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Parents, society and khaps have no right to harass them: SC
Deadline looms, but no
papers led in Nagaland Krishnadas Rajagopal
GUWAHATI NEW DELHI
Three political parties have Two adults are free to marry
nalised their list of and “no third party” has a
candidates for the Nagaland right to harass or cause
Assembly elections, but no
harm to them, said Chief Jus
one has led nominations till
tice of India Dipak Misra,
Monday, with less than 48
speaking against honour kill
hours to the deadline. The
Election Commission started
ings on Monday.
the poll process in Nagaland “When two people get in
on January 31, setting to wedlock, no one should
February 7 as the last day for interfere. Neither parents,
submission of papers. society, khap or panchayat...
no one at all,” said Chief Jus
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judge Bench that upheld the
Two days and three deaths later, an elephant that was wreaking havoc at Chinnar, near Shoolagiri in Krishnagiri district of Tamil fundamental right of two pe chayats, objected to them gotra led to genetic deformi
Father, uncle of girl
Nadu, was tranquillised on Monday and transported to the Biligundulu forest. N. BASHKARAN (REPORT ON PAGE 7) * ople who wish to marry and being portrayed as “inci ty in children, the counsel
admit to killing Ankit
NEW DELHI
live peacefully. ters” of honour killings. argued.
The father and maternal “Just don’t be,” the Chief “We encourage inter
uncle of Shehzadi, girlfriend
of slain Ankit Saxena, have
shown no remorse after
Maldives government declares emergency ‘Honour killing’
When activist Madhu Kish
war brought up the issue of
Justice replied.
The counsel said such
panchayats were ageold tra
caste marriages. In Haryana,
because of the skewed gen
der ratio, we get women
allegedly killing the 23year Ankit Saxena, a young man ditions and they did encour from other States,” the coun
old photographer, said a Services, trade will ve days after the Supreme freedoms, and the suspen who was allegedly murdered age intercaste marriages sel said.
Court ordered the imme sion of the Supreme Court by his lover’s parents, the now. He argued that the ob
Delhi Police ocial on
Monday.
not be aected, diate release of nine Opposi was “tantamount to a decla Chief Justice said, “We are jection of khaps to marriag Freedom of adults
says Yameen tion leaders, including ex ration of martial law.” Term not into that. That is not be es between people from the But the Chief Justice said the
DELHI METRO A PAGE 1 iled former President ing it “unconstitutional and fore us.” same gotra was upheld in court was not concerned
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Meera Srinivasan Mohamed Nasheed. The illegal,” he said in a state Ms. Kishwar said “honour Section 5 of the Hindu Mar about khap panchayats eith
COLOMBO court also ordered that 12 ment that “nobody in the killing” was “too soft a riage Act of 1955. The Sec er. “We are not writing an es
The Maldives government on MPs, expelled earlier, be Maldives is required to, nor word” for such crimes tion said, “Sapinda should say here on traditions, li
Monday declared a state of reinstated. Emergency rule should, follow this unlawful against young people. “They be removed by ve degrees neages, etc. We are only
emergency for 15 days, amid gives security ocials extra order.” should be called hate from the father’s side and by concerned with the freedom
a spiralling political crisis Abdulla Yameen powers to arrest dissidents, The government has crimes,” she submitted. three degrees from the of adults to marry and live
that followed a surprise Su according to sources. come under criticism world But the Chief Justice re mother’s side.” He said only together without facing ha
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preme Court ruling last though certain rights will be Opposition leaders said wide for its refusal to obey peated that no one has any 3% of honour killings were rassment,” he said.
week. restricted, general move the emergency was an indi the court order. individual, group or collec linked to gotra. The remain The court is hearing a pe
In an announcement, Pre ments, services and busi cation of Mr. Yameen’s “des tive right to harass a couple. ing 97% were due to religion tition led by Shakti Vahini,
sident Abdulla Yameen’s of nesses will not be aected.” peration.” Mr. Nasheed said OPPOSITION SEEKS HELP AS A senior counsel, who re and other reasons. an NGO, to make honour
DELHI METRO A 6 PAGES ce said: “During this time, The development comes the banning of fundamental CRISIS DEEPENS A PAGE 12 presented the khap pan Marriage within the same killing a specic crime.
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Mumbai hotels want to ght re with ‘atta’ Investigating agency gives a clean chit to bus conductor Ashok Kumar
Keeping sand in the kitchen is against rules, but re department prefers sand to wheat our Special Correspondent was on the lookout for poison
New Delhi or a knife. He allegedly
we are suggesting is an The CBI on Monday led a planned to mix the poison in
Aditya Anand hoteliers have pointed out alternative source since chargesheet against a teen the water bottle of some stu
Mumbai aged student for the alleged dent or in the water tank and
that keeping sand in the ‘atta’ is available in every
Following a major re at a kitchen is a violation of kitchen.” murder of his sevenyearold had asked some friends not to
restaurant in Kamala Mills Food Safety and Standards “Using our to ght a re schoolmate, Prince, at a Gu prepare for the examinations,
last December, Mumbai’s Authority of India (FSSAI) is the stupidest idea I’ve rugram school in September saying they would be not be
hotels have been under norms. ever heard,” said a professor last. The accused is being held, the agency said.
pressure from municipal In a letter to the from IITBombay. “Flour treated as an adult, as decid The chargesheet said Bho
authorities to get their act Brihanmumbai Municipal becomes a combustible ed by the Juvenile Justice lu wanted to pursue music
together with regard to re Corporation (BMC) gas.” Board. and loved playing the piano.
safety norms. But now the Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, However, Sunil Keswani, The agency gave a clean He also attended music class
Indian Hotels and on January 31, AHAR a plastic surgeon and chit to bus conductor Ashok es. However, he was allegedly
ILLUSTRATION: DEEPAK HARICHANDAN
Restaurants Association requested that the hotels be medical director of the Kumar, who was earlier ar a below average student.
(AHAR) has requested that it allowed to use ‘roti atta’ make certain suggestions National Burns Center in rested by the police on a con gesheet that it was banking on in the report — had requested After he was arrested on
be allowed to use ‘roti atta’ since sand cannot be stored with regard to re safety. Airoli, said our might be a fession allegedly extracted forensic evidence, including them to arrange poison or a November 7 last, the CBI said,
(wheat our) instead of sand in the cooking area. Also, AHAR president Santosh good substitute for sand for from him that he attempted ngerprint matching, analy knife so that he could kill so Bholu narrated the sequence
to tackle the initial stages of restaurant kitchens stock up Shetty said, “Old methods curbing kitchen res to sexually assault the victim sis of the school’s CCTV foot meone. His alleged motive of events leading to the mur
a kitchen re. on our anyway. are okay and we are not induced by oil. “When and then murdered him to age, phone records, circum was to somehow get the pa der and said he “somehow
The Fire Brigade requires The letter said they had against using sand. But water is splashed on an evade detection. The role of stantial evidence and rentteacher meeting and the felt relaxed” when he found
restaurants to stock sand in been following the keeping sand in the kitchen oilinduced re, it may the police and the school is statements of several stu examinations postponed. that the police had arrested
their kitchens to help quell guidelines issued by the is in violation of food spread. But throwing sand still under scrutiny. dents disclosing that the ac Students had disclosed the conductor.
any incident of re. But the civic body, but would like to contamination rules. What or our will help to quell it.” The CBI said in its char cused — addressed as “Bholu” that since July 2017, Bholu CONTINUED ON A PAGE 10
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CHANDIGARH
come ‘dark zone’ and a wor
ried Supreme Court has put
Haryana’s principal Opposi restrictions on construction.
tion party, the Indian Na North Haryana, the basmati
tional Lok Dal (INLD), on bowl of the State, too has
Monday asked the Centre to slipped in the ‘critical’ zone.
take steps for an early com Thus almost the whole of the
pletion of the SutlejYamuna State is sliding towards
Link (SYL) canal. ‘dark’ zone and hence would
Leader of the Opposition become infertile and desert
in Haryana Assembly Abhay due to unavailability of wa
Singh Chautalaled delega Abhay Chautala *
FILE PHOTO ter,” he said. This would
tion met Union Water Re have serious repercussions
sources Minister Nitin Gad tion to the farmers whose on the social and economic
kari and impressed upon land is to be acquired for the front, he added.
him the early completion of DadupurNalvi canal and Mr. Chautala said that Mr.
the SYL canal as directed by continue with the project. Gadkari assured them that if
the Supreme Court. They al Mr. Chautala drew the at the DadupurNalvi canal
so requested him to urge the tention of Mr. Gadkari to the project were scrapped, the
Haryana government to fol fast depleting ground water Centre would contribute to
low the Supreme Court di in the State. “As it is, South wards meeting the addition
In heaven: An aerial view of Srinagar around the Dal lake on a cold Monday morning. *
NISSAR AHMAD rective regarding compensa Haryana has already be al expenses.
Veteran
Akali leader
passes away
Press Trust of India
Chandigarh
Three killed
in accident
in Bihar
Press Trust of India
Nawada
Three persons, including a
woman and a minor girl,
were killed while nine oth
ers injured when a mini
van carrying them fell into
a roadside ditch in Bihar’s
Nawada district on Mon
day, the police said.
The incident occurred
on NawadaGaya main
road at Barail village when
the minivan driver lost
control over the vehicle
while trying to prevent a
collision with an autorick
shaw coming from the op
posite direction, Town pol
ice station SHO Anjani
Kumar said.
Three persons, includ
ing a woman and a minor
girl, were killed on the spot
while nine others injured
in the incident, the SHO
said.
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IN BRIEF
‘Modi is morally unt to be PM’ Student
stabs
Dubai court bars
Siddaramaiah says Prime Minister has been ‘propagating lies, supporting corruption’ headmaster Binoy Kodiyeri
Special Correspondent
BENGALURU
charge of corruption. There
fore, “Mr. Modi is facilitating
Staff Reporter
VELLORE
from leaving UAE
A day after Prime Minister and supporting corruption,” It was the last period be
Poet attacked by RSS
workers in Kerala Narendra Modi’s belligerent he said. fore lunch break on Mon ‘His passport hasn’t been impounded’
KOLLAM
attack on the Congress go On the “10%” government day. Loud screams silenced
vernment in Karnataka, remark made by Mr. Modi the muted chatter that typ Special Correspondent
Malayalam poet Kureepuzha
Sreekumar was attacked, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah about the Congress in Karna ically marks class hours at Thiruvananthapuram <
> place. But it is
Such a ban is in
allegedly by RSS workers, at termed his speech a “bundle taka, Mr. Siddaramaiah hit this governmentaided A Dubai court has reported temporary
Kottukkal here on Monday. of lies” and said he was “mo back by accusing him of school in Tirupattur. As the ly barred Binoy Kodiyeri,
Binish Kodiyeri
He was returning after rally unt” to be the Prime “shielding looters like Mr. teachers rushed towards son of State secretary of the Binoy’s brother
addressing a cultural meeting Minister. Yeddyurappa.” Mr. Modi did the sound, they found the Communist Party of India
when RSS workers blocked Turning the tables on the not have the credibility to headmaster, R. Babu, lying (Marxist) Kodiyeri Balak Mr. Binish did not dispute
his car, threatened him, and Prime Minister, who on Sun talk about corruption, he in a pool of blood outside a rishnan, from travelling out the order. He said his broth
showered abuses on him. The day said the countdown had said. classroom. As he lay bleed side the United Arab Emi er had seven days to appeal
poet, in his speech, had come begun for the Congress in The Prime Minister had ing, Mr. Babu explained rates (UAE) following an against it. Binoy had admit
down heavily on the the State, Mr. Siddaramaiah not established the Lokayuk that a student had stabbed unresolved monetary dis ted at the very outset that
Hindutva forces over their said it was for the Modi go ta for nine years when he him and run away. The rea pute with a Gulfbased there was a civil case against
stand on the Vadayambady vernment that the count was the Chief Minister of son? Mr. Babu said he had businessman. him in Dubai and that he
‘caste wall’ row . down had begun, as the BJP Gujarat. asked the Class XI student Binoy’s brother, Binish would resolve it legally. No
had lost two Lok Sabha and Hitting back: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah adddressing Now, the BJP was against why he was not in class. Kodiyeri, on Monday told one seemed to have heard
Pet dogs maul woman one Assembly seat in the re mediapersons in Bengaluru on Monday. V. SREENIVASA MURTHY *
the setting up of Lokpal (an Some of the school sta journalists on the sidelines him.
to death in Kerala
cent elections in Rajasthan. ombudsman) at the Centre, rushed Mr. Babu to the Go of the CPI(M) district confe
WAYANAD
“Where is Mr. Modi’s acche Mr. Modi had said that the showed disrespect to the fearing that the leaders vernment Hospital nearby. rence here that such a ban ‘Will settle issue legally’
A 65yearold woman was
mauled to death by two pet din?” he said. Congress in Karnataka was PM’s post by stooping to would get exposed. “We A police ocer said that was indeed in place. But it He said Dubai authorities
dogs at Vythiri in the district Replying to a query at a already “at the exit gate.” such lowlevel politics.” need not learn lessons from ve students stayed back in was temporary. did not impound Binoy’s
on Monday, police said. press meet on whether Mr. Mr. Siddaramaiah argued these looters,” he said. classroom though they Mr. Binish, who was at passport as widely alleged
Rajamma, a widow, was Modi was t to be the Prime ‘Baseless remarks’ that Mr. Modi was “morally” On Mr. Modi’s charge on were asked to come and tending the conference as a in the media. Some quar
attacked by her neighbour’s Minister, the Chief Minister Mr. Siddaramaiah said Mr. unt to be the Prime Minis “ease of doing murder in study in front of the head party delegate, said the dis ters, he said, had created a
Rottweilers around 9.30 a.m. said “morally not,” since he Modi had made “baseless ter as he had been propagat Karnataka,” the Chief Minis master’s oce. “He went agreement was about an smokescreen by quibbling
when she was on her way to had been “propagating lies and irresponsible remarks ing lies and supporting cor ter said there was no protec and questioned them. Four amount of 1.72 crore and that Binoy was kneedeep in
work along with a few others, and supporting corruption.” against the Congress govern ruption. tion for Dalits and minorities of the students ran, while not 13 crore as imputed in debt and owed the Dubai
they said. The woman Addressing a rally at the ment without evidence.” Mr. Modi shared the stage in BJPruled States. Mr. Sid one boy pulled out a knife the media. businessman 13 crore. “We
suffered serious injuries on Palace Grounds here to mark The Chief Minister said with BJP’s chief ministerial daramaiah also raked up the and stabbed him. He re A copy of the English don’t have that much mo
her head, hands and legs, the culmination of the BJP’s the Prime Minister had spo candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa, 2002 Godhra riots and re portedly abused the head translation of the purported ney now. But we will settle
police said. PTI 85day Parivarthana Yatra, ken “like a BJP man and who had gone to jail on the cent violence in Haryana. master,” said the police. court order was broadcast the issue legally,” he said.
widely on news channels Referring to his father's
without attributing its pro name being dragged into
Centre gave only 4,329 cr. for
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An emphatic ‘no’
Polavaram, but A.P. has spent 7,779 cr.
Figures provided to Chandrababu Naidu during weekly review of project
Special Correspondent ponents is Left Main Canal
Amaravati
60%, Head works (struc
The Andhra Pradesh govern tures at dam site) 39%, while
ment has spent 7,779.52 excavation for Spillway, Spill
crore so far on Polavaram af Channel was 71% completed,
ter it was declared a national the concrete work for the
project but the Central Go same structures was only
vernment gave the state only 14% completed. The fabrica
4,329 crore till December tion for the radial gates was
2017, according to the 58% completed.
gures revealed at the 50th
weekly review on the project Water conservation
conducted by Chief Minister, The 116day water conserva
N. Chandrababu Naidu held tion movement which has
at Secretariat here on Mon A le photo of A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at been given the title, “Jala
day. the Polavaram project site. A.V.G. PRASAD
*
Samrakshana Udyama
Ocials told the Chief Mi Spoorthi” would begin on
nister that a total of another 2,844.20 crore are andahalf years. Reviewing February 12 and go on till
4,375.73 crore would be re needed for their comple the status of the project he June 7, the Chief Minister an
quired for the completion of tion. The total expenditure said 53% of the entire project nounced in the NeeruPra
structures in the Diversion on Polavaram project so far had been completed to date. gathi Review meeting held
Channel, that is, the Ap including the amount spend With regard to the status of before the Polavaram review
proach channel, Spillway, by previous Government is the dierent components of meeting.
Spill Channel, Pilot Channel 12,915 crore. the project, 91% of the right The status of the 28 prior
and Radial Gates. The state The Chief Minister com main canal that connected ity Irrigation Projects to be
government had already plimented the ocials and Godavari River to the River completed by the end of the
Clear message: Students in Bengaluru on Monday display placards during a protest against the violence on women and recent spent 1,531.53 crore on engineers for working with Krishna was completed. The nancial year was also re
incidents of rape in Haryana. PTI *
these components and out rest for the past three status of the remaining com viewed by the Chief Minister.
Prakasam judges take laudable initiative Law to protect Good Samaritans
They are determined to deliver judgments in Telugu at any cost, even if it takes more time helping accident victims in Kerala
Special Correspondent <
> The whole eort is
to make the
gant public who many a time cided to use Telugu online
ONGOLE
Those were the heydays judgments easily
doubt as to whether what
they have communicated in
software to serve the
purpose.
‘It will encourage people to oer assistance without fear’
when village elders sat on understandable to Telugu has been translated Most laudable eort is that Special Correspondent being called upon to depose and Road Transport on en
the ‘rachabanda’ (the village the litigant public, into English correctly or not of Keralaborn Krishnan Kut Thiruvananthapuram before the court, he said the suring the protection of
square) and pronounced who doubt if what during the court proceed ty, a senior civil judge in Chi The Kerala government is Bill would have provisions to Good Samaritans coming to
judgments in Telugu to re they say has been ings,” she explains in a con rala, who attained procien planning legislation to en prevent the harassment of the help of accident victims.
solve disputes among indivi versation with The Hindu af cy in Telugu before using the sure that Good Samaritans Good Samaritans by the pol
translated correctly
duals quickly and amicably. ter passing an order in local language while passing helping accident victims are ice and hospital authorities. ‘Not a witness’
into English
But with the advent of the Telugu. orders. not trapped in legal wran “Both government and “A Good Samaritan who is
M.G. Priyadarshini
AngloSaxon jurisprudence Prakasam principal district judge
Other district judges as al Taking a cue, Senior Civil gles, Chief Minister Pinarayi private hospitals in the State not witness to the accident
in colonial India, the gap bet so senior civil judges, princi Judge and District Legal Ser Vijayan has said. are equipped with emergen need not be called upon to
ween the litigants and the tigants. The lawyers, who the judges in the district to pal junior civil judges and ad vices Authority Secretary T. Replying to a submission cy and trauma care facilities depose before the court. If
judiciary increased and it re cannot put forth their argu start pronouncing judg ditional junior civil judges Raja Venkatadri passed an moved by Leader of the Op for accident victims. Yet, such a need arises, the pro
mained so even after Inde ments in a forceful manner ments in Telugu. have followed suit. order in Telugu in a preliti position Ramesh Chennitha there have been incidents in secutor or the District Police
pendence, as those pro in the foreign tongue many a Principal district judge gation case to provide main la in the Assembly on Mon which precious lives have Chief has to be consulted.”
cient with the alien tongue time, are allowed to articu M.G. Priyadarshini led by ex The Kerala connection tenance grant to a 90year day, he said the proposed been lost because the vic The Chief Minister said ef
ruled the roost, resulting in late in Telugu so that they ample by dismissing a bail “Even if it means more time old woman last month and Bill would ensure speedy tims could not be taken to forts were on to establish an
perplexed litigant public go can be understood by their plea of an accused in Telugu to deliver judgments in Telu drafted mediation agree medical aid for accident vic hospital in time.” enetwork for ambulances to
ing round courts to ght pro clients as well. and by passing an order re gu in the absence of qualied ments in two cases in Telu tims and encourage people ensure timely assistance for
longed court cases. lating to implementation of Telugu stenographers and gu. He has also created a re to oer assistance without Directive to police accident victims.
In a welcome step, the The inspiration the Essential Commodities Telugu typewriting ma cord of sorts by passing the fear of any criminal or ci Mr. Vijayan said the police A collective of volunteers
judiciary in Prakasam dis The World Telugu Confe Act. chines, we are determined to orders in Telugu in seven ci vil liability. had been directed to follow named Save Our Fellow Tra
trict has taken a nice initia rence held in Hyderabad re “The whole eort is to go ahead and do it at any vil cases on a single day Noting that witnesses the guidelines issued by the vellers was also being set up
tive to pronounce judgments cently has provided the make the judgments easily cost,” asserts the Principal while serving as Principal Ju were often reluctant to oer Supreme Court and the Un for the purpose, he in
in Telugu for the benet of li much needed inspiration for understandable to the liti District judge who had de nior Civil Judge in Kavali. assistance due to the fear of ion Ministry of Highways formed the House.
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Emboldened Rajasthan Cong. NGT imposes
10lakh ne
Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
comes out all guns blazing on U.P. govt.
Staff Reporter
With bypoll wins under its belt, disrupts proceedings on opening day of budget session NEW DELHI
The National Green Tribu
Bihar to set up body to nal on Monday imposed
give loans to students
Special Correspondent as per the State government's
an environment compen
JAIPUR promise. Mr. Beniwal came
PATNA sation of 10 lakh on the
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Emboldened by its victory in to the Well and raised slo
Uttar Pradesh government
Sushil Kumar Modi on the recent byelections, the gans, creating a din in the
for failing to stop illegal
Monday announced that the Congress attacked the Bhara House.
operation of ewaste
State government would set tiya Janata Party government Later, during the listed bu
plants on the banks of the
up a corporation to disburse over loan waiver for farmers siness, dissident BJP MLA
Ramganga in Moradabad.
loans for Student’s Credit and the law and order situa Ghanshyam Tiwari took ex
Observing that there
Card scheme in view of the tion on the opening day of ception to the proposal to ex
was complete inaction on
banks’ reluctance in doing it the Rajasthan Assembly's tend time period for the se
the part of the State go
The Bihar government had budget session here on lect committee’s report,
launched the SCC scheme on
vernment, a Bench head
Monday. saying an ordinance on the
October 3, 2016. PTI ed by NGT acting chairper
As the Congress members, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje greets Governor Kalyan Singh subject had already lapsed
son U. D. Salvi also
supported by Independent at the Assembly in Jaipur on Monday. ROHIT JAIN PARAS *
and the State government Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
imposed an environment
MLA Hanuman Beniwal, cor had told the High Court in its
compensation of 50,000 Forecast for Tuesday: Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty
Jharkhand to organise nered the ruling BJP, Gover committee is yet to take a de of oil renery's work in Barm response to a bunch of writ
on the Moradabad District winds & lightning likely over Tamil Nadu, interior parts of Kerala
global farm summit nor Kalyan Singh could not cision. Home Minister Gulab er, initiatives for healthcare, petitions that it did not in
Magistrate. and south interior Karnataka
RANCHI complete his customary ad Chand Kataria proposed that education, social security tend to bring the law.
“Uttar Pradesh has not city rain max min city rain max min
Jharkhand Chief Minister dress to the House. It was the time period for submis and agriculture, and setting After Mr. Tiwari's heated
placed any oce order Agartala................. —.... 28.0.... 18.5 Kozhikode ............... —.... 33.0.... 22.0
Raghubar Das said on Monday treated as having been read sion of a report by the select up of the country's rst skills exchanges with Parliamen Ahmedabad............ —.... 28.1.... 16.5 Kurnool ................... —.... 33.1.... 16.7
that the State government
and nothing has been Aizawl ................... —.... 27.2...... 9.6 Lucknow.................. —.... 24.4...... 9.4
and its copy was tabled in the committee be extended till development university, in tary Aairs Minister Rajendra
would organise a Global done till date to dispose of Allahabad .............. —.... 27.4.... 10.8 Madurai................... —.... 33.0.... 19.4
Assembly. the rst week of the next his address. Rathore, the motion for ex Bengaluru .............. —.... 30.7.... 13.7 Mangaluru ............... —.... 34.4.... 20.0
Agriculture Summit this year the hazardous ewaste ly
Sparks also ew over the session. Congress Deputy Whip tending time for the select Bhopal................... —.... 29.0.... 15.6 Mumbai................... —.... 31.6.... 18.4
on the pattern of Momentum ing on the banks of the Bhubaneswar ......... —.... 33.5.... 14.6 Mysuru.................... —.... 30.8.... 10.6
controversial Criminal Laws The Governor, who ar Govind Singh Dotasra and committee was passed with a
Jharkhand Investors Summit, Ramganga. Therefore we Chandigarh ............ —.... 22.3...... 9.4 New Delhi ............... —.... 22.0...... 6.3
Amendment Bill, protecting rived in the House accompa Deputy Leader of Opposition voice vote. Chennai ................. —.... 30.1.... 22.8 Patna ...................... —.... 27.8.... 10.6
according to a release. PTI impose environment com
public servants against prose nied by Speaker Kailash Ramesh Meena described the The Assembly's Business Coimbatore............ —.... 31.7.... 18.1 Port Blair ................ —.... 29.3.... 22.6
pensation of 10 lakh on Dehradun............... —.... 22.6...... 8.5 Puducherry.............. —.... 30.6.... 18.6
cution and imposing restric Meghwal, highlighted the go Governor's address a “bundle Advisory Committee decided
the State of Uttar Pradesh Gangtok...............0.1.... 14.0...... 8.7 Pune ....................... —.... 31.4.... 13.1
tions on the media, on which vernment's achievements, in of lies” and demanded that that the State Budget would Goa ....................... —.... 35.5.... 18.5 Raipur ..................... —.... 32.5.... 17.0
and 50,000 on the Dis
RTO killed as speeding the State Assembly's select cluding the commencement the farmers' loans be waived be presented on February 12. Guwahati ............... —.... 25.2.... 15.0 Ranchi..................... —.... 29.0.... 12.4
truck hits him trict Magistrate of Morada Hubballi................. —.... 30.0.... 15.0 Shillong................... —.... 17.8...... 5.3
JAJPUR (ODISHA)
bad” the Bench said. Hyderabad ............. —.... 30.5.... 15.2 Shimla..................... —.... 14.0...... 5.8
Imphal................... —.... 25.1...... 8.5 Srinagar .................. —.... 14.1.....-3.3
The Regional Transport
Soon, Haryana police at crime scene in 15 mins
Jaipur .................... —.... 24.1.... 10.5 Trivandrum ............. —.... 32.5.... 23.3
Officer (RTO) of Jajpur district ‘Submit action plan’ Kochi..................... —.... 31.8.... 23.2 Tiruchi .................... —.... 31.1.... 19.4
was killed after a speeding Further, the green panel Kohima.................. —.... 16.2...... 7.0 Vijayawada .............. —.... 30.6.... 17.2
has directed the Central Kolkata.................. —.... 29.1.... 19.6 Visakhapatnam ......... —.... 31.1.... 19.6
truck hit him from behind at
Sulia near Panikoili on Pollution Control Board Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
National Highway 5, the Chief Minister Khattar promises to roll out ‘Haryana 100 Project’ by November (CPCB) to submit an action CITIES SO2 NO2 COPM2.5PM10CODE
Ahmedabad.......12319471.. 210.....— ....*
police said on Monday. The plan for the entire Ram Bengaluru .............6..4974......— .123 ....*
deceased has been identified SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT set up in Panchkula. months. ganga river by February In observation made at 4.00 p.m.,
Chennai ................9..2238.. 106.....— ....* Bhiwadi, Rajasthan recorded an
as Manoj Kumar Behera. The CHANDIGARH Mr. Khattar said that He said eective steps are 21. Delhi ..................1532962.. 314 .335 ....* overall air quality index (AQI)
accident occurred when Mr. Haryana Chief Minister Ma 6,000 to 8,000 police per being taken to keep a check However, counsel ap
Hyderabad ..........10..8635.... 73 .111 ....* score of 332 indicating an
Kolkata ............. ...— ...— .—......—.....—.....— unhealthy level of pollution.
Behera along with his staff nohar Lal Khattar on Mon sonnel would be recruited and control crime especially pearing for the State Pollu Lucknow .............10..3836.. 383.....— ....* In contrast, Tirupati recorded
a healthy AQI score of 83
was inspecting vehicles day said a 400crore ‘Ha every year in the State to ll against women. ‘Mitr tion Control Board submit Mumbai ............ ...— ...— .—......—.....—.....—
carrying smuggled minerals ryana 100 Project’ will be the backlog of posts. “During Kakshs’ are being run by the ted that there were no
Pune...................54..2659.... 59 ...83 ....*
Vishakhapatnam..16..7736.. 144 .167 ....*
and overloaded vehicles near implemented in the State by the tenure of the present police to make direct dia ewaste processing facility
Panikoili on Sunday night. PTI November 2018, which will State government, the per logue, feasible between the in the district and the
Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
ensure the arrival of a police centage of women serving in police and the public, he waste was being illegally making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
party at the crime scene in police has increased from six added. dumped on the banks of particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
Militant killed in any part of the State within to ten, which would further the river.
and monuments.
NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
encounter in Assam 15 minutes. be increased to 30. With this Major recruitment The directions came reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
GUWAHATI “This would be enabled signicant increase in the He said that the government while the tribunal was CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
A militant was killed in a through 600 new police veh Manohar Lal Khattar number of women in the has so far carried out three critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
hearing a plea led by dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
firefight with security forces icles conducting 24x7 pa police force, crime against recruitment drives in the scientist Mahendra Pan PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
in lower Assam’s Chirang trolling to provide imme Centre, Sunaria in Rohtak women would be considera State in which more than dey who sought directions nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
district on Monday, a Defence diate and prompt assistance district. bly reduced,” he added. The 6,000 police personnel have lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and
against illegal processing premature death in people with heart or lung disease
press release said. Two at the place of incident,” said He said that the project Chief Minister’s comments been recruited. “At present, of electronic waste in Mo (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day)
pistols, bullets and a grenade Mr. Khattar while addressing would be directly manned assume signicance in the recruitment of 1,474 police radabad, Bareilly and oth
were recovered from the
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police personnel of the 84th by trained personnel at the wake of a spate of incidents personnel is also being con er districts of Uttar
militant, it added. PTI batch at Police Training police control room being of rape in the State in recent ducted,” he said. Pradesh.
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30 hospitalised following
gas leak in Howrah
KOLKATA
At least 30 people were
hospitalised following a gas
leak at an iron works factory P.V. Srividya The tusker, believed to Muniraj was walking near their search.
in the Belur area of Howrah HOSUR have been part of a migrato Chinnar when he was The elephant was tracked
district on Monday. While
After two days and three hu ry herd from Sanamavu re chased by the elephant and by its foot prints and the rav
there are no reports of
man casualties, the bull ele serve forests, was spotted in killed. aged elds it had left be
casualties, police said some of
the affected persons, who
phant that had wreaked ter Chinnar near Shoolagiri Locals staged a road hind. It was nally spotted
had prior breathing problems, ror in Chinnar near along the HosurKrishnagiri blockade demanding that in Ramapuram village.
were in a serious condition. Shoolagiri was tranquillised highway on Friday. the forest department cap The animal was hit thrice
Locals said the gas started on Monday and transported ture the elephant and take it with tranquilliser darts by
leaking when workers were to Biligundulu forest, away Killing spree back to the forests. Attempts Banerghattabased veteri
cutting open cylinders. from human habitation. The elephant, in the early to track the animal went in narian Arun Shah and For
In a vigil that lasted more hours of Saturday, trampled vain. est department veterinarian
Summons issued in case than two days across villag to death a 70yearold farm On Monday, the tusker in Hosur Prakash.
against exIPS officer es in Chinnar and after sev er Rajagopalan, who was killed another man in The tusker, once it
KOLKATA
eral attempts by the forest working in his elds in Pan Odayannur village near calmed down, was guided to
West Bengal’s Criminal
department, at rst to chase darkuttai in Chinnar. Chinnar. Devan, a farmer of a truck and was pulled up
Investigation Department has
the elephant back into the The agitated animal later Odayannnur village who using three earth movers.
issued summons to “the
forest and later to track its went on the rampage in had gone to guard his eld, Later, the tusker was dri
occupant” of a property in
south Kolkata, allegedly
movements and subdue it, nearby elds, terrorising was trampled to death. ven out of Shoolagiri forests
owned by former IPS officer the tusker was nally cap the locals who were out to to Biligudulu area near Ho
Bharati Ghosh, in connection tured in a partiallysedated collect Rajagopalan’s body. Search intensied genakkal.
with a case against her. The state. It took three doses of The elephant evaded the Multiple teams under the Tamil Nadu Forests Mis
CID had recently raided the tranquillisers to calm the forest department’s vigil supervision of the Conser nister Dindigal Srinivasan Led to safety: (From top left) Forest department personnel tranquillising the wild tusker that
residence of Ms. Ghosh’s elephant before it could be and struck again on Sunday. vator of forests Ulaganathan met the families of the vic wreaked terror and killed three persons in Chinnar, near Shoolagiri. The bull elephant was
husband. Ms. Ghosh was once approached by the forest It hurled to death another and District Forest Oce tims and oered them solati guided to a truck using three earth movers before it was driven to the Biligundulu forests,
known to be close to CM team. man in Devarkuttapally. Deepak S. Bilgi intensied um. near Hogenakkal. N. BASHKARAN
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Mamata Banerjee.
‘Was shocked at being labelled a suicide bomber’ RSS chief on 10day
Sadiya Anwar Shaikh from Pune was detained in Srinagar on Republic Day for her alleged links with the Islamic State
visit to Bihar
Amarnath Tewary
Shoumojit Banerjee ing with reporters here fol and was preparing for a ma to have come into contact pursue her studies. Accord this, I fear I cannot continue Patna
Pune lowing her arrival from Jam jor strike. with a Srinagarbased sym ingly, she took admission at my education there,” said For the third time in the last
“I was stunned beyond belief mu and Kashmir on Saturday pathiser of the ISIS in 2015 the Set College of Paramedi Sadiya.
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Demand for
sub-category
Vehicular pollution to ED attaches
assets of
of stent impact generations: SC Naxal leader
Staff Reporter Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI Asks Centre’s position on availability of BSVI compliant fuel New Delhi
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he Centre’s decision to bring back the longterm comes what a communal majority viour. To allow inammatory Gupta maybe a victim, but he is no
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capital gains tax (LTCG) on equities, which was very riot today produces a denes it as. This leads to Muslims speeches and threats on Republic martyr.
scrapped in 200405, seems to be a hasty move set of staged narratives being asked to sing Vande Mata Day makes little sense and says Second, it’s clear that the Tiran
to plug the widening scal decit ahead of an election which are eerie to watch and ram when they feel that this in less about the Yogi Adityanath re ga Yatras have been threatening
year. With investors in equities enjoying terric returns strange to listen to. A riot is no lon sults their loyalty to the nation. gime, which is treating it as a disruption. The fact that no antici
over the last few years, it is not a surprise that they have ger an act of production where the The motorcycle cavalcade Dadri. They talk about “the silence strictly law and order problem. patory action was taken reveals
narrative focusses on causes but moves to the Abdul Hameed ave of Hindus”, of a need to balance Watching the videos one senses the biases of the regime. Mr. Adi
become targets for the government to secure additional
an act of consumption where a va nue, the youths are armed with narratives and compensation. The a happy crowd full of children an tyanath does not sound as immac
revenue. The decision to announce the imposition of riety of narratives create a quilt ags and swords. Even guns, as vi Akhilesh Yadav government in a ticipating the ritual of ag hoist ulate an administrator as he is
10% tax on gains of over 1 lakh made on any form of in patch we call history. The actual deos later testify. One almost sens populist move used the Akhlaq ing. Suddenly a festival is marred usually portrayed. His carte
vestment in listed equities and mutual funds with a event is enacted in a limited space, es a whi of machismo and nation episode to give out doles — 30 by goons entering the narrow blanche to communal groups
holding period of over one year will hit the average mid while the narratives of the event alism weaving together. Those in lakh in compensation to Akhlaq’s streets of the mohalla. A festival creates an ecology of threat and
dle class investor. Not surprisingly, the sharp fall in both spread out in oceanic circles for the Hindu cavalcade to assert its family, 5 lakh to each of the turns into a riot and a world violence that makes a society feel
the Nifty and the Sensex after Budget day has been consumption. The riots in Kasganj claim to history and turf insist on brothers, and a at to the family changes. The brittleness of our so brittle. It creates geographies of
convey that quality and need to be driving though the crowd hoisting from some discretionary fund. ciety is obvious in these moments. anxieties that minorities nd di
linked to the new tax, along with the government’s
seen within an analytical frame. a ag. A fracas ensues and in the The saron ag overpowers the cult to cope with. As one hears the
abandonment of scal goals. But given that the sello Today, narratives of riots are the resulting violence, a young Hindu Recoding history national ag, and the nationalist narrative, one sees a cycle of repe
was part of a wider correction in global stock indices, it Rorschach test of a people, captur man, Chandan Gupta, is shot. Of To the VHP and the RSS, history is Muslim resists the second dis tition and indierence, and also
may be hard to draw a denite conclusion on the exact ing their fear and anxieties. course another person was blind about equivalence. If Akhlaq was course. As the riots turn bloody, all changes which increase the inven
impact of the LTCG. The Centre has justied the new ed and shops and vehicles gutted immortalised by compensation media can do is ask for a probe. No tiveness of violence. Yet the admi
tax arguing that it helps avoid the erosion of its tax base Fractured narrative but all that is passive background. rather than commemoration, one wants to ask how a Tiranga Ya nistration has little to say to these
and levels the playing eld between nancial assets and This much is clear. It was riot on At rst sight, the Kasganj riot is Chandan Gupta deserved no less. tra which is not quite nationalist events and maybe even the cause
Republic Day, invoking a miracle presented as an archetypal riot He was to be declared a martyr, a was allowed on Republic Day. How of many anxieties.
investment in manufacturing.
gone wrong. In a way the perfor around a standard scenario of shaheed, a patriotic servant of the could a national day be subsumed But there are bigger questions
One legitimate concern is whether raising the tax mance already enacts the proble small dierences, two angry com country who died in battle. They under a communal event? A mob about riots and memory. Why are
burden on equities, rather than lowering the tax and matics of memory, not just that it munities and a stumbling bureauc demanded full security for Gupta’s tells the crowd, if you want to stay riots erased so easily from ocial
other barriers to investing in alternative assets, is the was January 26 but the violence racy. Yet what brings irony and family and demanded a compen in India, sing Vande Mataram with memory? Second, what processes
right way to address the distortionary eect of taxes. took place on Abdul Hameed Ave confounds this narrative is that the sation of 50 lakh. It was oneup us. Policeman signalling secular make riots a part of urban normal
Further, the smaller dierential between short and nue in Baddu Nagar, a Muslim ma Kasganj riots took place on Repu manship parading as concern, sensibilities are immediately trans cy? Scholarship and investigation
longterm capital gains tax itself will discourage the jority area. It was probably the blic Day. The communal and the care and justice. It made one feel ferred. Baiting minorities seems to are required to answer these ques
most ironic tribute to a great sol national confronted each other to that the historic battles of libera be becoming a common sport with tions. Meanwhile, Kasganj will join
longterm holding of stocks in favour of shortterm trad
dier. Riots too often begin with a prove that patriotism today is not a tion found a crass continuity in lumpen communal crowds. The the long glossary of violence from
ing activity. While this might serve to improve liquidity festivallike quality. The reports secular loyalty but a majoritarian violence. Only riots oered you bureaucracy will ritualise the in Meerut to Muzaarnagar, taking
in Indian markets and add to the government’s reve say a group of Hindus, or more denition. As the events unfolded, the possibility of compensation. quiry. A probe will be initiated and democracy to its tipping point.
nue, it is also likely to discourage to some extent the specically, Hindutva supporters, the communal rhetoric takes over Earlier, a martyr carried a symbol the questions of Kasganj will die a When a regime is indierent to
growing culture of investing in equities for the long run. probably a mix of elements of the completely. Abdul Hameed must ic halo and earned a ritual salute. natural death. such questions, civil society has to
Besides, the securities transaction tax (STT), which was Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh be turning in his grave. Now history becomes a form of at respond before such questions
introduced in lieu of the LTCG in 2004 and penalises (RSS), Bajrang Dal, were carrying The nature of narrative chang traction and a victim of a riot A show of bias corrode the normative basis of our
out a victory parade on motor es. It is no longer about solidarity makes some families cashrich. Kasganj has to be seen as a con lives.
the buying of stocks for purposes other than just intra
bikes. At the other side of town, a but about communal accounting. One senses a recoding of history to crete event and as a metaphor for
day trading, has been left untouched by the govern group of Muslims were celebrating The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) fuel the res of communal politics. the emerging everydayness of riot
ment. The double whammy of the STT and LTCG will Republic Day, hoisting a ag. In an and Bajrang Dal desperate to settle Republic Day now is a continua induced violence. As an event, one Shiv Visvanathan is a member of the
further privilege shortterm trading in stocks over long earlier era it would have been a narrative accounts equate the tion of communalism by other has to locate it within the history Compost heap, a group of academics and
term investment. Being the only country in the world to show of solidarity of a national death of Chandan Gupta with the means. of violence in Uttar Pradesh. The activists working on alternative
impose both the STT and LTCG, India is also likely to event commanding the allegiance murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Riots today are always enacted 2013 riots at Muzaarnagar are imaginations
become a little less attractive to foreign investors when
compared to its peers. A complete rollback of the new
tax is too much to expect — Finance Secretary Hasmukh
Adhia has justied the higher tax levy saying that the
Courting the rankings
capital gains accrue from zero eort. Despite the con India needs a granular road map to improve its reputation for ‘enforcing contracts’
straints, the government would do well to at least soften
the negative impact of the new tax by allowing indexa on a country’s ability to provide an frastructure and manpower train blow against the intent and pur
eective dispute resolution sys ing on a constant basis. In identify pose of the Act. Second, and this
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tion (allowing a seto based on ination rate) of capital
tem. In the World Bank report ing disputes above a specied ows from the rst aspect, whe
gains and removing the STT on equity investments.
which covers 190 economies, eval value to qualify as commercial dis never presiding ocers are ap
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Tough love for the wello is not a bad strategy for a uating them on 10 specic param putes, it has ensured that these pointed to commercial courts, it
preelection Budget, but it is important to be careful eters required for doing business, courts are not cluttered up with must be ensured that they have ex
about maintaining India’s credibility in the global mo n.l. rajah India’s ranking in the ‘enforce small claims. The Act essentially perience in dealing with commer
ney markets in the process. ment of contract’ component is paves the way for the setting up of cial disputes, as Section 3 of the
164 (in addition to an overall rank commercial courts at the district Act ordains. Merely the fact that an
T
he euphoria over reports of ing, each component also has a level and a commercial division in incumbent is a district judge sup
India moving into the top separate ranking). The report says High Courts that have original ju plies no such experience. Third, in
Youth power 100 in the World Bank’s Ease
of Doing Business global rankings,
that it takes an average of 1,445
days (or nearly four years) to en
40.76 in 2018. risdiction along with a commercial
appellate division in the High
terms of Section 19 of the Act, the
respective State governments
Indian cricket has its work cut out to mentor which is credible, is bound to be force a contract in India. In this, Forum for resolution Courts to hear appeals arising un must, in consultation with the
dampened if there is acknowled the distance to frontier (DTF) rank Aware of this threat posed to In der the Act. By mandating that High Courts, establish necessary
the Under-19 team for the bigger stage gement of our dismal perfor ing score is 40.76. The alltold cost dia’s business environment, Par High Courts must show levels of infrastructural facilities to run
I
ndia’s title triumph in the Under19 cricket World mance in one key component in to a litigant to recover amounts liament even passed the Commer disposal of such claims on their these courts. Fourth, in terms of
Cup at the Bay Oval in New Zealand seemed inevita the indices that make up these legitimately due to him is 31% of cial Courts, Commercial Division website, the Act also ensures tran Section 20 , the State government
rankings; if there is a component the value of the claim. This is a and Commercial Appellate Divi sparency. However, for this statu is to establish facilities providing
ble. Prithvi Shaw’s boys, astutely coached by Rahul
that still has a dismal ranking it is shocking state of aairs. sion of High Courts Act. When the tory scheme to work, many for the training of judges who may
Dravid, maintained an unbeaten record through their the one about “enforcing con The DTF score must be ex implementation of an Act is left to players must play their respective be appointed to these courts. Fi
threeweek sojourn. The rousing campaign com tracts”. A nation’s ranking in the plained. It measures the distance State governments, there is gener parts. nally, and possibly most impor
menced with a 100run win against Australia on Janu “ease of doing business” index is of a particular country’s economy ally a hiatus in enforcement. Going Five aspects that relate to the tantly, in terms of Section 17, sta
ary 14; in subsequent games, Papua New Guinea, Zim based on the average of 10 subin from the “frontier” which repre by indications, this “Act” too ap working of the Act require imme tistical data regarding the
babwe, Bangladesh and Pakistan were all emphatically dices which are: starting a busi sents the best performance. Simp pears to be no exception, possibly diate consideration. First, while functioning of these courts are to
defeated. There were no biggame nerves and even in ness; dealing with construction ly put, the “frontier”, measuring explaining why India’s ranking in the Act contemplates the “ap be displayed on the website of the
permits; getting electricity con 100, is the ideal situation and a “enforcement of contracts” has pointment” of commercial court respective High Courts.
the muchhyped seminal against Pakistan, India pock
nections; registering property; DTF ranking indicates how far a not appreciated much. judges in districts, in most States Without institutionalising these
eted a facile 203run victory. In the summit clash getting credit; protecting minority country is from that ideal. Though The purpose behind the Act is the government there has merely improvements, we cannot hope to
against Australia, Shaw’s boys followed their template investors; paying taxes; trading India’s DTF score was 56.05 in to provide a forum with upgraded vested the presiding district judge make our commercial courts busi
of dominance. Australia was bowled out for 216 and In across borders; enforcing con 2017 and is projected to improve infrastructure to resolve a certain with powers to act as a commer nesslike and our ranking in “en
dia cruised home in 38.5 overs with eight wickets to tracts; and resolving insolvency. to 60.76 in 2018 in the overall ease class of disputes, classied as cial court. Given that the workload forcing contracts” any better.
spare, and enjoyed the added lustre of opener Manjot of business rankings, unfortunate “commercial disputes” in the Act, of principal district judges is alrea
Kalra’s unbeaten 101. Through the tournament India Distance to frontier ly, in ‘enforcing contracts’ our in a timebound and eective man dy quite staggering, vesting them
found diverse heroes. Fittingly, its batting troika of Of these, the one about “enforcing score was a dismal 38.90 in 2017, ner. The legislation also requires with the powers of commercial N.L. Rajah is a senior advocate of the
contracts” is directly dependent projected to improve feebly to establishment of appropriate in courts in districts strikes the rst Madras High Court
Shaw, Kalra and Shubman Gill, along with seamer Kam
lesh Nagarkoti and spinner Anukul Roy, found a berth
in the International Cricket Council’s Under19 World LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
Cup team, essentially a tribute to the best players on
view in the championship. Cricketing excellence allied Closing the door misplaced idealism. The story on Alam Beg, or rather inspiring and invigorating reach out to our oceanic delightful nonsense,
with the resultant celebrity status, especially during the One needs to look at the graphic metaphor of a his skull, was an instance of pages of the freedom neighbour. However, it eccentricities, bafflement at
teenage years, can be a doubleedged sword and it refugee issue ‘hunted hare’ is an emotional skullduggery (“Alam Beg, struggle (christened as the should be a guarded modern culture, and his
helped that in the dressing room there was the calming dispassionately (Editorial response that lacks nuance. martyr of Sepoy Mutiny, “Mutiny” by the British) will approach so as to not be huge exaggerations. If
page, “If that door should India has a tradition of wants to return home”, certainly kindle the interest seen as interference in Male’s ministers can dismiss
presence of Dravid. As the ecstatic players leapt and
shut now”, February 5). sheltering persecuted February 5). But I soon of the younger generation domestic aairs. evolution as fantasy and
photobombed after clinching the trophy, Dravid cut Western Europe, a group of people. At the same time, the realised that collecting skulls and emboss on their minds Anshu Priya, communal hotheads
through the hype and said that this win should not be developed economies and government’s primary as souvenirs was an entirely the struggle and sacrice our Bengaluru threaten mayhem, can’t he
the team’s dening memory as each individual cricke known for their responsibility is to protect dierent ball game. The forefathers underwent to win have his legitimate grouses,
ter has much more to achieve in his career. compassion and humane the interests of its citizens, Scythians were fond of freedom which we use and Dear Mathrubootham whimsical viewpoints and
Dravid has a point. India has won the Under19 World nature, has been liberal especially viewed in the collecting the skulls of the misuse today. One thanks After reading the spate of delightful Indian English?
Cup on four occasions, including the previous golden enough to allow in context of national security. vanquished to make skull The Hindu for taking us back letters criticising Mr. Maybe he needs to add a
refugees. However, ever No nation would like to be caps. During World War II, to 1857. Mathrubootham (Letters to disclaimer.
runs in 2000, 2008 and 2012. From among these cham
since the inow of refugees viewed as a ‘natural some in the United States J. Eden Alexander, The Editor, February 5), I Matthew Adukanil,
pion sides, only a few graduated to the big stage. Yuvraj became a problem, there sanctuary’ although military mutilated dead Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu think his fans must come to Tirupattur, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Singh and Virat Kohli came through the under19 ranks has been diplomatic humanitarian considerations Japanese service personnel his rescue. I must admit that more letters online:
and managed to carve a niche for themselves, but Un wrangling even there on in certain contexts would in the Pacic theatre of Crisis in Male I thoroughly enjoy his www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/
mukt Chand, who led the team to the Cup in 2012, and absorbing the number of demand the relaxation of operations. “Teeth (sic) and The political crisis in
then featured in a soft drink advertisement besides refugees. Though India has this principle. India should skulls were the most Maldives presents an corrections & clarifications:
writing a book, has been unable to make it to the Indian allowed refugees in earlier, register the Rohingya who commonly taken trophies.” opportunity for India to A Sports page report headlined “India and Australia set for tryst
a change in policy now have already entered the In head hunting, the primary leverage its waning inuence with history” (Feb. 3, 2018), erroneously stated that Mohammad
senior team. He is still nding his feet with the Delhi Kaif won the U19 cricket world cup in 2002. Actually, Kaif won it in
cannot be termed as country. Deportation would focus was ritual and in the island (Editorial –
2000.
squad in domestic cricket. Shaw and his mates will be
unjustied. Attributing any put their lives at risk. ceremonial, possibly “Crisis in Male”, February 5).
aware that after the spectacular rise under the New Zea motive to the present However, the government is stemming from the belief It makes strategic sense for “Lizarazu tips France to win WC” (Sports page, Feb. 4, 2018)
land skies, they still have to earn and preserve their res wrongly said that the former world cup winner, Bixente Lizarazu,
government’s move is justied in its stand that no that the head contained New Delhi to engage with a praised FC Bayern Adidas Youth Cup’s initiative to promote grass
pective spots in the State outts before earning the right untenable. India and more refugees will be “soul matter” or life force, nation which has, in the past root football in India. Actually, he had praised the FC Bayern and
to rub shoulders with Kohli and his men. The road to Bangladesh should pressure accepted. There is no reason which could be harnessed. few years, come under the Adidas’ initiative for the FC Bayern Youth Cup to promote grassroot
wards the highstakes game of international cricket is the UN to prevail upon why India should burden its C.V. Venugopalan, sway of China. Beijing has football in India. Also the report had wrongly listed Taiwan and
Myanmar to take back the citizens by sharing the cost of Palakkad, Kerala been persistently playing its South Africa — instead of Thailand and Singapore — among coun
long and arduous and history has taught us that not all tries where Youth Cup was being organised.
Rohingya refugees. the conicts of neighbours. political cards in an attempt
teenage prodigies can be a Sachin Tendulkar or a Kohli. ■ The story speaks volumes
R. Sridharan, V.N. Mukundarajan, to encircle India through its It is the policy of The Hindu to correct signicant errors as soon as possible. Please specify
For Shaw and company, the journey has only begun but Chennai Thiruvananthapuram about the cruelty inicted on ‘string of pearls’ strategy.
the edition (place of publication), date and page. The Readers’ Editor’s office can be
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no government can ignore people’s public and private hospitals. This hospitals in the strategic purchasing to 2.5% of GDP by 2025? There is, however, one res Following a bout of ill health,
legitimate aspiration to get the health calls for a welldened list of condi arena. That will lead to decay of the The NHPS needs a buyin from the taurant in Tokyo that has histor Bose died in 1945 aged 58, but in
services they desire and deserve. Ho tions that will be covered, adoption public sector as a care provider. This States, which have to contribute 40% ically prided itself in serving Japan his legend lives on through
wever, health care is not just a matter of standard clinical guidelines for must be prevented by proactively of the funding. Even with the low “authentic India curry” — no the curry that Nakamuraya conti
of health insurance, involving as it diagnostic tests and treatments suita strengthening primary health servic cost coverage of the RSBY, several wheat, no apples, and no holds nues to serve. It remains their
does many other elements such as ble for dierent disorders, setting es and public hospitals. States opted out. Some decided to barred on the chilli: Nakamu most popular item. Since 2001,
the availability of a multilayered, and monitoring of cost and quality fund their own Statespecic health raya. How this came to be involves a riproar the company also sells readytoeat pack
multiskilled health workforce. standards, and measuring health How will it work nancially? insurance programmes, with distinc ing yarn featuring a revolutionary fugitive aged curries using the original Bose recipe to
Further, there is health beyond outcomes and costeectiveness. The NHPS is not a classic insurance tive political branding. Will they from India, a love aair, and one of Japan’s convenience stores. These accounted for al
health care, dependent on many so Both Central and State health agen programme, since the government agree to merge their programmes leading bakeries. most half the sales value of the 2.6 billion yen
cial determinants. cies or their intermediaries will have pays most of the money on behalf of with the NHPS, with cobranding? The Indian, Rash Behari Bose, is even bet that the Nakamuraya Processed Foods divi
to develop the capacity for compe the poor, unlike private insurance Will other States, who will also con ter known in Japan than his namesake and sion made in 2016.
The NHPS, operationally tent purchasing of services from a di where an individual or an employer tribute 40% to the NHPS, demand si fellow nationalist, Subhas Chandra Bose. On a recent Monday, the Nakamuraya café
The scheme will provide cost cover verse group of providers. Otherwise, pays the premium. However, the milar cobranding? In a federal polity Born in 1886, Bose worked at the Forest Re in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighbourhood was
age, up to 5 lakh annually, to a poor hospitals may undertake unneces scheme operates around the insu with multiple political parties shar search Institute, Dehradun, but he was buzzing with lunchtime customers. Almost
family for hospitalisation in an empa sary tests and treatments to tap the rance principle of ‘risk pooling’. ing governance, an allIndia align aame with anticolonial ideas acquired dur every table had a serving of ‘Genuine Indian
nelled public or private hospital. The generous coverage. The choice of When a large number of people sub ment around the NHPS requires a ing the agitation against the Partition of Ben style Curry’. I sat down for a serving. The
precursor of the National Health Pro whether to administer NHPS through scribe to an insurance scheme, only high level of cooperative federalism, gal in 1905. In 1912, he became involved in an verdict? The curry passed the avour test —
tection Scheme (NHPS), the Rashtri a trust or an insurance company will a small fraction of them will be hospi both to make the scheme viable and assassination attempt of the Viceroy of India, fullbodied spice and pleasing consistency.
ya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), be left to individual States. talised in any given year. In a tax to ensure portability of coverage as Lord Hardinge. As the colonial authorities However, it was served in a sauce boat, be
provided limited coverage of only Reduced allocation for the Nation funded system or a large insurance people cross State borders. For the closed in on him, he ed to Japan in 1915. He traying the Britishorigins of curry in Japan.
30,000, usually for secondary care. al Health Mission and sidelining of its programme, there is a large risk pool sake of all Indians, let us hope an all made his way rst to Kobe under the name of But the steady gaze of a dhoticlad Bose
Though it improved access to health urban component raise concerns wherein the healthy crosssubsidise party consensus develops around P.S. Thakore, pretending to be a relative of along with a kimonoclad Toshiko from a
care, it did not reduce outofpocket about primary care, even though the the sick at any given time. The NHPS how to design and deliver universal Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore whom photograph hung at the restaurant entrance
expenditure (OOPE), catastrophic transformation of subcentres to will be nancially viable, despite a health coverage, starting with but
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Bose had read was planning a trip to Japan. suggested that quibbles are best ignored.
health expenditure or health pay health and wellness centres is wel high coverage oered to the few who not stopping at the NHPS. From Kobe he immediately set out for To
mentinduced poverty. The NHPS ad come. If primary health services are fall sick in any year, because the rest kyo. Eventually, he made the acquaintance Pallavi Aiyar has reported from China, Europe,
dresses those concerns by sharply not strong enough to reduce the in the large pool do not need it that K. Srinath Reddy is President, Public Health of Japanese panAsianists who were sym Indonesia and Japan. She is a Young Global Leader
raising the coverage cap, but shares need for advanced care and act as ef year. Foundation of India. Views are personal pathetic to the cause of Indian indepen with the World Economic Forum
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as bitcoin are not legal forms of mo
ney in India and that the government would take steps to A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 6, 1918.
eliminate their use. Mr. Jaitley is not the only politician
worldwide to consider cryptocurrencies a danger to the sta A Taxi Dacoity: Europeans Charged.
tus quo. Under the guise of protecting investors, govern
ments in China and South Korea recently took steps to sup The ‘Englishman’ publishes a remarkable taxicab Dacoity
press the use of cryptocurrencies, thus adding to the which has been related to the police by a European gentleman
extreme volatility of their price moves. Why are govern connected with a local jute mill. According to his story it ap
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pears that while he was proceeding in a taxi through the mai
The reason is that these currencies pose a signicant dan on the way to Budge Budge at about 9 on Sunday night,
threat to the massive economic power that national curren CONCEPTUAL ABSTRACT
two Europeans boarded the car. Both were armed with revol
cies, such as the rupee and dollar, provide their govern Virtue signalling
ments. Today every country’s government has a legal mono Sociology Deadly drug cocktails in India vers and one of them after covering the complainant with his
revolver proceeded to ransack his pocket and took Rs. 160.
poly over the issuance of the currency that its people use. The other pointed his revolver to the taxi driver directing him
This means that no entity other than the government may Also known as moral pos Over a third of drug combinations sold are unapproved not to stop the car. The driver managed to drive the car to
create and sell currencies. The very point of legal tender turing, this refers to the wards Chowringhee where he raised an alarm. A constable ar
laws is to ban anything other than the currency issued by act of expressing opinions Priyanka Pulla Seven of the FDCs that these combinations in rived and it is said arrested the two mysterious Europeans.
the government from being used as a medium of exchange. in a deliberately conspicu were not approved by the cluded two antibiotics, Both of them were armed, one being a clerk in the C.I.D. Pol
Such government control over money, however, oers ous manner in order to sig Indians are big consumers CDSCO were among the and only two of the eight ice. They deny the charge and said that they were out on a
politicians enormous benets. For example, a politician nal to others about one’s of dangerous xed dose top 20 bestselling FDCs in were approved in India, shooting excursion. Further enquiry is proceeding.
wanting to fund populist programmes can gather the funds virtues. A politician, for in combinations (FDCs) that 201112. Sixteen of these while none were ap
he requires by creating money out of thin air with the help stance, might express dis are not approved by the bestsellers were not ap proved in the U.S. and the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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of the central bank. This will eventually lead to price ina gust against an ideology country’s drug regulator, proved in the U.S. and the U.K. While the idea be
tion that aects the common man, but it at least saves the just for the sake of sending says a study, ‘Threats to U.K. either. For example, hind antimicrobial combi DATA POINT
politician from having to impose higher taxes that could af across the message that he global antimicrobial resis the secondmost popular nations is to reduce the
fect his popularity. In this scenario, the rise of cryptocurren stands against regressive tance control: centrally Indian FDC, a combina risk of resistance by at
cies oers ordinary people the rare opportunity to choose social ideas. He may not, approved and unap tion of ooxacin and clox tacking a bacterium from
among multiple currencies in the marketplace. In fact, in a however, genuinely be proved antibiotic formula acillin, is not approved by two fronts, studies have
currency market free from government intervention, any lieve or stand by the vir tions sold in India’, pu the CDSCO. The study also shown that if the two
private entity would be free to issue its own currency with tues that he claims to pos blished in the British identied approved drugs drugs aren’t carefully cho
the hope that it would soon become a hit with customers. sess in public. The term, Journal of Clinical Phar- that were irrational — sen, combinations can
While this could be benecial to citizens, who could coined by British writer macology. ooxacin and the antipro trigger resistance to multi
choose between currencies, it erodes governments’ mono James Bartholomew, is FDCs are a blend of two tozoa drug ornidazole ple antibiotics.
poly control over money. In the presence of alternative cur now often used in a pejora or more drugs to maxi were combined even In March 2016, the Un
rencies, for instance, people may partially give up using na tive sense to attack the ex mise drug ecacy and can though they had dierent ion government banned
tional currencies issued by governments, as elaborated by pression of one’s opinion promote antibiotic resis dosing schedules and 344 FDCs. The Supreme
Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek in Denationalisation of merely as a token act to ad tance if they are not de could worsen diarrhoea. Court, while upholding
Money. Instead, they might opt to use private cryptocurren vertise one’s virtuousness signed rationally. Using Around 42% of the the ban after appeals from
cies that oer more stable or predictable purchasing power to the world. statistics from the Phar FDCs sold in India in 2011 pharma companies, has
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ments have banned or otherwise undermined bitcoin and the study found that of the “highest priority critically Advisory Board to exa
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Nevertheless, until now, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin THE WEB ly 43 were approved by as designated by the the 344 FDCs, the study’s
have failed to show signs of value stability owing to extreme the Indian drug regulator, World Health Organisa authors identied 16 in the
price uctuations. This is partly because they have only What is a “bad” cricket the Central Drugs Stan tion. These are antibiotics PharmaTrac database.
gained acceptance as a speculative asset rather than as a me pitch, really, one dard Control Organisation that are a last resort, Several multinationals
dium of exchange. In a competitive marketplace, however, Wanderers? (CDSCO), while ve were where loss of ecacy were found to be selling
such currencies are likely to be ousted eventually by com approved by the U.S. and would have a large impact unapproved FDCs in India
peting currencies that better satisfy the tastes of buyers. bit.ly/CricketPitch the U.K. regulators. on public health. Eight of as well.
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nalist B.H. Lone, began by oppressive nel killed in Sunday’s ring A day after crossborder
terming allegations levelled D.Y. Chandrachud along the Line of Control shelling from Pakistan
in the Loya case as “outlan Supreme Court Justice (LoC) in Jammu and killed four soldiers, the
dish and based on hearsay exception to Mr. Sisodia’s Kashmir. Congress on Monday ac
evidence.” “unparliamentary” choice “We will continue with cused the Modi govern
He said the Loya PILs had of words.“Courtesy begets our process of giving a bet ment of “compromising
led to a “tide of insinua courtesy, Mr. Sisodia,” Jus ting reply. [Our] action will the country’s security”.
tions, questions on judicial tice Chandrachud ad speak for itself,” Lt. Gen. Sa Addressing the party’s
integrity and one eminent dressed the lawyer, who rath Chand said in response ocial brieng, Rajya Sab
press conference” on Janu apologised. to a question from pressper ha member Pramod Tiwari
ary 12. He was referring to “We had appeared as ju sons on the sidelines of an said there had been a
the unprecedented press niors in this court. We have event. 500% jump in ceasere
meet by four Supreme Court never seen the dialogue de Capt. Kapil Kundu, havil violations in the past 44
judges. generate to such an extent. dar Roshan Lal, rieman Ra months over what took
Immediately, Mr. Dave ac This is oppressive,” Justice mavatar and rieman Sub place during the UPA
cused Mr. Sisodia of trying Chandrachud said. ham Singh were killed as the regime.
to sabotage the case. Mr. “I will tell Your Lordship Pakistan Army violated the “So far, 340 of our secur
Dave’s client had rst ap what is oppressive. What is ceasere in the Poonch and ity personnel and 194 civi
proached the Bombay High oppressive is Salve [senior Rajouri sectors. lians have been martyred.
Court. Mr. Dave said he was advocate Harish Salve] ap It’s been a little over a
compelled to transfer the pearing for Maharashtra go A new high The day after: Jawans take position along the Line of Control in Rajouri on Monday. * PTI month of the New Year and
case here when the apex vernment when he had ap Such violations have risen to already 10 soldiers have
court admitted the PILs led peared for Amit Shah a new high this year. cidents, while 122 were re in Pakistani sniper re. The ocer said the ring this pause extends,” he said. died because of shelling,”
by Mr. Lone and activist earlier. Why is he trying to In the past 35 days, there ported in 2015. On the spi “In our response, their of continued till late on Sunday “Our bunkers are built to Mr. Tiwari said.
Tehseen Poonawala. protect Amit Shah?” Mr. were 240 incidents on the ralling exchange of re, an cer was killed. They have to night but had since stopped. withstand the ring, but due The Congress’s commu
A bristling Mr. Sisodia Dave said. LoC and the International Army source said the current placate their side and show “Firing is likely to continue to repeated hits, the ceiling nication head, Randeep
turned to Mr. Dave and said, “Amit Shah is capable of Boundary together, higher phase was an “escalatory they have caused higher for some days, as it happens sometimes caves in,” anoth Surjewala, tweeted, “Sa
“We do not care what you protecting himself,” Mr. Si than the 228 for the entire ladder”, which started in De damage on our side. And we usually after casualties. This er ocer said, referring to lute all the four brave sol
think. You can go to hell or sodia said. In a veiled refe 2016. cember when a junior com have to retaliate if we are titfortat goes on unless Sunday’s incident. diers and oer our condo
heaven or anywhere.” Jus rence to Mr. Dave, Mr. Salve In 2017, there were 860 in missioned ocer was killed hit,” the source said. there is a longish gap. Hope (With PTI inputs) lences to their families.
tice Chandrachud stepped chipped in to address Justice Pakistan’s misadventure
in at this juncture by point Chandrachud with, “Some seems to be increasing
J&K asks Centre to adopt Atal doctrine
ing to the two portraits of times courtesy does not be since the past four years.
former Chief Justices of In get courtesy, My Lord.” The country is asking when
dia — the apex court’s rst Earlier, senior advocate will the Prime Minister res
one, Justice Harilal J. Kania V. Giri, for Poonawala, ar pond to Pakistan’s sinister
and its fourth, Justice B.K. gued that the State Intelli designs.’’
Mukherjea — hanging on gence department probe in The process of reconciliation initiated by former PM needs to be taken forward, Minister tells House The party claimed there
either walls of the cour to Loya's death was just an had been 2,474 violations
troom. “Not when they are
watching us,” Justice Chan
“armchair enquiry” and the
apex court should order a
Peerzada Ashiq
Srinagar Youth hurt in ‘Army ring’ under the Modi govern
ment’s watch.
drachud cautioned the fresh probe. As the Line of Control (LoC) Former Information and
lawyers. The arguments will conti in the Pir Panjal Valley wit Special correspondent patrol immediately after it Broadcasting Minister
Justice Chandrachud took nue on February 9. nessed heightened tension Srinagar searched a few houses in the Manish Tewari was anoth
on Monday, the J&K govern A civilian was injured in al area. er Congress leader who
ment asked the Centre to re leged Army ring in Kulgam The police said I Rashtriya took to Twitter to question
CBI charges teenager in visit former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s doc
on Monday morning, as peo
ple clashed with a military
Ries of the Army “opened
re to disperse the stone
the government. “Why are
our brave soldiers dying
Gurugram school case trine to defuse tensions with
Pakistan.
patrol there. An FIR was
lodged on the incident.
throwing protesters”.
One youth, identied as
Mr. PM? Why are you not
imposing a cost on Pakis
Prince was found murdered and at the instance of the “The process of reconci #4 6 6 7 2 6
A police ocial said Arif Ahmad Lone, “sustained tan? What happened to all
with his throat slit, in the victim’s parents, the Harya liation initiated by Mr. Vaj Hawk eye: A paramilitary trooper standing guard in stones were thrown at the bullet injuries”. the promises that you
washroom of his school on na government transferred payee in 2003 needs to be ta downtown Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. AFP *
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September 8, 2017. The pol the case to the CBI. It did ken forward for lasting just hot air & people took
ice arrested Ashok and also not come across any evi peace in J&K. Dialogue and land,” State Parliamentary A day after the killing of of the LoC were closed in 7.45 p.m. on Sunday. Sources you on face value? Why
showed seizure of the mur dence linking Ashok to the reconciliation is the only Aairs Minister Abdul Reh the four Army personnel in Sunderbani and Manjakote said there was intermittent Why & Why do our braves
der weapon, a knife. Howev murder, following which way to restore peace along man Veeri told the Assemb the Bimbher Sector of Rajou for three days. Mr. Veeri said ring in Rajouri and Poonch, continue to die on your
er, following a public outcry other angles were explored. the borders and on the main ly. ri, all 84 schools within 5 km both sides stopped ring at “but no casualties”. watch??” he tweeted.
Centre repackaging UPA
two fodder scam cases. because of a death in his fa
Congress gets datadriven, Ever since Mr. Prasad
was lodged in Ranchi jail,
several leaders from Oppo
mily.
After his surrender, Mr.
Mishra was taken to Birsa
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IN BRIEF
TDP now takes its protest to Parliament
Ministers from party meet Rajnath Singh; party is set to continue agitation today demanding a special package for Andhra Pradesh
Kant to continue as as
Vikas Pathak
NEW DELHI
The Union Ministers from
for that. The demand for a
railway zone has also not
been met,” said a TDP MP
Naidu holds the
NITI Aayog CEO till 2019
AHMEDABAD
The Union government has
the Telugu Desam Party,
Ashok Gajapathi Raju and
Y.S. Chowdary, met Home
not wishing to be named.
He said the party had ear
lier wanted special category
reins of Delhi drama
extended the service of Minister Rajnath Singh on status for the State, but was Staff Reporter nance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Amitabh Kant as NITI Aayog Monday, hours after party expecting at least a special Vijayawada The rst one materialised,
Chief Executive Officer till MPs protested at the Mahat package. This too had not Keeping his promise to re but the second one got can
June 2019. The order was ma Gandhi statue in Parlia been oered by the Centre. view every day how TDP celled. He asked them to
issued by the Department of ment, alleging that Andhra MPs were pressuring the keep trying and wanted
Personnel and Training on Pradesh’s demands were “ig Not to leave NDA Union government in New them to raise before Mr.
Monday. The Appointments nored” in the Union Budget. Asked if there was any threat Delhi to address the de Singh the State’s issues for
Committee of the Cabinet, A source said Mr. Singh to the alliance, a TDP MP mands of Andhra Pradesh, cefully.
headed by Prime Minister heard out the two Ministers said there was no move to Chief Minister N. Chandra He wanted them to sub
Narendra Modi, cleared the who complained about the quit the NDA. But the TDP babu Naidu held a telecon mit a notice under Rule 193
extension to Mr. Kant, a State not getting a special wanted to exert pressure on ference with them on Mon for a discussion in the Lok
former IAS officer. package. He is learnt to have the Centre to accept its day and was in constant Sabha. As soon as the MPs
told them that the govern demands. touch with them. reached Delhi this morning,
BJP leader seeks ment was open to hearing A day earlier, on Sunday, Mr. Naidu watched from Mr. Naidu spoke to them
Vasundhara Raje’s ouster out NDA allies’ concerns and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minis here the MPs’ protest in and told them to keep up
NEW DELHI
was sensitive to their ter and TDP president N. front of the Mahatma Gand the pressure both inside and
Ashok Chaudhary, who heads
demands. Chandrababu Naidu held a hi statue in Parliament com outside Parliament as And
the OBC cell of the BJP in
The TDP, an NDA ally, had State-level demands: TDP MPs staging a protest at Parliament House on Monday. * R.V. MOORTHY meeting with party MPs, se plex and then asked them to hra Pradesh was meted out
Kota district of Rajasthan,
protested that its demands nior MLAs and leaders in seek an appointment with a raw deal in the recent Bud
wrote to party national
president Amit Shah on
had not been met in the Un quested them to discontinue Elections are to be held in “How will we go to the pe Amaravati. A decision to two or three Union Minis get. The ght should conti
Monday, seeking the ouster ion Budget. It seems set to their protests, the source the State alongside the Lok ople? We have to build an al continue to pressure the ters. Following his instruc nue till the Centre fullled
of Chief Minister Vasundhara continue its protest on Tues said the TDP was an inde Sabha polls and the pending ternative capital after the bi Centre for more funds for tions, they hurriedly sought all promises, he said. The
Raje for the party’s defeat in day too. pendent party and it alone work required Central furcation of Andhra Pradesh the State was taken at the appointment with Home Mi State would not compro
the recent byelections. Mr. Asked if Mr. Singh had re could decide its strategy. assistance. and need Central assistance meeting. nister Rajnath Singh and Fi mise, he added.
Chaudhary blamed the State
leadership, especially Ms.
PM to lay foundation
Raje and president Ashok
Parnami, for the defeat.
social media” and “counter UAE, the External Aairs Mi The Hindu had reported The Election Commission Women’s and human
BJP propaganda”. She cited nistry said on Monday. earlier that Mr. Modi would started the poll process in rights organisations in
instances where images from The event will be part of a begin his visit from the Jor Nagaland on January 31, set Meghalaya have
a Bhojpuri film were used on threenation tour from Fe danian capital of Amman, ting February 7 as the last resented the
social media to create bruary 9 to 12, starting in from where he will be tra day for submission of nomination of a
communal unrest in North 24 Palestine, where Mr. Modi Narendra Modi velling to the West Bank ter papers. Ahead with campaign: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar at militantturned
Paraganas district in 2017. will become the rst Indian ritory of Palestine. Ocials said they expect a campaign meeting in Dharmanagar on Monday. PTI *
legislator, Julius Kitbok
Prime Minister to pay tri Mr. Modi’s 2015 visit to the ed a lastminute rush as Dorphang, accused of
Nigeria promises help butes at the memorial of country. Technical halt “more than 100 candidates” parties that endorsed the Meanwhile, security forc raping a 14yearold girl
to trace missing tanker Yasser Arafat. “The structure of the tem Ocials said the halt in Am had collected the nomina core committee’s boycott es have reported stray inci twice more than a year
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI “As part of a community ple, the deities and the idols man would be “technical”. tion sheets. The delay has decision, four including the dents of violence in the State ago.
External Affairs Minister engagement programme in are aspects that the Indian “We have dehyphenated been attributed to the Janu Congress backed out for not related to the poll boy Mr. Dorphang, 53,
Sushma Swaraj spoke to her
#4 6 6 7 2 6
the UAE, he will be meeting community will have to Israel and Palestine and we ary 29 decision by a core contesting the election. cott call. In one such in who represents the
Nigerian counterpart, top professionals and, in work out with the UAE go see them as mutually inde committee of tribal organi Three of them have an stance, NPF supporters on Mawhati Assembly
Geoffrey Onyeama, on that, there will be a special vernment,” said Mridul Ku pendent parts of the policy sations to boycott the polls. nounced their list of Sunday night attacked the constituency as an
Monday and sought event, which will be the lay mar, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister is under Independent MLA, was
The committee, compris candidates. house of Y.M. Humtsoe, who
assistance in tracing a missing
ing of the foundation stone charge of the Gulf region, ex taking,” said B. Balabhaskar, ing extremist organisations, The ruling Naga People’s quit the party to contest as a arrested on January 7,
oil tanker with 22 Indians on
of a Hindu temple,” said Mri plaining that members of Joint Secretary in charge of wants a solution to the Naga Front (NPF) has issued a list Janata Dal (U) candidate. 2016 in Guwahati .
board. Mr. Onyeama promised
dul Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Indian community will the West Asia and North political issue before polls. of 58 candidates. The Bhara The police said four NPF “There should be
all assistance in locating the
ship that went missing off the
charge of the Gulf region in manage the place of worship Africa division. “Nobody has led nomi tiya Janata Party and the supporters were arrested for stringent laws not
coast of Benin in the Gulf of the Ministry. in coordination with the Mr. Modi will visit a Shiva nations till Monday, but sev new regional party, Nation attacking Mr. Humtsoe’s allowing perpetrators
Guinea, Ms. Swaraj tweeted. UAE authorities. temple in Oman during his eral candidates are learnt to alist Democratic Progressive house at Wokha village in of heinous crimes to
“We have set up a helpline India’s demand Ocials said it indicated rst visit to that country on have left for their consti Party, which announced a Wokha district, for setting contest elections,”
no.(+234)9070343860,” she The UAE granted the temple the “commitment of the February 12. He will hold bi tuencies to do so,” Chief seatsharing agreement last ablaze and damaging six Agnes Kharshiing of
said. There has been no project after India conveyed UAE to diversity”. lateral meetings with the Electoral Ocer Abhijit Sin week, have nalised 20 and vehicles. No one was in Civil Society Women’s
contact with Marine Express, the demand of its nationals Apart from the symbolic two Prime Ministers of ha said. Of the 11 political 39 candidates, respectively. jured. Organisation, said.
an official said. PTI for a place of worship during religious moment, Mr. Modi Oman.
It’s Vadnagar’s place in the sun No evidence
against naval
Prime Minister’s birthplace is being developed into a major tourist hub ocer: CBI
Mahesh Langa related projects which are Special Correspondent
AHMEDABAD being developed in Vadna NEW DELHI
U.S. Energy Secretary to visit India
said in its ling in the
court.
In mid2005 it emerged
that national secrets and
Varghese K George Energy trade had promi can crude after a break, the “welcome” the rst ship other sensitive information
Washington nently featured in Prime Mi Trump administration has ment of American crude to from the highly protected
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick nister Narendra Modi’s rst removed regulations that India, after a break of 40 Directorate of Naval Opera
Perry will visit India this meeting with President Do had restricted oil and coal years. “Energy is an impor tions in South Block were
month to further enhance a nald Trump in June 2017 in production, leading to a tant area to focus on to re being taken out by some of
recently added component Washington D.C and India ramping up of fossil fuels duce the trade imbalance cers and supplied to arms
in bilateral ties — energy placed a series of orders for production in the last year. between the two countries. dealers. The Navy conduct
trade. While the original American crude in the fol Petroleum Minister Dhar India needs a lot of energy ed an inhouse inquiry and
marker of the turnaround in lowing months. Public sec mendra Pradhan’s visit to and the U.S has it in abun decided to sack three oc
IndiaU.S. relations, the civil tor Indian Oil Corporation, Washington set the ball in dance,” pointed out Nisha ers including Captain Kash
nuclear deal, has almost be Bharat Petroleum Corpora motion for enhancing trade. Biswal, President of U.S.In yap Kumar, who had just
come redundant due to tion Limited and Hindustan dia Business Council. taken over as the Director
changed market conditions Petroleum Corporation Li Trade decit Indian public and private of Naval Operations and
and new technologies, trade mited are now continuously Mr. Trump himself pointed sector companies have in was quickly rising through
in fossil fuels has become the buying crude from America. to energy trade as an instru vested approximately $5 bil the ranks.
focus area for the U.S. under Though it was the Barack ment to bring down U.S lion in shale assets in the U.S. Captain Kumar had
the Donald Trump adminis Obama administration that trade decit with India and Natural gas imports from moved the court challeng
tration. allowed the export of Ameri called Mr. Modi in August to the U.S are also on the rise. ing his summary sacking.
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12 WORLD NOIDA/DELHI
divian President Abdulla Ya The Hindu from the spot. repression”, pointing to the expatriates in Maldives are The only surviving suspect
meen declared a state of The emergency rule in the country’s “appalling track also alerted to the need for in the 2015 Paris attacks, Sa
emergency on Monday, Maldives follows the Yameen record of suppressing free heightened security aware lah Abdeslam, deed Bel
troops stormed the Supreme administration’s refusal to dom of expression.” ness, and urged to exercise gian judges on Monday and
Court premises, sources and comply with a recent Su Meanwhile, Malebased due caution in public and said he put his “trust in Al
Opposition members said. preme Court order that dissi media outlets said their web avoid public gatherings,” the lah” on the opening day of
At about 11 p.m. on Mon dent leaders be freed from sites were down and in some Ministry of External Aairs his trial.
day, @judiciarymv — the o prison and 12 expelled legis cases, Twitter handles were said in the advisory. The 28yearold, who was
cial Twitter handle of the lators be reinstated in Parlia blocked. China on Monday advised transferred under heavy se
Maldivian judiciary — said: ment. its citizens to avoid travelling curity from a jail near the A sketch of Salah
“The National Defence Forc Over the last ve days, the Travel advisories issued to the Maldives till the ongo French capital overnight for Abdeslam. REUTERS *
es of the Maldives have bro government’s deance has Unrest spreads: Maldivian Opposition protesters demanding Amid increasing turbulence ing tensions there subside. the trial, refused to answer
ken into the Supreme Court become increasingly clear. the release of political prisoners during a rally last week. AP *
in the archipelago over the “China suggests that Chinese questions about the gun bat photographs or video imag
of the Maldives.” Meanwhile, Authorities sacked two Pol last few days — marked by citizens who are preparing to tle in Brussels or stand for es to be taken of him.
nearly a thousand protesters ice Commissioners in 48 implementing it. In his only stronger international reac spontaneous protests on the go to the Maldives in the near the court. He has pointblank re
gathered outside the court, hours, reportedly for trying public address last week, Mr. tions. streets — many countries, in term to postpone going until “I am not afraid of you, I fused to speak to investiga
where some judges have to implement the ruling. The Yameen said he did not ex The U.S. National Security cluding the U.K. and China, the situation on the ground am not afraid of your allies,” tors since his arrest in Brus
sought refuge since Sunday government shut Parlia pect such a ruling. Council, in a tweet, said: issued travel advisories to stabilises,” said Geng said a deant Abdeslam. “I sels March 2016, three days
following “death threats”. ment, which was scheduled Since Thursday, interna “America stands with the pe their citizens. Shuang, a spokesman for the put my trust in Allah and after the gun battle in the
“The military seems to be to convene on Monday. tional actors, including the ople of Maldives. The Maldi India on Monday asked its Ministry of Foreign Aairs. that’s all.” Forest district of the city for
in charge tonight,” said Mick The Attorney General on UN and countries such as In vian government and mili nationals to cancel all “non The statement precedes the He alleged that the court which he is on trial. Abdes
ail Naseem, president of the Sunday instructed the police dia, the U.S. and the U.K. tary must respect the rule of essential” travel to the Mal upcoming spring festival ho in Brussels was biased lam and Soane Ayari, a 24
Opposition Maldivian Demo and troops not to obey the have been urging the Male law, freedom of expression, dives. “The prevailing politi lidays, when people travel in against Muslims as he ex yearold Tunisian arrested
cratic Party (MDP)’s youth court’s order, though the government to respect the and democratic institutions. cal developments in the Mal droves to the country. plained why he would not with him, face charges of at
wing, who was among the court maintained that there ruling. Mr. Yameen’s declara The world is watching.” dives are a matter of concern (With inputs from Kallol cooperate despite having tempted terrorist murder of
protesters. “Police too are were “no legitimate reasons” tion of a state of emergency International rights for India. Indian nationals Bhattacharjee in New Delhi asked to attend the trial. police ocers and carrying
here, with riot gear and to obstruct authorities from on Monday elicited even watchdog Amnesty Interna are, therefore, advised to and Atul Aneja in Beijing) He also refused to allow banned weapons.
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market watch
05-02-2018
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 34,757 ddddddddddddd -0.88
% CHANGE Equity indices lose ground ‘Services growth in Jan.
fastest in three months’
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 64.07 ddddddddddddd -0.02
for fth straight session
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 31,270 ddddddddddddddd0.06
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 68.30 ddddddddddddddd0.00
NIFTY 50 Sector, however, ‘laggard’ compared with manufacturing
PRICE CHANGE
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.20. . . . . . . . -9.75
Stocks plummet on global cues, domestic concerns around ination, scal decit
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA mand conditions improved,”
Ambuja Cements. . . .. . . . . . 259.10. . . . . . . . -0.45
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1134.10. . . . . . . . -3.80
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT prompt the apex bank to NEW DELHI said Aashna Dodhia, econo
Aurobindo Pharma . . . . . . 614.00. . . . . . . . . 8.55
MUMBAI raise interest rates sooner The Indian services sector mist at IHS Markit and auth
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.25. . . . . . . . . 1.35 An overall weak global than expected. Also, a sharp remained in expansion or of the report.
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3185.55. . . . . . -55.75
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1604.95. . . . . . -23.95
trend, along with domestic fall on the global front furth mode in January, registering Indian service providers
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 440.20. . . . . . . 17.85 concerns related to scal er added to the pressure,” the fastest rise in activity in addressed new business in
Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19951.55. . . . . 477.15 decit, longterm capital said Jayant Manglik, presi three months driven by a re ows and rising backlogs by
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.95. . . . . . . . -1.20 gains (LTCG) tax and the dent, Religare Broking. newed increase in new busi expanding workforces for
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.10. . . . . . . . -1.05
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.80. . . . . . . . . 4.45 central bank’s scheduled ness orders, says a survey. the fth consecutive month
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2116.50. . . . . . . . -7.05 monetary policy review on Volatility headaches Even though growth rates in January. Moreover, the
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 27537.95. . . -273.80 Wednesday, saw the Indian “Negativity on the local for activity and employment rate of job creation was the
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 462.35. . . . . . . . -4.10
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993.15. . . . . . . . . 2.25
equity indices lose ground front, combined with a slide accelerated since December, Rate of job creation was the fastest since last September.
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1823.35. . . . . . -80.50 for the fth consecutive ses in world markets, indicates it remained weaker than fastest since September. “Meanwhile, job creation
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913.85. . . . . . -34.15 sion on Monday. further correction. However, their respective longrun accelerated to the second
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3636.40. . . . . . . 12.95 The 30share Sensex downside in the index seems survey averages. in January, that separates strongest in over sixanda
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.60. . . . . . . . -3.25
HPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.85. . . . . . . . . 9.35 opened lower by almost 350 All fall down: As many as 19 stocks fell by more than 2% each, capped; but, volatility would growth from contraction for half years, but as rms strug
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1355.75. . . . . . -16.45 points before selling pres including Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports, HDFC and IndusInd Bank. be hard to handle.” Faster expansion the second consecutive gled in receiving timely pay
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . 1292.45. . . . . . -27.15 sure pulled it further down Inationary concerns in The seasonallyadjusted Nik month. In November, the in ments, the Goods and Ser
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.70. . . . . . . . -5.40
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1713.00. . . . . . -48.30
to touch the day’s low of lost 1,526 points. The broad volatility, has jumped close the U.S. had led to the Dow kei Services Business Activi dex stood at 48.5. vices Tax (GST) continued to
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 349.00. . . . . . . . . 4.15 34,520.80, a decline of 546 er Nifty of the National Stock to14% in the last two sessions Jones shedding 666 points ty Index improved to 51.7 in “The recovery across In be a key constraint to busi
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1138.20. . . . . . . . -5.05 points over Friday’s close. Exchange ended Monday at since the Budget. on Friday — its worst single January, up from 50.9 in De dia’s service sector conti nesses, and the service sec
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 409.00. . . . . . . . . 0.35 The index ended at 10,666.55, declining by “Apart from the LTCG tax day fall in almost 20 months. cember, signalling a faster nued during January, with tor remained a laggard rela
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.25. . . . . . . . . 3.90
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1062.25. . . . . . -23.70 34,757.16, lower by 309.59 94.05 points or 0.87%. dilemma, the Budget has All leading Asian indices expansion. growth in output picking up tive to its manufacturing
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363.65. . . . . . -51.80 points or 0.88%. In the last The India VIX index, used raised concerns of further like Nikkei, Hang Seng and The index remained to the jointstrongest since counterpart,” Ms. Dodhia
Lupin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849.10. . . . . . . . . 2.10 ve sessions, the Sensex has as a barometer for nearterm rise in ination, which could Kospi lost 13% each. above the neutral mark of 50 June 2017 as underlying de said.
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.50. . . . . . . . -9.75
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9080.60. . . . . . . 90.00
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.25. . . . . . . . . 1.05
Commerce and Industry New Delhi CDC Group Plc, the U.K.’s
Minister Suresh Prabhu set BP Plc and Reliance Indus development nance insti
o a series of nationwide tries are likely to soon start tution, has decided to in
consultations with the in joint import of LNG into In vest $21 million (139 crore)
dustry on the proposed dia as they look to step up in Asian Institute of Medi
new Industrial Policy by marketing of natural gas to cal Services (Asian) to ena
holding the rst meeting in meet the demands of the ble the healthcare service
this regard at Guwahati on growing economy, a top o provider to expand to tier2
February 2. cial said on Monday. and tier3 cities in Jhark
The focus of the exercise India Gas Solutions Pvt. hand, Bihar and Uttar
would be to make business Ltd., the 50:50 joint venture Pradesh.
easier for the industry. The of BP and RIL, has already “We are marketing it Established in 2010,
policy aims to raise the started eorts to gauge the (LNG) alongside RSeries Asian is a 775bed hospital
competitiveness of Indian appetite of Indian consum gas,” he said. Asked when operator with multispe
industry, equipped with ers for imported liqueed the venture would start LNG cialty facilities including
skill, scale and technology, natural gas (LNG), its newly imports, he said, “you will cardiology, oncology, criti
according to an ocial appointed CEO Vinod Tahi hear soon.” cal care and orthopaedics
statement. On the occa liani said. “India’s gas market is like to underserved cities in
sion, Vandana Kumar, Joint The exercise is in parallel ly to double in the next ve north and central India.
Secretary, department of to the rm’s eort to solicit years,” he said, adding that Asian plans to add 1,000
industrial policy and pro interest in 12 million stan the country now consumes beds and will create about
motion, highlighted key dard cubic meters per day of 140 mmscmd of gas, half of 2,000 jobs. It also plans to
ideas such as a single ID gas that RILBP plan to pro it being imported LNG. deliver skills training for
and digital platform for all duce from RSeries elds in The market was growing nursing and paramedic
governmenttobusiness the KGD6 block by 2020, and LNG would be needed sta, the company said in
services. Mr. Tahiliani said. to bridge the gap, he said. statement.
‘Risks tilted towards higher FY19 decit’
Goldman Sachs estimates 20 bps upside risk, says revenue targets optimistic
Press Trust of India government is unlikely to cut
New Delhi spending considerably next
The budgeted scal decit year, even if revenues under
for India is in line with ex shoot the budgeted amount,
pectations but there are in order to support growth
some risks of slippage in ahead of the elections.
nancial year 201819, unless “This could take the scal
economic activities formal decit to 3.5% of GDP versus
ise at a rapid pace, said a the 3.3% budgeted,” it noted.
Goldman Sachs report. Moreover, higher oil pric
According to the global es could exert additional
nancial services major, while pressure on the scal decit.
the budgeted decit is in line Based on the overall oil
with expectations, the reve Gloomy forecast: Higher oil prices could exert additional subsidy estimate in the Bud
nue targets are on the opti pressure on the scal decit, the report observed. AP *
get, the government appears
mistic side, particularly on to have assumed oil prices to
recentlyintroduced GST tax The government outlined Sachs, risks tilted towards a average between $6065/
revenue growth. a scal decit target of 3.3% higher scal decit for bbl, about $1015/bbl lower
“We estimate a 20 basis of GDP in 201819 as against a 201819. than the Goldman Sachs’ oil
point upside risk to the scal revised estimate of 3.5% in price forecast.
decit in 201819, unless eco 201718, indicating some s ‘Spending cut unlikely’ “We estimate that every
nomic activities formalise at cal consolidation, albeit at a Lower indirect tax revenue $10/bbl increase in oil prices
a rapid pace over the coming slower pace than that recom collections may outweigh could increase the scal def
year to generate the neces mended under the Fiscal any upside risks from higher icit by 0.3 [percentage point]
sary buoyancy in revenues,” Responsibility and Budget nominal GDP growth, non of GDP if the government ab
Goldman Sachs said in a re Management (FRBM) frame tax revenue and direct tax sorbs the entire shock,” it
search note. work. According to Goldman collection, it said adding the said.
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IN BRIEF
Bitcoin PoS maker eyes India entry Tata Motors Q3 prot
surges to 1,214 crore
Jakarta’s Pundi X plans global rollout of 1 lakh devices; ‘India accounts for 10% of bitcoin trade volume’
TCA Sharad Raghavan
Domestic business turns around
Both the Reserve Bank of onto bitcoins, but to convert
NEW DELHI Special Correspondent
India and the government them into the local currency
MUMBAI
The Jakartabased Pundi X is have repeatedly said that so that it can help the
planning to bring cryptocur cryptocurrencies do not economy.” Tata Motors reported a con
rency Point of Sale (POS) qualify as legal tender and The Pundi X devices will solidated net prot of 1,214
devices into India. This is sig hence cannot be used to con support all major cryptocur crore for the third quarter
nicant given that the go duct transactions. rencies including bitcoin, li ended December 31, 2018 as
Daimler India truck sales vernment, in its Budget last tecoin and etherium, and the compared with a consolidat
grow 28% in 2017 week, had made it clear that ‘Transactions in rupees’ company aims to roll out ed net prot of 111.52 crore
CHENNAI
cryptocurrencies were not Mr. Cheah said his technolo 100,000 devices across the in the yearearlier period.
Daimler India Commercial
legal tender in India. gy helps store owners “con world in the next three However, sequentially,
Vehicles sold 16,717
“We respect the sove vert a crypto currency to a years. India will play a large the third quarter consolidat
BharatBenz trucks during
reignty of the local curren local currency, so all the part in this, and the roll out ed net prot was lower than
2017 against 13,081 units in
2016, an increase of more cy,” Zac Cheah, CEO of Pundi transactions that we do are is set to begin soon, he said. the 2,502 crore reported in Ralf Speth
than 28%. “Since 2012, we X told The Hindu. “We have in the local currency. What “We recently did a study the second quarter of the
have handed over 60,000 developed a platform based Big bite: As the device can be used even by small retailers, will be exchanged is the bit on the global market and one current nancial year fol growth,” he said.
BharatBenz trucks to on blockchain technology to India is a large market for the company, says Zac Cheah. AFP * coin, but the actual mode of of the focus markets was In lowing poor show at its Ja “In the domestic busi
customers. Based on our facilitate secure exchange will take place in dia,” Mr. Cheah said. “India guar Land Rover ( JLR) unit. ness, the “turnaround stra
strong product portfolio and transactions.” use a card to purchase items he explained. “So, you have rupees.” is one of the biggest markets Revenue rose 16% to tegy” is delivering results.
customer response, we using the cryptocurrency a Pundi X pass card, you use The idea, he said, was to and constitutes about 10% of 74,156 crore compared Our focus on market share
expect further signicant ‘Users to swipe cards’ that they have,” Mr. Cheah the card and it will interact change the way we use cryp the trading volume of bit with the yearearlier period. gain coupled with opera
growth,” said Erich The company has developed said. “Imagine our device, with our devices and you tocurrencies like bitcoin, coin. 50% of the trading glo In the third quarter, JLR’s tional improvements is
Nesselhauf, MD and CEO. a POS device that store own which is slightly bigger than [pay] for the loaf using bit moving their use value away bally is from Asia, a major revenues increased 4.3% to working well, with both
ers can use. The device inte a mobile phone, as a POS ter coin.” from simple storage of value, [part] from Japan and South £6.3 billion. Pretax prots commercial and passenger
Bosch’s Q3 net prot racts with a ‘pass card’ that minal that is powered by The key in all of this is the to a realworld everyday use. Korea.” stood at £192 million com vehicles businesses deliver
rises 28.79% to 281 cr. customers hold, similar to a blockchain technology.” fact that the actual transac “We feel that the bitcoin “The card terminals pared with £255 million, in ing improved results. We
BENGALURU
debit card but only for “For example, if you go to tions will be conducted in ru movement now has to move [from] Indian banks have in cluding an £85 million insu will continue on this jour
Bosch Limited’s third quarter rance recovery, in the ney to drive growth ahead
cryptocurrencies. a convenience store and you pees, whereas the asset be to a real use case scenario,” creased to 2.7 million, com
net prot rose 28.79% to yearearlier period. of the market, reduce our
“Essentially, it is the rst want to buy a loaf of bread ing exchanged would be Mr. Cheah said. “We want to pared to 1.5 million before
281 crore yearonyear on “Protability was impact cost base and invest pru
device that allows people to and you are a bitcoin owner,” bitcoins. help people to not just hold demonetisation,” he added.
higher demand for its
ed by the runout of the 17 dently to deliver better pro
mobility solutions and
Model Year Range Rover ducts and service for our
gasoline systems, according
to a BSE ling. Revenue grew
6.49% to 3,071 crore. TVS Motor forays into Emami may ALL to soon bid for and Range Rover Sport and
higher depreciation and
customers and improved re
turns for our shareholders,”
Mobility solutions businesses buy 26% in amortisation resulting from he said.
rose 17.8% while gasoline
systems business posted a
125cc scooter segment Brillare electric bus tenders continued investment to
drive protable growth,” the
“We have delivered credi
ble nancial results in a
growth of 37.1%. Sales of the company said. challenging period, during
diesel systems’ division rose TVS Ntorq 125 is an appbased vehicle Eyes 100 cr. spend on EV technology Retail sales grew 3.5% to which JLR has continued to
33.6% supported by higher Special Correspondent 1,54,447 units, driven pri overproportionally invest
demand and price for new Special Correspondent KOLKATA Special Correspondent marily by a 14.6% increase in in longterm growth and au
generation products. CHENNAI Emami Limited, a fast mov CHENNAI unit sales in China and an tonomous, connected and
TVS Motor Company on ing consumer goods major Commercial vehicles manu 18.2% rise in sales in over electric technologies,” said
Ujjivan’s net falls 33.2% Monday made its maiden fo based in India, has entered facturer Ashok Leyland Ltd. seas markets. Ralf Speth, CEO, JLR.
on lower interest income ray into the 125cc scooter into an agreement with (ALL), the agship of the “Despite headwinds and
BENGALURU segment with the roll out of Brillare Science Pvt. Ltd. Hinduja Group, would start ‘Satisfying quarter’ uncertainty in some mar
Ujjivan Financial Services’ TVS Ntorq 125, an ‘appena under which it would ac bidding for electric bus ten “We have delivered a satisfy kets, JLR still delivered in
third quarter net prot fell bled scooter.’ quire 26 % stake in the lat ders soon, according to a ing quarter of protable creased unit sales as we con
33.2% to 29.3 crore year “It is the rst connected ter through compulsory top company ocial. growth,” said N. Chandra tinued the launch schedule
onyear as net interest
scooter with TVS SmartXon convertible preference “Threefour State tran sekaran, chairman, Tata for new models, including
income declined 1.6% to
nect,” said K.N. Radhakrish K.N. Radhakrishnan with shares (CCPS). sport undertakings (STUs) Motors, said in a statement. the signicantly enhanced
195.8 crore, according to a
nan, president and chief ex the Ntorq 125. The strategic investment are expected to come out bids.” Mr. Mahadevan said “JLR, despite tough market Range Rover family and all
BSE ling. Net interest
margin of the bank was at
ecutive ocer, TVS Motor in Brillare would allow with their tenders for elec the rm decided to invest conditions, continued its new Jaguar EPACE.”
11.79% compared to 13.22% Company. “It is aimed at suru facility. The rm plans Emami to step into the pro tric buses,” said Gopal Ma about 100 crore in electric volume growth trajectory On a standalone basis,
during the same period a year youth in the 1824 age seg to sell about two lakh units fessional hair and skin care hadevan, chief nancial of vehicle (EV) technology ov with strong response to its domestic business has
ago. Sudha Suresh, MD and ment and described as Gen in the rst year of produc and salon segment. cer, ALL. “Besides, some er three years. It would also new product range. In a turned around as it reported
CEO, said credit costs were Z.” The two and three tion. It would initially be Brillare oers premium private bus operators are al focus on three areas related market that is facing signi a net prot of 183 crore
trending down quarteron wheeler major has invested available in New Delhi and hair and skin beauty pro so expected to come out to EVs — battery swap, long cant disruptions, JLR will in compared with a net loss of
quarter as demonetisation more than 100 crore in de rolled out panIndia next ducts, which are sold by with their tenders for bat range battery for EVs and vest for growth while conti 1,045 crore in the yearear
impact had been accounted veloping the new product to week. It is priced at 58,750 experts in professional sa #4 6 6 7 2 6
tery powered buses. We will fastcharging battery for nuing its journey of lier period. Revenue rose
for in the rst two quarters. be manufactured at its My exshowroom New Delhi. lons, Brillare said. be participating in those longrange buses. sustainable protable 59% to 16,102 crore.
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T20 series
Vijay Lokapally fast bowling training pro
Press Trust of India New Delhi
Kimberley (South Africa)
ANI gramme website on Friday.
Centurion India’s developing pace sen
India produced a clinical
South Africa may have suf sation Kamlesh Nagarkoti Fastbowling website
allround performance to
fered a huge loss at the has caught the attention of He explained his venture to
thrash host South Africa by
hands of wristspinners Yuz Essex fastbowling coach Ian The Hindu, “The simplest
88 runs in the rst one
vendra Chahal and Kuldeep Pont following his excellent way round was to launch
dayer of the ICC women’s
Yadav, but standin skipper show at the recentlycon UPFcricket.com as a fast
championship at Diamond
Aiden Markram believes that cluded ICC under19 World bowling website.
Oval here on Monday.
the inability of his team to Cup. “That way we can allow
Opener Smriti Mandha
play spin well is not a “mas Pont, an acknowledged players to get access to
na scored 84 o 98 balls,
sive danger” for the team. coach, has a simple philoso Ian Pont... making a point. coaching online — videos
while pace duo of Jhulan
“I don’t think we played phy that drives his work, that explain what to do, in
Goswami (four for 24) and
them particularly well, and “Success goes to players and worldclass quick in the formation about how to cor
Shikha Pandey (three for
that’s where our downfall blame goes to coaches.” ranks, I feel Indian young rect faults, the drills that Quinton de Kock. * REUTERS
23) shared seven wickets
was. Having spent time in India sters can aspire to be like help players to help them
between them.
“Having said that, you are with young fast bowlers, that bowler as they have selves.” Aspirants can sign ANI
Electing to bat, Mandha Johannesburg
never going to come across a Pont is hardly surprised at done over time with Shoaib up at 650 a month.
na hit eight boundaries
bad attack in international the emergence of some ex Akhtar, Brett Lee and Dale Pont observed, “It is no South Africa wicketkeeper
and a six in her 98ball in
cricket, and you’re never go plosive talent which promis Steyn. Youngsters want to be surprise that when a side has batsman Quinton de Kock
nings and shared a 99 run
ing to come across a bad bat es to serve the senior team like their heroes after all,” a great fastbowling unit it has been ruled out of the
stand with skipper Mithali
ting lineup either. long. Pont said. will always dominate world remainder of the sixmatch
Raj (45) to help India post
“It’s just one of those He is very impressed with cricket. ODI series and subsequent
213 for seven in 50 overs.
things. I don’t think we Showing faith: Despite South Africa struggling against spin, Rajasthan youngster Nagar Pat for Bhuvi, Bumrah “Pace unsettles a batsman threematch T20I series
Chasing 214 for a win,
played spin incredibly well, stand-in skipper Aiden Markram says that plans are in place koti for his eyecatching per Showering special praise on and the dierence between against India due to a wrist
South Africa failed to stitch
it’s obviously something we and it’s just a question of executing them. AFP * formance in the U19 World Bhuvneshwar Kumar and facing 140 and 150kmph injury.
partnerships and kept los
need to work on, but it’s not Cup apart from the speed Jasprit Bumrah, Pont said, when batting, is huge. In The lefthander sus
ing wickets at regular
a massive danger for us,” much of a lack of a game think we can execute better, (145+) that he generated. “They are showing they can dia’s pace attack is evolving tained an injury on his left
intervals.
Espncricinfo.com quoted plan. If you speak to each in and that’s the nice thing. “There is simply no rea transition between the va well. I feel with a country of wrist during the second
Skipper Dane van Niek
Markram as saying. dividual in our top six, top The plans are in place, now son why India cannot have a rious forms of the game and one billion people, India ODI at SuperSport Park,
erk topscored for South
Calling it a bad day, the se seven, each person has got a we’ve just got to keep work conveyor belt of talented fast are starting to have success should have a simply un Centurion.
Africa with 41.
cond youngest SouthAfrica clear plan. So it obviously ing hard to execute, that’s bowlers such as Nargarkoti. with both the white and the touchable fastbowling unit. Conrming the news,
The score: India 213 for seven
in 50 overs (Smriti Mandhana captain showed faith in his comes down to execution on all,” Markram said. He has a very good biome red ball. “I rather hope that ‘UPF South Africa’s team manag
84) bt South Africa 125 in team and said that all his the day. India registered an em chanical action. Indian fast Pont, who was assistant cricket’ is going to be at the er, Mohammed Moosajee
43.2 overs (Dane van Niekerk players follow a clear game “Like I said, they are two phatic ninewicket win over bowling needs an icon to be coach of The Netherlands at forefront of that develop said de Kock would now re
41, Jhulan Goswami four for plan on match day. quality wristspinners and South Africa in the second honest. the 2007 World Cup, ment during the next 10 quire at least two to four
24). “I don’t think there’s too credit to them. But I still ODI on Sunday. “Once there is a 150kmph launched his pathbreaking years.” weeks to recover.
I don’t really settle, says Ashwin
The ospinner has been trying to perfect his legbreak in an attempt to build his armoury
thinks about situations to
<
> Most
S. Dipak Ragav tion when I was playing of that talk and I have learnt a lot.
Chennai save the match.
league cricket in Chennai. (about overseas How does it feel to not be a
Back from the South Africa Over a period of time, in a That gives a lot of clarity to
performances) is part of CSK?
series, R. Ashwin wasted no search to get my stock ball most of the people in the
overrated. I have I was a tad disappointed be
time in getting onto the eld right, I obviously had to cut team. You know what you
failed in a game here cause I have been here for the need to do and that’s what
again — for Tamil Nadu in the out a lot of those things. last ten years (sic: eight
and there and I am you are hunting for.
Vijay Hazare trophy. But I don’t really settle for years).
With wrist spinners the in
sure people do fail
anything. At no point in my I have owned that space How do you rate your
R. Ashwin
thing in cricket, Ashwin, career, I thought ‘this is it’ chances of a comeback in the
around Chepauk. So a bit dis
known to add new tricks to and decided to settle for the limitedovers format?
seas performances) is over appointed that I will not be
his sleeve has been trying to rest of my career. I can only do my part. And I
rated. turning for CSK.
perfect his legspin for some am focusing only on that.
Don’t you fear that it will I have failed in a game here It’s a ground where I have
time now and once again aect your ospin?
and there and I am sure peo had great memories and it I don’t think I am in a
tried it against Gujarat on
I never had the fear. My ca ple do fail. But it is being has been a part of my meteor phase of my career where I
Monday. He spoke to the me
reer has been such that peo talked because of the bench ic rise so to say. am going to really fret much
dia after the match. Excerpts.
ple have always said I tried a mark I set for myself rather It gave me momentum go and look forward to someth
Is it a conscious eort to bowl lot. ing. Genuinely speaking, if I
leg spin as part of your than anything else. ing into my international ca
And when I didn’t try a lot But that has been my pro reer as well. am good enough, I will play.
evolution for the limited
overs format? is when I have lost my place blem. People have more ex How do you see Kohli as a But I always believed that I
I am not looking at it as an in the side. The game’s de pectations of me and when skipper in overseas am good enough to play as a
evolution. I have been prac mand is such and I don’t those expectations go at, I conditions? bowler in any team.
tising it for sometime. I am want to feel that I didn’t try. expect them to react in a cer He is someone who goes for a That’s my selfcondence,
just trying to build my ar How much you have evolved tain way and they did. win, come what may. He but I will try and strengthen
moury. as a Test bowler in overseas As of today, since 2015 doesn’t have a negative bone ammunition for people to see
I used to bowl good leg conditions? when I bowled in Australia, I in his body. He is always talk that. If it happens, well and
breaks with my ospin ac Most of that talk (about over have been a dierent bowler ing about a win and never good! Condent: Ashwin says it is important to experiment, given the game’s demands * R. RAGU
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Tripathi stars in Maharasthra’s win Punjabi Girl wins
HYDERABAD: Punjabi Girl (Fer Tanala: 164. Favourite: Khan
gus Sweeney astride) won the Sahib. Owners: M/s. Mohammed
Abhimanyu century for Bengal goes in vain; Delhi downs Uttar Pradesh Godolphin Barb Million, the
main event of the Hyderabad
Rashed Ali Khan, Aziz Ahmed
Khan & S. Mohan Raju. Trainer:
races at Malakpet on Monday. S.S.F. Hassan.
by openers Gaikwad and Vi Trained by D. Netto, the winner
HAZARE TROPHY jay Zol (24). is owned by Mr. Peddi Reddy
5 MOTHER’S BOY PLATE
(1200m) Cat. II, 3yo only
Prabhakar Reddy and Mr. P.
Y.B. Sarangi When Gaikwad was in full Prabhakar Reddy.
(Terms): MISS LILY (S. Zervan) 1,
Rahil (S.S. Tanwar) 2, Semper Fi
AMTAR ow, cutting and pulling the delis (K. Sai Kiran) 3, Lightning
Doug Bollinger retires
Captain Rahul Tripathi’s
maiden List A hundred guid
Bengal pacers spectacularly,
Tripathi provided him sup
1 BALLERINA STAR PLATE
(1600m) Cat. III, 4yo & over,
rated upto 25: CHEMICAL DADDY
Fin (Deepak Singh) 4. 1/2, 41/2,
31/2. 1m 11.87s. 14 (w), 5, 5, 8
(A.M. Tograllu) 1, Jayin (Akshay (p), SHP: 15, FP: 30, Q: 11, Tanala:
from all cricket ed Maharashtra to a convinc port. After the fall of Gaik Kumar) 2, New Hope (Deepak 52. Favourite: Rahil. Owner: M/s.
SYDNEY ing sevenwicket win over wad, who was run out due to Singh) 3, Amaravathi (G. Naresh) Manjri Horse Breeders Farm
Former Australia leftarm Bengal in its opening Group a terrible mixup, the Maha 4. 1, 1/2, 21/4. 1m 44.18s. 37 (w), Private Limited represented by
11 and 6 (p), SHP. 15, FP: 95, Q: Mr. & Mrs. Shapoor P. Mistry.
quick Doug Bollinger on B Vijay Hazare Trophy one rashtra skipper maintained 29, Tanala: 226. Favourite: Jayin. Trainer: L.V.R. Deshmukh.
Monday announced his day match at the A.B. Vaj his composure to had good Owner: Mr. Bipin Kumar
retirement from all forms of
cricket with immediate
payee Stadium here on rapport with his partners Vashista. Trainer: Zoheb Shaikh. 6 GODOLPHIN BARB MILLION
(1400m), 3yo only (Terms):
PUNJABI GIRL (Win Legend
Monday. while running aggressively
effect. Bollinger, 36, made
his Test debut for Australia in
Tripathi’s magnicent between wickets. 2 ROCKY PLATE (D. II), (1100m)
Cat. III, 5yo & over, rated 26
to 46: SHANDAAR (Akshay Ku
Chapmans Peak) Fergus Sweeney
1, Catalonia (Air SupportCes
102–ball 125, containing 12 “Whatever responsibility I mar) 1, Ikigai (Aneel) 2, Time to andri) Suraj Narredu 2, Areca Le
2009 against South Africa fours and four sixes, over get, I try to give my best. Climb (Kuldeep Singh) 3, Dear gend (Air SupportSenora Bella)
and went on to play 12 Tests, Friend (C.P. Bopanna) 4. 11/4, 1 Imran Chisty 3, Dunkirk
shadowed Abhimanyu Eas Here spending time was im (SurfriderAssociate) Akshay Ku
picking up 50 wickets at an 1/4, 1. 1m 06.78s. 9 (w), 5, 7, 7
waran’s century, which had portant in order to reach the (p), SHP: 21, FP: 50, Q: 33, mar 4. Not run: Winning Heart,
average of 25.92, with best Goddess of Force. 1, 13/4, 3/4. 1m
enabled Bengal to post a for target,” said Tripathi. Tanala: 140. Favourite: Shandaar.
figures of five for 28, which Owner: Mr. M. Majid Ali Khan. 25.91s. 58 (w), 10, 5, 5 (p), SHP:
came against New Zealand in
midable total of 293 for nine Bengal’s below par Trainer: S.S.F. Hassan. 14, FP: 238, Q: 98, Tanala: 461.
Wellington in March 2010. after being asked to bat rst. ground elding also made Favourite: Areca Legend. Own
Eagles upset Patriots Special Correspondent cident really. Obviously I mukt stood for four solid 50 overs (Unmukt Chand 116,
to win Super Bowl was stunned and needed
APS (Bengaluru) for
New Delhi Hiten Dalal 57) bt Uttar Pradesh
partnerships – 107 with fel
MINNEAPOLIS 252 in 45.3 overs (Umang Shar
A broken jaw did not deter medical attention,” said low opener Hiten Dalal (57),
Philadelphia Eagles scored a Unmukt Chand from tak the Delhi opener. ma 102, Akshdeep Nath 54, Kul
53 with Dhruv Shorey (31), 67
stunning upset victory over
New England Patriots to win
its first ever Super Bowl here
ing the eld against Uttar
Pradesh and cracking a
He batted with a
strapped jaw and later
with Nitish Rana (31) and 36
with Rishabh Pant (28) – as
want Khejroliya four for 34,
Pradeep Sangwan three for 28).
At Dharamshala: Tripura 229
World Finals
century to ensure a Delhi elded too despite the Delhi registered 307 for six. Sports Bureau Munich, in May this year.
on Sunday after a costly Tom for nine in 50 overs (Yashpal
Brady fumble ended the
victory in the Vijay Hazare pain. “I have been advised “It is an important NEW DELHI
tournament match at a surgery but I would delay Singh 113, R.A. Dey 47, V.K. Ga Army Public School (Benga This u16, sevenaside in
quarterback’s tilt at history. A hundred because it has come
Bilaspur. Unmukt Chand. it until this tournament letiya three for 21, Pankaj Jas luru) beat Campeon School terschool football was
magnificent performance at a time when I needed it
wal three for 36, Rishi Dhawan (Mumbai) 41 in the nal to
from the Eagles backup Unmukt was hit on the gets over. I will have to be the most. I enjoyed batting played at Adidas’ football fa
three for 58) lost to Himachal
quarterback Nick Foles, who jaw when he was going the nets and hit Unmukt on a liquid diet for a and getting my condence earn the opportunity of re cility — The Base. Others in
Pradesh 230 for four in 45.2 ov
threw for three touchdowns through a physical drill. while he was lying on the month at least,” added Un back. I have gone through a ers (A.R. Kumar 101 not out, Su
presenting India in the FC the World Finals are China,
and 373 yards, set up the first The ball crashed through ground. “It was a freak ac mukt. tough time this season. It meet Verma 55, Nikhil Gangta Bayern World Finals 2018 to Thailand, Nigeria, Poland,
Super Bowl title in feels nice to have contribut 40). be held at the Allianz Arena, USA and Germany.
Philadelphia’s history. AFP
Sujith Kumar is
FIM VP
CHENNAI
Multiple National Rally
Ormila Devi claims lift gold, betters her Commonwealth performance
champion Sujith Kumar was
elected VicePresident of FIM Delhi prevails over a resurgent Uttar Pradesh in volleyball; Delhi boys win kabaddi title
(International Motorcycling #4 6 6 7 2 6
In the boys’ nal of kabad a seminal against Odisha, machal Pradesh bt Haryana 30 101; 176); 3. Subhash Lahre
Federation) Asia on Sunday
night in Bangkok.
KHELO INDIA di, a smart ride by Sanjay Da and Haryana will face West 23; Delhi bt Kerala 5727. (Chg) (73, 102; 175). 56kg: 1.
Sujith, who has been elected bas saw Delhi turn the table Bengal in the other seminal Volleyball: Boys (nal): Delhi SSidhanta Gogoi (Asm) (101,
Special Correspondent
on Uttar Pradesh with a 3327 of the girls section. Mizoram bt Uttar Pradesh 2725, 2515, 130; 231); 2. Zakhuma (Mah)
on behalf of the Federation NEW DELHI
2225, 1825, 1513; Third place: (102, 120; 222); 3. Markio Tario
of Motor Sports Clubs of For the Commonwealth and triumph. The girls’ title was and Haryana conrmed their
Kerala bt Uttarakhand 2325, (Mah) (93, 120; 213).
India (FMSCI), has now Asian Youth Champion Kon bagged by Himachal Pradesh place in the seminals of the
2523, 2520, 1925, 1715.
become the third Indian sam Ormila Devi of Manipur, at the expense of Delhi. boys’ event.
representative to join the Girls (nal): West Bengal bt Girls: 44kg: 1. Konsam Ormila
the Khelo India School The results: Kabaddi: Boys ( Maharashtra 2826, 2518, 25 Devi (Man) (59, 78; 137); 2.
Board of FIM Asia, which is Games was not a such big Odisha, Punjab advance nal): Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh 33 10; Third place: Gujarat bt Uttar Khushali Gangurde (Mah) (57,
the governing body for stage to prove her worth, but In hockey, title aspirants Od 27; Seminals: Delhi bt Haryana Pradesh 1925, 2510, 2517, 70; 127); 3. B. Jyothi (AP) (46,
motorcycle racing for 28 she used the opportunity to isha and Punjab made the 3720; Uttar Pradesh bt Gujarat 2523. 59; 105). 48kg: 1. Shrabani Das
countries in the region. He post a better performance seminals of the boys event, 3821. Weightlifting: Boys: 50kg: 1. (WB) (60, 73; 133); 2. Sneha So
will hold the position for a
with total lift of 137 kg to win by beating Delhi 51 and Kar Girls (nal): Himachal Pradesh Bhaktaram Desti (Odi) (77, 99; ren (Odi) (59, 74; 133); 3. Pra
fouryear term.
the women’s 44 kg gold here nataka 71 respectively. bt Delhi 2519; Seminals: Hi 176 kg); 2. C. Dinesh (TN) (75, tiksha Sathe (Mah) (58, 75; 133).
Froome’s season begins on Monday. In the seminals, Odisha
under doping cloud Ormila bettered her Com will play Uttar Pradesh and
LONDON monwealth performance by Punjab will face Chandigarh.
Chris Froome will begin his four kilograms. Coach T. Bo Powerpacked show: Konsam Ormila Devi of Manipur was While Uttar Pradesh beat Ha
2018 season at this month’s bo Singh who is a physical unbeatable in the girls’ 44kg weightlifting. ryana 31, Punjab outplayed
Ruta del Sol, Team Sky education teacher in her * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Rajasthan 92 in the
announced on Monday, with school where she studies quarternals.
the British rider “confident” ninth standard, praised her matic tie between three lif won the gold and silver with In the girls’ section, it was
there will be progress on a talent and visualised a bright ters on 133kg in the 48kg ca an identical total of 176 kilo a dierent story. Jharkhand
probe into an adverse doping future for Ormila on the lines tegory, but Shrabani Das of gram, one kilogram more beat Odisha 70, and Chandi
test. Froome will be part of of the illustrious lifters from West Bengal, Sneha Soren of than Subhash Lahre of garh beat Uttar Pradesh 41
Team Sky’s lineup for the the NorthEastern region. Odisha and Pratiksha Sathe Chhattisgarh. to make the seminals. In the
fiveday stage race in Ormila won the gold with of Maharashtra were given In volleyball, Delhi sur other two quarternals, Ha
Andalusia, southern Spain, a 10kg margin over Khushali the gold, silver and bronze vived a resurgent Uttar Pra ryana beat Delhi 52 and Pun
which runs from February 14
Gangurde of Maharashtra. respectively on the basis of desh after a strong start to jab outplayed Chhattisgarh
to 18. “I have put in a hard
Ormila had 59 kilogram in their body weight. prevail 1513 in the fth set. 100. In the seminals, it will
training block in January,”
snatch and followed that It was a similar story in the West Bengal was a lot more be Haryana versus Chandi
said Froome. “It’s been good
to be out on my bike and to
with 78 kilogram in clean boys 50 kg class, in which authentic in subduing Maha garh and Jharkhand will play
get the miles under my belt.” and jerk. Bhaktaram Desti of Odisha rashtra in straight games for Punjab. Champions: Delhi team that won the volleyball title in the Khelo India Games. *
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Luxembourg. another. In the seminals,
The Indian failed to cash Thakkar beat Egypt’s Yous
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IN BRIEF
Ice instruments ring out Google unveils three-step
coolest music in Norway safety campaign for users
Mobile devices can be shielded from malicious apps
Concert held inside igloo, with audience seated on benches of snow
Kylie Jenner conrms Peerzada Abrar security issues,” said Ms.
birth of daughter Agence France-Presse Bengaluru Mohanty. The company said
LOS ANGELES Finse Google has unveiled a secur Google Security check helps
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner Inside a giant igloo in a sno ity campaign in India to users to automatically scan
on Sunday confirmed she had wy Norwegian village, the create awareness around In for any vulnerability and
given birth to a baby girl on sound of a horn rings out, ternet safety. guides them to keep their ac
February 1 with her beau,
warming the mood of a Google has recommend count safe in a few minutes.
rapper Travis Scott. The
freezing audience, huddled ed three simple steps that The company’s ‘Google
announcement was not a
together in 24 degrees can help everyone start their Play Protect’ service scans
surprise because the
20yearold had embarked
Celsius. journey towards Internet sa and checks Android devices
on an uncharacteristic media But the four musicians fety. This includes reviewing “There is a lot of social en for any harmful apps.
blackout. “My pregnancy was performing are even colder: security settings and Google gineering abuse, for exam Also ‘Find My Device’ app
one I chose not to do in front the instruments they are account activity with one ple, the lottery and job from Google helps a user to
of the world,” she wrote in an playing are all made of ice. click for all Android devices scams. For kids and women, easily locate a lost Android
Instagram post. AFP The xylophone, claves and Gmail users. there could be cyberbullying device and keeps the device
and wind instruments have The programme called and (Internet) trolling,” Sun and information secure, ac
been painstakingly carved ‘#SecurityCheckKiya’ is tar ita Mohanty, director, Trust cording the rm.
from ice blocks extracted geted at young and rsttime and Safety, Google India, To encourage users to im
from a frozen lake, and are users to protect themselves said in a phone interview. plement security measures,
now part of a ngernumb from account hijacking. It is “If you look at.....older Google will make the infor
ing performance at the 13th also aimed at shielding An generation and rural popula mation available on its ho
Ice Music Festival in the droid mobile devices from tion coming online for the mepage on ‘Safer Internet
mountain village of Finse. malicious apps. rst time, they fall into basic Day’ on Tuesday.
The problem is, the longer Cold call: Terje Isungset tests
Varsity to confer the musicians play, the more a musical instrument made
honorary D.Litt on Big B
KOLKATA
Rabindra Bharati University, a
the instruments start to
disintegrate.
It is not an easy task “to
of ice and, below, the ice
structure inside which the
concert was held. AFP *
Sexual abuse trauma care centres
Staterun institution in
Kolkata, has decided to award
an honorary D.Litt to
perform on instruments that
are melting while you play “It’s a ne line between set up for Winter Olympic athletes
Bollywood actor Amitabh them,” says percussionist art and madness,” said Emile
Bachchan at its convocation Terje Isungset, also the foun Holba, a U.K.based photog
on May 8. Singer Amiya der of the festival. rapher and crew member. Legal advice will be given to assist in ling police reports
Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Wearing thick wool “Things can go wrong, in
gloves, he blows warm air in struments can break...the if people don’t come for
<
> Ifsomething
author Nabanita Dev Sen and Agence France-Presse you learn about
painter and sculptor Jatin Das to his icesculpted horn, il audience likes the purity of Pyeongchang
you feel ward. “When we started this
will also be awarded honorary luminated under blue and it,” he added. As American sport reels more in control work it was very much a ta
D.Litt degrees. turquoise lights. The festival has previously was used to create the snow moved from a nearby lake from a horrifying sexual Susan Greinig
boo subject, but the NOC’s
Next to him, a singer cov been held in Geilo, a ski re planet “Hoth” in the opening and the musicians used abuse scandal, athletes com IOC safeguarding ocer (National Olympic commit
ers her mouth with a scarf to sort in the central mountain scene of Star Wars movie chainsaws, hammers and peting in this month’s Pye tees) have recognised the
stay warm, while a bass region of Norway. But organ The Empire Strikes Back. chisels to carefully sculpt the ongchang Olympics will Legal advice will also be destruction it brings to
player removes his gloves so isers say the weather there The village was also the instruments. have access to trauma units on hand to help victims le a sport.”
he can pull the strings on his has become milder, making base for Antarctic expedition “It’s just music....and try for the rst time in the police report, according to Ms. Greinig took up her
icemade instrument. it dicult to build ice venues training by British explorer ing to create something out Games’ history. ocials. role as safeguarding ocer
The setting of the festival, and harder to prevent the in Ernest Shackleton (1874 of nearly nothing,” Mr. The Winter Olympics “We have to protect our at the 2016 Rio Olympics,
195 km west of Oslo, is inside struments from melting. 1922) and his Norwegian Isungset said. open in South Korea on Fri athletes and help them avoid when the IOC rst created
an igloo built solely of ice. counterpart Fridtjof Nansen After the festival, some of day after longtime USA and manage any situation,” the post, and recommended
Microplastics threatening
giant ocean animals Dozens of people wearing Guaranteed to freeze (18611930). the instruments do become Gymnastics team doctor Lar said International Olympic future local organisers esta
MELBOURNE
clothing t to survive freez “This winter... the ice was Preparing the festival is no nearly nothing again, the ice ry Nassar was sentenced to Committee (IOC) safeguard blish their own framework
Microplastics in our oceans ing mountain weather sit on really slushy and dicult to simple task. dripping away back into the up to 175 years in prison for ing ocer Susan Greinig. for dealing with sexual
are posing a significant risk to snow benches to enjoy the deal with,” Mr. Isungset said. It took organisers a week earth. But a few of the ice molesting young athletes in “It’s important to raise harassment.
filterfeeding marine animals music. In search of guaranteed to build the igloo and the ice creations do survive. a case that sparked universal awareness. If you learn American luge slider
like manta rays and whale As the night grows older, a freezing temperatures, the needed to be sourced and If deemed to be in good shock and anger. Four coun about something you feel Summer Britcher applauded
sharks, especially in pollution band member blows into a festival moved further west collected by a crew of more enough shape, the instru selling centres have been set more in control.” the decision to set up sup
hotspots like the Bay of long ice wind instrument to Finse, a 30minute train than 20 people. “It’s kind of ments are stored inside a up by local organisers to o “Our focus is to help the port units at the Games,
Bengal, scientists from shaped like an Australian ride from Geilo. otherworldly...there is magic freezer, waiting in frozen iso er medical and psychologi athletes,” added Ms. Greinig. crediting the more than 150
Australia and Italy have didgeridoo, vibrating across Surrounded by mountains there,” said Mr. Holba. lation, to be used again the
#4 6 6 7 2 6
cal care to athletes subjected “We lose talented athletes victims who gave testimony
warned. PTI the venue. framing a glacier, the area Large chunks were re following year. to harassment or abuse. and it’s completely a disaster against the disgraced Nassar.
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