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Who bought electoral Things will go
sour, Maneka
Will go it alone in Delhi if AAP
bonds, SC asks parties warns Muslims goes back on stand: Congress
ANUJ KUMAR
GHAZIABAD
Bottleneck after AAP sought seats in Punjab and Haryana
Mulayam probe was Directs them to provide particulars to EC in sealed covers Union Minister Maneka
closed in 2013: CBI Gandhi on Friday set off a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the Chandni Chowk seat and
NEW DELHI Krishnadas Rajagopal political storm when a vi NEW DELHI Ajay Maken for New Delhi.
The Central Bureau of New Delhi deo clip went viral on social The Congress on Friday offi Former Delhi Minister Raj
Investigation on Friday made Rejecting the government’s media, showing her telling cially announced that it will Kumar Chauhan was picked
an oral submission in the plea to steer clear of the Muslims that if they did not be compelled to go it alone for NorthWest Delhi consti
Supreme Court that a electoral bonds scheme for vote for her, she might not in Delhi if the Aam Aadmi tuency and former Delhi
preliminary inquiry against political funding, the Su be responsive to their re Party wants Lok Sabha seats Pradesh Congress Commit
Samajwadi Party leader preme Court on Friday quests later. in States such as Punjab and tee chief Jai Prakash Aggar
Mulayam Singh Yadav in a passed an interim order di “I am winning... But if Haryana. wal for NorthEast Delhi
case of disproportionate recting political parties to my victory is without sup P.C. Chacko, the All India constituency.
assets was closed in 2013. provide complete informa port from Muslims, I won’t Congress Committee in The names, sources said,
NATION A PAGE 5 tion to the Election Commis feel that good. Dil khatta
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sion in sealed covers on ev ho jayega (heart will be kept a window open by indi meeting of the Congress
Army veterans upset ery single donor and come sour). Then when a cating that the party wants P.C. Chacko Election Committee on
with ‘politicisation’ contribution received till Muslim comes to me for to have an alliance to defeat Thursday.
NEW DELHI date. work, I think let it be, how the BJP. Delhi then changed its stand On the remaining seats in
Over 150 veterans, including A Bench, led by Chief Jus does it matter?” Ms. Gandhi “We are compelled to go and sought seats in Punjab the Capital, names of former
eight former Service chiefs, tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, said at a rally in Turabh on our own as AAP is going and Haryana, said the Con Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
have written to President said the issue of electoral Khani. back on its stand,” said Mr. gress leader, describing it as from East Delhi and Olym
Ram Nath Kovind expressing bonds and their lack of tran Details of further transac through the bonds had gone The District Election Of Chacko at a press an “impractical stand”. pian Sushil Kumar from
anguish at the “politicisation sparency raised “weighty is tions made through the to the ruling party. fi cer has since served notice conference. “We are still ready (for an South Delhi were being con
of the Army” in the run-up to sues with tremendous bear bonds till May 15 — the last on Ms. Gandhi, giving her alliance) if AAP is willing to sidered. While the former
the Lok Sabha election and
ing on the sanctity of the date of their issuance — Govt. justifi es scheme three days to respond. The Threefour formula have an alliance in Delhi CM and current head of the
seeking his intervention. On
electoral process in the should be fi led before May The government, however, sixtime BJP MP is contest Sharing details of the back alone. We want to fi ght the party’s Delhi unit sought
Friday, however, two former
country.” 30, 2019. justifi ed the scheme as an ex ing from Sultanpur in U.P. room talks that he and AAP BJP together,” Mr. Chacko time for consultations, the
Service chiefs denied signing
it and Rashtrapati Bhavan
“The sealed covers will re periment to eradicate the “It is all give and take, a leader Sanjay Singh were said. wrestler’s consent hadn’t
sources denied receiving such Indepth hearing main in the custody of the evil of black money. negotiation, isn’t it? We are having, Mr. Chacko said the been obtained yet. The par
a letter. It said the challenge to the Election Commission of In It claimed that the impact not all children of Mahatma Congress had agreed to con Names fi nalised ty had also zeroed in on
scheme would require in dia, and it will abide by such would be known only after Gandhi, are we?” Ms. Gand test three of the seven Lok Late on Thursday night, the former MP and Purvanchali
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very little time for that now the court,” the court said. should, meanwhile, be given ly. leaving four for AAP. names, including former Un candidate from West Delhi.
BJP likely to name Delhi as the bonds would stop be The CJI said the dates for fi a free hand to execute its “I have already won the But the ruling party in ion Ministers Kapil Sibal for SEE ALSO A DELHI METRO PAGE 1
LS candidates today ing issued by May 15 as per a nal hearing would be an policy and the court should election but you will need
NEW DELHI Ministry of Finance nounced at an “appro not pass any order for the me. This is your chance to
booth throws up 100 votes
seven parliamentary seats in that the balance was not tilt claimed that voters need not starkly in contrast to the or 50 votes, and then you
the national capital on
Saturday.
DELHI METRO A PAGE 1
ed in anybody’s favour for
the time being. It ordered
the parties to forthwith pro
know from where funds
come to parties.
stand of the EC. The EC had
expressed reservations
about transparency in politi
come to me for work, we
will see… do you all under
stand,” Ms. Gandhi said.
JJP in Haryana for LS poll
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vide the EC with “detailed Lion’s share went to BJP cal funding. It submitted The Minister’s speech
particulars of the donors as Advocate Prashant Bhushan, that the electoral bonds le comes just days after the While AAP will contest 3 seats, the remaining 7 go to JJP
against each bond; the representing the petitioner galised the anonymity of Election Commission is
amount of each such bond NGO, Association of Demo political donors and the par sued a notice to Bahujan Sa Nikhil M. Babu ment at a joint press confe er Arvind Kejriwal said in a
and the full particulars of cratic Reforms, argued that ties receiving contributions. maj Party president Maya
New Delhi rence on Friday, Mr. Dush tweet.
the credit received against 95% of the payments wati following a complaint The Aam Aadmi Party and yant Chautala said it would
each bond, namely, the par through the bonds had been CONTINUED ON A PAGE 8 from the BJP that she had the Jannayak Janta Party on be a longterm alliance and Coordination panel
ticulars of the bank account routed to the BJP. The EC al ‘BJP NEXUS WITH THE MONEYED sought Muslim votes during Friday formed an alliance for the two parties will fi ght to Mr. Dushyant Chautala said a
to which the amount has so submitted in the court on WILL BE EXPOSED’ A PAGE 8 the mahagathbandhan’s the Lok Sabha election in Ha gether in the Haryana As coordination committee has
been credited and the date Thursday that the lion’s CPI(M) EXPECTS SOME rally in Deoband. ryana and announced that sembly elections as well. been formed with members
DELHI METRO A 6 PAGES of each such credit.” share of contributions ACCOUNTABILITY NOW A PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON A PAGE 8 the latter would contest se The decision came two of both the parties and it will
ven of the 10 seats in the days after AAP called off dis decide within the next two
State. cussions for an alliance with three days on the seats on
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Biju Janata Dal president and
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik on Friday undertook
a 7hourlong roadshow in
the Aska parliamentary con
stituency in his home district
of Ganjam .
The Communist Party of
India (CPI) and the Congress
too organised joint public
meetings in Sanakhemundi
and Polasara Assembly con
stituencies of the Aska Lok
Sabha seat. The meetings
were addressed by national
secretary of the CPI Amarjeet
Kaur and Odisha Pradesh
Congress Committee (PCC)
president Niranjan Patnaik. A man takes a photograph of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his roadshow at Patapur in
The CPI, which is contesting the Aska Lok Sabha constituency on Friday. LINGARAJ PANDA *
Plea to remove dual control of Assam Rifl es
Soibam Rocky Singh The petition fi led by the noted that the Union Home by the MHA on March 20,
New Delhi Assam Rifl es ExServicemen Ministry has “washed its 2019,” the Bench remarked.
The Delhi High Court has Welfare Association has hands of the issue and The Assam Rifl es (AR) is a
sought response from Cabi sought directions to the go placed it at the doorstep of Central Para Military Force
net Secretary, Government vernment to bring the As the Cabinet Committee on (CPMF) along with two other
of India, on a petition seek sam Rifl es under one con Security (CCS)”. forces — Special Frontier
ing directions to bring the trol, preferably under the “The court is therefore Force and Coast Guard. Ho
Assam Rifl es out of the dual MoD. constrained now to issue a wever, only the Assam Rifl es
control of the Union Home A Bench of Justice S. Mu notice to the CCS to explain functions under the admi
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Ministry (MoD). ta, in its April 9 order, had on the note forwarded to it ion Home Ministry.
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IN BRIEF
MGP to withdraw support SC rejects plea
for puja in
Ayodhya
to Goa’s BJP-led coalition temples
Party has a sole member in the Assembly after BJP poached 2 of its 3 MLAs Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI
Dalai Lama discharged
from Delhi hospital
Prakash Kamat pak Pauskar — split the three The Supreme Court on Fri
NEW DELHI
PANAJI member MGP legislature day dismissed a petition to
Tibetan spiritual leader, the The Maharashtrawadi Go party and merged their conduct puja in temples
Dalai Lama, who was mantak Party (MGP) on Fri group with the BJP. Chief Mi built on the undisputed
admitted to a private hospital day decided to withdraw its nister Pramod Sawant also Ayodhya land. It asked why
in Delhi with a chest infection support to Goa’s BJPled coa immediately sacked Mr. somebody should always
four days ago, was lition government after the Dhavlikar from his post as have to “poke” trouble
discharged on Friday, hospital regional partner found itself deputy Chief Minister and when mediation to usher in
sources said. The 83year reduced to having a sole replaced him with Mr. Aj peace in the prolonged dis
old, a globally revered figure member in the State’s As gaonkar, while inducting Mr. pute was on.
‘Display information on
and recipient of the Nobel sembly in the wake of the Pauskar as a Minister. The court was hearing
Peace Prize, had come down BJP poaching two of its three Once the MGP formally an appeal fi led against the
here from Dharamshala for a MLAs. North Goa, said that the par Mr. Dhavlikar. “But surely we submits to the Governor its January 10 order of the
checkup on Tuesday.
BJP legislator Pabubha Ma It also rejected Mr. Ma didate against Mr. Manek, on tion papers was carried out. Even as he renewed an ap Legal Correspondent Something “very, very se
nek in Gujarat, the High nek’s plea to stay the judg the ground that the proposer However the offi cer ignored peal against his extradition NEW DELHI rious” seems to be going on
Court on Friday set aside his ment for four weeks to ena of Mr. Manek had not men him and approved the defec to India, embattled liquor The Central Bureau of Inves in West Bengal, the Su
election from the Dwarka As ble him to move the apex tioned the name of the con tive paper of the ruling party tycoon Vijay Mallya suf tigation on Friday made an preme Court said on Fri
sembly seat and ordered a court. stituency on his nomination candidate. fered another legal setback oral submission in the Su day as it agreed to hear a
byelection there. Justice Paresh Upadhyay form, which renders his After the trial that conti on Friday in a separate $40 preme Court that a prelimin plea alleging harassment of
The court was ruling on of the High Court, however, nomination invalid and void. nued for months, the court million claims case ary inquiry against Samajwa custom offi cials at the Kol
an election petition fi led by also rejected petitioner Go The petitioner also sub had reserved its verdict on brought by British liquor di Party leader Mulayam kata airport for checking
Congress leader Meramanb ria’s plea to declare him the mitted that he had raised an February 25. giant Diageo Plc in the U.K. Singh Yadav in a case of dis the luggage of a Trinamool
High Court. proportionate assets was Congress leader’s wife.
Justice Clare Moulder closed in 2013. The court asked the
6 EDITORIAL DELHI
Message from the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh
They beckon all of us to give human freedom respect, human beings dignity, and human rights recognition
she must stand unabashed before blocking the main entrance after give human freedom respect, hu
the arrogance that scoff s at the them, took up position on a raised man beings dignity, human rights
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi of the power hidden in the frail ammunition supply was almost ex want correction and atonement
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he fi rst phase of voting on Thursday to elect the ness of beauty, of the dignity of hausted. Offi cial sources them from those on the Indian subconti
17th Lok Sabha witnessed enthusiastic participa pain that accepts hurt but disdains selves gave a fi gure of 379 identi nent and beyond its boundaries,
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tion of voters in 91 Lok Sabha constituencies ne hundred years ago, on to return it.” Prose is ever the fi ed dead, with approximately who today foment division, dis
April 12, a letter dropped in ‘doer’, poetry the ‘artist’. And so 1,100 wounded. In those ten mi cord, disunity.
across 20 States and Union Territories. In this opening
to the British Raj’s postal this letter and the line just cited nutes Amritsar became India. It
phase of a total of seven, the challenges in ensuring a system. The writer of the letter cannot hope to compete with Ta embodied a nation’s deathdefying Enduring arrogance
free and fair poll, as well as the trend of high enthu was a worldfamous poet. That is gore’s muchquoted poem ‘Where dignity in pain, hurt. They also beckon us to see that
siasm among voters, have been highlighted. The drive not the only reason for the letter the mind is without fear…’. But ta hey Shyam, b. 1891: Received bul Tagore was, at the time of the “arrogance of power” is not a colo
of the Election Commission of India against malpractic having been unusual. It was, by ken for itself, this sentence has to let wound in fi ring by an Army unit mowing down ‘Sir’ Rabindranath. nial or imperial patent, nor “the
es led, ahead of the fi rst phase, to seizures worth ₹ 2,426 the political sights of the govern rank among the greatest expres and died the same day. Ram Lal, b. And he had been a Nobel Laureate power of spirit” an attribute of lib
crore of cash, liquor, drugs and other items meant to ment of the times, seditionist. But sions in prose of truth’s protest 1886: Received bullet wound in fi r for Literature for six years. On May eration struggles alone. Arrogance
luminously so. against power. Certain words, ing by an Army unit and died the 30, 1919, Tagore picked up his pen, can occur under postcolonial,
unduly infl uence voters. The ECI’s decision to ban the
The Raj’s censors must have poetic wordimages, in that line same day. Ram Saroop: Received this time, not that of a Nobel Lau postimperial, ‘independent’ skies
release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi been greatly tempted to see its are scorching: death, defeat, digni bullet wound in fi ring by the pol reate but of a Knight of the British and can — must — summon the
and its order to stop the broadcast of political content contents; perhaps they did, ty, pain, hurt. ice and died the same day. Ram Empire, to write a letter to the Vi power of spirit.
on a TV channel meant for his propaganda were mea spurred by the ruling ‘order’ of the India had, only a few days ear Singh: b. 1891: Received bullet ceroy, Lord Chelmsford. “News of ‘Rowlatt’ is a temperament that
sures in the right direction. But the trail of serious viola day, the Rowlatt Act. Curbing, in lier, seen all those fi ve wordimag wound in fi ring by an Army unit the suff erings,” he wrote, had seeks domination, control, hege
tions of the Model Code of Conduct and the defi ance of the name of wartime discipline, es at play in Delhi. As the scholar and died the same day. Chander “trickled through the gagged si mony. It has the characteristics of
its previous directives by the ruling dispensation and every conceivable civil liberty, the lawyer Anil Nauriya has recently Mal: Received bullet wound in fi r lence, reaching every corner of In the bully — strength and insecuri
Act enabled stricter control of the reminded us, on March 30, 1919, ing by the police and died the dia”. He then said: “The time has ty. Asia, Africa and Latin America
Mr. Modi himself raise a lot of questions regarding the
press, arrests without warrant, in the Raj’s police fi red at a gathering same day. Seva Ram: Received bul come when badges of honour have known that temperament in
ECI’s eff ectiveness in being a neutral and fair arbiter. defi nite detention without trial. It in Delhi protesting the Rowlatt Act let wound in fi ring by the police make our shame glaring in their both the hubris of the external rul
The questions regarding the integrity of the elections empowered the police to search a on a call by Mahatma Gandhi for a and died the same day. Swattin, incongruous context of humilia er, the hauteur of the one within.
arising out of doubts about EVMs have been addressed place and arrest any person they nationwide hartal. Nauriya lists son of Abdul Karim: Received bul tion... I for my part wish to stand, And they have seen peoples’ pow
with 100% Voter Verifi able Paper Audit Trails, followed disapproved of without warrant. among them Hindus, Sikhs, Mus let wound in fi ring by the police shorn of all special distinctions, by er dismantling both. Bowing to pu
by a Supreme Courtdirected increase in their random Naturally, it outraged India, and lims. and died the same day. the side of my countrymen who, blic opinion in India and in the
counting rate from one machine to fi ve per Assembly both the writer and recipient of A sample: Abdul Ghani, b. 1894. The Delhi fi ring was, as it were, for their socalled insignifi cance, U.K., the Raj repealed the Rowlatt
constituency/segment. But doubts arising out of the the letter. Killed in bayonet charge by a Brit a macabre rehearsal for what was are liable to suff er a degradation Act, the Press Act, and 22 other
Written on April 12, 1919, by Ra ish Army unit near the Town Hall, to follow. And it was doubtless on not fi t for human beings.” And he laws in March 1922 – a victory of
ECI’s conduct fall in a diff erent category, and it needs to
bindranath Tagore to Mohandas K. Delhi. Atam Prakash: Received Tagore’s mind when he wrote the asked of the Viceroy, “relieve me the people. The Rowlatt tempera
do more to reassure voters that the process is not vitiat Gandhi, it was about what its wri bullet wound in fi ring by the pol letter to Gandhi. It was still in the of the title of knighthood”. ment is not a feature of govern
ed by partisanship. The seemingly biased moves by ter called “the great gift of free ice and died the same day. Chan post’s pipelines when, the next Solidarity with suff ering, espe ments alone. It works in society as
Central agencies such as the Income Tax department dom”. He said: “…India’s oppor dra Bhan, b. 1889. Received bullet day, on April 13, 1919, his poetic vi cially when it is spontaneous, well, keeping sections of it in a
targeting only Opposition leaders point to the possible tunity for winning it will come to wound in fi ring by an Army unit sion was to fi nd prescient corrobo takes many forms. One is sharing state of chronic enfeeblement.
misuse of offi ce by the ruling party to target opponents. her when she can prove that she is and died the same day. Chet Ram: ration. Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims by renunciation. Tagore’s selfdiv The Rowlatt temperament is also
Mr. Modi’s appeal to voters in the name of soldiers — so morally superior to the people Received bullet wound in fi ring by gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Am estment of the title, then perhaps to be seen in corporate India seek
who rule her by their right of the police and died the same day. ritsar, Punjab not to oppose Row the most coveted, of ‘Sir’ was an ing monopolist domination over
mething the ECI had explicitly warned against — was
conquest.” Gopi Nath, b. 1889: Received bullet latt but for a festival that marks the act of spontaneous solidarity with its natural resources and public
unfortunate, as was the Commission’s failure to take wound in fi ring by an Army unit Sikh new year, Baisakhi. Its intent the suff ering of Delhi, of Amritsar. commons.
prompt action. While the ECI must urgently respond to ‘Faith or the life in death’ and died the same day. Hashma was totally unpolitical. But who is And it was a chastisement, in Ta This centenary of India’s rebuff
MCC violations, the government must act fairly. Tagore knew, doubtless, that the tullah Khan: b. 1890: Received bul to say how arrogance will work? gore’s words, of the “arrogance ing of the Rowlatt Act’s scowl
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and phrase “morally superior” would let wound in fi ring by an Army unit that scoff s at the power of spirit”. through what Tagore called “the
parts of Odisha also voted to elect their State Assem strike a chord in Gandhi. As would and died the same day. Mam Raj: On April 13, 1919 The martyrs of Jallianwala beck power of spirit” is one to be cher
blies. Tripura and West Bengal topped in turnout, with the sentence that followed: “She Received bullet wound in fi ring by What followed is now part of the on this generation, all of us, in ished, celebrated and be inspired
must willingly accept her penance the police and died the same day. world’s annals of stateled crime. cluding India and Indians, Pakis by.
81.8% and 81%, respectively. This is the fi rst general
of suff ering, the suff ering which is Radha Saran, b. 1897: Received Troops under the command of Bri tan and Pakistanis, Bangladesh
election with VVPATs attached to all EVMs. According the crown of the great. Armed bullet wound in fi ring by an Army gadier General (temporary rank) and Bangladeshis, Myanmar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former
to the ECI, 1.7% of VVPATs, 0.73% of the ballot units and with her utter faith in goodness, unit and died the same day. Rad Reginald Dyer entered the garden, Myanmarese, not just Britain, to administrator, diplomat and governor
0.61% of the control units of EVMs had to be replaced
A grim future in Israel
on Thursday. Stray incidents of violence were reported
in Andhra Pradesh, but in Jammu and Kashmir the poll
ing went relatively peacefully. In the Jammu constituen
cy 72% polling was recorded, while in the Valley’s Bara
mulla constituency the fi gure was 35%, marginally
India needs to go beyond token homage to the cause of Palestinian freedom #70929
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The fi rst image of a black hole ith criminal indictment rade enabling the U.S. to keep its tions in Gaza.
imminent on charges of coalition of allies in the Arab Strong campaign
is a reassurance of science and reason
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corruption, Israel’s world, was declared dead then. Mr. Netanyahu’s campaign rhetor The view from India
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n April 10, the Event Horizon Telescope collabo Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya Even Mahmoud Abbas, the nor ic since his debut in politics was of India continues to be among the
ration showed the world the ‘unseeable’: the ve hu pulled off a fourth consecutive mally acquiescent Palestinian ten called out for incitement biggest overseas patrons of the Is
ry fi rst image of a black hole. Of course, the win in general elections to the Authority President, has refused Tzipi Livni, for returning to the against the Palestinians. He ex raeli militaryindustrial complex.
Knesset on April 9. Though tied on all off ers to resume talks since. talks. Under no circumstances, celled himself this time, vowing in Increasingly, in the public dis
black hole itself cannot be seen, because light cannot
seats with his main rival, Mr. Neta Despite his professions of hurt Ms. Livni insisted, would a peace the last days of the campaign to course, Israel is portrayed as the
escape its intense gravitational attraction. The socalled nyahu has a clear pathway towards innocence at the Palestinian refu accord grant any concession to the never allow a Palestinian state and role model that a “new India”
event horizon that envelops the black hole is the point power in coalition with a bloc of sal, Mr. Netanyahu has proved right of Palestinian refugees to re to annex parts of the West Bank. should emulate in terms of its se
of no return and any object transgressing this boundary rightwing allies. As with earlier them right in every respect. In July turn to their homes, since that He is also on record telling curity posture in a troubled neigh
is lost. Just outside is a region where a photon (light wins, eked out by strongly running 2018, the Knesset enacted a Basic would be a mortal danger to Is Knesset colleagues that controll bourhood. The cause of Palesti
quantum) can orbit the black hole without falling in. against counsels of sanity from the Law declaring Israel the nation rael’s Jewish character. ing the entire territory between nian freedom continues to gain
This is called the ‘last photon ring’, and this is what the diminishing peace camp, he has state of the Jewish people. Jerusa Ms. Rice took a while to get over the Jordan river and the Mediterra token homage, but the myth that
pulled the political centre of gravi lem would be its indivisible capital the implications of what she nean is indispensable “for the fo this commitment can be “de
EHT imaged, seeing in eff ect the silhouette of a black
ty sharply, yet again, to the ultra and Hebrew its language. The heard: “Though I understood the reseeable future”. And he has hyphenated” from India’s rela
hole. About a hundred years after the black hole made right. right to selfdetermination within argument intellectually, it struck been unapologetic about “living tions with Israel looks increasingly
its way into physics through Albert Einstein’s general the state of Israel would by law be me as a harsh defence of the eth forever by the sword” if that be Is hollow.
theory of relativity, soon after the LIGO collaboration Sources of support unique to the Jewish people. nic purity of the Israeli state... rael’s need. A renewal of India’s commit
fi rst directly observed the gravitational waves made by Two notable triumphs achieved This is a law that puts the status [and] shocked my sensibilities as The people of Gaza have lived ment to Palestine should run con
the merging of two black holes, the ‘dark star’ had fi nal against the tide of global opinion of Israel’s 1.26 million Palestinian an American. After all, the very through this experience after the currently with fi ghting back
ly been imaged. The Higgs boson was detected 50 years facilitated Mr. Netanyahu’s win. In citizens and the estimated 5 mil concept of ‘American’ rejects eth fraudulent Israeli withdrawal of against the growing expressions of
securing these, he counted on the lion living in the West Bank and nic or religious defi nitions of citi 2005 which converted the densely intolerance in political life and the
after it had been postulated, and gravitational waves
unquestioning — and unthinking — Gaza into a permanent limbo. It zenship. Moreover, there were populated strip into the world’s shredding of the fabric of secular
were observed a century after Einstein predicted them. support of the Donald Trump ad marks the fi nal fruition of an eff ort Arab citizens of Israel. Where did largest open air prison. March 30 democracy. With Israel taking
Visual proof of the existence of black holes comes a cen ministration in the U.S. and the re that began in 2007, when the U.S. they fi t in?” marked a year since the people of another perilous turn to the right,
tury after they appeared in scientifi c literature. In a col servoir of evangelical fervour from resumed its token eff ort to broker The hesitancy was very brief Gaza began their “great march of India’s endorsement of the Boy
laborative eff ort, eight telescopes around the world which it draws sustenance. a peace after all eff orts at reengi since Ms. Rice quickly signed up return”, a mass mobilisation de cott, Divestment and Sanctions
were used for the experiment. The challenges included Mr. Netanyahu’s opponents neering the regional strategic ar for the project that had the endor manding the UNmandated right movement, today the only option
making each observe the same broad range of wave within Israel say that Mr. Trump chitecture, beginning with the in sement of her rightwing fraternity of refugees to return home. No less to gain justice for Palestine, seems
lengths around 1.3 mm and having precise atomic eff ectively created a publicity vi vasion of Iraq, had failed. in the U.S. After the George W. than 70% of the 2 million people in a moral imperative.
deo for him with a decree during Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. Se Bush administration vanished into Gaza are refugees from villages
clocks at each location, so the data could be combined.
the late days of the campaign, re cretary of the State at the time, re history in 2008, Barack Obama and towns razed to establish Is Sukumar Muralidharan teaches at the
A black hole marks the end of spacetime as common cognising Israel’s annexation of cords her shock at the precondi sought to dissuade Israel from this rael. school of journalism, O.P. Jindal Global
ly understood, and nothing that enters it can escape the Golan Heights. This followed tion set by her Israeli counterpart insistence on ethnic purity. Mr. Israel responded to the Gaza University, Sonipat
from the tremendous gravitational attraction. However,
this is no real danger, as black holes are located at dis
tances that humans do not have the power to scale. The
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
EHT set out to image two candidate supermassive black
holes — Sagittarius A*, which is 26,000 light years from The fi rst phase strengthened this. Was it good, with enthusiastic shock, these questions ran successive and extensive achieved by collaborative
the earth, at the centre of the Milky Way, and another The world celebrates sheer coincidence that a tribals walking kilometres to through my mind. Who is campaigns, quite a few are eff orts and directed human
India’s general election as a number of EVMs exercise their democratic giving and who is taking? Is still confused about voter potential.
which is 55 million light years away at the centre of the
festival of democracy. So far malfunctioned even before right. There were cases of this the sole reason why the slips and the voter identity Aditi Pote,
Messier 87 galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster. But the so good. And the fi rst phase polling started? Was there a violence but let us note that voting percentage is below cards. There was enough Pune
fi rst image was of the more distant one. The very long of elections is over. Again check list to ensure EVMs voting was, by and large, average in some parts? Why time for technological
baseline interferometry technique linked radio dishes good. But as far as Andhra were properly installed? peaceful. This augurs well for this indiff erence? It seems solutions to quickly identify ■ From the time Albert
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“Minorities in Pakistan started to feel like ‘minorities’ during the time of General Zia-ul-Haq, says Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who founded the Pakistan Hindu Council.” Pakistani Hindus dancing on Holi, in Karachi.
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or the Hindus of Sindh in Pakistan, March 25 seeking protection from their shipPakistan in collaboration with Au TV’. While people have the freedom to
March 20, the day Holi was cele family. The court ordered the govern rat Foundation found that that at least convert, there is also a system that facil <
> The problem is that if an adult
takes a decision herself, and
brated, was a riot of colours. But ment to protect the sisters until the mat 1,000 girls are forcibly converted to Is itates the process, Jahangir says.
gives a statement in the court
for the Meghwars, it marked the begin ter was resolved. lam in Pakistan every year. The report Not all conversions are forced
ning of a nightmare when two sisters, Meanwhile, a war of words erupted stated that the conversions take place in though. According to a report by Ayesha of law, we cannot interfere in
Reena Meghwar and Raveena Meghwar, between India and Pakistan, with In the Thar region, particularly in the dis Tanzeem published in the Voice of such cases. Our policy, though,
suddenly disappeared from their home dia’s External Aff airs Minister Sushma tricts of Umerkot, Tharparkar, Mirpur America, “Some minor girls eloped with is very clear on minority rights:
in Daharki, a city in Ghotki district of Swaraj seeking a report from the Indian Khas, Sanghar, Ghotki and Jacobabad. Muslim men against their family’s wish we are against any forced
Sindh. Their disappearance not only envoy in Pakistan on the case, and Pa People convert due to fi nancial and eco es and changed their religion since mar conversions.
brought back the spotlight on a persist kistan’s Information Minister Fawad nomic reasons, the report said. It identi riage between a Muslim and a Hindu is Fawad Chaudhry
ing problem in the country, but also led Chaudhry retorting that this was an “in fi ed landlords, extremist religious not allowed in Islam. The parents often Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
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Things will turn sour,
Maneka warns Muslims How could you ally with Army veterans upset Modi to get
Russia’s highest
with ‘politicisation’
The veiled threat in the
speech evoked strong con
demnation across the board
from social media.
Poonawala tweeted: “From
Amit Shahji to Maneka
Gandhi maám, Muslims are
being threatened openly by
Cong., Modi asks Pawar Seek the intervention of the President
civilian award
Suhasini Haidar
NEW DELHI
Congress spokesperson the BJP. Never before in the
Sanjay Jha in a series of history of independent In ‘He once split from that party for the sake of the country’ Special Correspondent tures in the list, has con Russia announced on Fri
tweets, condemned the Mi dia and her elections has NEW DELHI fi rmed the letter. “It was day that President Vladimir
nister, saying: “Scandal! this happened and the Elec Shoumojit Banerjee Over 150 veterans, including sent by email and endorse Putin will confer its highest
Naukri ek sauda hai (em tion Commission of India Ahmednagar eight former Service chiefs, ment was also given over civilian award, the ‘Order
ployment is a bargain)#BJPS continues to look away and Targeting Nationalist Con have written to President email,” he told The Hindu. of the Holy Apostle An
# Maneka Gandhi. Dear De not act.” gress Party (NCP) chief Sha Ram Nath Kovind express Stating that he fully en drew the First’, on Prime
mographic Dividend India, Actor Swara Bhaskar rad Pawar, Prime Minister ing anguish at the “politici dorsed its contents, AVM Minister Narendra Modi for
now you know why India tweeted, “Literally Sick. Is Narendra Modi on Friday sation of the Army” in the Kak said some offi cers in the his work on bilateral ties.
has an unemployment jobs Maneka Gandhi threatening wondered why Mr. Pawar runup to the Lok Sabha list seemed to have deve “The order was present
crisis. For #BJP providing Muslims? Isn’t this uncon had allied with the Congress, election and seeking his in loped cold feet. “I am sur ed to the Prime Minister of
jobs is a commercial deal; stitutional? And criminal? which in turn stood with tervention. prised Rashtrapati Bhavan India for his distinguished
you have to help them fi rst She is admitting that she those leaders “wanting sepa On Friday, however, two is not aware of the letter,” he contribution to the deve
to get a job. A quid pro quo. will abuse her power soon rate Prime Ministers for In former Service chiefs de said. lopment of a privileged
It is a barter, give & take.” as she in offi ce! @ECISVEEP dia and Jammu & Kashmir”. nied signing it and Rashtra strategic partnership bet
Congress supporter and This must violate someth Mr. Modi was referring to pati Bhavan sources denied ‘Unacceptable practice’ ween Russia and India and
political analyst Tehseen ing! ” National Conference leader receiving such a letter. The letter referred to the friendly ties between the
Omar Abdullah’s recent re In all, 156 veterans have “unusual and totally unac Russian and Indian peo
mark that he would strive endorsed the letter. “We he ceptable practice” of politi ples,” a statement from Mr.
“to get back the post of reby respectfully urge you cal leaders taking credit for Putin’s offi ce read.
‘No gag order against Prime Minister” for the
State. The National Confe Ready to fi ght: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis
to take all necessary steps to
urgently direct all political
military operations like
crossborder strikes and the PM thanks Putin
reporting on Tejasvi Surya’ rence is an ally of the
Congress.
introducing BJP candidate Sujay Vikhe-Patil to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in Ahmednagar on Friday. PTI *
parties that they must desist
forthwith from using the
Army being called “Modi ki
sena,” a reference to recent
Thanking Mr. Putin for the
honour, Mr. Modi said
Special Correspondent parliamentary candidate Te military, military uniforms comments by U.P. Chief Mi cooperation between India
Bengaluru jasvi Surya. ‘Why silent on Omar?’ refuses to speak on those hoodwink the people of the or symbols, and any actions nister Yogi Adityanath. and Russia had led to “to
The Karnataka HC on Friday A Division Bench made Addressing a massive rally in seeking two Prime Minis country. Since when have by military formations or They said such misuse of extraordinary outcomes
said that a temporary in the observations while dis Ahmednagar city, Mr. Modi ters, one in India and one in you begun viewing this personnel, for political pur the armed forces “would for our citizens.”
junction issued by a city ci posing of a PIL petition fi led said: “While I have no expec J&K...Mr. Pawar, how can country from a foreign poses or to further their pol impinge adversely on the “President Putin re
vil court on March 29 did by the Association for De tations from the Congress, I you even sleep after allying #70929
prism?” itical agendas,” said the let morale and fi ghting effi cien mains a source of great
not prevent the 49 defen mocratic Reforms. failed to understand Shara with the Congress?” He was speaking as part of ter dated April 11. cy of the serving man and strength for the IndiaRus
dant newspapers, TV chan “In our view, the defen drao [Mr. Pawar]. He split Further castigating the the BJP’s campaign for Dr. The fi rst phase of the gen woman in uniform.” sia friendship. Under his vi
nels and social media plat dants are not prevented the Congress [in 1999] to NCP chief, Mr. Modi said: Sujay VikhePatil, who is the eral elections began on “We therefore appeal to sionary leadership, bilater
forms from publishing or from publishing or telecast form the NCP, allegedly for “Did you include the word Bharatiya Janata PartyShiv Thursday, with the fi nal you to ensure that the secu al and multilateral
telecasting any news item ing any news item which is the sake of the country. Yet, ‘Nationalist’ in your newly Sena candidate for the keen phase to be held on May 19. lar and apolitical character cooperation between our
which was not defamatory not defamatory in their opi today, he has allied with the formed party [the formation ly contested Ahmednagar Air ViceMarshal Kapil of our armed forces is pre nations has scaled new
about BJP’s Bangalore South nion,” the Bench observed. Congress and is silent and of the NCP in 1999] merely to South Lok Sabha seat. Kak (retd.), whose name fea served,” the veterans urged. heights,” he added.
Smriti Irani a serial liar, says Congress Kishor pushed for merger Why is Rahul
silent, asks
‘She should quit for falsifying academic records and fi ling contradictory affi davits’ of RJD & JD(U), says Rabri Amit Shah
‘Will continue my work’
Press Trust of India Staff Reporter
New Delhi
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‘BJP need not teach Congress lessons in nationalism’ ‘Regional front will form govt.’
It is not Rahul Gandhi versus Modi. It is democracy versus dictatorship, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah
Afshan Yasmeen priority. Whenever there is a to be protected. That is the Deve Gowda, is buried?
threat through external ag main issue.
The former Karnataka Chief Minister and chairman of the Con gression, the country has to ■ We have had only political
gressJanata Dal (Secular) Coordination Committee, Siddara- fi ght back and it does. There With less than a week for diff erences, not personal
maiah, says the BJP and its affi liates cannot teach the Congress have been disputes on the bor polling in Karnataka, rancour ones. We have forgotten all
lessons in nationalism. der and we have been fi ghting at the grassroots is refusing to that and are going together for
back. They cannot take politi die down. Will the coalition a larger cause.
After Pulwama, BJP is in 1971, when Bangladesh was cal mileage out of national se arrangement end up doing Kolkata
projecting national security liberated, did we not defeat curity... People will see more harm than good? BJP is exploiting your The next government at the Centre will be
and nationalism as major poll Pakistan? How can they make through the hollowness. In traditional rivalry in Old formed by regional parties or a regional
issues. Prime Minister it an issue now? Modi is not any election, people are wise ■ Following our joint rallies Mysore... they are supporting front, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Narendra Modi has asked fi rst speaking about what they have enough to decide what is best and our messages of unity, all Independent candidate Banerjee said on Friday. Addressing an
done in the last fi ve years. He when there is a threat to the minor diff erences are getting election rally at Kurseong in the Darjeeling
<
> People are politically
time voters to dedicate their Sumalatha in Mandya.
vote to those soldiers who is only exploiting people’s nation, its democracy and the sorted out. Party workers will Lok Sabha constituency, the Trinamool
aware and will choose
conducted the air strikes emotions. People vote us all to Constitution. fall in line. There will be minor ■ The BJP does not have a can chairperson said the BJP would fi nd it diffi cult
wisely when it comes to win even 100 Lok Sabha seats. “BJP will
on Balakot. become chowkidars, but did to the nation diff erences because the Con didate to fi eld there. That is
this chowkidar really do his Don’t you think it is a little gress and the JD(S) have been why they are supporting fi nd it diffi cult to cross 100 seats,” she said.
“Regional parties are now very important. We
■ There is no need for the duty. Modi has not. His tenure naive to believe that? election, but not forever. Peo major opponents in several Sumalatha.
will form the next government. Who will be
Congress to learn about na is one of only speeches, all ple have realised they have elections, especially in the old
leader of the government, we will decide
tionalism, national security or mann ki baat. ■ No, this is a proven fact. This committed a mistake in falling Mysore region. But isn’t that a clever
later,” she said.
patriotism from the BJP. is the 17th election. The edu for the beautiful dreams that political strategy?
Should we take lessons from But it is a question of cated population has in Modi wove. Developments in Mandya and
those who killed Gandhiji? perception and the BJP seems creased tremendously com Mysuru suggest that small ■ No, it is simply a fact.
Was Jana Sangh or RSS in to have an edge . pared to what it was in 1947. During the Assembly polls in diff erences may spell doom. Yogi, Mayawati respond to EC
volved in the freedom strug People are politically aware. Karnataka, the campaign Why did you not contest the NEW DELHI
gle? How many of them have ■ Whatever drama the BJP People will choose wisely largely appeared like ■ There is still time. Deve Gow Lok Sabha election? Why not Uttar Pradesh Chief
laid down their lives for this does, people will eventually when it comes to the nation. ‘Siddaramaiah vs. Modi’. da and I are doing joint cam a Delhi stint? Minister Yogi Adityanath
country’s unity and protec understand their game. When What is it now? paigns in Mandya, Hassan, My and BSP chief Mayawati on
tion?... During the Congress elected, it is the responsibility But the urbanised, educated suru and Tumkuru. We will ■ I want to remain in State pol Friday submitted their
rule, there have been over 10 of a government, irrespective people are the BJP’s main ■ It is not Siddaramaiah versus fi ght together. itics. Rahul Gandhi has made response to the Election
12 surgical strikes and twice of the party and the Prime Mi electorate. Modi or Rahul Gandhi versus me Congress Working Com Commission's show cause
we have defeated Pakistan. nister, to protect the country Modi. It is democracy versus Can we say that the legendary mittee member. That is also notices. Both are learnt to
During Indira Gandhi’s tenure and its people. It is the fi rst ■ It may work like that in one dictatorship. Democracy has rivalry between you and Mr. Delhi politics but from here. have tendered their
apologies, saying they will not repeat the
mistakes. The poll panel had served notice on
Mr. Adityanath for his “AliBajrangbali”
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The crowd cheers as popu Noor Bagh. The incident ter joined the Congress,
lar Hindi songs play on the during a violent clash near which is backing Dr. Abdul
fountain and most young an ongoing encounter site lah this time. On the road: With campaigning reaching fever pitch in Kerala, an autorickshaw has been turned into a BJP dividing society: Akhilesh
sters prefer not to talk was caught on a mobile So, the PDP has fi elded campaign vehicle for Innocent, the Left Democratic Front candidate from the Chalakudy Lok Sabha Lucknow
politics. phone and went viral. The Aga Syed Mohsin, 54, a Shia, constituency. The State goes to the polls on April 23. THULASI KAKKAT *
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Akhilesh Yadav on Friday
neering student from Srina felt in the 2018 municipal as an independent and alleged that the BJP was
gar’s Batamaloo Assembly polls when local polling bagged just 16,000 votes. He
Sangh Parivar will reap benefi ts
dividing society on the
segment, with highest vot booth in Chattabal regis is facing an uphill task to basis of caste and religion
ing concentration of 1.27 tered zero turnout. swing the elections for the while the
lakh voters out of the total of “It will be a repeat of pre party, which has already ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand
12.95 lakh in the Srinagar
Lok Sabha seat, sees no rea
son to vote.
viouslyheld polls. I doubt if
anybody has a moral cour
age to come out and vote in
seen three MLAs from the
Assembly segments in the
Lok Sabha constituency —
of a religious society: Pa. Ranjith alliance) was committed to
removing hatred. Mr. Yadav said that the BJP
showed false dreams to the people and
“A friend has lost eyesight Chattabal,” said Yadoo’s Mr. Bukhari, Shia leader promised them “acche din (good days)” but in
due to pellets in 2016. I childhood friend Yasir Ah Abid Ansari, and Mir Javid ‘Equally important to critique the policies of progressive parties’ reality, did nothing for them. “The BJP is
shouldered the coffi n of a lo mad. Mustafa — quitting the party. playing politics by dividing society on the
basis of caste and religion. Our
cal Sajad Hussain Sheikh, 19, Mr. Mohsin could serve to Udhav Naig “And in the process… instead of called progressive parties to do
‘Mahagathbandhan’ wants to remove the
killed in BSF fi ring on stone Poor turnouts divide the Shia votes bet CHENNAI enabling their collective rise in the right thing. We want the
hatred and bring in change to save the
throwers on the Batamaloo Srinagar has a history of ween the PDP and the Peo In less than a decade, fi lmmak society… merely slot them as Congress and its allies to come Constitution,” the former CM said. PTI
Tengpora road in 2017. He poor turnouts — with just ples Conference’s (PC) Shia er Pa. Ranjith has almost single victims alone.” to power and the BJP to be de
was shot in the head. The 25.55% in 2009 and 25.86% candidate Abid Hussain An handedly kickstarted a discus In all of his fi lms, he has re feated. But why are the progres
students community is fac in 2014, even when the situa sari, brother of former PDP sion about caste discrimination fl ected his political ideas in the sives that we trust confi ning Da
ing the State’s wrath for ex tion was comparatively bet MLA Imran Ansari. and caste privilege not just in narrative. If it was the impact of lits to reserved constituencies, BJP eyes rich haul in 1st phase
pressing their political ter. In the 2017 byeelec The PC, headed by Hand casteconscious Tamil cinema grass root party politics in Ma not fi elding women and Muslim New Delhi
views. JamaateIslami and tions, it dropped to 7.12% waraborn Sajad Lone, en but also in casteconscious Ta dras, he had taken on the BJP candidates? Dravidian parties The BJP’s media head and
JKLF are banned for no rea amidst street violence and tered Srinagar politics dur mil society. Sangh Parivar mode of politics routinely fi eld candidates based Rajya Sabha member Anil
sons. Does any of this motiv civilians deaths. However, ing the municipal polls last Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. in his last fi lm Kaala in which on their caste. When will we Baluni said on Friday that
ate one to be at the polling National Conference’s (NC) year. Boycotted by the NC Ranjith stressed the need for ur three political philosophies — change this system?” the party will not only
booth,” asks Mr. Ganai. president Farooq Abdullah, and the PDP, Mr Lone PC gency in social reform and the As a young fi lmmaker trying retain its winning seats
81, was declared a winner by won many municipal seats importance of safeguarding to make fi lms with a Dalit per but also emerge
Boycott call 10,700 votes. and his party leader, Junaid secularism at a time when the spective, Mr. Ranjith said he victorious in other
Separatist leaders, who have The boycott is bound to Azim Mattu, is the mayor of Sangh Parivar seems to be set had found the going tough constituencies. He said
called for a boycott of the favour a party with loyal Srinagar. The party has been ting the political agenda. initially. the BJP will win seats in
polls, still hold considerable vote base and cadre. Dr. Ab working with the voters in Mr. Ranjith said his work, be Periyarism, Ambedkarism and “When I made Attakathi, so Odisha, West Bengal and northeast region to
sway over many segments of dullah’s NC is the only party the Dal lake and the out it in movies or Neelam Panpat Marxism — come together cine meone told me that the Madu improve its current tally. He also cited claims
Srinagar — Hurriyat chair that has its traditional vote skirts of Srinagar, where the tu Mayyam (Neelam Cultural matically to triumph over the rai audience apparently will not of opposition leaders, including BSP supremo
Mayawati, about malfunctioning of EVMs, to
man Mirwaiz Umar Farooq bank intact in all the three impact of the separatists Centre), would continue to fo Sangh Parivar’s brand of like it because I am showing Dr.
say that it underscored their frustration after
in the old city and now districts of Srinagar, Gander backed boycott is minimal. It cus on pushing for social and politics. Ambedkar’s photo,” he said.
the BJP’s strong show. PTI
banned JKLF chief Yasin Ma bal and Budgam. The no remains to be seen whether cultural change. Mr. Ranjith feels that while it “When I made Madras, produc
lik in the uptown areas. madic Gujjars, who com the PC municipal councillors “Social reform is my inten is important to join forces ers and actor Karthi had a lot of
Srinagar district along prise signifi cant vote bank in can pull up a magic number tion. Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhi against the Sangh Parivar and faith in me.”
with the districts of Gander outskirts of Srinagar and for Mr Lone. debated about what is needed: the BJP, it is also equally impor “In Pariyerum Perumal, Scindia to contest from Guna
bal and Budgam in central Ganderbal’s Kangan, have “I represent the younger political reform or social re tant to critique policies of ‘liber there is a scene in which the New Delhi
Kashmir make up the Srina remained loyal to the party. generation. I am more in form. I believe that there can be al and progressive’ political par character says he wants to be Among the seven seats in
gar consituency. All three Former chief minister and touch with problems and no true political reform without ties that articulate the kind of come like Dr. Ambedkar. Direc four States the Congress
districts have seen almost NC vicepresident Omar Ab realities faced by today’s social reform. But what is the politics he supports. tor Mari Selvaraj had faced the announced on Friday, Lok
uninterrupted discontent dullah’s Assembly segment generation and fi nd a way status of social reform now? Pe “BJP is a casteist and reli same issues when he was pitch Sabha member from
and clashes since 2014, with Beerwah , also falls in the out to resolve them,” PC can ople continue to say, ‘It will gious party. They will encour ing the fi lm to producers — a Guna, Jyotiraditya
several encounters. Srinagar parliamentary con didate Mr. Ansari said happen, it is happening’… but age it. But we expect the so couple of them didn’t like it be Scindia, has been fi elded
Many educated youth stituency. The elections will Srinagar goes to the polls has there been a major change? cause they thought it will aff ect again from the same seat
have been drawn into the test the younger Mr. Abdul in less than a week on April We are working towards creat the fi lm’s box offi ce. They we in Madhya Pradesh while
militant ranks. Ganderbal’s lah’s popularity given that 18 and it remains to be seen ing major social and cultural ren’t casteists at all. So, I decid former minister Manish Tewari will contest
Muhammad Rafi Bhat, an as he won Beerwah, with a waf who has his fi ngers on the change,” he explained. ed to produce the fi lm. I had to from Anandpur Sahib in Punjab. With this,
sistant professor at Kashmir er thin margin of around pulse of angry and disillu Elaborating on the need create a model to show that the the Congress has put to rest speculation
University, was killed in May 1000 votes in the 2014 as sioned youth in Srinagar. for creating a countercul audience will watch the fi lm if it that Mr. Scindia may choose to contest from
Gwalior while his wife, Priyadarshini, may
ture for Dalit communities, is interesting.”
contest from Guna. Friday's announcement
Mr. Ranjith said, “What is Urging people to vote against
of Mr. Tewari’s return to the political arena
the culture here? Is there Sangh Parivar forces, Mr. Ran
comes after he had declined to contest the
recognition for music by the jith said, “BJP and Sangh Pari 2014 election citing health issues.
Dalits? We are at a juncture var are creating more divisions
where it is important to instil within society and separating
confi dence and selfbelief in the population into communi
the people.”
The Scheduled Castes
were often being referred to
ties. The people in society are
religious. We do not live in a
secular, progressive society. Re
P
t
We are at a stage where Military
veterans have to come together to
tell off BJPModi’s despicable attempts to
as ‘oppressed’, ‘disenfran ligious groups will use that to misuse our brave Forces for elections.
chised’, ‘broken’ etc. for far too turn people against each Those responsible for
long by all kinds of politicians other. If they come back conducting free & fair polls
including by those who called to power, they will
must act strongly against the
themselves ‘liberal and pro create more pro
ruling party
gressive’, he asserted. blems in socie
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IN BRIEF
Amid talks with U.S., Taliban
declares start of spring off ensive
Associated Press er really ceased during the the Taliban command struc
Kabul harsh winter months. The ture.
The Taliban announced on insurgents carry out daily at It also urges fi ghters to
Rajapaksa’s brother Friday the start of its spring tacks targeting Afghan se avoid civilian casualties.
returns to Sri Lanka off ensive despite talking curity forces and NATO In Kabul, the Afghan High
COLOMBO peace with the United States troops, and infl icting stag Peace Council, a govern
Former Sri Lankan President and ahead of a signifi cant gering casualties, including ment body created years ago
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother gathering of Afghans meant among civilians. to talk peace with antigo
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on to discuss resolutions to the Most recently, a Taliban vernment forces, con
Friday returned to the island
protracted war and an even attack near the main U.S. air demned the Taliban an
nation and said he has taken
tual withdrawal of American base in Afghanistan killed nouncement, saying it
necessary steps to renounce
troops from the country. three Marines on Monday. brought into question the in
his U.S. citizenship to be able
to contest the presidential
The insurgents released a The Taliban now holds surgents’ sincerity in seek
polls later this year. The lengthy missive in fi ve lan sway over half the country ing a peaceful end to the
Former Defence Secretary is guages, including English, after a relentless 17year war, war.
being promoted as the main saying the fi ghting would America’s longest. AttauRahman Saleim, a
candidate from the Rajapaksa continue while foreign forc Friday’s announcement council deputy, told over the
camp to face the next es remain in Afghanistan. instructs the Taliban mujahi phone that it undermines
presidential election later The announcement is so deen, or holy warriors, to the credibility of the Tali
this year as Mr. Rajapaksa mething the militant group “launch jihadi operations ban. “They are insisting on
cannot constitutionally run does every year, even with sincerity and pure in war,” he said. “We can see
for a third term. PTI though Taliban attacks nev tentions,” strictly abiding by this every day.”
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THE HINDU
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019
DELHI
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market watch
12-04-2019
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 38,767 ddddddddddddddd0.41
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 69.17 ddddddddddddd -0.36
% CHANGE
Margins fall but Infosys net rises 10.4%
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 32,850 ddddddddddddd -0.51
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 71.43 ddddddddddddddd0.81 Q4 revenues climb 19.11% yearonyear to ₹ 21,539 crore; shift to digital helped, says CEO Parekh
Special Correspondent 2019, Infosys posted a 3.86% lio, large deal wins, and
NIFTY 50 Bengaluru yearonyear fall in net profi t client metrics. This is a re
PRICE CHANGE
Tech major Infosys posted a at ₹ 15,410 crore as against fl ection of our increased
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.65. . . . . . . . . 6.20
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1438.65. . . . . . . 15.50 net profi t of ₹ 4,074 crore, ₹ 16,029 crore, a year ago. client relevance stemming
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.35. . . . . . . 12.05 beating the market expecta The Bengalurubased from our focus on digital, po
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3008.15. . . . . . . 14.45
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7536.85. . . . . . -25.90
tion of ₹ 3,956 crore, during company’s revenue from op sitioning, and longstanding
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3008.80. . . . . . -39.05 the fourth quarter against erations increased by 17.23% client relationships.”
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 341.95. . . . . . . . -4.40 ₹ 3,690 crore a year ago, yearonyear to ₹ 82,675 crore “We have increased client
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.15. . . . . . . . -0.55 Raining perks: (from left) Infosys COO U.B. Pravin Rao, CEO
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2984.30. . . . . . . 38.25
marking a yearonyear and operating profi t stood at relevance and shifting to dig
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.85. . . . . . . 10.00 growth of 10.4%. ₹ 18,880 crore, a 10.1% year ital has benefi ted us,” he and MD Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy. SOMASHEKAR GRN
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Infosys announces
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 21361.15. . . . . 363.00
nues for the quarter in During the quarter, Info
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 356.75. . . . . . . 14.05 creased to ₹ 21,539 crore, ‘Multiple dimensions’ sys was able to add some se
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.45. . . . . . . . . 4.70 from ₹ 18,083 crore, a 19.11% Addressing a press confe ven large global logos to its
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083.45. . . . . . . . -5.40
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2024.95. . . . . . . . . 2.15
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2265.25. . . . . . . . . 7.75
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2639.90. . . . . . . 38.80
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.75. . . . . . . . -1.55
yearonyear increase. Ana
lysts had earlier predicted re
venues at ₹ 21,465 crore.
nounced its fi scal 2020 reve
nue guidance in the range of
in the next fi scal. Digital pric
ing, use of automation and
rence at the company’s Elec
tronic City campus here on
Friday, Mr. Parekh said, “We
digital banking platform.
“Our eff orts on localisa
tion and reskilling for digital
pay hike for 85%
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1721.65. . . . . . . 11.25
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 830.10. . . . . . -15.70
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.60. . . . . . . . . 4.55
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1736.80. . . . . . . . -3.85
The company reported a
slight decline in margins to
21.4% in the quarter, as
7.5% 9.5% (in constant cur
rency), and operating mar
gin guidance in the range of
onshore and off shore mix,
and localisation are going to
help us in the new fi scal,” In
have completed the fi rst year
of our transformation jour
ney with strong results on
have also started paying divi
dends,” Mr. Parekh added.
Following the announce
of India employees
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 314.65. . . . . . . . . 1.30 against 24.7% in the same 21% 23%. fosys MD and CEO Salil Pa multiple dimensions, includ ment of performance num
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.75. . . . . . . . . 5.05
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 155.35. . . . . . . . -2.60
quarter last year. “We have better levers to rekh said. ing revenue growth, perfor bers, Infosys’ shares rose ‘1%1.5% increment for U.S. workers’
The company also an drive operational effi ciency For the fi scal ended March mance of our digital portfo 0.71% to close at ₹ 748.
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.75. . . . . . . . . 9.35
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.85. . . . . . . . -0.15
Special Correspondent Infosys said it was analys
Bengaluru
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343.45. . . . . . . . . 0.25 ing the scenario. The com
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1360.90. . . . . . -17.10
TCS sees highest revenue growth in 15 quarters
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.20. . . . . . . . . 5.45
Bengalurubased tech bell pany had taken steps such
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7342.85. . . . . 155.00 wether Infosys has an as milestonebased incre
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.95. . . . . . . . . 0.00 nounced an average pay ments, reworked compen
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.60. . . . . . . . -1.00
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 197.05. . . . . . . . . 1.10
hike of 6% to a majority of sation packages and digital
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1343.10. . . . . . . . -3.70 Q4 profi t rises 18% to ₹ 8,126 crore; digital services contribute 31% of revenue; dividend at ₹ 18 per share its employees based in In training and certifi cation, to
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.25. . . . . . . . . 0.35 dia. The company has also bring down attrition.
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 465.05. . . . . . . . -0.50
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 215.95. . . . . . . . -2.25
Special Correspondent recommended a fi nal divi expectations with a bit of dis decided to give a 1%1.5%
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.65. . . . . . . . -2.05 MUMBAI dend of ₹ 18 per equity share. appointment on the mar wage increment to its work ‘Reducing attrition’
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014.50. . . . . . . . -5.00 India’s largest software ex N Ganapathy Subrama gins’ front. ers in the U.S. Mr. Rao said, “We are invest
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 785.35. . . . . . . . . 4.40
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097.00. . . . . . . . -8.05 porter, Tata Consultancy niam, chief operating offi cer “The tailwinds of curren On the sidelines of the ing aggressively in people
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4166.50. . . . . . . 26.35 Services (TCS), has reported and executive director, said: cy, U.S. visas and EU perfor company’s quarterly perfor and we expect the attrition
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.80. . . . . . . . . 3.25 a 17.7% increase in its fourth “It is a very satisfying fi nish mance have turned out to be mance meet here on Friday, to come down in the next
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.90. . . . . . . . . 2.75
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.40. . . . . . . . . 2.10 quarter consolidated net to a year marked by steady headwinds for the IT major. Chief Operating Offi cer few quarters. We are com
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.90. . . . . . . . -1.15 profi t to ₹ 8,126 crore, riding growth acceleration and or Going forward, we would (COO) Pravin Rao said the fortable with the 1315% at
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 418.15. . . . . . . . . 7.25 company had decided to trition level and that gives us
on an 18.5% increase in reve der book expansion every like to see more colour on
nue to ₹ 38,010 crore. quarter.” how digital and cloud servic cover 85% of its employees fl exibility.” During the
Digital services contribut es perform,” Mr. Bhasin told in India under the salary in fourth quarter, the compa
EXCHANGE RATES ed 31% to revenue, growing Double digit growth The Hindu. crement plan, eff ective from ny reported a 20.4% (an
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
except yen at 4 p.m. on April 12 at 46.4% over the same pe Revenue growth continued “TCS Q4 revenue came in April 1. About 2,500 promo nualised consolidated) attri
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL riod in the previous year. to accelerate in BFSI, cross line with consensus esti tions had been rolled out. tion against 19.9% in the
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 68.95. . . . . . . 69.27 “This is the strongest reve ing over into double digits at mates, while EBIT margin High performers would previous quarter. The com
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 77.97. . . . . . . 78.34 receive diff erential incre pany also saw a low em
nue growth that we have had 11.6% for the quarter. Growth missed the estimates. Net
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 90.28. . . . . . . 90.70
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 61.57. . . . . . . 61.86 in the last 15 quarters,” Ra was broadbased, with most profi tability came above ments. The company had al ployee net addition at 2,622
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10.28. . . . . . . 10.33 jesh Gopinathan, MD & CEO, The company closed FY19 margins and changes in the verticals showing strong consensus estimates,” said so decided to pay 85% of va against 7,762 people in the
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 68.88. . . . . . . 69.21 riable pay to employees. December quarter. Its utili
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 50.92. . . . . . . 51.17
TCS with 22% growth in yearly capital allocation policy, V. growth. Paras Bothra, president,
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 51.70. . . . . . . 51.94 “Our order book is bigger profi t to ₹ 31,472 crore and a Ramakrishnan, CFO, TCS, “Life sciences and health equity research, Ashika During the fourth quarter sation, including trainees,
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 16.75. . . . . . . 16.84 than in the prior three quar 19% jump in annual revenues said,“At this point of time, care rose 18.2%, energy and Stock Broking. ended March 31, the compa also came down slightly to
Source:Indian Bank ters, and the deal pipeline is to ₹ 1,46,463 crore. However, there are no changes in the utilities 11.3%, communica Ajoy Mukherjee, execu ny experienced an increase 78.9% against 79.8% in the
also robust. TCS’ operating margins for capital allocation policy. tions and media 10%, retail tive VP and global head, hu in attrition, most of which December quarter.
“Despite macro uncer the fourth quarter contract “The margins of 26% were and CPG 9.9% and manufac man resources, TCS, said, had happened in the three Infosys has a total em
BULLION RATES CHENNAI tainties ahead, our strong ex ed by 31 basis points to 25.1% not a guidance but our own turing 9.2%. “Variable is 100% for all our to fi veyear experience band ployee strength of 2,28,123.
April 12 rates in rupees with previous it positions us very well for as the software major report target and we are close to the Sanjiv Bhasin, executive employees. in India, and among the In the last couple of years, it
rates in parentheses
the new fi scal,” he said com ed an operating income of lower end. Going forward, VPmarkets and corporate af “The average salary hike is two to threeyear expe has been actively hiring in
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3. . . . . . . (40.3)
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3029. . . . . . (3043) menting on the performance ₹ 9,537 crore. on margins, we will stay fo fairs, IIFL, believes that TCS 2% for some countries, 4% rience category of em the U.S. and Europe as part
during the quarter. Asked about the fall in cused.” The TCS board has #70929
Q4 results were in line with for some and 6% for some.” ployees in the U.S. of its localisation initiative.
Jet suspends international SpiceJet to
add 16 Boeing
Industrial growth declines to SC rejects
Sterlite’s plea
fl ights till Monday, fl eet falls to 11 737800 NGs 20month low, infl ation up for access to
Bankers seek revised funding plan; fl eet size to deplete to 6 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T.N. plant
NEW DELHI Costlier food and fuel spur retail infl ation to 5month high
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Lowcost carrier SpiceJet Press Trust of India
NEW DELHI / Mumbai Special Correspondent New Delhi
announced on Friday that
NEW DELHI
Cashstrapped Jet Airways it would be inducting 16 The Supreme Court on Fri
has suspended its interna Boeing 737800 NG air Industrial growth slowed in day refused to entertain a
tional fl ights till Monday af craft, a month after the air February to 0.1%, driven by petition fi led by Vedanta
ternoon, according to Civil line saw its fl eet size shrink an acrosstheboard slow group fi rm Sterlite Copper
Aviation Secretary Pradeep due to the grounding of down, especially in key sec seeking access to its closed
Singh Kharola. Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes tors like manufacturing, smelter plant in Thoothu
The airline’s fl eet deplet globally in the aftermath of mining, capital goods, and kudi in Tamil Nadu to carry
ed to a mere 11 aircraft on the Ethiopian Airlines infrastructure, according to out maintenance activities.
Friday from 123 in February. crash. latest offi cial data. The fi rm had also chal
This would further dwindle “Subject to regulatory Separate data showed lenged in the apex court
to six over the weekend, the approvals, the aircraft that retail infl ation quick the Madras High Court’s or
airline informed the senior Losing height: Jet was the largest international airline in India would begin joining Spice ened in March to 2.86% from der, which had declined to
government offi cial. till it was hit by the fi nancial crisis. REUTERS
* Jet fl eet in the next 10 2.57% in February, driven in give an early hearing to
The airline has assured days,” the airline said in a large part by the food and their interim application as
the government that it guidelines, including off er ates in the international sec statement. fuel sectors. well as the main petitions,
would operate 40 daily ing reaccommodation tor with a hub in Amster The airline has applied Growth in the Index of In which relate to the Tamil
fl ights on Saturday and Sun choices or extending applic dam, has had a Boeing 777 for a noobjection certifi dustrial Production (IIP) India,” Mr. Srivastava added. ing in at 1.18% in February Nadu State Pollution Con
day. Mr. Kharola said that able refunds. “In parallel, on ground at Schiphol air cate (NoC) to import the slowed in February from “On the fi scal side, however, compared with a growth of trol Board (TNPCB’s) order
this was down from about the airline’s management port since Tuesday as a car aircraft, to the Directorate 1.44% in January. the prospects were limited 0.94% . The consumer non to shut down the plant.
3,100 fl ights per week. and its key stakeholders, in go agent had taken posses General of Civil Aviation. Within the Index, the because both direct and in durables sector also saw “We are not here to con
The senior government cluding its consortium of sion of it. The aircraft Domestic carriers have mining and quarrying sector direct tax revenue collec growth quickening, to 4.3% trol the High Court,” a
offi cial was addressing the lenders, continue to work continued to remain seen their combined fl eet saw growth slowing to 2% tions have shown a shortfall from 3.33% over the same Bench headed by Justice
media after a conference call closely towards resolving grounded as of Friday size drop drastically prima from 3.92% over the same compared to the revised es period. R.F. Nariman said after
with the Jet management. the current situation,” the evening. rily due to the fi nancial period. timates. So, in order to meet which the fi rm withdrew
The management also spokesperson said. Airport Coordination woes of Jet Airways, which The manufacturing sector the 3.4% fi scal defi cit target, CPI infl ation its plea. The plant was or
met the airline’s bankers on On Thursday, the airline Ltd., which deals with air forced the airline to ground saw a contraction of 0.31% in it appears the government Retail infl ation, as measured dered to be shut after 13
Friday and would meet had announced temporary port slots, disclosed that Eti 112 planes out of the total February from 1.05% in has gone in for curtailing ex by the consumer price index persons protesting against
them again on Monday after grounding of its internation had was taking over slots al 123 in its fl eet. The airline January. penditure in general, and (CPI), quickened in March to the alleged pollution
it was asked to come back al westbound operations till lotted to Jet Airways at said the induction of 16 “The IIP data broadly in capital expenditure in a fi vemonth high due to a caused by the plant, died
with a revised proposal for Friday morning. Jet was the London’s Heathrow Airport. planes would help it bring dicates the slowing down of specifi c.” speeding up of infl ation in in police fi ring in May last
interim funding. The cancel largest international airline Over 400 airport staff down cancellations and the economy, which was re the food and fuel sectors. In year. Vedanta has denied
lations come in the back in India till it was hit by the from the security, customer help in its international fl ected in the quarterly GDP Capital goods contract fl ation in the food and bever the allegations that its
drop of angry passengers fi nancial crisis. services and ramp depart and domestic expansion data,” said D.K. Srivastava, The capital goods sector ages segment of the CPI plant caused any pollution.
and agitating airport staff . ments in Mumbai came out plans as well. “The sudden chief policy advisor, EY In continued its contraction in quickened to 0.66% in The fi rm, in its plea in the
Meanwhile, in a state Lease rental default to the streets demanding a reduction of aviation ca dia.“The outlook should be February, contracting 8.84% March compared with a con top court, had said that its
ment, an airline spokesper The airline had also sus clear line of communication pacity has created a chal thought of in terms of stimu compared with a contrac traction of 0.07% in Febru “intention was solely to
son said that Jet was ‘work pended operations to the en by the management. lenging environment in the lating investment demand in tion of 3.42% in the previous ary. preserve its assets” and for
ing to minimise guest tire eastern and northeast “Salaries have been aff ect sector. SpiceJet is commit the economy through mone month. “Infl ation is still well be that alone wanted to com
inconvenience’ using its ern markets as Jet informed ed. But what is worse is that ted to working closely with tary and fi scal measures,” he Growth in the infrastruc low the average threshold of mence repair and mainte
24x7 contact centre, guest the stock exchanges of the management does not the authorities to augment said. ture sector slowed to 2.38% 4% and food prices have just nance activities.
relations and social media grounding of 10 more air communicate anything with capacity and minimise pas “On the monetary side, from 6.8%. turned positive, and vegeta It had added that lack of
response teams to handle craft following lease rental us,” a member of the Jet Air senger inconvenience,” steps have been taken The electricity sector was ble prices are much less ne maintenance of assets had
schedule adjustments, in default. ways Offi cers and Em SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh through two successive rate the only sector that saw an gative than the trend,” Mr. resulted in a loss of more
line with defi ned regulatory Jet Airways, which oper ployees Association said. said. cuts by the Reserve Bank of acceleration in growth, com Srivastava added. than ₹ 100 crore.
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12 BUSINESS DELHI
IN BRIEF
Apex court halts ArcelorMittal’s Banks must upgrade PoS
payment to lenders of Essar Steel devices as 2G is phased out
Lending institutions may face challenges till then: offi cial
Parties asked to maintain status quo with respect to March 8 order, says lawyer
Special Correspondent vanced] technology is numbers had gone up from
Reuters be named as he is not auth HYDERABAD there,” the offi cial said, in 56 lakh to over 20 lakh. The
New Delhi orised to speak to the media. Banks need to upgrade their augurating the 5G Use Cases number of mobile phone us
L&T buys TIDCO’s stake
The Supreme Court on Fri ArcelorMittal did not have Point of Sale (PoS) devices to Lab for the Banking and Fi ers is 1.2 billion, he said.
in shipbuilding arm
day ordered ArcelorMittal SA any immediate comment. run on 3G and 4G in the nancial Sector, set up at the IDRBT Director A.S. Ra
CHENNAI
to stop a payment to lenders Essar Steel declined to com backdrop of the impending Institute for Development masastri said: “The time is
L&T has purchased 3% stake to buy Essar Steel, a lawyer ment. Essar Steel was among phaseout of 2G technology and Research in Banking right to start working on 5G
of Tamil Nadu Industrial
involved in the case said, de the twelve large steel and to which they are mated Technology (IDRBT). Stating so that India is a thought
Development Corporation
laying the Lakshmi Mittalled other infrastructure compa now, a senior telecom de that 5G had arrived, Mr. Ya leader in this new technolo
(TIDCO) in its subsidiary L&T
company’s entry into India. nies which defaulted and re partment offi cial said. dav said it was time for all gy, rather than being a fol
Shipbuilding for ₹ 32.74
crore. With the acquistion of
The National Company ferred to the National Com “The PoS the banking sec those concerned to discuss lower as in the case of some
TIDCO’s 1.33 crore shares on Law Tribunal (NCLT) had ap pany Law Tribunal in 2017. tor uses is right now 2Gena the areas where the technol earlier technologies.”
April 10, L&T Shipbuilding proved ArcelorMittal’s $6 The fi rm became synony bled. In a couple of years, ogy could be applied once it The objectives of 5G Lab
now becomes a wholly billion bid for the debtrid mous with the tardy pace of there will be no 2G in the is rolled out in the country include developing and de
owned subsidiary of L&T. L&T den Essar on March 8, poten debt resolution by banks country. [There will only be] by developing use cases. monstrating 5G use cases for
Shipbuilding was tially ending months of court saddled with billions of dol 3G and 4G and beyond. Are The infrastructure in the banking and fi nancial servic
incorporated in 2007 and battles and opening the sec The National Company Law Tribunal approved ArcelorMittal’s lars of bad loans. we getting the PoS ready for country had also improved, es, setting up a 5G R&D ex
operates a modern shipyard tor to outsiders. $6billion bid for Essar Steel on March 8. REUTERS *
JSW Steel Ltd., Vedanta the 2G moving out?,” Joint Mr. Yadav said, adding that perience platform, and pro
from Kattupalli in Chennai On Friday, the Supreme Ltd., Russian bank VTB and Secretary Amit Yadav said. in three years, the number vide stateoftheart
carrying out shipbuilding and Court halted ArcelorMittal’s rious appeals in the case. March 8 order,” said a lawyer the erstwhile owners of Es Unless such upgrade hap of mobile towers had in experimental test bed solu
ship related activities. payment while the National “[The court] asked the working on the case, refer sar Steel have all tried to win pens, banks would face chal creased from less than two tions for mobile, wireless
Company Law Appellate Tri parties to maintain status ring to an NCLT order. the 10milliontonne steel as lenges. “I think we need to lakh to fi ve lakh, while the technologies, IoT and secur
Maruti Celerio crosses bunal’s (NCLAT) rules on va quo with respect to the The lawyer did not wish to set over the last two years. see to it that [more ad Base Tower Stations (BTS) ity services for BFSI.
one lakh sales in FY19
NEW DELHI
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on
Friday said its compact car
Celerio sold 1,03,734 units in
201819, joining the club of
CERC nod for higher tariff Mohan named
CUB part-time
Tea Board to discuss industry road map
company’s models with sales
of more than one lakh units
for Adani’s Mundra plant chairman Enhancing quality, manufacture of FSSAIcompliant tea on conference agenda
in a year. The model has
cumulatively sold 4.7 lakh Firm incurs heavy cost in coal imports Special Correspondent A signifi cant agenda of the
units since its launch in 2014. Special Correspondent KOLKATA meeting would be discussing
The sales grew by 10% in Press Trust of India amend terms of the power CHENNAI The Tea Board is planning to steps needed to manufac
201819. The other Maruti New Delhi purchase agreements for The board of City Union hold a conference to discuss ture tea compliant with the
cars with over one lakh The Central Electricity Reg 2,000 MW capacities with Bank Ltd. on Friday recom the roadmap for increasing Food Safety and Standards
annual sales include Vitara ulatory Commission (CERC) Adani’s 4,620MW Mundra mended its independent exports and domestic con Authority of India (FSSAI)
Brezza, Dzire, Baleno, Swift, on Friday approved higher power plant. director R. Mohan to be the sumption, and improving In regulations and well in con
WagonR and Alto. PTI tariff for Adani Power’s In its plea to the CERC last next parttime chairman dian tea quality. A 12point formity with international
2,000 megawatt (MW) ca year, GUVNL had proposed with eff ect from May 4. agenda has been drawn up standards.
Axiata skips Vodafone pacities at its Mundra power amendments to the two The board also forward for the conclave, according Industry sources wel
Idea rights issue plant. The plant was facing PPAs signed on February 6, ed an application to this ef to Tea Board sources. comed the initiative saying
NEW DELHI
hardships after compensa 2007, and February 2, 2007, fect to the Reserve Bank of The meeting will discuss that this would pave the way
Malaysiabased Axiata Group tory tariff was disallowed by with Adani Power (Mundra) India as the present incum ways to enhance the quality for drawing the contours of
has “renounced” its right to
Supreme Court in April Ltd., for the supply of con bent S. Mahalingam’s te of Indian tea, restrict mar the industry through a
entitlement of Vodafone Idea
2017. Adani Power has been tracted capacity of 1,000 nure ends on May 3. keting of low quality pro broadbased consultative
shares under the ₹ 25,000
seeking to pass through MW each from units 1 to 4 Mr. Mohan, who has ducts, and the steps needed Special aroma: Tea Board will discuss ways to drive the process.
crore rights issue, sources
said. Axiata Group, which
higher cost of imported coal and units 5 and 6 of Mundra been associated with the to be taken to bring good tea branding of India’s specialty tea. M. SATHYAMOORTHY
* Large and small tea grow
held 8.1% (valued at ₹ 3,771 to run this plant. The cost of plant respectively. bank since 1975, was pro to the market. ers, as well as tea traders are
crore) stake in the telecom fuel rose after Indonesia Disposing of the petition, moted as the chief general try from bulk tea production and the meeting will discuss likely to participate in the
major, was entitled to receive changed its regulations. The the power regulator said manager in 2011 and in Organic tea manufacture to valueadded tea, while ex the manner in which the Tea symposium due to be held
87 equity shares for every 38 Mundra plant is an import these projects were effi 2014 he was inducted on to The Tea Board wants the in ploring ways to increase Board could support such an here later this month.
shares held by eligible ed coalbased plant. cient, on supercritical tech the board. He is also part of dustry to take steps to in sales, export and marketing initiative. Indian Tea Association
shareholders of the company Last year, power distribu nology and are baseload various board committees. crease manufacture of more of good quality tea. It will also try to gauge the chairman Vivek Goenka felt
on the record date, April 2, tion fi rm Gujarat Urja Vikas plants and therefore, it Currently, he holds 1.45 organic tea. The Union Commerce Mi support expected by the in that the initiative should pro
2019. The rights issue was Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL) had makes economic sense to lakh shares, the bank said It is also calling for a para nistry is keen that India dustry at the farm and ma vide a good forum for dis
opened on April 10. PTI sought CERC approval to keep them operationalised. in a regulatory fi ling. #70929
digm shift to move the indus brands its speciality tea well, nufacturing levels. cussing disruptive ideas.
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NASA’s ‘twins study’ highlights In S. Korea, babies born one
eff ects of spacefl ight on body day can be 2-year-olds the next
It will guide future biomedical space research and help plan a safer Mars trip The country has world’s most unusual age-calculating system
Students make algorithm
to predict GOT deaths Agence France-Presse and molecular changes that Associated Press
BERLIN Washington occur as someone goes in DAEJEON
Spoiler alert Computer A NASA study of a U.S. astro space. Virtually all of those Just two hours after Lee
science students at the naut who spent a year in returned to normal (in Scott) Dong Kil’s daughter was
Technical University of space while his twin brother by six months,” Mr. Snyder born on New Year’s Eve, the
Munich have developed an
remained on the earth is said. clock struck midnight, 2019
application that scours the
providing insights into the “Our main fi ndings in Mr. was ushered in, and the in
internet for data on the Game
eff ects of spacefl ight on the Scott were that the carotid fant became 2yearsold. She
of Thrones series, and uses an
algorithm to predict which
human body, researchers artery wall became thicker wasn’t alone, though it hap
characters are most likely to said on Thursday. early in fl ight and remained pened for her quicker than
survive. The results? U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly so throughout the mission,” most: every baby born in
Daenerys Targaryen has the spent a year on the Interna Dr. Stuart Lee of NASA’s South Korea last year be
highest chance of survival, tional Space Station while Johnson Space Center said. came 2 on January 1.
and Bronn is the most likely his identical twin Mark Kelly, Scott Kelly, right, and his twin brother Mark Kelly. * REUTERS Mr. Mark did not have any According to one of the
to die next. AP also a former NASA astro such thickening. world’s most unusual age
naut, stayed on the ground. to Mars, a mission that could us to have a safer journey to Mr. Scott lost 7% of his bo calculating systems, South
The researchers who car last two to three years. and from Mars.” dy mass during his time on Korean babies become 1 on Beat the clock: Just two hours after Lee Yoon Seol was born
ried out the “NASA Twins Using Mr. Mark as a base the ISS, possibly due to poor the day of their birth and on New Year’s Eve, she turned 2 years old. AP *
Study” found that most of Comprehensive study line, 84 researchers at 12 un er nutrition in space and a then get an additional year
the changes to Mr. Scott’s bo “The study is the most com iversities documented the lack of exercise, while Mr. tacked on when the calen Asian numerical system that er for life.
dy during his time in space prehensive review of the res molecular, cognitive and Mark gained about 4%. dar hits January 1. A lawmak didn’t have the concept of Other Asian countries, in
returned to normal within ponse of the human body to physiological eff ects of Mr. In one test, fl u vaccination er is working now to over zero. cluding Japan and Vietnam,
months of his return to the spacefl ight ever conducted,” Scott’s year in space. delivered a similar immune turn the centuriesold Becoming a year older on abandoned the Chinese
Bezos upbeat on Amazon earth — although not all of said Dr Susan Bailey of Colo Mr. Scott, 50, spent 340 response in them . tradition amid complaints January 1? That’s even har style age system amid an in
Go physical stores them. The fi ndings, pu rado State University. consecutive days on the ISS Cognitive tests before, that it’s an anachronistic, der to explain. fl ux of Western culture. Offi
WASHINGTON blished in the journal Dr Steven Platts, deputy — from March 27, 2015 to during and after the fl ight timewasting custom. It could be that ancient cially, South Korea has used
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Science, were encouraging to chief scientist of NASA’s Hu March 1, 2016. found that Mr. Scott’s cogni Koreans cared a lot about Westernstyle calculations
Bezos said on Thursday he scientists and engineers en man Research Program, said Dr Michael Snyder of tive performance declined Ancient calender the year in which they were since the early 1960s. But its
sees a bright future for the visioning interplanetary tra it will “guide future biomedi Stanford University said postfl ight in terms of speed For parents whose babies born in the Chinese 60year citizens still embrace the
company's cashierless retail vel such as an eventual trip cal space research and allow there are “thousands of gene and accuracy. are born in December, it can cycle, but, without regular oldfashioned system.
stores. Mr. Bezos was upbeat be especially painful. One calendars, didn’t care much Some South Koreans still
about the prospects for hour after his daughter’s about the specifi c day they worry that the practice
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planted human brain genes
Agence France-Presse into monkeys, in a study on Press Trust of India
Shanghai evolution of human Mumbai
ties, said Ye Ming, founder of the monkeys did not grow searchers at the Kunming Fauji, which chronicled the
Shanghai Arm Wrestling. fessional Armwrestling While China lags the U.S., bigger brains than the con Institute of Zoology and the training of an Indian Army out of a boy”. Will miss you Sir... always.
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