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BHUBANESWAR: Executing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s zero-tolerance policy towards cor- ruption, the State Government has expelled 15 offi- cials from their jobs and stopped pensions of two retired ones, informed a Press release from the CM’s Office on Saturday. The dismissed officials had been convicted in different graft cases by the anti-corruption depart- ment of the Government. The sacked officials are former Boudh IMV Debi Prasad Padhi, former Dunguripali Cooperative Society Secretary Debadatta Das, Umarkote Municipality Octroi Tax Sarkar Kaliprasad Singh, former Dhamnagar tehsil Clerk Batakrushna Barik, former M Rampur block VLW Krushna Mohan Das, former Kesinga block Secretary-cum-PEO Ashok Kumar Saha, former Junagarh block Panchayat Executive Officer Padmamukh Sabar, former Mursundi gram pan- chayat (Boudh) Secretary Kishore Chandra Pradhan, former Banapur Salia irrigation project Assistant Engineer Bijay Kumar Sahu, former Bhawanipatna ITDA Junior Engineer (JD) Karunakar Panda, former Kuliana block JE Mangal Singh Munda, former Kuliana block Assistant Engineer Baidyanath Majhi, former Sarakana block JE Pratap Chandra Rout, former Thuamul- Rampur ITDA JE Nigamananda Panda and for- mer BMC Health Officer’s office Clerk Chittaranjan Lal. Besides, pensions of retired Kalahandi ITDA Assistant Engineer Ashwini Kumar Sharma and retired Kalahandi DRDA APD Shashank Shekhar Patnaik have been stopped. PNS I n another major reshuffle at the bureaucratic level in a couple of days, the State Government on Saturday appointed IAS officer Gagan Kumar Dhal, who had resigned on Friday as Agriculture Production Commissioner, as the Chairman of the Odisha Forest Development Corporation Ltd (OFDC). The OFDC Chairman post was declared as equivalent in status and responsibility to that of the Chief Secretary. Besides, Forest and Environment Additional Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra has been appoint- ed as the Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary and Secretary of Planning and Convergence Department. He is to remain in additional charge of Working Chairperson of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri. Sudershan Pal Thakur, Director General, Training Coordination, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, is to remain in addi- tional charge of Chief Administrator, KBK, Koraput in addition to his other duties. Pradipta Mohapatra , Additional Chief Secretary, School and Mass Education Department has been appointed as Agriculture Production Commissioner. He is to remain in additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, School and Mass Education Department. Dr Mona Sharma, Principal Secretary of Rural Development Department is to remain in addition- al charge of Principal Secretary of Forest and Environment Department. Sanjiv Chopra, Principal Secretary of Industries Department with addi- tional charge of OMC Chairman is to remain additional charge of Principal Secretary of Home Department. Manoj Kumar Mishra, CRC and Special Secretary of Commerce and Transport Department is to remain in additional charge of Secretary in- Charge, Electronics and Information Technology Department. Rudra Narayan Palei, Special Secretary of Electronic and Information Technology Department has been appointed as Special Secretary of Revenue and Disaster Management Department. A case was lodged against Sundargarh district Superintendent of Police (SP) Soumya Mishra on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a preg- nant woman during a raid in the district. Sources said that the case was lodged against the woman police officer in the Hemgiri police station under Sections 347, 341, 506, 457,323, 294, 342, 313, 166, 503 and 504 of the IPC. The incident reportedly took place when a police team led by the SP had conducted a raid in the Kanika area to nab the woman’s husband. The woman alleged that the SP attacked her when she said that she did not find her husband at home. The complainant further alleged that she suffered a mis- carriage due to the assault by the woman cop. T he urban heartland in Jammu & Kashmir remained peaceful even as the administration restored low- speed mobile internet and landline services and eased restrictions on movement of people in selective areas, but the Line of Control (LoC) became tense with an Indian Army jawan succumbing to fatal injuries in a ceasefire vio- lation by Pakistan in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Defence PRO in Jammu Lt-Col Devender Anand said, “In the exchange of fire, 35- year-old Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa attained martyrdom. He belonged to Village Rajawala, Tehsil Vikas Nagar, District Sahaspur, Dehradun.” He is survived by his wife, Nisha Thapa. Life began limping back to normalcy with the restoration of 2G mobile internet services in five districts of Jammu divi- sion and making of 17 tele- phone exchanges operational across Kashmir Valley. Now there are no restric- tions in 10 districts of Jammu with ongoing relaxation at Poonch, Banihal, Kishtwar and Bhaderwah towns for the day, Government spokesperson Rohit Kansal told reporters in Srinagar. As for the Valley, he said relaxation has been pro- vided in 35 police stations. “The process of relaxation and easing of restrictions is in progress and most of the tele- phone exchanges in Valley should be functional by Sunday evening,” Kansal said. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Swayam Prakash Pani and Director Information and Public Relations Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar were also present on the occasion. He added that in Jammu division landlines services are already functioning. Kansal said the administration is close- ly monitoring the whole situ- ation and so far no untoward incident has been reported from anywhere in the Valley. He said the plying of public transport normally on the roads is a good sign and there are reports that the same has been noticed in rural areas also. A major fire broke out on the second floor of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) building that houses the teaching block here on Saturday evening. Though no casualty was reported, offi- cials said the blaze destroyed samples and medical reports. Authorities at AIIMS closed the adjacent emergency department as a precautionary measure. Patients from some floors of the AB ward, close to the Microbiology department where the blaze started around 4.50 pm, were evacuated along with those in operation theatres above it as the smoke spread, they said, adding the fire was doused within two hours. The Microbiology depart- ment’s virology unit has been completely gutted, sources said. Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the cardio-neuro centre, housed in a different building in the complex. And he is safe there, sources said. According to Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer of Delhi Fire Services, a call regarding the fire was received around 4.50 pm following which 34 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. “The fire was brought under control around 6.30 pm,” said Garg. “The exact reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained. Initial investigation suggests short-circuit to be reason behind the fire,” said a fire official. R io Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was on Saturday nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting hon- our, joining Asian and Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Bajrang Punia. The name of 48-year-old Deepa, who won a silver in shot put F53 category in 2016 Rio Paralympics, was added for the Khel Ratna by a 12-mem- ber selection committee on the second day of the two-day meeting here. World No. 1 wrestler in 65kg, Bajrang was nominated for the prestigious award on Friday, by the panel headed by Justice (Retd) Mukundakam Sharma. Olympic bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom recused herself from the meeting to avoid conflict of interest as her personal coach Chhotelal Yadav was in contention for Dronacharya Award. She attended the meeting, which nominated Bajrang for Khel Ratna on Friday, but skipped the whole of second day’s pro- ceedings. R aising the alarm bells for the security establishment, a group of 10-12 Pakistan- backed terrorists has managed to sneak into the Kashmir Valley in the last three days despite the forces having foiled as many as 12 infiltration attempts along the Line of Control (LoC) during the same period. With a major attack on the security installations by this group now being apprehend- ed, the security forces have been asked to be on their tightest vigil. Incidentally, the infiltra- tion by such a big group from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) to stoke violence is the first such since the abrogation of special status under Article 370 on August 5. Moreover, in an apparent attempt to inter- nationalise the Kashmir issue, the Pakistan Army has stepped up ceasefire violations also in the last three to four days attracting retaliation by the Indian Army. Admitting that the pres- ence of a large and well-trained group of Pakistan-backed ter- rorists is a matter of concern now, officials in the security establishment said here on Saturday. At least 25 terror launch pads were also activat- ed in the last few days in POK across Poonch and Rajouri sector of Jammu division, they added. It indicates that the coming days may see more bids by terrorists to sneak in. NEW DELHI: The water level of the Yamuna has reached near warning level in the national Capital. Preparations are being made to deal with flood-like situation, officials said, adding that authorities are monitoring the situation. According to an official, around 4 pm on Saturday, Yamuna’s water level reached 203.27 metres, slightly below the warning level of 204.5 metres. The official said that at 10 am on Saturday, over 21,000 cusec water was released from Hathani Kund Barrage in Haryana. In July last year, traf- fic movement on Old Yamuna Bridge in the national Capital was closed for a few days after the water level in the river breached the danger mark. STAFF REPORTER W hile the flood situation in Kerala and Karnataka improved significantly on Saturday, it’s now the turn of the northern States to bear the brunt of the torrential rain that has lashed Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Jammu. The Punjab Government issued a high alert following the release of excess water from the Bhakra Dam on Saturday while the Himachal Pradesh Government was forced to close all educational institu- tions in Kangra district due to incessant rainfall and land- slides that ensued. “The monsoon trough was passing through Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Bangladesh, and heavy to very heavy rain is likely in the next two days and thunderstorms are likely over Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh,” the IMD said.

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BHUBANESWAR: Executing Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik’s zero-tolerance policy towards cor-ruption, the State Government has expelled 15 offi-cials from their jobs and stopped pensions of tworetired ones, informed a Press release from theCM’s Office on Saturday.

The dismissed officials had been convicted indifferent graft cases by the anti-corruption depart-ment of the Government.

The sacked officials are former Boudh IMVDebi Prasad Padhi, former DunguripaliCooperative Society Secretary Debadatta Das,Umarkote Municipality Octroi Tax SarkarKaliprasad Singh, former Dhamnagar tehsil ClerkBatakrushna Barik, former M Rampur blockVLW Krushna Mohan Das, former Kesinga blockSecretary-cum-PEO Ashok Kumar Saha, formerJunagarh block Panchayat Executive OfficerPadmamukh Sabar, former Mursundi gram pan-chayat (Boudh) Secretary Kishore ChandraPradhan, former Banapur Salia irrigation projectAssistant Engineer Bijay Kumar Sahu, formerBhawanipatna ITDA Junior Engineer (JD)Karunakar Panda, former Kuliana block JE MangalSingh Munda, former Kuliana block AssistantEngineer Baidyanath Majhi, former Sarakanablock JE Pratap Chandra Rout, former Thuamul-Rampur ITDA JE Nigamananda Panda and for-mer BMC Health Officer’s office Clerk ChittaranjanLal.

Besides, pensions of retired Kalahandi ITDAAssistant Engineer Ashwini Kumar Sharma andretired Kalahandi DRDA APD Shashank ShekharPatnaik have been stopped. PNS

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In another major reshuffle at thebureaucratic level in a couple of days,

the State Government on Saturdayappointed IAS officer Gagan KumarDhal, who had resigned on Friday asAgriculture ProductionCommissioner, as the Chairman of theOdisha Forest DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (OFDC).

The OFDC Chairman post wasdeclared as equivalent in status andresponsibility to that of the ChiefSecretary.

Besides, Forest and EnvironmentAdditional Chief Secretary SureshChandra Mohapatra has been appoint-ed as the DevelopmentCommissioner-cum-Additional ChiefSecretary and Secretary of Planningand Convergence Department. He isto remain in additional charge ofWorking Chairperson of the ShreeJagannath Temple Administration(SJTA), Puri.

Sudershan Pal Thakur, Director

General, Training Coordination,Gopabandhu Academy ofAdministration, is to remain in addi-tional charge of Chief Administrator,KBK, Koraput in addition to his otherduties.

Pradipta Mohapatra , AdditionalChief Secretary, School and MassEducation Department has beenappointed as Agriculture ProductionCommissioner. He is to remain inadditional charge of Additional ChiefSecretary, School and Mass EducationDepartment.

Dr Mona Sharma, PrincipalSecretary of Rural DevelopmentDepartment is to remain in addition-al charge of Principal Secretary ofForest and Environment Department.

Sanjiv Chopra, Principal Secretaryof Industries Department with addi-tional charge of OMC Chairman is toremain additional charge of Principal Secretary of HomeDepartment.

Manoj Kumar Mishra, CRC andSpecial Secretary of Commerce andTransport Department is to remain inadditional charge of Secretary in-Charge, Electronics and InformationTechnology Department.

Rudra Narayan Palei, SpecialSecretary of Electronic andInformation Technology Departmenthas been appointed as SpecialSecretary of Revenue and DisasterManagement Department.

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Acase was lodged againstSundargarh district

Superintendent of Police (SP)Soumya Mishra on Saturdayfor allegedly assaulting a preg-nant woman during a raid inthe district.

Sources said that the casewas lodged against the womanpolice officer in the Hemgiripolice station under Sections347, 341, 506, 457,323, 294,342, 313, 166, 503 and 504 ofthe IPC.

The incident reportedlytook place when a police teamled by the SP had conducted araid in the Kanika area to nabthe woman’s husband. Thewoman alleged that the SPattacked her when she said thatshe did not find her husband athome.

The complainant furtheralleged that she suffered a mis-carriage due to the assault bythe woman cop.

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The urban heartland inJammu & Kashmir

remained peaceful even as theadministration restored low-speed mobile internet andlandline services and easedrestrictions on movement ofpeople in selective areas, butthe Line of Control (LoC)became tense with an IndianArmy jawan succumbing tofatal injuries in a ceasefire vio-lation by Pakistan in Nowsherasector of Rajouri district.

Defence PRO in JammuLt-Col Devender Anand said,“In the exchange of fire, 35-year-old Lance Naik SandeepThapa attained martyrdom.He belonged to VillageRajawala, Tehsil Vikas Nagar,District Sahaspur, Dehradun.”He is survived by his wife,Nisha Thapa.

Life began limping back tonormalcy with the restorationof 2G mobile internet servicesin five districts of Jammu divi-sion and making of 17 tele-phone exchanges operationalacross Kashmir Valley.

Now there are no restric-tions in 10 districts of Jammuwith ongoing relaxation at

Poonch, Banihal, Kishtwar andBhaderwah towns for the day,Government spokespersonRohit Kansal told reporters inSrinagar. As for the Valley, hesaid relaxation has been pro-vided in 35 police stations.

“The process of relaxationand easing of restrictions is inprogress and most of the tele-phone exchanges in Valleyshould be functional by Sundayevening,” Kansal said.

Inspector General of Police(IGP) Kashmir SwayamPrakash Pani and DirectorInformation and Public

Relations Dr Syed SehrishAsgar were also present on theoccasion.

He added that in Jammudivision landlines services arealready functioning. Kansalsaid the administration is close-ly monitoring the whole situ-ation and so far no untowardincident has been reportedfrom anywhere in the Valley.He said the plying of publictransport normally on theroads is a good sign and thereare reports that the same has been noticed in rural areasalso.

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Amajor fire broke out on thesecond floor of an All

India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) building thathouses the teaching block hereon Saturday evening. Thoughno casualty was reported, offi-cials said the blaze destroyedsamples and medical reports.

Authorities at AIIMSclosed the adjacent emergencydepartment as a precautionarymeasure. Patients from somefloors of the AB ward, close tothe Microbiology departmentwhere the blaze started around4.50 pm, were evacuated alongwith those in operation theatresabove it as the smoke spread,they said, adding the fire wasdoused within two hours.

The Microbiology depart-ment’s virology unit has beencompletely gutted, sources said.

Former Finance MinisterArun Jaitley is admitted at theIntensive Care Unit (ICU) ofthe cardio-neuro centre,housed in a different buildingin the complex. And he is safethere, sources said.

According to Atul Garg,Chief Fire Officer of DelhiFire Services, a call regardingthe fire was received around

4.50 pm following which 34 firetenders were rushed to thespot.

“The fire was broughtunder control around 6.30 pm,”said Garg. “The exact reasonbehind the fire is yet to beascertained. Initial investigationsuggests short-circuit to bereason behind the fire,” said afire official.

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Rio Paralympics silvermedallist Deepa Malik was

on Saturday nominated for theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, thecountry’s highest sporting hon-our, joining Asianand Commonwealth Games

champion wrestler BajrangPunia.

The name of 48-year-oldDeepa, who won a silver in shotput F53 category in 2016 RioParalympics, was added forthe Khel Ratna by a 12-mem-ber selection committee onthe second day of the two-daymeeting here.

World No. 1 wrestler in65kg, Bajrang was nominatedfor the prestigious award onFriday, by the panel headed byJustice (Retd) MukundakamSharma.

Olympic bronze medallistboxer MC Mary Kom recused

herself from the meeting toavoid conflict of interest as herpersonal coach ChhotelalYadav was in contention forDronacharya Award. Sheattended the meeting, whichnominated Bajrang for KhelRatna on Friday, but skippedthe whole of second day’s pro-ceedings.

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Raising the alarm bells forthe security establishment,

a group of 10-12 Pakistan-backed terrorists has managedto sneak into the KashmirValley in the last three daysdespite the forces having foiledas many as 12 infiltrationattempts along the Line ofControl (LoC) during the sameperiod. With a major attack onthe security installations by thisgroup now being apprehend-ed, the security forces havebeen asked to be on theirtightest vigil.

Incidentally, the infiltra-tion by such a big group fromPakistan Occupied Kashmir(POK) to stoke violence is thefirst such since the abrogationof special status under Article370 on August 5. Moreover, in

an apparent attempt to inter-nationalise the Kashmir issue,the Pakistan Army has steppedup ceasefire violations also inthe last three to four daysattracting retaliation by theIndian Army.

Admitting that the pres-ence of a large and well-trainedgroup of Pakistan-backed ter-rorists is a matter of concern

now, officials in the securityestablishment said here onSaturday. At least 25 terrorlaunch pads were also activat-ed in the last few days in POKacross Poonch and Rajourisector of Jammu division, theyadded. It indicates that thecoming days may see more bids by terrorists tosneak in.

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NEW DELHI: The water levelof the Yamuna has reachednear warning level in thenational Capital. Preparationsare being made to deal withflood-like situation, officialssaid, adding that authorities aremonitoring the situation.

According to an official,around 4 pm on Saturday,Yamuna’s water level reached203.27 metres, slightly below

the warning level of 204.5metres. The official said that at10 am on Saturday, over 21,000cusec water was released fromHathani Kund Barrage inHaryana. In July last year, traf-fic movement on Old YamunaBridge in the national Capitalwas closed for a few days afterthe water level in the riverbreached the danger mark.

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The Punjab Government issued a high alertfollowing the release of excesswater from the Bhakra Dam onSaturday while the Himachal PradeshGovernment was forced toclose all educational institu-tions in Kangra district due toincessant rainfall and land-slides that ensued.

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From clubs, pubs, cafes to theextravagant shopping places, Delhinever disappoints anyone. It has

something for everyone. Apart from thenight life, the Capital is also famous for thehigh-profile people that call the city theirhome. Their lives has always been ofinterest to the public. After all who doesn’twant to have a sneak peek into the lives ofthe people with deep pockets. They are theones who make news on Page 3. Theirlifestyle is nothing short of a dream for thecommon man.

To take you through the daily lives of

these people and to show what it takes tobe a millionaire, Zee TV has come up witha unique concept — Dilli Darlings — a realityshow featuring 10 socialites of Delhi. Thereality show is different from what we haveseen on TV so far. It is not following thefootsteps of the usual reality shows, it hasmuch more to it — lots of glamour. Not tomention what happens when all theglamorous ladies come together under asingle roof for kitty parties — whole lot ofdrama and ego tussles.

First in the list of the high-profilewomen of Dilwalon ki Dilli is Manya

Pathak. Pathak is the co-owner of Ministryof Beer along with her husband PrateekChaturvedi. “I am an engineer and an MBA.I believe in living life king size. Apart frombeing the co-owner of Ministry of Beer, Ialso work as a consultant for embassies, tradepromotions and events. I believe in makingthe most of life. Beer is my first love,” shesays and adds that she is lucky to have foundsuch a co-operative and loving husband whohas been with her through thick and thin.

Second, there is Guneet Virdi, anaward-winning celebrity make-up artist.And obviously one can easily make it out

from her personality. She has astyle of her own and believes inmaking fashion statements. Virdihas over two lakh followers onsocial media. “People set theirwedding dates according to myavailability. I am very choosy interms of people I hang out with.I can’t mix with everybody.Fashion is my escape from all thetensions,” she tells you.

No 3 is Shaloo Jindal — thewealthiest of all the Dilli Darlings.Jindal follows a simple mantra ofdressing according to the need ofthe hour.

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Almost every Indian knows aboutThe Mission Orbiter Mars(MOM) or Mangalyaan, a space

probe, which was a success. Most of usknow that our country was the first inthe world to have achieved this successat first go. The US failed four timesbefore it’s Mars mission was a success.Russia has failed eight times. Therefore,all kudos to the entire team of ISRO andit’s scientists who made India proud andin turn made every Indian proud of themoment since it started orbiting sinceSeptember 24, 2014.

Mission Mangal tells this story — howit all happened. It goes without saying thatto make the movie appealing for themasses, there has been dramatisation bydirector Jagan Shakti. Interestingly, it is thisdramatisation that keeps the viewersengaged which could have otherwise beenanother docu-film that would lost itself inthe many others that have been made overthe years.

Writer R Balki ensures that the viewersare engaged with each of the characters.

Subtlety placed one liners that are his trademark give a sneak peek into the lives of thescientists — their dreams, their quirks, theirproblems and their daily struggles — hasan instant connect. The minute there is aconnect, there is a winner. So much so thatdespite knowing the end result, one stillroots for the team to succeed.

Then, there is some great performanceby the actors. Akshay Kumar as RakeshDhawan is absolutely brilliant. Passing thespotlight to his women co-stars will winbrownie points from the women viewers.Vidya Balan who plays Tara Shinde, theproject director exhibits an energy thatgives us a glimpse why some peoplebecome scientists— they see, dream andlive it. Not many of us in jobs can boast ofthis. HG Dattatreya who plays a wizenedscientist endears himself with his antics.Sharman Joshi does his bit as do TappseePannu who may not be a leading lady herebut manages to make her presence felt asdoes her Pink co-star Kriti Kulhari. SanjayKapoor, who plays Vidya Balan’s husband,is just as good. His angst that his childrenare not confirming to what he thinks isright is sweet and evokes laughter.

On the whole, the film captures thelives of the scientists in a manner that isheartwarming and truly inspiring.

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— Suna Yeti Ghara. Then, I went ondoing Dhangad Dhinga, Raju Chachaand eventually entered the Hindiindustry with a kids-based show —Shaka Laka Boom Boom. �How has the journey been?

My journey is amazing. I amlearning new things everyday. I feelblessed to be a part of the industry.�There is a lot of break in yourcareer graph. Why?

After doing Shaka Laka BoomBoom in 2006, I took a break fromacting because I wanted to focus on

my studies. Education is important formoulding one’s personality and Ididn’t want to compromise on that.

Hence, the gap. After I completed mygraduation, I came back to work. �Any mantra that you follow in life?

Being an actor you have to keeplearning and growing. You can’tstop. �A moment that made you feelnostalgic...

The passion that entire unitworks with, makes me feel nostalgiceverytime I am on the sets. It is thesame as it was earlier, when I was achild actor. All actors work with somuch dedication that I feel nothinghas changed since then. For Jaat NaPoocho Prem Ki, we had to shoot inBanaras in extremely hot weather.But, the entire team was shootingas if it was cool. This is the passion

and dedication that one needsto have towards their work.

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The big cast line-up, the Quenton Tarantinoindulgence in a subject which he loves tosplash, the subject being Hollywood of the

late 60s, and the delightfully vague scheme ofthings that pan out on the mountainous slide ofBoulevard Hollywood away from Hollywoodmakes this movie a dishy one.

Not just the rakish cowboy in Leornardo diCaprio but the rakish looks of his chauffeur-buddy-stuntman Brad Pitt make for acompelling story. Yes, you may question thehippie violence as a biased viewpoint,playing to the hilt on a high platform, but itis a typical Tarantino finish that plaquesthe film with many groovy moments,talking both of the rigours of being anactor on the slide, living on borrowedscreen time and the plushness of beingthe next door neighbour of someone asbig as Roman Polanski, with or woithouthis dreams-in-the-eyes wife, with blondhair. Some may find the story of RickDalton (Leo), a star-turned-villain-turned-out-of-work-pushed-to Italianwesterns, as gloomy but Tarantino ensuresthat there is much more mood in the film thatany other could have managed.

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Yet another movie that released this week didn’tneed to be told how it ends. The Batla Houseencounter is something that Delhiites are not likely

to forget anytime soon, nor for that matter is DelhiPolice. What really is the truth? Were the boys who wereshot innocent as claimed by their families? Or were theyguilty of the crime they were accused of? Is this what themovie wants to ask? Or is it just trying retell the story asit happened and reported by various newspapers?

It is all this and beyond since there are many events thattake place and Batla House is a story that needed to be told.Not because in the end the police won but because we ascitizens of this country need to take a step back and viewsome events without letting bias raise it’s ugly head. May bethe movie tries to drive home this point but the truth is: Isa Class X student stone pelter innocent. He is a student. Nodenying. But is he innocent? He may have been forced orbrainwashed. But the question still remains— is heinnocent? We all know that ignorance of law excuses no one.

What makes this film interesting is that directorNikhil Advani manages to keep you interested in a moviedespite the fact that the event was so closely followed by theentire nation — be it through newspapers or channels thatran the story from every angle possible to get to the truth.

Then there is John Abraham. After being part of recentlyreleased movies like Parmanu, Satyameva Jayate andRomeo Akbar Walter, the actor has managed to finally finda spot for himself that fits him to a T without making himlook uncomfortable.

The docu feel to the film because of the clipping fromreal life footage gives Batla House a break from what wouldotherwise become monotonous since it is a repeat of the samething. The item number by Nora Fatehi on the song O SakiSaki provides a break as well.

Advani and his writer Ritesh Shah need to becongratulated for making a movie that is not only intensebut engaging as well.

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Comedian and Ollywoodactor Tatwa Prakash

Satapathy, popularly known asPapu Pompom, who hoggedheadlines for wrong reasons inthe past, has now courted afresh controversy. He hasdrawn flak over a poster of hisupcoming movie ‘Mr Kanheya’to be released on September 1.

The poster shows PapuPompom holding ropes tied tothe necks of seven girls. Socialmedia users, including sprint-er Dutee Chand, have strong-ly criticised the poster and thefilm production house.

Stating that the poster is aninsult to the women fraternity,they have demanded an imme-diate removal of the picture.They have alleged that filmproducers are forgetting thevalues of Indian culture andtradition for the sake of money.

Dutee Chand Twitted, “I

personally do not like theposter and strongly condemnthe concept. The poster is asheer disrespect to the womenfraternity.”

“Sadly low grade producer.This attitude reflects low men-tality and degrading socialvalue. FIR should file againstthis culprit,” said a Facebookuser.

However, sections of peo-ple have come out in supportof the poster and the film. “Theactor is just playing his role asper the direction. As an audi-ence, you may comment on thecontent but not on the actors,”

said another FB user.Notably, Papu Pompom is

making a comeback to the sil-ver screen with ‘Mr Kanheya’after a gap of one and a halfyears due to his illness. He willbe seen in it opposite of actressJhilik Bhattacharya. The film isbeing produced by SitaramAgrawal and Namita Agrawal.

Film director Ramesh Routsaid, “The poster has not beenofficially released by the pro-duction house. The poster hasbeen posted on social mediarandomly. A meeting has beencalled in to discuss the matter.”

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BJD leader Bijay Nayak onSaturday expressed grati-

tude to Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik for appointing him asChairman of the State YouthWelfare Board.

“The Chief Minister hastaken many plans and pro-grammes for successful use ofyouth power. Developmentprocess barely needs involve-ment and support of the youthpower. I am very grateful to theCM for giving me the respon-sibility of Chairman of theYouth Welfare Board to expe-dite the process. I will certain-ly use my experience andknowledge in discharging my

duty,” said Nayak in a state-ment.

Stating that youth power isnation power, Nayak furtherstated that he would follow thedirections of the Chief Ministerin translating expectations andpotentialities of the youth massin development of the State.

“I commit to ensureinvolvement of youth power inthe development process ofOdisha,” promised Nayak.

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In a road rage-relatedincident, a youth

allegedly brandished agun at Rasulgarh hereover overtaking of hiscar by another motorist.But he was nabbed bylocals and roughed upbefore being handedover to the Mancheswarpolice.

The accused was identified as Arabinda Mishra.Sources said Mishra confronted another person at

Rasulgarh Square after the latter overtook his car. Followinga heated altercation between the two, Mishra pulled his gunand threatened the other person.

On receiving information, the Mancheswar policerushed to the spot and took Mishra into custody for ques-tioning. Police also seized the gun and the car.

During questioning the accused claimed to be a journalistof a web portal.

Though the gun in possession of Mishra was a licencedone, meant only for self defence, a case can be lodged againsthim and the licence can be cancelled because he used it tothreaten someone without any provocation.

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Acomedian of a Jatra (opera)troupe, Trailokya Ranjit (Tika),

was allegedly killed by some mis-creants in a market at Bhograi inBaleswar district early on Saturdaymorning.

The deceased was a resident ofKatisahi village under the Baliapalpolice limits in the district.

According to reports, Trailokya,who was working with theSubhalaxmi Opera, had gone to themarket at Bhograi to consumeliquor after finishing his rehearsal.He had a heated argument withother customers over some trivialissue in the market. The situationlater took a violent turn as a scuf-fle ensued among them duringwhich he was killed.

Police have detained two per-sons for interrogation in this con-nection.

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Amourning cover of PrimeMinister Atal Bihari

Vajpayee was released by BJPleader Murli Manohar Sharmahere on his first death anniver-sary on Friday. The cover wasalso posted at Bhubaneswar onthe day by Anil Dhir, secretaryof the Mourning CoverCollectors’ Society of India.

Black-bordered mourningcovers are issued to mark thedemise of statesmen and lead-ers as a mark of homage tothem.

Speaking on the occasion,MM Sharma said that very fewpeople in public life have theprivilege to be a legend intheir lifetime and Vajpayee was

amongst such rare personali-ties. Anil Dhir said Atalji wasa towering but gentle colossusin the political arena, a remark-able parliamentarian and Prime

minister. Dr CS Baisakh, sec-retary of Kendujhar PhilatelicAssociation, and many otherprominent persons were pre-sent on the occasion.

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Khordha Tehsildar Suvendra Samal andKhordha Sadar police station Inspector-in-

Charge (IIC) Bikram Jena on Saturday appearedbefore the Special Task Force (STF) ofthe State Crime Branch police which are prob-ing an unholy nexus between the miningmafia, corrupt Government officials and politi-cians in the illegal mining activities in Khordhadistrict.

Earlier, the STF had served notices toSamal and Jena to appear before the investigat-ing agency personally.

Jena was asked to depose before the STF,which wants to unearth more facts and cir-cumstances that led to a flourishing of illegalmining activities for years near the district head-

quarters town under the very nose of the admin-istration. “I would cooperate in the STF probeand provide all information they seek. Severalcriminals engaged in illegal stone quarrying werearrested and vehicles were seized in the past. Ihave not shown any favour to anyone. Whenever a mine is leased out, we do not haveinformation regarding it. Police take actionwhenever we get information or complaint regarding illegal mining operations,”said Jena.

Tehsildar Samal, who was summoned by theSTF, said that he has taken a number of stepslike seizing more than 200 vehicles and otherequipments engaged in the illegal mining activ-ities. He has neither shown any undue favourto anyone nor is he aware about any politicallinks in the illegal mining activities, he added.

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The Vigilance police recov-ered unaccounted cash

worth �1.91 lakh from the carof Malkangiri Civil SuppliesOfficer (CSO) AbhimanyuMohanty on Saturday.

According to reports, when

the CSO was going to Jeyporeof Koraput district fromMalkangiri by the car, a teamof Vigilance officials inter-cepted his vehicle for an inspec-tion.

After finding the huge cashfrom the vehicle, the officialsasked Mahanta about thesource of the money.

As the CSO failed to give asatisfactory explanation andcould not produce documentspertaining to the possession ofthe cash, the anti-corruptionofficials’ team detained him forinterrogation.

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In a shocking incident, aProfessor of the NIT Rourkela

and his wife were found dead onSaturday morning in their quartersin the NIT premises.

The deceased were RJayabalan (37) and his wife MaliniKesavan (35) of Tamil Nadu. Theyhad tied the knot nine years ago.Jayabalan was an AssistantProfessor in the Life SciencesDepartment in the NIT while hiswife was working at the CWS hos-pital at Jagda here.

On Saturday, some staff mem-

bers residing near the officialquarter of Jayabalan informedthe NIT security that the lightsinside quarter of Jayabalan wereon, but the Jayabalan couplehad not come out of theirhouse for last two days. Theneighbourers and colleaguesalso informed that the quarterof Jayabalan was locked frominside.

The NIT security officertold a security personnel of NITto go inside the quarter througha window. The security per-sonnel, after entering the room,found Jayabalan lying dead in atoilet in a naked condition and hiswife lying dead in bed with only akameez on her top and without asalwar.

The NIT security officer

informed the Sector-3 police sta-tion about the death of the couple.Police reached the spot and recov-ered the bodies. Police also recov-ered a four-page suicide note inEnglish and Tamil. The couple waschildless.

The police conductedinquest of deceased coupleand kept their bodies inmorgue of the IGH.

The family members ofcouple are to reach Rourkelaon Sunday and the post-mortem of the bodies wouldbe conducted in the presenceof the family members.

It was suspected that thecouple consumed poison.“Prima facie, it looks like asuicide case.

There is no clear indica-tion of the reason behind theirextreme step. They were childlessand have asked for forgivenessfrom their parents in the suicidenote. We are further investigating,"said Rourkela SP SarthakSarangi.

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AFlying Squad of the ExciseDepartment seized ganja

worth �6 lakh at Link Road inthe city while the contrabandwas being smuggled by a lux-ury car on Saturday morning.

Acting on a tipoff, theexcise officials intercepted theTata Manza car on suspicion

and found four gunny bagsstashed with ganja. Three per-sons were arrested and the carwas seized in this connection.

The seized contraband wasbeing smuggled to Medinaporein West Bengal from Aska inGanjam district. The accusedtrio admitted this during inter-rogation, police said.

It may be mentioned thatof late, smuggling of ganja byluxury sedans and emergencyvehicles like ambulances haveturned to be a safe modusoperandi for the smugglers.

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Union Minister DharmendraPradhan along with MPs Basanta

Panda and Sangita Singh Deo con-ducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Subarnapur, Balangir,Kalahandi and Boudh districts onSaturday.

Pradhan told reporters that flood-like situations occurred in the four dis-tricts as rains continued to occur forthree days. People in the districts hadnot seen such incessant rains duringthe last 50 years. He said the districtadministrations have helped theaffected people.

Pradhan said the UnionGovernment would provide supportfrom the NDRF and SDRF afteravailing reports from the StateGovernment. The UnionGovernment would also providehouses to affected people on recom-

mendation of the State Governmentunder the Prime Minister AwasYojana. He advised the district admin-istrations to enrol affected smalltraders and roadside vendors underthe Mudra Yojana so that they can getlivelihood support.

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The Jan Jagaran Abhiyan,Ganjam has severely criti-

cised the Union Governmentfor not allocating adequatefunds in its Annual Budget forthe education sector and,instead, increasing examinationfees for CBSE students ofClasses-X and XII.

Addressing a Press meethere on Friday, Abhiyan State

president Madhusudan Sethisaid there is no justification inincreasing examination fees by24 times from �50 to �1,200 forSC and ST students and fixing�1,500 for General categorystudents.

“The CBSE has increasedthe examination fees becausethe Union Government hasdecreased allocation in theAnnual Budget for educationsector and has not made anyallocation for development ofbasic and quality education,”pointed out Sethi.

He demanded that theCBSE withdraw the fee hikesoon and stop private schools

from taking exorbitant feesand donations from students.

Abhiyan district presidentRamesh Behera urged boththe Union and the StateGovernments to take states tostop examination paper leaksand irregularities in evaluationof answer sheets.

Social worker KishorePatra demanded that the StateGovernment to provide subsi-dies to over 200 CBSE Boardschools and stop increase inexamination fee hike.

Among others, socialworkers Rajendra Dal Beheraand Prafulla Das were present.

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The State Government would providepalliative care to cancer patients at dis-

trict-level hospitals from the comingGandhi Jayanti on October 2. The servicewould be provided in seven districts andat the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar inthe first phase.

A decision to this effect was taken ata meeting held under the chairmanship ofHealth and Family Welfare Minister NabaKishore Das here on Saturday.

The palliative care would be provid-ed to cancer patients who are gettingchemo regularly. Special beds and requiredmedicines would be provided for suchpatient in district-level hospitals.

In the first phase, such services wouldprovided at the Capita Hospital and atDistrict Headquarter Hospitals in Baleswar,Bargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput,Nayagarh and Sundargarh. All districtswould be covered by 2020-21.

It was revealed that chemotherapytreatment is being provided to cancerpatients in 26 districts and at the CapitalHospital. The treatment will be providedat Cuttack City Hospital, VIMSAR at Burlaand MKCG Medical at Brahmapur and at

hospitals in Puri, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj,Deogarh and Angul districts.

The process for making the Chest andTB Department of the SCB MedicalCollege Hospital would be expedited andDM syllabus would be introduced here,informed the release.

Besides, Health and Family WelfareSecretary and other senior officers willdirectly talk to patients over phone underthe ‘Mo Sarkar’ programme from theGandhi Jayanti.

It was decided to operate 15 centres atthe proposed Cancer Research Centre atBaranga in Cuttack district by 2020.

Among others, Family and WelfareSecretary Dr Pramod Meherda, NHMDirector Shalini Pandit, State MedicalCorporation MD Yamini Saranig andJoint Secretary Guha Punam Tapas Kumarwere present.

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In a bid to suppress hungerfrom the State, So Am I

Foundation (SAI) Trust underits hunger-free Odisha initiativeinaugurated Odisha's first FoodBank located at Acharya Vihar.

DCP Padmini Sahooalong with PadmashreeDebiprasanna Pattnayak gracedthe occasion as chief guests.The basic objective of the ini-tiative was to fight againsthunger and malnutrition andcontrol food wastage in theState by channelizing excessfood from individuals, wed-dings, restaurants, corporateoffices and reach to the peoplewho really need it and have nomeans or access to food.

Speaking on the initiative,Founder of So AM I

(SAI)Pinaki Mohanty said,“India stands first in hunger listglobally where Odisha alsocontinues to be one of thepoorest States with 1/6th of itspopulation deprived of suffi-

cient food. Around 250 millionIndians go to bed hungry everynight in India. Keeping this inmind we at SAI have come upwith an initiative ensuring noindividual in the state is

deprived of food.”The process of con-

trolling the food bank hasbeen made systematically.One can donate the excessfood from parties, etc. orat restaurants that is extra.To donate one has to makephone call to SAI andbring the excess food tothe nearest located foodbank. If one cannot comethen the volunteer willreach and collect the food.The food is preserved infood banks in veryhygienic and systematicmanner.

The SAI will distrib-ute the foods after makingthose hot in the SAI’skitchen and serve to the

needy people close by throughits volunteers. Initially it hascome up in Acharya Viharand the next food banks areplanned to be set up atRasulgharh and Forest Park.

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KISS University Vice-Chancellor ProfHarekrushna Satapathy has been nom-

inated to get the Rashtrapati Samman for hiscontributions to teaching and research andpropagation of Sanskrit and Odia languagesand Indian culture.

Earlier, Prof Satapathy has bagged sev-eral national and State-level awards and acco-lades. Prior to his joining the KISS, he hadsuccessfully completed his stintas VC of the Tirupati Sanskrit University andProfessor of Ravenshaw University. So far,he has written and published over 40 books.More than 100 students have been award-ed MPhil, PhD and DLit under his guidance.

KIIT & KISS founder Dr AchyutaSamanta has congratulated Prof Satapathy forhis remarkable achievement.

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The overall flood situation in sev-eral parts of the State improved

significantly on Saturday eventhough cooked food is being pro-vided to people in some districts.

The water levels of majorrivers have been receding, saidDeputy Relief Commissioner(DRC) Prabhat Mohapatra. Threecamps are also in operation at Puri,Khordha and Cuttack districtswhere cooked food is being pro-vided to nearly 580 persons. Freekitchens are also functioning inBalangir and Subarnapur districtswhere cooked food is being pro-vided to 19,121 people and 3,981people, respectively.

Mohapatra said the State’saverage rainfall in the past 24 hourswas 4.4 mm. While Kendrapadareceived 24.9 mm of rainfall,Baleswar and Nayagarh districtrecorded 14.6 mm and 13 mm. TheHirakud Dam authorities on theday closed five gates of the reser-voir keeping in view lack of rain-fall in the upper catchment areasof the Mahanadi basin. Earlierexcess water was being releasedthrough 20 gates while 10 gateswere closed on Friday.

“The present water level of thereservoir stands at 620.04 feet,”said Water Resources SecretaryPK Jena. The Hirakud Dam ChiefEngineer has been asked to takesteps for operating the gates tomaintain a water level between619 ft and 620 ft by August 21,Jena said.

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Padma Shri awardee andDAV CMC, New Delhi

President Dr Punam Suri chris-tened a congregation of around50 heads of DAV Schoolsacross Odisha and around1,000 teachers of Bhubaneswarand Cuttack with the happinessmantra to serve the societywith due optimism.

During his hour-long dis-course, he offered a nine-pointformula to stay happy, throughmany apt anecdotes and short

stories. Emphasising on theimportance of reducing oneswants and desires, Dr Suriinspired the scholastic assem-blage to cultivate inner happi-ness as key to success in life.

In the congregation held atDAV Public School, Unit 8,among others, Madam ManiSuri, DAV CMC Director PS-2 Dr Nisha Peshin, RegionalOfficers Dr KC Satapathy, LNPradhan, ARO Dr Sujata andhost school Principal IpsitaDas were present.

Earlier, Dr Suri led a high-level delegation to meetGovernor Ganeshi Lal and pre-sented him a memento and asouvenir.

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The 73rd Independence Daycelebration was held in

Nabakrushna Choudhury sta-dium here, where CollectorSK Mohapatra hoisted Tricolorand witnessed ceremonialparade.

Speaking on the occasion,Collector Mohapatra focusedon history of Indian freedommovement and revealed con-tributions of Odisha freedomfighters, mainly fromJagatsinghpur.

Among others, the ZillaParishad president and vicepresident, the ADMJagatsinghpur, the DRDA PDand Additional SP were pre-

sent.The Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Smruti Committee, a socio-cul-tural body here organised ameet on the eve of late PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpaee

first death anniversary onFriday.

The main function washeld in Nandikeswar Mahadevtemple in Taradapada, whereBrahamins performed mass

recitation of Gita. Besides, ayajna was held. BJP leaders for-mer MP Bibhuprasad Tarai,Pratap Mishra, Tapan Beheraand many others spoke on theoccasion.

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The 73rd Independence Day wascelebrated in the Khamar

College Stadium by the RegionalIndependence Day CelebrationCommittee. Pallahara MLA MukeshPal hoised the national flag andreceived the guard of honour.

22 troupes participated in theparade. Scouts Boys and ScoutsGirls of the AnchalikaMahavidyalaya were awarded byMLA Pal. Besides, 18 winners of dif-ferent competitions at district levelwere awarded by Pal. Block level bestfarmer Akshya Kumar Sahu, bestprimary teacher TankadharPradhan, best high school levelteacher Madan Mohan Pradhanand best teacher in environmentSudarshan Nayak received awards.

A friendly football match washeld at the college field, apart fromseveral cultural programmes.

Besides, a sub-divisional-level

Independence Day was celebratedwith a great pomp at Pallahara withSub- Collector Ajit Pradhan hoist-ing the National Flag and receivingthe guard of honour.

Pradhan garlanded the statues ofnational leaders. As many as 37troupes participated in the march-past. NCC boys of Mahatab HighSchool and OAV Civilian Groupwere felicitated on the occasion,besides winners of several competi-tions. A football match betweenJhimiripali and Namapasi was heldat the Pallahara Statium. Culturalprogrammes were held as well.

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The Jindal Steel and PowerLtd (JSPL) celebrated the

73rd Independence Day at itsOP Jindal School campus hereon Thursday. JSPL COOPankaj Gautam unfurled theTricolour and received guard ofhonour from the security per-sonnel.

Gautam read out the mes-sage of JSPL chairman NaveenJinal, where, Jindal has greetedeveryone a HappyIndependence Day and advisedto remember the freedomfighters and the brave heartswho laid their life for our inde-pendence.

Gautam expressed his hap-piness as JSPL’s Angul unit hasmade several records by pro-ducing highest ever hot metalby any blast furnace in thecountry and record productionmade by SMS, plate mill andbar mill in recent past.

On the occasion security

personnel were awarded fortheir bravery and achievementsduring the year.

Among others, JindalMahila Samiti presidentPratibha Gautam, departmentheads, employees, family mem-bers, local community andstaff members of the schooland children were present.

The day was also celebrat-ed at Shramik Vihar of JSPL,DAV Savitri Jindal High-Schoolat Badamahitala (R and RColony) of JSPL and OPJCC atAngul, where Asish RanjanMohanty, Bijayananda Swainand Soumeek Das hoisted thenational flag in presence ofother officials and studentsrespectively.

The JSPL Bhubaneswaroffice also celebrated the daywith hoisting of national flag byExecutive VP Prashant KumarHota. A free drinking waterdistribution kiosk was inaugu-rated in front of the JSPLoffice.

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Co-chairperson of JSPL Foundation Shallu Jindalhas been honoured with Best CSR Practices Award

2019 in Social Entrepreneurship.She received the award from Founder and

Chairman of Life University Dr Newton Kondaveti andDr Lakshmi Kondaveti at the 9th Best CSR PracticesAward Ceremony organised by CMO Asia at Singaporeon August 16.

Jindal has been honoured for her contribution tothe society as well as art and culture of India.

JHARSUGUDA: The Vedanta Ltd,Jharsuguda celebrated the 73rdIndependence Day with great fer-vour here on Thursday. Led by thecompany’s security team, a cere-monial marchpast was conductedby the jawans and ex-military per-sonnel working with the company.

Vedanta, Jharsuguda CEO CNSingh hoisting of the national flagand awarded the best performers ofthe team security in the past year.

Singh said, “Nation building iseveryone’s sacred duty. We are alsodoing our bit for the nation in every

possible manner and we areextremely proud of it. We will

emerge a shining example of Makein India and Make in Odisha move-

ments that can set the benchmarkfor industrial prowess.”

Besides, a series of activitieswere organised by security team inthe past week, such as career ori-entation programme for the highschool students of peripheral vil-lages, clean and green security bar-rack competition, safety and secu-rity awareness session for businesspartners, and road safety session fortruckers in association with theRTO. PNS

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Odisha para athlete PramodBhagat has made it to the

list of 19 nominees for ArjunaAward for 2019. The bad-minton player has had a dreamrun this year so far winninggold medals.

The other nominees are:Tajinderpal Singh Toor,Mohammad Anas Yahiya, SBhaskaran, Sonia Lather,Ravinder Jadeja, ChinglensanaSingh Kangujam, Ajay Thakur,Gaurav Singh Gill, AnjumMoudgil, Harmeet Rajul Desai,Poonam Dhanda, FouaadMirza, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,Poonam Yadav, SwapnaBarman, Sundar Singh Gurjar,Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth andSimran Singh Shergill.

The panel also nominatedfive names for the DronacharyaAward, four for the RashtriyaKhel Protsahan Puraskar, threefor the Maulana Abdul KalamAzad (MAKA) Trophy andnames of three coaches in lifetime category.

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Starting this year, the ModiGovernment plans to hold

grand celebrations of SardarVallabhbhai Patel’s birthanniversary on October 31annually near his Statue ofUnity in Kevadia, Gujarat. Andthe scale of celebrations couldbe only second to the RepublicDay parade on Rajpath in thenational Capital.

Interestingly, the legislationfor removal of special status toJammu and Kashmir and thecreation of J&K and Ladakh astwo separate Union Territorieswill also come into existencefrom the same day (October 31).

Top sources said the grandcelebration of Sardar Patel’sbirth anniversary, on the direc-tions of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, will be held atthe Statute of Unity with a jointexhibition and parade by acombination of 3-4 differentstates every year.

“The celebration will benearly as grand as the RepublicDay parade on Rajpath. Allagencies including IntelligenceBureau, Ministry of HomeAffairs, Director General of allStates and Union Territoriesand the Central Armed CentralArmed Police Forces (CAPF)and Central PoliceOrganisations (CPOs) have

been directed to initiate actionin a time bound manner andcommunicate about theprogress,” sources added.

The Modi Government cel-ebrates Sardar Patel’s birthanniversary as NationalIntegration Day or RashtriyaEkta Divas after it came topower in 2014. The Governmenthas also decided to set up a newannual award in name of Sardar

Patel for individuals and policepersonnel who have dedicatedthemselves towards strength-ening unity in the country. “Theaward of Sardar Patel will not bebased on merely recommenda-tion or nomination. It will pure-ly be based on recipients workand dedication towards thecountry,” said the sources.

According to sources, theMHA has been given the taskto prepare the modalities forthe annual award. It will begiven only to people who havebeen extraordinary in theirwork towards building thenation. “A committee would beconstituted to select the officersas well as individual people andtheir work will be thoroughlyvetted by Central Intelligenceagencies,” sources said.

Besides, BJP also plans tocarry out a padyatra on SardarPatel’s birth anniversary in the 199 constituencies whereit couldn’t win in the Lok Sabha polls.

The Statue of Unity, theworld’s tallest statue was con-structed at a cost of Rs 2,989crore. The 182-metre sculpturehas been dedicated to thenation. In the inaugurationspeech, Modi had said that thestatue will be a reminder to thenation of Sardar Patel’s courageto thwart conspiracies to dis-integrate India.

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In an effort to give a boost tothe ‘Make in India’ initiative

of the Government in theDefence sector and removebottlenecks in the acquisition ofweapon systems, DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh hasgiven the nod for reviewing theDefence Procurement Policy(DPP)-2016 by a high-levelcommittee. The panel will giveits recommendations withinsix months about how to ensureseamless flow of acquisitionsand maintenance of assets.

“The Defence Minister hasapproved setting up of a com-mittee under the chairmanshipof director general (acquisition)to review the DPP 2016 andDefence Procurement Manual(DPM) 2009. The committeewill revise and align the proce-dures with the aim of ensuringseamless flow from asset acqui-sition to life cycle support,” theDefence Ministry said. The DPPis due for revision.

Giving details of the panel,officials said it will be headedby director general (acquisi-tion) and have 11 members notbelow the rank of joint secre-tary or equivalent of MajorGeneral in the Army.

The committee has beengiven six months to submit itsrecommendations.

With the Governmentfocusing on military moderni-sation, acquisition processesof a large number of militaryplatforms and weapons are notmoving forward due to proce-dural delays raising concern.

The terms of reference ofthe committee include simpli-

fying policy and procedures tofacilitate greater participation ofIndian industry and developrobust Defence industrial base inthe country, and explore wayshasten Defence acquisition.

It has also been tasked toexamine, wherever applicable,and suggest ways to incorpo-rate new concepts such as lifecycle costing, life cycle support,performance based logistics,lease contracting, codificationand standardisation for acqui-sition of military hardware,officials said.

A key mandate of the com-mittee is to recommend mea-sures to promote Government’spolicy to promote domesticDefence industry and encour-age Indian start-ups as well asresearch and development.

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ABJP delegation led by partyGeneral Secretary Arun

Singh would visit China onAugust 24 for a party levelinteraction in that country.

The BJP delegation isunderstandably visiting Chinaon the invitation of Communistparty of China (CPC) andexpected to visit some of thekey cities in that country.

In 2014, a 14-memberyouth delegation of the BJP ledby the then party NationalSecretary Siddharth NathSingh, currently a Minister inUttar Pradesh, toured Chinaand interacted with CPC lead-ers besides holding extensivediscussions at the party level.

This team was in China ona ten-day visit from October 26to November 4 having anextensive visit of Chinese citieswhich included Hangzhou,Beijing and Chongquig. Withthe Modi Government firmlyplaced at the Centre, theChinese are keen to build“afresh” party level “relation-ship” with the BJP and in theprocess “opening up a secondroute” of dialogue on the burn-ing issues, sources said.

Another BJP delegation ledby former Bhagat SinghKosiyari had also paid visit toChina on a study tour and metCPC members. CPC membershave also been meeting BJPleaders including partyPresident Amit Shah. In 2015,Shah met Wang Jiarui, Ministerof the InternationalDepartment of the CommunistParty of China’s CentralCommittee at the BJP head-quarters. Jiarui had thenextended an invitation to Shahto visit China while the duo alsodiscussed ways of encouragingpeople-to-people interactionbetween the two countries.

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has

attached assets worth Rs 261crore in connection with itsmoney laundering probeagainst a Haryana-based multi-level marketing group thatallegedly perpetrated ponzischemes and cheated investors.

According to ED, an order,under the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA), forattachment of residential plots,agricultural lands and residen-tial units belonging to Hisar-based Future Maker Life CarePrivate Limited and its twoDirectors Radhe Shyam andBansi Lal, their family mem-bers and associates has beenissued.

The 16 immovable proper-ties that have been attached arelocated in Hisar, Adampur,Kulam, Delhi and Chandigarhapart from bank balances worthRs 252 crore kept in 34 accounts.The total value of the attachmentis Rs 261 crore, it said.

The ED said it filed aPMLA case in March this yearafter taking cognisance of FIRsregistered against the group bythe Telangana police for cheat-ing common public by propa-gating a false theme of “a lifeturning opportunity to earnincome of Rs 20,000 to Rs 10lakhs per month”.

It said the group invitedgullible people to becomemembers of their ponzi pyra-mid scheme “in the guise of ”multi-level marketing by sell-

ing products like suit lengthand edible items.

“They (promoters of thegroup) extensively advertisedtheir commission model inwhich very high commissionswere paid for enrolment of newmembers in the down links ofthe pyramid,” the ED said.

It alleged funds were fraud-ulently collected from sub-scribers as deposit towardsmembership in the schemethrough a chain of agentsspread across India.

These deposits collectedthrough the schemes were ille-gally diverted into the person-al accounts of the directors,their family members andother associates and to other shell companies incor-porated by the two directors,

the ED said. “Primary objective of the

promoters of the company is tolure the gullible public withpromises of huge commissionsand with dreams of becomingrich without much effort quick-ly,” it said.

“They also cheated thepublic by falsely claiming thattheir fraud pyramid schemewas a legitimate direct sellingnetwork scheme by introduc-ing sub-standard products likecheap suit lengths and supple-ments,” the agency said.

Probe found that theaccused have fraudulently col-lected around Rs 2,950 crorefrom lakhs of members and thesame has been identified as theproceeds of crime in this case,it said.

New Delhi: Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi onSaturday said there is a need tolook at the role and function-ing of lawyers and understandwhy a law graduate’s naturalchoice is not the legal profes-sion in spite of great attractionsand opportunities.

The CJI said lawyers act asadvocates and advisors of liti-gants and help them securetheir rights under the law.While working for their clients,they interpret and mould thelaw and help the judges in lay-ing down the legal propositionsthat have binding effects on thefuture generations.

Justice Gogoi, who wasspeaking at the seventh annu-

al convocation of National LawUniversity here, added thatthe purpose of law schools is tobring out lawyers who wouldserve the country as prospec-tive leaders of the bar, adjudi-cators on the bench and edu-cators and teachers.

He said it is time now forintrospection and analyse as towhether the five-year law course,a combined degree in law andarts, has met its ambitions.

He said the five-year lawschool model has not entirelyfailed in achieving the purpose,but it has also not brought aboutthe expected transformation.

“National law schools havesought to foster intensive five-year course, combined degree

in law and arts. This initiativewas on a strong commitment toimprove existing legal infra-structure. Indeed with thisambition, five-year law schoolshave spearheaded critical

changes in syllabi and structureto bring up new generation oflawyers who will think morecritically and analyse compre-hensive and argue articulately,”the CJI said.

He said it must be asked asto how many law schools areserving the purpose they weredesigned for and added that theprimary reason for setting upthe five-year law schools was tostrengthen the bar.

Besides Justice Gogoi, DelhiHigh Court Chief Justice DNPatel, who is the chancellor ofthe NLU, Justice Rajiv SahaiEndlaw, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal, his deputy ManishSisodia, Delhi Chief SecretaryVijay Kumar Dev, NLU vicechancellor Ranbir Singh andregistrar GS Bajpai were alsopresent in the programme.

Degrees were conferred onthe students of LLM and BA.LLB courses and the toppers

were also awarded with goldmedals and cash prizes. DelhiChief Secretary Vijay KumarDev was also awarded a degreein LLM professional courseand a gold medal.

Justice Gogoi said the five-year model was aimed at devel-oping socially consciouslawyers who serve society bydeveloping skills in the field ofadvocacy, legal aid, legislationor reforms and also organiselectures, conferences and pro-mote legal knowledge.

“One will necessarily haveto look on the role and func-tioning of lawyers and try andunderstand why in spite ofgreat attractions and opportu-nities that the legal profession

offers, the law graduates naturalchoice is not the legal profes-sion,” he said.

He added lawyers also act asadjudicators, negotiators andmediators and they are greateducators too. Career in lawfirms and corporates havebecome popular choices andcontinue to remain so, the CJIsaid, adding the highly attractivecareer at the bar and the benchalso needs to be highlighted.

“Practice of law is a rea-sonably lucrative profession. Ido not wish to be drawn into thefinancial side of the legal pro-fession... All that I would like tosay is that the issue is left to themembers of the bar to ponderand decide,” the CJI said. PTI

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Amid much debate on eco-nomic slowdown, Khadi has

a reason to explain the growth!Unpalatable though it maysound, the sector that wasbelieved to be tagged with‘Dadaji’ and ‘Netaji’ till five yearsago, has made a quantum jumpsince then. Yes, the Khadi pro-duction, which was of Rs 879.98crore in the year 2014-15, hasgone to Rs 1,902 crore in 2018-19 - which is a growth of morethan 100 per cent. Similarly, theKhadi sale was Rs 1,310.9 crorein year 2014-15, has gone to Rs3215.13 crore in 2018-19, record-ing a growth of over 145 per cent.

Jubilant with Khadi’sturnover going over Rs 74,323crore in 2018-19, the Khadi andVillage Industries Commission(KVIC) Chairman VinaiKumar Saxena does not want to

believe that it is the maxim ofthis untapped sector.

“Even the Village Industriesreached to Rs 71,123.68 crore in2018-19 with respect toturnover Rs 31,965.52 crore in2014-15, with a growth rate of123 per cent,” he said, adding,“Khadi has made an averagejump of 62 per cent in Khadifabric production in the last fiveyears, i.e. from 103.22 millionsquare meters in 2014-15 to170.80 million square metres in2018-19. In the fiscal 2014-15,the share of Khadi in overallTextile production was 4.23per cent, which in the year2018-19 has gone up to 8.49 percent, which almost the double.”

Laying stress on how theartisan-centric initiatives couldmake a big impact, Saxena saidduring the last 3.5 years, theKVIC provided more than32,000 New Model Charkhas

and 5,600 modern looms, whichhas increased the Khadi pro-duction. “During this duration,376 new Khadi institutions havebeen added along with over40,000 new Khadi artisans. TheKVIC has also created employ-ment through Khadi in theremotest part of the country suchas Leh, Ladakh, Kaziranga for-est, Sunderban in West Bengaletc.,” he said, adding, “We, for thefirst time, brought Major Textilecorporate like Raymonds,Arvind Mills and Aditya BirlaTextiles in Khadi sector for its

marketing, which has increasedKhadi sale manifold. KVIC alsobrought major PSUs in theKhadi fold, for purchasing Khadigift coupons, for their employ-ees — which has given the busi-ness of over Rs 100 crore.”

The KVIC Chairman alsooutlined the introduction of e-marketing through Paytm,Shop’nShop and approachingUniversities, Colleges, Schools,Municipal Bodies etc. for adopt-ing Khadi Uniforms and cere-monial gowns for promotion ofKhadi, which has increased thereach of Khadi among theyoung generation and made itbuyer-friendly. “The introduc-tion of new trendy designs suchas Ladies Westernwear, ModiJacket, Modi Kurta, VicharVastra and other high-endproducts, with high-qualitystitching, has changed the imageof Khadi,” he said.

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The Defence Ministry onSaturday categorically said

there is no plan to privatise theOrdnance Factory Board (OFB)and efforts are being made toenhance the functioning of theammunition manufacturer.This assurance came after sev-eral MPs and others raisedconcern over the so-calledmove to privatise the factoriesthrough corporatisation.

“Discussions are continu-ously being held by a commit-tee of very senior officials ofthe Defence Ministry withemployees federations of OFBand engage with them in a pos-itive and constructive manneron all aspects relating to cor-poratisation of OFB. It was alsoclarified that the Governmentis not proposing to privatise

OFB and any apprehension inthis regard is misplaced,” saidAjay Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production.

State-run OFB is a leadingproducer of ammunition forthe defence forces, and has over1 lakh employees.

The Defence Ministry in astatement on Friday had said,“Rumours being spread thatOFB is being privatised aremisguiding and with the intentto mislead workers.”

“Corporatisation of OFB

will bring it on a par with otherDefence Public SectorUndertakings (DPSUs), it saidadding the interests of theworkers will be adequatelysafeguarded in any decision taken on the subject,”the statement said.

The committee also point-ed out that the Government hasbeen trying to strengthen thefunctioning of OFB, includinghaving taken several steps tomodernise the factories, re-skillOFB employees at Governmentcost, enable development ofproducts and components withindigenous technology, theMinistry said on Friday. IndianOrdnance Factories are theoldest and largest industrialsetup which functions underthe Department of DefenceProduction of the Ministry of Defence.

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New Delhi: The Government’smarket borrowings havetouched �2.54 lakh crore,which is 57 per cent of theBudget Estimates, as of June2019.

The budgeted market bor-rowing is �4.48 lakh crore forthe fiscal.

On a comparison basis,the borrowing was 31 per centin the same time of the last fis-cal, as per the ControllerGeneral of Accounts.

Government raises fundsfrom the market to fund its fis-cal deficit through dated secu-rities and Treasury bills. Thefiscal deficit for the year is 3.3

per cent. At the level of grossborrowings, which is �7.06lakh crore, already 60 per centhas already been taken at �4.25lakh crore, which is lower than68 per cent at this time in thelast fiscal.

The Government plans toborrow �4.48 lakh crore fromthe market in 2019-20, mar-ginally higher than the �4.47lakh crore estimated for thecurrent financial year endingMarch 2019.

Gross borrowing includesrepayments of past loans.Repayment for past loans in thenext fiscal has been pegged at�2.36 lakh crore. IANS

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a major headache for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises,Union MSME Minister NitinGadkari said here on Saturday,adding that he was trying tofind a solution to this issue.

Speaking at a conventionof ‘Laghu Udyog Bharti’, anRSS-linked outfit which worksin MSME sector, he alsopromised to rid the nationalcapital of pollution in fiveyears.

“The small scale industryproducer never gets paymentson time. And this tires and fin-ishes him. I am seriously think-ing, whether it is private orpublic sector or Government,the payment of MSME shouldget released in 45 days, and Iam trying to take some con-

crete decision on this,” he said.MSME play important role

in creation of employment, hesaid.

“So far, MSME have givenjobs to 11.50 crore youths, andin these five years I am aimingto add five crore more employ-ment opportunities,” Gadkari,

who took charge of MSMEportfolio in the second term ofModi-led NDA Government,said.

Expressing concern aboutthe agrarian crisis, he said theMSME Ministry was alsofocusing on handloom, hand-icrafts and agro processingindustries.

Talking about the pollutionin Delhi, Gadkari said, “I wantto tell you that (with) theworks we have undertaken inthese five years, Delhi will becompletely free of air and waterpollution before we completeour five years.”

Promoting entrepreneur-ship was an important missionof the Government, as withoutit “we cannot become 5 trilliondollar economy”, he said. PTI

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New Delhi: Two promoterentities of RelianceCommunications (RCom)have pledged 11.5 per centmore stake in favour of AxisTrustee Services, according toregulatory filings.

Reliance CommunicationsEnterprises and RelianceTelecom Infrainvest on August16 pledged about 11.51 percent of their holding inReliance Communicationsamounting to 31.82 croreshares in favour of Axis TrusteeServices acting assecurity/debenture trustee.

A BSE filing on pledge ofRCom shares in favour of AxisTrustee Services showed thatfresh pledge of 31.82 croreshares was created on August16, 2019.

Another filing showed thatReliance CommunicationsEnterprises pledged — in twolots — 8.37 per cent holdingwith Axis Trustee Services Ltd,while Reliance TelecomInfrainvest too created a freshpledge on 3.13 per cent hold-ing in its favour. PTI

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San Francisco: A whistleblow-er has accused General Electric(GE) of hiding massive losses byengaging in a $38 billionaccounting fraud, which is “big-ger than Enron”.

In his report this week,investigator Harry Markopolosaccused GE of utilising many ofthe same accounting tricks asEnron did to mislead theinvestors.

“In fact, GE’s $38 billion inaccounting fraud amounts toover 40 per cent of GE’s marketcapitalisation, making it farmore serious than either theEnron or WorldCom account-ing frauds,” said the report.

GE denied the charge say-ing the 175-page report con-tained false statements.

“GE will always take anyallegation of financial miscon-duct seriously. But this is mar-ket manipulation - pure andsimple,” Lawrence Culp,Chairman and Chief executiveOfficer of GE said in a statement.

“Mr. Markopolos’ report

contains false statements of factand these claims could havebeen corrected, if he hadchecked them with GE beforepublishing the report,” said thestatement. To investigate GE’sfraud, Markopolos team wentout and located the eight largestLong-Term Care (LTC) insur-ance deals that GE is a counter-party to, accounting for approx-imately 95 per cent or more ofGE’s exposure. Either these eightinsurance companies filed falsestatutory financial statementswith their regulators or GE’sfinancial statements are false,alleged the report. The investi-gator said he got access to theseeight insurers’ statutory financialstatements filed with the relevantstate insurance commissions.

“What they revealed wasthat GE was hiding massive lossratios, the highest-ever seen inthe LTC insurance industry,along with exponentiallyincreasing dollar losses beingabsorbed by GE,” said thereport. IANS

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Bhopal: More than �1 lakhcrore have been deposited inover 36 crore bank accountsopened under the PradhanMantri Jan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY), reveals an RTI.

Chandrashekhar Gaur, asocial worker from Neemuchdistrict of Madhya Pradesh, filedthe RTI seeking the details of thePMJDY from the Ministry ofFinance. The reply to his RTIapplication revealed that till July17, 2019, around 36.25 croreaccounts were opened under thescheme in which �1,00,831 crorehave been deposited. The RTIalso revealed that five years afterthe launch of the scheme, therewere 4.99 crore or 14 per centaccounts which still have zerobalance in them. PTI

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New Delhi: In a bid to seizeillegal cash, the Income TaxDepartment has issued a 17-point checklist to tax commi-sioners across the country totrack those who depositedunaccounted cash duringdemonetisation.

In a directive to thePrincipal ChiefCommissioners of IncomeTax and Principal DirectorGenerals of Income Tax, theCentral Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) said that in conitin-uation of the handling ofcases related to demonetisa-tion, a verification checklist ofcash deposits has been pre-pared to assist the assessingofficers so that deviant casescan be taken up for furtherstudy.

The CBDT move is aimedat spreading the department’snet wide and deep to catchthose who deposited unac-

counted cash during demon-etisation.

In this latest directive to taxofficers, a 17-point checklisthas been created, which has tobe updated on the depart-ment’s server for further action.All unaccounted cash depositsmade between November 9,2016 and December 31, 2016will be examined as part of thisplan.

The checklist also says thatif a taxpayer disputes theamount, the correct amounthas to be mentioned afterchecking with the bank.

The particulars in thechecklist are — return filingcompliance, total income of thetaxpayer in 2016-17, grosstotal income (includingexempt income) of the tax-payer in FY 2016-17 and per-centage of cash deposit togross total income (includingexempt income). PTI

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said on Friday that tech giantApple would be spending “vastsums” of money in the US in atweet ahead of a dinner meet-ing with its CEO Tim Cook.

The men have had severalinformal meetings before,including at Bedminster, NewJersey, where Trump is report-edly on a working holiday at hisgolf course.

“Having dinner tonightwith Tim Cook of Apple. Theywill be spending vast sums ofmoney in the U.S. Great!” hetweeted at around 7 pm localtime. The meeting followsThursday’s announcementfrom Apple that it has invest-ed roughly $60 billion in theUS, and currently employssome 90,000 people in thecountry.

Many of the tech giant’sproducts are assembled inChina and the company oppos-es incoming tariffs — an issueTrump is fixated on — of 10percent on goods manufac-tured in China, due to come intoforce on September 1. PTI

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Washington: President DonaldTrump is warning of an eco-nomic crash if he loses reelec-tion, arguing that even voterswho personally dislike himshould base their ballots on thenation’s strong growth and lowunemployment rate.

But privately, Trump isgrowing increasingly worriedthe economy won’t look sogood come Election Day.

The financial markets sig-nalled the possibility of a USrecession this week, sending ajolt of anxiety to investors,companies and consumers.

That’s on top of concernsover Trump’s plans to imposepunishing tariffs on goodsfrom China and word from theUnited Kingdom and Germanythat their economies areshrinking.

Though a pre-electionrecession here is far from cer-tain, a downturn would be adevastating blow to the presi-dent, who has made a strongeconomy his central argumentfor a second term.

Trump advisers fear aweakened economy would hurthim with moderate Republicanand independent voters whohave been willing to give hima pass on some his incendiarypolicies and rhetoric.

And White House eco-nomic advisers see few optionsfor reversing course shouldthe economy start to slip.

Trump has taken to blam-ing others for the recessionfears, mostly the FederalReserve, which he is pushingfor further interest rate cuts.

Yet much of the uncer-tainty in the markets stemsfrom his own escalation of atrade war with China, as wellas weakened economies in keycountries around the world.

Some of Trump’s closestadvisers have urged him tolower the temperature of thetrade dispute, fearing that fur-ther tariffs would only hurtAmerican consumers and rat-tle the markets further.

The president blinked oncethis week, delaying a set of tar-iffs in an effort to saveChristmas sales.

Aides acknowledge it isunclear what steps the WhiteHouse could take to stop adownturn. Trump’s 2017 tax cutproved so politically unpopularthat many Republicans ranaway from it during last year’smidterms. PTI

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end of fresh rallies on Saturdayin a major test for the move-ment following criticism overan airport protest earlier thisweek — and as concerns mount over Beijing’s nextmove.

The new marches came asthousands of pro-governmentsupporters — many wavingChinese flags — gathered in apark to condemn their oppo-nents and support the police, astark illustration of the polar-isation now coursing throughthe city.

Ten weeks of demonstra-tions have plunged the inter-national finance hub into cri-sis, with communist-ruledmainland China taking anincreasingly hardline tone,including labelling the moreviolent protester actions “ter-rorist-like”.

Democracy activists arebilling the weekend rallies as away to show Beijing and thecity’s unelected leaders thattheir movement still enjoysbroad public support, despite

increasingly violent tacticsdeployed by a minority ofhardcore protesters that havecast a shadow.

On Tuesday, protestersblocked passengers fromboarding flights at the city’s air-port and later assaulted twomen they accused of beingChinese spies.

The images damaged amovement that until then hadlargely only targeted the policeor government institutions,and prompted some soul-searching among protesters.

China’s propaganda appa-ratus seized on the violence,with state media churning outa deluge of damning articles,

pictures and videos.State media also ran images

of military personnel andarmoured personnel carriersacross the border in Shenzhen,prompting the United States towarn Beijing against sending introops, which analysts saywould be a reputational andeconomic disaster for China.

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Police marched and practisedcrowd control tactics at asports complex in Shenzhenacross from Hong Kong inwhat some interpreted as athreat against pro-democracyprotesters in the semi-autonomous territory.

The sound of marchingboots and synchronized shoutsechoed from the grounds onFriday. Officers in green cam-ouflage stood guard at closedentrances. A stadium securityguard said “it wasn’t clear”when the paramilitary policewould leave the grounds.

Chinese state media haveonly said that the Shenzhenexercises were planned earlierand were not directly related tothe unrest in Hong Kong,though they came shortly afterthe central government inBeijing said the protests werebeginning to show the “sproutsof terrorism.”

From a distance, policecould be seen conducting drillsin military fatigues, usingshields, poles and other riot-control gear. In one exercise,two groups marched in for-mation with those in front rais-ing shields as if to protectthemselves from projectiles.Others behind held red flagsand banners. The words “thelaw” and “prosecuted” could beseen on one.

Outside, dozens ofarmoured carriers and truckssat in the parking lot of theShenzhen Bay Stadium, closeto a bridge linking mainlandChina to Hong Kong.

Asked if Hong Kong policecould maintain order or ifmainland Chinese intervention

is becoming inevitable, HongKong police commanderYeung Man-pun said thatwhile they face tremendouspressure, “I can tell you we’reconfident the police have thecapability to maintain law and

order.” Germany, meanwhile, said

it considers China to be aresponsible actor that willrespect Hong Kong laws guar-anteeing freedom of speechand rule of law.

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through Sydney on Saturday inresponse to a growing numberof rallies in support of theHong Kong democracyprotests as tensions betweenthe two groups increasinglyflare in Australia.

They marched throughthe city chanting “One China”,waving the Chinese flag andholding placards saying “Stopriots end violence in Hong

Kong”.“There has been a lot of

violence and violent protests inHong Kong,” Sydney-basedlawyer and rally organiserwho asked only to be calledZhao told AFP.

“And Hong Kong peoplehave suffered from that and wewant to voice our call forpeace and order.”

Police had to escort a lonepro-democracy supporterfrom the Sydney event after hewas set upon by a mob ofangry demonstrators.

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Conservationists warned of“unprecedented” species

declines Saturday as countriesmet in Geneva to tighten ruleson trade in elephant ivory andproducts from other endan-gered animal and plants.

Thousands of conserva-tionists and policymakers frommore than 180 countries willmeet for 12 days to evaluateregulations and species pro-tection listings under theConvention on InternationalTrade in Endangered Species(CITES).

“Business as usual is nolonger an option,” CITESSecretary General IvonneHiguero said at the start of themeeting, warning that “nature’sdangerous decline is unprece-

dented.”The treaty, created more

than four decades ago, regulatestrade in over 35,000 species ofplants and animals and con-tains mechanisms to help crackdown on illegal trade and sanc-tion countries that break therules.

The sense of urgency waspalpable at the conference,which will evaluate 56 pro-posed changes to protectionlistings, for species of largemammals like elephants, rhinosand giraffes, but also otters,lizards, sharks, and tree andplant species.

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North Korea on Saturdaysaid leader Kim Jong Un

supervised another test-firingof an unspecified new weapon,seen as an attempt to pressureWashington and Seoul overslow nuclear negotiations andtheir joint military exercises.

Pyongyang’s KoreanCentral News Agency said thatfollowing Friday’s launches,Kim expressed “great satisfac-tion” over his military’s “mys-terious and amazing successrates” in recent testing activityand vowed to build up “invin-cible military capabilities noone dare provoke.” The reportdid not mention any specificcomment on the United Statesor South Korea.

The launches were NorthKorea’s sixth round of tests

since late July that revealeddevelopments of a new rocketartillery system and two sepa-rate short-range mobile ballis-tic missile systems that expertssay would expand its ability tostrike targets throughout SouthKorea, including US basesthere.

KCNA did not describewhat Friday’s weapons were orhow they performed, but it saidthat the tests were successfuland strengthened the military’sconfidence in the reliability ofthe system.

Pyongyang’s officialRodong Sinmun newspaperpublished photos that showedwhat appeared to be a missilesoaring from a launcherinstalled on a vehicle and strik-ing what appeared to be acoastal target. Kim is seenjubilantly raising his fist whilecelebrating with military offi-cials.

“(Kim) said everyoneshould remember that it is the(ruling) party’s core plan andunwavering determination tobuild a powerful force strongenough to discourage anyforces from daring to provokeus and to leave any opponentdefenceless against our Jucheweapons of absolute powereven in situations of physicalclashes,” the agency said, refer-ring to the North’s national ide-ology of self-reliance.

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An autopsy on disgracedUS financier Jeffrey

Epstein — who was founddead in his jail cell — has con-cluded that he committed sui-cide by hanging, a coronersaid Friday, answering one ofthe questions surrounding hisdeath.

The ruling comes six daysafter the 66-year-old, who wasaccused of trafficking girls asyoung as 14 for sex, was dis-covered dead in New York’shigh-security MetropolitanCorrectional Center.

New York’s chief medicalexaminer Barbara Sampsonsaid in a statement emailed toAFP that “after careful reviewof all investigative information,including complete autopsyfindings” it was determinedthat Epstein killed himself.

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US President Donald Trumpchaired a meeting on the

Afghanistan peace deal with hisnational security team that,the White House said, went“very well” and negotiations areproceeding. The talks, attend-ed by Vice-President MikePence, Secretary of State MikePompeo and National SecurityAdviser John Bolton amongothers, were held at Trump’sgolf resort in Bedminster, NewJersey, on Friday.

Soon after the meeting,the president tweeted: “Manyon the opposite side of this 19-year war, and us, are looking tomake a deal - if possible!”

According to the WhiteHouse, discussions centredaround ongoing negotiationsand eventual peace and recon-ciliation agreement with theTaliban and the government ofAfghanistan. The meeting wentvery well and negotiations areproceeding, it said.

After briefing the presidenton the progress of the negoti-ations in the war-torn country,Pompeo issued a statement,saying, “Led by the president,we are working diligently onthe path forward inAfghanistan.”

“In continued close coop-eration with the government ofAfghanistan, we remain com-mitted to achieving a compre-hensive peace agreement,including a reduction in vio-lence and a ceasefire, ensuringthat Afghan soil is never againused to threaten the UnitedStates or her allies, and bring-ing Afghans together to worktowards peace,” the secretary ofstate said.

The meeting was alsoattended by Defense SecretaryMark Esper, SpecialRepresentative for AfghanistanReconciliation ZalmayKhalilzad, Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff JosephDunford and CIA DirectorGina Haspel.

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Upping the ante, Pakistansaid on Saturday that its

army was “fully prepared” toface any challenge posed byIndia in the wake of currenttensions between the two coun-tries over Kashmir.

Addressing a joint pressconference with ForeignMinister Shah MahmoodQureshi following a meeting ofthe country’s top brass on thesituation in Kashmir, Armyspokesman Major Gen AsifGhafoor said it was possibleIndia could launch an attack todivert the world’s attentionfrom Kashmir.

“We have apprehensionthat India can launch attack todivert attention but we arefully prepared to deal with anymisadventure,” he said.

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The European Union onSaturday called for “inclu-

sive dialogue” to calm ten-sions in Hong Kong, where tenweeks of protests have plungedthe city into crisis and prompt-ed mainland China to take amore hardline tone.

“It is crucial that restraintbe exercised, violence rejected,and urgent steps taken to de-escalate the situation,” EUdiplomatic chief FedericaMogherini said in a statement.

“Engagement in a processof broad-based and inclusivedialogue, involving all keystakeholders, is essential.”

The statement came asHong Kong democracyactivists kicked off new roundof protests that began over aplan to allow extraditions tomainland China.

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The shipping agent for anIranian supertanker caught

in a diplomatic standoff saysthe vessel is ready to departGibraltar on Sunday orMonday, as the US made a last-minute effort to seize it again.

The head of the companysorting paperwork and procur-ing for the Grace 1 oil tankerin the British overseas territo-ry said the vessel could be sail-ing away in the next “24 to 48hours,” once new crews dis-patched to the territory takeover command of the ship.

“The vessel is ongoingsome logistical changes andrequirements that have delayedthe departure,” Astralship man-aging director Richard De laRosa told The Associated Press.

De la Rosa’s commentscame a day after the USobtained a warrant to seize the

vessel over violations of USsanctions on Iran.

It was unclear if that couldhappen within a 24-hour timeframe as Gibraltar officialshave said any request to seizethe vessel would have to makeits way through the territory’scourts. He said the new crewswere Indian and Ukrainiannationals hired by the Indianmanagers of the ship and thathis company had not beeninformed about the super-tanker’s next destination.

The tanker, which carries2.1 million tons of Iranianlight crude oil, had beendetained for over a month inGibraltar for allegedly attempt-ing to breach European Unionsanctions on Syria.

The arrest fueled tensionbetween London and Tehran,which seized a British-flaggedtanker in the Strait of Hormuzin apparent retaliation.

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Ashleigh Barty edged closerto a return to the top WTA

ranking on Friday, reaching theWTA semi-finals as currentnumber one Naomi Osakaretired with a knee injury.

Barty, the Australian topseed, engineered her secondcomeback in as many days,overhauling Maria Sakkari 5-7,6-2, 6-0.

But the US Open alarm bellswere ringing for Osaka lessthan two weeks before the startof her title defense at FlushingMeadows after a left knee injurysaw her retire against SofiaKenin — sending the Americaninto the semis with a 6-4, 1-6, 2-0 victory.

Men’s top seed NovakDjokovic also had the trainer onduring his 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 victo-ry over Lucas Pouille, but hopeddiscomfort in his right elbowwouldn’t linger.

The 16-time Grand Slamchampion will next face DaniilMedvedev, who beat Russian

compatriot Andrey Rublev, con-querer this week of RogerFederer, 6-2, 6-3.

Osaka’s left knee troublewas more of a concern, the

Japanese star admitting it put acloud over her upcoming USOpen title defense.

“Last year I won the USOpen and this year I’m trying to

play the US Open,” she said.“I don’t even really think

about winning the tournament.I just want to have the chance toplay it now.

“If there is a 1 percentchance of me not playing it, that’swhat’s concerning me.”

Osaka had wonthe second set to levelthe match when shefirst complained ofapparent knee painand after one game ofthe third set called forthe physio.

With the kneeheavily taped Osaka played onemore game before packing it inand sending Kenin to the semis.“This is not the way I wanted towin,” said Kenin, who will nextplay fellow American MadisonKeys, a 6-2, 6-3 winner overVenus Williams.

French Open championBarty will play for a place in the

final against Russian veteranSvetlana Kuznetsova, who beatthird seed Karolina Pliskova 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 to end theCzech’s chances of claiming thenumber one ranking next week.

NO 1 NOT FOCUSBarty said a potential return

to number one wouldn’t be herfocus this weekend.

“I’m in the semis for the firsttime here,” she said. “I’m notthinking of the ranking at all.

Elsewhere in the men’s draw,France’s Richard Gasquet earnedhis first Masters 1000 quarter-final victory in six years, defeat-ing Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(7/2), 3-6, 6-2.

Gasquet won his last contestat this level in Miami in 2013and had since lost seven Mastersquarter-finals.

He will play for a place inthe final against 16th seed DavidGoffin, who advanced in awalkover against Japanese qual-ifier Yoshihito Nishioka, whocould not take the court due toillness.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board onSaturday named South Africa’s

Russell Domingo as the new head coachof the national team, replacingEnglishman Steve Rhodes.

The 44-year-old has agreed to atwo-year term with the BCB and isexpected to arrive in Dhaka onWednesday to take charge.

“He has a wealth of experience andwe have been very impressed with hispassion and coaching philosophy,”BCB president Nazmul Hassansaid.

Bangladesh were strugglingto appoint a head coach aheadof hosting Afghanistan for a oneTest series in earlySeptember and a tri-nation tournamentwith the visitorsand Zimbabwe.

Hasan saidthey choseD o m i n g oahead ofother candi-dates becauseof his avail-ability.

“We alsosought a full-timecoach... (Domingo)said he was very keento work with the boysand didn’t want anyholiday breaks. These

are the reasons why we found him suit-able,” he added.

Domingo, the lone candidate toface an interview for the post when hearrived in Dhaka on August 7, said hewas eagerly looking ahead to his newchallenge.

“I have followed Bangladesh’sprogress with keen interest and I amextremely excited to assist the team inreaching the goals that they are capa-ble of,” a BCB statement quoted him assaying.

Domingo was the assistant coachof South Africa in 2011. He replacedGary Kirsten as national team headcoach of the Proteas in 2013 andremained there 2017.

He led South Africa to semifi-nals of the 2014 World Twenty20

in Bangladesh.Domingo will have

compatriots CharlLangeveldt and NeilMcKenzie among hissupport staff.

Bangladesh lastmonth appointedLangeveldt as thepace bowling coachand retainedMcKenzie as battingcoach.

Former NewZealand captain Daniel

Vettori has also beenappointed as new spin bowlingcoach up to ICC World

Twenty20 in Australia next year.

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After flirting for a fewmonths with doubles as he

recovers from January hipsurgery, Andy Murray onFriday said that his days in thatspeciality are over.

Murray and FelicianoLopez lost in the CincinnatiMasters men’s doubles quarter-finals, going down in what forthe 32-year-old Scot was anuncomfortable confrontationwith his elder brother Jamie —who combined with fellow BritKen Skupski for a 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 10-4 defeat of Murray andLopez.

Three-time Grand Slamchampion Murray, who wonQueen’s Club in June withLopez said that he has decidedto dump doubles in hopes ofreturning to singles.

He accepted a wild cardinto the singles draw at next

week’s ATP tournament inWinston-Salem, but he willnot play singles at the USOpen.

Murray said that after play-ing doubles last week inMontreal and here in the US,he’s keen to return to his formerlife as a top singles player.

“I realized that if I want toget back to singles at the high-est as quickly as possible, I needto avoid doubles.

“Doubles was slowingdown everything. Now thatmy doubles is done, the focuswill be totally on singles, whichshould help in the long run.”

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Sri Lanka’s batters set the stageon Saturday for a thrilling

final day, reaching 133 withoutloss at stumps on day four as theychased 268 to beat New Zealandin the first Test in Galle.

Openers DimuthKarunaratne and LahiruThirimanne were involved in arecord opening stand of 133 runsand benefited from some sloppyfielding by the tourists. It leaves

Sri Lanka needing a further 135runs to record their first win inthe World Test Championship.

Karunaratne was unbeatenon 71 off 168 balls with twoboundaries while Thirimannewas on 57 having faced 132deliveries and hit four fours.They were in no mood to with-draw to the dressing room butbad light ended play 34 minutesbefore schedule.

Batting fourth in Galle is notthe prettiest thing for batsmen

and the highest successful runchase here is 99. But this trackheld together and there weren’tany demons for batsmen makinglife difficult.

Both openers were slow offthe blocks with the first bound-ary coming in the 22nd over.Karunaratne was the first toreach half-century with a cut shotoff William Somerville. It was theSri Lankan skipper’s 23rd Testfifty.

Thirimanne reached his sixthhalf-century with a flick for fouroff Ajaz Patel. After a series of lowscores, he was under pressure topost a decent figure and the half-century will have saved his placefor the next Test in Colombo.

The duo went onto establishthe highest partnership by a SriLankan opening pair in the fourthinnings. It is also the highest part-nership by a Sri Lankan pair forthe first wicket against NewZealand.

Earlier, resuming from theovernight score of 195 for seven,New Zealand posted 285 withWatling top scoring with 77 runs.He was well supported by the tailwith William Somerville hittinghis highest score in first classcricket — 40 not out.

Lasith Embuldeniya finishedwith four wickets whileDhananjaya de Silva claimedthree.

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Bangladesh Cricket Board havedecided to rest out-of-form

opener Tamim Iqbal for next month’sone-off Test against Afghanistanfollowing a request from the player,an official said on Saturday.

Afghanistan arrive later inAugust for their maiden Test againstBangladesh in Chittagong fromSeptember 5.

Chief selector Minhajul Abedinsaid Tamim would also be restedduring a tri-nation Twenty20 tour-nament from September 13 whichwill also involve Zimbabwe.

Abedin said the board hadaccepted Tamim’s request for abreak. “He will now rest both in the

Test match against Afghanistan andalso the tri-nation tournament,” hesaid.

MORTAZA RETIREMENT?Bangladesh one-day interna-

tional cricket skipper MashrafeMortaza has asked for two monthsto confirm his retirement plans.

He was expected to confirm hisretirement thoughts after the recentWorld Cup where he claimed justone wicket in eight matches.

The 35-year-old seamer missedthe latest Sri Lanka tour due to ham-string injury and is facing a longabsence from international cricket asBangladesh are not scheduled to playany ODIs until June next year.

Bangladesh Cricket Board(BCB) last week said they were plan-ning to host a one-off ODI sometimein September against Zimbabwe toorganise a farewell for Mashrafe.

But the plan has been shelvedfollowing Mashrafe’s meeting onSaturday with board officials.

“He sought two months to makehis final decision and we said that isfine,” BCB president Nazmul Hassantold reporters.

The veteran who made hisBangladesh debut in 2001 kept play-ing 50-over ODIs and has alredyretired from Tests (in 2009) and T20s(in 2017).

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The reappointed Ravi Shastrisays his primary endeavour

will be facilitating a smoothtransition by the time he leavesthe scene. There will also beroom for experimentation, hesaid, as the team looks to leavea lasting legacy.

Shastri, 57, was on Fridayreappointed for a second term.As per BCCI’s constitution, thenational team’s head coach hasto be below 60 years, the ageShastri will be approaching bythe time his current tenureends. The 2023 World Cup stilla long way and winning 2021World T20 is the realistic goalfor the team.

“Next two years is to seethat smooth transition hap-pens because you will get a lotof youngsters coming, espe-cially into the white ball setup.There will be youngsters com-ing into the Test match setup aswell,” Shastri told BCCI tv.

“You will need to identifyanother three-four bowlers toadd to the pool, those are thechallenges. So that the team, atthe end of our tenure, in 26months, my endeavour wouldbe to leave the team in a hap-pier place. So that they can leavea legacy for the time to come,”the former India all-roundersaid.

He wants the team to leavethe kind of legacy that futuregenerations would find it diffi-cult look to emulate.

“I had the belief that thisteam could leave a legacy veryfew teams have left behind inyears to come, not just for themoment they are playing but atthe end of it all... The kind oflegacy other teams going downdecades will want to try andemulate.

“That is the desire, we areon track. There is always roomfor improvement. And withyouth coming in through theranks, I think it’s very excitingtime,” he said.

“It’s been superbly consis-tent if you look at the perfor-mance over the last two-threeyears. But like I said that is thebar they have set and now it’s upto them to raise the bar,” Shastriassessed the team’s performancein the last two years.

He stressed on theimprovements the current setuphas made in fielding.

“One thing that is mostimportant is that over the lastfour-five years the biggestimprovement is fielding and theendeavour is to make this thebest fielding side in the world.

“So it is a clear diktat towhoever wants to play for thisteam the standards of that par-ticular player’s fielding willhave to be of the highest level,especially in white ball cricket.”

“Collectively, looking at thecoaches, the players, the teammanagement the endeavour isto keep this consistency goingand try and take it to anotherlevel.”

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Australia batsman Steve Smithjust missed his third Asheshundred in as many innings

after returning following a sickeningblow to the neck from a Jofra Archerbouncer on the fourth day of the sec-ond Test against England at Lord's onSaturday.

Smith’s 92 was the centrepiece ofAustralia’s 250 all out in reply toEngland’s first innings 258.

The star batsman had made 80when he was felled by a bouncer fromWorld Cup-winner Archer, making hisTest debut, timed at 92.4 mph.

The ball struck him on the side ofthe neck and head.

Smith, fell face forward onto theground. He was wearing a helmet with-

out the additional neck protection thatwas introduced following the death ofPhillip Hughes after his formerAustralia team-mate was hit by abouncer in a 2014 domestic SheffieldShield match in Sydney.

Smith, who had marked his come-back Test following a 12-month ball-tampering ban, with innings of 144 and142 in Australia’s 251-run win in theseries opener at Edgbaston last week,received several minutes of on-fieldtreatment involving both teams’ med-ical staff.

He got to his feet but eventuallyretired hurt, with Smith receiving agenerous round of applause as hewalked back into the pavilion.

Australia were then 203-6.Archer had previously struck

Smith, then on 70, on his unprotect-

ed forearm with another bouncer dur-ing a fiery eight-over spell that cost 31runs.

And it was that injury, not the blowto the neck, which an Australia teamspokesman said prevented Smith fromfielding at the start of England’s secondinnings.

“Steve Smith is off the field becauseof his sore left forearm and has beentaken for a precautionary X-ray of thatarm after being struck there during hisinnings,” the spokesman said.

Earlier, Smith’ resumed his inningsas soon as he could when Peter Siddle’sexit left Australia 218-7.

From the second and third balls hefaced on his return after 46 minutes offthe field, Smith hit two fours off ChrisWoakes — a slammed shot over mid-on followed by a backfoot drive

through the covers.But on 92, facing his ninth ball,

Smith shouldered arms to a Woakesdelivery that nipped back and wasplumb lbw to leave Australia 234-8.

In total, he faced 161 balls includ-ing 14 fours.

Smith turned towards the pavilion,signalling that he was reviewing umpireChris Gaffaney’s decision almost as anafter-thought before replays confirmedhis dismissal.

This series, the first of the ICC’snew World Test Championship, hasseen the introduction of concussionprotocols designed to allow injuredbatsmen to be replaced by a substitute— previously restricted to fielding dutyalone.

SMITH ASSESSED ON PITCHBut the Australia spokesman insist-

ed Smith’s health had not been put atundue risk by letting him resume hisinnings.

“Steve was hit on the neck belowthe left ear,” the spokesman said.

“He was assessed lying on the pitchat the instructions of team doctorRichard Saw.

“Dr Saw made the precautionarydecision to remove Steve from the fieldof play to have him further assessedunder Cricket Australia’s head impactprotocol.

“Steve then passed his assess-ments and will now be monitored onan ongoing basis, as is routine.”

Stuart Broad, leading the attack inthe absence of the injured JamesAnderson, England’s all-time leadingwicket-taker, took 4-65 in 27.3 oversand Woakes 3-61 in 19.

Archer finished with figures of 2-59 in 29.

Australia had resumed on Saturdayon 80-4 with Smith 12 not out andMatthew Wade, who also made ahundred at Edgbaston, unbeaten onnought.

Broad soon had Wade caught lowdown by Rory Burns at third slip foran innings of six that took 45 balls.

Smith, amid some typically extrav-agant ‘leaves’, completed his fifty whenhe lofted spinner Jack Leach over long-on for four.

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Fantasies brim right through us whenone talks of thrilling games. Therush of adrenaline drives us tobelieve in the virtual world andoffers a much-needed break to de-

stress ourselves. Fantasy sports has been pop-ular amongst the Indian audience for quite awhile now. The popular platforms such asFanMojo, MPL, Dream11 amongst others arecapturing the imagination of people acrossthe urban and rural belt of our country, withmales below 30 years age bracket forming thecore of the player base.

Surveys reveal that up to 85 per cent ofthe users from significant cities play fantasysports one to three times a week. Predictably,cricket remains the front runner in India with90 per cent of the users playing a fantasy ver-sion of the sport, followed by 45 per centplaying kabaddi and another 30 per cent onfootball.

������������Indian fantasy sports platforms have over 80million registered users and are expected tohit 100 million by the end of 2020. The num-ber of fantasy sports platforms has alsogrown from 10 to over 70 in the last two tothree years. The advent and rising popularityof sports premier leagues in the field of crick-et, kabaddi, football, hockey, table tennis, etc.has not only increased the popularity ofsports but also has given fantasy sports play-ers more chances to engage with their cus-tomer base.

Various fantasy game platforms havehosted plenty number of games in the pastfew years across multiple sports categories.Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) isa self-regulating body for Indian fantasysports providers who help regulate the playersin the industry. Daily fantasy sports is a vastand well-regulated market in more prominentcountries and continents like the USA andEurope.

With the introduction of IPL in the coun-try, the fantasy gaming industry also wit-nessed a boom in the sector. Along with theICC World Cup stepping in right after theIPL, the statistics have hitched exponentiallyfor fantasy sports. Guests selecting their ownplayers, based upon the current match sce-nario seemed to intrigue the audience andhence a significant contributing factor inmaking the concept a success.

Acknowledging the advancement in thegame sector, one can witness the continualgrowth of overall sports as well. The sportsthat were less prominent earlier caught fameand recognition after the concept of fantasysports was brought into the light. Forinstance, women teams in sports were usuallynot given much attention or credit; however,after the debut of fantasy gaming, peoplestarted getting aware of various games as wellas players, irrespective of the gender or howprevalent the sport was formerly consideredin the society.

��������������A fantasy sports venture allows its users tohandpick their players, use their skill to playgames, compete and win prize money. Mostplatforms cover popular sports in India —cricket, kabaddi and football. To get going,users have to select a match they wish to par-ticipate in and then make a team of theirchoice by selecting 11 players playing thegame. As the live game progresses, playersfrom the team are awarded points, and userteam with the highest points wins the respec-tive cash prize assigned against the match.Users can participate with entry fees as smallas �27 and increase their stake to as high as�5000 per game.

The platform is generally focused on thesimplicity of the user experience while play-ing a game and has many built-in features tosupport the quick creation of the user team.To ease the addition of money, the platformsoffer leading payment options from netbanking, UPI, wallets, credit and debitcard. Like any other fantasy sportsplayer, the platform makes money inthe form of commissionearned on the capitalinvested in the game,so more the invest-ment, higher is thecommission rev-enue earned.

For thoselooking to crackthe game, each platform indicatescertain patterns than a gamer learnsto master and use to his advantageover time. For instance, one impor-tant tip that most of FanMojo usersfollow is making the team once tossfor the match is done and the

playing 11 from both the sides is declared.FanMojo shares a list on its platform as towhich players are playing for them (the users)to make a more informed choice while build-ing a team.

�����������������Since this form of sport is a fairly new phe-nomenon, there exist misconceptions aboutthe gaming concepts — one of them beingthat fantasy gaming is fancy betting. But is itreally? Is it betting and is there any definedterm of the bet being “too much”? Well, fan-tasy gaming is primarily a game of skill,which allows users to apply their knowledgeof the game, players, teams, weather condi-tions, to judge and pick their best playing 11players while making the team. This skillallows a more informed player to win moreoften than not moving the fantasy sportstowards a game of skill and not a game ofchance where users despite their experienceand knowledge will have equal chances ofwinning.

Betting, on the other hand, is done on thegame of chance only — how many runs in anover will a batsman score, how many wicketswill go in this over... This is just pure guess-work, and users with limited knowledge canguess correctly as well. The bids placed infantasy sports are reasonable and reassuringlylegal. The players are picked based upon theirvalues, where the international bids hikecomparatively higher than the bids fornational ones. However, the game makes it

a point to prove itself as a sport and notan immeasurable, untamed and illegalbet.

Besides providingentertainment, fantasyleagues over time haveenabled players to par-ticipate in the game,where they can makeactive decisions.With the advent offantasy sports, non-

cricket sports now get the opportuni-ty to grow in prevalence and driveengagement for their teams. Amongall the emerging games, kabaddi hasgained significant traction over thepast couple of years as these sports

are associated with fantasy league

platforms, which further engages the audi-ence and maintains a grip on them.

�������� �������Fantasy industry as a whole faces a lot ofchallenges in terms of setting clear regula-tions and support system for the industry.The industry is a part of IFSG — which is afederation for fantasy sports players in India.IFSG is helping the industry set up regula-tions to be followed as a standard practice.

As smooth as the process sounds, it isn’treally a cakewalk. The challenges associatedwith fantasy gaming include variousprospects, one of which being dealing withthe Tech Bots. The Tech Bots represent theadvancement in technology and aid theindustry to experiment, innovate and createbetter applications. However, when onedevelops fantasy gaming portals, the TechBots take their time to learn the game and thein-built strategies etc. It takes ArtificialIntelligence quite a significant deal of mentalaptitude and development to imbibe theaspects of fantasy gaming and its entireprocess.

Another challenge standing in the way ofsuccess for fantasy game development seemsto be the extensive data and information ofthe players involved in the fantasy game. Dataintegration and filtration have to be dealtwith carefully before the fantasy sport goeslive or hits a success mark in the industry.These struggles have to be taken care of tomaintain the CAC (customer acquisition) toLTV (lifetime value) ratio. Fantasy sports cat-egory allows less room for innovation in thebasic product structure due to legal restric-tions of the industry. Therefore the fantasysports platforms are presenting new endeav-ours with every passing day to smoothen theprocess for end users, ensuring their comfort.

Fantasy sports remain a highly regulatedbody, which is changing the entire game of thesports sector. It is growing into a big industrywith online gaming revenue expected to be�11,900 cr by 2023, further targeting 10 mil-lion users by the end of this financial year.Opening the doors to various possibilities, fan-tasy gaming is taking the market by storm.

— The author is an industry insider andco-founder, U2opia Global

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Justice delayed is justice denied, goes the popular say-ing. But the question is why is justice delayed? As theChief Justice of India expresses concern that over the

1,000 cases that are pending for 50 years in courts acrossthe country and over two lakh for 25 years, it certainlyneeds to be figured why. Statistics are rather mindboggling.There are over 90 lakh civil cases and 2.1 crore criminalcases that are waiting justice in India. Details, if sought mayprove to be revealing, because as per the Chief Justice, thetotal pendency in criminal cases at the summoning stageis more than one crore. The responsibility for summon-ing lies solely with the executive. That there is “a growingtrend of belligerent and reckless behaviour on the part ofsome individuals and groups” in the society, is the unfor-tunate side of this story. There is a need to think serious-ly about what is to be done. The public faith and confi-dence in the institution is still intact, as evident from thepromptness with which people seek legal recourse whenthey are dissatisfied with the executive action. What is wor-rying is that executive intransigence and callousness cou-pled with delay in judicial redressal may someday leavepeople in a state of hopelessness. That certainly would bea severe blow to a democratic state. It is the balance ofpower between the executive, legislature and judiciary andan independent fourth state that keeps a democracy tick-ing. And with judiciary being the final arbiter, the popu-lace has a belief that in the end truth does prevail. Lately,there have been disturbing portends as attempts to discred-it institutions on which public faith rests are on the rise.How do we face this challenge? Some of the suggestionsmade by the Chief Justice himself would certainly help.But there is a need to do more. There are certain weak-nesses in the legal system that must be addressed. It mustbe realised that the executive ego is a major reason for cre-ating litigious people. If the executive decisions are rea-son driven rather than ego driven, things would be muchsmoother. To curb such tendencies on the part of the exec-utive, the law of Torts needs to be strengthened. It is iron-ical that the executive fights the public with public fund,whereas the public is forced to pay from their hard earnedmoney. If the executive is made to understand that in casetheir actions do not stand the scrutiny of law, they maybe made liable for the costs that have been incurred onthe part of the system and the victim, who is litigant. Whenthe point of law gets adjudicated, there is hardly any needto drag the matter further. Maximum number of penden-cy in the civil matters are due to this tendency to drag anddelay matters. From one court to another, from single benchto double bench to a larger bench and so on. Yes, it is alegal right to seek such redressals. Only, if the executiveis found deliberately delaying the matter, the order as tocosts in case of the litigant getting matter adjudicated inhis or her favour must be given and liability must be fixed.Feeding personal ego at public cost is just not fair.

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It is a known fact that faith heals.Even scientists accept that faithdoes wonders. Whenever they can-

not explain how a patient suffering froma serious disease got cured, they givecredit to faith. Yes, faith is a reality inour lives and it does much more thanheal. I am a beneficiary of faith as itstrengthened in me over the years.

Faith gave me hope. The feelings ofhelplessness and sadness slowly left me.I am sure everyone has experiencedsuch a feeling when something goodhappened to them, even if momentar-ily. This could be due to some materi-al gain. Faith does much more; it givesa lasting feeling. Hope generated due tomaterial gains is lost as easily as it comeswhen there is some setback. Faith is notthat fickle; it makes one mentally sta-ble over a period of time. Because faithis reinforced with each new realisation/experience.

Earlier, I used to get depressedwhen some sickness struck me or mynear and dear one. Now I pray to Godfor guidance and help. And guidanceand help arrives. No longer is there adark feeling of something sinister wait-ing to happen. I am engaged in positiveacts with hope that things will work out.When I compare my present attitude towhen I was not so faithful, I amamazed by the change. Now, God — theomniscient is in the picture. Not onlydoes God give the right intuitions butHe helps also by arranging help, whicharrives mysteriously. No longer can Itreat it as mere coincidence, because thatcannot happen every time.

Painful mood swings ail a modernman, who expects quick solutions.One is given to extreme emotions. Andit hurts. It is no wonder that LordKrishna has spoken about equanimityso extensively in the Geeta. God wantsus to develop this quality, and it can be

done with the help of faith in a very last-ing manner. Gone will be the days ofextreme emotions or severe ups anddowns in the mood. Certainly, therewould be changes in the mood becausewe are human, but such variationswould be small and tolerable. Peace willcome gradually. And this peace can notcome without God consciousness. Howcan we be assured of our future unlessGod is involved? Can we ensure ourfuture happenings? No we cannot; weare too small to do that. Faith will help.

This is not all; faith propels ustowards goodness. This is natural.Those linked with God are dominatedby the mode of goodness. Faith helpsthem to overcome the two lower modesof passion and darkness. Remember,these three modes are always vying withone another for supremacy inside us.Under the influence of the mode ofgoodness one is attracted to acts ingoodness like eating foods in goodness,seeing what is good like natural scenery,hearing what is beneficial, etc. Similarly,

one will be naturally inclined to followdharma; faith has that power. Not onlythat, one will be dutiful because dhar-ma and dutifulness go together. One willbe mindful of what his or her duties are.One will have duties uppermost in hisor her mind while deciding on choiceof activities. Such following of dharmaand being dutiful brings enormousrewards in one’s life.

Faith makes one feel fortunate.Gone will be the days when one felt thathe or she was not so lucky. God gets intothe act and things begin to pan out dif-ferently. Faith helps secrete the rightchemicals in our brains. After all, ourmoods are mostly controlled by thechemicals that we are producing in our-selves. I can go on because the advan-tages which accrue to a faithful personare endless. We just need to get startedon the spiritual journey. No one canthen detract us from that path.

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Shri Krishna has played a sig-nificant role as the builder ofIndian nation, along with hisother roles — as an emotion-al guide and spiritual preach-

er (vide Gita) — the threefold char-acteristics that are upheld as traits ofthe great men of world history.

In this role, he excels the othergreat men of history because of hispower to influence the thoughtprocess and lives of the Indians — apower he continues to wield eventoday and perhaps in the ages to come.The sole reason behind this is that heinspires the various aspects of life foran individual. As goes the saying: “InKrishna breathes the soul of India.” Itis he who represents the heart and soulof the Indians, as he encompasses themultifarious phases of Indian histo-ry and culture.

It would be no exaggeration to saythat he is a cherished leader of Indiannation, one who shaped its destiny.For, he was the chief of Yadavas; thegreat hero of Mahabharata war; thegod incarnated teacher of Arjuna. As

many great men of the world history,he is assigned with large number ofvictories in battles. It is said that therewas no limit to his strength, powerand energy.

Born in the pastoral Yadava clan,he started very young when he dis-played his great youthful energythrough his various adventures,including slaying deadly enemies(like Kansa and his associates, who arereferred to as demons); Putana andothers, who were sent to kill him andhis people. The role he played atVrindavana and Mathura as well as atDwarka only establishes his influenceover people.

By killing his maternal uncle,Kansa, he brought peace not only tohis clan, the Yadavas, but also the peo-ple of the surrounding regions suchas Gokula, Vraja and Vrindavana.Further, by defeating Jarasamdhawhen he attacked Mathura alongwith his ally Kalayavan, a Greek king,he succeeded in restoring peace in thearea. He followed this by shifting hispeople from Mathura to a new king-

dom of Dwarka which he had estab-lished in far off place in the sea.According to Krishna saga, Indiaduring his times, was divided intosmall kingdoms and their rulers andkings often aligned with one oragainst someone. Such conditionsprovided Krishna with the ampleopportunity to exert himself as aNation-builder by proving his supe-riority by siding with the worthyneighbouring kings.

It is also said that during Krishna’stimes, the Aryans had entered his ter-ritory near Yamuna-valley. He madepeace with them and later, at Dwarkaby encouraging Arjuna to abductSubhadra, Krishna cunningly forgedan alliance between the two mightyclans of the era — the Yadavas and thePandavas.

This move ultimately proved ben-eficial for the country that emerged asone strong nation under the rule of thePandavas. As a preacher of Gita,Krishna further played the role of anunrefuted leader as he not onlyaddressed the despondency of Arjuna,

urging him to discharge his duty as aKshatriya king, but also becameinstrumental in the Pandavas winningthe battle of Mahabharata.

This restored peace in majorparts of India under the rule ofYudhishthira at Hastinapore. Krishnathen went on to build his own king-dom of Dwarka as safe and free fromthe opponents. Dwarka nagri, estab-lished by Krishna, was said to be sur-rounded by sea on all sides. Its loca-tion proved almost insurmountable tothe enemy kings, with whom he hadto fight. These kings included Bana,Shalva, Naraka, who were said to bethe rulers of Shontipura, Kashi andAssam, respectively.

Further, by overpowering thesehostile kings, he spread peace inthose regions and also brought themin alliance either with the Yadavas orthe Pandavas. For instance, by killingBana and Naraka who were rulers ofthe far-off regions, he succeeded win-ning over large number of kings andprinces to his side whose daughters orsisters numbering sixteen thousandone hundred had been kidnapped andheld captive by the evil king, Naraka.

Among his several feats, whichprovide evidence to his strong Nation-building trait, one is the importationof the heavenly plant called Parijatfrom king Indra’s kingdom (whichsounds like some foreign land) toDwarka. The second refers to a pecu-liar type of dance mixed with watersports which was enunciated byKrishna at Dwarka for the recreationof his people. He had accomplishedthe feat with the help of divinewomen known as Apasaras (whichagain sounds like artistes from a for-eign land). And finally, his role in thefamous Syamantak-Gem episodewherein he succeeded in setting rightthe vile conspiracy prevailing in hisown people for the possession of theprecious gem.

Finally, recapitulating Krishna’srole as nation-builder, let us recountthat he has discharged this rolethroughout his life within his all lee-las at Vrindavana. Mathura-Dwarkawhereby at each step, he ushered in anew era with a new scenario. Thekilling of Kamsa and his associates torestore peace at Mathura and in theregion. Next, his encounters atDwarka and at Hastinapore during theMahabharata war, too reveal hismany-sided involvement for thepreservation of the countrymen bydestroying all those who stood againsthis mission. All his feats establish himas a wise man, a sharp statesman andgood administrator — all qualities ofa true leader.

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If numbers are to be believed, almost 3billion people in the world today have theaccess of internet and more than 2 billion

people use Facebook alone. The rise of digi-tal world has helped people to instantly con-nect with any person in the world and youcan access all types of information fromacross the world using Google and watch thelessons on virtually any topic from theexperts by tuning on to their YouTubeChannel. There is no need today to stand inqueue to buy tickets, pay your bills, or trans-fer money as you can do everything onlineby a click of button on your mobile phone.

We have become so used to, ratheraddicted to, social media that the first thingwe do when we get up in the morning is tocheck the messages or notification on ourmobile phone. We are more concernedtoday about the Facebook likes and com-ments on our posts by our virtual friendsthan being liked by our friends, parents, sib-lings or children.

However, despite the digitisation of the

world, this generation seems to be less hap-pier, satisfied or social than the previousones. The internet may have made thingseasier in terms of access but hasn’t necessari-ly created better relationships.

The digital world comes with its own setof problems and we still don’t know how tohandle it. No sooner you post your views onthe social media platform, particularly onpolitical or religious matters, you are trolledruthlessly. You can be branded anti-nationalfor just having a difference of opinion.Young people are unable to focus on theirstudies because of the constant beep of thenotifications on their mobile phones.Billions of people are wasting hours in thevirtual world, rather than focussing on thereal. The personal life of billions of people isnow open to the world and privacy is virtu-ally dead.

It is, however, futile to blame the digitalworld alone for our unhappiness. The inter-net, social media, or mobile phones are justtools and we carry the responsibility of using

them to make our life better. We can indeedmake their best use and achieve happiness inthe modern digital world, if only we followsome steps.

For one, we must learn to have controlover the digital media rather than allowing itto control us. It is important to manage timeintelligently in the digital world. The firststep thus is to turn off the notifications fromyour apps so that they stop disturbing you.You can see them when you are free or youwish to divert your mind.

It is better to avoid posting your opin-ions on controversial issues like politics, reli-gion, reservation which almost always invitecounter-opinions and hate mails. You mustavoid displaying your personal life and affec-tion to your loved ones on social platform.What is sacred must be kept secret to main-tain its sanctity.

One must be careful while makingfriends on social media platforms. It is betterto carefully go through the profile beforeaccepting a friend request. If you don’t agreewith someone’s views, it is better to unfriendthem rather than bearing their hate mes-sages on your feed. You must also not hesi-tate to block and report the hate mongers,professional trollers and IT cell members, ifthey try to harass you.

We must avoid learning from theFacebook and WhatsApp University wheremost news and information is either fake orunreliable. It is better to always check theveracity of the claim before trusting it. Youmust also avoid spreading fake news andhate messages by sharing or forwarding thesame. Digital world and social media isthere to stay. It is better to accept them asconveniences and use them intelligently tomake our life happier. We must never losetouch with the real world and real peoplebecause the virtual world can never substi-tute the living.

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Hong Kong is no more an“Economic City” for

mainland China. It’s turneditself into a massive politicalhotbed. Protest is not ebbingaway. The city has entered intothe third month of demon-strations. Gradually, the pro-testers are making the city atheatre of all political activities.Starting from the resignation ofcity chief Carrie Lam, they havestarted demanding full auton-omy from the centralGovernment in Beijing, anindependent commission toinvestigate police brutality, andwider political reforms to allowfor direct elections to elect therepresentatives of theLegislative Council. The waythe demonstrations are carriedout and the black-clad van-guards are handling the currentsituation, it seems it would notbring an end to the crisis soon-er or later. Are they invitinganother “Tiananmen Square”type crackdown that struckChina way back in June 1989.Will the communist bosses inBeijing allow them the kind ofautonomy the Hong Kongersare demanding? How long thecrisis in the island will contin-ue? For many in internationalpolitics, these are baffling ques-tions that might take away theexisting liberal atmosphere andpolitical freedom available tothe islanders forever if theChinese Government directlycomes in confrontation withthe protesters.

This summer, Hong Konghas witnessed the worst polit-ical turmoil ever since the ter-ritory’s handover to China inJuly 1997. The current bout ofprotests stated with a demandfor withdrawing the contro-versial extradition law pro-posed by the city Government.And eventually, that Bill wasdropped by the LegislativeCouncil for an indefinite peri-od, as Lam clarified.

There is another question:is Hong Kong still crucial forChina? Experts say that ifChina behaves more in Mao-era style, it might have todepend on the island more incommercial terms than politi-cal perspective. As China has

not brought financial and legalreforms demanded by the glob-al business enterprises, it wouldhave been possible for theCommunist Party leadership tomake Hong Kong graduallyirrelevant for long-term busi-ness transactions. But whathas happened is that China,particularly under Xi Jinping,has grown beyond the tradi-tional Communist closet.China has reached out toalmost all destinations of theglobe. China has grown fastand entered into the glob-alised world at ease, but it hasnot opened up as it was expect-ed in the West.

This has made the econo-

my of Hong Kong criticallyimportant for mainland China.The most important aspect ofits economy is that it has beensuccessful in registering a sta-tus within a body of interna-tional laws and rules aroundthe world. This has made HongKong possible to provide itseamless access to the privi-leged western markets. Thisstatus has many aspects: ahigher credit rating, low riskweights for banks, and counterparty exposures, the ability toclear dollars at ease, indepen-dent membership of the WorldTrade Organisation (WTO),equivalent status of its stockexchange in the US, Europe

and Japan, recognised as adeveloped stock market byglobal index firms and coop-eration agreements with anumber of top security regu-lators. Besides, most of the for-eign direct investment (FDI)mainly flows through HongKong. The stock domiciled inthe island territory has nearlydoubled in the last decade upto $2 trillion. Despite theislanders developing suspiciousattitude towards mainlandChina, the territory’s share oftotal FDI flowing into the lat-ter, has remained stable at 60per cent. This is very striking.It must be admitted that Chinahas become an international

growth machine. TheGovernment has turned thecountry and its massive humanresources into a hub of foreigninvestment opportunities.Needless to say that this hasresulted into a situation wherethe movement of the FDI flow-ing into the country hasincreased at an alarming rate.But the reality is that most ofthe global investors alwaysprefer to have a legal stampfrom Hong Kong. This isbecause of China’s direct refusalto carry out major reforms asdemanded by a global marketeconomy.

Besides being an Asianfinancial hub, Hong Kong hosts

major regional headquarters ofthe giant multi-national cor-porations. And ironically, evenafter the withdrawal of Britishsuzerainty over the island sinceJuly 1997, such offices haveincreased by two-thirds to1,500. But the American tech-no giants such as the Amazon,Google and Facebook havesettled their offices inSingapore. With the protestsraging to a record high level,there has been constant fearsthat many of such regionaloffices might move toSingapore in the near future.

A direct military interven-tion by China is quite unlike-ly for now. It seems, the Xi

administration is solely bank-ing on the leadership of Lamand Hong Kong Police forsending the protesters backhome. By all possibilities, Lamadministration is hoping thatthe protesters will lose steamsoon. Even the security expertsfeel that very fast popular sup-port would be dwindling forthem. Initially, parents weremarching with their children.But then now mostly youngones are on the road and theirparents are highly concernedabout the growing violencethat is fast engulfing the entiremovement. Many of the par-ents are not giving pocketmoney to their wards so thatthey have to head home soon.Another expectation is thatwith the beginning of the newacademic session from earlySeptember, the college anduniversity students have to goback to their classrooms.

Currently, China andAmerica are locked in a tradewar. Thus Trump is cheeringthe protesters in Hong Kongand is also saying that Chinesetroops are moving towards theborder with the island. In fact,China knows very well thatTrump has a formidableweapon to use in the form ofHong Kong Policy Act 1992that recognises Hong Kong asa separate legal and economicentity from China. It alsomakes Hong Kong an openeconomy by all standards. Thismight stop China from inter-vening in the territory direct-ly in the form of a militaryattack. This will eventuallybreach the above act.

But the bottom line is thatcontinued protest will block allthe avenues for a peacefuladvocacy of resolving theconundrum for now and infuture as well. Hope the pro-testers listen to the writings onthe wall. Else Hong Kong willsoon be turning into a boilingpoint of Asia. This will providemore ammunition to theChinese army to intervene justto maintain the law and ordersituation in its own territory.

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

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sis in India can be gaugedfrom the fact that it was one ofthe most important issues thathogged Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s speech fromthe ramparts of Red Fort on the73d Independence Day.Acknowledging that nearly halfof India has no access topotable water, the PM termedthe crisis as a serious deterrentin the country’s efforts to com-bat poverty, and announced anoutlay of �3.5 lakh crore for JalJeevan Mission to providewater to every household.

The moot point is how thecrisis can be overcome in a“good governance” era for a“New India”. Rather than echo-ing the conundrum and allow-ing panic to cripple our think-ing, let us answer three mootquestions concerning the ter-rible water crisis.

Firstly, that ubiquitousquery: Is the water-situationindeed bad? Is it too late, or isthere still hope for correctionand redemption?

I would say it is a crucialissue and most policy-makersand water resources manage-ment departments know thatwe are late. A lot of time haselapsed without thought orremedial steps since 1971. Yet,being a positivist and privy toground-breaking technologiesthat can reshape state of thenation, I can say there remainshope for redemption of the pre-carious situation.

To help address the groundrealities which remain invisibleto most of political leadersand bureaucrats, we need to layresponsibility and bring out

strong legislation to end mind-less destruction of water bod-ies.

India is blessed with aunique geographical location:river bodies fuel the northernhalf and sea coast bordersfrom below middle-zone States.There ought to be a law whichenforces the supply of waterfrom rivers and the seas viapipeline. Closed pipelines arethe answer to stop wastage ofalmost 80 per cent of waterfrom conservative-forms asmud-based old dams.Authorities should levy heavyfines on violators, but whistle-blowers of water-theft casesmust be honoured. Thoseopposing the national policy tolink rivers and sea desalinatedwater-supply system via robustpipeline technology should beprosecuted under the “essentialservices” or “treason law”.

Next, the Governmentshould bring into vogue a“water-credits” system basedon a ‘reverse water-meter read-ing” system wherein all waterused is supplied back to a cen-tral processing plant by users.

There would no longer beexodus of villagers to the citieswhich have turned into urbanmeshes of imprisonment, withinadequate amenities and areincommensurate to a growingpopulation. Village panchayatscan soon transform into sup-pliers of water for irrigationneeds of the farmers. Eachand every drop can be utilisedproperly as the Israelis do.

India possesses new tech-nological methods to generateelectricity beyond the much-publicised solar-wind-hybrid

types. These innovativemethodologies should be har-nessed to end menace offarmer-deaths, unemployment,and water scarcity. While onthis subject, a most advancedState like Maharashtra, whichhas 36 revenue districts, has 18districts notified as water-starved area. Why? A majorcause is the irrational cultiva-tion of sugarcane as a cropbypassing others which wouldnot require as high an amountof water as sugarcane.

Vested political interests

and corruption rampant indepartment of irrigation andwater-boards are villains ofthe present disaster. Drip irri-gation was rendered ineffectiveby few private players, in con-nivance with wicked officials.Lack of accountability on partof lineage of babulog com-pounds the issue of good gov-ernance. Desalination plantsshould be set up along the twocoastlines and water suppliedthrough pipelines. Pipelinesmust be declared to be nation-al property and anybody tin-

kering with these must bedeclared a “traitor” and fast-track courts bring them tojustice with a minimum of lifeimprisonment, as a deterrentpunishment. Having said this,one would still insist uponnewer technologies with far-reaching ramifications andpath-breaking results as the keyto unlocking the “dry” patch ofa State which can only mum-ble — “water, water every-where, but not a drop to drink”!

The Government of Indiaought to welcome, appreciate

and embrace innovative solu-tions to tackle the water crisis.One foresees “New India” withPrime Minister Narendra Modigiving the clarion call for watermanagement. People mustmake it a national movement.I had started the “RashtriyaSampati Bachao Andolan” withthe primary focus on water,since no new reservoirs ordams have been constructed inthe past few decades.

Water is a natural resourceas well as a national treasure.Lawmakers should undertake

padayatras throughout the con-stituencies to convince themasses about the need to linkIndia via pipelines supplyingwater of the Brahmaputra andthe Ganga down south toRameswaram or from Konkanor Konaseema sea coasts tointerior districts of Bheed,Kalahandi or Ahmednagar, etc.

India can afford to consti-tute committees for delegatingpowers but the nation cannotafford to rest on committees toexamine land-acquisition relat-ed knotty tussles for linking therivers and seas to its almost150-billion strong populations.Let there be no more evapora-tion of water or funds allocat-ed for water supply.

Let every citizen be brand-ed as the “custodian of water”.This awareness campaignshould ideally begin at prima-ry school level and permeatehigher echelons of society.

Some innovative ideas likelocal bodies offering an exemp-tion, say 5 per cent, on prop-erty tax for the “reverse-watersupply metering system”should be adopted. Eventually,we all win. Our future genera-tions win. Humanity can besaved from the brink of exter-mination. In the ultimateanalysis however, the willing-ness of the people and moral-ity of our society as a whole willdetermine the shape of a landblessed with many major rivers,minor tributaries and a longcoastal belt. It is high timewater became the next impor-tant topic of public discourse.

(The writer is an eminentjurist and policy-planning expert)

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The other day an old man worriedabout his bullish grandson cameasking: “What is in store of his

destiny? He is 9 years old. Has no inter-est in studies. He doesn’t listen to hiselders. No amount of reprimand or evenbeating has any effect on him. He hasbecome defiant. When his parents showdispleasure towards his unseemly con-duct, he himself picks up a stick andhands over to his father and says: ‘Youwant to beat me, please do.’ We tried toput him in boarding, but he refused togo. We are at a loss how to reform him.Please suggest some remedial measurethat may help bring him around.”

At the outset, let me assure you thatif handled with prudence and patience,this boy will change with time. Hisastrological chart suggests as much thepossibility of change towards better as itreflects his present undesirable behav-iour. But remember, he doesn’t seem tobe the type who would respond to com-mandments. If things are forced uponhim, he will become a habitual defiant,which is already in evidence. So, thefirst thing that needs to be immediatelydone is to stop coercive practice —beating him or shouting at him. Instead,

engage with him with a sense of love.Over a period of time, as he realises thatcoercive methods have become a matterof past, he will begin to respond.

Remember, every child is bornunique, displaying varying mind traits.Try to figure out the trends of his mindand psyche, and accordingly innovateways and means to deal with him. Inthis context, I recall a story shared bysomeone as to how he and his youngersibling were handled differently by theirgrandfather. Their grandfather, ateacher by profession, took them underhis charge when he found them wantingin studies. He enforced strict disciplineon them. Later, the old man realisedthat his method was not working on theelder one. So, apparently in a state ofdesperation, he told them to do whatev-er they liked. “You will yourself bear theconsequences. I am not going to wastemy energy over you,” he said.

Thereafter, he stopped overseeinghis studies, but ensured that he was onthe study table in time. Followingwhich, the elder one began workingupon himself. Eventually, he performedvery well in the final examination. Theelder one used to wonder, why the two

brothers were handled differently. Helater realised that his grandfather beinga teacher could figure out the mind andpsyche of the two brothers and accord-ingly conducted them.

The same way, your grandchild isunique and has to be dealt differently.The usual way a child is handled inIndian families won’t work on him. Hehas to be led with a force of love, whichin turn, will tempt him to begin makingefforts to prove himself in his own right.Before suggesting a suitable remedialmeasure let me first run through theastrological pointers to the child’s mindtraits.

Born with Sagittarius lagna, havingRahu there itself makes him inherentlyerratic. Moon being the 8th lord makeshim habitually suspicious of other’sintent. Moon, the mind-signifier occu-pying the fiery sign Aries, makes himimpulsive, aggressive, domineering,intolerant, and impatient. He won’t takekindly to commandments, as he doesn’tlike to play second fiddle to any. Actingon instinctive prompting, he will like togo about unrestrained. If that would notbe enough, Mars, the lord of the Moonsign, is debilitated and in opposition toexpansive Jupiter and mischievousNeptune. That makes him all the more

fiery, rebellious and defiant. If subjectedto continued strain, he may developinferiority complex. Mercury placedadverse to Uranus makes him eccentric.Venus being combust speaks of a strongurge for love, which he would be miss-ing. But the good thing is that there ischange of signs between Moon andMars, which carries the possibility of adefinite change in his behavioural pat-tern with time, if tended with a force oflove.

Remember, planets are not doers.They are indicative of how one’s thoughtprocess works, and which can be verywell redirected through consciousefforts. The best remedy for a child is tointroduce him to an active game or asporting event, which he likes, underthe guidance of a proven coach. Let thecoach turn his eccentricity into a pas-sion towards becoming the lead personin the game, where after this approachwill help him in his studies also.

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