 562.75LUPIN 764.00 772.90 754.65 758.30CIPLA 472.00 472.00 457.20 460.40SRTRANSFIN 1054.00 1064.00 1014.85 1022.15MARICO 380.50 381.05 376.00 380.00OFSS 2892.25 2905.00 2856.00 2880.25HFCL 20.05 20.30 18.10 19.10FEDERALBNK 86.00 86.20 83.35 83.70M&MFIN 331.90 334.50 318.50 322.65IDFCFIRSTB 42.95 42.95 41.50 41.70AVANTI 369.00 377.35 344.00 352.95NESTLEIND 12800.00 12847.50 12709.15 12763.05IDBI 28.80 28.85 27.50 27.70CENTURYTEX 924.95 927.65 902.00 902.75IBREALEST 64.45 65.15 61.80 62.35AMBUJACEM 201.00 201.10 193.60 194.35NMDC 86.10 87.05 82.10 82.50RAYMOND 590.00 590.00 563.90 567.05BATAINDIA 1570.00 1576.00 1556.65 1561.50MINDAIND 336.30 340.50 327.65 328.95ENGINERSIN 113.80 115.65 108.15 108.90INDIACEM 85.85 86.30 83.65 85.10FORCEMOT 1194.00 1236.70 1175.00 1178.15IGL 335.40 340.00 331.05 332.30HINDZINC 218.80 221.55 209.00 210.60DABUR 453.25 456.85 450.60 451.85NOCIL 107.40 108.50 100.15 100.70HEXAWARE 372.15 380.75 371.60 373.90SIEMENS 1242.00 1265.00 1236.55 1242.35NATIONALUM 45.55 46.10 44.70 45.05GODFRYPHLP 1006.00 1013.40 933.20 938.85ADANIGREEN 56.25 57.20 53.35 54.75GMRINFRA 16.70 16.75 15.90 16.00SUVEN 294.00 299.90 281.55 284.95GODREJIND 408.40 410.35 403.75 404.15MANAPPURAM 124.75 125.30 121.75 123.10SUNTV 444.00 446.00 433.40 437.25KAJARIACER 525.20 537.20 523.40 530.60ASHOKA 98.95 101.35 97.25 97.75MINDTREE 673.05 694.15 673.05 680.50VIPIND 417.30 433.50 409.30 429.25DBL 445.00 450.00 426.00 428.05ORIENTBANK 64.60 64.85 62.15 62.30PVR 1586.00 1616.85 1574.00 1579.40VOLTAS 634.10 634.50 619.90 620.30PETRONET 267.50 268.10 260.15 262.75OMAXE 194.15 194.15 193.25 193.50CUMMINSIND 582.45 582.45 559.05 561.15BALMLAWRIE 178.00 191.20 178.00 180.20SUNTECK 459.15 463.40 432.75 440.20

GODREJPROP 954.95 970.00 923.00 940.10MRF 59798.00 59836.25 57677.95 57942.553MINDIA 18800.00 19447.80 18800.00 19172.60BHARATFORG 410.75 411.50 393.70 397.05JAICORPLTD 93.00 93.70 85.50 86.50PIIND 1273.45 1307.30 1273.45 1285.60SHANKARA 455.00 459.85 418.45 425.80POWERGRID 202.95 202.95 199.60 200.40GHCL 215.00 221.50 196.00 203.75GLENMARK 372.95 378.50 367.00 370.30BOSCHLTD 14105.00 14171.00 13535.00 13660.95VINATIORGA 2317.50 2396.90 2314.60 2328.75DELTACORP 178.00 179.00 170.80 171.70CHOLAFIN 272.65 275.00 263.55 265.90HINDCOPPER 39.00 39.70 36.55 37.05CONCOR 526.00 533.10 516.05 520.25GSFC 82.15 83.00 76.00 77.25RPOWER 3.31 3.44 3.20 3.22FSL 54.70 54.75 50.70 51.15AJANTPHARM 1060.00 1063.40 1039.50 1046.05DCMSHRIRAM 428.00 451.60 428.00 432.85HSCL 83.20 84.10 77.10 77.60TATACHEM 590.00 590.00 574.80 576.30OIL 153.75 155.05 151.50 152.15JKTYRE 70.35 71.05 66.25 68.80CANFINHOME 402.30 406.65 393.00 396.00SUZLON 3.09 3.14 3.02 3.06SWANENERGY 104.75 105.60 101.05 103.20JINDALSAW 82.40 83.15 77.50 77.95ITI 81.95 82.00 77.40 78.35ADANIGAS 142.00 143.70 139.00 139.45IDFC 35.45 35.70 33.90 34.15DCBBANK 199.55 200.80 193.25 195.15WELCORP 134.00 137.05 127.50 128.65CGPOWER 15.69 15.69 15.63 15.69RADICO 318.00 318.20 299.25 300.60IRB 86.00 86.00 78.85 79.90CUB 199.55 199.70 197.70 199.25BALKRISIND 764.00 764.00 743.65 747.15GULFOILLUB 850.90 865.35 850.90 865.00EXIDEIND 181.10 181.60 174.25 174.95AAVAS 1565.00 1569.35 1452.90 1480.60INTELLECT 222.00 225.85 213.65 214.25AMARAJABAT 649.10 655.45 626.40 631.00JISLJALEQS 23.65 23.90 22.15 22.25GLAXO 1394.50 1404.00 1360.00 1366.65PTC 64.75 65.40 63.70 63.95INDIANB 164.00 165.35 158.50 159.15MEGH 61.70 62.80 58.00 58.55CASTROLIND 126.75 128.15 124.60 125.05OBEROIRLTY 539.00 544.00 507.00 515.00KEC 249.00 255.65 249.00 250.00IEX 121.00 123.30 118.20 118.45MUTHOOTFIN 601.20 601.50 589.00 593.00INDHOTEL 133.00 133.00 129.80 130.25MAHSCOOTER 4114.00 4114.00 3883.00 3972.40GREAVESCOT 130.10 137.35 130.10 135.95MFSL 409.90 409.90 402.80 403.45ITDC 273.40 273.40 249.60 249.85GRUH 249.60 250.75 244.80 245.20GODREJAGRO 471.50 475.00 470.80 473.10RCF 46.60 46.65 43.90 44.20RALLIS 169.50 170.10 164.85 165.35J&KBANK 38.75 39.25 37.10 37.45ECLERX 521.00 529.85 495.10 503.00BANDHANBNK 451.55 451.55 445.00 446.65BAJAJELEC 391.20 402.15 385.00 392.05DEEPAKNI 274.95 277.25 268.30 269.00RCOM 0.94 0.94 0.90 0.94RITES 237.45 240.15 232.35 234.05LTTS 1623.05 1635.00 1618.30 1622.50FCONSUMER 30.95 36.00 28.95 29.05NHPC 23.80 24.20 23.30 23.55GRANULES 104.80 106.55 102.30 104.50SHREECEM 19100.00 19100.00 18487.35 18705.25LAKSHVILAS 39.55 41.45 38.65 38.75SOUTHBANK 11.03 11.36 11.01 11.03TATACOFFEE 81.00 82.45 78.45 79.05COROMANDEL 406.80 406.80 388.50 395.60HUDCO 38.75 38.80 36.40 36.80EMAMILTD 312.50 319.00 308.00 312.80SYNDIBANK 31.75 32.00 30.15 30.45ABCAPITAL 94.50 94.50 91.10 91.60SUNDRMFAST 457.15 458.00 430.60 432.30PGHL 4438.90 4438.90 4225.00 4274.80HIMATSEIDE 154.00 156.90 146.15 146.80TORNTPHARM 1707.60 1716.10 1681.00 1686.15CHAMBLFERT 160.15 163.50 152.30 153.30JAMNAAUTO 37.85 38.50 37.00 37.20ABFRL 190.30 190.35 183.20 184.50JKCEMENT 1032.45 1079.80 1018.90 1020.30IBULISL 102.50 102.50 102.05 102.45TRIDENT 63.00 63.00 59.40 59.90GSPL 229.00 229.70 220.00 221.30UFLEX 229.85 233.80 215.05 218.00PRESTIGE 298.20 301.20 273.30 275.60TV18BRDCST 23.45 23.60 22.20 22.30FINOLEXIND 525.00 547.50 519.00 538.95TRENT 449.00 454.95 436.20 444.10SUDARSCHEM 366.00 366.00 341.15 342.85FRETAIL 390.40 401.00 390.20 392.20QUESS 467.60 469.85 459.00 462.85RELAXO 492.95 496.30 475.00 483.50TIMKEN 729.80 730.00 707.70 711.95HONAUT 27075.00 27192.60 26500.10 26570.25SCI 37.15 37.20 34.55 35.00INFIBEAM 41.65 41.65 39.15 39.60BLISSGVS 112.35 112.35 108.10 108.45PFIZER 3335.00 3335.00 3221.15 3246.05

PHOENIXLTD 714.60 727.70 685.70 691.15ATUL 3860.00 3860.00 3676.20 3706.95TTKPRESTIG 5746.70 5748.00 5506.00 5536.30LALPATHLAB 1302.25 1303.20 1232.90 1240.50PNBHOUSING 640.00 645.00 622.50 627.15MOIL 123.40 124.00 121.00 121.35CHENNPETRO 193.00 194.90 183.00 184.75CREDITACC 601.00 610.75 592.95 595.90ABB 1355.00 1355.20 1332.00 1335.70MASFIN 647.80 658.95 642.95 653.60RAMCOCEM 732.95 744.35 716.10 719.15ASTRAL 1147.45 1160.00 1105.55 1129.00KRBL 238.25 239.00 227.25 230.95ORIENTCEM 96.80 96.80 90.25 91.10WABAG 297.90 298.90 285.00 285.85SANOFI 5925.30 5950.00 5761.00 5794.20ITDCEM 69.50 70.55 66.65 67.05GMDCLTD 70.00 71.25 67.60 68.00APLAPOLLO 1308.00 1308.30 1277.75 1282.55TIMETECHNO 68.20 70.30 63.10 64.70MAHINDCIE 168.15 168.15 156.40 162.20ENDURANCE 958.80 970.00 930.00 935.85SOBHA 525.00 525.95 497.25 499.85AUBANK 665.80 667.00 632.15 640.10SOMANYCERA 215.00 216.00 203.00 204.50HEIDELBERG 191.00 191.75 185.95 187.20TNPL 195.00 196.00 188.60 191.60WESTLIFE 282.00 282.65 275.00 280.00ASTRAZEN 2115.00 2116.60 2000.00 2011.80JSWENERGY 66.80 67.30 64.80 65.20INDOSTAR 277.85 277.85 261.45 263.25INOXLEISUR 307.00 307.00 296.70 298.60PARAGMILK 166.90 166.90 158.10 159.15BLUESTARCO 740.00 747.40 714.00 719.15HERITGFOOD 377.55 402.80 377.55 380.55ZYDUSWELL 1750.50 1768.40 1725.00 1753.00GALAXYSURF 1355.00 1380.50 1344.70 1359.55JBCHEPHARM 399.40 399.40 388.00 391.75TAKE 133.90 134.15 121.40 124.20EIDPARRY 169.90 175.00 162.50 163.10WELSPUNIND 53.70 53.95 51.15 51.55SYNGENE 312.00 314.50 304.00 304.75CYIENT 452.45 454.75 445.30 448.65NAVINFLUOR 743.40 743.40 712.00 719.10BAJAJHLDNG 3300.00 3300.00 3216.00 3225.00REPCOHOME 322.00 326.00 318.85 321.50PGHH 10295.20 10385.00 10281.00 10364.70KANSAINER 465.00 465.00 459.20 462.75FINEORG 1538.25 1600.00 1538.25 1596.35FORTIS 127.95 127.95 123.40 123.60TATAMETALI 558.15 558.15 526.00 532.95GUJALKALI 472.05 477.45 467.25 470.35PERSISTENT 589.80 589.80 574.00 574.60KTKBANK 78.10 78.75 77.05 77.10JSLHISAR 80.00 80.00 72.60 74.15ADANITRANS 232.05 235.70 218.60 222.85SJVN 26.00 26.15 25.90 26.00DEEPAKFERT 96.55 97.25 90.75 91.30MOTILALOFS 600.00 600.00 573.70 578.80GILLETTE 7083.35 7083.35 6960.00 6977.90MRPL 51.50 51.50 48.70 49.10MAHSEAMLES 409.00 415.00 391.00 393.30ALBK 33.30 33.40 32.25 32.45VARROC 477.05 483.90 450.00 452.60GICRE 186.00 190.40 181.50 184.10PRSMJOHNSN 87.00 87.00 84.00 84.05SUPREMEIND 1133.00 1136.00 1122.95 1129.45VTL 935.00 947.20 925.00 939.85GESHIP* 259.90 259.90 250.00 256.50ABBOTINDIA 9926.40 9933.00 9750.00 9773.90

TVTODAY 309.50 313.95 297.00 297.45GICHSGFIN 179.75 180.30 170.00 173.25ANDHRABANK 19.85 20.00 18.70 19.10ALKEM 1857.10 1878.00 1808.70 1844.05IFCI 8.05 8.05 7.60 7.65GSKCONS 7852.75 7930.00 7850.00 7870.85NATCOPHARM 562.00 571.40 560.80 564.60VBL 625.00 637.00 618.00 622.75HATHWAY 23.10 23.40 22.65 22.65INOXWIND 38.50 39.90 37.40 39.20CENTURYPLY 149.00 149.00 142.45 143.40GUJGAS 178.00 180.90 173.35 174.20DCAL 184.00 184.00 173.05 174.55JKLAKSHMI 317.30 318.30 297.50 304.30JPASSOCIAT 2.43 2.44 2.26 2.27CARERATING 530.00 539.00 525.05 527.35KEI 467.85 468.50 462.60 466.75APLLTD 507.00 509.30 492.65 495.05CENTRUM 25.00 25.00 24.30 24.60BAYERCROP 3384.95 3384.95 3155.50 3187.20HAL 730.05 739.95 722.00 723.90CRISIL 1255.25 1300.60 1250.10 1256.35

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11000.10 11000.10 10796.50 10817.60 -185.90GAIL 129.45 133.30 129.00 132.10 2.40TITAN 1155.00 1176.20 1154.05 1159.75 11.20HINDUNILVR 1814.75 1842.00 1812.00 1834.00 17.70ASIANPAINT 1527.40 1543.30 1518.60 1532.00 10.70INFY 831.50 835.00 820.55 832.35 4.65DRREDDY 2735.00 2762.40 2730.60 2739.90 14.60INFRATEL 251.95 251.95 247.00 251.75 -0.20UPL 569.10 571.50 560.80 562.90 -1.20BRITANNIA 2720.00 2740.95 2678.80 2699.90 -15.15IBULHSGFIN 425.00 437.30 420.65 432.10 -3.15POWERGRID 202.40 202.70 199.35 200.60 -1.55BHARTIARTL 348.80 348.80 332.55 341.15 -2.85ITC 239.80 240.10 236.80 237.05 -2.35WIPRO 246.95 247.40 243.70 244.50 -2.60HDFCBANK 2247.90 2248.50 2198.10 2220.00 -24.15TCS 2154.95 2156.55 2105.60 2126.40 -23.60HCLTECH 1069.00 1069.00 1046.55 1057.70 -12.20RELIANCE 1211.00 1211.00 1193.50 1196.95 -13.80ONGC 130.75 132.00 129.05 129.10 -1.60BAJFINANCE 3424.95 3434.00 3354.00 3375.00 -43.85BAJAJFINSV 7291.00 7325.00 7108.30 7180.00 -100.25SUNPHARMA 426.70 427.55 419.15 420.80 -6.00HINDALCO 200.00 202.95 196.65 197.50 -2.90KOTAKBANK 1471.25 1480.95 1444.00 1453.20 -21.75COALINDIA 200.60 200.60 196.00 197.40 -3.15TECHM 719.90 719.90 699.15 707.50 -11.95VEDL 149.80 153.20 144.45 146.00 -2.65NTPC 122.85 123.15 120.55 120.90 -2.35ADANIPORTS 370.60 373.25 362.80 363.50 -7.10LT 1344.00 1345.00 1310.20 1315.00 -28.60ZEEL 348.00 348.00 333.55 337.50 -7.45GRASIM 716.00 724.10 699.90 701.00 -15.70CIPLA 471.95 472.40 457.00 459.70 -10.80ULTRACEMCO 3961.00 3975.00 3881.05 3899.00 -93.85HDFC 2041.90 2045.50 1976.20 1995.60 -51.15M&M 537.50 539.50 520.00 523.00 -13.95YESBANK 67.10 68.80 64.65 65.30 -1.75IOC 127.75 128.30 124.75 125.20 -3.35ICICIBANK 405.85 411.90 398.30 400.25 -11.90BPCL 379.90 379.90 367.65 368.50 -11.50INDUSINDBK 1376.00 1384.90 1325.25 1334.00 -41.95BAJAJ-AUTO 2874.80 2875.85 2762.55 2786.00 -88.45EICHERMOT 16800.00 16859.95 16071.95 16204.00 -560.30SBIN 285.00 286.45 273.00 274.15 -10.55JSWSTEEL 224.40 229.00 214.80 215.80 -9.85MARUTI 6410.00 6445.85 6110.00 6116.30 -296.45AXISBANK 667.00 668.30 638.05 639.50 -31.40TATASTEEL 361.20 366.00 342.05 343.30 -17.80TATAMOTORS 129.00 130.50 121.35 122.20 -6.40HEROMOTOCO2744.90 2762.00 2555.00 2567.60 -171.05

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The Indian rupee onTuesday weakened by

another 18 paise to settle at71.78 against the US dollar asinvestors fretted over highercrude oil prices.

Elevated crude oil priceshave emerged as major fearsfor India — the world's thirdlargest oil importer — in formof fiscal slippage and infla-tionary pressure.

At the Interbank ForeignExchange, the rupee opened at71.83 then lost further groundand fell to an intra-day low of71.98 against the US dollar.

The local unit finally set-tled for the day at 71.78, down18 paise over its previous clos-ing.

The Indian rupee onMonday had plunged by 68paise to 71.60 against the USdollar amid concerns oversoaring crude prices followingdrone attacks on Saudi Arabia'soil facilities.

"Indian currency spotsurged to 71.98, Brent crudeprices moved to USD 69 and10-year yield was at 6.72. Allthese factors are dampeningthe economy and will be diffi-cult to tackle in the shortterm," said Shrikant SChouhan, Senior Vice-President, Equity TechnicalResearch, Kotak Securities.

Crude oil benchmark,Brent Futures, surged byalmost 20 per cent to USD71.95 per barrel (intra-day) onMonday after twin droneattacks on Saturday wiped outmore than half of SaudiArabia's crude supply.

However, Brent Futureson Tuesday saw some moder-ation and was trading at USD68.07 per barrel, down 1.38 percent over the previous close.

"Given India's dependenceon imported oil, any spike incrude oil prices would impactIndia's oil import bill andtrade deficit. Every dollarincrease in the price of oil rais-es the import bill by aroundapprox. USD 1.5 billion on anannual basis," said ArunThukral, MD & CEO, AxisSecurities.

Besides, heavy selling indomestic equity market andsustained foreign fund out-flows also weighed on thedomestic currency, forextraders said.

The 30-share index ended642.22 points, or 1.73 per cent,lower at 36,481.09. The broad-er NSE Nifty too settled 185.90points, or 1.69 per cent, downat 10,817.60.

Adding to woes, foreigninvestors continued with theirequity selling spree in theIndian market. Foreign insti-tutional investors (FIIs) sold

equities worth Rs 808.29 croreon Tuesday, exchange datashowed.

The 10-year Governmentbond yield was at 6.73 per centon Tuesday.

Market participants werealso on edge awaiting cuesfrom the upcoming trade talksbetween China and the US aswell as a much-anticipatedpolicy meeting of the FederalReserve, scheduled to beginlater in the day.

Meanwhile, on the globalfront, a Chinese vice financeminister will visit the UnitedStates on Wednesday to lay thegroundwork for trade talksnext month.

The official Xinhua newsagency said vice finance min-ister Liao Min will lead a del-egation visiting the UnitedStates on Wednesday to "pavethe way" for the higher leveltalks.

The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback's strengthagainst a basket of six curren-cies, rose by 0.01 per cent to98.61.

The Financial BenchmarkIndia Private Ltd (FBIL) set thereference rate for therupee/dollar at 71.5362 and forrupee/euro at 79.1934. Thereference rate for rupee/Britishpound was fixed at 89.1393and for rupee/100 Japanese yenat 66.34.

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Taliban suicide bomberskilled at least 48 people and

wounded dozens more in twoblasts on Tuesday — one at acampaign rally for the presidentand the other in Kabul — withthe insurgents warning of moreviolence ahead of elections.

The first attack saw amotorcyclist detonate a suicidebomb at a checkpoint leadingto a rally where PresidentAshraf Ghani was addressingsupporters in central Parwanprovince, just north of the cap-ital, killing 26 and wounding42.

Just over an hour lateranother blast also claimed bythe Taliban rocked centralKabul near the US embassy.Authorities initially did notgive casualty figures, but latersaid 22 people had been killedand a further 38 wounded.

The explosions came afterUS President Donald Trumpabruptly ended talks with theTaliban earlier this month overa deal that would have allowedthe US to begin withdrawingtroops from its longest war.

In a statement sent tomedia claiming responsibilityfor both blasts, Talibanspokesman ZabihullahMujahid said the attack nearGhani’s rally was deliberatelyaimed at disrupting theSeptember 28 elections.

“We already warned peoplenot to attend election rallies, if

they suffer any losses that istheir own responsibility,” thestatement said.

An AFP image from thescene near Ghani’s rally, rough-ly an hour’s drive north ofKabul, showed the remains ofa burnt motorcycle, with abody on top, covered by ablanket and next to a badlydamaged police car.

Women and children wereamong the causalities, Parwanhospital director Abdul QasimSangin told AFP.

The president, who wasspeaking to his supporters atthe time of the blast, wasunhurt but later condemnedthe attack, saying the incidentproved the Taliban had no real

interest in reconciliation.“As the Taliban continue

their crimes, they once againprove that they are not inter-ested in peace and stability inAfghanistan,” said Ghani in astatement.

Sixty kilometres (40 miles)away in Kabul, a shopkeeper,Rahimullah, said he had beensitting inside his shop when thesecond blast came.

“The wave broke all thewindows,” he told AFP.

“I rushed outside and sawseveral bodies just across thestreet.

This is the second time inless than a month that a blasthas broken our windows. I justfixed them a week ago.” The

UN’s mission in Afghanistanalso slammed the Taliban,accusing them of showing“despicable disregard for civil-ian life & fundamental humanright to participate in democ-ratic process”.

The elections will see Ghaniface off against his own ChiefExecutive, Abdullah Abdullah,and more than a dozen othercandidates, including formerwarlords, ex-spies, and onetimemembers of the country’s for-mer communist regime.

For weeks, the electionhad been sidelined by the US-Taliban talks, with manyAfghans and observers expect-ing the vote to be cancelled ifa deal was agreed. Even candi-

dates did little in the way ofcampaigning.

But with the deal off, Ghaniand his rivals have begun therace. Ghani is seeking a clearmandate they can use to nego-tiate with the insurgents on alasting peace in Afghanistan.

Trump’s declaration thatthe US-Taliban talks were“dead” spurred the insurgents todeclare last week that the onlyother option was more fighting.

“We had two ways to endoccupation in Afghanistan, onewas jihad and fighting, the otherwas talks and negotiations,”Mujahid told AFP last week.

“If Trump wants to stoptalks, we will take the first wayand they will soon regret it.”Observers had warned theTaliban, who hope to weakenthe future president, will doanything they can to upend theelection.

On the first day of cam-paigning in July, suicide attack-ers and gunmen targeted theKabul office of Ghani’s runningmate, Amrullah Saleh. At least20 people died in those attacks.

Turnout in the elections isset to be low, with experts cit-ing fear of violence and a lossof hope among voters follow-ing widespread fraud allega-tions during the 2014 election.

A BBC investigationreleased on Monday claimedthat 74 people were killedevery day on average in August,with 611 incidents resulting in2,307 deaths.

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Jerusalem: Social media giant,Facebook, on Tuesday sus-pended Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’sFacebook chatbot for the secondtime in less than a week, thistime for “violating local laws”.

Facebook suspendedNetanyahu’s chatbot for theremainder of election day afterit illegally shared polling infor-mation, the Times of Israelreported.

“We’re working with elec-tions officials around the worldto help ensure the integrity ofthe elections. Our policy explic-itly states that developers arerequired to obey all laws applic-able in the country where theirapplication is accessible,” aspokesperson for Facebookwas quoted by the news portalas saying.

“Therefore we’ve suspendedthe (Netanyahu) bot’s activity, inlight of the violation of local law,until the close of the polls at 10PM on Tuesday”, he added.

The social media giant hadsuspended a chatbot operatedby Netanyahu’s official page forviolating “hate speech policies”last Thursday after a messagespread by his campaign warnedthat Arab Israeli politicianswant to annihilate us all. PTI

Jerusalem: Israelis voted onTuesday in their country’s secondgeneral election in five months,a contest that is being widely seenas a referendum on incumbentPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu’s leadership.

Netanyahu, 69, called thesnap election after failing to forma governing coalition with aviable majority after April’s vote.

About 6.3 million eligibleIsraeli voters started votingTuesday morning in theunprecedented repeat polls.

Polling booths opened at 7AM and voters can cast theirvotes till 10 PM to elect the 22ndKnesset (Israeli parliament)necessitated by the inability ofNetanyahu to cobble a coalitionof 61 members in a house of 120following the April 9 elections.

Voter turnout in Israeli elec-tions hit 26.8 per cent mark atnoon time, a tad higher than onApril 9 at the same hour, withthe larger parties, ruling Likudand main rivals Blue and White,resorting to traditional mobili-sation tools to create panicamong their sympathisers tobring them out to vote.

“The turnout at noon timewas 2 per cent higher than 24.8per cent recorded at the sametime during the last polls,”Director of Central electionsCommittee, Orli Adas, said call-ing it “an impressive trend”.

Voting for Israel DefenceForces (IDF) soldiers beganSaturday evening at basesaround the country, and Israelidiplomats abroad have alsoalready cast their ballots. PTI

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about the treatment ofRohingya refugees inBangladesh following a dead-ly backlash over the killing ofa ruling party official.

The experts called for an“impartial” investigation intothe deaths of at least sixRohingya men in gunfightswith police after they werenamed as suspects in the killingof Omar Faruk, a youth wingofficial of the ruling AwamiLeague.

Following the murder, localpeople vandalised refugeeshops and staged protests inone of multiple camps nowhome to a total of more than900,000 Muslim Rohingya whohave fled oppression in neigh-bouring Myanmar.

In a statement released lateMonday in Geneva, the six spe-cially appointed UN experts onrights issues backedBangladesh’s probe into themurder of Faruk.

But they added, “it is equal-ly necessary to ensure that thepresumption of innocence isupheld and that reactionary,summary and ad hoc justice isnot doled out solely to placatethe legitimate concerns of thehost community.”

“We urge the Bangladeshigovernment to carry out an

independent, impartial andeffective investigation into alldeaths that have occurred withregards to this case,” they said.

Police inspector Ali Arshadtold AFP at least 40 Rohingyahave been killed in Bangladeshsince July last year. Of those, atleast 33 were killed byBangladeshi security forces ingunfights and another sevenwere killed in shootouts amongRohingya groups, he said.

Rights groups have accusedBangladesh police of stagingmany of these gunfights as acover for the extrajudicialkillings of Rohingya, mainlysuspects in drug smuggling.The UN experts also expressed“serious concerns” over “tightnew restrictions” and a com-munication clampdown in therefugee camps, where there isan effective internet blackout.

The clampdown followsthe failure of a new attempt torepatriate some of the refugeesand an August 25 rally inwhich some 200,000 Rohingyamarked two years since theexodus.

The UN experts said thatsince the rally, a number oforganisers have been ques-tioned and subjected to “intim-idation”.

“We are alarmed by thesudden crackdown of the rightsto freedom of expression,peaceful assembly and associ-ation,” they said.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader onTuesday ruled out negotia-

tions with the US “at any level”,as tensions mounted betweenthe arch-foes after Washingtonblamed Tehran for attacks onSaudi oil installations.

Ayatollah Sayyid AliHusseini Khamenei said the USadopted a policy of “maxi-mum pressure” on Iran becauseit believes it cannot bring theIslamic republic to its kneesthrough other means.

The leader was speakingafter devastating drone attacksat the weekend that halved oiloutput of Iran’s regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia — theworld’s top crude exporter.

“The policy of ‘maximumpressure’ against the Iraniannation is worthless and allIslamic Republic of Iran officialsunanimously believe there will beno negotiations with the US atany level,” he said in an address.

Tensions between Iran andthe US and its allies have threat-ened to boil over since May lastyear when President DonaldTrump abandoned a 2015nuclear deal and began reim-posing sanctions in its cam-paign of “maximum pressure”.

Iran responded by scalingback its commitments underthe landmark accord, whichgave it the promise of sanctionsrelief in return for limiting thescope of its nuclear programme.

Trump said the US was

ready to help Saudi Arabiaafter the attacks that haltedabout six percent of the world’soil supply and triggered arecord leap in crude prices.

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The leaders of Iran, Russiaand Turkey announced on

Monday that an agreement hasbeen finally reached on thecomposition of a committeetasked with rewriting Syria’sconstitution as part of a polit-ical solution to the country’scivil war, now in its ninth year.

Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan told journalistsat the end of the meeting withRussia’s Vladimir Putin andIran’s Hassan Rouhani in theTurkish capital Ankara thatdifferences on one last com-mittee member has been over-come, paving the way for thecommittee to start working assoon as possible.

“We portrayed a construc-tive and flexible attitude todetermine constitutional com-mittee members and rules ofprocedure. We made an effortfor the political process tomove forward. In short, hitch-es regarding the establishmentof the committee were elimi-nated by our mutual efforts,”Erdogan said.

The leaders did not providea timeframe for the committee— set to be made up of Syriangovernment and oppositionfigures — to begin its pro-ceedings. The procedural rulesstill have to be worked out,Putin told reporters.

“The proceedings mustbegin rapidly,” Putin said.

“Extremist groups may tryand destroy this processbecause they do not want afinal agreement since they gainmoney from war.”

Russia and Iran are keyallies of Syrian President BasharAssad while Turkey backs Syrianrebels seeking to oust him.

Rouhani said he hoped forelections to take place in Syriain 2020 or 2021.

The leaders also agreed tode-escalate the volatile situationin Idlib — the last remainingrebel stronghold in Syria —while combatting extremistsand protecting civilians. Acease-fire that went into effectat the end of August has beenholding despite some viola-tions.

Idlib is dominated by theal-Qaida-linked group Hayat

Tahrir al-Sham.Syrian forces, backed by

Russia, targeted the armedgroup in a four-month groundand air offensive but civilianshave been widely affected.

Hundreds of thousands ofSyrians, some already displacedfrom other parts of the war-torn country, have movedtoward Turkey’s border.

A major conflict in Idlibhas raised the possibility of amass refugee flow to Turkey,which already hosts 3.6 millionSyrian refugees.

“We cannot stand by andwatch a new tragedy that wouldaffect 4 million people rightnext to our border,” Erdogansaid, adding: “Such a calami-tous development would notonly affect our country but alsoall of Europe.”

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Making mistakes is common.But, if you are a CSE aspiranthere are a few mistakes that

students should avoid in order to acethe exam.

Following the herd mentality:Given the degree of competition andthe ensuing unpredictability in the civilservice examination conducted byUPSC, the decision of entering intothis arena is a big decision by all mea-sures. Since the preparation for CivilServices Examination is going to belike a marathon race, one shouldalways have the right and sustainablereasons for starting the preparationand keep going in it and not having thesuperficial and unsustainable reasonslike peer pressure, parental expecta-tions, power, prestige, money or otherassociated perks. Decide after a thor-ough analysis of the various job pro-files, your preferences of service to getclarity of purpose for which you aregoing to work hard in the comingyears. Also try to have awareness aboutthe role of bureaucracy in India’sadministrative structure, work culture,degree of discretion and ensuing abil-ity to bring changes at multiple levels.Do not have a utopian image of beingthe only change agent in a multi-lay-ered and diverse Indian Society.

If possible, interact with serving orretired bureaucrats to get the first-handaccount about the challenges andopportunities associated with thesejobs and do introspection and start thepreparation once you are convinced,as only the internal motivation com-ing out of these reasons will be sus-tainable in long term.

Creating social hype about your

CSE preparation: Civil servants (espe-cially IAS/IPS) in India enjoy enviablesocial status (being an indicator of ourdeveloping society where still a hugemajority of the population is depen-dent on the state for getting their dayto day concerns addressed). Just thenews about your CSE preparation isbound to create a lot of hype aroundyou and arouse expectations andscepticism of a very high degree. Thiswill increase the pressure on youwhich may become unmanageable andaffect your performance which mustbe avoided given that the examinationpreparation itself is highly demanding.So, keep the decision of starting andongoing preparation as closely guard-ed secret as possible, more so for work-ing aspirants.

Not having an understanding ofthe syllabus, demand of the exami-nation and criteria for selectingoptional: Once decided to prepare forthis examination, an aspirant shouldgive due time to have a clear under-standing of the pattern, syllabus anddemand of the examination.

Optional marks play a huge rolein the given scheme of things, thus itsselection deserves due deliberationbased on various parameters like yourgraduation subject (select if you aregood at it and feel confident by look-ing at previous year questions), inter-est in the subject (for getting a feel ofvarious subjects one can read the basicbooks on that subject), availability ofstudy material and guidance. Take areasonable time in deciding youroptional, but once selected one shouldhave unwavering faith in that option-al and that is bound to pay off.

Underestimating the importanceof NCERTs and daily newspaperreading: NCERTs of relevant subjectsare the base of preparation for CSE.Multiple reasons are there: directquestion in examination (Preliminaryas well as Main), the authenticity of thecontent and simple language. Giventhe importance of NCERT books, oneshould not look for the shortcuts hereand thoroughly read the NCERTbooks along with their multiple revi-sions.

Similarly, daily reading of news-papers is a must due to multiple rea-sons — repeated and threadbareanalysis of important issues makes oneread them multiple times and revisethem without doing this separately,developing multidimensional per-spective, lots of real examples to quotein all papers of Main exam, enrichedvocabulary which is specific andmeaning loaded enabling aspirant tomention more points in main examusing less words, thus saving time andspace while fetching those crucial extramarks. The monthly current affairsmodules (as making daily notes fromthe newspaper may not be possible forall aspirants) may only organise orconsolidate your current affairs knowl-edge, as one would have already readthem in the newspaper. This will makeone’s knowledge base more diverse andconsolidated.

Not optimising the study mate-rial and sources to refer (especiallyonline sources): In the present con-text, any new aspirant is bound to bebogged down by the enormity of studymaterial available online as well offlineand will not even realise how her/his

precious time is wasted in runningafter material. So, aspirants shouldoptimise the reference sources (forexample — for GS papers — NCERTsas basic book and one reference book)with credible guidance and religious-ly stick to that.

Delayed and improper approachtowards mock test practice(Preliminary exam) as well as mainanswer writing practice: While read-ing and revising the basic and refer-ence books, one should refer to theprevious year’s question to have clar-ity on the type and level of questionsasked from those topics. After this oneshould start practicing mock tests.Generally, aspirants think that they willpractice once they feel confidentabout the syllabus being completed,but what actually happens is that eitherthat day never comes or comes too lateto be effective. The purpose of rigor-ous mock test practice is to have men-tal practice enabling to eliminateoptions in multiple-choice questionsusing the accumulated knowledgebase; not that you will get direct ques-tions from the mock test in the offi-cial examination.

Similarly, for the main examina-tion, answer writing should not bedelayed until the last moment (thoughits timing may vary, but it must bestarted after writing the preliminaryexamination). This ensures that thecandidate is able to finish the paper ontime in a structured way maintainingproper priority sequence of variouspoints being written in the answer.

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The three-day Science Awareness Fair 2019at the Ramkishan Institute School Campus

located in local Sanjay Nagar Sector 23 con-cluded on September 15, 2019.

The fair was organised jointly by SpecialData Research Technology and RKI. ThirtyHospitality schools participated in this fair. Atthe fair, Bloom Public School took the first ritesand Green Field finished third. Apart from this,all the schools participating in this fair wereencouraged by giving consolation prizes.

On this occasion, the chief guest, DeputyDirector of Food Processing and HorticultureDepartment, Pankaj Kumar said that only newexperiments in the field of science lead toprogress in science. He said that the intellec-

tual level of students also increases with this typeof organisation. In the same sequence, Dr AlokGarg, Director of RKI and Dr Malti Garg,Principal of the school, said that science is thegreatest need of humanity today. ProjectDirector Dr Sudhanshu Rai appreciated theteachers and management committee of theschool for the success of the fair.

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Ashow and tell competition wasorganised for the children of

nursery wing of Delhi PublicSchool Indirapuram. Childrenparticipated enthusiastically inthis competition. As a part of thealready running ISA project, thetheme of healthy food versusjunk was set for the competition.

During this, the children putin great efforts. Wearing a sym-bolic dress of green vegetables andfruits related to healthy food.Wearing symbolic dress like junkfood like noodle and soft dink.

The presentation of children onthis occasion was very spectacu-lar. The teachers and staff of theschool greatly appreciated thepresentation of the children. Afterthis, the child who performed bril-liantly in the competition wasawarded the Certificate of

Appreciation. At the same time, ‘Itoo did well’ batches were given toincrease the morale of all the chil-dren.

Sangeeta Hazela, Principal ofDPS Indirapuram said that thepresentation of the children wasvery impressive. Such competi-tions raise the morale of children.Because children learn very quick-ly through competitions. Andthe urge to learn the same alwaysprevails in children. It is ourendeavor to have more and morecompetitions organised so thatchildren continue to performwell.

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The Institute of CompanySecretaries of India(ICSI) keeping in view

the invaluable contributionmade by the teachers in guid-ing the youth of our country,organised TeachersConference on the ThemeEmpowering Educators atNew Delhi on September 17,2019.

Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre,Minister of State for HumanResource Development wasthe Chief Guest. Dhotre com-mended ICSI for creating such

interactive platforms to pro-vide a new and different per-spective and hone the skills ofthat segment of the societywhich in turn hones the entiresociety. Initiative of ICSI shallgo a long way in shaping theeducation methodologiesadopted in the times to come.

CS Ashish Garg, VicePresident, ICSI said: “I wouldtake this opportunity to thankthem for their dedication inserving the society and thisnation. It is the teachings andthe values shared by you thatshall form the foundation ofthe future of this country.”

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India’s education system has its suc-cesses and failures however the lat-

ter far out weight the former.Perhaps the most striking exampleof this failing is that the majority ofthe country’s MBAs — who areexpected to have a nuanced under-standing in the newest business tech-niques — often have little or noknowledge of the most elementarymanagement concepts. Also, ratherthan being taught practical skills thathelp solve real business challenges,most Indian MBA students aretaught theory which is often out-dated and irrelevant.

Of even graver concern is thatMBA graduates from hundreds ofcolleges don’t have the basic skills tothrive in corporate settings. It’s notuncommon to find MBA graduateslacking the knowhow to use every-day software like MS Word, Excel,and PowerPoint. While there areseveral reasons why Indian man-agement education is failing somany students, a few that deserve tothe remarked upon are providedbelow.

Curriculum is Obsolete: AnMBA programme is meant to trainyoung minds to solve the businesschallenges of tomorrow. The cur-riculum is meant to be rigorous andmust incorporate the latest findings

from the world of business. In prac-tice, MBA programmes in mostIndian colleges are antiquated andhave remained unchanged for yearsand sometimes even decades.Students who graduate from suchprogrammes expect to reach theupper echelons of the corporateworld yet in practice they have lit-tle or no practical skills of use toemployers. Certainly graduates fromleading business schools are armedwith skills that help them succeed,however, the number admitted tosuch schools are a fraction of totalMBA enrolments nationwide. Hence

upon completion of their MBA,most students who believe they areassured of financial success shortlyare disappointed when they apply forjobs with leading companies.

Little or no industry interac-tion: For a student to succeed in thecorporate world he or she must gainthe pulse of the industry even beforeworking in it. Sadly many MBA pro-grammes provide no interactionbetween students and industry.Without such interaction studentsenrolled in professional coursesaren’t able to contextualise their sub-jects concerning their applications

in industry. Hence many studentscomplete an entire programmewithout understanding why they arestudying the subjects taught.

Poor quality faculty: Yet anoth-er reason why the education systemis failing so many students is thatfaculty in numerous colleges don’thave skills to prepare students for thereal world. Many faculties in pro-fessional postgraduate programmesin India are nearly uninterested intheir jobs as educators. Hence theirlack of enthusiasm for teaching isobvious to pupils who subsequent-ly lose interest in learning. It's alsonot uncommon to find faculty thatis eager to teach but lacks the skillsto effectively do so.

Today’s jobs are more demand-ing than ever before yet this is a rea-son for cheer because students whohave the right skills are poised forstellar careers. However, too manytoday in the education system areunder the assumption great thingslie ahead because they’re enrolled inprofessional courses while the real-ity is quite the opposite. If the edu-cation system is to be fair to all stake-holders especially its biggest stake-holders, students, it must tackle thechallenges described above.

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The Staff Selection Commission(SSC) of India annually conducts

SSC JE exam to recruit eligible can-didates for the post of JuniorEngineer in multiple EngineeringDepartments such as Mechanical,Civil, Electrical and QuantitySurveying and Contract. A com-puter-based Government exam, SSCJE is conducted in two phases —Paper 1 (objective) and Paper 2(descriptive). While Paper 1 com-prises of three sections — GeneralIntelligence & Reasoning, GeneralAwareness, and GeneralEngineering, Paper 2 consists of onlyone section, General Engineering.

Candidates must have a clearidea on the preparation strategybecause cracking the exam requiresa lot of patience, focus, practice and,of course, a smart plan that oneneeds to follow dedicatedly. Here aresome tips that may help a candidatecrack this exam and secure theircareer:

�A candidate needs to strong-ly focus on theory and formula-based questions in order to crack thetechnical part of the first phase. Toexcel in this area, one needs an in-depth understanding of all the tech-nical concepts of their respectivefields(mechanical, civil, electrical,Quantity Surveying). More impor-tantly, practice solving the preced-

ing years’ question papers,availableon the internet or from any standardbook; this is a must.

�To prepare for the non-tech-nical part of this section, a candidateshould mainly focus on currentaffairs, particularly of the last sixmonths. This includes subjects likeIndian Geography (map-based ques-tions), modern history, and impor-tant articles based on politics. Thereasoning part is comparatively eas-ier than other sections; a candidatejust needs basic understanding of theconcepts to score well.

�Part 2 of SSC JE is subjectivewhere a candidate has to answerquestions in a detailed manner yetbe succinct in their approach. Thiswill require a lot of conventionalpractice as compared to the previ-ous sections. Analyse the syllabus

and point out the core topics of yourdomain. The test will not includequestions from every topic, hence itis critical for candidates to go for themost important topics only.

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�From working in an automobile industryto an education consultant. How did thathappen?

The Calculus was established in 1985 asa first retail outlet for personal computers inRegal Building, New Delhi. From there, I wenton to be a part of several other businesses. In2006, my son was looking for options to dohis MBA from an international university. Likeany other parent, I too looked at countries likethe US and the UK. That is when I decidedto become a consultant for the US, the UK andGermany. After working in this sector forsometime, I finally decided to just concentrateon promoting Germany as nobody was pro-moting this country. I like to diversify in anarea where no one is working. There are 400State-funded colleges. They offer 15,000courses, out of these 1,000 are in English. Theircolleges/universities are 100 to 2,000 years old. �How are you different from other con-sultants?

We are the largest German education con-sultants of India. The others are consultantswho promote the US, the UK and Australiawhere education is commercial. The consul-tant firms in India work on a commissionbasis. They try and push the students to optfor colleges/universities and countries fromwhere they get maximum benefit. In Germany,education is free, they offer no commission.Therefore, we charge a fee from the student.�What is your fee? What does it include?

We charge �60,000. This fee is entirelyrefundable if the student fails to secure a placein a college. We guide the student through theentire process like how to secure a bank loan;then the visa process. We guide him throughthe health insurance since Indian healthinsurance will not work. We also arrange forhis accommodation. Once he comes to us, hedoesn’t have to go anywhere. No other con-sultant offers this kind of service.�Why do the students need a loan if edu-cation is free?

Bank loan is for the first year German lan-guage and their stay for that year. The coursecan begin only after they student has learntthe language. This costs �6-7 lakh. The lan-guage institute arranges for college admissionso the student is carefree. The student needsto open an account in the country with�10,000 (�8 lakh approximately) to study inthe country. Then there is visa. The ticket costis �30,000. Our fee is �60,000 plus 18 per centGST.

Germany has 13 years of schooling asopposed to 12 in India. The student has to doa Foundation year which is free. But thiscourse is taught in another college from where

he will do his bachelors. This is basically sim-ilar to what the student has done in Class XII.The student has to make arrangement for stay(�6 lakh for a year) since he can’t work whiledoing his Foundation course.

In �25 lakh he can do his bachelors andmasters. There is a provision for the studentto work part-time and earn �15 per hour upto 20 hours a week when he is in the college.In a month, he can earn up to �1,400 that cango towards his stay and other expenses.�What is the procedure?

Before a student can actually start hiscourse, he has to first learn German for oneyear. Learning the language is not tough forIndian students as it is somewhat similar toEnglish. After that, they can pursue their grad-uation and or PG in German language. Also,90 per cent students go to Germany for engi-neering which is for three years. Around 80per cent of the course is practical, only 20 percent is theoretical. It is not very difficult forour students to follow these theory classes.�What about a job?

There is a website: www.make-it-in-ger-many.com. This site will give you a list of num-ber of jobs available in a particular sector. Thecountry also allows you to stay for 18 monthsto look for a job which one can get in undersix months. There is campus placement forstudents who excel. Some students may endup with a job even before they complete theirprogramme.

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The University ofMelbourne is offeringapproximately 2,000

Melbourne Mobility Awardsfor the eligible students.International students whoare undertaking the overseasstudy as part of their UG orgraduate coursework courseare eligible for this scholar-ship.

Eligibility: The candi-date must be enrolled at theUniversity of Melbourne ineither an undergraduatedegree or a graduate course-work degree. Applicantintends to study overseas aspart of a University ofMelbourne Exchange orshort term programme or aUniversity of Melbournesubject with an overseascomponent that will be cred-ited towards your Universityof Melbourne degree.Applicant must apply for aMelbourne Mobility Awardbefore the commencement ofthe overseas study pro-gramme.

How to apply: To applyfor the opportunity applicantmust submit an online appli-cation form.

Application deadline:December 31, 2019

The University ofAlberta, Canada, is offering

bursary. The bursary isavailable for high achieving

international candidates andalso has the purpose of sup-porting candidates by offer-ing some discount in theirundergraduate degreecourse.

Award: Up to $9,000Eligibility: An interested

candidate must be studyingat UAlberta on a StudentVisa Permit. CV, statement ofintent and writing samples,GRE GMAT or other testscores and reference lettershould be submitted in aPDF file. Applicants need tocomplete their academicqualification for studying anundergraduate degree pro-gramme. Language require-ment: The candidates shouldbe very proficient in theEnglish language.

How to apply: Forreceiving this award, the can-didates have to take admis-sion in an undergraduatedegree program at the uni-versity. After that, on thebases of their academicachievement, they will benotified of their award offerafter receiving an admissionoffer from the university.

Application deadline:The deadlines are as follows-

�July 1 for Septemberadmission (annual)

�November 1 forJanuary admission(annual)

�March 1 for Mayadmission(annual)

�May 1 for July admis-sion(annual)

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Today’s markets and thelives of students are verydifferent from the need of

the emerging markets and thestudents for whom the existingeducation systems were devel-oped. In such scenarios, there isa persisting question that needsto be answered — how can edu-cation best prepare the youth tonavigate their way through anincreasingly interconnected,complex and demanding mar-ket and the world in which the-oretical recall will matter lessthan their ability of under-standing perspectives and befitunconventional job roles.

India is encounteringunique social, economic andenvironmental challenges dri-ven by accelerating globalisationand a faster rate of technologi-cal sophistication. At the sametime, those strengths are pre-senting us with myriad newpossibilities for work andhuman advancement.

Education is going throughan extensive change. A range ofnational models, forms andarrangements have developed tocope with the accelerated tech-nological advancements andthe dynamic needs of the labour

market. Transforming socialparadigms and environmentshave modified students’ motivesand career expectations, high-lighting on a qualitative changein the workforce towardshuman resources furnished toa high degree of skills in diver-sified vocational courses.

Vocational education, orskills-based, education is gettingrelevant today, with severalemployers demanding newemployees to possess all thenecessary practical skills theyrequire to start work and to sup-port their families shortly aftersenior secondary education.

In India, we believe thateducation is critical for nation-building. It is also a well-accept-ed fact that imparting appro-priate knowledge and skills tothe youth can secure the over-all national development andeconomic growth. The Indianeducation system recognisesthe role of education and par-ticularly vocational education.

Given the rapid techno-logical development, vocation-alisation of education impliesthe introduction of diversifiedtechnical and vocational edu-cation programmes, which need

to be designed not as narrowlyconceived. Vocationally basededucation of developing positiveattitudes and interests in stu-dents for some definite voca-tional work during their post-school stage is the key.

It helps individuals to bemore productive through prepa-ration for specific competenciesin different vocations. It can’t,however, be equated with meretechnician training, it is essen-tially education in the broadersense of the term. It preparesindividuals for understandingthe social needs and conditions,and to realise their potentialityso that both can be correlated forbringing about the economicdevelopment of the country inparticular and creating anatmosphere of self-realisation ofindividuals and prosperity of thenation in general.

To make vocations aspira-tional, it is essential to alter thefundamental thought processof people very early on with suit-able interventions. Need forvocational professionals isdemanded more than ever innumerous industries such autorepair, woodworking, carpentry,blacksmith, cosmetology, retail,

tourism, information technolo-gy, funeral services, as well as inthe traditional crafts and cottageindustries. There are severalbenefits of vocational education.

�Technical programmesdevelop the economy by bridg-ing the demand and supply gapwith skilled workers. It allowsstudents to take marketableskills from the classroom direct-ly into the working world.

�Majority of vocationalskills are relevant all over theworld, and hence generatemany employment opportuni-ties in foreign countries.

�School drop-outs andadults can receive this type ofeducation as it offers opportu-nities to learn a skill or trade.There are many well-paidcareers for which a collegedegree is not required.

�Better vocational educa-tion also draws foreign invest-ment and foreign exchange inthe form of international con-glomerates and students.

�Hands-on work activi-ties allow direct application ofexperience and acquired knowl-edge.

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The visit of Real Madridto the French capitaltoday means a glamour

tie for Paris Saint-Germain tobegin their ChampionsLeague campaign but a meet-ing with the Spanish side alsobrings back unhappy memo-ries.

When the clubs last metin Europe two seasons ago, aPSG side missing an injuredNeymar were dumped out inthe last 16.

That was one of threeconsecutive exits in the firstknockout round for PSG, whohave failed to make theirmark on the ChampionsLeague despite all the moneyspent by their Qatari owners.

So the inevitable questionat the start of another conti-nental campaign is canThomas Tuchel’s team thistime at least reach a semi-finalin Europe’s elite club compe-tition?

Last season it wasManchester United whoembarrassed PSG. Since 2012the only teams PSG have beat-en in a Champions Leagueknockout tie are Valencia,Bayer Leverkusen andChelsea.

For now, PSG will just be

eager to make a statement intheir opening match. But withGalatasaray and Club Bruggethe other teams in Group A,it would be a monumentalsurprise if PSG failed toprogress, even with Neymarsuspended for the first threematches.

The world's most expen-sive player has overshadowedeverything else at the club inrecent months, with the sagaof his hoped-for move back toBarcelona and then his returnto action at the weekend, fea-turing a brilliant winneragainst Strasbourg in responseto boos from angry support-ers.

"I am very pleased becausenow it is finished," said Tuchelof the transfer saga.

Tuchel always wantedNeymar to stay. Saturday'sgoal -- his 52nd in 59 gamesfor the club -- illustrated why.

"My head is 100 percentfocused on PSG. I will giveeverything, as I have at everyclub I have played for," saidNeymar.

"Unfortunately in the lasttwo years I have had seriousinjuries and I have missed alot of matches. But when Ihave played I have performed,and I think my statistics havebeen among the best of mycareer."

There is no doubt thepresence of Neymar gives PSGa far greater chance of win-ning the biggest prize inEuropean club football, aslong as he stays fit.

As well as Neymar's sus-pension against Real, KylianMbappe is still out with ahamstring injury, but thearrival of Mauro Icardi hasadded another explosive ele-ment to their attack.

Icardi was prolific forInter before being stripped ofthe club captaincy last seasonamid a contract dispute. Hesigned on loan just before thetransfer deadline.

It is elsewhere that Parisreally needed to strengthen,though.

Tuchel was unable to set-tle on a first-choice goal-

keeper last season betweenAlphonse Areola andGianluigi Buffon. Both havesince left and Keylor Navashas signed from Real Madridto take over the gloves.

Abdou Diallo has provid-ed an extra option in defenceafter arriving from BorussiaDortmund.

There has been majorsurgery in the midfield withthe signings of Ander Herrera,Idrissa Gueye and PabloSarabia.

Whether Marco Verrattican blend with the newcom-ers to form a midfield as fear-some as it was in the dayswhen he was flanked by BlaiseMatuidi and the peerlessThiago Motta, remains to beseen.

Neymar is still there but,brilliant as he is, PSG knowfrom experience that theBrazilian alone will not winthem the Champions League.

"If we succeed in ourgroup with these players, if wecreate a positive atmosphere inthe squad, with all the poten-tial we have, we can maybe dosomething big when we get toMarch," sporting directorLeonardo told RMC Radio.

"Honestly I think we canbecome a very strong team."

NEYMAR’S SUSPENSIONNeymar's Champions

League ban for insulting matchofficials on social media hasbeen reduced from threegames to two following anappeal, the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS)ruled on Tuesday.

The world's most expen-sive player following his movefrom Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for 222 million eurosin 2017 will miss the fixturesagainst Real Madrid onWednesday and Galatasaray intwo weeks' time due to theoriginal ban from UEFA.

However, he will now be

free to face Belgian side Brugeson October 22.

"The Sole Arbitrator par-tially upheld the appeal andreduced the suspensionimposed by UEFA on NeymarJr. to two (2) UEFA competi-tion matches for which hewould otherwise be eligible,"CAS said in a statement.

The Brazilian criticisedthe referee and his assistantsafter PSG's last-16 collapseagainst Manchester United inMarch which he watched fromthe stands due to injury.

United were awarded apenalty deep into injury timeafter a protracted VAR deci-sion, which Marcus Rashfordscored to knock the Frenchside out in the last 16 of theChampions League.

"It's a disgrace. They getfour guys who don't under-stand football to watch a slowmotion replay in front of theTV," Neymar posted on hisInstagram account after the 3-1 defeat.

Neymar scored an addedtime winner in his first PSGappearance of the season onSaturday as his overhead kickclaimed all three points againstStrasbourg.

He had not played for hisclub since May and had beenleft on the sidelines in theirfirst four league games of thecampaign because of theuncertainty surrounding hisfuture after months of reportslinking him with a move backto Barcelona or to Real.

The Parisians host theSpanish giants without theirfirst-choice attacking trio ofNeymar, Kylian Mbappe andEdinson Cavani, the latter pairboth suffering from injuries.

In their absence coachThomas Tuchel could turn tosummer signing Mauro Icardior Cameroon forward EricMaxim Choupo-Moting tolead the line at the Parc dePrinces.

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Rishabh Pant’s form wouldbe an important sub-plot when India look to

seize the advantage againstSouth Africa in the second T20International here onWednesday after a washout inDharamsala effectively madethe series a two-match affair.

The T20 World Cup ismore than 12 months away butIndia captain Virat Kohli hasalready detailed his plans andexpectations from the young-sters in the side.

The skipper did not expectto get a bagful of opportunitieswhen he arrived on the inter-national scene and believesthe current crop of youngstersalso need to make it count inthe limited time they are goingto get.

One of them is 21-year-oldRishabh Pant, who can’t bebracketed as a “youngster”anymore having made his

debut back in February 2017.Not a single ball was

bowled in the series-opener butthere was enough happeningon the sidelines and most of itwas focussed on Pant.

In a chat with the hostbroadcaster, the message forPant from the team manage-ment was loud and clear: hecan’t repeatedly throw his wick-et away and if he does “therewill be a rap on the knuckles”.

“We’ll let him be but attimes when you see a shot, likethe first ball dismissal inTrinidad (during the tour ofWest Indies), if he repeats that,then he will be told. There willbe a rap on the knuckles, tal-ent or no talent,” said headcoach Ravi Shastri ahead of theseries-opener.

With Kohli still very muchopen to having MahendraSingh Dhoni back on board,pressure is mounting on Pantto do justice to his rich talent.

Considering the circum-

stances, it was not a surprisethat Pant had a hit in the netsright after the team flew herefrom Dharamsala on Monday.

Pressure will also be onleg-spinner Rahul Chahar andoff-spinner WashingtonSundar, both of whom havebeen picked ahead of KuldeepYadav and Yuzvendra Chahalfor the second straight series.

With 20-odd games to gobefore the World Cup, theIndian team wants to boost itsbatting which will requirenumber 8, 9 and 10 to scoreruns on a regular basis, some-thing which has never beenIndia’s strength.

Will a deep batting line-upcompromise India’s ability towake wickets in the middleovers? Only time will tell.

It is also an importantseries for Shreyas Iyer andManish Pandey, who have beenbrought back into the side tosolidify the middle order.

The game will also be anopportunity for ShikharDhawan to play a substantialknock, having endured a leantour of the West Indies by hisstandards.

It a ground he is fond of,having scored a memorable187 on his Test debut and morerecently a 143 in the ODIagainst Australia in Marchthis year, albeit in a losingcause.

On the other hand, it willbe an uphill task for SouthAfrica to beat this Indian side,which has been on a roll formost part.

Time in the middle for ateam in transition would havebeen valuable but rain robbedthe Proteas of that opportuni-ty in Dharamsala.

The Kagiso Rabada-ledattack would have to bowlreally well to contain theIndian batsmen especiallyskipper Kohli, who played oneof his best knocks againstAustralia in March 2016, thelast T20 played here, to takeIndia to the World T20 semi-finals.

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Newly appointed India batting coach VikramRahtour feels Rohit Sharma is “too good a play-

er” to not be playing in all three formats and backedhim to do well as a Test opener in all conditions.

Rohit is one of the greats of white-ball cricket buthas had a start-stop Test career. He has been givenanother opportunity in the five-day format, this timeas an opener in the upcoming series against SouthAfrica.

“He is too good a player to not be playing in anygame. That is what is everyone is thinking. He hasdone so well in white-ball cricket as an opener so thereis no reason why he can’t succeed as a Test openerprovided he gets enough opportunities,” Rathour saidahead of the second T20 against South Africa hereon Monday adding that, “If he comes good, he willbe a huge asset for the team.”

Rohit will be getting the opportunity to open inTests at home but Rathour said the stylish batsmanhas it in him to succeed overseas also.

“At the moment, I am not too sure what the play-ing eleven for the first Test will be but if Rohit doeswell and is opening, why not,” he said, when askedabout the possibility of him opening on overseas tours.

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The youngsters in the Indianteam have got a clear mes-

sage from the management — tounderstand that there is a fineline between “fearless cricket andcareless cricket”, new battingcoach Vikram Rathour said onTuesday.

The message conveyed wasdirected mainly at the likes ofyoungsters like Pant, who havebeen often been criticised for hisreckless choice of shots.

“At times, we over empha-sise on technique. It is moreabout the mindset at this level,getting your gameplan right. Asfar as Rishabh is concerned, heis a phenomenal player, he justneeds to sort out his gameplan,needs to bring in a little bit ofdiscipline in his cricket,” saidRathour on

“All the young players needto understand that there is a fineline between fearless cricketand careless cricket. What theteam management is askingfrom them is fearless cricket,having clear gameplans andplaying with intent but at thesame time, you can't be careless.I am sure they are smart enoughto understand that.”

The former selector wasreacting to comments fromskipper Virat Kohli, who recent-ly said that a youngster shouldnot expect more than fiveopportunities at the highestlevel.

“They (Kohli and headcoach Ravi Shastri) have said five

matches but it is not going to bea specific number. What theymeant was that you need to grabyour opportunities when you getthem. They (youngsters) haveplayed so much of cricket. Theyhave come though after doing sowell. I don’t think it is a massiveissue. The team will be backingthem fully.”

Elaborating more on theexpectations from Pant, Rathoursaid “We want him to play all hisshots. That is what makes himspecial, he is an impact playerbut at the same time you can’t becareless.”

Shreyas Iyer and ManishPandey have made a comebackin the middle-order and Rahouris expecting them to seize theiropportunities. But could theysolve India's middle-order mud-dle?

“Those two are very finecricketers who have done real-ly well in domestic cricket.Shreyas has got a good start (inODIs against the West Indies).Manish has done well in the pastand made a comeback afterperforming consistently indomestic cricket. I am confidentthey will come good, they justneed to be more consistent.”

India have begun theirpreparations for the T20 WorldCup in Australia next year andthere is a significant shift in theway they will approach their bat-ting in the shortest format.

Kohli wants the team to batdeep, increasing the expectationsfrom spin all-rounders KrunalPandya and Washington Sundar.

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Newly-appointed South AfricanT20 captain Quinton de Kock

on Tuesday said the additionalresponsibility could be a double-edged sword but he is not thinkingtoo much about it.

De Kock is one of the seniorplayers in this new-look team andhas been handed captaincy in theabsence of Faf du Plessis as themanagement is looking to groomhim ahead of the T20 World Cupnext year.

“Not too concerned to be hon-est. It is a new stepping stone in mycareer, gives me extra responsibil-ity. Not sure if it would affect menegatively or positively” said thewicket-keeper batsman ahead of thesecond T20 against India here onWednesday.

Asked if he is prepared to playthe mentor's role in the team, likedu Plessis and Ab de Villiers playedwhen he burst on to the scene, deKock said: “I think they (Faf andABD) gave me lots of room to playthe way I wanted to. I don’t see it

why that would change withoutthem being here.

‘Even they in their career havehad to do the same thing we aredoing. So we will take it as itcomes. In the leadership group inthe team we have had a chat (ongrooming the youngsters). It isunder control so far but we are stilllearning as part of a young leader-ship group.”

De Kock said some youngsterscould get a longer rope while somemay not.

“I not going to put a number onit. For some it could be one, forsome it could be 10, so can’t reallysay.”

It has effectively become a two-match series with the series open-er in Dharamasala being washedout.

“It is a bit of a negative,” said deKock.

"We would like to have playedthree games against the Indianteam. Leading into the World Cup,to lose out on a game in differentconditions, it is not ideal but it iswhat it is.”

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The Indian men’s teambeat Singapore 3-0 in

the 5-8 classificationmatch in the ITTF AsianTable TennisChampionships toremain in the championsdivision of the conti-nental event here onTuesday.

India lost to Japan 1-3 in the quarterfinal onMonday but ensured thatit will finish in the top sixof the tournament withthe win over Singaporeon Tuesday. India willthus gain direct entry in

the next championshipsin 2021. India will playHong Kong onWednesday in the matchfor fifth position.

“This is an achieve-ment in itself,” saidSharath Kamal, whoplayed an important rolein India’s 3-0 win overSingapore.

Sathiyan beat PohShao Feng Ethan instraight games (11-5, 11-5, 13-11). But Sharathneeded to dig deep intohis vast experience tobeat Pang Yew En Koen7-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9,11-3 and put India 2-0ahead.

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Vinesh Phogat was pushedout of the title race by

reigning champion MayuMukaida of Japan but one ofIndia’s biggest hopesremained in bronze medalhunt in the 53kg category at

the World WrestlingChampionship here onTuesday.

Mukaida later reachedthe final to help Vinesh stayin the medal hunt as well asTokyo Olympics qualifica-tion. Two victories willensure her place in TokyoOlympics.

She will now have tobeat three wrestlers in therepechage- YuliiaKhavaldzhy Blahinya fromUkraine, world number oneSarah Ann Hildebrandt andthen Maria Prevolaraki fromGreece to win her firstWorlds medal.

It was second consecu-

tive defeat for Vinesh againstthe Japanese this season afterlosing to the two-time worldchampion at the AsianChampionship in China.

Vinesh has CWG andAsian Games titles but is yetto win a medal at the Worlds.

“Japan is a wrestlingpowerhouse. It takes sometime to attack these girls. It’sabout one technique, onemove one point that changesthe bout. I tried, it did nothappen and she succeeded,”Vinesh told PTI after herbout.

Vinesh said Mukaida wasno different from the AsianChampionship though sheand her coach Woller Akoshad plotted the fall of the for-midable Japanese.

“It happens. ButMukaida is not the only tar-get for me. We focus on allwrestlers. Everyone is toughin 53kg. It’s not over yet,” saidVinesh,

In another Olympic cat-egory, Seema Bisla (50kg) losther pre-quarterfinal 2-9 tothree-time Olympic medallistMariya Stadnik.

Like Vinesh, she tooremained in hunt for bronzeand Olympic qualificationas Stadnik reached the final.

“It’s not that Mariya wasmore powerful than me. Sheis more experienced thanme. I have just competed in5-6 competitions in 50kg. Iam learning and will get bet-ter,” said Seema.

In the non-Olympic cat-egories, Komal Gole was toodefensive against Turkey’sBeste Altug and lost her 72kgQualification bout 1-4 whileLalita was outplayed 3-10by Mongolia's Bolortuya BatOchir in 55kg.

Both Lalita and Komalare now out of the champi-onship since Bolortuya andAltug later lost their quarter-finals.

The experience of playing with the HaryanaSteelers has been marvellous. This is my first Pro

Kabaddi League and I couldn’t have asked for a bet-ter team to start my PKL career with. The manage-ment is fantastic. Everyone is supportive and moti-vates one another to perform to the best of their abil-ities. All players are aware of their responsibilities andeach of them execute their plans, therefore there's notmuch of pressure on the players.

I was a bit nervous at the start of the league andtherefore I hesitated to carry out my game freely ona few occasions, but, as I kept playing matches, I keptgetting better and better. I kept honing my skills witheach match and now I feel very confident every timeI step on the mat. I have realised that if I follow what-ever the coach and captain tell me to do, I will alwaysperform for my team.

Vikash Kandola and I discuss before everymatch about the skills I should work on. We talk aboutwhere I should attack to pick up points for the team.Vikash tells me just before I start my raid on the mat— when I should attack and when I should carry outan empty raid. Haryana Steelers’ coach RakeshKumar has taught me a very important skill this sea-son. He has told me that an immediate reaction isimperative for success in kabaddi. The coach has large-ly focused on immediate reaction and escape skills thisseason. Rakesh is very shrewd when it comes to tac-tics and I have been very lucky to train under him inPKL-7. Being a young player, I wasn't sure that I wouldget a chance to play. But I knew that if I get a chancethen I would definitely make the most of it. I am verypleased with the fact that I have been able to grab myopportunities and be one of the best raiders of HaryanaSteelers this season.

I really enjoy playing with established players likeVikash Kandola, Dharmaraj Cheralathan andPrashanth Kumar Rai. Dharmaraj has a fantasticknowledge of match situations. His experience hasbeen invaluable for the team. He knows how the teamshould react to every situation and keep improving.If Haryana is behind in the scoreline in a certain match,then Dharmaraj knows how the side can make a come-back in the match. The senior players make the strat-egy for the team, but now I am starting to understandhow a team should work out plans before a match.

The Pro Kabaddi League is a great platform foryoungsters to showcase their skills. The players cantest their skills against the best players from aroundthe world. The level of competition is very high andtherefore if a youngster performs in this competition

then he can certainly gain a lot of con-fidence for the rest of his kabaddicareer. At the moment, I am lookingto maintain my fitness and practiceregularly. And going forward, I want

to represent the Indian kabadditeam. Playing and achieving

great heights for my country isthe ultimate dream for me.

(The writer (VINAY)plays for Haryana Steelers

in Pro Kabaddi Leauge season 7)

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