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SAGELY BLESSING FOR THE STAR Despite SC order instant talaq is in vogue
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DC CORRESPONDENT
1.30 pm with agency inputs ON AUGUST 22, THE SUPREME COURT BY
HIJRI CALENDAR NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
A MAJORITY VERDICT DECLARED THAT
Rabbi-ul-Awal 2,1439 AH The Bharatiya Janata TRIPLE TALAQ WAS VOID, ILLEGAL AND
PRAYERS Party-led NDA govern- UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Fajar: 5.06 am ment is planning to bring
in a legislation in the
Zohar: 12.04 pm Winter Session of The Muslim board
Asar: 3.22 pm Parliament to put an end had listed guidelines
Maghrib: 5.49 pm to instant triple talaq or including social boy-
talaq-e-biddat, the
Isha: 7.02 pm Muslim way of divorce,
cott of those who
SUNSET TODAY 5.47 PM still in practice despite resort to triple talaq
SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.19 AM the Supreme Court strik- and the appoint-
MOONRISE TOMORROW 9.19 AM ing it down on August 23. ment of an arbi-
MOONSET TODAY 10.09 PM Sources disclosed a trator to settle
ministerial committee
Superstar Rajinikanth takes blessings of Matadhipathi Subhudendra Theerthulu at Mantralayam Raghavendra Swamy has been constituted to marital dis-
Mutt on Tuesday. DC putes.
COUNTER POINT draft a legislation or
amend existing penal
provisions, which will

Bhandari re-elected to
make instant triple talaq
an offence.
Though no dates for the
Winter Session have
been announced, the gov-
Next, Modi likely
ICJ, big blow to Britain ernment proposes to
table the legislation in
the session expected to
begin next month.
to ban cheques
DC CORRESPONDENT seat in the ICJ to a non- The proposal on draft- DC CORRESPONDENT lion in September. The
with agency inputs permanent member. ing a law against triple HYDERABAD, NOV. 21 digital transaction in
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK, Justice Bhandari talaq appears to be a October is the highest
NOV. 21 received 183 of the 193 complete U-turn of the Apart from a proposal to since the demonetisation
votes in the General governments earlier link properties with in November 2016.

HC: SCREEN
In a big diplomatic win for Assembly and secured all stand in which it virtual- Aadhaar to curb black Mr Khandelwal, howev-
India and the Modi gov- 15 votes in the Security ly ruled out the need for a money, a senior official of er, feels that a large vol-
ernment, Justice Dalveer Council in the 12th round new law, indicating that a trader body said the gov- ume of business payments

S. DURGA
Bhandari was on Tuesday of voting at the UN head- existing laws, including ernment may phase out happen either through
re-elected to the quarters in New York. the one dealing with bank cheques to push dig- cash or by cheque.
International Court of Justice Bhandari, 70, domestic violence, were ital transactions in the While the personal pay-

Tripura journo
shot dead
Agartala: In the second
killing of a mediaperson
in Tripura in two months,
a journalist working with
a Bengali newspaper was
shot dead on Tuesday
allegedly by a constable
Justice (ICJ) with all but
10 UN member nations
backing him, after Britain
a member of the P-5
was forced to withdraw its
candidate amidst high
drama in the hard-fought
race to the world court.
The victory heralds
winds of change at the nent member of the
UN and the end of an era of
Justice Dalveer Bhandari
unbridled dominance of
the P-5 countries. This is
the first time in 70 years,
since the UN court's incep-
tion in 1946, that a perma-
Security Council has lost a
was declared re-elected for
a fresh nine-year term at
the ICJ after Britain with-
drew its candidate, Sir
Christopher Greenwood,
from the race about an
hour before the scheduled
voting.
Page 7: No Briton in ICJ
for first time
FILM AT IFFI
DC CORRESPONDENT
KOCHI NOV 22
The Kerala High Court
on Tuesday ordered the
screening of Sanal- as an issue related to
kumar Sasidharans S gender equality and
Durga at the Inter-
sufficient.
The apex courts judg-
ment quashing triple
talaq was hailed as his-
toric by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and the
ruling BJP, which had
been campaigning
against it and terming it
recently.
gender justice.
near future. ments have shifted to
In all probability, the
Centre may withdraw the
NEFT and IMPS modes,
businesses, where pay-
cheque book facility to
encourage digital transac-
ments involve multi-level
clearances, have been
tions, said Confederation slow in discarding
of All India Traders cheque-based payments.
(CAIT) secretary general Mr Khandelwal said the
Praveen Khandelwal Centre spends `25,000
crore on printing notes
According to RBI data, and another `6,000 crore
the number of digital on logistics and the prolif-

CONGRESS,
national Film Festival transactions rose around eration of digital payment

Rape-accused
of the Tripura State
Rifles (TSR) following an of India that opened in Page 7: This will end 10 per cent to 965 million would help the govern-
altercation. The 48-year- Goa. The filmmaker polygamy: Women in October from 877 mil- ment save this money.

BJP SAME,
old scribe, Sudip Datta moved the court argu-
ing that the Union I&B

babu surrenders Unmanned Navy aircraft

Bhaumik, was gunned
down around 2 pm inside ministrys denial of the

SAYS HARDIK
the headquarters of the screening was uncon-
2nd battalion of TSR at stitutional after a jury
RK Nagar near here, selected it for Indian
West Tripura SP said.

Report on Page 7
Ahmedabad, Nov. 21:
Amid the ongoing ten-
sion between the Patidar
DC CORRESPONDENT
JAIPUR, NOV. 21

Senior IAS officer B.B.

I-T raid on Guru
Anamat Andolan Samiti
and the Congress over
allocation of tickets for
Mohanty absconding,
after a rape case was reg-
istered against him four
he was deputed as the
chairman of Rajasthan
Civil Services Appellate
Tribunal. The IAS officer
had been suspended by
the Raje government
shortly after the FIR was
Panorama at the IFFI.
The single bench stat-
ed that the ministrys
decision had not been
crashes on sortie in Kochi
communicated and DC CORRESPONDENT
there is no order issued
other than the press
KOCHI, NOV. 21

Nanak Society the Gujarat polls, Patel

quota stir spearhead
Hyderabad: Income-tax Hardik Patel on Tuesday
officials on Tuesday con- claimed his outfit never
ducted raids on educa- demanded any seats and
tional institutes and said the BJP and the
other companies of Congress are the same.
Tavinder Singh Kohil, Referring to the 2015
chairman of Guru Nanak quota stir, Mr Hardik
Society, and found C7.6 said he would not forget
crore cash. A CBDT the sacrifice made by the
source said the group Patidar martyrs for
owns the Guru Nanak just three-four tickets.
educational institutions We have to decimate
including a dental col- those who have commit-
lege and an engineering ted atrocities on us. I will
college and other com- not tell you who to vote
panies. for. Both the BJP and the
Congress are the same.
For them, the people are
Animals dont of no value. Use your wis-
dom, he said.
feel pain: UK Page 7: Congress office
London: Britain which is ransacked
drafting the Brexit Bill to
withdraw from the
European Union has
taken a vote to scrap a
SAFETY | FIRST
EU legislation that sees
non-human animals as
sentient beings. The
Independent reported
that once Britain leaves
the EU in 2019, all ani-
mals that arent pets will
Cops turn to GPS for stolen vehicles
DC CORRESPONDENT
be considered as not TIRUPATI, NOV. 21
having emotions includ-
ing the ability to feel After two vehicles stolen in
pain. the border parts of Andhra
Pradesh were tracked
Report on Page 7 down in Tamil Nadu
thanks to GPS, the
Chittoor district police
were struck with the idea
INSIDE of fixing GPS to vehicles to
trace their whereabouts in
STATE... PAGE 2 case they were stolen.
Film industry creates The police had a success-
ful drive in spreading GPS
divisions for choice awareness to the public.
STATE... PAGE 4 More than 900 vehicles in
Chittoor town are now
AP jaggery not part secured with GPS.
of Kanuka The GPS device also has
an option called immo-
years ago, today surren-
dered before the police.
He was taken into custody
and after medical test will
be produced before a
court.
He contacted three
days ago and expressed
wish to surrender. He
finally came yesterday,
ACP Nem Singh said.
A 23-year-old civil ser-
vices aspirant accused
him of raping her at his
flat in January 2014. The
victim stated in her com-
plaint that Mohanty raped
her on February 19, 2013
at his flat on the pretext
that he would help her
clear IAS exam.
Mohanty was an addi-
tional chief secretary-
rank officer at that time.
When the FIR was filed,
Installation
biliser and the police are
currently working on it.
The immobiliser can be
used by the vehicle owner
to stop his vehicle using
his own mobile phone, so
that it cannot move an inch
further.
There are almost 42 man-
dals in Chittoor district
which are sharing borders
with Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka, while four
mandals share a border
with both Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka.
The E-Raksha app is
already available in some
other districts in the state.
Now, the Chittoor police
are incorporating the app
registered against him.
When he didnt present
himself for questioning,
the police filed an applica-
tion in the court, request-
ing it to issue an arrest
warrant.
The court had rejected
his anticipatory bail peti-
tion and put out a non-
bailable warrant against
him in February 2014,
when he didnt show up
for questioning.
This was second rape
case in which a senior
government official was
accused. Earlier in 1997,
DIG Madhukar was
accused of abduction and
rape of a tribal woman in
1997. The victim was wife
of a police constable.
Tandon was suspended in
2002.
cost not much compared to safety of vehicle
THE POLICE had a successful drive in
spreading GPS awareness among the public.
More than 900 vehicles in Chittoor town are
now secured with GPS. Most of the owners
are happy as their vehicles are protected.
to school buses. The police
can track the speed limit
and automatically gener-
ate an e-challan for over-
speeding school buses.
This could be an innova-
tive step for road safety.
The installation charges
may be not all that heavy,
taking into account the
safety of the vehicle.
Installation costs around
release about drop-
ping of two films.
Triggering panic ahead of
the two-day visit of Vice-
Counsel for the Union President M. Venkaiah
government stated that Naidu, an unmanned aeri-
the petitioner was try- al vehicle (UAV) operated
ing to screen an uncer- by the Southern Naval
tified copy of the film Command crashed at
and it was a punishable Willingdon island here on
offence. The petitioner Tuesday.
however submitted Sources said a major
that the film had U/A tragedy was averted as the
certification without UAV hit an empty tank in
any visual cuts. the bulk liquid fuel termi-
He also pointed out nal. Fuel-filled tanks,
that the Censors had which were in the vicini-
directed modifications ty, remained intact.
and removal of certain The Israeli-made
words from the sound- Searcher II UAV was on a
track and change of the routine surveillance sor-
title Sexy Durga. The tie and crashed around
modifications
carried out including
were 10.25 am, shortly after
take-off.
the title, and the film is
ready for screening.
The remote-piloted air-
craft failed to attain the
expected height and came
Speaking to this newspa-
per, Chittoor district
superintendent of police
S.V. Rajashekar Babu said,
We are happy, as we are
implementing new mea-
sures for safety of vehicles
using technology. Chittoor
district shares borders
`2,200 for a motorcycle and with other states.
around `3,500-`5,000 for a
two-wheeler.
He further admitted, It
would be difficult if the
After the installation of burglars shift the vehicles
the GPS the police also to other states. We are also
chased down two stolen working on implementing
vehicles with the help of an immobiliser. As for
GPS. school buses, we will moni-
Most of the vehicle own- tor the school buses
ers have expressed satis- through e-Raksha, which
faction as their vehicles will generate e-challans if
are protected. they overspeed.
The remotely-piloted aircraft of the Indian Navy which
crashed during take-off outside the Naval base of Kochi
on Tuesday. VIA WEB
crashing down,' sources ty of the HHA tank termi-
said. nal on the northern side of
It was also said that the Willingdon Island.
crash took place near the However, there was no
bulk liquid terminal oper-
ated by HHA tank at
casualty or damage to
property.
Willingdon Island. An offi-
cial statement said the air- Page 7: Board of Inquiry
craft crashed in the vicini- constituted
ARMY WIDOW NEED NOT MARRY
BROTHER-IN-LAW FOR PENSION
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
brother has been
removed after receiving
representations on it.
This issue was consid-
The Defence Ministry ered by the government
has removed a rule and it has now been
which restricted pay- decided to remove the
ment of monetary condition of the widow's
allowances to widow of a remarriage with the late
gallantry awardee if she husband's brother for
re-marries someone continuation of the mon-
other than the late hus- etary allowance, the
bands brother. ministry said in a state-
As per the existing
norm, the payment of
ment.
It said the allowance
allowance is continued to shall be admissible to the
a widow until her death recipient of the award
or if she remarries, the and on his death to his
spouse has to be the late widow lawfully married
husbands brother. by a valid ceremony.
The defence ministry
said the condition of re- Full report on
marrying the husbands Page 7

Our MPs only
sought inquiry
into MNREGA
funds utilisa-
tion, not stopp-
age of funds
as being alle-
ged by Lokesh
Y.V. Subba Reddy
YSRC MP
IN BRIEF
CBI TRAPS
CORRUPT
RLY OFFICIAL
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
CBI officials laid a trap and
caught a bill clerk from the
Guntakal division of South
Central Railway for accepting
an illegal gratification of
`15,000. The court has remand-
ed the accused for 14 days.
The accused was caught red
handed while accepting the
trap amount of `15,000. The
accused was arrested and
searches were conducted at
his residence and office prem-
ises at Guntakal, said the offi-
cials.
TRAINS
CANCELLED ON
NOV. 26, 28
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
The South Central Railway on
Monday announced cancella-
tions and partial cancellations
of a few trains in order to facil-
itate traffic blocks between
Poodoor Itikyala stations for
canal crossing work on Tue-
sday and between Balanagar
Gollapally stations for RUB
works on November 26 and 28
between Secunderabad
Dhone section.
Trains Cancelled:
Kacheguda Mahbubnagar
Passenger train No. 57447.
Kurnool City Kacheguda pas-
senger train No.57436 is par-
tially cancelled between Mah-
abubnagar Kacheguda sta-
tions on November 26 and 28.
The SCR has rescheduled
Kacheguda Guntakal Passen-
ger train No. 57425. it is sched-
uled to depart Kacheguda at
9.40 am on November 26 and 28
and at 11 am on the same day
with a delay of 90 minutes.
Another passenger train No.
57425 between Kacheguda
Guntakal scheduled to depart
Kacheguda at 9.40 am on
Tuesday is regulated by 77
minutes between Kacheguda
Poodoor stations.
SP BUILDS
TOMB FOR
HIS PET DOG
DC CORRESPONDENT
TIRUPATI, NOV. 21
Anti-Smuggling Taskforce SP
Ravi Shankar proved himself
a humanist by building a tomb
to his dead pet dog Prince in
Tirupati on Tuesday.
The SPs pet dog died due to
illness a week earlier. Mr Ravi
Shankar buried the dog at the
graveyard in Balaji Colony in
the city. After seven days, he
built a tomb with tiles for
Prince.
The family of Ravi Shankar
is saddened by the loss of their
lovely dog. Speaking to media
persons, Mr Ravi Shankar
said, While working in
Mancherial in Adilabad dis-
trict of Telangana, I lost my
pet Crusi and built a tomb at
the bank of river Godavari.
Prince is the third one. Im
scared to have another dog
now. Whenever we lose one, we
feel like a family member is
lost. I cant dare to have a pet
anymore. My family is still
filled with the memories of
Prince.
Somireddy says officials of other states are
making visits to AP to study the best agri-
cultural practices being employed
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Hot debate on setting it up at Amaravati or Vizag
G. RAVI KIRAN | DC
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21
Apart from the Nandi
Awards' dispute that
questioned the jury's
decision in the selection
of awards, there is anoth-
er issue that has put the
spotlight once again on
the film industry.
The current hot debate
is whether the film
industry with its multi-
tude of studios and post
production units, should
be set up in Amravati or
Visakhapatnam.
It is widely known by
now that Chief Minister
N. Chandrababu Naidu is
in favour of its base at
Amaravati, as according
to what the chief minis-
ter has envisioned, the
new city will house the
State's key offices, offi-
cials and their resi-
dences.
Naturally, the film
industry being one of the
premier industries of the
State should also have its
major units located in
Amaravati.
Besides, slated as it is to
become one of the top
five cities in the world, as
per the CMs vision,
there would be no better
place to showcase the
film industry.
The film industry itself
is, however, divided on
the location for setting
up the industry in
Andhra Pradesh.
The big shots of the
AIR CARGO
COMPLEX AT
VIZAG OPENS
DC CORRESPONDENT
VISAKHAPATNAM, NOV.
21
Union Civil Aviation
Minister P. Ashok
Gajapati Raju on
Tuesday inaugurated
the new international
air cargo complex at
Vizag Airport.
The new facility has, in
all, 674.64 sq metres
space including 120.06 sq
metres open space hous-
ing essential facilities.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Ashok Gajapati
Raju said that the inau-
guration of the interna-
tional air cargo is a
small beginning and
Vizag airport will com-
pete with Mumbai and
Chennai airports in the
coming years for han-
dling air cargo in view of
the vast potential of the
area, he added.
The NDA government
has given a big boost to
the civil aviation by
emphasising on regional
connectivity, particular-
ly in Andhra Pradesh in
the past three years.
AP had given land for
the extension of run-
ways at Vijayawada and
Rajahmundry to facili-
tate landing of bigger
aircraft.
The facilities at the
Vizag airport would be
further improved and
the new Greenfield air-
port at Bhogapuram
area in Vizianagaram
district would also come
up for future needs.
HOLY | SUPPORT Superstar
Rajini seeks blessings for movie success
DC CORRESPONDENT
KURNOOL NOV. 21
With the much hyped
movie, 2.0, all set to release
in 3D at theatres worl-
dover on Republic Day,
January 26, 2018, super-
star Rajinikanth is leaving
no stone unturned to
ensure its success.
This includes seeking
the blessings of
Mantralayam Raghave-
ndra Swamy.
Raghavendra Mutt is a
famous destination for
filmmakers and heroes
and Rajinikanth is no
exception.
Earlier Rajamouli of
Bahubali fame also visited
CHIEF MINISTER
N. Chandrababu
Naidu is reportedly
in favour of the
film industry being
based at
Amaravati, as
according to what
the chief minister
has envisioned, the
new city will house
the State's key
offices.
THE FILM INDUSTRY is one of the premier
industries of the State should also have its
major units located in Amaravati. The big
shots of the film industry have been split
into two groups.
industry have been split
into two groups.
There is also a third lot
of smaller moviemakers
that constitutes the third
group which, however,
cannot compete or con-
test with the other two
groups. Members of the
group would rather want
to wait for the verdict of
the fight of the two big
groups.
Daggubati Suresh
babu, producer and head
of Suresh Productions,
who has set up a studio at
Visakhapatnam already,
is now rooting for
Amaravati as per
sources. The buzz in the
industry is that he had
been given the site from
Fingerprint reading hit by
shortage of qualified staff
NALLA RAM | DC
VISAKHAPATNAM, NOV. 21
Over 6,705 fingerprint
samples were collected
from crime scenes that
helped to solve 676 cases
in Andhra Pradesh
between 2014 and 2015.
The police say there is a
scarcity of searchers in
the fingerprint wing in
the state with some of the
junior experts being
assigned the work of col-
lecting the prints by mak-
ing imprints on slides.
The National Crime
Record Bureau (NCRB)
Report ranks Andhra
Pradesh third among all
the states in cracking
cases with the help of the
fingerprint method in
2014 while it was ranked
fourth among all states in
2015.
A senior police officer,
on condition of anonymi-
ty, said that there is a staff
crisis in the fingerprint
wing. The sanctioned
strength is 29 in the state
including sub-inspectors,
assistant sub-inspectors
and a few others whereas
the number employed at
present stands at only
nine.
These experts are
employed by the criminal
investigation department
(CID), he added.
Though identifying a
person through finger-
print has become effort-
less in the digital world
when compared with the
manual system, the
reaches Mantralayam offers prayers at Raghavendra Mutt
the Mutt and had prayed
for the films success.
Rajnikanth is an ardent
devotee of Sri
Raghavendra and is a reg-
ular visitor to the temple.
The movie 2.0, is said to
be the sequel to Shankars
Enthiran and fans are
waiting eagerly for the
film to be released.
Superstar Rajinikanth vis-
ited and offered prayers at
Sri Raghavendra Swamy
Mutt in Mantralayam on
Tuesday. Wearing a silk
dhoti and Uttareeyam,
Rajinikanth went in a spe-
cial queue line and offered
prayers at the Moola
Brindavan of Sri
Raghavendra Swamy, the
THE INDUSTRY studios in Amaravati.
insiders feel that
after the flak faced
by the government
for the selection of
films at the Nandi
Awards, it would
be cautious before
making any
announcement
about the location
of the new film
industry base.
the government in
Visakhpatnam, now he
wants the same in
Amaravati.
On the other hand, Mr.
Nandamuri Balakrishna
is of the opinion that
Visakhpatnam is suit-
able for the film Industry.
The FDC team along
with Nandamuri
Balakrishna, had met the
chief minister with the
list of awardees of Nandi
and had spoken about
this. A team led by Mr D.
Suresh babu has also met
the chief minister sepa-
rately. According to
industry sources, so
many others have also
approached the govern-
ment for the sanction of
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT
Fingerprints collected from crime scenes:
3,412 (in 2014), 3,293 (in 2015)
Cases solved with fingerprints:
337 (in 2014), 339 (in 2015)
9,474 7,047 460
Number of Number of
chance chance
prints prints
developed compared
in 2015 in 2015
Fingerprints collect-
ed from crime scenes
are compared with
those stored in the cen-
tral server to identify.
matching of fingerprints
is an extremely technical
job, said Vizag Rural
Police chief Rahul Dev
Sharma whose team
solved a bank robbery
case recently by using the
fingerprint method.
Fingerprints collected
from crime scenes (mur-
ders, rapes, robberies) are
compared with those of
criminals stored in the
central server for identifi-
cation and these samples
act as strong supporting
evidence during court tri-
als, he added.
Criminals have now
become aware of the tech-
nicalities and have turned
tech-savvy. So nowadays
Rajinikanth is a devotee who regularly
visits the temple. He has donated C10 crore
to the shrine of Sri Raghavendra Swamy in
Mantralayam. According to the temple
authorities, the old buildings in the rear of
the Sarvagnya Mandir will be demolished
and 25 new A/C cottages and 100 general
rooms would be constructed, using the
amount donated by the superstar.
saint who was the propo-
nent of Dwaitha, the
Madhva philosophy.
Superstar Rajinikanth
reached Mantralayam
from Bengaluru by car. He
offered prayers in the tem-
ple of Sri Manchalamma,
DECCAN CHRONICLE
sites to construct their
Mr Chandrababu
Naidu, when he met the
Nandi Awards jury mem-
bers and FDC team, had
clearly indicated that he
preferred Amaravati as
the place where infra-
structure for the film
industry could be devel-
oped.
He had mentioned that
Amaravati would be in
the top five cities of the
world in the future. But
at the same time, he had
also mentioned that
Visakhpatnam is a ready-
made city for the film
industry.
The industry grapevine
on the other hand, has
another story to tell.
Insiders feel that after
the flak faced by the gov-
ernment for the selection
of films at the Nandi
Awards, it would be cau-
tious before making an
announcement.
If the more powerful
group puts the pressure
on for Visakhapatnam,
said a filmmaker, We
may well see two parallel
film industries-one set
up in Vizag and the other
in Amaravati!
Mr Ambica Krishna,
Chairman of FDC, has
stated that no decision
has been taken as yet. He
has informed that the
Nandi Awards present-
ing ceremony would be
conducted in January at
Vijayawada.
Number of
chance prints
identified with
suspects in 2015
3,208
Number of
chance prints
identified with
inmates in 2015
there is little chance of
lifting fingerprints from a
crime scene because most
of the criminals choose to
wear gloves, said a CID
officer.
South India, Kerala and
Tamil Nadu states have a
good track record in solv-
ing cases by the finger-
print method.
Since Section 45 and 73
of the Indian Evidence
Act, 1872, bestow a lot of
credibility on finger
impressions, the police
have to use modern tech-
nology in assessing glove
prints to nab the crimi-
nals in most of the cases,
say sources in the police
department.
without any entourage,
the village Goddess, from
where he went to Sri
Raghavendra Swamy
Mutt, in tune with an age-
old practice.
Later he took the bless-
ings of the Mattadhipathi
Sri Subhudendra
State
WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | HYDERABAD
Devotees participate in the International Veda conference at the Sai Kulwant Hall in
Prashanthi Nilayam on Tuesday.
Scientific understanding
of vedas deliberated
DC CORRESPONDENT
ANANTAPUR, NOV. 21
The proceedings on Day-2
at the International Veda
Conference at the Sai
Kulwant Hall had a
unique theme, Scientific best way to effect inter-
Understanding Of Vedas.
Six distinguished speak-
ers from various religions
shared their insights on
the theme at the two-day
conference at Prasanthi
Nilayam as part of 92nd
birth anniversary of Sri
Sathya Saibaba.
The speakers were Data
Jega Jagadeesan of the
SSSSO, Malaysia, Dr N.
Gopalakrishnan, Director
of Indian Institute Of
Scientific Heritage, Kera-
la, Dr Narendranatha
Reddy, Chairman, SSIO,
Dr Anuradha Choudry,
Asst Prof IIT, Kharagpur,
Mr George Bebedelis,
National Council presi-
dent of Greece, Director of
ISSE, South Europe and
Prof Mohammad Hanif
Khan Shastri, Professor
Of Sanskrit, Rashtriya
Sanskrit varsity, Delhi.
Commencing the second
day session, Dato Jega
Jagadeesan deliberated
on the theme Sai Babas
call for inter faith unity.
From conference halls to
community. Identifying
the major challenges the
Beneficiaries want
items sent home
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
Pregnant and lactating
women, who are the bene-
ficiaries of Anna
Amrutha Hastam, want
the government to send
whatever commodities
they are getting to their
homes instead of arrang-
ing a free meal at
Anganwadis.
The lack of proper
arrangements at
Anganwadis and the dis- centres
tance from their homes
have led to this situation. ICDS project areas spread
The state government
asked for feedback from
beneficiaries to find out
which is convenient to
them. Sxity percent of the
beneficiaries told the gov-
ernment to send com-
modities to their homes. opinions from beneficiar-
Under the Anna ies about how the scheme
Amrutha Hastham (AAH) should best be imple-
programme, the state gov- mented. Opinions from
ernment is providing more than 95 thousand
nutritious food to preg- beneficiaries (83%) said
nant and lactating women
in Anganwadi centres
Theerthulu.
The star arrived at officer IP Narsimha and
Mantralayam Raghave-
ndra Swamy Mutt in the
morning and spent about
45 minutes in the premis-
es. He was there all alone
some even took selfies
according to an insider. He
said Rajnikanth came
without intimation and
walked in the Mutt com-
plex like an ordinary devo-
tee.
Later the temple staff
was alerted and they
escorted him to His
Holiness Subhudendra
Swamy who blessed him
abundantly.
He was accorded temple
honours by Sri
ANANTAPUR
Interfaith unity
is living reality
that is not con-
fined to AC rooms of
deliberations and it is the
Asatoma
faith unity
DATO JEGA
JAGADDESAN
SSSSO Malaysia
world is facing today, that
being interfaith conflict
and decline of respect for
parents and family.
Interfaith unity is living
reality not confined to AC
rooms of deliberations
and the best way to effect
interfaith unity is to
translate our talks into
actions. You take a march
into a global scale to make
greater impact in the area
of interfaith unity, he
called on devotees.
Dr N. Gopalakrishnan,
director of Indian Institue
of Scientific Heritage,
Kerala, delivered his pro-
found Scriptural, Vedic
Wisdom deliberating on
the topic 'Discovery of
Vedas as the source of
wisdom and great rele-
vance in modern times
with its scientific under-
standing for the benefit of
mankind. Lucidly flowing
with his profound wis-
across the state. The free
meal to them includes an
egg and 200 ml milk and
vegetables.
According to
National family health
the
Survey, the infant mortal-
ity rate (IMR) per 1,000
live births was 35 in AP.
Keeping this in mind, the
state government has
launched the AAH
scheme. The scheme is
being implemented in
19,156 main Anganwadi
and 4,793
Anganwadi centres in 104
across 13 districts in the
state. As many as 4.46
lakh pregnant and lactat-
ing women are benefiting
from this scheme.
Meanwhile, the state
government has collected
that they are utilizing the
scheme.
Raghavendra Swami Mutt
main priests. Apart from
this, when reports of his
visit spread, a large num-
ber of his fans rushed to
the temple premises and
with their favourite actor.
Rajinikanth has donated
`10 crore to the shrine of
Sri Raghavendra in
Mantralayam. According
to the temple authorities,
the old buildings in the
rear of the Sarvagnya
Mandir will be demolished
and 25 new A/C cottages
and 100 general rooms
would be constructed,
using the amount donated
by the superstar.
PAGE
dom, he delved on the
quintessence of the
Vedas, that being good-
ness in all areas of life,
living a useful, fruitful
and meaningful life prac-
tising the dictum,
Sadga-
maya...Mrutyorma
Amritamgamaya.
Dr Anuradha Chaudry
then spoke on the quintes-
sential human puzzle, of
journey from being to
becoming and reverse.
Her topic being
'Transformative Power Of
Vedic Sounds; An Aid To
More Peaceful And
Healthier Individual And
Collective Living', she
took the audience through
a practical 'classroom'
demonstration involving
sounds and movements,
giving the audience a
glimpse of the answer to
the eternal human ques-
tion, Who Am I?
George Bebedelis, on the
topic, 'Importance Of
Vedic Ideals And Their
Connection With Ancient
Greek Wisdom', shared
with the audience of the
most priceless wisdom
that he learnt directly
from Bhagawan, in the
confines of His interview
room, that 'He Is God'.
Narrating his beautiful
learning experiences with
Bhagawan, he also spoke
Barn owls seen in a con-
struction site in Vizag.
SKINNY WHITE
BARN OWLS
RESCUED
DC CORRESPONDENT
VISAKHAPATNAM, NOV.
21
The white barn owl
hatchlings that were
dubbed aliens in a viral
video clip were rescued
by forest department
officials on Tuesday.
The birds have been
handed over to the
Indira Gandhi Zoolo-
gical Park and are under
the care of the veteri-
narian there.
One of the owls is in
critical condition not
having eaten anything
for three days. The owls
are only days old and the
feathers are yet to grow.
One of them has become
weak and is in a critical
condition. As they are
prone to shock or stress,
we have given them
some privacy. The other
owl is attempting to peck
at hands so there is a
chance of recovery,
said a zoo official.
People might have
found it odd with the
skinny hatchlings not
having enough feathers.
They may have gone into
shock due to camera
flash and people crowd-
ing, a zoo official said.
Visakhapatnam divi-
sional forest officer Alan
Chong Teron said the
birds were rescued from
One Town area.
 MLC Budda Venkanna says critics can bring
their views to the notice of the CM instead of
airing them in public and media
DECCAN CHRONICLE
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WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | ANANTAPUR
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PADI SARE TO REACH

State cannot
regularise Panel takes stock
PRAJA SANKALPA YATRA
TIRUCHANOOR
home guards
as constables.
We can only
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hike their salary
Nimmakayala China
Rajappa
Minister
IN BRIEF
Bank chief held
for irregularities
Anantapur: Jammalamadugu
police on Tuesday arrested
Town Cooperative Bank
chairman T. Hrishikesava
Reddy in connection with
largescale irregularities in
the Town Bank. Sources said
DRO Venkata Subbaiah
lodged a complaint with the
Jammalamadugu police
over irregularities such as
cheque bounce cases and
misuse of funds.
About C3 crore funds were
misused during the past few
years. The police
KHDOWKLQIUDVWUXFWXUH
DC CORRESPONDENT
RAJAHMUNDRY, NOV. 21
Central committee on
Assures stone polishing units in Betamcherla town implementation of relief
and rehabilitation pack-
age to the affected people
DC CORRESPONDENT of Polavaram Project ins-
KURNOOL NOV. 21 pected the relief works
during its visit to the proj-
YSR Congress party ect site in West Godavari
president Y.S. Jagan
Mohan Reddy arrived
on Tuesday.
One of the committee
in Kurnool on Tuesday
where he assured the
members Nina Nayar
said that they had visited
stone polishing units in
Betamcherla town that
rehabilitation centres
and also the affected vil-
the royalty rates would lages from where the peo-
be brought down. ple were yet to be evacuat-
Mr Jagan said that he ed and took stock of the
was confident of win- developments.
ning 130 seats in the We would attend a
next general elections if review meeting to be held
he receives the same by the AP Chief Minister
response from public. N. Chandrababu Naidu on
He said no section of Wednesday and added th-
society was happy with at accordingly, they would
Chief Minister N. submit a report of their
Chandrababu Naidu, inspection to the project
adding that he was site to the Central govern-
happy with the Yatra YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy meets people during his Praja Sankalpa ment, Ms Nayar said.
undertaken so far. Yatra at Betamcherla in Kurnool district on Tuesday. DECCAN CHRONICLE Another member Latha
Addressing a gather- Krishna Rao opined that
ing at Betamcherla the lifestyle of the affect-
DC CORRESPONDENT
EVEN AS Rama- TIRUPATI, NOV. 21
nnapalem rehabili- Traditional Padi Sare, a gift
tation colony was to Goddess Padmavati from
set up three years
ago, there is no
Lord Venkateswara from
Tirumala, will reach
Tiruchanoor on the day of
building for primary Panchami Theertham on
school till date. November 23.
A procession of sare will be
ed people, they asked for organised in Tirumala
relief as per the norms of
Land Acquisition Act,
between 4.30 am to 5.30 am.
A team of TTD officers
2013. Tribal youths were
poor in English language
accompanied by priests will
then take the sare to arrive
and there is a need to pro-
vide training to them in
at
Satram
Alipiri,
before
Komalamma
reaching
various vocations and ot- Tiruchanoor.
her skills to help them get Later, the sare consisting of
employment, she said. turmeric, vermilion, pattu
Ms Rao visited Rama- sari, prasadams etc carried
nnapalem and inspected on a temple elephant will be
an anganwadi centre and collected at Pasupu
noticed that the construc- Mandapam and from there
tion of school building is carried to Panchami
incomplete. She asked the Theertha Mandapam.
officials as to why it was The Snapana Tiruman-
so as the rehabilitation janam starts after 10 am and
colony was set up some the Panchami Theertha
three years ago. Chakra Snanam will be
At Kothuru village, the observed by 11.45 am in the
affected people complain- advent of Uttarashada star in
ed that those who com- Makara Lagnam.
pleted 18 years of age we-

Jagan to see bridges built

arrested the chairman
Hrishikesava Reddy.
CEO denies
allegations on SVBC
Tirupati: A top official of Sri
Venkateswara Bhakti Channel
(SVBC) has denied charges
levelled against the channel.
Speaking to media persons
at his office in Tirupati on
Tuesday, CEO A.V. Narasimha
Rao said, Some are inten-
tionally giving a bad publici-
ty to the channel. The profit
of the channel has increased
when compared to previous
years. We have audit on all
spendings. The profit of the
channel had never been
more than C2.5 crore, now it
is about C11 crore. The
monthly expenses are C71
lakh. We have taken up every
step after the TTD boards
decision. He added, We
have taken some employees
on temporary basis as we
have launched Tamil and
Kannada channels too. The
recruitment is done based on
the TTD boards decision in
2016. We have recruited 24
for Kannada and 18 for Tamil,
in Bengaluru and Chennai
respectively. We have 254
employees and on deputa-
tion we had sent 10 members
to those channels. We will
cooperate for the vigilance
inquiry.
PG diploma course
in Yoga at SKU
town, the stronghold of ed people in the rehabili- re not being considered to
Dhone MLA Buggana tation centre was better provide relief by the gov-
Rajender Reddy, Mr than earlier. She said that ernment.
SUO MOTU CASES
across Krishna in Kurnool
Jagan said that his pri- as many as 4,135 persons When she inquired with
ority was to create bet- were evacuated to the the district authorities,
ter health infrastruc-
ture in the state.
DC CORRESPONDENT PEOPLE DEMAND
rehabilitation centres, Ms
Rao said.
they informed her that as
they got married, relief PDS RICE
EXPORTERS
Reviving the super po- would connect Andhra She said that when they was not being provided to
pular Arogyasri scheme KURNOOL, NOV. 21 Pradesh and Telangana interacted with the affect- them.
of his late father Y.S. construction of states. The construction
Rajasekhar Reddy, he Elected representatives Siddeswaram bridge works relating to the
mimicked the sound of
an ambulance as usher-
of Kurnool district
failed to pursue the con-
to avoid boat
tragedies in Krishna
bridge over River Kris-
hna in the border dis- CORRUPT EPDCL OFFICIALS DC CORRESPONDENT
KAKINADA, NOV. 21
ing in the Rajanna struction of a bridge trict of Mahbubnagar
Rajyam. Covering all
ailments including can-
across River Krishna in
Kurnool district to con-
river which would
connect AP and
remained on paper. The-
re is no sign of execut-
FALLS INTO ACB TRAP The Andhra Pradesh State
Food Commission chairman
cer and kidney diseases nect Andhra and Tela- Telangana states. ing the work anywhere DC CORRESPONDENT dal is having a small J.R. Pushpa Raj said that
and paying a pension to ngana states that would in the district even after RAJAHMUNDRY, NOV. 21 stretch of farm land. He stringent action would be
patients were on his ag- have helped to avoid ter of combined Andhra a decade although 61 along with two other taken against the rice expor-
enda. He said, cancer, several boat tragedies. Pradesh, he even sanc- persons have drowned Anti-Corruption Bureau farmers got a small elec- ters who are exporting PDS
heart and kidney treat- The demand for con- tioned funds for the con- near Nehrunagar in sleuths trapped addi- tric transformer fixed to rice to other countries.
ment are expensive; structing the Siddeswa- struction of the bridge Kurnool district in 2007. tional assistant engineer an electric pole at their Addressing reporters here
Chandrababu Naidus ram bridge has been ga- but due to political rea- The then CM Y.S.R of AP Eastern Power field to get power supply on Tuesday that there were
government does not ining credence in view sons even after the for- promised people of the Distribution Corporati- to their agriculture pu- reports in the media that pub-
care about your health. of the recent boat tra- mation of the new state, region that a bridge on Limited while accept- mp sets. On November, lic distribution system rice
Will ensure free surgery gedy in Vijayawada but there is no progress. Pe- would be constructed ing bribe of `8,000 at his the electric pole fell do- being exported from
and procedure for every the biggest roadblock is ople of both the Nandik- and even performed a office at T. Narasapuram wn along with the elec- Kakinada Port and the Food
disease. YSRCP will rei- political interference. otkur and Srisailam co- bhoomi puja in 2008. mandal in West Godav- tric transformer. When Commission had collected
mburse kidney replace- Mr Jagan Mohan Red- nstituencies cross the The government also ari to fix electric trans- the farmers approached samples from the exporters at
ment expenses and dy was approached by river by boats and ferr- released `50 crore former and restore the APEPDCL authori- Kakinada, which would be
increase pension to villagers from Nandik- ies to reach the other under the first phase. power supply to the agri- ties on the development, analysed to decide the rice
patients to `10,000. otkur to take up the wo- end of the Krishna whi- However, due to the culture collection of a a temporary arrange- variety.
He also vowed to fill rk on the bridge prom- ch lies in Kollapur, Ala- Telangana agitation, farmer on Tuesday. ment was made to Suo motu cases have been
the tanks built by medi- ised and sanctioned by mpur and Nagar Kurn- the construction work According to West God- restore power supply. registered against rice
eval king of Vijayanag- his father. Mr Jagan ool areas of Telangana was kept on the back- avari ACB Deputy Supe- APEPDCL assistant exporting violations and
ara, Krishandevaraya was moved by the app- state. burner. The people of rintendent of Police V. administrative engineer action would be taken accord-
and irrigate the fields eal and said he would People demand the the district were critical Gopala Krishna, com- B. Venkateswara Rao ingly, after completing the
in Rayalaseema. He take up the issue, the construction of Siddes- of the government for plainant and farmer B. demanded `20,000 bribe investigation, Mr Raj said.
reminded Mr Naidu of villagers said. waram bridge to avoid its lack of sincerity and Sobhanadri, resident of to restore the electric He said that adulteration of
setting up of a Mining When Y.S. Rajasekhar boat tragedies in commitment to com- Sreeramavaram village transformer when the food material would also be
University in Dhone. Reddy was chief minis- Krishna river which plete the bridge. of T. Narsapuram man- farmer approached him. dealt seriously as the com-
mission possess quasi judi-
cial powers in such cases.
With regard to supply of
small sizes of eggs to
CPI hits out at 12 red sanders smugglers held, Anganwadi centres and mid-
day meal scheme, the food
commission chairman said

TD fake promises C29lakh cash, 8 vehicles seized

Anantapur: Sri Krishna-
devaraya University offers
Post Graduate Diploma
course in Yoga. Admissions
will begin in December,
according to rector Prof. H.
Lajapathi Roy said. The one
year course will have two
semesters. In the view of the
importance for yoga across
the globe, the University
planned to introduce the
course. Graduates from any
discipline are eligible for the
course. Details will be avail-
able on varsity website, the
rector said.
Advanced tech to
speed up road work
Anantapur: Advanced
machinery and technology
being used to speed up road
work in between Guntakal
and Bellary Highway Road.
Normally only about 250
metres of BT Road can be
laid with available regular
DC CORRESPONDENT
TIRUPATI, NOV. 21
CPI national secretary K.
Narayana slammed the
government saying that it
was bluffing people with
lame promises, adding
that the public has lost
hope on the political par-
ties.
Speaking to media per-
sons in Gudur of Nellore
district, Mr Narayana
said, My brothers fami-
ly lost members from
three generations of
ladies in the tragic ferry
incident at
Ibrahimpatnam. He inci-
dent was the result of
negligence on the part of
the government. the politics is bad idea.
Mr Narayana has writ-
ten an open letter to Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu
Naidu saying, Public has becoming business. Fes-
lost confidence in politics
K. Narayana
avari Pushkaralu, you
took so many lives. The
Ibrahimpatnam incident
is also the government
negligence. Using devo-
tional programmes for
He added, With politics
being turned into busi-
ness, the devotion is now
tivals now became fash-
DC CORRESPONDENT
ANANTAPUR, NOV. 21
Kadapa district police on
Tuesday nabbed 12 mem-
bers of a gang of red
sanders including two
International smugglers
and seven Interstate
smugglers in the Railway
Kodur area and seized
`29 lakh cash, six cars
and two lorries being
used for smuggling.
The International
smugglers were smug-
gling the logs from six
ports in various parts of
the country to Dubai,
Singapore and other
countries.
Kadapa SP Babuji Adda
told media that Sethu
Madhavan, native of Red
Hills area in Chennai
and Sheik Mubarak Ali
from Pulal area in
Kadapa SP Babuji with smugglers and seized vehicles
in Anantapur on Tuesday. DECCAN CHRONICLE
recently arrested smug- more than 360 tonnes of
glers, the district police
kept an eye on the move-
ments of the most want-
ed smugglers. Madhavan
alias Sethu was working
Rayalaseema and is
involved in 17 cases, SP crepencies in social welfare
Mr Babuji Adda said.
The due used Chennai
Port, Tuthukudu Port of
Tamil Nadu, Trivandram
Port in Kerala, Navasena
Port Mumbai, Gandhi
Dam Port and Kandla
Port in Gujarat for the
illicit transportation of
logs. The smugglers
would receive cash
through hawala transac- exported from Kakinada
tions.
In addition, Shakti Vel ,
Krishna Kumar of Red
Hills area in Chennai,
Shiraj Beig of Kolar,
Galla Udaya Bhaskar of
Nellore and Sheik
Khadar Bhasaha from to decide the rice variety.
red sanders logs with the Giddalure in Prakasam
nexus of local smug- district, Puvvada
glers. Similarly, Sheik Krishna from Rajampet
Mubarak alias Mubarak in Kadapa were among
who runs an exports and other interstate smug-
district joint collector along
with two officers were desig-
nated as district grievance
redressal officers, who will
take strict action in such
cases. There should be dis-
schemes, he said.
The commission members
visited the Kakinada
Anchorage Port to collect rice
samples and inspected
Anganwadi centres.
THERE WERE reports in
the media that public dis-
tribution system rice being
Port and the Food
Commission had collected
samples from the
exporters at Kakinada,
which would be analysed
CHANGE OF NAME
I, YEDURU SOWJANYA (Old

machinery. However, more
than a kilometre will be laid
by using advanced machin-
ery to speed up the works.
A group of officials from
National Highway Authorities
of India are scheduled to
inspect the works on
Wednesday.
TD men indulge in
lewd dances in WG
Rajahmundry: Telugu Desam
leaders and activists alleged-
ly danced to Telugu movie
item numbers on a specially
erected dais at an orchard at
Ambarpeta village of
Bhimadole mandal in West
and politicians who bluff
them. Chief Ministers
and the Prime Minister
are trying to highlight
their devotional aspect.
As a Chief Minister, to of-
fer prayers at the God-
ACADEMIC | EXCELLENCE
Arts College set to be deemed varsity
DC CORRESPONDENT
RAJAHMUNDRY, NOV. 21
The Government Arts
College (Autonomous) is
soon to be developed as a
Z[K
Neme), W/o BODEDDULA CHANDRA
ion, to show their wealth Chennai from Tamil as a driver before he imports agency is glers nabbed during MOHAN REDDY Residing at
the Prasadam Laddus are Nadu were involved in became smuggler six involved in smuggling raids at Railway Kodur, D/NO. 3/20, Mangapatnam,Villege,
brought for lakhs of large scale smuggling of years back and close aide activities for the past Kadapa SP said. Muddanur Mandal, Kadapa District,
rupees in auctions. The of red sanders using of Dubai based smuggler seven years. The police teams seized AP. Shall Henceforth be known as
tourism in the state needs locally available inter- Ali Bhai. He transported more `29 lakh cash, six cars BODEDDULA SOWJANYA (New
to be under observation state smugglers. He is accused in 21 than 300 tonnes of red and two trucks from the Neme) by virtue of my marriage.
and checks. Following a tip of from cases and has smuggled sander logs from gang.
Decision may attract foreign students to the state
a deemed university. Arts College was year UG students to pur- sity status.
The college authorities established in 1853 as sue dual degree courses A detailed draft project
are working out modali- to ensure that they get report for conversion of
ties to start tailor-made a district school and employment soon after the college into deemed
UG courses like actuarial got autonomous sta- completion of their university is already pre-
science, agriculture biot- tus in 2000. At pres- courses. The first year pared. While, a total of

Godavari on late Sunday
night. According to sources,
local TD leaders and activists
hailing from parts of Ungutur
Assembly segment organised
a 'Vana Bhojanam' (garden
party) during the auspicious
Karthika Masam. They hired a
local orchestra and 'record-
ing' dancers to perform dur-
ing the party. After having
lunch in the afternoon, the
orchestra started to sing
songs and play music.
Deemed University and
college authorities plan
to offer several under-
graduate and postgradu-
ate job-oriented courses
with an interface with
industry for the benefit of
students mainly from
twin districts of Goda-
vari. Under Rashtriya
Uchchattar Shiksha Abh-
iyan, the autonomous col-
lege will be converted as
Z[K
echnology, food microbi- ent, it offers 29 UG intake of the college is as 100 virtual classrooms
ology, econometrics, com- many as 1,200 students. were granted to the state,
puter science among oth-
and seven PG courses The authorities plan to the college is granted
ers. The college has with strength of 3,500 start as many as 15 PG with the highest number
already started dual students. programmes which are to of five such classrooms.
degree courses wherein be designed in a unique The department of sci-
the students can pursue academic year 2017-18. way to suit the needs of ence and technology wh-
three-year Undergra- The diploma certificate industry and market. ich works under Union
duate courses and can courses are designed to They also plan to attract ministry of science and
also pursue one year cer- suit the needs of the local foreign students to purs- technology has granted
tificate or diploma course industries. Moreover, the ue UG or PG courses in `80 lakh to the college to
simultaneously having authorities have made it their college once it is ele- strengthen teaching and
more job potential for the mandatory for all first vated to Deemed Univer- research in sciences.

Why should
YSRC MLAs
attend Asse-
mbly when all
Parliamentary
norms and
values are
given a go-by?
Y.S. Jagan Mohan
Reddy
YSRC president
IN BRIEF
VUNDAVALLI
WRITES
TO SONIA
DC CORRESPONDENT
RAJAHMUNDRY, NOV. 21
Former MP Vundavalli Aruna
Kumar dashed off a missive to
Congress President Sonia
Gandhi suggesting that she
should take up a discussion on
implementation of various
provisions of AP
Reorganisation Act, 2014
under Rule 184 in the
Parliament and move a no-con-
fidence motion against the
BJP led NDA regime if it
failed to allow voting on the
issue.
Speaking to newsmen here
on Tuesday, the former MP
said that as per Rule 184 of
Parliaments Code of Rules
and Procedure, soon after the
discussion on the said topic
initiated by the Congress, the
government is supposed to call
for a vote and added that if the
government refuses to allow
voting on the issue, the
Congress should move a no-
confidence motion against the
government. He said that MPs
from TD and YSRC from AP
should vote against the gov-
ernment. However, he said
that if the discussion on the
said topic was taken up under
Rule 193, it would be of no use
as without voting, only discus-
sion on the subject would be
allowed but little else.
The former MP in his letter
alleged that the BJP led NDA
regime was ignoring the inter-
ests of the state by not imple-
menting the provisions of the
Act which has now been pend-
ing for a long time. He also
flayed the ruling TD regime for
failing to mount pressure
upon the Centre to implement
the Act. He blamed the
Opposition YSR Congress as
well for keeping quiet on the
Act and added that this was
resulting in a great loss to the
people in AP.
Mr Kumar suggested to the
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi to act swiftly and
promptly on the issue setting
aside the fact that AP was hav-
ing no Lok Sabha member
from the Congress.
Referring to the Opposition
YSR Congress boycotting the
ongoing Assembly sessions,
the ex-MP advised the partys
members to attend Public
Accounts Committee meetings
and come up with facts on
Polavaram Irrigation Project
and other issues. He reiterated
his demand that the state gov-
ernment should publish a
white paper on the execution
of Polavaram project.
CMs address in Assembly
sends a different signal
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21
The TD leaders want their chief
to be tougher towards the Union
government, to achieve the
desired results. After observing
the address of the CM in the
Assembly on Monday and
Tuesday, during a short discus-
sion on MGNREGS and on the
agriculture sector, the TD MLAs
felt that their leader should have
been more expressive about his
dismay over the Centres apathy
towards the state.
The TD leaders feel that their
chief is stronger than any
regional party leader across the
country. He is the only experi-
enced Chief Minister when
compared to others like Mamata
Banerjee in West Bengal, Navin
Patnaik in Odisha, Nitish
Kumar in Bihar and K.
Chandrasekhar Rao in
Telangana. These states have
governments that are led by
regional parties such as TMC,
BJD, JD (U) and TRS. Except for
Nitish Kumar, the remaining
three CMs are constantly on
their feet, to stand as opponents
of BJP.
The TD party cadre strongly
feel that when compared to
other regional outfits, the ruling
TD in AP has a very strong base,
with more than 50 lakh party
membership spread across the
two Telugu speaking states. No
Speaker Kodela tells cops not to create
unnecessary problems for legislators when
they come to the Assembly in their vehicles
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FESTIVAL GIFT
My family has Aadhaar in AP: Lokesh
AP jaggery not
DC CORRESPONDENT Nandi awards. Even Devansh has an Krishna river tragedy.
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21 A few people are search- Aadhaar card in AP, Mr Responding to a query on
part of Kanuka
Minister Nara Lokesh on
ing as to whether our fam-
ily has Aadhaar cards in
Lokesh told mediapersons
during an informal chat
a report about Ms Akhila
Priyas exit from the
Tuesday stated that he has the state of Andhra with mediapersons in the Cabinet, Mr Lokesh said
voter ID and Aadhaar Pradesh, Mr Lokesh said. Assembly lobbies. that she was performing
cards in Andhra Pradesh, Without having an He clarified Ms Bhuma well. He said she had
a day after he slammed Aadhaar card in AP, how Akhila Priya would not be organised the social
Turnover hiked by 10 times for tender
critics sitting outside AP could I have become an shifted from her toursim media awards function in
of commenting on the MLC, he asked. portfolio, following the an appreciable manner.
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21
The famous Anakapalle
jaggery wont be a com-
Anakapalle
jaggery
traders
TRADERS question the
increase in the business
turnover to C30 crore
Act on Ambati,
Speaker urged
modity any more in from C3 crore, in the ten-
Chandranna Christmas
Kanuka (CCK) and
lost the
chance of
der norms
Chandranna Sankranti MINISTER P. Pulla Rao
Kanuka (CSK). The civil
supplies department
sending
the jag- says that they will not
compromise on the
DC CORRESPONDENT before the House and
has reportedly taken a gery to VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21 sought the permission
decision to increase the
business turnover from
APCSC quality
The Chief Whip, Dr
of the Speaker to dis-
cuss about the report
`3 crore, which was last Palle Raghunath that appeared in the
years turnover, to `30 The Anakapalle Reddy, introduced a vernacular daily,
crore as a prerequisite jaggery traders proposal seeking disci- where Mr Rambabu,
to submit a tender. With met me and plinary action against termed the Speaker a
this move, AP jaggery handed over a Mr Ambati Rambabu, Criminal No.1.
has lost the chance to be the YSRC leader for his Speaking on the sub-
representation about ject, Dr Raghunath
a part of CCK, and CSK. remarks over the
The irony of the entire not being able to Assembly Speaker, Dr Reddy observed that
episode is that a Make accommodate the req- Kodela Shivaprasada Dr Kodelas political
in AP product has no uisites required in the Rao, on Tuesday. career was an open
place even in the gov- entire process of sup- Former Minister, Mr book and that he
ernment schemes. plying jaggery Bandaru Satyan- served the state for six
The Anakapalle arayana Murthy, urged terms as an MLA and
Merchants Association
PRATHIPATI PULLA the Speaker to use his 14 years as a minister.
(AMA) is certainly not RAO, discriminatory powers By terming such an
happy about this. The Minister for civil supplies to summon Mr esteemed personality a
Anakapalle traders Rambabu, and the Criminal No.1, Mr
allege that it is a con- management of the Rambabu has shown
spiracy which will hit vernacular daily. his imbalance and his
the Anakapalle jaggery
market badly.
APCSC has placed a
The Quality is prime However, the Speaker
said that he would dis-
cuss with the leader of
own criminal tenden-
cies, said
Raghunath Reddy.
Dr
new prerequisite in the
tender process, by stat-
ing the eligibility of the
bidder would be based
concern: APCSC the House and the min-
ister for legislative
affairs, before taking a
decision.
He proposed that this
issue be placed before
the Privileges
Committee, as a unani-
on the fact that he or DC CORRESPONDENT make both ends meet, The Telugu Desam mous resolution of the
she should have `30 VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21 said Mr Konathala decided to take up the House, and the neces-
crore jaggery business Prakash, another trader. issue of a news story sary action be taken
turnover per annum, Even the Andhra While the Chief published in the ver- against Mr Rambabu.
stated a AMA member. Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister is very much in nacular daily Sakshi, Later, Mr Bandaru
However, the minister Corporation (APCSC) favour of the Make in after the tea break. Satyanarayana Mur-
for civil supplies, Mr managing director Mr AP product and also Once the House was thy, urged the Speaker
Prathipati Pulla Rao, K. Ram Gopal has actively supports the resumed, the Chief to summon both Mr
has stated that the gov- stressed on the quality farmers and jaggery Whip, Dr Palle Rambabu and the man-
ernments chief con- and not about the sud- traders, the present Raghunath Reddy, ini- agement of Sakshi to
cern is quality and will den change in tender move of the APCSC has tiated the proposal the House.
not compromise on the norms. drawn criticism.
quality of jaggery, to be Quality is the prime However, the APCSC MD
CM ASKS MLAs TO ACHIEVE
supplied as gift on the concern for us. In 2015, said, If they are ready
occasions of Christmas the Anakapalle jaggery to equip themselves
and Sankranti, under traders supplied us the with the new technology
the Chandranna
Kanuka label. When
jaggery wrapped in poly-
thene covers but by the
for quality output and
produce, the APCSC has SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
asked about the reason time it reached the bene- no objection in getting
to drop the Anakapalle ficiaries, the jaggery had the produce from them, DC per cent growth rate
jaggery from this melted, MD Mr Ram as we have done in the CORRESPONDENT in the first quarter of
Christmas and Gopal explained, and last two years, MD Mr VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21 2017-18 against 5.6
Sankranti gift scheme, added that the APCSC Ram Gopal said. per cent at the All
the minister for civil has advised the However, the farmers The Chief Minister, India level. He said
supplies Mr Prathipati Anakapalle traders to and traders of Mr N. Chandrababu despite bifurcation
Pulla Rao stated that adopt new technology in Anakapalle jaggery mar- Naidu, appealed to odds the state
the government is con- order to produce refined ket are more worried MLAs to compete achieved 10.95 per
cerned about the quali- quality jaggery. about their stocked pro- with each other to cent growth rate dur-
ty. The Anakapalle jag- In fact, Andhra duce, as they have lost achieve sustainable ing 2015-16 and 11.61
gery traders met me Pradesh has no jaggery the chance of getting growth in their per cent growth rate
and handed over a rep- producing factories or their tender approved. respective con- during 2016-17. He
resentation about not units, said the APCSC The tender process got stituencies. He said said AP should be
being able to accommo- MD. over a fortnight ago, members should be one among top three
date the requisites Speaking on the issue, said Mr Konathala aware of sustainable states by 2019 and in
required in the entire the AMA members Mr Prakash and added that growth and continu- top place by 2022.
process of supplying Kolaparthy Kannababu they met the minister ously monitor the The Chief Minister
jaggery, the minister and Mr Pentakota for civil supplies Mr growth rate in their said that the state
said and added that the Subrahmanyam said Prathipati Pulla Rao to respective con- government has
quality of the product that the Chief Minister support their cause. stituencies to been giving priority
mattered more than the Mr Chandrababu Naidu The minister has achieve this sustain- to the happiness of
place from where it is has taken a good initia- reportedly assured them able growth. people and every
produced. tive to support the jag- that he would address Speaking on the family should be
Our managing direc- gery market as well as the issue, in an amicable topic of Sustainable happy.
tor Mr Ram Gopal has the sugarcane farmers. way. But with these Growth in the AP He said AP tops in
organised quality tests, If everything goes well, developments, the bene- Assembly on providing 100 per
and accordingly the ten- each farmer will get `2 ficiaries of CCK and Tuesday, the Chief cent power supply to
der process has been lakh to `2.5 lakh per CSK will get their Minister said AP is homes and distribut-
completed, the minis- annum, as profit which Chandranna Kanukas making impressive ing 100 per cent gas
ter said. would allow them to from outside the state. headway with 11.71 connections.
The TD leaders observed that
Mr Naidu was responsible for
projecting two Prime Ministers,
during United Front and NDA
rule. During the days of United
Front, and NDA-1 headed by Mr
AB Vajpayee, the word of Mr
Naidu carried weight and the
TD enjoyed more clout than any
other alliance partner in those
two governments.
Now, the scene has been
reversed with Mr Naidu facing
suffocation and discomfort in
the present NDA-2 govern-
ment, said a polit-bureau mem-
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu ber. The same agony and dis-
Naidu satisfaction was noticed during
Mr Naidus address in the
Assembly, in two different occa-
Naidu is a towering sions in the last two days, over
and undisputed per- the NDA-2 governments atti-
sonality, he shouldn't tude, he analysed.
compromise on the For the last two weeks, the
relationship between the state
State's interests: TD and Centre has been strained,
leaders following the issues related to
DGP Mr Sambasiva Rao and
Naidu is the most questions raised by the Centre
charming CM, amongst on the construction of
his age group CMs: a Polavaram and capital
former minister Amaravati.
A former minister felt that
this is a good time for the TD to
regional party had such a cadre distance itself from the NDA,
base. A senior TD leader said, since the image of the PM Mr
Our CM is Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not as bright
material. He has worked with all any more. If the alliance contin-
the veterans as well as seniors ues, the senior leader feels, TD
across the nation, with regional will also feel the impact of
and national parties. diminishing glory.
 CPIs Narayana says people need action
by the state over the boat mishap, not lip
sympathy and crocodile tears
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We will
intensify our
stir till special
category status
4 months needed to identify
is achieved for
AP project-affected persons: AP
DC CORRESPONDENT
K. Ramakrishna
HYDERABAD, NOV 21
CPI Secretary
The AP government
informed the Hyderabad
Centre quizzed on Polavaram fund Padma Rao sacks PRO
OTHER STORIES High Court that it needed
four months to identify DC CORRESPONDENT Ramachandra Rao. It Minister to Parliament He submitted that the

RAJA SINGH
the families affected by
land acquisition for vari-
ous projects and to pro-
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21

The Hyderabad High

DEMANDS BAN ON
PADMAVATI
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
BJP Goshamahal MLA T. Raja
Singh requested Chief
Minister K. Chandrasekhar
Rao to ban the screening of the
movie Padmavati till the film-
maker makes the required
changes. In a letter to Mr Rao,
Mr Singh said the film hurt
the sentiments of Hindus by
manipulating history of Rani
Padmavati ji,. He said
Rajasthan, MP and UP had
banned the movie.
Speaking to this newspaper,
Mr Singh said that the movie
hurt the sentiments of over 15
lakh Rajputs in the state
besides crores of Hindus.
vide them resettlement
and rehabilitation.
The government state-
ment was made before a
division bench compris-
ing Acting Chief Justice
Ramesh Ranganathan
and Justice G. Shyam
Prasad which was was
dealing with a PIL by AP
Agricultural Workers
Union represented by its
secretary Venkateswarlu.
The petitioner had chal-
lenging the government
for displacing affected
families under the vari-
ous projects without
announcing the resettle-
ment and rehabilitation
packages.
Counsel for the petition-
er told the court that the
state government was
neglecting agriculture
Court on Tuesday asked
the Centre to spell out
the reasons behind its
announcement that it
would bear the cost of
`16,000 crore for the con-
struction of the
Polavaram project as per
the estimated cost as on
April 1, 2014.
A division bench com-
prising Acting Chief
Justice Ramesh Rangan-
athan and Justice G.
Shyam Prasad was deal- contended that the deci-
ing with PIL filed by
Congress Rajya Sabha
member Dr K.V.P. ance given by the Prime
sion of land and in 64
notifications resettle-
ment and rehabilitation
had been provided to the
affected families.
directed the Centre to
inform it of the steps
being taken to fulfil the
in February 2014.
He said the the Centre
had announced
promise made in the AP
Reorganisation Act, 2014
Polavaram as a national
project and now it had
that the total cost of the
project would be borne
announced that it would
bear the cost as per esti-
by the Centre. mates till April 1, 2014.
The petitioner chal- He submitted that the
lenged the decision of project cost had escalat-
the Centre to bear only ed to `53,000 crore.
the cost for project as When the bench won-
estimated on April 1, dered at three-fold
2014. increase, Mr Murthy
Senior counsel D.V. said that as per the
Seetharama Murthy promises made during
appearing for Dr Rao the introduction of
Reorganisation Bill in
sion of the Centre was in Parliament, the entire
violation to the assur- cost has to borne by the
Centre.
structure and the
COURT SEEKS arrangements made for
protection of animals
DETAILS OF which were seized in the
cases of illegal transport.
Unin finance ministry
announced on
September 30, 2016, stat-
ing that it will bear only
`16,000 crore.
Assistant Solicitor Ge-
neral Lakshman brought
to the notice of the court
that the petitioner had
raised the issue in the
Rajya Sabha and the
Centre had replied to
him
The bench issued
notices to the Centre, AP
government and other
official respondents
directing them to file
their counter affidavits
and posted the case to
December 19.
der. The petitioners also
sought a direction to the
government to constitute
district level societies of
the SPCA.
for threatening mantri
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
Excise minister T. Padma
Rao on Tuesday directed the
Telangana State Beverages
Corporation to remove its
public relations officer
Peeli Krishna, for making
threatening calls to forest
minister Jogu Ramanna in
a local dispute in Nirmal
district. Mr Padma Rao told
the media at the Secretariat
on Tuesday that Mr Krishna
was an outsourced employ-
ee and not appointed by
him.
Krishna has no business
to call Mr Ramanna and
threaten him against inter-
vening in the dispute. This
is a serious issue. When I
got the details today, I imme-
diately ordered the corpora-
KRISHNA HAS BEEN
USING his influence as
PRO with the excise min-
ister to call officials and
non-officials and direct
them to do things. He is
also involved in the set-
tlement of some land
disputes.
IN A VILLAGE in Nirmal
district he had a tiff with
the local TRS leader M.
Rajesam Goud, who
approached Mr Ramanna
for help.
trict he had a tiff with the
local TRS leader M.
Rajesam Goud, who
approached Mr Ramanna
for help. When he came to
hear of this, Krishna called
up Mr Ramanna and told

FUNDS FOR SPCA

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
had released advertisements
and promos of the movie show-
ing Rani Padmavati dancing in
public, which had never hap-
penned. He said the song
sequences with the character
of Allauddin Khilji was
absurd and cannot be allowed
by the Rajput community.
workers, artisans and
other project affected peo-
ple and was displace
them without giving com-
pensation under the Land
Acquisition Act 2013.
Advocate-General
Dammalapati Srinivas
told the court that in 664
notifications the govern-
ment had taken posses-
He submitted that four
months were required for
identifying the affected
families in 600 notifica-
tions
While recording the
statement of the AG, the
bench adjourned the case
to December 12 and asked
the AG to inform it of the
progress in the matter.
A division bench com-
prising Acting Chief
Justice Ramesh
The Hyderabad High Ranganathan and Justice
Court on Tuesday direct- G. Shyam Prasad was
ed the AP government to dealing with two separate
place details of funds petitions challenging the
released to Society for action of the police in
Prevention of Cruelty to dumping the seized ani-
Animals (SPCA) in all the mals in open places with-
districts and the infra- out shelter, water and fod-
Counsel for the petition-
ers submitted that though
the state government has
been claiming that it had
constituted SPCAs in all
districts most of them
were not functioning due
to lack of basic facilities.
The bench directed the
government to place the
details by December 12.
tion to remove him, Mr
Padma Rao said.
Krishna has been using
his influence as PRO with
the excise minister to call
officials and non-officials
and direct them to do cer-
tain things. He is also
involved in the settlement of
some land disputes.
In a village in Nirmal dis-
him it was not proper for
him to intervene and threat-
ened that he would use the
media to write adversely
about him. This conversa-
tion of the public relations
officer with the minister
was recorded and went viral
on Tuesday, forcing Mr
Padma Rao to order his
removal.

24x7 power to help big farmers

S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU I DC
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
The scheme to provide
round-the-clock free power
to the agriculture sector
from next year will benefit
medium and large farmers
more than small farmers.
Government records show
that of the 55.56 land hold-
ers in the state, 34 lakh have
less than half a hectare.
About 2 lakh have between
five and 15 hectares.
According to experts, about
75 per cent of agriculture
land holders dont need 24-
hour power supply.
According to estimates,
24x7 supply to the agricul-
ture sector will cost about
`7,000 crore per year. The
state has 23 lakh agricul-
ture pump sets, and the gov-
ernment will be spending
about `34,000 to supply
power to each of them.
Farmers have so far not
removed auto-starters on
their pump sets, which they
had installed during the
LAND HOLDINGS IN TS
Holdings Area
(Lakhs) (Lakh ha.) (Hectares)
34.41 15.67
13.27 18.69
6.03 15.85
1.67 9.27
0.16 2.49
years of erratic power sup-
ply. Transco has decided to
hold a special drive from
December 5 to educate the
farmers to remove them.
The auto-starters switch
on the pump sets, whether
there is a need to water the
crops or not. This will not
only impose and additional
burden on the system but
also deplete groundwater.
A senior officer in the
energy department said if
all the farmers remove the
auto-starters, power con-
sumption would will be less
for 24x7 power supply than
the present nine-hour sup-
Average size
0.46
1.41
2.63
5.55
15.56
ply.
If the auto-starters are
removed, farmers will use
the pump sets only when
they need to water the
fields, an official said.
After the announcement
of 24x7 power supply, many
farmers told the govern-
ment that they dont need
round the clock power.
Energy minister G.
Jagadish Reddy has stated
previously that he had
received many messages on
his mobile phone from
farmers informing him that
round-the-clock power was
not needed.

Pollution dangerous for CONVERSION

certain blood groups
INDULEKHA
ARAKKAL | DC
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
According to a study recent-
ly conducted by the
Intermountain Medical Ce-
ntre Heart Institute of Utah
in Collaboration with the
Brigham Young University,
air pollution is particularly
detrimental to the cardiac
health of people with the
blood groups A, B, or AB.
People with O blood groups
are at a significantly lower
risk of developing heart
disease due to pollution.
Dr Ashwin Tumkur, a sen-
ior cardiologist, says, The
genetic makeup of the
heart differs with the blood
group. Indians are three
times more prone to heart
attacks than Americans.
This genetic tendency com-
bined with our lifestyle
poses an increased risk. Air
pollution is a matter of
grave concern that many
states are dealing with. We
should realise that our
genetic makeup is not suit-
ed for high levels of pollu-
tion.
The study says that these
findings should not cause
panic. Among the patients
who participated in the
study, those who suffered
from heart attacks already
had a history of other coro-
nary problems. The study
was conducted over a peri-
od of fourteen years.
25 microgram per cubic
metre was taken to be the
baseline pollution level,
and it was found that every
additional 10 micrograms
increased the risk of heart
disease.
It was found that though
particulate matter (PM) 2.5
As Indians, we are
three times more
prone to heart attacks
than Americans.
levels touched 100 in the
winter, readings were typi-
cally in the 50 to 60 range.
The risk of heart disease
increased when PM 2.5 lev-
els were greater than 25.
The average air quality in
Hyderabad, as reported by
the Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB) was
85 on Monday, which is con-
sidered to be satisfactory.
PM 2.5 levels across the city
usually vary between 60
and 80. Pollution levels are
likely to increase in the
upcoming winter.
Dr Rajesh Nair, a cardiolo-
gist, says, When one in-
hales too much particulate
matter, minute particles
enter the lungs and make it
difficult to breathe. These
particles may contain poi-
sonous gases that can affect
the heart or cause high
blood pressure and lead to
coronary problems.
Dr M.S.S. Mukharjee, a
senior cardiologist, says,
There may be certain
genes that show an inclina-
tion towards the develop-
ment of a disease. There
may be a variation in the
ABO gene that could cause
an inclination towards
heart disease. But the
study just forms an associa-
tion; we need to find a
causative link. There are
more people with O blood as
opposed to other blood
groups, and yet those with
the other blood groups have
been found to be affected
more. This needs to be stud-
ied further.
RACKET IN TS
ALARMS POLICE
PINTO DEEPAK | DC
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
A racket involving the
proselytization of min-
ors hailing from back-
ward rural communities,
has been unearthed by
the Rachakonda Police,
has shocked the state but
also the central agencies.
Officers from the
Central and state intelli-
gence agencies, including
those investigating terror
cases, have now started
probing the role of the
suspects arrested in con-
nection with this racket.
Senior officials say that
though the gang has not
been found to have any
connections with radical
organisations, the possib-
ility cannot be ruled out.
So far, the cops have
arrested nine persons
and rescued 17 kids from
a home run by them. A
custody petition has
already been filed, and
the cops hope to be able to
extract more details from
the suspects.
Senior officials say that
Burugupalli Satyanaray-
ana alias Mohd Siddique,
the prime accused, con-
verted to Islam while he
was an intermediate stu-
dent. He moved to Waran-
gal, then to Suryapet in
Nalgonda district, and
finally to Kakinada, wh-
ere he embraced Islam.
Satyanarayana began
travelling to rural areas
to identify children to be
brought to the Peace
Orphan Home Society,
which was being run by
Motapothula Praveen
alias Abdulla.

How can the
media seek
confirmation
from me after
writing
everything?
Nara Lokesh
AP minister
IN BRIEF
Team members of Hydrogen Train
research project at SRM University
at Nerrukonda village. DC
Hydrogen will
fuel the future,
says scientist
DC CORRESPONDENT
GUNTUR, NOV. 21
SRM University has taken up a
prestigious and mega research
project, 'Jal Janak Rail' for the
first time in the country in
partnership with Integral
Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai.
Speaking during an interac-
tive session held at SRM - AP,
Amaravati on Tuesday with
faculty members and students
on the 'Hydrogen Train' Prof D.
Narayana Rao, Pro- Vice-
Chancellor, SRM-AP, Amara-
vati University said that the
project to be completed within
two years, and motivated the
students to get involved in the
project to widen their knowl-
edge, skills and creativity.
Associate Professor, Chem-
ical Sciences, SRM University,
Chennai Dr. Bhalachandra
Kakade explained the techni-
cal details and importance of
the project.
He said that the the future of
energy source is Hydrogen.
Fuels like natural gas, coal
and petrol may get exhausted
in the years to come. At the
same time, Nuclear power has
some resistance from some sec-
tions of the society. So, in these
critical conditions, the world is
moving towards Hydrogen as a
source of energy, Dr Kakade
said.
He said that hydrogen pro-
vides six times more energy
than conventional fuels, it's
much safer and costs much less
cost than other fuels.
Dr Kakade said that hydro-
gen is plentiful and many
industries are now releasing
the gas into air as waste. He
said that the researchers could
utilise hydrogen as source of
energy and it would be a by-
product for them.
He said that his team has
completed some preliminary
work on the project and now
they have taken up detailed
work on the project to develop
transportation of hydrogen
and its storage.
Dr Kakade said that in the
Hydrogen Train, SRM Univ-
ersity has to conduct research
on storage and cells and other
issues and the ICF will take up
work on new designs for coach-
es for the train.
Motorist hit by
truck, dies
Visakhapatnam: A motorcy-
cle rider died in a road acci-
dent after the bike he was
riding was hit by a truck on
the port connectivity road
under One-Town police sta-
tion limits in Vizag city on
Tuesday. The deceased, V.
Venkatesh, a resident of
Kotaveedhi area in the city,
was on his bike heading
towards Kotaveedhi when
the speeding truck coming
from the opposite direction
hit the bike. Venkatesh was
severely injured and taken to
KGH where he was declared
brought dead.
2 motorists jailed
for tipsy driving
Visakhapatnam: A local court
in Vizag city on Tuesday
gave two motorcyclists R.
Jagadeesh, 21, and M.
Krishna Swamy, 25 a 3-day
jail term each and fined `500
when they were caught in a
drunk driving case. ADCP
(Traffic) K. Mahendra Patrudu
said the two motorists were
caught for tipsy driving by
Gajuwaka police recently.
Actor Posani Krishna Murali says he will
return his Nandi award, says he did not like
Lokesh questioning the nativity of critics
Build cost-effective Solar-powered Namma
industries, says Naidu toilets open in Guntur
Officials told to tap latent technologies in solar, wind
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 21
Buoyed by the savings of
around `872 crore through
various cost-effective
measures like swapping of
loans, improving efficien-
cy, reduction of losses to
9.77 per cent, Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu
Naidu has directed the
energy department on
Wednesday to work out
special strategies for cost-
effective power for rapid
industrial growth.
He specifically directed
the officials to tap the
latent technologies in
solar, wind and energy
efficiency.
What Im determined is
to take every possible step
to strengthen the power
sector for overall econom-
ic development of the
state and specifically not
to increase the tariff even
by single paise during
2017-18,
Minister.
said Chief
While launching The
Andhra Pradesh State
Energy Calculator 2050
(APSEC-2050) which is
first of its kind in the
entire nation developed by
NITI Aayog with support
from British High
Commission, the CM
directed the officials to go
for deep dive analysis of
this Energy Calculator in
order to bring in new and
innovative strategies to
assess the demand and
supply positions of Power
Generation, Transmission
curb anticipated future
requirements, apart from
supplying highly qualita-
tive uninterrupted power.
Expressing satisfaction
over Wednesdays develop-
ment that Work Bank is
ready to provide 100%
grant for battery storage
to AP Government in the
proposed 160 MW Wind,
solar Hybrid Park along at
Ananthapur, the
emphatically stated that
CM
the government, while
promoting renewable
energy sources, will con-
tinue to fully support
APGENCO for accelerat-
ing generation to meet the
future demands.
Ajay Jain Prl. secretary,
Energy, I&I, CRDA, K.
Vijayanand, chairman
and MD briefed the CM
that while regular buses
incur an expenditure of
`22 per km towards run-
ning cost the electric vehi-
cles incurs just `10 per km
and also very minute
maintenance cost.
During the meeting, the
energy minister Kala
Venkat Rao thanked the
NITI Aayog for selecting
Andhra Pradesh as the
first state in India to devel-
op the energy calculator.
Sai Prasad, Prl secretary
to CM, K. Ranganatham,
advisor Energy Dept, H.Y.
Dora, CMD APEPDCL,
Sports meet for the disabled
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA NOV. 21
Nearly 800 differently-
abled children showcased
their hidden talent at
Andhra Loyola College
grounds on Tuesday.
District-level sports
meet for differently-abled
has been organised by the
Department of
Differently-abled and sen-
ior citizens of Andhra
WEDDING | SEASON
Moodhami increases rush for marriages
DC CORRESPONDENT
GUNTUR, NOV. 21
With no muhurats to per-
form marriages in the
next two months, a num-
ber of marriages ar slotted
for November 23, 24 and 25,
2017. According to the
priests, there are no
muhurats till Feb. 19, next
year in the Telugu year,
Hevalambi.
No marriages were per-
formed till November 9,
this year, due to Guru
Moodhami. Sukra
Moodhami starts on Nov.
28 and it would continue
till February 19, next year.
Moodhami is treated
Members of Fishing Society present fish to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in
Vijayawada on the occasion of Fisheries Day on Tuesday.
Photographer T. Srinivasa Reddy presents book
Nature's Fury-Revisiting the Tidal Wave 1977 to Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat.
CM praises book
on Diviseema
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 20
Photographs chronicle Diviseema cyclone hit the
the history, as they are
the moments those were
gone forever, impossible
to reproduce, Chief
Minister Chandrababu
Naidu has opined on the
eve of launching the
book of Diviseema
Cyclone uppena on
Tuesday at Chief
Ministers Office.
The book has written
by T. Srinivasareddy.
The Chief Minister
went through the pages
of the pictorial book
Dinesh Paruchuri and J
Umapathi JMD,
APTRANSCO, directors of
Discoms PullaReddy, Se-
shukumar, Chan-
drasekhar, Kamalakar
Babu.
Pradesh(APDDSC).
The sports meet attract-
ed many visitors as people
wanted to witness the
spirit of those children.
Every year, the depart-
ment conducts the sports
meet for the disabled in
November, ahead of the
International Day of
Disabled Persons on Dec. 3.
District collector B.
Lakshmikantham flagged
off the sports meet.
Muhurats available only three days in a row this month; event managers hike prices
inauspicious and hence
marriages and other sig-
nificant activities are not
performed during these
days.
The rush for marriages
on these three days has
increased the demand for
priests, music bands, mar-
riage/function halls,
hotels, lodges, cars, cater-
ing and flowers.
According to reports,
nearly 1 lakh marriages
have been planned on
these three days in the 13
districts in AP. Nearly 300
marriage/function halls
in Guntur and Vijayawada
had been booked and
about 3,000
The Tidal Wave 1977: a
recollection of the memo-
ries of the disastrous
wil be given as housing
Krishna-Guntur coast
and appreciated the
efforts of Andhra
Pradesh Photography
Akademi for publishing
the book that recorded
the devastation of ghast-
ly Diviseema uppena.
Deputy Speaker Mr.
Mandali Budha Prasad,
Konakalla Narayana
Rao, MP and Dr
Parakala Prabhakar,
advisor, communica-
tions have participated
in the programme.
VC & MD NREDCAP,
Adiseshu, MD/APSPCL,
VSR Naidu COO, APSPCL
and other senior officials
of power utilities partici-
pated in the review meet-
ing.
He said that everybody
should recognise the hid-
den talent in the different-
ly-abled children. He said
there are 1,35,000 differ-
ently-abled people in
Krishna district and that
the government was tak-
ing steps for their welfare.
The collector appreciated
all the participants.
The players and athletes
participated in about 100
events for seniors, juniors
high/middle/lower class
rooms in hotels/lodges in
both the cities are also
engaged. This is forcing
some parents to perform
their children's marriages
in the open space before
their houses.
Some marriage/function
halls have been booked for
2-4 marriage functions on
a single day giving good
income to the owners.
Senior priest P.
Someswara Sarma said
that marriage is a mile-
stone in one's life and so
parents always want an
auspicious muhurat for
that to be assured that the
couple lead a happy life.
DECCAN CHRONICLE
and waling track for eld-
DC
ST RESERVATION
FOR FISHERMEN,
PROMISES NAIDU
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 20
Fishermen will get ST
Reservation, we will pass
the resolution and will
send to Delhi, promised by
the Chief Minister
Chandrababu Naidu in
the World Fishermen Day
Celebrations.
Fishermen have been
supported the TDP from
the beginning, stated Mr
Naidu. He has participat-
ed in the programme as
the Chief Guest. He has
informed that 34,000
crores of foreign currency
is coming from the fisher-
men.
Around `43,000 crores
are spending
Chandranna
Scheme, he added. Mr
Bheema
Naidu has explained the
for
details of the benefits giv-
ing to the fishermen
where he said `1.50 lakh
2017 at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences,
subsidy and subsidy is
also given for 4,500 litres
diesel. Fishermen will get
Pension, at the age of 50
years itself, he said.
World Fisheries Day has
celebrated grandly at
Tummalapalli
etram, Vijayawada on
Kalakh-
Tuesday. minister for
Fisheries & Cooperatives
Adinarayanareddy, mini-
ster for Water Resources
Devineni Umamahesw-
arrao, minister for Med-
ical & Health Kamineni
Srinivas, Minister for Law
& Skill Development Kollu
Ravindra have attended
the Fisheries Day celebra-
tions.
Dr.Kamineni Srinivas
told he is also one of the
leaders for the fishermen
units once upon a time.
like running, long jump,
discus throw, javelin
throw, tri-cycling race, vol-
leyball for the deaf, chess
and carroms.
The students of Madona
College for the Deaf,
Vijaya Mary Residential
School for the Blind,
Manasika Vikasa
Kendram, Darsini
Handicapped School for
Mentally Challenged and
others participated.
Every priest is performing
10-12 marriages in these
three days, he added.
Event organisers said
senior cooks are demand-
ing `3,000 to `5,000 per
marriage and suppliers
are demanding `1,000 to
`2,000 per marriage.
Travel agency owner P.
Ramu said there is good
demand for luxury cars
and utility vehicles the
three days. A father, G.
Venkateswarlu, said he
wanted to perform his
son's marriage in a grand
manner but as the bride's
parents did not finalise the
dates, they could not book
a function hall.
State
WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | HYDERABAD
DC CORRESPONDENT
GUNTUR, NOV. 21
Guntur West MLA of
Telugu Desam M.
Venugopala Reddy said
that entertainment and
amusement would be
developed in Guntur city
like Hyderabad in the
coming days.
Guntur MP
Jayadev and Venugopala
Galla
Reddy started the Alapati
Venkata Ramaiah park
reconstructed with `50
lakh with AMRUT funds
at Koritepadu and further
inaugurated Namma bio
toilets at Kankaragunta at
Guntur on Tuesday.
Mr Jayadev said that two
parks would be developed
in the Guntur city every
year.
He said that play items
for children, open gym
pleted.
ers with greenery avail-
able at this park and asked
the public to maintain the prepared plans for the
park without garbage and
waste. pons of the Guntur city
Mr Venugopala Reddy
praising GMC for the park
with modern amenities
stated that Guntur city
will provide entertain-
ment and amusement to
public like Hyderabad in
the coming days. pleted in the next two
He said that `1 crore
sanctioned from his MLA
funds for Nallacheruvu
The Dalai Lama receives the KISS Humanitarian Award
Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday.
KISS Humanitarian
award for Dalai Lama
DC CORRESPONDENT
BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 21
Tibetan leader the Dalai
Lama on Tuesday recei-
ved KISS Humanitarian
Award 2017 given by the
Kalinga Institute of
Social Sciences (KISS),
Bhubaneswar.
Saswati Bal, president,
KIIT University KISS and
Professor Achyuta Sama-
nta, founder of KIIT Univ-
ersity and KISS, present-
ed the 14th KISS Humani-
tarian Award before an
audience of 27,000 indige-
nous students of the insti-
tute and a host of digni-
taries.
The award citation reco-
gnised his concern for
the oppressed human bei-
ngs from all over the wor-
ld in need of compas-
sion. does not come from out-
In his acceptance
speech, the Dalai Lama
called for making this
Century a Century of
compassion and peace.
Previous Century was
marred by violence atmosphere. World peace
There were world wars in
which atom bombs were
also used. Brains of bril-
liant scientists were
Guru
Moodhami
started on
Oct. 12 and
ended on
Nov. 9
Sukra
Moodhami
will start on
Nov. 28 and
will continue In 2016 also, there were no muhurats for mar-
till Feb. 19, riages from April 30 to July 12 due to Sukra
201.
Moodhami and from September 13 to October 11
due to Guru Moodhami
ANANTAPUR
PAGE
Guntur MP Galla Jaydev, along with Guntur municipal
commissioner Ch. Anuradha and others after inaugurat-
ing "Namma Toilets" at Konakarguntura RUB, Guntur
city, on Tuesday. DC
walking track and soon solar powered Namma
the walking track con- (our) eco-friendly toilets
struction would be com- are proposed resolve the
peeing difficulties of the
GMC commissioner Ch public in Guntur city.
Anuradha said that GMC He lamented that
absence of public urinals
development of parks and is troubling nearly one
lakh people who visit the
with State and Union gov-
ernment funds and will
district headquarter
everyday for various
switch Guntur into green
city.
works.
He added that the GMC
She said that the inte-
grated drinking water
primarily decided to start
30 solar-powered eco-
scheme works will be com- friendly Namma toilets in
various centres of the city
months. and appealed the public to
Inaugurating the make good use of the
Namma bio toilets the same.
TD, YSRC CADRE
HOLD PROTESTS,
BURN EFFIGIES
DC CORRESPONDENT
GUNTUR, NOV. 21
The YSR Congress and
Telugu Desam leaders
staged protest and
counter protests in vari-
ous places of Guntur
district on Sunday.
In dramatic condi-
tions, some unknown
persons burned effigy of
Sattenapalli MLA and
AP Assembly Speaker K.
Sivaprasada Rao at
Sattenapalli on Tuesday.
According to the reports
YSRC leaders led by
Sattenapalli YSRC town
president Sk
Nagulmeeran staged a
protest at Saibaba center
at Sattenapalli and they
tried to burn effigy of
Mr Sivaprasada Rao.
They alleged that TD
leaders and cadres who
were supporters of Mr
The award cita- Sivaprasada Rao and his
tion recognised son Kodela Sivaram
his concern for burned effigy of YSRC
the oppressed Sattenapalli constituen-
cy incharge Ambati
human beings Rambabu hence they are
from all over the conducting protest.
world in need of Sattenapalli police led
compassion. by CI R. Suresh Babu
rushed to the spot and
In his accept- forcibly stopped YSRC
ance speech, the protestors from burning
the effigy. The police
Dalai Lama called arrested YSRC leader
for making this Nagulmeeran, K
Century a Century Devadasu, Ch Sambisva
of compassion Rao, Syed Mahbub and
others and shifted them
and peace.
utilised for destruction.
Let the 21st Century be
to Sattenapalli model
police station.
After few minutes in
dramatic conditions
some unknown persons
the Century of compas- burned another effigy of
sion and peace. Peace Mr Sivaprasada Rao
near the model police
side, rather it comes from station and fled away
inside. We need to destroy from the spot. The police
our anger, aggression and
jealousy. Anger and vio-
led by SI Sri Hari rushed
to the spot and control
lence always bring disas-
ter and creates a fearful
the flames but the effigy
was nearly burned. The
Sattenapalli started
can be achieved only by investigation about the
inner peace, the 1989 persons who burned the
Nobel Peace Prize winner effigy.
said.
Marriage
halls illu-
minated
and
decked
out for the
weddings
in Guntur.

I want Ms
Deepikas
head... saved.
Respect it more
than her body.
Even more her
freedom. Do
not deny her
that
Kamal Haasan
actor
IN BRIEF
Cops seize Godse
idol, seal temple
Bhopal: Police on Tuesday
raided the Hindu Mahasabha
office in Daulatganj area in
district headquarters town of
Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh
and seized the idol of
Nathuram Godse, Mahatma
Gandhis assassin. Police also
sealed the room in the office
of the Hindu Mahasabha
where the outfit had laid
foundation to build a temple
dedicated to Godse on
November 15, on the occa-
sion of his death anniversary.
Police also removed a banner
which read, Mahatma
Nathuram Godse temple.
Bus conductor in
Ryan case gets bail
Gurgaon: A Gurgaon civil
court on Tuesday granted
bail to schoolbus conductor
Ashok Kumar, an accused in
the killing of seven-year-old
Pradhuman Thakur, on a
bond of C50,000. The court
had reserved its order after
Additional Sessions Judge
Rajni Yadav heard Kumars
counsel as well as the coun-
sel for the CBI. Lawyer Mohit
Verma had filed for bail for
Kumar after the CBI arrested
a 16-year-old student of Ryan
International on charges of
killing his junior.
JAWAN, 3 LeT
MILITANTS
KILLED IN J&K
YUSUF JAMEEL | DC
SRINAGAR, NOV. 21
As the security forces have
intensified their All-Out oper-
ation against militants in Jam-
mu and Kashmir, three more
cadres of Lashkar-e-Tayabba
(LeT) were killed in a fire fight
in frontier Kupwara district on
Tuesday.
In another gun battle raging
in a different area of Kupwara
since Tuesday afternoon, one
Army jawan was killed and two
others were wounded.
The authorities here said that
with the killing of three more
militants, the toll has risen to
21 in the first 21 days of
November. As many as 194 mil-
itants have been eliminated
since Operation All-Out was
launched jointly by the Army,
the J&K polices counterinsur-
gency Special Operations
Group and the Central Reserve
Police Force earlier this year,
they said. As per the police sta-
tistics, seventy-one security
personnel have also laid down
their lives while fighting the
militants, so far, this year.
RULE ON AID
TO MARTYRS
WIDOWS OUT
New Delhi, Nov. 21: The Defe-
nce ministry has removed a
rule which restricted payment
of monetary allowances to
widow of a gallantry awardee
if she re-marries someone
other than the late husbands
brother.
As per the existing norm, the
payment of allowance is con-
tinued to a widow until her
death or if she re-marries, the
spouse has to be the late hus-
bands brother.
The defence ministry said the
condition of re-marrying the
husbands brother has been
removed after receiving repre-
sentations on it.
This issue was considered
by the government and it has
now been decided to remove
the condition of the widows
remarriage with the late hus-
band's brother for continuation
of the monetary allowance,
the ministry said.
It said the allowance shall be
admissible to the recipient of
the award and on his death to
his widow lawfully married by
a valid ceremony. The widow
will continue to receive the
allowance until her death,
said the ministry.
Recipients of the gallantry
awards were given the mone-
tary allowance as per a note of
the ministry in 1972. The min-
istry said the 1972 note was
superseded in 1995 and then it
was revised from time to time.
The Anti Terrorist Front India announces C21 lakh as
award for cutting former J&K CM Farooq Abdullahs
tongue, saying he has insulted the country
PARLIAMENTARY
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Congress, BJP leaders spar over delay in Parliaments winter session
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
The Congress and the
BJP on Tuesday sparred
over the delay in conven-
ing Parliaments Winter
Session with the opposi-
tion party claiming that
the government was
doing so to avoid a debate
on scams, including
the Rafale deal, during
the Gujarat polls.
The BJP, however, reje-
cted the Congresss tirade
as a chorus of baseless
allegations and insisted
that previous govern-
ments, including the
UPA, had also scheduled
sessions after state polls
as politicians are busy in
campaign.
Parliamentary affairs
This will end polygamy, say women
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
The BJP-led NDA govern-
ment is planning to bring
in a legislation in the
Winter Session of Parli-
ament to put an end to
instant triple talaq or
talaq-e-biddat, the Musl-
im way of divorce, still in
practice despite the
Supreme Court striking
it down on August 23.
Some BJP leaders
likened Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to social
reformer after Raja Ram-
mohan Roy, for taking up
the issue for the benefit
of Muslim women. The
CENTRE TO REPLY
ON RECORDING
OF PROCEEDINGS
J. VENKATESAN | DC
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
The Supreme Court on
Tuesday granted time to
the Centre till Friday to
respond to the proposal
for audio and video
recording of all court
proceedings. At present
there is no recording of
the court proceedings. A
Bench of Justices A.K.
Goel and Uday Lalit
granted time to the
Additional Solicitor
General Pinky Anand,
who submitted that the
government had already
taken steps and the
financial outlay of the
project was under prepa-
ration.
Justice Goel told the
ASG that the govern-
ment should not prolong
matters and sought a
report from the Centre
in two days' time on the
progress so far made.
BOARD OF
INQUIRY FORMED
FOR U.A.V. CRASH
DC CORRESPONDENT
KOCHI, NOV. 21
Triggering panic ahead
of the two-day visit of
Vice-President M. Venk-
aiah Naidu, an unma-
nned aerial vehicle
(UAV) operated by the
Southern Naval Com-
mand crashed at Wil-
lingdon island here on
Tuesday.
A board of inquiry was
being constituted to
investigate the cause of
accident, it said. The
UAV was part of the
naval air squadron, INS
Garuda, which compris-
es the Israeli aircraft
Herons and searchers.
The accident took place
about one-and-a-half- ho-
urs prior to the arrival
of the vice-president at
the naval airport here.
In 2010, a Searcher II
UAV had crashed betwe-
en Vathuruthy and Kat-
ari Bagh while appr-
oaching the runway for
landing after a training
sortie.
AFFAIRS
minister Ananth Kumar
said the Winter Session,
which generally starts
from Novembers third
week, will be convened in
December.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Sumitra Mahajan denied
reports that the session
will not be held, saying,
I can only say that there and they call him
will be a Winter Session
for sure.
Earlier at a press con-
ference, senior Congress
leaders Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Mallikarjun Kh- Parliament session)
arge and Anand Sharma
targeted the government,
claiming that it did not
want to face the opposi-
tion over scams linked minister
to Rafale deal, the GST Brahma the creator
and the note ban.
In a jibe at Modi,
Kharge said the prime
apex courts judgment
was seen as a political
victory for the Modi gov-
ernment. With the next
Lok Sabha elections less
than two years away and
crucial Assembly elec-
tions lined up next year
in Chhattisgarh, Karn-
ataka, Madhya Pradesh
and Rajasthan, the bill
could see the government
getting accused by the
Opposition of trying to
gain political mileage
As the law stands today, comed the NDA govern-
a victim of talaq-e-biddat
has no option but to app-
roach the police for red-
ressal of her grievance,
as a Muslim clergy is of
no assistance to her.
No Briton in ICJ for first time
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK,
NOV. 21
In a big diplomatic win for
India and the Modi gov-
ernment, Justice Dalveer
Bhandari was on Tuesday
re-elected to the Inter-
national Court of Justice
(ICJ).
A jubilant Indian gov-
ernment said the extr-
aordinary support from
the UN membership is
reflective of the respect
for strong constitutional
integrity of the Indian
polity and the independ-
ence of the judiciary in
India.
With Justice Bhandaris
election, Britain will not
have a judge on the world
courts 15-member panel
for the first time.
The election outcome
came after 11 rounds of
voting which were dead-
locked because a victori-
ous candidate has to get
majority vote both in the
UN General Assembly and
the Security Council.
In the 11 rounds of vot-
ing, India had an over-
whelming majority in the
UNGA (nearly two-thirds)
while Britain prevailed in
the UNSC because the P-5
countries tend to stick
together.
Sources indicated that
the tide turned after two
of the P-5 members told
Britain that it would not
be wise to terminate fur-
ther rounds of voting and
go for a consultation
mechanism which requ-
ired open voting. This will prove to be a
Once, cracks emerged in
the P-5, Britain threw in
the towel after its efforts
to try every trick in the
book to derail the Indian
FAITH | MATTERS
Scientists in trouble over Puri temple pix
AKSHAYA KUMAR sites
SAHOO | DC
PURI, NOV. 21
Facebook post, the photos
Several photos of jagamo-
han (assembly hall) and
the sanctum sanctorum of
the Sri Jagannath Temple
in Odishas Puri are doing conducted inside the tem-
rounds on social media ple to sort out the prob-
sites such as Facebook and
Twitter raising questions humidity inside the jag-
over the security arrange-
ments at the 12th-century
shrine.
One Sadanand Sharma
had uploaded these photos
on Facebook on September
25 which have gone viral
on the social networking
I have talked
to many minis-
ters, the
knows the dates of Par-
Speaker, Lok
Sabha Secretary
General, but no one
knows the dates of
Thats why till Brahma
Parliament session.
Only one man knows
Brahma, the creator.
That's why till Brahma
orders, we won't know
the dates (of
polls. It had also hap-
MALLIKARJUN pened when Indira Ga-
KHARGE, ndhi and Chandra She-
Congress leader
was like the session had started
twice after Christmas.
and only he knew when
the winter session will be
held. I have talked to selective amnesia.
against 'triple talaq'
DUE TO absence of maintain that they want
punitive provisions in
law, even police is
helpless as no action
can be taken against
a man who uses
triple talaq in viola-
tion of the apex court
decision.
The All India Shia
Personal Law Board wel-
mum age for marriage
ment's decision to set up
the ministerial commit-
tee to consider a legisla-
tion to end triple talaq.
Activists who spear-
headed the movement
MAJOR JOLT TO BRITAIN
In the 11 rounds of
voting, India had an
overwhelming majority
in the UNGA while Britain
prevailed in the UNSC
because the P-5 nations
tend to stick together.
For the first time in 70
years, a permanent
member of the Security
Council lost to a non-per-
manent member for a
seat in the ICJ.
The British move to
block voting in the UNSC
and go for the joint con-
sultation process, which
was last used some 96
years ago, fell flat.
campaign failed. India
also refused to budge
under pressure and insist-
ed that the democratic
process be completed,
sources said.
In May this year, after
the ICJ barred Pakistan
from executing former
Indian naval officer
Kulbhushan Jadhav till
the court pronounces its
final decision, Justice
Bhandari was quoted by
an Indian daily as saying,
I am delighted that the
International Court rose
to the occasion and did
what it could in such sh-
ort notice. We have saved
a person from the gallows.
very important case for
the jurisprudence of hum-
an rights.
Hailing the victory on
Tuesday, Prime Minister
A member of a survey team uploaded Jagannath temples photos online
and extensively
shared on WhatsApp.
According to his
were taken during the
period of Rath Yatra cele-
brations when scientific
investigation was being
lems of ventilation and
amohan and sanctum
sanctorum.
Expressing resentment
over the photos, the servi-
tors of the temple have
demanded a high-level
probe into the matter.
The incident comes cou-
DECCAN CHRONICLE
many ministers, the Sp-
eaker, Lok Sabha secre-
tary general, but no one
liament session. Only one
man knows and they call
him Brahma, the creator.
orders, we won't know
the dates , Kharge said.
Addressing a press con-
ference, Prasad said it
has been an established
tradition to schedule se-
ssion so that its timing
does not clash with state
ruling BJP, and prompt-
khar were prime minis-
ters, he said, adding that
photographs of Mr Modi,
US president Donald Tr-
Kumar said the opposi-
tion is suffering from
engaged in a discussion.
corrects him, saying the
nothing less than a
Muslim personal codified
law, and that merely
amending the IPC was
not enough.
Noorjehan Safia Niaz,
co-founder, Bharatiya
Muslim Mahila Andolan,
said, We have been
demanding a codified
law, a legislative protec-
tion. Such a law will take
care of polygamy, mini-
etc. Our demand is not to
get into IPC, but a new
legislation which is com-
prehensive and is as per
the Quran as well as the
Constitution.
Many of the
Britain's sup-
porters clearly
said that they
would vote for
Christopher
Greenwood
(Britains can-
didate) only in
a secret ballot
but could not
be seen voting
in open against
India and that
too at a time
when two-
thirds of the
world commu-
nity was back-
ing New Delhi.
Narendra Modi tweeted,
Congratulations to EAM
@SushmaSwaraj and her
entire team at MEA &
diplomatic missions for
their untiring efforts that
have led to Indias re-elec-
tion to ICJ. Our deep grat-
itude to all the members
of UNGA as well as UNSC
for their support and trust
in India. I congratulate
Justice Dalveer Bhandari
on being re-elected to the
International Court of
Justice. His re-election is
a proud moment for us.
External affairs minis-
ter Sushma Swaraj exult-
ed, Vande Matram - India
wins election to the
International Court of
Justice. JaiHind.
Congratulations to
Justice Dalveer Bhandari
on his re-election as a
Judge of the ICJ.
THIS incident
comes couple of
months after a selfie
by a woman from
West Bengal inside
the temple had gone
viral on Facebook in a
similar manner.
ple of months after a selfie
by a woman from West
Bengal inside the temple
had gone viral on
Facebook in a similar
manner.
Temple servitors and
priests demanded a thor-
Nation
WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | HYDERABAD
YOUTH CONGRESS
MAKES MEME ON
PM, APOLOGISES
New Delhi, Nov. 21: An
online magazine of the
Congress youth wing on
Tuesday set off a politi-
cal firestorm with a
meme about Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modis
chaiwala past, provok-
ing a backlash from the
ing a red-faced Congress
to distance from it.
The meme contained
ump and British Prime
Minister Theresa May
Mr Modi is seen telling
the two leaders about the
opposition's memes tar-
geting him. He mispro-
nounces the word as
mainmain. Mr Trump
word is pronounced as
meem, while May tells
him to go and sell tea.
Though the meme was
removed soon after it was
put out, the Congress
faced a virtual fusillade
from the BJP. Chastised,
the Indian Youth Cong-
ress, apologised.
However, Congress was
excoriated by the ruling
BJP. This blatantly clas-
sist and anti-poor Tweet
by the Youth Congress
shows their mindset to-
wards Indias poor. Does
Crown Prince @Office-
OfRG support this? Guj-
arat Chief Minister Vijay
Rupani tweeted. PTI
CONGRESS
SURAT OFFICE
RANSACKED
Ahmedabad, Nov 21:
Amid the ongoing ten-
sion between the Patidar
Anamat Andolan Samiti
and the Congress Patel
quota stir spearhead
Hardik Patel on Tuesday
claimed said The BJP
and the Congress are the
same.
His remarks days after
the Congress initially
allotted two seats to
PAAS members Amit
Thummar and Lalit
Vasoya as against 20
seats demanded by the
outfit.
The Congress later wit-
hdrew the candidature
of Thummar from Jun-
agadh and replaced him
with Bhikhabhai Joshi
of the party, leaving only
Vasoya (Dhroaji) in the
fray from PAAS.
The improper repre-
sentation to PAAS had
prompted protests by its
members.
Soon after the first list
was released on Sunday
night, agitated PAAS
members started protest
in many parts of the
state. In Surat, several
PAAS members ran-
sacked the Congress city
units office
indulged in sloganeer-
and
ing against the party.
You must have seen
on TV how some people
went on a rampage (on
Sunday night when Con-
gress issued its first
list). I want to make it cl-
ear that I neither sought
any ticket in the past nor
I will seek in the future,
Hardik said evoking
cheers from the crowd.
ough investigation into
incident.
Carrying of cameras and
video recording devices
inside the temple are pro-
hibited because of securi-
ty concerns.
Reacting to the develop-
ment, Odisha law minister
Pratap Jena said the state
government will begin a
probe into the matter. We
have been informed about
this matter. The govern-
ment will constitute a
probe panel to find out
who took these pictures
and uploaded them on
social media platforms,
said Mr Jena.
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Another scribe
killed in Tripura
MANOJ ANAND | DC
GUWAHATI, NOV. 21 TWO MONTHS ago
In yet another assault
another journalist,
Shantanu Bhowmik
against journalists, a
crime reporter of a local was killed by a mob
newspaper Sudip Datta allegedly in the pres-
Bhaumik was shot dead
by a personal security
ence of the police at
Mandai, about 40 km
officer of the comman-
dant of the 2nd Tripura from Agartala
State Rifles at RK Nagar,
about 20 km from
Agartala.
Police which is tight-
mysterious circum-
stances he was shot dead
lipped about the incident
said that they have arrest-
by a PSO, said Mr Sanjib
Deb a senior journalist at
ed Nandagopal Reang, the Agartala to this newspa-
PSO of the commandant per.
and investigating the cir- We came to know that
cumstances in which inci- Sudip had some alterca-
dent took place. tion with commandant
The incident occurred and his PSO opened fire,
two months after another he added.
journalist, Shantanu While a forensic team
Bhowmik was killed by a had visited the spot, post-
mob allegedly in the pres- mortem of the deceased
ence of the police at has been conducted in
Mandai, about 40 km from camera, the superinten-
Agartala. dent of police of the West
Though, official ver-
sion of the police is yet to
come. We have the infor-
mation that Sudip Datta
district said.
The police official said
that other details includ-
ing what had actually
Bhaumik had gone to transpired leading to the
meet the commandant of constable firing upon
the Tripura State Rifles
on his invitation and in a
Bhaumik was still under
investigation.
Let CBFC do its
job, says Centre
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
GORAKHPUR/NEW
DELHI/JAIPUR, NOV. 21
The censor board has a
job which it should be
allowed to do, the Centre
said on Tuesday even as
the row over Padmavati
raged on with Uttar Prad-
esh CM Yogi Adityanath
claiming Sanjay Leela
Bhansali was no less
guilty than the fringe
No one has the
groups extending threats.
Bollywood actor right to take
Ranveer Singh, who plays the law into
Alauddin Khilji in the own hands
flick, also spoke out say-
whether it is Sanjay
ing he was 200 per cent Leela Bhansali or any-
with the film. one else
In Gorakhpur, UP Chief
Minister Adityanath said YOGI ADITYANATH,
that filmmaker Bhansali
was no less guilty than
Uttar Pradesh CM
those giving threats to the said responding to a vol-
movies crew. He alleged ley of questions by
that Bhansali was habit- reporters.
ual of playing with public Meanwhile, actor
sentiments. Ranveer Singh said that
There have been several he had been asked not to
threats by various fringe say anything about the
groups against Bhansali, movie but was 200 per
actress Deepika Padu- cent behind director
kone over the alleged Bhansali.
distortion of history in I stand 200 per cent
the period drama. with the film and Mr
If there is any action, Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
it will be against both the Given the sensitive times
sides, the priest-turned- right now, I have been
politician said, as he asked to not say anything,
attacked Bhansali. whatever in regards to
No one has the right to the film. Anything that
take the law into own needs to be (said) you will
hands whether it is receive from the produc-
Sanjay Leela Bhansali or ers, he said.
anyone else, Adityanath Punjab Chief Minister
said. Amarinder Singh, who
I feel that if those issu- had on Monday said that
ing threats are guilty, cinematic license did
Bhansali is no less not mean the right to
guilty, he told reporters.
Adityanath's Rajasthan
twist historical facts, on
Tuesday clarified that he
counterpart Vasundhara
Raje, meanwhile, again
said that the film would
he neither supported a
ban on the movie nor bac-
ked those issuing threats.
not be allowed
screened in her state,
to Mr Singh said he was
totally opposed to the
unless the necessary threats being issued by
changes as suggested to
the Centre were made.
certain hardline elements
to the actors and the
Union Information and
broadcasting minister
director of the film but
added that anyone feeling
Rajyavardhan Rathore, hurt by the alleged distor-
however, suggested that tion of historical facts
the censor board should had the right to peaceful
be allowed to do its job. agitation.
The CBFC has been A distinction needs to
formed for a purpose. Let be drawn between threats
it do its job, the minister and protests, he said.
Experts in traditional clothes carry out scientific survey
in the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath temple.
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life, his first act of abstinence
is from injury to animals. 8
Albert Einstein
DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | ANANTAPUR
HYDERABAD

Trouble in desi animal farm

Indias indigenous bovines and canines are casualties of changing consumer trends and market
forces. The current fixation on importing foreign breeds, with no care about their adaptability, has
further pushed our indigenous animals into obscurity.
DESI COW BREEDS
are pushing farmers to the
mirage of better yield, on the
other hand, the country is only
emotively charged on the cow
genus issue.
ONGOLE, KANDHARI BE INDIAN,
ADOPT INDIAN
The near extinction of
AND DEONI FROM THE
rugged dog breeds from the DECCAN
Indian hinterlands is equally
heart-wrenching. Foremost
among them would be the
DR SHWETA Indian hounds, which have The obsession with pedigreed dogs as pets
DHAWAN been true friends to farmers.
The Combais hounds of Tamil
in India leads to millions of natural Indian
Nadu were actually alert dog dogs, which are better suited to our cli-
packs that hunted down boars
and bison that plundered the mate, being killed by municipalities or
dying of starvation or cruelty on the streets.

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f the many worldly fields. Yet the breed is known
possessions of the to display a gentle tempera-

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Indian farmer, there ment towards children. Its ori- any of you look for dogs as pets. Unfortunately,
was a time when he gins can be traced back to the most people go in for pedigreed pups, not because
had his own set of 15th century and it is just one they know anything about them, but because they
quadrupeds that were intrinsi- of the majestic canines among think that their own status will be enhanced! This
cally attached to his pride. At a the withering hound breeds must be the only country in the world where the
time when he himself is bat- such as the speedy Mahratta, owner of a Pomeranian or Alsatian thinks that he is a superior
tling with climate, ease of the energetic Mudhol, the being, instead of through his own achievements!
credit, water and right to land charging Rampur and the THE MALABARI What is a pedigreed dog? It is an invented species. Take a per-
issues, his bovines and observant Banjara. VECHUR fectly natural dog, what you would refer to as jungli, and then
canines, too, like him, are vic- The Banjara hound, a guard work on it with 20 years of selective breeding to make the end
tims of market forces and con- and herding dog, was once the product into a bizarre shape, size and colour. And there, you
sumer trends. divine child of the Banjaras have a pedigreed dog.
In Punjab and Haryana and the Vanjaris, who clearly Suppose you want a short black longhaired dog. You keep
alone, more than 75 per cent of could not salvage the breed, breeding black dogs and killing those that are tall. Keep inter-
the stray cattle on the street which is currently at risk from mating brother and sister of the shorter dogs till they reach the
belong to exotic breeds. This interbreeding. The Gujjars, right size. Then kill the ones that have short hair and keep mat-
phenomenon is representative once an agrarian-pastoral com- ing the ones that have longer hair till after many years, you will
of the penury of small farmers munity, widely reared a breed finally get your short, black, long-haired dog. Along the way
across India, who are clearly called Bhakarwal, a guard dog you would have killed at least 5,000 or more dogs, which did not
not equipped to bear the costs of Himalayan origin, which is fit your vision.
of rearing exotic crossbreds. believed to be developed by The Indian contribution to the pedigreed field is the Rampur
European breeds like the crossing a wolf and sheepdog. Hound, the ultimate joke played by the Nawab of Rampur on
Holstein Friesian and Jersey Almost on the verge of extinc- dog breeders. He kept
need all-weather shelters, tion in pockets of Jammu and experimenting with strays
expensive medical care and Kashmir, the Bhakarwal is not until he achieved a uniform
high-cost feeding. Moreover, even recognised as a standard- size and then entered them
the water intake of exotic ised breed by any of the major as breeds in dog shows
crossbreeds is almost four kennel clubs that are far more where they won awards,
times that of desi breeds while occupied with current urban due more to his status than
their food intake is twice as choices of terriers, spaniels SAHIWAL OF PUNJAB THE GUJARATI GIR theirs. And the Rampur
much. and retrievers. Hound was born.
The solution is actually sim- That brings us to compar- .DQNUHMIURP.XWFK THE GIR BREED IS BEING REARED AND MILKED ACROSS As a result of inbreeding,
pler than the one being provid- isons and what better than the 0HZDWLIURP7KDU LATIN AMERICA WITH GREAT SUCCESS. to create and maintain
ed. Simply helping farmers case of the Himalayan their characteristic appear-
increase the food and water Mastiffs, the line that includes MANEKA ance, each breed has many
intake of their cows can have the Tibetan Mastiff and the
miraculous results. This has Himalayan Sheepdog, which
DESI HOUNDS SANJAY GANDHI genetic defects. The Basset
Hounds short and thick
been proved by the Gir breed can put the St Bernard to forelegs have chronic elbow
now being reared and milked shame. Our indigenous canine dislocation. The standard
across Latin America. The oft- aristocracy is not large, but it 5DPSXU that demands their eyes be
told story of Quimbanda Cal of exists. The Rajapalayam, also QDWLYHWR DEFORMITIES PEDIGREED soft, sad, and sunken, cre-
Brazil, the leg- known as the 5DPSXU83 ates a large gap between the
endary Indian Indian Sight DOGS ARE PRONE TO lower eyelid and eye which
bovine beauty Hound, was catches dust and debris.
who broke her once used by DALMATIANS & Then there is the breed-
own 2010 record the Nayakar POMERANIANS | ers cruelty to deal with.
of delivering dynasty to Every city has a slum area
10,230 kilo litres attack British Deafness. where these dogs, most of
Combais
of milk a year cavalry. It has POODLES | Epilepsy whom have been stolen, are
with an opti- been specu- kept in the most wretched
mum daily yield lated that the LHASA APHSOS | Fatal of conditions, repeatedly
Mudhol
of 56.17 litres in British may kidney failure and inbred and sold for fantas-
2011, stands tes- have used the Mahratta cataracts tic prices. Thousands are
timony to these THE HIMALAYAN Rajapalayam killed because they are
scientific claims SHEEPDOG, WHICH CAN to breed the BULL DOGS | born with deformities due
that otherwise PUT THE ST BERNARD TO m o d e r n - d ay Heart disease to inbreeding, or else they

ABANDONMENT OF
sound overtly Dalmatian. become shy or aggressive.
patriotic. SHAME, CAUGHT THE A n o t h e r ALSATIANS | So they are killed even
India is home ATTENTION OF THE native of Hip dysplasia before they turn a year. Is it
to almost 40 cat- BRITISH AND WAS MUCH Tamil Nadu, DACHSHUND | their fault or that of those
tle breeds. FAVOURED BY KING the Chippipa- who have turned beautiful-

PETS IN ABUNDANCE
Besides the rai, bred by Back injury ly made living creatures
GEORGE V. IT NOW FINDS the Madurai
Gujarati Gir and BASSET HOUND | into toys?
the Malabari FAVOUR WITH A HOST OF royals, was an Chronic elbow Pedigree certificates also
Vechur, it has BRITISH OWNERS. integral part do not count for much.
some high yield- of Indian dislocation Most breeders and dog
ing breeds like police squads followed the objective of which shows hand out C-Class cer-
the Sahiwal of b e f o r e
ADOPTERS MUST ENSURE: is to ensure that the adopter will tificates. It means that they
Punjab and the Rathi of Labradors unseated them. The dog undergoes a look after the dog for the rest of think the dog is pedigreed, but they dont know who the parents
Rajasthan, both of which can The similarity between all health check-up its life no matter what. Does the are as the owners want to own a paper that says that the dog is
actually milk through drought the dog breeds mentioned adopter have the time to take the pedigreed. Of such foolishness is a pure breed made.
conditions. above is that they all have Undergoes behavioural dog for walks or take it to the Do not keep pedigreed dogs. Be Indian. Keep Indian. It is
Then there are the Ongole, rural roots, guarding skills, assessment veterinarian? Does everyone in kinder on both the pedigrees as well as our own dogs to dis-
Kandhari and Deoni of the and are sturdily adapted to the the family want to adopt the dog? courage breeding. If you already have a pedigreed pet, feed the
Deccan, as well as the Kankrej countrys tropical climate. Is vaccinated and Who will look after the dog if the dog on the street and put a collar on it. If you are looking for a
from Kutch and the Mewati Veterinary sciences suggest sterilized family goes for a vacation? dog, you need, go no further than your own street corner. I have
from Thar. Most of these cows that natural selection ensures
are medium milking but very the longevity of breeds, and
ABODH ARAS born in the family; the person
Getting a pet needs to be a well-
informed decision.
15 in my house and they are intelligent, clean and very faithful.
Once upon a time, it used to be very fashionable to wear
resilient to existing condi- even animal genetics confirms who got the dog is getting mar- The Welfare Of Stray Dogs Japanese and Swiss nylon, even though it was hot and sticky
tions. What makes the case for this. However, voluntary igno- ried or does not have the time to (WSD) advocates adopting dogs and made you itch. Now, Indian cotton is so fashionable and the
the organised care of these rance has brought us to a point

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bandoning pets has
domestic breeds is that two- where we neither have our increased over the past 10
thirds of cattle owners in India own fine breeds nor a good years. You name the breed
belong to the economically gene pool. With the nouveau and we have found it on the
weakest strata, with a herd riche being the new struggling street from the most aban-
size of less than five cattle. royalty, Indian domestic ani- doned breed, the Spitz, to
They logically cannot afford to mal breeds are definitely a Rottweilers, Labradors, Golden
house exotic breeds that social downer - both for your Retrievers, Pugs, German
require greenhouse condi- glass and your gait. Shepherds and even a being rescued.
tions, veterinary support and Newfoundland that we found
calibrated nutrition. (The writer is veterinary abandoned near a garbage bin in
Despite having a cattle popu- physician and an ardent ani- suburban Mumbai.
lation of 190 million today, only mal lover. She is a founding A pet is not a toy that should be
20 per cent of the total milk member of Petcetra. With bought on a whim and then
production in India comes inputs from S. Theodore given away. We hear about the
from indigenous breeds. While Bhaskaran, author of The many reasons that people want
on the one hand, dairy majors Book of Indian Dogs) to give away their pets: a new-
look after it, etc.
Abandoned dogs are often
found with health or behaviour-
al problems. Some of them are
also depressed due to the separa-
tion they experienced. We had
one case of a dachshund that
would not eat for days after
After a blood test, we realised
that this was due to depression.
Rescued dogs are treated for
such issues (if any) and then put
up for adoption.
Abandoned dogs and dogs look-
ing for homes are usually put up
for adoption. A strict process is
instead of buying them. By buy-
ing from breeders or pet shops,
you will be supporting the cruel
puppy-mill industry that jeopar-
dises the welfare of dogs.
You may also consider adopt-
ing a desi doggie from WSD.
Indian dogs are good-looking,
loyal and intelligent.
Veterinarians will vouch that
they are tougher than purebreds.
So, what are you waiting for!
Adopt, dont shop!
(The writer is the chief
executive officer of The Welfare
Of Stray Dogs)
rich wear designer khadi! Its the same with dogs. So many
fashionable people I know only keep Indian dogs in their house,
from government ministers and top industrialists to singers,
dancers, fashion designers and trendsetters like Rohit Bal,
Shaan, Shiamak Davar, Cyrus Broacha, Aamir Khan, Kajol,
Nagarjuna, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, and Mahesh
Manjrekar among others.
Every day, my shelter has so many people coming in to adopt
dogs that we have taken from the streets, cleaned up and vacci-
nated. Be fashionable: Adopt an Indian dog and you will be
rewarded with a loving and loyal best friend forever.
P.S. The environment ministry has made unlicensed dog breed-
ing illegal so if you know of a breeder let us know.
(The author is Union Cabinet minister for women & child
development and animal lover)

CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE ADOPTED STREET DOGS INCLUDE ROHIT BAL, SHAAN, SHIAMAK DAVAR, CYRUS BROACHA, AAMIR KHAN,
THE DESI KAJOL, NAGARJUNA, JOHN ABRAHAM, BIPASHA BASU, AND MAHESH MANJREKAR AMONG OTHERS.
CLUB

KOENA MITRA has an army of RAJ THACKERY owns Great Dane

Terriers, Poodles, Pekingese (German breed) and Pugs
all of them being toy breeds (originally from China) and Salman Khan owns Mowgli (Labrador Retriever), Saint (St.
from exotic countries. Pitbulls (North American breed). Bernard), Mylove (Neapolitan Mastiff), & Veer (French Mastiff,
who died).
 Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic faces
UN war crimes court verdict today for for steer-
ing Europes worst atrocities since World War II.
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Take into acco-
unt the limited
sense of res-
ponsibility of
many drivers,
who do not
realise the con-
sequences of
their distraction
Pope Francis
IN BRIEF
35 hurt in blasts,
fire in NY firm
New Windsor: Two explo-
sions and a fire at a cosmet-
ics factory about an hours
drive north of New York City
left 30 to 35 people injured,
including seven firefighters
caught in the second blast,
authorities said. Two of the
firefighters were taken to
the burn unit at Westchester
Medical Center, he said.
None of the injuries appear
to be life threatening, offi-
cials said. One employee
remains unaccounted for.
Parachute test for
Mars successful
TIGHTENING SCREWS
TV anchor accused of
Trump declares North abuse, taken off air
state sponsor of terror Oliver Stone, NYT reporter in hall of shame
US to escalate UN sanctions on North Korea
New York, Nov. 21:
Charlie Rose, one of
Americas most respected
Washington, Nov. 21: President broadcasters and award-
Donald Trump on Monday declared winning TV host, was sus-
North Korea a state sponsor of ter- pended on Monday after
rorism even as his top diplomat said eight women accused him
Washington had not given up hope of
a negotiated end to the nuclear stand-
of years of sexual harass-
ment and unwanted
CHARLIE ROSE OLIVER STONE ADAM FIELDS
TV anchor Director Producer
off with Kim Jong-Uns regime.
Mr Trump promised a rapid escala-
advances.
A bombshell Washington Suspended after Actress Melissa 3 women say he
tion of US Treasury sanctions
against the North after adding its
Post report said the
women were employees or
8 women acc-
use him of sexu-
Gilbert says the
filmmaker
touched them
inappropriately
name to a terror blacklist previously aspired to work on the
led by Iran and Syria. Charlie Rose show and al harassment. harassed her. between 2010-16
Today, the United States is desig- were in their 20s and 30s
nating North Korea as a state spon- when the alleged harass- and is a contributing cor- during a radio show that
sor of terrorism. It should have hap- ment took place from the respondent for 60 Minutes, director Oliver Stone sex-
pened a long time ago. It should have 1990s to 2011. followed suit. ually harassed her during
happened years ago, Mr Trump said They complained that Earlier, The New York an audition for his 1991
in his address to the Cabinet. the unwanted advances Times confirmed that it film The Doors.
He cited the death of a US student Commuters watch US President Donald Trump declare North Korea included lewd phone calls, had suspended a senior Film producer Adam
who had been held in a North Korean a state sponsor of terror, at the Seoul railway station. AFP groping and walking White House correspon- Fields was accused by
jail and the assassination by nerve naked in front of them. dent, Glenn Thrush, after three women of touching
agent of Kims elder half-brother on TODAY, the United States is designating North Three of them spoke on news website Vox report- them inappropriately
foreign soil as reasons for the move. Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. It should the record. ed that he engaged in sex- from 2010 to 2016, accord-
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have happened a long time ago. It should have Public broadcaster PBS ually inappropriate ing to The Hollywood
said sanctions and diplomacy could moved to suspend distri- behaviour on his previous Reporter. They also
still pressure Kim into talks on happened years ago. bution of the Charlie Rose job at Politico. accused the producer of
nuclear disarmament. We still hope
for diplomacy, he said, adding that
DONALD TRUMP, US President show. CBS, where Rose co-
hosts CBS This Morning
A report said actress
Melissa Gilbert claimed
sexually propositioning
them. Agencies
punitive measures were already hav-
NORTH KOREA: In the 1980s, North Korea
PARADED NUDE,
ing a significant impact on

Washington: Nasa has suc-
cessfully tested a superson-
ic landing parachute that
will be deployed in its Mars
rover mission set to launch
in 2020. The mission will
rely on a special parachute
to slow the spacecraft down
as it enters the Martian
atmosphere at over 5.4 kilo-
metres per second. A video
showed the parachute open-
ing at supersonic speed.
8,000-yr-old dog
drawings found
Berlin: Scientists have found
the worlds oldest drawings
of pet dogs in 8,000-year-
old hunting scenes etched
into rock walls in Saudi
Arabia, suggesting that
humans were training
canines even before they
settled down into farming
communities. Tesearchers
from the Max Planck
Institute for the Science of
Human History in Germany,
counted 156 dogs at
Shuwaymis and 193 at
Jubbah.
Katas Raj temple
pond drying up
Islamabad: The pond in the
historic Katas Raj temple
complex in Pakistan is
receding as the under-
ground aquifer feeding it is
under stress due to industri-
al activity. The temple is
Pyongyangs economy.
Its really just the latest step in a
series of, as you can see, ongoing
steps to increase the pressure I
call it the peaceful pressure cam-
paign; the President calls it the max-
imum pressure campaign. So, theres
no confusion, theyre one and the
same, Mr Tillerson told reporters.
He said the move was to hold
North Korea accountable for a num-
ber of actions that theyve taken over
the last several months, the last year
or so. These include assassinations
outside of the country using banned
chemical weapons.
"It may, though, disrupt and dis-
suade some third parties from under-
taking certain activities with North
Korea, as it does impose a prohibi-
tion on a number of other activities
that might not be covered by existing
sanctions," he added.
Mr Tillerson said the decision
more importantly is to point out
North Korea's illicit and unlawful
behaviour internationally. We felt it
necessary to reimpose the designa-
tion for that reason, he said.
Vietnam has committed that it
going to curtail activities further
with North Korea. Malaysia has indi-
cated their curtailment. Singapore
has cut off all trade with North
Korea. The Philippines have cut off
all trade,he said. The Sudanese gov-
ernment, which has traditionally
been buying military weapons from
North Korea, has agreed to halt all
those purchases as well, he added.
China we continue to talk with
them, to ensure that they are fully
committed to implementing all the
UN sanctions, he said. Agencies
Mugabe quits,
was active in deadly acts of terrorism,
including a bombing in Myanmar that killed
South Korean Cabinet members and the
downing of a South Korean commercial air-
Speaker says
liner. It was blacklisted in 1988, but delisted
in 2008. The most glaring recent case of what
could be seen as terrorism backed by North Korea is the
assassination of Kim Jong Uns estranged half-brother.
Harare, Nov. 21: Robert
Mugabe resigned as presi-
SYRIA: Has been on the blacklist since the dent of Zimbabwe, Par-
designation was created in 1979. According liament Speaker Jacob
to the US, Bashar Assads regime supports Mudenda announced,
bringing the curtain
a variety of terrorist groups that have a
destabilising effect well beyond the region.
down on a 37-year reign.
Mr Mugabe was swept
In particular, according to the US, it provides from power as his auto-
political and weapons support to Lebanon- cratic rule crumbled
within days of a military
based Hezbollah, while helping Iran to keep the group takeover.
armed. I Robert Gabriel
Mugabe in terms of
IRAN: Irans listing goes back to 1984. A State Section 96 of the
Department report in July called Iran the Constitution of Zimbab-
we hereby formally ten-
worlds foremost sponsor of terrorism and der my resignation... with
said it has supported Shia militias in Iraq immediate effect, said military seized control,
and attempted to smuggle weapons to speaker Mudenda, read-
Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza. ing the letter.
Lawmakers had con-
vened in a special session
to debate a motion to
SUDAN: This East African nation, home to impeach Mr Mugabe, who
Osama bin Laden for several years, made
the blacklist in 1993. Along with terrorism
has dominated every
aspect of Zimbabwean
links, and a president who is wanted by the public life since inde-
pendence in 1980.
International Criminal Court on genocide It was greeted on the
charges, the State Department has asserted streets of the capital
that Sudans government flouts the rule of law Harare with car horns
and lets its security forces commit abuses with impunity. and wild cheering.
It capped an unprece-
dented week in which the
Celebrations in Harare
after Robert Mugabe
announces his resigna-
tion. AP
name of the person
tens of thousands of
Zimbabwean citizens
took to the streets to
demand the President go
and Mr Mugabe, 93, wres-
tled to remain in power.
His efforts to position
his wife Grace as his suc-
cessor triggered fury in
the military that had
underpinned his regime.
Earlier, most ministers
stayed away from a
Cabinet meeting called by
Mr Mugabe, state media
reported. AFP
PAK GIRL SEEKS
PROTECTION
SHAFQAT ALI I DC
ISLAMABAD, NOV. 21
A Pakistani girl who
was stripped and forced
to parade naked in the
village has submitted
petition in Peshawar
High Court requesting
the provision of protec-
tion and effective action
against suspects.
The girl from Dera
Ismail Khan has adopt-
ed the stance that she
should be provided safe-
ty and protection as she
has a threat from the
influential people.
She has requested the
court to include the
involved in making her
video in the case as he
has not been nominated
in the FIR.
Human rights activist
Salma Malik said the
matter was quite sensi-
tive. The incident
occurred due to the deci-
sions of panchayat (vil-
lage court), she said.
SUICIDE BOMBER
AT NIGERIAN

MOSQUE KILLS 50
located in Chakwal district
RADIATION 986
Pak SC: FM
of Punjab province. The
issue was taken up by
Pakistan Chief Justice Mian
Saqib Nisar on the basis of TIMES THE NORM Kano (Nigeria), Nov.

IN RUSSIAN AIR
reports that the pond was 21: At least 50 people

drying up because cement
factories nearby were draw-
ing a large amount of water.
2 BOEING 747s
SOLD ON CHINESE
WEBSITE
Beijing, Nov. 21: The sky
seems to be the limit for Chi-
nese online shopping portal
Taobao, which auctioned two
Boeing 747 jumbo jets on Tue-
sday for nearly $50 million.
Chinese air cargo company
SF Airlines bought the pair
for over 320 million yuan ($48
million), the official Xinhua
news agency reported.
After six failed attempts
over two years to sell three
747s from defunct carrier Jade
Cargo International, a court
in the southern city of
Shenzhen decided to auction
them online. The jets were put
up for sale Monday on Taobao,
which handles billions of dol-
lars in orders. AFP
is absconder
were killed when a sui-
cide bomber blew him-
Moscow, Nov. 21: Rus- self up at a mosque in
sia denied there had northeast Nigeria,
been an incident at any police said, in an attack
of its nuclear facilities
after the countrys
Islamabad, Nov. 21: Pa-
kistans embattled fina- Pak finance minis-
blamed on Boko Haram
jihadists.
weather service report-
ed radioactive pollution
nce minister Ishaq Dar
was declared a pro-
ter Ishaq Dar is The blast happened
during early morning
accused of amassing
that exceeded back-
ground levels by 986
claimed absconder by an
accountability court after assets of Rs 831.7
prayers at the Madina
mosque in the Unguwar
times. he repeatedly failed to million dispropor- Shuwa area of Mubi,
A station close to the appear before it in a cor- tionate to his known some 200 km by road
Mayak nuclear facility ruption case linked to the from the Adamawa state
in the Chelyabinsk Panama Papers scandal. sources of income. capital, Yola.
region detected Declaring Mr Dar an So far we have at least
extremely high pollu- absconder, Accountabi- against him by the (NAB). 50 dead from an attack at
tion of the radioactive lity Court Judge Justice Mr Dar is accused of a mosque in Mubi,
isotope Ru-106, Russian Muhammad Bashir amassing assets of an Adamawa state police
meteorologists said. ordered the National approximate value of Rs spokesman Othman
A representative of Accountability Bureau 831.7 million dispro- Abubakar said. Several
Rosatom nuclear corpo- (NAB) to initiate proceed- portionate to his known people were injured.
ration said, there have ings against the 67-year- sources of income. REMARKABLE GRACE It was a (suicide)
been no incidents at old minister and submit a The NABs investigating bomber who mingled
nuclear infrastructure report within 10 days. officer Nadir Abbass told with worshippers. He
facilities in Russia, Mr Dars lawyer said the the court that Mr Dar was Chinese model Ming Xi falls as she presents a creation during the 2017 Victorias entered the mosque
adding that the concen- minister is in London for not found at either of his Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai on Monday. Chinas internet saw an outpouring of along with other wor-
tration detected posed medical treatment. residential addresses. support for the model who apologised to the country for tripping on the catwalk. Xi shippers for the morn-
little threat. The judge rejected an The investigating offi- went down after stepping on the train of her flowing costume. It quickly became one ing prayers.
Mayak was the site of application by Mr Dars cer claimed that the min- of the top-trending items on Chinas Twitter-like Weibo. Chinese netizens praised Xi It was when the
one of the worst nuclear lawyer to grant him ister is in London to save for getting up, straightening the elaborate floral-themed decorative frame on her prayers were on that he
disasters in history in exemption from personal himself from the courts back and finishing her walk. AFP set off his explosives,
1957. AFP appearance in a case filed action. PTI he said. AFP

SPACE ROCK: VISITOR FROM OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM RULE | CHANGE When Britain leaves EU, it will scrap law protecting animals
A dark, red- An image of the The object was

For the Brits, animals feel no pain

dish and cigar- asteroid from the classified as an
star Vega
shaped object interstellar aster-
that zipped oid and named
through the Oumuamua.
London, Nov. 21: The ic evidence that shows This is how we have tient, why would we even Under EU law it is illegal
solar system
400 mtrs
British government, whi- that other animals do have ended up in a society bother with the rest of it? to test on animals for cos-
from outer ch is drafting the Brexit feelings and emotions, where a cat being thrown If the government doesnt metics like body wash and
space last Bill to withdraw from the some even stronger than in a bin sparks national believe that animals can nail varnish. But this
month is Length of the European Union has taken humans. So basically all outrage, but the majority even feel pain, surely none could easily be scrapped
a vote to scrap a EU legis- animals that it will be of the population will of their rights will be pro- just like the recognition of
nothing like highly-elongated
any cosmic The asteroid was picked up by the asteroid.
lation that sees non- profitable to exploit. complain about this while tected at all, the newspa- animals as sentient beings
Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. human animals as sen- British Conservative for- eating a burger from the per said. has been.
body seen Oumuamua tient beings. mer minister Michael local fast food chain which After Britain leaves the We are looking at a very
before. Orbit calcula- No signs of came from the
The Independent report- Gove has called to improve has probably come from a EU, pets will be protected grim future for animals,
ed that once Britain leaves animal welfare standards chicken that suffered by the Animal Welfare Act where hunting is reintro-
Scientists tions revealed cometary activity direction of the the EU in 2019, all animals post-Brexit, but, The abuse its whole life, The 2006. This does not cover duced, labs are free to test
have classified that the body did after it made its bright star Vega, that arent pets will be Independent said, We all Independent said. wild animals, those in on animals with as much
it as the first not originate closest pass to in the northern considered as not having know the government, and Eighty per cent of the labs, and those in other cruelty as they wish (and
from inside the the Sun in emotions including the in fact most of the UK UKs animal welfare legis- forms of captivity. no pain relief) and farms
interstellar constellation of ability to feel pain. public, doesnt really care lation comes from the EU. The newspaper provided are less and less regulat-
asteroid. solar system. September. Lyra. This vote comes in con- about animals unless If were voting out the a the example of cosmet- ed, the Independent
trast to extensive scientif- theyre cute and fluffy. fact that animals are sen- ics testing on animals. reported. Agencies
 MIND POWER
ALBERT EINSTEIN MARK TWAIN
Logic will get you from A to Z; Good friends, good books, and a sleepy
imagination will get you everywhere conscience: This is the ideal life.
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BJP, Congress face Gokul

Gujarat ticket problems Gopalakrishnan

T
he BJP, Gujarats ruling party, and its main opponent Congress
have set up their game in recent weeks and its now time to choose
viable candidates for the Assembly election, being held in
December. This is proving a complex exercise for both parties as
this election appears to have more energy than the earlier three due to the
credible campaign that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has run,
and the fightback this has necessitated on the BJPs part.
There has been conspicuous rebellion in the BJP camp, as the party has
dropped over a dozen sitting MLAs and a clutch of ministers. This is the
result of the perceived erosion of its traditional social base the Patidars,
or the Patel community, and OBCs, sections of which look to be disen-
chanted, with OBCs led by Alpesh Thakore joining the Congress.
Evidently, in order to woo these groups, a significant number from their
ranks have been given party tickets at the expense of sitting legislators.

LETTERS
Defeat efforts to spoil
Its not clear if those left out can have affect the BJPs prospects.
As for the Congress, its clear that initially it
The BJP will be placed too much faith in the necessity to woo
benefited if the Patidars led by young Hardik Patel, whose
Opposition vote organisation PAAS (Patidar Anamat Andolan HONOURING A WOMAN
is divided. Samiti) itself seems divided and vulnerable to

Indias humane ethos

being lured by the BJP.
The NCP has Talks are now rocked by differences over the While its true that the sen-
obviously made number of seats PAAS should get from the timents of Rajputs have to
its calculations Congress, and from the PAAS side who should be taken into account and
and the BJPs have a veto on which PAAS members will con- their doubts about the ch-
test on Congress tickets. PAAS is, however, in
defeat may not no position to drive a hard bargain. aracterisation of Padmavati
rank high in Since Patidars, who are traditional BJP back- dinator in the state, who the Padmavati row, for have to be cleared, its a
its priorities. ers, are angry with the ruling party for many in his enthusiasm to see instance, a lady from
social and economic reasons, including police Bhansali beheaded dou- Rajasthan, herself a fact that actor Deepika
lathicharging protesting women and children, Hardik cant conceivably Sharmistha bled the bounty to `10 Rajput, emphatically Padukone has nothing to
call for a return to the BJP. From the Congress perspective, it might serve crores. Whats bizarre spoke out against the do with the controversy.
its purpose if Patidars dont en bloc vote BJP this time, even if they dont
give clear-cut support to the Opposition.
Mukherjee about the incident is not
just his statement, but
movement and the
recourse to violence by
Threats against her have to
Sharad Pawars Nationalist Congress Party has officially announced its the completely tepid the Karni Sena, clearly be condemned by one and
decision to contest separately from the Congress and not together as UPA. reaction from the party declaring that the Karni all as they are a disgrace.
This is in line with a pattern. The BJP will be benefited if the Opposition he belongs to, that hap- Sena doesnt represent People who are striving to

I
vote is divided. The NCP has obviously made its calculations and the t is said that if a
BJPs defeat may not rank high in its priorities. frog is put in tepid voices of dissent and tar-
The BJP has mounted a communal campaign in this election once again, water and then the
with a video suggesting that PM Narendra Modi alone can provide safety temperature of the
from marauders in the minority community. This is shocking, as Muslims water is raised
lead an insecure existence in Gujarat, but not very surprising. slowly, bringing it to
boil, the frog will not
jump out or try to escape
Indias ICJ win significant the boiling water. This
is often used as a
metaphor for the inabili-
pressing independent
party. People have been
geting students who in
any society are usually
the most rebellious, bla-
tantly communal and
poisonous comments by
leaders of fringe
Hindutva groups as well
as some elected ruling
party members, all seem
pens to be Indias ruling the sentiments of all
Rajputs. protect the honour of a
put behind bars for com- While her voice may be historical woman shouldnt
ments far less offensive. lost in the cacophony of forget that Deepika herself
Till the time of writing violent outrage against
this article, no real the film, but neverthe-
is a woman.
action has been taken by less it is a voice. The Sai Krishna Chaitanya
the BJP against him. He Not in My Name Kadiyala
has neither
removed from his post
been

nor arrested for making

protests organised in dif-
ferent part of the coun-
try by concerned citi-
Visakhapatnam

zens saw massive partic-

TD TOYING WITH BJP
T
he old order is changing. It may have taken Britain a while to accept ty or unwillingness of to be becoming a part of such threatening state-
the reality, but it finally did so, withdrawing its candidature for a sit- people to recognise or the everyday reality of ments. The Karni Sena ipation. The social
ting judge of the International Court of Justice, allowing Indias react to threats that New India. One of the may be a fringe group, media is one platform Chief Minister N. Chandrababu
Dalveer Singh Bhandari to retain his place. This is the first time in 71 arise gradually. worst possible conse- but a member and office- that is being used effec- Naidu is taking advantage of the
years that a British judge will not be on the bench. This victory is as much India seems to be going quences of communal bearer of Indias ruling tively by ordinary citi- partys alliance with the BJP by cl-
Indias as of the larger global community, with the General Assembly through a phase of the politics is that it desensi- party is not. Yogi zens to raise their con- aiming all Centre-sponsored welfa-
establishing its supremacy over the Security Councils charmed circle, boiling frog syndrome. tises, and ultimately Adityanath was once cerns and to protest re schemes as his own. The local
whose five permanent members the US, Britain, France, Russia and The evolution of a narra- dehumanises, people. seen as a fringe leader, against such atrocities. BJP leaders are unable to prevail
China enjoy veto powers. India garnering the support of nearly two- tive unleashed in grad- Theres no reason to but today he is the chief After the celebration upon the TD leadership in this reg-
thirds of the General Assembly highlighted the emerging world order, ual measures by extre- believe that those who minister of Indias most of Gauri Lankeshs mur- ard. If the same continues, it might
that has reason to resent the old order, with extraordinary powers vested me right-wing forces on celebrated Gauri populated state. der by some sections of see the end of the alliance between
in a few countries at the expense of the many. the unsuspecting people Lankeshs murder, or This raises a serious the Twitteratti (some of the TD and the BJP.
Mondays UN victory didnt come easy. Britain had even toyed with the of India shows an intri- for that matter, anyones question. Are we becom- these accounts being fol- Govardhana Myneedu
idea of a rarely-used mechanism of a joint meeting of the Security Council cately formulated design murder, are people born ing an intolerant soci- lowed by the PM him- Patamata, Vijayawada
and General Assembly to break the continuing deadlock in the election, that is calculated and with devils horns. The ety, and the acts and self), there was a sponta-
where a candidate needs a majority in both the UNGA and UNSC to win a
place in ICJ. Indias wide diplomatic outreach and its salient position in
deliberate. First, the cre-
dentials of those who
vicious atmosphere of
hate blinds some people
statements that manifest
intolerance are a true
neous movement in the
social media to unfol- SPECIAL STATUS FIGHT
the Group of 77, comprising mostly developing nations, saw it emerge vic- adhere to secular values to such an extent that reflection of our society; low Mr Modi. Its Special Category Status to AP will
torious with Britain throwing in the towel, reasoning that its friendly ties are questioned, calling reason and perspective or are we in the process another matter that help every resident while the prom-
with India were best not damaged in this particular fight between a clear them pseudo-seculars; becomes the first casual- of being desensitised despite all the hue and ised special package would only he-
majority and a privileged minority. The outcome doesnt necessarily and then disparaged as ty. The scary part of this and lulled into compla- cry about the Prime lp politicians and contractors (Pro-
promise a fairer UN, where the Big Five still have the veto edge, but it sickular, now not only narrative is that the cency in small doses to Minister following the test in Delhi: Naidu to YSRC, Nov.
does shed light on a world that is transforming. is secularism being peripheral is gradually such an extent that we trolls, he did not unfol- 21). The TD had earlier sought SCS
trashed openly, but its being merged into the start accepting the low his troll backers for the state, but apparently compr-
almost become a term of mainstream. What was absurdities as real? who proudly proclaim in omised with the Centre after the
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sporadic or sponta- fringe elements are able and reassuring out- that the Prime Minister BJP are losing credibility.
neous. There is an elabo- now gaining ground, come of this saga of follows them. B.V. Ramana Rao
A.T. JAYANTI K.Sudhakar
O. THOMAS rate, well-planned strat- and moving towards intolerance is the grad- The ultra-right-wing Vijayawada
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PROHIBITION IS GOOD

Of history, mythology & a court case Liquor is the root of many evils but
the government seems to be con-
tent with the revenue from it. Dea-
th toll due to consumption of liquor
is alarming with many youth fal-

I
T is an exaggeration and
possibly untrue that
Hindu revivalists have a
poor knowledge of histo-
ry. Would you call the author
of a scholarly book on Nehru
ignorant of history even if the
scribe now supports Hindu re-
vivalism? Another pro-Hindu-
tva intellectual is Bibek Debr-
oy. He endorsed Wendy Doni-
gers scholarly history of Hin-
duism, if only to observe mu-
tely when his ideological soul
mates got the book pulped.
Distorting history does not
presuppose ignorance of it.
Most people anywhere are not
conversant with all the facts
of their past and they are san-
guine in their knowledge or
lack of it. The liberal rush to
rationally explain as imagina-
ry, which it is, the story of
Rani Padmavati is to bark up
the wrong tree. The problem
really is the free rein given to
violence and the states com-
plicity in terrorising people
with a different view.
It is not about what Padmini
or Allauddin Khilji did or did
not do with each other. A bet-
ter awareness of history will
not save Deepika Padukone
from harm. She will have to fi-
nd a surer way of staying safe.
Gauri Lankesh and her other
rationalist comrades were on
solid ground intellectually.
But look what happened.
Girish Karnad has written
incisively to celebrate Tipu
Sultan but he must find help
against death threats by
tweaking the existing politics,
and in popular resistance.
Correcting hateful propagan-
da against Tipu Sultan with
an excellently footnoted
counter-narrative about the
reviled ruler of Mysore is a
great idea for future students.
But academic genius alone
cannot ensure a safe future.
We have already wasted far
too much time on trying to
prove that Lord Ram though
highly revered as a deity is
essentially a part of Indian
Jawed Naqvi
mythology, not history.
The Manmohan Singh gov-
ernment filed an affidavit in
the Supreme Court to that
effect. And then what hap-
pened? The Allahabad High
Court in its wisdom assigned
part of the disputed land in
Ayodhya to Ram Lalla or a
representative. What does the
decision imply?
Previously, the question
was whether a mosque was
built on the site of a temple
and our archaeological expe-
rts have the means to explore
that bit of truth with a degree
of accuracy. As for any merit
in the claim that Ram was
born at the very spot where
the mosque was built by a
Muslim noble, the judges had
hitherto rightly refrained, as
they would in any secular
court, from dealing with the
non-justiciable matter of
faith. Now, among other
related matters before the
Supreme Court, the bench
will hear of someone whose
faith had made the lord of the
world but was now being
turned into a petitioner with
two others in a land dispute.
History was not Najman
Buas forte though much of
her life she lived in the past.
She filled our tiny brains with
stories of witches and fairies
but, more importantly, taught
us to carry our religious iden-
tity lightly. It was the angels
smoking hookahs, she would
claim, peering for our reac-
tion from behind her round
Gandhian spectacles.
There was no questioning
Najman Bua though, who lies
peacefully buried in her vil-
lage in Rudauli, sandwiched
between Lord Rams Ayodhya
and the once urbane city of
Lucknow. She knew that
witches had their toes facing
back and they spoke with a
nasal twang in chaste Awa-
dhi. She also knew the Sufi
stories of Mulla Dauds hero-
ine Chanda and Malik Moha-
mmed Jayasis Padmini.
Najman, however, preferred
to blend these tales with local
narratives of love and tragedy
into her own serialised story-
telling of Prem Rani.
Our loyalty to her artful sto-
rytelling remains at par with
the assiduous Pakistanis who
would sit glued to their TV
sets in Lahore on Sundays
when Doordarshan broadcast
the Ramayan and Mahabha-
rat serials in the 1980s.
There was much to celebrate
and choose from the haunting
stories of kings and con-
quests, of magical arrows and
flying humans, of talismans
and boons. Years before the
TV era arrived we relished
similar stories in movie halls,
not just Homi Wadias Parsi
theatre-influenced Sampo-
orna Ramayan, but also Holl-
ywood productions.
Early patriotism was on evi-
dence there too. Indian wre-
stler Dara Singh was stronger
than Hercules one of the boys
claimed knowledgably. The
contest mutated into an India-
Pakistan jostle when cousins
from Karachi would arrive
with claims about Gama and
Bholu pahelwans.
Najman Bua never prayed
nor did she keep a fast in her
95 years. For all her lack of a
religious code, God never for-
bade Najman from humming
her Awadhi tunes to Ram and
Sita Ram the beloved god,
as distinct from Ram the peti-
tioner in a court. History can
gasp at the turn of events.
By arrangement with Dawn
ling prey to the deadly habit. Every
day, many women suffer at the
hands of drunkard husbands. Any
right-thinking person should sup-
port total prohibition in AP (Jagan
promises liquor-free AP, Nov. 20).
Dr Syed Sarmad
Ashoknagar, Kurnool
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Kabuls new Great Game: Delhi must play to win
Neena Gopal
Pax Indica
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ith the
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Congr-
ess pass-
ing a in 1996, when after a protracted
$700 bil-
l i o n
defence
budget for 2018 that makes
some $350 million available to
Pakistan, contingent on
whether it takes demonstrable
steps towards curbing the
Haqqani Network which two
US defence secretaries have
attacked as the terror arm of
the ISI, the Pakistan military-
ISI complexs plan to replicate
its 1996 soft coup in Kabul
could well be in shambles.
Coupled as it is with the
inclusion of the line that the
United States and India should
work together to promote sta-
bility in the region particu-
larly in Afghanistan and
recognise Indias status as a
major defence partner, the
Dont delete Kevin Spacey!
Rod Liddle
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T
here are many won-
derful scenes in the
film version of David
Mamets play
Glengarry Glen Ross,
but my favourite comes
towards the end, between the
broken and desperate real
estate salesman Shelley The
Machine Levene, played by
Jack Lemmon, and his vile
manager John Williamson,
played by Kevin Spacey.
Levene, facing not merely the
sack but probable imprison-
ment, is pleading for help,
cringing and cowering. But he
has gone to the wrong man.
When he asks Williamson why
he wont help, the manager
replies with a magnificent
finality: Because I dont like
you. And Spaceys face, almost
deadpan for most of the film as
he suffers the abuse thrown at
him by his salesmen, is now
writhed in contempt.
But not just contempt con-
tempt tinged with the slightest
suggestion of pleasure and mal-
ice. He is, in that moment,
every grim, devious, self-serv-
ing middle manager youve
ever loathed in your life. The
middle manager from the
Milgram experiment, turning
up the voltage on the dial and
electrocuting the volunteers.
And so by obvious extension
the middle manager at
Auschwitz who was only fol-
lowing orders. You watch that
scene and you recoil.
There is not a bad perfor-
mance in the film from anyone.
I would happily watch the bril-
liant Ed Harris read out a tele-
phone directory; Al Pacino is at
the height of his game; and
theres even a rather decent
cameo from Alec Baldwin, not
to mention Lemmons typically
affecting swan song. But its
Spacey who steals the film.
Understated, thoughtful, utter-
ly within the pallid skin of his
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BENTHOS CHILIAD
Pakistan stratagem of keeping
India out of Afghanistan may
go belly up.
The US looked the other way
10-year civil war, the Taliban
born in Pakistan took
control of Kabul. The
Mujahideen had retreated. The
Taliban militia, dressed in
black, armed with
Kalashnikovs, patrolled the
streets, terrorising men who
didnt sport full-grown beards,
driving women who werent
clad in the mandatory blue
burqa indoors. Girls were
stopped from going to school.
Thieves and adulterers, includ-
ing women, were publicly
mutilated and executed at the
Kabul stadium. In a city with-
out television, music, kite-fly-
ing or the cinema, this was the
only entertainment.
It was also the moment of
Pakistans supreme triumph Sikh suburb, where the
installing a Pakistan-friendly
character. But then Spacey
often steals films, doesnt he?
Have you seen many better per-
formances over the past 30
years than Spaceys in The
Usual Suspects? He is probably
the best actor Hollywood has.
Or had.
It is also quite possible that if
he sat down next to you on a
park bench he would withdraw
his penis and ask you to admire
its length and girth. Somewhat
odd behaviour, I would con-
tend, although each to their
own. This is just one of a dozen
or so accusations of sexual
harassment levelled at Kevin
Spacey and some of them seem
to be true, given the actors
carefully drafted apologies.
Spacey, then, may not be a ter-
ribly nice man. He may well be
a serial sexual predator, or
worse. If I were 17 years old, I
certainly wouldnt sit on a park
bench next to him, unless Ed
Harris was there to sort him
out. But watch him act? Id do
that all day long.
Not much chance now, how-
ever. Nobody is going to be
casting him in anything any-
time soon and perhaps that
is right, assuming those accu-
sations have a basis in fact.
Maybe we should object to a
man who has not faced the con-
sequences for his previous mis-
deeds being paid vast sums of
money to strut his undoubtedly
accomplished stuff once again.
I see that, although Ive always
rather liked the notion of inno-
cent until proven guilty. But
then, clearly, Spacey is guilty
of something, so I understand
the reason Hollywood has gone
rather cold.
But what about expunging his
previous work? Wiping it from
the record, as if it had never
been done. Eradicating Spacey
from the world of film and leav-
ing just a space. Thats what is
happening now. Director
Ridley Scott is digitally remov-
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was King of
Taliban government in Kabul;
the Taliban, dependent, then as
now, on Rawalpindi for arms,
and the Gulf for funds, purport-
edly for its madrasas.
It took the horror of 9/11 for
the United States to act, rain-
ing retribution on the country
that had given protection to
honoured guest Osama bin
Laden. The Taliban simply
melted back across the bad-
lands into Quetta, where the
capital of Balochistan func-
tions to this day as the seat of
the Quetta Shura, the Taliban
government-in-exile. Pakistan
not only saw its strategic
depth disappear, in a com-
plete reversal, the Mujahideen,
who had fought against the
Taliban, and who were close to
New Delhi, gained ascendance
in a country that the Pakistan
Army had grown to consider as
its sphere of influence.
Kabul revelled in its new-
found freedom. Women burnt
their burqas. A girls school
named after the legendary
Malala was reopened by the
man who would soon become
the new President, Hamid
Karzai. The multi-ethnic
strands of a city that sits on the
crossroads of Asia began to re-
emerge. In a largely Hindu-
Taliban had marked out each
Spacey may not be a
terribly nice man. He
may well be a serial sex-
ual predator, or worse. If
I were 17 years old, I
certainly wouldnt sit on
a park bench next to
him, unless Ed Harris
was there to sort him
out. But watch him act?
Id do that all day long...
ing Spacey from his picture All
the Money in the World and
replacing him with
Christopher Plummer. The
sixth series of House of Cards
will not feature Spacey at all,
which neatly removes the only
possible point of watching the
thing. His films are also being
pulled from festivals; all of this
madness as if we were attempt-
ing to erase him from our con-
sciousness, pretend that he has
never existed. Spaceys fall
from grace was triggered by the
revelations about the producer
Harvey Weinstein, and indeed
both men are now in some
institution dedicated to purg-
ing rich people of their desire
to have sexual intercourse.
This is what slebs always do
when theyve been caught out:
head for rehab to demonstrate
to the public that they have a
problem and therefore are in
some sort of sense a victim, too.
But anyway, I am waiting for
the film world to expunge
Weinstein from our minds.
Confiscate all his films. No
more Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction or
Velvet Goldmine none of
them to be seen again. Or does
Weinstein not matter because
he doesnt actually appear on
screen?
This purging is a compara-
tively recent phenomenon. The
first time I remember it hap-
pening was when the BBC
started expunging Gary Glitter
from re-runs of Top of the Pops,
believing perhaps rightly
that the publics answer to the
question: Do You Wanna
Touch Me? was a fairly firm
No, Gary, and nor does my 12-
year-old daughter. The next to
be edited from existence was
the producer and performer
Jonathan King one of the
first celebrities to be done for
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Sixteen years later, the
Taliban are back.
Sixteen years that the
US and other foreign
forces have simply
squandered. The police
force of a few hundred
thousand, largely uned-
ucated, is poorly-
trained, ill-equipped and
hopelessly stretched.
kaffir house, the Hindus
gathered at the remnants of a
Shiva shrine, digging until
they recovered and re-installed
the Shiva lingam that they had
buried to keep it safe from the
Taliban. If that wasnt moving
enough, at the ministry of
information and culture that
had been boarded up, a trove of
Afghan musicians and artistes
began tearing down a wall.
Behind it were the dozens of
musical instruments they had
hidden from Pakistans ISI.
The joy on their faces, the
relief that they had seen the
back of the Taliban, was so
palpable. The Pakistan ISI
operatives told us that they
would deface every bit of
Afghan culture, destroy all our
instruments, our movies,
books, music, that there would
accusations of historic sexual
impropriety and, if you read
the court transcripts, convicted
on what seemed to me rather
dubious evidence.
I always held that Kings most
criminal act was Una Paloma
Blanca, one of a string of
largely novelty hits from a time
when he was able to storm the
charts seemingly at will. But
anyway, King was cut out of
another Top of the Pops re-run
shown in 2011, after he had
served his sentence. King was
not happy about this and com-
plained to the then director-
general, Mark Thompson,
about the Stalinist revision of
history. Incredibly enough,
Thompson apologised and
agreed that his segment should
not have been cut. Of course
removing Gary Glitter,
Jonathan King, the Bay City
Rollers and the inevitable
Jimmy Savile from early 1970s
re-runs of Top of the Pops
would leave you with very slen-
der pickings indeed. Youd just
about be left with the morally
upstanding David Bowie. Oh,
and Hawkwind.
Back in 1944 George Orwell
wrote an essay entitled Benefit
of Clergy: Some Notes on
Salvador Dali, after he had
read the artists
autobiography. Orwell
detailed, with humorous
fastidiousness, Dalis appalling
character: kicking his little
sister in the head, eating a
dying bat covered in ants, the
penchant for necrophilia and
so on. Orwell pointed out that
there were two responses to
Dali. There were those who
cited Dalis behaviour as a
compelling reason to dismiss
him as an artist, and those who
thought he was such a
wonderful artist that his
behaviour could be excused or
even commended artists
being afforded the benefit of
clergy.
People seemed to find it
impossible to navigate towards
the evident truth that Dali was,
as Orwell puts it, a superb
draughtsman but an absolutely
ghastly individual. Even so, not
even Dalis fiercest critics
thought his work should be
removed from public display
because he had bitten a bat in
half.
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only be Pakistani culture, one
of the oudh players told me.
Sixteen years later, the
Taliban are back. Sixteen
years that the US and other
foreign forces have simply
squandered. The police force of
a few hundred thousand,
largely uneducated, is poorly-
trained, ill-equipped and
hopelessly stretched. The
Afghan National Army,
propped up by the
International Security
Assistance Forces (ISAF), is an
infantry without either the
armour or the air force that it
needs to keep the Taliban at
bay. Its easy to see why New
Delhis training of the police
and supply of attack
helicopters, which would give
the security agencies the
necessary teeth to counter the
rising Taliban, has Pakistan
worried.
American troops, up against
a wily enemy, adept at finding
refuge behind the porous
Durand Line, prompted the US
initial attempt at an exit
strategy buy peace with the
Taliban. Not that Washington
backed President Hamid
Karzai when he reached out to
the Taliban, even though both
Mr Karzai and his successor
President Ashraf Ghani saw
Pakistans ploy in
But Orwells essay has a reso-
nance today its simply that
we take our absolutism a little
further. In this sense, Kevin
Spacey is the exception to the
rule. You may have noticed
that those celebrities hounded
by the police (and, in some
cases prosecuted and convict-
ed) were, in the main, irre-
deemably naff. Look at the list:
Freddie Starr, Dave Lee Travis,
Jimmy Savile, Gary Glitter,
Jonathan King, Stuart Hall,
Rolf Harris, Lowbrow enter-
tainers, the staples of Saturday-
night entertainment in that
most naff of decades, the 1970s.
Somehow the critically
acclaimed celebrities never
quite got caught in the net.
John Peel, for example, who
boasted in his autobiography of
having sex with a 15-year-old
girl: no action taken. And look
at the way in which Hollywood
has sheltered the appalling
Roman Polanski for the past 40
years, despite accusations
against him that dwarf any-
thing levelled at Harvey
Weinstein. Until this year,
Hollywood actors and actresses
queued up to defend Polanski
a fugitive from justice per-
haps because he is an auteur,
the man who directed
Chinatown, which, everyone
agrees, is a clever movie.
So, Spacey is something of an
exception to the rule
although I notice that this week
the writer Libby Purves was
defending the actor, insisting
that Spaceys behaviour took
place at a time when there was
much homophobia around.
Seems to me a thinnish excuse.
And I will bet Purves would
have resisted sailing to the
defence of the deathlessly
unfunny Freddie Starr (who
was hounded by the police but
never convicted of anything at
all). We still find it easier, then,
to shovel our opprobrium and
loathing on performers we
never thought were very much
cop in the first place, while
affording those who are on our
cultural wavelength the benefit
of clergy. But expunging any of
them from history is otiose,
deluding and psychologically
puzzling.
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reintroducing the Taliban into Triangle, the alliance forged by
the political narrative for what the feared Uzbek, Abdul
it was installing their proxy Rashid Dostum, and his
in Kabul. Jambish-e-Milli, Hazara leader
Mr Karzais peace overture
didnt go far. In September
Mohammed Mohaqiqs Hizb-e-
Wahdat and Salahuddin
2011, his mentor and former Rabbanis Jamiat-e-Islami.
President Burhanuddin
Rabbani was blown up by a sui-
This was followed in July with
another grouping, largely
cide bomber, pretending to be a Pashtun, said to be Mr Karzais
member of the peace delega- political reinvention through a
tion. Talks with the so-called Loya Jirga that he hopes to
Doha Group came undone in convene. Afghan Chief
2013, nixed further when Executive Abdullah Abdullah
Mullah Omars death, that is also in the United States
Pakistan had kept under jockeying for a role.
wraps, became public. Despite The Taliban may have no
US defence secretary Jim leader, no face to lead this
Mattis reinforcing his prede- charge. Mullah Barader is a
cessor Ashton Carters disqui- drug-addled Pakistani captive.
et over the funding and arming But with the Taliban revival a
by Pakistan of the Sirajuddin military reality, Washington
Haqqani group, the US acqui- could now be playing out a sec-
esced to the return of ond exit strategy pulling
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, albeit a major defence partner New
former CIA favourite, as a pos- Delhi to take on the training
sible successor to President and arming of the 350,000-
Ashraf Ghani. strong Afghan National Army,
Clearly, this is the opening as Washingtons possible
sequence in the run-up to the proxy to counter the China-
2018 parliamentary elections Pakistan nexus. Given the high
and 2019 presidential polls. The stakes in a country which con-
attempt on the life of Tajik tinues to be fought over much
strongman Ata Mohammed like the national sport
last week, laid at Hekmatyars buzkashi, the Narendra Modi
door, is a piece with Pakistans government must know that
campaign to eliminate any this is a great game that Delhi
rivals. The Balkh governor is must play to win. On its own
now part of the Ankara terms.
Dominic Emmanuel
Lets share with
the poor
W
hen I give food to the hungry they call me a saint
but when I ask why they are poor, they call me a
Communist, is the famous quote of the late
Brazilian Archbishop Helder Camara, known for his work
for human rights among the poor.
Since Jesus himself was born in a stable and lived a life
of an itinerant preacher owning nothing and emphasising
on Gods love specially for the poor, the Church has been
always on the side of the poor.
Pope Francis, having chosen the name of a saint who had
renounced his wealth and served the poor, has been trying
ever since he was elected the Pope, to raise the bar of ren-
dering service to the poor. To this end last year he
announced a certain Sunday in second half of November to
be observed as the World Day of the Poor. Though Pope
Francis has made history by doing extraordinary things
for the poor, on the first World Day of the Poor last
Sunday November 19, he invited several hundred poor of
Rome to lunch with him at the Vatican. Following his exa-
mple, many Church institutions around the globe did addi-
tional charitable acts.
While announcing the World Day of the Poor to be
observed henceforth every year, Pope based his message
on the words of the Bible, Let us love
not with words but with deeds.
Saddened by the situation of the poor
in the world, Pope Francis concerned
himself not only with material poverty.
Tragically, in our own time, even as
ostentatious wealth accumulates in the
hands of the privileged few, often in
connection with illegal activities and
the appalling exploitation of human
dignity, there is a scandalous growth of poverty in broad
sectors of society throughout our world There is a pover-
ty that stifles the spirit of initiative of so many young peo-
ple by keeping them from finding work. There is a poverty
that dulls the sense of personal responsibility and leaves
others to do the work while we go looking for
favours. There is a poverty that poisons the wells of partic-
ipation and allows little room for professionalism To all
these forms of poverty we must respond with a new vision
of life and society, he exclaimed.
The teachings of Jesus Christ clearly state that entry into
heaven is reserved only for those who have fed the hungry,
quenched the thirsty, clothed the naked, sheltered the
homeless, cared for the sick and visited those in prison.
The question is whether despite a global call to care for the
poor, will the world, will you and I, actually stretch our
hands out to share from our abundance and stand by those
who grind in extreme poverty and who can be found in our
own neighbourhoods?
Father Dominic Emmanuel, a founder-member
of the Parliament of Religions, can be
contacted at frdominic@gmail.com
NO ARMS TO PAK: GERMANY
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
West German Chancellor
Kiesinger today declared
50 YEARS AGO IN
that his Government was
committed not to supply
arms to either India or
Pakistan since it consid-
ered the sub-continent to tries where Germany
be a zone of tension. would not like to deliver
Addressing a largely arms and we would have
attended Press conference to be very careful, indeed,
at the India International to prevent such a situa-
Centre here, the tion.
Chancellor categorically Replying to a question
denied that his about the increased vol-
Government had supplied ume of trade between
any arms to Pakistan in the Germany and China, Dr.
past. We have a strict Kiesinger said, We are a
principle that we will not free country and our busi-
deliver arms in a zone of nessmen try to find mar-
tension, he said. kets where they can sell
Mr Kiesinger, however, their goods. They are
said that Germany had absolutely free to do busi-
delivered arms to other ness with China, as they
countries which may have are free to do business with
found their way to coun- India. UNI
 Xiaomi launched 10000mAh and
20000mAh Made in India power
banks for C799 and C1,499
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some scripts used by 400+ ings they gather to a retailer Bonobos.com,

RDP has announced a new
14.1-inch laptop, ThinBook
S
o you are seeing most popular websites users real identity. On Walgreens.com, and
similar product which enables the web- the backend, companies financial investment firm
ads that you were sites to log and playback can see that a user is con- Fidelity.com. 482 websites
shopping or everything that the user nected to a specific email might be a low estimate
searching online has typed on the website. or name. FullStory did and it is likely that these
a while ago? Wondering Three researchers from not return a request for scripts dont record
how did all those websites Princetons Center for comment. every user that visits the DC CORRESPONDENT
you are surfing know Information Technology To conduct their study, site. Popular websites

1403p with Windows 10 Pro
OS preloaded. The laptop
will be available at price of
C11,999. The ThinBook 1430p
comes packed with Intel
Atom x5-Z8350 processor
coupled with 2GB RAM and
32GB storage which can be
expandable by microSD
card up to 128GB. The
device is thin and light,
weighing only 1.36kg and a
battery life up to 8.5 hours
with its 10,000mAh battery.
The new laptop includes
USB 3.0 (allows 10X data
transfer speeds vis--vis
USB 2.0). It has an
integrated Wi-Fi 802.11
b/g/n and multitouch
capacitive touchpad. For
audio, the notebook has
dual HD speakers. The lap-
top will be available on e-
commerce sites like Amazon
and Flipkart or can directly
be bought from the RDP.
about what you were Policy (CITP) explained
shopping for all these how third-party scripts
days? Well, blame your run on many of the
browser(s). worlds most popular web-
Its nothing new that sites, and are able to track
websites, ISPs and gov- every keystroke and then
ernments have been mon- send that information to a
itoring almost everything third-party server.
that you do on the inter- Facebook users were
net. While ISPs usually outraged in 2013 when it
have a larger record of was discovered that the
what you do and where social network was doing
you head on the internet, something similar with
most websites used cook- status updates-it recorded
ies to monitor your online what users they typed,
behavior so that they can even if they never ended
target you with advertise- up posting it, reported
ments and spam. Motherboard.
However, a new research The scripts in question
findings from Princeton are called session replay
University states that scripts, which are used by
theres more than just companies to gain
monitoring cookies. insights on how the cus-
Motherboard reported tomers are using their
websites and/or to stand the reason behind
analyse confusing web- it, unless they dug deep
pages. However, the into the websites privacy
scripts are not just gener- policies.
al stastics. They have the Motherboard reported
ability to playback indi- ahead stating, most trou-
vidual browsing sessions. bling is that the informa-
Scrips dont run on every tion session replay
page, but are often placed scripts collect cant rea-
on particular pages sonably be expected to be
which have sensitive kept anonymous, accord-
information such as user- ing to the researchers.
names, passwords, med- Some of the companies
ical conditions, etc. that provide this soft-
One of the researchers ware, like FullStory,
stated that the user will design tracking scripts
find it difficult to under- that even allow website
Englehardt, Gunes Acar,
and Arvind Narayanan
looked at seven of the
most popular session
replay companies includ-
ing FullStory,
SessionCam, Clicktale,
Smartlook, UserReplay,
Hotjar, and Russias most
popular search engine
Yandex. They set up test
pages and installed ses-
sion replay scripts on
them from six of the
seven companies. Their
findings indicated that at
least one of these compa-
nys scripts is being used
by 482 of the worlds top
50,000 sites, according to
their Alexa ranking,
added Motherboard.
Highly prominent com-
panies use the scripts.
that utilise session replay
scripts documented by
the researchers are
listed on this link
https://goo.gl/K9RaLB
While some companies
replied to the researchers
that user information will
be outmost confidential
on their end, other com-
panies did not reply. The
researchers are worried
that session script compa-
nies could be vulnerable
to online attacks, and the
highly-valued data could
cause another online
cyber-catastrophe. Good
news is that popular ad-
blocking tool AdBlock
Plus can protect you
against such type of ses-
sion replay scripts; but
for how long?
A
ndroid users have
had the options of
replying to texts
directly through notifi-
cations for years, so
why cant you do the
same thing on your
Chromebook? Well, now
you can. Google has
rolled out support
for in-line replies
to messages from
notifications.
Just like Android,
users will now be able
to respond to a message
from a supporting app
Hangouts for
instance, in the pop-up
box instead of switch-
ing tasks entirely just to
reply the text.
The feature is yet to be
included in the public
builds, and is currently
unfinished. Google

ROG 27-inch The lightweight HONDA SPORTS EV AI CONCEPT WILL GET YOU HIGH
At the recently concluded Tokyo electric motors that are placed low Assistant will unite the car and the
itself has warned that
there arent any anima-
tions or a submit icon
to send the message
Swift curved
PC monitor ZenBook review
AMRITANSHU
Motor Show, Honda revealed the
Sports EV Concept, an electric
sports cars concept, that is based on
the same electric vehicle technology
in the body to help it achieve a lower
centre of gravity.
The standout feature of the Sports
EV Concept, however, is its AI sys-
driver. Its AI emotional engine,
Honda says, can detect the emotions
behind the drivers judgments while
driving and can make new recom-
with a click. The new
feature will likely take
some time before
users can actually try
it themselves.
MUKHERJEE Key Specifications platform as the Urban EV Concept, tem. The Japanese carmaker says mendations and choices based on Whenever it arrives
Powered by Intel which was unveiled earlier this year the Honda Automated Network them. The system will also be able to though, it should make
at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The make music recommendations

Asus has announced ROG
Swift PG27VQ, a gaming
monitor with a curved
screen that is aimed at
gamers who are looking for
a combination of highly
responsive gaming along
with ultimate style. The
27-inch monitor features a
TN-type panel which offers
a native resolution of
2560x1440 pixels.
A
SUS makes some
great lightweight
ultrabooks and the
ZenBook UX430 is one of
them. Priced at `93,990,
the laptop falls in the
same category as Apples
popular MacBook. With a
13-inch dimension and
1.25Kg weight, the UX430
fulfils requirements of an
ultra-portable laptop. A
backlit keyboard,
Harman speakers and a
trackpad with fingerprint
are subtle highlights of
the laptop. A massive
14-inch display crammed
into the 13-inch form fac-
tor, ASUS boasts 7.8mm
Core i7 2.7GHz things easier if users
Sports EV Concept features a based on the drivers want to keep the conver-
processor, backed smooth and sculpted design that mood among various sation going while they
by 8GB of DDR 4 resembles sports cars from a other functions. are binge-watching
system RAM bygone era. It is equipped with ZIGWHEELS.COM their favourite series
on Netflix.
NanoEdge 14-inch Previously, Google
LED display with also introduced its Go
minimal bezels Back with Backspace
512GB SSD, chrome extension.
Users can now add this
fingerprint sensor, extension and restore
Nvidia 940 MX the backspace as back
graphics processor functionality to the
browser, which has per-
to play 2010s popular rac- manently been removed
ing title Codemasters Dirt from the default
3 on the highest settings. Chrome version.
Note that games and HD
movies heat up the laptop

Bolstering its gaming cre-
dentials are a high refresh-
rate of 165Hz, response time
is 1ms, and also supports for
NVIDIA G-SYNC technology.
The monitor comes with the
ASUS Aura Sync RGB light-
ing system at the rear to
customize the look of the
display and to synchronise
its lighting with other com-
ponents featuring the tech-
nology. As for physical
attributes, the monitor can
adjust height, tilt, swivel or
can be attached to a VESA
wall mounting. The connec-
tivity options include an
HDMI 1.4, a DisplayPort 1.2,
a dual-port USB 3.0 hub and
an earphone jack.
HP adds 2 new
laptops to
Omen range
HP released two new
gaming laptops, OMEN 15
narrow bezels and an 80
per cent screen to body
ratio. Powering the laptop
from within is a 2.7GHz
7th gen, Intel Core i7 CPU
backed by 8GB of DDR4
RAM and a 512GB SSD,
and terming this laptops
performance as decent
would be an understate-
ment. It boots up and
shuts down in a jiffy lakh price tag is top
thanks to the presence of
the SSD. With the March
Creators Update,
Windows 10 is a delight to
use on this laptop.
Working on a few docu-
ments while switching
between multiple tabs in
resource-intensive web
browsers such as
Chrome and Firefox
dont make the laptop
bat an eyelid. With
the NVIDIA 940MX,
you can even do
some casual photo
editing in Adobe
Photoshop. Heck,
we even managed
substantially, but it
theres nothing to panic.
As for the audio perform-
ance, unless you are an
audiophile, you wont be
disappointed.
Priced at `93,990, the
ASUS ZenBook UX 430 is
a steep investment.
However, what you get in
exchange of the almost-a-
notch hardware packed in
a beautifully crafted exte-
rior, which gives it the
potential to lock horns
with Apples similarly
priced MacBook models
and trample over expen-
sive tablets trying hard to
be a laptop.
Microsoft to end support
for desktop Office viewer
DC CORRESPONDENT
M
icrosoft has
decided to end
support for its
Word, Excel and
PowerPoint document
viewers, suggesting users
a number of alternative
solutions such as
Windows 10 apps.
According to gHacks
notes, these apps were
introduced when the
company updated their
default document format
for Office apps and
were supposed to help
users sticking with
the old format.
But it turns out,
Microsoft is now pulling
support for these apps,
with their download
pages directing to dates
when links will be
pulled completely.
The Word Viewer killed
off as soon as this month,
while both PowerPoint
Viewer and Excel
Viewer should get the ax
in April 2018.
The Microsoft Word while on older Windows
Viewer is being retired in
November 2017. At that
time, the Viewer will no
longer be available for
download and will no
longer receive security
updates, Microsoft says links will be removed, the
in a short note posted on
the download pages of
each app.
Windows 10 users can
download and install the
Office mobile apps from
the Windows Store for
free or install them on
iOS or Android devices.
Apples reason
for no iPhone X
Home button
Moreover, Office 365
also comes as an alterna-
tive, with a free trial
available for one month,
versions, users can turn
to OneDrive and view
documents stored in the
cloud with the web-based
Office suite.
Although, the download
apps will continue to
work with Office docu-
ments even after the sup-
port is ended, though its
imperative to know
that Microsoft wont be
shipping any new
security updates beyond DC CORRESPONDENT
these dates. Whats New
Apple removed
O
ne of the major
worries that Apple the Home button,
fans had this fall
and replaced the

New smart tracking pill gets FDA nod

and OMEN 17 featuring
Intels 7th generation Core
processors, NVIDIAs Series
10 GTX graphics, high-reso-
lution display options with
optional G-Sync technology
for fast refresh rates and a
single-access service panel
to upgrade RAM, HDD, and
SSD. The sound is handled
by Bang & Olufsen branded
dual-speakers with a dis-
crete amplifier powered by
HP Audio Boost 2.0 technol-
cope without the comfort-
able home button. Apple
The system offers doctors an tions. Poor compliance
with drug regimens is a
objective way to measure if common problem
many disease areas, espe-
in
cially when patients suf-
patients are swallowing their fer from chronic condi-
tions. Proteus has been
pills according to schedule working on the pill track-
ing system for many
was how will the world
TouchID security
option by the
said during the launch FaceID system
event that the iPhone X
This would lead
will have a shorter learn-
ing curve as the new ges- the way for other
manufacturers to
ture-based iOS 11 is sup-
posed to be easier than ditch the home
the previous iterations.
And now, in an interview
button and opt for
a modern gesture-
with Time magazine, they
have actually revealed the based interface
real reason as to why they

ogy. HP further claims that
the new laptops run cooler
with dual fan cooling solu-
tion and compatible with VR
gaming. HP has also
launched the OMEN HP
Mouse 600 that has a right-
hand design with rubber
grips. It has a full range of
DPI levels, between 800 and
12,000, as well as a new
optical sensor specifically
designed for gaming. HP
claims that the mouse can
withstand 50 million clicks.
HP has also brought OMEN
HP Headset 800 that has
53mm driver and a
retractable earphone. The
OMEN 15 starts at C80,990,
while the OMEN 17 starts at
C159,900. Whereas the
OMEN Mouse 600 for
C4,999, and the OMEN 800
Headset is priced at C6,999.
U
S approves digital schedule, opening up a
pill that tracks new avenue for monitor-
when patients take ing medicine compliance
it. US regulators have that could be applied in
approved the first digital other therapeutic areas.
pill with an embedded Shares in Otsuka rose 2.5
sensor to track if patients percent on Tuesday after
are taking their medica- news of the US Food and
tion properly, marking a Drug Administration
significant step forward (FDA) late on Monday.
in the convergence of The FDA said that being
healthcare and technolo- able to track ingestion of
gy. The medicine is a medicines prescribed for
version of Otsuka mental illness may be
Pharmaceutical Co Ltds useful for some
established drug Abilify patients, although the
for schizophrenia, bipo- ability of the digital pill
lar disorder, and depres- to improve patient com-
sion, containing a track- pliance had not been
ing device developed by proved.
Proteus Digital Health. The FDA supports the
The system offers doc- development and use of
tors an objective way to new technology in pre-
measure if patients are scription drugs and is
swallowing their pills on committed to working
with companies to under- size of a grain of salt, the
stand how technology sensor has no battery or
might benefit patients antenna and is activated
and prescribers, said when it gets wet from
Mitchell Mathis of the stomach juices. That com-
FDAs Center for Drug pletes a circuit between
Evaluation and Research. coatings of copper and
The system works by magnesium on either
sending a message from side, generating a tiny
the pills sensor to a wear- electric charge.
able patch, which then In the longer term, such
transmits the informa- digital pills could also be
tion to a mobile applica- used to manage patients
tion so that patients can with other complicated
track the ingestion of the medicine routines, such
medication on their as those suffering from
smartphone. About the diabetes or heart condi-
years and the sensor used dropped the Home button.
in Abilify MyCite was I actually think the
first cleared for use by the path of holding onto fea-
FDA in 2012. tures that have been
The unlisted effective, the path of
Californian company has holding onto those what-
attracted investments ever the cost, is a path
from several large health- that leads to failure,
care companies, includ- says Ive. And in the
ing Novartis AG, short term, its the path
Medtronic Inc and St. the feels less risky and
Jude Medical Inc, as well its the path that feels
as Otsuka. Abilify more secure, said Jony
MyCite is not approved to Ive, Apples design boss.
treat patients with In plain English, he
dementiarelated intended that Apple
psychosis and contains wanted to carry on with
a boxed warning alerting its tradition of being the
healthcare professionals trendsetter and leader in
that elderly patients innovation. Apple feels
with dementiarelated that innovation is the
psychosis treated with only way they can sur-
antipsychotic drugs vive in the market. Last
are at an increased years iPhone 7 missed
risk of death. Reuters the 3.5mm headphone
jack a move that was
seen by the world as one
of the biggest tech blun-
ders ever made. However,
as the world moved on,
users, as well as other
smartphone manufactur-
ers, have adopted the idea
of a single port for all the
functions.
With the home button
gone, Apple would lead
the way for other manu-
facturers to ditch the
home button and go for a
modern gesture-based
interface. People have
shown a warm response
to the new navigation
method until now and it
would remain to be seen
if Google follows the suit
and bakes-in gesture-
based controls in the next
version of Android.
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Sensex
33,478
Nifty
10,326
CURRENCY
1 EURO C76.12
$1.17 1 C85.90
$1.32
INDICATORS
FII NET BUY:
$117.21 m (Nov. 20)
FOREIGN RESERVES:
$399.29 b (Nov. 10)
INFLATION:
3.58% in Oct. 2017
BIZ BRIEFS
RComs shares
rise 12% on buzz
New Delhi: Shares of
Reliance Communications
rose sharply by 12 per cent
on Tuesday amid reports
that lenders of the debt rid-
den firm have approved the
sale of its real estate assets
in Delhi and Chennai to a
Canada-based company. The
stock jumped 11.62 per cent
to settle at C13.45 on BSE.
Intra-day, it surged 14.10 per
cent to C13.75. On NSE,
shares of the company
soared 12 per cent to close
at C13.50. In terms of equity
volume, 164.41 lakh shares
of the company were traded
on BSE and over 16 crore
shares changed hands on
NSE during the day. PTI
RIL raises $800 mn
via 10-yr bonds
New Delhi: Reliance
Industries on Tuesday said it
has raised $800 million by
selling 10-year bonds the
first offering since Moody's
raised Indias sovereign rat-
ing. The bonds were priced
at 3.66 per cent, the lowest
coupon ever achieved by an
Indian corporate for a 10-
year issuance, the company
said in a statement. RIL,
which is rated the same as
the sovereign, will use the
proceeds to refinance exist-
ing debt. This was the first
dollar note this year. The
note by RIL was assigned
BBB+ rating by S&P and
Baa2 by Moody's Investors
Service. PTI
Honda Cars may roll
out 6 new models
Chennai: Japanese car
maker Honda buoyed by
strong growth in domestic
market, has planned to roll
out six new launches over
the next three years, a top
official said on Tuesday.
During the period April-
October 2017, the company
witnessed a 17 per cent rise
in sales as compared to last
year. Honda Cars India is
witnessing one of the fastest
growth years in sales, back-
ed by strong performance of
our latest models Honda
City and WR-V.., company
senior VP, marketing and
sales, Jnaneswar Sen said.
PTI
XIAOMI OPENS
NEW UNIT FOR
POWER BANKS
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
Chinese handset major Xiaomi
said on Tuesday that it has
tied up with Hipad Technology
to start its third manufactur-
ing unit in India which will
manufacture power banks.
The plant, situated in Noida,
Uttar Pradesh, will be the first
facility for power banks in
India.
C u r r e n t l y,
Xiaomi has two
smartphone
manufacturing
plants in Sri City,
Andhra Pradesh
and more than 95
per cent of its
smartphones
sold in India are
assembled locally.
Hipad Technologys manufac-
turing unit is a dedicated power
bank facility for Xiaomi and is
spread across 2.3 lakh square
feet. The starting production
capacity for the facility is near-
ly 7 power banks per minute
during its operational hours.
Xiaomi entered India in July
2014 and quickly announced
plans to establish its first man-
ufacturing plant for its smart-
phones.
28.15
C29,360
Gold
Sebi begins probe on Whatsapp leaks
New Delhi, Nov. 21: Sebi
and exchanges have start-
ed examining trade details
of over two dozen stocks
as part of a probe into
alleged leak of key finan-
cial details of these com-
panies through WhatsApp
while the regulator is also
considering seeking call
data records of the per-
sons involved.
The companies include
several listed blue-chip
firms, officials said on the
condition of anonymity.
The exchanges are
analysing the trade data of
the last 12 months of such
companies in order to
detect any possible breach
of norms while Sebi is tak-
ing the help of data ware-
house and its intelligence
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Icra expects real manufacturing GVA growth at 6.8%
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
Rating agency Icra said
on Tuesday that Indias
GDP is expected to pick
up in the second quarter
led by industrial growth.
Icra said it expects the
growth of the Indian
gross value added (GVA)
to record a sequential
recovery to 6.3 per cent in
second quarter FY18
from 5.6 per cent in first
quarter FY18, led by a
broad-based pickup in
industrial growth (to 5.8
per cent from 1.6 per
cent). This even as the
expansion of agricul-
ture, forestry and fishing
(to 2 per cent from 2.3 per
cent) and services (to 7.3
per cent from 8.7 per
cent) is likely to display
some moderation.
The second quarter
(Q2) of FY18 marked a
period of adjustment for
the economy, following
the introduction of the
GST regime. An improve-
ment in corporate earn-
ings, partly reflecting
milder discounts and
higher commodity
prices, and a pickup in
volume growth in the
mining and electricity
sectors, is expected to
contribute to a sequen-
tial recovery in GVA
growth in Q2, offsetting
the impact of the moder-
ation in growth of the
Central governments
expenditure and a tepid
kharif harvest of several
crops, said Aditi Nayar,
principal economist,
Icra.
Manufacturing vol-
ume growth in Q2 was
not as strong as we had
initially expected on the
basis of restocking after
the GST. Subsequent to
the discounts that had
been offered in Q1 FY18,
consumption demand
was subdued in Q2, par-
ticularly for consumer
durables, dampening
overall volume growth.
However, corporate
results suggest a sequen-
tial recovery in earnings
growth in that quarter,
she said.
This has been led by
factors such as rising
commodity prices, which
helped boost the realisa-
tions in some sectors
such as metals.
Moreover, the wide-
spread discounts offered
17% OF TRADERS HAVENT
FILED JULYS GST RETURNS
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV . 21
Even four months after
the rollout of the GST
regime, around 17 per
cent of indirect tax pay-
ers in Telangana have not
filed their GST-3B return.
While 86 per cent tax a priority.
payers have filed GST 3B
return nationally for the
month of July, Telangana
has reported lower com-
pliance at 83 per cent tax
filing, said GST Hyder- Pandey to look into the
abad Zone commissioner
Bankey Behari Agrawal
at an interactive meeting
with traders in Hydera-
bad on Tuesday.
He urged traders to
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systems, they added.
Under Sebi rules, all the
financial details of listed
companies should be dis-
seminated only through
stock exchanges as they are
considered price-sensitive.
Besides, Sebi is consider-
ing seeking call data
records (CDRs) of all the
persons involved in
alleged circulation of key
financial details and other
information about listed
companies on social media
groups before they are
made public.
The markets regulator
has powers to seek call
data records, excluding
the exact content of the
communication, from tele-
com firms. CDRs generally
list out the number of con-
Manufacturing vol-
ume growth in Q2
was not as strong as
we had initially expected on
the basis of restocking after
the GST. Subsequent to the
discounts that had been
offered in Q1 FY18, con-
sumption demand was sub-
dued in Q2, particularly for
consumer durables, dampen-
ing overall volume growth
ADITI NAYAR
ICRA EXPECTS the growth of the Indian GVA to record a
sequential recovery to 6.3 per cent in second quarter FY18
from 5.6 per cent in Q1 FY18, led by a broad-based pickup in
industrial growth to 5.8 per cent from 1.6 per cent.
Moodys defends decision
to upgrade Indias ratings
DC CORRESPONDENT
MUMBAI, NOV. 21
Defending its decision
to upgrade Indias sov-
ereign rating amidst a
broader macro-econom-
ic slowdown, Moodys
said that the recent
reforms combined with
Indias structural rebound in real and
strength, offer greater
confidence that the
high level of public
indebtedness, which is
the principal credit
weakness, will not rise
materially even in
potential downside sce-
narios and will eventu-
ally decline gradually.
Explaining the driv-
ers behind its decision,
the rating agency said
that the number of
reforms will combine to
enhance Indias struc-
tural credit strengths,
including its strong
growth potential,
improving global com-
petitiveness and its
large and stable financ-
ing base for govern-
in Q1 to clear stock prior
to the transition to the
GST, largely eased in Q2.
Based on these factors,
Icra expects real manu-
facturing GVA growth to ance of the mining out-
improve substantially to
contact GST officials at
seva kendras or write to
them for any kind of
clarifications.
He said the govern-
ment is only interested
in making the GST stab-
lise and the collection of
fines for non-filing is not
Meanwhile, the govern-
ment on Tuesday consti-
tuted a 10-member com-
mittee under GSTN
chairman Ajay Bhushan
requirements of filing
returns in current fiscal.
The whole idea is to
make the filing easier for
people who file nil
returns.
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versations between two or
more entities and are dif- SEBI IS consid-
Research and Advisory,
Global Mount Money
and research analysts and
warned the unregistered
ferent from phone-tapping, Research and Advisory, entities of strict action.
where an agency can snoop ering seeking call GoCapital, CapitalVia In August, Sebi had got
on or record telephonic data records Global Research and one the help from telecom reg-
conversations of those sus- (CDRs) of all the Imtiyaz Hanif Khanda and ulator Trai to curb fraudu-
pected to be engaged in persons involved his maternal uncle Vali lent bulk SMSes that
some wrong-doings.
in alleged circu-
Mamad Habib Ghaniwala. entrap gullible investors
The information about Besides tightening its with stock tips promising
the listed companies is lation of key noose around the scam- huge financial gains.
mostly being made financial details sters, Sebi has stepped up Last year, Sebi had float-
through SMSes, WhatsApp and other infor- WHILE SEBI has its investor awareness ed a consultation paper to
and various social media campaign on these issues. ban unauthorised trading
platforms, where names of mation about already taken action In several latest public tips through SMSes,
some established broker- listed companies in several such cases notices, Sebi has cau- WhatsApp, Twitter,
age houses and exchanges on social media so far, it is investigat- tioned investors against Facebook and other social
are also being misused. groups before ing a number of oth- trading on the basis of media platforms, as also
While Sebi has already
taken action in several
they are made ers involving similar unsolicited tips received
through SMSes, social
games, competitions and
leagues relating to the
public activities
such cases so far, it is
investigating a number of
media, websites and other
public media platforms.
securities market.
However, the regulator
others involving similar
activities, the official said.
ready taken action against
several entities for provid-
without registration.
These included MCX Biz
It also asked the public to
deal with only Sebi-regis-
has yet to put in place a
final regulation in this
The regulator has al- ing investment advice Solutions, Moneyworld tered investment advisors regard. PTI
India jumps 3 spots to 51
in IMD World talent list
New Delhi, Nov. 21:
India has improved its
ranking by three notches
to 51 globally in terms of
ability to attract, develop
FROM THE BRICS
bloc, China stayed in
the lead with a rank-
ing of 40, followed by
According to Arturo
Bris, head of competitive-
ness, IMD Switzerland,
India is not doing a good
job at retaining local tal-
and retain talent while
Switzerland topped the
Russia at 43 and
South Africa at 48.
ent and attracting foreign
labour.
list compiled by leading On both fronts, remuner-
business school IMD. Brazil was ranked ation levels, quality of
just after India at the
Globally, Europe contin- life, security and property
ues to dominate the rank- 52nd slot. rights are deterrent to
ings, with Switzerland,
Denmark, and Belgium
domestic employment, Mr
Bris said.
being the most competi-
tive countries. Austria, report said.
Furthermore, relative to
other economies, invest-
Finland, the Netherlands, The annual IMD World ment in education is still
Norway, Germany, Talent Ranking covered 63 weak. India ranks among
Sweden and Luxembourg countries and assessed the bottom five countries
made up the top 10. the methods the countries on the list in terms of
The outstanding educa- adopted to attract and investment in education
tion systems in Europe retain talent. as a percentage of GDP,
sets them apart from the The rankings are based the study found out.
rest of the pack. This on a country's perform- Going ahead, Bris said
allows them to develop ance in three main cate- India needs to emphasise
local talent and at the gories investment and the education system as a
same time attract foreign, development, appeal, and key to prosperity. It also
highly- skilled profession- readiness and India needs to prevent brain
als, which many was ranked 62nd, 43rd and drain by providing better
European businesses rely 29th on these terms, opportunities to local tal-
upon to perform, the respectively. ent. PTI
Thums Up to be PAK DECLINES
CHINAS YUAN
$1 b brand in 2 yrs OFFER FOR CPEC
New Delhi, Nov. 21: Southwest Asia, said. Islamabad, Nov. 21:
Beverages major Coca- At present, Thums Up Pakistan has refused to
Cola India on Tuesday has a revenue of `5,000 allow free use of the
ment debt. to adjust to the new said it expects its soft- crore (about $770 million), Chinese yuan on the
It will take time for GST regime. However, drink Thums Up to be a $1 he said. lines of the US dollar in
the impact of most of as disruption fades, billion brand in the next Coca-Cola India said the the country as officials
the measures to be assisted by government two years, for which it is company, along with part- from the two nations
seen. Some, such as the
GST and demonetisa-
measures to support
SMEs and exporters
adding variants to the
home-grown product.
ner bottlers, will invest
suitably in enhancing the
met to decide on a long-
term developmental
tion, have undermined
near-term growth.
with GST compliance,
we expect to see a
With the introduction of
Thums Up Charged, the
brand, launching new
packs, expanding distri-
plan under the $50 bil-
lion China-Pakistan
However, as disruption rebound in real GDP company on Tuesday bution and augmenting Economic Corridor
fades, we expect to see a growth to 7.5 per cent in added the first ever vari- manufacturing capacity (CPEC), a media report
fiscal year 2018 ending ant to the 40-year-old to increase sales of said on Tuesday.
nominal GDP growth to in March 2019, with brand. We expect Thums Thums Up by 2020. The meeting of senior
sustained higher levels. similarly robust levels Up to become a $1 billion The new Thums Up officials from Pakistan
In turn, sustained high of growth from fiscal brand in next two years. Charged will be available and China on Monday
nominal GDP growth 2019 onward, Moodys The launch of Thums Up in seven different packs, decided to formally
will likely contribute to added. Charged will help acceler- it added. move ahead despite hur-
a gradual decline in the On concerns regard- ate the journey of becom- Besides Thums Up, the dles and finance at least
general government ing high oil prices hit- ing the first home-grown company has identified three special econom-
debt burden over the ting Indias current billion dollar beverage brands such as Maaza ic/industrial zones
medium term, it said. account deficit, the rat- brand, Vijay Parasu- and Limca which have the (SEZs) and some impor-
While it has lowered ing agency said a sharp raman, VP, marketing, potential to grow to reach tant rail, electricity and
its forecast for Indian increase in foreign Coca-Cola India and similar size. PTI road projects. PTI
GDP growth by factor- direct investment would
ing in the recent slow- ensure that the basic
down, Moodys noted balance is in surplus.
that the economys Moreover, foreign 7(&+'5,9(1+,5,1*
growth potential is exchange reserves have
strong.
We expect the disrup-
increased very signifi-
cantly, to about $374 bil-
78% agreed they 78% said avail- 76% expect
tion of domestic supply lion in October 2017.
perform much bet- ability of technology almost half of the
ter in personal inter- tools makes it defi- interview process
chains to restrain
growth over the next
Overall, we expect
India's external vulner- views compared to nitely easier to find in future to be fully
few quarters as SMEs ability to remain very automated tests. and apply for jobs. automated and
and exporters continue low, it said. tech-driven.
around 6.8 per cent in Q2
from the low 1.2 per cent
effect, and supportive
commodity prices,
58% stated that an overly automated
in Q1, she added. should boost the GVA interview process will be less
The significant turn- growth of the mining and transparent and will not provide
around in the perform- the quarrying sub-sector the essential feedback.
to a healthy 7.5 per cent
put, a favourable base in Q2 FY18, said Icra. Source: Randstad Tech and Touch survey
AMERICA | FIRST City gets first automotive production facility in 25 years
M&M taps Detroit for new US unit
Washington, Nov. 21: Monday in Detroit metro- ing on and off paved or
Indian automobile giant This building opening politan area. You are an gravel surface.
Mahindra & Mahindra has represents our com- important and vital part of This expansion repre-
opened a new $230 million panys growing pres- the resurgence of sents a milestone for us
plant for an off-highway Detroit, he told Mahindra and for Michigan. We
vehicle in Detroit, the ence in North America and employees and top offi- started this operation with
worlds car capital, which locally in the Metro Detroit cials of the company. seven people four years
got its first automotive area where we have tripled our In few weeks, the facility ago to be crossing the
production facility in 25 workforce during the past 18 will produce an off-high- 250 mark is a testament to
years. way vehicle which will the hard work of our
The new plant will create months.t extend Mahindras cur- employees and what this
250 new jobs in the United ANAND MAHINDRA rent position in this seg- region has to offer in
States, the worlds top ment, Mr Mahindra said. terms of top automotive
automotive market. This Designed and engineered talent, said MANA presi-
is an exciting day for in the Metro Detroit area he said. by Mahindra Automotive dent and CEO Richard
Mahindra..., chairman where we have tripled our It is pretty rare and North America (MANA), Haas at the event.
Anand Mahindra said. workforce during the past extraordinary, said the vehicle promises to be By 2020, additional proj-
This building opening 18 months. We are commit- Michigan lieutenant gov- unlike anything currently ects will result in 400 more
represents our companys ted to growing the ernor Brian Calley at the on the market, he said. jobs and another $600 mil-
growing presence in Mahindra brand in North Mahindra automotive An off-road vehicle is one lion in investment over
North America and locally America and Michigan, plant launch event on which is capable of driv- that same period. PTI

I just wanted
to keep the
pedal down.
We havent had a
win like this in a
very long time.
LeBron James
after
Cleveland
Cavaliers
defeated
Detroit
Pistons
116-88
SHORT TAKES
Granqvist replaces
Ibra as Best Player
Stockholm: Zlatan Ibrahimovics
unbroken ten-year run as
Swedens best player came to
an end on Monday when FC
Krasnodar defender Andreas
Granqvist won the countrys
Golden Ball for 2017.
Ibrahimovic, who retired from
international football after a
disappointing Swedish showing
at Euro 2016, dominated the
award from 2007 to 2016 and
took it 11 times overall. No
other player has won it more
than twice.
Granqvist, Ibrahimovics suc-
cessor as captain, last week led
Sweden to a 1-0 aggregate
playoff victory over Italy to
reach next summers World Cup
finals in Russia.
Swedens 36-year-old record
goal-scorer, who returned from
serious knee injury for
Manchester United against
Newcastle United on Saturday,
wasnt left completely empty-
handed at the Fotbollsgalan
awards.
However, his club performanc-
es won him the best attacker
prize. The Diamond Ball for
best female player went to
Linkoping FCs attacking mid-
fielder Kosovare Asllani, who
returned home this season after
five years abroad with Paris
Saint Germain and Manchester
City. Reuters
Rose not to dwell
on Dubai loss
Hong Kong: Justin Rose has
vowed not to dwell on narrowly
missing a fairytale ending to
the golf season after his implo-
sion in Dubai cost him the
annual European Tour prize by
a single shot.
The Englishman had won two
tournaments in a row to bring
himself back into contention for
the Race to Dubai crown. He
was leading the field at the turn
on Sunday at the season-end-
ing DP World Tour
Championships before a series
of bogies cost him the title.
Roses eagle attempt from
just off the green on the 18th
hole rolled agonisingly wide,
handing the European Tour
order of merit to compatriot
Tommy Fleetwood on the final
hole of 12 months of golf.
Im not going to stand here
and look at one shot, and sec-
ond-guess it, because there
were so many good shots that
put me in that situation, Rose
said on Tuesday, ahead of this
weeks Hong Kong Open.
It was definitely nearly the
fairytale ending to the season,
he added.
It was a second near-miss of
2017 for Olympic champion
Rose in an otherwise successful
year, after he also lost out in
the Masters playoff to Sergio
Garcia in April. AFP
DONT REGRET
STAYING, SAYS
GRIEZMANN
Madrid: Atletico Madrids
France forward Antoine
Griezmann has no regrets about
staying at the Liga club despite
a difficult start to the season
which has seen him booed by
his own fans.
The 26-year-old was linked
with a move to Manchester
United in the last transfer win-
dow but signed a new contract
with Atletico after the club
were banned from registering
new players until January due
to the illegal transfer of minors.
The Frenchman has endured
his worst campaign so far in his
four seasons with Atletico, who
are in fourth place and 10
points behind Liga leaders
Barcelona while also on the
verge of their earliest exit from
the Champions League since
2009.
Diego Simeones side, finalists
in 2014 and 2016 and semifinal-
ists last season, face AS Roma
on Wednesday and their fate in
qualifying for the last 16 is out
of their hands.
I dont regret staying, it was
my choice and I would make it
again even if we had lost seven
games in a row, Griezmann
said in an interview with French
television programme Telefoot,
broadcast on Monday. Reuters
Golfer Feng Shanshan has retained
her world number one ranking after
the LPGA Tours season finale
Philadelphia 76ers Joel Embiid (right) and Utah Jazzs Ekpe Udoh reach for a rebound during the second half of their NBA basketball game on
Monday in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won by a 21-point margin. The scorline read 107-86.
Sweet 16 for Boston
Celtics extend winning streak to 16 games; high 5 for Cavs
Los Angeles, Nov. 21:
Kyrie Irving laid on a 47-
point masterclass to give
the Boston Celtics a 16th
straight victory as the
Cleveland Cavaliers
thrashed the Detroit
Pistons to continue their
revival.
Irving was in dazzling
form for Boston as they
rallied from a 10-point
deficit in the fourth quar-
ter to overhaul the Dallas handedly pulling Boston
Mavericks 110-102 in over-
time.
Irvings haul included
five three-pointers and
three rebounds as Boston career and helped Boston
came back from 89-79
down with five minutes
remaining in the final
quarter to win.
Boston improved to 16-2
Tanguy Ndombele of Amiens (left) vies with Lilles Ezequiel Ponce during their French league match on Monday at
the Licorne Stadium in Amiens, northern France. Amiens won 3-0.
Lille slip into danger zone
Paris, Nov. 21: Marcelo
Bielsas Lille slipped back
into the automatic relega-
tion places in the French
league on Monday after
crashing to a 3-0 defeat
away at Amiens in a
rearranged game.
The match had initially
been abandoned in late
September after a pitch-
side barrier collapsed
under the weight of Lille
fans celebrating their
team taking an early lead,
leaving 29 supporters
injured.
The travelling support-
ers who filled the same
section of Amiens Stade
de la Licorne on Monday
saw their side slump to a
heavy loss with Harrison
Manzala starting the rout
by scoring either side of
half-time for the hosts.
Senegalese forward
Moussa Konate then made
it 3-0 five minutes from
the end, and it would have quality between the two
been worse for Lille had
Emmanuel Bourgauds favour.
late free-kick not thumped
the post.
I dont want to divert against us, it is my
attention because the less responsibility.
good team beat the better
side 3-0 and it was a
deserved result, Bielsa Bielsa in the close season
said.
As for my job, this ect under new owner
result increases my share Gerard Lopez, had won
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Pranjala starts
with a victory
IRFAN HAJI | DC 15K titles this year.
MUMBAI, NOV. 21 Participating in 125K
series after getting a wild
Rutuja Bhosale gave good card was a huge stepping
account of herself but stone for the 577 ranked
went down to higher player and Rutuja showed
ranked Deniz Khazaniuk she can belong here.
in the L&T Mumbai Open Despite a poor turnout
WTA 125K series at Cricket she enthused few specta-
Club of India tennis courts tors with powerful fore-
here on Tuesday. hands, backhand winners
The 21-year-old who made and fighting spirit but her
comeback to professional weak serves and unforced
tennis this year after errors let her down on the
undergoing graduation in day.
Business in Texas for four Rutuja had a nervy start
years, stretched her 271-
ranked opponent before
but held her first serve but
played wayward shots on
going down 4-6, 3-6 after
over 75 minutes contest.
his second serve to concede
a break. She fought back to
Meanwhile, Indian pair earn first break and level 2-
of Karman Kaur Thandi 2. But her serves were no
and Pranjala Yadlapalli problem for her better
advanced to second round ranked Israeli opponent.
after 6-3, 7-5 hard fought Deniz made second break
win after 82 minutes of to slide down Rutuja's
AP play over Australian- charge.
Hungarian pair of Naiktha But the Pune lass didn't
Bains and Fanny Stollar. panic and kept her power-
The duo after serving ful forehand going and
first earned a crucial break once advanced cleverly to
in the midst and held on to force fault and then
their serves to take first wrapped up game with a
set. Karman and forehand on the volley to
Hyderabads Pranjala were level 3-3.
trailing 1-2 in second set But again her struggle on
after conceding a break but serve game continued and
broke back twice to surge
to 5-2 lead.
They were broken back
she made couple
unforced errors to concede
third break. An ace served
of
Irving delivered 10 of his It was the fourth-highest For most teams in this twice to level 5-5 but held well for Khazaniuk as she
league, theres three, four, their nerves to wrap up the kept Rutuja guessing and
points in overtime, single-hand- scoring game of Irvings career five of those games a match with a break. held on to serve to get 5-3
edly pulling Boston clear of and helped Boston tie the fran- year, Van Gundy said. They are the only Indians lead.
Dallas (110-102) in the decisive chises fourth-longest winning Tonight was one of left in fray along with Rutuja was weak again
phase of the game. streak. them. We didnt play well Ankita Raina who will on the serve and got pun-
at either end. We made next play Russian ished to trail 0-40 but an
with the victory to head Eastern Conference with Kevin Love led the scor- mistakes and they played Veronika Kudermetova in inspirational comeback
the Eastern Conference. a ruthless walloping of ing with 19 points, 11 terrifically, he added. singles first round on laced with crosscourt vol-
Dallas fell to 3-15 with the Detroit. rebounds and four assists In other games on Wednesday. leys helped her to hold the
loss. The Cavs 116-88 blowout while LeBron James had Monday, Anthony Davis Rutuja had played in serve for just second time
Irving delivered 10 of his was the clearest sign yet 18 points and eight scored 36 points to help the15K and 25K series on in the set and reduce
points in overtime, single- that the 2016 NBA champi- rebounds in 27 minutes. the New Orleans Pelicans the ITF tour pocketing two deficit to 4-5.
ons have shaken off their Jae Crowder had 18 defeat the Oklahoma City
clear of Dallas in the deci- early-season problems. points with Jose Calderon Thunder 114-107.
sive phase of the game. Cleveland have now won adding 14. James saluted The Pelicans rallied
It was the fourth-highest five games in a row and the way Cleveland main- from 19 points down in the
scoring game of Irvings have improved to 10-7. tained their scoring first quarter to claim a
Detroit, who entered the momentum. victory that was overshad-
tie the franchises fourth- game with an impressive owed by DeMarcus
longest winning streak. 11-5 record, were put in
Cousins ejected Cousins ejection for an
Elsewhere on Monday,
Cleveland sent a message
their place by Cavaliers
who were determined to
Pistons coach Stan Gundy
chalked up the defeat to a
elbow on Russell
Westbrook in the third
to their rivals in the make a statement. bad night at the office. quarter. AFP
Top players,
officials in
Thai fixing
Bangkok, Nov. 21: Top
flight players, referees
and a club director are
among a dozen people
under investigation for
match fixing, Thai offi-
cials said on Tuesday, in a
scandal that threatens to
engulf the domestic foot-
ball league.
The men were arrested
and released on bail after
a year-long probe found
the half-time or full-time
scores of at least four top
tier Thai Premier League
this season were fixed.
The 12 are accused of
receiving money or ben-
efits in order to throw a
game or influencing oth-
ers to throw a game or
manipulate the score, the
Football Association of Richard Gasquet of France returns a ball during a training
Thailand (FAT) said in a session in Marcq en Baroeul, northern France, ahead of
statement. the Davis Cup final against Belgium. AFP
The FAT released the
AFP
details of the probe days
after the end of the foot-
ball season.
Four players from Navy
FC including the team
Elias is inspired
IZQUIERDO HEROICS HELP BRIGHTON CLAMOUR TO
captain, a striker and a
goalkeeper are under
investigation, the state-
ment said, as well a player
from Nakhon Ratchasima
by Nadal, Tyson
Bengaluru, Nov. 21: Edberg, who claimed two
CLINCH A POINT AGAINST STOKE CITY FREEZE GAME
FC. Swedens emerging tennis Wimbledon titles out of his
Authorities caught wind player Elias Ymer, who is six Grand Slams.
FOR PLAYERS
Brighton (England), Nov. 21: Jose Izquierdo
of the scandal in part
after an unusual number
here for the
Bengaluru Open, draws
ATP Many might not be
Tysons fans but Elias
earned Brighton and Hove Albion a point as Chris Moscow, Nov. 21: Loud of last minute goals inspiration from legendary looks up to him.
Hughtons side twice came from behind to record a 2- calls grew in Russia on involving Nakhon Rafael Nadal and boxing Yes, I read Mike Tysons
2 draw against visitors Stoke City in the English Tuesday to cancel table- Ratchasima were report- great Mike Tyson. book, he said.
Premier League on Monday. topping Lokomotiv ed. Both teams finished in In tennis, I draw inspira- Many people talk about
Stoke twice went ahead at the Amex Stadium, first Moscows upcoming away the lower half of the tion from Nadal. He has an his bad stuff. But I like his
through Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and then Kurt match in the countrys league, but were not rele- unbelievable mentality mentality that I need on
Zouma, but Brighton hit back on each occasion via freezing Far East to pro- gated. and fighting prowess. If the court. He really has
goals from Pascal Gross and Izquierdo. tect the health of national A referee, a linesman people could fight like him, that fighting spirit and I
Brighton promoted from the Championship last squad players. and a director at relegat- they would go up the rank- get motivated by him. I
season remain ninth, seven points above the rele- Lokomotiv are due to ed Si Sa ket FC, are also ing. Nadal is very special liked him since I was 17,
gation zone and three points above Mark Hughess cross eight timezones to accused of match fixing player, the Sweden num- he added further.
Stoke, who stay in 15th. play last-place SKA along with four Thai ber one said after defeating Elias took to tennis
When you have been behind twice you have to Khabarovsk in their investors with overseas Indias wildcard Suran because of Michael Chang,
show character and we did, Hughton told Sky 15,200-seat Lenin Stadium links. Prabodh in the $100,000 who ran hard after every
Sports. on Monday. The most paid to players ATP Challenger Tour ball and fought hard and
We have to be realistic. We are playing against bet- Khabarovsks first pro- and officials to fix a single event. was also his fathers
ter teams and better players and if you cant win motion to top flight game was around $27,000, World No. 147 Elias is favourite.
games then dont lose them, he added. AFP Russian football has given Thai police said. AFP seen as someone who could Chang was my fathers
an unexpected headache rekindle Swedish hopes in favourite player. My father
to the bigger clubs just as tennis with Stefan Edberg told us always that Chang
of the responsibility their previous two outings the nation prepares to being the last Swede to win ran for every ball and was
because the difference in against bottom side Metz host the World Cup on the Wimbledon in 1990. a fighter. Because of
and Saint-Etienne. June 14-July 15. World Number 8 David Chang, I and my brother
sides was clearly in our But this loss sent the The Russian squad is Ferrer has alredy predict- played tennis, he said.
2011 champions back to made up almost entirely ed a brilliant future for Elias said he interacted a
If the team with less second-bottom spot with of domestic players and at Elias. lot with Edberg and also
talented players wins 3-0 just 12 points from 13 least four are expected to For decades, Sweden was sponsored him when he
matches. come from Lokomotiv. a tennis super power with was young.
And they have away Parliaments deputy Bjorn Borg and Edberg I interacted a lot with
Lille, who hired enig- matches at Montpellier speaker Igor Lebedev said dominating in their respec- Edberg. He was sponsoring
matic Argentine coach and third-placed Lyon forcing teams to travel to tive eras. me with some money, when
coming up next, with a the other side of the Borg had bagged 11 I was young. I also went
to front an ambitious proj- trip to leaders Paris Saint- worlds largest country Grand Slam titles, includ- with him for practice in his
Germain also looming and play in Artic weather ing five successive victo- home town, he said.
next month. AFP was a travesty. AFP Somyot Poompanmuang ries at Wimbledon, and PTI
 Australias David Warner is confident he will
be fit for the first Ashes Test on Thursday
despite hurting his neck in a fielding drill
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TIME TO REKINDLE
They havent TOUCHING BASE
got magic balls
which start way
outside the
stumps and swing

OLDEST RIVALRY
miles.
Alastair Cook
England batsman says
Australia bowling
attack doesnt hold
any great fears for
the tourists

SHORT TAKES England look to fire THE PROTAGONISTS

Mohammed Amir
Our target was
Kohli, says Amir
New Delhi: Pakistan pacer
Mohammed Amir, who took
3/16 in the ICC Champions
Trophy final against India in
June, said Virat Kohlis wick-
et was the game-changing
factor. Amir, along with con-
tributions from Hasan Ali,
Junaid Khan and Shadab
Khan helped Pakistan beat
India. When Kohli was
dropped, I thought half the
game was gone to be hon-
est. Because he is the kind
of batsman if you give him a
chance, he wont score less
than hundred. Ninety-per-
cent of the time, you give
him a chance, he gets a hun-
dred. Recently against New
Zealand, they dropped him
on 15 or 20 and he scored a
hundred. He doesnt give
you a second chance, he
told ESPNCricinfo.
So our plan was to get the
top order Dhawan, Rohit
Sharma and Kohli, the guys
who were scoring the runs in
the tournament. My plan
was that I didnt want to
save runs, I wanted to take
wickets. If we could get one
or two from the top, we
could win the match, he
explained.
Agencies
Malahide to host
Ireland Test
Dublin: Ireland cricket boss-
es have chosen Malahide
near Dublin to host the
country's inaugural Test
match against Pakistan next
year. The side, who have
been playing one-day inter-
nationals since 2006, were
handed Test status in June,
along with Afghanistan, and
will make their debut in the
five-day format in the May
11-15 match. We are delight-
without Stokes as Ashes ENGLAND AUSTRALIA
begins on Thursday JOE ROOT STEVE SMITH
(CAPTAIN) (CAPTAIN)
Brisbane, Nov. 21: The 26-year- The worlds
England are resigned Live on TV old right- number one
to being without Ben
Stokes for the whole of
Australia vs hander is the ranked Test batsman took over
the Ashes series and it England most talented the Test captaincy from Michael
will be fascinating to 5.30am batsman in the Clarke at the end of the last
see whether they can England squad as Ashes series in 2015, and will be
replace him and
(Thursday)
win without him
well as having the responsibili- leading Australia for the first
On SONY SIX & HD ty of being skipper, with this time in Tests against England.
against Australia.
The two unfamiliar
line-ups open hostili- the rest, and hes such
his first overseas series as
captain. Since taking over as
Has scored 20 100s in 56
Tests at 59.66, with a high-
ties for the Ashes, the
oldest prize in Test
a match-winner that
he drags the team
captain earlier this year, he est score of 215 in the last
has averaged more than 60 in Tests. Ashes series at Lords. The fidgety
cricket, in Brisbane on along with him, for-
Thursday. mer Australia captain Roots side will look to their captain right-hander batting at four looms
Stokes, who was vice- Ian Chappell told the to shore up a struggling top order by as his sides big batting hope with
captain to Joe Root, Wide World of Sports. blunting Australia's pace attack with his improvised shot-making. Quick-
did not fly out with the If he gets things big scores. footed and adept at facing spin,
rest of the squad after right and plays really but he is equally comfortable driv-
a late-night incident in well, hes the sort of ALASTAIR COOK ing and pulling the fast bowlers.
which he appeared to player who can lift the
get involved in a fight rest of the team. As Englands all-time Scored five centuries in 18 Ashes
outside a Bristol night- Without him they leading run-scorer, with Tests at 54.74. Outstanding slips
club in September. (England) are no more than 11,000 Test fieldsman with 79 catches and as
Recently, there has chance (to win the runs, the former captain captain has won 50 percent of his
been speculation that Ashes), he added. and left-handed opening 26 games in charge. Ajinkya Rahane arrives at Nagpur on Tuesday for the
the 26-year-old all- Stokess ability to second Test against Sri Lanka, starting on Friday. PTI
rounder, often com- shine even in the most
batsman could well be
pared to former Test difficult of circum- someone Root seeks out DAVID WARNER
great Ian Botham, stances was seen when for advice. The 32-year- Pugnacious on-field char- IPL AUCTIONS
could return in time he made his maiden old had a brilliant series acter and opening
for the third of a five-
Test series.
But with the England
and Wales Cricket
Test century against
Australia in Perth dur-
ing the 2013-2014 Ashes
series, where England
when England won the
2010-2011 Ashes
in Australia, scor-
ing 766 runs at an
batsman. Warner is
the top-ranked opener
in Tests and overall
the fifth-ranked bats-
Teams differ on
retention policy
Board (ECB) still wait- suffered a humiliating
ing to discover if he 5-0 defeat. astounding aver- man. This is his fourth
will be charged by This year Stokes, a age of more than 127. But he strug- Ashes and second at
prosecutors, Stokess genuine all-rounder, gled during Englands 5-0 series loss home, and he possess-
Ashes participation became the IPLs most in Australia in 2013-2014, and ques- es the rare ability to
remains uncertain. expensive foreign play- New Delhi, Nov. 21: Two
Stokess combination er when he was signed tions remain as to whether he can turn matches with his destructive IPL team owners on
of skills powerful by the Rising Pune get back to his best in the face of hitting. Has scored 5,705 Test runs Tuesday floated the idea of
left-handed batting, Supergiant for 1.7 top-class pacer. at 47.94 interspersed with 20 hun- having next editions play-
lively seam bowling million ($2.2 million). dreds in his 66 Tests. ers auction in England but
and brilliant close- He justified the price JAMES ANDERSON the suggestion could not
catching, allied to an tag by scoring 316 runs find favour with the major-
ability to inspire his at a strike rate of
Englands all-time leading Test wick- MITCHELL STARC ity of the franchises dur-
team-mates make 142.98, and taking 12 et-taker remains Roots go-to Lethal left-arm quick who is the ing a meeting with the
him one of the most wickets at 7.18 in the bowler, so if Australia can get after pace spearhead with an incredible BCCI in Mumbai.
highly prized players Twenty20 event. him then England could well strug- strike-rate. In 36 Tests Starc has Yes, there were discus-
in world cricket today.
They also help bal-
But if Stokes wins
big, he can lose big too
gle. Although he reached 500 Test captured 148 wickets at 28.35, with sions whether we could
shift this years auction
wickets earlier this year there are 29 of those coming in eight Ashes
ance the side, with
England able to play
notably when
Carlos Brathwaite hit concerns that, at the age of 35, this Tests. This will be his
abroad. A couple of fran-
chise owners suggested
an extra specialist him for four succes- could be one tour of Australia too first home Ashes England as this will be a
bowler without weak- sive sixes to snatch a many for Anderson. Unlikely series and he has big auction with most play-
ening their batting. stunning win for West to get the swing-friendly con- taken half his Test ers back in the pool.
Such is Stokess Indies in the last over ditions that make him so dan- wickets (74) in However majority of the Chennai Super Kings are
importance to of the 2016 World gerous in England, he will be Australia. Starc gets members want it to be held reportedly desperate to
England that many Twenty20 final. in India, a senior BCCI
looking to improve on a alarming bounce retain M.S. Dhoni.
pundits believe they Stokes, however, official said.
cannot win the Ashes often demonstrates record in Australia that has from his 1.96m Rajasthan Royals have Mehta, Kings XI Punjabs
without him. more guile than is sug- seen him take 43 wickets height and can made a suggestion to do Mohit Burman and Ness
Stokes is two things gested by his all-action in 13 Tests. swing the ball. away with retention policy Wadia were present.
hes a class above approach. AFP as well as Right to Match Rajasthan Royals was rep-
(RTM) while Kings XI resented by Manoj Badale
Punjab wanted the reten- while CSKs representative

From spinner to fast bowling allrounder

ed that Malahide has agreed
to host this historic game
against Pakistan, Cricket
Ireland chief executive
Warren Deutrom said.
Even in its short history of
hosting our matches, the
club has already given us
some wonderful memories,
and we trust that May 11 and
its ensuing days will provide
many more. Malahide chair-
man Ciaran Keohane said:
"Malahide CC is delighted to
host the Inaugural Test
Match in Ireland. We are
looking forward to welcom-
ing both teams to The
Village. AFP
DC CORRESPONDENT to lack of facilities in his
CHENNAI, NOV. 21 hometown Tirunelveli,
saw Vijay rise through
The terrace of his house the ranks.
at suburban Chennai After getting his maid-
doubles up as a make- en India call-up as a
shift nets. A synthetic replacement for
astro turf, floodlight and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the
a bowling machine to Tamil Nadu pace-bowling
face, Vijay Shankar could all-rounder acknowl-
pad up even in the middle edged his fathers vision
of a night. The untiring in shaping his career.
effort of his father H. When my father was
Shankar, who calls him- playing for districts, he
self a failed cricketer due didnt even have proper
kit. He had to borrow bats
and pads from others. He
ensured that I had every-
thing to make cricket as
my career. The only thing
he wanted in return was
100 per cent commitment
from me, said Vijay, who
has been a regular in the
India A squad.
Vijay has scored 1,671
runs and taken 27 wickets
in 32 first-class matches.
A tall and stylish stroke-
maker, Vijay has been
considered as a back-up
for Hardik Pandya.
Though he had started as
an off-spinner, he made a
swift transformation into
a pace-bowling all-round-
er. I wanted to get into
the Tamil Nadu Ranji
team which already had
quite a few off-spinners.
So, I started bowling
medium pace, he added.
Vijay credited TN bowl-
ing coach L. Balaji for his
recent improvement.
tion policy to stay at two
players. Most of the other
teams wanted anything
between 3 to 5 (including
retention and Right To
Match) while salary cap
will be raised from `60
crore to `75 crore.
It was after a long time
that majority of the own-
ers turned up for a discus-
sion over lunch with the
IPL governing council
members.
The meeting was well
attended. Delhi Daredevils
owner GM Rao, Mumbai
Indians Akash Ambani,
Kolkata Knight Riders fortnight, Shukla said.
Vijay Shankar Shah Rukh Khan and Jay
John George, the official
informed.
IPL Chairman Rajiv
Shukla, however, did not
divulge any information
after the meeting got over.
The meeting went off
well. The idea was to invite
actual team owners and
solicit their views now that
10 years have concluded.
Lot of things like reten-
tion, salary cap, squad
strength were discussed.
Majority of the owners
want player retention. I
think we will be able to
finalise the details in a
PTI

Resplendent Kohli and team come through test of character

Virat
Kohli
KOHLI MOVES UP A PLACE TO BE FIFTH IN ICC TEST RANKINGS
Dubai, Nov. 21: India cap- first match of a three-Test pace bowler Bhuvneshwar work towards the objective
R. Mohan tain Virat Kohli has moved series against Sri Lanka in Kumar has gained eight in Kolkata as all Sri Lanka
up a spot to be fifth in th Kolkata. Kohli, who is top- places to reach a career- batsmen fell to pace
Line & Length latest ICC Test rankings ranked in both ODIs and best 29th position and bowlers.
for batsmen while team- T20Is, knocked up a fine Mohammad Shami has Jadeja has slipped to
mate Ravindra Jadeja has 104 not out on day five moved up one slot to 18th third position among

T
eam India staged a
grand recovery and
devouring ground in
the manner of a thorough-
bred created a dramatic fin-
ish. Outplayed for the
greater part of three and a
half days after opting to bat
on a green top, Virat Kohli
made the final day his own
with a fluent century only
he could have made on the
surface that may have
slowed down but still pro-
vided plenty of seam move-
ment and disconcerting lift
if the ball hit the cracks.
His bowlers made merry in
the dash to the finish until
bad light pipped them at the
business end.
The heroes of Indias
grand comeback were the
openers Shikhar Dhawan
and Lokesh Rahul. The
manner in which they bat-
ted in the face of a deficit on
the fourth day made it
appear as if Team India was
ahead of the game and not
in serious deficit. It was
their positive approach that
changed the complexion of
the match after Lanka had
found an unlikely batting
hero in Rangana Herath
who scored with most
resourceful methods after
specialist batsmen had fall-
en to Indias three-pronged
seam attack.
Its not often that Indian
pacers have taken all 10
wickets in an innings and
never 17 in a Test without a
spinner chipping in with a
wicket. The keenness that
Md Shami showed at the
end of the match while hur-
rying up to run in and yet
clocked in excess of 140
kmph was most impressive.
Bhuvi and Shami did all
they could to embarrass the
visitors in the last couple of
sessions in a display of
skills that made the cricket
most gripping, with the
final session bringing out
all the drama associated
with Test cricket.
The gamesmanship dis-
played when matters got
serious in the fourth
innings was the typical
cricketing way of display-
ing fighting qualities and
Dickwella, who managed to
get under the Indians skin,
was using the same tactics
of time wasting that all bat-
ting teams do when fighting
for the draw. Kohli could get
as angry as he wished, but
this was one situation in
which it was hard to fault
slipped a place to be third
in the bowlers standings.
Kohli has edged Warner
to take fifth position after
completing his 50th inter-
national century in the
one team with not playing
to the spirit of the game. It
was good to see good grace
winning at the end of the
match with smiles and
handshakes all
around when the inevitable
happened on a rain and
weather-hit Test.
Kohli was so brilliant at
the crease that he made it
all look too simple.
Switching gears when the
danger of running out of
partners loomed, he toyed
with the bowling as if in a
T20 game. Only the greats
can make the art of batting
look so very simple.
But just imagine the pres-
before the game ended in a
draw.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan
has gained two places to
reach 28th position while
among India?s bowlers,
sures on him as his wicket
at any earlier stage of the
game may have allowed Sri
Lanka to get across the line
of even a tricky target in
the vicinity of 150 or so.
The pitch may have lost
pace but it never flattened
out, which meant batting
was no straightforward
proposition at any stage of
the game and it was at its
most challenging on the
opening day. This is why full
marks are due to Cheteswar
Pujara who dropped anchor
on the green top that had
been strategically left to try
and liven up the game
which was certain to be
position.
Jadeja, who started the
Sri Lanka series with the
opportunity to reclaim the
top bowling and all-round-
er rankings, could not
competing against the ele-
ments on all five days given
the weather front that was
hovering above the area in
the monsoon season.
Making your wicket dear
is an old fashioned virtue in
the modern age, which is
where Test match special-
ists like Pujara come in
Useful. Another one was,
however, sitting out as
Murali Vijay was left out to
give Lokesh Rahul a run.
The latter proved his mettle
once again, which is an
extremely good sign as a
Test match team is also
about bench strength. Team
India plays so much that
bowlers and also lost 20
points in the rankings for
all-rounders, but still has a
lot to look forward to in the
remaining matches.
PTI
there will be plenty of
opportunities for everyone.
Kohls team have been
quite dominant in their
home and subcontinental
conditions.
What happened on the
opening day may have been
some sort of reality check
considering there is a series
to be played in South Africa
soon. What leads to opti-
mism around the top
ranked Test team is they
came out well enough in a
test of character to nearly
win a Test they may well
have lost without the cap-
tains counterattacking bril-
liance.

Leo is like
Maradona for
those of our
generation. For
me, its an honour
to play with him in
the national team.
Paulo Dybala
Juventus star on
Barcelona skipper
and Argentina
team mate Lionel
Messi ahead of
their Champions
League
clash
SHORT TAKES
Kashyap in main
draw of HK Open
New Delhi: Commonwealth
Games champion Parupalli
Kashyap notched up twin wins
in the qualifying round to reach
the mens singles main draw at
the $400,000 Hong Kong Super
Series in Kowloon on Tuesday.
Kashyap saw off local shuttler
Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-13, 21-19 after
beating Chinese Taipeis Kan
Chao Yu 21-12, 21-10 in his open-
ing match.
In mens doubles, Arjun M.R. and
Ramchandran Shlok defeated
Hong Kongs Li Kuen Hon and
Yeung Shing Choi 21-14, 21-18
before going down 19-21, 17-21
to Koreas Kim Won Ho and
Seung Jae Seo.
In mixed doubles, Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy and Ashwini
Ponnappa lost 18-21, 11-21 to
Indonesias Hafiz Faizal and
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
Five in youth world
boxing quarters
New Delhi: India enjoyed an all-
win day at the AIBA Women's
Youth World Boxing
Championships with five of the
country's pugilists advancing to
the quarterfinals after contrast-
ing victories here on Tuesday.
The fast-rising Ankushita Boro
(64kg) led the charge with a
facile unanimous triumph over
Turkeys Aluc Cagla. Boro is a
silver-medallist from the Balkan
Youth International Boxing
Championship and the
International Ahmet Comert
Tournament.
Also advancing to the quarterfi-
nals were Shashi Chopra (57kg),
Jyoti Gulia (51kg), a Golden
Glove Tournament gold- medal-
list, Neetu (48kg) and Sakshi
Choudhary (54kg).
Gulia, the boxer who opened
the proceedings for India,
defeated Anastasiia Lisinska to
make the last-eight stage.
Shardul grabs four
golds at nationals
New Delhi: Teenager Shardul
Vihan of Uttar Pradesh pro-
duced a sensational perform-
ance, winning four golds in the
61st national shooting champi-
onship here on Tuesday. The 14-
year old clinched gold in the
senior and junior mens double
trap individual and team events.
Shardul turned the tables on
current world number one dou-
ble trapper Ankur Mittal 78-76
in the mens final.
In the junior mens event,
Shardul won 77-74 against
Shapath Bharadwaj of
Uttarakhand.
In the mens team event,
Shardul and Ahvar combined
with Mohammad Asab, who had
the individual bronze, to take
top spot with a combined score
of 411.
In the junior mens team,
Shardul and Ahvar partnered
with Azghar Hussain Khan to
shoot 392, ahead of Punjab
(352) and MP (348).
Advani in snooker
world knockouts
New Delhi: Seventeen time
world champion Pankaj Advani
showed no signs of a billiards
hangover as he marched
through the round robin stage
of the snooker event with con-
vincing wins at the world cham-
pionships in Doha.
Advani on Tuesday scored a 4-1
win over Qatars Khamis
Alobaidli to secure a spot in the
elimination draw of 64, which
commences in two days.
In the opening match, he white-
washed his Finnish opponent
Heikki Niva 4-0 with breaks of
107 and 58.
In the second league tie, Advani
overcame
Irishman Karl Fitzpatrick
4-1, firing in breaks of 108, 46,
45 and 40 in each frame to get
closer to the
knockouts.
Advani had defended his world
billiards title in the 150-up for-
mat here recently.
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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Turin (Italy), Nov. 21:
Juventus star Paulo
Dybala has rediscovered
his scoring form just in
time as he renews his
rivalry with fellow
Argentina Lionel Messi in
Wednesdays Champions
League clash with
Barcelona.
The 30-year-old Messi
scored two goals to help
Barcelona to a comfortable
3-0 win over Juventus, last
seasons finalists, at the
Nou Camp in September.
Messi then scored a hat-
trick in Ecuador to carry
Argentina through to the
2018 World Cup.
Dybala was on the substi-
tutes bench in Quito but
the 24-year-old will be on
the field in Turin where a
win will ensure Juventus
of the knockout rounds.
Barcelona lead Group D
by three points with two
rounds to go, and Ernesto
Valverdes side need only a
draw to advance as group
winners.
Dybala made a record-
setting start to the Serie A
season with 10 goals in six
games before suffering a
dip in form. He got back on
the scoresheet in the final
seconds of Sundays 3-2
loss at Sampdoria, to bring
his tally to 12 goals in 13
games.
Since arriving in Turin
from Palermo in 2015, the
player dubbed The Jewel
has scored 56 goals in 112
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I-League battles for sustenance
SAYAN MUKHERJEE | DC
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
Brand I-Leagues battle for
relevance will be modified
to one of sustenance once
the tournaments 11th edi-
tion kicks off on
November 25, drawing
focus on the All India
Football Federations
unique formula of solv-
ing its domestic structure
imbroglio by organising
two top tier leagues simul-
taneously.
The two-league system
may be temporary with the
AIFF seeking Fifas assis-
tance to prepare a compos-
ite league structure, but
its the immediate future of
its two babies that com- performances of teams in
pels attention.
Concurrent organisation
of matches will inevitably
draw comparisons of the
two leagues quality.
Reducing foreign players
participation per match by
a rung to five, coupled with
signing the countrys top
50-60 players may have
helped the glamorous ISL
grab greater public atten-
tion.
But scratch the surface
and its soft underbelly was
CHESS
Technology has redefined the game, says Anand
Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand
greets schoolkids at an event in Hyderabad.
Atletico goalkeeper Miguel Moya (top left) attempts a save at a training session in Madrid on Tuesday, the eve of their Champions League Group C match against Roma. AP
games. But he has yet to
open his tally in Europe
this term.
Messi has hit three in the
Champions League this
season to join Ronaldo in
the exclusive club of play-
ers who have scored 100
goals in European compe-
tition. Dybala has said that
he would like one day play
alongside Messis former
Barcelona
Neymar Jr.
team-mate
I-League coaches at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday.
laid bare by disappointing
their opportunities.
its first week.
Forced to sign second
stringers, I-League clubs face of ISLs growing influ-
were coerced into signing
young players, after disre-
garding them for years.
Though the quality of
action remains to be seen,
the move forced the 10 par-
ticipating clubs to focus on
young players, handing
them an opportunity to
excel.
Hiking number of for-
eigners by one to five per
DC
WHATS GONE WRONG
AT ATLETICO?
Twice Champions League
finalists in the past four
seasons, Atletico Madrid
are staring an embarrass-
ing and financially damag-
ing exit in the face unless
they beat an in-form Roma.
Even victory over the
Group C leaders and away
to Chelsea in two weeks
may not be enough to save
Atletico unless
match may, however, limit
The AIFFs insistence on
I-Leagues relevance in
slots for ISL games, which
ence wasnt lost on any-
body at the formers
launch ceremony here on
Tuesday.
Officially, the I-League is
the top league of the coun-
try. Its winner gets to play
in the Champions League
qualifiers, though the
money in ISL is much
more, AIFF general secre-
tary Kushal Das said.
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, NOV. 21
Indian chess Grandmaster
and former world champi-
on Viswanathan Anand on
Tuesday said technology
had brought a lot of
change in the way the
young generation was
playing chess.
Speaking about how
technology has re-defined
the game, Anand said,
There is a huge shift. The
experience of watching
chess has gone online.
Learning has shifted from
books to computers.
Maybe 40 or 50 years ago
you learnt chess by play-
ing and interacting with
another good player. The
more players you would
DECCAN CHRONICLE
Games
WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2017 | HYDERABAD
Azerbaijani Champions POGBA IS KEY
League debutants Qarabag FOR MAN UNITED
can also do them a favour He does not yet share team-
by taking points off one of mate Zlatan Ibrahimovics
Chelsea or Roma in their cult status, but Paul
final two games. Pogbas display on his
Simeone remains stead- comeback from injury
fast in his words of sup- showed his importance to
port for star forward Manchester United is sec-
Antoine Griezmann more ond to none.
than in his actions after Having toiled in Pogbas
substituting the French absence, recently taking
international in each of
Atleticos last two games.
four points from a possible
12 in the Premier League,
Commanding attention
also will be Indian foot-
balls Big Two, Mohun
Bagan and East Bengal,
stuck in the foster league
after protracted negotia-
tions failed for an outright
entry in the ISL over a `15
crore franchise fee in
view of their storied lega-
cy.
Mohun Bagan coach
Sanjoy Sen was hardly per-
turbed by it or the absence
of big names, barring
Haitian star Sony Norde,
in his squad.
So far in ISL, none have
impressed. So talks Mohun
Bagan are weakened by the
absence of so-called top
Matches, most of them players or I-league being
kicking off at 2pm, will be weaker than the ISL hardly
beamed live, ahead of arise, Sen told this paper.
prime time (5.30 and 8pm) Players may come and
players may go but the sys-
may hamper TRPs, though tem remains the same.
Das differed from the gen- How new players adapt to
eral view. the Mohun Bagan system
Keralas Gokulam FC, will be key.
Manipurs Neroca FC and East Bengal coach Khalid
the Delhi-based Indian
Arrows, comprising most-
Jamils echoed Sens opin-
ion, aware of the weight of
ly of Indias U-17 World
Cup squad players, are the
expectations to end their
14-year league drought,
three new entries, offset- though wiser after win-
ting Bengaluru FCs ning it with Aizawl last
migration to the ISL. season.
meet the more you would The younger generation
learn. approaches from a differ-
Now, that has shifted to ent perspective. It is
computers. You can be in nicer when you mix your
some island and still old methods with some
become good in chess sim- new influences
ply because you are no because clearly now they
more isolated. they are also solving
Anand also spoke of the some old problems in
importance of a coach. new ways.
The 47-year-old said,
Computers are the VISWANATHAN
strongest entities to play ANAND
chess but how do you learn in each and every move. A
if everyone asks the same modern chess player is
questions and gets totally a different genera-
answers? You have to ask tion from the one before.
the right question. When You can see it in the way
you ask why this move is they think and approach-
wrong, thats when you ing a problem.
learn. That is when a Twenty or 30 years ago,
coach comes into play. we liked general princi-
He praised the present ples because something
day youngsters judgement was good and it worked in
ANANTAPUR
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United rediscovered their ager Jose Mourinho.
swagger against Newcastle We all know, myself and
United when the the fellow players, that cer-
Frenchman made his tain players influence the
return. With a goal and an levels of the team. With
assist in a 4-1 comeback him we have much more
win, Pogba was the man of creation.
the match and his overall While United have lost
display helped United find ground in the league, they
a level they have struggled have not missed a beat in
to reach during his two- the Champions League
month absence. and visit Basel needing
He affects our football,
summarised United man-
just a point to reach the
knockout phase. AFP
INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE
Pune eye winning
start against Delhi
DC CORRESPONDENT encounters, and Popovic
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 will be keen to improve
on that record, having
Hosts FC Pune City will coached with varying
be eyeing a winning start degree of success in
to their Indian Super Spain and Thailand.
League 4 campaign The 50-year-old has con-
against Delhi Dynamos in siderable firepower at his
Pune on Wednesday. disposal. Last seasons
Both teams have new top scorer Marcelino, who
coaches at the helm with made the switch from
Pune manned by Ranko Delhi to Pune along with
Popovic and Delhi men- Kean Lewis, will be the
tored by Miguel Angel ones to watch out for.
Portugal. For Delhi, its all about
Popovic said playing at building on from last sea-
the Shree Shiv son. They reached the
Chhatrapati Sports semi-final playoffs in two
Complex wont be much of the tournaments three
of an advantage. editions, but are yet to
I dont think it is an reach the final.
advantage. If you want to Portugals chief aim
win, you have to play well will be to guide the team
both home and away. Yes, to the title. For that he
at home well have more stressed on the need to
support to win all three start well. This first
points. But that doesnt match is the test for what
change the way well is my team is capable of. I
play, he said on Tuesday. think the competition is
We have had enough very balanced. Anyone
time to prepare. The play-
ers are excited. I hope
can win it, he said.
Delhi have lost key play-
well be able to do what
we want to, the Serb
ers, but have brought in
suitable replacements
added. with Kalu Uche and
Pune have beaten Delhi Guyon Fernandez being
only once in their six ISL prominent.
majority of situations. eration players are higher
Now people think whether ranked than me. I can say
it is right or wrong first. they are the strongest.
Elaborating on his prepa- Clearly the trend is heavi-
rations, the former cham- ly in favour of youngsters.
pion said: The main thing Even the average age of
is to be willing to learn the top 10 is dropping
new ways of doing things. every year. (Magnus)
The younger generation Carlsen and (Anish) Giri
approaches from a differ- are few names that come
ent perspective. It is nicer to my mind.
when you mix your old In India, we have young
methods with some new players in Vidith Santosh
influences because clearly Gujarathi, Adhiban and
now they are also solving Sethuraman.
some old problems in new A slightly older genera-
ways. I try to keep track of tion is also fighting back
their games and try to with players like
learn. Harikrishna or (Levon)
Anand expressed happi- Aronian. Indian young-
ness on how young players sters are also very good.
were taking advantage of There are a few who are
enhanced technology. close to 2,700 rating
Many of the younger gen- points, he said.