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B an on plastic bags, con-
tainers and bottled water in
and around the Taj Mahal
besides removal of polluting
industries from Agra are part
of the grand plan laid out by the
Uttar Pradesh Government in
its Vision Document for devel-
opment of the iconic monu-
ment and its surrounding areas.
The area around the Taj
Mahal is also intended to be
declared a pedestrian zone,
walkable with shaded pedes-
trian sidewalks, controlled traf-
fic (electric public transport)
and designated cycling track.
The report seeks to restrict use
of polluting private vehicles,
two wheelers in the city area
surrounding the Taj Mahal.
The first draft of the doc-
ument was tabled by the State
Government in the Supreme
Court on Tuesday after it lam-
basted the Centre and State
authorities for doing little to
preserve and restore the 17th
century architectural marvel.
The document, running
into 250 pages, proposes a
three-tier scheme that intends
development of the Taj Mahal
and its precincts, the city as a
whole, and the Taj Trapezium
Zone (TTZ), which covers an
area of 10,400 sqkm across
Agra, Mathura, Firozabad,
Hatras, Etah and Bharatpur in
Rajasthan.
The report has focused on
environmental issues, urban
development and planning,
infrastructure assessment, link-
ages and transportation, pre-
serving natural heritage —
tangible and intangible, creat-
ing form, space and image of
urban settlement and providing
regional equity.
The Vision Document pre-
pared by the School of
Planning and Architecture,
Delhi, is the first draft and
would require further “ironing
out” and fund allocation in
order to arrive at the final Draft
Vision Document, expected to
be out in another two months,
said the UP Government in its
accompanying affidavit pre-
sented before a Bench of
Justices Madan B Lokur and
Deepak Gupta by State’s
Additional Advocate General
(AAG) Aishwarya Bhati.
The document proposes
development of the historic
gardens, parks and historical
monuments situated around
the Taj Mahal. The vision plan
also envisages development of
the Yamuna river and its flood-
plain, restoration of wetlands
and natural ponds, and seeks to
create green buffer zones.
About pollution caused by
industries in TTZ, the report
suggested introduction of inno-
vative techniques to tackle the
pollution caused to the river
and shifting of polluting indus-
tries out of TTZ. Interestingly,
the report says that the resi-
dential settlement and slums on
the other side of the river fac-
ing the Taj Mahal should be
retained with proper infra-
structure and livelihood oppor-
tunities for those residing in it.
The report noted that current-
ly, the mainstay of persons
residing around the monu-
ment is primarily based on
tourism. In the name of pro-
moting Taj as a global tourist
destination, the document
noted that several traditional
industries in the informal sec-
tor took a hit with the closure
of industries and brick kilns in
Agra and its vicinity.
While traditional liveli-
hood patterns need to be con-
served, retail commerce must
be promoted along with devel-
opment of more livelihood
opportunities such as handi-
crafts, small-scale cottage
industries, based on a multi-
sectoral pattern, said the report.
About Agra city, the report
emphasised the need of cover-
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ways and a legal framework to
effectively deal with incidents
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Minister Rajnath Singh on
Tuesday told Parliament that
the Government would enact a
law, if necessary, to curb such
heinous incidents. The
Government also issued an
advisory to States asking them
to appoint district-wise nodal
officers and task forces to mon-
itor and curb the rumour mon-
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a judicial probe into the Rakbar The Opposition, includ- The Home Ministry advi-
Khan case, but not before ing the Congress, the sory sent to Chief Secretaries
maintaining that evidence sug- Trinamool Congress and the and DGPs of the States and
gested it to be a case of custo- Left parties, raised a din over UTs said, “Incidents of violence
dial death. Kataria said the State the spate of mob violence and and lynching by mobs in some
Government has also ordered Congress leader Mallikarjun parts of the country fuelled by
an initial compensation of Kharge demanded that a sitting various kinds of rumours and
C1.25 lakh for the family of the Supreme Court judge should unverified news such as child
deceased. “We have written to carry out an enquiry into such lifting, theft, cattle smuggling,
the additional chief judicial incidents and action should be etc, are a matter of serious con-
magistrate to initiate a probe,” taken on the report. cern. Such instances of persons
Kataria told reporters at a Press The issue was also raised in taking the law in their own
conference. the Rajya Sabha. During the hands run against the basic
Chief Justice of India Zero Hour mention, Shanta tenets of the rule of law. All
Dipak Misra attributed the Chhetri of the TMC cited State Governments, UT admin-
“recent surge” in lynching to media reports to say, “88 pre- istrations and their law enforce-
“blatant reliance on social cious lives have been lost (in ment agencies are requested to
media”. “The blatant reliance on lynching incidents) since this implement the directions of the
social media needs to be Government came to power.” Supreme Court in letter and
checked by citizens themselves She wanted to know the steps spirit. A detailed report on the
to ensure peace and order in initiated to check such attacks action taken in the matter may
the society,” the CJI said at an and the Government action on please be sent to the Ministry
event in Delhi. framing the anti-lynching law. at the earliest.”

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Choksi has moved to
Antigua from the US and taken
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country, Government sources
said. In response to diffusion
notice issued by Interpol, the
Enforcement Directorate has
been informed by Antiguan
authorities that Choksi arrived
there this month and had taken
the passport of that country.
Choksi had fled the coun-
try in the first week of January,
nearly a fortnight before weeks
before country’s biggest bank-
ing fraud surfaced.
The CBI has booked
Choksi, uncle of his alleged
partner in crime Nirav Modi,
in two cases related to the scam
and filed charge sheet against
him. A special court in
Mumbai has issued a Non-
Bailable Warrant against him.
Armed with the warrant,
the CBI moved the Interpol for
issuance of Red Corner Notice
against the Gitanjali group
promoter, who is one of the
masterminds behind $2 billion
banking fraud in the Punjab
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that dominated the politi-
cal discourse during 2014 Lok
Sabha polls seems to have
gained traction in the build-up
to the next general elections.
The BJP-led NDA
Government on Tuesday
asserted in Parliament and
outside that illegal money in
the Swiss banks came down by
80 per cent since Prime
Minister Narendra Modi took
charge, rebutting Congress’
charge that it rose by 50 per
cent despite the tall claims of
the ruling regime.
Union Finance Minister
Piyush Goyal cited figures in
the Rajya Sabha to affirm that
black money in Swiss banks
reduced by 80 per cent since
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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es, he attacked Congress pres-
ident Rahul Gandhi for malign-
ing the country’s image by
making false claims on the
basis of baseless reports.
Goyal, who had taken on
Rahul on the issue of lynching
in Alwar by terming him a
‘merchant of hate’, said the
Congress president says base-
less things without knowing the
issue. Rahul had last month
cited media reports to attack
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to their positioning on black
money, the amount has, in
fact, increased by 50 per cent.
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A 25-year-old man accused of “love jehad” was
beaten by a mob in front of the marriage reg-
istrar office — where he was to marry a Hindu
girl — in Ghaziabad on Monday evening.
The trouble began when the couple reached
the sub-registrar office. When they were filling
up a form, some men in the office noticed that
the man was a Muslim and the bride a Hindu.
They reportedly began asking the couple
embarrassing questions. When the couple protest-
ed, a dozen men started thrashing the man. Police
personnel stationed there took them in their shel-
ter and eventually helped them escape.
Sahil, a native of Bhopal, and Preeti Singh, a
native of Bijnore in western UP, work in the same
company in Noida. “They decided to marry
against the wishes of their parents. They want-
ed to register their marriage at Ghaziabad court
as a friend told them that it is safer,” police said.
After the assault video went viral on social
media, police registered a complaint under IPC
Sections 147, 427 and 323 against Vinod and
Navneet along with some unidentified persons
in Sihani Gate police station. No arrest has been
made so far, said Inspector Sihani Gate police sta-
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T he Delhi Cabinet has approved a
proposal to increase the income of
Delhi farmers by three to four times. On
Tuesday, Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal announced “Mukhyanmantri
Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna” under
which the surface area of agriculture
land will be used to install solar panels
without disturbing the agriculture activ-
ities as the height of solar plates will be
3.5 metre.
The solar panel will be installed in
one-third area of the farm land. The
estimated annual income of farmers is
C20,000 to 30,000 per acre per year and
with the introduction of this scheme
their income will increase three to four
times per acre.
It would be pertinent to mention
here that the scheme will provide a
source of additional earning to farmers
starting from C1 lakh per acre with an
annual increment at six per cent; this
further means farmers will get C4.04
lakhs per acre of the land in the 25th
year.
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After approving the scheme in the for whole country, it will be of great help ments of the Delhi Government at a
Cabinet, Kejriwal said, “While farmers for the farmers in distress,” said cheaper rate than on what they buy elec-
all over India are in distress, the Delhi Kejriwal. tricity presently. The Government
Government is standing with them. We Significantly, Delhi farmers will would also save C300 to C400 crore
are launching this scheme which would also get 1,000 units free electricity per using the cheap power from farm solar
help them enhance their earnings man- acre from solar plant per annum. “Total scheme,” the CM added.
ifold.” 6 acre of land will be required for instal- “We hope that the farmers would
Kejriwal also asked other State lation of 1 MW solar plant which could start earning from this scheme in 8 to
Governments to implement this model. generate approximately 13 lakh units of
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T he Delhi Police is likely to recommend cap-
ping the duration of protest at the Jantar
Mantar at maximum one day and limit the
number of protesters at 5,000, after the
Supreme Court revoked the ban on holding ral-
lies and dharnas at the iconic site.
A senior police officer said with the Jantar
Mantar being redesignated as a site for hold-
ing protests, their job of containing protests will
become easier. “After the National Green
Tribunal order banning all protests and dhar-
nas around Jantar Mantar last year, protesters
wanting to get their plea would gather any-
where, thereby affecting law and order. But with
the top court lifting the ban on rallies at the
Jantar Mantar, our job of monitoring the sit-
uation would become easier,” he added.
The Jantar Mantar can accommodate a
maximum crowd of 5,000, and if the number
exceeds it, traffic comes to a standstill in
Lutyens’ Delhi.
Before the NGT ban on protest there in
October last, the Jantar Mantar was like a home
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terror squad (ATS) of Uttar
Pradesh Police and West Bengal
Police nabbed two members of
terror outfit Jamaat-ul-
Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
from Greater Noida on
Tuesday. Their arrest has come
just three weeks before the
Independence Day celebrations
at the historic Red Fort from
where Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will address the nation.
According to sources, the
two JMB members were plan-
ning to carry out a major ter-
ror strike in the National
Capital Region (NCR). “The
two arrested JMB members
were identified as Musharraf
aka Musa, and Rubel Ahmed,
both Bangladeshi nationals”,
Director General of Police
(DGP) OP Singh told reporters
in the State capital.
They would be taken by
WB police on transit remand for
further interrogation, the DGP
said. “A team of UP ATS will
also interrogate them to extract
more information” he said.
“Duo was arrested from
Surajpur police station area in
Greater Noida on the outskirts
of the national Capital and were
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claimed to have arrested a
teacher-turned-arms-smuggler
for Naxals from Shanti Van,
Ring Road. Special Cell was
able to recover 407 cartridges
of INSAS, self-loading rifles
(SLR), 0.315 and 7.65 calibres,
used by the paramilitary and
military forces in India. His
interrogation revealed that the
accused supplied arms to nax-
alites of Garchiroli in
Maharashtra.
DCP (Special Cell) P S
Kushwah stated that police
received information about
the accused Ram Krishna
Singh, after the arrest of an
illegal arms supplier in May
this year. Moreover, during
interrogation, the arms carri-
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taken for interrogation by offi-
cials of the UP ATS and intel-
ligence department of West
Bengal Police”, Gautam Buddha
Nagar Senior Superintendent of
Police (SSP) Ajay Pal Sharma
said.
More revelations in this
regard can be made only after
interrogation, officials said.
When asked about more details
of the two terrorists, he said
both were active members of
the JMB.
The intelligence depart-
ment had received a tip-off that
some JMB members were col-
lecting funds in the adjoining
areas of the national Capital for
their outfit, a source said.
It may be recalled that
three Bangladeshi youths, sus-
pected to have links with
Islamic extremist group
Ansarullah Bangla Team
(ABT), were arrested in
Lucknow in September 2017
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supplied illegal cartridges to
the accused who later supplied
it to active naxals in
Garchiroli.
Subsequently, a team was
formed and on 12th July after
the Special Cell received infor-
mation that the accused would
be arriving near Shanti Van in
year by the ATS.
Mohammad Imran,
Rajiuddin and Mohammad
Firdaus, who were brothers,
were caught while boarding the
Howrah-Amritsar Express
train, officials said.
During interrogation, they
confessed that they were resi-
dents of Bangladesh and fake
Aadhaar cards were found
from their possession. The
names of the three came after
an ATS team arrested a sus-
pected Bangladeshi terrorist
Abdullah, associated with the
ABT from Muzaffarnagar.
The ABT, also called Ansar
Bangla, was implicated in crimes,
including some brutal attacks
and murders of atheist bloggers
in Bangladesh. Abdullah alias Al
Mamun was arrested from
Kutesara locality in Charthawal
area of Muzaffarnagar district by
an ATS team and during his
interrogation names of some
the afternoon to supply a con-
signment of illegal cartridges to
his associates. The team then
laid a trap and the deployed
police team was able to appre-
hend the accused, Kushwah
stated.
In interrogation, the
accused Ram Krishna Singh
claimed that he has been
involved in arms peddling
since 2015. He was earlier a
private school teacher who
was lured into the trade by an
arms supplier from Munger.
He also revealed that he was
earlier arrested by staff of
Naya Ram Nagar, Munger,
Bihar in an arms peddling
case in 2015. The cartridges
were procured from Bhojpur,
Bihar whose identity is with-
held for operational reasons,
he stated.
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people came to the fore and
probe was done in Deoband
madrassas to find his links.
Abdullah resided in
Deoband area of Saharanpur
since 2011 and had also got his
Aadhaar card and passport
prepared using a fake identity.
It was found that three
persons -- a madrassa teacher
and his two brothers -- were
missing after which the ATS
team swung into action and
they were arrested.
ATS officials said Abdullah
was associated with the ABT
and was involved in preparing
fake identity proofs of terror-
ists, especially for those from
Bangladesh, with the help of
one Faizan who lived in
Deoband (Saharanpur).
Based on this input,
Faizan's house was searched in
Deoband but he was not found
there but jihadi literature in
Bangla, literature for prepara-
tion of bombs, colour printer
and a number of fake IDs were
recovered, they said. The ABT
is an al-Qaeda inspired Islamic
extremist group in Bangladesh,
while JMB, founded in 1998 by
Shaikh Abdur Rahman, was
banned in 2005 for setting off
about 500 bombs simultane-
ously all around Bangladesh.
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illegal liquor has increased
in the Gurugram disrtict. Police
have registered a total of 1,926
cases under the Excise Act in
the past six months.
According to the data com-
piled by the Gurugram police,
six thousand bottles of liquor
and 538 kilograms of cannabis
(ganja) have also been recov-
ered by the Gurugram police in
the same duration. Also, 65
people have been arrested
under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act till July 23.
According to the police, the
residents of Gurugram alleged-
ly take different types of objec-
tionable substances like
cannabis, marijuana and fla-
vored hukka. However, the
police have nabbed a couple of
people who were involved in
trafficking of drugs but they are
unaware of where the materi-
al is being supplied in the city.
Recently the city police
had arrested two persons
including a woman and recov-
ered around 250 kilograms of
marijuana from their posses-
sion. At that time the
Gurugram Police had claimed
that the arrested man was post-
ed in Central Bureau of
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pants of car were killed after
the car that they were travelling
was sandwiched between two
buses. The accident took place
in North-east Delhi's Nand
Nagri area around 11.30 am,
the police said.
According to the police,
the hatchback car was crushed
between a cluster bus that
rammed into it from behind
and a DTC bus which was
moving ahead of it, they added.
The impact of the accident
was such that the car was com-
pletely mangled and the doors
were jammed. With the help of
locals, the police tried to pull
the injured out of the car. It
took them approximately 20-25
minutes to take the injured out
of the car. The doors and win-
dows of the car were broken
using wooden blocks, the
police said.
The driver was found lying
in the lap of the elderly woman
who was injured in the accident
as seen in a video that went
viral.
The injured were rushed to
Investigation (CBI) as a con-
stable and he smuggled the
contraband from several parts
of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Moreover, the district had
lodged around 230 cases of ille-
gal liquor sale and recovered
Six thousand bottles of liquor
including English wines from
the culprits. The city police had
also filed 59 cases of NDPS Act
and nabbed 65 persons who
used to sale Ganja and Sulfa
illegally.
"Trafficking of drugs was
one of our main focuses. We
perceive it as narco-terrorism.
It was a team effort which
resulted in these arrests. Also,
we are getting a full support of
Special Task Force (STF) of the
Haryana police. The force has
also arrested several accused
who were involved in traffick-
ing of drugs," said Subhash
Boken, spokesperson
Gurugram police.
Police sources suspect that
most of these drugs are com-
ing from areas of Uttar
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan.
"The department is making
an effort to connect all back-
ward and forward links to
unearth the entire chain of sup-
ply and mode of trafficking,
end users and source of origin
of drugs,” Boken, said.
a nearby hospital where they
were declared brought dead,
the police said.The deceased
were later identified as Lilavati
(75) and her grandson Amit
Garg (30), who was driving the
car.
The deceased were resi-
dents of AGCR enclave in
Karkardooma and owned a
garment shop in Shahdara's
Gandhi Nagar market, the offi-
cer said.
According to the police,
the driver of the cluster bus fled
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D elhi Commission for
Women Chairperson
Swati Maliwal, whose tenure
was extended till 2021, pre-
sented details of the commis-
sion's three years of work to the
media on Tuesday.
Maliwal told reporters that
in the last three years the
Commission's workload has
increased by over 700% and has
dealt with 52,473 complaints.
Taking a dig at the previous
chairperson Barkha Shukla
Singh, she stated that the former
DCW chief personally han-
dled only 1 case in over 8 years.
Maliwal said, “We have
assisted survivors of sexual
assault in 35,606 hearings in
court. 2.35 lakh helpline calls
were acted upon, 43,497 visits to
assist women in distress were
taken, 10,619 complaints were
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sought the support of
political parties for the passage
of anti-trafficking Bill in the
ongoing Monsoon Session of
Parliament. The Trafficking
of Persons (Prevention,
Protection and Rehabilitation)
Bill, 2018, was introduced by
Union Women and Child
Development Minister
Maneka Gandhi last week.
Amod K Kanth, General
Secretary, Prayas Juvenile Aid
Centre (JAC) Society said he
was also a part of the consul-
tation process and the Bill
incorporates prevention, res-
cue and rehabilitation for var-
ious aggravated forms of traf-
ficking like forced child labour,
forced marriage, sexual
exploitation, organ trade,
forced surrogacy and forced
begging.
“The provisions listed in
the bill are important and the
enforcement of this legislation
will help curb the menace of
trafficking in India,” he said in
a letter to the political parties,
including the BJP and
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However, the driver of the
DTC has been detained. The
police said that passengers on
board the two buses were safe.
The bodies have been sent for
post-mortem, the officer said.
A First Information Report
(FIR) has been registered at
Nand Nagri police station on
the charges of rash and negli-
gent driving causing death and
a hut has been launched to nab
the absconding cluster bus dri-
ver, a police official said.
registered with Mahila
Panchayat centres and 15,843
community meetings were orga-
nized by Mahila Panchayats.”
She also reminded the
reporters of her 10 day hunger
strike in April where she
demanded death penalty to
rapists of minors. The “Rape
Roko” movement allegedly
received 5.5 lac supports from
people demanding time bound
death penalty for rapists of
minors.
Maliwal also talked about
prostitution work hiding
behind the mask of massage
parlors and stated that she
wants to work on the issue. She
also stated that she is firmly
against legalization of prosti-
tution and wants to continue
demanding shutting down
brothels in GB Road. She gave
the example of Amsterdam
and claimed that trafficking
Congress.
Kanth urged the parties to
support the bill and allow its
passage in the current mon-
soon session.
The bill was approved by
the Cabinet in February and
while it was hailed by many as
a 'path-breaking' legislation, it
faced severe criticism from
activists on the ground that it
violated the rights of sex work-
ers and threatened free speech
and labour rights.
However, various groups
have pointed out that the bill
did not mention terms like
“sexual exploitation” or “pros-
titution” and was unfavourable
towards the transgender com-
munity, because they were not
conclusively covered under
the bill.
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A female thief was caught red
handed by Delhi Police
on Monday on the premises of
Ram Manohar Lohia (RML)
Hospital while she was trying
to steal a mobile phone of an
attendant of a patient in the
hospital.
According to the police, the
attendant on finding out that
his mobile phone is being
stolen made noise in the MIC
ward of the hospital after which
Head Constable Surender and
Constable Sama Parveen appre-
hended the 45 years old
woman. Immediately an inves-
tigation team under the super-
vision of Inspector Gyanender
Rana, Station House Officer
(SHO) North Avenue was
formed.
The investigation revealed
that the woman has previous-
ly been involved in five cases of
the same nature. Stolen mobile
phone mi Note-4 has been
recovered from her possession
and a case under Sections 379
and 411 of the Indian Penal
Code has been registered.
and exploitation has increased
with legalization of prostitu-
tion. “It is the worst form of
Slavery”, Maliwal said.
On Sanitary pads being
exempted from GST, she stat-
ed that she believes it is an
accomplishment for the com-
mission as they had requested
the then Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley to exempt sanitary
pads from GST. She stated that
she would work with the Delhi
Government to supply sanitary
pads in schools and homes, and
stated it as a priority for the
next three years of her tenure.
Maliwal said, “Our focus
for the next three years would
be death penalty for rapist of
minors within 6 months,
increase in police force and set-
tle women's cases within 6
months, ban trafficking, pros-
titution and stop liquor and
drugs mafia.”
Currently, India uses dif-
ferent laws to deal with human
trafficking cases depending
on the nature of the incidents.
The police use the Immoral
Traffic Prevention Act to raid
brothels and rescue the women
from there, while in other
cases, the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act is enforced to
prosecute the traffickers. Yet,
in some cases, labour laws are
invoked.
The Bill, when passed will
be the only legislation dealing
with all form of human traf-
ficking. A civil society outfit
today sought the support of
political parties for the passage
of anti-trafficking bill in the
ongoing monsoon session of
Parliament.
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re-approved its plan of
providing C1 crore compensa-
tion to families of those killed
“in line of duty.” Announcing
this, Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal said that a
member from the family of the
dead will also be given a job in
the Delhi Government if the
Centre does not offer a job.
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left for Independence
Day, the Delhi Police are tak-
ing necessary measures to
ensure the Capital's safety and
make sure the celebrations run
smoothly.
Delhi Police
Commissioner Amulya Patnaik
has issued an order on Tuesday
prohibiting flying of sub-con-
ventional aerial vehicles over
the jurisdiction of Delhi and its
neighboring cities.
Delhi Police
Commissioner Amulya Patnaik
stated that there were reports of
criminal, anti-social elements
or terrorists, which might pose
as a threat to India and its cit-
izens by using sub-conven-
tional aerial vehicles such as
para-gliders, para-motors,
hang-gliders, unmanned aeri-
al vehicles (UAV), unmanned
aerial system services (UASs),
micro-light aircraft, remotely
piloted aircraft, hot air-bal-
loons, small-sized powered air-
craft, quadcopters, para-jump-
ing and more.
Therefore, in view of this
threat, Patnaik stated that he
exercised the powers conferred
to him by Section 144 of the
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Capital have become more
unsafe for Delhiites as there is
steep rise in the traffic viola-
tions including dangerous dri-
ving, drunken driving and over
speeding of vehicles which is
the major cause of fatal acci-
dents. A total of 35,08,086
'Challans' have been issued in
2018 (Upto June 30) while in
2017, they were 31.71 lakh.
The Delhi Traffic Police
fines 20,000 people for violat-
ing the road safety rules. As per
the data shared by the Delhi
Traffic Police shows an increase
in the challans issued for
Dangerous driving to 5,019 in
2018 whereas it was 1,29,617
challans have been issued in
2017. A total number of 78,407
challans were issued against
drunken driving this year,
while in 2017 it was 65,467.
The drunken driving
increasing specially during the
festivals seasons such as in the
Holi, before Diwali, Christmas
and New Year eve. Also, the
officials on condition of
anonymity also said that the
drunken driving also increas-
es during the wedding season
starts from October to
February.
Delhi Traffic Police is mar-
inating a close watch on spe-
cific locations especially the
areas popular for pubs, clubs,
malls and party oriented places
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war prisoners and those miss-
ing in war will be covered in
this offer,” said Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia.
“As a token of respect to
the forces, the Cabinet has
approved C1 crore compensa-
tion to the immediate kin of
these personnel who die in the
line of duty,” said Kejriwal.
Targeting the then
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb
Jung, Kejriwal said that the
scheme was launched in April
2015, however, stalled by Jung.
Surprisingly, “In the past three
years, no such family of martyrs
has been given the compensa-
tion. At least 10 cases are pend-
ing before us,” Kejriwal said.
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month to the family of those
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some of the areas where triple
riders and drunk drivers are
often caught, a traffic police
official said.
“The violations on the road
are very high during the week-
ends especially in the night
time. We have deployed more
traffic police in the night time
who went missing in the wars,”
he said.
He further said that a three
- member ministerial group
will be formed, headed by
Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia, who will take a call on
these matters. Kejriwal also
asked the Modi government to
implement a similar scheme.
“The applicability of the
Scheme for various categories
of beneficiaries shall be with
effect from the date when the
original Cabinet Decision with
respect to those categories of
beneficiaries was taken on 1st
April 2015. (The Cabinet
approved the first time in April
2015 and then revised it twice
in 2016.),” said Delhi govern-
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the night time and in the week-
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that they can escape and violate
the rules by jumping the red
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the vehicles triple riding with-
out helmets,” said Alok Kumar,
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seaports, gas and oil stadiums,
transportation, water, prisons
and communications) and infor- I n its relentless drive against
encroachment, South Delhi
in west zone, action was taken
at Raghubir Nagar road in
which 11 rehris and 10 items
mation system is becoming a Municipal Corporations were seized. While in similar
challenge for any nation, Israel (SDMC) on Tuesday removed action, the civic body also
Cyber Alliance (ICA) is provid- Zori Kor said, “We are very close and cyber security vital to their several vendors, razed perma- cleared 230 square meter
ing solutions with smart tech- to a solution of this problem.” infrastructure development. nent and non permanent struc- areas in Najafgarh zone.
nologies to curb such threats. “Israel is acting as experience Elaborating more about tures and cleared stretches in its The civic bodies in the
Israel delegates in India country in terms of how to deal the conference, Barak Granot, jurisdiction. national capital started sealing
have approached Ministry of with cyber threats,” Kor said. Head of Economic and Trade A senior SDMC official businesses since December last
Civil Aviations (MoCA), Kor emphasised on to edu- Mission, Ministry of Economy said that drive was carried out year. The official said that
Ministr y of Railways, cate nations on cyber threats. and industry, said that the in areas such as Kashmiri there are number of reasons
Government officials and other “Cyber security is not priv- conference will showcase market Saket, Pushp Vihar behind conducting sealing and
private entities to become a ileged information reserved for Israel's unique security and Mandir Marg, Paschim Vihar anti encroachment drive in
part of Fifth International security specialist and comput- Cyber Defense Capabilities. S ector 1 market, Wing the city.
Conference and Exhibition on er geeks, but it is a concern of “This biennial event draws the Commodore MK Jain Marg, “One of the reasons is
“Israel HLS & Cyber 2018” in executives at all levels,” said Kor, attendance of hundreds of Udai Park, Niti Bagh in south that the common space which
Tel Aviv, to be held on adding, “ those who seek to pro- Israeli companies and thou- Zone. was actually meant for the
November 12, to learn to tect infrastructures and infor- sands of security experts,” said During the drive, 72 arti- movement of the pedestrians
counter cyber threats with mation systems, ensure resilience the official. cles, 3 rehris were seized and 5 and various other communi-
technologies. and business continuity , and for- Meanwhile, the officials also chappars, 2 tandoors were ty services were encroached
Significantly, besides mili- mulate emergency recovery clarified that the conference will removed, he said. by the occupants to the extent
tary establishments, security plans for their oraginsations.” provide security solutions in the He further informed that of 12 feet in the front and
architecture, investigation cells, The Israel security expert field of Critical Infrastructure, the action was taken on the approximately 30 feet in the
business hubs, Government further said that dealing with Border Control, Airports and direction of “Special Task rear,” the official said.
the threats and maladies of the Aviation Security, Law Force” constituted by the All the three municipal
modern information age Enforcement, Maritime, Mass Supreme Court. corporations have sealed
requires intelligence, planning Transportation and Intelligence The official also said that thousands of shops/ proper-
ly vulnerable to physical and and response at all levels. and Counter Terrorism. the anti- encroachment drive ties for number of reasons
Illustrating more on non - When asked about which conducted from modi mill including unauthorised con-
Interestingly, citing the kinetic threats, the Israeli offi- countries have more stake to flyover to Nehru Place and struction of offices and rooms
cial said that as malicious threats secure their nation from cyber surrounding areas in central at different floors and ongo-
incendiary kites from Gaza become more wide-ranging , threats, the official said that Zone. “Two rehris and 15 ing commercial activities at
effective and affordable to per- Europe and United States are items/articles were seized basement and stilt parking
Hamas terror group, former form , security grows in impor- major stake holders while while 3 km stretch of footpath areas, non-payment of con-
Security officer of Israel and tance to the business sector as China is also plying pivotal was cleared,” the official version charges and encroach-
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T he Delhi High Court on
Tuesday directed Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU) to
arrested in February 2016 on
charges of sedition in connec-
tion with the controversial
the reservation policy
and statutory guidelines, the
Delhi University (DU) is like-
allow submission of thesis and event and now are out on bail. ly to come up with seventh cut-
hostel facility for five students The panel in its July 4 order off for admission to its merit
who were penalised in con- had imposed on them varying based Undergraduate (UG)
nection with a 2016 campus punishments, which also com- courses, confirmed a varsity
event in which anti-national prised monetary fines and with- official. Also, the seventh cut-
slogans were allegedly raised. drawal of hostel facilities. off is mandated to fill the
Justice Siddharth Mridul The panel's order imposing vacant seats of various cate-
told JNU to ensure that these Rs 10,000 fine on Kumar was gories in courses at DU colleges other universities, cancelling Caste (SC) and seven and half
students are allowed to submit set aside by the high court on against cancellations. their admissions in DU, leaving percent for Scheduled Tribes
their thesis, continue in their July 20 and JNU had said it The seventh cut-off may their seat vacant. In addition to (ST), interchangeable, if nec-
hostels and their application for would recall its decision regard- come within 4-5 days as the it, even those students who sail essary). It is a statutory oblig-
registration for the next acad- ing the student leader. university officials are holding through DU's entrance based ation on the part of Colleges to
emic year is accepted. Kumar and several other marathon meetings for it. It is undergraduate courses prefer fill all seats reserved for
While issuing the direction students, including Umar generally observed that in cut- moving to these courses leav- Scheduled Caste / Scheduled
to JNU, the court told the stu- Khalid, had moved the high off based admissions, colleges ing their seat vacant in merit Tribe applicants. While seven-
dents that “there should be no court seeking quashing of the often exceed their sanctioned based undergraduate courses. ty seven percent of the seats are
hubris that you have an order July 4 order imposing punish- strength in various courses, DU had already come up reserved for the applicant's
from the high court”. ments on them. admitting students over and with six cut-offs against only belonging to the Other
“It should not turn into the The punishments, includ- above it. The admissions, made five “realistic” cut-offs as decid- Backward Classes (OBC).
aftermath of an English-France ing rustication of Khalid, were above the sanctioned strength, ed earlier for admissions to the University rules also states
soccer match. You cannot take imposed in connection with the create an imbalance in the merit based undergraduate that SC/ST applicants who get
the law into your hand,” the incident in which slogans were overall figures which no more courses. In the wake of cancel- admission under open merit
judge said. allegedly raised at the event comply with the reservation lations and for compliance of (unreserved) shall not be
The five students along relating to Parliament attack norms. It is mainly in the reservation policy, these extra included in the reserved quota.
with 10 others, including for- convict Afzal Guru's hanging. backdrop of this problem that cut-offs seems indispensible. However, seats in popular
mer JNU students' union pres- On February 9, 2016, a the university will come up At DU, twenty two and half courses in sought after DU col-
ident Kanhaiya Kumar, were poetry event was held at JNU in with seventh cut-off so as to percent of the total numbers of leges in north campus, have
found guilty of violation of dis- connection with the third make total number of admis- seats are reserved for appli- already been filled up. Seventh
ciplinary norms in connec- anniversary of Guru's hanging sions compatible with the cants belonging to Scheduled cut-off will offer little hope for
tion with the February 9, 2016, for his role in the attack on reservation norms. Caste (SC) and Scheduled those looking forward to take
incident on the campus by a Parliament on December 13, Also in the wake of fact Tribes (ST). Out of which 15 admission in courses and col-
five-member panel of the uni- 2001. that many students move to percent is for the Scheduled leges, a DU official said.
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didates who appeared in NEET-UG
15), while it was 1, 11, 769 last 2018 conducted by Central Board of
T hirteen persons including twelve
children and their female Anganwadi
attendant were admitted to the Deen
year. Further, around 6,99,728 Secondary Education (CBSE), the Board Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital with
two wheeler and pillion riders has categorically debunked the claims. complaints of vomiting and fever after
were fined for not wearing CBSE officials said that it appears to be the having their midday meal on Tuesday.
helmets this year, witnessing an “handiwork of certain unscrupulous per- Anganwadi is situated in Dwarka's
increase of 29,897 challans as sons with the objective of duping the Uttam Nagar and the case is suspected to
compared to the last year, gullible public”. be of food poisoning. Such incidences of
Kumar said. It is alleged that the data of around two dates,” stated press release from the board. children falling prey to the unhygienic and
“We have deployed traffic lakh candidates who had appeared in CBSE said that after the declaration of poisonous food served in their mid-day
personnel especially in the NEET-UG 2018 conducted by CBSE has the results, the data of all 13,26,725 NEET- meal are on rise and even after Deputy
areas where malls, pubs and been breached and is available for a price. UG 2018 candidates was given to Directorate Chief Minister Manish Sisodia have taken
lounge exists because these are “The entire data of more than General Health Service, Ministry of Health serious note of such incidences in recent
the places where people do 13,26,725 candidates of NEET-UG was & Family Welfare for providing the same to past
party and drive after drinking maintained only in encrypted format the states and other counselling authorities Out of 12 children one had fever and
without caring for their own with strict security measures with National for the purpose of counselling of 85 percent the rest suffered from vomiting. Their 42
life as well as the other innocent Informatics Centre (NIC). So much so seats under their jurisdiction. years old female helper also had complaints
pedestrians,” added the Kumar. that, even in the printout of the confir- “This data is also shared with the con- of vomiting soon after she reached hospi-
As compared to the last mation page downloaded by the candi- cerned states in a highly secured format tal, informed Dr Mehta, Medical
year , the triple riding also dates, the vital details such as identifica- and is password protected too. Therefore, Superintendent of DDU hospital.
increased in 2018 as the Traffic tion documents, mobile and email -id are there is no question of any breach of data “The patients had khichdi in lunch
Police has issued 1,16,963 chal- in the encrypted format,” said CBSE. or any misuse of data by CBSE. Rather, and after that were brought to the hos-
lans in 2018 whereas in 2017 it CBSE informed that the National CBSE has a fool proof system of con- pital. The chances of a lizard in the food
was 98,573. Moreover, lakhs of Informatics Centre (NIC) hosts several ducting such prestigious and high stake are being suspected. It is not yet con-
people have also fined for not government data in a highly secured envi- examinations such as NEET-UG, and firmed whether there was a lizard or not.
wearing seat belts this year, ronment. Even when CBSE obtains data ensures data protection in the interest of Out of them, one child had fever. The
394192 were fined this year from NIC for the purpose of allotment of examinees and to uphold the sanctity of women also came with the complaint of
while last year it was less by Roll Numbers and results, it does not con- public examinations. CBSE has request- vomiting later on” said Dr Mehta. All of
seven percent as 3,25,568 chal- tain personal details such as mobile num- ed NIC to take appropriate cognizance of them are under medical supervision,
lans were issued in 2017. bers, details of identification documents, the issue,” stated the release. further informed the doctor.
Also, the violation has email IDs, etc. National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test According to some police officials,
touched 60 percent within six “The results are declared by CBSE (UG), 2018 (NEET-UG-2018) was con- these people were served rice and gram
month as compared to the last through NIC and do not contain mobile ducted by the Central Board of Secondary supplied by a group based in Uttam
year. A total of 60,10,772 chal- number, email Id and other identification Education (CBSE), for admission to Nagar's Deepak Vihar. The Anganwadi
lans were issued by the Delhi details of the candidates. If any communi- MBBS/BDS Courses across the nation in centre is operated by Anita (47), a resident
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Modi on Tuesday saluted
the "indomitable spirit" of the
people of Rwanda as he
visited the Genocide Memorial
Centre here which
honours over 2,50,000 victims
of the country's mass killings in
1994.
Prime Minister Modi, who
is on a two-day state visit to
Rwanda, arrived here yesterday
on the first leg of his three-
nation Africa tour, becoming
the first Indian premier to visit
the East African country.
He paid tribute to the vic-
tims of the genocide with a lay-
ing of wreath on the burial
place and toured the centre to
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POSA) Act against an Afghan
national, who was arrested
with foreign currency from
the international airport here
last month, officials said here
on Tuesday.
The customs authorities
on June 13 had seized unde-
clared foreign currency worth
`10.86 crore from Mohammad
Seddiq Yousufi, who was going
to Dubai from the airport.
Yousufi's arrest was record-
ed on June 14 under various
provisions of the Customs Act,
1962, and was produced before
the Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Economic Offence
Court, Ernakulam. PTI
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tuesday allowed nine peti-
tioners to file their Income
Tax returns manually without
quoting Aadhaar number for
the assessment year 2018-19.
A division bench of Justices
M M Sundresh and Anand
Venkatesh passed the interim
order noting that since the
constitutional validity of the
Aadhaar itself was yet to be
decided, the petitioners could
be allowed to file I-T returns
without the Aadhaar.
However, it made it clear, "If
the Supreme Court decides to
uphold the constitutionality of
Aadhaar, then the petitioners
would have to file revised return
quoting Aadhaar."
The Supreme Court had on
May 10 reserved its verdict on
a batch of pleas challenging the
constitutional validity of the
Centre's flagship Aadhaar
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the genocide against the Tutsi
-- the principal ethnic com-
munity in Rwanda.
Modi wrote a heartfelt
message in the guest book of
the memorial after his visit.
"My visit to the Kigali
Genocide Memorial has been
a deeply moving experience.
The genocide in Rwanda was a
grim reminder of the worst
aspects of humanity. Rwanda's
response, as a nation, to this
tragedy has been one of
restraint, reconciliation and
peace.
"I salute this conscious
effort of the Rwandan govern-
ment and the indomitable spir-
it of the people of Rwanda. May
the departed souls rest in
peace," the Prime Minister
wrote, according to the Kigali
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law after a marathon hearing
that went on for 38 days span-
ning four-and-half months.
In the high court, the peti-
tioners, who sought the court's
direction to enable them file
their returns without Aadhaar
number, contended that in view
of a series of Supreme Court
interim orders Aadhaar
remained a purely voluntary
scheme. Hence, they cannot be
compelled by the Income Tax
Department to provide
Aadhaar details while filing
returns, the petitioners sub-
mitted.
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petitions challenging the con-
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handle.
The memorial is the final
resting place for more than
250,000 victims of the genocide
against the Tutsi.
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Tuesday stayed the ongoing
construction work on a multi-
storeyed building for a textile
showroom here on a plea alleg-
ing violation of norms in the
approval of plan and raising
safety concerns.
The new building of
Chennai Silks is coming up in
the busy T Nagar at the same
location where the earlier struc-
ture of the textile major was
gutted in a massive fire last
year.
A bench comprising jus-
tices N Kirubakaran and
Krishan Ramasamy granted
the interim injunction on the
construction after petitioner
Kannan Balachandran sub-
mitted that 40 per cent of the
work on the 8-storeyed build-
ing had been completed with-
in 20 days of getting the
approval on June 21.
It also granted an interim
stay on the reclassification of
the area into commercial area
from residential area and
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violence. It is also symbolic of
the admirable and exemplary
process of reconciliation
Rwanda has embarked upon,"
Spokesperson of the Ministry
of External Affairs Raveesh
Kumar said in a tweet.
The memorial includes
three permanent exhibitions,
the largest of which docu-
ments the 1994 genocide.
There is also a children's
memorial and an exhibition on
the history of genocidal vio-
lence around the world.
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dens, and Genocide Archive of
"Beginning the day on a Rwanda contribute to a mean-
poignant note! PM @naren- ingful tribute to those who per-
dramodi visits the Genocide ished, and provide a powerful
Memorial Centre in #Kigali. educational experience for vis-
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New Delhi: The Jinnah House,
a sea facing bungalow in South
Mumbai, is a property of the
government of India and the
question of disposing it does
not arise, the Lok Sabha was
informed on Tuesday.
Union Minister of State for
Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
said Pakistan founder
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's house
does not come under the
purview of the Enemy Property
Act and the house stands under
the category of 'Evacuee
Property'. The house is under
the administration of the
Evacuee Property Act, 1950,
the minister said. "Jinnah's
house is a government of India
property and the question of
disposing the said property
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written reply. PTI
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ing was located, he said quot-
ing a fire and rescue service
directed the authorities con- report filed in the court.
cerned to appear in the court Alleging that the con-
with related files and explain struction activity was in viola-
under what circumstances they tion of the national building
granted the approval. code and rules, it also had the
The bench then posted the risk of posing grave fire safety
matter to August 3 for further issues for the thousands of
hearing. people visiting the showroom
The petitioner alleged that and residents in adjoining
the Chennai Metropolitan areas.
Development Authority had He cited a report of the Fire
violated all norms in granting and Rescue Service filed in the
the planning permission for court saying that the firemen
construction of double base- had found it difficult to reach
ments in addition to eight the showroom to put out the
floors for ulterior considera- blaze in May last year.
tions. Twelve people were res-
For a special cued from the seven-storied
building/multi-storeyed build- building after fire broke out on
ing, space should be created for May 31. It was put out a day
at least to a stretch of 250 later and the demolition of the
metres along the length of the gutted building took several
road abutting the special build- days.
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regularly mentioned by the
Indian media as a reliable indi-
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Indian deposits in Swiss in misleading headlines and
banks fell by 34.5 per cent in analysis. This is (the Swiss)
2017 and by 80 per cent since Government response,” he said.
2014, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said according to
Goyal said, citing data from the Swiss authorities, the more
global body of central banks, reliable data source for deposits
the Bank for International held in Switzerland is the
Settlements (BIS). Locational Banking Statistics
He said this countering (LBS) of Bank of International
reports last month quoting the Settlements.
Swiss National Bank (SNB), the LBS measures internation-
country’s central bank, as say- al banking activity from a res-
ing in its annual report that idence perspective, focusing
Indian deposits had risen by 50 on the location of banking
per cent in 2017. office and captures around 95
Goyal informed the Rajya per cent of all cross-border
Sabha during Question Hour banking activity.
that he discussed the issue He said SNB data includes
with the Swiss authorities, who non-deposit liabilities, busi-
told him in a written reply that ness of Swiss branches located
media reports “have not taken in India, inter-bank transac-
account of the way the (SNB) tions and fiduciary liability.
figures have to be interpreted.” BIS data show non-bank
Last month, PTI had loans and deposits — which
reported SNB data that the constitute the individual and
money parked by Indians in corporate deposits and exclude
Swiss banks rose to CHF 1.01 inter-bank transactions — have
billion (C7,000 crore) in 2017 fallen by 34.5 per cent in 2017
after falling for three consecu- to $524 million compared to
tive years. $800 million in 2016, he said
“The Swiss Authorities
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on Tuesday addressed par-
liamentarians and said that
the success of parliamentary
democracy lies in five D’s -
decorum, discussion, debate,
dissent and decision.
Outlining the need for order-
ly debate in Parliament, Kovind
said that there should be a
sense of dignity even in dissent.
The President was speaking at
function to mark the comple-
tion of three years of Speaker's
Research Initiative (SRI) here.
As members play different
roles in the inter-connected
world, their responsibility
increases manifold. As such,
well-informed decision-mak-
ing is imperative where mem-
bers need to be aware of all
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On this basis, request for
Red Corner Notice was moved
in June.
While RCN has
issued against Nirav Modi
and his brother Nishal by
the Interpol, the request for
such a notice against Choksi
is pending with the
Lyon-based international
police cooperation agency, they
said.
The issuance of RCN
would mean that the member
countries of the Lyon-based
international police coopera-
tion agency can arrest and
extradite him.
The CBI, in its charge
sheets filed on May 14, had
alleged that Nirav Modi,
through his companies,
siphoned off funds to the tune
of C6,498.20 crore using fraud-
ulent LoUs issued from PNB's
Brady House branch in
Mumbai. Choksi allegedly
swindled C7080.86 crore, mak-
ing it possibly the biggest bank-
ing scam in the country, it had
alleged.
money.
“Further, there has been
significant reduction in Swiss
non-bank loans and deposits of
Indians by 80.2 per cent
between 2013 and 2017,” he
said, adding the figure in 2013
was $2.6 billion which came
down to 2.3 billion in 2014
and $1.4 billion 2015.
“Moreover, it is frequently
assumed that any assets held by
Indians are undeclared,” he
said. “So if you want to know
the deposits of Indian residents
in Switzerland, the correct data
source is called locational
banking statistics.”
The Minister said the
Automatic Exchange of
Information based on
Common Reporting Standard
has commenced from 2017
with many countries enabling
India to receive financial
account information of Indian
residents.
“This will also be useful in
bringing the unaccounted
income and assets to tax,” he
said.
However, Goyal’s reply did
not satisfy Trinamool Congress
members, who stormed into
the Well of the House demand-
ing that black money stashed in
Swiss banks be brought back,
forcing Chairman M Venkaiah
Naidu to adjourn the proceed-
ings for about 90 minutes. The
TMC had raised the issue in the
House.
Interestingly, PTI reported
that responding to an RTI
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the House, said Kovind. work of legislators increasing-
Appreciating Lok Sabha ly difficult and complex. She
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's ini- felt that the need of the hour in
tiative, Kovind said that SRI has such a scenario is super-spe-
added a new chapter in the his- cialization and informed deci-
tory of parliamentary democ- sion making by lawmakers
racy in India. He noted that Parliamentar y Affairs
several State Legislatures have Minister Ananth Kumar,
shown interest in replicating Deputy Speaker M. Thambi
the success of SRI in their Durai, Minister of State for
respective Legislatures. Parliamentar y Affairs
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address, Mahajan said that the other dignitaries attended the
inspiration behind setting up of function.
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the answer is yes. On your plea,
it is being videotaped. Court
will watch the recording,” the
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Prakash and two other bureau-
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crats to appear before the com-
mittee, the court had warned
them that not doing so would
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The applicant also raised The direction had come
the apprehension that one of after the court was informed
the members of the CoP was that the three officers were nei-
biased against him, but the ther appearing before the pan-
court allayed his fears by say- els, nor giving the information
ing that the proceedings would sought from them.
be video recorded.
“The order (of July 13) is
expressly clear that petitioner
They were taking advan-
tage of the court’s earlier order
restraining the authorities from
(Prakash) will participate in the taking action against them,
proceedings without prejudice the lawyers for the Assembly
and if the committee recom- and the Speaker of the House
mends or imposes any pun- had alleged.
ishment, same will not be The High Court had on
implemented till final dispos- March 9 asked the panels not
al of the petition. to take coercive steps against
“The court is of the view the IAS officers.
that the petitioner is adequately
protected and no further clar-
ification is required,” it said and
disposed of the application.
Senior advocate Siddharth
Luthra, appearing for Prakash,
alleged during the hearing that
the chairperson of the CoP was
“biased” against and “hostile”
towards his client. He said a
senior bureaucrat cannot be
treated in this manner.
The court, however, said
“no prejudice is being caused to
you by appearance (before the
query the Finance Ministry
had refused to share copy of
three reports on the quantum
of black money held by Indians
inside the country and abroad,
saying its disclosure would
cause a breach of privilege of
Parliament.
Then UPA Government
had in 2011 commissioned
these studies by Delhi-based
National Institute of Public
Finance and Policy (NIPFP)
and National Council of
Applied Economic Research
(NCAER) as well as the
National Institute of Financial
Management (NIFM) in
Faridabad.
Replying to an RTI query,
it said the study reports of the
NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM
were received by the
Government on December 30,
2013, July 18, 2014, and August
21, 2014, respectively. The
Ministry said these reports
were submitted to the Standing
Committee on Finance on July
21 last year and the committee
is now seized of the matter.
“Accordingly, the disclosure
of information would cause a
breach of privilege of
Parliament. Therefore, the
information sought is exempt
from disclosure under Section
8 (1) (c) of the RTI Act,” it said
in reply to the RTI application
filed by this PTI correspondent.
The section bars information,
the disclosure of which would
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T he Supreme Court on
Tuesday set a tough condi-
tion for the Travancore
Devaswom Board to defend its
age-old practice of banning
the entry of menstruating
women at the Sabarimala tem-
ple in Kerala. The five-judge
Constitution Bench hearing
the issue said that the Board
must first prove that it is a reli-
gious denomination and that
this ban is intrinsic to their
belief and part of custom prac-
ticed over a period of time.
Once this threshold is crossed,
only then can the Board claim
protection of such a ban under
the scheme of the Constitution.
To add to the woes of the
Board, the Bench read out the
Board’s stand before the Kerala
High Court in 1991 where the
Board stated that it allowed
entry of all women for five days
in a month. “Does the deity dis-
appear for these five days,”
wondered the bench of Chief
Justice Dipak Misra, Justices RF
Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY
Chandrachud and Indu
Malhotra.
Appearing for the Board,
senior advocate Abhishek
Manu Singhvi conceded that
the Board has changed its
stand few times in the past but
pointed out that it cannot be
faulted on this ground alone as
even the Kerala Government
did a complete somersault by
taking a diametrically opposite
stand of allowing woman as
compared to its earlier stand
supporting the ban.
Stating that the changing
stands of the Board was proof
of the fact that the decision to
permit women was taken by
the Tanthri and where he is
unable to decide, reliance is
placed on astrology, the Bench
was critical of the decision
having anything to do with
maintaining purity of the deity
and the temple precincts. The
Bench said, “The idea behind
the ban seems to be that when
women menstruate they get
weak and they cannot under-
take the arduous journey after
keeping a 41-day fast.
This ban has nothing to do
with their purity.” The ban
operates against women of 10-
50 years.
Singhvi said that keeping
fast is essential as it is intend-
ed to purify both the mind and
soul. He maintained that excep-
tions are sometimes made even
to the observance of 41-day
fast. The Bench noted that
such exemptions are prevalent
in all religions as its human ten-
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Singhvi also pointed out prac-
tices prevailing among other
religions of the world where
discriminator y practices
against women persist. He said
that the court cannot rely on its
“willy-nilly notions” on such
subjects as the antiquity of a
religious belief or custom has
to be decided in a trial before
a court gives a finding after
examining evidence, counter-
evidence, and cross-examina-
tion of witnesses.
The court noted that sev-
eral affected women may not
come forward as they have
been subjugated by men in the
society over the years. On that
count, Singhvi argued that sev-
eral religious practices of other
religions and sects within
Hindu religion will fail as most
practices are born out of male
chauvinistic traditions. The
Bench said, “God does not
make a cult or denomination.
You have to show that you are
a denomination. People across
the country visit this temple.
All Hindus also visit this tem-
ple. This protection that you
claim can only be attached to
a religious denomination.” The
hearing of the case will resume
on Wednesday.
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T he Congress on Tuesday
moved notices for breach of
privilege against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha
for “misleading” the House on
the Rafale deal issue. The move
comes after the BJP gave a
notice for moving a Privilege
Motion against Congress chief
Rahul Gandhi for misleading
the house by making “false”
allegations against Modi and
Sitharaman.
The notices were moved by
Leader of the Congress in Lok
Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge,
Veerappa Moily, KV Thomas,
Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rajiv
Satav, AICC sources said. The
notices were given over the
statements made by Modi and
Sitharaman in Lok Sabha dur-
ing the debate on the no-con-
fidence motion on July 20.
Congress also demanded a
JPC probe into the deal during
the debate on Prevention of
Corruption (amendment) Bill
in the Lok Sabha.
“The prime minister has
along with the defence minis-
ter deliberately mislead the
House, it is, therefore, request-
ed that this notice of breach of
privilege be accepted and
referred to the privilege com-
mittee for further proceed-
ings,” the notice against the
prime minister says.
The prime minister in his
speech endorsed the Defence
Minister’s claims, which con-
tradicted the reply of his
Minister of State for Defence in
Lok Sabha on November 18,
2016 and in Rajya Sabha on
March 19, 2018, the notice says.
The Prime Minister’s claim
of transparency in the 2008
confidentiality agreement with
France is factually incorrect,
untrue, and deliberately made
with the intention to mislead
the House, according to the
notice. The Prime Minister
and his Cabinet, as per the
Constitution, are collectively
accountable to Parliament and
through it to the people of the
country, it says. The Minister
had knowingly and intention-
ally misled Parliament by with-
holding the information that
the government is obliged to
reveal to Parliament, the notice
against Sitharaman says.
Earlier on Monday a notice
for a privilege motion was
moved against Rahul Gandhi
by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey,
Anurag Thakur, Dushyant
Singh and Prahlad Joshi.
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P arliament on Tuesday
passed the Bill to amend the
1988 anti-corruption law by
seeking to punish bribe-givers
for the first time along with the
bribe takers, as the Lok Sabha
gave its nod to it.
Moving the Prevention of
Corruption (Amendment) Bill
for passage in the Lower House,
Minister of State in the Prime
Minister's Office Jitendra Singh
said its aim was to enhance
transparency and accountabil-
ity of the government and also
to make the provisions under
the law stringent. The measure
reflects the Narendra Modi
government's zero tolerance
towards corruption, he said.
Replying to the debate
before the bill was passed by a
voice vote, Singh said through
this measure, it is also being
ensured that honest officers are
not harassed. Not only taking
bribe, but giving bribe would
also be a crime, he said. The
Minister said that now prior
approval for investigation will
be required in cases of all gov-
ernment officers. Earlier, it
was restricted to officials above
the rank of a Joint Secretary.
The bill, which got the
Rajya Sabha’s nod last week
with 43 amendments, seeks to
set a timeframe within which
a court would decide on cor-
ruption issues, he said, adding
that verdicts in such cases has
to be given “ordinarily” in two
years. He also said that immu-
nity from arrest would be avail-
able to all levels of officers, as
against the existing provision of
joint secretary and above.
The Minister said the bill
had many provisions to ensure
speedy trial of corruption cases,
besides providing protection to
bureaucrats, even after their
retirement, from malicious
complaints. For the bribe tak-
ers, the bill proposes to increase
the punishment to a mini-
mum of three years of impris-
onment, which may extend to
seven years, besides fine.
Initiating the debate,
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury said the opposi-
tion will support the govern-
ment if they fought corruption
in reality rather than making
claims. “Under your rule, India,
which was known as land of
saints, has turned into land of
scamsters....Vijay Mallya, Nirav
Modi and many others fled the
country after defaulting on
banks’ money,” he said.
Countering his charges,
the BJP MP Prahlad Joshi said
it was during the rule of UPA
government, the money was
given to all these businessman
who have now fled.
Joshi attacked the Congress
with detailing the history from
Jeep Scam to 2G Scam to Coal
scam under the Congress
regime. Joshi’s remarks on
Sonia Gandhi for the Agusta
Westland scam created heated
argument for a brief time with
Congress and BJP MPs.
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T he Centre has convened an
all-party meeting on
Wednesday to thrash out the
issues related to Motor Vehicles
(Amendment) Bill stuck up in
the Rajya Sabha. The Bill will
again be brought up on
Monday despite being listed on
Tuesday.
A united Opposition on
Tuesday decided not to support
the “anti-federal” motor vehi-
cles Bill unless the changes pro-
posed by it are incorporated in
it. According to a senior oppo-
sition leader, the decision to
oppose the Motor Vehicles
(Amendment) Bill was taken at
a co-ordination meeting of the
non-NDA parties.
The Opposition parties,
including the Congress, had
opposed the proposed amend-
ments to the Motor Vehicles
Act in the Rajya Sabha on
Monday, saying the changes
would help the corporates and
dilute the powers of the state
governments.
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the Rajya Sabha until the gov-
ernment incorporated all the
amendments listed by the
opposition parties, the leader
said, requesting anonymity.
The bill, which has already
been passed in the Lok Sabha,
was tabled in the Rajya Sabha
in April, 2017 and subse-
quently, referred to a select
panel. After taking the panel's
recommendations into
account, it was re-introduced in
the Upper House.
Minister of State for
Parliamentary Affairs Vijay
Goel said in the House that
there were different amend-
ments on the Motor Bill by
members and Road Transport
and Highways Minister Nitin
Gadkari has agreed to talk to
them. TMC leader Derek O
Brien said there are at least 10
political parties on this and
there are six-seven amend-
ments to this Bill.
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T he Supreme Court on
Tuesday expressed dissat-
isfaction over the failure of a
High Powered Committee
headed by Prime Minister and
comprising Chief Justice of
India and Speaker of the Lok
Sabha for failing to give any
timeline on the appointment of
a Search Committee that is to
shortlist names for appoint-
ment of Lokpal.
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“optimism” over an early deci-
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President of India is facing
monkey menace.
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not there,” he remarked in a
lighter vein referring to animal
rights activists and Union
Minister. The Chairman then
asked Minister of State for
Parliamentary Affairs Vijay
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special category status to
Andhra Pradesh but it assured
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which would be more than
what the State has been
demanding.
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that all promises made to the
people of the State would be
fulfilled, Home Minister
Rajnath Singh said 90 per cent
of promises made under the
Andhra Pradesh Re-organisa-
tion Act, which had led to the
bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana in 2014, have
already been fulfilled.
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will also be kept,” he said while
replying to a short-duration
discussion in the Rajya Sabha
on the non-implementation of
provisions of the 2014 Act.
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ment came after former Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
said he had expected his suc-
cessor Narendra Modi to fulfil
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mitment on special category
status to Andhra Pradesh as it
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the state of “misleading” its
own people. Recently, the TDP
quit the NDA coalition over
this issue.
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which have been given, not
only by our Prime Minister but
even the commitments made
by former Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh, our
Government will fulfill those
commitments,” the Home
Minister said, adding that com-
mitments made in Parliament
should be kept and the Centre
is doing it.
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Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad
categorically asked whether
the Centre would be giving spe-
cial category status to AP and
sought a reply in “Yes or No”.
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dered whether it was not clear
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cial category status to the “suc- in Alwar, the Rajya Sabha, Government to hold talks with Incidentally, the Zero Hour
cessor state” of Andhra Pradesh Shanta Chhetri (TMC) also Expressing anguish over 86-year old G D Agarwal, who managed to have 25 mentions
was given after discussing the demanded a law to prevent vig- the alleged rape and murder of has been on an indefinite fast by members of various parties
issue with Arun Jaitley, then ilantism. Citing media reports, a girl at a Government-funded demanding cleaning of the who raised issues pertaining to
Leader of Opposition in the she also claimed 88 lives were shelter home in Muzaffarpur, Ganga River. Kanimozmi public interest and Naidu
Upper House, and other senior lost in lynching incidents since Bihar, Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD) (DMK) raised the issue of thanked all the MPs for their
BJP leaders, Singh said. the NDA Government came to said violence against women killing of 13 persons in police co-operation in smooth func-
“Commitments made on power. was a serious matter and the firing while they were demand- tioning.
the floor of the House are to be Noting that the Supreme Chair termed the incident seri- ing closure of the Sterlite The Question Hour saw an
honoured and fulfilled. They Court had last week asked for ous. Jha alleged the shelter Copper’s smelter plant in adjournment for about 30
are in the nature of an assur- a law banning mob lynching, was being run by a person, Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. She minutes after TMC members
ance on behalf of Parliament. I she sought a reply from the while the contract was in the alleged normalcy has not rushed into the well when they
had expected my distinguished Government on the steps taken name of another person. Many returned to the city and people were not satisfied with Finance
successor to fulfil the commit- to prevent such incidents. other girls in the shelter home continue to be harassed by Minister Piysuh Goyal’s reply
ment I had made after consul- Chhetri also asked the were also sexually abused, Jha midnight searches by the on information on black
tation with his own colleagues,” Government to spell out action alleged. police. Sambhaji Chhatrapati money from Switzerland.
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leader YS Chowdary said the contention by raising their together. The issue was raised consultations with all stake- duration discussion on demand
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pared and politically motivat- with it. Chairman M Venkaiah demanded that the interest on trying volatile. Satyanarayan Andhra Pradesh.
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Karnataka Chief Minister
HD Kumaraswamy said con-
testing for Lok Sabha elec-
tions along with their ally
Congress will depend on how
the century-old party will treat
them. But he, however, said the
pre-poll alliance with the
Congress is still on the agenda.
Kumaraswamy told the
reporters in Bengaluru on
Tuesday that contesting togeth-
er will depend on how
Congress treats them.
“That is our agenda, it is
there. Let us see. Congress, how
they are going to treat JD(S),”
Kumaraswamy told reporters
in response to a question about
pre-poll alliance with the
Congress with which it is run-
ning a coalition Government in
the State.
Asked about the “maha-
gathbandhan (grand alliance),”
he said “it will continue.”
The Congress and JD(S), which
formed a coalition
Government after the May 12
Assembly polls threw up a
hung verdict, had announced
during the power sharing pact
that they would fight the Lok
Sabha polls together.
Kumaraswamy who is also
the JD(S) State president has
made this statement which
looks vague but a clever polit-
ical assertion looking at the
overtures of the Congress
which started its unity move to
defeat Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and the BJP.
The Chief Minister’s com-
ments gain significance at a
time when reports suggest that
there is growing Opposition
within the Congress to the
pre-poll alliance with JD(S) for
Lok Sabha polls.
Kumaraswamy’s swearing-
in as Chief Minister on May 23
was attended by a galaxy of top
leaders and regional satraps in
a rare public show of unity per-
ceived as a possible harbinger
of a broad-based anti-BJP
alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha
polls.
According to JD(S) leaders,
the seat sharing with the
Congress for the 2019 Lok
Sabha polls, especially in the
old Mysuru region, is seen as a
test for the coalition as both
parties are considered arch
rivals in the region, where they
had bitterly fought against each
other during the assembly
polls. JD(S) fought vigoursly
against the Congress in many
places and any understanding
would certainly suicidal for
the Congress say many insid-
ers of the party. Many Congress
leaders who are opposed to
Kumaraswamy have warned
against going with the JD(S).
In another development,
the Karnataka Government
said there would be certain
restrictions on the entry of vis-
itors, including the media, to
the Vidhana Soudha, the seat of
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at here. Chief Minister HD
Kumaraswamy cited police
inputs regarding security, as
also increase in the number of
people visiting it everyday
besides complaints about
inconvenience caused to
Ministers and officials to carry
out their work as reasons for
the move. “Some brokers
are found moving around the
corridors of Vidhana Soudha
and they have been captured by
CCTV also.
“I have asked officials to be
alert about those who are
involved in brokering and are
misleading people. To avoid
any unlawful activities, we have
said there should be certain
restrictions,” he told reporters.
To a question about reports
on media’s entry to the Vidhana
Soudha being barred, he said
there were no instructions to
not allow the media inside, but
there would be separate enclo-
sure or a room provided for
this.
“When you (media) need
any information, officials or
Ministers will come there and
give you information...if you
come with mikes everywhere
individually and start asking
questions just like that...it
should not happen, there
should not be any inconve-
nience,” he said.
Pointing out that media
persons come to Ministers,
including him, individually
with mikes to gather informa-
tion, Kumaraswamy said
“When you come to us in
Vidhana Soudha, we may be in
meetings or in some other
mood, suddenly if you come
with mikes, what to tell
you...we may not have infor-
mation.”
With this intention, a sep-
arate facility would be provid-
ed inside Vidhana Soudha for
“media friends” to carry out
their work, he said, adding
there are also complaints of only
a certain section of the media
getting access to information.
“To avoid all this, I have
instructed that there should be
a separate enclosure for the
media with all facilities, so
that the media can call
whomever they want there and
get information there,” he
added.
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of the draft National
Register of Citizens (NRC)
coming closer, the Assam
Government has drawn up an
elaborate plan to ensure peace
is not disturbed at any cost and
that the law and order is main-
tained across the State.
The historical document
which is being updated under
the monitoring of the Supreme
Court is scheduled to be pub-
lished on July 30 this year. The
basic intent behind updation of
the NRC is to identify the ille-
gal foreigners living in the
State.
Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal on
Tuesday said that the State
Government is duty bound to
provide safety and security to
all sections of the people of the
State. “The State Government
would provide safety and secu-
rity to all Indians living in
Assam. No one should be wor-
ried about the after-effects of
NRC publication as adequate
measures have already been
taken to bring all Indian citi-
zens within the ambit of secu-
rity of the State,” Sonowal said.
In Guwahati also, Deputy
Commissioner Birendra Mittal
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Commissioner Hiren Chandra
Nath held series of meetings
with the people in general and
discussed with them the issue
of NRC updation. “We have
been meeting the people in dif-
ferent parts of the city trying to
alley fears. There is rumour
being spread over the NRC
updation.
However, there is nothing
to worry about and there will
be opportunity given to every-
one if their names do not fig-
ure in the NRC,” said Mittal
while interacting with the
media on Tuesday.
“There is a section of
miscreants who are spreading
the rumour against the NRC
updation process. However,
we are taking all measures to
ensure that there is no law and
order problem anywhere after
publication of the NRC,” said
Guwahati Police
Commissioner, Hiren Chandra
Nath.
It may be mentioned here
that the Assam police have
already sought over 150 com-
panies of central para military
force from the Central
Government to assist the State
police in the run up to July 30.
While some of the companies
have already arrived, some are
being sent.
On Sunday, Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh said
that the historical document to
be published on July 30 is only
a draft and that there will be
adequate opportunity for dis-
posal of claims and objections
for those whose names does
not figure in the document.
Saying that the NRC exer-
cise is being carried out in a
totally impartial, transparent
and meticulous manner, the
Home Minister made it clear
that after draft publication,
adequate opportunity for
claims and objections will be
available.
All claims and objections
will be duly examined.
Adequate opportunity of being
heard will be given before dis-
posal of claims and objections.
Only thereafter, final NRC will
be published.

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notice of the Supreme Court
the alleged non-cooperation by
certain senior IPS officers who
exploitation of the girls housed
in the Government aided Balika
Grih (girls shelter home) run by
after the Opposition raked up
the matter in the first half and
accused the Nitish Kumar
campus of the shelter home.
The Minister said after the
permission from the court the
ing out of their alleged hiber- were earlier in charge of the an NGO at Muzaffarpur has Government of protecting the place was dug up but no bod-

D oubting the BJP’s “gen-

uine intent to act” on ris-
ing number of lynching cases
across the country, Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee has wondered why the
saffron leadership was only
sticking to ritualistic condem-
nation and not taking exem-
plary action instead, “so that
the situation can be arrested
from deteriorating further.”
Referring to Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh’s con-
demnation of lynching cases in
Parliament Banerjee, said
instead of condemning these
incidents why they are not
trying to control their leaders”
down the line, reminding “after
all charity begins at home.”
India is passing through a
trol such cases, Banerjee
reminded that law and order
was a State subject and it was
on the State Governments to
take the lead in handling such
cases.
Condemning the “hate
campaign” responsible for the
rising number of lynching cases
Banerjee said, “hate campaigns
should be stopped
immediately.” Rumor-monger-
ing through social media plat-
forms should be stopped in
order to stop lynching she
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and second in Dhupguri.
District Superintendent of
Police A Maity said that vil-
lagers beat the women up on
nation launched on Tuesday
fresh spells of investigations into
the multi-crore ponzi fund
cases issuing summons to the
first investigating officer who
probed the Sharada chit fund
case way back in 2013.
Debarata Bandopadhyay,
who was the first IO in the
Sharada case, has been asked to
report at the CGO complex at
Salt Lake, CBI sources said
adding he had been summoned
twice earlier but failed to show
up citing various excuses.
The IO is likely to be asked
questions on how the investi-
gations proceeded in the initial
days and where the certain
seized items that the central
agency was looking for were.
case.
“The CBI is looking for a
red diary, some electronic data
and some vital other evidences
which are with the State police,”
sources said adding despite
repeated reminders the State
Police was not sharing the
information it had in the
Sharada case. Apart from the
summons issued by the CBI the
Enforcement Directorate also
conducted simultaneous raids
at six specific locations in
Kolkata and Howrah.
Sources said a team of 40-
45 ED officials raided premis-
es owned by the Rose Valley
another ponzi company
allegedly involved in a C28,000
crore scam.
been proved and said the shel-
ter home has been closed down
and all girls shifted. Making a
statement in both the Houses of
Bihar legislature on Tuesday, the
Govt announced that most of
the accused persons have been
arrested and strict measures
were being taken so that no
such incidents take place in the
future.
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shrawan Kumar made
the suo motto statement in the
Assembly and Council where
Opposition members were not
present. Hours before the
Government statement,
Director General of Police KS
Dwivedi told media persons
that there was no need for rec-
accused persons.
The couple of MPs from
Bihar Rajesh Ranjan aka Pappu
Yadav (Ind) and Ranjit Ranjan
(Congress) apart from
Jayaprakash Yadav (RJD) raised
this matter in the Lok Sabha on
two consecutive days and
demanded CBI probe which
elicited the response of Home
Minister Rajnath Singh who
said the Centre was ready for
probe if the recommendation
comes from Bihar Government.
Minister Shrawan Kumar
said medical test of 42 of 44
inmates— two are sick— was
conducted and medical report
of 13 girls said “sexual inter-
course might have been com-
mitted” and about 16 other
ies or remains were found
despite using sniffer dog.
However, the soil has been
sent to forensic laboratory to
check if any body was buried
there.
The Minister said there
was also report of the disap-
pearance of three girls from the
shelter home only a month after
their arrival in November 2013.
This shelter home was approved
by the Government in October
2013. The police was investi-
gating into this incident also,
Kumar added. He said some
officials of the social welfare
department have already been
suspended and departmental
proceeding started against
them.

serious phase, she said
demanding “strict action”
against the perpetrators of the
crimes. “It is a serious phase we
maintained.
Meanwhile, in a related
development four women were
allegedly mobbed and beaten
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Two of the victims were also
stripped sources added.
Earlier this month, sever-

are passing through and there
is a need for strict action
against those who are involved
in such cases if we really want
up on suspicion of being child-
lifter by villagers at Dawkimari
village in Dhupguri block of
Jalpaiguri district in North
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Kranti area of Mal block in the
district in stone-pelting fol-
lowing rumours that child-

to control the situation,”
Banerjee said referring to the
lynching of Rakbar Khan a res-
ident of Alwar in Rajasthan a
few days ago. She was speaking
to journalists at State adminis-
trative headquarters at
Nabanna.
In a circuitous reference to
the failure of the BJP-led
Rajasthan Government to con-
Bengal.
The incident took place on
Monday noon. One of the
women had come to visit a
cooperative bank while anoth-
er was looking for her relatives
sources said adding the four-
some were in the age group of
25-50 years.
This was the fourth such
incident in Jalpaiguri district
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officer added.
T amil Nadu got a new Jaya
in place of the departed for-
mer Chief Minister Jaya. Chief
Minister Edappady
Palaniswamy created a sensa- country where wild animals are
tion on Tuesday by naming a given names. “This has found
six-month-old female lion cub to be helpful while feeding the
as Jaya, as a tribute to his men- animals and also during attend-
tor and icon late J Jayalalithaa. ing to their medical require-
In a special ceremony held ments. All these animals
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known as Vandalur Zoo, the he said.
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declared the name of the cub as
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to expand the party’s base in
removed from MP, will now
look after party affairs in
known in future as Jaya. It
resembled the naming cere-
mony of a new born child
except the fact that the Chief
wild animals. “She used to be
a frequent visitor to the zoo,
unannounced and sans any
publicity. She used to inquire
about the health and welfare of

E ying the Prime Minister’s other states, Mayawati removed

chair in case of a hung Par- BSP co-ordinator looking after
liament, Mayawati streamlined poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
Haryana and Punjab and
workd as co-ordinator of both
States.
Minister and officials stayed at
a safe distance of five feet from
the caged lion cub.
all animals, particularly the
lions and tigers,” he said
reminding the naming cere-
the cadre to expand the party’s Madhya Pradesh in-charge and Recently removed BSP “She is shy to come out of mony of half-a-dozen Royal
base in the coming Assembly MLC Atar Singh Rao was national general secretary Veer the cage,” said a senior official Bengal Tiger cubs presided
elections in Chhattisgarh, replaced by Rajya Sabha MP, Singh was replaced by of the zoo. Jaya, the cub was over by her.
Madhya Pradesh and Dr Ashok Siddharth. Mayawati’s close lieutenant born on January 27, 2018 and The wild ass of AAZP has
Rajasthan. Mayawati has already Ramji Lal Gautam and he the zoo officials were waiting been named Angel and she has
The BSP chief held a meet- asked one of her loyalists and would now co-ordinate the for the convenience of the CM been true to her names till now,
ing with senior BSP leaders and BSP national general secretary working in some southern to make it to the sprawling zoo- said the spokesman. He also
positioned her loyalists on all Ram Achal Rajbhar to keep a State including Telangana, logical park for the naming cer- disclosed that the zoo has an
key posts in the above States to close tab on developments in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and emony. An eighteen month old animal adoption programme in
ensure electoral success. Madhya Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh. Rajya Sabha lion cub was also named by the which sponsors could adopt the
Interestingly, the BSP Meanwhile, Dr Siddharth member Munkad Ali, who till CM as Vishnu. He was born to animals. “The rates vary from
besides preparing to contest on who was so far looking after now was looking after some lioness Nila and lion Siva, both animals to animals. We have a
all seats, was also talking with Karnatka (which recently went zones of UP, has been entrust- dear to former Chief Minister scheme in which a tiger or lion
the Congress and other small- to polls and the BSP opened its ed the responsibility of party Jayalalithaa. After the func- could be adopted at the rate of
er parties for an alliance. account) and other southern affairs in Rajasthan. tion, the lion cub and all other C650 to C1,000 per day. The
However, the Congress does States, besides MP and Similarly, former Minister animals were treated with sponsorship could be of six
not seem to be interested in Karnatka, he will also look and Mayawati confidante Lalji sumptuous meal of fresh beef. months to one year and could
aligning with the BSP in after party affairs in Maharastra Verma was also given the The official spokesman of be extended based on mutual-
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T he fire ignited by the
revived Maratha reserva-
tion agitation threatened to
engulf entire Maharashtra on
Tuesday, as four more activists
attempted suicide, a police-
man died of heart attack dur-
ing a bandobast duty, protest-
ers either damaged or torched
a dozen vehicles and resorted
to road blockades across the
State during a day-long bandh
called by the agitating
Marathas.
A day after 27-year-old
youth Kakasaheb Dattareya
Shinde jumped from a bridge
into Godavari river near
Aurangabad as part of a “Jal
Samadhi” (watery grave) agi-
tation undertaken to press for
Maratha reservations, the
bandh called by Maratha com-
munity members turned vio-
lent in several parts of the State,
a development that put the
Devendra Fadnavis
Government on the defensive.
Tuesday’s bandh
was restricted to areas outside
the Mumbai Metropolitan
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L eaving no room for a pos-
sible reconciliation with his
party’s senior ally ahead of the
2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shiv
Sena president Uddhav
Thackeray on Tuesday spewed
more venom at the BJP, saying
that “the 2014 poll mandate
was not a mistake on the part
of the people but a fraud com-
mitted on the voters of the
country”.
Within days after BJP’s
national president Amit Shah
exhorted his party workers to
prepare themselves to go it
alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha
and Assembly polls in the
State, Thackeray revealed that
his party decided to share
power with the BJP in the
State out of sheer helplessness
and expressed confidence that
his party would come to power
in future on its own strength.
In the second installment
of a three-part interview pub-
lished in the Sena’s official
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Region (MMR).
With the Maratha Kranti
Morcha (MKM) having called
a similar shutdown in Mumbai,
neighbouring Thane, Palghar
and Raigad districts on
Wednesday, the Maharashtra
Government will have anoth-
er trying day.
Talking to media persons
after MKM’s coordination
committee meeting, its con-
venor for Mumbai Virendra
Pawar said: “Mumbai, Thane,
Navi Mumbai, Palghar and
Raigad will observe bandh
tomorrow. Tomorrow, schools
and colleges will remain open.
Milk distribution and essential
services have been exempted
from the bandh. I appeal agi-
tators to take precautions to
ensure against any untoward
incident during tomorrow’s
bandh”.
In a day of multiple devel-
opments, the deceased youth
Shinde’s final rites were per-
formed in his native Kaigaon
Toka village near Aurangabad
on Tuesday morning. His
mouth-piece “Saamana”,
Thackeray questioned the very
2014 Lok Sabha poll mandate,
when he said he did not agree
that it was a mistake on the part
of the people to have voted BJP
to power, but it was a “fraud”
on the people in the country.
Asked if the 2014 mandate
was a “mistake”, Thackeray
said: “No. I do not think so. It
was in fact a fraud on the peo-
ple..... We would have been left
shouting on the road, had we
not shared power with the BJP.
Because, the BJP went onto
capture power in State after
State by poaching elected rep-
resentatives from other parties
and it would have formed a
Government in our State on its
own as well by poaching into
parties like the Congress and
NCP. I decided to give some
experience to our people in
administration to my people
(by joining the Government)”.
Indirectly accusing the BJP
of making excessive use of
money to win elections and
younger brother Avinash
Shinde lit the funeral pyre. The
Maharashtra Government
announced an ex-gratia of C10
lakh to the bereaved family and
offered a job to Shinde’s
younger brother.
A police constable Shyam
Katgaonkar, who was on ban-
dobast duty at Kaigaon Toka,
died of a heart attack, while
Shiv Sena’s MP Chandrakant
Khaire and Congress MLC
Subhash Zambad were man-
handled when he came to
attend Shinde’s funeral at
Kaigaon village.
As many as four youths
attempted suicides were report-
ed from across the State. Two
youngsters Jayant Sonavne and
Jagannath Sonavne tried to
commit suicide by jumping
into a river and consuming poi-
son respectively. Both were
admitted to the hospital. In
Beed, two youths tried to end
their lives by jumping from the
terrace of the Tehsildar's office,
but they were prevented from
doing so by the police.
capture power, Thackeray said:
“If we had known, we would
have also amassed so much of
money. We would like to ask
these people as to from where
they get so much of money (to
spend on elections). My father
and the late Sena chief disap-
proved this kind of democra-
cy... Hence the democracy that
is bought through money is not
democracy (lokshahi) but it is
thailishahi (democracy of
money bags)”.
Reiterating his opposition
to the use of Electronic Voting
Machines (EVMs) in polls,
Thackeray said: “There is con-
tinued suspicion about EVMs.
Can the EVMs be managed?
Whether EVMs can be man-
aged or not, but I had spoken
about it during the recent grad-
uates’ election. In that election,
ballot papers were used. In the
elections held using ballot
papers, we would know at
some stage later that which way
a particular vote went. But in
an EVM, once the button is
pressed, light gets ignited. But,
we would not get to know to
whom vote got registered.”
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Near the Kaigaon Toka
bridge from where Shinde had
taken a plunge into the
Godavari river during the
course of an agitation demand-
ing reservations for Marathas,
the protesters set a fire brigade
vehicle on fire.
In continuation of the
protests witnessed after the
suicide by Shinde, the agitators
took out processions in north,
western Maharashtra and
Marathwada demanding reser-
vations to Maratha communi-
ty members in jobs and edu-
cation.
As part of Tuesday’s
protests, the activists blocked
roads in Aurangabad,
Osmanabad and Pune, while
they damaged a bus, a truck at
Aurangabad, a police van at
Hingoli and at least five State-
run buses at Kolhapur The
protesters hurled stones and
damaged several private vehi-
cles, while they staged a “rail
rook” for half an at Parbhani
railway stations.
Road transportation was
badly affected at several other
places across the state. While
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T he story of a 40-year-old
woman from southern city
of Mysuru who was found in
Shimla in Himachal Pradesh is
heart-rending. After local
papers reported about her, the
Government of Karnataka has
decided to bring her back to
Mysuru to unite her with her
parents.
40-year-old Saraswathi
went missing two years back
and landed in Shimla. She
doesn’t recollect how she went
there but she was admitted to
Himachal Hospital of Mental
Health and Rehabilitation in
Shimla for treatment in June
2016. According to reports,
the lady came in search of a job
to Bengaluru but went missing
and reached Kangra in HP.
Later she was admitted to hos-
pital by local population. For
two years she was there with-
out any connect with her fam-
ily as none found out about her
background as she knew only
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the protesters resorted to block-
ades along the Mumbai-Agra
National Highway in Nashik,
they staged protests in districts
of Akola, Nandurbar, Nanded,
Jalgaon, Parbhani, Kolhapur,
Osmanabad, Ahmednagar,
Jalna, and Yavatmal. They also
set tyres on fire on roads in
Nashik, Hingoli.
As a precautionary mea-
sure, the state transport author-
ities suspended services at
Aurangabad, Osmanabad and
Nanded, thus stranding thou-
sands of passengers in the
rural areas. In Nagpur, the agi-
tators took out a procession
pressing for reservations and
other demands.
Not wanting to take any
chances, the authorities sus-
pended Internet services in
Aurangabad, while schools and
colleges remained closed in
Nanded, Osmanabad and cer-
tain other places.
Meanwhile, MKM’s
Maharashtra convenor
Ravindra Patil demanded that
Shinde be declared as a martyr,
his family be paid C50 lakh as
compensation and to stay the
Kannada. Local papers wrote
about her and Karnataka Chief
Minister Kumaraswamy
responded immediately asking
officers to bring her back to
unite her with her parents.
A communiqué issued by
HB Dinesh, media secretary to
Chief Minister, the
Government has directed the
Mysuru DC to make necessary
arrangements to bring her back
to Mysuru. "Chief Minister HD
Kumaraswamy on being alert-
ed about the stranded woman
directed Mysuru Deputy
Commissioner Abhiram G
Shankar to make necessary
arrangements to bring her back
to the state," a statement from
the Chief Minister's office said.
The local media had
reported that Saraswathi, 40,
from Makanahalli village in
Mysuru district, went missing
two years ago when she came
to Bengaluru to work in a gar-
ment factory. She reportedly
reached Himachal Pradesh's
Kangra and was later admitted
to the Himachal Hospital of
Mental Health and
Rehabilitation in Shimla for
treatment in June 2016.
"She could not contact her
family facing language issues in
Himachal and was unable to
recall how she reached there,"
the statement added.
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president Jayanti Bhanushali
was summoned on Tuesday to
appear before the police and
record his statement. The sum-
mons to Bhanushali has been
issued under Section 160 of the
CrPC filed against him in
Sarthana police station of Surat.
The former BJP legislator from
Kutch district is absconding. A
week ago a 21-year-old woman
had lodged an FIR with Surat
police against the BJP leader
under various sections of IPC,
including charges of a public
servant committing rape, crim-
inal intimidation, cheating,
forgery and wrongful confine-
ment. Incidentally, some of
the videos showing Bhanushali
in compromising position went
viral on social media.
After allegations against
him, Bhanushali had resigned
as state BJP vice-president.
After tendering resignation to
state BJP president, he said that
he wouldn’t take any position
in the party till he would prove
innocent in the case.
Meanwhile, another former
legislator from Kutch Chhabil
Patel’ name has come in the
case. Patel came in saffron fold
from Congress party ahead of
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a ‘Hindu First’ nation after 2019?
This is a futuristic debate political-
ly well timed to trigger fear mon-
gering ahead of the 2019 General
Election. I have often written that the forth-
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coming election will be motivated by fear more
than hope, as this prelude suggests, building
up to a crescendo of what is expected to be one
of the most communally divisive and person-
ally vitriolic campaigns in post-Independent
India. Let’s put both these labels of a ‘Hindu
Pakistan’ or a ‘Hindu First’ nation down to just
a play with words. Words, which politicians
stituents, and intellectuals use, but the man on
the street is oblivious of. Because overdone
clichés like ‘secularism’, ‘plurality’ and ‘inclu-
sion’ are confined to television debates, full of
sound and fury, signifying little.
Alwar lynching is a reflection of Narendra
Modi’s New India, where humanity is
replaced with hatred.
—Congress president
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So here we go again with Congress’s
Shashi Tharoor igniting the flames of commu-
Plenty, when people flourish, they prioritise
abundance over conjured schisms.
subsequently looked for an alternative in
regional parties instead of remaining loyal only
of discriminilisation against Arab citizens.
Hindus resentful of being relegated to sec-
and Rajiv Gandhi who, thereafter, pursued the
policy of Muslim appeasement by offering
variation, or repeal’.”
A ‘Hindu First’ nation is an idea long over-
nal apartheid in what could someday turn into The bottom line is that while Muslims con- to the Congress. ond class citizens over 60 years of Congress rule minorities reservations and legislating a due, and whose time has emotionally arrived.
a self-fulfilling prophecy: “If the BJP is voted stitute 14.2 per cent of the population, it is the Coming to the Hindu mindset, unambigu- feel their time has finally come, and that the misogynist law that went against the SC ver- This is no longer a ‘fringe fantasy’, but has
back to office, they would change the Hindus who comprise 78.8 per cent of the elec- ously even the most liberal and secular will of the majority must eventually prevail, dict in the Shah Bano case in 1986. That was turned a mainstream aspiration today. Sense
Constitution to make India a Hindu Pakistan.” torate, and who form the core vote-bank of the amongst the majority community desires a even if it means resorting to Constitutional one of the biggest historic blunders of the frenzied call to unify in the messaging of
And his conjecture is possibly right that only ruling BJP. Clearly, Hindus will be Hindus at restoration of cultural supremacy within his amendments as mooted by RSS ideologues. Congress in catering to Islamic orthodoxy and rabid organisations like the Hindu Janajagruti
a lack of two-thirds majority in Rajya Sabha heart. And equally, Muslims will remain own country. There may be little numerical evi- If the BJP-RSS idea of a Hindu Rashtra is thereby being labelled as a party which was Samiti: “Oh Devout Hindus! Due to a ‘secu-
prevented the party from doing so. Thereafter Muslims at heart, despite the BJP’s fighting for dence to back this feeling, but there seems to to replicate a “mirror image of Pakistan where pro- Muslim men only. Today, the reality is that lar’ democracy, the state of the society, nation
ensued a riveting Twitter-riot in the virtual gender-justice for Muslim women, supporting be a greater acceptability than ever to the idea minorities are subordinated to the dominant even moderate Hindus fear the Congress, the and Dharma is on the decline. A Hindu Nation
reservations or implementing progressive of “What is so wrong with a Hindu Rashtra?” religion”, I stick my neck on the block that even Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the is the need of the hour as the only solution to
Hindu Rashtra with a ‘Why not?’ attitude. social reform bills. Because, their historic bias as the silence of the passive Hindu grows into the most fierce antagonist amongst Hindus Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Trinamool the problems of Hindus.”
Spearheaded by die-hards, the hashtag trend- against kafirs trumps any measures taken to a collective clamour sensed in tweets, Facebook opposed to Modi will remain loyal to the idea Congress precisely because they prioritise However, politically the time for a ‘Hindu
ed i#IamHindu, with sentiments like “I am liberate the community from regressive per- posts, and WhatsApp forwards. of a ‘Hindus First’ nation. Because countries ‘minorities first’ because they are the biggest First’ nation may just have lapsed and eluded
Hindu, my temples destroyed, history distort- sonal laws. This tweet encapsulates my While rebuilding the Ram mandir is a that are not theocratic states reject the idea of beneficiaries of their votes. India’s destiny, as 2019 is expected to throw
ed, my Gods defamed, millions brutally killed. assumption: “Dear PM Modi, please don’t try symbolic sentiment of setting right historic invaders, refugees or Islamic minorities domi- RSS ideologues believe, “We the people of up a fractured verdict, despite BJP returning
Don’t insult my faith. Don’t defame my Gods.” to win the support of #Muslim women. We injustices, revision of the constitution is a deep ciled in their host countries dictating govern- India can change what we gave ourselves in as the single largest party. Modi achieved a his-
What is missing in the Congress and the
thus far ‘disunited Opposition front’ is their abil-
don’t need you or your Sangh to rescue us.”
For the beleaguered community to depend
felt desire of Hindus who regretted the deci-
sion of our founding fathers in subjugating the
ment policies within their homeland in pref-
erence to a ‘natives first’ policy.
1950,” as so far there have been 101 amend-
ments to the Constitution, some of them under
toric mandate in 2014 because he promised to
deliver economic prosperity.
ity to craft precision strikes at their bête noire, only on the Congress that has flip-flopped back rights of the majority community, or placing To elucidate this a bit further, when very questionable circumstances, as in the case The vital question 10 months before the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thereby skirt- to soft Hindutva to win back Hindu votes they the rights of the minority on par with Hindus. Jinnah succeeded in partitioning India on the of the 42nd amendment Act of 1976, called a next General Election is this: Is the BJP’s core
ing real issues of voter concern and governance lost since 1986 is a travesty of faith, and leaves While this discourse is unending, and not a premise that Indian Muslims cannot live in “mini-Constitution” or the “Constitution of voter willing to reaffirm his mandate for the
deficits of the BJP. To challenge Modi through them politically orphaned. Even the Sachar new one, it has gained traction for three rea- subjugation to the majority Hindu communi- Indira”. So, what was man-made, man can cer- BJP in the hope that Modi 2.0 will succeed in
manufactured controversies like birthing a Committee, constituted by former Prime sons: Hindus were emboldened after Modi’s ty, it was logical to assume an en mass migra- tainly change. The Constitution was amend- bringing India closer to becoming a Hindu
future Hindu Pakistan, is handing over the Minister Manmohan Singh way back in 2005, ascension; growing Islamophobia is a global tion of the minority community to the newly- ed on grounds that it was responsive to the vox nation? A mature democracy must judge for
political narrative on a platter to the RSS and provided evidence of how Muslims fared poor- phenomenon; and the increasing insurgency formed nation of Pakistan. “The mass populi, the aspirations of the people, and itself and give more weightage to a party or a
the BJP as messiahs of the majority communi- ly on all human development indicators, and in Muslim-majority Kashmir. Echoes of exchange of population was duly endorsed by reflected the realities of the contemporary political formation which is better placed to
ty. That only helps keep the communal caul- continued to be excluded from mainstream majoritarian assertion are reflected across the independence activists of that time, while those times. “And those amendments could not be deliver long-term economic progress and
dron simmering, allowing religious polarisation development indicators. The community has globe, with Israel’s Parliament just this week 35 million Muslims voluntarily choosing to questioned in any court, and further, that there corruption-free governance in preference to
to take precedence over economic well-being. long resented being treated as a pliant herd adopting a law defining the country as the reside in India would do so with visas.” could be no limitation on Parliament’s power parochial issues.
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when making statements like ‘an end to beef eating will
help stop lynching’ at a time when the Sangh is trying to
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the industry is making excessive profits, India, and unlike medicines, falls under the all States need to work in conso- these new political formations had post 2019 parliamentary election,
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there would be no harm if the Government exclusive legislative domain of the States. nance and also think alike. a number of regional parties play- Mamata Banerjee seems to be the
moved ‘a part of the industry’s cheese’. Therefore, to regulate the price of services Recently, a no-confidence ing significant roles in survival and best option to lead the nation 7KH1'$WRRLVIDFHGZLWKDGDXQWLQJWDVNWRNHHSLWVIORFNWRJHWKHU
ensure all communities understand the inclusive aspects
of its worldview. Mob lynchings of suspected beef smug-
glers is on the rise. The need is to calm passions.
To be fair to the Government, the cost
of medicines and medical devices is an
obstacle to ensure access to them. Some
estimates suggest that the cost of healthcare
can sometimes go up to 40 per cent of a
prices of medicines and medical devices
depending on whether the product has been
given by healthcare providers, all Indian
States will have to pass their own legislation.
In case of Karnataka, such a proposal was
met with widespread protest and shutdowns
by doctors and hospitals and had to be
motion against the Union
Government was moved by the
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the
Lok Sabha over its unhapiness at
Andhra Pradesh not being granted
failure of the Governments.
The emergence of regional par-
ties as major centres of power in
India’s political, economic and social
structure had been one of the most
towards a positive change. Akhilesh DQGJHWQHZIULHQGV7KRXJKLWJDLQHGWKHVXSSRUWRIWKH-DQDWD'DO8QLWHG
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family’s income. This estimate is significant identified as ‘essential’ or non-essential’. rolled back. Similarly, in West Bengal, a sim- Special Category status. This inci- important developments in the itics? The litmus test is that these under then Prime Minister Atal politicians. Also, since the discussion SXOOHGRXWRILWVDOOLDQFHZLWKWKH3HRSOHV'HPRFUDWLF3DUW\3'3*RYHUQPHQW
as roughly 30 per cent of the Indian pop- Under the ‘essential categor y’, the ilar proposal has not made any progress for dent reinstated a debate on the need country’s post-Independent history. leaders should have been exposed Bihari Vajpayee. He has been the is restricted to the regional parties, LQ-DPPX .DVKPLU3DUW\PDQDJHUVH[SHFWHGWRJHWDERXWYRWHVPXFK
ulation lives below the poverty line. Government fixes price based on an aver- more than a year. In the opinion of the writ- for a uniform development of India Now, as the 2019 General Election to pan-India complexities in their Chief Minister for three consecutive Congress president Rahul Gandhi is EH\RQGWKH1'$VWUHQJWKLQWKH+RXVHEXWJRWYRWHVOHVVGHVSLWH
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First, a big chunk of the cost of healthcare product sold in the market under different ulation by the industry as well as the ratio- 2019 Lok Sabha election on the hori- to play a pivotal role in influencing Here, Prime Minister Narendra political family with good education- The country today needs to shift
includes costs paid to the medical practi-
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ie the hospital. Second, the reason why
PRVWRIKLVVRMRXUQWRWKH$IULFDQFRQWLQHQW healthcare in India is so expensive for the
poor man’s pocket is because the
cPZTbPaTWXVWPb?aX\T<X]XbcTa=PaT]SaP<^SXQTVP]WXbUXeTSPhcWaTT Government does not want to foot the bill
]PcX^]c^da^U0UaXRP^]<^]SPhCWTeXbXcR^\TbPcPcX\TfWT]cWTaT itself. India till date does not have a
XbPSTR[X]TX]caPSTP]SX]eTbc\T]cX]cWTR^]cX]T]c]^cc^\T]cX^]hTPab Government health programme that can
ensure free healthcare to its citizens. Sri
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Lanka, on the other hand, has been offer-
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all its citizens since its Independence.
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Having said that, one must not turn a
VXRST_cWCWXbWPbU^acd]PcT[hR^\_T[[TS8]SXPc^UPRX[XcPcTPR^\_aTWT] blind eye to the reality. It is undeniable that
bXeTT]VPVT\T]cfXcWcWTR^]cX]T]cP]SP[b^T]cTaX]c^XcbU^dacW_WPbT^U lowering the cost of drugs would improve
UaXT]SbWX_fXcW0UaXRPcWTUXabc8]SXP0UaXRP5^ad\Bd\\XcWPeX]VcPZT]_[PRT access to affordable healthcare. In fact, even
brands by various manufacturers. Prices,
once fixed cannot be increased except in
accordance with annual inflation or, in
exceptional cases, on merit. Under ‘non-
essential category’, the Government has
capped the percentage by which prices can
be increased year after year. At present, the
percentage cap is 10 per cent.
One need not look too far to determine
whether price controls improve access to
healthcare. Government data indicates
that the price control regime has been more
of a failure than a success in improving
access to medicine. The National
Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA),
which is tasked with the administration of
nalisation of trade margins and not heavy-
handed price regulation by the Government.
When the NPPA recently warned the
manufacturers of syringes and needles about
excessive profits being made by its distrib-
ution channel, the concerned manufactur-
ers acted earnestly and voluntarily decided
to put a cap on the trade margins given to
its distribution channel. On the other hand,
when NPPA decided to fix price of the coro-
nary stent in a heavy-handed manner by rely-
ing on grounds such as public interest and
extraordinary circumstances, the common
man lost out on high quality and advanced
stents because the manufacturers and
importers of these stents found it econom-
zon, political parties are already feel-
ing the pressure to fasten their seat
belts and prep up to face the poll in
a rather democratically fluid envi-
ronment. This further gets accentu-
ated by the consolidation of region-
al parties under the umbrella of a
loosely held, fragile and informal
mahagathbandhan.
At this point in time, one can
only speculate and try to analyse the
general impression and political
perception prevailing all around.
Only time will tell whether the
coming together of regional parties
to form a Government at the
the formation of the next Union
Government.
It is even (remotely) possible
that India’s next General Election
will produce a “third front” (anti-BJP
grand alliance) Government head-
ed by the leader of a regional party.
Question arises whether regional
parties can actually offer a compe-
tent leadership at the Centre.
Sceptics are of the view that these
parties at the State level or even a
mahagathbandhan lack the charis-
ma and a competent leadership to
take on the formidable stronghold
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi is an exception, who although
remaining confined largely to the
political and administrative exposure
in the State of Gujarat, offered
tremendous pan-India leadership.
He achieved unprecedented interna-
tional recognition with his larger-
than-life image. Modi has even
been ranked among the 10 most
influential people in the world by
Forbes.
But do we have a parallel or a
better alternative leadership emanat-
ing from the regional parties today?
Certainly, political arithmetics and
strategies can determine the leader-
C7418664BC al background.
Other names that resonate in the
270;;4=648BC> mind as State level leaders include
27>>B40 Nitish Kumar, leader of Janata Dal
(United) (JD(U)) and Chief Minister
;4034AF7> of Bihar since 2017 and Mamata
Banerjee, leader and founder of All
20=BC44A8=380 India Trinamool Congress (AITMC)
and presently the West Bengal Chief
Minister. Nitish Kumar served as the
<0CDA40=3 Bihar Chief Minister from 2005 to
2014 and 2015 to 2017. He was also
CA0=B?0A4=C the Union Minister for Railways,
Minister for Surface Transport and
34<>2A02H Minister of agriculture in the NDA
10B43>= Government of Vajpayee. He was
its focus on a competent leadership
to match the robust captaincy of
Narendra Modi if the NDA is not
able to again form the Government
in 2019 (though chances are remote
as there seems a very high possibil-
ity of a second term for the Modi
Government).
The issue is who can bring about
inclusive economic, social and polit-
ical growth of today’s vision of New
India. We need to revisit our percep-
tion that regional leadership cannot
lead the country effectively. In the
past also, we have seen Prime
Ministers from small parties in
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M aruti-Suzuki India
Limited, the country’s
largest carmaker, on
Wednesday showcased their
new telematics offering to cus-
tomers called ‘Suzuki Connect’
which is available to all cus-
tomers of vehicles sold through
MSIL’s Nexa channel.
The solution which
involves a ‘tamper-proof ’
telematics control unit (TCU)
inside the vehicle will be avail-
able for C9,999, inclusive of all
costs and taxes for three years
starting Tuesday. Speaking at
the launch, RS Kalsi, Senior
Executive Director, Marketing
and Sales, MSIL, said that the
opportunity for telematics is
huge in India. “Globally, the
telematics industry has been
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T he Reserve Bank has “wide-
ranging and comprehen-
sive” powers to address various
situations in banks, the
Government said on Tuesday
against the backdrop of RBI
Governor Urjit Patel seeking
more powers to deal with the
problem of bad loans at public
sector banks.
Listing out RBI’s powers to
deal with banks, Minister of
State for Finance Shiv Pratap
Shukla said the central bank
can inspect the lenders, exam-
ine on oath any officer, direct
special audit and give direc-
tions to banks. Also, whole-
time directors of nationalised
banks and State Bank of India
are appointed in consultation
with the RBI, he said in a writ-
ten reply in the Rajya Sabha.
“... the powers of RBI are
wide-ranging and comprehen-
sive to deal with various situ-
ations that may emerge in all
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growing at 18 per cent annually
and is currently estimated at
$55 billion (C38,000 crore) and
expected to grow to $103 bil-
lion by 2022. Technology is one
of the pillars on which we
have built our Nexa brand and
this offering reinforces that.”
Explaining how the system
works, CV Raman, Executive
Director, Engineering, MSIL
said that the TCU will monitor
several parameters of the car
which would then be trans-
mitted over a ‘secure and
encrypted’ system to the
owner’s smartphone through a
‘Suzuki Connect’ application
that is available on both Apple’s
AppStore and Google’s Play
Store.
“The owner can establish
all sorts of parameters through
his or her phone and can get
banks, including public sector
banks,” he said.
RBI Governor Urjit Patel in
his presentation before the
Parliamentar y Standing
Committee on Finance had
last month (rpt) month pitched
for more powers saying that the
central bank has “inadequate”
control over State-owned
lenders. Replying to another
question on whether less
money was being put in ATMs
after the demonetisation,
Shukla replied in the negative.
RBI has informed that the
total amount of Notes in
Circulation (NIC) as on July 18,
2018 was C19.28 lakh crore as
compared to C17.74 lakh crore
as on November 4, 2016, he
said. “RBI has ensured ade-
quate supply of notes to meet
the cash requirement of public
and the currency supply is
monitored continuously to
ensure distribution of ade-
quate currency to various parts
of the country,” he said.
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alerts when the car goes outside
a defined area, what we call
‘geofencing’ and even over-
speed alerts”, Raman said. Users
will also be able to track their
car live, which Maruti officials
argued can be used to monitor
drivers when they are taking a
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A parliamentary panel has
asked the Government to
frame strong guidelines for
giving exemptions to estab-
lishments for managing prov-
ident funds of their employees
through trusts with a view to
keeping a check on misuse of
such funds.
There were no clear guide-
lines for such exempted estab-
lishments to keep unclaimed
deposits and some of them
could be using them as their
working capital, the panel said
in a report that was tabled in
Parliament on Tuesday.
The 31-member commit-
tee headed by Lok Sabha mem-
ber Kirit Somaiya found that as
many as 118 establishments
had total corpus of less than C
crore and the last return filed
by them dates back to 2014 and
2015.
The committee feels that
these establishments may not
have taken any steps to bene-
fit their subscribers, said the
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child to school or a senior
member of your family.
The information from the
vehicle can be shared on up to
five devices. In case of an acci-
dent where the airbags deploy,
the app will instantly send an
alert to all the devices with the
location of the incident as well
as alert the MSIL Call Centre
which will contact the nearest
Maruti-Suzuki service station
for assistance.
The ‘Suzuki Connect’ solu-
tion will also be useful to mon-
itor your driving habits and
styles and will rate every drive.
In addition to that, the system
will also monitor car metrics,
giving advance notice of nec-
essary services and warning if
any component needs urgent
replacement.
However, Raman clarified
that the data is secure and held
with MSIL on their servers as
well as undergoing intensive
testing as the product was
developed in-house. “We have
intensively tested the product
driving over one million kilo-
report. “Strong guidelines for
grant of exemption may be
made which make it mandato-
ry to take into account past per-
formance, net worth, group
performance as well as mini-
mum strength of workers, col-
lections, contributions and cor-
pus of the company/establish-
ment,” it said.
The committee said there
were hardly any compliance
audit conducted by EPFO to
check misuse of funds and
audit mechanism gained
momentum after the panel
intervened. “Hence the com-
mittee feels that some of the
exempted establishments could
be using the unclaimed
deposits as their working cap-
ital.
“They (the committee)
therefore desires that such pos-
sibilities should be considered
while framing the guidelines
and stringent penalty may be
prescribed in order to deter the
exempted establishment from
carrying out such illegal activ-
ities,” the report said.
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New Delhi: Embattled liquor
baron Vijay Mallya, the main
accused in a C9,000 crore
alleged bank fraud case, is
understood to have sounded
out to Indian authorities that he
was willing to come back home
to face the law, official sources
said today.
Mallya, who is contesting
in a London court the Indian
government's action for extra-
dition, is said to have sent feel-
ers to authorities that he would
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metres in 42 cities.”
While telematics have
become very popular with large
commercial fleets of trucks
and buses, its adoption has
been limited in the private
space. Several automakers have
released applications with ser-
vice reminders and even maps
software, however, Maruti is
the first non-luxury manufac-
turer to introduce a telematics
option in India.
Mapping services compa-
ny MapMyIndia did launch a
telematics solution last year
called ‘DriveMate.’ However,
adoption of the service has
been slow. Kalsi believes that
the telematics market can grow
at 25 per cent annually in
India over the next few years
and that an affordable service
like this will help popularise the
concept.
Raman added that as a
dealer option, fitting the TCU
will take just 30-40 minutes for
most Nexa cars and it can be
retrofitted on existing vehicles
as well.
In its reply to the panel, the
Government said legal provi-
sions are already present in the
law which deters organisations
from utilising unclaimed
amounts of the employees as
the working capital.
No such incident has been
reported from field offices,
government said in the reply.
Among others, the panel
has asked the Government to
revise the surcharge levied
upon trusts who fail to invest
the provident fund as per rules
notified by the government as
well as to conduct regular
inspection.
An organisation is slapped
with such a penalty if it devi-
ates from the set investment
patten three times, and if it is
still found to be indulging in
same activities, the exemp-
tions from EPFO is cancelled.
“From the list of 317 such
establishments, on whose
Board of Trustees
(BoTs) surcharge was
levied, the committee observes
that most of them were closed.
like to join the legal process in
India and contest the recent
action against him under the
Fugitive Economic Offender
Ordinance.
Under this recently pro-
mulgated ordinance, the gov-
ernment can immediately con-
fiscate all linked properties of
Mallya in the country and
abroad.
However, top sources in
investigative agencies said the
final contours of the move are
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E xtending Monday’s rally,
the benchmark BSE Sensex
jumped over 150 points to
record a new high of 36,869.34
in early trade on Tuesday on
strong Asian cues amid buying
by domestic institutional
investors (DIIs).
The market rally was dri-
ven by strong activity on the
metal, oil and gas, PSU, infra-
structure, banking, FMCG and
capital goods counters, rising
up to 0.88 per cent.
The 30-share BSE index
spurted by 150.74 points, or
0.41 per cent, to hit a new high
of 36,869.34, surpassing its
previous record of 36,749.69
clocked on Monday.
The gauge has gained
367.37 points in the past two
sessions.
The 50-share NSE Nifty
also rose 41.15 points, or 0.37
per cent, to 11,125.90.
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Ahmedabad: The ongoing
nation-wide truckers’ strike
has adversely affected Gujarat’s
textiles, pharmaceuticals,
chemical and ceramic industry,
especially with exporters find-
ing it hard to comply with
orders, industry representa-
tives said. Industry bodies have
also appealed to the Centre to
end the strike as local industries
are being affected due to diffi-
culty in movement of finished
goods and raw materials, with
many units stopping produc-
tion and laying off workers.
The indefinite strike, called
under an umbrella body of All
India Motor Transport
Congress with a slew of
demands, including reduction
of diesel prices, enters its fifth
day on Tuesday.
“Movement of raw materi-
als and finished goods have got
hit. Export orders expiring,
which is affecting our prestige
in the international markets,”
president of Gujarat Chamber
of Commerce and Industry,
Shailesh Patwari said. PTI
still not clear as they refused to
divulge more details.
A special Prevention of
Money Laundering Act court
in Mumbai had last month
issued summons to the belea-
guered businessman to appear
before it on August 27 on the
Enforcement Directorate's plea
seeking action against him
under the Fugitive Economic
Offenders Ordinance in the
over C9,000 crore bank fraud
case. PTI
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Major gainers include
Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors,
HUL, M&M, Tata Steel, Adani
Ports, L&T, ICICI Bank, Coal
India, IndusInd Bank, HDFC
Bank, Infosys, Power Grid,
Kotak Bank, SBI, Asian Paints,
HDFC, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma
and ITC, rising up to 1.42 per
cent.
Foreign portfolio investors
(FPIs) bought shares worth a
net of C259.37 crore and DIIs
bought shares worth a net of
C124.82 crore on Monday, pro-
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dropped by 8 paise to close
at 68.94 against the US cur-
rency, extending its fall for a
second straight day due to sus-
tained dollar demand from
importers even as local equities
hit a record high.
The rupee plunged below
the 69 mark in early session to
trade near its all-time low lev-
els due to overnight gains in the
dollar against global currencies.
However, local unit
regained some lost ground
towards the tail-end as overall
trading mode turned little pos-
itive after the dollar lost
strength against the euro,
pound and safe haven Japanese
yen. The dollar index was
down 0.16 per cent at 94.48
against overnight levels of
94.84. Domestic forex senti-
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said positive cues from other
Asian markets and sustained
foreign capital inflows, influ-
enced sentiments here.
Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.60
per cent, Shanghai Composite
Index 1.59 per cent and Hong
Kong’s Hang Seng 1.50 per cent
in early trade.
The US Dow Jones
Industrial Average ended 0.06
per cent lower on Monday
and Nasdaq closed up 0.28 per
cent.
ment also remained shaky due
to ongoing tensions between
the US and other global
economies, a dealer said.
Currency traders also
reacted negatively to com-
ments by President Trump on
EU and China for manipulat-
ing their currencies and keep-
ing interest rates lower, raising
concerns that the current glob-
al trade tensions could be fol-
lowed by a currency war.
Most Asian peers were also
trading weaker against the
greenback. On the energy front,
crude prices trade little changed
as rising tension between the
US and Iran highlighted risks to
supply. The benchmark Brent
was trading 20 cents up at
$73.26 a barrel. The rupee
resumed sharply lower at 68.96
compared to 68.86 previously at
the Interbank Foreign Exchange
market.
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C ost of travelling is likely to
rise sharply in 2019 global-
ly, with hotel prices expected to
go up by 3.7 per cent and airfares
by 2.6 per cent, driven by grow-
ing economy and rising oil
prices, a report said on Tuesday.
“Prices are expected to spike
in many global markets even as
inflation remains subdued,” said
Kurt Ekert, president and chief
executive officer, Carlson
Wagonlit Travel (CWT). The
fifth annual global travel fore-
cast, published by CWT and
Global Business Travel
Association, with the support of
the Carlson Family Foundation,
said airfares are likely to become
more costly due to rising oil
prices, the competitive pressure
from the shortage of pilots,
potential trade wars, and
increasing fare segmentation to
improve yield.
The projections in the
report are based on transaction
data from CWT’s global client
portfolio, including anonymised
client travel patterns, over the
past seven years. It also includes
key macroeconomic and per-
country indicators, such as cur-
rent and expected GDP growth,
the consumer price index,
unemployment rates and crude
oil prices. Airfares are likely to
rise by 3.2 per cent in Asia
Pacific next year, including 3.9
per cent in China, 7.5 per cent
in New Zealand and 7.3 per cent
in India, it said. “We expect
robust private consumption to
continue to drive strong growth
in India, despite the impact of
demonetisation and the imple-
mentation of the goods and ser-
vices tax beginning to fade,” the
report said. The only exception
in this region according to the
report is Japan, where prices are
likely drop 3.9 per cent due to
the country’s added capacity in
preparation for the Olympic
Games in 2020. In western
Europe, the airfares are likely to
rise by 4.8 per cent, with the
increase pronounced in coun-
tries like Norway (11.5 per
cent), Germany (7.3 per cent),
France (6.9 per cent) and Spain
(6.7 per cent). Eastern Europe
and the Middle East and African
countries, on the other hand, will
experience a decline of 2.3 per
cent and 2 per cent, respective-
ly. Meanwhile, the hotel outlook
for the next year is driven by the
overall increase in air travel,
which will fuel demand for
rooms. In Asia Pacific, hotel
prices are likely to rise by 5.1 per
cent, with New Zealand clock-
ing a 11.8 per cent rise.
However, in Japan, prices
are expected to fall by 3.2 per
cent in 2019. For ground trans-
portation, including on-
demand, shared, electric, and
connected cars, rates are likely
to stay flat in the Asia Pacific.
New Zealand is expected to
whiteness a 4 per centrise, while
in India, the rates will go up by
2.7 per cent and Australia by 2.4
per cent. Prices in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa are also
expected to remain flat overall.
However, countries like
Finland, France, Germany, Italy
and Spain are expected to see
over 4 per cent rise in cost of
ground transportation, while
Denmark and the UK may wit-
ness 3 per cent and 2 per cent
rise, respectively.
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C ountry’s largest carmaker Maruti
Suzuki India (MSI) is on track
to meet BS VI emission norms,
which will come into effect from
April 2020, a top company executive
said on Tuesday.
MSI, which on Tuesday
launched telematics solution ‘Suzuki
Connect’ for its Nexa customers,
said its engineers are ‘working
round the clock to make its models
conform’ to the new emission
norms. Also, the models are being
upgraded to meet new safety regu-
lations that will kick in from next
year. “On BS VI emission norms we
are on track. We will definitely
have vehicles as per the schedule of
April 2020. Time is limited but we
are making all efforts to meet BS VI
emission norms. Our people are
almost working round the clock,”
MSI senior executive director
(Engineering) CV Raman told PTI.
On company’s strategy regard-
ing the upcoming safety rules, he
said already MSI’s nine models con-
form to offset and side impact
mandate as well as pedestrian pro-
tection, which are yet to be notified.
“So, we are already on course.
We will meet all the norms for all the
models before the deadline,” Raman
said. New safety regulations for
existing models will kick in from
October 2019. When asked about
the company’s investments on R&D
centre at Rohtak, Haryana, Raman
said out of the total outlay of C4,000
crore, C2,300 crore has been invest-
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Suzuki Connect, he said the service
would be available as an option that
can be installed by customers in
their cars across Nexa premium
retail network in the country.
The solution offers features like
emergency alerts, vehicle tracking,
driving behaviour analysis, among
others. “A nationwide extensive
study was conducted to understand
the challenges that Indian car own-
ers face daily and their expectations
from these solutions,” MSI Senior
Executive Director Marketing and
Sales RS Kalsi said.
Raman said the telematics solu-
tion has been developed by Suzuki
and Maruti specifically for Indian
market and can be fitted in existing
Nexa cars as well. By end of this year,
the company would also start offer-
ing the solution to vehicles that are
sold under Arena network.
Nexa customers would have to
shell out an extra C9,999 for three-
year subscription to avail the service.
MSI sells models like S-Cross,
Baleno, Ignis and Ciaz from Nexa
retail channel while Dzire, Swift,
Brezza and the rest from the Arena
network.
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New Delhi: Chinese telecom firm Huawei’s sub-brand Honor said today that it
is looking to garnet 10 per cent market share in India within three years to be among
the top three players in the country. As per Counterpoint Research, Honor had 3.4
per cent market share in the March quarter this year, up from 1.4 per cent in the year-
ago period, putting it among the top five in the Indian smartphone market. “We expect
there will be at least 300 million smartphones that will be sold in the country in next
3 years. For being among top three, we will need to have 10 per cent of this market
potential,” Huawei India-Consumer Business Group, vice-president, Sales, P Sanjeev.
He said that Honor has recorded over three-fold jump in sales during the first half of
this year compared to the entire year’s sales in 2017. “Our (Honor) sales have grown
by about 330 per cent in first half of this year compared to our sales for full year in
2017,” Sanjeev said after launching Honor 9N series smartphones. He said that sales
of company has accelerated after it looked at need of consumers at various price points.
“80 per cent consumers buy phone below C15,000 price range. Of this, 55 per cent con-
sumers buy smartphones priced below C10,000 and 15 per cent in the range of C8,000-
10,000 a unit. With Honor 7A, Honor 7C (priced at C8,999, C9,999) and Honor 9N
we are reaching out to addressable market,” Sanjeev said. The company unveiled three
variants of Honor 9N ranging from C11,999 to C17,999. “We sold 1 million units of
Honor Lite in 90 days. For Honor 9N we expect to sell at least 1.5 times more than
Honor 9 Lite. In online segment market share is 26 per cent and overall we must have
around 5 per cent,” Sanjeev said. He further said: “Now we have over all infrastruc-
ture to be among top three players. Honor 9N is our first device which has been made
from CKD (completely knocked down) level. We will be able to scale our operation
to meet market demand.”
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New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart will shut down eBay.in next month and
launch a new platform for refurbished goods as it attempts to tap into a large market
segment that is predominantly unorganised. Last year, Flipkart had raised USD 1.4 bil-
lion from global technology majors eBay, Tencent and Microsoft. In exchange of an equi-
ty stake in Flipkart, eBay had made a cash investment of USD 500 million and sold eBay.in
(India business) to Flipkart. “Based on our learnings at eBay.in, we have built a brand
new value platform launching with refurbished goods - a large market which is pre-
dominantly unorganised... As part of this launch, we will be stopping all customer trans-
actions on eBay.in on 14th August, 2018 and transitioning to the new platform,” Flipkart
CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said in an email to employees. He added that key barri-
ers to refurbished goods — trust and convenience — can be solved at scale with Flipkart’s
customer base, and F1 Info solutions and services. “We will keep evolving and bring-
ing newer formats, categories and features which cater to the needs of our value-con-
scious middle India,” Krishnamurthy said, adding all eBay.in sellers and customers will
be migrated to the new platform. “The new platform has a different value proposition
compared to Flipkart, and will cater to a different target audience. We are committed
to investing in this independent brand,” he pointed out. In May this year, eBay had said
it was ending its strategic partnership with Flipkart and will relaunch eBay India with
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through an area close to Athens
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missing and an unknown
number believed dead after a
partly-constructed hydropow-
er dam in southeast Laos col-
lapsed, sending flash floods
surging through six villages,
state media reported today.
Communist Laos is tra-
versed by a vast network of
rivers and there are several
dams being built or are planned
in the impoverished and land-
locked country, which exports
most of its hydropower energy
to neighbouring countries like
Thailand.
Laos News Agency said
the accident happened at a
hydropower dam in south-
eastern Attapeu province’s
Sanamxay district late Monday,
releasing five billion cubic
metres of water -- more than
two million Olympic swim-
ming pools -- which unleashed
flash flooding coursing into
nearby villages.
The report added that
there were “several human lives
claimed, and several hundreds
of people missing”.
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report showed scores of people,
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to the polls tomorrow to elect
a new prime minister in the registered voters in the coun-
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second democratic transition of try. The voting on more than
chequered history amid accu- start at 8.00 am and will con-
sations of manipulation by the
powerful army and concerns
over the participation of Islamic
hardliners in large numbers.
According to the Election
Commission of Pakistan
(ECP), 3,459 candidates are
contesting for 272 general seats
of the National Assembly, while
8,396 candidates are running
for 577 general seats of the four
provincial assemblies - Punjab,
Sindh, Balochistan and
some clutching young chil-
dren, crammed onto low-slung
wooden boats and wading
through muddy waters.
Several houses in the south-
ern part of the district were
swept away following the dam’s
collapse around 8pm (1300
GMT) on Monday evening,
the report said, as officials in the
province put out a call for
relief aid for flood victims.
“We do not have any for-
mal information yet about any
casualties or how many are
missing,” an Attapeu official
told AFP on condition of
anonymity, adding that was “no
phone signal” in the flooded
region.
“We sent rescue teams who
will help them and provide
basic assistance first,” the offi-
cial added.
The $1.2 billion dam is part
of a project by Vientiane-based
Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power
Company, or PNPC, a joint
venture formed in 2012.
Among the companies
involved in the project accord-
ing to the Laos News Agency are
Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity
Generating Holding, South
Korea’s Korea Western Power
and the state-run Lao Holding
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ing of votes will be done on the
spot soon after polling is con-
cluded and results will be
announced within 24 hours.
The run up to the elections
have seen a massive crack-
down on the media and alle-
gations that the military has
secretly backed the campaign of
former cricketer Imran Khan
while targeting his political
opponents. PTI
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megawatt capacity dam was
supposed to start commercial
operations by 2019, according to
the venture’s website.
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Russia or its President
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envoy to the UN Nikki Haley
has said amidst an uproar over
President Donald Trump’s
alleged bonhomie with his
Russian counterpart.
Trump, who met with
Putin in Helsinki last week, has
been slammed by the US
media and political opponents
for failing to defend the
American intelligence com-
munity during a much-talked
about Press conference with
Putin in Helsinki after their
first summit.
The US Ambassador to
the UN told Christian
Broadcasting Network (CBN)
News: “We don’t trust Russia,
we don’t trust Putin, we never
will. They’re never going to be
our friend. That’s just a fact.”
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supported the move to have
talks with the Russians.
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the White House said today
that President Donald Trump
wanted to ensure that Iran did
not acquire nuclear weapons.
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think, pretty strong since day
one in his language towards
Iran. He was responding to
comments made by them, and
he’s going to continue to focus
on the safety and security of
American people,” White House
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
told when asked about the lat-
est tweet from Trump in which
he warned Iran of grave conse-
quences for threatening the US.
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specifics and certainly not nego-
tiate with the press. That would
be a determination that the
President would make...But the
ultimate goal and the focus of the
President is making sure we keep
nuclear weapons out of their
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Under the terms of con-
struction, PNPC said it would
operate and manage the power
project for 27-years after com-
mercial operations began.
When contacted by phone
in Laos’ capital Vientiane a
company official told AFP:
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has sharply criticised Israel,
calling recent killings by its sol-
diers during Palestinian
demonstrations along the Gaza
border fence “shocking” and
saying living conditions inflict-
ed by Israel’s 11-year blockade
of the territory are “grossly
inadequate”.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said
in a video address to the UN
Committee on the Exercise of
the Inalienable Rights of the
Palestinian People that the
situation in Gaza has escalat-
ed dramatically in recent
months with “the potential to
generate threats to peace
across a far broader region.”
Zeid, who heads the Office
of the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights, said it is
essential for all parties to coop-
erate with the independent,
international commission of
inquiry into the recent deadly
events in Gaza that his office
is helping to establish.
Responding to questions,
she said Trump’s number one
goal is to make sure Iran does-
n’t get a nuclear weapon.
“We have similar and
shared interests with our
European allies, we’re contin-
them, and when we have
specifics on that front, we’ll let
you know,” she said.
President Donald Trump
yesterday warned Rouhani that
Tehran risked consequences “the
likes of which few throughout
threatens the US again, hours
after Hassan Rouhani cautioned
against his country may trigger
“the mother of all wars.” The
tirade at the highest level sig-
nalled an immediate escalation
of tensions between Washington
and Tehran, weeks after the US
left a deal signed in 2015 which
curbed Iran’s nuclear activities in
return for the lifting of interna-
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been the result of internal
siles.”
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countries. jihadists over Syrian territory.
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ings yesterday that progress is also needed by Myanmar on imple-
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opment agencies and with Bangladesh on returning Rohingya.
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The Institute of Road Traffic
Education (IRTE), College of
Traffic Management,
Faridabad, Haryana, invites
application for its newly
launched course Master of
Science (MSc) in Traffic
Management. This is Asia’s first
two-year course in traffic man-
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n a world dominated by modern Therapy and other phys- traffic and transportation man- offers MPharm in
medicine, medical practitioners ical approaches in com- agement systems. Pharmaceuticals (two years),
commonly prescribe physiothera- plex care practices. The course deals with trans- MPharm plus MBA (three-
py to patients for curing various ail- And above all, a port and traffic engineering, years integrated course) and
ments along with modern medicine. physiotherapist has to driver training and fleet man- PhD in Pharmaceuticals, among

Not only has physiotherapy helped
people get relief from complex ail-
ments globally, it has only become big-
ger and a crucial element for treat-
ment of various ailments.
Making a career in physiothera-
py holds great prospects for the pre-
sent and the future and widens up
options in the sector from setting up
one’s own physiotherapy clinic or tak-
ing up a job as a physiotherapist at any
hospital or clinic, MNCs and even
schools as a consultant physiothera-
pist.
Physiotherapy has now become a
completely independent subject with-
in the health sector, primarily direct-
ed towards the prevention or allevia-
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be fit and energetic, as his
job requires exhaustive
exercising and demo
required for patients.
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Pass in 10+2 examination or
equivalent examination with
at least 50 per cent marks in
aggregate in English,
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of Physiotherapy from a recognised
agement, road safety audits,
road crash investigations, traffic
engineering, forensic engineer-
ing, road asset financing and
post-crash management.
The first global Masters of
Science in Traffic Management
has been given approval by the
Government of Haryana and
Maharshi Dayanand University
to be conducted at IRTE’s
College of Traffic Management
from August 2018. Maximum of
30 seats are being offered to
include in-service participants
and students from South East
Asia.
Graduates from the pro-
other programmes.
The programmes have been
approved by the Pharmacy
Council of India (PCI). It has
been designed in collaboration
with pharmaceutical organisa-
tions of repute. The newly
launched R&D centre for phar-
maceutical research will further
ensure a holistic and experien-
tial learning for the students who
will be familiarised with the
knowledge of formulation devel-
opment from basic drug design-
ing to the final stages of clinical
trials.
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people. This involves assessment,
diagnosis and treatment of disease,
remedy to impairment and helps
mobility.
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According to industry analysts,
physiotherapy will globally grow at a
Compound Annual Growth Rate
(CAGR) of 6.78 per cent during the
period 2018 to 2022.
A career in physiotherapy makes
it a promising, interesting and chal-
lenging job in the health care system.
Physiotherapists specialise in paedi-
atrics, geriatrics, neurology, cardio-
respiratory, orthopaedics and even
sports besides other areas of modern
stream of medicine.
Today, with growing medical
facilities, opportunities for para-
medics like physiotherapists have
grown multi-fold at hospitals, nursing
homes, rehabilitation centres and at
residences, private practitioners’ clin-
ics.
A degree or a certificate course in
physiotherapy offers you various
other openings at out-patient clinics,
community health care centres or
Primary Healthcare centres, fitness
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centres or health clubs, occupational
health centres, special schools and old
age homes.
Physiotherapists also get to work
at sports centres besides teaching or
working in foreign countries with cor-
porates, NGO’s and other industrial
and educational institutions.
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Like any other stream of medi-
cine, physiotherapists too have to keep
themselves abreast with newer tech-
nologies and developments taking
place in physiotherapy. This will help
them administer the right kind of
treatment besides further developing
their assessment and treatment skills.
Here are some common areas
where physiotherapists can pursue
specialised post-graduate courses.
These include:
QOrthopaedic Physiotherapy: An
area of physiotherapy which deals
with conditions related to post-sur-
gical patients, arthritis, tendonitis,
fracture rehabilitation, muscle sprains
and strains, neck and back pain, hip
and knee problems, shoulder, elbow
and wrist conditions.
QSports Physiotherapy: Specialists
who assist with recovery after injury
or surgery and are majorly responsi-
ble for retraining an athlete.
QWomen’s Health: Another crucial
therapist known for administering
physiotherapy treatment to women
during pregnancy or with specific
women related conditions.
QPaediatric Physiotherapy:
Paediatric therapists help to rehabil-
itate children and assist them for suf-
ferings like cerebral palsy, develop-
mental disorders, skeletal, neurolog-
ical disorders or orthopaedic ail-
ments.
QCardiovascular and pulmonary
physiotherapy: Physiotherapists, spe-
cialising in this domain, work with
patients who have ailments like heart
attacks, bypass surgeries or have
undergone angioplasty, have breath-
ing problems, emphysema, and other
heart or lung related conditions.
QNeurological Physiotherapy: One
of the most crucial part of the phys-
iotherapy which includes treating
conditions related to disorders like
walking, inability to get in and out of
bed or chairs (transfer training),
moving in bed (bed mobility), wheel-
chair use and requires functional
retraining besides retraining patients
to use their shoulders, arms, and
hands, which may involve neurolog-
ical disorders like spinal cord injury,
traumatic brain injury.
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A professional physiotherapist
comes across many patients, who may
be suffering from common or serious
ailments. More than how profession-
ally one administers his physiother-
apy skills, he or she has to be equal-
ly empathetic and kind to the patient.
Pleasing personality, well mannered,
and caring attitude, excellent com-
munications skills, analytical thinking
and ability to connect with people are
important skills required to be a suc-
cessful physiotherapist.
How and when to use electro-
physical modalities which include
Ultrasound, Interferential Current,
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS), Shockwave
university.
QEntrance exam: Candidates can
gram typically will be able to
work as senior professionals in
apply for entrance to Physiotherapy local, state and federal
courses through NEET Exam, and Government agencies such as
other Entrance Examinations con- road and transport authorities,
ducted by different colleges offering public and private sector trans-
the BPT course. port operators and local and
international consulting organ-
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A potential physiotherapist with The aim of unveiling this
a Master’s degree can attract a better course is to promote such pro-
pay. But it could defer depending on grammes in other institutes
individual’s expertise and how good across South East Asia as a part
one is at work. of the MOU between IRTE and
United Nations Economic
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QChristian Medical College, Vellore course is open to all the gradu-
Tamil Nadu ates. For more information, log
QInstitute of Post Graduate Medical on to www.irte.com.
Education and Research, Kolkata
Q Manav Rachna International 1?70A<
Institute of Research and Studies, The School of
Faridabad Pharmaceutical Sciences at
QKing Edward Memorial Hospital Apeejay Stya University,
and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Gurugram has announced
Medical College, Mumbai admissions for Bachelor of
Q Government Medical College, Pharmacy (B Pharm, a four-year
Nagpur industry-oriented programme
endorsed by reputed industrial
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has two centres of excellence—
Centre for Novel Drug Delivery
System and Centre for
Formulation Development to
boost high-quality teaching-
learning culture.
The university also pro-
vides scholarships to meritori-
ous students. The previous
batches have obtained 100 per-
cent placement. Students can
also be absorbed in the phar-
maceutical business of the
Apeejay Stya & Svran Group,
apart from opportunities in var-
ious MNCs and other leading
companies.
Minimum 50 per cent
aggregate marks in Class XII
with Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics or Physics,
Chemistry, Biology from any
recognised board.
All eligible applicants shall
be shortlisted on the basis of
their academic performances
and aptitude followed by a mock
test.
Last date to apply is before
July 31, 2018. For more infor-
mation, log on to www.univer-
sity.apeejay.edu.

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Our core purpose has been
to enable the youth to realise
their potential and make their
dreams come true. Research,
ownership, openness, honesty
and innovation (ROOHI) are
our core values. We are the only
ones in India who do every sin-
gle test preps and give coaching
for every exam. We want to be
relevant for the five to 55 age
groups as far as individual aspi-
rations are concerned.
Q What was it like when you
started CL?
I had only C5000 when I
started CL. I would work in the
morning in a company and get
to CL work after 7 pm. In CL’s
first year, I had only 64 students
who would pay a fee of C1000
each for a year. So, my revenue
for the year was C64,000.
Through word of mouth, the
enrollment increased from 64 to
800 students and since then
there was no looking back.
Q What is the basic coaching
module of your programme?
There are five elements that
comprise coaching for any pro-
gramme — classroom element,
study material, test series, online
component and personality
development. Career Junction
was formed to provide the stu-
dent and their parents with rel-
evant information about the
industry.
Q How are mock tests done?
There is a team of senior
members to design the tests.
They take the test themselves.
Whenever there is any change in
the pattern of entrance tests, it
gets reflected in our mocks the
very next day.
Q How should someone decide
between a coaching and self-
study?
Most questions come from
a person’s self-awareness.
However, we have a couple of
free tools online that tells you on
the basis of your marks which
colleges is the best and how
many marks will be required.
According to that, you can
decide whether you need to take
coaching or self-study. It’s a mix
of subjective judgement and
objective analysis based on data.
Q When is the ideal time for
students to join coaching?
Somebody starts a year in
advance, others do so six months
or two months before. But
whenever you decide, give it a
good shot. If you are half heart-
ed in your approach, don’t try.
Q Many prefer to take a break
of a year to prepare for
entrance exams?
There is no hurry to appear
for the entrance exam. In many
countries, it is common for stu-
dents to take a gap and do other
things. One can take time to
decide. We have created quite an
artificial sense of urgency.
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with the change in exam pat-
terns?
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T he final years in school can
come with quite a lot of pres-
sure. With the preparation for
your examinations being a pri-
ority, you often don’t have time
to finalise what you want to do
in college. Talking to career
counsellors and taking aptitude
tests can help, but they will only
be able to tell you what they
think is your best bet.
Finding what you’re pas-
sionate about, what are the
things that you want to learn to
land your dream job and even
if you can adapt to the 9 to 5
lifestyle, are all aspects you want
to start considering right from
high school.
To make this process
smoother and give you first-
hand experience, doing intern-
ships in your preferred area of
interest can help you realise what
you want to do.
Shiv Nadar School cam-
puses in Noida and Gurugram
have made summer internships
a compulsory part of the course.
They send out all students for
10-day internships in companies
they think they would gain
positive experience. This process
is complex and counsellors care-
fully curate an experience for
each student.
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Observing the environment
and learning the way certain
jobs work are all things that a
student should take back from
these internships so they have a
better idea of where they are
headed. You start exploring
career choices, what’s out there
for you. According to your apti-
tude and area of interest, you
move onto studying them.
Nitina Dua, programme
leader at Shiv Nadar School,
says: “Everyone is a stakehold-
er in this process, including the
parents, teachers, school and the
student. Finding the right
course, right college, making the
best of your ability and time are
aspects we feel responsible for.”
A little hand-holding in
High School can go a long way
for students when it comes to
college applications. Polishing
their soft skills, teaching them
how to write CVs, making for-
mal presentations are all part of
the process of making these stu-
dents ready for future. At the
same time, this is a great time for
students to enter zones of dis-
comfort and challenges.
There will be times when
after one internship, you may
not have the required clarity on
your career choices. In this case,
don’t hesitate and try out other
internships till you get an idea
of what you want. There is no
harm in this, you will meet more
people, gain more experience
and have a better idea of what
you want to do later in life.
Trishan Dollny, who
interned with shiksha.com, says:
“I got to experience several
aspects of the job and my men-
tor really helped me through out
and gave me great advice. He
told me to focus on what I want
to do at the end of the day.”
A Class XI student of Shiv
Nadar School, Vyom Upreti,
who interned at Ernest and
Young, says: “I got to work in the
tax department where I got to
shadow my mentor. I got great
exposure to the professional
world which helped me realise
the kind of job I want to do later.”
Anannya Meghani interned
at Huawei in the HR depart-
ment, she wants to study law but
got to experience the manage-
ment side which she really
found interesting.
Rinsangi Tochhawng, who
interned at HCL in the CSR
department, says that it helped
her connect with the emotion-
al aspect of the job. “I realised
how much support is needed
around us and we often let it
slip,” she says.
All students come out of
these internships with clarity for
their future and if not, they learn
something that will help them
grow as individuals and come in
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lescence) is a time of significant
change in an adolescent with growth
and development in all life spheres,
be it psychological, cognitive, behav-
ioural or physiological. The recent
CRY report has revealed that only
one in every two adolescents
between 15 to 18 years is studying
in India.
The data throws light on
deprived access to secondary edu-
cation. Of the 100 million children,
only 56 per cent continue to access
classrooms through formal school-
ing. Childescents who are accessing
education through other modes of
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With respect to enrollment and
dropout rates in school, it was
observed that 29 per cent of
Childescents in secondary education
and 24 per cent in higher education
are not appropriately enrolled as per
their age. The data suggests that a
substantial percentage of children
either leave school on a temporary
basis and then re-join later, or may
have joined school late.
Against 100 children expected to
be in secondary school by this age,
only 30.5 per cent are transitioned
into secondary and higher sec-
ondary schooling. Around 29 per
cent of Childescents in urban areas
do not attend school while the pro-
portion is far higher in the rural by creating systems that help iden- school, so there is an alarming need
Positive Role Models, including par-
ents who have supported girls to take
up higher aims in life, societal achiev-
A bouquet of choices should be
available to allow childescents to tran-
sition successfully from school to
areas— 40 per cent children who tify and track children who are at risk to improve net enrollment rates in ers, entrepreneurs and self- help work and to gain transferable skills
stay in rural areas don’t attend of dropping out of school, remedi- secondary education. Children who groups are strategies that could be fol- that are beneficial in the long term
school at all. al support and appropriate provi- are in difficult circumstances and lowed. and contribute in positions of either
Explaining CRY’s objectives and sioning to keep them purposefully have to combine work with school The availability of competent employability or entrepreneurship in
emphasising on the issue, Puja engaged in Education.” are prone to frequent migration, or subject experts in schools where future.
Marwah, CEO, CRY, said: There are a lot more solutions married Childescent girls are often most vulnerable children may be “It is of utmost importance to
“Secondary education is a window that can help in approaching the the ones with highest likelihood of enrolled is the test of India’s public recognise that childescence as a life
of opportunity that can lead to problem, such as urgent implemen- dropping out from school. Systems education system. Not having this phase comes with unique vulnera-
gainful adult employment, therefore tation of universalisation of sec- need to be set up for identifying and basic minimum standard would bilities, challenges and opportunities
universalisation of a secondary edu- ondary education. Doing so will tracking the children at risk, those result in a system that is ineffective at the levels of self, society and sys-
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improvement is of great impor- marginalised communities, to choose port, and those who need flexible approach, investing in adequacy of our social perception and treat-
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try, the preparation is moving to
higher gears. We look at how to
proceed from here to the exam
day.
First, more studies is better
but remember that studying
more will help provided you are
able to concentrate and learn. If
you find it difficult, it is time to
take a break. Most of can study
six-eight hours a day.
Studying different areas in a
day helps in better concentration.
For example, if you plan to study
eight hours a day in chunks of
two hours, you may do Quant,
Reading Comprehension (RC),
Data Interpretation (DI) and
Logical Reasoning (LR) for two
hours each with about 10-15
minutes break between every
two sessions. However, please
ensure that you should cover all
areas every week. Further, weak-
er areas should be allotted more
time. The general rule is that the
weaker you are in an area, the
more time you allocate for the
section. This will help you with
the sectional cutoffs, which are
present for the IIMs and other
good management institutes.
As the exam gives you less
time than required to solve the
entire exam, time management is
the most crucial element that is
being checked in the examina-
tion. Thus, always work with a
'time deadline' when you are
solving questions so that you are
accustomed to the time pressure.
The standard guideline is that the
time you set, should be sufficient
for tackling around 75 per cent
of the questions.
While taking AIMCATs seri-
ously is extremely important for
you to know your relative
strengths and weaknesses, it is
even more important that you
analyse your performance thor-
oughly and have an action plan
to improve upon it. Initially tak-
ing around one-two mock tests
per week with complete analysis
and taking action based on the
analysis is sufficient. By the end,
taking around two-three, full-
length tests in a week will be suf-
ficient followed by analysis.
When analysing, look at what
you solved but took too much
time, look at what you solved but
got wrong and look at what you
left but could have been solved
easily(i.e. in less time). This will
give you targets to work on for
study.
Revision of mathematics
concepts and important formu-
lae can be done in the last one
month. For now, focus on
improving your conceptual clar-
ity. Do not memorise formulae
since the CAT is not looking at
your ability to memorise, but
rather the ability to apply con-
cepts.
For DI and LR, do look at all
types of questions, so that there
are no nasty surprises in the
exam. If you are familiar with
various types of problems in the
exam beforehand, you are more
likely to do well on the test. Your
mock tests can serve as an excel-
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recheck your answers. You will
get a lot more right.
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the last two weeks before the
exam. Focus only on strong areas
in the last two weeks. Gradually
reduce your study in the last
three-four days and relax on the
day before you will take exam.
Some students fail to do well
in mock tests and feel demotivat-
ed. Be realistic in your assessment
of your caliber and set realistic and
achievable goals. Performance
improvement takes place slowly
since everyone is studying and is
trying to improve. Even if you
improve on an absolute scale,
you may not see much improve-
ment in your relative perfor-
mance. You should therefore set a
target of achievable improvements
for your next AIMCAT and keep
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publishing industry involves a fair
amount of competition and grunt
work and requires bright go-getters
who are not afraid of hard work.
Work in the publishing industry is
fast-paced and often requires the abil-
ity to manage expectations from vari-
ous stakeholders like editors, authors,
and publicists with ease and efficiency.
There is much more to working in the
industry than being an editor. There are
different roles in the industry that calls
for varying skill sets.
Aligning with personal interest
and strengths plays a critical role in
gaining job satisfaction and hence in
building a successful career. An editor,
for instance, is in the business of find-
ing budding talents, editing and mold-
ing a written work into the final prod-
uct that is ready for the shelves.
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designing accompany graphics and
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designed to attract readers.
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the work to gain maximum traction in
sales.
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tionally associated with printed books
and materials, the advent of the digital
era meant that a lot is happening in
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self-publishing over the Internet,
there has been a continuous onslaught
on the publishing industry. While
sceptics have been proved wrong
regarding the impending demise of
the industry, the digital era has pre-
sented the industry with new avenues
for growth opportunities.
Digital marketing, blogs, social
media, podcasts and audio books are
some examples of the new growth
opportunities for the industry cour-
tesy of the digital age.
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opment out of all these is that produc-
ing creative contents has become far
easier with minimal cost and digitally
distributing contents is cheap and
reaches a wider audience as well.
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try requires a critical bent of mind,
one that is analytical and passion for
the job that borders on obsessive
compulsion. Entry into the publish-
ing industry is often through an
internship or an assistant role, and
with hard work and experience, one
can expect to move into one of the
more challenging roles to build a suc-
cessful career.
The industry is one that is known
for its long hours, crazy deadlines
and variable job functions. From
writing a pitch mail, Press releases,
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with authors to draw up a publicity
plan, scheduling interviews and
media appearance.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind
the stumps, Rishabh Pant says the
former India captain has helped shape
quite a few things in his still nascent
career, ranging from his IPL contract to
hand-head coordination while keeping.
"Whenever I needed any support
from Mahi bhai, I used to ask him.
From my IPL contract to my wicket-
keeping, he's advised me on everything,"
the 20-year-old Pant told bcci.Tv.
"He's always told me that when it
comes to wicket-keeping, your hands
and head coordination is important, the
body balance can come into play later.
That (his advice) has helped me a lot,"
said the southpaw.
Pant says the positivity in the
Indian team's dressing room is also
quite infectious.
The youngster was not picked for
the limited-overs leg of the England tour
despite a stellar IPL show but earned his
maiden call-up in Tests through his grit-
ty performances with the A team.
"Every time I come to the Indian
dressing room, there is one thing that
has always stood out for me. It is the
positivity in the dressing room.
Everyone is supporting and backing
each other, which is the most important
factor about this Indian dressing room,"
he said.
Asked about the challenge of
switching formats from IPL to the ODI
and four-day games in England, Pant
said he does not stress over that.
"I reckon there isn't too much dif-
ference, but it has got more to do with
shot selection. In red ball cricket, with
the field placements, you can look
around; take your time, because you
have five days to play. Whereas in lim-
ited overs cricket you have limited num-
ber of balls to play and score.
"I have so far enjoyed my prepara-
tion with red ball cricket. The duke ball
swings a lot when you're here in
England and initially when I started
playing here with India A, I realised that
the swing will come a lot into play in
these conditions."
He also received praise from India
A coach Rahul Dravid for his perfor-
mance in England.
"The only thing he tells me is that
you need to be patient about everything,
be it on the field or off it. Also, how I
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need to work harder on
my game when it comes
to red ball cricket since
I'm a positive batsman,
but at times you need to
play to the situation. See
the pace of the game and
change your game
accordingly."
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been playing in England
for a while has prepared
him well for the Test aT\PX]bc^QTbTT]
series. Dinesh Karthik is
the first-choice keeper
in the absence of
Wriddhiman Saha, so it remains to be watch him all the time as a youngster.
seen if Pant will get his big break.
Former India wicket-keeper Kiran from people around me like Rahul
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side Essex was reduced to three days amid high
over the condition of the pitch and the out-
field, both of which apparently left the visitors
unhappy and threw their preparations for the Test
series against England haywire.
However, an Essex county representative
maintained that the Indian team "were happy with
practice facilities", attributing the curtailment on
the hot prevalent conditions owing to the current
heat wave in the United Kingdom.
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any further.
"Essex Cricket and the England & Wales match wicket, which had a healthy green top.
Cricket Board have today agreed, at the request After speaking with the visiting coaches, the
of the BCCI Management Team, that the sched- ground support staff shaved off the heavy grass
uled Tourist match between Essex and India will layering from one of the adjacent wickets to make
now be played over three days," the county said it resemble the match-wicket with an equal
in a statement. amount of surface grass.
The Indian team management took this deci- This allowed the Indian batsmen to get a feel
sion during Tuesday afternoon's net practice after of match day conditions, and all prominent bats-
having a look at the pitch. Indian coach Ravi men took throwdowns at this wicket. Even the
Shastri was seen having an animated discussion troika of spinners bowled on this green-wicket,
with the local officials after getting a glimpse of in case one of the Test wickets is an exact replica
the grassy pitch and a barren outfield that can of the same.
cause injury while fielding. The oval county ground has nearly 25 pitch-
The rest of the Indian support staff, includ- es comprising its central square, and all of them
ing assistant coach Sanjay Bangar and bowling had lush green grass covering. It was a strange sight
1228 coach Bharat Arun also took stock of the condi- given the heat wave in nearly all of United
tions and were seen having discussions with the Kingdom at the moment, with temperatures in
More recently went to the Dravid Sir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat ground staff. Chelmsford soaring to 27 degrees today.
?P]cWPb extent of saying that Pant Kohli and I try and improve my game Given that it is not a classified first-class match, The appearance of the ground was made
QTT]_[PhX]VX] could be the next Adam every day," he said. it is confirmed that the Indian team will be using stranger by the fact that the outfield looked rugged
4]V[P]SU^aP Gilchrist. How did he react when he found all 18 members of their Test squad. and devoid of any grass, with only patches of green
fWX[TfWXRW "I always see everything out about his Test selection, especial- A senior member of the ground staff said that to be seen. It reflected the truer affect of unfor-
\PZTbWX\fT[[ as an opportunity coming ly after the disappointment of not mak- "all requests of the Indian team management have giving sunshine but at the same time, was cause
bdXcTSU^acWT my way. Especially as a wick- ing the one-day team? been accepted". for concern for the Indian team who wouldn't
CTbcb:PacWXZXb et-keeper batsman in India, "I always wanted to be a part of the When pressed if that included "shaving off the want any players injured during this game.
cWT bcRW^XRT wherein, there aren't too Indian Test squad and it was more like grass", he simply said, "We have bent over back- India's practice session lasted nearly four
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tunity I get, I try and opti- also for my family and my coach Tarek because we had sold a lot of tickets for the fourth workouts, with Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay
mise it. Sinha sir, who helped me understand day (Saturday)." and Virat Kohli also concentrating on slip field-
XU?P]cVTcbWXb "Adam Gilchrist has the game very early in my life. However, Essex made it clear that spectators ing. Even so, the sheen was taken off this prac-
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to keeping wickets and I used to Test cricket for India and when I got on Saturday will be refunded in full. came two hours later. As per statement from the
the call, he was very happy and proud Another reason for the Indian team man- Indian team management, the squad will travel
But, at this moment, I'm learning a lot and I enjoyed that moment," he agement's displeasure was that the two nets' pitch- to Birmingham on Saturday and start its prepa-
summed up. es were completely bald in comparison to the rations for the first Test (from August 1) a day early.

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and Ravichandran Ashwin held on
the third and fifth position respec-
tively in the latest ICC Test rankings
for bowlers, which was headed by
England pacer James Anderson
ahead of the five-match Test series
starting in Birmingham on August 1.
Jadeja and Ashwin have 866 and
African duo of Kagiso Rabada (882)
and Vernon Philander (826) are
placed in the second and fourth spot
respectively.
Anderson, who claimed nine
wickets in England's drawn two-Test
series at home against Pakistan ear-
lier this summer, has 892 points,
while Rabada slipped to second
despite claiming eight wickets during
the two Tests in the Proteas' 2-0 series
defeat in Sri Lanka.
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position, while Cheteshwar Pujara
was placed at the sixth spot.
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batsman in the top 10 which is still
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players found a place in the top 10 of
ICC ranking for all-rounders with
Jadeja and Ashwin at the second and
fourth place and Ben Stokes and
Moeen Ali grabbing the sixth and
seventh spot respectively.
Despite the Proteas’ below-par
series, spinner Keshav Maharaj, who
took a 12-wicket haul in the second
Test, has gained five places to find
himself ranked at No 18.
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three-match series against New
Zealand last week, ace drag-flicker
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hockey team is eager to carry forward the
momentum into the upcoming Asian
Games and win the Gold medal.
"Personally for me, playing against a
quality team like New Zealand who
won the Silver medal at the
Commonwealth Games was very impor-
tant. Since I had missed out all the action
during the Champions Trophy, I had to
find my rhythm ahead of the Asian
Games in Jakarta," Rupinder said.
The Commonwealth Games in April
was Rupinder's last appearance for the
Indian team at a major International
event. A hamstring injury during the
quadrennial event meant that he had to
be rested for the Champions Trophy
where the team finished runners up.
While the team was up against top
teams in the world, Rupinder had to
remain in the national camp and work on
his fitness.
"It is frustrating for any player to be
watching the team play on TV but it was
critical for me to undergo rehab in
order to be match-fit and available for the
Asian Games selections," Rupinder
expressed after the 3-0 series win against
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Rupinder appeared in four practice
matches against Bangladesh early this
month where he scored 10 goals through
penalty corners and played two practice
matches against South Korea where he
scored one goal.
"I think having Bangladesh, South
Korea and New Zealand visit us ahead of
major tournaments was a blessing in dis-
guise. The team tried out different com-
binations and tested different variations
in converting PC. We also tried new
methods of creating PCs where I think
the team did well. Our main criteria was
to improve goal scoring," said the 27-
year-old from Punjab.
After a successful series against New
Zealand, the Indian team has returned
home for a week-long break and will re-
join the National Camp on August 1. At
the Asian Games, Indian Men's Team is
grouped in Pool A with Korea, Japan, Sri
Lanka, Indonesia and Hong Kong China.
In the camp before the team leaves
for Jakarta, Rupinder said the team will
further work on the specific areas to
ensure they have left no stone unturned
in their preparations for the Asian
Games.
"The one-week break will help us
rejuvenate as some of us have been in the
National Camp continuously since April
28. When we return to camp, the team
will sit together, watch videos from our
matches against New Zealand and try and
find out ways to improve further. We are
eager to defend the Gold Medal at Asian
Games in Jakarta," he concluded.

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Luka Modric will lead the challenge
against a decade-long dominance of
FIFA's best player award by Cristiano
Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Mbappe, the teenage star of France's
World Cup-winning team, and Modric,
the Croatia captain who was named the
winners Ronaldo and Messi among 10
candidates announced by FIFA on
Tuesday.
For the first time, FIFA has opened
voting within days of the World Cup,
where Ronaldo and Messi both exited in
the round of 16.
France also has Antoine Griezmann
and Raphael Varane, who won a third
on the FIFA list.
Varane is the only defender selected
by a FIFA expert panel which did not pick
Brazil star Neymar. The 13-man panel
included three Brazilians - former FIFA
1994 World Cup-winning coach Carlos
on Sept 24 are voted by national coach-
es and captains, plus media from FIFA's
211 member countries, and fans voting
online. Three finalists will be announced
before the ceremony.
France could sweep the main awards
with Didier Deschamps and Zinedine
Zidane heading 11 candidates for the best
men's coach.
Deschamps led France to the World
Cup title, and his 1998 World Cup-win-
ning teammate Zidane completed his
Champions League hat trick with Madrid.
Zidane, who has since left the club, won
the FIFA award last year.
The FIFA men's panel picked five
World Cup coaches among the con-
tenders: All four semifinalists -
Deschamps, Zlatko Dalic of Croatia,
Roberto Martinez of Belgium, and Gareth
Southgate of England - plus Russia's
Stanislav Cherchesov.
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Klopp (Liverpool), Diego Simeone
(Atletico Madrid), Ernesto Valverde
(Barcelona).
In the women's player award, French
and European champion Lyon provided
six of the 10 candidates. The group
includes captain Wendie Renard of
France, plus Dzsenifer Marozsan and Saki
Kumagai, the captains of Germany and
Japan.
Three candidates who play in the
National Women's Soccer League are
United States international Megan
Rapinoe, five-time FIFA winner Marta of
Brazil, and Australia forward Sam Kerr.
FIFA's expert panel did not shortlist
the past two award winners - Carli Lloyd
of the US and Lieke Martens of the
Netherlands.
Four women and six men are com-
peting to be the best coach in women's
football. The nominations include Sarina
Wiegman, the 2017 winner who coach-
es the Netherlands, and Asako Takakura,
who coached Japan to the Women's
Asian Cup title.
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wards to the best goalkeeper, the best goal,
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Mateusz Puslecki, a
physiotherapist from
Poland, now works at a
hospital in Kunming,
southwest China’s Yunnan
Province. He says that he
is so overwhelmed by the
charm of the province that
he has fallen in deep love
with it.
In the summer of 2011,
when Mateusz was
working in Poland, an idea
suddenly came to him that
he should visit somewhere
else to experience
different culture. He
resigned and came to
Xiamen in China where he
studied Chinese and
worked in a kindergarten.
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to return to his profession
of physical rehabilitation,
and moved to Yunnan.
According to Mateusz,
compared with Beijing
and Shanghai, physical
therapy is less popular in
Yunnan. “To put it another
way, it means that there is
more demand from
patients in Yunnan.”
His expertise has been
recognized by his patients,
evidenced by the piles of
thank-you notes and cards
on his desk. “Seeing my
patients recovering and
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picking up their smiles
gives me a sense of
accomplishment. I really
enjoy helping others,” said
Mateusz.
In his spare time,
Mateusz loves rock
climbing. “Climbing allows
me to get close to nature
and better understand the
landscape and local
customs of Yunnan,” he
said the climbing has
become an indispensable
part of his life in Yunnan.
Thanks to this hobby,
Mateusz and his friends
spent a special Spring
Festival in 2017. When
they were on their way
home from a climbing trip
in Fuming, Kunming on
the eve of Spring Festival,
they passed through a
small village and
encountered a family
gathering around a
campfire outside their
house. It was dinnertime
and the villagers warmly
invited them to have
dinner together. “The food
was simple, but it was so
warm. And they prepared
separate dishes for my
vegetarian friends,” he
said emotionally. (Text by
Wei Ranran of Daguan
Weekly)
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