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I f future generations were to look for a memorial to Sheila Dikshit, they would only need to look at the present cityscape of Delhi and not any particu- lar monument. Indeed con- temporary Delhi is itself a trib- ute to the vision and energy of the City-State’s longest-serving Chief Minister who untiringly worked for its people till almost her last breath. Apart from her visionary leadership, Dikshit will be remembered for her charm, affability and connect with a city she made her own. A dedicated Congress worker, she continued to lead the party despite her advanced age and failing health. Her sudden death on Saturday, nev- ertheless, came as a shock because, as president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee she was enthusias- tically immersed in political activities till the evening before she was taken ill. In an age when politics is the preserve of the uncivil, she was an embod- iment of civility who bore mal- ice towards none, her ideolog- ical enemies included. A devoted lover of nature, she worried about the degra- dation of the environment of India’s Capital. When most political leaders ducked the issue, she braved the crisis by firmly implementing the Supreme Court order to direct Delhi’s public transport vehicles to shift to CNG from polluting fuels like diesel almost overnight. She withstood a barrage of criticism; it is truly commendable that she stood her ground so that we can con- tinue to breathe Delhi’s air even now despite its arguably polluted content. Architect of myriad fly- overs and underpasses, planner of a drastic overhaul of road structures, a massive proponent of metro rail and other trans- port innovations, Sheila Dikshit lived and died for Delhi’s bet- terment. Despite her suppos- edly elitist background, her dedication to the city’s under- privileged ensured she won three successive elections, no mean feat in our highly com- petitive political milieu and had recently been tasked to regain the Delhi Assembly by her boss Rahul Gandhi once more. (Her accessibility too was legendary. Personally, I will miss her classy but frugal breakfast over which we exchanged views at her invita- tion very often despite my ide- ological difference with her). She came under a cloud as a result of the actions of some of her colleagues over the organ- isation of the Commonwealth Games, but undoubtedly it was one of the most spectacular, world-class sporting extrava- ganzas held in India. Besides, Games-related activities pro- pelled Delhi’s infrastructural growth to new heights. In the passing away of Sheila Dikshit, India has lost one of the last remaining politi- cians with dignity and vision. Indeed they don’t make politi- cians like her any more. She will be remembered for many things, but mostly for her con- tribution to the making of the new, New Delhi, a city built not by conquerors like the Mughals or British but by creating the Ninth Delhi — by Indians, for Indians. She made us proud by lending our Capital a heart and soul besides making it a city befitting India’s growing pros- perity and global stature. I ndia on Saturday said it was in touch with Iran to secure release of the Indians on board a British- flagged oil tanker seized by the Gulf country in the Strait of Hormuz. “We are ascertaining further details on the incident. Our Mission is in touch with the Government of Iran to secure the early release and repatriation of Indian nationals,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to a question on the detention of Indian crew members along with the oil tanker Stena Impero by Iranian authorities. According to a media report, 18 Indian nationals are among the 23 crew members of the oil tanker seized by Iran amid fresh escalation of tensions in the Gulf region. The Stena Impero was seized on Friday by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker was allegedly due to a col- lision with an Iranian fishing boat, Iran’s official news agency IRNA said. “There are 18 Indians and five crew members from Russia, Philipines, Latvia and other countries on board of Stena Impero. The cap- tain is Indian, but the tanker is UK- flagged,” the news agency quoted Allahmorad Afifipour, director gen- eral of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Hormuzgan province, as saying. Stena Bulk, a Swedish compa- ny which owns the vessel, said they have been unable to contact the ship. “Soon after the vessel was approached by unidentified small naval craft and a helicopter during her transit of the Strait of Hormuz in international waters...The vessel suddenly deviated from her passage to Jubail and headed north towards Iran,” the company said in state- ment. The vessel, Stena Impero, was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations, Stena Bulk said. F ormer Delhi Chief Minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit died at the age of 81 on Saturday at 3.55pm. The veteran Congress leader died of a pro- longed illness. Her mortal remains were brought back to her residence in Delhi’s Nizamuddin East later in the evening. The last rites will be performed at Nigam Bodh Ghat on Sunday around 2.30pm. She was admitted in Fortis Escorts Heart Institute around 10.30 am on Saturday. The three- time Delhi Chief Minister had cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat) and had to be imme- diately put on ventilator. “A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, led by Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman of the hospital, carried out the advanced resuscitative measures. Her condition was stabilised temporarily. However, she had another cardiac arrest and despite all the resuscitative efforts, she passed away at 3.55 pm on Saturday,” said a spokesperson of the hospital. Dikshit underwent a heart surgery in France last year. Dr Ashok Seth had earlier advised her to undergo the procedure performed at University Hospital in Lille, France, under the care of Dr Thomas Modine. She was currently serving as the Delhi Congress chief, a charge she took over in January this year. Condolences poured in from various quarters. The Congress party tweeted, “We regret to hear of the passing of Smt Sheila Dikshit. Lifelong congresswoman and three-time CM of Delhi, she transformed the face of Delhi. Our condolences to her family and friends. Hope they find strength in this time of grief.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was deeply sad- dened by the death of Sheila Dikshit. “Blessed with a warm and affable personality, she made a noteworthy contri- bution to Delhi’s develop- ment. Condolences to her family and supporters. Om Shanti,” Modi tweeted. Accompanied by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Modi paid his tributes to senior Congress leader at her residence. Former Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi too paid her tributes to Sheila at her residence. She met the Sheila’s sister Rama Dikshit and expressed her condolences. Others who paid their last respects included senior Congress leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shivraj Patil, Ahmed Patel and Jagdish Tytler, LJP leader Sharad Yadav and CPI(M) leaders Sitaram Yechury and Brinda Karat. President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted, “Her term in office was a period of momentous trans- formation for the capital for which she will be remembered. Condolences to her family and associates.” “I’m devastated to hear about the passing away of Sheila Dikshit Ji, a beloved daughter of t h e Congress party, with whom I shared a close personal bond. My condolences to her fam- ily & the citizens of Delhi, whom she served selflessly as a 3 term CM, in this time of great grief,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “It is a huge loss for Delhi and her contribution will always be remem- bered. My heartfelt condolences to her family members. May her soul rest in peace.” Delhi BJP president and North-East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari said in a tweet that he was deeply pained to hear the sad and sudden demise of Sheila Dikshit. Tiwari and Dikshit contested against each other for the North-East Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections. C ontinuing with its phase-wise reshuffle of Governors, the Modi Government on Saturday appointed new Governors in six States, including politically volatile West Bengal where former MP and noted Supreme Court lawyer Jagdeep Dhankhar has been named for the post. He replaces Keshari Nath Tripathi, whose term comes to an end later next week. Former interlocutor on Naga talks RN Ravi has been appointed as Nagaland Governor, while Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel is now Uttar Pradesh Governor. Veteran BJP leader and Bihar Governor Lalji Tandon replaces Patel, who will be suc- ceeded by Phagu Chauhan, a former four-term MLA from Ghosi. Tandon was appointed Bihar Governor in August last year. BJP veteran from Chhattisgarh Ramesh Bais, who was denied a party ticket this year, has been appointed as the Tripura Governor in place of Kaptan Singh Solanki, whose term comes to an end on July 27. Dhankhar (68), who was Union Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in 1990-91, quit the Congress in 2003 and became a member of the BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the appointment of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Governor. She said Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed her about Dhankhar’s appointment. “I welcome Jagdip Dhankhar (sic) who has been appointed as the new Governor of Bengal. I just now came to know from media about this. I welcome him to our beautiful State,” Mamata wrote on her Twitter handle. “Hon’ble Home Minister just now talked to me about appointment of new Governor of West Bengal. I informed him that I have already welcomed the new Governor,” the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo added. Retired Intelligence Bureau special director N Ravi, a 1976-batch IPS offi- cer, has worked closely with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and broad- ly worked on a treaty with dominant Naga group NSCN-IM to reach an agreement with the Government. A Supreme Court-monitored com- mittee has asked the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to prepare a closure plan for Panna diamond mine in Madhya Pradesh Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) by the end of September 2019 so that it can be shut by June 2020. But the Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has instead gone ahead and is seeking an extension of the mining lease till 2035. Sources said that at a meeting held on July 5, 2019, under the chairman- ship of Madhya Pradesh Chief Wildlife Warden, the PSU officials asserted that since not all diamonds have been exca- vated and that diamond cutting and polishing industry is a major foreign exchange earner and job provider, the lease for mining in the Majhgawan mine in the PTR should be extended up to 2035. The PTR is spread over an area of 54,200 hectares (ha) across Panna and Chhatarpur districts. It adjoins the Gangau Wildlife Sanctuary. The SC-monitored committee had been time and again seeking the PSU’s closure plans but the NMDC has pre- ferred to look the other way. So far, eight meetings have been held, sources in the know of things said. In 2005, the State (MP) wildlife protection board had given mining clearance to NMDC, which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel, with the condition that it should phase out its operations by 2020. Panna is the only diamond mine in India.

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ... · Iran’s official news agency IRNA said. “There are 18 Indians and five crew members from Russia, Philipines, Latvia

If future generations were tolook for a memorial to Sheila

Dikshit, they would only needto look at the present cityscapeof Delhi and not any particu-lar monument. Indeed con-temporary Delhi is itself a trib-ute to the vision and energy ofthe City-State’s longest-servingChief Minister who untiringlyworked for its people till almosther last breath. Apart from hervisionary leadership, Dikshitwill be remembered for hercharm, affability and connectwith a city she made her own.

A dedicated Congressworker, she continued to leadthe party despite her advancedage and failing health. Hersudden death on Saturday, nev-ertheless, came as a shock

because, as president of theDelhi Pradesh CongressCommittee she was enthusias-tically immersed in politicalactivities till the evening beforeshe was taken ill. In an agewhen politics is the preserve ofthe uncivil, she was an embod-iment of civility who bore mal-ice towards none, her ideolog-ical enemies included.

A devoted lover of nature,she worried about the degra-dation of the environment ofIndia’s Capital. When mostpolitical leaders ducked the

issue, she braved the crisis byfirmly implementing theSupreme Court order to directDelhi’s public transport vehiclesto shift to CNG from pollutingfuels like diesel almostovernight. She withstood abarrage of criticism; it is trulycommendable that she stoodher ground so that we can con-tinue to breathe Delhi’s aireven now despite its arguablypolluted content.

Architect of myriad fly-

overs and underpasses, plannerof a drastic overhaul of roadstructures, a massive proponentof metro rail and other trans-port innovations, Sheila Dikshitlived and died for Delhi’s bet-terment. Despite her suppos-edly elitist background, herdedication to the city’s under-privileged ensured she wonthree successive elections, nomean feat in our highly com-petitive political milieu and hadrecently been tasked to regain

the Delhi Assembly by herboss Rahul Gandhi once more.

(Her accessibility too waslegendary. Personally, I willmiss her classy but frugalbreakfast over which weexchanged views at her invita-tion very often despite my ide-ological difference with her).

She came under a cloud asa result of the actions of someof her colleagues over the organ-isation of the CommonwealthGames, but undoubtedly it wasone of the most spectacular,world-class sporting extrava-

ganzas held in India. Besides,Games-related activities pro-pelled Delhi’s infrastructuralgrowth to new heights.

In the passing away ofSheila Dikshit, India has lostone of the last remaining politi-cians with dignity and vision.Indeed they don’t make politi-cians like her any more. Shewill be remembered for manythings, but mostly for her con-tribution to the making of thenew, New Delhi, a city built notby conquerors like the Mughalsor British but by creating theNinth Delhi — by Indians, forIndians. She made us proud bylending our Capital a heart andsoul besides making it a citybefitting India’s growing pros-perity and global stature.

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India on Saturday said it was intouch with Iran to secure release

of the Indians on board a British-flagged oil tanker seized by the Gulfcountry in the Strait of Hormuz.

“We are ascertaining furtherdetails on the incident. Our Missionis in touch with the Government ofIran to secure the early release andrepatriation of Indian nationals,”External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson Raveesh Kumar saidin response to a question on thedetention of Indian crew membersalong with the oil tanker StenaImpero by Iranian authorities.

According to a media report, 18Indian nationals are among the 23crew members of the oil tankerseized by Iran amid fresh escalationof tensions in the Gulf region. TheStena Impero was seized on Fridayby the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Iran’s seizure of a British-flaggedoil tanker was allegedly due to a col-lision with an Iranian fishing boat,Iran’s official news agency IRNA said.

“There are 18 Indians and fivecrew members from Russia,Philipines, Latvia and other countrieson board of Stena Impero. The cap-tain is Indian, but the tanker is UK-flagged,” the news agency quotedAllahmorad Afifipour, director gen-

eral of Ports and Maritime Affairs ofHormuzgan province, as saying.

Stena Bulk, a Swedish compa-ny which owns the vessel, said theyhave been unable to contact theship. “Soon after the vessel wasapproached by unidentified smallnaval craft and a helicopter duringher transit of the Strait of Hormuzin international waters...The vesselsuddenly deviated from her passageto Jubail and headed north towardsIran,” the company said in state-ment.

The vessel, Stena Impero, was infull compliance with all navigationand international regulations, StenaBulk said.

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Former Delhi Chief Ministerand Congress leader Sheila

Dikshit died at the age of 81 onSaturday at 3.55pm. The veteranCongress leader died of a pro-longed illness. Her mortalremains were brought back to herresidence in Delhi’s NizamuddinEast later in the evening. The lastrites will be performed at NigamBodh Ghat on Sunday around2.30pm.

She was admitted in FortisEscorts Heart Institute around10.30 am on Saturday. The three-time Delhi Chief Minister hadcardiac arrhythmia (irregularheart beat) and had to be imme-diately put on ventilator.

“A multi-disciplinary team ofdoctors, led by Dr Ashok Seth,Chairman of the hospital, carriedout the advanced resuscitativemeasures. Her condition wasstabilised temporarily. However,she had another cardiac arrestand despite all the resuscitativeefforts, she passed away at 3.55pm on Saturday,” said aspokesperson of the hospital.

Dikshit underwent a heartsurgery in France last year. DrAshok Seth had earlier advisedher to undergo the procedureperformed at University Hospitalin Lille, France, under the care ofDr Thomas Modine.

She was currently serving asthe Delhi Congress chief, a chargeshe took over in January this year.

Condolences poured in fromvarious quarters. The Congressparty tweeted, “We regret to hearof the passing of Smt SheilaDikshit. Lifelong congresswoman

and three-time CM of Delhi, shetransformed the face of Delhi.Our condolences to her familyand friends. Hope they findstrength in this time of grief.”

Prime Minister NarendraModi said he was deeply sad-dened by the death of SheilaDikshit. “Blessed with a warmand affable personality, shemade a noteworthy contri-bution to Delhi’s develop-ment. Condolences to herfamily and supporters. OmShanti,” Modi tweeted.

Accompanied by LokSabha Speaker Om Birla,Modi paid his tributes tosenior Congress leaderat her residence. FormerCongress president andUPA chairperson SoniaGandhi too paid hertributes to Sheila at herresidence. She met theSheila’s sister RamaDikshit and expressedher condolences.

Others who paid their lastrespects included seniorCongress leaders JyotiradityaScindia, Shivraj Patil, AhmedPatel and Jagdish Tytler, LJPleader Sharad Yadav and CPI(M)leaders Sitaram Yechury andBrinda Karat.

President Ram Nath Kovindtweeted, “Her term in office wasa period of momentous trans-formation for the capital forwhich she will be remembered.Condolences to her family andassociates.”

“I’m devastated to hearabout the passing away of SheilaDikshit Ji, a beloved daughter oft h e

Congress party, with whom I shared a closepersonal bond. My condolences to her fam-ily & the citizens of Delhi, whom she servedselflessly as a 3 term CM, in this time of greatgrief,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwaltweeted, “It is a huge loss for Delhi andher contribution will always be remem-

bered. My heartfelt condolences to herfamily members. May her soul rest in peace.”

Delhi BJP president and North-EastDelhi MP Manoj Tiwari said in a tweetthat he was deeply pained to hear the sadand sudden demise of Sheila Dikshit.Tiwari and Dikshit contested againsteach other for the North-East Delhi LokSabha seat in the 2019 general elections.

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Continuing with its phase-wisereshuffle of Governors, the Modi

Government on Saturday appointednew Governors in six States, includingpolitically volatile West Bengal whereformer MP and noted Supreme Courtlawyer Jagdeep Dhankhar has beennamed for the post. He replaces KeshariNath Tripathi, whose term comes to anend later next week.

Former interlocutor on Naga talksRN Ravi has been appointed asNagaland Governor, while MadhyaPradesh Governor Anandiben Patel isnow Uttar Pradesh Governor. VeteranBJP leader and Bihar Governor LaljiTandon replaces Patel, who will be suc-ceeded by Phagu Chauhan, a formerfour-term MLA from Ghosi. Tandonwas appointed Bihar Governor inAugust last year.

BJP veteran from ChhattisgarhRamesh Bais, who was denied a partyticket this year, has been appointed asthe Tripura Governor in place ofKaptan Singh Solanki, whose termcomes to an end on July 27.

Dhankhar (68), who was Union

Deputy Minister of ParliamentaryAffairs in 1990-91, quit the Congress in2003 and became a member of the BJP.

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee welcomed theappointment of Jagdeep Dhankhar asGovernor.

She said Union Home MinisterAmit Shah informed her aboutDhankhar’s appointment.

“I welcome Jagdip Dhankhar (sic)who has been appointed as the newGovernor of Bengal. I just now came toknow from media about this. I welcomehim to our beautiful State,” Mamatawrote on her Twitter handle.

“Hon’ble Home Minister just nowtalked to me about appointment of newGovernor of West Bengal. I informedhim that I have already welcomed thenew Governor,” the TrinamoolCongress (TMC) supremo added.

Retired Intelligence Bureau specialdirector N Ravi, a 1976-batch IPS offi-cer, has worked closely with NationalSecurity Adviser Ajit Doval and broad-ly worked on a treaty with dominantNaga group NSCN-IM to reach anagreement with the Government.

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ASupreme Court-monitored com-mittee has asked the National

Mineral Development Corporation(NMDC) to prepare a closure plan forPanna diamond mine in MadhyaPradesh Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) bythe end of September 2019 so that itcan be shut by June 2020. But thePublic Sector Undertaking (PSU) hasinstead gone ahead and is seeking anextension of the mining lease till2035.

Sources said that at a meeting heldon July 5, 2019, under the chairman-ship of Madhya Pradesh Chief WildlifeWarden, the PSU officials asserted thatsince not all diamonds have been exca-vated and that diamond cutting andpolishing industry is a major foreign

exchange earner and job provider, thelease for mining in the Majhgawanmine in the PTR should be extendedup to 2035. The PTR is spread overan area of 54,200 hectares (ha) acrossPanna and Chhatarpur districts. Itadjoins the Gangau Wildlife Sanctuary.

The SC-monitored committee hadbeen time and again seeking the PSU’sclosure plans but the NMDC has pre-ferred to look the other way. So far,eight meetings have been held, sourcesin the know of things said.

In 2005, the State (MP) wildlifeprotection board had given miningclearance to NMDC, which is underthe administrative control of theMinistry of Steel, with the conditionthat it should phase out its operationsby 2020. Panna is the only diamondmine in India.

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Remakes never live up toone’s expectations.Making comparisons

always raises it ugly headwhether justified or not.When Walt Disney releasedits trailer of the remake ofthe 1994 animation The LionKing, there was a lot of buzz.People wanted to know howthe treatment would be?Would there be any changesin the storyline itself?

Director Jon Favreau haskept the story as close to theoriginal animation as possi-ble with such a few tweakshere and there. The goodpart is that he has added a lotmore sass when it comes tosome of the characters likethe Meerkat — Timon andPumbaa (warthog).

In fact, Timon andPumbaa is what makes this

remake such a delight towatch. Their repertoiremakes you laugh. BillyEichner who has lent hisvoice for Timon is brilliant.His voice modulations andthe exasperation is soendearing. Pumbaa tookeeps you engaged with asteady witty banter whichwill keep the adults interest-ed. Sadly, he is not as plumpas he was in the animation.But we are not complaining— much. Simba’s sassy bumwalk in the song — HakunaMatata is missing too.

What is great is the fan-tastic use of photorealisticcomputer-animation. TheHD frames are stunningfrom the water residue on aplant to the whiskers on asmall mouse. The images ofthe animals are realisticenough to make one go ‘awwso cute’ especially when itcomes to Simba as a cub.

Over all, a dazzling visu-al delight that takes youthrough the full circle of lifemaking it a must watch forall.

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from RajanShahi’s Ye RistheyHai Pyar Ke, areengaged and we can’tkeep calm! Talkingabout the same,actor Kaveri Priyam,who plays the role ofKuhu said: “It’s quitesurreal, but as youwould imagine get-ting engaged is ajoyous thing with allthe love comingyour way. So, yeah, Iwould say I am in ahappy space.”

People are loving the cou-ple and that feels amazing, sheadded: “I am touched beyondwords. And of course, one feelsenormous gratitude and lovetowards the people who havemade it such a success. Muchlove to them.

Ask her if she prefersarranged marriage or lovemarriage, and she says, “Toeach its own. We don’t have toconstruct these binaries. Love

is quite democratic. It is every-where. Can we say daffodils arebetter than chrysanthemums?We must invest in love, rest isjust noise.”

Well, marriage is a longway off for the actor as shewants to concentrate on herwork now. “I am single at themoment and am happy withthat. I have a lot of good workcoming my way and all myenergies are reserved for that”she says.

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Ahead of the Assemblyelections in the State,

Har yana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar onSaturday showered bonanzaon the employees of the StateGovernment, announcing togive House Rent Allowance(HRA) to state governmentemployees as per the recom-mendations of 7th CentralPay Commission.

The revised HRA wouldbe implemented with effectfrom August 1, 2019 and itwould benefit about 3.50 lakhemployees. This decisionwould put an additionalexpenditure of Rs 1,900 croreon the state exchequer.

Earlier, he held a meetingwith the representatives ofemployees and trade unions--Har yana KaramchariMahasangh, Sar vaKaramchari Sangh, RajyaKaramchari Sangh and

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.The meeting lasted for over sixhours and the trade unionsexpressed happiness sayingthat probably it was the firsttime when any Chief Ministerinvited the different employ-ees and trade unions on a sin-gle platform to consider theirdemands.

Addressing a news con-ference here,Khattar alsoannounced to revive the ex-gratia policy for the depen-dents of the deceased employ-ees that had been discontin-ued since 1996. He said thatthe new policy would beimplemented with effect fromAugust 1, 2019. The deceasedemployees, whose age is 52years or less or has complet-ed more than 5 years of ser-vice before this, would becovered under this scheme.

He said that the depen-dents of the deceased employ-ee would be given two optionseither to get salary of the

remaining period of service orget a government job of GroupC and D category for that peri-od as per the qualificationprovided that none of the fam-ily member is in the govern-ment service. Those who have

not yet get the financial bene-fit after the death of theemployee can still opt for theoption of the government job,he added.

Giving a relief to thewomen employees working on

contract basis, he announcedthat facility of six monthsmaternity leave would also begiven to those women employ-ees who are engaged under theoutsourcing policy Part I of thestate government. He said thatthe financial burden on thecontractor on account of thisfacility would be borne by thestate government.

The chief minister alsoannounced that now cashlessmedical facility would bemade available to the govern-ment employees for all indoordiseases instead of seven dis-eases earlier. He announcedthat all the Safai Karamcharisworking in urban and ruralareas of the State would alsoget the benefit of risk insur-ance of Rs 10 lakh. The pre-mium for the same would bepaid by the state government.He said that apart from this,employees of other depart-ments who are engaged in therisk work namely firemen,

linemen, assistant linemen;sewermen and boiler atten-dant would also be coveredunder this insurance policy.

Khattar said that a deci-sion has also been taken to re-open the channel of promo-tion for the employees ofPrimar y AgricultureCooperative Societies (PACS)in the central cooperativebanks. He said that a com-mittee has been constitutedunder the chairmanship ofAdditional Chief Secretary,Finance to remove the payanomalies of tubewell opera-tors of Public HealthEngineering Departmentworking on contractual basis.

Khattar said that 867 newbuses would be added to thefleet of Haryana Roadways.Tendering process for 367buses has been completed,whereas tender for 500 addi-tional buses would be floatedsoon.

Referring to various pro-

employees decisions taken bythe state government so far,the Chief Minister said thatHaryana is the first state in thecountry to give the benefit ofrecommendations of 7th PayCommission to its employees.There are many states whichhave not yet given the bene-fit of the 7th Pay Commissionto its employees. Apart fromthis, Haryana is the first statewho has implemented thedecision of equal work andequal pay on November31,2017.

He said the state govern-ment has also regularized theservices of guest teachers byway of enacting an Act. Hesaid that with a view to ensurethat employees engagedthrough outsourcing policyget their salaries on time with-out any delay, all the DeputyCommissioners in the statehave been provided a contin-gency fund of Rs 1 crore.Similarly, the state govern-

ment has also enhanced themonthly honorarium ofChowkidar from Rs 3,500 toRs 7,500. The honorarium ofSafari Karamcharis in ruralareas has been enhanced to Rs11,000 and to Rs 13,500 inurban areas.

To a question regardingany possibility of giving payscale to Haryana Governmentemployees on the pattern ofPunjab Government, Khattarsaid Haryana is way ahead ofits neighbouring state in termsof many financial parame-ters.

Chief Secretary, KeshniAnand Arora, PrincipalSecretary to Chief Minister,Rajesh Khullar, AdditionalChief Secretary, Finance,TVSN Prasad, DirectorGeneral, Information, PublicRelations and Languages,Sameer Pal Srow and othersenior officers of various otherdepartments were present onthe occasion.

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Chief Ministers of Punjab,Haryana and Himachal

Pradesh on Saturday mournedthe death of former Delhichief minister Sheila Dikshit,saying it was a big loss for thecountry.

Expressing deep pain andanguish, Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh described it as the pass-ing away of a political era.

He said he was shockedand aggrieved at the suddendemise of Sheila Dikshit – arare gem of a human beingbesides being a dignified andgraceful politician, whom hehad personally known for fourdecades.

"Her presence will be sore-ly missed not just in theCongress but by the people ofDelhi, where she had toiledduring her three terms aschief minister, to build a mod-ern, vibrant and dynamic newcity to meet their aspirations",

said Capt Amarinder.For him, it was a person-

al loss as she had always beenlike an elder sister to him, inwhom he found guidance andsupport in the diff icultmoments and decisions of hislife, said the Chief Minister.

Haryana Chief Minister,Manohar Lal Khattarexpressed grief and sorrow onthe sad demise of former DelhiChief Minister. In a condo-lence message issued here, heexpressed his heartfelt condo-lences to her family membersand prayed the Almighty thatthe departed soul might rest inpeace.

In his message, HimachalChief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid that contributions ofSheila Dikshit would always beremembered by the peoplefor the development of Delhi.He extended his condolencesto the bereaved family mem-bers and prayed to theAlmighty for peace of thedeparted soul.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh voiced

protest on Saturday against thedetention of Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra bythe Uttar Pradesh administra-tion and dubbed it as "unde-mocratic and unconstitution-al".

Accusing the YogiAdityanath government ofattempting to stifle PriyankaGandhi's democratic right toprotest against the Sonbhadraviolence and join the victims'families in their grief, he saidthe BJP-led regime in UttarPradesh had "stooped to anew low in curbing" the fun-damental rights of citizens.

The senior Congressleader also said the BJP-led

regime at the Centre shouldintervene and direct theAdityanath government tostep back from its "confronta-tionist attitude" and ensure theprotection of the constitu-tional rights of PriyankaGandhi and her supporters.

On Friday, PriyankaGandhi, the Congress gener-al secretary in-charge of east-ern Uttar Pradesh, wasdetained and stopped fromgoing to Sonbhadra, where 10tribals were shot dead onWednesday.

Terming the Uttar Pradeshgovernment's actions as "arbi-trary and repressive", Singhquestioned the rationalebehind detaining PriyankaGandhi and preventing herfrom performing her democ-ratic duties.

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Warning against indisci-pline in the police on the

issue, Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onSaturday asserted that anyonenot happy with HarpreetSidhu’s re-posting as STF chiefwas welcome to leave the Stateand seek deputation with theCentral Government.

Reacting to reports indi-cating resentment over Sidhu’sre-appointment, the ChiefMinister, who also holds theHome portfolio, said it was hisprerogative to transfer or postany police officer in the inter-est of the state.

“If any officer has problemswith his orders, such an officercan say so and seek a deputa-tion with the Centre,” said theChief Minister, making it clearthat he would not allow anyoneto scuttle his decision.

Media reports had it thatthere was resentment amongsome senior police officersagainst Sidhu’s posting. Thereports suggested that somepolice officers had conveyedthe displeasure at his being re-appointed as STF chief on theplea that he had earlier causedembarrassment to the formerDGP by summoning his aideRaj Jit Singh in an allegeddrugs case.

The decision to re-appointADGP Sidhu as STF chiefcomes amid reports of drugsbecoming an issue again in thestate.

While he had not receivedany complaints on Sidhu’s re-appointment from any quar-ters, the Chief Minister, react-

ing to reports, said his decisionwas motivated by the bestinterests of the state. Any objec-tion to the move amounted toindiscipline, for which therewas no place in any policeforce, he added.

The Chief Minister alsodenied reports that Sidhu hadwritten to him and sought acentral deputation.

Sidhu was the first chief ofthe STF constituted by CaptAmarinder soon after he tookover as Chief Minister in 2017.The STF, under Sidhu, maderemarkable progress in dealingwith the problem drugs, whichhad assumed menacing pro-portions under the BJP-SADrule, to destroy many younglives.

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Punjab Water ResourcesMinister Sukhbinder Singh

Sarkaria on Saturday visitedSutlej, Beas rivers and severaldrains in Amritsar, Ferozepur,Moga, Faridkot, Sri MuktsarSahib and districts Bathinda toassess the situation int he back-drop of torrential rain in thestate.

Taking stock of the situa-tion, the Minister instructedthe authorities concerned tomake all necessary arrange-ments to tackle the flood likesituations and also to ensurethe safety of life and propertiesof the people.

Sarkaria visited theMauzgarh Drain, Zira Drain,Mudki Drain, Pucca Drain,Langiana Drain, Burra GujjarDrain, Bhullar Drain andChandhbhan Drain, besides

Harike Headworks in TarnTaran District.

The Minister also visited atvillage Udekaran in Muktsar,where almost 200 people havebeen shifted to safer places andthe deluge has affected cropsstanding on nearly 25000 acresland in the district.

Interacting with the affect-ed people, the Minister saidrelief work is being done onmission mode. To tackle the sit-uation, the Muktsar district

administration has appointed anodal officer too keep a checkon 10 villages, he added.

He said a special Girdawariis being conducted to assesscrop damage due to heavyrains.

He was accompanied byChief Engineer Canal,Jagmohan Singh Mann, ChiefEngineer Drainage, SanjeevKumar Gupta, concerned SEsand other staff of WaterResources Department.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Saturday formally acceptedNavjot Singh Sidhu's resigna-tion from the Cabinet and sodid Governor VP SinghBadanore, formalising the exitof the BJP turned Congressleader's tenure as a minister inthe state government.

For the time being, thepower portfolio will remainwith the chief minister, aspokesperson said, adding thatCapt Amarinder was indis-posed since his arrival fromDelhi on Wednesday and hesaw the one one resignation let-ter on Saturday morning. Theresignation letter contained asingle sentence, without anyexplanation or elaboration, headded.

The Punjab chief ministeraccepted Sidhu's resignationat a time when there was spec-ulation that the Congress highcommand had intervened toresolve the issue between thetwo leaders.

The 55-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who was atloggerheads with CaptAmarinder was stripped off keyportfolios in the cabinet reshuf-

fle on June 6. The chief minis-ter had divested Sidhu of theLocal Government andTourism and Cultural AffairsDepartments and allotted himthe power and new and renew-able energy portfolio.

His refusal to assume thecharge of the power depart-ment for more than a monthalso came as an "embarrass-ment" to the Congress as oppo-sition parties attacked theAmarinder Singh-led regimeover the issue. In Sidhu'sabsence, Amarinder Singh hasbeen monitoring PowerDepartment's functioning dueto the ongoing paddy sowingseason and a rising demand forpower because of the hot andhumid weather in the state.

On July 14, Sidhu hadmade public on Twitter his June10 resignation letter addressedto then Congress presidentRahul Gandhi, which was sentjust four days after his portfo-lio was changed. On July 15,Sidhu sent his resignation let-ter to Amarinder Singh's offi-cial residence here while thechief minister was in Delhi.

On Tuesday, AmarinderSingh had said in Delhi that hewould take a decision aftergoing through the resignation

letter's contents once he reach-es Chandigarh. Earlier thisweek, Amarinder Singh hadsaid that if Sidhu did not wantto do his job, "there is nothingI can do about it".

Since the portfolio reshuf-fle exercise, Sidhu and hiswife Navjot Kaur have beenmaintaining a distance frommedia.

The tension between thetwo had come out in the openin May when Amarinder Singhblamed Sidhu for "inept han-dling" of the Local GovernmentDepartment, claiming that itresulted in "poor performance"

of the Congress in urban areasin the Lok Sabha polls.

former cricketer, however,said his department was being"singled out publicly" andasserted that he could not betaken for granted as he hadbeen a "performer throughout."

He had even approachedRahul Gandhi on June 9 and"apprised him of the situa-tion" besides handing a letter tohim.

During Lok Sabha polls,Amarinder Singh had takenumbrage at Sidhu's "friendlymatch" jibe during election-eering in Bathinda on May 17.

Sidhu had allegedly corneredthe Congress government overthe issue of desecration ofreligious texts, asking why noFIR was lodged against theBadals who ran the previousgovernment in the state.Thishad evoked a sharp reactionfrom Amarinder Singh. Hittingout at Sidhu, he had said, "If hewas a real Congressman, heshould have chosen a bettertime to air his grievances,instead of just ahead of votingin Punjab. He is harming theparty with such irresponsibleactions. It is not his electionbut that of the entireCongress," he had said.

Capt Amarinder had saidthat maybe he was ambitiousand wanted to be the chief min-ister. Last year in Hyderabad,Sidhu had said, "(Congresschief) Rahul Gandhi is mycaptain...Rahul Gandhi is thecaptain of the captain(Amarinder) also."

Capt Amarinder had alsodisapproved of Sidhu huggingthe Pakistan Army chief duringhis visit to the neighbouringcountry.

Sidhu was a former BJPleader who had joined theCongress just ahead of the2017 Punjab assembly polls.

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To assess the damage due toincessant rains in the state,

Revenue Minister GurpreetSingh Kangar on Saturdayissued orders to conduct spe-cial girdawari (damage assess-ment) for the same.

A spokesperson of thePunjab Government statedthat the Revenue Minister hasauthorised DeputyCommissioners concerned toissue orders for the same inareas where rains havewrecked damage. DeputyCommissioners, in case ofany need to tackle situationarising out of flooding, couldapproach FinancialCommissioner for any assis-tance, the spokespersonadded.

The spokesperson saidthat the work to fill the gap inGhagar at Khanouri was on atwar level and would be com-pleted within hours.

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Punjab Government is inthe process of giving teeth

to its women panel by provid-ing it with the assistance forprobing the complaints placedbefore it.

Hitting the headlines atthe national level after gettinga case registered against therenowned rapper Honey Singh,the Punjab State Commissionfor Women is all set to get aseparate investigation wing,which would include a SP orDSP level officers, to probehigh profile and sensitive cases.

For the same, the ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh has also given a go-ahead. “I have met the ChiefMinister last week and we dis-cussed law and order situationin the state. He asked me if I amhaving any problem with any ofthe police officer while dealingwith the cases...He also sug-gested that an SP or DSP levelofficer can be attached with theCommission who would inves-tigate the complaints,” saidCommission chairpersonManisha Gulati adding that aseparate investigation wingwould further strengthen the

panel. Gulati said that sometimes,

there were some complicatedcases where the complainantwas not satisfied with the out-come, or feel that they were notheard, or police acted biasedwith them, “this investigationwing would help in dealingwith such cases”.

The panel head informedthat the officers in the wingwould get the inquiry donewithin a week, and after that,the Commission would furthersend it for further action likeregistering FIR, or any action,to the concerned SSP, or thelocal administration.

The decision came daysafter the Commission intend-ed to have its say in the appoint-ment of senior police officialsin the State. Besides, the womenpanel also wanted that onlythose police officers, sensitiveenough to handle women-relat-ed cases, should be bestowedwith the responsibility.

Gulati had given a slew ofsuggestions to the stateDirector General of Police(DGP) Dinkar Gupta urginghim to give special attention tothe cases related with the

women. During their meeting,she had suggested the DGP toconsult with the Commissionwhile appointing the seniorofficials in the state policedepartment.

She had suggested theDGP to inform theCommission regarding the atti-tude of the officers or employ-ees towards the womenfolk,besides their behaviour towardstheir women employees.

“The exercise would helpthe police department to keepaway the anti-women employ-ees or officers, having irre-sponsible and perverse attitude,from dealing with the women-related matters ensuring justiceto the fair sex and saving themfrom undue harassment,” shehad suggested.

Appointed in 2018, Gulatihas all along been raising thewomen-related issues at everylevel.

Only recently, she had fileda complaint with the statepolice against the rap singerHoney Singh for using vulgarlyrics against women in his lat-est sing ‘Makhna’, followingwhich a case has been regis-tered against him in Mohali.

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Excise and Taxation depart-ment of Himachal Pradesh

collected Rs. 6421.55 crorestowards government ex-che-quer during the financial year2018-19 against the target of Rs.5860.63 crores whereas thedepartment has collected Rs.1159.74 crores up to May, 2019during current fiscal, PrincipalSecretary (E&T) Sanjay Kundusaid in a review meeting inwhich the officers from all thezones and districts participat-ed.

Kundu expressed his satis-faction with the performance ofthe department regardingachieving the revenue targetsand stressed on the need to runspecial campaigns for realiza-tion of arrears due under allheads so that more revenuecould be added to government

ex-chequer. He also directed towork for plugging loopholesand leakages at all levels.

Expressing concern overpending arrears, he directed thedepartment to take fresh lookat the provisions of Excise andToll policy to make it moreeffective and realistic to achieveand secure higher revenue. Heexhorted to make the excisepolicy more tourist friendly byamending the relevant provi-sions and also by securing thegovernment revenue.

He directed that thedepartment should adopt amore proactive approach forrevenue enhancement underGoods & Services Tax Act.The departmental officers inthe field should take moreinterest in tax collection fromthe service sector in co-ordi-nation with various govern-ment departments.

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Himachal Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur on

Saturday said the state gov-ernment is promoting tourismin a big way with specialemphasis on developing basicinfrastructure in virgin touristdestinations.

Speaking during a presen-tation made by CSRD founda-tion here on a comprehensiveplan to develop tourism infra-structure in the state, he saidthe government would imple-ment each tourism project ina phased manner and the focuswould be laid on providing bestinfrastructural facilities to allage group tourists.

Thakur said the govern-ment would develop Chanshalfor skiing, Bir-Billing forparagliding, Pong Dam forwater sports and Janjehli fromeco-tourism point of view onpriority basis.

He directed to explore thepossibilities to developRiwalsar in Mandi districtwhich is visited by the touristsin a large number especiallyHindu, Buddhist and Sikh pil-

grims. He also directed to pre-pare detailed project report fordeveloping Buddhist circuits inthe state.

Thakur said the state gov-ernment has also planned todevelop Shiv Dham in Manditown as an added attraction tothe tourists visiting the area.This is proposed to be devel-oped on Kangnidhar hill topabove Mandi town and con-nected with cable car ropewayfacility which would also be amode of transportation for thelocals. Moreover, the banks ofthe Beas river in the Manditown would also be developedbesides an artificial lake.

He said the project todevelop Mandi town as touristdestination would be fundedby the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) however, till thegovernment receives funds,the work on this project wouldbe started through state fundsin the first phase.

Directors of the CSRDfoundation Hitesh Trivedi, OjasHirani and Bharat Patel, seniorofficers of the tourism depart-ment were present on the occa-sion.

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Seraikela Kharsawan police have arrested four Maoistsinvolved in massacre of five policemen at the Khukru week-

ly haat (Market) under Tiruldih Police Station area on June 14.Acting on a tip off, the police first arrested hard core Maoist

Sunil Tudu, who was a part of Maharaj Pramanik squad fromIchagarh block.

When he was grilled, Tudu confessed that the plot wasplanned by Ramesh alias Anal and included Maharaj Pramanik,Amit Munda, Atul, Tipu alias Tipra, Budhram Mardi, Ramu aliasRamnaresh Lohar, Shriram Manjhi and many members of thesquad. They executed the massacre.

Based on the inputs provided by Sunil Tudu, the police arrest-ed hardcore naxalite Budhram Mardi, Ram alias RamnareshLohar and Shriram Manjhi, who were involved in the crime.Police have recovered banned booklet, two bikes and mobilephones.

While disclosing the entire case, SP Kartik S said that beforethe incident the Maoists had studied activities of the policemendeployed on duty.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Saturday saluted

‘valour’ and ‘courage’ of the sol-diers, who had sacrificed theirlives in the 1999 Kargil War, onbehalf of the ‘grateful’ nation,at a memorial in Drass sector,marking 20th anniversary of‘Operation Vijay’.

“The defence ministerstarted his visit by laying awreath in memory of the gal-lant martyrs of ‘OperationVijay’ at the iconic Kargil WarMemorial, which was followedby observing of one-minutesilence as a mark of respect forthe fallen heroes,” Srinagar-based defence spokesmanColonel Rajesh Kalia said.

Singh later visited the ‘VeerBhoomi’ and the ‘Hut ofRemembrance’, which are locat-ed in the war memorial premis-es at Drass, he said.

The defence minister wasbriefed on ‘Operation Vijay’and the heroic actions of theIndian troops to thwart thenefarious designs of the enemyin the Drass, Kargil and Bataliksectors, the spokesman said.

Singh was accompaniedby Union minister JitendraSingh, chief of Army StaffGeneral Bipin Rawat andGeneral Officer Commandingin chief Northern Command LtGen Ranbir Singh, Kalia said.

On the occasion, RajnathSingh dedicated a ‘Memory Lane’that displays information on afew important battles, he said.

Lieutenant General YKJoshi, General OfficerCommanding Fire & FuryCorps, a veteran of ‘OperationVijay’, briefed the defence min-ister at Lamochan View Point

on various battles that tookplace during the 1999 war.

Ahead of his day long visitto the state, Pakistan violatedceasefire agreement along theline of control in Poonch sec-tor. According to groundreports, Pakistan army target-ed civilian pockets using mor-tar shells in Balnoi, KrishnaGhati, Mankote and Shahpurareas of Poonch. In response,Indian army retaliated effec-tively and strongly. One civilianreceived bullet injuries on hisright hand and was shifted tothe district hospital in Poonch.

During his visit to thestate, Defence Minister alsosent out a stern warning to theKashmiri politicians, whostayed away from the dialoguetable, to decide whether theywant to accept the dialogueoffer or not.

Without naming any oneSingh asserted, “the Kashmir

issue will be resolved and nopower on the earth can stop it”.

Interacting with the mediain Kathua, Defence Ministersaid, “Kashmir ki samasya kahal ho key raheyga, duniya kikoi taqat nahi rook shakti hai(Resolution of Kashmir issue isbound to happen and no poweron earth can stop it).”

“If talks will not be fruitfulthen we know how to tacklethis problem”,he added.

Singh maintained that hehas made repeated appeals asa home minister asking “so-called leaders” for talks toresolve the issue. “Now it is upto them. They have to decidewhat they want to do”.Singhwas commenting to a specificquery whether fresh invita-tion would be extended to thekashmiri leaders to join the dia-logue table.

Referring to his bondingwith the state of Jammu and

Kashmir, Rajnath Singh saidKashmir is in his heart and thegovernment wants it to becomenot only paradise of India buttourist paradise of the world.

He also inaugurated twobridges built by the BorderRoads Organisation at Ujh inKathua and Basantar in Sambadistrict.

The bridge over the Ujhriver in Kathua was construct-ed at a cost of Rs 50 crore. LtGen Harpal Singh, DirectorGeneral Border Roads, MajGen Y P Khanduri, GOC, GurjDivision alongwith many otherArmy & Civil administrationdignitaries attended the inau-guration ceremony. It is thelongest bridge constructed byBRO so far. Both these bridgeshave been constructed under69 Road ConstructionCompany of 13 Border RoadsTask Force under supervisionof Project Sampark.

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Kishtwar police has regis-tered a First Information

Report (FIR) and also identi-fied former PDP MLC, FirdousTak and three others for rais-ing ‘provocative’ slogans duringprotest demonstrations overthe issue of arming villagedefence committee memberswith the state weapons.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Kishtwar, Shakti Pathaktold The Pioneer, “a FIR hasbeen registered in the Kishtwarpolice station and so far fourindividuals including formerPDP MLC, Firdous Tak havebeen identified behind raisingprovocative slogans”.

“Wasil Doolwal,NasirBaghwan and Arshad Giri wereamong those identified by theKishtwar police along withPDP leader”.

According to officialsources, “FIR no 163 U/S153A/120B RPC dated July19,2019 has been registered inthe Kishtwar police station”.

Reacting to the policeaction, PDP leader FirdousTak late Saturday evening post-ed another provocative tweet tovent his ire. “When adminis-tration is more answerable toChadi-dharies and report toNagpur. This is what happenswhen you speak about Sanghiesin Modi’s New India”,Tak tweet-ed.

Another PDP leader AijazAhmad Mir tweeted, “Thereare no words to condemn thisaction of registering FIR againstPDP leader Firdous Tak for

protesting against the plans tocreate more VDCs in Kishtwar.The soul of democracy is dyinga slow death under the presentrule .”

Tak along with his sup-porters had earlier organised aprotest demonstration againstthe decision of the districtauthorities to revamp defunctVillage Defence committeeson Friday.

Labelling VDC membersas ‘Godse brigade’ Tak had evendoled out an open threat to thedistrict authorities by claimingthat to counter armed VDCmembers they will go to theextent of procuring their ownweapons from the market.

He also vent his ire againstthe district authorities for notequipping them with the stateweapons. “Those who havebeen replaced in the revampedVDC’s are not the representa-tives of the Hindu communitybut cadre of RSS”, Tak hadclaimed while leading protestdemonstrations against the dis-trict authorities.

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The Nitish KumarGovernment has had to

eat crow. Having houndedlegally and administratively ayoung recruit IAS officer ofBihar cadre in a false casewherein he was framed by theState’s ‘transport mafia’, theNitish dispensation has finallyrelented. It has agreed to followthe Delhi High Court’s order torestore his salary for the lastthree years, pay a compensa-tion of �5 lakh and give its con-sent to the cadre-changerequest of Dr Jitendra Gupta,the 2013-batch officer whohad to even serve a month injail within days of his first everposting three years ago.

The Delhi-born medicoofficer had attempted to put acurb on the transport mafiawhich enjoyed some ‘authori-tative’ patronage.

Gupta had sought histransfer to Haryana, allegingthreat to his life for actingtough against the transportmafia in Bihar.

The latest developmentcomes almost a fortnight afterthe Delhi High Court on July 2rebuked the Bihar Governmentfor “humiliating, harassing andvictimising” Gupta.

“Required decision on DrGupta’s cadre transfer in thelight of the Delhi High Court’s

order should be taken at thelevel of government of India.The procedures to pay thecompensation and other duesto Dr Gupta are under process,”the Bihar government wrote ina letter to the Department ofPersonnel and Training(DoPT) last week.

Gupta as SDM in Kaimurdistrict was arrested in analleged corruption case andremained in jail for 29 days. Hewas later granted bail. The FIRtoo was quashed twice on theorders of the Patna High Courtand Delhi High Court, wherethe Bihar Government hadmoved challenging his bailplea. In fact, even the SupremeCourt upheld the order of theDelhi High Court.

In its vindictiveness againstGupta, the Bihar government

even challenged the CAT orderbefore the Delhi high courtclaiming that the tribunalfailed to understand themalafide intention of the offi-cer for seeking cadre transferwhich was to avoid a criminalcase. The Delhi High Courtdismissed the State govern-ment’s appeal against the CATorder.

“Both CAT and HighCourt had taken note of this inthe judicial proceedings thatintention of Bihar Governmentto resist cadre transfer is malafide as they want to implicateGupta in a criminal case whichhas been found false andquashed right uptill SupremeCourt of India. CAT had evenexpressed displeasure over this,”said Sourabh Ahuja, the peti-tioner’s advocate in this case.

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The Congress on Saturday alleged that the UttarPradesh Government was trying to protect the

accused in the Sonbhadra clash and instead ofensuring justice Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathwas targeting party general secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra, who met the victims after a day’sdetention and asserted she would be back.

Congress’s chief spokesperson RandeepSurjewala said the chief minister and the rulingBJP were afraid of her, adding, “The reign of AjayBisht (Adityanath) continues to be the most insen-sitive in memory.”

Surjewala accused Adityanath of “lying”that the previous Congress governments wereresponsible for the dispute that triggeredWednesday’s violence in Sonbhadra. Surjewalanarrated various incidents since 2017 to drivehome the point that the Uttar Pradesh govern-ment was trying to protect the accused.

The party alleged that “jungle raj” wasprevalent in the state and the government hadfailed to take action against the guilty. “BJP gov-ernment fails to prevent Sonbhadra Massacre. BJPgovernment fails to act against guilty.BJP gov-ernment illegally arrests Priyanka ji for wantingto meet families,” Surjewala said.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi accusedthe State government of being “dictatoriallyinclined” and said Priyanka’s “imprisonment” atChunar guesthouse is an attempt to trample upondemocracy.

“The imprisonment of Congress general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi, on way to meet the fam-ilies of Sonbhadra massacre victims, in Chunarguest house through the night without water andelectricity by a dictatorially inclined UP gov-ernment is an attempt to trample upon democ-racy,” Rahul Gandhi said in a Facebook post inHindi. Congress will not get scared of such tac-tics and stop fighting for Dalits and tribals, he said.

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The CPI (M) on Saturday con-demned the killings in

Sonbhadra and accused the YogiAdityanath-led BJP government of“protecting” the land mafias.

After a CPI (M) delegation vis-ited Ubbha village on Friday to meetthe families of the victims, theparty said in a statement that the vil-lagers told the six-member delega-tion “horrifying” details of the clash.

Ten people were gunned downand 28 injured in the clash betweensupporters of Ubbah village head-man Yagya Dutt and the tribal vil-lagers on Wednesday.

“The Adivasis have been tillingthe land for the past seven decades butno government gave them land pat-tas which was their right. After theAdityanath government took office,the Adivasis have been threatened bythe local land mafia to stop tilling theland. Even though the Adivasis hadcomplained to the authorities, thegovernment and administrationrefused to act.

“The Adityanath government istrying to put the responsibility onothers but it is during its rule thatthe land mafia led by the pradhanclaimed to have ‘bought’ the landand unleashed terror on the

Adivasis. It is highly condemnablethat the government has not givena single rupee to help the injured andon the contrary some were forciblydischarged from the hospital,” theparty said in the statement.

The party alleged that the BJPgovernment was responsible for“protecting the land mafia anddenying land pattas to the Adivasis”.

“The CPI (M) demands thatland pattas be immediately given to

the Adivasi families who have beentilling the land for over sevendecades. It demands strong actionagainst the administration officials

and the police who connivedwith the criminals and immediatearrest and stringent punishment ofall those involved in the brutalmassacre. It demands immediatecompensation to the families ofthose killed and to the injured,” thestatement said.

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Patients suffering with skincondition known as post-

Kala-Azar dermal leishmania-sis (PKDL) should be detectedat the earliest and treatedpromptly as they can act as areservoir for the parasite thatcauses Kala Azar (KA) orVisceral leishmaniasis (VL), anew study has said.

The observation holdsimportance given that India hasset 2020 as a deadline to rootout KA. But neglecting PKDLmay put the poor people, whoare the most affected, in avicious cycle, as has been indi-cated in the study published the

journal Clinical InfectiousDisease.

Caused by parasite infect-ed sandfly, while KA is poten-tially life threatening, PKDL isa neglected form of KA thatmanifests into skin disease.The PKDL patient suffers nofever, or even itching for thatmatter. Since the problem is byand large cosmetic-beginingwith skin discoloration andlater to nodules in the body, thepatients either remain neglect-ed to their condition or do notfeel need to access the health-care.

However, this is where thethreat lies. PKDL lesions con-tain the same parasite thatcauses KA, said the researchersof the study who had con-ducted xenodiagnosis test, thatis, exposing sandflies to indi-viduals with different stages ofdisease and infection.

In other words, PKDLpatients were allowed them-selves to be bitten by laborato-ry-reared sandflies (which werefree from infection) by plung-ing their hands into a cage for

15 minutes containing maleand female sandflies. The sand-flies were then analysed for theparasites that cause KA.

The results showed thatnearly 60 per cent of the 47PKDL patients in the studypassed on the parasites to sand-flies. This means the insectscould then go on to infectsomeone else, said the studyconducted by the Drugs forNeglected Diseases initiative(DNDi) and the InternationalCentre for Diarrhoeal DiseaseResearch, Bangladesh (ICCDR,B). It aimed to access whetherparasites in the skin of PKDLpatients could be transmitted tothe sandflies that transmit KA.

“This is the largest study ofits type to date. Until now,information on the role ofPKDL was scarce and scatteredacross decades of differentresearch initiatives,” said DrJorge Alvar, senior leishmani-asis advisor at DNDi and co-principal investigator of thestudy. “The results unequivo-cally show that PKDL is of piv-otal importance for maintain-

ing transmission of the diseasein-between epidemics.”

“Because PKDL is not fatalit has largely been ignored bypublic health efforts, and manyscientific questions around itsrole have remained unad-dressed,” said Dr DineshMondal, senior scientist at theICDDR, B and principal inves-tigator of the study. “Whilethese new findings don’tanswer all our questions, theydo show that early treatment ofPKDL patients will be a criti-cal element of any leishmani-asis public health and elimina-tion strategy.”

‘’Great strides have beenmade in the control of KA inSouth Asia, but this studyshows that now we mustengage in active PKDL casedetection and provide prompttreatment as an integral part ofKA control and elimination,”said Dr Suman Rijal, Directorof the DNDi Regional Office inIndia. “PKDL must beaddressed in order to sustainelimination or we risk jeopar-dizing our earlier successes.”

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An attempt by some of theterrorists to set up a unit of

the ISIS in Tamil Nadu hasbeen revealed by the arrest ofa group of youth by theNational Investigating Agency(NIA). Five extremists weretaken into custody by the NIAfrom various places of theState, includingRamanathapuram, Theni ,Coimbatore, Tirunelveli andChennai in a dawn to duskcrack down.

The five persons who weretaken into custocy by the NIAis in continuation of the arrestof 11 youth who were deport-ed from a West Asian country.According to sources in theNIA, the sleuths have comeacross the intention of theseyouth to launch the IS unit inTamil Nadu.

“They were on a mission tocollect money and logistics forthe purpose. We have foundthat all of them have been

indoctrinated by anti-Indiaforces,” said a official of theNIA. The materials seized fromthose whjo were taken into cus-tody include electronic gadgetsincluding laptops, mobilephones, hard disks, nearly 20SIM cards and Islamic litera-ture.

The arrested persons hadconspired to raise funds toprocure arms to eliminateHindu leaders. The NIA hadtaken into custody ten personsin April 2018 and the infor-mation collected from themproved to be crucial. “TamilNadu has become a hotbed ofIslamic terrorism . We have suf-ficient evidence to prove thatthe Thowheed Jamaat in SriLanka (the group responsiblefor the Easter Congregationblasts that led to the death ofmore than 250 Christians) andTamil Nadu are working intandem,” said an intelligenceofficial.

But M Thamimum Ansari,leader of the ManithaneyaJananayaga Katchi, an Islamicoutfit who is also a member ofthe Tamil Nadu LegislativeAssembly has lambasted theNIA and Police for harassingMuslim youth in the State.“The NIA is picking up inno-cent Muslim youth. They aretargeting one community. Thecontinued targeting of theMuslims would lead to manyissues,” warned Ansari.

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The UK has said it is “deeplyconcerned” over Iran's

seizure of a British-flaggedtanker, comprising 18 Indiansin its 23-member crew, in theGulf and warned Tehranagainst choosing a "dangerouspath of illegal and destabilisingbehaviour."

British-flagged tankerStena Impero was seized onFriday by the IranianRevolutionary Guard in theStrait of Hormuz amid freshescalation of tensions in theGulf.

Iran's state-run IRNA newsagency said the tanker wasseized after it collided with afishing boat and failed torespond to calls from the small-er craft.

It said there no reportedinjuries among the crew mem-

bers, which also includes fiveRussians, a Latvian and aFilipino.

UK foreign secretaryJeremy Hunt termed theseizure as "completely unac-ceptable" and stressed that"freedom of navigation must bemaintained".

The incident comes daysafter an Iranian oil super-tanker, Grace 1, was seized offthe Spanish coast earlier thismonth by Iran and four of itsIndian crew members werearrested by the the RoyalGibraltar Police (RGP).

“Our reaction will be con-sidered but robust. We havebeen trying to find a way toresolve Grace 1 issue but WILLensure the safety of our ship-ping,” Hunt said in a statementon Twitter on Saturday.

“Yesterday's action in Gulfshows worrying signs Iran may

be choosing a dangerous pathof illegal and destabilisingbehaviour after Gibraltar'sLEGAL detention of oil boundfor Syria,” he added.

The British-flagged StenaImpero was surrounded byfour vessels and a helicopterbefore heading into Iranian

waters, Hunt said.The Stena Impero's owners

say they have been unable tocontact the ship.

They said that the vesselowners was fully complyingwith regulations and it was ininternational waters when itwas approached.

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US President Donald Trumpon Saturday used a brief

hack into Scotland Yard's newsand Twitter service to reopenhis feud with London MayorSadiq Khan, blaming him forthe breach.

A series of bizarre messagesfrom the official news websiteand Twitter were sent out tomore than a million followersof the Metropolitan Policeaccounts overnight on Friday.

"With the incompetentMayor of London, you willnever have safe streets," Trumpsaid, alongside a retweet of aTwitter message related to thehack.

The US president andKhan have repeatedly clashedin the past, exchanging Twitterbarbs against each other.

The Met Police clarified ina statement that there hadbeen no hack of the MetPolice's own IT infrastructurebut that the breach was linkedwith a third-party news serviceit uses.

“We are assessing to estab-lish what criminal offenceshave been committed,” theforce said in a statement.

It adds: “The Met PolicePress Bureau uses an onlineprovider called MyNewsDeskto issue news releases andother content. When a story ispublished via MyNewsDesk, itappears on the Met's websiteand Twitter accounts and gen-erates an email to those who'vesubscribed to receive our newsupdates.

"On Friday (July 19), unau-thorised messages appearedon the news section of our web-site as well as on the @metpo-liceuk Twitter feed and inemails sent to subscribers.”

The Met police said it hasbegun making changes to itsaccess arrangements toMyNewsDesk.

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Apowerful council in Iransaid Saturday the country's

seizure of a British oil tanker inthe strategic Strait of Hormuzwas in response to Britain's rolein impounding an Iraniansupertanker two weeks earlier.

Spokesman of Iran'sGuardian Council, Abbas AliKadkhodaei, was quoted inthe semi-official Fars newsagency saying "the rule of rec-iprocal action is well-known ininternational law" and thatIran's moves to "confront theillegitimate economic war and

seizure of oil tankers is aninstance of this rule and isbased on international rights."

The council rarely com-ments on state matters, butwhen it does it is seen as areflection of the supreme leaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei'sviews. That's because the coun-cil works closely withKhamenei, who has final say onall state matters.

The free flow of trafficthrough the Strait of Hormuzis of international importancebecause one-fifth of all globalcrude exports passes throughthe waterway from Mideast

exporters to countries aroundthe world. The British-flaggedStena Impero was seized byIran on Friday evening with acrew of 23 crew aboard. Noneare British nationals. Maritimetrackers show it was headed toa port in Saudi Arabia.

Two weeks earlier, Britain'sRoyal Marines took part in theseizure of an Iranian oil tankercarrying more than 2 millionbarrels of Iranian crude byGibraltar, a British overseas ter-ritory off the southern coast ofSpain. Officials there initiallysaid the July 4 seizure happenedon orders from the US.

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Iran's seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait

of Hormuz has further height-ened tensions in the Gulfregion after the US militaryclaimed it had downed anIranian drone.

Britain's allies have calledfor the release of the vessel,warning of the danger of esca-lation.

US President DonaldTrump said he would holdtalks with Britain about thetanker's seizure by Iran'sRevolutionary Guards.

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Police in Hong Kong raideda homemade-explosives

manufacturing lab ahead ofanother weekend of protests inthe semi-autonomous Chineseterritory.

Banners voicing opposi-tion to an extradition bill thathas sparked more than a monthof demonstrations were foundat the lab, according to HongKong media reports. Policesaid the investigation was con-tinuing and that they had notfound concrete evidence link-ing the explosives-making to amajor protest march plannedfor Sunday.

Police said they foundabout 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds)of TATP, or tri-acetone tri-per-oxide, in the late Friday nightraid.

Alick McWhirter, a seniorbomb disposal officer, said thehomemade explosive is veryunstable and extremely pow-erful. One kilogram was deto-nated Saturday morning. Publicbroadcaster RTHK said a 27-year-old man was arrested.Police said more arrests mayfollow.

Police have erected hugebarricades near governmentheadquarters in preparationfor Sunday's march. Earlierprotests have often ended withpolice clashing with groups ofprotesters who try to occupy streets or refuse to dis-perse after the demonstrationis over.

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Hong Kong actor SimonYam was stabbed in the

stomach while appearing onstage for a promotional eventin southern China on Saturday.

A man ran onto the stageand stabbed and slashed theveteran actor, video broadcaston local media showed.

"We are extremely shockedby this incident," Yam's man-agement company saidSaturday evening in a statementreleased on the Twitter-likeWeibo platform.

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Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan on Saturday

left for his maiden trip to theUS to have face-to-face talkswith President Donald Trumpand reboot bilateral relationsthat were hit after he publiclycriticised Islamabad, cancelledmilitary aid and asked it to domore to fight terrorism.

Prime Minister Khan's visitcomes at a time when talksbetween the US and AfghanTaliban are thought to haveentered a decisive phase.

Relations between Pakistanand the US have remainedtense during Trump's tenure.The US president has publiclysaid that Pakistan has given us"nothing but lies and deceit"and also suspended securityand other assistance for back-ing terror groups.

Prime Minister Khan, whois undertaking the three-daytrip to the US on the invitationof Trump, will be accompaniedby army chief Gen. QamarJaved Bajwa and ISI chief Lt.Gen. Faiz Hameed.

He would visit the White

House on Monday for detailedtalks with Trump and wouldalso meet House SpeakerNancy Pelosi before returningon July 23.

Diplomatic sources saidthat issues like the Afghanpeace process, Pakistan gov-ernment's action against ter-rorism and terror financing andrestoration of military aid toPakistan would be the high-lights of the trip.

Prime Minister Khan isexpected to brief PresidentTrump about the steps he hastaken to normalise relationswith India, especially after thePulwama terror attack inKashmir and the Indo-Pakmilitary standoff following theBalakot air strikes, they said.

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German Chancellor AngelaMerkel has urged

Europeans to confront pop-ulism, nationalism, racism andanti-Semitism as she paid trib-ute to the Nazi resistance in herown country. SpeakingSaturday at a solemn ceremo-ny marking the anniversary ofthe failed attempt to kill Nazidictator Adolf Hitler, Merkelsaid the courage and sacrificeof the conspirator should serveas an example to people today.

"They put humanity overtheir own human lives," she toldthe crowd at the site where plotleader Colonel Claus vonStauffenberg and others wereexecuted. Von Stauffenberg triedto kill Hitler with a briefcasebomb on July 20, 1944, duringa meeting at his headquarters inwhat was then East Prussia.Hitler escaped the full force ofthe blast when someone movedthe briefcase next to a table leg,deflecting much of the explosiveforce. The plot crumbled whennews spread that Hitler had sur-vived. Von Stauffenberg andhis fellow plotters were execut-ed within hours.

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Beijing: China has said it val-ues India's concerns on thebilateral trade imbalance andis willing to discuss newapproaches to address the issueand asked New Delhi to joinBeijing in its fight against"unilateralism and protection-ism" amidst a bruising tradewar with the US.

India for long has beenpressing China to open itspharmaceutical market forIndian pharma exports toaddress the yawning tradedeficit which last year accord-ing to Chinese figures, crossed$57 billion in a $95.5 billiontrade.

China's new Ambassadorto India Sun Weidong said,"China highly values India'sconcerns on trade imbalance.But I have to point out that wehave never deliberately pur-sued a trade surplus againstIndia."

China for its part, Sun saidhas taken measures to increaseimport of rice and sugar andaccelerated the process ofreview and approvals of Indianpharmaceuticals and agricul-tural goods.

He said latest figures showthat China's imports of Indiangoods grew by 15 per cent andmore Indian goods have foundtheir way to the Chinese mar-ket.

India's export of agricul-tural goods to China last year

actually doubled, he said. "According to the statistics

in the first half this year, India'strade deficit against China isdown by five per cent. So I amconvinced that with the con-certed efforts the issue of tradeimbalance between India andChina will be graduallyaddressed," he said.

"China and India have var-ious channels for dialogue totalk about issues like tradeimbalance. We are willing todiscuss and find newapproaches to address the tradeimbalances with our Indianfriends," he said.

"According to the statisticsin the first half this year, India'strade deficit against China isdown by five per cent. So I amconvinced that the with theconcerted efforts the issue oftrade imbalance between Indiaand China will be graduallyaddressed," he said.

Sun also asked India to

join China in the fight againstunilateralism and protection-ism, a reference to USPresident Donald Trump's pol-icy using tariffs as a weapon toassert his America first policy.

Trump kicked off a tradewar with China last year byslapping 25 per cent duties onmore than $250 billion ofChinese imports, demandingBeijing to reduce massive tradedeficit which climbed to over$539 billion.

He is also insisting onChina to workout verifiablemeasures for the protection ofintellectual property rights(IPR), technology transfer andmore access to US goods toChinese markets.

Both the countries haveimposed additional tariffs onbillions of dollars' worth oftheir exports to each other.

There has been a tradefriction between India and theUS on several issue. PTI

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New Delhi: Despite bankingrestrictions put in place by theReserve Bank of India, thecountry has not put any blan-ket ban on trading in cryp-tocurrencies yet, theGovernment has clarified.

Responding to questions inthe Rajya Sabha on whether theGovernment has prohibitedcryptocurrency in the country,Minister of State for Financeand Corporate Affairs AnuragThakur this week said theanswer was no.

"Presently, there is no sep-arate law for dealing with issuesrelating to cryptocurrencies.Hence, all concerned depart-ments and law enforcementagencies, such as RBI,Enforcement Directorate andIncome Tax authorities, etc.take action as per the relevantexisting laws," the Minister said.

"Similarly, police/courtstake action on IPC (IndianPenal Code) offences. Further,in view of the risks and dangersassociated with cryptocurren-cies, (the) government andRBI have been issuing advi-sories, press releases and cir-culars to the public," he added.

Earlier the Reserve Bank ofIndia issued a circular banningregulated entities from pro-viding services to crypto busi-nesses. The ban went intoeffect on July 6 last year,Bitcoin.com reported onFriday.

But a draft bill for banningcryptocurrency has been inthe works for some time withEconomic Affairs SecretarySubhash Chandra Garg leadingthe exercise.

According to the draft"Banning of Cryptocurrencyand Regulation of OfficialDigital Currency Bill 2019",holding, selling or dealing incryptocurrencies such asBitcoin could soon land you injail for 10 years.

The draft has proposed a10-year prison sentence forpersons who "mine, generate,hold, sell, transfer, dispose,issue or deal in cryptocurren-cies.

Besides making it com-pletely illegal, the bill makesholding of cryptos a non-bail-able offence.

A cryptocurrency is a dig-ital or virtual currency that usescryptography for security andis generally based onBlockchain technology, a dis-tributed ledger enforced by adisparate network of comput-ers. Bitcoin is the most popu-lar cryptocurrency in theworld. PTI

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IndiGo said on Saturday it willseek shareholders' approval atthe upcoming annual generalmeeting for expanding its boardso that an independent womandirector can be inducted.

In a letter to markets reg-ulator Sebi on July 8, RakeshGangwal, one of the twoIndiGo promoters, had point-ed out the airline's non-com-pliance with Sebi regulations innot bringing onboard an inde-pendent woman director sinceMay last year.

As per Sebi regulations, alllisted companies should have atleast one woman director ontheir respective boards.

"The Board has decided toseek the approval of the share-holders at the upcoming AGMfor expanding the Board toenable the induction of anindependent woman director,"IndiGo said in a statementafter a two-day board meeting

that ended on Saturday.The board's size will be

expanded to 12 directors fromthe current six once the share-holders' approval is obtained atthe upcoming AGM.

In the expanded board,IndiGo's other co-promoterRahul Bhatia will have theright to nominate six directorswhile Gangwal will have theright to nominate two direc-

tors. Remaining four directorswill be independent.

The two-day board meet-ing came against the back-drop of an ongoing spatbetween the two promotersover alleged corporate gover-nance lapses.

Fuelled by higher passen-ger revenues, the airline's par-ent company InterGlobeAviation Friday posted its high-est-ever quarterly profit of Rs1,203.14 crore for the threemonths ended June and assert-ed that co-promoters are on thesame page on growth strategy.

The company told BSE onSaturday that as on June 30 thisyear, Bhatia's family and hiscompany InterglobeEnterprises Limited owns 38.23per cent of InterGlobe Aviation.

Gangwal and his familyown 36.65 per cent of theInterGlobe Aviation as on June30, IndiGo told BSE onSaturday. PTI

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New Delhi: A forensic audit ofcredit ratings obtained by crisis-hit Infrastructure Leasing andFinancial Services(IL&FS) groupentities under theerstwhile man-agement has flagged widespreadirregularities, including induce-ments to get favourable ratings

despite adverse financial situa-tion.

Citing an interim report ofthe special auditconducted byGrant Thorntonon a mandate

from the Government-appoint-ed new board, sources said theformer top management per-

sonnel at IL&FS and its groupfirms extended favours andgifts to the top executives ofrating agencies and their fam-ilies and also suggestedchanges in the rating reportsbefore they were made public.

While the continuingprobe has already led to CEOsof two rating agencies havingbeen sent on leave by theirrespective boards, fresh detailshave emerged about suspect-ed attempts by the former topmanagement personnel ofIL&FS Group to influence therating agencies and their topofficers for high credit ratingsand also to thwart any nega-tive ratings. The new board ofIL&FS, which was appointedin October last year after mas-sive defaults by the group

post its debt burden ballooningto over �90,000 crore and sus-pected wrong-doings by theformer top management, hadmandated Grant Thornton tocarry out a a special audit for allhigh-value transactions under-taken by IL&FS Ltd and someof its group companies for theperiod between April 2013 andSeptember 2018. PTI

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New Delhi: Finding itself at thecentre of the IL&FS controver-sy, India Ratings on Saturdaysaid its investigation into therole of a senior director at par-ent firm Fitch's Singapore officefound him in violation of thecompany's code of conduct andhe is no longer an employee.

The rating agency alsodefended its rating process,saying its ratings for IL&FSgroup entities followed a robustand transparent analysis of rel-evant information includingthe company's audited financial

statements and sought to shiftthe blame to falsification andsprucing up of the financials bythe former top management ofthe group.

It rejected the observa-tions made in a special audit byGrant Thornton of the ratingsgiven by five credit rating agen-cies, including India Ratings, tosome IL&FS entities, in whichit has been alleged that theagencies continued to give topratings despite being awareabout weak financials of thegroup. PTI

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Ambani has kept salary,perquisites, allowances andcommission together at �15crore since 2008-09, forgoingover �24 crore per annum.

This is at a time whenremunerations of all whole-time directors of the compa-ny, including cousins Nikhiland Hital Meswani, saw ahandsome increase in the fis-cal year ended March 31,2019.

"Compensation of ShriMukesh D Ambani, Chairmanand Managing Director, hasbeen set at �15 crore, reflectinghis desire to continue to set apersonal example for modera-tion in managerial compensa-tion levels," RIL said in its lat-est annual report. PTI

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Former India captain MahendraSingh Dhoni on Saturday madehimself “unavailable” for the

tour of West Indies but ruled outimmediate retirement a day before theselectors meet in Mumbai to pick thesquads for the upcoming away series.

Amid mounting speculationaround his international retirementafter India’s semi-final exit from therecent World Cup, Dhoni has told theBCCI that he will take a two-monthsabbatical from the game to serve hisparamilitary regiment.

Dhoni is an Honorary LieutenantColonel in the Parachute Regiment ofthe Territorial Army,

“We would like to clarify threethings. MS Dhoni is not retiringfrom cricket right now. He is takinga two month sabbatical to serve hisparamilitary regiment which he hadcommitted much earlier. We have nowintimated his decision to skipperVirat Kohli and chairman of selectorsMSK Prasad,” a senior BCCI officialsaid on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Dhoni’s refusal totake retirement now leaves the ball inthe court of the selectors, who wereexpected to drop him from the squadfor the West Indies. India will playthree T20 Internationals, as manyODIs and two Tests in the tour start-ing August 3.

It is believed that the selectioncommittee chaired by MSK Prasadwants to move forward with an eye onfuture but they would also like to geta sense of where the Indian captainstands on this issue.

“The selection committee hasalways been clear on one issue. Theyhave no right to tell anyone irrespec-tive of their stature as to when theyshould call it quits but when it comesto team selection, it remains theirdomain,” a senior BCCI official said.

With Dhoni pulling out of thetour, Rishabh Pant is expected to befirst wicketkeeper in all three formats

while Wriddhiman Saha will be Pant’sunderstudy in the Tests.

From now, the focus will be moreon T20 cricket keeping the World T20in mind, which is scheduled to be heldin Australia next year.

India will be playing a lot of bilat-

eral three-match T20 series in run-upto the global meet and with Dhoniexpected to play one more season ofIPL with Chennai Super Kings, thingsare a bit tricky at the moment. Thereare a few questions that the selectorsneed to answer.

Whether they see Dhoni play-ing till World T20? If the answer isyes, are they willing to give him 15to 18 T20s during the phase as akeeper-batsman?

If that answer is also yes, itwould boil down to whether skip-per Virat Kohli sees him as a bats-man in T20s where keeping isn’t theprimary skill required.

With Dhoni’s ever-declininghitting abilities, can he come in atNos 6 or 7 where he might, at best,get 6 to 8 balls in most games andeven less in some?

If that answer is also yes, thenext question that would crop up isif he can hit the likes of Jofra Archer,Jason Behrendorff or MohammedAmir straightaway in the slog overs.

There is a case about Dhoni’sstellar success in death overs at theIPL. He always gets one weakIndian bowler — say a MohammedSiraj, Harshal Patel or DhawalKulkarni or Sandeep Sharma fromwhom he scores those 15 to 20-runovers.

But would that be possibleagainst a Lockie Ferguson or a PatCummins?

The current selection commit-tee’s term ends in October when

the BCCI elections arescheduled and they

would like to puta transitionphase inplace in con-

sonance withwhat the captain

and the coach want.However, once the board mem-

bers take over after the electionsand if Dhoni decides to stick with

his decision of not retiring, therecould be some twists and turns in thecoming months.

Till then, all roads lead to theBCCI headquarters on Sunday wherePrasad will address the most definingpress conference of his eventfultenure.

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Three-time championJohn Isner rallied to beat

Australian Matthew Ebden4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach thesemi-finals of the ATP grasscourt tournament inNewport, Rhode Island.

Isner, the top seed play-ing on a wild card invitationas he continues his returnfrom a foot injury, on Fridaybooked a final-four show-down with fourth-seededFrenchman Ugo Humbert, a7-5, 3-6, 6-2 winner over IlyaIvashka of Belarus.

Humbert, 20, is comingoff his best performance ina Grand Slam, a run to thefourth round at Wimbledon.He cracked the top 50 in theworld rankings this week at

No 48.Isner, 34,

was sidelinedthree monthsafter suffering astress fracture inhis left foot inhis loss to Roger

Federer in the final at Miamiin March.

He missed the FrenchOpen and fell in the secondround at Wimbledon.

Isner belted 24 aces toovercome Ebden in arematch of the 2017Newport final won by theAmerican.

Isner took his recordover Ebden to 5-1 as he viesto get his season back ontrack at Newport — wherehe also won in 2011 and2012 — and next week inAtlanta, where he is a five-time champion.

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Alexander Bublik ofKazakhstan also reached thesemi-finals downingAmerican Tennys Sandgren0-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Bublik, who lost 10 ofthe last 12 points in the firstset but dropped just fivepoints in the third, will faceSpain’s Marcel Granollers,who completed a rain-dis-rupted 6-3, 6-0 victory overGermany’s Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-0.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is stillfit to continue and if the

Indian team wants the best out ofhim, the selectors should think ofmanaging his workload properly,feels the former India captain'schildhood coach Keshav Banerjee.

The mystery surroundingDhoni’s future was put to rest tem-porarily after he decided to takea two-month break and serve hisarmy regiment after a gruellingIndia Premier League season andthe 2019 World Cup.

“Dhoni still has cricket left inhim. I know that. He is still fitenough to play internationalcricket,” Banerjee said.

“I feel they (selectors) shouldtalk to Dhoni and make thingsclear,” Banerjee said. “I knowDhoni very well since he was aboy. Not even his best friendwould know when he will retire.So I really have no idea. But helooks fit as ever and is enjoying hisgame. To me, he had a goodWorld Cup and looked sharp.”

Asked about youngsters likeRishabh Pant waiting in the wings,and whether Dhoni should makeway for them, Banerjee opined:“He (Pant) needs guidance andwho better than Dhoni to guidehim. It is my personal opinion. Idon’t know what BCCI will do.But if you ask me, they shouldmanage Dhoni well from here onif they want him in the T20World Cup as well. Dhoni doesnot need to play every series.That’s how Rishabh Pant can alsofit in.”

The T20 World Cup is slatedto take place in Australia nextyear.

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Former Australian captain SteveSmith and Ashes aspirant

Matthew Wade will be facing lead-ing pacers Mitchell Starc and PatCummins in an internal trial atSouthampton that will decideAustralia’s squad for the upcomingtour of England. David Warner andCameron Bancroft will also be partof the practice match, albeit in thesame squad as Starc and Cummins.

According to ESPNCricinfo,teams coached by Brad Haddin andGraeme Hick were named on Fridayevening with Travis Head and Testcaptain Tim Paine leading the twosides. Head will have Starc,Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, PeterSiddle and David Warner in his sidewhile Paine’s side will include Smith,Wade, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinsonand Cameron Bancroft.

“I think it’ll definitely get theadrenaline up like in a Test match,”Cummins was quoted as saying. “Itdoesn’t happen too often — you’ll seeour egos be put to the test, we’ll begoing at each other I think. Maybe(played Smith before) in a T20, butnot that I can remember.

“I think personally from mypoint of view it’s about trying to getmyself 100 per cent ready for a Testmatch. I haven’t played a first-classgame in a few months so it’s going tobe trying to bowl long spells, get the

ball swinging, try and think of waysto get batsmen out. These guys arereally good players just like theEnglish Test side. There’s no reallyobvious flaw so you’ve got to try towork a batsman out. It’s going to bea good hit-out, everyone is in good

form.”Haddin XII: David Warner, MarcusHarris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head(c), Marnus Labuschagne, WillPucovski, Alex Carey (wk), PatCummins, Mitchell Starc, PeterSiddle, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland

Hick XII: Joe Burns, CameronBancroft, Steve Smith, PeterHandscomb, Matthew Wade,Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c),Michael Neser, James Pattinson,Jackson Bird, Chris Tremain, NathanLyon

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Axar Patel’s reargaurd hero-ics went in vain as India A

suffered a narrow five-run lossagainst West Indies A in thefourth unofficial ODI of thefive-match series here.

With the series already inpocket after winning the firstthree games, India A tastedtheir first defeat in the tour onFriday despite Axar’s (81 notout of 63 balls) valiant effortwith the bat while chasing 299runs.

Chasing the home team’s298 for nine, India A’s top-orderfailed to put up big scoresdespite getting starts and at onestage were struggling at 160 forsix.

Then came in Axar and inthe company of WashingtonSundar raised 60 runs for theseventh wicket to keep India Ain the hunt.

Axar marshalled the tailbeautifully but Khaleel Ahmedand Navdeep Saini fell in aspace of three balls towards theclose as West Indies’ registered

their first win in the series.India A needed nine runs of thelast over but could only man-age three to finished on 293 fornine.

Axar hit eight boundariesand one six during his fieryknock.

Sundar (45), KrunalPandya (45), skipper ManishPandey (24), Ruturaj Gaikwad(20) and Hanuma Vihari (20)all got starts but couldn’t pro-long their stay.

Rovman Powell (2/47) andKeemo Paul (2/61) shared fourwickets between them for WestIndies A.

Earlier, West Indies A rodeon Roston Chase (84), DevonThomas (70), Jonathan Carter(50) and skipper Sunil Ambris’(46) fine efforts with the bat topost 298 for nine after beingsent into bat.

Left-arm pacer Khaleelcontinued his fine form, return-ing with figures of 4 for 67 whileAvesh Khan picked up 3 for 62.

The fifth and final one-dayer will be played at thesame venue on Sunday.

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The custodian of cricketlaws, Marylebone Cricket

Club (MCC) is likely toreview the overthrow rules inthe aftermath of the contro-versy that rocked the just-concluded World Cup finalbetween New Zealand andEngland, a newspaper reportsaid.

According to a report in‘The Sunday Times’, “There isa feeling at MCC that over-throws are worth looking atwhen it next reviews thelaws of the game, which is theresponsibility of theMCC Laws sub-committee.”

The overthrowrules drew MCC’sattention after NewZealand were left torue a fortuitous, last-over overthrow thatwent for four after getting adeflection of Ben Stokes’ batto help England take thematch into Super Over andeventually lift the trophy viaboundary count.

Chasing New Zealand’s241 for 8, England needednine runs from the final

three balls when a throw byMartin Guptill deflected offdiving Stokes’ bat for a

boundary.O n - f i e l d

umpires KumarDharmasena andMarias Erasmusawarded Englandawarded six runsin total, two by thebatsmen and four

for the overthrow.But former ICC Elite

Panel umpire Simon Taufelsaid as per the rules, theumpires should have award-ed England five runs insteadof six as the batsmen didn’tcross when Guptil releasedthe ball from deep.

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Eoin Morgan says he has not yet decidedwhether to remain as England’s white-

ball skipper following their dramatic WorldCup win against New Zealand.

Morgan, 32, told BBC Sport it would bea “big commitment” to continue until the2023 World Cup, with next year’s T20 WorldCup a “more realistic” target.

“I don’t think I’m in a good state to makea decision at the moment, just simply thatI haven’t had a chance to get away from themadness and the craze of winning the WorldCup,” said Morgan. “I’ve not been able to getinto a logical mindset and actually ask myselfa couple of questions.

“It’s taken a huge amount out of me, bothmentally and physically, so once everythingcalms down over the next couple of monthsI’ll hopefully come to a decision that at theforefront of it will be my family and the team.

Under Morgan’s leadership Pomsclimbed to the top of the international rank-ings and also reached the final of the WorldTwenty20 in 2016 after they suffered ahumiliating group-stage exit at the 2015World Cup just weeks after Morgan wasappointed as the 50-over captain.

Head coach Trevor Bayliss, anotherarchitect of England’s success, will leave hisposition after the upcoming Ashes cam-paign.

Asked if England’s World Cup tri-umph, and the remarkable circumstances inwhich they won it, had sunk in yet, Morgansaid: “No, I think it will take time. The mad-ness has been taken to a new level every-where I go.”

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Still going strong at age of46, veteran Leander Paes

reached the semifinals of theATP Hall of Fame Open withpartner Marcus Daniell, edg-ing out Matthew Ebden andRobert Lindstedt here.

The third seeded Indo-Kiwi combination prevailed6-4, 5-7, 14-12 over theAustralian-Swede team in thequarterfinals after savingthree match points.

Paes, who made his Hallof Fame Open debut wayback in 1995, is now the old-est ATP Tour semi-finalistsince John McEnroe (47) at2006 San Jose.

“These are the nights thatI live for. The hard work,playing when you have fever,being in the gym when youdon’t really want to be there.Most people see us travellingto lovely places and being onshow courts, but the hardyards are what allow me tostill compete at this level,”said Paes.

The winner of 18 Grand

Slam titles asserted that hestill has a lot in his tank.

“The experience is stillthere, the legs are still there,the knowledge and strokesare there. It’s about findingthe right doubles partnersand I’ll have success. Being astudent of life and the game,I used to try to learn from the

older players. Now, I try tolearn from the younger ones,”he told ATP website.

It is fourth time this sea-son that Paes has reached thesemifinals on the ATP WorldTour, reaching the same stageat Lyon (May), Marrakech(April) and Montpellier(February) in the first half of

the season.“I have to work three

times as hard now as I did 10or 15 years ago. That’s justage, but I love the work.When I was younger, I’dwaste a lot of energy practis-ing for five or six hours a day.

“My training is very spe-cif ic now, focusing onimproving specific areas ofmy game, focusing on my dietand recovery. The knowl-edge we have nowadays intennis on fitness, health andrecovery is why the marginsof winning and losing are soslim.”

With 766 tour wins, Paesis sixth on the all-time dou-bles matchw i n n e r s ’list. He isjust one ofsix playersto pick up750 tour-level dou-bles match wins, which heachieved in April 2018.

Next up for Paes andDaniell are Marcel Granollersand Sergiy Stakhovsky.

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India is close to its cherished destina-tion, the World Cup final. It hasbeen an arduous journey, a fortu-itous one too, given the demise ofcricketing standards of some of its

opponents. Tasked with a chase to scaleonly an average total for a one-day inter-national match, its hopes are high. But thedream comes crashing down with a flurryof wickets. At that moment, hope showsup in the form of a man, who has provedhis mettle from time to time. Famouslyknown for his cool temperament,Mahendra Singh Dhoni steps onto thefield. The dying hope is revived to its pre-pubescent stage and the belief in victory isfurther fortified on seeing his conviction,in the form of batting.

He starts slow, as all previous bats-men did, since that’s what the pitch per-mitted them to do. He ensures he is defen-sive, is keeping the gap between the ballsand the chase narrow and is providingsupport and confidence to RavindraJadeja, his dominant partner at the otherend. The match is coming to a close, thetwo batsmen having kept the aforemen-tioned gap almost the same. It will be aperfect ending to a fantastic cricketingcareer. Last few balls remain, Dhoni playsand goes for a single, seeks a second toretain strike. Martin Guptill appears outof nowhere, picks the ball and makes anattempt at the stumps. Serendipity toowas running right behind Guptill. Thestumps shake and Indian hearts break.Technology is summoned and very soonthe umpire makes his decision. Dhoni isout. Everyone is put out of their respectivemisery.

Dhoni did what he was supposed toand did it well. He gave it all. His

final World Cup match and his score tooremain complete, exactly at 50.

In hindsight, to think of the match, itis obviously saddening to recall the loss.And the irony in this episode gets unwit-tingly highlighted, that one of the bestrunners between the wickets, gets run-out in his final innings. It also evokes thememory of how Javed Miandad, thePakistani giant known for his battingstyle and running between the wickets,was also dismissed by a run-out in hislast innings on the pitch.

The one thing this match did wasthat it has put Dhoni back into the lime-light. Not that he was given any lessimportance by the media and his fansbefore, but the last game has put hischaracter into a better perspective. TheDhoni we had come to admire was rul-ing the stage once again. “Dhoni, Dhoni”the chants reverberated. It was like thegood old times when the long-hairedDhoni tore the opponents apart with anauthority rarely witnessed in Indiancricket.

Did Dhoni fall short of his bench-mark? The fans did not think so. Therewas massive support for Mahi, the manwho helped Indian cricket gain respectfrom the time he led the team. The clam-our in the media for his retirement isbaffling indeed. Former players, without

exception, have backed the idea thatDhoni should be extended the privilegeof choosing the time and place of hisretirement. He is a colossus who hasearned his reputation with some mind-blowing performances. The most notablebeing the decision to promote himself inthe batting order to win the 2011 WorldCup final. The image of Dhoni smashingNuwan Kulasekara for a six is etched ingold.

Hailing from a small town, Dhoniserves as a living embodiment of resolve.Ranchi, epitomising the saying ‘humblebackground’, did not have many facilitiesto help youngsters realise their dream ofbecoming a cricketer, let alone rise to bethe captain of the national team. But it isthis same town that will go on to beknown famously as the birth place of thisprominent cricket personality, who tra-versed miles to attain his goals.

Initially having started with bad-minton and then moving onto football,Dhoni finally settled for cricket. Theadeptness and swiftness that we see inDhoni behind the stumps, first incarnat-ed while he was goalkeeping in football.His then football coach felt his goalkeep-ing skills would be better recognised ifhe put on the gloves of a wicket-keeper.This was the very beginning of the life ofan icon.

His hard work and dedication arewhat embellish his character. His strug-gle to avail all the opportunities that hereceived just made him more tenacious.He didn’t enjoy the advantages of playingin a big city but was persistent to provehis worth versus those who had moneyto enjoy better facilities. This was neverwith a bitter heart, but this attitudefuelled his ambition and momentum tomove ahead. He was known to run aftercoaches and coax them into giving himchances to play matches. A number ofthem didn’t pay him attention that time,but later tried to hoard limelight uponhis success. But that does not mean hedidn’t receive support at different stagesof his career. In fact, there are peoplewho have proven to be instrumental inconferring support at critical momentsin his life.

When Dhoni was only 15, lack ofquality equipment came in the way of hisgrowth and ability to exhibit his hiddentalent. This was the time when one of hisgood friends Paramjit Singh, with whomDhoni enjoyed gully cricket, went out ofthe way to ensure that the absence of abat or pads, need not be the reason forhis friend’s disappointment. Paramjithappened to be the owner of a smallsports equipment shop. He was almostthe same age as Dhoni, only slightlyolder. Singh aimed high with the inten-tion of seeing Dhoni succeed andreached out to the famous bat makingcompany, BAS. Abject frustration at fail-ures combined with persistent efforteventually resulted in the company offer-ing entire kit to Dhoni for free. His talentand inevitable success had been felt. Ofcourse, Paramjit had to pay a small cost,the courier charges and lifelong memo-

ries ofunconditional

support of a dearfriend. Dhoni’s gratitude

to BAS could be seen at the 2019World Cup when he honoured theirsupport by displaying the compa-ny’s sticker on the bat.

Another example of the pushthat Dhoni received is of DevalSahay. He was the ex-Bihar CricketAssociation vice-president and theRanchi District Cricket presidentat that time and it were his effortsthat helped Dhoni reach the bigstage of Ranchi team, junior Biharcricket team and eventually theBihar Ranji Team. All of this hap-pened within a span of a year sinceDhoni had started playing profes-sional Cricket.

To shed more light upon Dhoni’srigorous toil, he was employed withthe Indian Railways and used to workas a ticket examiner in one of theshifts — to see through the work,cook food for himself and then createtime for practice was his taxing rou-tine. His commendable fitness at theage 38 that we acknowledge todaycombined with his quick thinkingbehind the stumps, has a history. Hewas known to practice for almostseven hours in a day. The bolt likemovement when stumping has had astunning effect on the best of batsmenaround the world.

His hard work also made him thecompetitive sportsman that he is, orperhaps it was always there. It justneeded the spark to be let loose.Whatever sport Dhoni made himself apart of, and those that became a part ofhim, always saw him giving his complete.He is performance driven and just wants towin, and often wins too. This also shows inhis big hits. People who saw him in his initialdays, only knew him as a big hitter. He wouldbe invited for dinners and lunches to honourhis battering shots. It would have been hard tosay if time made him the “finisher” that he is orif he always intended to be one. But he soonlearned to set his instincts and the urge to win inan equilibrium. He developed the art of “stay andplay” and developed the art of shocking his oppo-nent with an occasional hit.

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Life for mankind has never been easy. But the presenttimes are certainly more challenging. Not because ofenvironmental demands only. It is the human aspi-

rations to reach the sky that makes the feet leave the ground.With the mind going wayward, peace eludes humanity asit chases a mirage, thus facing unbearable stress in theprocess. Stress, thus, is a concomitant of modern life. Moreappropriately lifestyle. The type A and Type B personal-ity hypothesis which categorises people into these two class-es (the former making people impatient and stress prone,while the latter less ambitious and calm), has nowbecome redundant. The very temperament of the societyhas changed and there are only the Type A people today— ambitious, edgy and always running short of time. Giventhis lifestyle, it is only natural that stress has come to impacthuman life in a big way. Interestingly, most people are notaware of it and by the time they realise what is wrong, itis already late. While the World Health Organisation hastermed “Burnout” as an outcome of excessive workplacestress, the fact is that “Burnout” like symptoms can be foundin persons having nothing to do with the conventionalworkplace. From housewives to students to even those whohave long left the workplace after a reasonably long innings,all face stress. The observation of the World HypertensionDay last month warns that in the next five years the num-ber of adult population living with high blood pressure isexpected to grow to a mind-boggling 1.56 billion. Even ifthere are reasons to doubt these statistics, the factremains that the health of the world is not in good shape.What do we need to do? No easy answers, but given thefact that stress is the cause, yoga seems to be a probableantidote. Yoga and health have now proven positive links,despite questions on the medicinal effects of this tradition-al form of Indian exercise regime. At least yoga can go along way in preventing ill effects of stress related problemsof both the body and the mind. Individuals differ in theirstress tolerance limits. Thus, for some individuals low tomoderate stress can prove to be harmful, whereas for someeven high stress levels may not have the expected impact.It is this stress tolerance limit of individuals that can becalled the Stress Resilience Index. Stress affects all and theonly way out is to adopt effective coping mechanism thatcan help withstand the pressures of stress. Yoga can be aneffective way of coping with stress because it can providemental and physical strength needed for coping. With sim-ple yogic postures carried out as a daily regimen for evenhalf an hour, an individual can raise his stress resilience.The advantage of yoga is that it catalyses the secretion ofgood hormones in the blood while inhibiting the harm-ful ones. Since the harmful effects of stress largely resultfrom the raised cortisol levels for continuous period, Yogacan be a useful means to regulate this. It helps in balanc-ing the mind-body chemistry which is losing its equilib-rium. Certainly, you cannot always control what goes onoutside. But you can always control what goes on within.

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How wonderful would it be if wecan somehow achieve it. Thereis a lot of talk about being pos-

itive around us. In one film, the leadactor repeatedly said, “Be positive.” Butsooner or later, we do realise that it iseasier said than done. Because there aremany factors working against having apositive outlook.

I begin with lack of faith in one’sability. A human body is very versatile.We have many faculties, which areexceptional. We are blessed with intel-ligence. Proper use of that has broughtenormous material advancement. Ourminds can do amazing things. What wedo generally takes shape in our mindsfirst. Our senses are not far behind. Haveyou noticed an expert drum player?However, poor health or poor trainingare great spoilers. Then, there must becourage. Without a good dose of it, onecan hardly be positive. Adequate willpower is another necessity.

In today’s interconnected world, weneed a lot of support to exist well.Personally, I have made a lot of prepa-ration in this regard; I have a chart ofall those who can help me. This is in theshape of a tree diagram. Prejudices workagainst curbing negativity, as doescompany of wrong persons. And if weare given to hate, we are workingagainst ourselves. Lastly, but mostimportantly, we need to have faith inGod, as will be clear from the rest of thearticle, and not in the chance theory, thatis anything can happen at any time.

It may appear difficult but positiveattitude can be attained. The firstrequirement is to become aware of itstremendous benefits. There are many.There is the physical health benefit.Generally, positive people enjoy goodhealth. Mental faculty should be sound,which mostly rules out suffering frommental diseases. One will not feel help-

less; will not demoralise self; rather willenthuse self and others. One is unlike-ly to be fearful. Obviously, such a per-son is likely to be generally peaceful.Positive people endear themselves toothers. They produce positive vibra-tions. This almost ensures that they willhave many friends. They use their ener-gies in useful activities and are likely tooccupy important positions.

The next requirement is to devel-op a deep desire to be not so negative,because negativity as such cannot beeliminated entirely in material bodiesliving in the material world. Control ofthe mind is crucial in this endeavour.Details of doing so are available in theBhagwad Gita. Proper attention toone’s health is also very important. Oneshould develop many skills. One mustengage is useful activities. And compa-ny of positive persons will reinforce thedesire to be positive.

The third and the most importantrequirement is gaining help from God,without that, countering negativity isalmost an impossible task. Faith in Godgets us the confidence that we are not

on our own; God can and will help ifwe make the necessary efforts to reachout to Him. One will develop spiritualconsciousness and will realise that oneis never condemned. Most important-ly, one will begin to see the positive sideof things.

Personally, I have struggled withnegativity for a very long time. And itsworst manifestation has been fear of dis-eases, till I began taking shelter of God.Diseases are feared for several reasons.Obviously, there is suffering. Life is dis-rupted. Resources come under strain.And enjoyments are curbed. My con-nection with God has helped me inmany ways. One begins to accept theinevitability of diseases of a materialbody. God gives strength to tolerate.One is able to maintain equanimity toa great extent. And the most importantpart is continuation of enjoyments; theynever cease unless the body is totallybroken. All said and done, faith is theonly real antidote to negativity; othermeasures can only help partially��� ��������������������������������� ������ ��

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According to the Chinesephilosophical classicZhuangzi, a great Daoistthinker once fell asleepand dreamt that he was a

butterfly. When he woke up, he didnot know whether he really was a manwho had dreamt he was a butterfly orwhether he was a butterfly nowdreaming he was a man. He was inacute confusion and couldn’t come toany conclusion. The story is meant tomake a philosophical point aboutwhat we take to be dream or reality.Our dreams are utterly compelling,and so long as we are dreaming, wethink they are real. Is our night whenare asleep and dream a dream or theday when we are awake a dream? Ifonly Zhuangzi would have understoodthat he as a butterfly and he as a liv-ing thinker both are dreams, it wouldhave solved his riddle.

Technically Maya means “illu-sion”. Let us understand the term bythe world around us. In the Vedic text,the world in which we are dwelling iscalled as “Maya Jagat” or illusoryworld. This material world is real butephemeral. It is not the way we gen-erally perceive. It is something differ-ent than its mere appearance. It is amystical world because although tran-

sitory it appears so permanent andinviting that everyone is ensnared intoit trying to find some pleasure. It is anillusion but certainly not a hallucina-tion. Hallucination is imagining some-thing which is not present, but illusionmeans perceiving the real object dif-ferently.

As fire is covered by smoke, as amirror is covered by dust, or as theembryo is covered by the womb, theliving entity is similarly covered by dif-ferent degrees of this lust. (BG 3.38).Everyone is seeing the world accord-ing to the degree of illusion they arein. This world is a reality but there isveneer which makes it difficult toknow the truth. To the degree one isfree from the covering to that degreehe sees the truth. Hence everyone isperceiving the world in differentways. The illusion is so subtle andstringent that almost nobody canescape it. The covering is so thick thateven if one understands the actualnature of the illusion, he still actsunder its effect. So why understand it?At least, we should try to understandwe are under illusion. That is thebeginning of the end of the illusion.A person fully intoxicated with alco-hol lying in the street thinks he is exul-tant. Gradually, when the effects of

alcohol wears off he understands heis in melancholy due to the intoxica-tion. Person acting helplessly underthe illusion understanding its natureis better off than one who is actingunder illusion thinking he is free fromthe illusion. The illusion in this worldis so powerful that it covers everyoneand then covers the covering also, soalmost nobody knows they are cov-ered. Therefore, if one at least breaksthrough the outer covering, under-stands he is under cover and thus canventure to get out.

The reality is that this world is realbut transitory hence illusory. Wehave come to this world because werebelled against the laws of God. Thebody we have is the prison costume.And we are here for life imprison-ment. We are constantly vexed by themiseries of material nature (birth, oldage, disease and death) so that one daywe can rehabilitate and get out of hereback to real home. But there is a starkdifference between a normal prisonand this prison. In a normal prison,prisoners are exasperated with the lifeinside and yearn for independence.But in the prison of the materialworld, the prisoners although belea-guered relentlessly do not wish tocome out! Very few may desire to

come out, but they end up in anoth-er better prison. Heavenly planets arereplete with astounding opulence,but it is a prison ultimately. There areno bars and manacles seen in theprison. Still people don’t want toescape. This is astonishing! The illu-sion traps and straps one to thisprison. There is enough happiness inthis world to keep one attached to thesufferings. The illusion is one’s think-ing that he can find perpetual happi-ness in this transient world.

Maya has two potencies up hersleeves. With the former, she dupes theliving entity by making him think heis blissful in this world. With the lat-ter, she puts him in unlimited anguish.On the strength of the former, the lat-ter acts and still the living entity con-siders this world as “Wonderful”.When one sees a rope at night, onemay mistake it for a snake and get pet-rified. The rope is real, and the snakeis real (somewhere else) but thinkingthat the rope is snake is illusion.Similarly, true happiness is real, andthis world is real but to think the truehappiness is there in this world is illu-sion. When we are engaged in a fan-tastic movie on the blue screen, we arecaught by so many emotions like com-edy, tragedy, romance, adventure, etc.but if we look closely, all the imageson the screen are made up of three pri-mary colour pixels — Red, Blue,Yellow. These colours in itself shallnever draw any attention from us buttheir combination in various ways cre-ates a pandemonium of emotions.Similarly, the material world consistsonly of 3 modes — Goodness, passion,ignorance but their amalgamation cre-ates the whole universe for everyone’sbewilderment.

This world is like a hospital whereeveryone is supposed to take treat-ment. But under illusion, we think itas a nice hotel. We try to give ordersand expect them to be fulfilled butinstead we get battered. Only if weconsider this world as a hospital andtake proper treatment for our mala-dy, would we be able to leave after weare healed.

We are spirit soul, which is eter-nal, and our source is spiritual world,which is also eternal. If we want to befree from the illusion, we needstronger determination which canpush us out of Maya’s influence. Justlike a rocket needs the escape veloc-ity of 11km/s and no less to escape theinfluence of earth’s gravity, the bestway to achieve that escape velocity toget out of Maya and attain the spiri-tual world is by meditating.

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There was something about the muscu-lar hitter. The local bowlers dreadedhim. Many years later the international

attacks came to accept him as a tough bats-man to bowl to. His batting was unfettered.Indian fans had come to enjoy the brand ofbatsmanship best demonstrated by playerslike Kapil Dev, K. Srikkanth and VirenderSehwag. They were entertainers, bringing joywith their style — relevant to modern crick-et where performance was critical to retain-ing the interest of the spectators.

He has helped in changing the mindsetof Indian cricket. He brought with him anaggressive side of the game which makes theyoungsters look up to him. Self-belief is amuch-used cliché but Dhoni taught Indiancricket this aspect of sport. Performance, notreputation, mattered most. We can see it inthe success that Chennai Super Kings haveachieved in the Indian Premier League.

Dhoni was one batsman whoensured Indian cricket did not loseits fan base. The common manidentified himself with his success.Dhoni reflected the dreams of therustic and the polished. His rawinstincts to punish the ball, hit itinto the orbit literally, wasappreciated universally. His firstbig fan was the Australiangreat Greg Chappell.According to Kiran More, aformer chairman of thenational selection commit-tee, it was the Australiangreat Greg Chappell’svision that helped Indiaidentify Dhoni’spotential as a futurecaptain. “Your futurecaptain,”Chappell said.How right hewas!

Dhoni’sadaptability isalso a characteristic

that his team-mates admire and learn from.It can be seen in many shades. His sportsteacher, Moti Prasad, recalls Dhoni as anopener for the school team and he hasplayed as a No. 10 batsman in a VinooMankad Trophy match. Those are two oppo-site ends of the batting spectrum. One slogsto create a formidable target and the othertries to save his team when ironically the tar-get gets difficult for them. We have seenDhoni play both roles.

His flamboyance in limited overs isreplaced by his patience playin Test matches before hequit the longest format ofthe game to preserve him-self. Off the field too,Dhoni is adjusting.During his early days heused to stay in a dingyroom that was to beshared with his room-mate. Recently, he wasphotographed sleep-ing on the floor of an

airport when theflight got delayed.

These occasionsoften tacitlyshow that hedoesn’t need alavish bed. His decision

to hand JoginderSharma the ball for thelast over of 2007 ICCT20 World Cup final

against Pakistan reflectedhis astounding reading ofthe game. India won thefirst T20 World Cup andDhoni’s tactical move was

going to be remembered fora long time. His faith insmall-town cricketersexcelling was the compellingfactor for Joginder being

handed that responsibility. For

this very reason Dhoni had groomed playerslike RP Singh, Suresh Raina, RavindraJadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, PraveenKumar, and many more.

His reading of the game is astute and hison-field inputs have proven invaluable tocaptain Virat Kohli. Setting the field, guidingthe bowlers, Dhoni is a leader. His selfless-ness is obvious to all. After completing histenure as a captain, he maintained his posi-tion in the team with his irreplaceable role ofan experienced strategist.

The Zen of Indian cricket, for his calmdemeanour even in crisis situations, is ahuman after all and we saw that towards theend of his career when he trooped on to thefield and argued with the umpires during anIPL match. This was not the Dhoni we hadknown. As an honorary Lt. Col in theParachute Regiment of the Territorial Army,we saw him wear gloves to express hisnationalism and spend time with the sol-diers to boost their spirits. The Dhoni wehave known.

At the most challenging crossroads ofhis career, Dhoni faces the dilemma of whento quit. Should he make the decision or waitfor the selectors to take the call? In theabsence of any retirement scheme from theBCCI, the cricket fraternity waits anxiously.One should not be surprised if he is ‘rested’for India’s immediate assignments in the USand the West Indies but given his contribu-tion to Indian cricket, Dhoni deserves a fit-ting farewell.

Dhoni, having commanded the respectof seniors like Sachin Tendulkar, RahulDravid, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly andVirender Sehwag, has risen in stature as oneof the greats of the game. He catches youreye as a sprinter between the wickets but hiscareer resembles that of a marathoner —unflinching endurance and commitment. Itis going to be hard to find his replacement,on the field and in our hearts. Whicheverjourney he takes from here on, his well-wishers, like you and me, will always cherishhim.

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On July 1, Hong Kong com-pleted 22 years under the

China rule. The day known asthe “Establishment Day” inthe lexicon of modern Chinesepolitical history witnessed afull-fledged anti-establishmentmovement against Beijing,mostly led by the young HongKongers. The fear and fury ofthe Xi Jinping regime has esca-lated the tension between theisland and the mainland inrecent years. However, whathas precipitated the crisis is theExtradition Bill proposed bycity Chief Executive CarrieLam. The Bill proposes toallow extradition to mainlandChina. Even though Lamannounced later that the Billhas been indefinitely suspend-ed, protests led by pro-democ-racy groups have refused tosubside.

Why these protests arecoming up against the Beijingrule? Does the mainland haveno right to rule over HongKong? What is the way aheadfor both Hong Kong and themainland?

These protesters mainlyconsist of the youth who don’twant to give up their freedomto the social-political control ofthe Bejing rule. The latest inci-dent of protesters ransackingthe city’s Legislative Councilhas sent warning signals toBeijing. China’s Ambassador toBritain Liu Xiaoming hasdenounced Hong Kong’s ultraradicals. He claimed that theprotesters have challenged thebottom line of “one countrytwo systems”.

The Chinese Government’sLiaison Office in Hong Kongdeclared that the “savage acts”were an outright provocationand trampling of the city’s ruleof law. These outbursts of theHong Kongers are primarilytargeted at the centralGovernment and its continuedattempt to take full control ofthe island. The original frame-work, negotiated in a treatybetween China and Britain onJuly 1, 1997, is supposed to pro-tect Hong Kong’s freedom until2047. But then occasional over-tures demonstrated by themainland quite often irk the

freedom-loving people of theisland city. This is the rootcause of the uprising, whereinthe protesters display their dis-contentment with the main-land rule.

On the other hand, Chinahas full right to exercise itspower over Hong Kong as it isan integral part of it. For this,China does not need the per-mission from any westernnation or any internationalorganisation. The demonstra-tors displaying the British-eracolonial flag and asking otherwestern nations to intervenehardly make any sense. If theyhave to find a solution, then theislanders can very well negoti-ate with the mainlandGovernment and devise a way-out formula. Decrying themainland rule and posingthreat to the security of theentire country will invite moreproblems, rather than produc-ing solutions.

The unique thing about themass protest is that it is thelargest in Hong Kong’s history.It is highlighting rising fear andanger over the erosion of civilliberties in the island. WhenHong Kong was returned toChina by Britain, the Basic Lawguaranteed the territory a highdegree of autonomy. And thispolicy has helped preserveHong Kong’s civil services,independent courts, free press,open internet and other ele-ments that distinguished itfrom the existing Communistsystem of the mainland. Thisautonomy, promised under amini-Constitutional law,known as Basic Law, will expirein 2047. But much before it, theBasic Law has weakened ascentral Government and itssecurity apparatus increasing-ly encroach on Hong Kong.Abduction of booksellers anda Chinese-born billionaire areintriguing examples. And thispressure reflects a broadertightening of control over theisland city under the Xi regime.

Hong Kong is an obvioustarget as it has a very strongand vocal community of pro-democracy supporters. Andthis is absolutely despised bythe rulers in Beijing. Tens of

thousands took part in themovement demanding freeelections for Hong Kongerswho seized control of down-town streets for 11 weeks in2014. And recently a largecrowd took out marches acrossthe city commemorating thir-ty years of the crackdown onpro-democracy supporters byBeijing on June 4, 1989 at thehistoric Tiananmen Square.This is all that continuously

disturbs the czar in Beijing.That is why the mainlandGovernment feels that HongKong might become anotherpoint of security threat like thatof Tibet, Xinxiang and Taiwanin the days to come.

Besides, the proposedextradition law would allowHong Kong to detain andtransfer people wanted incountries and territories withwhich it has no formal extra-

dition agreements, includingTaiwan and the mainland. Thecritics say that this would allowvirtually anyone in Hong Kongto be picked up by the securi-ty sleuths for detention inChina. Adding to the protest-ers’ woes is the common refrainthat judges strictly follow theorders of the Communist Party.The Hong Kongers fear thatthis law would target not onlycriminals but also all the polit-

ical activists. This extraditionplan applies to 37 crimes fornow. Although, interestingly itexcludes political crimes, crit-ics say that the law would insome point of time legalise thesort of abductions that has beentaking place in Hong Kong.Popular apprehension is thatthis controversial Bill will in thelong run end the unique judi-cial system of Hong Kong.And it brings home another

nightmare to the island and itsfreedom-loving people that themove might sound the deathknell for the “one country, twosystems”.

However, at the same time,current activism will not guar-antee a safe future for HongKong. Challenging Beijingwould not produce anything,not even safety of the existingfreedoms in Hong Kong. Chinacan’t allow it to become a secu-

rity concern.Succinctly, today’s Hog

Kong is deeply fractured.Beijing will have to take verycautious steps in moving for-ward. At this moment, remov-ing Lam, before she completesher first term in office in 2022,would not be wise. If she ismoved out of office, this willadd fuel to the fire, because theChief Executive of the city ischosen by a process whichinvolves a pro-establishmentselection panel and fullendorsement by theCommunist Party bosses inBeijing. On the other hand, theHong Kongers have beendemanding a free election forthe Chief Executive for yearsnow. So this is not the righttime for Xi to think of an alter-native to Lam.

However the adamantstance of demonstrators for theresignation of Lam would notsolve any of their problems.Many veterans of the city areapprehensive that hardlinersare poised to take up the reinsof the administration of theisland. But this time Xi will nottake any chance. And if the cur-rent imbroglio continues, theLiaison Office of the city willhave more opportunities topush the island for closer polit-ical integration with the main-land. Joshua Wong, the leaderof the famous UmbrellaMovement, too called for Lam’sresignation. But then, will therebe any chance of revival of thestatus of Hong Kong if the cur-rent city chief leaves her office?

The way ahead for bothHong Kong and Bejing is apeaceful resolution of the prob-lem. It’s time for Hong Kongersto look for solutions, not to cre-ate any more tensions with themainland. China will surely notbudge an inch. It would bemore assertive. Also increasingviolence would lessen sympa-thy for the pro-democracysupporters. However, yearningfor freedom will continuedespite Bejing’s inscrutable tac-tics to move the island closer toits power system.

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

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The telecom sector hasemerged as a new domain

where countries are competingwith each other to show theirtechnological prowess, espe-cially the USA and China. Inthis new drift, 5th generationmobile technology (5G) hasbecome the pivot.

However, this has the flipside. Although the high-speed5G is yet to become commer-cially operational, firms likeHuawei are under immensepressure and suspicion. Thegrowing security concerns inthe US forced PresidentDonald Trump to blacklistHuawei over national securityissues.

On the other hand, Chinasees the US ban as part ofongoing trade war.Inadvertently, India has alsobecome part of this trade war,which has primarily affectedIndia’s progress to obtain 5Gservices in the near future. Itmay delay, or worse, com-pletely halt the 5G trials andmanufacturing of equipment inIndia.

The Chinese’s tech giantHuawei emerged as a leaderand cost-effective manufac-turer of 5G related equipmentalong with Ericsson, Nokia,ZTE, and Samsung. The USAdministration alleged thatthe Chinese Government has a

stronghold on these telecomfirms, and these are involved inthe espionage of strategic andother prestigious institutions ofthe US. The US has alreadyfaced a bitter experience ofputative “Russian interference”in the 2016 presidential elec-tions.

So, the US is not interest-ed in the expansion of Huaweiin domestic market, and it isalso compelling its strategicpartners to follow suit.Although, US-India diplomat-ic ties are deepening, the USAdministration is exertingpressure on India to take atough stand on oil importfrom Iran. It is also meddlingwith India’s purchase of S-400from Russia and now pres-surising India not to be the partof any joint trial of 5G withHuawei.

In fact, the US may still bewilling to grant some relaxationto India on these issues, but itsattitude on Huawei is extreme-ly stiff. Despite US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo making hisstand clear during India visit,India is working on the middlepath to find out a viable solu-tion to the problem.

Despite being the world’ssecond largest telecom ser-vices market, India is facing atwo-fold challenge. On thedomestic front, the telecom

market is already grapplingwith the lack of investment.Local service providers BhartiAirtel, Vodafone, and Idea arecompeting in transformed tele-com market after the entry ofReliance Jio with predatorypolicies. These providers do

not have sufficient capital toinvest in revamping the tele-com market. So, these compa-nies are urging theGovernment of India to delaythe auction for the time being.

On the other hand, Indiahas over-reliance on foreign

players for the manufacturingof telecom equipment as ourlocal makers are not so effi-cient. “Make in India” initiativehas been more successful inmaking handset in India butstill struggling to develop coreequipment. Thus, India needs

a partner for rolling out andoperationalising 5G services assoon as possible. We need aprompt strategy and realisticpolicy to introduce 5G servicesto keep abreast with the rest ofthe world. The Chinese com-pany has shown a keen inter-est in partnership with theIndian telecom agencies andoperators.

The Telecom Minister,Ravi Shankar Prasad, hasalready announced the rolloutof 5G trials and spectrum auc-tion within 100 days. However,the new Government also facesa set of challenges: firstly, it isstill not confirmed whetherIndia can participate withHuawei. Secondly, India shouldbe capable of making the prod-uct, and should keep her secu-rity apprehension on priority.As well as, follow the guidelinesof Indian manufacturing andregulatory institutions.

Moreover, 5G technologyis still at its early phase, andSouth Korea’s SK Telecom haslaunched first ever 5G servicesin the public domain. Chinaand Japan are the other keyplayers in 5G telecommunica-tion, but China has emerged asthe most price competitiveplayer in the 5G market.

India is among the world’sfastest-growing economy, and5G technology is destined to

take it to a new zenith. India isalready an IT superpower, and5G will improve India’s cultureof innovation, mode of trans-portation, and standard of liv-ing. As the world is continu-ously leading towards automa-tion, proper infrastructuredevelopment for high-speedconnectivity is a prerequisite todevelop India as a real-timecountry. The 5G services willprovide an opportunity to con-nect India with “fourth indus-trial revolution.”

In the emerging matrix ofhuman association, industry4.0 is going to influence everysphere of human lives andsocial relations. The currentweb of industrialisation isbased on cutting edge tech-nologies, i.e., artificial intelli-gence, driverless vehicles,voice-activated assistants, facialID recognition, or digitalhealth-care sensors. Besides,industry 4.0 is also inextricablylinked with the internet ofthings, big data analytics, cloudcomputing, cognitive comput-ing, and 3-D printing. In aneffort to develop 5G, Indiawill boom her pace of indus-trial growth and lead tobecome the 5 trillion dollareconomy in 2025.

So, a prudent telecom pol-icy is urgently needed to beadopted by the Government of

India.The Chinese tech firms

are doing incredibly well inrecent years and providing acost-effective alternative. Theselocal firms have tremendous-ly flourished across the globeand are replacing the US, Japan,and South Korea as a new tele-com leader. However, China isregarded as suspicious super-power due to over-control bythe Chinese Government.

In comparison to Asiangiant China, India has thepotential to become the engineof the fourth industrial revo-lution. Despite many difficul-ties, India’s C-DAC developedsupercomputer in the era of ITrevolution. So, it will not be anexaggeration to say that theIndian Government institu-tions and private firms have thepotential to develop this serviceindigenously.

Gradually “Make in India”is constructing a strong base forthe upcoming future initia-tive. High-speed internet andmobile services are the pillarsof this emerging automationtechnology based industriali-sation. India must be proactivein adopting emerging automa-tion technology.

(The writer is associatedwtih Jammu Kashmir StudyCentre)

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Every Ashadha Purnima, which fellon July 16 this year, is marked asGuru-purnima in the annual

Hindu calendar. Following the age-oldGuru-shishya tradition, those engagedin such a relationship, pay tribute theirrespective Gurus. Why so much impor-tance to this practice? Bear in mind; theword Guru is made of two syllables —‘Gu’ and ‘Ru’. The two syllables respec-tively mean darkness/ignorance andlight/enlighten. The one who is him-self/herself enlightened enough to makeyou aware of the existential realities oflife, many aspects pertaining to eveninvisible plain but vital to life mecha-nism, qualifies to be a Guru.

We are all born with six elementallimitations, measured in the backdropof God being an unbound free spirit.First, limited creative ability, whichdoesn’t let us meet even bare existentialneeds in one’s own right. We, therefore,need due support of those beyond.Second, limited intelligence, wherebyour knowledge base remains partial,thus, calling for being supplemented byother learned ones. But for which, wemay fail to have a holistic understand-ing of the dynamics of life.

Third, for the above reasons, we areborn with a sense of ‘want’, which inturn, leads to the sense of craving,desires, and possessiveness to meet upthe void. Fourth, limitation of timewhereby we measure happenings in theframe of past, present, and future.Consequently, we often get caught inour past reminiscences, which is noth-ing but a piece of history and with norelevance in contemporary terms.Particularly, the negative memories keephounding from within. Or, we get toomuch involved in futuristic dream per-ceptions, which is uncertain. In bothcases, we unnecessarily dissipate ourenergies towards unproductive ends,and clutter our mind space with imagi-nary thoughts. We, thus, end up short ofvitals needed for fresh objective think-ing or even to do justice to the callingsof the present moment, which sets theterms of future. Consequently, we areoften left behind in the run of time,ending up disgusted and stressed.

Fifth, we are bound by limitation ofspace, whereby we identify ourselveswith our body-mind organism differen-tiated from others, and as also by ourgeographical root. A sense of divide

thus comes into play, which lays downthe ground for all sorts of conflicts wehave to contend with in life. The sixth,binds us to the laws of causation. In thisscheme of things there is a cause behindevery action, which in turn, becomesthe cause of future course of action.And there is nothing like a free lunch inthis life. We have to bear with the con-sequences of what we do — good or bad— accordingly as the intent and qualityof the cause that drives our action. Theimprints thereof lead to lot of self-acquired limitations, which makes ourthought process even more complex. Allthat has related bearing on our futurecourse of life, making our run of life allthe more arduous. The fall out of thesesix limitations in our cognitive domain,is what Kashmir Shaivism terms asbeing under the spell of Maya.

Life has to keep marching aheadchasing our aspirational urges. Herecomes the role of a Guru. He comes as abeacon of light to help us come out ofour ignorance. An enlightened Gurudoesn’t play a magic wand nor offers usa quick fix method to overcome ourignorance. Step by step, he leads usthrough awareness route. Purposely soas to help expand our vision, becomeaware and unfold our own immense

potential otherwise lying dormant outof ignorance. We then come out withour best to make it to the desired desti-nation all by oneself. He first puts usthrough a process of self-enquiry. Thatgives us exposure to our mirror image— individualistic fault lines. Once weidentify and acknowledge them, aidedby educative inputs offered by Guru insmall digestible doses, we could addressthem through regular course of self-reflection.

The Guru then makes us exploreexistential realities of life, so as to haveholistic understanding of the truths oflife, with all its strengths and weakness-es. He then shows us the way forward totranscend all our elemental limitations.Further self-reflection on these learn-ings, help absorb them in the deeprealms of mind. Over a period of time,they begin to spontaneously reflect inour day-to-day conduct. Life may thenturn into a pleasant experience overrid-ing all the oddities and hazards of life.

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