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I n a high-voltage drama wit- nessed hours after they staked claim to form a Government in Maharashtra by handing over a letter carrying signatures of 162 supporting MLAs to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress on Monday night carried out a parade of their MLAs before the media, not before the Governor, at five-star Hotel Grand Hyatt at Kalina in north Mumbai to buttress their claim of numbers. At the ballroom of the hotel, NCP president Sharad Pawar, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, senior Congress Mallikarjun Kharge and promi- nent leaders of all the three par- ties were present. At the event, the MLAs took an oath not to fall prey to any inducements by the BJP. However, BJP MLA Ashish Shelar mocked the show of strength before the media as a “photo-op”, and said that a majority in the Assembly can- not be proved by such parades. He claimed that his party will win the “photo finish” race dur- ing floor test in the Assembly. Amid tight security, Opposition MLAs had arrived earlier at Hotel Grand Hyatt from the BKC-based Hotel Sofitel, JW Marriot and Hotel Lemon Tree . Earlier, in his brief speech, Pawar said the three parties in the Sena-led alliance would teach a lesson to the BJP which is trying to prove its majority in the State Assembly through questionable means. “We — Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress — have come together in the larger interests of Maharashtra. The party (BJP) that has power at the Centre formed Governments in States like Karnataka, Goa and Manipur where it did not have majority. But, this is not Goa or two other States. This is Maharashtra. If someone tries to thrust a wrong thing on us, we have the strength in Maharashtra to give a fitting reply. We have the Sena with us. I need not have to tell you how we will teach a lesson to our opponents,” he said. Taking a dig at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for his repeated one-liner “Me Punha Yain, Me Punha Yain... (I will return as the Chief Minister)”, Uddhav said, “I won’t say I will return since we have already arrived.” Uddhav said if the BJP tried to indulge in anything untoward during the coming days, his party is prepared to pay back in the same coin. A mid ongoing political drama in Maharashtra involving NCP’s breakaway group leader Ajit Pawar, the State Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday closed nine cases relating to the 70,000 crore irrigation scam. The ACB said none of these cases are linked to Ajit, who is being probed in other cases of the irrigation scam. The ACB’s clarification came after Congress claimed Ajit was “exonerated” in lieu of his support to the BJP in form- ing a Government in Maharashtra. “None of the cases pertaining to Ajit in the 2013 irrigation scam investi- gation have been closed,” a s e n i o r ACB official said. This is a conditional clo- sure, which means the State or the court can reopen the case. “We are investigating around 3,000 tenders in irri- gation related complaints. These are routine enquiries which are closed and all ongo- ing investigations are continu- ing as they were earlier,” the official said. The State ACB has been looking into 2,654 tenders of 45 projects of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) in connection with two PILs filed in the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High court in 2012. “Out of these, FIRs have been registered in 24 cases and chargesheets have been filed in five cases. Open enquiries into 45 tenders have been closed as no offence was disclosed during enquiry. Departmental enquiries against the concerned officials have been recommended in 28 inquiries for administrative lapses,” ACB’s Additional Superintendent of Police (HQ) Ajay Aphale said. “All 24 FIRs are presently under investigation and none of these investigations has been closed,” Aphale stated. It may be recalled that Ajit had appeared before the State ACB on October 21, 2015 in connection with the alleged irregularities in the irrigation projects in Raigad district in Konkan region during the pre- vious Democratic Front (DF) Government’s rule. T he Supreme Court will pass its verdict at 10.30 am on Tuesday on the plea by the NCP, the Shiv Sena and the Congress combine that sought direction for an urgent floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly. They claimed that the Devendra Fadnavis-led Government lacked majority in the Assembly. The combine has sought advancement of the 14-day period for floor test granted by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Interestingly, few were aware of the two-week timeline for the confidence motion till Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advo- cate Mukul Rohatgi, who was representing Fadnavis, apprised the court of the same. Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the Secretary to Governor Koshyari, said, “The Governor was immune to the proceedings in the apex court.” He said the BJP had the sup- port of all 54 NCP MLAs to form the Government and asked for 2-3 days to file a reply to the combine’s plea by assert- ing that the Governor had, in his absolute discretion, invited the largest party to form the Government on November 23. “The Governor was not supposed to conduct a fishing and roving enquiry to ascertain which party had the numbers to form Government,” he said. After perusing Koshyari’s letter inviting Fadnavis, the Bench said it has to be decided whether the CM enjoyed majority in the House. Mehta said the Governor had invited the Shiv Sena, the BJP and the NCP separately to convey to him their ability to form a Government, and President’s Rule was imposed only after they failed to stake a claim to form a Government. In the 288-member Assembly, the BJP is the single- largest party with 105 MLAs, followed by the Shiv Sena (56 MLAs), the NCP (54 MLAs) and the Congress (44 MLAs). Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for Ajit Pawar, told the Bench that the Governor had rightly invited Fadnavis to form a Government. “I am the NCP,” Singh said on behalf of Ajit Pawar. “There is nothing to contradict my list. I was autho- rised to lend support on the day I gave that letter. I will resolve disputes within my party but this petition must end now.” Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Sena, referred to a presser of the three parties, where Uddhav Thackeray was declared the combine’s CM face in Maharashtra. “Where was a national emergency to revoke the President’s rule at 5.27 am and the CM being adminis- tered oath at 8 am the next morning,” he said. “The com- bine has the affidavits of 154 MLAs supporting it. O pposition Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Monday thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik mul- tiple times in the State Assembly for his 5T initiation, saying that it has streamlined healthcare in his home turf Koraput district. “After a 5T team visited the Koraput district, ambulances and new buildings were ensured in hospitals, thanks to honourable Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,” said Bahinipati after Health Minister Naba Kishore Das replied to a question put by him. The Chief Minister was present during the entire Question Hour. After a discussion on the question during which other members put additional ques- tions and the Minister replied to them, Bahinipati again thanked the Chief Minister for his support to Koraput dis- trict in the health sector. “Honourable Chief Minister looks very happy today,” remarked he. He, however, urged the Health Minister to send a 5T team again to Koraput and fill up all 190 doctor posts vacant in the hospitals of the district. In response, the Minister assured him to take required steps. BHUBANESWAR: Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra on Monday demanded in the State Assembly that the Government table the audit reports of the universities in the House at the earliest. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Mishra brought it to the notice of the Speaker that the Government has not tabled the audit reports of the uni- versities in the House despite a direction issued by the Chair during an earlier session. “According to the Odisha Universities Act, the Government is required to table audit reports of the universities on the floor of the House. I had raised the issue during the last Assembly and the chair had directed the Government to place such reports every year from the coming year. Now, the second session is underway. Nobody knows when it will come to an end. But the Government has not yet tabled such reports,” said Mishra. In response, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro said he has already intimated to the Higher Education Minister to table audit reports of universities the department has received so far in the House soon. PNS T he BJP on Monday alleged that Pipili BJD MLA and former Minister Pradeep Maharathy and former Pipili Congress MLA Yudhisthir Samantaray are involved in land grabbing. BJP State spokesperson Golak Mohapatra in a Press meet alleged that Maharathy has grabbed land worth more than Rs 100 crore adjoining to his farmhouse at Pipili. Mohapatra also presented some documents to corroborate his claim. He further alleged that Samantaray in collusion with Maharathy has registered 56 acres of land in Pipili Tehsil estimated to be around Rs 300 crore in his relatives’ name. In 2015, Samantray had moved the Orissa High Court levelling land grabbing charges against Maharathy. Following this, the court directed the Puri district administration to resolve the matter within two months. But Samantaray did not visit the then Collector. Moreover, he and Maharathy jointly grabbed land in Pipili, alleged Mohapatra and demanded that the State Government take action against Samantaray and Maharathy under the 5T ini- tiative. In his reaction, Maharathy said that let the Government look into the BJP’s allegations. Samantaray said the cases regarding the land the BJP is talking about is being adjudi- cated by courts. He is no way involved, he added. B arely two days passed since a video of police manhan- dling some women pilgrims near the Jagannath Temple had gone viral, photos of the inside views of the shrine again were posted on Facebook on Monday creating a furor and pointing a finger at security of the shrine. Interestingly, the Ananda Bazar (dining space of temple), which was on Facebook a few days ago has appeared again with photos of Abhada (holy offerings) lining up on floor for sales. The photos are believed to have been captured with a smart phone and later posted on the Facebook platform. As per sources, the photos were posted by one Pintu Mohapatra on his Facebook handle showing sequence of Abhada placed for sales with Suaras (cooks of temple) sitting there. Despite a tight security at four entrances of temple with a ban on entry of mobile phones, how such mischief is com- mitted off and on remains a big question. Dozens of armed forces of State police have been put in place day in and day out at four entrances of the temple, with visitors entering the shrine through scanning machines, yet lapses are many. Though there is restriction of mobile phones of visitors inside the temple premises, it is permitted to servitors limiting to no-camera handset without internet connection. But it is alleged that the servitors are entering with smart phones under the knowledge of police. Reportedly, a girl from Nirakarpur area had been brought under detention of police a few days ago for shoot- ing video of the temple illegal- ly and making it viral on TikTok site. She was acquitted after she confessed her mistake giving an undertaking of no repeat in future. T he State Assembly on Monday witnessed frequent adjournments as Opposition Congress and BJP members insisted on a reply from the Chief Minister on an alleged rape and suicide of a Dalit girl in Jagatsinghpur district and police inaction reported in The Pioneer in its Sunday edition. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra showed the news story headlined “Sensational rape, suicide of Dalit Girl in JSpur” in The Pioneer and termed the inci- dent as very sensitive. “According to the newspa- per, a girl of Tentoi village under the Nuagaon police sta- tion was raped by Deepak Behura of the village in front of her parents. Police didn’t take any action despite an FIR filed by her parents. Deepak was engaged in one-sided love affair with the girl for three years. After the girl and parents’ refusal, Deepak attacked her parents and used to harass her. He also threatened to mur- der her parents. Finally, he tied the girl’s hands and raped her in front of the parents,” said Mishra quoting the report. Criticising that the Chief Minister is asking members not to politicise sensitive rape inci- dents, Mishra put forth a quote of former Minister and Tirtol MLA Bishnu Das in the news story and said, “A member of the ruling party has termed the happening as an incidence of shame, sorrow and agony. How the Chief Minister will treat it now?” He too slammed that a video of the Chief Minister making a statement on a relat- ed issue on Friday was uploaded in the social media within minutes by a ruling party member. “What has been published in the newspaper is very sen- sitive. I demand that the Chief Minister give a reply in the House. If the matter is true, the Chief Minister should apolo- gise and resign for failing to protect the girl and the family and, in case the report is untrue, action should be taken against the newspaper,” demanded Mishra. Mishra insisted that the Speaker give a ruling in this regard. When the Speaker asked the CLP leader to con- clude without giving a ruling, both Congress and BJP MLAs rushed into the Well of the House and shouted slogans against the Government. Unable to run the pro- ceedings, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro adjourned the House till for 20 minutes at 12.12 pm and then thrice till 3 pm. When the House reassem- bly, Oppostion members too rushed into the Well of the House and kept demanding a ruling from the Speaker. Paro again adjourned the House for 30 minutes from 3.04 pm to 3.34 pm. However, Opposition members withdrew the protest at 3.34 pm as Speaker directed the Government to give a reply on the issue by Tuesday.

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In a high-voltage drama wit-nessed hours after they

staked claim to form aGovernment in Maharashtra byhanding over a letter carryingsignatures of 162 supportingMLAs to Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari, the Shiv Sena,the NCP and the Congress onMonday night carried out aparade of their MLAs beforethe media, not before theGovernor, at five-star HotelGrand Hyatt at Kalina in northMumbai to buttress their claimof numbers.

At the ballroom of thehotel, NCP president SharadPawar, Sena president UddhavThackeray, senior CongressMallikarjun Kharge and promi-nent leaders of all the three par-ties were present. At the event,the MLAs took an oath not tofall prey to any inducements bythe BJP.

However, BJP MLA AshishShelar mocked the show ofstrength before the media as a“photo-op”, and said that amajority in the Assembly can-

not be proved by such parades.He claimed that his party willwin the “photo finish” race dur-ing floor test in the Assembly.

Amid tight security,Opposition MLAs had arrivedearlier at Hotel Grand Hyattfrom the BKC-based HotelSofitel, JW Marriot and HotelLemon Tree .

Earlier, in his brief speech,Pawar said the three parties inthe Sena-led alliance wouldteach a lesson to the BJP whichis trying to prove its majorityin the State Assembly throughquestionable means.

“We — Shiv Sena, NCPand Congress — have cometogether in the larger interestsof Maharashtra. The party(BJP) that has power at theCentre formed Governments inStates like Karnataka, Goa andManipur where it did not havemajority. But, this is not Goa ortwo other States. This isMaharashtra. If someone triesto thrust a wrong thing on us,we have the strength inMaharashtra to give a fittingreply. We have the Sena with us.I need not have to tell you how

we will teach a lesson to ouropponents,” he said.

Taking a dig at ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis

for his repeated one-liner “MePunha Yain, Me Punha Yain...(I will return as the ChiefMinister)”, Uddhav said, “I

won’t say I will return since wehave already arrived.”

Uddhav said if the BJPtried to indulge in anything

untoward during the comingdays, his party is prepared topay back in the same coin.

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Amid ongoing politicaldrama in Maharashtra

involving NCP’s breakawaygroup leader Ajit Pawar, theState Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) on Monday closed ninecases relating to the �70,000crore irrigation scam. The ACBsaid none of these cases arelinked to Ajit, who is beingprobed in other cases of theirrigation scam.

The ACB’s clarificationcame after Congress claimedAjit was “exonerated” in lieu ofhis support to the BJP in form-ing a Government inMaharashtra. “None of thecases pertaining to Ajit in the2013 irrigation scam investi-gation have been closed,” as e n i o rACB official said.

This is a conditional clo-sure, which means the State or

the court can reopen the case.“We are investigating

around 3,000 tenders in irri-gation related complaints.These are routine enquirieswhich are closed and all ongo-ing investigations are continu-ing as they were earlier,” theofficial said.

The State ACB has beenlooking into 2,654 tenders of 45

projects of Vidarbha IrrigationDevelopment Corporation(VIDC) in connection withtwo PILs filed in the NagpurBench of the Bombay Highcourt in 2012.

“Out of these, FIRs havebeen registered in 24 casesand chargesheets have beenfiled in five cases. Openenquiries into 45 tenders havebeen closed as no offence wasdisclosed during enquiry.Departmental enquiries againstthe concerned officials havebeen recommended in 28inquiries for administrativelapses,” ACB’s AdditionalSuperintendent of Police (HQ)Ajay Aphale said.

“All 24 FIRs are presentlyunder investigation and noneof these investigations has beenclosed,” Aphale stated.

It may be recalled that Ajithad appeared before the StateACB on October 21, 2015 inconnection with the allegedirregularities in the irrigationprojects in Raigad district inKonkan region during the pre-vious Democratic Front (DF)Government’s rule.

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The Supreme Court will passits verdict at 10.30 am on

Tuesday on the plea by theNCP, the Shiv Sena and theCongress combine that soughtdirection for an urgent floortest in the MaharashtraAssembly. They claimed thatthe Devendra Fadnavis-ledGovernment lacked majority inthe Assembly.

The combine has soughtadvancement of the 14-dayperiod for floor test granted byGovernor Bhagat SinghKoshyari. Interestingly, fewwere aware of the two-weektimeline for the confidencemotion till Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta and senior advo-cate Mukul Rohatgi, who wasrepresenting Fadnavis, apprisedthe court of the same.

Mehta, appearing for theCentre and the Secretary toGovernor Koshyari, said, “TheGovernor was immune to theproceedings in the apex court.”He said the BJP had the sup-port of all 54 NCP MLAs toform the Government andasked for 2-3 days to file a replyto the combine’s plea by assert-ing that the Governor had, inhis absolute discretion, invitedthe largest party to form theGovernment on November 23.

“The Governor was notsupposed to conduct a fishingand roving enquiry to ascertainwhich party had the numbersto form Government,” he said.After perusing Koshyari’s letter

inviting Fadnavis, the Benchsaid it has to be decidedwhether the CM enjoyedmajority in the House.

Mehta said the Governorhad invited the Shiv Sena, theBJP and the NCP separately toconvey to him their ability toform a Government, andPresident’s Rule was imposedonly after they failed to stake aclaim to form a Government.

In the 288-memberAssembly, the BJP is the single-largest party with 105 MLAs, followed by the ShivSena (56 MLAs), the NCP (54MLAs) and the Congress (44MLAs).

Senior advocate ManinderSingh, appearing for Ajit Pawar,told the Bench that theGovernor had rightly invitedFadnavis to form aGovernment. “I am the NCP,”Singh said on behalf of AjitPawar. “There is nothing tocontradict my list. I was autho-rised to lend support on the dayI gave that letter. I will resolvedisputes within my party butthis petition must end now.”

Senior advocate KapilSibal, appearing for the Sena,referred to a presser of the threeparties, where UddhavThackeray was declared thecombine’s CM face inMaharashtra. “Where was anational emergency to revokethe President’s rule at 5.27 amand the CM being adminis-tered oath at 8 am the nextmorning,” he said. “The com-bine has the affidavits of 154MLAs supporting it.

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Opposition Congress MLATara Prasad Bahinipati on

Monday thanked ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik mul-tiple times in the State

Assembly for his 5T initiation,saying that it has streamlinedhealthcare in his home turfKoraput district.

“After a 5T team visited theKoraput district, ambulancesand new buildings wereensured in hospitals, thanks tohonourable Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik,” saidBahinipati after HealthMinister Naba Kishore Das

replied to a question put byhim. The Chief Minister waspresent during the entireQuestion Hour.

After a discussion on thequestion during which othermembers put additional ques-tions and the Minister repliedto them, Bahinipati againthanked the Chief Ministerfor his support to Koraput dis-

trict in the health sector.“Honourable Chief Ministerlooks very happy today,”remarked he.

He, however, urged theHealth Minister to send a 5Tteam again to Koraput and fillup all 190 doctor posts vacantin the hospitals of the district.

In response, the Ministerassured him to take requiredsteps.

BHUBANESWAR: CongressLegislature Party LeaderNarasingha Mishra on Mondaydemanded in the StateAssembly that the Governmenttable the audit reports of theuniversities in the House at theearliest.

Raising the issue during theZero Hour, Mishra brought itto the notice of the Speaker thatthe Government has not tabledthe audit reports of the uni-versities in the House despite adirection issued by the Chairduring an earlier session.

“According to the OdishaUniversities Act, theGovernment is required to tableaudit reports of the universitieson the floor of the House. I hadraised the issue during the lastAssembly and the chair haddirected the Government toplace such reports every yearfrom the coming year. Now, thesecond session is underway.Nobody knows when it willcome to an end. But theGovernment has not yet tabledsuch reports,” said Mishra.

In response, Speaker SurjyaNarayan Patro said he hasalready intimated to the HigherEducation Minister to tableaudit reports of universities thedepartment has received sofar in the House soon. PNS

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The BJP on Monday allegedthat Pipili BJD MLA and

former Minister PradeepMaharathy and former PipiliCongress MLA YudhisthirSamantaray are involved inland grabbing.

BJP State spokespersonGolak Mohapatra in a Pressmeet alleged that Maharathyhas grabbed land worth morethan Rs 100 crore adjoining tohis farmhouse at Pipili.Mohapatra also presented somedocuments to corroborate hisclaim.

He further alleged thatSamantaray in collusion withMaharathy has registered 56acres of land in Pipili Tehsilestimated to be around Rs 300crore in his relatives’ name.

In 2015, Samantray hadmoved the Orissa High Courtlevelling land grabbing chargesagainst Maharathy. Followingthis, the court directed thePuri district administration to

resolve the matter within twomonths.

But Samantaray did notvisit the then Collector.Moreover, he and Maharathyjointly grabbed land in Pipili,alleged Mohapatra anddemanded that the StateGovernment take actionagainst Samantaray andMaharathy under the 5T ini-tiative.

In his reaction, Maharathysaid that let the Governmentlook into the BJP’s allegations.

Samantaray said the casesregarding the land the BJP istalking about is being adjudi-cated by courts. He is no wayinvolved, he added.

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Barely two days passed sincea video of police manhan-

dling some women pilgrimsnear the Jagannath Temple hadgone viral, photos of the insideviews of the shrine again wereposted on Facebook onMonday creating a furor andpointing a finger at security ofthe shrine.

Interestingly, the AnandaBazar (dining space of temple),which was on Facebook a fewdays ago has appeared againwith photos of Abhada (holyofferings) lining up on floor forsales. The photos are believedto have been captured with asmart phone and later postedon the Facebook platform.

As per sources, the photoswere posted by one PintuMohapatra on his Facebookhandle showing sequence ofAbhada placed for sales withSuaras (cooks of temple) sittingthere. Despite a tight securityat four entrances of temple witha ban on entry of mobilephones,

how such mischief is com-mitted off and on remains a bigquestion. Dozens of armedforces of State police have beenput in place day in and day outat four entrances of the temple,with visitors entering the shrinethrough scanning machines,yet lapses are many.

Though there is restrictionof mobile phones of visitorsinside the temple premises, it ispermitted to servitors limitingto no-camera handset withoutinternet connection. But it isalleged that the servitors areentering with smart phonesunder the knowledge of police.

Reportedly, a girl fromNirakarpur area had beenbrought under detention ofpolice a few days ago for shoot-ing video of the temple illegal-ly and making it viral onTikTok site. She was acquittedafter she confessed her mistakegiving an undertaking of norepeat in future.

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The State Assembly onMonday witnessed frequent

adjournments as OppositionCongress and BJP membersinsisted on a reply from theChief Minister on an allegedrape and suicide of a Dalit girlin Jagatsinghpur district andpolice inaction reported in ThePioneer in its Sunday edition.

Raising the issue during theZero Hour, CongressLegislature Party leaderNarasingha Mishra showed thenews story headlined“Sensational rape, suicide ofDalit Girl in JSpur” in ThePioneer and termed the inci-dent as very sensitive.

“According to the newspa-per, a girl of Tentoi villageunder the Nuagaon police sta-tion was raped by DeepakBehura of the village in front ofher parents. Police didn’t take

any action despite an FIR filedby her parents. Deepak wasengaged in one-sided love affairwith the girl for three years.After the girl and parents’refusal, Deepak attacked herparents and used to harassher. He also threatened to mur-der her parents. Finally, hetied the girl’s hands and rapedher in front of the parents,” saidMishra quoting the report.

Criticising that the ChiefMinister is asking members notto politicise sensitive rape inci-dents, Mishra put forth a quoteof former Minister and TirtolMLA Bishnu Das in the newsstory and said, “A member ofthe ruling party has termed thehappening as an incidence ofshame, sorrow and agony. Howthe Chief Minister will treat itnow?”

He too slammed that avideo of the Chief Ministermaking a statement on a relat-ed issue on Friday wasuploaded in the social mediawithin minutes by a rulingparty member.

“What has been publishedin the newspaper is very sen-sitive. I demand that the ChiefMinister give a reply in the

House. If the matter is true, theChief Minister should apolo-gise and resign for failing toprotect the girl and the familyand, in case the report isuntrue, action should be takenagainst the newspaper,”demanded Mishra.

Mishra insisted that theSpeaker give a ruling in thisregard. When the Speakerasked the CLP leader to con-clude without giving a ruling,both Congress and BJP MLAsrushed into the Well of theHouse and shouted slogansagainst the Government.

Unable to run the pro-ceedings, Speaker SurjyaNarayan Patro adjourned theHouse till for 20 minutes at12.12 pm and then thrice till 3pm. When the House reassem-bly, Oppostion members toorushed into the Well of theHouse and kept demanding aruling from the Speaker. Paroagain adjourned the House for30 minutes from 3.04 pm to3.34 pm.

However, Oppositionmembers withdrew the protestat 3.34 pm as Speaker directedthe Government to give a replyon the issue by Tuesday.

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As many as 1,149 rape cases,including cases of sexual

assault against 604 minor girls,were reported in the State in thefirst six months of the currentyear from January 1 to June 30.

In 2018, a total of 2,502rape cases were registers out ofwhich 1,430 were relating tominor. Minister of State forHome Dibya Shankar Mishrainformed this in the StateAssembly in response to aquestion of BJD MLA SoumyaRanajn Patnaik on Monday.

The Minister said the con-viction rate in rape cases was18.35 per cent in 2018 as perthe report of the Director ofPublic Prosecution.

The Minister said that theState Government has already

issued a notification regardingestablishment of 24 specialcourts in the districts of Angul,Baleswar, Bargarh, Bhadrak,Balangir, Cuttack, Dhenkanal,Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur,Jharsuguda, Kalahandi,Kendrapada, Keonjhar,Khordha, Koraput, Mayubhanj,Nabarangpur, Nayagarh,Kandhamal, Puri, Rayagada,Sambalpur and Sundergarh tohear cases filed under theProtection of Children fromSexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

The Minister furtherinformed that steps are afoot toopen 21 more such courts inthe State.

In response to a relatedquestion put by BJP MLANauri Nayak, the Ministerinformed that as many as 1,079murder cases, 1,865 rape casesand 406 dacoity cases were reg-istered in the State during thecurrent year by September-end.

In the aftermath of the lastgeneral elections, the Odisha

Congress has witnessed a cat-astrophic diminution. Now,the party high command islikely to revamp the PCC lead-ership by putting the rightman on the top to boost themorale of the Congress work-ers. A section of the StateCongress clamours for achange of guards by replac-ing present PCC presidentNiranjan Patnaik. In theemerging scenario, thegrapevine is agog withMohammed Moquim,who has opened hisinnings to the Assemblyfrom the prestigiousCuttack-Barabati con-stituency in the 2019 pollstrouncing his rivals who areformer BJD and BJP MLAs.Soft-spoken, gentle andwith suave manners,Moquim has matured withpolitical sagacity and percepti-bility that has endeared him toa large section of Congressworkers of various age groups.A veteran Congress leader pre-ferring anonymity told thiscolumnist, “ NoncontroversialMoquim’s choice as PCC pres-ident shall win unequivocalsupport at a time when one halfof the party is dead and theother is powerless to be born.”In an interview to The Pioneer,Moquim spoke to SugyanChoudhury.

Could you please throwsome light on your career?

My father was aGovernment doctor and mybrother Mohd Fahim was thepolitical secretary to formerChief Minister and veteranCongress leader JB Patnaik. Itook to business after my elderbrother’s demise. By that time,I had already established mycredentials as a student leader,as a Senate member of theUtkal University and as a con-venor of a union of an engi-neering college, from where Idid my graduation in engi-neering. I entered into activepolitics in the year 2009-10. Iremained president of theCuttack City Congress foralmost ten years. In the 2014elections, I was the Congresscandidate from Cuttack city. Ilost the polls by 14,000 votes.But I didn’t look back and con-tinued to work for the welfareof the people day in and day outtill I won the acid test in 2019by securing a decisive victory.

Whom do you like to givecredence to your victory?

I would like to give theentire credit to my electorate.You know there were many

issues including the CyclonePhailin when there were manyinstances corruption. Wefought against the establish-ment and undertook aPadayatra for 40 days travers-ing 400 km covering all lanesand by-lanes of Cuttack city.We fought against waterloggingin the city. When the Mayor ofthe city was involved in theration card scam, we foughttooth and nail. Consequentlywhen a bye-election happened,the Congress won despite theBJD having its local MP andMLA. Our movement undermy stewardship got contagiousamong the conscious votersand they reposed confidence inmy leadership to provide analternative to the ruling BJD.That exactly happened when

they got me elected. Hence, Iwould like to give credenceprofusely to the people of myconstituency.

Do you think thatrevamping the Congress nowshall bring large dividends?

The Congress in Odishaowes a great deal to the greatleader JB Patnaik, who hadsolidly transplanted Congresssaplings in the nook and cor-ner of the State. That lasted till2019 when some old peopleunfortunately left the party.Those who were at the helm ofaffairs of the party after JB werenot able to deliver the desiredresults. Now, there is a stableGovernment in Odisha. It isdesired in the larger publicinterest that we should exposeall the loopholes of the BJD anddescend on the streets foropposing the corruption inthe Government. Congressleaders should give maximumtime to party workers andshould continue the stir againstthe widespread corruption ofthe ruling party. We have failedin that front till date. Freshbloods have not been yetinfused into the party. Hence,there is need for a committedfulltime PCC president forushering in a new era for theCongress.

Congress has a great past;but in the last elections, it hasbeen reduced to a ridiculousstate. What’s your response?

It is a temporary setback.Our country sans the Congressand its culture shall not moveforward in the right direc-tions. In recent past, we didwell in Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.We have also done better inMaharashtra, Haryana and in

Gujarat. We have won inBangalore civic bodies too. Allthat you say about the Congressfailure is a temporary eclipse byall those who want to teach usa lesson for our lack of coordi-nation and combined leader-ship.

What’s your opinion onthe present BJD Government?

This is the most corruptGovernment ruling the State.Everywhere there is officerRaj. Ministers are like puppets.A Congress Governmentcrumbled for one Chhabiraniand for one Anjana, but todaythere are innumerableChhabirani cases. Child abus-es occur daily. Unemploymenthas reached its height. Farmersuicides and farmer problems

and distress sale of paddycontinue unabated. There isno law and order in theState. Even a DGP waschanged for no noticeablefault of his like Maoistattack or sudden failure inlaw or intelligence. JBPatnaik used to interactwith people. Now, peoplecan’t ventilate their griev-ances to the CM.

What is your opinionof the BJP‘s role as mainOpposition in the

Assembly?The Congress is doing the

real Opposition. Be it the caseof Smitarani Biswal, journalists’affairs or farmers’ predica-ments, the BJP is doing all thatsafeguards the interest of BJDin the Assembly. A kind of tacitunderstanding exists betweenthe two. Hence, the Congress isthe only viable opposition partyin the House.

What is your vision planfor Cuttack city?

There is a lot to do for thecity. The problem of waterlog-ging should be solved and con-nectivity should be restored toall lanes and by-lanes. Watersports should be made availableowing to large water bodies ofMahanadi from Naraj to Jobra.This will increase the numberof tourists. All institutions likeHigh Court, SCB MedicalCollege should be kept intact atCuttack for its glory. I havemiles to go and a lot to do forthe city and its people.

What’s your response tothe reports that the mantle ofPCC president post wouldmost likely befall on you?

I have no comments foryour question. I have tried myleadership in Cuttack city andachieved success in this intel-lectual, cultural capital ofOdisha. I believe that if theexperiment is successful in acity like Cuttack, why it can’tbring similar dividends whenapplied to the whole of theState! We shall discuss thematters with the party highcommands if any such proposalcrops up; but I can say withoutthe slightest hesitation andwith all humility that I candeliver goods if I am given anysuch a chance.

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The Gaon Sathi’ strike underthe banner of the Gaon

Sathi Sangha MilitaKriyanusthan Committee hereentered 22nd day on Mondaywhen they performed a Yajnaon the road to press for fulfil-ment of various demands.

Thousands of agitatorstook out a third massive rally

under the leadership of GaonSathi Joint Action Committeepresident Soubhagya Mishraand general secretaryLaxmidhar Biswal from MasterCanteen Square to the barri-cade of the State Assembly.

They have spent 22 days onMahatma Gandhi Road atLower PMG to press for theirfive-point charter of demands,

including permanent appoint-ment in the Panchayati RajDepartment in phases and amonthly remuneration of Rs6,000.

During their ongoing stir,they have already held discus-sions with the Panchayati RajMinister twice, but the meet-ings remained inconclusivedue to absence of the depart-ment’s Secretary.

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An exhibition in NewDelhi is showcasing

the intricate architecturalmarvels of Hindu templesof Odisha, includingJagannath and Lingarajshrines through an arrayof miniature stone andwooden models puttogether with finely-detailed engravings andpaintings.

The exhibition titled“Interpreting Temples” bythe Siddhartha Das Studiowas inaugurated by emi-nent photographer Raghu Rai,painter Jatin Das and actor anddirector Nandita Das, amongothers, at the IndiaInternational Centre onSaturday.

Siddhartha Das said theJagannath and LingarajTemples, built almost a thou-

sand years ago, are iconicshrines of the Kalinga templearchitecture having withstoodvagaries of time and nature.Through the exhibition, a nar-rative has been created thatbrings to life the sacred archi-tecture while making apparentthe living traditions connected

to the temples.Das’ father artist Jatin Das

said the exhibition would act asa medium to educate peopleabout these Odisha temples,which have the history encom-passing about 2,000 years.

The exhibition will remainopen to public till December 6.

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The city police on Mondayarrested the son of a former

police officer for rash and neg-ligent driving in a drunken

state and causing a fatal acci-dent in which at least six per-sons travelling in an auto-rick-shaw were grievously injured.

“The accused is son of aformer Additional SP, whonow stays in Kalyan Nagararea here”, city DCP AkhilesvarSingh confirmed.

According to reports,Ankit along with a woman co-passenger by his side drove hiscar rashly and hit the loaded

auto-rickshaw from the rear onthe Ring Road near MataMatha of the city under theMangalabag police station arealate on Sunday evening.

The impact of the accidentwas so severe that the loadedauto-rickshaw rolled over to adistance of more than 30feet.“All the occupants of the

auto-rickshaw, including thedriver, sustained grievousinjuries and they were imme-diately shifted to the SCBMedical College Hospital”, saidManglabag PS InspectorAmitav Mohapatra.

Police said after seeingliquor bottles and cigarettepackets in the car, the car dri-ver was put under preliminaryalcohol screening test and wasfound to be drunk.

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The All Odisha Contractors’Association on Monday

began their fast unto death agi-tation at the Lower PMG aftertaking out a rally onMonday protesting thestep-motherly attitude ofthe State Governmentand the current policiesin bidding throwingthem into great hard-ship. About 5,000 con-tractors from across theState joined the stir ledby association presidentPravat Dash.

The associationalleged that while theGovernment iss showingfavour to the outside con-tractors by allowing themto take work order by 100% to300% over the cut-off rate, theOdisha contractors have to doit at less than 14.99%. They saidthat the Government has notrevised the schedule rate of

2014. Though the Odisha con-tractors are taking work orderat the rate fixed since they haveno other alternative, they aresuffering huge losses. This hasnot just affected the contrac-

tors adversely but threatenedthe livelihood of about onecrore people who earn theirdaily bread by working withthe contractors.

The association further

alleged that while States likeTelangana have provided reliefto the contractors after GSTwas imposed, the OdishaGovernment has been lack-adaisical here. They also

protested a recent order as perwhich the contractors have tosubmit transit pass and royal-ty receipt with the WorksDepartment for the materialsthey would use.

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Hailing the token system inpaddy procurement as a

transparent move by theGovernment, Food Suppliesand Consumer WelfareMinister Ranendra PratapSwain on Monday told theState Assembly that farmerswould be given multiplechances to sell their paddy atthe Mandis.

The Minister said that thetoken is being generated onlineand sent to the concernedfarmers well in advancethrough registered mobile

numbers. The token list is alsoavailable at the societies andoffices of the women Self helpGroup (SHGs).

He said farmers who wouldbe unable to sell paddy on stip-ulated date would get multiplechances to sell their product.The token system will preventirregularities at grassroots level.The system is transparent, rea-sonable and valid, claimed theMinister

The Minister staged that1,75,558 quintal paddy hasbeen procured from eight dis-tricts of Bargarh, Sambalpur,Kalahandi, Subarnapur,Nuapada, Balangir, Malkangiriand Koraput, as on November24 during the current kharifseason.

The Minister presented astatement in response to adirection issued by SpeakerSurjya Narayan Patro in thisregard on Friday. TheOpposition BJP and Congressmembers had insisted a state-

ment from the Government inthis regard.

The Minister furtherinformed the House thatthough farmers are being iden-tified as per Aadhaar Cardsduring the paddy procure-ment, it would not be applica-ble for patients, elderly, physi-cally disabled persons.

He also informed theHouse that cooperative soci-eties have been directed todevelop shelter sheds and toi-lets for farmers coming to sellpaddy at the Mandis.

Maintaining that there is aprovision for millers to returnthe sacks of farmers afterprocuring the paddy, theMinister said stringent actionwould be taken against the vio-lators.

The Government has askedMandis to procure 19 quintalper acre of irrigated land and13 quintal per acre of non-irri-gated land this kharif season,added the Minister.

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The State Assembly wouldcelebrate the 70th

Constitution Day in its premis-es on Tuesday, informedSpeaker Surjya Narayan Patroin the House on Monday.

“As per the proposal

received from the Ministry ofParliament Affairs and theParliament, the OdishaLegislative Assembly will cele-brate the 70th SambidhanDivas (Constitution Day) onTuesday. Members of all polit-ical parties are requested toattend the celebration,” said the

Speaker.He too informed that the

Parliament and all the StateAssemblies are celebrating theday in the country.

Notably, the entireAssembly building has beendecked up with colourful lightsfor the purpose.

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The State Assembly onMonday passed the Odisha

Appropriation Bill (No. 3) Bill,2016 involving Rs8126,32,49,000 following amarathon discussion partici-pated by members of differentpolitical parties.

Initiating discussion,Leader of Oppositoin PradiptaKumar Naik alleged that theGovernment has failed to deliv-er in every sector when the loadburden of the State is going tocross Rs 1 lakh crore.

He severely criticised theGovernment saying that asmany as 1,31,518 posts arelying vacant in the StateGovernment. Teachers are notgetting right salary and theNew Pension Scheme haspushed the future of teachersinto darkness. There has beena massive irregularity in allot-ment of houses under the Biju

Pucca Ghar scheme.However, BJD members

refuted the charges saying theState is in the process of devel-opment and has the capabilityto incur loans for taking updevelopment activities as perthe Central norms.

“As per FRBM, a State canincur loan upto 25 of its GSDP.Odisha has incurred loans upto

15 per cent of the GSDP. Theamount of interest being paidagainst loans is also within thestipulated norms,” said BJDmember Soumya RanjanPatnaik.

After the discussion,Finance Minister NiranjanPatnaik in his reply said theState Government is commit-ted for development of peopleand the State. Thereafter, theAppropriation Bill was passedin a voice vote.

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To ensure adequate drinkingwater for school students,

the ‘Water Bells’ initiative wasintroduced in all schools inGanjam district on Monday.

Collector Vijay AmrutaKulange launched the pro-gramme at the VV GiriGovernment Girls’ High Schoolhere. Other senior districtadministration officials dis-tributed water bottles amongthe students and made themaware about the benefits of safedrinking water.

The authorities of allschools and Anganwadis in

the district have been instruct-ed to ring three ‘Water Bells’everyday to remind the stu-dents of the time of drinkingwater. The water bells are rungat 11.40 am, 1.30 pm and 3.15pm from Mondays to Fridays.On Saturdays, the bells wouldbe rung at 8 am, 9.30 am and10.50 am.

Each break lasts for fiveminutes and it is compulsoryfor every student to drinkwater during that period. TheCollector said the initiativeaims at making drinking ofwater a habit among childrento ensure that they stay hydrat-ed.

Ganjam District EducationOfficer (DEO) Sanatan Pandasaid most of the children carrywater bottles to the schools.Those who do not have bottlescan drink water in schools. TheCollector is mooting to providethe children with water bottlesthat are not made of single-useplastic under the ‘Mo School’initiative. However, that maytake some time, he said.

Panda said that despiterepeated reminders of theteachers, it had been found thatstudents, especially girls, werenot drinking adequate quanti-ty of water to avoid frequentvisits to toilets.

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The authorities of an UGUPschool were in the soup

after a video showing schoolchildren peeling and cuttingpotatoes went viral in socialmedia.

In the video, it is seen thatsome girl students of class IIIare cutting potatoes for prepar-ing midday meal (MDM) inthe school.

Although the video wasshot in the Sundari UGUPSchool about a month back, yetit surfaced just before a coupleof days ago and soon created aflutter.

The headmistress of theschool, however, said she wasnot aware of children havingbeen engaged in the MDMpreparation.

“The incident could haveoccurred before the schoolhours and it was not in my

knowledge. Some people aretrying to malign me as well asbring disrepute to the school,”she said.

The reaction of neither theBEO nor the DEO could beobtained .

The students said that theywere regularly engaged inMDM work and they choppedpotatoes and were engaged inother activities for the MDM.

One of them alleged thatshe received a cut injury dur-ing chopping and peeling ofvegetables.

The school has about 180student strength in the roll andthe locals demanded an inquiryinto the incident and actionagainst the erring teachers.However, a woman teacher ofthe school maintained, “Wedon’t engage students in cook-ing MDM but at times theyhelp us when the cook doesn’tcome. Even we too help in thecooking.”

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Despite a host of measures toensure citizens do not face

any hassles whileavailing Governmentservices, middlemenseem to have a freerun in the RegionalTransport Office(RTO) and theDistrict HeadquartersHospital, here.

Locals allegedthat agents are handsin glove with theRTO staff. They haveopened offices near-er the RTO and oper-ate with absoluteimpunity.

A local, JagdishSahoo, said the RTOdoes not have enoughcounters to handlethe rush of applicants. It takesan entire day just to deposit aform. In such a scenario, theapplicants prefer getting theirworks done through middle-men. Since most of the appli-

cants are unaware of online ser-vices, they fall prey to thetouts.

A senior official in theRTO said corruption was ram-pant in the RTO and as long astouts greased the palms of offi-cials, it would continue.

Illegal collection of feesfor issuing fitness certificates

for vehicles too has emerged asa major cause of concern in thedistrict. Earlier, there was a pro-vision to collect Rs 50 for lightmotor vehicles, Rs 100 formedium goods or passenger

motor vehicles and Rs 150 forheavy goods or heavy passen-ger motor vehicles for issuingfitness certificate under theCentral Motor VehicleRule,1989. However, the HighCourt of Orissa had orderedthat the fees be waived.

While a police assistancecentre has been opened at the

DHH, the police personnel aredeployed at the RTO to checkthe activities of middlemen.Nut not a single person hasbeen arrested so far for com-mitting the illegalities.

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Aman was criti-cally injured

when he was shot atby unidentifiedmiscreants atPatrapada villageunder theC h h e n d i p a d apolice station inAngul district lateon Sunday night.

The victim, identified asDharanidhara Sahu, wasadmitted to the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital.

Reports said around nineto ten hooligans in a car wereharassing Sahu’s wife anddaughter near their house. On

being informed by his wife overtelephone, Sahu rushed to thespot and tried to reprimandthem. But they shot him andsped away from the spot.

Sahu sustained bulletinjuries on his right knee and

was hospitalised. Though thereason behind the attack is yetto be ascertained, it is suspect-ed that the firing was fallout ofrivalry over ganja trade. Policehave started investigation intothe incident and detained twopersons for questioning.

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Afour-month-long protestto a mega irrigation project

in Pallahara was withdrawnafter local MLA Mukesh Pal’sintervention.

Hundreds of villagers ofBandhakani, Nandijhari andKusumpal under Pallaharablock have been protesting theirrigation project work as theywere not going to get any ben-efit from the project.

When the project workstarted, the beneficiaries ofthree villages complainedbefore the Sub-Collector,Pallahara and the Collector,Angul several times but with-out any result. They hadrequested the authorities toinclude them as beneficiaries

by ensuring that they get irri-gation facility from the project.

Under the chairmanship ofSub- Collector, Pallahara Ajit

Pradhan, a meeting was held atBandhakani village on Sunday.

The Government officers triedto solve the matter but the com-plainants stuck to theirdemands.

MLA Pal gave strong assur-ance to build a new irrigationproject for the deprived vil-lagers and urged them to lifttheir protest. The survey workof the new project will startwithin seven days and the totalestimate along with beneficia-ries list of the new projectwould be submitted withinone month, told the MLA.

Tehsildar Swagat Dash, LiftIrrigation AIC cum specialsecretary Gunadhar Mishra,SE BK Mishra and other offi-cials, besides village leadersKalandi Charan Pradhan andformer sarpanch RamakantaBehera were present.

Notably, the mega lift irri-gation (LI) project worth Rs 22crore has been constructed atBandhakani of Karadapal grampanchayat. The project wouldcover 22 villages.

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An excavator ran over afour-year-old girl at

Nuagaon village under theChhendipada police limits inAngul district on Monday.

The deceased was identifiedas Peepal Nayak. The tragedytook place when work for apiped drinking water projectwas underway at the village withthe excavator being engaged init. The machine crushed thechild to death on the spot whenshe was playing near it.

Tension gripped the placeas irate villagers detained theexcavator driver. Later, policereached the spot, seized themachine and started investi-gation into the incident.

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The residents of Upperjharand nearby villages in

Balangir forest range who havebeen facing an elephant men-ace and suffering crop lossdue to damages caused by apachyderm herd for last 15dayswoke up to a news of birth ofa baby elephant in the herd. Ataround 3.30 am, the baby ele-phant was born in Upperjharforest.

“Our forest staff noticedthe baby elephant on Mondaymorning. After the birth ofbaby, the herd took it inside the

forest. Our staff are keeping atab on the movement of ele-phants there,” said DivisionalForest Officer, Balangir, SameerSatpathy.

There are around 12 ele-phants, including the new-born, in the herd, which hasbeen staying in the Upperjharforest area over last fortnight.As there is a dense forest andwater bodies like Muda and aminor irrigation project insidethe forest, the elephants arefinding the spot ideal. They arealso getting enough of paddycrop and sugarcane cultivatedin nearby areas.

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Police on Monday uneartheda spurious tobacco manu-

facturing unit at Mirzapur vil-lage under the Puruna Bazaarpolice station here and arrest-ed a person in this connection.

Acting on a tipoff about theadulteration of tobacco prod-ucts being carried out at theunit, a police team raided thespot and seized huge cache ofspurious zarda worth Rs 15lakh.

The adulterated tobaccowas found packed in pouchesand containers with labels ofvarious reputed brands.

Machines, chemicals,equipment and packagingmaterials were seized from the

spot. Owner of the manufac-turing unit, identified as oneSheikh Babul was arrested.

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Interdependence was yetagain screened in Goa as part

of the World Panorama AsiaPremiere. Eleven internation-ally recognised filmmakersfrom eleven countries hadjoined forces to raise awarenesson the effects of climate changethrough a unique anthology offilms on the issue.

Neela Madhab Pandawalked the red carpet alongwith his cast Divya Dutta andManjari Fadnis for his shortfilm Megha's Divorce which isa part of the Interdependenceproject. A full house audienceenjoyed the film.

Speaking on the occasion,Panda said, "It's such an hon-our to be a part of the 50thanniversary of IFFI. Very proudthat our film Interdependencehas had the Asia Premièrehere. I am hoping the film cre-ates some sense of urgency onthis serious issue.”

“Such a relevant filmreiterating whichever partof the world everyone issharing the same prob-lem! I came out veryimpacted and don’t want tobe a silent spectator to theenvironment change. I’llstart with making a differ-ence myself. Loved beingdirected by Nila. Simplestory with a huge messagesaid in a lighter tone. Theapplause said it all!’ saidDivya Dutta.

“I thinkInterdependence is anextremely important filmwhich needs to be watchedworld over. Consideringwhat we have been doingto our environment know-ingly or unknowingly, weall need to realise what therepercussions are and whatbetter way through themost loved medium, afilm!” said Manjari Fadnis.

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Gajapati Sessions JudgeBiswajit Das on Monday

convicted one Ananta Paika ofNamangarh village in the dis-trict for allegedly raping amentally-challenged woman.

The judge sentenced Paikato undergo 10 years’ rigorousimprisonment (RI) and pay afine of Rs 5,000, in default, toundergo six months of moreimprisonment.

Additional PublicProsecutor Sarat ChandraPradhan said the family mem-bers came to know about theincident after the mentally-challenged woman becamefive-month pregnant. Later,the family members lodged acomplaint with police in the

matter.While the case was under-

going in the court, the victimin her deposition stated aboutthe incident before the judge;and after listening to her, thejudge sentenced Paika toundergo 10 years’ RI.

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Alleging poor qualityof the Umarkote-

Raighar-Kundi- UrklState highway construc-tion and corruption inthe project, the Umarkotetown BJD on Mondaycalled a six-hour bandhon November 28demanding vigilanceinquiry into the matter.

In a meeting held onMonday here, the leadersdemanded action againstthe agencies executing the roadworks and engineers responsi-ble for quality monitoring. Theleaders asserted that the costof the renovation work of thehighway was Rs 10.75 crore for

3 km to 13 km and Rs 12.30lakh for 20 km to 33 km. Theyalleged the PWD contractorsengaged in the work openlyflouted road constructionnorms and did not maintain

quality of the work as a resultof which a large portion of theroads has been constructed ina manner suitable to the con-tractors and not according tothe specifications laid down by

the PWD.They further said after the

complaint by some villagers ,the higher officials of PWDmerely visited to the site in thename of inquiry but did not

take any action. Among others, senior BJD

leader Pramod Padhy, townBJD unit president SantoshParicha , Ajeet Pradhan andParsuram Patro were present.

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A‘Dibyang Sebagram’ atBaunsia village

in SarankulLadubaba Shivtemple inNayagarh districtby NGO Ashrayawas inauguratedon Monday.

Twenty peoplebegan staying in abuilding called‘Harekrushna SebaSadan,’ meant forthe rehabilitationand care of the dif-fe re nt ly - ab l e d ,orphans and distressed people.On the occasion, winter clothsand daily use items were dis-tributed.

A few notable persons werefelicitated with Ashraya Award,including actor Biswarup,Amrita, Deba Patra,

Rabinarayan Sahu andBalakrushna Rout. Those whoattended as guests, include

Padma Shri Tulasi Munda,Niranjan Sahu, Manas RanjanPatnaik, Prof Dr BijayalaxmiMohanty and Dr SuchetaMishra. They encouraged theinhabitants of the rehab home.NGO founder and directorLokanath Dash coordinated.

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The 47 members of theBhumihina Praja Samiti led

by State president ErDebashisha Hota were wel-comed at Bhubaneswar, Cuttackand Dhenkanal after theirreturn from Delhi. They hadgone to felicitate Union HomeMinister Amit Shah for abro-

gating Article 370 and 35 A.The poor landless people

went to Delhi to greet Shah ontheir own. Knowing this, Shahhad directed Minister of Statefor Home Affairs NityanandRai to meet the delegation onNovember 18 at his NorthBlock office. They hailed thecourage of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and HomeMinister Shah for the boldstep in Kashmir. Er Hotathanked his hundreds of sup-porters.

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The Commissionerate police on Mondaynabbed a high-profile fraudster, who duped

national-level players, Government officersand businessman impersonating sometimes asthe State head of Google, sometimes as DRDAProject Director and also as Commercial TaxOfficer.

The accused was identified as SoumyajitTripathy. After his arrest many high-profilefrauds have come to the fore. InternationalKareteka Valena Valentina also landed in a soupafter falling into his trap.

She purchased a high-end mobile fromTripathy worth Rs 72,000 for Rs 62,000. Afterthe fraudster’s arrest the karetaka was summonedto the Saheed Nagar police station and shereturned the discounted mobile phone to thepolice.

Later, Valentina said she has learnt the les-son of her life. For saving Rs 10,000 she had tosuffer the ignominy of being summoned by thepolice.

Notably, on November 19, one NikunjKhemani, owner of an electronics shop lodged

a complaint with Saheed Nagar police stationthat five costly mobile phones were looted byTripathy.

Acting on a tipoff, police started an inves-tigation and managed to nab Tripathy on the day.Six laptops, three costly mobile phones, CPU,printer machines worth of Rs 10 lakh was seizedfrom his possession.

As per police sources, three criminal casesagainst Tripathy has been registered at theSaheed Nagar PS. He is suspected to be involvedin more fraud cases in the district and border-ing areas.

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The 37thMetalliferous

Mining SafetyWeek concludedwith great fanfareon Sundayevening here. Itwas held underthe aegis ofB h u b a n e s w a rRegion of theD i r e c t o r a t eGeneral of MinesSafety (DGMS)and was hosted byUtkal AluminaInternational Limited.

Dhanbad DGMS RSubramanian graced the occa-sion as chief guest. Among oth-ers, DDG and DMSBhubaneswar and Chairman ofOMMSWCC S Bagchi, OMCMD Vineel Krishna and SKMishra joined as guests.

Speaking on the occasion,Subramainan stressed upon adigitization process to beadopted in safety measures ofthe mining companies. Krishnaunderscored the need forskilled manpower to operatemines to avoid accidents.

S Bagchi elaborated differ-

ent safety measures beingadopted with the use of mod-ern technology while SKMishra hoped that the indus-tries will get skilled manpow-er owing to the help receivedfrom skill development pro-grammes. Prizes were distrib-uted to the different companies.

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The two-day long cultural ceremony of theJharsuguda Saint Mary School concluded

here on Sunday. In the closing ceremony evening, Vedanta

Jharsuguda CEO CN Singh attended as chiefguest and called upon the students to attend totheir duties with concentration without both-ering about any failures. He advised them to takethe primary failure as the stepping stone to suc-cess.

School Principal Sister Lilima said theschool was founded 50 years ago and has earneda name by producing best students. “Not justacademics, we focus on bringing out the hid-den talents of the children,” she added.

Among others, Sister Teresa Dungdung,

Jharsuguda Block Education Officer KhirodPradhan, Former Municipal Chairman TapasRay Choudhury and District Bar Associationpresident Sandip Awasthi were present.

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ASkill Mela of theBhubaneswar Smart City

Limited (BSCL) was organisedfor the city slum youths onMonday here.

About 170 slum and non-slum youths participated inthe event where 13 institutionsdisplayed their kiosks to attractthe youths for skill training.The participants interactedwith the counsellors.

Sanjana Behera, transgen-der from Utkal UniversityBasti, said the Skill Mela woulddefinitely help youths espe-cially those who are dropoutsand could not progress beyondClass X.

Another transgender, JyotiLaxmi Kinnar from SahidNagar said, “Being a mechan-ical engineer, I was here look-ing at the potential of startinga skilling centre as an entre-preneur as youths could getinto interesting careers infuture if they would get bettercounseling.”

While Omprakash Patrafrom Puri was interested toknow about knowing coursesin banking and office manage-

ment, S Patra fromJagatsinghpur wasinterested to knowskilling options indata entry opera-tors and customercare. They are notresiding in slumsbut then had accessto the counselling atthe Mela

Among theslum youths, whilePushpanjali Rana ofOUAT Farm GateBasti was interestedto know abouttraining optionsavailable at Urban MicroBusiness Centre (UMBC),Pokhariput, Roji Sahoo of thesame Basti was interested inretail and coffee and SitaraBegum was keen to have abeautician course at UMBCand to start her own fashionboutique in future.

Soni Behera from TeluguBasti Sahid Nagar was inter-ested to know about the skillingcourse on ‘bed side assistance’in which the institutions arecreating home nursing expertsacross the city as the geriatriccare has got an importance and

more and more sons/daughtersare staying away from theelders for their career com-mitments. Soni was interestedto take the course underDinabndhu Foundation, abranch of city-based TridentAcademy of Technology,Infocity.

Apart from the partici-pants former councillors ofWard No. 30 Saswati Mishraand Bhanupriya Das of WardNo. 34, General Manager(Social Projects) of BSCLDiptirani Sahoo and officialsfrom BSCL and BMC were pre-

sent. Institutes like SkillDevelopment Institute,Upasana Educational Trust,Government ITI Bhubaneswar,Urban Micro Business Centre,ICICI Academy of Skills,Central Tool-room TrainingCentre, CV Raman Institute ofTechnology, VocationalRehabilitation Centre, RuchikaSocial Service Organisation,Trident Academy ofTechnology, Asmacs SkillDevelopment Limited, ArohanFoundation and Voltas KaushalVikas Kendra participated inthe Mela.

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The Utkal Chamber ofCommerce and Industry

(UCCI) Ladies’ Forum organ-ised a school-level art andsong competition in the UCCIpremises here recently in whicharound 75 students from theseven deaf and dumb and blindschools of Bhubaneswar andCuttack participated.

The song competition washeld for visually impaired chil-dren, whereas the art compe-tition was held for hearingimpaired children. There werethree groups, i.e., Classes I-III,Classes IV-VII and ClassesVIII-X for each event consist-ing of three children per group.

UCCI president RameshMahapatra and members ofclub awarded the winners ofeach category of the competi-tion with certificates and cashprizes.

The programme wasorganised in presence of clubPresident Dr Geeta Padhi,Secretary Dr Bharati Behera,members Archana Malla,Archana Upadhyay, SushilaSahoo, Smita Padhi, Swati Das,Swarna Prava Samal, PranatiMohanty, Pranati Parida andc o o r d i n a t o rJK Sahoo.

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The Orissa EngineeringCollege (OEC) Employees’

Union on Monday put off theirstir before Naveen Niwas afterassurance from Chief Minister’sSpecial Secretary Dillip Mohantyfor fulfilment of their demands.When the members of the asso-ciation reached near NaveenNiwas on Monday,Bhubaneswar DCP Anup Sahooreached the spot and inter-vened in the matter and later, a11-member team led by unionpresident Suresh Kumar Routraywent to Lok Seva Bhawan andmet Mohanty.

Routray said that theSpecial Secretary assured thatthe OEC authorities would bedirected to release their salariesand fulfil other demands.

Notably, the union hasdemanded that theGovernment conduct an inves-tigation into the alleged Rs 400-crore scam in the college, takeover the institution and regu-larise all of its professors, assis-tant professors, programmers,clerks and peons with duesalaries and all other benefits.

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As many as 165 persons werekilled and 187 others were

injured in the exchanges of firebetween miscreants and police

held in the State during that lastten years from 2010 tillNovember 20, 2019. Minister ofState for Home DibyashankarMishra informed this in the StateAssembly in response to a ques-

tion of BJP MLA JayanarayanMishra on Monday. In a relatedquestion also put by Mishra, theMinister informed that 43 per-sons died under police custodyduring the last 10 years.

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Aweek after the new militarystyle uniform of the Rajya

Sabha marshals led to contro-versy, they were on Mondayback in their old uniform butwithout the white turbans.They were seen wearing blackcolour bandhgalas while flank-ing the Chairman.

The military style uniformhad invited criticism from for-mer Army Chief General VPMalik when the Marshals sport-ed the new dress on the first dayof current session last Monday.Malik tweeted, “Copying andwearing of military uniforms bynon military personnel is ille-gal and a security hazard. I hope@VPSecretariat @RajyaSabha& @rajnathsingh will take earlyaction.”

The marshals were thenseen in military-style outfitswith caps in place of tradition-al Indian attire including band-hgala suits and turbans when theRajya Sabha’s landmark 250thsession commenced. While thedress code of the marshals hadchanged, the uniform of nearlya dozen ushers who stand at theback of each row to fetch papersand assist MPs had remainedunchanged. They had continued

to don Indian attire with apointed ‘pagri’ or headgear. Theuniform of ushers remainedunchanged on Monday.

Customarily, the presidingofficer of the House is flankedby two marshals who marchahead of the chairman toannounce commencement ofproceedings and also assist thechair in organising the desk andbringing up order papers.

The new uniform thoughwas different from the oneworn by military personnelbut it sported an aiguillette, anornamental braided cord withdecorative metal tips, militarystyle caps and lanyard.

The new uniform was crit-

icised by some members withJairam Ramesh(Congress)remarking that it looked if it wasushering in of “marshal law.”

After the dress came in forcriticism in some quarters,Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu on November19 ordered a review. Two dayslater, the marshals came to theHouse without the military-style caps. Following the con-troversy, sources in the RajyaSabha Secretariat had claimedthat marshals themselves werenot happy with their ear lieroutfits, especially the headgear.So the dress was changed andwas designed by the NationalInstitute of Design (NID).

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India and China will hold thejoint army exercise ‘Hand in

Hand’ in Umroi near Shillongfrom December 7 to 20. Thetwo countries will field 100 sol-diers each and they will prac-tice counter-terrorism drills inurban and rural setting. Thisis the seventh edition of thejoint exercise which is part ofconfidence building measurebetween the two countrieswhich share a disputed borderof more than 4,000 km.

The exercise could nottake place in 2017 due tostandoff in Doklam plateaunear Sikkim when the twoarmies were engaged in a faceoff lasting 70 days. The stand-off took place after the IndianArmy protested against theconstruction of a road in theregion considered strategicallyimportant for the country.Intervention by the top diplo-matic channels and politicalleadership of India later

defused the situation. The last edition was held in

2018 in Chengdu province ofChina after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and ChinesePresident Xi Jinping, in April2018, had held an informalsummit at Wuhan to improverelations between the two

countries. The latest exercise will be

spread over 15 days wherein thetroops will also conduct jointfiring practice besides improv-ing jointmanship and under-standing the operational phi-losophy of each other’s armies,sources said here on Monday.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Monday urged

the armed forces to go in forindigenous design and devel-opment of weapon systems asthe country is strengtheningdefence capability throughincreased domestic produc-tion leading to reduction onimported military hardware.

Making these observationshere while inaugurating thetwo-day second bi-annual IAFCommanders’ Conferencehere, he also urged the top ech-elon to use the meet for devel-oping strategies against futurechallenges and enhancing IAF’scapability. He also said theIAF is growing steadily towardsbecoming a truly strategic aero-space power and lauded itsefforts for indigenisation.

IAF chief R K S Bhadauriaemphasised the need for fur-ther enhancing operationalcapabilities to deter any mis-adventure by adversaries. Hehighlighted the need for con-tinuous enhancement of in-house maintenance capabilitiesand optimum utilisation ofnew inductions in order tomake IAF a formidable combatforce. He also emphasised theneed for enhanced joint train-ing with the Indian Army aswell as the Indian Navy for fos-tering jointmanship and ensur-ing national security.

The commanders willbrainstorm over the evolvingsecurity scenario in India’s

neighbourhood andexplored ways to further bolsterthe country’s aerial prowess,officials said. The conclave willalso deliberate over anti-droneoperations, countering asym-metric warfare and furtherstrengthening precision tar-geting, cyber and informationwarfare capability, indigenisa-tion, streamlining procure-ment of equipment andstrengthening training.

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Twenty women officers ofAfghanistan National Army

on Monday commenced themonth long training at theOfficers TrainingAcademy(OTA), Chennai. Thisis the third batch of woman offi-cers from there to be impartedtraining at OTA since 2017.

Giving details of the latestedition of the training capsulefor woman officers of specialcadre of Afghanistan Army,officials said here on Monday,the officers will be impartedtraining in handling weapons,tactical training and enhancingtheir communication skills.These training modules will actas value addition for the offi-cers of Afghanistan, they saidadding it is the only countrywhose woman officers aretrained at OTA.

The institute trains officers,both women and men of Indiabesides officers of some otherfriendly countries. The Indianofficers passing out from theacademy join the Army asShort Service Commission(SSC) officers.

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Congress on Mondayprotested vociferously both

inside and outside theParliament on Monday againstthe political developments inMaharashtra as it stalled pro-ceedings in both Houses andaccused the BJP of “murderingdemocracy” in the State.

Congress along with someOpposition parties have alsodecided to boycott the joint sit-ting of Parliament on Tuesdaycalled to commemorate theConstitution Day. Sources saidthe opposition led by theCongress, left parties and NCP,TMC and DMK have planned a joint protest outside Ambedkar statue inside Parliament complexagainst the political develop-ments in Maharashtra andinstalling a government led byDevendra Fadnavis with AjitPawar as Deputy ChiefMinister.

While Congress presidentSonia Gandhi led the protest byparty MPs near Mahatma

Gandhi’s statue in Parliamentcomplex, party leader RahulGandhi led the charge in theLok Sabha where he dubbedthe developments in the Statea “murder of democracy”.

Sonia Gandhi led the partyMPs near Mahatma Gandhi’sstatue, setting the tone for theprotests. Congress leaders,including Ahmed Patel, AnandSharma and Adhir RanjanChoudhury, raised slogans andheld placards criticising the BJPand demanding “justice”.

Congress’ youth wing IYCalso staged a demonstrationnear the Parliament House,against the BJP-led Centre overalleged “illegal and undemoc-ratic” manner of Governmentformation in Maharashtra.Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra accused the BJPof disregarding theConstitution in Maharashtraand repeating the “game” itplayed in Karnataka.

Asserting that theConstitution was “trampledupon” in Maharashtra,Congress’s chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala said an

“illegitimate Government” ofthe BJP and Ajit Pawar wasformed. “We requested theSupreme Court that a floor testbe ordered immediately so thatit is proven that the majority iswith the alliance formed forMaharashtra’s development -Congress-Sena-NCP. Weshowed the affidavits of 154MLAs that clearly prove thatthe alliance has the majority,”Surjewala told reporters, assert-ing the number will go upwhen other “MLAs are freedfrom BJP’s jail”.

Surjewala said “contractkilling of democracy” by theBJP has also become “contractkilling of honesty and account-ability”.

Party spokespersonAbhishek Singhvi said the gov-ernment’s move of issuing anotification on Monday toclose probe in nine cases ofalleged corruption in irrigationprojects in Maharashtra, wasthe “most brazen, shamefulact of conspiracy and corruptpractice”, to put together agovernment “by hook orcrook”.

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Imported onion will be avail-able between �52 and �60 a

kg to the State Governments.The first consignment of onionfrom Egypt is expected toarrive soon to boost domesticsupply and ease prices. TheUnion Cabinet has decided toimport 1.2 lakh tonnes ofonions to improve the domes-tic supply and control prices inthe retail markets. Retail pricesare ruling at around Rs 60-80per kg in several parts of thecountry. The situation is

expected to remain the same tillDecember end due to shortsupply.

Top sources said that onionis being offered to StateGovernments for distributionat the rate of Rs. 52-55 per kgex-Mumbai and will also bemade available at the rate of Rs.60 per kilogram ex-Delhi. “Thestate government may givesubsidy to provide relief to theconsumers in their state. Forinstance, Andhra Pradesh isgiving subsidy of Rs 55 a kg ononion to provide relief to theirpeople,” said the sources.

Following the directions ofthe Ministry of ConsumerAffairs, public sector tradingfirm MMTC has contracted toimport 6,090 tonnes of onionwhile the first consignment ofonion from Egypt is expectedto arrive soon to boost domes-tic supply and ease prices.

Last week, the UnionCabinet decided to import 1.2lakh tonnes of onions toimprove the domestic supplyand control prices, whichtouched Rs 100 per kg earlierthis month. The HomeMinistry on Friday also held a

review meeting on availabilityof onion and other items andsteps taken to ensure availabil-ity. Consumer Affairs SecretaryA K Srivastava held a reviewmeeting with various states toanalyse their demand, supplyand prices of this key kitchenitem. Srivastava has also writ-ten a letter to Chief Secretariesof all States on November 23,in this regard. StateGovernments may take thestock from the location ontheir own and also have theoption of getting transportationfacilitated through NAFED, if

required. The supply of import-ed onions will begin from earlyDecember onwards.

Sources said it wasinformed that MMTC has con-tracted 6,090 tonnes of onionand the consignment fromEgypt would reach Mumbaiport soon. While MMTC hasbeen tasked to import onions,cooperative Nafed will supplythe key kitchen items in thedomestic market.

On November 19, FoodMinister Ram Vilas Paswansaid production in kharif andlate-kharif seasons of 2019-20

is estimated to fall 26 per centto 5.2 million tonne, puttingpressure on supply and prices.

In a written reply to theLok Sabha, Paswan said onionis a seasonal crop with har-vesting period of rabi (Marchto June), kharif (October toDecember) and late-kharif(January-March). During Julyto October, the supply in themarket comes from storedonions from rabi season.

“During 2019-20, therewas a 3-4 weeks delay in sow-ing as well as decline in sownarea of the kharif onion because

of late arrival of monsoon.Further, untimely prolongedrains in the major growingstates of Karnataka,Maharashtra and MadhyaPradesh during the harvestingperiod caused damage to thestanding crops in theseregions,” Paswan had said.

As a result, the ministersaid the production of kharifcrop was affected. The rainsduring September-October alsohit transportation of crop fromthese producing regions toconsuming centres, he hadsaid.

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The CBI has conductedsearches at the office and

residential premises of ChiefGeneral Manager of NationalHighways Authority of India(NHAI), LP Padhy in analleged corruption case relatingto a private toll company.

Sources said the searcheswere carried out on Friday inconnection with alleged irreg-ularities in the award of tollproject related to Soma IsolexTollway Pvt Ltd in May 2009.Additionally, Padhy’s role inNational HighwayDevelopment Project, PhaseIII and Pahalodi-JaisalmerProject is also under the CBIscanner.

Sources said the docu-ments recovered during thesearches are being scrutinizedand more cases may be regis-tered if prima facie irregulari-ties are detected in other pro-jects executed by Padhy.

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In an effort to impart coop-erative education across the

country, the NationalCooperative Union of India(NCUI) has tied up withCommon Service Centres(CSC) to conduct training pro-grammes and popularise theprinciples and practices ofcooperatives.

An MoU to this effect hasbeen signed between the ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO) ofNCUI N Satyanarayan andCSC CEO Dr Dinesh Tyagi with the mandate topromote and to develop thecooperative movement inIndia.

While NCUI is the apexorganisation of the CooperativeMovement of India registeredunder the Multi-StateCooperative Societies Act,2002, CSC e-Governance

Services India Limited is aSpecial Purpose Vehicle, set upby the Ministry of InformationTechnology.

The main objective of com-ing together of both the unitsare to educate, guide and assistthe people in their efforts tobuild up and expand the coop-erative sector and to serve as anexponent of cooperative opin-ion as per cooperative princi-ples scheduled in Multi-StateCooperative Societies Act,2002.

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Senior Congress leaderJyotiraditya Scindia on

Monday dismissed specula-tion about his Twitter bio notincluding his links to the partyas “baseless”. Social mediawent into overdrive with manywondering whether Scindiawas planning to quit theCongress and others high-lighting the reported differ-ences between him andMadhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Kamal Nath.

“I had changed it (theTwitter bio) a month ago. I gotfeedback that it is a long bio-data and should be made short.All rumours around it arebaseless,” Scindia said. LaterScindia tweeted, “Ridiculouscommotion over a twitter pro-file change done almost amonth ago!” The buzz startedafter it was highlighted onsocial media that his Twitterbio just read “public servant,cricket enthusiast”.

His Twitter bio had earlier

stated, “Former Member ofParliament Guna (2002-2019).Former Minister for Power(I/C); MoS Commerce andIndustry, MoS communica-tions, IT and Post”.

Scindia was sidelined bythe old guard of the Congressparty after Rahul Gandhiresigned and Sonia Gandhitook over as interim presidentin the aftermath of the LokSabha election defeat. Recently,Scindia himself took on theNath Government questioningthe implementation of the loanwaiver scheme for the farmers.He also attacked the KamalNath Government over floodrelief measures and on the

issue of power cuts.In September, Scindia had

hit out at Nath and Singh. Heasked Nath to stop outsideinterference in theGovernment. This came in thebackdrop of MP MinisterUmang Singhar accusing Singhof running a proxyGovernment in the state. Manyallege that Nath does not reinin Singh as he feels obliged tohis one-time rival.

Supporters of Scindia havebeen pitching for him to bemade party president inMadhya Pradesh ever sinceKamal Nath was made thechief minister. The move wasscuttled by Digvijay Singh andKamal Nath, both leaders push-ing for Ajay Singh, son of lateleader Arjun Singh for thepost of Madhya PradeshCongress President post.

The former royal ofGwalior had earlier resignedfrom the post of general secre-tary after Rahul Gandhiresigned from the Congresspresident’s post. Scindia’s move

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Perturbed with the ruckuscreated in the Lok Sabha on

Monday, Speaker Om Birlasuspended two Congress MPsfor a day after they jostled withmarshals in the House, leadingto adjournment of proceed-ings.

The Speaker also warnedthat if any lawmaker indulgedin such action, he or she wouldbe suspended for the whole ses-sion in the future.

Congress MPs -Hibi Edenand TN Prathapan - were sus-pended by the Speaker fordefying the order of the chairand jostling with the marshals.

Eden and Prathapan -whowere holding a banner with theslogan ‘Stop murder of democ-racy’ - jostled with the marshalsin the Lok Sabha after theSpeaker asked the latter totake the leaders out of theHouse as they were disrupting

the proceedings duringQuestion Hour.

The House witnessedruckus after Congress memberstrooped near the Speaker’spodium, raising slogans againstthe Centre over Governmentformation in Maharashtra,leading to adjournment of theHouse three times. The Speakerhas adjourned the House till 2pm on Tuesday.

The Speaker’s suspensionorder came following the wholeincident.

When Congress membersled by Adhir RanjanChowdhury met the Speaker,they were told that the Housemust be run with dignity.

“The House runs with dig-nity. Today’s incident has low-ered the dignity of the House.If such incidents are repeatedin future, members will besuspended for the whole ses-sion,” sources in the SPeaker’soffice said.

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The Indian Navy will hostmilitary drill ‘Milan 2020’

in March next year which willwitness the participation ofseveral countries, Minister ofState for Defence Shripad Naiksaid on Monday.

In a written response to aquestion in the Rajya Sabha,Naik said 41 nations fromSouth Asia, Southeast Asia,Africa and Europe that sharedefence cooperation with Indiahave been invited for the drill.

The countries to whominvitations have been sent areIndonesia, France,Mozambique, Sudan, Israel,Qatar, Thailand, Malaysia,Australia, Somalia, Kenya,Egypt, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,

Myanmar, New Zealand, USA,Tanzania, Comoros, Maldives,Brunei, Philippines, Japan, UK,Saudi Arabia, Oman, Mauritius,Cambodia, Singapore, SouthKorea, South Africa, Kuwait,Iran, Madagascar, Bangladesh,Russia, Djibouti, Eritrea,Bahrain, UAE and Seychelles

“The Government pursuescooperation initiatives withfriendly countries, including inIndian Ocean Region, throughstructured interactions likeStaff Talks, EmpoweredSteering Group. The areas ofcooperation include capacitybuilding, marine domainawareness, training, hydrogra-phy, technical assistance, oper-ational exercise,” Naik said.

In response to anotherquestion, Naik said the Armyhas 6,868 women officers andthe Air Force and the Navy have2,302 and 1,077 respectively.

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Kolkata: Amid the BJP’s assertion to implement NRC inWest Bengal and the likelihoodof the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill being placedin Parliament, State ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onMonday announced thatattempts would be made to reg-ularise all refugee colonies onCentral Government and pri-vate lands.

The displaced people willalso be given land rights by theTrinamool CongressGovernment, Banerjee said.

The decision was takenapparently to take the windaway from the BJP’s sails, as thesaffron camp was hoping tocash in on passage of theCitizenship (Amendment) Billwhich will be tabled in theongoing winter session ofParliament.

“We have decided to regu-larise all the refugee settle-ments, solely because it has

been a long time now - nearly50 years. Since (March) 1971,they have not received anyland possession,” she said.

The State Government hadearlier regularised 94 refugeecolonies which were on StateGovernment land, the CM saidafter a Cabinet meeting.

“There are several refugeecolonies on land owned by theCentral Government and pri-vate parties. We have beenasking them for a long time toregularise these refugeecolonies and provide themwith land possession. However,they have been sending evic-tion notices,” Banerjee said.

“Those who are staying inrefugee colonies for a longtime do not have any right. Sowe thought they should get therights as citizens of this coun-try. They may be voting in elec-tions, may be working here, butdon’t have proper land rights,”she said.

Over 13,000 and 12,000families staying on land ownedby the State and central gov-ernments respectively would bebenefitted by the decision, theChief Minister said.

Banerjee also announcedthat the cabinet decided toform a new SC&STDevelopment Commission forthe development of theScheduled Caste and ScheduledTribes people in the State.

“A Bill to form the com-mission will be passed soon atthe state assembly,” she said.

A section of the refugees inWest Bengal belongs to theScheduled Castes. PTI

Hyderabad: The nearly twomonth old strike by employeesof the Telangana State RoadTransport Corporation overvarious demands was called offon Monday, a top trade unionleader announced.

The TSRTC employeesunions Joint Action Committee(JAC) leader AswathamaReddy said the decision to endthe strike was taken to haltalleged attempts to ‘privatise’the corporation.

Over 48,000 employees ofTSRTC went on an indefinitestrike since October 5,demanding among otherthings, merger of the corpora-tion with the State transportdepartment.

Later the unions said theywere willing to drop the merg-er demand if it becomes ahurdle for the Government tohold talks with them.However, neither the TSRTCmanagement or the State

Government have acceded toany demand of the workers.

“...Attempts are being madeto privatise RTC; to stop andface this, whether theGovernment responds or not,we should all go to (bus) depotstomorrow morning and bringpressure on the managementtowards taking up our duties,he told reporters.

He claimed that attemptsare being to issue aGovernment Order (GO), bytaking up the matter with theGovernor, allowing more private services.

On November 22,the Telangana HighCourt had dismissed apetition, challengingthe State Cabinet deci-sion to privatise over5,000 bus routes.

The court, whiledismissing the peti-tion of P LVishweshwar Rao,

vice-president of the TelanganaJana Samithi, challenging thecabinet’s November 2 decisionto privatise permits of 5,100 busroutes, said the StateGovernment has the authorityto take a decision on the mat-ter.

Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao haddefended the cabinet decision,saying it was done to maintainhealthy competition and hadwarned that the other routeswould also be given to privateoperators if RTC workers didnot rejoin duty. PTI

Kolkata: Asserting that herGovernment would provideall possible assistance to thoseaffected by Cyclone ‘Bulbul’,West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Mondaysaid five lakh relief kits were tobe distributed among the dis-aster-hit families.

The kits, containing blan-kets, a cooking stove, utensils,food items and clothes, wouldbe provided to all affectedfamilies in East Midnapore,South 24 Parganas and North24 Parganas, she said, after flag-ging off 12 vehicles loadedwith relief materials from statesecretariat Nabanna.

A total of 47,000 kits havebeen dispatched for the affect-ed families, the TMC supremonoted. Banerjee also said thather government had alreadyprovided five lakh tarpaulin,45,000 lanterns and five litres

of kerosene to each family.Those that have lost homes

in the cyclone would also beprovided accommodationunder the Government’s hous-ing scheme, she explained.

“We have mobilised fivelakh sheets of cloth, whilestate-owned clothing brandsTantuja and Tantushree havebeen asked to make an arrange-ment with their weavers forthree years so that materials canbe obtained at short notice dur-ing such crises,” she said.

The agriculture depart-ment had been asked to con-duct a survey of the farmingland affected during thecyclone, the TMC supremotold reporters.”From the cur-rent coverage of 60 per cent, weare planning to extend thegovernment’s crop insurancescheme benefits to all farmersin the State,” she added. PTI

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BJP activists on Mondaystaged a road blockade in

Girish Park area of centralKolkata to protest against theattack on senior BJP leader andparty’s candidate for KarimpurAssembly bypoll, Jay PrakashMajumdar by alleged TMCworkers when he was enteringa polling booth.

Carrying posters and placards, BJP activists staged aroad blockade in Girish Parkarea, causing heavy trafficsnarls in the central Kolkataregion.

The BJP activists shoutedslogans against the TMCGovernment and demandedimmediate arrests of the cul-prits involved in the attack.

The police later removedthe blockade. Majumdar wason Monday allegedly beaten upand kicked by TMC activists atPhipulkhola area of Nadia district when he was enteringa polling booth.

TV footage showedMajumdar being beaten upand kicked by some people.

Holding TMC “goons”responsible for the act, he said,wounds will heal but the inci-dent is a “clear” sign of the “end

of democracy” in West Bengal.The BJP leader alleged that

the TMC activists were falsevoters who had assembled inthe area with the intention ofrigging polls.

“But it will not demoraliseme and I will continue to visitall the booths. I have com-plained to the ElectionCommission,” Majumdar, thevice president of the state unitof the BJP, said.

Denying the allegations as“baseless”, the Nadia districtunit of the TMC said, localshad attacked Majumdar as theywere angry with him for “viti-ating” the poll atmosphere.

The EC has sought reportsabout the incident.TMC MPMohua Moitra declined tocomment.

Besides Karimpur, bypollsare underway in KharagpurSadar and Kaliaganj Assemblyseats.While Kharagpur Sadarand Karimpur seats were heldby the TMC, Kaliaganj was represented in the Assembly bythe Congress.

In Karimpur, vacated byMLA Mahua Moitra afteremerging victorious fromKrishnnanagar Lok Sabha seat,CPI(M)-Congress candidateGholam Rabbi is contestingagainst Majumdar and TMC’sBimalendu Singha Roy.

The Kharagpur Sadar seatfell vacant as the sitting TMCMLA contested and won LokSabha seat. Bypolls were neces-sitated in Kaliaganj followingthe death of Congress MLAParmathanath Roy.

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described the assault of itscandidate in the bypoll toKarimpur Assembly seat during voting hours as “mur-der of democracy” while theruling Trinamool Congressclaimed that the saffron partyhas orchestrated a drama togain the sympathy of voters.

Besides Karimpur, by-elec-tions were held in two otherAssembly constituencies inWest Bengal that witnessedmore than 75 per cent of theover 7 lakh electorate castingvotes.

The West Bengal unit ofthe BJP demanded removal ofthe superintendent of policeand the district magistrate ofNadia after its candidateJoyprakash Majumdar wasassaulted allegedly by TMCworkers.

“Our candidate JoyprakashMajumdar was attacked byTrinamool Congress workers.It is the murder of democracyunder the Chief Ministership ofMamata Banerjee. The TMChas resorted to violence antic-ipating defeat in the polls,”senior BJP leader Mukul Roysaid.TV footages showedMajumdar, who is also thestate BJP vice-president, beingbeaten up, kicked and pushedinto a bush by a group of menat Phipulkhola area of Nadiadistrict. PTI

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Hinting that exodus ofOpposition MLAs into the

BJP will continue, party Stategeneral secretary ArvindLimbavali on Monday claimed that several JD(S) leg-islators were in touch withthem and have expressed“desire” to join it.

The senior BJP legislator,who is also the party’s conven-er for the December 5 bypolls,has said that JD(S) leaders’statements hinting at support-ing the BJPGovernment in theState, if it fails to garner required number of seats in the bypoll,display their “insecurity.”

“In Karnataka severalJD(S) legislators have expresseddesire to join BJP. That is thereason JD(S) leaders are sayingthat BJP will face defeat in thisbypolls, they will lose majority and at such a situationwe will support the BJP andsave the government. By sayingsuch things they (JDS) areshowcasing their insecurity,”Limbavali said.

Speaking to reporters, hesaid “several JD(S) legislatorswere in touch with BJP, let thebypolls be over, we will tell howmany of them.”

JD(S) leaders, who haveindicated that they don’t wantmid-term polls, have already

stated a call will be taken on theparty’s role, in case the rulingBJP loses majority, only afterthe results on December 9.

The bypolls was necessitated after the resigna-tion and absence of 17Congress-JD(S) legislatorsfrom the trust vote, which ledto the collapse of the HDKumaraswamy headed coali-tion Government and pavedthe way for BJP to come topower. The 17 legislators weresubsequently disqualified bythe then Speaker K R RameshKumar. However, the SupremeCourt which heard the MLAspetition challenging the dis-qualification recently, allowedthem to contest the bypolls.

With winning majorityseats crucial for the govern-ment’s survival, the BJP hasfielded 13 of the 16 disqualifiedlegislators who joined the partyas its candidates from theirrespective constituencies.

The ruling BJP needs towin at least six seats in thebypolls to remain in a majori-ty in the 224-member assem-bly, which will still have twovacant seats — Maski and R RNagar.

Among the 15 constituen-cies going to bypolls, 12 wereheld by the Congress and 3 bythe JD(S), whose coalition gov-ernment collapsed due to rebel-lion by the disqualified MLAs.

Bengaluru: Former KarnatakaChief Minister Siddaramaiahon Monday ruled out the possibility of his former allyJD(S) joining hands with BJPafter the bypolls, as he talkedabout the prospects of mid-term polls in the State and theCongress party winning it.

The Congress LegislatureParty leader also said the BSYediyurappa-led BJPGovernment will have to resignon “failing” to garner requirednumber of seats in theDecember 5 bypolls for 15assembly constituencies in thestate.

“JD(S) is not going to sup-port them (BJP), Yes (I’msure)...I have not spoken tothem (JD(S)), but I know. I waswith JD(S) in the past right?”Siddaramaiah told reportersin Hubballi.

He was responding to aquestion about the possibilityof JD(S) joining hands with BJPin case the Government fallsshort of numbers.

JD(S) leaders, who haveindicated that they don’t wantmid-term polls, have alreadystated that a call will be takenon the party’s role, in case theruling BJP loses majority, onlyafter the results on December 9.

Siddaramaiah said it isquite natural, if BJP doesn’t win

required number of seats in thebypolls, they will have to resign.

Asked if the Congress willdemand a floor test if BJPdoes not get the required num-bers, he said, “They will haveto resign, why floor test again?”

The ruling BJP needs towin at least six seats in thebypolls to remain in a majori-ty in the 224-member assem-bly, which will still have twovacant seats— Maski and R RNagar.

On whether he willbecome Chief Minister if BJPgovernment falls, Siddaramaiahsaid, “Have I said like that? Ihave not. I feel that mid-termpolls may take place, if mid-term polls takes place hundredper cent we will win.”

To a question if he willbecome the Chief Ministerafter mid-term polls, the seniorCongress leader said the highcommand and the legislatureparty will decide on it. PTI

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappaon Monday pitched for ‘Congress-muktKarnataka’ to realise the BJP’s nationaldream of ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’.

“If we have to make ‘Congress-muktBharat’ then it should be ‘Congress MuktKarnataka’ first. It should begin fromhere,” he said addressing an election rallyat Kamalapurain Vijayanagar Assemblyconstituency from where Anand Singhiscontesting on a BJP ticket.

A party hopper, Singh was previouslyelected on a Congress ticket and was theamong the MLAs to resign from theAssembly rebelling against his party.

He was among the 17 Congress-JDSMLAs who were disqualified by the thenspeaker K R Ramesh Kumar in July.

After the Supreme Court allowed thedisqualified MLAs to contest the December5 bypolls, Anand Singh joined the BJP againand is contesting on the party ticket fromVijayanagar.

Yediyurappa said he “never knew in hislife what lies are” but people did not trusthim when he said BJP would win at least22 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections in

Karnataka.“I never knew in my life what lies are.

When I said that we will win 22 Lok Sabhaseats, people mocked at us but weactually

won 25 seats. Congress and the JD(S), the(then) ruling coalition could win only oneseat each,” he said.

Speaking about the “pathetic” perfor-

mance of the previous ruling coalition ofCongress and JD(S), Yediyurappa said thetwo parties could hardly register their presence in the Lok Sabha election.

Ridiculing Congress, Yediyurappa said,“Congress doesn’t even have the requirednumber of MPs in the Lok Sabha to becalled the principal opposition party. Thisis the condition of Congress today.”

Heaping praise on Singh, Yediyurappasaid he was the first among the 17 MLAswho had resigned from the Assembly.

Till then, he had no clue that the BJPwould form a Government in Karnataka.

“It was Anand Singh who resigned firstand later others too joined him. He was dis-content with the lack of development andhence he decided not to stay in theCongress for long,” the Chief Minister said.

Yediyurappa asked the people to ensureSingh’s victory so that he becomes a min-ister in the BJP Government and helpstheGovernment develop the area as amodel constituency. Bypolls are scheduledto be held in 15 Assembly constituencies onDecember 5. PTI

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The notification for the December 12by-election to the Rajya Sabha from

Karnataka to fill the vacancy caused dueto the resignation of sitting member KCRamamurthy was issued on Monday.

The last date for filing of papers isDecember 2, while scrutiny will takeplace the next day.

The last date for withdrawal of can-didature is December 5, and counting ofvotes will take place on December 12,after polling, the official notification said.

Ramamurthy, who represented theCongress in the Upper House and whoseterm was up to June 2022, tendered hisresignation as a member on October 16to the House Chairman and Vice-President M Venkaiah Nadu, whoaccepted it.

The former IPS officer also resignedfrom the Congress and subsequently

joined the BJP.Following Ramamurthy’s resigna-

tion, the Congress in Karnataka hadalleged that BJP has made it an “indus-try” to lure everyone to the party, andpeople were joining it out of “fear” or forthe sake of “allurements.”

However, stating that he resigned asRajya Sabha member and from theCongress as he wanted his experience tobe “used properly in the the path ofprogress and development”, Ramamurthyhad rubbished claims that he quit theparty, under pressure or fearing IncomeTax raids.

Justice CK PrasadChairman Press Council ofIndia, &Former Judge, SupremeCourt of India

The concept of dharma isdeeply rooted in our cul-

ture. Performance of duty wasconsidered to be an essentialpart of man’s character inancient India and it was con-ceived that failure to performone’s duty is equivalent to com-mitting ‘sin’. The force behindthe importance of performanceof duty in ancient India wasmore of a religious commandthan a legal command which isthe case in the present times.

Performing duty hasalways been given primeimportance in Indian philoso-

phy. Rights cannot exist inisolation without dutiesattached. A right without dutyis nothing but an impositionthat leads to the decompositionof the concept of rights itself.Rights and duties are two sidesof the same coin and they areindeed interrelated and inex-tricable. Duty is the source ofrights, rights flow when dutiesare well performed. To everyright, there is a correspondingduty that is to be performed toenjoy a particular right. Wheneveryone performs their dutiesit automatically leads to theprotection and promotion ofothers’ rights. MahatmaGandhi had said “the truesource of right is the duty. If weall discharge our duties, rights

will not be far to seek”. Part 51 A was introduced

in the Indian Constitution inthe year 1976 with the attemptto balance between an indi-vidual’s civic freedoms with hiscivic obligations. Incorporationof the fundamental duties hasbrought our Constitution inline with Article 29(1) of theUniversal Declaration ofHuman Rights which states“everyone has duties to thecommunity in which alone thefree and full development of thepersonality is possible”.

Rights are conferred uponpeople not only for the devel-opment and well-being of theindividual but also the nation’sdevelopment can be achievedonly through performance of

duties by individuals.Amongst the most cele-

brated fundamental rights, theright to freedom of expressionis a significant one that entitlesthe citizens of India to expresstheir views, opinions, and ideasthrough various mediums liketelevision, print, radio or dig-ital media. Expressing self-thoughts or ideas help indi-viduals to have a sense of self-fulfilment that is an essentialaspect of the growth of anyindividual as well as the State.The framers of the Constitutioncharacterized freedom ofspeech and expression as thevery life of civil liberties and theSupreme Court of Indiaexpounded it as the Ark of theCovenant of Democracy. The

Constitution of India thoughdoes not mention freedom ofpress or media separately but,the scope of freedom of speechand expression has beenexpanded by the Indian Courtsto include the freedom of thepress.

However, free it may be butthe freedom has not been madean absolute one. Under Article19 (2) it is subjected to rea-sonable restrictions, in theinterests of the nation and itspeople. It can be defied if it hin-ders the security, sovereignty orintegrity of the state, and isdamaging to foreign relations,or is against decency or moral-ity or causes defamation.

Though fundamentalduties, alike fundamental

rights, do not directly addressthe press, but press has anessential role to play in pro-moting fundamental duties aswell as the rights of the people.The press, therefore, can sen-sitize people about their rightsas also raise awareness aboutduties of the citizens towardsthe nation. Such awarenessamongst public would lead orencourage them in fulfillingtheir duties towards the assur-ance of the existence of goodgovernance in the nationthrough exercising their adultfranchise.

Voting is a right but it isalso a duty of every citizen tovote sincerely and participate inthe electoral process and thedemocratic polity to strength-

en the State. Equally, it isimportant to sensitize the pub-lic in performing their part inmaintaining cleanliness, protectthe environment includingrivers, lakes and wildlife. Incase of the duty to be per-formed by the press within itsspace, it should act responsiblyin reporting incidents, withoutmaking an event sensationaljust for the sake, mixing viewswith news or misusing thepower of press. Misconstruingor misinterpreting someone inthe press can definitely bedetrimental to the growth of asociety and nation. It is the dutyof the press to promote har-mony and brotherhoodamongst people of India cuttingacross its religious, linguistic

and regional or sectional diver-sities. In recent times, mediahas played a remarkable role inreminding people about theirduties to keep India clean andgreen. Reminded the parentsthat providing education totheir children is not only theright but it is the duty of par-ents to ensure that children areeducated with elementary edu-cation.

In our Constitution, muchemphasis was given to therights until it was realised thatto enjoy the fundamental rightsone should also perform cer-tain minimum duties. It acts asthe foundation of human dig-nity and builds national char-acter. The duties form the con-science of our Constitution.

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Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath

on Monday exhorted youths tofight against forces trying to“destabilise India” followingthe nullification of Article of370 and resolution of theAyodhya dispute.

“The powers that intendedto weaken India are again try-ing to raise their heads.Therefore, it is important toremain alert,” Adityanath toldstudents at the national con-vention of the Akhil BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad, held hereon Agra College premises.

Adityanath said the presentgeneration of youths shouldconsider itself lucky that long-pending issues like decades-oldArticle 370 and centuries-oldAyodhya tangle have beenresolved. The Centre decidedon August 5 to abrogate thespecial status of Jammu &

Kashmir under the Article 370.Earlier this month, the

Supreme Court delivered itsverdict on Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.

The two events demon-strated the Narendra ModiGovernment’s “firm resolve”,which the previous governmentlacked, he added.

But following them, theChief Minister told youths,the powers that intended toweaken India were again tryingto raise their heads.

While praising the ABVP,he urged the outfit members toact as motivators for Indiansand instill in them the convic-tion that nationalism was aboveeverything.

The Chief Minister hadbeen invited as chief guest ofthe function and he later gaveaway the Yashwantrao KelkarYuva Puraskar, 2019 to socialactivist Sagar Reddy fromMaharashtra.

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The mahant of Tapaswiji kiChhawani in Ayodhya

Paramhansji Maharaj onMonday said RSS chief MohanBhagwat should head the trustto be set up for the construc-tion of Ram temple.

“The RSS chief should bemade the ex-offico head of thetrust so that he automaticallytakes that post. Sangh Parivarshould be given the responsi-bility of Ram temple’s con-struction,” the mahant toldreporters at Sita Samahit sthalhere.

The Supreme Court in ahistoric verdict on November9 had backed the constructionof a Ram temple by a trust atthe disputed site in Ayodhya,and ruled that an alternativefive-acre plot must be found fora mosque in the Hindu holytown.

“Be it the issue of “rashtranirman” (nation building) ortemple construction, what theRSS has done from village level

to the cities, no one else can do,”he said, adding that the primeminister, the home ministerand the defence minister, allhave their origins in the Sangh.

The mahant, who has beena critic of Ram JanmabhoomiNyas chief Nritya Gopal Dasand its member Ram VilasVedanti, alleged that both havea very narrow mindset.

“When the Supreme Courtasked for setting up a trust fortemple construction, mahant of

Ram Mandir Nyas, NrityaGopal Das said that his Nyaswould construct it andthis showed his lure for the

post. “Similarly, Ram Vilas

Vedanti opposed ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath say-ing that ‘Nath Sampraday’ can-not construct the temple,” hesaid.

Yogi Adityanath is mahantof Gorakhnath Muth, therevered Muth of the NathSampradaya.

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One terrorist was killed lateMonday evening in an

ongoing operation at Pachaararea of South Kashmir’sPulwama district. In anotherincident, Anantnag policeaverted a major terror attackwith the timely recovery of twoIED’s .

The IED’s, which werefound lying close to the mainroad, were safely detonated bythe bomb disposal squad toprevent any mishap.

According to reports, ajoint patrolling party was firedupon by a group of hiding ter-rorists near an orchard inPachaar area of Pulwama. Thesecurity forces had launched

cordon and search operationsin the area after receiving a tipoff about the presence of groupof terrorists in the area.

Meanwhile, a majortragedy was averted byBaramulla police with the time-ly arrest of a grenade thrower

near venue of a policerecruitment rally.

According to police,one person with agrenade was caughtthreatening candidateswhile they were fillingapplications for SPO’spost in Baramulla dis-trict.

Three other sus-pects were picked bythe police after prelim-inary interrogation ofthe youth apprehendedwith a live grenade.

According to initialreports, these youth

were tasked with the job of lob-bing a grenade to cause scareand panic in the area ahead ofrecruitment rally.

Baramulla police is cur-rently investigating the case andquestioning the four youthdetained so far.

In Jammu region, Pakistanarmy violated ceasefire agree-ment by targeting forwardareas of Qasba Kirni in Poonchearly Monday morning.

According to groundreports, “unprovoked cease-fire violation by the Pakistanarmy was reported around11.30 a.m” .

Local villagers claimed theintensity of the mortar shellingwas very high in the forwardvillages. Official sources said,the firing continued for overtwo hours in the area causingpanic among the farmers strug-gling to work in their fields.

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Senior officers of the UnionTerritory of Jammu &

Kashmir on Monday facedpiquant situation at manyplaces during the second phaseof Government’s flagship ‘Backto Village’ (B2V2) outreachprogramme.

The ambitious programmewas aimed to provide gover-nance at the doorsteps of therural populace and to enlistcommunity participation.

Ironically, at many placescommon people demandedaction taken report in responseto grievances highlighted bythem during the first phase of the rural outreach pro-gramme.

Interacting with the media,several local residents claimeddespite listing their problemsand discussing the ground sit-uation no follow up actionwas taken by the variousdepartments on ground zeroafter the first phase of the pro-gramme.

Government spokesmanclaimed, “the week-long pub-lic outreach campaign would

be more intense than the ear-lier phase as it shall mainlyfocus on empoweringPanchayats, follow up of B2V1,100 per cent coverage of ben-eficiary oriented schemes anddoubling income of rural peo-ple by giving more impetus tothe rural economy”.

During this week, morethan 5000 gazetted officersand 657 UT and DirectorateLevel officers are scheduled tovisit their assigned Panchayatsto receive the first-handappraisal reports at the grass-roots level about the develop-mental works.

After gathering the feed-back from the common mass-es, the officers have beendirected to prepare a reportcard and critical gap analysis atthe end of their 2-day visit toa village on a pre-circulated for-mat.

Lieutenant Governor,Advisors, Chief Secretary andother senior officers are alsoscheduled to visit various HalqaPanchayats in both Kashmirand Jammu Divisions between25th of November and 30thNovember, 2019.

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Both Houses of the legisla-ture in Bihar were plunged

into turmoil on Monday overpolice crack- down on aCongress demonstration hereon the previous day, leading toadjournment of proceedingsfor the day in the StateAssembly with very little busi-ness transacted.

In the Legislative Council,the proceedings took place inthe midst of persistent shout-ing of slogans by leaders of theCongress and its ally the RJDleading to a furious DeputyChief Minister Sushil KumarModi charging the oppositionMLCs with “spreading a lie”that lathi charge had takenplace and demonstrators sus-tained injuries.

In the Assembly, SpeakerVijay Kumar Chaudharyadjourned the house for the day

within less than 30 minutes ofassembling at 2 P.M. For thepost-lunch session.

MLAs of the Congress andother opposition parties like theRJD and CPI(ML) continu-ously raised slogans con-demning alleged police excess-es on those who took part inthe “Jan Vedana” march takenout by the grand old party herein protest against “anti-peoplepolicies” of the Narendra ModiGovernment.

RJD MLA Lalit Yadav alsovoiced protest against theSpeaker not taking up theadjournment motion that hehad moved to press thedemand for parity in wagesbeing paid to “niyojit” (hired oncontract but later regularized)and “regular” teachers.

The regular teachers havebeen recruited through theState public service commis-sion and getting remunera-

tion in accordance with the rec-ommendations of the latestPay Commission.

Chaudhary told Yadav thatthe ruckus created by opposi-tion MLAs, including those ofhis party, was to be blamed forhis adjournment motion notbeing taken up since theirunruly behavior in the first halfhad not allowed the house tofunction till the Zero Hour.

Before Chaudharyadjourned proceedings tillTuesday, an appropriation billwas passed by the assemblythrough voice vote.

In the legislative council,Congress MLC Prem ChandraMishra who was among thedemonstrators to have beendetained by the police the pre-vious day and RJD MLC RamChandra Purve led the oppo-sition charge against the gov-ernments “attempt to muzzledemocratic protests”.

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The Sunni Central WaqfBoard will meet here on

Tuesday to discuss the SupremeCourt’s Ayodhya verdict, amidreports that its members aredivided on whether to file areview petition against thejudgment.

The meeting is also expect-ed to discuss whether to accepta plot of land that the judgmentsaid must be given to Muslimsto build a mosque, Waqf Boardchairman Zufar Farooqui saidMonday.

After the five-judge benchdelivered its historic verdict onthe Ranjanmabhoomi-BabriMasjid land dispute, Farooquihad come out against filing areview petition. But someboard members went publicagainst the stand.

“The members can discussthe issue during the November26 meeting. I have been autho-rised to take a decision onbehalf of the board but if anymember has an objection to it,he can raise it in the meetingscheduled on November 26

here,” Farooqui had said.In a unanimous verdict,

the Supreme Court had pavedthe way for the construction ofa Ram Temple at the disputedsite in Ayodhya. It also direct-ed the Centre to allot a five-acreplot to the Sunni Waqf Boardfor building a mosque.

“It has to be seen whetherthe board can refuse to take thefive-acre land for the con-struction of a mosque as ruledby the Supreme Court. Will itamount to contempt of court?The board has started takinglegal opinion on this point,” hehad said.

Farooqui said there were

divergent views within theeight-member board on thematter and the number ofthose suggesting that the plotshould be used for some “con-structive work” to give a mes-sage to the world is “very low”.

The Sunni board was amain litigant in the Ayodhyacase.

Earlier, the All IndiaMuslim Personal law Board(AIMPLB) said a review peti-tion will be filed against thejudgment. It is also againstaccepting an alternative site toreplace the mosque that wasdemolished in Ayodhya in1992.

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Wayanad: Students of the State-run vocational high-er secondary school near here continued their proteston Monday demanding strong action against the teach-ers responsible for the death of a fifth standard studentdue to snakebite inside her classroom on November20.

While the investigating police officers visited theschool and hospitals to record the statement with regardto the incident, the Mananthavady Municipalitybegan a cleaning drive at the school.

The students demanded that the Parent-TeacherAssociation (PTA) be disbanded and strong action betaken against the teachers responsible for 10-year-oldShehala’s death. “We are not seeking dismissal of otherteachers. We don’t want everyone to be ousted. We wantthose teachers responsible for the incident to be oust-ed.

The present PTA must also be disbanded,” a stu-dent said. The investigating team headed byManathavadi ASP Vaibhav Saxena visited the VythiriGood Shepherd hospital and recorded the evidence ofdoctors.The team also visited the school and record-ed statements of teachers and students.

The State has been witnessing protests against theschool authorities who had allegedly failed to ensurethat Shehala was rushed to hospital on time. The probeteam met the medical board to ascertain whether delayin treatment caused the death or not.

Meanwhile, the forest department conducted asearch and capture operation at the school to find anysnakes in the school compound. Police baton-chargedactivits of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the con-gress’ student outfit in the state, when they tried to bargeinto the residence of Education Minister CRaveendranath at Thrissure. PTI

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The Jammu & Kashmiradministration on Monday

announced release of two polit-ical leaders, who have beenunder detention since August5, besides shifting of two oth-ers to their houses from theMLA hostel.

Dilawar Mir, who is fromPDP, and Ghulam Hassan Mir,were under detention for over110 days and were released bythe new Union Territoryadministration, officials said.

They are former MLAs,both residents of Baramulla

district. They had been under

detention at their respectiveresidences from August 5, theday when Centre announcedabrogation of provisions ofArticle 370.

Ghulam Hassan was a for-mer minister in MuftiMohammad Sayeed’s cabinetwhen he became ChiefMinister for the first time in2002. He later parted ways

and formed his own outfitcalled Democratic PartyNationalist (DPN). DilawarMir is also a former Minister.

Ashraf Mir and HakeenYaseen, who were MLAs in thelast state assembly of the erst-while state of Jammu andKashmir, would be shifted totheir residences but remainunder detention, the officialssaid.

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Aurangabad: The Shiv Sena hasdemanded an additional financial aid forthe farmers whose crop got destroyed inunseasonal rain in Maharashtra.

When Maharashtra was underPresident’s rule between November 12and 23, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyarihad announced a relief of � 8,000 perhectare up to two hectares for agricul-tural Kharif crops and � 18,000 perhectare up to two hectares for horticul-ture/perennial crops.

Earlier, the then BJP Governmenthad announced � 10,000 crore specialassistance for the affected farmers.

On Monday, activists of the Senaorganised morchas on Governmentoffices and handed over representationsin nine talukas in Aurangabad district,which falls under the worst-hitMarathwada region.

In Aurangabad city, former Sena MPChandrakant Khaire and district president Ambadas Danve metDivisional Commissioner SunilKendrekar and handed over a memo-randum containing ten demands.

“Our demands include that insur-ance companies pay 25% of the insuredsum to farmers in cases where they hadlost crops on more than 50 per cent oftheir fields,” Danve said. PTI

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leaderSanjay Raut on Mondayclaimed BJP leaders will gocrazy if they remain withoutpower.

Talking to reporters, Rautalso said mental health clinicswill be formed in various partsof Maharashtra for “such peo-ple” after the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine comes topower in the state.

“The BJP leaders will gocrazy if they are thrown out ofpower. They will lose theirmental balance, as we are goingto prove our majority duringthe floor test,” Raut claimed.

“Once we form govern-ment, we will build a specialhospital to treat the mental ill-ness of BJP leaders,” he said.

Raut said his party, theNCP and Congress have therequired numbers and willprove to Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari that they havethe numbers to form Government inMaharashtra. PTI

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Farmers’ bodies are concerned thatthe proposed draft Seeds Bill, 2019,and the Pesticide Management Billcould weaken farmers’ rights andincrease corporate control over seed,

as the definition of “farmer” has beentweaked to include traders and corporations.The original definition of “farmer” excludedany individual, company, trader or dealer, whoengages in procurement and sale on commer-cial basis (non-farmers); Bharatiya KrishakSamaj president Krishan Bir Chaudharyinsists this should be retained.

The draft states, “Farmer means any per-son who owns cultivable land or any other cat-egory of farmers who are doing the agricul-tural work as may be notified by theCentral/State Governments.” It identifies“farmer” as anyone owning cultivable landunder Clause 11, which makes all corpora-tions, who own land, eligible to be classifiedas “farmer”, while the new exemptions ofClause 47 spare multinationals from any reg-ulation under the seed law.

The draft Bill introduces new commer-cial definitions of seed, which facilitate easymarket access to multinational corporationsrather than conserve our rich biodiversity andguarantee farmers the freedom to save andexchange seeds they have evolved and, thus,ensure availability of high quality, reliable,affordable and ecologically adapted seed fortheir ecosystem and agro-climatic zone.

The Bill introduces unscientific defini-tions like “national seed variety” and “stateseed variety” in Clauses 17 (“national seedvarieties” means those varieties which are cul-tivated in more than one State) and 31 (“Stateseed varieties” mean those which are culti-vated in one State only).

Seed is the expression of diversity of traitsand agroclimatic zones, where varieties arebred by farmers and to which they are adapt-ed. To describe seeds, not according to traitsand agroclimatic zones but as “nationalseed” if grown in more than one state and“state seed” if grown in one state, has no sci-entific basis. This is a commercial descriptionto facilitate the marketing and the spread ofunreliable and costly seeds from MNCs.

Under the 1966 Seed Act, new seeds wereevaluated in 22 agroclimatic zones to ensurefarmers get quality inputs. Strangely, the 2019Seed Bill makes evaluation optional: “TheCommittee may, for conducting trials to assessthe performance, accredit centres of the IndianCouncil of Agricultural Research, StateAgricultural Universities and such otherorganisations fulfilling the eligibility require-ments as may be prescribed to conduct tri-als to evaluate the performance of any kindor variety of seeds.”

The seed Bill should ensure compensa-tion to farmers in case of seed failure.Instead, it leaves farmers to seek compensa-tion for seed failure under the Consumer Act.Liability clauses are meaningless if there is noliability for seed failure. The ConsumerProtection Act, 1986, stated that the produc-

er, distributor or vendor of seedof the registered kind or variety“shall disclose the expected per-formance of such kind or varietyto the farmer under given con-ditions” and if such seed fails toperform as expected, the farmercould claim compensation fromthe producer, dealer, distributoror vendor.

The 2019 draft Bill is aCompulsory Seed CertificationBill under which seed producersand seed processing units mustbe registered [247, 22(1) and (2)].Article 12 states that farmers“shall not be required to registerthe farmers’ varieties of seeds inthe said register” but the deletionof farmers’ rights in exemptionClause 47 dilutes farmers’ rights.

Significantly, “transgenicseeds” are introduced. A new cat-egory of “synthetic seeds” entersthe definition of “seed” in Article24. Section 44 opens the door forintroduction of transgenic vari-eties cleared by the GeneticEngineering AppraisalCommittee (GEAC). Under “spe-cial provision for registration oftransgenic varieties”, it states,“notwithstanding anything con-tained in Section 14, no seed ofany transgenic variety shall beregistered unless the applicant hasobtained a clearance in respect ofthe same as required by or underthe provisions of theEnvironment (Protection) Act,1986: (29 of 1986).”

But the biosafety regulatoryagency is a failure. It approved Btcotton which is failing; itapproved Bt brinjal which theMinister overruled; it approved

GM mustard even though it haslower yields than indigenouspublic varieties and is tolerant tothe prohibited herbicide, glufos-inate. Only a case in the SupremeCourt has prevented its commer-cialisation. Now, the new seed Billcould allow commercialisation ofBt brinjal and herbicide-tolerantmustard.

The Central SeedCommittee under the 1966 Actincluded one person to be nom-inated by each State Government.The 2019 seed Bill has changedthis provision to five representa-tives chosen by the Centre on arotational basis. Meanwhile, theSeeds Division, Dept ofAgriculture, has asked sellers forExpression of Interest (EOI) forbar-coding seed packets for a“national seed traceability sys-tem.” This must surely wait untilParliament passes the Bill.

Coming to the PesticideManagement Bill (PMB), it mustprovide for compulsory registra-tion of Technical Grade Pesticidesin India, prior to granting regis-trations for imports or indige-nous manufacture of pesticidesformulations, which is the pre-vailing practice in major agricul-tural nations such as the US,Europe, Brazil, China, Australiaand Argentina.

The PMB should not includedata protection for agrochemi-cals/pesticides as such provi-sions will effectively extend themonopoly enjoyed by multina-tional corporations, whichalready have 20-year patent pro-tection under WTO (effective inIndia from 2005). Additional

data protection would meanever-greening of patents. Dataexclusivity in agrochemicals sec-tor will delay entry of genericsand make agrochemicals/pesti-cides unaffordable for Indianfarmers. Moreover, the PMBlacks a “pesticide schedule.” Theinsecticide schedule is an integralpart of the Insecticide Act, 1968,and helps applicants and regula-tors to decide if registration isrequired or not.

The PMB’s over regulationof exports will adversely affectexports of pesticides, which canearn foreign exchange and boostthe indigenous agrochemicalsindustry. Export orders for pes-ticide formulations are time-bound, depending upon theagriculture season in differentcountries and timely delivery iscritical else customers will goelsewhere. All importing coun-tries have their own regula-tions and registration require-ments for imports, which eachexporter has to fulfill.

Hence, imposing unneces-sary data requirements and rais-ing unqualified deficiencies forexport-oriented products willonly add to costs and delays.Data available in the publicdomain should be accepted bythe registration authority asexport orders are country-spe-cific. The Ministry ofAgriculture would do well toresolve these issues before pro-ceeding with these legislations.

(The writer is Senior Fellow,Nehru Memorial Museum andLibrary; the views expressed arepersonal)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “How to kill a mandate”(November 25). As Mumbaikarswere fast asleep on Friday night,it appeared certain that Shiv Senaleader Uddhav Thackeray wouldbecome the State’s next ChiefMinister. But when Maharashtraand the rest of the country wokeup the following day, to our uttersurprise, Devendra Fadnavis wasback in power. Obviously, this wasdone after a pre-dawn revocationof President’s Rule that needed thePrime Minister to invoke specialpowers meant for emergencies,with Ajit Pawar offering theNCP’s support.

Ajit, whom Fadnavis hadonce termed the “epitome of cor-ruption” while promising to“never, never, never” tie up withthe NCP, took oath of office asDeputy Chief Minister. It nowlooks Ajit is the rebel with a causebut the reason for this rebellionis not ideological but glaringly“ED” logical. Or could it be thatRohit Pawar (grand nephew ofSharad Pawar) would be thepolitical heir of Sharad Pawar ?

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Sir — Protests by students at theBanaras Hindu University (BHU)over the appointment of FirozKhan as an Assistant Professor of

Sanskrit literature is a textbookexample of religious discrimina-tion. It not only reeks of prejudicebut also displays blatant intoler-ance. What does his faith have todo with his credentials as an ableSanskrit professor?

Moreover, by protestingagainst a valid appointment, pro-testers have done a disservice tosociety as a whole by driving awedge deeper between two reli-gious groups, who have beenstruggling to co-exist peacefully

for ages. Even though the protestshave been called off, one wonderswhy our political class main-tained silence.

Professor Khan was appoint-ed on merit and that should havebeen respected. Rather thanopposing his appointment, thestudents should have appreciat-ed the fact that even Muslims areconnected to the Sanskrit lan-guage, which currently has a neg-ligible presence in India.

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In an article in these columns onSeptember 17 titled, Recoverywill take time, we discussed our

outlook on the Indian economy.Today, we will explain why it isimportant to recognise the differentcontours of the current economicslowdown and how the worst isprobably over and we’re looking ata recovery.

For starters, our initial forecastwas 4.9-5.3 per cent of the GrossDomestic Product (GDP) for thesecond quarter (Q2). The officialstatistics for the Q2 of the GDP willbe released on November 29 andtherefore, it is important to give ourfinal forecast for the same. At thetime of our initial prediction, we

didn’t have the Index of IndustrialProduction (IIP) data and other keyvariables such as the WholesalePrice Index (WPI) and ConsumerPrice Index (CPI) for September.This posed a challenge, as the pro-jection was based on our under-standing of what was likely to hap-pen to all these variables.

The September figures defied allexpectations of analysts as theywere weaker than anticipated.Though, assessment for these vari-ables was not off the mark, to somedegree, it was optimistic about ahealthy and swift recovery from thethird quarter (Q3) onwards. Whilerecovery has indeed started, it does-n’t appear to be as swift as anticipat-ed and we suspect our fourth quar-ter (Q4) figure will be slightly lowerthan seven per cent. Therefore, Q2may be lower than the initial assess-ment. We now have the additionalbenefit of data for October and thisgives us an advantage as we can seethe churn in economic activityfrom the first week itself.

Leading forecasters have revisedtheir Q2 projections to 4.2-4.5 percent and the consensus view appearsto be 4.4 per cent. However, as com-

pulsive contrarians, our forecastrange remains at 4.6-5.0 and webelieve the figure to be closer to 4.7per cent based on our assessment.Of course, predictions can go wrongand they really do. However, asthings stand, we believe that we areall too conservative and, therefore,growth may very likely surprise us.However, once the figures arereleased, politics is likely to followon what is a simple statisticalprocess. It is, therefore, important topre-empt the misinformation that islikely to be spread because of a sub-five per cent figure.

First things first, growth ingeneral happens in cycles, that is, attimes an economy grows fasterthan its potential and at other timesit grows marginally slower. This iswhat is known as business-cycles.Therefore, we are in a negative busi-ness cycle, induced primarilybecause of banking sector stress andthere have been measures to addressthis over the last couple of months.

However, one must recognisethat a few quarters of bad growthdon’t matter much in the largerscheme of things. That is, despite aslow start in the first half, the

annual growth rate is likely to be 6.1-6.3 per cent. The Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) expects the growth to beat 6.1 per cent, while several inter-national agencies, too, have a sim-ilar assessment. However, yet again,this assessment is based on a poorshow in the first half of the finan-cial year. As we get more data, a lotof these forecasts would be revised,but chances of a significant revisionare very small. A growth of 6.1 percent is not half as bad as many maybelieve it to be, for the simple rea-son that this growth came at a timewhen the economy witnessed acredit squeeze due to the shadow-banking crisis. Moreover, one can-not ignore the fact that the world isgoing through what theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)has termed as a synchronised decel-eration of growth rate.

A lot of the global factors areinduced by trade-related uncer-tainties, which have dampenedinvestment and consumption inmany of our trading partners. Agrowth rate of 6.1 per cent may below but consider the fact that in2008, it was at 3.2 per cent and it wasbetween 5-6 per cent in 2011-2013.

Therefore, a single low growth yeardoes not imply an economic crisis.Instead it presents an opportunity toundertake decisions required toaddress some of the long-standingissues that curtailed India’s growthrates.

This is precisely the approachthat the Finance Ministry has takenas it has made several big-ticketannouncements over the last coupleof months. These decisions also sig-nal a big change in the understand-ing of the Government with respectto policymaking, primarily fiscalpolicies, as it reflects how econom-ic policymaking is not just limitedto the Budget.

The tax cuts are an excellentexample of the same. They wereannounced on September 20 andthe Bill for the same has beenplaced in the current Parliament ses-sion. This is the correct approachto address a slowdown, because eco-nomic policymaking is often moredriven by the need to manageexpectations. To tie the hands of akey player in a dynamic economyseverely limits the policy optionsavailable.

Apart from this, despite the con-

sensus among academics, policy-thinkers and financial journalists,privatisation nearly came to a haltpost 2003. This changed last-weekas the Finance Minister announcedthe decision of the Union Cabinetto privatise five Public SectorUndertakings (PSUs).

This makes it one of India’sbiggest attempts at privatisationand only the second attempt at thesame. It is worth mentioning howthe only other Government with asuccessful record of privatisationwas under Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Therefore, there does appear to bea broad economic thinking of theNDA, which is based on the prin-ciples of minimum Government,maximum governance.

To what extent will Modi 2.0succeed in privatisation depends ona lot of factors but the five compa-nies chosen do reveal the extent ofpolitical commitment towards thesame. The question is whether it willhappen before March or not.

If the Government wants to stayclose to its fiscal deficit target thenperhaps it would happen beforeMarch. However, this looksextremely difficult, given that it’s

nearly the end of November.Realistically speaking, the fiscaldeficit could be anywhere between3.6-4.0 per cent. However, it’s not acause for concern as the complianceeffect will predominantly feature innext year’s corporate tax collectionsand a higher growth should resultin buoyant revenue collections. Butthe process of tax-reforms is farfrom over unless we address the ele-phant in the room, which is theGoods and Services Tax (GST). Theneed of the hour is to come up witha comprehensive idea for a GST 2.0,which will streamline processes,address issues related to the techno-logical platform but more impor-tantly, put in place a simpler taxa-tion structure with a lesser numberof slabs and greater stability ofproducts under each of them.

Economies are complex andindeed, we may have underper-formed in the first half of the cur-rent fiscal year. However, with themoves taken, we are very likely toget back to a seven per cent level inthe next financial year.

(Bhasin is a New Delhi-basedpolicy researcher and Jhamb is aresearch associate with the RBI)

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Almost all religions have sacred texts reveredby their followers. In a similar manner, fora Republic, the Constitution can be termed

as its sacred text. Today, as we observe the 70thanniversary of the signing of the IndianConstitution, which is also known as theConstitution Day as well as the National Law Day,it is time to look back at the stellar role of the insti-tution which gave birth to it. The ConstituentAssembly undertook this duty with unparalleleddedication, devotion, sincerity and enthusiasm overa period of 167 days, from December 9, 1946 toNovember 25, 1949.

While kings and kingdoms have dominatedIndian history for over two millennia, one cannotignore the fact that democracy was not whollyunknown, though not as advanced as in ancientRome. The Lichchavi State, with its capital atVaishali, was in all probability the earliest form ofa well-organised Republic. It was governed by anassembly of nobles with an elected president, whowas known as the nayak (leader). But this wassomething unique and rare as even our ancient lawsof Manu have only spoken of kings, their respon-sibilities, conduct and so on. At the same time, wehave had from times immemorial the grassroot-level institution of Panchayats in various Janpads(republics). The Panchayat was a very strong insti-tution and besides giving a voice at the local levelto the populace, it was able to ensure a certaindegree of orderliness and regulation. Similarly, theancient Buddhist Sanghas had their own parlia-ments. But history is a witness to the fact that overthe centuries, due to several factors, we lost thisdemocratic system.

On the other hand, as late as 1857, at the timeof the First War of Independence, the rebels couldnot think of anything else as an alternative to thecolonial masters but only reaffirmed their faith inthe last Mughal emperor. It would, therefore, besafe to infer that our political culture had remaineddeeply ingrained in the rule of kings and their obe-dience and subservience. Independence from colo-nial rule had a much different meaning for them.

With such a historical background, it wasindeed revolutionary to think of the Indiannation in terms of a democratic republic. But thestruggle for freedom had begun, which saw its cul-mination in the formation of the ConstituentAssembly and eventual attainment ofIndependence. It was Mahatma Gandhi, who in1922, during his famous speech on Swaraj (self-rule) stated, “When the settlement comes, it willratify the wishes of the people of India asexpressed through her freely-chosen representa-tives.” This concept was further strengthened byJawaharlal Nehru, who while delivering the pres-idential address at Lahore in December 1929, madeexplicit references to the drafting of a Constitution.As a follow-up, the idea of having a ConstituentAssembly was conceptualised for the first time in1933. Ultimately, in pursuance of the CabinetMission plan, the Constituent Assembly wasformed through indirect elections as it was felt thathaving a direct election would lead to a consider-able delay.

Though the Constituent Assembly came intobeing on December 9, 1946, its drafting commit-tee was elected only on August 29, 1947. One ofthe first things the president of the Assembly,Rajendra Prasad, did was to send BN Rau, the con-stitutional advisor to undertake a study of

Constitutions of several countries. Laterthese, along with the Government ofIndia Act, 1935, became the sources forour Constitution. BR Ambedkar defend-ed this by stating, “The charge of produc-ing a blind copy of the Constitutions ofother countries is based, on an inade-quate study. As to the accusation that thedraft Constitution has been produced asa good part of the provisions of theGovernment of India Act, 1935, I makeno apologies. None holds patent rightsfor fundamental ideas of a Constitution.”

One of the most important and sem-inal decisions of the ConstituentAssembly was to ensure that we followeda democratic and a republican form ofGovernment. Inspired by the US presi-dential system and the BritishWestminster system, the Assemblypushed hard for vigorous debates regard-ing the adoption of either of the politi-cal systems. The presidential system,which has a non-parliamentaryExecutive, was advocated by socialists likeKT Shah. BR Ambedkar, on the otherhand, vouched for a system that wouldmake the Executive responsible to theParliament. This was supported by KMMunshi, Nehru and others.

In the absence of a writtenConstitution, the British system, whichfunctions on established conventions, isnaturally dominated by the legislature.Thanks to the Constituent Assembly, inour country, each functioning constitu-tional institution drew its strength fromthe written Constitution.

Such constitutional institutions havebeen considered to be the pilots of con-stitutional norms. The luminaries in theConstituent Assembly specifically under-lined the importance of institutionalindependence of such bodies andemphasised upon their importance forpreservation of democracy. Two of ourimmediate neighbours, who did not giveany importance to such institutions, havesuffered rapid changes in the structure

of the Government and its consequences.Despite the progress, movement for-

ward and social changes brought in bythe generational change and times, itseems to be of concurring relevance torefer to the debates in the ConstituentAssembly, so as to better appreciate cer-tain constitutional issues. The extent ofadmissibility of the Constituent Assemblyand the Lok Sabha debates has evolvedover a period of time. In the Golaknathcase, out of the 11 judges, two pro-nounced such debates as inadmissiblewhile interpreting Article 368. Theremaining judges did make a referenceto the debate without pronouncing on theadmissibility. This view has since under-gone a change as in Kesavananda Bharati,it was suggested that the most sensibleapproach would be to look at the debatesto ascertain the intention of the mem-ber and see whether it is of any help inthat situation. To that extent, thesedebates remain relevant for the purpos-es of interpreting the Constitution, par-ticularly as and when an amendmentcomes before the Supreme Court toadjudge its vires.

The relevance of ConstituentAssembly debates arises from the fact thata number of useful suggestions weremade by the then members, which hadnot been accepted at that time but havenow been incorporated through amend-ments.

For instance, the ElectionCommission (EC) consists of a ChiefElection Commissioner (CEC) and twoElection Commissioners at present.Prior to 1989, it was headed only by theCEC. During the debate in theConstituent Assembly it was argued byShibban Lai Saksena, “It will be far moreeconomical and useful if a permanent ECis appointed; not only the CEC but threeor five members of the Commission whoshould be permanent and who shouldconduct the elections. I do not think thatthere will be lack of work because all the

elections will not synchronise but theywill be at varying times in accordancewith the vote of no-confidence passed invarious Legislatures. This Commissionshould be permanent and all theCommissioners should be appointed inthe same manner as the CEC. Theyshould all be appointed by a two-thirdmajority of the Legislature and beremovable in the same manner.” Howprophetic he was.

The appointment and removal of thecurrent Election Commissioners hasindeed been a point of debate as they canbe removed from office on the recom-mendations of the CEC to the President,whereas the CEC’s removal wouldrequire a parliamentary procedure. Yetanother fundamental provision intro-duced by the Constituent Assembly inthe draft was on universal adult suffrageas a right. This provision was far moreprogressive than even some of the moreadvanced countries. This measure alonewas instrumental in immediately bring-ing about a realisation among severalpolitical and social groups that they hadbecome political forces to reckon with.

The members of the ConstituentAssembly had given us this sacred doc-ument but the intent was never to keepit frozen. It has remained an organic enti-ty, which has been amended from timeto time as per procedures. So far therehave been three serious attempts atreviewing the Constitution through theSarkaria Commission (1987), theVenkatachaliah Commission (2002) andMM Punchhi Commission (2008). Inspite of their significant contributions, thepolitics of the day has prevailed.

In the present atmosphere of com-petitive politics, it is almost impossibleto even dream of such a great collectiveeffort at nation-building as achieved bythe Constituent Assembly.

(The author is a former Governor anda Senior Adviser at the Pranab MukherjeeFoundation)

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Equity benchmark Sensexsurged nearly 530 points to

scale a new closing peak of40,889.23 on Monday, buoyedby renewed optimism over US-China trade deal andGovernment’s divestment mea-sures to curb fiscal deficit.

Further, reconstruction ofSensex indices and hopes ofrate cut by the Reserve Bank inthe upcoming monetary poli-cy meet also boosted investorsentiment.

Investor wealth rose �1.81lakh crore driven by a strongrally in the broader marketwhere the BSE benchmarksurged 530 points.

Starting on a positive note,the 30-share BSE index went onto touch its record intra-dayhigh of 40,931.71, before final-ly settling 529.82 points, or 1.31per cent, higher at 40,889.23 —

its all-time closing peak.Likewise, the broader NSE

Nifty closed with a gain of159.35 points, or 1.34 per cent,at 12,073.75 — just shy of itslife-time closing high.

Sectorally, BSE telecomindex zoomed nearly 7 per centon the BSE, lifted by a positivesentiment in the sector in thewake of government’s reliefmeasures and plans to raise tar-iffs by telcos.

Following suit, the metalindex too rose over 3 per centon hopes that the US andChina may strike an early dealto break the logjam in theirtrade war negotiations.

Besides, a sign of revival indemand, especially in auto,FMCG and other consumerdriven sectors, saw respectivesectoral indices rising.

All sectoral indices closedwith gains.

In the Sensex pack, Bharti

Airtel was the top gainer, ral-lying over 7.20 per cent, fol-lowed by Tata Steel 4.99 percent, IndusInd Bank 3.49 percent, Axis Bank 3.26 per centand Vedanta Ltd 2.57 per cent.

Barring ONGC and YesBank, all Sensex constituentsclosed in the green.

“Cues that US and Chinawill conclude a deal by nextmonth lifted the sentimentacross the globe.Reconstruction of Sensexindices and new developmentsover divestment to curb fiscal

deficit provided confidence inIndian market. Expectations offurther cut in interest rate byRBI, gave advantage to rate sen-sitive stocks,” Vinod Nair, Headof Research at Geojit FinancialServices, said.

In the biggest privatisationdrive ever, the Union Cabinetlast week approved sale of gov-ernment’s stake in blue-chip oilfirm BPCL, shipping firm SCIand onland cargo moverConcor as well as decided tocut shareholding in select pub-lic sector firms below 51 per

cent to boost revenue collec-tions that have been hit byslowing economy.

Analysts are of the viewthat a trade pact between theUS and China is likely by theend of December 2019 afterpositive statements made byboth sides last week.

Further, they said that sen-timent got a boost from FIIspreferring emerging marketssuch as India as the recent easymonetary stance of US Fed andECB has improved liquidity inworld markets. Bourses inShanghai, Hong Kong, Seouland Tokyo were trading up to1.50 per cent higher. Stocks inEurope were also trading on apositive note.

On the currency front, therupee was flat against the USdollar at 71.71.

Brent futures, the global oilbenchmark, rose 0.11 per centto $62.44 per barrel.

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Around 12.23 lakh jobs werecreated in September as

compared to 13.38 lakh inAugust 2019, according to thepayroll data of Employees’ StateInsurance Corporation (ESIC).

Gross enrolments of newsubscribers with the ESIC were1.49 crore during the entire2018-19 fiscal, the NationalStatistical Office (NSO) said ina report.

It also showed that duringSeptember 2017 to September2019, around 3.10 crore newsubscribers joined the ESICscheme.

The NSO report is basedon the payroll data of new sub-scribers of various social secu-

rity schemes run by the ESIC,retirement fund body EPFOand the Pension FundRegulatory and DevelopmentAuthority (PFRDA).

It has been releasing thepayroll data or new subscribersdata of these three bodies sinceApril 2018, covering a periodstarting from September 2017.

The report showed thatgross new enrolments with theESIC during September 2017 toMarch 2018 were 83.35 lakh.

A net of 9.98 lakh newenrolments with theEmployees’ Provident FundOrganisation (EPFO) wererecorded in September, as com-pared to 9.41 lakh in Augustthis year.

During 2018-19, 61.12 lakh

new subscribers on a net basisjoined the social securityschemes run by the EPFO.Similarly, the net new enrol-ments were 15.52 lakh duringSeptember 2017 to March2018.

It showed that duringSeptember 2017 to September2019, around 2.85 crore newsubscribers joined the EPFscheme. The report said thatsince the number of subscribersare from various sources, thereare elements of overlap and theestimates are not additive.

The NSO said the presentreport gives different perspec-tives on the levels of employ-ment in the formal sector anddoes not measure employmentat a holistic level.

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The rupee on Monday set-tled 3 paise lower at 71.74

per US dollar in line withweaker key global currenciesagainst the greenback, despitea strong rally in financial mar-kets on renewed hopes of tradetruce between Washington andBeijing.

After opening on a positivenote, the Indian unit traded flatfor a better part of the sessionbefore slipping into a negativeterritory. It finally settled at71.74, registering a loss of 3paise over its previous close.

The Indian currency over-looked a host of encouragingfactors including positive newon the US-China trade deal

front, Indian government’s dis-investment steps to curb fiscaldeficit and robust foreign fundinflows.

Experts said the rupeeweakened mainly trackingstrengthening of US dollaragainst the key global curren-cies.

On the equities front, the30-share BSE Sensex ended529.82 points, or 1.31 per cent,higher at 40,889.23. Similarly,the broader NSE Nifty settledjust shy of its life-time closinghigh, up 159.35 points, or 1.34per cent, at 12,073.75.

Foreign investors boughtequities worth �960.90 crore onMonday, as per provisionaldata available with stocksexchanges.

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To allow bankruptcy pro-ceedings against non-bank-

ing financial companies(NBFCs) is positive for banksas its paves the way for order-ly resolution of stressed shad-ow banks, says a report.

The Government recentlyempowered RBI to referstressed NBFCs and HFCswith assets worth of at least Rs500 crore to insolvency courtsafter notifying Section 227 ofthe Insolvency and BankruptcyCode. Prior to this, the onlyresolution framework avail-able for stressed NBFCs wasliquidation and with this DHFL

is set to become the first HFCto go to a bankruptcy court.

“Inclusion of NBFCs intothe bankruptcy code is creditpositive for banks (NBFCs’biggest source of funds)because IBC provides for theorderly resolution of a stressedNBFC company,” rating agencyMoody’s said in a report onMonday.

Section 227 of IBCempowers the government tonotify, in consultation withfinancial sector regulators, forinsolvency and liquidation pro-ceedings. The section specifiesthat on the Reserve Bank caninitiate the bankruptcy processfor an NBFC/HFC.

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The Mumbai NCLT onMonday ordered the CEOs

of Axis Bank and StanChartBank to be personally presentat the next hearing onDecember 16 in a case relatingto the IL&FS fraud, failingwhich it threatened to get non-bailable warrants issued againstthem.

An NCLT bench headed byBhaskara Pantula Mohanissued the ultimatum whilehearing a contempt petitionagainst Amitabh Chaudhry

and Zarin Daruwala of AxisBank and StanChart India,respectively, for not being per-sonally attending the hearingsso far. However, bank sourcessaid they have never beendirected by the tribunal to bepresent for the hearing andhinted at moving a reviewpetition against the personalappearance of their CEOs.

An Axis Bank spokesper-son denied that that the bankis in contempt of the tribunalorder as it has not recieved anysuch notice so far.

“The matter pertains tooperations of accounts (held byIL&FS Financial Services’ ex-MD Ramesh Bawa and hisfamily) with our branch. Thebank has high respect for all

court/ tribunal orders. Bankdenies the allegations and onreceipt of the NCLT order, wewill take appropriate steps,”Axis Bank said in a statementto PTI.

Similarly, StandardChartered India spokespersonalso said, “we are yet to receivethe copy of the NCLT order.Upon review of the contents ofthe tribunal order, we willdecide the way forward.”

The tribunal has fixed thenext date of hearing onDecember 16 and askedChaudhry and Daruwala to bepresent and noted that boththese bankers never presentedthemselves before the benchsince the issue surfaced lastDecember.

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With the Cabinet allowingtelecom operators to

defer payments due for air-waves bought via auction untilthe end of March 2022, a com-mittee of secretaries constitut-ed to look at relief package forthe debt-laden and loss-makingsector has been wound-up, atop source said.

The Committee ofSecretaries under CabinetSecretary Rajiv Gauba was lastmonth constituted to examine“all aspects” of “financial stress”faced by service providers suchas Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea Ltd and suggest measuresto mitigate them.

The panel was constitutedshortly after the Supreme Courtupheld the Government’s posi-tion on including revenue fromnon-telecommunication busi-nesses in calculating the annu-al adjusted gross revenue(AGR) of telecom companies,a share of which is paid aslicence and spectrum fee to theexchequer.

The source replied in affir-mative when asked if the CoShas been disbanded now.

The CoS, he said, heldseveral meetings to discuss theextent of help the governmentcould offer and made its rec-ommendations to the govern-ment earlier this month.

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Media mogul SubhashChandra has resigned as

chairman of his flagship com-pany Zee EntertainmentEnterprises Ltd (ZEEL), withimmediate effect.

While accepting his resig-nation, the board said this is inline with the Sebi ListingRegulations that prohibit chair-person of the board from beingrelated to the managing direc-tor or the chief executive offi-cer of the company, ZEEL saidin a regulatory filing onMonday.

The firm also said its boardhas been reconstituted andthree new independent direc-tors R Gopalan, Surendra Singhand Aparajita Jain have beenappointed in lieu of two inde-pendent and one nomineedirectors of Essel Group, pro-moter of Zee Entertainment.

The reconstituted boardconsists of six independentdirectors and two membersfrom the Essel Group.

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Apple is now making itsiPhone XR in India for

domestic market and exports,while one of its suppliers,Salcomp, will invest �2,000crore over the next five years tomake components at a plant insouthern India from March2020, IT Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad said on Monday.

Prasad said Salcomp, theworld’s largest manufacturerand a major supplier of charg-ers to Apple for iPhone, hasreached agreement to take overthe closed facility of Nokia ina SEZ near Chennai.

The facility, which has beenclosed for nearly 10 years, willbe revived and made opera-tional from March 2020.

The unit will producecharger and other equipment,and will boast of a diversifiedportfolio of products. This will entail an investmentof �2,000 crore in five years, hesaid.

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Public sector trading firmMMTC, which has been

tasked to import onion onbehalf of the Centre to coolprices, has contracted to import6,090 tonnes from Egypt, andthe edible bulb will be suppliedto states in a price range of �52-60 per kg.

Last week, the UnionCabinet decided to import 1.2lakh tonnes of onions toimprove the domestic supply

and control prices, whichtouched �100 per kg earlier thismonth.

Retail prices are ruling ataround �70 per kg in thenational capital.

“MMTC has placed orderfor the first consignment of6,090 tonnes of onions fromEgypt which will be arriving atNhava Sheva (JNPT), Mumbai.The Onions are being offeredto state governments for dis-tribution at the rate of �52-55per kiloaram ex-Mumbai andwill also be made available atthe rate of �60 per kilogram ex-Delhi,” an official statementsaid.

London: Transport for London(TfL), the governing body forthe UK capital’s transport net-work, on Monday refused torenew taxi hailing firm Uber’slicense to operate in the citybecause of safety and securityconcerns. TfL said the US-headquartered taxi app wasnot “fit and proper” as a licenceholder despite having made anumber of positive changes toits operations.

“Transport for London(TfL) has concluded that it willnot grant Uber LondonLimited (Uber) a new privatehire operator’s licence inresponse to its latest applica-tion,” it said in a statement.PTI

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yourself from various diseases as winter also brings with itselfa host of illnesses, which make your child’s health go for a toss.So, before the illnesses knock on your door, a mother should knowhow to deal with tonsils, acute ear infection and bronchitis thatare quite prevalent in winter.

TonsilsThe padded tissues at the back of the mouth in oval shape

are tonsils and inflammation of the same is called tonsillitis.Functioning as filters, tonsils prevents bacteria from entering theairway, causing infection. The inflammation is caused by bac-teria and viral infections showcasing symptoms of sore throat,inflamed tonsils, fever and difficulty in swallowing. It’s very com-mon in children and some measures can prove beneficial.Gargling with salt hot water is an old and effective way of treat-ing. If the condition worsens, consulting a doctor would be help-ful.

Acute Ear InfectionMostly caused by cold, ear

infections are common and chil-dren below the age of five aresusceptible to it. Known as oti-tis media, the ear infection of themiddle ear is caused by inflam-mation. As compared to adults,children have a narrow eustachi-an tube. This tube connects theback of the throat with the mid-dle ear, allowing bacteria toswell the tube due to cold. Thesymptoms are unexplained fever,trouble in sleeping, loss ofappetite, irritability or fluidcoming out of the ear. It’s best toconsult a doctor as soon as pos-sible. Based on the age of thechild, the doctor will design acourse of action.

Maintaining proper hygienereduces the chances of getting acold. However, the bacteria oftenfind its way. It’s best to keep thechildren indoors and hydrated to

lessen the effects.BronchitisInflammation of breathing tubes in the lungs is known as

bronchitis. Caused by viral infections, the symptoms start appear-ing after cold. These symptoms are cough, runny nose, sore throat,muscle aches and mild fever. Other causes involve allergic to dustand in some cases asthma. In the beginning, the cough may bedry eventually turning to yellow-green mucus. It blocks the nasalpassageway making hard to breathe. Mostly, the situationimproves on its own but there are home remedies are here tothe rescue.

Drinking plenty of hot fluids will soothe the throat, it willencourage coughing which is a natural way of getting rid of themucus. Straight from the grandmother’s kitty of home remedies,ginger-honey mix is known to be very effective. It can be takenwith warm water or in the form of tea. Other than these reme-dies, a steam bath can decongest the chest and warm compres-sions at the time of sleeping. Medicines for cough and fever mayhelp.

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reveals an alarmingincrease in eye-related ail-ments among Indian children under 12years of age. Young children in Indiaspend close to 14 hours indoors, underartificial light and in front of multiplescreens. This growing health concernamongst children is compounded by a lackof concern from their parents, with only46% of them getting their child’s eyes test-ed regularly..

As per ophthalmologists in India,poor lighting, too much screen time andlack of green vegetables in diet emergedas the leading factors that can negativelyimpact eyesight in children under 12years. 58% of ophthalmologists surveyedrecommended limiting screen time, aschildren of this age group are especiallyvulnerable and increased screen exposurecan have a long-term impact on their eye-sight.

An overwhelming majority of oph-thalmologists (90%) agreed that lightingcan play an important role in maintain-ing eye health and that flicker, too muchbrightness and incorrect positioning oflight source can hurt eyes in the long term.This is also substantiated by parents, with89% of them agreeing that lighting has adirect impact on their child’s ability to con-centrate on tasks and 92% of them wouldbe willing to pay more for lighting prod-ucts if they knew it would improve theirchild’s overall sense of well-being.

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Winter months bringsits own set of prob-lems. The most com-

mon problem that the seasonbrings is dry and cracked heels.These not only look ugly, butthey can be extremelypainful if leftuntreated. Hereare some homeremedies that onecan use to ensurethat the heels aresmooth and beau-tiful all through theyear.

First, use oils likesesame, olive or coconut oil tomoisture for feet every night.

Second, rice flour is anoth-er great way to get rid ofcracked heels. It makes for anexfoliating scrub. Take threetablespoons of rice flour, twoteaspoons of honey, one or twotablespoons of apple cider vine-

gar, a few drops of olive oil(optional) and warm water

You soak your feet in warmwater for 15 minutes; removedead skin cells and dry with a

towel. Add apple cider vine-gar and honey to the rice

flour to make a thickpaste. Add olive oiland mix well.Apply this mixtureto your heels andyou rub gently.

Massage your feetfor 10 minutes and

wash with warm water.Do this everyday till cracks

disappear.Use baking soda. Fill a

bucket with warm waterand add baking soda. Soakyour feet in this for 10minutes. Scrub feet gentlywith pumice stone. Rinsefeet with clean water. Dothis twice a week.

Cracked and dry heels can beextremely painful and are acommon problem during wintermonths. ROSHANI DEVI listssome home remedies that canhelp treat it without costing abomb

Wound healing events in mucous tis-sues during early infection by Simian

Immunodeficiency Virus, or SIV, guardsome primate species against developingAIDS, a new study has learned.

The research, published in thejournal Nature Communications,looked at why certain speciescan carry the virus throughouttheir lives, and still avoid dis-ease progression.

The SIV is closely related tothe Human ImmunodeficiencyVirus (HIV). It is used as a laborato-ry model for many studies seeking AIDSand HIV cures and preventions.

“We think the regenerative woundhealing process likely preserves the tissueintegrity, and could prevent the inflamma-tory insults that underlie immune exhaus-tion, cell death and AIDS that happen dueto SIV or HIV infection,” said study

researcher Michael Gale, Professor at theUniversity of Washington in the US.

In this latest study, scientists sought touncover, in natural hosts, successful virus-

fighting tactics that could inform thedesign of better antiviral drugs to

treat HIV in people.The research team combined

data from their experiments andfrom other published studies togenerate their findings.

The researchers explained thatboth HIV and SIV infect immune

cells called T helper cells. These cells areabundant in the intestine and in specialisedtissues elsewhere in the body.

The researchers found that, in contrast,African green monkeys in the early stagesof SIV infection quickly activate andmaintain regenerative wound healingmechanism in their mucosal tissue.

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It is imperative to highlight care for newborns.Some that are often overlooked are eyes and

vision. Eye health screening is mandatory forall newborns soon after birth. Pre-terms needmuch more.

It is difficult to know eye problem at birth.Eye problems of newborns are silent. For exam-ple, how can you detect blur vision in a baby?Common eye problems include congenitalcataract, glaucoma, retinal problems likeRetinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), hereditarydisorders, tumors (especially eye cancer calledRetinoblastoma) and others.

Importance of newborn screening:Newborn eye diseases can cause irreversiblevision loss. Poor visual inputs lead to severedevelopmental delays, socioeconomic and emo-tional devastation too. Treatment is oftendelayed as disease is detected often late by whichtime the damage is irreversible.

Eye exam for all risk category newborns: �A torch light examination after gently

opening the eyelids. This helps to detect anyproblems of outer parts of eyeball.

�Red Glow Test done in a dark room,preferably 15 minutes after putting 1 per centTropicamide eye drop that help to dilate thepupils and give a peek of what is happeningbehind. Digital camera/cellphone camera/Ophthalmoscopes can be used.

A bright red glow within the black part ofthe eye is usually normal. A white or yellow orabsent red glow is abnormal and signifies seri-ous eye problem.

These two tests will detect 80 per cent of seri-ous eye problems of newborns. This will notdetect rare diseases of the eye or early stages ofRetinoblastoma and ROP.

Moderate risk category newborns: Thenewborn can have problem, if a blood relativehas suffered an eye problem in their early yearsof life as these eye problems are genetic. An accu-rate diagnosis of the affected child/family mem-ber is essential.

Genetic counselling about risks to unbornchild is ideal before getting pregnant. InRetinoblastoma or familial exudative vitreo-retinopathy (FEVR) — rare, serious problem),one may terminate pregnancy by 34 weeks. It iscritical to get a detailed retinal examination with-in 24 hours to provide the best treatment as fetalscan may not detect early disease. TIFFA fetalultrasound may detect some eye problems inunborn child, starting at 18-20 weeks of preg-nancy.

High risk category newborns: High-riskbabies should have additional retinal testing donefor ROP within 30 days of birth.

Treatment: The baby may need immediatelaser treatment for ROP. Parents should be pre-pared for this emergency. Laser treatment takes2-6 hours. Treatments are done under topicalanaesthesia (numbing eye drops).

Some need surgery under general anaesthe-sia. Giving general anaesthesia to tiny babies isrisky and parents sometimes get nervous whenasked to sign high-risk surgical consent form anddeny treatment to the baby. Family and medicalprofessionals need to team together to counterrisks and provide timely treatment.

Gaps to be filled: Development of low costretinal camera used by a health care worker willbe a game changer. Including newborn eyescreening in curriculum of all health workers andmedia campaigns by Governments/policy mak-ers will provide the scale and substance.

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disease that people in India has faced— according to estimates it led toaround 13 per cent of all deaths in2016. The harrowing fact is that itcannot be cured. There was a timewhen India faced the problem ofcommunicable diseases such astuberculosis, malaria and HIV AIDSand we somehow conquered them.Now, the onslaught of non-commu-nicable diseases can be seen andCOPD is one of them.

The second highest killer inIndia after heart diseases, instancesof COPD are increasing with theincrease in pollution levels aroundthe country. Commonest cause ofCOPD is still smoking and thencomes the second smoke or passivesmoking. After these two comes thefumes from diesel and dust that areleading to the increasing number ofcases. People working in factoryareas where there are chimneys andfactory areas with toxic fumes orharmful particles are highlyexposed to the causes. In India,most COPD cases are because ofnon-smoking risk factors.

North India has the highestprevalence followed by Kerala andKarnataka. Use of biomass fuel andsmoking as a culture are some ofthe causes behind the high preva-lence in northern parts of thecountry. Then we have high air pol-lution in Delhi caused by stubbleburning in Punjab. The wind direc-tion, takes the pollution fromPunjab to the entire Gangetic belt.

Air pollution in Delhi has shortterm and long term loses. Shortterm is if you are asthmatic or getallergy often then asthma gets pre-cipitated and converts into severelung infection. Long term and per-sistent exposure to this pollution

leads to decreasing capacity of thelungs, even if you are not smoking.Basically, COPD leads to decreasein breathing space in lungs as thelung’s functional area decreasesbecause pollution has covered it.

In fact, a study done in 2011found that most of the COPD inIndia is not associated with tobac-co smoking, and, in fact, in ruralareas around 85 per cent of COPDin that population was cause by

non-smoking risk factors. Fumesthat we never think of doing harmare also responsible such as dhoopand agarbatti. One mosquito coil isequal to 100 cigarettes, and it is nor-mally used in Indian houses.Imagine, the kind of harmful smokethat goes inside the body everynight; it is equal to air pollution incities like Delhi.

Common symptoms of thedisease are constant coughing,wheezing and shortness of breath.The lungs of a COPD patient turnblack and cannot be cleaned.However, progression of the diseasecan be stopped and proper drugscan improve the quality of life byeasing out the symptoms.

To avoid the disease, the onlysolution is to live a healthy life. Incities, it becomes difficult to findplaces where you can walk every-day or do deep breath exercises.Inhalation therapy is the best wayto tackle it and one must do it ingreener areas that provide cleanair. Pranayam and deep breathingexercises are the best ways to tack-le it. It helps in strengthening thebreathing muscles, and if lungs arehealthy, then chances of gettingCOPD are less. In areas that arepolluted one should wear qualitymasks or use wet handkerchief tocover their noses. Some air puri-fiers can also be used though theyare not hundred per cent effective.There are two types of purifiers —HEPA filter and ionic — but ionicpurifiers have their own disadvan-tages of cancer and radiation.One should not leave the ionicpurifier on in one’s absence.People can visit oxygen bars also;as pure oxygen even for a shorttime makes the lung functionbetter and helps in reducing thedamage caused to the lungs.

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fired Navy chief RichardSpencer over his handling of aNavy SEAL’s case that has pit-ted military leaders againstPresident Donald Trump.

The case is related toEdward Gallagher, who wasconvicted for posing with acorpse in Iraq in 2017. For thatGallagher was demoted, butPresident Trump later rein-stated his rank.

Tump intervened in hiscase and issued a pardon onNovember 15. Trump hasdrawn criticism from parts of the military after par-doning Army officers convict-ed of war crimes. Esper onSunday said he lost confidencein Spencer after finding out thenavy chief had tried to end thedispute behind his back.

“I am deeply troubled bythis conduct shown by a seniorDOD (Department of Defence)official,” Esper said in a state-ment. “Unfortunately, as aresult I have determined that(Navy) Secretary Spencer nolonger has my confidence tocontinue in his position. I wishRichard well,” he said.

According to Pentagonspokesman Jonathan Hoffman,the Defence Secretary asked forthe resignation of Spencer afterlosing trust and confidence inhim regarding his lack of can-dour over conversations withthe White House involvingGallagher.

Esper and Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman Mark Milley spokewith President Donald Trumpon Friday about Gallagher’scase. Gallagher was acquitted inhis court martial of war crimescharges that included shootingcivilians, murdering a cap-tured ISIS fighter.

He was convicted of thelesser charge of posing with thecorpse. During the conversa-tion, Esper learned that Spencerhad previously and privatelyproposed to the White House— contrary to Spencer’s publicposition — to restoreGallagher’s rank and allow himto retire with his Trident pin,the special warfare insignia.

Trump supported the deci-sion of his Defence Secretary.

“I was not pleased with theway that Navy Seal EddieGallagher’s trial was handled bythe Navy. He was treated verybadly but, despite this, wascompletely exonerated on allmajor charges. I then restoredEddie’s rank,” he said in atweet. “Likewise, large costoverruns from past adminis-tration’s contracting proce-dures were not addressed to mysatisfaction. Therefore,Secretary of the Navy RichardSpencer’s services have beenterminated by Secretary ofDefence Mark Esper,” Trumptweeted.

“I thank Richard for hisservice and commitment.Eddie will retire peacefullywith all of the honors that hehas earned, including hisTrident Pin,” he said. Trumpannounced that he will nomi-nate US Ambassador toNorway Kenneth Braithwaiteto replace Spencer.

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The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guardthreatened the US and its allies Monday as

he addressed a pro-government demonstrationattended by tens of thousands of peopledenouncing last week’s violent protests over afuel price hike.

Gen. Hossein Salami, echoing other Iranianofficials, accused the US, Britain, Israel and SaudiArabia of stoking the unrest. He said the rise ingasoline prices was a “mere pretext” for an attackon the nation.

“If you cross our red line, we will destroyyou,” he said.

“We will not leave any move unanswered.”He said if Iran decides to respond, “the enemy

will not have security anywhere,” adding that“our patience has a limit.”

Amnesty International says more than 100people were killed in the protests.

Iran has not released a death toll and cut offinternet for several days, making it difficult to ascertain the extent and severity ofthe demonstrations.

At the pro-government rally, which state TVreferred to as the “Rise of the people of Tehranagainst riots,” protesters carried signs bearing tra-ditional anti-US slogans.

But speakers also criticized President HassanRouhani’s administration for the way the fuelprice hike was implemented, even as they calledfor capital punishment for rioters and furtherrestrictions on social media platforms.

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Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison said on

Monday that allegations of aChinese plot to plant an agentinto Australia’s Parliament are“deeply disturbing and trou-bling.” The Nine Network onSunday aired explosive accusa-tions that suspected Chineseoperatives had offeredMelbourne luxury car dealer Bo“Nick” Zhao 1 millionAustralian dollars (USD6,79,000) to run as a candidatefor a parliamentary seat inMelbourne.

The 32-year-old was founddead in a Melbourne hotel roomin March after reportedlyapproaching ASIO, Australia’scounterespionage agency. Policehave been unable to determinehow he died. “The Governmenthas never been more deter-mined to keep Australians freeand safe from foreign interfer-ence,” Morrison told reporters.

“I would caution anyoneleaping to any conclusions aboutthese matters.” ASIO director-general of security Mike Burgesssaid late Sunday that the allega-tions are serious. “Hostile foreignintelligence activity continues topose a real threat to our nationand its security,” he said.

“ASIO will continue to con-front and counter foreign inter-ference and espionage inAustralia.”

Beijing: China on Mondayaccused the US of trying todrive a wedge in ties with its all-weather ally Pakistan by repeat-edly raising the debt clauses inthe construction of the USD 60billion China PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC).

The CPEC is a plannednetwork of roads, railways andenergy projects linking China’sresource-rich Xinjiang UyghurAutonomous Region withPakistan’s strategic GwadarPort on the Arabian Sea.

The project was launched in2015 when Chinese President XiJinping visited Islamabad and itnow envisages investment ofover USD 60 billion in different

infrastructure projects of devel-opment in Pakistan.

“The US ignores the factsand continues to use the so-called debt issue to disrupt theCPEC development and drive awedge between China andPakistan. This is so maliciousand ill-intentioned,” ChineseForeign Ministry SpokesmanGeng Shuang told a media brief-ing here while responding toUS’s top diplomat for South andCentral Asia Alice Wells criti-cising the CPEC and China’s Beltand Road Initiative (BRI).

Wells last week said theCPEC would take a toll onPakistan’s economy in future.

“I think what CPEC exem-

plifies is what happens whenyou de-link investment anddevelopment from establishedbest practices and infrastruc-ture development,” Wells said.

According to Wells, there’sbeen a tendency to conflate theCPEC with grant assistancerather than understanding it tobe the loans, and loans not atconcessional rates, that it is.

“We want China to be aresponsible supporter and fun-der of infrastructure. No onecountry can do that. We allneed to help work to ensurethat countries have meaningfulchoices for sustainable and quality infrastructure,”Wells said.

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Hong Kong’s deeply unpop-ular leader vowed Monday

to “listen humbly” to voters afterthe pro-democracy camp scoreda crushing victory in commu-nity-level elections that revealedbroad public support for aprotest movement that hasstirred months of violence.

In a rout that stunned thesemi-autonomous territory,candidates seeking to loosencontrol by China seized anoverwhelming majority of the452 elected seats in the city’s 18district councils, bodies thathave historically been firmly inthe grip of a Beijing-alignedestablishment.

The result, the first vote tobe held since protests engulfedthe city, was a humiliating rebuketo Beijing and Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam. She has stubbornlydismissed calls for politicalreform and repeatedly suggest-ed that a silent majority sup-

ported her administration andopposed the protest movement.

“The Government will cer-tainly listen humbly to citizens’opinions and reflect on themseriously,” Lam said in a state-ment issued by theGovernment. But she gave nospecifics on the likely response.

China’s Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang said

Beijing “resolutely supports”the leader and backs the policeand judiciary in Hong Kong in“punishing relevant violent andillegal behaviours”.

Singapore: Singapore onMonday invoked its contro-versial law against fake news forthe first time to order correc-tion of a Facebook post byProgress Singapore Party (PSP)member Brad Bowyer.

The Facebook post refersto an investment in theAmaravati city project inAndhra Pradesh and Singtel’sinvestment in Bharti Airtel.

“In a recent Facebook post,Mr Brad Bowyer implied thatthe Government was involvedin individual investment deci-sions of GIC and Temasek. Hewas issued with a CorrectionDirection under the Protectionfrom Online Falsehoods andManipulation (Pofma) Act on25 November 2019,” theMinistry of Finance, Singaporesaid in a statement

Bowyer’s November 13Facebook “contains clearly falsestatements of fact, and under-mines public trust in theGovernment”, the statementsaid. Singapore invoked thenew law as Bowyer’s Facebookpost implied that the govern-ment controls Temasek andGIC’s commercial decisions,which is false.

“GIC and Temasek operateon a commercial basis, and theGovernment is not involved intheir individual investmentdecisions,” the statement added.

In his Facebook post,Bowyer said “we also saw therecent canning of theAmaravati city project part ofthe S$4 billion already dumpedinto Andhra Pradesh by GLCsand related parties so India hasnot been so good an invest-ment choice after all…”

On its fact-checking web-site Factually, the governmentsaid that the post contains

implicit factual assertions thata substantial part of S$4 billioninvested in Andhra Pradesh wasput into the Amaravati project;and S$4 billion has been poor-ly invested (“dumped”) byGovernment-linked companies(“GLCs”) and related parties inAndhra Pradesh. “These arefalse,” it added.

Bowyer had put up a cor-rection note at the top of hisFacebook post saying that thepost “contains false statementsof fact”, along with a link to anarticle providing the correctfacts, The Straits Times report-ed. The Singapore Parliamentpassed Pofma in May and ittook effect on October 2.

The legislation allows thegovernment to decide whatinformation is listed as falsebased on two criteria: when afalse statement or announce-ment is issued, and when thisaction is considered to be ofpublic interest.

The legislation was passedamid criticism from oppo-nents and activists who con-sider it an attack on freedom ofexpression. IANS

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Defence Secretary MarkEsper said on Monday

that President Donald Trumpgave him a direct order to allowa Navy SEAL accused of warcrimes to retire without losinghis SEAL status.

Esper told reporters at thePentagon that Trump’s verbalorder was the reason Esperannounced on Sunday thatChief Petty Officer EdwardGallagher would be allowed toretire with his Trident Pin,retaining his status as a SEAL.

Last week Trump hadtweeted that he wantedGallagher to be allowed toretire as a SEAL, but Esper’scomments Monday revealedthat Trump had given thedefense secretary a direct orderto make this happen.

Gallagher was acquitted ofmurder in the stabbing death of

an Islamic State militant captivebut convicted of posing withthe corpse while in Iraq in2017. In his remarks, Esper alsoaccused Navy SecretaryRichard Spencer of secretlyoffering to the White House torig the Navy disciplinaryprocess to ensure the Gallaghernot lose his Trident.

Esper fired Spencer onSunday, saying he has lost trustin him.

Spencer has not respond-ed to requests for comment onEsper’s accusation.

In announcing Sunday thathe had dismissed Spencer,Esper said he acted after learn-ing of Spencer’s secret plan toguarantee the outcome of aNavy SEAL peer-review boardthat was scheduled to conveneDecember 2 with the goal ofrecommending whetherGallagher should be allowed toretain his Trident.

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happens”, Chinese ForeignMinister Wang Yi said onMonday, with the crisis-hitcity’s pro-democracy lookingset for a crushing victory incommunity-level elections atthe weekend.

The results of Sunday’selections in the semi-autonomous city have sent theBeijing-backed government aclear message of public supportfor the demands of a protestmovement that has gripped theterritory for months.

Counting was still underway following record turnout,but partial results indicated thatcandidates favouring greaterdemocracy were on course toseize a shock majority of the nor-mally establishment-dominated18 district councils.

“It’s not the final result yet.Let’s wait for the final result,OK? However, it is clear that nomatter what happens, HongKong is a part of China and aspecial administrative region ofChina,” Wang told reportersafter he met with JapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abe inTokyo. “Any attempt to mess upHong Kong, or even damage itsprosperity and stability, will notsucceed.” Hong Kong has beenrocked by months of pro-democracy protests over con-cerns that Beijing is chippingaway at the financial hub’s spe-cial rights, which are unheardof in the mainland, includingfreedom of speech and anindependent judiciary.

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Ever since it’s announcement,Kangana Ranaut starrer

Thalaivi has been in the news.The trilingual, directed by A LVijay, is based on the life andtimes of Jayalalithaa — the mostcelebrated female actor-politicianthat ever lived. From learningTamil, Bharatnatyam to sittingthrough arduous prosthetics ses-sions, Kangana has been left no

stone unturned in preparing forthe role.

The makers of the film havenow released the first teaser ofthe film, which shows Kanganain two distinct looks in and asThalaivi. The actor has gone atransformation and nailed bothJayalalithaa’s look and body lan-guage. The first look teasershows the early years of

Jayalalithaa’s career when she wasa superstar and the focus thenshifts to her years as a politician.

Kangana has got completelyunder the skin of the character,and is almost unrecognisable.Not only are her dance moves asthe younger Jayalalithaa onpoint, she has nailed the aura andpersonality of the politician. Theinternet erupted with praise andher look has been trending withmemes and people comparingher to Kamal Haasan’s Chachi420, the character of TuntunMausi from the popular animat-ed series, Bheem, and more.

Producer Vishnu VardhanInduri, who is also producing 83,says, “I am excited to show thisstory of an actor-turned-politi-cian, based on one of India’s mostloved and followed public fig-

ures. Thalaivi is a story thatneeds to be told. And the way,Kangana has slipped into thecharacter, is simply amazing.”

After producingJudgementall Hai Kya, producerShaailesh R Singh is on boardThalaivi, “I’m happy to collabo-rate with Kangana yet againafter Tanu Weds Manu andJudgemental Hai Kya. Therecouldn’t have been anyone otherthan Kangana to ace and portraythis legendary public figure! Wecan’t wait to showcase her incred-ible journey to the world on 26thJune, 2020.”

Produced by VishnuVardhan Iduri and Shaailesh RSingh and directed by Vijay,Thalaivi is scheduled to releasein Hindi, Tamil and Telugu onJune 26 next year.

Urban offline shoppers areusing the internet in a

variety of ways for their prod-uct purchases, includingresearching online when theyare at an offline store influenc-ing their final purchase deci-sion, a new study by Googlesaid.

Titled Shopper Path-2-Purchase, it was compiled byIPSOS, a market researchfirm. It was conducted acrossseven different product cate-gories including — acces-sories, skin care, baby care,make up, home decor andcomputers.

The report underlines thatthe online habit has alreadybeen created, even among theoffline shopper and they arenow going online to findinformation even whenthey’re in store before makingthe final purchase.

Breaking down the pur-chase journey of offline shop-pers, the report highlightsthe role of digital touchpointsin the shopper’s decision-making process across phas-es of pre-purchase and in-store journeys.

In the pre-purchase phase,55 per cent urban offlineshoppers turn to digital in thecase of home decor or babycare and 62 per cent in thecase of men’s apparel.

“With over 460 millionIndians online, on-the-gosearch is now an establishedhabit that is resulting in shop-pers to be on a constant lookout for information and sati-ate their need to make aninformed decision before buy-ing a product even when theyare in a store,” said VikasAgnihotri, country director,sales, Google India.

While online shoppingusers were considered as moredigitally savvy, the reportreveals that urban offlineshoppers are equally adeptand engage with digital touchpoints throughout their pur-chase journey.

“The propensity toexplore, assess, validate andassimilate information at con-venience has made digital adefault destination for theurban off l ine shopper.Irrespective of the gender orproduct category, the Indianshoppers are very comfortablenavigating through thenumerous touch points (phys-ical as well as digital) availableto deftly derive the best over-all value,” Agnihotri added.

The report also studiedthe triggers and post purchasebehaviour, revealing that theengagement with the onlinetouchpoints does not ceaseeven after the purchase hasbeen made.

Shoppers are st i l lindulging with the categorypost the actual purchase withone in every three shopperswas observed to be engagingwith the category online afterthe purchase.

Shoppers are either usingsocial media to post pictures,their experience or sharereviews.

Another interesting cate-gory which is on the rise is“How to Use” for the recent-ly purchased products.

The report was compiledafter speaking to a total of6,600 recent shoppers, menand women of various agegroups to have an adequaterepresentation of the Indianurban shopper.

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Dictionary definesdoodle as a drawingwhich is made when

your attention is otherwiseoccupied. Of course, withthe advent of technologythe word is associated withthe Google doodle of theday which commemoratesmomentous events.

An entire festival ded-icated to the idea for stu-dents of Grades 1-12 at ShivNadar School saw a colour-ful palette of workshops,designs, cartooning, ani-mation, calligraphy, visualstory-telling, illustrationsand not just doodling wasorganised recently. The fes-tival was in line with theschool’s vision to providestudents with an environ-ment that challenges theminto discovering their talentand skills, and to inspire thejoy of art in their learning.

Shashi Banerjee,Principal, Shiv NadarSchool, Noida, says, “Veryoften we saw students in theclass, sometimes conscious-ly sometimes unconscious-ly, drawing stuff but whenexamined closely it becameevident that a lot of was

going on in a child’s mindwhich s/he was trying toexpress. The school givesthat space to children toenable them to expressthemselves in whicheverform they are most com-fortable in and doodling orillustrations could be one ofthem. We don’t want torestrict them and tell chil-dren to express themselvesin whatever way comes nat-urally to them. And differ-ent children express them-selves differently. So wejust wanted to to create thatspace where each child isable to dig into his or hercreative spot.”

The festival, a brain-child of cartoonist AjitNarayan, has been organ-

ised at the school for thepast two years. The artistsshared their knowledge andcreate a space of comfortand creativity for the stu-dents.

So Amita Khare guid-ed them through an inter-active session of visualstory-telling while SuvidhaMistry, a graphic designer,helped students bring

shapes and colours to life ina collage. Every sessionchallenged the students tolet them explore their abil-ities.

Banerjee believes thatsuch sessions are a steptowards transforming edu-cation. She says, “There isa movement from contentto process (in education).Earlier, the focus was oncontent. Today, the focus ison the process. We aremoving towards a world ofpedagogy that involves notonly textbooks, but alsoart, music, theatre anddance.”

She goes on to add thatdoodling gets rid of thebaggage of writing, reading,speaking. But it’s all of thatand more. The doodlingspace is interactive. “Wekeep talking about a worldwhich is complex anduncertain. Many thinkershave talked about the waysto manage that uncertain-ty. It can be done byunorthodoxy. So doodle isan unorthodox term andcan be seen as a solutionequation to a problem. Itimproves your focus, con-centration and assimilationof whatever you areexposed to,” says Banerjee.

All we can say is, doo-dle on.

French luxury group LVMH(Moët Hennessy’s Louis

Vuitton) has agreed to buy iconicNew York jeweller Tiffany & Cofor $16.2 billion, adding a famedstar to its portfolio that alreadyboasts Louis Vuitton, ChristianDior and Bulgari.

LVMH said that it will takeover the 182-year-old Tiffany andits 300 boutiques worldwide at$135 a share. The price tag is high-er than the $14.5 billion cash offerLVMH made last month.

Tiffany, known for its delicatejewellery, distinctive blue boxesand an Audrey Hepburn film, saysthe deal will ensure its long-termsustainability. The company istrying to transform its brand toappeal to younger and more dig-ital shoppers, and could use anowner with deep pockets to helpexpand its business.

Shares in Tiffany rose almostsix per cent in premarket tradingin New York, while LVMH was uptwo per cent in Paris.

LVMH, led by billionaire

Bernard Arnault, says the deal willstrengthen its position in high-endjewellery and in the US market.The purchase gives the French con-glomerate a new star in its alreadydistinctive portfolio — one that willhelp it compete with Gucci-ownerKering Group and Cartier-ownerRichemont SA.

LVMH already owns 75brands including Christian Dior,Fendi, and Givenchy as well aswatchmaker Tag Heuer. Its flagshipbrand Louis Vuitton recentlyopened a handbag workshop inTexas, with President DonaldTrump in attendance.

LVMH said both companies’boards approved the deal andhope to finalise the takeover in2020, subject to the approval of reg-ulators and Tiffany shareholders.

The offer comes as luxurygoods companies have beenwrestling with changing habits ofshoppers who are increasinglybuying online. They’re also pur-chasing second-hand luxuryitems from places like TheRealReal.com.

In addition, luxury compa-nies are facing fears of an eco-nomic slowdown in China, a keyarea of business, while they’realready dealing with a slowdownin international tourism in theUS.

Under its CEO, AlessandroBogliolo, Tiffany is trying toappeal to younger shoppers withmore modern takes on jewellery.Earlier this year, it launched amen’s jewellery collection, whichis increasing its marketing to a

more diverse customer base likesame-sex couples. It’s also beenrenovating its flagship store inManhattan.

Still, Tiffany’s US sales havebeen stagnating as China’s slow-ing economy has weighed onspending by Chinese tourists,who make up a substantial por-tion of luxury spending. Thestrong dollar has also madeTiffany products more expensivefor consumers outside the US.

Tiffany has been putting plansin place to appeal to a youngergroup of customers who are moreused to shopping online andhunting for fashion deals. Tiffanyhas notably highlighted ways cus-tomers can personalise jewelleryand started letting people trace theorigin of their diamonds.

Tiffany had sales of $4.4 bil-lion in 2018, an increase of near-ly seven per cent over 2017.LVMH reported 6.3 billion eurosin profits in 2018 on 46.8 billioneuros in sales.

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Bollywood actor Vivaan Shah’sforthcoming film Ae Kaash

Ke Hum is a romantic tragedy,and the actor feels Bollywooddoes not attempt the genreenough these days.

“Ae Kaash Ke Hum is a verysweet romantic film, more aheart-wrenching romantictragedy than a romantic comedy.It’s really a throwback to the kindof films that aren’t made any-more,” said Vivaan.

Vishal Mishra, who directsthe film has made Coffee With D,

Marudhar Express and HotelMilan. Vivaan stars alongsideand debutant Priya Singh, whileSophiya Singh plays a pivotalcharacter. The poster of the filmis out now.

The story of the film revolvesaround Ayush and Pari, played byVivaan and Priya. The younglovers are about to confess theirlove for each other but a twist of

fate keeps them away. Whenthey reunite years later, Ayushmust learn to love Pari, who isnot herself anymore.

“We have tried to revive thenostalgic feel of the 90s, whichgot lost in today’s times where therom-com are too well-packagedwith plastic emotions. The filmis a musical at heart with sixbeautifully composed songs. We

have tried to keep the music veryclean, free from rap, Hinglishlyrics or remixes,” said Vishal.

The film is a love story abouttwo school students, and Vivaansaid it “was great to be back inschool uniform”, adding: “It tookme back to my boarding schooldays”.

The film is slated to releaseon January 17 next year.

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Aparajitha Ayodhya, a filmbased on the Ram-Mandir

court case, will be KanganaRanaut’s first venture as a pro-ducer. The film will roll outearly next year and is scriptedby KV Vijayendra Prasad, thecreator of the Bahubali series.

On selecting the controver-sial topic, Kangana said, “TheRam temple has been a burningtopic for hundreds of years. Asa child born in the 80s, I havegrown up hearing the name ofAyodhya in a negative lightbecause the piece of land on

which was born a king, who wasthe epitome of sacrifices,became the subject of a proper-ty dispute. The case has changedthe face of Indian politics andthe verdict has ended the cen-turies-old dispute whileembodying the secular spirit ofIndia. What makes AparajithaAyodhya different is that it is thejourney of the protagonist froma non-believer to a believer. Andsince, in a way, it reflects mypersonal journey, I decided itwould be the apt subject for myfirst production.”

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At the Aakriti Gallery inKolkata, the walls come

alive with artworks by one ofIndia’s finest watercolourists,who is also a former goldmedallist of the GovernmentCollege of Arts Kolkata. SudipRoy has been inspired by thegreat age of British watercolourists and is innovatingon that grammar. The swishand swirl of the brush set himapart in his many works thatcelebrate classic Calcutta aswell as colonial facades ofMumbai.

Classic CalcuttaVictoria Memorial, be it at

sunrise or sunset or even in thedim-lit recesses of nightfall orwhen the monsoon cloudsgather, has been a cardinalcounterpoint in the landscapeof Calcutta for decades. Itechoes the elegance of its archi-tectural facades and the atmos-pherics. Niches and nuancesboth vie for preference and it isthe dulcet notes of subduedevanescence that display bril-liance. Another deeply intrigu-ing watercolour is the basketseller on a bicycle with a dog inthe front. Balance and brevitybecome a bouquet of emo-tions and a narrative to capturethe figurative. At the centre ofhis oeuvre is his handling ofminimalist moorings and cre-ating images that stand as tes-timony to the meanderings inthe street.

The Victoria has a horsecart at the gate which sinks intoinsignificance in comparison tothe grass and the lion at thegate. The nostalgia of the pastand present are overlaid onsteps and precipice where thegreen tints are beyond evoca-tive. “I have found Victoria tobe an important monument inCalcutta’s history and I wouldspend hours sitting there andsketching it. I never saw suchbeauty in a natural landscape asI have seen here. It has alwayshad its own charm and it is thesky that adds to the magic andthe mood. I have always pre-ferred the picturesque to thebeautiful which, I hope, willaccount for the broken rugged-ness of my watercolour style. Iplay with the dynamics of shadeand shadow,” says Sudip.

Exploring encounters incolour and contour

Traditionally, Sudip hasspent nearly four decades cre-ating watercolours made up oftransparent pigments. We arereminded of Constable’s pic-tures of the English countryside,which were both vigorous andexperimental. In his water-colours, we see a play betweentransparent and opaque. Sudipalso experiments with differentbrushes, using a coarse-hairedbrush to produce thick, shad-owy details or a thin-hairedbrush for lithe lines.

He also uses the end of thehandle of his brush to score andremove paint to bring finetouches of light to dark areas,as can be seen in the Mumbaiarchitectural studies of theTower in the Kala Ghoda area.In other sketches, like the boatsat the beach, Sudip uses lightblue washes of colour withgrey pencil lines and plainwater washes to create moodand shadow in the sky.

In View, the Gateway ofIndia is placed against a stormysky. He uses the side of agraphite stick to produce the

effect of drizzle and the hues ofboats and buses at Chowpatty.He is adept at exploiting thetechnique of a low horizonline so you can feel the long dis-tance between the road and thebank of a river or a sea front.The paint is thinly applied witha variety of brushes, texturesand tones. He revels in creatingquick energetic pictures, whichare perfectly captured. There isa warmth in both sides of hisstudies, be it street scenes orlandscapes where the cloudsopen up in a field or capturesthe mood of the sunset.

The balance of colour andcontour becomes all-impor-tant as he plays with light. Thecraggy stones of his facades, themossy roofs feel visceral so thathis Mumbai buildings feelboth ancient, as well as aliveand growing.

These watercolours atAakriti Art Gallery reveal thatartists must continue to explorethe use of materials and attemptto reach a deeper understand-ing of our connection with theearth and the many nuances of

Ever wondered what a bird madeout of recycled objects such aswires, iron rods, horseshoes,

recycled canvases, rusted locks, nutsand bolts would look like? Americanartist Christina Banerjee decided tocreate just that in her art seriesAdaptation to focus on a city chokingunder air pollution.

The series depicts animals whichBanerjee came across during her trav-els. She says, “I want people to takeaway a sense of humanity from my artand appreciate the beauty of thesecreatures. This might perhaps instill athought about what we are doing tothese creatures. Even if my artworkinspires just one person, it will makea big difference.” The artworks portrayanimals against a backdrop of urbansurroundings or waste. It leaves theviewers with a sense of disquiet andmakes them wonder about the absenceof nature around these animals and thereason why they aren’t painted in theirnatural habitat.

Her paintings are an amalgama-tion of her thoughts and experiencesfrom her life in the US while beinginspired by her environmentand surroundings.

She says, “Of the fewyears I spent in Delhi, Ididn’t need an expert toinform me that airquality has deteriorat-ed, that the traffic hasincreased, the wintersare warmer and rainfallhas decreased. This isbecoming a bigproblem. The pollu-tion is affecting notonly our children butadults and even the crea-tures who cannot communicate. Ifelt compelled to express my dis-

may through my artwork.These animals don’t get

a say in what goes onin their surround-ings, even thoughthey have beenhere since beforeus. Their landand environmentare beinge n c r o a c h e d

upon and theyare forced toadapt to thechange not just

in India butaround the world.”

Her interest in old,rejected articles is not a

recent phenomenon but goes back toher childhood. She started workingwith recycled materials, to send themessage that there is beauty in dis-carded items and in decreasing con-sumption of natural resources.

Adds Banerjee, “Our rapidlychanging environment and tendencyof over-consumption is a theme thatis relevant everywhere. I would love ifpeople look at my art and are inspired.If they can see that it is not trash, plas-tic bottles and old junk occupyingspace but can visualise that these canbe turned into art. Also, I hope thatpeople will realise the importance ofletting the birds and animals aroundus have a home. To let them be in an

environment that they are familiarwith and thrive in.”

The artist has a liking for the hum-ble house sparrows. She questions,“Where are they? I can hardly see anyof them now.” This extinction forcedher to make a series of paintings onsparrows. One of her artworks —Graffiti Sparrow — showcased the bird,which is fond of all things rusty. Thecreature sees the beauty in the textureand colours of how the rust patinaforms.

Another painting depicts Frenchie,the Goan Sparrow. It features aban-doned vehicles all around leaving thesparrow with no choice but to makea nest wherever possible.

The Advent, to some Christians,is the four Sundays before

Christmas. More generally, thevariation of the Latin word for“coming” marks the season toprepare for the holiday. Among rit-uals associated with the Advent iskeeping an Advent calendar. Somereusable versions begin onDecember 1, and many includewindows, doors or pockets toreveal a poem, portion of theChristmas story or a small gift.

It’s the latter aspect of Adventcalendars that has gone complete-ly bonkers in recent years, offeringdog treats, bath bombs, socks,booze and even a limited-editionbehemoth stuffed with pricey trea-sures from Tiffany & Co.

HERE’S A PEEK: TIFFANY &CO: It’s aptly named The UltimateAdvent Calendar, and it’s shaped asa 4-foot-tall replica of the compa-ny’s Fifth Avenue flagship store.Each of the 24 compartmentsholds a gift in a Tiffany blue box.There’s a sterling silver paper cupand a T True bracelet in 18-karatyellow gold. This one is more aspi-rational than attainable. Only fourare available, starting at $112,000each. Contact the concierge [email protected] tofigure it all out.

HARRY POTTER: The Harry

Potter Infinity Box is perfect foryoung fans. The compartments ofthe YuMe Toys calendar are stuffedwith a range of items, includingplush toys, travel tags and enamelpins. One version includes 24pieces for $59.99, and another 18pieces for $39.99. Available atAmazon, Barnes & Noble andBed, Bath & Beyond. Others withthe same theme exist.

CHOCOLATE: Sweet treats,Advent calendar style, are moretraditional and all over the place.Harry & David offers two, the

Chocolate Advent Calendar Duo,with 24 doors each for a totalof $34.99. Thepackaging ismerry with Santafront and center.Milk chocolateonly. Each doorincludes a little fes-tive message. TheGodiva AdventCalendar includeslimited editionsnowmen and Santapieces in chocolate. Available inGodiva boutiques around the U.S.

$29.95.

PETS: Dogs and cats are people,too, when it comes to Advent cal-endars. Options are everywhere.Target sells the Bosco & Roxy’sAdvent Calendar for Dogs with aforest fairy theme and 24 biscuits.$14.99. The same brand also hasone called Bark the Halls with 24days of festive dog cookies. $24.99.Shop around for others, includingthe DreamBone Furry ChristmasAdvent Calendar, with a variety ofmini chewables. $14.99.

ETHNIC PRIDE: The Calendariode Fiestas from Sol Beer celebratesMexican American culture with 25items designed by MexicanAmerican artists, including JessicaResendiz of Raggedy Tiff, which

creates apparel and acces-sories inspired byher roots, child-hood memoriesand Mexican cul-ture. There’s a bur-rito pinata freshen-er, a Corazon de Orosew-on patch andPan Dulce shoelaces.While supplies last at

SolHolidayCalendar.com. $30.

SAY IT WITH CHEESE: Foodblogger Annem Hobson thought

up the So Wrong It’s Nom cheesecalendar to much internet fanfarefrom folks looking for alternativesto chocolate. It includes 24 piecesof individually wrapped cheese infive varieties, including Jarlsberg.Must be refrigerated. Target,Supervalu, Sprouts, Schnucks,Meijer, Jewel, Lidl and Publix.Sold at Target, Supervalu, Sprouts,Schnucks, Meijer, Jewel, Lidl andPublix. $20.

GET BOOZY: The Drinks by theDram distiller has a nice selection,including 24 days of Scotch. Itranges from new discoveries toworld-renowned brands fromacross Scotland. $160. Ships fromthe U.K., so takes about a week toarrive in the U.S. There are also 12days of Christmas options, since12-day calendars traditionally starton Dec. 25. Available at drinks-bythedram.com.

BEAUTY: There are so many,from bath bombs to makeupsponges. Birchbox offers theCountdown to Beauty calendarwith 12 days of goodies and extrasurprises from a variety of sellers,including Lancome, M.A.C. andBobbi Brown. $40. And for men,there’s Countdown to Groomingwith 14 days of finds, from Kiehl’smoisturizer to Harry’s body wash.$35. Shop at birchbox.com. Targetsells 12 days of Lip Smackers in afestive box for $10 and 15 days ofGame of Thrones-themed socksfor women for $15.

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Rafael Nadal put the finishingtouches to his extraordinary

year by clinching a sixth DavisCup title for Spain on Sunday ashe beat Denis Shapovalov inMadrid to seal victory overCanada.

Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) winover Shapovalov in front of anadoring home crowd at the CajaMagica gave Spain an unassail-able 2-0 lead after RobertoBautista Agut earlier battledpast Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(7/3), 6-3.

“I’m incredibly happy to endthe year like this,” said Nadalafterwards.

The 33-year-old had been anunstoppable force in Spain’s pul-sating semi-final against Britainon Saturday and never lookedlike letting this chance slip, withKing Felipe VI and Real Madrid’sSergio Ramos watching on,along with Barcelona defenderGerard Pique.

Pique’s marketing companyKosmos have been at the heartof the raft of changes to this 119-year-old competition but Nadal’sbrilliance has been familiar, evenif this will surely go down as oneof the finest seasons of the 19-time Grand Slam champion’ssparkling career.

He added a fourth DavisCup final success — three morethan Roger Federer — to theones he claimed in 2004, 2009and 2011, while capping aremarkable 12 months that hasincluded winning the Frenchand US Opens, and ending theyear as world number one.

The Spanish team will also

pocket a cheque worth $2.1 mil-lion.

Nadal won eight out of eightrubbers played this week and attimes on Saturday, as when hestormed to singles and doublesvictories against Britain, it wastempting to view Spain’s progressas something of a solo effort.

But, unlike Canada, Spainhave used all five of their squad,with Bautista Agut, PabloCarreno Busta and FelicianoLopez all playing at least one sin-gles match, and Lopez andMarcel Granollers joining forcesin the doubles.

‘NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE’Rafael Nadal admitted he

gave everything he had left tolead Spain to their sixth DavisCup success.

“I played one of the tough-est possible opponents at the endof a long and difficult week,physically too because I put intothis whole event all the energythat I had inside me,” said Nadal.

“Honestly it’s the perfectend to the season for all of us. Weknow how difficult it is to winthis and how difficult it will beto win it again. We knew we hadto convert this opportunity.”

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Jose Mourinho’s charm offensive hasbeen in overdrive during his whirl-wind first few days at Tottenham.He has lauded Tottenham’s training

complex as being “second to none” andwithout comparison across Europe “atany level.” He says he has slept in the club’spajamas at its on-site hotel which he ratesas “six star,” with its “soft pillows, amaz-ing duvet.”

Now it’s time for a first taste ofTottenham Hotspur Stadium — “thebest stadium in the world,” he has purred— as Mourinho continues his quest towin over fans who might still be skepti-cal about his appointment.

Getting the team through to theknockout stage of the Champions Leaguewouldn’t do him any harm in the ingra-tiation process.

Three days after guiding Spurs to aPremier League victory at West Ham inhis first match since replacing MauricioPochettino, Mourinho will take charge ofthem in a home match for the first timewhen Olympiakos visits today in theChampions League.

A victory guarantees progress out ofGroup B alongside Bayern Munich witha game to spare.

It would complete a decent week’swork for Mourinhoas he attempts torebuild his coachingreputation after afractious, and ulti-mately disappoint-ing, 2½ year spell at Manchester Unitedthat ended almost 12 months ago.

The Portuguese coach hugged hisplayers and kept a respectful distancefrom the traveling Spurs fans while he cel-ebrated the 3-2 win against West Ham onSaturday. It might take some time forthem to accept Mourinho and take himto their hearts, especially considering thework Pochettino did in raising standardsat Tottenham — even getting the team toa Champions League final last seasonwhen it lost to Liverpool.

Mourinho has done that with Portoand Inter Milan, winning the title matchon both occasions, so is seeking tobecome the first manager to winEuropean club soccer’s biggest prizewith three different clubs — all from dif-ferent countries. None of them could beclassed as modern-day continental heavy-weights, either, making that achievementall the more impressive.

“The gaffer’s won at every club he’sgone to — there’s no hiding away fromthat,” Tottenham striker Harry Kanesaid. “He wants to win. He’s a proven win-ner. I’ve made it clear that I’m at the stageof my career where I want to win tro-phies.

“Realistically we look at theChampions League and the FA Cup thisseason to try and do that ... You couldsay that (Mourinho could make thedifference) because of his repu-tation. It’s been three days so,until we build that relationshipand see how things get onover the next two or threemonths, we won’t reallyknow.”

The closest Mourinhohas come to winning theChampions League since that2010 triumph with Inter wasa trio of semifinal appear-ances — all with Real Madrid— in 2011, ‘12 and ‘13. He gotManchester United out of itsgroup last season, only to getfired before the knockoutstages even began.

If he was happy to beback in the Premier League— his “natural habitat,”he called it — at the week-end, imagine how he willfeel making a return to theChampions League arena.

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India’s performanceagainst top sides like

Australia and Argentinain the upcoming ProLeague will help the teamassess its preparationahead of the 2020 TokyoOlympics, feels captainManpreet Singh.

The Indian team isscheduled to compete atthe five-month long FIHPro League startingJanuary 18, featuringeight other top sides.

“Finishing top two inthe (Olympic) Pool is thefirst goal for the team. We play Australia and Argentina inthe Pro League next year. How we do against these top teamswill determine the level we are at ahead of the Olympicsand what we need to improve in the lead up,” Manpreet said.

The Indian men’s team has been clubbed alongside,world number one side Australia, defending championsArgentina, hosts Japan, Spain and New Zealand in Pool Aof the quadrennial mega event.

“At the Olympics, there’s no easy draw. It may seem thatas the third highest ranked team behind Australia andArgentina in our pool, we are grouped in an easier pool com-pared to Pool B,” Manpreet said.

“But at the Olympics, rankings hardly ever matter. Noteam can be taken lightly and we need to be our best in everymatch in the Pool stage which will determine who we playin Quarter Finals. We all still remember what happenedagainst Canada (2-2 draw) in Rio,” he added.

On the other hand, the Indian women’s team has beengrouped in a tough Pool B where it plays world champi-ons Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and SouthAfrica.

But skipper Rani Rampal is confident of her team’schances of reaching the semifinals.

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Manchester City areexpected to be with-

out striker Sergio Aguerofor “a few weeks”, accordingto boss Pep Guardiola.

The Argentine sus-tained the injury duringSaturday’s 2-1 win againstChelsea, with Guardiolaunclear as to the exactnature of the problem.

In his press conferenceto preview today’sChampions League clashwith Shakhtar Donetsk,Guardiola said: “Sergio willbe out for a few games, afew weeks. I don’t knowexactly.

Asked if the 31-year-old would miss the derby,Guardiola said: “Yes.”

Pushed further on thematter, he added: “Maybewe will have a miracle butI don’t think so.”

Gabriel Jesus canexpect to feature moreprominently in Aguero’sabsence, and he said: “I amnot happy Sergio isinjured.

“I don’t like it when my

friends are injured, butevery day I work hard andI am ready.”

Manchester City willbe through to the knockoutphase of the European elitecompetition if they avoiddefeat against Shakhtar orif Dinamo Zagreb do notbeat Atalanta.

City will be con-firmed in top spot if theywin, or if they draw andDinamo do not win.

Guardiola said:“The position wehave is good butwe have notqualified yet.Tomorrow is achance.”

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Saina Nehwal pulled out at the last moment totake some sheen off the Syed Modi

International, beginning here today, when the in-form Lakshya Sen will seek a third BWF WorldTour title.

Three-time former champion Saina, who hasbeen battling illness and injuries, is going througha bad patch, having lost six times in the first roundthis season.

The 29-year-old from Hyderabad has alreadypulled out of the Premier Badminton League(PBL) to prepare for the next season.

World champion P V Sindhu has chosen togive the tournament a miss.

Focus will also be on the men’s doubles pair-ing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and ChiragShetty, who won the Thailand Open Super 500title and then reached the finals of French OpenSuper 750 this season.

Lakshya, who is set to break into the worldtop 40 following his title win at Glasgowon Sunday, will look for another goodouting when he opens against France’sThomas Rouxel.

In the women’s singles, MugdhaAgrey will be one of the Indian chal-lenges.

Meanwhile, a host of Indianshuttlers, including 2016 winnerKidambi Srikanth, defendingchampion Sameer Vermaand world championshipBronze-medallist B SaiPraneeth, will also eye thetop spot in the men’s sin-gles this week.

In mixed doubles,Satwiksairaj andAshwini Ponnappawill open against fel-low Indians DhruvKapila and

Meghana Jakkampudi, whilePranaav Jerry Chopra and NSikki Reddy takes on fourthseeded He Ji Ting and Du Yue.

In women’s doubles,eighth-seeded Ashwini andSikki will begin againstHong Kong’s Ng Tsz Yauand Yuen Sin Ying.

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Cristiano Ronaldoremains in doubt

for today’s clashagainst Atletico Madrid in Turin,Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri said onMonday.

The 34-year-old Portuguese interna-tional was rested for Saturday’s Serie Agame against Atalanta which Juventuswon 2-1 thanks to a Gonzalo Higuaindouble to stay top of the Italian league.

“Cristiano trained with his team-mates yesterday (Sunday),” said Sarri.

“It seems that his condition isimproving but we still have to evaluatebetween today and tomorrow.

“The positive thing he was able toplay throughout the training session withhis teammates.”

Defender Matthijs de Ligt, who suf-fered a dislocated shoulder, and forwardFederico Bernardeschi, who bruised hischest, also need to be evaluated, Sarrisaid.

Ronaldo was substituted in Juventus’sprevious two games including theirChampions League game at LokomotivMoscow with a slight knee problem.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winnerand hit back with four goals to helpPortugal qualify for Euro 2020.

“My relationship with Cristiano isgood,” said Sarri, “if a player who has wonso much is angry about being substitut-

ed, it means he still has a lot of moti-vation, and this is something posi-

tive.”Juventus are already through

to the last 16 and want to fin-ish top of Group D with sec-

ond-placed Atletico need-ing a win to guarantee

their place.“Atletico are a dif-

ficult side to playagainst, we have to

think we want to quali-fy being the leader of the

group that is our target fortomorrow,” said Sarri.

Sarri conceded he wasspoilt for choice up frontbetween Ronaldo, PauloDybala and Higuain.

“We have three very strongstrikers for just two roles, I think it isan ideal situation, nobody will be ableto play 65 matches, including with thenational team,” continued the Juventuscoach.

“Playing Dybala, Higuain andCristiano all together is difficult becauseof their characteristics, but all threeknow how to play really well and arecomfortable with each other.”

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Zinedine Zidane saidthat his Real

Madrid sideare “notlooking toget revenge” when they

host Paris Saint-Germain in the

Champions Leagueon Tuesday after a3-0 defeat in France

earlier in the groupstage.

Pressure mount-ed on Zidane after thatloss at the Parc desPrinces in September,but the 13-timeEuropean championshave since enjoyed an

upturn in fortunes and sit behindleaders Barcelona only on goal

difference in La Liga.Real can join PSG insecuring a last-16 place

with victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, orif Club Brugge fail to win at Galatasarayin the other Group A match.

“We aren’t looking to getrevenge after what happenedearlier in the group,” Zidanesaid on Monday.

“But we want to play a good game ofcourse and maintain our form.

“It’s the kind of game where you canconfirm you’re on a good run. We want towin because we’re at home and we want toplay good football.

“I want to see my side play 90 minutesat their best.”

The 47-year-old Frenchman also madeclear his admiration for Mbappe ahead oftoday’s encounter.

“You know that I’ve known Mbappefor a long time and that I’m in love withhim as a person because of when he camehere on trial a long time ago,” said Zidane.

“Having said that, he’s our opponentand there’s no more to it.”

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is hop-ing the Spanish giants can show how farthey have come since the loss in Paris.

“The first meeting with them helpedus learn a lot — it wasn’t a good game butwe’ve improved a lot lately,” said theBelgian.

“It’s not revenge, more wanting to getone over on another big team who haveaspirations to win the Champions Leagueand we need to show how good we are.”

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Lakshya Senclaimed his fourthtitle in threemonths, baggingthe Scottish Openwith a thrillingwin over Brazil’sYgor Coelho inthe men’s singlessummit clash. The top-seeded Indian overcamehis Brazilian opponent 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 ina 56-minute final on Sunday night.

The 18-year-old from Uttarakhand has nowclinched three titles out of the four tourna-ments that he has played since September —SaarLorLux Open, Dutch Open, and BelgianInternational.

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New Zealand said their comprehen-sive innings victory over Englandwas among their very best after

Neil Wagner’s five-wicket burst sealed thefirst Test at Bay Oval on Monday.

The tireless left-armer took the lasttwo England wickets in successive ballsfor a five-wicket haul and to complete therout by an innings and 65 runs late onthe final day.

While England captain Joe Rootlamented a disappointing batting effort,and the lack of a bowler with Wagner’sapplication, New Zealand skipper KaneWilliamson celebrated his side’s match-defining innings of 615 for nine declared.

“To lose the toss and be 350 behindin the first innings it required somethingspecial,” Williamson said.

“It’s certainly right up there in termsof a tough, grinding Test victory.”

BJ Watling’s 205 and MitchellSantner’s 126 laid the platform for NewZealand’s colossal 262-run first-inningslead.

England, resuming the final day at 55for three and needing to bat through tostumps to save the Test, progressedpatiently to 121 for four before NewZealand removed the last six wickets for76 runs.

Wagner finished with five for 44while Santner took three for 53.

“We saw the wicket deteriorate andknew if you could hit the wicket hard youwould get some variable bounce. Thatallowed us to make the breakthroughs,”Williamson said, admitting that he hadconcerns about how the match would fin-ish.

“England have experience andsome world-class players who’vebatted out draws before. If theywere better than us today theywere going to be able to save it. Itdid come down to the wire.”

‘COULD UNLEASH MORE’Root said England did not

help themselves with the waythey batted.

“Clearly some of the shotstoday were not good. Everyone’svery aware of that. You can't faulteffort but I put my hand up as well,that ball was treated with far too muchrespect.”

Root said the England bowlersalso needed to learn from the effortWagner put in.

“He runs in all day and makes sureevery ball means something,” Rootsaid, adding there were times Englandquick Jofra Archer could “unleash a lit-tle bit more”.

“You have to give credit to guys likeNeil Wagner who makes sure he gets the

most out of himself and doesa really good job for his team.”

The lop-sided win putNew Zealand in an unbeatable

position in the two-Test seriesand extended their home streakto a remarkable seven serieswithout defeat.

However, their celebrationswere tempered by injury, withTrent Boult bowling just oneover in the morning beforeleaving the field with a ribproblem and taking no fur-ther part.

Williamson, who hadbeen troubled by a hip injuryin the lead-up to the Test, leftthe field a few overs before

the end clutching his side.The captain was confident he

would be fit for the second Testwhile Boult was to undergo fur-

ther medical examinations onTuesday.

The second and final Test startsin Hamilton on Friday.

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The cricket-crazy fans in Kolkatacame, they watched and they

applauded. But Indias maiden pink ballTest wouldnt have been possible had itnot been for new BCCI PresidentSourav Ganguly. It was his vision andhe left no stone unturned to ensure thatIndia not only finally played a Day-Night Test, but also organised it in amanner that was nothing short of aspectacle.

Speaking to IANS, during the finalsession on the second day of the Testbetween India and Bangladesh,Ganguly said it almost felt like it was aWorld Cup final being played at the his-toric ground.

“Just take a look around (fans withtheir camera lights on to click pictures).Do you see this? Have you seen this inTest cricket? When was the last time youhad a capacity crowd watching a Testmatch? Feels like it is a World Cup final,”he smiled.

The satisfaction to see his effortsbear fruit was clearly visible but whatthe pink ball Test also did was took himback to the famous 2001 Test betweenIndia and Australia that changed thegraph of Ganguly, the captain.

“Oh! It is an absolutely amazingfeeling. Feels great. Look for yourself.It brings back memories of the 2001 Testmatch if you ask me. This is what Testcricket should be, packed stadiums,” hesaid.

Does it bring joy that his effortresulted in such a beautiful outcomethat even someone like a Rahul Dravidsaid he would have loved to be a partof Day-Night Tests? Ganguly’s joyknew no bounds.

“It is very kind of him. Feels verygood when your teammates compli-ment you. Coming from him, it is spe-cial. I am very happy. Yes, it is a verysatisfying feeling,” he said.

Does he also miss being a part ofthe pink ball era? “You cannot say thatas we have all had our time. When wewere playing, the T20 had just come inand look at how it has spread and nowthis. So you cannot think that way,” hesmiled. Asked if things will only get big-ger and better now that the first pink

ball Test has been played, Gangulydecided to play the waiting game, butwas quick to add that the atmospherewould only get better if oppositions likeEngland, South Africa and Australiawere to play Day-Night Tests in India.

“Too early to talk of the future. Wewill all sit down and discuss the wayahead after this one. But just imaginethe frenzy if you have teams likeEngland, South Africa and Australiaplaying pink ball Tests against India.Think what the crowd will get to wit-ness,” he pointed.

While India decimated Bangladesh,the next challenge in Test cricket willbe slightly tougher against New Zealandas India will be travelling to Kiwiland.But Ganguly is confident that this teamcan deliver.

“I will not compare this bowlingattack with the ones in the past, but thisis a very good attack. New Zealand area good team. At home, in their ownconditions, it will be challenging but Iam hopeful Virat and the boys will dowell there as well,” he said.

Do we see a Day-Night Test on theNew Zealand tour now that Indiahave experience of playing under lightsagainst the pink ball? Ganguly said itwas still early days. “Nothing is decid-ed yet. We still have time for the NewZealand series. Let’s see,” he said.

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Attributing his recent success toa tweaked bowling grip, India

speedster Umesh Yadav said it hashelped him achieve better controland more consistency in deliver-ing out-swingers.

Yadav finished with match fig-ures of 8/81, which included a five-wicket haul in the second innings.

“Tweaking my bowling griphelped immensely,” Yadav saidduring a conversation with Indiaopener Rohit Sharma on ‘bcci.Tv’.

“My grip was different earlierso one or two balls would swingwhile a couple of them wouldeither get deflected from the legsor run down the leg side forboundaries as byes. So it was dif-ficult to control with this grip.

“So I spoke to my coaches andalso while discussing within our-

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Skipper Suryakumar Yadav blazedhis way to an unbeaten 94 as

Mumbai defeated Karnataka byseven wickets in a Group B SuperLeague match of the Syed MushtaqAli Trophy here on Monday to endthe rival’s winning spree.

Mumbai were chasing a stiff172-run target and Surya, who hasbeen in great form, single-handed-ly guided the domestic giants to vic-tory with an over to spare.

Surya (94 not out off 53 balls, 11fours, 4 sixes) walked in to bat afterMumbai were in a spot of bother at44 for 2, losing openers Aditya Tare(12) and Prithvi Shaw (30) and stillneeding over 100 runs to win.

The aggressive right-handersteadied the ship by stitching togeth-er a 46-run stand with Shreyas Iyer(14) for the third wicket.

After Iyer departed, it was Suryashow at the C B Patel Ground as hetoyed with the Karnataka bowlers,who wilted under his blisteringattack.

He hammered 11 fours andhoisted four towering sixes to stamphis class. His 53-ball 94 would havesurely impressed the national selec-tors.

The Mumbai captain thenstrung together a match- winningunbeaten 84-run stand for thefourth wicket with Shivam Dube (22

not out off 18 balls), who played theperfect second fiddle.

Earlier, put into bat, Karnatakaposted a healthy 171 for 6 despitelosing in-form players K L Rahul (0)and skipper Manish Pandey (4)early.

A strokeful 57 off 34 balls byopener Devdutt Padikkal, who

struck four fours and as many sixes,along with a rearguard 71 off just 47balls by Rohan helped Karnatakapost a decent score on the board.

For Mumbai, pacers ShardulThakur (2-29), Shivam Dube (2-39)and left-arm spinner Shams Mulani(1-8) shared the spoils.

This was Karnataka’s first defeatin the Super League stage, andMumbai’s win has opened up thingsin the group.

In the second game, Haryanathrashed Baroda by six wickets androde on fifties by Chaitanya Bishnoi(56) and Shivam Chauhan (50 notout) as they overhauled 139-run tar-get with 15 balls to spare.

In another game, Tamil Nadubeat Punjab by four wickets withspinners M Sai Kishore (3-10) andM Siddharth (3 -9) spinning theirweb around the opposition batsmen.

Meanwhile, in the final game ofthe day, Rajasthan beat Maharashtraby six wickets as they chased the100-run target in 16.2 overs. MahipalLomror top scored with an unbeat-en 35.

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“racial insults” by a spectator on thefinal day, prompting the home boardto apologise to him for the “unaccept-able experience”.

The incident allegedly took placewhen Archer was leaving the field afterthe end of the first Test.

“A bit disturbing hearing racialinsults today whilst battling to helpsave my team. The crowd was beenamazing this week except for that oneguy, @TheBarmyArmy was good asusual also,” the 24-year-old Archerwrote on his Twitter handle.

The Barbados-born English crick-

eter accounted for double centurionBJ Watling (205) and scored 30 from50 balls but could not save his teamfrom going down by an innings and65 runs in Mount Maunganui.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC)issued a statement apologising toArcher for the incident.

“We are shocked and disappoint-ed to hear of the verbal abuse@JofraArcher received after the Testtoday. @englandcricket might be ourrivals but they’re also our friends andracist abuse is never okay!” NZCtweeted.

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