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Former Finance and HomeMinister P Chidambaram is

on the run from the law afterthe Supreme Court on Tuesdayrefused to come to his rescuefollowing the Delhi HighCourt’s dismissal of his bailpetition in the INX Mediabribery case. Soon after theapex court’s denial of relief,sleuths of EnforcementDirectorate and CBI landed atChidambaram’s home in JorBagh, but the senior Congressleader could not be traced.

Chidambaram, who enjoy-ing interim protection fromarrest from March 2018onward, suffered a major set-back on Tuesday afternoonafter the Delhi High Court dis-missed his anticipatory bailplea, paving way for CBI andED to arrest him.

The former Minister wason the Supreme Court complexthroughout the day, awaitingthe HC order, to approach theSC.

The High Court held thathe was “prima facie the king-pin” in the INX Media briberyand money laundering casesand “simply because he is a

Member of Parliament it wouldnot justify grant of pre-arrestbail to him”. Holding that theformer Union Minister’s cus-todial interrogation wasrequired for an effective inves-tigation, the High Court said,“granting bail in cases like theinstant one will send a wrongmessage to society”.

Justice Sunil Gaur, who isdue to retire on Thursday, saidthis court cannot permit theprosecution in this “sensitive

case to end up in smoke like ithas happened in some otherhigh-profile cases”.

“Facts of the case primafacie reveal that petitioner is thekingpin, that is, the key con-spirator in this case. Lawenforcing agencies cannot bemade ineffective by puttinglegal obstacles,” the judge said.

The High Court also saidthis was a “classic case ofmoney laundering” and thetwin facts which have weighed

to deny pre-arrest bail to himare “gravity” of the offenceand “evasive” replies given byhim to questions put to himwhile he was under protectivecover extended to him by thiscourt.

In the Supreme Court, allCongress lawyers were pre-sent before the Registry forurgent hearing. However, theapex court did not grant anyrelief, asking Chidambaram tomention the case on

Wednesday morning before aseniormost judge.

The High Court said, “Itcannot be forgotten that the peti-tioner (Chidambaram) was theFinance Minister at the relevanttime and he had given FDI clear-ances to INX Media Group forreceiving overseas funds to thetune of �305 crore.”

The 24-page judgment saidthe gravity of offence commit-ted in this case amply justifiesdenial of pre-arrest bail and itwas of the prima facie opinionthat it was not a fit case forgranting the relief to him.

It said, “Economic offences

constitute a class apart andneed to be visited with a dif-ferent approach in the mattersof bail.

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Aweek after taking over asCongress’ interim chief,

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhiswung into action on Tuesdayreaching out to veteranBhupinder Singh Hooda, whoseemed determined to breakaway from the grand old partyin the run-up to the forthcom-ing Haryana Assembly polls.

Sources in AICC said Soniarang up Hooda in the afternoonand discussed the prevailingpolitical turmoil in the pollbound State. After their tele-phonic conversation, sourcessaid senior leaders of the partyrequested Hooda to postponehis scheduled Press conferencein Chandigarh on Thursday.

AICC sources said Hoodawants to have a free hand inmanaging the Assembly pollsand was fed up with StateCongress leaders like AshokTanwar, who were not lettinghim have his way.

“It was a routine call from

Soniaji to Hooda to talk aboutState Assembly elections.Nothing should be read inbetween as Hooda was presentat the AICC headquarters forthe flag-hoisting by SoniaGandhi on Independence Day,”said the party sources.

Hooda and his sonDeepender Hooda, along witha dozen MLAs, have beenreportedly planning to leave theCongress to form a new partyand tie up with NCP, AAP, andDushyant Chautala’s JannayakJanata Party (JJP) for Haryanaand Delhi Assembly polls.

In Haryana, elections arescheduled to be held beforeNovember 2019, while in Delhi,it is due in February 2020.

On Sunday while appreci-ating the Modi Government’sstand on abrogation of Article370, Hooda indicated that hewas getting ready to break freefrom the mother organisation.

With Hooda forming acommittee and clarifying that

he would do whatever the com-mittee conveyed to him, the ballwas in Sonia’s court.

Hooda’s main contention isthat State Congress president

Ashok Tanwar should bereplaced immediately with anew one ahead of elections. Hehas been demanding this formore than a year.

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The Delhi Metro RailCorporation on Tuesday

issued tender for the con-struction of double viaductcorridor for the elevated sec-tions of the Aerocity toTuglakabad in Phase IV.

For the first time Delhi willhave an elevated 4.2km longmetro section and 2.4 km six-lane flyover on the seconddeck and a surface road belowthat. The four stations that willbe constructed are SangamVihar, Khanpur, AmbedkarNagar and Saket G Block.

Besides, a 430-metre sixlane underpass will be con-structed at Saket-G at Mandirmarg crossing.

On this section, the Metroviaduct shall be on the upperdeck at an elevation of 18metres, while the road flyoverwill be on lower deck at heightof 9.3 metres.

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With the water level inYamuna rising on the

second day on Tuesday aftercrossing the “danger mark”, theDelhi Government has shiftedpeople living adjacent to theYamuna and in low-lying areasto relief camps.

The river was flowing ametre above the danger mark(206.25 metres) at 1 pm onTuesday and may rise further

after Haryana released 25,590cusec of water from the HathniKund barrage on Tuesday. OnMonday, the river crossed thedanger mark of 205.33 metresat 6 pm.

The water level is furtherexpected to touch 207 metresby Wednesday morning beforebeginning to recede.

Delhi Transport MinisterKailash Gahlot inspected therelief camps set up by theDelhi Government at HaathiGhat and Kanchan Colony.

“Inspected Relief Camps atHaathi Ghat and KanchanColony set up by Delhi Govt.

Interacted with people whohave been evacuated and nowstaying in relief camps. Havedirected area DMs to ensureavailability of all the reliefmaterials,” Gahlot tweeted.

The administration hasdeployed 30 boats in low-lying areas prone to floodingto prevent accidental drown-ing.

Besides, 53 boats havebeen put on standby to tackleany eventualities. The author-ities have alerted residents

about increasing water level inKhajuri Khas, Wazirabad,Usmanpur, Mayur Vihar,

Burari and Seelampur. Meanwhile, the Northern

Railway has restricted thespeed of trains on the YamunaBridge to 20 kmph. Gearingup to tackle any eventualities,the Delhi Government hasalso set up tents oppositeMayur Vihar Extension with acapacity of accommodating23,000 people during flooding.

On Tuesday, the DelhiGovernment agencies placedsandbags near the shores ofYamuna at the Loathian bridge

and areas surrounding ISBT.To avoid any untoward inci-dent, the BSES disconnectedthe electricity lines goingbelow the Loathian Bridgeand the e-rickshaw chargingpoint near the bridge.

More than 14,000 peopleliving in low-lying areas alongthe Yamuna in the city havebeen evacuated by theGovernment agencies tillTuesday.

The East district adminis-tration has deputed SDMs,senior district administrationofficial, civil defense volun-teers, district disaster man-agement authority personnelbesides divers and mecha-nised boats at sensitive loca-tions in the districts.

The authorities alsoclaimed that unlike 1978, thereis no danger of the Yamunabreaching its embankments.The water level in 1978,September, 2010 and June,2013 (the year in whichKedarnath deluge) had crossedthe level of 207 meters.

In June 2013, when therewere many districts along thecoastline of Yamuna inNational Capital were seenflooded, Haryana had released8.1 lakh cusecs of water thathad resulted in raising thewater level to 207.3 meters.

Similarly on August 18this year, Haryana had onceagain released 8.3 lakh cusecsof water, which is the highesttill date, due to heavy rain inupstream areas ofUttarakhand.

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has arrest-

ed Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Kamal Nath’s nephewRatul Puri in a fresh case ofmoney laundering linked to analleged �354 crore bank loanfraud case registered by the CBIlast week.

Puri was placed under arrestunder the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) late onMonday night after he appearedbefore the ED here whichslapped a fresh criminal caseagainst him and others, takingcognisance of the CBI FIR.

Puri was produced beforeSpecial Judge Arvind Kumarand the agency sought 14-day custodial interrogationin another money laundering probe related toAgustaWestland copter scam.

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Due to fiscal implications,the PMO has put on hold

all new projects as well as “in-principle approvals” alreadygiven to several State roads andnational highways’ projects. Ahigh-level inter-ministerialpanel headed by CabinetSecretary PK Sinha will nowprepare a new set of compre-hensive guidelines for approv-ing and announcing projects.

Sources said the PMO hasacted to enforce fiscal disciplineto avoid any burden on theexchequer at a time when theMinistry is facing fund con-straints. The fund constrainthas prevented private develop-ers from bidding for projects.Bids have not been invited forat least seven projects in lastone month, sources said.

The Road Transport andHighways Ministry recentlyexpressed its desire to becomethe primary agency to managethe Central Road andInfrastructure Fund (CRIF orthe erstwhile Central RoadFund). In the past, the fundswere disbursed by the FinanceMinister.

In an effort to strengthenthe finances of Road Ministry,Gadkari went for raisingresources through borrowings,including bringing in up to�60,000 crore from theNational InfrastructureInvestment Fund for Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, �25,000crore from SBI, �7,000 crorefrom ADB, and a similaramount from World Bank,LIC, pension fund and LabourMinistry.

Road andTransport MinisterNitin Gadkari has

taken steps to declare StateHighways as NationalHighways, which means roadsbeing maintained or developedby States will directly fall underthe jurisdiction of the Centre.

The PMO has asked theRoad Ministry to review thewhole process and seekapproval from the PMO beforemaking any further decisions.There are no guidelines fordeclaring a State road as NHand it happens after the Statesrequest the Centre for takingover their roads as NH.

Following a meeting inMarch, Nripendra Misra,Principal Secretary to the PM,had also directed the expendi-ture secretary to conduct aninquiry into the role played bythe road transport Ministry’sfinancial advisers in deviatingfrom the existing system ofdeclaring national highways.

Earlier in March this year,sources said, Principal Secretaryin the PMO, Nripendra Misra,had asked the expenditure sec-retary to order a probe as tohow the existing system ofdeclaring NHs was violated.The probe is still on.

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For over a minute, MadhyaPradesh Energy Minister

Priyavrat Singh and Congressspokespersons remainedembarrassed as a power cut waswitnessed at the PCC, whenthey were addressing mediapersons on power sectorreforms here on Tuesday.

Energy Minister PriyavratSingh had convened a pressbriefing at MPCC on Tuesdayto disseminate informationabout state government’s deci-sion to bring in power con-sumers who consume upto150 units of electricity permonth under the Indira GrihaJyoti Yojana.

Till now consumers regis-tered under Sambal yojana get100 units of electricity month-ly at Rs 100. The state govern-ment has decided to extend this

limit for power consumptionupto 150 units per month tobenefit more families, said theminister adding it was notedthat several rich people werelisted under Sambal and severalpoor were denied benefits asthey could not register them-selves.

“People also told us thatCongress party had promisedpower rate cut to all but it wasonly given to Samabl benefi-ciaries so we extended thescheme so against 56 lakh fam-ilies, now over one crore fam-ilies would be benefitted,” saidSingh. As the minister wasbriefing the media about otherpower sector reforms, powersupply in the PCC was snappedleaving the minister and partyspokespersons embarrassed.

The members of the pressstarted laughing and ridiculingthe minister that he can’t even

ensure power in his pro-gramme. The power was final-ly restored after a minute andthe smiling minister said, “Bijlijati hai to jaldi aa bhi jati hai (Ifpower gets snapped, it also getsrestored soon.”

In the lighter vein the min-ister added, “It could well be aconspiracy.” Incidentally theminister was talking aboutpower outages when the powersupply was snapped.

Notably, the Kamal Nathgovernment has been battlingunscheduled power cuts sinceit came to power in Decemberlast year. Thousands of powercompany staff have been pun-ished over this but power out-ages are still hassling con-sumers.

The Minister howeverclaimed that MP was offeringthe most subsidised power tofarmers in the country..

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Replying to a question on hisexpectations from the

youth asked byChandrashekhar Prajapati, astudent of MVM, during inter-action with youth at a function,Chief Minister Kamal Nath,said that youth should obtain

accomplishments in life, butwithout satisfaction, theirachievements will remainincomplete.

The Chief Minister saidthat two things happen promi-nently in life. The first is'Achievement' and the second'Fulfillment'. He said that wecan obtain achievements

through education andemployment but our goalshould be to convert ourachievement into fulfillment.

We must contribute towardsdevelopment of our family,society and the country.

In reply to a question by a

student of Institute ofExcellence Akshay Tiwari, theChief Minister said that we arecreating an atmosphere of trustfor investment in the state, sothat maximum employmentcan be provided to the youth ofthe state. We are making ournew investment policy sectorwise according to the need of

the industry. Without betterinvestment, we cannot includeour state in the leading states ofthe country.

Replying to Mansi’s ques-tion, the Chief Minister saidthat it is our mission to providequality education to the youthof the state to enable them tocompete with students of other

states. For this we are paying spe-

cial attention to skill develop-ment in Madhya Pradesh.

In response to the queriesof Kumari Isha Saxena, a stu-dent of Sarojini Naidu GirlsCollege, the Chief Ministersaid that we are making equalefforts in rural and urban areas

to bring out sports talent in thestate. With the construction ofmore stadiums in the state,world-class training will begiven to talented sportspersons.

The Chief Minister saidthat sports are essential for ourlife as it makes us physicallyhealthy along with developingmental discipline.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas said that unity in diver-

sity and mutual harmony are thereal strengths of India and it willsafeguard the future of the coun-try. He said that a new destiny ofMadhya Pradesh is being carvedout so that the youth get quali-ty education and employment.

The Chief Minister calledupon the youth to appreciate thechanges taking place across theworld so that Madhya Pradeshmay also keep pace with thechanging world.

Addressing the YuvaSankalp Varsh 2019-20 eventorganized by the Department ofHigher Education to mark thebirth anniversary of formerPrime Minister late Rajiv Gandhiat Ravindra Bhavan here onTuesday, the Chief Minister paidtribute to him.

The Chief Minister said thatharmony has been the hallmarkof India's history, civilizationand culture from Chandraguptato Emperor Ashoka. He said thatthe late Rajivji nourished thelegacy of harmony. Hence hisbirth day is celebrated asSadbhavna Divas.

The Chief Minister recalledthe contribution of late RajivGandhi and said that he was a

politician who gave the countryright direction and vision. Herecognized the changes hap-pening around the world andtook radical decisions to helpIndia emerge stronger. He saidthat India's enviable achieve-ments in the field of communi-cations can be attributed to lateRajiv Gandhi.

Today, Country's softwareengineers, professionals withGoogle and others spread all overthe world are scripting gloriousstories and earning respect. Thecredit for this situation goes tolate Rajiv Gandhi. The ChiefMinister said that when RajivGandhi was spearheading thecomputer revolution, he wasstrongly opposed by the visiondeficient self-centred people.They feared the loss of jobs dueto advent of computer technol-ogy. But late Rajiv ji marched for-ward. Today the results are quitevisible. Millions of youth got newemployment opportunities afterthe communication revolution.Nath said that those who wereopposing this technology are tak-ing the credit of making DigitalIndia.

The Chief Minister said thatwhen late Rajiv Gandhi becamethe Prime Minister, the countrywas confronted with seriouschallenges. He overcame the

challenges and gave the countrya new direction and vision.

Nath asked the youth toappreciate the greatness of India.This is the country where plu-ralism is the most respected in

the world and it is making peo-ple living in harmony. Givingexample of the Soviet Union thatwitnessed split despite being amighty nation. the ChiefMinister said that India's real

power is its spirit of harmony.The Chief Minister said lateRajivji was a politician whompeople loved.

Minister for HigherEducation and Youth Welfare

Jeetu Patwari said that text booksand stationery will be providedfree of cost to 10% poor uppercaste students of undergraduateand postgraduate classes study-ing in government colleges. He

said that an MoU has beensigned between HigherEducation and CambridgeAssessment English CambridgeUniversity UK to increase com-munication skills of the youth

and help them get employmentopportunities. Besides, aCommon Career Portal is alsobeing developed to create a plat-form for the students and entre-preneurs.

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Sagar Institute of Science andTechnology – School of

Management Studies (SISTec -MBA) welcomed its new batchof aspiring future managers inan orientation programme‘Metacarnation’ to commenceits new academic session.

Metacarnation began byextending a hearty warm wel-come to budding managersand parents followed by light-ing of lamp by Siddharth SudhirAgrawal, Managing Director,Sagar Group, Colonel ManojMehrotra, Retd Army AirDefence, Advisor & ConsultantMadhya Pradesh Urban andAdministration for develop-ment of smart city, Juby Kurian,Manager Credit, HFDC Bank,

Bhopal Cine Star Fame JavedKhan were the guest of honorfor the programme. The acad-emic session 2019-21 beganwith lighting of lamp and seek-ing blessings of ‘Maa Saraswati’by distinguished guests in pres-ence of Principal SISTec-Keshavendra Choudhary,Kuldeep Ganju - PrincipalSIPTec, Swati Saxena - VicePrincipal SISTec, BS Kushwah- Senior Administrator SISTec,Abhishek Tripathi, DeanAcademics and Operations,SISTec MBA, faculty membersand staff.

Metacarnation witnessedseries of cultural and informa-tive sessions with welcoming ofstudents and parents with tilakin a traditional way.

Addressing the gathering,

Mr Siddharth Sudhir Agrawaldirected students to set a goalin life as they enter profession-al phase of life. He said,“Management education is allabout interactive communica-tion. In next few months youwill learn Interactivity – a skillof the domain that will speak ofyou, adopt multi tasking,acquire teamwork and skills toextract with processes and growwith knowledge towards yoursuccess.”

Swati Saxena, VicePrincipal SISTec took studentsand parents to the journey ofSagar Group and shared its val-ues offering solutions to needsof society with its presence ineducation, infrastructure andindustry to impact one Lakhpeople each day.

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Bhopal’s jewellery designerShweta Pathak bagged the

most prestigious award ofjewellery industry ‘RetailJeweller India Award’ 2019 atMumbai recently.

Shweta secured first posi-tion in the Precious GemStone Ring category in thecompetition held in Mumbai.The competition was orga-nized by the Retail JewelerIndia Magazine that wit-nessed participation of vari-ous jewellery brands acrossthe country.

While talking to mediapersons here on Tuesday,Shweta detailed about thecompetition stating that theway the film industry has thebiggest Oscar award, in thesame way it is the Oscaraward of the jewellery indus-try. Shweta has been working in the field of jewellery designing for the past seven years and participated in

events not only in the coun-try but in different cities ofthe world.

She told that she wasbeing nominated for thisaward in the top five contin-uously for the past four years.“The most important thing topay attention is that this timeI specially designed an excep-tional design of a ring inprecious gem stone which iscolorful and shiny.

The butterfly placed onthe top of the ring is cherryon the cake which gave analluring look to the ring,” sheadded. Shweta informed thatthis competition takes placein total 16 categories. Thisincludes categories such asGold Bridal Jewellery, GoldEarrings Jewellery, DiamondBridal Jewellery, DiamondEarrings, Diamond Bracelets,Gold Ring and DiamondRing.

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Bhopal: An Open LearningDay will be organised onWednesday at Indian Instituteof Forest Management, Bhopal.

The Indian Institute ofForest Management, which isone of the country's renownedB-schools, is trying to under-take an educational-learninginitiative called "Open LearningDay". The idea behind thisOpen Learning Day is to pro-vide students with the oppor-tunity to learn outside of class-rooms through real-life activ-ities and tasks.

The idea is to provide aplatform for students to putcreativity, innovation and crit-ical thinking in a pleasantenvironment by breaking themonotony of learning in class-rooms and encouraging prac-tical learning. This is the sec-ond event of this series.

The second 'OpenLearning Day', to be held onWednesday, is a real-life empir-ical program on sales and mar-keting in which the students ofthe institute will hold selecteditems in the form of illustrat-ed fiction books and learningmaterial from Eklavya (a non-profit organization).

As many as 13 groups ofstudents of two-year postgrad-uate programs in ForestManagement and SustainabilityManagement will be in themarket from 11.00 am to 3.00pm and try to sell their thingsby talking to customers in themarket. Students will use all thenecessary skills to sell theirproducts to customers at vari-ous places in Bhopal such asNew Market, Mata Mandir,Limnabhatti, 10 NumberMarket, Bithan Market, MP

Nagar and Shahpura Market.At the end of the day, all thesegroups will return to the insti-tute campus and in a closingsession will discuss with theirmentor about the lessonslearned from the market andthe challenges faced by cus-tomers during and after sales.

Mentor Ayanyani NaturalFoods Pvt. The founder isSandeep Saxena. In preparationfor this program, on Tuesday,Saxena took a session on salesand marketing, in which stu-dents had the opportunity tointeract with Mentor and getinformation about the salesand marketing process.

The programme will beinaugurated on Wednesday byPankaj Shrivastava, Director ofIndian Institute of ForestManagement and CS. Rathore.

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Marking the second day ofAzad Bansuri Bal Natya

Samaroh on Tuesday, the con-tribution and sacrifice of afemale were depicted throughtwo plays.

Hindi plays ‘Jhalkari Bai’and 'Manikarnika' were stagedhere on Tuesday at ShaheedBhavan.

The play Jhalkari Bai wasdirected by Sangratna Bankar.The play focuses on the con-tribution of a female warrior inthe freedom struggle. JhalkariBai was a soldier in thewomen’s army of Queen LaxmiBai of Jhansi.

The play depicted her lifespan from her childhood tillshe fought for the freedom ofthe country. Jhalkari Bai was anIndian woman soldier whoplayed an important role in theIndian Rebellion of 1857 dur-ing the battle of Jhansi.

During the rebellion, at thefort of Jhansi, she disguised

herself as the queen and foughton the front to let the queenescape safely out of the fort.

During the Revolt of 1857,General Hugh Rose attackedJhansi with a large army.

Jhalkari Bai made a suggestionthat she would go on the frontin disguise. The queen escapedfrom the fort and left for Kalpi.At the same time, Jhalkari Baiset out for General Rose's campin disguise and declared herselfas the queen Laxmi Bai. Thisled to confusion. She wasreleased only after it wasrevealed that she was not thequeen but a common soldier.

Her life and especially theincident of her fighting with theEast India Company army onthe front in disguise, continuesto be sung in various Bundelifolklores.

Next the tale of valour ofQueen of Jhansi was narrated

by little artists of the citythrough a dance drama‘Manikarnika’. The event wasorganized by Nav Nritya NatyaSanstha, Bhopal. The play wasdirected by Sneha Kher.

Besides, a performance ofsplendor was presented by theartists from 4 to 14 years oldkids making it even moreenjoyable. Notably, Laxmibaiearned the title of Jhansi of Ranifor the valour with which shefought the British, while over-coming several personal set-backs. After losing GangadharRao, the widowed Laxmi Baitook up the responsibility of herkingdom Jhansi and became theQueen of the kingdom.

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The students of IndianInstitute of Forest

Management (IIFM) celebrat-ed the season of monsoon onTuesday. An event was organ-ised at IIFM by students ‘ClubUmang’.

There were different eventsthat were organised at IIFM.The students had a gala time atcollege premises.

On Tuesday the studentsparticipated in Group SongCompetition, Solo song com-petition, solo dance and groupdance competitions. The excit-ing performance was the clas-sical and semi classical perofr-mances. The students partici-pated showing a great enthusi-astic spirit. The fest then wasfollowed with Group Song

Competition under which thestudents performed variousmusical genres. Genres likepop songs, Bollywood tracks,and other folk songs were pre-sented under this segment.This was followed with solosinging competitions. Studentswith much confidence per-formed the tracks of Bollywoodon stage while the audienceenjoyed their magnetic per-formances.

The fest was a gala fest forthe students. The students arenot only enjoying various com-petitions but are also learningthe essence of friendship.

The charm to the day wasadded with the play Praribimb.The creativity of the partici-pants enthralled the students aswell as the audience. The eventconcluded on a grand note.

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The STF, Madhya Pradesh,has nabbed two drug ped-

dlers, including a woman andseized 3 kg of Alprazolamworth �2 crore from Bhopalrailway station platform no. 6on Monday; drug peddlers arepart of interstate drug traf-ficking nexus active in aroundhalf a dozen states.

After receiving informa-tion regarding two drug ped-dlers police team reachedBhopal railway station andnabbed two persons. The twowere identified as YasmeenMohammad and her son SabirHussain of Gandhi NagarMandsaur.

In the initial investigationwhen the two were checked 3kg of Alphazolam was recov-ered. Nabbed accused con-fessed their involvement in thenexus for the past two years.The drug recovered from thetwo is in demand in big cities.

Madhya Pradesh policehave nabbed the drug ped-dlers under the special cam-paign ‘Prahar’ to root outdrug peddlers and drug traf-ficking.

Apart from MadhyaPradesh, Rajashthan, UttarPradesh, Maharashtra andBihar are the states where thenexus is active which wasconfirmed by the nabbed

accused. The two have pro-vided important informationregarding nexus supplyingdrugs in hotels and bars inmetro cities Delhi, Mumbai,and big cities like Indore andin Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and

Rajasthan states.Based on the information

revealed by the two othermembers of the interstatedrug trafficking nexus wouldbe nabbed in the furtherinvestigation.

According to police drugseized is consumed by crimi-nals involved in serious crimesas it has lasting impact onbrain. These criminals takedrugs before committingcrime.

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Koh-e-Fiza police havenabbed two men involved

in burglary and one buyer andhave recovered valuables worth�16 lakh from their possessionhere on Sunday.

Acting on the tip off, ateam rushed to the spot anddetained the miscreants whowere trying to sell stolen valu-ables. The nabbed accused per-sons were identified as Shoaiband Ajay Nath. In the initialinvestigation police found thatthe miscreants have committedthree burglaries and burgledgoods has been sold to Manish.

Based on the informationManish was nabbed by policeand later in the investigationvaluables were recovered fromhis possession. The accusedused to target vacant houses.The two would recce in the dayand would burgle goods in thenight.

Police have nabbed the

two when they were trying tosell goods at low price and sus-pecting that the goods wereburgled locals tipped the policewhich resulted in nabbing ofthe two. During the investiga-tion police have recovered a car,home theatre, cooking gascylinders, laptops and goldand silver jewelry worth �16lakh.

In the further investigationmore recoveries would bemade and more crimes wouldbe revealed by the nabbedaccused. The buyer would bequizzed to reveal details ofother burglars who have soldstolen and burgled goods.

The details of three bur-glaries would be investigated.The concern police stationswould be contacted and victimswould be informed regardingthe recoveries. The crimerecord of the three would beinvestigated and their accom-plices would be searched andquizzed.

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To protect public, private andcooperative sector banks and

customers from online fraud, ameeting of nodal officers of var-ious banks was organised byMadhya Pradesh cyber crimepolice at State Cyber Cell onTuesday.

Special Director General(Cyber Crime), PurushottamSharma, discussed special issuesregarding cyber crimes and cybercrimes under the guise of bank-ing facilities by cyber criminals.Also the topics related to identi-fying the modus operandi usedby organized gangs and control-ling them and tracing the accusedwere also discussed.

It was assured by the banknodal officers that they will workwith the cyber police in the pre-vention of cyber crime and willcooperate in the investigation byestablishing proper coordina-tion.

He elaborated on the increas-ing online fraud in the cyber

world. Along with this discussionsafety and security covered in 30points were discussed and thenodal officers of banks wereasked to execute these points

In the investigation of casesCCTV footages are importantand ATM installed should pro-vide the footages so that crimi-nals could be identified. It shouldbe ensured that ATM should becovered in the CCTV installedand it was emphasized thatCCTV should also be installedoutside the ATM.

Physical verification of KYCshould also be done in banks. Aletter is also been issued to theRBI in this regard.

Instructions to organize suchmeetings with banks every threemonths with the participation ofRBI officials should be conduct-ed. Additional Director Generalof Police Cyber Rajesh Guptaand Deputy Inspector General ofPolice NB Vayangankar andnodal officers of various bankswere present in the meeting.

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About 374 metric tonnes ofe-waste has been disposed

in the State through scientificmethod.

This work is being donethrough 8 collection centres,one recycler and one manu-facturer. E-waste includes elec-tronic items such as computers,laptops, telephone sets, DVDplayers, mobile phones, CFLsetc.

The e-waste ManagementRule is applicable in theEnvironment Protection Act inthe state.

The purpose of this rule isto destroy electronic wastethrough scientific technique.The rule provides for the dis-

posal of each e-waste onlythrough recyclers registeredwith the Central or StatePollution Control Board.

Information about new sci-entific methods is regularlybeing provided by MadhyaPradesh Pollution ControlBoard through workshops fore-waste disposal.

The management of bio-medical waste is being under-taken in the state through sci-entific means. These wasteshave been divided into 4 cate-gories.

They have various methodsof treatment such as incinera-tion, autoclaving, microwaving,chemical disinfection, cutting,threading and land disposal asoptions.

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Minister for SchoolEducation Prabhuram

Chowdhary said that day byday increase in the institu-tional deliveries is an identifi-cation of public awareness.

Chowdhary was addressingthe workshop ‘ContinuousMedical Education’ forGynaecologists here onTuesday. The StateGovernment by conducting aspecial campaign under theNational Health Mission hasintroduced masses with thebenefits of institutional deliv-eries and measures to reducemother and infant mortalityrate.

Besides, Chowdhary pre-sented awards toGynaecologists, staff of gov-

ernment and private sectorand volunteers for their out-standing services.

Minister Chowdhary saidthat challenges and aspirationsof common man is more inmedical field. He informedthat the state government is

working with commitment toprovide better health servicesupto rural areas.Congratulating doctors, vol-unteers and staff for the awards,Chowdhary mentioned thatthis trend of award will be aninspiration for other people ofmedical field.

The Managing Director ofNational Health MissionChhavi Bhardwaj informedabout the activities and pro-grammes of the mission. Shetold doctors to use all necessaryfacilities for the institutionaldeliveries and to adopt processso that desired decrease couldbe brought in mother andinfant mortality rate. She fur-ther informed that cooperationof other states and private sec-tor is also being taken in theprogrammes of mission.

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Madhya Pradesh’s star paraswimmer Satendra Singh

swam across Catalina channelleading five other para swim-mers.

Satendra, who has alreadycrossed English Channel inthe past, has become the firstAsian swimmer to have crossedboth English and Catalinachannel successfully. TheGwalior born is the first paraswimmer to have crossedCatalina channel.

The Indian contingent tookto freezing waters of CatalinaChannel on Monday night andcrossed it this morning clock-ing 11 hours 34-minute timing.

The temperature of waterat this 36 km long water body

was 13 degree Celsius.In a video message sent

back home, Singh expressedhappiness over this feat sayingdisability isn’t a physician statebut state of mind and we areswimming to end this mental-ity.

“Despite chilly water, Imanaged to cross the channelwith my associates this morn-ing,” said the swimmer, adding,“We had started at 10.57pmand finished at 10.30am.”

Satendra thanked everyonefor support and backing. Ourbodies might be weak but ourspirits are always high whichhelped us get through thischallenge, said Satendra addinghe hopes this feat would alsoinspire others.

Satendra in the attemptwas accompanied by Rimo

Shah of West Bengal, AnjaniPatel of Chhattisgarh, ChetanRaut and Gitanjali Chaudharyof Mharashtra and Jagdish Teliof Rajasthan.

In March this year, Satndrahas crossed English Channelclocking a timing of 12 hours26 minutes and also enteredLimca Book of Records withhis effort.

Despite 75% disability,Satendra in the past had swamacross Arabian sea covering 36km has many awards in hiskitty including Vikram awardwhich was conferred on him byMP government in 2014.

Besides 19 medals indomestic swimming events,Singh won a gold in the Men’sOpen 50m backstroke at theNSW 2017 state open champi-onship in Sydney.

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Panic prevailed at PuranaNagar area after a partially

decomposed body was foundon Tuesday deceased wentmissing on August 16 and hisbody was recovered onTuesday; Govindpura policehave started investigation.According to the police, thebody was spotted neardeceased’s house on Tuesday.

The deceased identified asBobby Valmiki went missingon August 16.

After spotting the bodypolice was informed and on thereceipt a team reached thespot and started investigation.SHO Govindpura AshokParihar said that the body wasfound near the house but noone spotted as the areas wasswampy and was not searchedby the locals and family mem-bers.

The deceased used to workas sweeper and heavily addict-ed to liquor.

The body is 3-4 days old.The reason could not be ascer-tained as the post mortemreport is awaited.

In the initial investigationno injury marks were visibleand if there are any postmortem could reveal, he added.

The deceased died ofexcessive consumption ofliquor is the prime possibilitywhile suicide and murder couldbe investigated.

The circumstantial evi-dences suggest that thedeceased had committed sui-cide but reason behind the sui-cide remained unknown.

The possibility of deceasedwas poisoned and dumpedcould not be ruled out butnothing could not be ascer-tained as the post mortemreport is awaited. After the pre-liminary investigation the bodywas sent for the post mortem.The police have registered acase under section 174 of theCrPC and have started furtherinvestigation.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas said that former Prime

Minister Late Rajiv Gandhicreated revolution in IT sectorto enable the new generation tocompete with the changingworld. For this, the wholecountry will always rememberhim.

Nath was addressing a pro-gramme held after garlandingthe lifesize statue of late RajivGandhi near Habibganj policestation here on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Nath said, “Iremember when Rajiv ji start-ed the enabling of India amongthe developed countries of theworld, at that time the peoplewho are taking the credit fordigital India today opposed itthen.”

The Chief Minister said

that as a result of what RajivGandhi introduced in 1984,today information technologyhas expanded from village tovillage, cell phones havereached there. Our new gener-ation is connected to the worldof Internet.

He said that it was Rajivji’sfarsightedness that connectedthe new generation with thechanging world throughknowledge.

Chief Minister Nath saidthat Rajivji started the cam-paign to take the country onthe path of Sadbhavna and jus-tice at a time when the coun-try was facing many chal-lenges. He said that todayefforts are being made to attackSadbhavna and judicial systemof our country but its roots areso strong that no such negativeeffort will be successful.

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The theatre students ofMadhya Pradesh School

od Drama (MPSD) showcasedtheir learning on Tuesday.

The theatre lovers wereenthralled watching martial artform ‘Kalaripayattu’ onTuesday at MPSD The stu-dents of Madhya PradeshSchool of Drama (MPSD) pre-sented the martial arts‘Kalaripayattu’ as their classpresentation.

A martial art expert fromChennai K Vinod taught theparticipants Kalaripayattu atMPSD.

The one-month long work-shop concluded with the classpresentation on Tuesday.

Notably, the students of

batch of 2019-20 presentedthe class presentation.

MPSD Director AlokChatterjee said that martialarts bring a kind of disciplinein life.

It awakens the innerstrength in an individual. Hesaid that the students of MPSDhad been learning the art formsince one month.

The workshop began onJuly 20 and concluded onTuesdat.

He said that the time intheatre presentations is chang-ing and if folk techniques aremixed with the martial art thepresentation will become moreattractive to perform.

The students presentedentire form with confidence.The entire performance was

much enjoyed by the audience.

Kalaripayattu is a martialart, which originated as a stylein Kerala, southern India.

The word kalari firstappears in the Tamil Sangamliterature to describe both abattlefield and combat arena.

The word kalari tatt denot-ed a martial feat, while kalarikozhai meant a coward in war.

Each warrior in theSangam era received regularmilitary training. It is consid-ered to be one of the oldest sur-viving fighting systems in stillexistence in the world. It wasoriginally practiced in northernand central parts of Keralaand southern parts of TamilNadu.

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Energy Minister PriyavratSingh said at the State level

Conference of Electricity MeterReaders Welfare Union thatproblems of electric meterreaders will be solved on pri-ority.

He said that district wiselist of meter readers who havebeen removed from servicesshould be presented and theywill be rehabilitated. Their reg-ularization in the new operat-ing structure will also be con-sidered. This work will beundertaken with positivethinking.

Singh said that the vision ofthe Chief Minister is the visionof a leader. His first goal is to

remove unemployment fromthe state.

That is why it has beendecided to provide 70 percentemployment to local people innew industries. Singh said thatthe present governmentbelieves in solving problemsthrough dialogue. He said thatthe state has to be convertedinto a developed state from asick state. Electricity produc-tion has to be increased accord-ing to demand. The EnergyMinister said that the decisionto give electricity bill of Rs 100on consumption of 100 unitsfor all irrespective of caste, reli-gion, discrimination of poor-rich has been taken due toirregularities in the SambalYojana.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas said that a meeting will

be organised with MaharashtraState for construction of stopdam-cum-medium bridge nearSakdi-Dagonrali village onBanganga river in Balaghatdistrict. Nath gave this infor-mation during a meeting witha joint delegation with MineralResources Minister PradeepJaiswal.

Minister Jaiswal told thatthe construction of the Sakdi-Dagonrali bridge will maketraffic easier for over 100 vil-lages of Madhya Pradesh andMaharashtra. Along with this,the ground water level will alsoincrease in this region. It willalso enhance trade between

both the states. The delegationincluded Assembly DeputySpeaker Hina Kanvre, MLAfrom Gondia of MaharashtraGopal Das Agrawal.

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In a tribute to late formerPrime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

on his 75th birth anniversary,Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Tuesdaylaunched his Government’sflagship universal health insur-ance scheme ‘Sarbat SehatBima Yojana’, benefitting near-ly 46 lakh families.

E-cards were handed overto the first 11 beneficiariesfrom Mohali district to kick offthe scheme, which would enti-tle beneficiaries to avail annu-al cashless treatment up to�five lakh per family per year,including pre-existing diseases,was aimed at ensuring thebest possible treatment to thebeneficiaries free of cost.

With this scheme, covering76 percent of the its popula-tion, Punjab has become thefirst state in the country tooffer medical insurance coverto the maximum number of itspeople, the Chief Ministerannounced, dedicating the wel-fare initiative to Rajiv Gandhi.His Government was com-mitted to fulfilling the aspira-tions of the people with thevision of the country’syoungest prime minister, headded. Notably, the StateGovernment had decided, afew months ago, to extend thePradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) to providecashless health insurance coverof Rs five lakh per family peryear to more 31 lakh families.

While the cost of the pre-

mium for 14.86 lakh families,originally covered underPMJAY, as per SECC data, isbeing borne by the Centreand State in 60:40 ratio, for therest of the beneficiaries, thestate will bear the entire cost ofthe premium.“It took theGovernment several months todraw the roadmap for theimplementation of the cashlesstreatment scheme to cover 76percent of its population, insharp contrast to the 12 per-cent that would have beencovered otherwise under theCentral Government’s PMJAYscheme. Similar schemes inother states had covered up toa mere 30 percent of their pop-ulation,” said Capt Amarinder.

The Chief Ministerrecalled Rajiv’s proactive rolein sanctioning approval forsetting the first multi-nation-al project in Punjab in the formof Pepsi. “I was then PunjabAgriculture Minister and hadsubmitted a proposal to PMOfor setting up this plant, whichwas vital for state's diversifi-cation plans.

I still remember how,exactly on the eighth day, I gota message that PM wanted tomeet me and the project wasapproved,” the Chief Ministersaid nostalgically. Giving

details of the Sarbat SehatBima Yojana, the ChiefMinister revealed that it wouldcover a total of 20.43 lakhsmart ration card holder fam-ilies, in addition to 14.86 lakhfamilies enrolled as per SocioEconomic Caste Census Data,4.94 lakh J form holder farmerfamilies, 2.8 lakh small farm-ers, and more than 2.38 lakhconstruction workers regis-tered with the StateConstruction Welfare Board,besides 46,000 small traders.

The scheme has also beenextended to around 4,500 jour-nalists accredited to the Stateor holding yellow cards, he

said. Equipped with speciallydesigned 1396 treatment pack-ages, the scheme will be imple-mented through more than450 empanelled hospitals,including 200 governmenthospitals.

Of the total premium of �333 crore under the MahatmaGandhi Sarbat Sehat BimaYojana, the State's share is 83per cent, which amounts to�276 crore, while the CentralGovernment would be payingthe remaining �57 crore.Surgical packages under thescheme also include the cost ofpre-hospitalisation for threedays and post-hospitalisationfor 15 days.

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The Nanda Devi Mahotsavwill be celebrated here from

September 3 to 8. The Nainital district mag-

istrate Savin Bansal chaired ameeting regarding this fest.

According to the plan, theNanda Devi Mahotsav will beinaugurated at Ramsevak

Sabha compound onSeptember 3.

Various activities like get-ting the plant material to builda representation of the goddess,carrying out a procession com-prising tableaux in the city,building the idol and its ritualinstallation, special prayers,community feast and otherevents will be held before theconclusion of the fest on

September 8. A procession will be taken

out on the concluding daywhich will culminate with theimmersion of the idols in theNaini lake near the PashanDevi temple.

The district magistrate saidthat adequate arrangementsare being made for the safety ofdevotees expected to attend theevent.

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Aday after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi flagged the

issue of Pakistan’s rhetoric overJammu and Kashmir during histelephonic conversation withUS President Donald Trump,Defence Minister Rajnath Singhon Tuesday held talks with hisUS counterpart Mark T Esperon the phone and raised theissue of cross-border terrorism.The US Defence Secretarytermed abrogation of specialstatus under Article 370 forJammu and Kashmir as inter-nal matter of India.

Congratulating Esper overhis appointment as the newDefence Secretary, Singh raisedthe issue of cross-border ter-rorism directed against India,officials said. Singh also con-veyed to Esper that issues relat-

ing to abrogation of provi-sions of Article 370 of theConstitution are internal mat-ters of India.

He also said the steps toremove Article 370 are aimedat improving growth and eco-nomic development, democ-racy and prosperity for the peo-ple of Jammu and Kashmir.

“The US secretary ofdefence appreciated India’s posi-tion that the recent develop-ments in Jammu and Kashmirare internal matter of India. Hehoped that any issue betweenIndia and Pakistan will beresolved bilaterally,” defenceministry officials said later.

Both the Ministersexpressed happiness at the sig-nificant progress in bilateraldefence cooperation and reaf-firmed their commitment tostrengthen and deepen therelations further. Theyexchanged views on a range ofissues related to military-to-military cooperation, defencepolicy, R&D cooperation,defence trade, technology andindustrial cooperation.

Earlier in the day, in anapparent reference to theBalakot air strikes to destroy

terrorist infrastructure there,Singh said here the offensiveaction by the IAF spoke vol-umes about the “reach andlethality” of the armed forces.The IAF had carried out thestrikes in February in retalia-tion after 40 Central ReservePolice Force(CRPF)personnelwere killed in a suicide attackin Pulwama.

“We are all aware that theIndian (Air) Force is a techno-

logically advanced and extreme-ly potent force. The recentoffensive strikes against terror-ist outfits in our neighbourhoodspeak volumes about the reachand lethality of the formidablearm of the Indian armed forces,”Singh said in his address at anIAF seminar here on indige-nization and modernisation.

The minister alsoannounced that test facilities ofthe government and services

will be opened for the privatesector. It was a long pendingdemand of the industry toprovide level playing field indefence manufacturing. Singh

said a formal governmentorder will be issued shortly tovarious bottlenecks in the wayof using testing facilities by pri-vate entities.

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In the backdrop of RSS headMohan Bhagwat again stir-

ring the reservation debate,the chiefs of the ruling NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA)constituents, Republican Partyof India (RPI)’s RamdasAthawale and Lok JanshaktiPaty (LJP)’s Ram Vilas Paswan,on Tuesday, dismissed any dis-cussion on the issue saying “there is no need for it”.

Both the Dalit leaders, whoare also Union Ministers,asserted that reservation was a“Constitutional right” and therewas no case for re-revisiting thesubject.

Dalit group Bhim Armyleader Chandrashekhar Azadalso joined issue challengingthe RSS chief to an open debateon the issue of reservationeven as he sought a discussionon the abolition of caste sys-tem which, he said, has “hol-lowed out” the country.

Catering to the exclusiveDalit constituency, Paswan saidthat Prime Minister NarendraModi has reiterated it manytimes that it cannot be tam-pered with. “There is no needfor any debate on reservation.This is now available even tothe upper castes poor so it isimpossible that it will beended,” he told reporters.Paswan, however, did not reactdirectly to Bhagwat’s com-ments, saying he had not gotdetails of his remarks.

“Opposition parties aretrying to fuel a controversy. ButI believe their lies are notgoing to cut ice with the peo-ple,” Paswan claimed.

Union minister and RPIleader Ramdas Athawale alsorejected the need for a debateon reservation in the countryand said the Modi govern-ment should not be perceivedas anti-Dalit.

Addressing a press confer-ence in Kolkata, Athawale alsosaid reservation has been pro-

vided by the Constitution andno one can take it away fromthe backward section of thesociety. “Whatever MohanBhagwatji had said the RSS hasclarified it. I want to assure theDalits of this country thatthere is no question of debateor rethinking on the issue ofreservation.

The RSS on Monday dis-missed as “needless” the rowover Bhagwat’s remarks, assert-ing that he merely stressed onthe need for mutual talks inharmony within society toaddress any issue.

Azad claimed that 54 percent of the people belonging toScheduled Castes do not ownany land in the country, whilea particular caste dominatesand enjoys all privileges. “He(Bhagwat) wants the issue to bediscussed among those who areagainst reservation. I challengehim to hold a debate in front ofthe media and all concerned.We want to tell people about allthat we (Dalits) have sufferedbecause of the caste system. Heshould come armed with allstatistics,” Chandrashekharsaid.

Bhagwat on Sunday saidthere should be conversationon reservation between thosewho are in its favour and thosewho are against it. The RSShead hit a similar controversywhen BJP was in the thick ofBihar electoral contest in 2015.

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The NIA has initiated anenquiry into allegations of

attempted extortion by threeofficials of the agency during aprobe into the terror fundingby Pakisan-based Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a frontrun by Lashkar-e-Tayyaba chiefHafiz Sayeed of 26/11 Mumbaiterror attack infamy.

“In this matter, a complaintof misconduct was received byNIA. An enquiry into the alle-gations is being conducted by aDIG rank officer. In the mean-time three concerned officialshave been transferred out toensure a fair probe,” NIAspokesperson said in a statement.

The three officials underthe scanner include an SP rankofficer, one Assistant Sub-Inspector of BSF on deputationto the NIA and a finger printexpert National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB) also on depu-tation to the counter-terrorismprobe agency.

The allegation againstthem is that they had demand-ed Rs two crore bribe from aDelhi-based businessmanunder the NIA scanner in theFIF terror funding case for notnaming him as a conspirator inthe case, sources said.

The complaint against thetrio was received by the NIAabout a month back and theywere transferred out on August

14, the sources said. The complaint originated

from an agency official whowas contacted by a friend of thebusinessman who was alleged-ly being sought to be black-mailed, they added.

This is the first instancewherein such an instance ofalleged blackmailing by the pre-mier counter-terrorism probeagency has come to the fore.

The Parliament recentlyempowered the NIA by enact-ing amendments to the Actstrengthening the powers of theagency. The Unlawful activities(Prevention) Act was alsoamended recently wherein theNIA is empowered to declareindividuals as terrorists.

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BJP president Amit Shah held a meeting onTuesday with senior party leaders, including

Union Ministers, who have been assigned keyresponsibilities for assembly polls in four Statesof Maharashtra, Hraryana, Jharkahand and Delhias they reviewed election preparedness in thesestates and discussed campaign strategy.

The election are expected to be slated laterthis year in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkandand in Delhi early next year.

Union ministers Prakash Javadekar andNarendra Singh Tomar, who are the BJP’s electionin-charge for Delhi and Haryana respectively, andparty general secretary Bhupender Yadav and vicepresident Om Mathur were among those whoattended the meeting. Yadav and Mathurare poll in-charges for Maharashtra and Jharkhandrespectively.

BJP working president J P Nadda and itsnewly appointed general secretary (organization)B L Santosh also attended the deliberations.

BJP general secretary Anil Jain, also theorganisational in-charge for Haryana, said the lead-ers reviewed strategy and programme for the elec-tions.

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Seeking to allay apprehensions,the Union Home Ministry on

Tuesday said non-inclusion of a per-son’s name in the final list of NRCdoes not by itself amount to him orher being declared a foreigner. Itassured that adequate arrangementshave been made for appeal against it.

The ministry also said it willamend the rules to increase the timelimit of filing of appeals in foreign-ers tribunals (FTs) from 60 to 120days for those who would be exclud-ed from the final National Registerof Citizens, a list of Assam’s residentsto be published on August 31.

The decisions were taken at ahigh-level meeting chaired byUnion Home Minister Amit Shahand attended by Assam ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowal andothers here on Monday. In a state-ment, the ministry said under theprovisions of Foreigners Act 1946and Foreigners (Tribunals) Order1964, only foreigners tribunals areempowered to declare a person for-

eigner. “Thus, non-inclusion of aperson’s name in NRC does not byitself amount to him/her beingdeclared as a foreigner,” it said.

In order to facilitate the personsexcluded from NRC, adequatenumber of such tribunals is beingestablished at convenient locations.“It has been decided that state gov-ernment would also make arrange-ments to provide legal aid to theneedy people amongst those exclud-ed from NRC. As it may not be pos-sible for all those excluded fromfinal NRC to file the appeal withinthe prescribed time, the MHA willamend the rules to increase the pre-sent time limit of filing of appealsin FTs from 60 days to 120 daysregarding exclusion from finalNRC,” the statement said.

At the meeting, it was alsodecided that adequate arrange-ments will be made by the state gov-ernment to provide full opportuni-ty to people excluded from the NRClist to appeal. “Every individual,whose name does not figure in thefinal NRC, can represent his/her

case in front of the appellate author-ity i.e. Foreigner tribunals,” it said.The Citizenship (Registration ofCitizens and Issue of NationalIdentity Cards) Rules, 2003 arealso being amended accordingly.

When the draft NRC was pub-lished on July 30, 2018, there was ahuge controversy over the exclusionof 40.7 lakh people from it. Thedraft NRC included the names of2.9 crore people out of the total 3.29crore applications. In the list pub-lished in June 2019, over a lakhmore people were excluded. Thefinal list of the NRC will be pub-lished on August 31.

The Supreme Court-monitoredNRC exercise, aimed at identifyingillegal immigrants in the state thatborders Bangladesh, was carried outonly in Assam, which faced influxof people from Bangladesh since theearly 20th century. When the NRCwas first prepared in Assam in 1951,the state had 80 lakh citizens.According to the 2011 census,Assam’s total population is over 3.11crore.

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Union Minister for Housingand Urban Affairs

Hardeep Singh Puri onTuesday said the target of‘Housing for All’ underPradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-Urban)will beachieved in 2020, two yearsbefore the deadline. TheMinister said that under thePMAY-Urban, 24 lakh houseshave so far been handed overto beneficiaries and the num-ber will soon reach 50 lakh.

There are 48 lakh houseswhich are currently grounded,

but this number will also riseto 75 lakh, Puri told reporterson the sidelines of an event.

“We had decided to buildone crore houses by 2022. Wehave already sanctioned around84 lakh houses and I am fullyconfident that by the end of thisyear, the entire one crore hous-es will be sanctioned,” the min-ister said.

“We have also receivedadditional assessment demandof constructing 12 lakh morehouses...The target of 2022 willbe achieved in in early 2020,” headded.

The minister exuded con-fidence that government will beable to fast track completionwork of houses under thePMAY (Urban). Addressingthe 15th National Conventionof NAREDCO, Puri said theenactment of real estate law --RERA, “builder-politiciannexus” has been broken, andthat home-buyers will no longerbe at the mercy of anyone.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday agreed to hear a

plea of Facebook Inc for trans-fer of cases related to demandsfor linking of social mediaprofiles of users with Aadhaarnumber, pending before thehigh courts of Madras, Bombayand Madhya Pradesh to theapex court.

The top court issued noticeto the Centre, Google, Twitter,YouTube and others and soughttheir response by September 13.

A bench of justices DeepakGupta and Aniruddha Bosesaid the notices to unservedparties should be sent throughe-mail.

The bench said the hearingin cases related to linkage ofsocial media user profiles with12-digit Aadhaar number, theBiometric Unique Identity,pending before the Madras

High Court will continue butno final order will be passed.

Attorney General KKVenugopal, appearing for theTamil Nadu government told thebench that the Madras HighCourt has conducted 18 hearingsso far and it should be allowedto conclude the argument anddeliver the verdict in the cases.

Senior advocates MukulMohatgi and Kapil Sibal,appearing for Facebook andinstant messaging appWhatsApp, respectively, saidwhether service providers canbe asked to share data withprobe agencies to help them incriminal investigation needs tobe decided by the apex court asit will have a global effect.

They said that bothFacebook and WhatsApp areinternational companies havingtheir operation in over 150countries and any findings bythe Madras High Court would

have a bearing on their globaloperations.

Venugopal referred to theBlue Whale game and saidseveral young lives were lostdue to directions given by thecurator.

He said governments didnot get any clue about thecurator in the Blue Whale gameand therefore it is necessary tofind out who is the originatorof such messages on socialmedia which are defamatory,terror-oriented or fake news.

Both Facebook andWhatsApp told the bench thatBlue Whale game has nothingto do with their platforms andif data is shared with third par-ties, it will be a breach of privacy.

To this, the bench said itseems to be a conflict betweenright to privacy and right togovern the country and thecourt has to maintain a balancebetween the two.

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While on the one hand theCentre is taking all efforts

to ensure early detection of lep-rosy cases given that the diseaseis 100% curable, on the other,there still exists at least 108 dis-criminatory laws-three UnionLaws and 105 State laws--against persons affected by thedisease. Though the number ofleprosy cases have steadilydeclined worldwide, an esti-mated 2,00,000 cases continueto be reported every year, withIndia accounting for more than

a half mainly because of theprevalent stigma associatedwith the disease.

Taking the matter with theUnion Ministers of Law andJustice and Social Justice andEmpowerment, Ravi ShankarPrasad and ThaawarchandGehlot respectively, Dr HarshVardhan, Union Minister forHealth and Family Welfare onTuesday wrote a letter to thetwo Union Ministers as well asto the States urging them toamend the existing discrimi-natory laws against personsaffected with leprosy.

“A leprosy affected personafter treatment does not trans-mit the disease agent. Hence,there exists no justification forthe continued stigmatization ofthe persons affected by leprosy,”Dr Harsh Vardhan pointedout.

“It will be a befitting trib-ute to the Father of the Nation

on his 150th Birth Anniversaryif we can expedite the processand introduce in Parliamentthe Elimination ofDiscrimination against PersonsAffected by Leprosy (EDPAL)Bill, which was drafted by theLaw Commission of India”, theMinister said as he recalled thatthe Global Leprosy Strategy,2016 - 2020 target is to reducethe number of countries withlaws allowing discriminationon the ground of leprosy tozero.

The Minister’s letter comesmonths after the Lok Sabhapassed a Bill doing away withleprosy as grounds for divorce.Gandhi Peace Prize winnerand the World HealthOrganization GoodwillAmbassador for LeprosyElimination Yohei Sasakawatoo had recently stressed thatdiscriminatory laws againstpeople with leprosy that still

exists in India need to goimmediately.

Dr Harsh Vardhan has alsoshot off a letter to the ChiefMinisters of 23 States/UTsincluding AndhraPradesh/Telangana, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu, Odisha,Goa/Daman & Diu, Kerala,Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,Sikkim, Meghalaya, Haryana,West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh,Gujarat, Assam, Maharashtra,Bihar, Puducherry, Delhi,Rajasthan and North EasternRegion and Governor of J&Kto work for the amendments ofthe existing discriminatorylaws against the sector.

On its part, the UnionHealth Ministry has initiatedvarious measures under theNational Leprosy EradicationProgramme (NLEP) to controlleprosy such as Leprosy CaseDetection Campaign (LCDC)(specific for high endemic dis-

tricts), Focussed LeprosyCampaign (for hot spots i.e.,rural and urban areas), specialplan for case detection in hardto reach areas, ASHA basedSurveillance for LeprosySuspects (ABSULS) that havecontributed to early case detec-tion.

“Moreover, leprosy hasbecome fully curable by Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT), beingavailable free of cost at all thegovernment health care facili-ties,” said Dr Harsh Vardhan.

Welcoming the Ministry’sinitiative, Sasakawa - IndiaLeprosy Foundation (S-ILF)Executive Director, Dr VineetaShanker said that the passage ofthe Edpal bill will be a hugestep forward in removing anylegal basis for discriminationand will also help to changemindsets and social perceptionabout the disease which is fullycurable.

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New Delhi: Stressing the need for faster modernisation of theIAF, Air Chief BS Dhanoa on Tuesday said the force is still fly-ing the 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when “nobody is drivingcars of that vintage”. He said this in the presence of DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh during a seminar on modernisation andindigenisation. The Air Chief said the basic version of the fight-er jet will be phased out this year. “Hopefully, I will fly the lastsortie in September, subject to visibility,” he said. The aircraftwas in service for decades because of the overhauling usingIndian-made components. “Over 95 per cent of componentsrequired in overhauling is made in India. The Russians are notflying the MiG but we are because we have overhaul facilities,”he said. The MIG-21s were inducted into the IAF in the early70s and several aviation experts besides services personnel werefor last many years stressing the need for phasing out the jet. Morethan 100 MiG-21s were upgraded in 2006 to MiG-21 Bison withpowerful multi-mode radar, better avionics and communicationssystems. Dhanoa has flown the MiG-21. In May 2017, he led afour-aircraft ‘Missing Man’ formation in honour of the service-men killed during the Kargil conflict. PNS

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The outcome of External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar’s visit toChina has been positive, not onlyin terms of India explaining itsstand but also clearing the air for

future exchanges. The External AffairsMinister is not only a distinguished diplomatbut having been India’s Ambassador toChina, he knows the system and personali-ties whom he has to deal with. One majorpoint made by him to China’s ForeignMinister Wang Yi was to emphasise that thefuture of the India-China relationship willdepend on “mutual sensitivity” to eachother’s “core concerns.” In return, MinisterWang Yi emphasised “the five principles ofpeaceful co-existence”, which have “funda-mental interest and long-term interest of ourtwo peoples and also contribute to worldpeace and human progress.” As an immedi-ate measure, India and China signed fouragreements covering cultural exchanges,healthcare, sports and cooperation in muse-um management. In particular, bothJaishankar and Yi emphasised the importanceof cooperation in the field of traditional med-icine, wherein both China and India, the twomost ancient civilisations in the modernworld, have cumulative knowledge.

The time has come now to provide a neworientation in China-India relations. In theeconomic field, bilateral trade between the twocountries touched almost $90 billion in2017-18 but trade deficit increased to $62.9billion in China’s favour. China must followLao Tzu: “If you do not change direction, youmay end up where you are heading.” It clear-ly has interests which are long term, given itsancient history and traditions and it isunlikely that it would think in terms of mereshort-term benefits that could lead to frictionand disputes. Our External Affairs Ministerclearly mentioned that any bilateral differencesshould not become disputes.

China has major ambitions to emerge asthe largest and most influential global powerin the world. Its growth rate has been phe-nomenal and poverty, which was widelyprevalent, has more or less been completelyeliminated. This writer first visited China in1981 and today, the country representsprogress which most other nations haveachieved in almost a century. Yet, China can-not ignore the fact that it shares a large bor-der with India and the latter is a rising powerin a complex world. There is every need forthe two nations to come together and worktowards the establishment of global peace andsecurity.

One major area where the two countriesmust cooperate is in respect of promoting apattern of sustainable development whichdeviates substantially from the Westernmodel. Unfortunately, both nations have beenfollowing this model. China in particular hasadopted it much too rapidly with major eco-nomic success but with some adverse conse-quences both at the global and national lev-els. Gandhiji was not in any way exaggerat-

ing when he predicted that for thecivilised West “a time is comingwhen those who are in the madrush today of multiplying theirwants, will retrace their steps andsay; what have we done….Modern civilisation is such thatone has only to be patient and itwill be self-destroyed.” What wefind across the entire world,which is mindlessly aping theWestern model, is human-induced climate change resultingfrom the burning of fossil fuels,a loss of biodiversity and destruc-tion of the earth’s ecosystems.

China and India are largecountries, which are also suffer-ing from the consequences ofthese disastrous trends. As theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) has pro-jected and as is becomingincreasingly evident today, thefrequency and intensity ofextreme events is rapidly on theincrease. These take place in theform of heat waves, extremeprecipitation events and severalsea level related disasters. Thereare areas which are suffering fromprolonged drought, which at thesame time, witness floods duringcertain seasons.

China already has a majorproblem of water scarcity, partic-ularly in its western region. India,too, is suffering from the conse-quences of global climate change,

which clearly makes this a “coreconcern” for both societies. It isalso important for the populationof China and India to set a newpath of development which is rel-evant not only for the two coun-tries but also for the rest of theworld. Together, China and Indiaare close to three billion peoplein a world which holds today anestimated 7.7 billion. Clearly,therefore, whatever path is set bythe two countries will have amajor influence on the world asa whole.

An area in which coopera-tion is needed would be to devel-op and use renewable sources ofenergy. The IPCC has clearlyassessed the reasons for theworld to keep within the 1.5oClimit by the end of the century.It has also defined the implica-tions of land use, including mas-sive consumption of meat, whichis totally unsustainable. Today,China has increased its con-sumption of all forms of meat toa huge level. However, fortunate-ly, it is one of the leaders in theuse of renewable energy where-in both countries would derivemutual benefits from workingtogether.

In Prime Minister Modi’sIndependence Day speech, heemphasised the need for waterconservation, including precisionagriculture, rainwater harvesting

and waste water treatment. Healso highlighted the indiscrimi-nate use of plastic. Additionally,he addressed the need for cuttingdown on the use of chemical fer-tilisers in agriculture by up to 25per cent. He stated: “This wouldbe a great service to the nation.This would be a great step in sav-ing our Mother Earth.”

China and India can worktowards the use of bio-fertilis-ers, which would enable us todo away with chemical fertilis-ers. “Saving our Mother Earth”is clearly a core concern forboth societies. This writer hasinteracted with those responsi-ble for conceptualising a facil-ity called “Science City”, whichis to be established outsideBeijing over an area of 100square kilometres.

The ambition behind thisinitiative is to see that Chinaaddresses global problems of along-term nature. PerhapsIndia could also join handswith China, with delineation ofprinciples governing intellectu-al property and clear areas ofcommon endeavour to cooper-ate in “Science City” so that wework towards developing glob-al solutions for a sustainablefuture.

(The writer is former chair-man, Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change, 2002-15)

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Sir — Agro-chemical productstake a long time to grow. In addi-tion, new molecules at presenttake about six to seven years to beregistered. The bureaucraticprocess delays the delivery of theproducts to farmers, leaving themwith no option but to buy cheap-er, low-quality products. It isrecommended that theGovernment look into this issueat the earliest.

Also, while Indian formula-tions are mostly generic productsas research and development(R&D) is expensive, overseascompanies frequently spread theirassortment and are eager to investin India on product R&D andmarketing. Data selectiveness inthe agrochemicals sector will notonly delay the entry of generics bycreating an additional period oflegal monopoly but will also makeagrochemicals or pesticides unaf-fordable to Indian farmers. Dataprotection or selectiveness willobstruct growth of indigenousmanufacturers and will workagainst the Government’s vision of“Make in India.”

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Sir — In the backdrop of China’spropensity to open diplomaticties, Prime Minister NarendraModi’s second visit to Bhutan notonly weighed heavily on the bilat-eral front but was also an oppor-tunity to woo the youth overthere. The Prime Minister’s grandwelcome on the streets from

Paro to Thimpu spoke volumesabout his popularity among theBhutanese people.

India’s long-term commit-ment to foster economic and cul-tural ties with Bhutan has beenvital in developing a strong bondwith the neighbouring country.This visit marked a new chapter inrelations between the two coun-tries. A total of 10 Memoranda ofUnderstanding (MoUs) were

signed and the Prime Minister didnot miss the opportunity to nar-rate the Indian story to the youthover there. However, it is also a factthat with the world growing, andmore strategic powers courtingBhutan, much remains to be doneto retain ties. Both India andBhutan must address each other’sconcerns.

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Sir — Internet services haveagain been suspended in theJammu and Kashmir region. Postthe abrogation of Article 370, theGovernment was bound to facechallenges in restoring normalcyin the Valley. We will also need tocontinue engaging with the worldcommunity over current andpast issues over Jammu &Kashmir with alacrity and lessreservation. This, too, will be achallenge. So, the need for theGovernment is to remain trans-parent across the aisle. More sowhen this historical step is boundto entail far-reaching socio-polit-ical connotations.

The Government must alsorealise that a strong Oppositionis needed to sustain our democ-ratic ethos. And, hence, it needsto be nurtured. Tide and timeswill constantly impact and testour mettle — the J&K issue is butone of them. The strife to addincremental value and strength toour polity will never cease.

R NarayananNavi Mumbai

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The recent suicide by Café Coffee Dayowner jolted every coffee lover in thecountry and brought to the fore the grim

reality that high debt can be dangerous for acompany. A business is said to be overlever-aged when it carries too much debt and isunable to make interest payments on loans andmeet other expenses.

Overleveraged companies are often unable topay operating expenses because of the burdenbrought on by debt in the form of interest pay-ments and principal repayments. Overleveragingcan sometimes lead to a downward financial spi-ral where the company cannot generate enoughrevenue to make the debt payments and pay itsusual operating expenses. This leads to the com-pany having to borrow more to stay in operation,and the problem gets worse. This spiral usuallyends when the company closes its doors or filesfor bankruptcy protection.

A less leveraged company can be betterpositioned to sustain drops in revenue becausethey do not have the same expensive debt-relat-ed burden on their cash flow. Businesses thatborrow money to add to a product line,expand internationally, or upgrade their facil-ities are often better able to offset the risk theytake on when borrowing.

Leverage can be measured by financial lever-age ratios, sometimes called equity or debtratios, which measure the value of equity in a com-pany by analyzing its overall debt picture. Theseratios either compare debt or equity to assets aswell as shares outstanding to measure the truevalue of the equity in a business.

This shows how much of the companyassets belong to the shareholders rather than cred-itors. When shareholders own a majority of theassets, the company is said to be less leveraged.When creditors own a majority of the assets, thecompany is considered highly leveraged. All ofthese measurements are important for investorsto understand how risky the capital structure ofa company is and if it is worth investing in.

The most common financial leverage ratiosare debt ratios, debt-equity ratios and equity ratios.Debt ratio is a solvency ratio that measures a firm’stotal liabilities as a percentage of its total assets.In a sense, the debt ratio shows a company’s abil-ity to pay off its liabilities with its assets. In otherwords, this shows how many assets the compa-ny must sell in order to pay off all its liabilities.

The debt to equity ratio is a financial, liq-uidity ratio that compares a company’s total debtto total equity. The debt to equity ratio showsthe percentage of company financing thatcomes from creditors and investors. A higherdebt to equity ratio indicates that more credi-tor financing, i.e., bank loans, is being used thaninvestor financing, i.e., shareholders.

The equity ratio is an investment leverageor solvency ratio that measures the amount ofassets that are financed by the owner’s invest-ments by comparing the total equity in the com-pany to the total assets.

In fact, some years ago, a team of financialscholars at Stanford Graduate School of Businessand at Germany’s Max Planck Institute studiedbanks and found that they have become “addict-

ed” to increasing their debt levels steadily.According to them, “leverage begets leverage”.However, it was further analysed that other cor-porations have become addicted to debt, evenwhen it reduces the total value of the enterprise.Once a company begins to take on debt, they say,the leverage becomes almost “irreversible.”Shareholders will generally oppose measures thatreduce debt and support moves to increase itwhenever the opportunity arises.

According to Paul Pfleiderer, a professor offinance at Stanford, taking leverage is like eat-ing potato chips. One cannot stick to the com-mitment of eating just a few chips. So, if one can-not stop after eating just one chip, one might bebetter off not eating them at all.

The authors argue that since reducing debtentails a transfer of risk - and wealth - fromshareholders to creditors, there is a clear disin-centive for shareholders to cut back on borrow-ing. If a company buys back its bonds, for exam-ple, bondholders will demand a premiumabove the current market price for those bonds.That’s because bondholders will insist that thebuyback price reflect the fact that the remain-ing debt will be at less risk of default.

In other words, bondholders get all the ben-efits of debt reduction and shareholders have tofoot the cost upfront. Government tax policymakes companies even more biased towardhigher debt, because it allows companies to deductinterest payments from their taxable income.

In theory, creditors can protect themselvesby insisting on contracts or “covenants” that restricta company’s ability to increase its leverage in thefuture. Among other things, covenants canrestrict a company from selling additional bondsor making big payouts to shareholders, whichreduce the company’s equity.

In practice, the authors argue, covenants aredifficult to enforce. Most covenants give compa-nies at least some discretion to take on more debt,

because companies need flexibility in dealing withnew opportunities and problems. On top of that,the creditors are often dispersed and unable to takea unified position.

The most obvious risk of high debt is theincreased danger of falling into financial distressor even bankruptcy. But on the other hand, ris-ing leverage can also make companies reluctantto invest in promising new projects.

That’s because part of the increase in valuegenerated by an investment would flow not to theshareholders but to the creditors, because theirbonds and loans would become more secure.Corporate boards take a hard new look at howmuch they compensate management throughstock options and other grants of equity in thecompany. The more money managers earn fromgrants of stock and options, rather than from theirsalaries, the more they will align their self-inter-est with shareholders rather than creditors

As bad as it may seem, at some point, almostall businesses must take out loans. Debt financ-ing can be attractive to business owners becausebanks won’t dictate how they should spend themoney and they don’t have to split up compa-ny ownership. Highly leveraged companies arevery sensitive to economic declines and at high-er risk for bankruptcy.

There are several problems of a highly lever-aged company. First, the lenders require borrow-ers to pay back their loan in a timely manner.This becomes a problem for fledgling compa-nies that borrow money for projects with long-term returns. If payments come due before thecompany starts seeing returns, loan repaymentscan be a crippling expense.

Paying back the loan on a regular basismeans less money to finance operations andinvest in growth opportunities.

Second, substantial loan payments can eas-ily cripple a highly leveraged company. A com-pany doesn’t have an obligation to repay capi-

tal from equity sources. However, banks and lenders have top senior-

ity when it comes to repayment in the event ofa bankruptcy. This means that lenders will getpaid out before anyone else, including the com-pany owner. If the company has a secured loan,the bank can repossess company assets.Depending on the business structure and theterms of the loan, the owner of the company mayalso be personally liable for the loan repayment.

Third, just like with individual lending, banksscrutinize corporate credit reports before dolingout more loans. Banks are unlikely to provide fur-ther funding to highly leveraged organizations.Not only are these companies at high risk forbankruptcy, the new lender might not get paidback if the company goes under.

Older loans typically carry higher senioritycompared to newer loans, so lenders are hesi-tant to put themselves at the bottom of the listfor recouping their investment. In the event abank does issue a loan, the interest rate will behigh enough to account for that increased risk.

Fourth, one of the options a company hasto reduce its financial leverage is to increase theamount of equity capital.

However, investors rarely give money tohighly leveraged businesses. Investors avoid highly leveraged companies for all the same reasons lenders do, plus they’re the last in lineto get repaid.

If an investor is willing to invest in a high-ly leveraged company they’ll expect to receive anespecially large percentage of ownership inexchange for their money.

It’s important that further research shouldbe done to shed light on why companies canbecome hooked to high debt. As they say aboutother forms of addiction, admitting you have aproblem is the first step towards solving it.

(The writer is Assistant Professor, AmityUniversity)

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Eyebrows were raised when PrimeMinister Narendra Modiexpressed concern about the pop-

ulation explosion in the country in hisrecent Independence Day speech.There was a feeling of surprise that thePrime Minister chose to bring up anissue that has been a ‘No- No’ for manypoliticians from the days of Emergencywhen the Indira Gandhi governmentused coercive population control mea-sures. Her Family Planning programmereceived widespread condemnationand effectively never realized its pur-pose. Later the ministry’s name waschanged to Family Welfare.

India’s population is 1.34 billion,which is nearly a four-fold increasesince Independence. Modi has reasonsfor concern as according to the WorldPopulation Prospects 2019 of theUnited Nations, India is expected to add

nearly 273 million people between 2019and 2050. Inevitably, with these figures,“India is projected to surpass China asthe world’s most populous countryaround 2027”, the report said. Thebiggest challenge for India is its unpre-paredness to accommodate such ahuge population. Looking at these fig-ures, “The time has now come that weshould take such challenges ahead,”Modi said.

Interestingly, while Modi talkedabout India’s demographic dividend inhis first term, in his second term he hasrealised that though a large populationby itself may not be a bad thing, it hasto contribute to the growth of thecountry. This needs to be supported bycapital, technology and infrastructure,as well as skills. That is why the PrimeMinister is now talking of education asa means of both moderating the risingpopulation and making it productive.

The country is already facing anacute drinking water crisis, garbage dis-posal and sewage treatment problems,inadequate rainfall, climate change,increased levels of pollution, highinfant and child mortality rate and poorstandard of living in the economicallyweaker sections.

The Prime Minister’s speech was

mainly targeted towards these poorersections of society and his appeal to themfor keeping the family small was aimedat improving their standard of living.

He is aware that the poor are miss-ing out on opportunities to climb up theeconomic and social ladder because theyhave too many mouths to feed. Makingit a nationalistic issue, he said, “Thosewho follow the policy of a small familyalso contribute to the development of thenation; it is also a form of patriotism.”

Why did Modi talk of populationexplosion now? It obviously stems fromthe fact that his hands are strengthenedafter the massive mandate he receivedin the 2019 polls.

Politically, Modi is much strongertoday, while the Opposition is weak likenever before. Add to that the PrimeMinister’s recent success in Parliamentin getting controversial Bills like TripleTalaq and abrogation of Article 370 per-taining to the special status of Jammuand Kashmir passed, despite being in aminority in the Rajya Sabha.

Second, the Indian Right-wing,including the BJP, has always expressedconcerns about the increasing minori-ty population. They feel that the Muslimsare trying to overtake Hindus in thecountry by multiplying fast. The

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)chief Mohan Bhagwat, during his annu-al Dussehra address some time ago,noted, “We need to rise above vote bankpolitics to formulate a holistic approach,equally applicable to all citizens, towardsthe population policy.”

In Parliament too, BJP membershave raised this issue. Recently RakeshSinha, a BJP Member of Parliament,introduced a Private Member’s Bill toregulate population. Earlier, another BJPmember Sanjeev Balyan, who is now aminister, had also introduced anotherBill with the backing of 124 members.

The late BJP stalwart Atal BihariVajpayee too had made such an attemptin 2000 by bringing a forward-lookingNational Population Policy. However, itmade the two-child norm a voluntarycommitment for individuals. The ModiGovernment has also followed the sameapproach that the family planning pro-gramme in India is target-free and vol-untary in nature.

Modi’s speech has triggered specu-lation that a mild interventionist popu-lation policy is not far off. It is a very sen-sitive issue both at the state level as wellas the religious level.

The North-South divide and theHindu-Muslim divide are the two

issues that raise their heads wheneverthe spotlight is on population control.While the southern states feel that theirgreat success in bringing down the pop-ulation is costing them in terms ofresources devolved from the Centre, theMinority Affairs Minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi has claimed this week thatit is a social reform.

The Prime Minister is not one towaste words and he has used theIndependence Day speech to prepare thecountry for population regulation, goingforward. There is an urgent need toaggressively push concepts like the two-child policy, child spacing, increased useof contraceptives and voluntary sterili-sation. The two-child norm should bemade a uniform criterion for govern-ment jobs, getting aid and subsidies andother benefits. Perhaps incentives anddisincentives might work better in con-taining the size of the family. Thehealth ministry is already implementingmany of these schemes, but much morewill be needed to create awareness andto make an impact in the long run.

As India aspires to become a majoreconomic power, it’s time to definewhether a growing population is anopportunity or a danger.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Jammu/New Delhi: SeniorCongress leader Ghulam NabiAzad was stopped at the Jammuairport on Tuesday and sentback to Delhi, a party leadersaid, the second time in amonth the former ChiefMinister was not allowed tovisit Jammu & Kashmir.

"Azad sahib had arrivedfrom Delhi at around 2.45 pmand was not allowed to moveout from the airport andforcibly sent back in a returnflight to Delhi at 4.10 pm," stateCongress chief spokespersonRavinder Sharma told PTI.

The leader of Opposition inthe Rajya Sabha was notallowed to go home or attendthe party meeting at stateCongress headquarters either,Azad's close aides said.

The Congress leader willreturn back to Delhi in theevening through a GoAir flight.

Earlier on August 8, Azadwas briefly detained and sentback from the Srinagar airportafter the administrationimposed restrictions followingthe Centre's move to scrap thestate's special status and bifur-

cate it into Union territories."It is unfortunate that he

(Azad) is not allowed into hishome state in the past twoweeks," Sharma said. "He is theformer Chief Minister ofJammu and Kashmir, memberof Rajya Sabha from the stateand leader of the Opposition inRajya Sabha."

The Congress spokesper-son said Azad just wanted tocome and meet some people toknow about the prevailing sit-uation.

"Denying him permissionshows that how the mainstreamnational party is not beingallowed to interact and discussthe current situation," he said,adding that the Congress and itsleaders were not "trouble-mak-ers" that the State was behaving like this. PTI

Guwahati: A family in Silcharin Assam has called off thewedding of their daughterwhen the groom failed to pro-vide his citizenship creden-tials.

Dilwar Hussain Laskar, ofNayagram village near Silcharwas in love with a local girl andthe two families had agreed totheir marriage.

But trouble arose whenthe girl's family wanted toknow from his family onAugust 15 whether his namewas in the citizens register.

"We wanted to checkwhether the person seeking tomarry the daughter of the fam-ily is a genuine Indian citizenor an illegal foreigner staying inthe country as the matterwould impact her future", said

a member of the girl's family.But Dilwar's name was not

in the draft NRC. He wasamong the 40 lakh peoplewhose name was ommittedfrom the draft citizens registerwhich was published in July lastyear.

Dilwar's family claimedthat the names of all his fami-ly members are in the NRC andwere hopeful that his name willbe included in the final NRC to

be published on August 31.The girl's family was not

convinced and called off thewedding.

The final NRC is set to bepublished on August 31 and lit-tle is known about what hap-pens to those whose name donot figure in it.

They can appeal at theforeigners tribunal, move theGauhati High Court and theSupreme Court but what hap-pens to them in the interimperiod is again unknown.

According to villagers thecouple has eloped and thepolice said the woman's fami-ly has filed an FIR at Silcharpolice station alleging Dilwarhas kidnapped her.

Investigations are on, thepolice added. PTI

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After 25 days of uncertain-ty, Karnataka Chief

Minister BS Yediyurappa onTuesday expanded his Cabinetby inducting 17 members witha major share to his Lingayatcommunity, a BJP voter basein Karnataka. Apart fromChief Minister Yediyurappa,there were seven MLAs fromthe Lingayat community whotook oath as Cabinet Ministersin the hour-long ceremonyheld at Rajbhavan withGovernor Vaju Bhai valaadministering the oath ofsecrecy to the new CabinetMinisters. In this, LakshmanSavadi is not a member of anyhouse.

In his Cabinet,Yediyurappa has kept the castematrix in mind with seven outof 17 belonging to Lingayatsand 3 to Vokkaligas. There are4 Ministers from the SC/STcommunity, 2 OBCs and 1Brahmin Minister. 4 MLAsfrom Bengaluru have alsobeen allotted ministerialberths.

Staunch RSS workerSuresh Kumar, a Brahminfrom Bengaluru, made it tothe Cabinet. ThreeVokkaligas, R Ashok, CNAshwathanarayana and CTRavi have also been inductedinto the new Cabinet. Govind

M Karjol, Prabhu Chavan andIndependent legislator HNagesh are from the Dalitcommunity in the Ministryand account for nearly 25 percent of the State's 6.5 crorepopulation. B Sreeramulu,from the Valmiki community,is also part of the Ministry.MLA Shashikala Jolle is thelone woman Minister in theCabinet.

Now 16 seats out of 34 arevacant as the BJP had assuredthe disqualified MLAs fromthe Congress and JD(S) thatthey would be rewarded fortheir help in forming theGovernment. However, it wasnot a smooth affair forYediyurappa who had to facethe wrath of some seniorMLAs in the party who haveabstained and openly

expressed their dissatisfac-tion.

BJP MLAs, includingministerial aspirantsBalachandra Jarkhiholi ,Murugesh Nirani, MPRenukacharya, BasangoudaPatil Yatnal, Umesh Katti, GHThippareddy, and GoolihattiShekhar have missed theswearing-in ceremony andopenly expressed their dis-pleasure.

The coastal region of thestate where the BJP has a bigfollowing has one representa-tive in the cabinet with MLCKota Srinivas Poojary a mem-ber of the large backwardcaste Billava community.

In a clear sign of the BJPrewarding legislators whohelped the party pull down thecoalition Government last

month, Bangalore MLA Dr CN Ashwathnarayan, aVokkaliga, who played a keyrole in moving rebel Congressand JD(S) MLAs to Mumbaifor defection has been given aCabinet berth. TheIndependent MLA fromMulbagal in Kolar H Nagesh,a Dalit, who has also defect-ed to the BJP by quitting hisCabinet position in the coali-tion Government is beinginducted.

The BJP veterans in theCabinet are BasavarajBommai, Jagadish Shettar(former chief Minister) , VSomanna, CC Patil, LaxmanSavadi. The former JDUleader JC Madhuswamy, aLingayat, who played a crucialrole in the legislature to guidethe BJP to a trust vote victo-

ry, is also in the cabinet. TheDalit leader Govind Karjol, KSEshwarappa a backward casteKuruba leader, R Ashoka andC T Ravi both Vokkaligas,Suresh Kumar a Brahmin,and Bellary’s B Sreeramulufrom a Scheduled Tribe are theother BJP veterans in theYediyurappa Ministry. PrabhuChavan, a Dalit MLA is a newinductee along with the lonewoman Minister ShashikalaJolle.

Supporters of HosadurgaBJP MLA Goolihatti Shekharstaged protest at Hosadurga inChitradurga district overdenial of the ministerial berthto their leader. Meanwhile,another senior BJP MLAUmesh Katti expressed dis-pleasure over missing out onCabinet berth. He said hewas ignored even though hewas a senior party leader. BJPMLA S Angara from Sullia(Dakshina Kannada) is oneamong several sulking leadersupset over not considered forministership.

Expressing his displea-sure he said that the peopleof his constituency had hopesof him becoming a Minister."I have worked hard for theparty and followed all setprinciples but if those wouldnot turn meritorious, then Idon't know what to do," hesaid. The six-time MLA wasspeculated to become

Minister, filling in the slot fora Dalit Minister.

Yediyurappa, who tookoath as Chief Minister on July26 and proved hisGovernment's majority onthe floor of the Assembly onJuly 29. Narayan, Swamy,Chauhan and Jolle havebecome Ministers for the firsttime.

Yediyurappa became theBJP's first Chief Minister insouth India after the partycame to power for the firsttime on its own with a simplemajority in May 2008. He,however, was forced to resignon July 31, 2011 after beingindicted by the Lokayuktha,the State anti-corruption body,for his alleged role in themulti-crore mining scam thatrocked the southern state fora decade between 2001-11.Jagdish Shettar was the BJP'sthird Chief Minister fromSeptember 2012 to May 2013,when the party was in powerfor the first time between2008 and 2013. He has alsobeen inducted as a CabinetMinister.

Union Minister ofChemicals and Fertilisers DVSadananda Gowda was thesecond BJP Chief Minister inthe State from August 2011 toSeptember 2012. Gowda is atwo-time Lok Sabha memberfrom Bangalore North con-stituency.

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Kochi: A Kerala nun, whosupported a protest against aBishop accused of rape,Tuesday accused a Catholicpriest of Mananthavady dioceseof using social media platformto "humiliate" her.

Sister Lucy Kalappuraalleged that the priest, who ispart of PRO team of theMananthavady diocese of theCatholic Church, posted theCCTV visual of media personsvisiting her in the convent inthe social media platforms to"humiliate" her.

The nun was expelled bythe Aluva-base FranciscanClarist Congregation (FCC)early this month for her lifestyle'in violation' of the proper lawof the FCC.

Following her expulsion,the congregation had askedthe nun to leave the nunnery.

The nun had on Tuesdayalleged that the priest collect-ed the CCTV visuals of media

persons visiting her at the con-vent and made a video aimingto humiliate her in public.

She alleged the CCTVvisuals were collected with thehelp of her fellow nuns in theFCC convent at Karackamalain Wayanad.

"In the video, he (thepriest) used vulgar language tohumiliate me. He did so to dis-grace me, to humiliate me,"Sister Kalappura told reportersoutside her convent.

The nun said she wouldlodge a police complaintagainst the priest.

The Mananthavady diocesedisowned the views expressedby the priest in the video, say-ing it was his personal views.

"Whatever the priest said inthe video are his personal views.We were not consulted beforeposting such a video in the socialmedia," PRO of the Diocese, FrJose Kocharackal, told PTI.

He said the priest, who

often reacts through socialmedia platform on issues hap-pening in his surroundings, isa member of the PRO team ofthe diocese.

The issue came to light aday after the Vellamunda policeregistered a case against theFCC convent authorities atKarakkamala following a com-plaint of illegal confinement bythe nun.

Sister Kalappura hadalleged that she was locked upin the Karackamala convent bythe convent authorities to pre-vent her from attending themass at the church in theneighbourhood.

The Church authoritieshave rejected the allegations bythe nun.

The nuns who went for theholy mass had locked the doorsof the convent to ensure thatthe safety of one of their fellownuns who had stayed back dueto her illness. PTI

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Former Kolkata Mayor andclose Mamata Banerjee aide

Sovan Chatterjee who last weekleft the Trinamool Congress tojoin the BJP on Tuesday said thatan opportune time had come toliberate Bengal from the yoke ofMamata Banerjee Governmentwhich was even worse than theoppressive Left Front.

The former seniorTrinamool leader said, “I workedwith Mamata Banerjee sincethe inception of the TMC anddid whatever she said without aquestion because we all had adream of making a new Bengalbut our dreams have shattered.”

Banerjee’s regime is “worsethat of Left Front,” he saidadding “during the CPI(M) wedid not see such organised vio-lence being perpetrated on theopposition. All the Oppositionparties and even those within theTrinamool Congress feel threat-

ened and suffocated.”Chatterjee was so close to

the Chief Minister at one pointin time that he was given to han-dle three important Cabinetport-folios along with theMayoral post apart from beingentrusted with heading the South24 Parganas district party unit.

“This is not the sameMamata Banerjee we started ourjourney with and this is not thesame Trinamool Congress whichit used to be,” he said adding theparty and the Government wasperpetrating organised violence inthe regions and “a time has comewhen the people should worktogether to liberate Bengal for thesecond time just as they did to freeit from the Left rule in 2011.”

The former Mayor had ear-lier said that he had raisedquestions “at the appropriatelevel” regarding rampant riggingin the rural elections where theTMC won 35 per cent of theseats unopposed.

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Kolkata: Ten personalities ofWest Bengal, including film-maker Aparna Sen have writ-ten an open letter to WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee expressing anxietyover the recent violent inci-dents in the State.

It also noted with concernthat the administration hasbeen resorting to undemocra-tic means of quashing protestsby the use of police brutality.

The signatories of the let-ter were among the 49 who hadwritten an open letter to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onJuly 24 in which they hadvoiced their concerns overalleged rise in incidents ofmob lynching across the coun-try triggering questions ontheir silence during incidentsof violence in West Bengal.

Actor Kaushik Sen, who is

one of the signatories to the let-ter, told PTI on Tuesday, "Wecondemn the incidents of vio-lence in West Bengal".

The letter, which was sentto Banerjee on Monday, said,"We would like to draw yourattention to some extremelyviolent incidents that haverecently taken place in WestBengal."

It referred to the policelathicharge on the demonstra-tion by para-teachers atKalyani in Nadia district onAugust 17 to press for increasein their salaries and urged herto resolve their agitation.

Some of the demonstratorshad also been arrested by thepolice.

The letter written by'Citizens Speak India' said,"We strongly condemn thisattack by the police on educa-

tionists and earnestly requestyou to resolve the issue in ademocratic manner at the ear-liest.

"We have been noticingwith a great deal of anxiety thatinstead of trying to resolve thepeaceful democratic protests ofteachers of this state throughsane dialogue and debate, theadministration has beenresorting to undemocraticmeans of quashing theseprotests by the use of policebrutality," the letter read.

The other signatories ofthe letter to Banerjee wereactors Parambrata Chatterjee,Riddhi Sen, the youngest tohave won the national awardfor the best actor, activist BolanGangopadhyay, commentatorand social worker MudarPatherya and thetare person-ality Sohag Sen. PTI

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Muzaffarpur (Bihar):Cashew nuts and raisins arebeing procured at a dirt cheaprate of �1 per kg, in sharpcontrast to the prevailingmarket cost, for more than adozen girls residential schoolsin this north Bihar district.

The prevailing marketprice of the two is about�750 per kg and �450 a kgrespectively.

These expensive dr yfruits, however, seldom findtheir way into the kitchens ofthe 16-odd Kasturba GandhiBalika Vidyalaya units inMuzaffarpur where itemsconsumed in bulk come over-priced.

On the other hand,Chana (Bengal gram) is pur-chased at an exorbitant rate of

�199 per kg and so is chanadal while eggs come at �16apiece.

Chana and chana dal areavailable at a price of �80-90per kg in the open market,while an egg could be pro-cured for �6.

This is a huge scam and,if properly investigated, mayturn out to be bigger andmore bizarre than the infa-mous fodder scam, says localresident Rajesh Kumar Singhwhose RTI query on theexpenses incurred by theseschools blew the lid off theirregularities.

Officials have been leftred-faced and ordered a probe.

We have taken a seriousnote of the anomalies. Aninquiry committee has been

set up and based on its report,action will be taken againstthose found at fault ,Amarendra Kumar Pandey,district program officer,Muzaffarpur, told reportersTuesday.

He added only those whowere part of the purchasecommittee which approvedthe agency for supply of theitems can shed more light onthe matter.

Singh, meanwhile, is lividand has threatened if actionis not taken within two daysI will refer the matter to thevigilance department.

This is organised lootand I believe similar irregu-larities must be taking placein all the districts acrossBihar. PTI

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The DMK, Tamil Nadu’s prin-cipal Opposition party finds

itself in an unenviable situationfollowing the remarks made bythe party spokesman in a chan-nel debate. S Saravanan, theDMK’s national spokesman saidduring a channel discussionthat Jammu & Kashmir was notan integral part of India. Theparty spokesman found himselfat the receiving end during thedebate as DMK president MKStalin has already declared hisOpposition to the BJP-ledGovernment’s decision to revokeArt 370 of the Constitutionwhich had granted special sta-tus to Jammu & Kashmir.

The BJP saw red in the state-ments made by Stalin as well as

Saravanan and has demandedlegal action against theDravidian party for its “anti-national” stance. Interestingly,the DMK leader Stalin has madeit clear many times that his partywas for a separate Dravidiannation incorporating TamilNadu. “It is there in the DMKconstitution and it is a liveissue,” Stalin had said manytimes since 2018.

The DMK’s stance on aseparate Tamil nation and theparty’s sustained campaign forthe immediate release of theassassins of former PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi has putthe Congress in a spot. While theCongress party has been attack-ing the BJP over the abrogationof the Article 370 , it is silent onthe DMK’s demand for therelease of the seven assassins.

Guwahati: The NRC StateCoordinator's office in Assamclarified on Tuesday that it hasnothing to do with the creationor circulation of a document onsocial media which names jour-nalists and human rightsactivists who are allegedlyinvolved in "anti-NRC propa-ganda".

"It has come to the notice ofthe NRC authority that a doc-ument naming some journalistsas being involved in anti-NRCpropaganda is being circulatedin social media since August17," the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) CoordinatorPrateek Hajela's office tweeted.

It said the clarification wasissued in public interest. "It isclarified that NRC authority hasnothing to do with its creationor circulation".

A document titled 'NRC:The Other Story- Truth, Realityand Conspiracy' contained sev-eral chapters on people alleged-ly involved in such propagan-da. A chapter had the names ofjournalists and news organisa-tions, while social and humanrights activists and some organ-

isations figured in other chap-ters.

The document, which hadthe NRC logo, was not attrib-uted to any organisation orauthority but was circulated onvarious social media platforms,including Facebook, Twitterand Whatsapp.

The NRC logo on the doc-ument led to the confusion thatit was issued by the NRCauthority.

The final NRC is to be pub-lished on August 31. It is beingupdated for the first time inAssam after 1951. The SupremeCourt is monitoring the exer-cise aimed at identifying gen-uine citizens of the state, whichhas seen influx of illegalmigrants from Bangladesh overdecades.

In July last year, 40,07,707people were excluded from thecomplete draft of the NRC,which contained 2,89,83,677eligible persons out of a total3,29,91,384 applicants.

An additional 1,02,462 peo-ple were added to the list ofexcluded people in June.

In an effort to allay fears,

the Union Home Ministry onTuesday said non-inclusion ofa person's name in the finalNRC does not by itself amountto him or her being declared aforeigner, and assured that ade-quate arrangements have beenmade for appeal against it.

The ministry also said itwill amend the rules to increasethe time limit for filing appealsin foreigners tribunals (FTs)from 60 to 120 days for thosewho would be excluded fromthe final National Register ofCitizens to be published onAugust 31.

The decisions were taken ata high-level meeting chaired byUnion Home Minister AmitShah and attended by AssamChief Minister SarbanandaSonowal and others in NewDelhi on Monday. PTI

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Having taken in stride thenotice served on him by

the Enforcement Directorate ina loan default probe case, MNSchief Raj Thackeray said hereon Tuesday that he would"honour" the summons issuedto him and advised his partysupporters to maintain calmand restraint.

A day after MNS workersthreatened to storm the EDoffice on August 22 when hewould have to remain presentfor questioning in connectionwith a probe into an allegedIL&FS loan default case, theMNS chief said that he wouldhonour the summons andasked his supporters not tocome anywhere near the inves-

tigation agency’s office onThursday.

In a statement put out inMarathi and English throughhis official twitter handle, Raj said: “Right since the time of inception ofMaharashtra Navnirman Sena,there have been numerouscases registered against youall and me. Each time, we havehonoured the notices sent bythe investigating agencies andcourts of law..This time too wemust honour the summonssent by the EnforcementDirectorate”.

“The past years have madeus accustomed to cases andnotices coming our way.Keeping that in mind, Iearnestly request that peace andharmony is maintained on

August 22,” he wrote.“No harm or damage

should come upon any publicproperty and common manshould not suffer in any way.Kindly ensure that this is fol-lowed diligently. Also, do main-tain calm and peace even ifprovoked,” the MNS chief stat-ed.

Expressing his deep grati-tude towards his party workersfor their “constant love andcare”, Raj noted: “I would liketo firmly state that no partyworker or Maharashtra sainikshould come or assemble nearthe ED office” on August 22.

Through a notice, ED hassummoned the MNS chief forinquiries on August 22 in con-nection with a probe into analleged IL&FS-related case.

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Bengaluru: India'sChandrayaan-2 mission, aimedat soft landing a rover in theunexplored south pole of theMoon, achieved a major mile-stone as the ISRO successfullyinjected the spacecraft into thelunar orbit on Tuesday.

"Today, the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved a majormilestone. The precise lunarorbiter insertion manoeuvrewas carried out at 9 am forabout 30 minutes, precisely...injected the Chandrayaan-2 inthe designated orbit," IndianSpace Research Organisationchief K Sivan said here.

The insertion manoeuvrereduced the velocity of theChandrayaan-2 from 2.4 kmper second to 2.1 km per sec-

ond, he added."For 30 minutes, our heart

almost stopped," he told a pressconference where he briefedabout the crucial operation.

Chandrayaan-2, launchedon July 22 by India's most pow-erful rocket GSLV MkIII-M1,had entered the Lunar TransferTrajectory on August 14, leav-ing the Earth orbit. It comprisesan Orbiter, Lander (Vikram)and Rover (Pragyaan).

The rover is set to make thesoft landing on the Moon onSeptember 7 and if successfulthe mission would make Indiathe fourth country after Russia,the US and China to achievethe feat.

After Tuesday's exercise,the ISRO chief said theChandrayaan-2 will go aroundthe moon with an orbit of 140km perigee (closest point) by18,000 km apogee (farthest).

He added that four more

manoeuvres will be carriedout toachieve the perigee andapogee of 100 km X 100 km onSeptember 1.

Giving an insight into thecomplexity involved, Sivan saidthere was a unique requirementfor soft landing near the southpole of moon with an inclina-tion of 90 degree, which noother missions in the past hadever achieved.

He said 'Vikram', the lander,

will be separated from moonorbiter on September two.

From there onwards, thefocus ofISRO will be towardsthe lander as all major opera-tions willrevolved around themoon lander.

A small retro orbit manoeu-vre of about three seconds willbe carried out on September 3and on the next day anothersimilar exercise of 6.5 degreewill be taken up to put the lan-der in an orbit of 35 km perigeeand 97 km of apogee.

From September 4onwards, various parameterswould be checked to ensurethat all the systems were per-fectly alright, Sivan added.

"Next three days, we will betaking the various parameters ofthe lander to ensure that every-thing is right and to check andverify again and again, the sys-tem is perfectly alright", he said.

"On September 7 at 1.15

am the lander will be landingat a site 71 degree of moon'sequator with 22.8 degree East",the ISRO chief said.

Underlining the signifi-cance of moon lander, Sivansaid the landing will be a ter-rifying moment for him aswell as theentire ISRO teamgiven the challenges involved.

"Looking at what happenedto the soft landing around theworld, we are saying that thesoft landing success rate isonly about 27 per cent. But wehave the confidence about ourmission," Sivan said.

This is the second time thatthe ISRO has successfully car-ried out Lunar orbiter insertion.

Earlier in 2008, theChandrayaan-1 spacecraft,India's first moon mission, wasinjected into the lunar orbit andit scripted history by makingmore than 3,400 orbits aroundthe Moon. PTI

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On the 17th day of continu-ous lockdown in most parts

of Kashmir Valley, the Jammu& Kashmir Government onTuesday admitted life is yet toreturn to normalcy in at least 10districts, mostly in Kashmirvalley.

At the same time, theadministration is struggling toreopen the schools as majorityof parents have declined to sendtheir wards to join class roomsunder the prevailing security sit-uation in different parts ofSrinagar.

The situation on groundzero is showing no signs ofimprovement in South Kashmirdistricts as well.

Compared to Monday, the

Government authorities claimedthe attendance in primaryschools showed signs ofimprovement on Tuesday butground reports suggested severalschools remained locked downas they reported zero or thinattendance in parts of Srinagar.

The network services alsoremained suspended acrossKashmir valley while strict secu-rity restrictions remain in placein vulnerable pockets of down-town Srinagar.

Addressing a routine pressconference late Tuesday eveningin Srinagar, Principal Secretary,Planning & Development, RohitKansal, who is alsoGovernment’s spokesperson,said normal functioning of largeparts of the State was reportedtoday with 12 out of 22 districts

functioning normally". He also maintained that

out of 197 police stations acrossJ&K, 136 police stations have noday time restrictions. Referringto Kashmir alone he said 50 outof 111 police stations have noday time restrictions.

Commenting on the situa-tion of Kashmir valley, Kansalsaid that middle level schoolswould start functioning fromWednesday in the areas whereprimary schools resumed func-tioning from Monday.

He said public transporthas also started plying in areaswhere relaxations have beenprovided and inter-district trans-port has also started functioning,adding that National Highwayand Airports are functioningnormally.

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Situation alongthe Line of

Control in fron-tier Rajouri and Poonchremained grim with freshexchange of heavy firing inKrishna Ghati sector of Poonchon Tuesday. One Indian soldierattained martyrdom whenPakistan Army violated cease-fire agreement in Mendhar.Hitting back, Indian Armycaused heavy damage toPakistan Army posts and casu-alties to Pakistan soldiers.

Defence PRO in Jammu,Lt-Col Devender Anand said,"Pakistan Army initiated cease-fire violation in the KrishnaGhati sector around 11.00 a.musing small arms fire andshelling with mortars".

He said, in the exchange offire in Mendhar sector, NaikRavi Ranjan Kumar Singhattained martyrdom.

He said Indian Army gavebefitting reply and retaliatedstrongly and effectively.

Naik Ravi Ranjan KumarSingh, aged 36 years belongedto Village Gope Bigha, TehsilDehrionson, District Rotasa,Bihar and is survived by hiswife, Rita Devi.

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Renowned music compos-er and director

Mohammed Zahir Hashmi,popularly known asKhayyam, was laid to restwith full State honours at aMuslim cemetery here onTuesday evening, even as sev-eral prominent Bollywoodpersonalities paid their lastrespects to him.

Khayyam passed away ata private hospital late onMonday night, following abrief illness. He was 92 and issurvived by his singer-wifeJagjit Kaur.

Khayyam’s mortalremains were kept at his Juhuresidence — Daskshina ParkSociety — in north-westMumbai on Tuesday to enablepeople pay their last respectsto him.

A large number of filmpersonalities and his admirersjoined Khayyam’s funeral pro-cession which left his Juhu res-idence for the cemetery at 3.30pm. A team of Mumbai policeescorted the procession.

After the processionreached the Four BungalowKabrastan, the police accord-ed him with a 21-gun salute.Muslim priests performed thelast rites and his body was laid

to rest.Khayyam’s ailing wife

Jagjit Kaur also attended thefuneral on a wheel-chair. Shebroke down a few times as thefuneral ceremonies werebeing performed.

Prominent among theBollywood personalities whopaid their last respects toKhayyam included JavedAkhtar, Gulzar, Raza Murad,Talat Aziz, , Sonu Nigam,Alka Yagnik, Sanjay Khan,Poonam Dhillon, VishalBharadwaj, Suresh Wadkar,Ashok Pandit, TabassumShabbir Kumar, NitinMukesh, Jatin Pandit andLalit Pandit.

President R. N. Kovindand Prime Minister NarendraModi led the nation in payingtributes to Khayyam. ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis,Bharat Ratna LataMangeshkar, veteran actorAmitabh Bachchan and otherpersonalities have alsomourned the demise ofKhayyam.

Khayyam leaves behind arich legacy of some of themost memorable songs, clas-sical and modern, films andprivate albums, spanning var-ious genres of music duringhis career spanning over sixdecades.

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Ara (Bihar): A court in Bihar'sBhojpur district on Tuesdaygave death sentence to a manand life imprisonment to sevenothers in connection with the2015 Ara civil court bomb blastcase.

Additional District andSessions Judge Tribhuwan Yadavgave capital sentence to LambuSharma after holding him guiltyunder various sections of IPCincluding 302 (murder), 307(Attempt to murder), 326 (vol-untarily causing grievous hurt),353 (Assault public servant fromdischarge of his duty) and undersome sections of ExplosiveSubstance Act.

The court also imposed afine of �22,000 on Sharma.

The seven sentenced to lifeimprisonment were ChandMiyan, Naeem Miyan, AkhileshUpadhyaya, Rinku Yadav,Pramod Singh, Shyam VinaySharma and Anshu Kumar.

The judge held them guiltyunder IPC section 302 (murder).

The court imposed a fine of�42,000 on Akhilesh Upadhyayaand �40,000 on the other sixconvicted persons.

The court on August 17 hadconvicted the eight persons inthe civil court bomb blast and

acquitted former JD(U) MLANarendra Kumar Pandey aliasSunil Pandey along with twoothers — Sanjay Sonar andVijay Sharma — for lack of evi-dence.

Pandey is currently in theLok Janshakti Party (LJP).Chand Miyan surrendered inthe court on Tuesday as he didnot appear in the court onAugust 17. The court had issuedwarrant against him and hadalso ordered attachment of hisproperties for not appearingbefore it on August 17.

On January 23, 2015, awoman, identified as NaginaDevi, had come to the courtpremises as a suicide bomberwith a design to set notoriouscriminal, Lambu Sharma, freefrom custody.

As the prison van reachedthe court premises, the womantriggered a blast. Taking advan-tage of the blast, Sharma, alongwith two others had fled.

The woman died on thespot, while a police constable,Amit Kumar, succumbed to hisinjuries.

The police had filed a chargesheet against 11 persons, includ-ing Pandey and had produced39 witnesses in the case. PTI

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gave 'triple talaq' to his wiferight inside the civil courtpremises here in presence ofher advocate after she refusedto accept a chewing gumfrom him, police said onTuesday.

Thirty-year-old Simmi ofAmrai village was divorced byher husband Syed Rashid onMonday inside the Lucknowcivil court premises where shehad gone for the hearing ofher case of dowry harass-ment she had lodged earlieragainst her in-laws, said theIndira Nagar police stationSHO S B Pandey.

The woman was talkingto her advocate when herhusband offered her a chew-ing gum which she refused,said the SHO, citing thewoman's compliant.

This threw Rashid in a fitof rage and he divorced hiswife, uttering talaq-talaq-talaq, said the SHO. Simmi,married to Rashid in 2004,had lodged a case of dowryharassment against her hus-band and in-laws earlier, saidSHO Pandey.

There have been severalinstances of men divorcingtheir wives with this out-lawed oral diktat on queerpretexts. PTI

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Dhula: Six camels, seized froma local market in the Darrangdistrict and a custody battle thatthe seizure triggered, are keep-ing the police on their toes forabout two weeks in Assam.

While the animals wereseized from the Dhula marketon August 11, a day ahead of theEid al-Adha (locally known asBakrid), and were "saved" frombeing slaughtered, they areawaiting a court order to berepatriated safely to their homeState — Rajasthan.

"It's difficult for us to main-tain them, because we have noknowledge about them. We arealso concerned about the impact

of Assam's climate on them,"said a senior police officer of theDarrang district on Tuesday.

"However, we are consultingveterinarians to ensure thatthey remain in good health," hesaid.

Meanwhile, Samatullah, thecamel trader from whom thepolice seized the animals, hasmoved the court seeking theircustody.

"There was a claim by oneindividual. But we moved thecourt on Tuesday for giving thecustody to the Animal WelfareBoard of India. It can ensuresafety and welfare of the animalsand take them back to Rajasthan

with due process," he said."Being a law enforcing

agency, we deal with a variety ofcases every day. There are inves-tigations, crime cases and VIPmovements too. And these dayswe also have to depute our staffto ensure the welfare of camels,"said the officer.

While five camels are beingkept at the Dhula police station,one is at the Mangaldai policestation.

Camel was declared thestate animal of Rajasthan in2014 and the state Assemblyenacted the Rajasthan Camel(Prohibition of Slaughter andRegulation of Temporary

Migration or Export) law, whichbanned slaughter as well asillegal transportation of the ani-mal to other states.

"It's a crime. The camelswere illegally smuggled toAssam, probably for slaughter,"said Sujeet Choudhury, memberof the Animal Welfare Board ofIndia, who visited Mangaldai onthe intimation of the Darrangpolice.

"We, in association withthe Assam Police, are trying ourbest to repatriate the animals toRajasthan. We hope the courtwill rule in our favour to takethe animals to Rajasthan,"Choudhury said. IANS

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Srinagar: The gun battlebetween security forces andmilitants in Baramulla district ofJammu and Kashmir continuedtill late into the night on Tuesday.

Army authorities said therewas heavy exchange of gunfirebetween both sides even as theyrefrained from divulging theexact number of terrorists thatwere involved in the encounter.

Security agencies, including

the Jammu & Kashmir police,were fighting the militants in theencounter.

"Firing began at 5 p.m. withthe terrorists in Old Baramullah.The operation is under way,"said a Army official.

The area was cordoned offfor the public as soon as the gun-fight began.

Ever since the UnionGovernment abrogated special

category status to Jammu &Kashmir on August 5 by abro-gating Article 370 of theConstitution, this is the firstencounter between securityforces and terrorists in theValley.

As per sources around 2-3terrorists were engaged in a gun-fight as the joint operationbetween the Army, Jammu &Kashmir police and other secu-

rity agencies was launched.Baramullah is located around 54km from Srinagar.

Kashmir Valley has been byand large peaceful barring strayincidents of stone-pelting andprotests since August 5. Thenumber of ceasefire violations byPakistan across the LoC haveincreased, however, over thepast week after a lull in the firstfortnight of August. IANS

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The National Company LawAppellate Tribunal

(NCLAT) on Tuesday declinedto give any interim relief toauditing firms Deloitte Haskins& Sells LLP and B S RAssociates LLP with regard toa ban imposed on them in theIL&FS case.

The NCLT Mumbai willcontinue its scheduled hearingin the case of their alleged rolein the IL&FS fraud matter, athree-member bench headedby Chairperson Justice S JMukhopadhaya said.

The NCLAT, however, saidthat the NCLT will not pass anyfinal order till its next hearingon September 20.

Listing the matter forSeptember 20, the NCLAT alsoissued a notice to the Ministryof Corporate Affairs to file itsreply within two weeks.

The NCLAT was hearingappeals filed by Deloitte andBSR against the order of theMumbai bench of the NationalCompany Law Tribunal(NCLT), which on August 9,rejected their pleas of chal-lenging its jurisdiction to banthem from the business for fiveyears for their omissions andcommissions in the IL&FSGroup scam.

The NCLT will hear thematter on September 5. Thecourt had allowed the corpo-rate affairs ministry to prose-

cute them along with 21 othersin the same case, though theimplementation of the samehas been stayed after theysought time to challenge theorder at the appellate tribunalNCLAT.

The ministry in Junemoved NCLT seeking a five-year ban on these auditors inthe IL&FS fraud case.

The auditors — the localarm of the England-basedDeloitte Haskins & Sells, whichis one of the big four account-ing firms, and BSR &Associates, which is the localaffiliate of another big four, theUS-based KPMG — had chal-lenged the jurisdiction of theNCLT to ban them under Sec140(5) of Company’s Act.

They had challenged thejurisdiction of the NCLT to banthem, saying section 140(5) ofthe Companies Act pertains to

auditors who are still auditingthe company in question whilethey have already resignedfrom the service and thus can-not be banned under the givenprovisions.

While Deloitte had stoppedauditing IL&FS Group, whichowes over Rs 95,000 crore tolenders and other financialinstitutions, by the end ofFY2017-18, BSR was the statu-tory auditor of IL&FS FinancialServices (IFIN) and resignedonly in June this year-ninemonths after the company wassent to the bankruptcy court.

The Serious FraudInvestigation Office (SFIO) inits investigation found themguilty of painting a rosy pictureof IFIN despite being aware ofthe poor financial health of thecompany, triggering the min-istry to seek ban on the audi-tors.

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Korean auto-major andIndia’s second-largest car

manufacturer Hyundai Motorson Tuesday took the wraps offtheir new hatch-back the i10 NIOS,the third-genera-tion of their com-pact vehicle. Thecarmaker whichhas also seen adecline in salesalong with the restof the industry,believes that newlaunches ahead ofthe festive seasonalongside attractivenew offers willentice customers.The i10 NIOS isthe first launch ofseveral new cars inthe coming fewdays includingHyundai’s sister company Kia’sentry into India with the Seltos,Maruti-Suzuki’s new XL6,Renault’s Triber and BMWlaunching the latest iteration ofits iconic 3-series. The i10NIOS has been priced between�4,99,990 to �7,13,950 for thepetrol model and between�6,70,090 to � 7,99,450 for thediesel model, ex-showroom,

all-India.Hyundai India managing

Director, SS Kim said that2019 has been a ’big year’ forHyundai with the launches ofthe second-generation Santro,the Venue SUV, the first elec-tric SUV in the Kona and nowthe new i10. “We have becomeIndia’s leader in the SUV seg-ment after the Venue and havethe most comprehensive SUVrange,” Kim told The Pioneer,“and we expect that our hatch-back customers will also beexcited with this fascinating

new NIOS.” The NIOS will fea-ture both a petrol and dieselengine and Hyundai has madeit clear that unlike market-leader Maruti-Suzuki, they willkeep manufacturing dieselengines even after Bharat Stage6 (BS6) norms come into forceon April 1, 2020. However onthe NIOS, only the petrolengine is currently BS6 com-

patible and the diesel enginewill be made BS6 compatible inearly 2020.

Speaking to The Pioneer,Je-Ruk Chun, Head of EnginePerformance Test Group,Hyundai Motor Company saidthat this is because of pricingreasons, as meeting BS6 emis-sion norms requires significantmodifications to engines. Tokeep costs down, the newNIOS will also feature a newAutomated ManualTransmission (AMT) optioninstead of a traditional auto-

matic transmission (AT).Hyundai executives admittedthat an AT is better than anAMT, but the AMT is signifi-cantly cheaper and their expe-rience with the AMT on theSantro has been generally pos-itive and the company expectsthat reaction to the AMT onthe NIOS will be positive aswell.

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The Indian rupee onTuesday furthered its loss

by another 28 paise to close ata new six-month low of 71.71against the US dollar as eco-nomic uncertainties continuedto weigh.

Investors remained riskaverse considering a host offactors including fast-spread-ing economic slowdown, out-look on foreign fund outflowsand weakness in most emerg-ing market currencies, accord-ing to forex traders.

However, there are expec-tations that the governmentwill soon come out with stim-ulus measures to arrest slow-down in consumer demand invarious sectors.

Meanwhile, higher crudeoil prices also had its impact onrupee’s trading pattern.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, rose0.07 per cent to trade at $59.78per barrel.

Starting off on a weakernote, the rupee fell to a day’slow of 71.80 against the USdollar before settling at 71.71against the US dollar, down 28paise over the previous close.

This is the lowest level for thelocal unit since February 4,when it closed at 71.80 a dol-lar.

On Monday, the Indianrupee had settled at 71.43against the US dollar.

Meanwhile, the dollarindex — which gauges thegreenback’s strength against abasket of six currencies —rose 0.06 per cent to 98.40.

The 10-year Indian gov-ernment bond yield was steadyat 6.58 per cent on Tuesday.

“Indian rupee declines fora second day as importers andforeign banks rush for the dol-lar amid recovery in crude oilprices. Market is also expect-ing fund outflows of around�102 million on the back ofShell sel l ing stake inMahanagar gas,” said V KSharma, Head PCG & CapitalMarkets Strategy, HDFCSecurities.

The dollar Index hoverednear a three-week high asexpectations of fresh stimulusdrove an improvement appetitefor riskier assets and lifted USgovernment bond yields, hesaid, adding that the next sup-port for the rupee is seen at72.5 odd levels.

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The civil aviation ministryhas allowed domestic air-

lines to operate the slots vacat-ed by the now-defunct JetAirways at various airportstill December 31, said anindustry source Tuesday.

Jet Airways, which isunder insolvency proceedings,stopped flying from April 17,leaving hundreds of slotsvacant at both domestic andinternational airports.

The government had allo-cated some of these slots tolocal carriers and allowed themto operate up to September 30to overcome the capacitydeficit.

It can be noted that a dayafter submitting the EoI,Volcan Investments, an invest-ment company fundedVedanta chairman AnilAgarwal’s family trust, with-drew the same.

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Reserve Bank deputy gov-ernor NS Vishwanathan

Tuesday exhorted bankers toensure timely resolution ofstressed assets under the newframework to extract the bestvalue and underlined the needfor dealing only in “genuine”cases.

The central bank will becoming out with the finalguidelines for private and for-eign bankers’ compensationsoon, he said, speaking at theannual industry event Fibac.

Vishwanathan said theRBI’s revised framework onresolution of stressed assetsintroduced on June 7 is “lessintrusive” as it gives banks theleeway to draft their own res-olution plans for a particularcase.

“Timely resolution is veryimportant. I’d request you toensure that the resolutionsare done in time, not just forthe regulatory requirementbut also because it will resultin better valuation going for-

ward,” he said.“We’ve given a lot of free-

dom to banks to determinevarious contours. We are mak-ing less intrusive regulationsand hope that banks will usethis to deal with genuine stressin their balance sheets toaddress the problem,” headded.

The RBI issued the newNPA recognition and resolu-tion guidelines on June 7 afterthe Supreme Court had inApril declared the earlier oneissued on February 12, 2018 asultra vires.

The new framework laysfocus on better coordinationbetween banks while dealingwith a stressed assets by man-dating them to sign inter-creditor agreements anddecide on a resolution strate-gy in 30 days, which will haveto be implemented in 180days.

Meanwhile, Vishwanathanalso saidthe RBI will soon becoming up with the finalguidelines for top manage-ment compensation.

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Rapid growth in digital users,combined with growing

regional demand and bettermonetisation, the media andentertainment industry grew 13percent to reach �1,63,100crore in FY19, and is likely toclip at a slower rate of 12 per-cent in FY20, says a report.

The report by KPMG,however, noted had it notbeen for the uncertainties cre-ated by Trai’s new tariff orderand the signs of economicslowdown, the industry wouldhave grown by 1-2 percentmore. In FY20, the industry islikely to grow at a slower 12percent to �1.88 trillion, as itexpects another round of reg-ulatory changes.

“The growth would haveeven lower than 12 percenthad not been for the gainsfrom the higher ad spendsduring the April-May generalelections and the cricket WorldCup.

“TV faced major head-winds in FY19 and in fact grewat a lower rate than projectedlast year primarily on accountof the delay in implementationof the new tariff order.

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new variant of Home Loanand Vehicle Loan productslinked to Reserve Bank ofIndia’s repo rate.

The new Home Loan andVehicle Loan product willdirectly link interest rate toan external benchmark,which in this case is the RepoRate and thereby build adirect link to ensure fair andtransparent transmission ofthe monetary policy rateimmediately to the cus-tomers.

Customers will have theoption to select betweenMCLR linked rate, which isindexed to the bank’s cost offunds or a Repo Rate linkedto the external benchmark.With the new variant, HomeLoans and Vehicle Loans willalso be available at repo ratelinked interest rate starting8.35% and 8.70% respective-ly, thus passing on furtherbenefit of 20 basis pointsand 25 basis points respec-tively to the current MCLRrated pricing.

New Delhi: Bajaj Finance Ltd, a deposit accepting Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFC) and a lending arm of BajajFinserv group, has announced its new offering of Fixed Depositupto 8.95% to NRIs. Bajaj Finance Fixed Deposit for NRIs offersflexible tenor options between 12 months and 36 months, alongwith multi-deposit and easy renewal facilities. Now NRIs caninvest in a Bajaj Finance Fixed Deposit by making a deposit fromtheir NRO account. PNS

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marking mandatory for goldjewellery and plans to notifythe regulation in WTO in aweek time, a top official said.

Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) Director General SurinaRajan, however, assured thejewellery traders that theprocess would be done in con-sultation with all stakeholders.

“The (central)Government once againintends to make hallmarking ofgold jewellery mandatory inthe country. A notification toWTO is expected in a weektime to seek comments,” shetold PTI.

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The central Governmenthas cancelled the joint

allocation of a coal block inOdisha to state-owned NTPCand Jammu & Kashmir StatePower DevelopmentCorporation.

NTPC and PowerDevelopment Department,Jammu and Kashmir, had ear-lier requested the coal ministryfor cancellation of the coalblock.

“It has been decided, withthe approval of competentauthority in the Ministry ofCoal, to cancel the allocationof Kudanali-Luburi coal blockjointly allocated to NTPC Ltdand Jammu & Kashmir StatePower DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (JKSPDC), “the coal ministry said in a let-ter to both the companies.

The ministry further saidthere is no provision under theMines and Minerals(Development andRegulation) Act, 1957, andthe rules made thereunder toallocate fresh coal block in lieuof a cancelled coal block.

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Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump on Mondaysought to sue multinationaltechnology company Googlefor allegedly manipulating upto “16 million votes” in favourof Democratic presidential can-didate Hillary Clinton in the2016 elections.

The election results hadsurprised many as Clinton wastipped to win by the media andpollsters.

“Wow, Report Just Out!Google manipulated from 2.6million to 16 million votes forHillary Clinton in 2016Election! This was put out bya Clinton supporter, not a

Trump Supporter! Googleshould be sued,” Trump tweet-ed.

“My victory was even big-ger than thought!” he said.

Trump was apparentlyreferring to the work of RobertEpstein, a researcher with theCalifornia-based AmericanInstitute for BehavioralResearch and Technology.

Epstein had testified in aSenate hearing in June that hisresearch shows Google’s searchresults pushed at least 2.6 mil-lion people to vote for Clintonin 2016.

Google CEO Sundar Pichaiwas asked about Epstein’s work

last year when he testifiedbefore a House panel and saidthe company had investigatedit and pointed to issues with thestudy’s methodology.

In a statement on Monday,a Google spokesperson calledEpstein’s claim “debunked”,pointing out it has been circu-lating for three years.

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Amilitary court inCameroon on Tuesday

handed a life sentence to thehead of the country’s anglo-phone separatist movement,Julius Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, in amove that analysts said couldinflame the 22-month-oldrevolt.

Ayuk Tabe, a charismaticleader widely deemed as amoderate in the separatistmovement, was convicted withnine others of charges includ-ing “terrorism and secession”,the state’s lawyer, Martin LutherAchet, told AFP.

They were given life terms.The sentences were con-

firmed by a lawyer for the sep-aratists, Joseph Fru, who addedthe 10 had also been fined 250billion CFA francs (USD 422million, 381 million euros).

Fru condemned what hecalled a “parody of justice”and said the defendants refusedto recognise the right of themilitary tribunal in Yaounde totry them. Their lawyers haveyet to say whether they will filean appeal.

Seoul: South Korea said Tuesdayit would issue fines and file crim-inal complaints againstVolkswagen and and its luxuryarm, Porsche, for installing “illic-it devices” that helped multiplediesel vehicles cheat pollutionstandards.

The environment ministrysaid over 10,000 vehicles sold inSouth Korea by Volkswagenand Porsche from May 2015 toJanuary 2018 were fitted with thedevices, resulting in 10 times

more nitrogen oxide emissionsthan standard levels.

The certifications for eightmodels — including Audi A6,Volkswagen Touareg andPorsche Cayenne — will berevoked and the carmakers willface an estimated fine of 11.5 bil-lion won (US$9.5 million), theministry said.

“We plan to continueresponding firmly to manipula-tion of gas emissions in future,”a ministry official said. AFP

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Jeffrey Epstein signed a willjust two days before he killed

himself in jail, new courtrecords show, opening a newlegal front in what could be along battle over the financier’sfortune.

Court papers filed lastweek in the US Virgin Islandslist no details of beneficiariesbut valued the estate at more than $577 million,including more than $56 mil-lion in cash.

The existence of the will,first reported by the New YorkPost, raised new questionsabout Epstein’s final days insidethe Metropolitan CorrectionalCenter, where he was awaitingtrial on federal sex traffickingand conspiracy charges.

Epstein signed the docu-ment Aug. 8. Less than 48hours later, he was found deadin his cell, prompting an inves-tigation that has cast a harshlight on staffing shortages at theManhattan detention center.

Moscow: Russia and Chinawarned Tuesday that a new USmissile test had heightened mil-itary tensions and risked spark-ing an arms race, weeks afterWashington ripped up a ColdWar-era weapons pact withMoscow.

The US and Russia ditchedthe Intermediate-Range NuclearForces (INF) treaty this monthafter accusing each other of vio-

lating the accord.Washington said the agree-

ment also tied its hands in deal-ing with other powers such asChina. The US Department ofDefense announced on Mondayit had tested a type of ground-launched missile that wasbanned under the 1987 INFagreement, which limited the useof nuclear and conventionalmedium-range weapons. AFP

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The death toll from an attackMonday on a military base

in northern Burkina Faso roseto 24, the military said, in anunprecedented blow to thearmy in its campaign againstjihadist insurgents.

Seven people were wound-ed and five others missing,armed forces headquarters saidin a statement Tuesday.

The previous toll from theattack, at Koutougou in Soumprovince near the border withMali, had been given lateMonday as “more than adozen”.

An “extraordinary meetingof the defence council” wasunderway at the presidentialpalace in the capitalOuagadougou, a securitysource told AFP.

The country’s main oppo-sition party, the Union forProgress and Change (UPC),said the government appoint-ed by President Roch MarcChristian Kabore had “com-pletely failed”.

It called for a “new team,whose prime task will be todefend territorial integrity andprotect the public.”

Monday’s attack came fourdays after suspected jihadistsraided a village in the restivenorth, killing 15 people, plun-dering and burning shops.

A former French colonythat ranks among one of thepoorest countries in the world,Burkina Faso has been strug-gling with an Islamist revoltsince 2015, which began in thenorth but has since spread tothe east, near the border withTogo and Benin.

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The US Defence Departmentannounced on Monday the

test of a medium-rangeground-launched cruise mis-sile, just weeks after tearing upthe Cold War-era pact withRussia that eliminated suchnuclear-capable weapons.

The missile was launchedon Sunday from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Islandoff the coast of Los Angeles,California.

“The test missile exited itsground mobile launcher andaccurately impacted its targetafter more than 500 kilometersof flight,” the Pentagon said ina statement.

“Data collected and lessonslearned from this test willinform the Department ofDefense’s development offuture intermediate-rangecapabilities.”

While the missile wasdescribed as “conventionallyconfigured,” meaning notnuclear-equipped, the launchwas a sign of Washington beef-ing up its nuclear war-fighting

capabilities in the wake of thecollapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty onAugust 2.

The INF had banned allland-based missiles, conven-tional and nuclear, that couldtravel between 500 and 5,500kilometers (310 and 3,400miles), in an effort to abolish aclass of nuclear arms deployedacross Europe by the UnitedStates and the then-SovietUnion.

Many fear the end of theINF, which Washingtonaccused Moscow of having

violated in recent years, willlead to a new and dangerousnuclear arms race.

On August 2, Secretary ofDefense Mark Esper said theUS, no longer bound by theINF, had already begun work todevelop “mobile, conventional,ground-launched cruise andballistic missile systems.”

“Now that we have with-drawn, the Department ofDefense will fully pursue thedevelopment of these ground-launched conventional mis-siles as a prudent response toRussia’s actions,” Esper said.

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Minister Boris Johnson hasissued an ultimatum to theEuropean Union (EU) overwhat he has branded an “anti-democratic” Irish border back-stop, which must be scrappedto negotiate a new deal beforethe October 31 Brexit deadline.

But the ultimatum wasrejected by the EU as it restat-ed its stand on the backstopbeing non-negotiable.

In a letter to EuropeanCouncil President Donald Tuskon Monday night, Johnsonreiterated his “highest priority”was to achieve an agreement toavert a chaotic no-deal exitfrom the 28-nation economicbloc, but not with any kind of

backstop – designed to avert apost-Brexit hard borderbetween EU member-countryIreland and British regionNorthern Ireland.

“The changes we seek relateprimarily to the backstop. Theproblems with the backstoprun much deeper than the sim-ple political reality that it hasthree times been rejected by theHouse of Commons,” writes theprime minister in his letter.

“The truth is that it is sim-ply unviable… it is anti-demo-cratic and inconsistent with thesovereignty of the UK as astate,” he notes.

Tusk took to Twitter onTuesday to rebuff the claims,accusing the British prime min-

ister of not proposing realisticalternatives to the backstop.

He said: “The backstop isan insurance to avoid a hardborder on the island of Irelandunless and until an alternativeis found.

“Those against the back-stop and not proposing realis-tic alternatives in fact supportreestablishing a border. Even ifthey do not admit it.”

Johnson, who has been avehement critic of the clause inthe withdrawal agreementnegotiated by his predecessorTheresa May, told Tusk that itlocks the UK, potentially indef-initely, into an internationaltreaty which will bind Britaininto a customs union. PTI

Rio de Janeiro: A gunman is holding at least 16bus passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro onTuesday, officials said, as police negotiate with thehijacker to try to end the standoff.

At least six people -- four women and twomen -- have been freed so far from the vehicle thatis stopped on heavily transited bridge connectingRio with neighboring city Niteroi.

Heavily armed police including military andsnipers have surrounded the bus as they negoti-ate with the gunman, who G1 news reported is

armed with a gun, a tazer and gasoline.A live broadcast of the scene shows five ambu-

lances parked near the bus, receiving hostages asthey are released.

A series of gunshots have been heard, GloboTV reported. The gunman reportedly boarded theRio-bound bus at 5:30 am (0830 GMT) and beganthreatening passengers.

Several lanes of traffic on the busy Rio-Niteroibridge spanning Guanabara Bay have been paral-ysed during the ongoing hostage situation. AFP

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Indian shuttlerH S Prannoy

stunned multi-ple-time Olympic and world champi-on Lin Dan in a hard-fought matchwhile Sai Praneeth outplayed LeeDong Keun to enter the pre-quarter-finals of the World Championshipshere on Tuesday.

Prannoy, unseeded in the tourna-ment, beat the highly-decoratedChinese 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 in a secondround match that lasted one hour andtwo minutes.

In the pre-quarterfinals, Prannoyfaces an uphill task against top seedKento Momota of Japan, who downedLuis Enrique Penalver of Spain 21-10,21-7.

In five meetings between the two,Prannoy has emerged victorious thrice.The Chinese won in the last meeting,at the Australian Open in June.

"I started and ended well but thestrategy in the second game went com-pletely opposite for me. Thanks tocoaches I could make a few changes incrucial moments. I am happy I waspatient and was ready for a long match.Shuttles were not very fast but I amhappy with my game,” Prannoy said.

Later on Tuesday, 16th seed SaiPraneeth completed a comprehensive21-16, 21-15 win over Dong Keun ofSouth Korea in the second round.

In the women’s doubles, the Indianpair of Ashwini Ponappa N SikkiReddy got a walkover from ChineseTaipei’s Chang Ching Hui and YangChing Tun in their opening match.They will face seventh seeded Chinesepair of Du Yue and LI Yin Hui in thesecond round.

The men’s doubles pairing ofManu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy beatthe French duo of Thom Gicquel andRonan Labar 21-13, 21-13 in a firstround match.

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Manchester United were forcedto settle for a 1-1 draw against

Wolves after Paul Pogba’s penaltywas saved by Rui Patricio atMolineux on Monday.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sidetook the lead through AnthonyMartial’s second Premier Leaguegoal of the season in the first half.

Ruben Neves hit a brilliantequaliser for Wolves after the inter-val before France star Pogba wasdenied by Patricio.

It was a curious decision forPogba to take the spot-kick asMarcus Rashford had scored apenalty in last weekend’s 4-0 victo-ry over Chelsea and also memorablynetted the Champions League last-16 winner from the spot againstParis Saint Germain lastterm.

Pogba has now missedfour Premier League penal-ties since the start of last sea-son.

United would have gonetop of the table with a win, butinstead they were left to reflect onan inconsistent performance that

underlined why Solskjaer still has alot of work to do to turn histeam into title contenders.

While there weremoments of promise inattack and defence, Uniteddidn’t take their chances andcrumbled too easily when

they came under pressure in theirsecond game of the season.

At an average of 24 years and

173 days, Solskjaer had pickedUnited’s youngest Premier Leaguestarting line-up since the final dayof the 2016-17 campaign.

Daniel James made his maidenstart for United after the close-sea-son signing from Swansea.

There was no place in thematchday squad for Chile forwardAlexis Sanchez, who has beenlinked with Inter Milan.

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Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has been ruledout of the third Ashes Test beginning on Thursday

after suffering concussion, Cricket Australia announcedon Tuesday.

The 30-year-old — who has scored two centuries and92 in his three innings in the first two Tests — was felledby a Jofra Archer bouncer on Saturday in the first inningsof the second Test at Lord’s.

Smith’s absence will be a huge blow to Australia whohold a 1-0 lead in the five Test series and victory atHeadingley would ensure they retained the Ashes.

Their other batsmen have not looked convincing —experienced opener David Warner has totalled just 18in his four innings — with Smith being the lynch-pin.

“Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third AshesTest at Headingley, with coach Justin Langer confirm-ing the news after the batsman sat out Australia’s train-ing session on Tuesday,” Cricket Australia announced ontheir website.

The team doctor Richard Saw had the final say onwhether Smith played or not and he was seen speakingwith him during team training on Tuesday.

According to the website vice-captain Pat Cumminspatted Smith on the shoulder and coach Justin Langerwrapped his arm round the former captain as the restof the squad trained without him.

Smith — who has risen to number two in the worldbatting rankings — was pictured with his head in hishands and Langer looking glumly at the ground.

Smith now has two weeks to be ready for the fourthTest in Manchester, which starts on September 4, witha three-day tour match in Derby from August 29-31.

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Struggling star Sushil Kumarsealed a berth in India’s squad for

the World Championship, pipping aspirited Jitender Kumar 4-2 in a bit-terly-fought 74kg final of the selec-tion trials here on Tuesday.

Consistent attacks from both thewrestlers in the fast-paced finalbout had the fans on the edge of theirseats. Close to 1500 gathered at theIGI stadium to watch their favouritestar in action.

Sushil opened up a 4-0 lead inthe first period and ended up inflict-ing an eye injury on Jitender early inthe second period.

Sushil, whose return to the matafter a year at an event in Belarus metwith a disappointing end, apologisedimmediately.

Later, another attacking movefrom Sushil had Jitender wincing inpain as he suffered an elbow injury.

Nevertheless, Jitender did notgive up and thrice he had got holdof Sushil’s right leg but lack of prop-er grip meant he could not convertthem into points.

The two-time Olympic medallistwas feeling the heat and to the dis-

cerning, it seemed the two medicalbreaks he took was a ploy to catchsome breath.

With two push-out points,Jitender reduced the margin ofdefeat.

It still is not over for Jitender asthe federation has given him theoption to book a WorldChampionship berth in 79kg bychallenging Tuesday’s winner VirdevGulia.

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Striker Mandeep Singh struck afine hat-trick to help the Indian

men’s hockey team beat hostsJapan 6-3 and book a summitclash berth in the Olympic TestEvent here on Tuesday.

The Indian team bouncedback from their 1-2 loss againstNew Zealand with an impressivedisplay in their third match at theOi Hockey Stadium here. Indiaagain face New Zealand in thesummit clash today.

Mandeep found the target inthe 9th, 29th and 30th minuteswhile Nilakanta Sharma (3rd),Nilam Sanjeep Xess (7th) andGurjant Singh (41st) were theother scorers for India.

Kentaro Fukuda (25th), KentaTanaka (36th) and KazumaMurata (52nd) scored the goals forJapan.

Nilakanta gave India an excel-lent start through a field goal inthe third minute. Buoyed by theearly lead, the Indian team puttremendous pressure on the Japandefence as Gurjant Singh took ashot on goal, but saw his effortgoing wide of the post.

However, a penalty corner

was awarded to India in the sev-enth minute which was convert-ed brilliantly by Nilam Sanjeep tohelp the team take a 2-0 lead.

India continued to take theaggressive approach and Mandeepfound the back of the net with anexcellent field goal in the ninthminute.

Japan managed to open theiraccount through a field goalthrough Kentaro Fukuda in the25th minute, but Mandeep scored

two field goals in quick successionto help India take a big 5-1 lead.The Indian vice-captain scoredjust before the half-time whistle inthe 29th and 30th minutes.

Japan started the third quar-ter on an aggressive note and keptputting pressure on the Indiandefence and found a field goalthrough Kenta Tanaka in the 36thminute.

India did not let the momen-tum shift towards the Japanese

side as forward Gurjant found theback of the net in the 41st minuteto make it 6-2 which put the worldnumber 5 side in a dominant posi-tion at the end of the third quar-ter.

Japan attacked the Indiandefence in the the fourth quarterand scored their third goalthrough Kazuma Murata in the52nd minute.

The win put India in the sec-ond spot in the points table andthey face toppers New Zealand inthe summit clash.

EVES TOP THE TABLEFollowing an impressive per-

formance against Australia, theIndian women’s hockey team alsosecured its place in the final byplaying out a 0-0 draw againstChina.

China needed the victory tomake sure that they progress to thefinal but India’s defense was up tothe task, and seemed determinedto consolidate their position at thetop of the points table.

With a tally of five points fromtheir three matches, India toppedthe points table, and will now facehosts and World No 14 Japan inthe final today.

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The Indian team managementwill be fretting on possibleteam combinations for the first

Test against the West Indies with adifficult choice between senior prosRohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane ifit opts for a fifth specialist bowler.

Unless India go with a safety-firstfour bowler strategy which allowsboth Test and ODI vice-captain tofigure in the scheme of things, oneamong the two would be coolingheels and it could be Rahane goingby his wretched form in red-ballcricket.

India will be returning to thelongest format after a good seven and

half months and the moot point ofthe playing XI will be whether Kohli-Ravi Shastri duo goes for an addition-al sixth batsman or an extra bowlerfor the first Test starting on Thursday.If the Indian team’s think tankemploys conservative strategy, KLRahul and Mayank Agarwal shouldbe opening the innings but Rahul itmay be recalled was dropped for thelast two Test matches in Australiawith Hanuma Vihari opening theinnings.

While Vihari didn’t score toomany runs, he blunted the new ballattack which helped Agarwal andCheteshwar Pujara to consolidatewithout much trouble.

If one looks at the pattern of play-

ing XI selections, Vihari, who battedNo 3 and scored a fifty in the warm-up game against West Indies A, couldonce again open in the first Test ifRahul’s poor Test record during pastone year is taken into account.

Cheteshwar Pujara and ViratKohli are the two pillars at No 3 and4 respectively but the problem startsafter that.

With Rishabh Pant expected tocome in at No 6 and Ravindra Jadejawith his all-round skills bringing inthe necessary balance at No 7 in theabsence of an injured Hardik Pandya,Kohli may be left with an unenviabletask of putting either Rahane orRohit on the chopping block.

Rohit’s last Test knock was anunbeaten half-century and he alsoscored a first-innings half-ton in thepractice game.

While Rahane got a few runs inthe second innings, his form has beenon the downhill and even a countystint with Hampshire has not doneanything to bolster his confidence.

The only option to include bothis to go for a four-bowler strategy withthree pacers in Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharmaalong with Ravichandran Ashwin orKuldeep Yadav as the lone spinner.

The extra batsman then will takeJadeja out of equation but there willalways be a chance of fatigue in sul-try conditions and the case of main-taining proper over-rates with threeout and out fast bowlers in operation.

Skipper Kohli has always been abig advocator of playing five bowlersas the key to winning Test matches is20 wickets.

If the track is lively, Kohli per-haps wouldn’t even mind playing afourth pacer in Umesh Yadav (alongwith lone spinner), who had a goodgame against the Windies A.

However a lot will depend on thekind of track that the local curatorsprovide at the Sir Vivian RichardsStadium here.

There is a perception that thisIndian team can take 20 wickets withfour bowlers but will Kohli take thatrisk in their World TestChampionship opener?

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the Year award at the seventh CWI/WIPA Awards2019.

Under Holder’s captaincy in 2018, West Indiesdrew the three-match home Test series against SriLanka 1-1 and later defeated Bangladesh in thetwo-match Test series 2-0. During the said peri-od, the star all-rounder also scored 405 runs andpicked up 21 wickets in ODIs. He will now be lead-ing the side in the two-match Test series againstIndia beginning on Thursday.

At the annual CWI Award ceremony whichtook place on Monday, Shai Hope was named WestIndies’ ODI Player of the Year. The right-handedbatsman scored 875 runs at 67.30 in 2018, includ-ing three centuries and three half-centuries.

Keemo Paul won West Indies’ T20I Player ofthe Year award. Paul, who made his debut last year,picked up 17 wickets and scored 124 runs in 13matches for the West Indies.

Oshane Thomas was named as the West IndiesEmerging Player of the Year while RahkeemCornwall, who is in line to make his Test debutagainst India this week, was adjudged West IndiesChampionship Player of the Year. Andre Russellbagged the Caribbean T20 player award.

In women’s cricket, big-hitting all-rounderDeandra Dottin swept the top three awards — WestIndies Women Player of the Year, West IndiesWomen’s ODI Player of the Year and the T20 Playerof the Year.

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Art has been one of the key uni-fying factors for the Indian soci-

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Analyse the syllabus: First thingsfirst, it is advised that the studentsshould first analyse the syllabuswhich is classified and concise. Thepreparation of RRB JE CBT-2 differsfrom SSC/GATE OR IES preparation.So, the students should stick to thesyllabus and prepare smartly.

Practice direct questions:Students should focus on practicingdirect questions rather than givingtoo much time to theory. Comparedto reading theory, it will be beneficialfor the students if they do solve directquestions as it may increase their effi-ciency also. Level of questions areexpected to be moderate so high levelquestions should not be considered.

Prepare a proper time table:Student should make a proper timetable including two-three subjectsdaily. It's always advised to study two-three subjects daily in loop than goingfor only one subject to maintain theefficiency. And, direct questionshould be practiced on a daily basisat least hundred to two hundred

questions.Don’t ignore the non-technical

part: Nontechnical part covers 50marks and it needs to be practiceddaily. Students to dedicatedly devoteat least an hour daily to practice it,students who ace this section will def-initely score well and get at the edge

Revision strategy: A good revi-sion strategy is also importantbecause without revision whateverthe students study will be futile. Soat least every third day studentshould revise whatever they havestudied in past two days. This cycleof revision must continue till theexam.

Formulas are very important:For RRB JE CBT-2, the numerical’swill be mostly based on direct formu-las and thus students must remem-ber them. A simple hack to remem-

ber all the formulas are that they canwrite all the formulas on a chartpaper and paste them in front oftheir study table which will helpthem in daily revisions. This is animportant step as in CBT-2 exam vir-tual calculator is allowed and most-ly all the numerical’s will be formu-la based and those formulas must beon your tips.

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because it offers a broad range ofrewarding career opportunities. Thechoice of career usually depends onyour professional interest and typeof specialisation you have taken upduring MBA. Technology and digi-tisation are also redefining the tra-ditional job roles in MBA. Thefuture jobs will be automated andmachine-powered but at the sametime create new job roles such as dig-ital evangelist, experience andengagement managers and manyothers.

While the salary package andgrowth prospects differ from oneindustry to another, the followingjobs are known to offer an excellentpay scale after MBA:

�Marketing ManagerMarketing managers are expect-

ed to formulate and execute a mar-keting strategy to promote a compa-ny’s products and services. Theymonitor and analyse market trends,identify target markets, understandcustomers’ expectations, study com-

petitors’ marketing tactics and devel-op sales/marketing campaigns. Youcan also choose niche marketingmanagement careers such as con-sumer behaviour, digital market-ing, rural marketing, retail market-ing, brand management or mediaplanning, all of which pay very well.

�Financial ManagerEvery organisation needs a ded-

icated financial manager to handle itsfinancial activities, decisions andportfolio. Financial managers keeptrack of financial transactions, man-age assets and investments, preparefinancial reports, forecast budgets,maintain relationships with financialinstitutions, assist in mergers andacquisitions and ensure that thefinance department meets regulato-ry compliances. You can earn evenmore handsomely by opting formore specialised roles such as riskmanagers, insurance managers, trea-surers, investment banker, projectfinance managers, etc. in the finan-cial management field.

Fintech is another booming sec-tor in the financial managementindustry. Technologies such as arti-

ficial intelligence and blockchain aredisrupting financial services for bet-ter and adding a new dimension tofinancial jobs. Some of the careeropportunities created by fintech areblockchain developer, data special-ist, financial analyst and quantitativeanalyst among many others.

�Business AnalystBusiness analysts bridge the gap

between an organisation’s businessobjectives and information tech-nology capabilities. They gather cus-tomer requirements and identifyboth functional and technicalrequirements of acompany/project/program to outlineproblems, opportunities and solu-tions. They also interact with vari-ous other departments of the organ-isation to develop efficient businessprocess models and workflow analy-

sis. Basically, business analysts are avital communication link betweencustomers, organisation and all otherstakeholders for running operationssmoothly.

�Human Resources ManagerHuman resource managers have

the accountability to manageemployees of the company and lookafter their welfare. This job compris-es several duties such as recruitment,onboarding, training, payroll, labourrelations, employee policies, perfor-mance appraisals and employee exits.You can choose to become a humanresource generalist or specialist. Asa generalist, you are responsible forend-to-end human resource func-tions. As a specialist, you can focuson pursuing a specific area such asemployee training and development,human resource information systems

(HRIS), human resource analytics,compensation and benefits, changemanagement, labour compliancemanager and others. Both general-ists and specialists get competitivesalary packages.

�Operations ManagerOperations managers play a vital

role in e-commerce, telecommunica-tion, logistics, financial services,construction and manufacturingcompanies. They oversee end-to-endprocesses right from the procure-ment of raw materials from suppli-ers to last-mile delivery to cus-tomers and even reverse logistics.They ensure that all processes workin an integrated manner to optimiseresource allocation, improve efficien-cy and increase profitability.

�Management ConsultantManagement consultants can

work independently or get hired bytop management consulting firms.They provide a broad spectrum ofservices ranging from finance andmarketing to human resources andlegal advisory. They work closelywith top management to solve a spe-cific problem by analysing the rootcause, finding long-term sustainablesolutions and improving the overallperformance of the company. Theconsultancy usually lasts from a fewweeks to a few months, dependingon the complexity of the issue.

The above-listed job roles canput you on a fast-track career pathand earn you even more money asyou gain more experience.

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The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhiis one of the 15 IITs created to be centers ofexcellence for training, research and devel-opment in science, engineering and technol-ogy. Since its inception, over 35,000 have grad-uated from lIT-Delhi in various disciplinesincluding Engineering, Physical Sciences,Management and Humanities and SocialSciences.

Of these, nearly 11,970 have graduatedwith BTech degrees, 3,541 received PhDdegrees, and the remaining obtained Master'sDegree in Engineering, Sciences and BusinessAdministration. These alumni today work asscientists, technologists, business managersand entrepreneurs. They have contributed sig-nificantly to building of this nation, and toindustrialization around the world. In fact, ofthe top twenty Indian Unicorn founders,eleven have been founded by IIT Delhi alum-ni. Besides, IIT-Delhi has 12 centers of excel-lences and three dedicated Research Parkswhich act as power house for technology andengineering research in partnership withIndustries.�How are you fostering culture of collabo-ration among stakeholders?

We have been actively working with itscorporate partners since decades. In 2017-18alone we worked on more than 450 consul-tancy and research sponsored collaborationprojects worth over �175 crore. In the last 5years, we have partnered with more than 200industry partners with the goal of providingscalable solutions. The modality of the rela-tionships is in the form of multi-faceted trans-actional, operational and strategic collabora-tions like sponsored projects, technical con-sultancies, philanthropic activities, skill devel-opment programs and more.�What is the aim?

To break the silos and support strategic,catalytic and capacity-building programmes,and research across all academic domains. Ourteam actively engages in fostering industryengagements to facilitate the transfer ofknowledge and emerging technologies fromacademia to industry. We strive to buildbridges through these collaborative activitiesto provide a platform for our faculty andresearch scholars to transform academicresearch that commences from classrooms andlaboratories into technologies and productsthat can make a difference to the society. Therehas been a sea-change in Corporate interac-

tions at the Institute which goes beyond thetraditional model of funding discreet researchprojects, to more interactive and equal part-nerships, a model better suited for today’stechnological landscape.�How are you mobilising resources for theresearch community? What kind of enablingenvironment you have created for industry-academia partnership?

The resources can be in form of funding,complementary technology expertise andinfrastructure. Our efforts are directed to cre-ate awareness about the conducive environ-ment at IIT-Delhi for industry-academiapartnership. Based on the ‘need’ or ‘aspiration’of every potential partner, a customised pro-posal is worked upon by us in conjunctionwith the interested faculty. We proactivelyreach out to the industry and are instrumen-tal to facilitate a seamless experience right fromthe beginning of the relationship till the MoU(memorandum of understanding) is signedoff. Thereafter we have a robust mechanismin place to monitor progress.�What are the focus areas for industry-acad-emia partnerships in next few years?

Some of the focus areas of our industrypartners include Healthcare, AI, ML andCognitive, Smart materials, Electric mobility,Clean and Green energy, and Sustainability.The third edition of Industry Day at IIT-Delhitoday (September 21, 2019) will showcase ourcollaborative research work in these fields.

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The Young IndiaFellowship (YIF), atAshoka University,

is invites applications forthe Class of 2020-21. It is aunique one-year multi-disciplinary postgraduatediploma programme inLiberal Studies. The onlineapplication form opens onAugust 20, 2019.

The fellows to adiverse set of subjects likeSociology, Economics,Statistics, Physics,Philosophy, Psychology,Art, History, Literature,Business, Leadership,International Relations,and Critical Writing. Thecurriculum is designed forfellows to understandteam-building, developcritical thinking and gainproblem-solving skills bycombining academic workwith on-ground experi-ence.

Eligibility: For indi-viduals with a recognisedUG or PG degree (finalyear UG may also apply).The upper age limit forthe applicants is 28 yearsas on May 31, 2020. Thereis no application fee forthe programme. The pro-gramme has a rigorousselection process whichincludes an application

assessment, a telephon-ic interview, a compre-

hensive test and a personalinterview. The applicationassessment takes intoaccount an applicant’s aca-demic performancethrough school and col-lege, their involvement inextra-curricular activities,and the personal essayssubmitted by them.

For more information,log on towww.ashoka.edu.in/YIF

The University ofWaterloo is providing AliArts EntrepreneurshipAward in Canada.International students canapply.

Each successful schol-ar will get the amountworth up to $2,500.

Eligibility: To be eligi-ble for this fund, the appli-cant must have to beenrolled in the bachelordegree coursework at theuniversity for the academ-ic year 2019-2020.

You need to attach astatement/letter (maxi-mum one page) to explainwhy you are applying forthis specific award andhow you meet the awardcriteria. All students musthave to meet the Englishlanguage requirements ofthe university.

How to apply: Themode is online.

Application deadline:October 1, 2019.

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Everyone wants a comfort-able lifestyle. Wouldn’tyou love it if you could

switch on the air conditionerbefore reaching home or turnoff the lights even after leavingyour home? Everyone is busycatching up with the work thatthey might miss out on a fewthings at home in a hurry. Herethe Internet of Things (IoT)helps us wonderfully in con-necting us with the devicesand notifying us about every-thing at home even when we areat work or anywhere else. Wecan say that IoT makes our livessimpler and more convenient. Ithelps you to manage your homemore smartly. You can wateryour garden by sitting in anoffice with just one tap in yourmobile application.

What is IoT?It is an ecosystem of con-

nected physical devices/objectsthat are accessible through theinternet. IoT is a system ofinterrelated devices, digitalproducts, objects, people oranimals that are provided withunique identifiers (UIDs) andthe ability to transfer data overa network without requiringany human interaction.

The IoT is big and real interms of everything. However,technologies and standards arestill evolving, expected to

change more in the comingyears. IoT will connect 4 billionpeople on the planet throughmultiple devices and applica-tions.

By connecting “things”, IoTwill make our lives easier. Thenew wave of connectivity isgoing beyond smartphones andlaptops by thriving towardsconnected cars, smart homes,wearables, health care, smartcities, and many more. IoThelps these devices to bridge thegap between physical and dig-ital worlds to improve the qual-ity and productivity of indus-tries, society, and life.

Overview of IoTWith the potential to

increase the connectivity ofeverything, the Internet ofThings is changing the way wedo things nowadays. Theincreased pace of IoT adoptionin the country will make manysectors like industrial manu-facturing, energy, agriculture,utilities, transport, and logisticslead the market.

The Indian market poten-tial of the Internet of Things islikely to reach $ 9 billion by2020. The IoT units in India cansee rapid growth of 31 times toreach $1.9 billion by 2020.

As per the GlobalData, thedata and analytics company, theglobal market potential of the

Internet of Things is expectedto reach $318 billion at com-pound annual growth rate of 20per cent by 2023.

OpportunitiesThe rise in the number of

IoT devices in use has led to asignificant increase in the num-ber of IoT jobs as well. The can-didates require a combination ofskills to ensure a promisingcareer in IoT.

Train in IoTKnowing the growing need

of IoT based skills in the mar-ket, the Electronics Sector SkillsCouncil of India (ESSCI), whichis set up under the Ministry ofSkill Development andEntrepreneurship (MSDE), skillthe youth of the country specif-ically in the electronics domain.The council has been workingwith the subject matter expertsacross India to createQualification Packs (QPs) inaccordance with the risingdemand of IoT based skills inthe market. Therefore, if you arelooking forward to makingyour career in this domain, youcan simply take training fromthe registered training part-ners of ESSCI that are availablepan India.

Understanding the per-spective of both ElectronicsHardware and Embedded

Software, the council has pre-pared two job-oriented cours-es (QP’s) in which the candi-dates can take training and getthe job easily in the IoT domain.They are:

IoT Hardware Analyst:This QP primarily takes a com-plete hardware perspective. ForEngineers coming fromElectronics and Electrical back-ground, this is an ideal QP ifyou want to have your career inthe hardware aspect of IoT.The QP is designed as a pack ofskills that includes Circuitdesign, Hardware realisationin terms of PCB, Optimisation,Verification and Validation,and System thinking aspects.

The National SkillQualification Framework levelfor this job role is five and theminimum educational qualifi-cation required to enroll inthis job role is Bachelor’s degreein Engineering, Technology, Statistics, Mathsand Computer Science.

Embedded Full-Stack IoTAnalyst: This QP primarilytakes the software perspective.With a primary focus onEmbedded Software design,this QP focuses on skill-build-ing in areas like Embedded pro-gramming, Operating Systems,UI development, Debugging,Testing and release of qualitysoftware.

This QP also gives verygood focus to inculcate engi-neering best practices. For engi-neers who are willing to have acareer as Design Engineers,this QP would serve as an idealskill pack.

This job role is coveredunder the NSQF Level 5 and theminimum educational qualifi-cation required is a Bachelor’sDegree inEngineering/Technology/Statistics/Mathematics/ComputerScience.

The future of IoT is virtu-ally unlimited due to advancesin technology and consumersdesire to integrate devices suchas smartphones with householdmachines. Networking and con-nectivity protocols have madeit possible to connect peopleand machines on all platforms.Also, there is so much data trav-elling from device to device, sosecurity is another key concernthat needs to be addressed tokeep up with demands.

From an individual’s per-spective, IoT will offer excellentcareer opportunities whichneed to be harnessed. Only itrequires to have the necessaryskills that are going to be the keydifferentiator.

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New Delhi (PTI): Tech giantSamsung on Tuesday said it isconfident of cornering 65 percent market share in the premi-um smartphone segment (Rs30,000 and above) with thelaunch of its flagship GalaxyNote 10 and 10+ in India.

The company, which com-petes with the likes of OnePlusand Apple, in this segment, said

in the first half of 2019 (January-June), its market share was at 63per cent in value terms in the pre-mium category (as per GfKdata). “We had 52 per cent valuemarket share in the premiumsegment in 2018. This rose to63 per cent in H1 2019,”Samsung India Senior VicePresident and Head of Marketing,Mobile Business Ranjivjit Singh

told PTI. He added that by theyear-end, the companyis confident ofexpand-

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further to 65per cent and above.

“The premium category, esti-

mated to be about Rs 15,000-20,000 crore, is growing atabout 9-10 per cent. We are

growing at strong doubledigits and expect to grow at

over 20 per cent,” he said. Apartfrom the Note series, the com-pany’s lineup in the premium cat-egory includes Samsung GalaxyS series and A80. He said theNote 10 series has powerful flag-

ship devices that will take the pro-ductivity and creativity of mil-lennial users to the next level.“For the first time ever, GalaxyNote10 comes in two sizes, soconsumers can find the Notethat’s best for them. It has anenhanced S Pen that convertshandwriting to digital text,and enhanced Samsung DeXfor PC and link to Windowsfor all meeting productivityneeds of the customers,” Singhadded.

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Bangladesh Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina and tennis

star Sania Mirza will beamong co-chairs for IndiaEconomic Summit to be heldhere in October by the WorldEconomic Forum, where hun-dreds of Indian and globalleaders would discuss India’srole in South Asia and on theworld stage. Hasina and Mirzawill be joined by Singapore’sDeputy Prime Minister andFinance Minister Heng SweeKeat, Apol lo HospitalsEnterprise’s Executive Vice-Chairperson ShobanaKamineni and SequoiaCapital India’s ManagingDirector Shailendra Singh asother co-chairs.

Mirza will co-chair thesummit as a sportspersonand the UN Women GoodwillAmbassador for South Asia.The two-day summit, sched-uled for October 3-4, will beheld by Geneva-based WEFin collaboration with industrybody CII (Confederation ofIndian Industry) under thetheme of ‘Innovating forIndia: Strengthening SouthAsia, Impacting the World’.

According to the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF), themeeting will address strategicissues of regional significanceunder four thematic pillars -the new geopolitical reality

and new social, ecologicaland technological systems.The WEF said India as thefastest-growing large econo-my in the world has demon-strated remarkable strengthand resilience amid globalslowdown. The country’s andthe region’s role is critical tothe sustainability of globaleconomic growth and if thisis to be Asia’s century, the roleof South Asia will be indis-pensable, it added.

Besides, the r ise ofadvanced technologies hasthe potential to create eco-nomic and social value, andbolster India’s goal of main-taining its growth momentumwhile attaining greater socialinclusion and regional coop-eration. The WEF, whichhosts its annual summit inSwiss Alps resort town ofDavos every year, said the

India meeting will convenekey leaders from government,private sector, academia andcivil society to facilitate dia-logue on policy tools, businessmodels, industry standards,norms and guidelines forboosting the dynamism ofIndia to attain its growthpotential. The meeting willalso focus on accelerating theadoption of Fourth IndustrialRevolution technologies andoptimally governing them toassist India to leapfrog to anadvanced stage of develop-ment and provide the worldwith replicable proof of asuccessful model, affectingbillions of people globally.Top leaders expected to attendthe meeting include seniorministers Nitin Gadkari,Piyush Goyal, Smriti Irani,Dharmendra Pradhan, andHardeep Singh Puri.

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New Delhi (PTI): StateBank of India (SBI), the coun-try’s largest lender, on Tuesdayannounced a number of offersincluding cheaper rates forhome and auto loan borrowers,to cash in on festival fervour.Customers can avail the cheap-er loans with added benefitssuch as waiver in processingfees, pre-approved digital loansand loans with no escalation ininterest rates spread acrossvarious categories, SBI said ina statement.

The bank has not specifiedthe time period for which thisfestival offer would be valid.However, the move would befollowed by the other lenders aswell. “SBI has waived process-ing fees on car loans during fes-tival season. The bank is offer-ing lowest interest rate startingfrom 8.70 per cent to customersopting for car loan, with no

escalation in interest,” it said.No escalation will ensure thatthe customer will not have toface fluctuation in the interestrate. For customers applying fora car loan online through thebank’s digital platform likeYONO or website, a 25-basispoint concession on interestrate can be availed, it said.

The salaried customers canalso avail the loan up to 90 percent of the car’s on-road price,it said. Recently, SBI reducedmarginal cost of funds-basedlending rate (MCLR) by 15 bpsdue to which overall home loaninterest rate is now reduced by35 bps since April 2019.Currently, the bank offerscheapest home loan with aninterest rate of 8.05 per cent asrepo rate-linked home loanand this rate will be applicableto all existing and new loanfrom September 1, it said.

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IDBI 27.90 27.90 26.20 26.65DCBBANK 210.95 214.00 210.15 211.40GMRINFRA 15.75 15.99 15.10 15.18NOCIL 83.30 83.30 79.65 80.15MCX 868.45 868.45 840.10 858.35GNFC 196.40 199.90 196.40 197.95BHARTIARTL 360.80 362.35 357.50 358.15SRF 2939.00 2942.25 2845.10 2854.05SRTRANSFIN 1060.00 1075.30 1020.50 1028.90RAYMOND 619.45 620.40 596.85 600.25DABUR 432.90 433.15 428.25 431.80ONGC 127.00 127.00 124.45 125.05GODFRYPHLP 1049.90 1063.50 1017.35 1035.75PHILIPCARB 126.00 126.90 123.55 125.30GLENMARK 368.75 375.65 365.10 374.30NIITTECH 1319.95 1397.00 1319.95 1379.50MINDTREE 706.60 726.00 703.75 707.75APOLLOHOSP 1486.00 1489.55 1463.65 1474.50CEATLTD 876.50 893.00 851.90 885.40GRAPHITE 292.00 295.00 289.30 291.45AVANTI 298.60 314.55 298.60 304.35CENTURYTEX 899.00 899.35 861.50 865.90GODREJIND 452.90 452.90 442.00 445.60UPL 539.00 545.10 535.00 540.05WESTLIFE 281.00 291.00 273.40 289.70AMBUJACEM 211.20 211.20 205.20 205.80TATAMTRDVR 56.00 57.75 56.00 57.45LUPIN 733.10 742.45 728.60 735.70INDIACEM 79.80 80.15 76.60 78.40LTI 1613.00 1629.00 1596.75 1613.55CIPLA 478.40 481.25 470.90 478.80ADANIGAS 153.50 160.00 153.00 155.10LICHSGFIN 483.90 483.90 467.20 471.30IDFCFIRSTB 45.45 45.70 44.05 44.95MARICO 396.55 398.00 393.35 395.60BHARATFORG 397.95 404.00 389.75 391.20SPARC 158.90 158.95 152.75 154.20JKTYRE 59.90 59.95 57.60 58.50EQUITAS 111.05 111.35 104.55 107.50INTELLECT 226.10 230.70 220.95 223.10AUROPHARMA 607.90 607.90 593.25 600.50BPCL 347.30 347.35 339.70 342.55INFRATEL 253.00 258.45 252.55 255.60

JAICORPLTD 74.65 74.85 70.95 71.85PGHL 4366.00 4470.00 4221.10 4388.50APOLLOTYRE 163.10 165.90 163.10 165.05BATAINDIA 1473.00 1483.80 1466.35 1471.75RAJESHEXPO 716.00 741.00 688.50 727.50SWANENERGY 101.90 102.30 99.40 100.60RECLTD 147.85 148.05 144.35 144.90NAUKRI 2172.65 2189.95 2116.60 2159.25FEDERALBNK 85.85 85.85 83.60 84.65BOMDYEING 73.50 73.70 71.00 72.05ADANIPORTS 357.20 359.45 352.30 355.10BANDHANBNK 497.30 500.25 484.00 487.65TVSMOTOR 373.15 375.60 365.30 369.30RNAM 258.00 258.00 250.00 252.45CROMPTON 225.00 231.50 225.00 227.85LAKSHVILAS 44.20 46.05 43.15 44.05TATAGLOBAL 269.00 270.35 263.95 265.90CONCOR 476.00 476.90 463.40 475.00ICICIGI 1156.55 1160.20 1132.80 1136.35BEML 765.90 771.60 753.95 767.70GODREJCP 628.45 639.80 621.40 631.25AAVAS 1600.00 1621.00 1474.15 1504.80WOCKPHARMA 280.10 280.40 273.35 275.15ABCAPITAL 90.60 90.75 88.00 89.50PRESTIGE 304.00 304.00 290.25 294.95BERGEPAINT 364.80 367.45 361.40 366.40PFC 108.50 108.50 104.75 106.40PCJEWELLER 34.00 34.00 32.60 32.90SHANKARA 285.00 301.15 281.05 289.60BLISSGVS 95.70 95.70 93.20 93.95KEI 468.00 472.50 451.35 453.85J&KBANK 36.80 39.25 36.65 37.25UBL 1330.00 1335.25 1309.70 1318.80FSL 50.30 50.80 49.10 50.40MINDAIND 313.55 323.45 311.90 321.05CADILAHC 218.65 220.00 214.55 219.45INOXWIND 39.75 41.00 33.60 35.60OMAXE 197.70 197.70 194.40 195.45NATIONALUM 41.10 41.20 40.40 40.65

IFBIND 684.15 686.35 658.00 665.40AUBANK 700.65 700.65 678.45 697.15SUNTECK 465.00 465.50 452.50 459.45ENGINERSIN 102.85 104.40 101.10 103.40AJANTPHARM 977.10 981.80 943.25 952.95CANFINHOME 379.80 385.50 372.90 377.20PETRONET 237.40 239.90 236.00 236.40HSCL 84.50 86.00 79.00 82.65WELCORP 115.90 116.90 114.00 115.60MINDACORP 80.30 80.30 76.00 77.40NHPC 23.20 23.90 23.10 23.30SUNTV 441.40 443.40 432.25 434.35TIINDIA 351.80 358.20 349.50 356.45UFLEX 216.90 216.90 205.45 206.60JSWENERGY 69.95 70.10 68.25 69.25DCMSHRIRAM 405.70 410.00 396.00 404.80ADANITRANS 219.05 221.65 216.75 218.95RADICO 324.15 328.90 310.40 313.45DELTACORP 157.00 157.00 149.00 150.10CENTRUM 27.00 28.40 26.50 28.05MRPL 50.00 50.60 48.05 48.25INDHOTEL 134.15 134.40 131.00 131.65TATACOMM 440.80 448.00 438.80 442.45DIVISLAB 1544.90 1544.90 1515.20 1520.50KEC 295.00 296.55 288.00 289.05TORNTPOWER 286.00 292.00 286.00 290.25JAMNAAUTO 33.90 34.10 32.05 32.75LEMONTREE 53.20 54.20 52.00 52.90TATACHEM 564.95 565.00 554.30 563.50COLPAL 1212.60 1214.95 1192.00 1200.50KTKBANK 79.10 79.10 76.60 76.80GSKCONS 7900.80 7994.00 7890.00 7968.65NESTLEIND 12072.00 12142.65 11927.55 11963.35HEIDELBERG 196.00 199.00 195.50 198.00QUESS 465.50 465.50 448.50 457.90INDIANB 182.65 182.75 176.00 179.45VIPIND 388.00 390.60 382.85 388.90GODREJPROP 907.10 920.00 900.00 902.50ABFRL 190.20 190.80 186.45 188.35BALKRISIND 734.10 738.65 723.05 729.80GRUH 258.95 260.10 252.60 256.00JUBILANT 452.00 453.55 442.00 448.15AEGISLOG 195.50 202.50 194.50 202.10IRB 90.95 91.10 88.20 89.85GSFC 73.30 74.40 72.90 74.15JINDALSAW 71.35 72.00 69.75 70.05DBL 399.50 404.80 391.00 401.15PERSISTENT 534.45 561.95 533.65 554.70EXIDEIND 179.00 179.85 176.15 178.45TRENT 472.50 479.00 467.00 475.00SOUTHBANK 11.51 11.51 11.32 11.35THERMAX 1064.50 1064.50 1021.05 1028.05GREAVESCOT 119.00 123.00 119.00 121.55CHENNPETRO 193.25 197.00 185.00 195.60TRITURBINE 102.00 106.90 97.00 105.15IPCALAB 958.70 970.00 946.00 966.85SUVEN 244.00 247.85 241.00 244.80HINDZINC 209.60 209.60 204.00 206.35DEEPAKNI 276.85 277.50 273.60 274.75PARAGMILK 169.05 169.30 160.20 161.00NETWORK18 22.60 22.60 20.95 21.30DEEPAKFERT 85.70 85.70 82.25 83.35TORNTPHARM 1646.15 1667.00 1631.65 1659.35CUMMINSIND 586.00 586.90 575.75 579.60SIEMENS 1167.00 1172.65 1148.80 1166.85AMARAJABAT 626.00 626.00 613.00 619.95MEGH 48.00 48.00 46.10 46.30COROMANDEL 358.15 360.00 347.10 354.85OIL 152.40 152.60 147.55 148.05RAIN 83.50 84.10 82.30 83.10GRANULES 94.95 95.45 93.00 93.35EMAMILTD 299.10 301.15 291.85 297.00ATUL 3589.50 3650.00 3505.00 3618.40JSL 31.00 31.00 28.75 29.35TATACOFFEE 73.15 73.40 70.25 72.25ESSELPRO 95.35 96.00 85.30 87.00VOLTAS 612.00 612.00 599.70 604.85CGPOWER 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75PTC 58.10 59.65 58.10 59.25KNRCON 246.50 249.90 238.10 248.80PFIZER 2970.00 2970.00 2893.70 2914.45NAVINFLUOR 647.50 650.05 640.60 644.55VGUARD 238.00 238.40 231.60 233.15TAKE 101.00 103.40 99.00 102.15CHAMBLFERT 145.50 147.10 142.50 143.55VBL 652.70 654.45 642.60 646.00ASTRAL 1233.00 1268.00 1212.00 1249.80LTTS 1589.95 1598.60 1558.20 1565.40IFCI 7.68 7.68 7.14 7.27WABAG 286.85 291.20 278.00 280.20MUTHOOTFIN 628.90 630.00 617.30 620.50KRBL 235.50 236.00 227.35 229.05TRIDENT 58.00 58.15 56.50 57.85CARERATING 597.95 597.95 585.35 588.40INOXLEISUR 292.00 292.00 282.10 283.05MOIL 130.80 131.25 128.50 128.80GLAXO 1213.20 1213.70 1202.20 1207.70SYNGENE 305.50 306.85 297.10 305.35INFIBEAM 42.10 42.75 41.75 42.00GICRE 178.95 181.20 175.00 178.70JISLJALEQS 22.10 22.15 21.15 21.25FCONSUMER 32.20 32.20 30.25 31.45GODREJAGRO 446.20 458.55 446.00 449.10GSPL 219.60 220.50 217.00 219.40RITES 232.60 234.60 228.00 233.70CASTROLIND 117.05 118.90 117.05 118.45RCF 44.25 44.90 43.90 44.00VINATIORGA 2088.00 2105.75 2056.30 2073.70IDFC 34.15 34.30 33.80 34.10

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CORPBANK 19.00 19.35 18.50 18.95LAXMIMACH 3841.85 3862.00 3775.00 3791.95ANDHRABANK 19.05 19.40 18.80 18.95BDL 288.95 297.80 287.00 288.85SADBHAV 127.65 129.70 125.10 125.70TVTODAY 304.00 304.00 300.30 301.80SUPRAJIT 180.00 181.95 177.00 180.90PHOENIXLTD 624.00 631.00 617.00 627.70CAPPL 428.40 430.00 420.70 421.55ORIENTCEM 88.30 88.30 85.10 86.45HERITGFOOD 337.20 344.65 333.35 339.40JYOTHYLAB 151.20 153.50 151.20 152.50BAJAJCON 264.70 266.00 257.80 258.25ALKEM 1749.40 1791.05 1733.00 1768.85FINCABLES 369.00 376.90 367.20 374.50GALAXYSURF 1293.00 1304.85 1266.70 1300.55IBULISL 103.05 103.10 99.85 101.50JKLAKSHMI 325.55 329.40 325.15 325.55LINDEINDIA 504.00 506.90 491.55 495.95UCOBANK 15.65 15.65 15.35 15.40SUDARSCHEM 323.65 323.65 316.80 319.85ECLERX 531.30 531.30 496.00 500.65WELSPUNIND 48.00 48.10 47.55 47.75LAURUSLABS 336.00 338.10 336.00 337.40ZENSARTECH 225.50 227.90 222.55 225.45HONAUT 23100.00 23365.00 23020.00 23221.45SHK 118.50 119.90 118.00 119.20JSWHL 2668.20 2717.00 2637.35 2647.50MAHSEAMLES 400.65 412.55 398.75 400.85TIMETECHNO 65.05 65.05 61.25 61.75SIS 810.50 820.00 790.00 810.80ASTERDM 121.45 122.55 120.55 122.55GESHIP* 233.70 243.40 233.70 241.95PRSMJOHNSN 84.65 85.00 83.90 84.60IRCON 353.30 355.95 353.30 355.00MAHABANK 11.91 11.94 11.75 11.84ITDC 181.00 181.00 173.30 173.80NH 242.25 248.75 238.05 242.80ADVENZYMES 155.95 155.95 152.75 152.85SYMPHONY 1247.10 1253.30 1216.10 1229.70BIRLACORPN 581.50 583.05 570.50 571.95SCHAEFFLER 4182.30 4259.00 4045.00 4060.70CARBORUNIV 280.30 284.45 278.30 279.75GEPIL 749.00 749.00 734.45 735.75PGHH 10260.00 10309.95 10156.65 10267.15GET&D 159.45 160.85 155.20 157.60MONSANTO 2028.50 2048.00 2010.00 2023.10APARINDS 549.15 558.50 540.70 550.10NBVENTURES 88.05 90.75 87.00 89.85HAL 639.00 668.80 639.00 667.30CCL 246.00 246.30 244.70 245.60SANOFI 6243.75 6244.00 6113.15 6127.05JCHAC 1573.00 1611.00 1573.00 1583.50DHANUKA 334.00 340.00 325.50 328.65TCNSBRANDS 740.00 740.00 700.00 713.053MINDIA 20821.00 20821.00 20528.00 20577.75NLCINDIA 54.80 54.95 54.65 54.75TVSSRICHAK 1665.00 1667.95 1602.00 1641.80GULFOILLUB 844.25 866.40 842.95 863.05CHOLAHLDNG 473.90 478.50 467.25 470.15FINEORG 1421.50 1431.25 1413.70 1428.65LAOPALA 155.00 155.60 153.20 154.85RATNAMANI 915.60 925.00 901.00 911.55VTL 919.90 919.90 906.55 911.95SFL 1165.00 1165.00 1123.00 1140.50ASAHIINDIA 192.90 192.90 185.00 185.25FLFL 445.00 449.70 443.10 446.35BLUEDART 2333.00 2333.00 2263.00 2273.35SREINFRA 11.00 11.01 10.78 10.92SHRIRAMCIT 1300.00 1425.00 1221.55 1390.85ELGIEQUIP 242.00 244.00 240.40 243.45KPRMILL 580.00 580.00 569.25 570.80HATSUN 600.00 620.00 590.10 618.10COCHINSHIP 352.40 353.45 350.50 351.20AIAENG 1640.00 1640.00 1618.00 1628.70GAYAPROJ 132.10 132.30 127.30 129.90CERA 2447.60 2466.95 2425.00 2460.25GILLETTE 7028.95 7096.30 7011.00 7033.75LUXIND 1016.15 1026.50 1005.05 1008.25SHOPERSTOP 373.70 380.00 369.20 373.80SKFINDIA 1837.00 1882.05 1837.00 1866.60MAGMA 70.55 71.40 70.10 70.35COFFEEDAY 69.35 69.35 69.35 69.35AKZOINDIA 1730.55 1730.55 1700.15 1703.30MAXINDIA 56.70 56.95 55.50 56.75NESCO 535.00 535.00 528.55 532.00SOLARINDS 1090.00 1104.00 1086.50 1088.10FDC 159.75 161.20 158.55 159.40VMART 1713.00 1754.75 1701.65 1751.05DBCORP 153.75 155.75 153.00 154.75ORIENTELEC 160.35 161.70 159.00 159.90ERIS 393.70 397.00 393.45 394.20STARCEMENT 97.75 97.90 97.50 97.50

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11063.90 11076.30 10985.30 11017.00 -36.90MARUTI 6003.00 6233.00 5959.05 6223.00 240.45TATAMOTORS 120.00 124.80 119.00 123.80 3.00HCLTECH 1067.90 1090.80 1065.10 1085.05 21.00INFY 785.20 798.00 783.85 792.50 14.85DRREDDY 2524.75 2564.45 2515.50 2553.00 43.90M&M 522.90 535.00 517.50 527.85 7.30HINDUNILVR 1822.00 1849.70 1813.00 1845.95 25.05TCS 2172.00 2205.00 2166.50 2190.00 27.00HEROMOTOCO2655.00 2677.80 2631.60 2663.55 32.05HDFCBANK 2209.25 2227.80 2206.85 2224.00 17.15KOTAKBANK 1490.55 1511.25 1482.65 1507.60 11.25WIPRO 253.30 259.10 252.20 253.95 1.85BAJAJ-AUTO 2730.00 2768.70 2718.55 2744.25 18.75CIPLA 478.85 481.70 470.55 478.70 2.85ZEEL 349.50 354.85 346.55 350.00 1.95ASIANPAINT 1585.00 1599.50 1582.70 1590.30 3.85INFRATEL 253.05 258.50 252.40 255.75 0.45TITAN 1090.90 1095.75 1075.55 1089.90 0.95GAIL 127.50 128.60 125.90 127.40 0.10UPL 540.00 545.00 535.00 542.45 0.40TECHM 674.00 680.00 664.65 669.15 -1.20TATASTEEL 359.70 361.85 353.15 358.20 -1.35POWERGRID 207.00 210.90 205.65 205.95 -1.10SUNPHARMA 426.00 426.50 417.30 420.80 -2.45GRASIM 738.00 738.25 719.85 727.00 -5.35JSWSTEEL 225.05 226.10 221.65 224.55 -1.65LT 1352.95 1355.55 1334.00 1341.55 -10.65ADANIPORTS 357.40 359.75 352.00 354.35 -3.05NTPC 119.00 120.25 117.35 117.80 -1.10BHARTIARTL 360.50 362.35 357.40 357.50 -3.50ONGC 126.60 126.85 124.35 125.05 -1.25HINDALCO 182.00 182.35 177.80 179.25 -1.90SBIN 287.30 287.40 280.65 283.85 -3.00RELIANCE 1289.80 1292.60 1272.60 1278.55 -14.05HDFC 2112.35 2114.90 2075.00 2090.80 -23.25BPCL 348.90 348.90 339.10 342.75 -4.25BAJFINANCE 3327.00 3334.40 3235.25 3285.00 -43.05IOC 126.00 126.10 123.40 124.15 -1.65VEDL 143.80 144.85 141.60 142.10 -2.20ICICIBANK 420.80 423.20 412.50 416.65 -6.75AXISBANK 685.15 685.20 669.50 674.00 -11.00EICHERMOT 16437.70 16570.00 15830.00 16060.00 -277.70ITC 251.60 251.95 245.45 246.85 -4.70COALINDIA 199.40 199.50 194.40 195.15 -3.80BAJAJFINSV 7420.00 7450.00 7207.00 7232.55 -144.10INDUSINDBK 1451.00 1451.95 1388.10 1404.10 -38.40ULTRACEMCO 4176.00 4177.40 4023.00 4023.70 -134.45BRITANNIA 2470.00 2470.00 2371.00 2398.00 -80.40IBULHSGFIN 539.00 540.20 505.25 519.00 -17.85YESBANK 76.95 76.95 70.50 71.55 -5.10

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 26005.55 26032.85 25708.40 25783.45 -198.20CONCOR 462.95 476.90 462.95 475.65 10.50HAVELLS 666.00 686.80 666.00 677.20 13.50INDIGO 1624.00 1645.00 1605.00 1643.00 25.90SBILIFE 850.00 862.45 831.55 860.00 10.10GODREJCP 627.30 639.85 620.95 631.00 4.90HDFCLIFE 526.00 532.90 516.60 528.60 4.05BIOCON 215.00 220.45 211.05 217.85 1.60MOTHERSUMI 97.80 100.55 97.35 98.25 0.60LUPIN 736.55 742.25 728.25 736.20 4.20CADILAHC 219.85 220.00 214.40 219.20 0.45PAGEIND 18297.85 18371.00 18100.00 18250.00 31.55GICRE 181.00 181.85 177.05 180.95 0.20PIDILITIND 1370.00 1383.95 1360.85 1370.00 0.90MRF 57502.00 57857.00 57228.95 57600.00 10.20NHPC 23.40 23.95 23.10 23.25 0.00DIVISLAB 1518.10 1541.95 1516.20 1517.10 -1.00PGHH 10269.90 10300.05 10142.00 10280.10 -10.40SIEMENS 1168.10 1172.75 1148.00 1163.55 -3.40MARICO 397.35 397.90 393.25 394.75 -1.30DABUR 432.10 433.25 428.20 430.45 -1.65COLPAL 1208.50 1215.50 1191.05 1202.65 -5.15UBL 1331.85 1336.20 1309.15 1321.00 -6.00ABB 1376.00 1379.65 1362.00 1364.00 -6.30ICICIPRULI 390.90 391.30 382.25 386.95 -2.00PEL 1802.00 1808.00 1746.40 1787.00 -9.50ASHOKLEY 64.50 64.60 63.00 64.15 -0.35PETRONET 237.30 239.75 235.50 236.00 -1.55BOSCHLTD 13638.40 13769.45 13500.00 13542.65 -90.45BAJAJHLDNG 3336.05 3424.80 3335.00 3355.15 -26.55HDFCAMC 2316.40 2316.40 2262.00 2274.00 -21.30AUROPHARMA 606.75 606.75 592.95 598.00 -5.80SRTRANSFIN 1045.60 1052.15 1020.65 1029.00 -11.20OFSS 3012.00 3047.10 2950.00 2965.00 -33.05DLF 178.00 178.50 173.25 176.75 -2.20HINDZINC 209.30 209.30 203.80 206.45 -2.75HINDPETRO 243.50 244.60 239.25 241.45 -3.25MCDOWELL-N 588.90 588.90 576.20 577.15 -8.55ICICIGI 1158.00 1164.80 1132.10 1139.10 -22.50BANDHANBNK 496.20 500.95 483.95 488.05 -10.25SHREECEM 19467.85 19475.90 18755.00 19000.00 -409.65DMART 1509.45 1514.10 1461.05 1472.05 -32.65NIACL 112.30 112.30 109.50 109.55 -2.50AMBUJACEM 212.10 212.50 205.15 206.50 -5.50BHEL 51.35 51.55 49.65 49.90 -1.40ACC 1589.00 1589.00 1533.05 1541.00 -48.10IDEA 5.95 6.20 5.45 5.80 -0.20SAIL 36.20 36.20 34.35 34.75 -1.30BANKBARODA 102.25 102.25 97.85 98.70 -3.90L&TFH 104.80 104.80 97.25 98.00 -6.80NMDC 101.85 102.00 89.65 89.85 -12.05

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State-run Central Bank ofIndia is planning to mop up

around Rs 3,000 crore in corecapital from markets in thenext two months, a top officialsaid.

This capital is excludingthe fund infusion that is likelyto come from the government,Pallav Mohapatra, managingdirector and chief executive,told reporters on the sidelinesof the annual industry confer-ence Fibac here Tuesday.

"We want to raise Rs 2,000-3,000 crore from markets apartfrom what we get from the gov-ernment," he said, adding themoney will be raised in the nexttwo months either through afollow-on offer or a qualifiedinstitutional placement.

The bank has also made afunding request to the govern-ment from the Rs 70,000-croreit has budgeted, Mohapatra

said, refusing to disclose howmuch they have asked for.

He said the bank expectsthe money from the govern-ment to flow in by Septemberand added that its capital rais-ing plan from the market doesnot hinge on it. The money willbe raised in tranches from themarket.

The city-based bank is tar-geting a credit growth of 10percent during the fiscal, he

said, adding the demand isexpected to pick up in the sec-ond half. It is expecting a cred-it growth of up to 15 per centin the retail, agriculture andsmall businesses, while corpo-rate will be slower, he said.

"As of now, credit growthcoming from retail. There isdemand in MSMEs, roads,renewables. In a few monthsfrom now, manufacturing alsowill be there," he said.

Mohapatra said the bankwill be coming out with repo-linked loans by September endin the retail segment for newloans and existing borrowerscan also switch to the new lend-ing benchmark for a fee.

On the government com-mitment of state-run banksbuying out Rs 1 trillion worthof loan portfolios from thetroubled NBFCs, Mohapatrasaid he will move the boardwith a request towards this nextmonth.

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England’s Ben Stokes has toldAustralia to expect morebouncers from Jofra Archer

in the remainder of the Ashes.“It’s part of the game and a big

part of Jofra’s game, being aggres-sive, not letting batsmen settle,”said Stokes.

Archer produced a hostileand compelling display on debutas the rain-affected second Testended in a draw at Lord’s onSunday.

Not only did he take five wick-ets, he repeatedly unsettledAustralia with a short-pitchedballs. The 92mph bouncer that hitSteve Smith on the neck forced thestar batsman to miss the last daywith concussion.

“When someone takes a nastyblow no bowler is going to say ‘I’mnot going to bowl that againbecause I don’t want to hit themagain’,” Stokes, a lively seam bowler,added.

“The concern is always therewhen someone takes it, but nextball, when you get back to themark, it’s ‘I’m going to keep doingit’.” Smith, who could be ruled outof the third Test at Headingleystarting on Thursday as well, hadearlier been hit a painful blow byArcher on his left forearm.

Marnus Labuschagne, Smith’sreplacement at Lord’s as cricket’sfirst concussion substitute, wasthen hit flush on the grille of hishelmet second ball by anotherArcher thunderbolt.

All the deliveries are consid-ered a legitimate part of a fastbowler’s armoury and Stokes saidArcher had no reason to changehis approach in Leeds.

Stokes believes Archer’s extrapace can help England overturn a1-0 deficit in the five-match Ashesseries following their 251-run lossin the first Test at Edgbaston.

“Everything is so rhythmicalwith Jofra it is tough to see whenthat bouncer is coming,” saidStokes.

“There’s no ‘tell’. He bowled alot of them, but they don’t seem topick it up.

“He gives another dimensionto our bowling attack. The firstinnings he bowled 29 overs but hislast spell of eight was one of thebest out-and-out fast bowlingspells I have seen since I startedplaying,” he added.

“We’ve seen (Australia’s)Mitchell Johnson do it to us,

especially in 2013, but Jofra justmakes it look so easy. I’d ratherhave him on my team than haveto face him. He’s a frightening tal-ent.

“The sky is the limit for himand he’s a great addition to our Testteam.”

England’s top order remains aconcern but after all-rounderStokes’s elevation to number fivein the second innings at Lord’s, hescored an impressive 115 not out.

“It just depends on what hap-pens in the game,” he said.

“I went to six because mybowling workloads have gone upin the last few years. I’m sure it willchange.

“We’re a very versatile battingline-up, some days it might beJonny Bairstow at five, some daysJos Buttler, some days me. We’reall capable, it just depends onworkloads.”

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Andy Murray onMonday fell in the first

round of the ATPWinston-Salem Open,where the three-timeGrand Slam champion wasgiving his surgicallyrepaired hip just its secondtest in singles.

Britain’s Murray, whofeared in January that hiship trouble would end hiscareer, accepted a wild cardinto this week’s tourna-ment in North Carolinaafter falling in his singlescomeback in Cincinnatilast week.

He again showedglimpses of his once-dom-inant self, but was inconsis-tent in a 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 lossto 73rd-ranked AmericanTennys Sandgren in amatch lasting 2 hours and10 minutes.

“Some things were abit better today I think,”Murray said. “I was hittingthe ball a bit cleaner thanI did maybe in Cincinnati...I feel like I moved fairlywell to some drop shots,which maybe last week Iwasn’t running to.

“So there’s some goodthings in there but alsosome stuff I would like todo better.”

LANDMARK FOR LEEHaving said in

Cincinnati he would dis-continue doubles to focuson returning to peaksingles form,Murray saidhe mightc ons i d e rplaying anA T PChallengerTour eventbefore head-ing to Asia, wherehe is entered in September’sZhuhai Championshipsand the China Open.

“Maybe I need to playa level down to get somematches and build my

game up a little bit beforeI start playing on the touragain,” he said.

In other action on aday when rain wreakedhavoc on the schedule,South Korean Lee Duck-hee became the first deafplayer to win an ATP Tourmatch, beatingSwitzerland’s HenriLaaksonen 7-6 (7/4), 6-1.

“My message for peo-ple who are hearingimpaired is to not be dis-couraged.

If you try hard, youcan do anything,” said Lee,who will next face third-seeded Hubert Hurkaczof Poland.

Lee was two pointsfrom victory when thun-derstorms swept through.

When he andLaaksonen returned somefive hours later, Lee quick-ly polished off a win headmitted he hadn’t beenexpecting.

“I thought that I wasjust going to do my bestand try to stay focused,”Lee said. “But I came outa winner.”

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India’s Ankita Raina knocked out ninth seedBelgian Ysaline Bonaventure to progress to the

second round of the US Open Qualifiers butRamkumar Ramanathan bit the dust in the men’ssingles here.

The 194th ranked Ankita was up against ahigher-ranked player but prevailed 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 for her second win against the Belgian on thePro Tour.

She had beaten the 111th rankedBonaventure in her own country in 2014 on clay.

Ankita has not gone beyond the secondround at the Grand Slam qualifiers and she hasa good chance to better that stat as she is upagainst Czech Republic’s Denia Allertova, whois placed 85 places below her at 279.

In the men’s singles, RamkumarRamanathan bowed out with a 5-7, 6-7(9) defeatagainst Italy’s Filippo Baldi.

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Right-arm pacer Tim Southee willcaptain New Zealand in a three-

match T20I series against Sri Lankastarting September 1 in Kandy.

Regular skipper Kane Williamsonand paceman Trent Boult will bereturning home for a pre-planned restfollowing the current Test series,which Sri Lanka are currently leading1-0.

The 14-man squad features threespecialist spinners in Ish Sodhi,Mitchell Santner and Todd Astle.

“Kane and Trent played an enor-mous role in our recent World Cupcampaign and with a big summerahead, we see it as a good opportuni-ty to give them a rest,” said selectorGavin Larsen.

“The series in Sri Lanka will be achallenging one against a team whoare tough to beat in their own condi-tions.”

He also said the series represent-ed the start of a new T20 cycle, withnine T20Is series scheduled for theside ahead of next October’s WorldT20 in Australia.

“Following that amazing ride inthe ODI World Cup, it’s exciting to

begin setting our sights on anotherworld event,” Larsen said.

“Our T20 team has been prettyconsistent over the past couple of yearsand we’re really happy with the powerand versatility we have in this squad.”Squad: Tim Southee (c), Todd Astle,Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme,Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill,Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell,Colin Munro, Seth Rance, MitchellSantner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi,Ross Taylor.

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Off-spinner Rashid Khan will leadAfghanistan in their one-off Test

against Bangladesh and the triangu-lar series featuring Zimbabwe. TheTest will begin on September 5 whilethe tri-series will kick-off fromSeptember 13.

Alongwith Mohammad Shahzad,who is serving a suspension, middle-order batsman Nasir Jamal, left-armspinner Sharafuddin Ashraf, pacemanWafadar Momand, and left-armwristspinner Waqar Salamkheil havenot been included in the squad.

On the other hand, experiencedleft-arm paceman Shapoor Zadran,who is yet to feature in the longest for-mat of the game, and Afsar Zazai, thewicketkeeper-batsman who playedAfghanistan’s maiden Test — againstIndia in June 2018 have been includ-

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Serena Williams announced onTuesday she will warm-up for

January’s Australian Open at theAuckland Classic, a tournament thathas mixed memories for the Americansuperstar.

Williams slumped to a shock sec-ond-round loss in her only previousappearance in New Zealand in 2017,

lashing out at windy conditions shedescribed as some of the “leastfavourite” she had ever experi-enced.

But she went on to win theAustralian Open later thatmonth, claiming the most recentof her 23 majors to pass Steffi

Graf ’s Open-era benchmark of22. She also announced her

engagement to Alexis Ohanianwhile in New Zealand and it later

emerged she was pregnant with her firstchild while competing at the tourna-ment. Currently ranked eighth in theworld, the 37-year-old said she want-ed to show New Zealanders what shecould do on the court.

“Oh man, I want to win that titleso bad,” she said in a statement.

“Last time I was there I had somuch going on and although I foughtthrough to win my first match, I knowI didn’t play to my level.”

Since her 2017 triumph atMelbourne Park, Williams has beenchasing a 24th Grand Slam to matchAustralian Margaret Court’s record.

She is battling back problemsahead of the US Open that forced herto retire from warm-up tournamentsin Toronto and Cincinnatti.

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Former Pakistan speedsterShoaib Akhtar believes

England have got a greatweapon in Jofra Archer but theyneed to preserve him and man-age his workload in a way thatthe 24-year-old doesn’t getinjured very often.

“Archer is an exciting talent.He is strong but I believe he isthe perfect candidate for beinginjury prone. With his actionand speed, I believe he can haveback injuries, so he needs to bepreserved,” Akhtar said in a

video posted on his Youtubechannel.

“My suggestion will be toplay him in fewer matches, heshould not bowl 27 overs in aninnings. What he cannot do in14 overs, he won’t be able to doit 27 overs,” he further said.

Akhtar also feels that Ashes,which is currently 1-0 in favourof Australia, would now take aturn with Archer’s inclusioninto the England lineup.

“I think Ashes will nowtake a turn. I believe fastbowlers should bowl with moreintensity now.

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The legendary Glenn McGrathis a big supporter of Jofra

Archer and feels the Englandpace sensation is going to playTest cricket for a long time.

“I’ve been a big supporter ofArcher for a long time and I lovewhat I see there,” McGrath wasquoted as saying by BBC wherehe will be part of the Test MatchSpecial commentary team andcontribute a regular column tothe BBC Sport website.

“It’s quite rare to be able tobowl with pace and accuracy forsuch a long time. To have pace isso unique and with Archer, it isall natural. His action doesn’t looktoo stressful, he has a nice,smooth run-up and goes throughthe crease really well.

It’s a fairly stress-free actionand he’s young and fit. He keepsit simple: “He just comes in,bowls good areas and with goodpace.”

Archer took the cricketingfraternity by storm on his Testdebut, bowling hostile spellswhich put even the likes of SteveSmith in all sorts of discomfortduring the course of the game,reminding fans of the famousbodyline series.

“At Lord’s he bowled somequite lengthy spells, but he main-

tained his pace throughout hisovers. That is a brilliant sign thathe can bowl long spells at top pacethen come back and bowl secondand third spells no problem at all,”McGrath pointed out.

“With a guy with his action

and technique, I don’t see any rea-son why he can’t play plenty ofTests. It’s just experience that heneeds and he will be fine,” said theformer Australian fast bowlerregarded as one of the finest thegame has produced.

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ed in the side. Announcing the squad,

chief selector Andy Molessaid: “We have selected a 17-member squad for the T20Imatches as per the advice ofthe captain as we have twoimportant tournaments —T20I Asia Cup and ICC T20World Cup 2020 — ahead ofus. We will seek to preparegood sides for these tourna-ments and those players whoperform well, will be consid-ered for selection.

“We will also consider theperformance of players in theupcoming Shpageeza CricketLeague and AfghanistanPremier League T20 for futureselection.”Squad for Test againstBangladesh: Rashid Khan (C),

Ihsanullah Janat, JavidAhmadi, Ibrahim Zadran,Rahmat Shah, HashmatullahShahidi, Asghar Afghan,Ikram Alikhil, MohammadNabi, Qais Ahmad, SayedAhmad Shirzad, YaminAhmadzai, Zahir KhanPakteen, Afsar Zazai andShapoor Zadran.Squad for T20 TriangularSeries: Rashid Khan (C),Asghar Afghan, MohammadNabi, Hazratullah Zazai,Najeeb Tarakai, RahmanullahGurbaz, Mujeeb ur Rahman,Shafiqullah Shafaq, NajibZadran, Shahidullah Kamal,Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib,Fareed Ahmad Malik,Sharafuddin Ashraf, FazalNiazai, Dawlat Zadran andNaveen ul Haq.

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Pacer Umesh Yadav says he has regained confi-dence after working on his erratic line and length

in the time away from the Indian team and is con-fident of making the playing eleven in the Test seriesagainst the West Indies starting on Thursday.

Umesh, who took three wickets for 19 runs inthe West Indies A first innings in the warm-up gamewhich concluded on Monday here, said he workedon getting his rhythm back at the Vidarbha CricketAcademy with coach Subroto Banerjee in the lastfew months.

“As a fast bowler you have to practice and youneed to set your rhythm, to know at what line andlength you have to bowl. I have also tried the same,to get my rhythm right. I was preparing myself todo what I will be doing in a match situation,” Umeshsaid after the drawn warm-up game.

“I went to Vidarbha Cricket Academy andworked with coach Subroto Banerjee there andasked him for his opinion. There were these issuesof length of deliveries. It happens to a lot of fastbowlers, when you are playing a lot continuously,you’re unable to settle into a specific line and length.I worked on that,” he added.

He said he was able to bowl into the right areasduring the warm-up game against the West IndiesA team.

“I am playing a practice match after a long time.I had earlier come here to play for India A and Iplayed one game. The wicket is not too different andit has swing.

“(In the warm-up game) I was focussing on theareas I have to put the ball. My mindset was to putthe balls in those areas and bowl dot balls. I wasbeing able to do that,” he added.

The 31-year-old played his last Test in Australiain December 2018. He then played for Vidarbha inthe domestic competitions and followed it up witha stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.

“After the Australia tour, I played in Ranji tro-phy and we (Vidarbha) won and then IPL came. Inthe two and half months after that, I gave myselfsome time to work on my errors and get my rhythmback. Accordingly, I prepared my mindset.

“I worked on bowling drills and trained a loton whatever bowling problems which I thought Ihad. You need off-time because it is only during youroff-time that you can re-shape your mindset on whatneeds to be done,” he added, when asked about thedrills at the Vidarbha academy.

Asked about the competition in the currentIndian team in the fast-bowling department, he said,“When you know you’re going to play back-to-backTest matches, you need that kind of bench-strength.

“All the fast bowlers know there is a good com-petition and that everyone is going to get an oppor-tunity. Whoever does well, will get to play more. Ifwe think in that manner, it’s good for us becausewe will try to improve ourselves.

“It is a healthy competition and it is good forthe team. It make us more exciting and challeng-ing and will improve our performance.”

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