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W ith the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra being just a week away, the security agencies have height- ened vigil as Intelligence inputs have suggested presence of 290 terrorists, including 34 Pakistani nationals exclusively trained by Pakistan Army for targeting security forces, in the Kashmir Valley. These ter- rorists could carry out attacks during the Amarnath Yatra, starting from July 1, the agen- cies have warned. As many as 130 terrorists are of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), 103 of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and 34 of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) besides two of Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir and five of Al Badr are in the Valley. In addition, three terrorists owing allegiance to Al Qaeda Kashmir also known as Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, whose chief Zakir Musa was recently killed by the security forces in an encounter, are also said to be active in the region. Out of the 130 LeT terror- ists, 79 are Pakistani nationals and of the 103 Hizbul terrorists in the Valley seven are Pakistanis and remaining are locals. Out of the 34 JeM ter- rorists, 21 are Pak nationals and remaining 13 locals. Following the inputs, the security grid in the Valley is being strengthened after con- tinuous review and monitoring of the situation in Jammu & Kashmir in order to avoid any untoward incident during the pilgrimage to the cave shrine. Nearly 115 terrorists have been killed by the security forces in Jammu & Kashmir as against a total of 254 last year. Over 70 security forces per- sonnel have been killed so far this year including 45 casual- ties in the Pulwama attack in February in which the CRPF convoy was targeted besides 19 of the Army. Last year, the Army alone suffered casualties of 61 personnel. According to the inputs, most number of terrorists liq- uidated in encounters belong to the JeM whose chief Masood Azhar was designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations earlier this year under the Al Qaeda Sanctions List. Turn to Page 4 A fter human skeleton remains were found strewn near a garbage dump close to the post-mortem section of the Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) on Saturday in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, where 108 chil- dren have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and over 100 children are still being treated, an investigation was ordered, officials said. SKMCH Superintendent Dr Sunil Kumar Shahi told the media that he had ordered an internal inquiry after parts of deformed human bones and broken skull were found by some people behind the hos- pital premises. Meanwhile, as news chan- nels beamed the horrific images, the district adminis- tration swung into action and Sub Divisional Magistrate (East) Kundan Kumar and Superintendent of Police (City) Neeraj Kumar rushed to the spot. “We will not like to com- ment on this episode until we conduct a thorough inquiry”, the SP (City) said. Locals said with disgust that improper disposal of dead bodies has been a long-stand- ing problem in the area and stray dogs can be often seen pouncing upon half-burnt corpses. The SKMCH is in news for the death of more than 100 brain fever-afflicted children since June 1. A 42-year-old private tutor allegedly killed his wife Archana and their two- month-old daughter, five-year- old son and seven-year-old daughter by slitting their throats in the early hours of Saturday in South Delhi’s Mehrauli at their residence, police said on Sunday. The accused Upendra Shukla, who hails from a village in Bihar’s Champaran and used to give private tuition classes of chemistry, has been arrested. Shukla gave his wife, five- year-old son Raunak and two minor daughters, Ranya (7) and two-month-old daughter, a sedative and later killed them while they were sleeping. Some wrappers of medicines were also recovered from the house. Two handwritten notes in Hindi and English in which Shukla confessed to killing his wife and children were recov- ered from the room. He, how- ever, did not give any reason for it, said the officer, adding that Shukla is suspected to be suf- fering from depression. Turn to Page 4 A mid rising geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, India’s aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday said Indian airlines have decided to avoid the “affected part of the Iranian airspace” and reroute their flight “suitably”. On Friday, the American aviation regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTM) prohibiting US-registered aircraft from operating “in the over- water area of the Tehran Flight Information Region until further notice, due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions”. “All Indian operators in consultation with DGCA have decided to avoid the affected part of Iranian Airspace to ensure safe travel for the passengers. They will re-route flights suit- ably,” the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) tweeted on Saturday. After the DGCA’s decision, Air India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said,”No substantial effect on Air India flights. Details being worked out for rerouting on incoming flights.” As the majority of Pakistani airspace has remained closed for Indian airlines since the Balakot strike on February 26, the decision to avoid affected Iranian airspace on Saturday is going to further disturb the routes of their inter- national flights towards middle-eastern and European countries, and the US. Post Balakot strike, Air India had to re-route, merge or suspend many of its international flights that connect India with European and American cities. On Thursday, Iran shot down a US military drone in its airspace, following which the FAA had warned that there is a possibility that com- mercial aircraft can be mistakenly targeted in Iranian airspace. Consequently, major airlines around the world have already rerouted their aircraft. For example, Etihad Airways said Saturday that it has “suspended operations through Iranian airspace over the Straits of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, and will use alternative flight paths on a number of routes to and from Abu Dhabi until further notice”. United Airlines has decided to stop Mumbai-Newark flight till September 1. In a statement, US-based United Airlines said,”Given current events in the Middle East and the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, we have decided to suspend our service between India (Mumbai and Delhi) and Newark until September 1.” Pakistan closed its airspace after Indian Air Force conducted air strikes on terrorist camps in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26. Since then, it has opened only two air routes that pass over through southern Pakistan and Gujarat. P olice on Saturday resorted to lathicharge injuring at least five people at Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas which once again witnessed street fights moments after a three-member BJP national delegation visiting the area left, sources said adding, one person had sus- tained head injuries. Even as the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders blamed the BJP for stoking vio- lence, Arjun Singh the BJP MP from Barackpore under which Bhatpara is an Assembly segment said the police resort- ed to an unprovoked lathcharge adding the locals would continue their protests till the administration took measures to rein in the TMC hooligans. Accusing the BJP of “fish- ing in troubled waters”, State Minister and senior TMC leader Partho Chatterjee won- dered whether there was a need for the BJP delegation to visit the area. At least six people have died in the one month. Out of them at least two persons died in police firing last week. The BJP’s fact-finding del- egation that on Friday visited the area said they had definite evidence to show that the police had opened fire killing two persons and injuring the rest. “We have found shells of bullets used in Insas rifle,” said SS Ahluwalia a member of the delegation. “The police said that they fired in the air but how did the bul- lets hit the victims on ground. Were the people flying in the sky?” he asked. The delegation, led by Ahluwalia and comprising Vishnu Dayal Ram and Satya Pal Singh, met the family of deceased persons and locals. The team was likely to submit a report on the situation to Home Minister Amit Shah, party sources said. M adhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday underwent a success- ful operation at the Hamidia Hospital for his a trigger finger problem. While talking to media per- sons after the operation, Aruna Kumar, Dean, Gandhi Medical College said that Chief Minister was admitted to Hamidia Hospital on Saturday morning. He had a trigger finger problem. He underwent an operation and his condition is stable. He has been kept under observa- tion for few hours, she added. Nath had appealed to his Congress party workers not to meet him as it will cause incon- venience to the patients and staff at the hospital, said state Congress media cell chairper- son Shobha Oza. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lauded his successor for availing treatment at a gov- ernment-run hospital. "I wish Kamal Nath a very speedy recovery. Your decision to avail medical treatment in Hamidia is welcome and laudable. At the same time, I urge you to ensure that facilities, which are being availed by you, should be avail- able to the public so that they do not have to wander here and there," he tweeted in Hindi. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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With the commencementof the Amarnath Yatra

being just a week away, thesecurity agencies have height-ened vigil as Intelligence inputshave suggested presence of 290terrorists, including 34Pakistani nationals exclusivelytrained by Pakistan Army fortargeting security forces, inthe Kashmir Valley. These ter-rorists could carry out attacksduring the Amarnath Yatra,starting from July 1, the agen-cies have warned.

As many as 130 terroristsare of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba(LeT), 103 of HizbulMujahideen (HM) and 34 ofJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)besides two of Islamic StateJammu & Kashmir and five ofAl Badr are in the Valley.

In addition, three terroristsowing allegiance to Al QaedaKashmir also known as AnsarGhazwatul Hind, whose chiefZakir Musa was recently killedby the security forces in anencounter, are also said to beactive in the region.

Out of the 130 LeT terror-ists, 79 are Pakistani nationalsand of the 103 Hizbul terroristsin the Valley seven arePakistanis and remaining are

locals. Out of the 34 JeM ter-rorists, 21 are Pak nationals andremaining 13 locals.

Following the inputs, thesecurity grid in the Valley isbeing strengthened after con-tinuous review and monitoringof the situation in Jammu &Kashmir in order to avoid anyuntoward incident during thepilgrimage to the cave shrine.

Nearly 115 terrorists havebeen killed by the securityforces in Jammu & Kashmir asagainst a total of 254 last year.Over 70 security forces per-sonnel have been killed so farthis year including 45 casual-ties in the Pulwama attack inFebruary in which the CRPFconvoy was targeted besides 19of the Army. Last year, the

Army alone suffered casualtiesof 61 personnel.

According to the inputs,most number of terrorists liq-uidated in encounters belong tothe JeM whose chief MasoodAzhar was designated as aglobal terrorist by the UnitedNations earlier this year underthe Al Qaeda Sanctions List.

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After human skeletonremains were found strewn

near a garbage dump close tothe post-mortem section ofthe Sri Krishna Medical CollegeHospital (SKMCH) onSaturday in Bihar’sMuzaffarpur, where 108 chil-dren have died due to AcuteEncephalitis Syndrome andover 100 children are still beingtreated, an investigation wasordered, officials said.

SKMCH SuperintendentDr Sunil Kumar Shahi told themedia that he had ordered aninternal inquiry after parts ofdeformed human bones andbroken skull were found bysome people behind the hos-pital premises.

Meanwhile, as news chan-

nels beamed the horrificimages, the district adminis-tration swung into action andSub Divisional Magistrate(East) Kundan Kumar andSuperintendent of Police (City)Neeraj Kumar rushed to thespot. “We will not like to com-ment on this episode until weconduct a thorough inquiry”,the SP (City) said.

Locals said with disgustthat improper disposal of deadbodies has been a long-stand-ing problem in the area andstray dogs can be often seenpouncing upon half-burntcorpses.

The SKMCH is in news forthe death of more than 100brain fever-afflicted childrensince June 1.

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Archana and their two-month-old daughter, five-year-old son and seven-year-olddaughter by slitting theirthroats in the early hours ofSaturday in South Delhi’sMehrauli at their residence,police said on Sunday.

The accused UpendraShukla, who hails from a villagein Bihar’s Champaran and usedto give private tuition classes ofchemistry, has been arrested.

Shukla gave his wife, five-

year-old son Raunak and twominor daughters, Ranya (7)and two-month-old daughter,a sedative and later killed themwhile they were sleeping. Some wrappers of medicineswere also recovered from thehouse.

Two handwritten notes inHindi and English in whichShukla confessed to killing hiswife and children were recov-ered from the room. He, how-ever, did not give any reason forit, said the officer, adding thatShukla is suspected to be suf-fering from depression.

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Amid rising geopolitical tensions between theUS and Iran, India’s aviation regulator

DGCA on Saturday said Indian airlines havedecided to avoid the “affected part of the Iranianairspace” and reroute their flight “suitably”.

On Friday, the American aviation regulator,the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTM) prohibitingUS-registered aircraft from operating “in the over-water area of the Tehran Flight InformationRegion until further notice, due to heightenedmilitary activities and increased political tensions”.

“All Indian operators in consultation withDGCA have decided to avoid the affected partof Iranian Airspace to ensure safe travel for the passengers. They will re-route flights suit-ably,” the DGCA (Directorate General of CivilAviation) tweeted on Saturday.

After the DGCA’s decision, Air India’sChairman and Managing Director AshwaniLohani said,”No substantial effect on Air Indiaflights. Details being worked out for reroutingon incoming flights.”

As the majority of Pakistani airspace hasremained closed for Indian airlines since theBalakot strike on February 26, the decision toavoid affected Iranian airspace on Saturday isgoing to further disturb the routes of their inter-national flights towards middle-eastern and

European countries, and the US.Post Balakot strike, Air India had to re-route,

merge or suspend many of its internationalflights that connect India with European andAmerican cities.

On Thursday, Iran shot down a US militarydrone in its airspace, following which the FAAhad warned that there is a possibility that com-mercial aircraft can be mistakenly targeted inIranian airspace.

Consequently, major airlines around theworld have already rerouted their aircraft.

For example, Etihad Airways said Saturdaythat it has “suspended operations throughIranian airspace over the Straits of Hormuz andthe Gulf of Oman, and will use alternative flightpaths on a number of routes to and from AbuDhabi until further notice”.

United Airlines has decided to stopMumbai-Newark flight till September 1.

In a statement, US-based United Airlinessaid,”Given current events in the Middle East andthe continued closure of Pakistani airspace, wehave decided to suspend our service betweenIndia (Mumbai and Delhi) and Newark untilSeptember 1.”

Pakistan closed its airspace after Indian AirForce conducted air strikes on terrorist campsin Balakot in Pakistan on February 26. Sincethen, it has opened only two air routes that passover through southern Pakistan and Gujarat.

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Police on Saturday resortedto lathicharge injuring at

least five people at Bhatpara inNorth 24 Parganas which onceagain witnessed street fightsmoments after a three-memberBJP national delegation visitingthe area left, sources saidadding, one person had sus-tained head injuries.

Even as the rulingTrinamool Congress leadersblamed the BJP for stoking vio-lence, Arjun Singh the BJP MPfrom Barackpore under whichBhatpara is an Assembly segment said the police resort-ed to an unprovoked lathcharge adding the localswould continue their proteststill the administration tookmeasures to rein in the TMChooligans.

Accusing the BJP of “fish-ing in troubled waters”, StateMinister and senior TMCleader Partho Chatterjee won-dered whether there was a

need for the BJP delegation tovisit the area.

At least six people havedied in the one month. Out ofthem at least two persons diedin police firing last week.

The BJP’s fact-finding del-egation that on Friday visitedthe area said they had definiteevidence to show that thepolice had opened fire killingtwo persons and injuring therest. “We have found shells of bullets used in Insasrifle,” said SS Ahluwalia amember of the delegation.“The police said that they firedin the air but how did the bul-lets hit the victims on ground.Were the people flying in thesky?” he asked.

The delegation, led byAhluwalia and comprisingVishnu Dayal Ram and SatyaPal Singh, met the family ofdeceased persons and locals.The team was likely to submita report on the situation toHome Minister Amit Shah,party sources said.

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Saturday underwent a success-ful operation at the HamidiaHospital for his a trigger fingerproblem.

While talking to media per-sons after the operation, ArunaKumar, Dean, Gandhi MedicalCollege said that Chief Ministerwas admitted to HamidiaHospital on Saturday morning.He had a trigger finger problem.He underwent an operationand his condition is stable. Hehas been kept under observa-tion for few hours, she added.

Nath had appealed to hisCongress party workers not tomeet him as it will cause incon-venience to the patients andstaff at the hospital, said stateCongress media cell chairper-son Shobha Oza.

Former Madhya Pradeshchief minister Shivraj SinghChouhan lauded his successorfor availing treatment at a gov-ernment-run hospital. "I wish

Kamal Nath a very speedyrecovery. Your decision to availmedical treatment in Hamidiais welcome and laudable. At thesame time, I urge you to ensure

that facilities, which are beingavailed by you, should be avail-able to the public so that theydo not have to wander here andthere," he tweeted in Hindi.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Saturday

directed officials to carry outdevelopment works in over750 unauthorised colonies ona war footing and completethose within fivemonths.

The directionwas given by theChief Minister in ahigh-level meetingwith the Irrigationand Flood Control Minister SatyendarJain and senior offi-cials. It comes at a time whenjust a few months are left forthe Delhi Assembly elections.

“Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Saturday directedthat the ongoing developmen-tal works in 781 unauthorisedcolonies should be completedon a war footing within fivemonths by the irrigation andflood control department,”quoted a statement from Chief

Minister's Office (CMO). People living in unautho-

rised colonies play a decisive role in deciding thefate of any political party inelections.

According to the state-ment, the Chief Minister will

personally monitorthe developmentalworks on a weeklybasis. “The ChiefMinister directed thedepartment to submita weekly report onthe progress of ongo-ing developmentalworks now, which he

will personally monitor,” itstated.

At the meeting, the chiefminister was informed thatthe Model Code of Conductduring the Lok Sabha electionshad halted the works, pushingthe deadlines in many cases.The Delhi Government hasmade a provision of �1,500crore in the budget for thedevelopment of these colonies.

New Delhi: Distressed home-buyers of debt-ridden JaypeeInfratech will hold a silentprotest at Jantar Mantar onSunday in the national Capital,after the lenders and homebuyers failed to agree on a log-ical conclusion.

The Jaypee Infratech hadlaunched around 50,000 flats in2009-10 in various ambitiousreal estate projects in Noidaand along the YamunaExpressway area. But the slow-down in the property marketand other factors affected thefinancials of the company andshattered home buyers' hopes.

The Corporate InsolvencyResolution Process (CIRP) ofJaypee Infratech Limited (JIL)has entered into the endgameof its second round.

As per the homebuyers ofthe Jaypee Infratech, two majorclass of creditors includedhomebuyers with 60 per centvote share and banks with 40per cent in the Committee of

Creditors (CoC) are not onboard in a bid to achieve suc-cessful resolution in the matter.

The buyers have allegedthat the bankers were not mak-ing any effort to resolve theissues.

“It's a unique case whereinthe banks have not made anygenuine serious efforts in thedirection of ensuring success-ful Resolution and the home-buyers whose lifelong savingsare stake making all possiblecompromises and efforts so asto ensure getting possession oftheir dream houses with somereasonable compensation fordelay,”said one of homebuyerswho is serving in defence forces.

Government's NavratnaEnterprise NBCC had pro-posed to take over the JaypeeInfratech and complete over20,000 unfinished flats. Earlier,Suraksha Group had alsoshown interest to acquire thecompany but the flat-buyersrejected the plan. SR

From Page 1The JeM has suffered casu-

alties to the tune of 36 so farthis year.

The Pulwama attack hadtriggered the aerial strikes onthe terror training facility of theJeM at Balakot in Pakistan. TheJaish had claimed responsibil-ity for the February 14Pulwama attack at the CRPFconvoy.

In the wake of the contin-uing action against the ultras bythe security forces, the JeM isparticularly facing shortage of

cadres and the latest ISI-Pakarmy gameplan is to trigger amajor unrest by carrying out amajor attack in the Valley. Asa tactical ploy, the JeM has alsosought to shift its base toJammu to evade action fromthe security forces.

In Jammu region, the out-fit is seeking to create a com-munal situation by targetingthe BJP/RSS leaders and influ-ential personalities from theHindu/Sikh communities,according to Intelligence assess-ments.

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“At the time of the killings,the accused’s mother-in-lawwas at their house in Mehrauliwhich has two rooms. WhenShukla did not open the doorof his room on Saturday morn-ing, she informed the neigh-bours who broke it open andfound him lying unconsciousnext to the bodies. They thencalled up the police,” said thesenior police official.

“A police control room(PCR) was received regardingthe incident at around 7 AM.Acting on the call, anEmergency Response Vehicle(ERV) rushed to the spot. Onspot, Upendra had locked the

door from inside where othervictims were also lying in poolof blood. Police team broke thegate and found Upendra sittingnext to the victims.

They were all rushed tonearby hospital whereUpendra’s wife and three chil-dren were declared broughtdead by the doctors,” said thesenior police official.

“Initial investigation, it wasrevealed that Shukla’s wifeArchana was a diabetes patientand he was not a financiallysound person. A quarrel mighthave erupted between the cou-ple recently on this issue due towhich he became depressedand killed them. Police teams

are investigating the exact causeof his depression, which he isclaiming,” said police officialprivy to investigation.

“Shukla was found insidehis room with a cut on his handand the investigation will revealthat whether he tried to com-mit suicide after killing them orhe got injured during the inci-dent,” he said.

According to sources,Shukla had tried to kill his wifeand three children on Thursdaynight also but could not executehis plan. “On the interveningnight of Friday and Saturday, hegave them sedatory substanceand later killed them after slit-ting their throats. Some wrap-

pers of medicines were alsorecovered from the house,”said the sources.

“Preliminary investigationsuggests that the killings tookplace between 1 and 1.30 AM.The bodies have been sent tothe AIIMS for the post-mortemwhich will be conducted onSunday after the family of thedeceased will come here. Theknife used in the incident hasbeen seized and further inves-tigation is underway,” said thesenior police official.

According to neighbours,the mother-in-law of UpendraShukla saw him through thewindow of the room lying onthe floor fainted along with

others. “Upendra had bought this

house six years ago and used togive private coaching to schoolstudents in Vasant Kunj area.He was earning quite good. Hetold me that he takes fourclasses daily and gets Rs 1000to Rs 1200 per class. I never sawany kind of depression on hisface,” said Bharat Mahlawat, aneighbour.

Meanwhile, DeepakKumar, who runs a generalstore in the building, said thathe had spoken to Upendra aday before the incident andthere was no such expressionwhich would show him indepression.

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sion, Air India’s Chairman andManaging Director AshwaniLohani said,”No substantialeffect on Air India flights.Details being worked out forrerouting on incoming flights.”

As the majority ofPakistani airspace hasremained closed for Indianairlines since the Balakot strikeon February 26, the decision toavoid affected Iranian airspaceon Saturday is going to furtherdisturb the routes of theirinternational flights towardsmiddle-eastern and Europeancountries, and the US. PostBalakot strike, Air India had tore-route, merge or suspendmany of its international flightsthat connect India withEuropean and American cities.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Saturday

directed officials to make theprocess for getting new connections as simple aspossible.

Kejriwal who is also achairman of Delhi Jal Board(DJB) also directed officials torestart more than 100 non-functional tube wells inMalviya Nagar to ensure regu-lar and adequate water supplyin the area.

In a meeting in whichCEO Jal Board Nikhil Kumarand other senior officials werepresent, Kejriwal was informedthat people were facing prob-lems due to complex process ofobtaining the new water con-nections. “Providing water topeople is our duty. We shouldnot have any complex rules for

new water connections,” hesaid. Meanwhile, MalviyaNagar residents facing toughtime in summers shared their daily experiences per-taining to water scarcity in theirarea.

One of the residents ofMalviya Nagar area told ThePioneer “We are not getting anydrinking water as the watersupplied by the government isnot fit for drinking and forcedto buy drinking water fromlocal water suppliers.”

Zeeshan, student, said thewater supply is just 2 to 3 hoursa day, that too in very oddhours. “The water supply startsat around 4 am and goes tillabout 7 am. For someone likeme who has to study till late, it'svery difficult to get up daily at4 just to fill up the water tankso that we can use the waterduring the day.”

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Saturday appointed district-level conveners and co-con-veners for a month-long driveto enlist 10 lakh new membersin the party. The membershipcampaign will be launched onJuly 6, the birth anniversary ofSyama Prasad Mookerjee, andwill conclude on August 11.

Delhi BJP general secretaryand head of the campaignKuljeet Chahal said the con-veners and co-conveners of allthe 14 BJP district units havebeen appointed and the block-level conveners and co-con-veners will be appointed in thecoming week. The campaignassumes significance since it isbeing launched ahead of theDelhi Assembly polls sched-uled early next year, he said,adding new members will beenrolled both online andoffline. SR

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A47-year-old woman andher husband were stabbed

to death in Dwarka’s MohanGarden extension area onSaturday evening.

The deceased has beenidentified as Shanti Singh andher husband Hari Ballabh, 57.Both native of Bihar. Shanti wasa housewife.

According to a senior policeofficial, on Saturday at about 7PM a Police Control Room(PCR) call was received where-in the called stated that her par-ents sustained multiple stabinjuries on their neck and stom-ach. They are survived by a 22year old son and a 27 year old.

“Prima facie it appearedthat their was a friendly entryat the house. There was no ran-sack in the house,” said thesenior police official.

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Around fifty thousand farmers of Himachal

Pradesh would be coveredunder Subhash Palekar natur-al farming programme duringthis financial year, including2,500 farmers from Sirmaurdistrict.

Addressing farmers duringa camp organised by theAgriculture department on

Subhash Palekar natural farm-ing at Bathaudhar in Rajgarhsub-division of Sirmaur dis-trict, Governor AcharyaDevvrat said that farmers of thestate are coming forward toadopt natural farming in a bigway and till March 2019, 2669farmers were engaged in thisfarming on 252 hectare ofland. The training is beingimparted to 206 farmers on thismodel of farming, who are

doing natural farming on 552bigha land.

The Governor said thatsix-day long training camp isbeing organised on creatingawareness amongst the farmersregarding Subhash Palekar nat-ural farming at Horticultureuniversity, Nauni.

Devvrat said that indige-nous cow has important role innatural farming and the stategovernment is providing Rs.

25,000 grant for purchasingindigenous cow. Besides, thetarget has been fixed to makeHimachal Pradesh free ofchemical farming by 2022.

He said that keeping inview the natural beauty of theBathaudhar area, a meetingwould be held with the tourismdepartment to prepare a mas-ter for developing the area fortourism activities by creatingbasic infrastructure.

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J.C. Bose University of Scienceand Technology, YMCA,

Faridabad in association withSociety for Fusion of Scienceand Technology (SFST) andpartnership with University ofSouth Florida, University ofNorth Texas, Institution ofMechanical Engineers(IMechE) and other premierinstitutions, would organisethe 8th InternationalSymposium on Fusion ofScience and Technology (ISFT-2020), in Faridabad fromJanuary 6 to 10, next year.

The University on Saturdaysigned a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) withSociety for Fusion of Scienceand Technology for the organ-isation of ISFT-2020. The MoUwas signed by Registrar of theUniversity, Dr. Raj Kumar onbehalf of J.C. Bose University,in the presence of ViceChancellor, Prof. DineshKumar, and Secretary Generalof Society for Fusion of Scienceand Technology, Delhi, Dr.Ashok Sharma, signed theMoU on behalf of SFST. TheConference Brochure andposter were also released onthis occasion.

This will be the first timewhen the University wouldorganise an InternationalConference at big level. TheConference is sponsored underTechnical Education QualityImprovement Programme-III.Dean (Academics) and TEQIP-III Director Dr Vikram Singhand other senior officials of theUniversity graced the occasion.

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Astate-level ‘SakshamSamman Samaroh’ will be

organised in Panchkula on July3, Project Director, ChiefMinister’s Good GovernanceAssociates Programme, RakeshGupta said on Saturday, addingthat Chief Minister, ManoharLal will honor those who havebeen doing commendable workto make the state Saksham inthe field of education.

Reviewing various schemeswith the officials of across thestate through VideoConferencing, Gupta said thatmany officers of the UnionMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment and NITI Ayogwill also attend this state levelfunction.

He said as a result of theSaksham Yojana, Haryana hasestablished distinct identity atthe national level and the teamsof Himachal Pradesh andPunjab States had visited thestate recently and inquired indetail about the Saksham Yojanaso that they could also imple-ment this scheme in their states.

Gupta said the UnionMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment and NITI Ayoghave also appreciated theSaksham Yojana and manystates are enthusiastic to studythe Saksham Yojana.

The official said the gov-ernment is trying to furtherimprove the level of governmentschools and special emphasiswill be laid on students of ninthclass so that the result of sec-ondary school will improvefurther. He said interest of stu-dents of government schoolswill be increased in competitiveexaminations like NTSE and

IIT-JEE Mains as well as careercounseling.

Gupta said that after mak-ing all the districts of the StateSaksham and Saksham Plus,work on Saksham 2.0 will bestarted in August. Under this,students will be made Sakshamin all six subjects except Hindi,Mathematics and English, sothat they may not be left behindin any field in the era of com-petition.

The Project Director saidthat in the forthcoming Batch ofChief Minister’s GoodGovernance Associates, focuswill be security and education.Apart from this, the Associateswill work closely on the securi-ty of women and girls. He saidthat this year, the GoodGovernance Associates havedone commendable work inAntyodaya Saral Kendra andSaksham Yojana. He also tookfeedback of Good GovernanceAssociates from all the DeputyCommissioners.

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Panse has informed that 1150Nal-Jal schemes costing Rs1035 crore have been approvedto supply drinking water inrural areas of the state in theyear 2019-20.

An administrative sanc-tion has been issued for 350schemes, DPR of 210 schemeshas been prepared and DPR of635 schemes is under process.He mentioned that along withthis, efforts are being made tocomplete 674 under progresstap-water schemes till themonth of October.

PHE Minister Panse hasfurther informed that respon-sibility for maintenance of tap-water schemes for 2 years isbeing given to contractorsalong with the implementationof schemes. During the imple-mentation of these schemesitself, domestic tap water con-nection are also being provid-ed to the concerned villagesand settlements.

Panse said that in order toensure sufficient drinkingwater management in ruralareas, the state governmenthas taken a decision to obtaincooperation from private orga-nizations through outsourc-ing. He informed that there areabout 5.28 lakh hand pumps inrural areas and shortage ofdepartmental technicians hadbecome obstacle to keep themin working condition continu-ously. Therefore, as an innova-tion, outsourcing arrangementhas been made.

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BHEL Ladies EducationalWelfare Wing organized

their annual function alongwith the closing ceremony oftheir 15 days’ computer train-ing programme on Friday.

Around 70 students fromclass third to twelfth standardparticipated in this pro-gramme. On this occasionPratibha Thakur was present asthe Chief Guest. The ChiefGuest was felicitated by theVice President of the wing,Navita Nigam. The programmewas coordinated by ManishaSharma, Secretary, BHELLadies Educational WelfareWing.

President, along with allthe vice-presidents of variousorganizations which are linkedwith BHEL Ladies EducationalWelfare Wing, inaugurated theprogramme by lighting up thelamp. On this eve, all the mem-bers of the Executive commit-tee were available. Thakur inher speech put emphasis on thechild’s health, plantation oftrees, conservation and wiseusage of water and with this sheencouraged them to strive forbetterment of the society.

Apart from this, she alsoadministered the oath takingceremony in which all the chil-dren took oath for plantingtrees, maintaining cleanlinessand reducing the wastage ofwater. Along with computertraining programme, a five-day

Art of Living workshop wasalso organised.

At the end of the trainingprogramme, the completioncertificates were distributedamong all the children and acompetition was being orga-nized among children in which

the prizes were given to chil-dren who stood in merit posi-tion. All employees of the wingwere also awarded. The pro-gramme was concluded by thevote of thanks which was givenby Wing’s Treasurer SutapaBhowmick.

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Khajuri police have bookedtwo miscreants who

robbed a bike worth Rs 50000and a motorbike from a 27-year-old man on Friday.

The victim Vinod Meenaof Dondi village Dohara Sehorewas robbed by Narmad andMastan of the same village.

Victim approached thepolice and lodged a complaintagainst the accused who robbedhim. In his complaint the vic-tim stated that when he was onhis way to home was robbed byNarmada and Mastan.

SHO Khajuri UpendraBhati said that the victim hadbought a mobile phone worthRs 10000 on EMI using docu-ments of Narmada Meena andfew days ago the Narmada wascontacted by shop owner whoinformed that after paying Rs

8500 victim has not paid money.On Friday Narmada along

with Mastan stopped Vinodand took him to the shop andasked the shopkeeper to keephis mobile phone and scuffledwith him. The shopkeeper toldthem that he would not keep themotorbike and he only wantsthe remaining Rs 1500. The twolater left the spot. After the inci-dent victim lodged a complaintwith the police, he added.

The mobile phone wasfinanced around 7-8 monthago. After the incident theaccused went missing and arestill at large. The accused donot have any crime record. Thepolice have registered a caseunder section 392 of the IPCand have started further inves-tigation. Based on the detailsprovided by the victim, thepolice have started search forthe miscreants.

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Minister for Cottage andVillage Industries, New

and Renewable Energy HarshYadav said that concrete stepsshould be taken to make ruralcraftsmen skilful and to helpthem in getting loan assis-tance. In a meeting held atMantralaya, he gave instruc-tions to provide necessary assis-tance to real beneficiaries byensuring immediate redressalof self-employment cases atbank level.

Yadav stated that necessaryassistance should be madeavailable immediately frombanks to those beneficiaries,who have been made skilled intheir trades.

During the meeting, Yadavdiscussed with officials as regardto mulberry cocoon production,

silk thread production, works ofsilk federation, assistance inbranding of handicraftsmen’products, loan assistance toweavers, provision of exemptionin sale of Khadi products and toincrease sale of Vidhya Valleyproducts. He told the officialsfor bringing speed in the depart-mental activities.

During the meeting, infor-mation was given about ascheme to benefit 600 benefi-ciaries this year in 18 clustersunder the Integrated ClusterDevelopment programme.Besides, it was informed in themeeting that works of skilldevelopment, marketing assis-tance, product developmentand financial assistance etc.would be done by incurring anexpenditure of about Rs 5 croreunder the cluster developmentprogramme in the current year.

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Atwo-day state level seminaron ‘Sensitisation towards

Scheduled Tribes andScheduled Caste’ will be held atMinto Hall on June 26 and 27.The concluding programmewould be held in the presenceof Chief Minister Kamal Nath.

The state level seminarwill be inaugurated on June 26at 10:30 in the Minto Hall, byTribal Affairs Department,Denotifed Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes WelfareDepartment Omkar SinghMarakam. The program will bechaired by the Director General

of Police (DGP) VK Singh.Other senior officers and

subject experts, includingAdditional Director General ofPolice (AJAK). Pragya RichaShrivastav, will give lectures on"sensitivity to Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Caste Classes" inthis seminar and would alsowitness Asha Shukla, ViceChancellor of Dr. BR AmbedkarSocial Science University,Mhow. Deputy InspectorGeneral of Police AJAK IPArjaria , General Manager,Madhya Pradesh RoadDevelopment Corporation, Dr.Sudam P. Khande and AssistantDirector General of Police, VijayKhatri will also present thepresentation. In the seminar,more than 90 police officersfrom the inspector to theAdditional Superintendent ofPolice level will participate.

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Govindpura police havenabbed a 15-year-old boy

for sodomising a 7-year-oldboy at Vikas Nagar on Friday;accused used to lure him ofchocolates and was havingunnatural sex with victim.

Police said the victim wassodomised when he had gonewith the accused neighbor wholured him with chocolates andtook him to secluded place andsodomised him. The accusedrepeated the act for the secondday and this time he was spot-ted by the locals and escapedthe spot.

After the family memberscame to know about the inci-dent, victim's mother and vic-tim lodged a complaint withthe Govindpura police and inhis complaint victim statedthat while he was near hishome the victim was lured ofby accused and took him andsodomised him. After theatrocity accused threatenedthe victim and warned him notto report the incident to parentsor any other person.

Police said the accused hasbeen nabbed. The victim gotterrified with the incident andlater he was pacified by thefamily members. The victimwas not aware that the accusedwas doing wrong with him.

The accused has been heldat juvenile shelter home andcase would be handled byJuvenile Justice Board.

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Ameeting was regardingmaintaining of Law and

order in the upcoming festiveseason and instructions to thesenior police officials has beengiven, working by Ujjain policeis satisfactory and the func-tioning of the police hasimproved. The graph of thecrimes dropped down, saidHome Minister Bala Bachchanwhile speaking with mediapersons after review meeting ofpolice officials at police controlroom on Saturday

He said that we will crushthe criminals and not allowthem to flourish as criminal

would remain criminal untilcrime it not curbed. We willdevise new ways to curb andcontrol crimes and rein crim-inals. Several things are inter-nal and everything could notbe made public.

Replying to question raisedon part of unstable governmentand rumors of removal from thepost Home Minister repliedthat Kamal Nath is a matureleader and our CM is strong onewhoever would take law inhands would attract strict action.

He said that attack on jour-nalists is condemnable. Thepolice have given a free hand. Weare sensitive to the journalists.

Regarding the visit and

security arrangements of theMahakalak Mandir, he saidthat best efforts are made fordevotees visiting and would tryto make arrangements so thateveryone could get chance tovisit the temple properly. Theofficials have instructed andpolice personnel would startgetting weekly off.

On the question of viralaudio of constable in which painof police personnel was sharedhe replied that he had asked toenquire in the matter. There areno groups in Congress, KamalNath, Sindhia , Digvijay Singhall are united and those whowant fractions in the party arespreading such things.

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The delay in monsoonhas started to make

things worse as alongwith receding water bod-ies abrupt temperaturesand weather changes aremaking the conditionsunbearable.

Met department toldthat monsoon wouldarrive around June 26and possibly it would bebefore or after two daysof June 26. Shahdol,Ujjain and Indore divisionsrecorded rainfall in the past 24hours while other divisionsremained dry.

The state capital recordedday temperature at 39.8 degreeCelsius which was 4.5 degreeCelsius above the normal tem-perature. According to theforecast state capital wouldwitness partial cloudy weatherand thundery activities. Theday temperature would berecorded around 38 degreeCelsius and night temperatureat 26 degree Celsius.

Among the nearby regionsRaisen recorded day tempera-ture at 39.2 degree Celsiuswhich was 6 degree Celsiusabove the normal tempera-ture. The night temperaturewas recorded at 29 degreeCelsius in Hoshangabad which

was 3.6 degree Celsius abovethe night temperature.

Hot and humid conditionswith light rainfall at isolatedplaces for brief period.Significant increase in the daytemperatures were recorded atBhopal, Gwalior, Chambal andUjjain while increased tem-peratures were recorded inIndore division.

After a lull phase in whichrainfall faded away and moder-ate temperatures prevailed onSaturday the temperatures wit-nessed increasing trend. In thepast 24 hours Kukshi and Mhowrecorded 2 cm of rainfall whileSardarpur, Badwani, Jetharirecorded 1 cm of rainfall. Sagarrecorded the highest day tem-perature at 41.3 degree Celsius.Raisen recorded day tempera-ture at 41 degree Celsius.

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The CBI has registered agraft case against unknown

officials of Indian Air Force(IAF), defence ministry and thefugitive arms dealer SanjayBhandari in connection withthe alleged corruption in the�2,895-crore deal in 2009 foracquisition of 75 Pilatus basictrainer aircraft.

After lodging the case, theagency also carried out search-es at the residence and office ofBhandari, who is alleged to beassociated to Robert Vadra,the brother in-law of Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi.

The role of some seniorIAF officials and those from thedefence ministry is under scan-ner, sources said.

“We have also bookedunidentified officials of theIndian Air Force, defenceMinistry and Switzerland-based Pilatus Aircraft Limitedin the case,” said an agency offi-cial.

Bhandari is wanted inIndia for alleged breach of for-eign exchange rules and paying

kickbacks to secure defencedeals. He was booked by theEnforcement Directorate (ED)in 2016 based on complaints ofhis alleged role in dubiousdefence and land deals fromincome tax department andDelhi police.

Bhandari is also beingprobed in Vadra’s allegedLondon properties case.

The agency had registereda Preliminary Enquiry into the�2,895 defence deal three yearsback and was converted into aRegular Case (FIR) and the FIRafter a prima facie case of cor-ruption against the accused wasmade out during the enquiry.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., theSwiss company, was one of thebidders for the contract foracquiring trainer aircraft float-ed in 2009, officials said.

The agency has allegedthat the Swiss company hadentered into a criminal con-spiracy with Bhandari andBimal Sareen, both directors of

Offset India Solutions PrivateLimited, and dishonestly andfraudulently signed a ServiceProvider Agreement withBhandari in June 2010, whichwas in violation of the DefenceProcurement Procedure, 2008.It was allegedly done to get thecontract for supply of 75 basicTrainer Aircraft to the IndianAir Force.

Pilatus bagged the con-tract on May 24, 2012 for�2895.63 crore.

“It is suspected that theSwiss company paid huge com-mission to Bhandari and partof which was allegedly paid toinfluence the officials of theIAF and the MoD associatedwith the procurement,” accord-ing to the FIR.

There is a strong suspicionthat the huge cash amountwas part of the commissionamounts paid by PilatusAircrafts Limited to Bhandarito obtain the contract, theagency has alleged in its FIR.

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The BJP on Saturday termedas a “complete lie” and

“biased against the Modi-Government” the InternationalReligious Freedom Report thatalleged mob attack againstminorities and that some seniorofficials of the ruling BJP madeinflammatory speeches againstthe minority communities.

The US state department’s2018 International ReligiousFreedom Report shows clearbias against the Narendra ModiGovernment and the BJP, theparty said asserting that itsleaders had strongly deploredviolence against minorities andweaker sections of society.

The report, released onJune 21, alleged that somesenior leaders of the BJP “madeinflammatory speeches againstminority communities”.

“Mob attacks by violentextremist Hindu groups againstminority communities, espe-cially Muslims, continuedthroughout the year amidrumors that victims had trad-ed or killed cows for beef,” thereport said.

In an official statement,

BJP media head and RajyaSabha MP Anil Baluni said“The basic presumption in thisreport that there is some granddesign behind anti-minorityviolence is simply false. On thecontrary, in most of such cases,these instances are carried outas a result of local disputes andby (people with) criminalmindsets.”

Whenever needed, PMModi and other BJP leadershave strongly deplored vio-lence against minorities andweaker sections of the society,he added.

Baluni said India has deep-rooted democratic institutions,including fiercely independentand pro-active judiciary, which

is quite capable of handlingsuch disputes and punish theguilty.

Unfortunately, this fact iscompletely ignored in this report, he said, adding thatthe Bharatiya Janata Partyunder the leadership of Modibelieves in “Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas” (With all, developmentfor all).

“Mega schemes launchedand effectively implemented bythe Modi government havebenefited all the castes, reli-gions and regions equally. BJPis indeed proud of its record inuplifting living standards of allpoor, underprivileged sectionsof the society, irrespective oftheir faith and gender,” he said

in the statement. Indian people have recent-

ly reaffirmed their confidenceon the development agenda ofthe BJP-led NDA alliance bygiving Modi a massive mandatein the parliamentary election,he said.

The report alleged mobattacks by violent extremistHindu groups against theminority communities, partic-ularly Muslims, continued inIndia in 2018, amid rumoursthat victims had traded orkilled cows for beef, an officialUS report said Friday.

The State Department in itsannual 2018 InternationalReligious Freedom Reportalleged that some senior offi-cials of the ruling BJP madeinflammatory speeches againstthe minority communities.

According to some NGOs,the authorities often protectedperpetrators from prosecution,it said.

The report said that as ofNovember, there were 18 suchattacks, and eight people killedduring the year.

On June 22, two UttarPradesh police officers werecharged with culpable homi-

cide after a Muslim cattle trad-er died of injuries sustainedwhile being questioned inpolice custody, the report said.

Mandated by the Congress,the State Department in itsvoluminous report gives itsassessment of the status ofreligious freedom in almost allthe countries and territories ofthe world.

Releasing the report at theFoggy Bottom headquarters ofthe State Department,Secretary of State MikePompeo said the report waslike a report card which trackscountries to see how well theyhave respected this funda-mental human right.

In the India section, theState Department said thatthere were reports by non-governmental organizationsthat the Government some-times failed to act on mobattacks on religious minorities,marginalised communities andcritics of the government.

The State Department saidthat the central and state gov-ernments and members ofpolitical parties took steps thataffected Muslim practices andinstitutions.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday congrat-

ulated the winners of the PrimeMinister’s Award forOutstanding Contribution forPromotion and Developmentof Yoga, 2019.

“We are immensely proudof their rich work to ensuremore people embrace Yogaand our planet becomes health-

ier,” he tweeted.Modi posted the congrat-

ulatory message on Twitter inSpanish, French, Arabic,Russian, Japanese and English.

Founded in 1980, the JapanYoga Niketan has popularisedyoga across Japan. It runs manyyoga training institutes andcourses. They have been able todraw people from all sectionsof Japanese society, Modi said.

Founded by Swami

Satyananda Saraswati, the BiharSchool of Yoga, Munger hasbeen actively working for over50 years.

“They merge ancient wis-

dom with modern trends withan aim to improve fitness.Their yoga programmes andpublications are widely popu-lar,” the PM said.

Modi also referred toAntonietta Rozzi, who belongsto Italy and has been practisingYoga for over four decades. Shefounded the Sarva YogaInternational and popularisedYoga across Europe.

“We are proud of dedicat-

ed individuals like her,” hetweeted. The prime ministersaid Swami Rajarshi Muni,who hails from Gujarat’sLimbdi, has made remarkableefforts to spread yoga. Mostnotably, he founded the LIFEMission and is associated withLakulish Yoga University thatmentors students, he said.

“His commitment to socialservice is also outstanding,”Modi said.

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The Centre has disbursed�12,305 crore so far to ben-

eficiaries under the PradhanMantri Kisan Samman Nidhi(PM-KISAN) scheme that aimsto boost farmers income byproviding them �6,000 per yearin three equal instalments.

“Recently, the governmenthas initiated the PM-KISANprogramme effective fromFebruary 1 to enable farmers totake care of expenses related toagriculture and allied activitiesas well as domestic needs,”Agriculture Minister NarendraSingh Tomar said in a writtenreply to the Rajya Sabha.

The scheme provides a pay-ment of �6,000 per year in threeequal instalments of �2,000 tobeneficiaries.

Recently, the Centre decid-ed to extend the benefit of thisscheme to all 14.5 crore farmers,irrespective of the size of theirlandholding, costing �87,217.50crore annually to the exchequer.

Giving an update on dis-bursement, Tomar, in a reply toa separate query, said, “Till date,the first installment to3,29,52,568 beneficiaries andthe second installment to2,85,73,889 beneficiaries havebeen credited directly to thebank accounts of farmers’ fam-ilies under the PM-KISAN

scheme.”The Government has dis-

bursed �6,590.51 crore for thefirst installment and �5,714.77crore for the second tranche, thedata showed.

“PM-KISAN is a continu-ous and ongoing scheme, in which the financial benefits aretransferred to the bank accounts of the identified ben-eficiaries as and when theircorrect and verified data isuploaded by the concernedStates/UTs on PM-KiSAN webportal,” the minister said. Thedata uploaded by the States/UTsundergoes multi-level verifica-tion and validation by variousagencies, including banks, and

then the amount is transferredto beneficiaries’ accounts. “Inthis process several times, therejected data is returned to theState/UT governments for cor-rection.

Though this result in delayin release of benefits to the iden-tified beneficiaries, it is essentialso as to ensure that the benefitreaches the correct beneficiary,”Tomar said.

The minister informed thatthe Government has decidedbeneficiaries would be eligible toget the payment commencingfrom the four-monthly period inwhich their names are uploadedin portal and also subsequentinstallments.

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After dillydallying formonths, the Rajasthan

Government has finally agreedto implement the central flag-ship health protection scheme,Ayushman Bharat - PradhanMantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the State.

Soon, AB-PMJAY will beintegrated with Rajasthan’sexisting state health scheme,BhamashahSwasthya BimaYojana (BSBY), said Dr InduBhushan, CEO AB-PMJAY andNational Health Authority.

He said, “The NHA hasbeen constantly working close-ly with the RajasthanGovernment in findingapproaches to seamlessly inte-grate BSBY with AB-PMJAY.We are happy that the StateGovernment too will be thepart of the central scheme. Wehave assured all possible sup-port including technical andpolicy-related assistance, toRajasthan.”

Currently, Rajasthan is pro-viding benefits to 97 Lakh

families under the BSBYscheme, and many of the eligi-ble families under AB-PMJAYare already covered underBSBY. All eligible familiesunder BSBY and AB-PMJAYwill be made eligible to availhealth benefits up to �5 Lakhper year under the scheme.

As far as the technology-related aspects are concerned inrolling-out the scheme,Rajasthan will continue thecurrent software implementa-tion, and systemic API basedintegration with solution suiteof NHA for benefits to bedelivered through AB-PMJAY

is envisaged to be done.As a part of package map-

ping, Rajasthan will run apackage mapping exercise toensure all packages specifiedunder PM-JAY are mappedwith the packages in BSBY.However, similar to any staterunning AB-PMJAY, Rajasthanhas complete flexibility toexpand beyond the AB-PMJAYpackages.

Last week, Union HealthMinister Harsh Vardhan hadwritten to the Chief Ministersof Delhi, Odisha, Telanganaand West Bengal, urging themto join the AB-PMJAY.

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In the absence of proper diag-nostic facilities in the country,

particularly in remote areas,nearly 80 per cent of personswith haemophilia (PwH), a seri-ous blood disorder remain undi-agnosed. According to an esti-mate, there are nearly two lakhPwH in India, the highest in theworld.

Haemophilia is a lifelongbleeding disorder that preventsblood from clotting. Delay indiagnosis or treatment can befatal to the persons with thegenetic condition. Also, therepeated bleeding into joints,bones muscles may lead to syn-ovitis, arthritis and permanentjoint deformities.

The Health Ministry tooadmits that a lot is yet to be donein the sector, particularly ondiagnostic front which in fact isa first step toward ensuring bet-ter treatment and managementof the disease.

“There is a need for a net-

work of diagnostic centres acrossthe country that can help first ofall in diagnosis and later makepeople aware about the serious-ness of the health disorder.There are disparities in diagno-sis also,” admitted VinitaSrivastava, national consultant,Blood cell from the Ministry.

She was speaking at anevent “Initiative on HemophiliaCare V- A sensitization programand the way forward, IHC-V”organised here by theHemophilia Foundation of India(HFI), the umbrella body forregistration of the patient with

the disorder. SS Roy choudhury, CEO,

HFI, said, “Almost one person inevery ten thousand is hemo-philic. By this record, there aremore than one 1,33,000 personswith Haemophilia in India.Unfortunately, due to lack ofadequate infrastructure, we havebeen able to identify only 22,000such PwHs so far.

“Also, those who have beenidentified, are not getting ade-quate treatment and medicinesthat are required for propercare, as per the World Federationof Hemophilia. “

Vikash Goel, President(HFI) felt that the identificationand diagnosis of the remainingsufferers can only be possible ifthere are enough trained hemo-philia doctors and testing facil-ities.

According to doctors, causeof haemophilia is the inabilityof the body to produce theanti-hemophilic factor (AHF) inthe required quantity. There isno known cure for this disorder.

Dr Nita Radhakrishnan,assistant professor at Noida-based Super Speciality PediatricHospital Doctors said, thoughthe government has doneenough under the NationalHealth Mission for haemophil-ia, proper diagnostic centreshave not come up in remotebelts of the country.

Also, though, worldwidethere has been increasingemphasis on providingProphylaxis treatment whereinintravenous injection of factorconcentrate is given to the per-sons with haemophilia on reg-

ular basis in order to preventanticipated bleeding, India hasjust made a beginning. TheMinistry has recently started apilot project at two hospitals inNoida in Uttar Pradesh andChennai in Tamil Nadu where-in children are being taught howto administer factors at theirhome itself on regular basis.

Dr Nita Radhakrishnan saidthat if children get timely factorinjections that would preventthem from life threateningbleedings as well as ensure theirquality life. The treatment pre-vents bleeding and joint destruc-tion, helping children withhaemophilia be more active,attend school, go for outdoorgames and above all, follow aroutine life which every childwants to live.

“Though prophylaxis is acostly treatment, its cost-effec-tive in the long-term because iteliminates the high cost associ-ated with subsequent manage-ment of damaged joints andimproves quality of life,” she said.

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The hay stack of a BJP work-er inside the premises of his

house was set on fire in Nadiadistrict of West Bengal byTMC workers, a charge the rul-ing party denied.

China Mondal, whose husband Sambhu is a BJPactivist, lodged a complaint with the Taherpurpolice station saying someTrinamool Congress workersset the hay stack afire in the weehours of Saturday for politicalreasons.

In her FIR, China said herson, an e-rickshaw driver, was entering their house in Maniktala village around 1am when he found four per-sons who are known TMCworkers fleeing from theirpremises.

The fire was noticed thevery next moment and localpeople and a fire tender dousedto blaze.

She alleged that they mightalso have a plan to set theirhouse on fire.

Local people said the firecould have spread to otherhouses.

Sambhu Mandal allegedthat he was earlier threatenedby the TMC workers that hewould be driven out from thevillage for supporting the BJP.

Local TMC leaders said theparty was not involved with theincident.

Police said an investigationwas on.

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undertake a ‘rath yatra’ (a tourin a special vehicle) acrossMaharashtra to campaign forAssembly polls, the BJP saidSaturday.

The state polls are due inOctober.

The decision was taken atthe meeting of the state BJPexecutive here.

Revenue minister andsenior party leaderChandrakant Patil saidFadnavis’ campaign tour willstart in August and the date willbe announced later.

“During the rath yatra, ourslogans will be ‘Fir Ek BaarShivshahi Sarkaar’ (Once againsaffron alliance government)and ‘Abki Baar 220 Ke Paar’(This Time 220-plus),” Patilsaid.

Another party leader saidFadnavis will try to cover all288 Assembly constituenciesduring the tour, highlightingthe achievements of his gov-ernment.

Fadnavis, who addressed the meeting, saiddecisiveness was his party’sstrength.

“We are here for politics of performance! Decisiveness is our strength, we are not for populist measures, butworking hard on actual delivery system. And only bythis we are able to gain confi-dence of people,” he tweetedlater.

“We need to move forwardwith this direction & withmore sustained efforts,” headded.

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Ruling out any mid-termpolls, Karnataka BJP

President BS YeddyurappaSaturday said the Congress-JD(S) coalition Governmentwould not survive for long because of internal dif-ferences and asked it to quit ifthey were not able to governthe State.

“I have already said thisclearly as the state president.We are 105 MLAs.

There are more than 20disgruntled (MLAs) inCongress-JD(S). If you don’thave the capability to run theadministration, resign,”Yeddyurappa said.

Speaking to reporters here,he said voters of the statewould not agree for anotherelection, 13 months after the

assembly polls.“Taking such decisions

with selfish motives is notright. Resign and go home, wewill run the administration- Ihave already said this...

According to me, this gov-ernment will not survive forlong if you look at their infight-ing,” he added.

Yeddyurappas statementcomes a day after former PrimeMinister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda Friday saidthere was no doubt there wouldbe mid-term polls to the stateassembly.

Gowda had also said he did not know how long the Congress-JD(S)Government, headed by his sonH D Kumaraswamy, wouldcontinue and it was in thehands of the senior coalitionpartner.

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Jammu: Lauding border resi-dents for providing support totroops and maintaining vigil intheir areas, Army chief GeneralBipin Rawat said on Saturdaythat the forces were fully pre-pared for emerging securitychallenges.

"I am fully satisfied with theoperational preparedness oftroops to meet all security chal-lenges,” the Army chief saidduring his visit to the Akhnoorsector here.

On Friday, the Army chiefhad visited troops on the Lineof Control (LoC) in Rajouri dis-trict and assured material andmoral support to all soldiers forenhancing operational capa-bilities.

He also reviewed the secu-rity situation in the state andexhorted all ranks to remainvigilant to counter nefariousdesigns of the enemy and anti-national elements.

On the second day of his

tour, General Rawat, accompa-nied by General OfficerC o m m a n d i n g - i n - c h i e f ,Northern Command,Lieutenant General RanbirSingh, visited troops in theAkhnoor sector and was briefedand updated by General OfficerCommanding, White KnightCorps, Lt Gen Paramjit Singhand commanders on ground, adefence spokesman said.

He said General Rawatreviewed the preparations torespond to ceasefire violationsby Pakistani forces, counter

infiltration grid and preparationto deal with provocations byenemy on the LoC and theInternational Border (IB).

The Army chief was alsobriefed on infusion of technol-ogy with operational techniquesand integration of force multi-pliers, which has increasedcapabilities manifold, thespokesman said.

He said the Army chief alsointeracted with the soldiersand commended them for self-less devotion and high standardof professionalism.

He was appreciative of thesynergy between Jammu andKashmir Police, civil adminis-tration, Border Security Forceand the Army, the spokesmansaid.

He said General Rawatconveyed his appreciation to thecitizens living along the borderfor providing all support to thetroops and maintaining vigil intheir areas. PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram: Facingheat over the rape allegationsagainst his elder son, CPI(M)State secretary KodiyeriBalakrishnan on Saturdaysought to distance the party andhimself from the case.

Looking visibly uncomfort-able as he faced a barrage ofquestions from the media per-sonnel, Balakrishnan said hisson Binoy was an adult andresponsible for hisactions,adding that he need notexpect any protection from himor from the party.

This is the first timeKodiyeri was reacting on thecharges of rape and cheatingagainst his son, raised by a for-mer bar dancer of Mumbai.

"Neither my party CPI(M)nor I will protect Binoy. He is anadult. He stays as a separate fam-ily and is responsible for hisactions," Kodiyeri said.

The complainant, a 33-year-old woman from Mumbai, hadalleged that Binoy had raped herpromising marriage and she

had an eight-year-old son fromthe relationship.

Mumbai Police has regis-tered a case against Binoy, whois said to be abscounding.

Balakrishnan, who wasundergoing ayurvedic treat-ment,today attended the CPI(M)state secretariat at the AKGCentre here and also met ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan inthe morning.

Speculations were rife sincethis morning that Kodiyeriwould put in his papers.

Surprising the media, theveteran leader called for a pressmeet this evening and made itclear his son would fight the caselegally and neither he nor theparty would back him.

He also said the party wouldnot shoulder the responsiblity ofthe misdemeanours commit-ted by the family members ofparty workers. "This is a lessonto every party member thatCPI(M) will not take responsi-bility in case any family mem-ber commits any offence,"

Balakrishanan said.The allegations need to be

probed to bring out the truth, hesaid, adding Binoy would haveto prove his innocence.

The CPI(M)'s stand on theissue had earlier been made clearby its General Secretary SitaramYechury, who had stated that theparty will not interfere in thematter as it was an issue relatedto an individual and not to theparty, he said. Denying mediareports that he had offered tostep down from the party lead-ership, Balakrishnan said "if Ihad done any wrong, the partywill decide and take the action".

Claiming that he got toknow about the case only afterMumbai police registered anFIR, he rejected media reportsthat the woman and her familyhad contacted him. "No onespoke to me in this regard.All thereports that I or my family hadcontacted her (complainant) areallegations that have been men-tioned in the complaint. Let thecourt decide," he said. PTI

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Mumbai: MaharashtraMinister Girish Mahajan'scomment that the next ChiefMinister is expected to befrom the BJP drew a sharpresponse from Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray onSaturday.

The alliance between thetwo parties was forged after heheld discussions with BJP chiefAmit Shah and chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis (before theLok Sabha polls), Thackeraysaid.

"We formed the allianceafter BJP's national presidentAmit Shah, chief ministerFadnavis and I reached amutual understanding. No oneelse should poke his nose intothe issue of who will be thenext chief minister," Thackeraywas quoted as saying in a Senastatement.

The two saffron parties,

partners in the ruling coalition,decided to continue thealliance for the Assembly polls(due in October) as well whenthey decided on seat- sharingformula for the recent LokSabha elections.

Speaking to reporters,Mahajan, senior BJP leaderand state Water ResourcesMinister, had said everyoneexpected that the next chiefminister should be from hisparty.

Thackeray said there wereseveral burning issues beforethe state which needed to bedealt with.

"There are problems ofpoor farmers who voted us topower. But instead of address-ing their woes, the question ofwho will become the chiefminister has assumed signifi-cance for some people," theSena chief said. PTI

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Srinagar: Jammu & KashmirGovernor Satya Pal Malik saidon Saturday the situation in theValley had vastly improved overthe past year and the HurriyatConference was willing to enterinto a dialogue with theGovernment.

"The Hurriyat Conferencewas not willing to talk. RamVilas Paswan was standing attheir door (in 2016), but theywere not ready to talk, Maliksaid at a funtion here. "Today,they are ready for talks and wantto hold dialogue. There is achange in everyone."

Malik said the situation inKashmir had improved eversince he took over as theGovernor last August, addingthat recruitment of militants hadalmost stopped and stone-pelt-ing incidents on Fridays hadended.

"I feel good that the tem-perature (of the situation) hascome down significantly sincethe day I arrived here," he said.

"We do not feel good whena youth is killed, we want tobring him back. There is a lot ofthought being given as to whatkind of scheme is needed tobring them back," Malik said."But when someone opens fire,the security forces will fire back.

They would not present a bou-quet of flowers."

The Governor hinted that itwas not easy to assess the situ-ation of Kashmir while sittingelsewhere in the country even ifone had served or lived in thevalley for some time.

"When I visit Delhi, thereare so many people who claimto be Kashmir hand. I ask themwhen were you in Kashmir.They say 15 years ago," he said."Kashmir changes in 15 days,you do not know anything. Ifyou want to know Kashmir, livethere and see it."

Malik said when he came tothe state he decided not to lis-ten only to intelligence people.

"I am in touch with around200 people and from them Ihave come to know about theproblems. The diseases havebeen diagnosed, the diseases areplenty but these can be cured.The narrative can be changed,the prerequisite is that the inten-tions are good and sincere onboth sides," he added. PTI

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Varanasi (UP): Newly elected BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) MP Atul Rai, who hasbeen accused of rape, surrendered in acourt here on Saturday.

The judicial magistrate (first)remanded Rai in 14-day judicial custody.

An FIR was registered against Rai onMay 1 on a complaint by a college stu-dent who had alleged that he took herhome on the pretext of meeting his wifebut sexually assaulted her.

Rai, who has denied the rape allega-tions, had been on the run since the lodg-ing of the FIR.

The parliamentarian from the Ghosiconstituency in Uttar Pradesh was declaredabsconder by the local court.The SupremeCourt had on May 27 refused to grant Raiprotection from arrest in the rape casewhile noting that 16 other criminal caseswere pending against him. PTI

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Rajnandgaon: Union MinisterGiriraj Singh said on Saturdaythat those opposing the tripletalaq legislation were doinginjustice to the Muslim women.

The Union governmentFriday introduced the freshMuslim Women (Protection ofRights on Marriage) Bill 2019which criminalises the practiseof triple talaq.

"Those who are opposingthe bill to ban triple talaq in thename of Muslims and religionare doing injustice to our sisters(the Muslim women)," the BJPleader said.

"I want to ask whether lawshave not been been enacted tocheck social evil among theHindus like child-marriage and

the custom of `sati' (burning ofwindow on husband's funeralpyre)," the Union Minister forAnimal Husbandry said.

He was speaking atRajnandgaon in Chhattisgarhafter attending inaugural sessionof a workshop related to his min-istry.

"Those who are opposing it(the bill) have a vested politicalinterest," he said when askedabout the Congress' opposition.

He also advocated simulta-neous elections. "...No year pass-es when there is no election.Frequent elections to panchay-at bodies, municipal bodies,assemblies or Parliament affectthe continuity of developmentprograms," he said. PTI

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Chennai: As Tamil Nadu reels under theworst water crisis, the ruling AIADMK onSaturday performed 'yagna' in templesacross the State, while the Opposition DMKstaged "empty pot" demonstrations, urgingthe Government to take steps to address theissue.

Senior AIADMK leader and FisheriesMinister D Jayakumar took part in a 'yagna'at a Shiva temple here and planted saplingsin the premises of the shrine.

He told reporters that performing yag-nas was "an expression of faith", hoping thatthe Almighty will answer their prayers forrain.

DMK leader and former city mayor MaSubramanian, who led an agitation here, hitout at the AIADMK, saying executing planswith rationale alone could help address the

situation. "Conducting such rituals have noutility," he told PTI.

Municipal Administration Minister S PVelumani took part in a 'yagna' atPatteeswaram temple in Coimbatore district.

As Velumani took part in prayers, hun-dreds of DMK cadres staged a protest, seek-ing the Minister's resignation for his "failure"to create necessary infrastructure for watersupply. Talking to reporters later, he said themove to bring water from Jolarpet in Velloredistrict to Chennai would not affect the wateravailability there.

Former Lok Sabha deputy speaker MThambidurai took part in a prayer inanother city temple. Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan participated in a puja atPachamalai Murugan temple in Erode dis-trict. PTI

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Palanpur: A SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) wasformed on Saturday to probethe alleged murders of fourmembers of a family inGujarat’s Banaskantha district,police said.

While police suspected thatKarsanji Patel (55), a debt-ridden farm labourer, hadkilled his wife and three chil-dren with an axe beforeattempting suicide in Kudavillage in Lakhani taluka of thedistrict on Friday, the villagershave disputed this version.

They claimed that somemoney lenders might havekilled the family members ofPatel. "A five-member SIT hasbeen formed to investigate thegruesome murders after vil-

lagers held a sit-in and refusedto receive the bodies from acommunity health centre untilthe murderers are arrested,"said IG, Border range,Dharmendrasinh Vaghela.

The villagers relented andaccepted the bodies after theSIT was set up.

A large number of vil-lagers gathered outside thecommunity health centre inLakhani and even called for abandh, arguing that Patel wasnot behind the killings.

Police had Friday said thatPatel, who is currently hospi-talised with head injuries, hadaxed his wife Anandiben (50),their two sons, Ukaji (22) andSuresh (13), and daughterBhavna (22). PTI

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Tiruchirappalli (TN): A seniorDMK leader on Saturday askedparty chief M K Stalin not totake on board key ally Congressfor the local body polls, expect-ed to be held shortly andinstead go it alone.

KN Nehru, a former StateMinister and DMK's districtsecretary, addressing a protestdemonstration here, said tallclaims were being made byCongress leaders on gettingmaximum number of seatsfrom DMK for the local bodypolls.

"A Congress functionaryhas claimed to get 35 wards insouth Chennai. Another wants50 seats elsewhere. If this istheir mindset, what will be leftfor DMK workers?

"Where will we go? Shouldwe stand on the road?"he asked.

Hence "I am telling ourpresident; to be of proper useto the people, it will be betterfor us to face the local bodyelections alone."

The Tiruchirapalli districtparty stalwart asked how longcould the party be "palanquinbearers".."we are carrying them(Congress) on our shoulders."

He, however, made it clearthat this was his own view andnot that of the party and added

that he would abide by anydecision of the DMK chief.

In the same breath, he saidif the party top brass wantedthem to continue to prop upCongress, they would do so.

Delving into the Congress-DMK ties in the past, Nehrurecalled that some from thenational party used to criticisethem and the party-led gov-ernment even when they wereallies.

Considering "coalitiondharma," the party worked forA Chellakumar and made himwin from Krishnagiri LokSabha seat though he had spo-ken against the party in theAssembly in the past, he said.

Later, Nehru told reportersthat he had only expressed histhoughts after seeing newsreports of Congress func-tionaries demanding morenumber of seats.

Apparently disapprovingof such demands, he said suchassertions one after other byleaders may strain ties betweenthe two parties.

Asked if his remark was atactic to contest in more num-ber of seats, he said: "for surewe will fight in more numberof seats in the local body elec-tions." PTI

Gorakhpur (UP): Accusingprevious SP and BSPGovernments of having an"apathetic" attitude towardsfarmers, Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath saidhis Government had accordedtop priority to them, givingrecord sugarcane dues afterassuming office.

"During the SP, BSPregimes, the attitude of theGovernment was apatheticand farmers could barely get�900 per quintal for wheat butour Government is giving�1,860 per quintal,” an officialrelease quoting him said.

"For the first time after theIndependence, over �70,000crore outstanding paymentwas made to sugarcane farm-ers," he claimed.

The Chief Minister allegedthat the previous SPGovernment had "ruined" themilk production while hisgovernment had been makingefforts to promote the dairyindustry and its products.

"Over 14 dairies will bestarted soon in the state.Arrangements are being madeto purchase milk from farm-ers so that more of them couldget into the dairy industry," hesaid at an innovative farmers'meet, organised by MadanMohan Malviya University ofTechnology here under theaegis of the CII and the UPAgriculture Department.

The CM said in the pastfive years, under the leadershipof Prime Minister NarendraModi, several welfare schemesfor farmers had been intro-

duced."�6,000 is being given to

all farmers annually underthe Kisan Sammaan NidhiScheme so that they do nothave to ask for help from any-one. Farmers have also beenpaid 1.5 times of the cost ofproduce in my regime," hesaid.

Talking about the initia-tives taken by the StateGovernment, Adityanath said,"Around 40 lakh farmers havebeen trained and providedknowledge of creative farmingthrough Uttar PradeshFarmers' School."

The Chief Minister saidPipraich and Munderwa sugarmills had been started forsugarcane farmers of easternUP.

Pipraich sugar mill willhave a crushing capacity of50,000 quintals per day. It willproduce fine sugar, ethanoland electricity.

"The Bansagar project waspending since 1977-78. Tokenmoney was given every yearbut to no use. Within one yearof our Government, the pro-ject was completed. With thehelp of the Bansagar project,arrangements have been madeto irrigate 1.5 lakh hectares,"he said.

For increasing the incomeof farmers, the chief ministersaid, "Along with agriculture,farmers will also have toengage themselves in animalhusbandry, dairy industry,horticulture, vegetable pro-duction, poultry, fisheries andduck farming." PTI

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Mumbai: The EnforcementDirectorate has told the BombayHigh Court that it was ready toprovide an air ambulance tobring diamantaire MehulChoksi, a key accused in themulti-crore Punjab NationalBank scam, to India.

Choksi, currently based inthe Caribbean nation ofAntigua, recently told the highcourt that he left India for med-ical treatment and not to avoidprosecution in the case. He saidhe would return to India as soonas he is medically fit to travel.

In a counter affidavit filedbefore the court on Friday, theEnforcement Directorate (ED)said Choksi's submissionappeared to be "facades beingerected merely to mislead thecourt".

"The ED conducts investi-gations in a very fair and pro-fessional manner. It may beappreciated that taking ahumanitarian approach, theyare ready to provide an expertmedical team along with airambulance to bring Choksi fromAntigua to India under propermedical supervision," the probeagency said.

The agency added that bestmedical services were available

in India and, if required, wouldbe provided to Choksi on hisreturn.

The agency also brought tothe court's attention the dis-charge summary of the hospitalin New York, where he had suc-cessfully undergone surgery inFebruary 2008, which allowedthe diamantaire to return towork within three to five days.

"As such it is not clear whatis preventing him from travellingnow, after 16-17 months fromthe date of undergoing the saidprocedure," the ED said.

The EnforcementDirectorate, which moved aspecial PMLA court here to getChoksi declared a fugitive eco-nomic offender, has accusedthe jeweller of fleeing the coun-try to avoid arrest.

Choksi and his nephewNirav Modi, who is currently ina London jail, are wanted by theED and the CBI for allegedlydefrauding the Punjab NationalBank (PNB) to the tune of�13,400 crore. PTI

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Mumbai: The MaharashtraChief Minister's Relief Fundhas disbursed �553.92 crore to56,318 needy people for medicalrequirements since 2014, whenthe Devendra Fadnavis govern-ment took over.

The figure for the last 10months alone is �106 crore dis-bursed to 10,582 people, a seniorofficial said.

In a statement issuedSaturday, Fadnavis said, "TheState Government offers finan-cial help to patients throughAyushman Bharat and MahatmaJyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana.But those who cannot availthese two schemes usually gethelp from chief minister's relieffund."

Fadnavis said total amountdisbursed between 2009-14,when a Congress-NCPGovernment was in power, was�40.56 crore to 16,000 needypeople.

"Our Government dis-bursed monetary help to notonly more people, but alsoraised the amount of financial

help from �25,000 initially to Rsone lakh and further to �3lakh," he said.

When contacted, a seniorofficial working in the chief min-ister's office said there was nodearth of money in the CMRFto help needy people.

"The present Governmenthas incorporated a few more cat-egories to the financial assistancescheme. Apart from heart surg-eries and cancer, help can also beavailed for liver, heart and bonemarrow transplants," the officialsaid.

On Friday, Mission Muskan,a joint initiative of the RotaryInternational and Chief MinisterMedical Assistance Cell organ-ised a fund-raiser at the BombayStock Exchange, after which acheque of �3 crore was handedover for the CMRF to AmrutaFadnavis, the CM's wife.

Suresh Chokhani, MissionMuskan chairperson, said apartfrom the �3 crore that washanded over, another �7 crorewill soon be deposited in theCMRF. PTI

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Further opening of bankingand insurance sectors for

FDI, speeding up disinvest-ment process and manage-ment of water resources wereamong the focus areas of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’sinteraction with economistsand industry experts onSaturday to achieve higher eco-nomic growth, said sources.

During the interactive ses-sion, ahead of the presentationof the Union Budget nextmonth, speakers made a casefor “single minded pursuit” toachieve growth, they added.

A release issued by thePrime Minister’s Office (PMO)said that the session organisedby Niti Aayog on ‘EconomicPolicy - The Road Ahead’ wasattended by over 40 economistsand sectoral experts.

“During the session, par-ticipants shared their views, infive distinct groups, on the eco-nomic themes of macro econ-omy and employment, agri-culture and water resources,exports, education and health,”the release said.

Meanwhile, Modi in atweet said he had a fruitfulinteraction with economistsand other experts. “The inputsreceived were insightful andwill benefit our growth trajec-tory.”

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Narendran (Global CEO andMD, Tata Steel), Anil Agarwal(Chairman, VedantaResources), Sanjiv Puri(Chairman and MD, ITC), andVijay Shekhar Sharma (CEO,Paytm) were among the indus-try leaders who put forth theirviews in the meeting.

Among the economistsand experts present at themeeting were Bimal Jalan (for-mer RBI Governor), ShankarAcharya (former ChiefEconomic Adviser), SurjitBhalla (former PMEAC mem-ber), Vikram Limay (CEO,NSE), Sonal Varma (ChiefEconomist, Nomura), ShekharShah (DG, NCAER), and BibekDebroy (Chairman, EAC-PM).

Sources said that key issueslike creation of jobs, boostingexports amid trade wars andinitiating more structuralreforms too were focus of theinteractive session.

Niti Aayog, the govern-ment think-tank, termed thesession as “lively, vibrant, con-structive” where extremely pos-itive discussions took place.

Tata Sons ChairmanChandrasekaran appreciatedthe Niti Aayog’s policy of push-ing eco-friendly electric vehi-cles in the country, accordingto sources.

The Aayog has asked con-ventional two- and three-wheeler makers to suggestwithin two weeks concretesteps towards transition toelectric mobility keeping inmind 2025 deadline.

During the session,Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal made acase for further liberalisation ofthe coal and mining sector.

The PMO release said thePrime Minister thanked allparticipants for their sugges-tions and observations on var-ious aspects of the economy.

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State for Finance AnuragThakur and senior officials ofthe ministry Saturday observedthe symbolic ‘Halwa’ ceremo-ny to mark the launch of for-mal printing of documentsrelating to the Union Budget2019-20.

The NDA governmentwould on July 5 unveil the fullBudget for 2019-20. OnFebruary 1, the governmenthad presented an InterimBudget to take Parliament nodfor spending till the new gov-ernment takes charge after thegeneral elections.

Finance Secretary SubhashChandra Garg, RevenueSecretary Ajay BhushanPandey, DIPAM SecretaryAtanu Chakraborty andFinancial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar tooattended the customary pre-Budget event.

“Halwa ceremony markingthe commencement of Budgetprinting process for theGeneral Budget 2019-20 washeld in North Block here todayafternoon in the august pres-

ence of the Union Minister ofFinance & Corporate Affairs,Nirmala Sitharaman,” a Finance Ministry statementsaid. As part of the ritual,‘halwa’ is prepared in a big‘kadhai’ (large frying pot) andserved to the entire staff in theMinistry.

The significance of theevent is that after the sweet dishis served, a large number ofofficials and support staff, whoare directly associated with

the Budget making and print-ing process, are required to stayin the ministry and remain cutoff from their families till thepresentation of the Budget inthe Lok Sabha.

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office order issued by theDepartment of Expenditureon June 18 regarding disbursalof salary for June is applicableto only an attached office underthe department and temporaryin nature.

The ministry cautionedthe general public not to cir-culate the order since it is con-fidential in nature and mayattract punitive actions underapplicable legal provisions.

“It has been brought tonotice that an internalConfidential Office Order per-taining to the Department ofExpenditure, Ministry ofFinance is being circulated invarious social media platforms,”an official statement said. It saidthe Department of

Expenditure’s order relating tothe disbursal of salary for themonth of June 2019 is applic-able only to an attached officeunder the department, name-ly the Controller General ofAccounts (CGA) and officialsworking in the PFMS ProjectCell and is temporary in natureto avoid exceeding the Vote onAccount limit.

With a view to keep theexpenditure within in the ceil-ing of Vote on Accountapproved by Parliament in theinterim Budget, the expendi-ture department decided thatJune salaries of Group ‘A’ and‘B’ officers will be releasedafter passage of the full Budgetfor 2019-20, sources said on theJune 18 order.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman will be presentingthe Budget in the Lok Sabha onJuly 5.

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Ahead of Secretary of StateMike Pompeo’s visit to

India next week, an influentialAmerican lawmaker has askedhim to take up the issue ofincreased tariff on almondsduring his meeting with PrimeMinster Narendra Modi.

India has announced ahike in customs duties on asmany as 28 US products,including almond, apple, puls-es and walnut, in response tohigher tariffs imposed byWashington on Indian prod-ucts like steel and aluminium.

The commerce ministrylast week made public India’sintention to go ahead withimposition of duty onAmerican products, a moveNew Delhi had previouslydeferred in the hope of strikinga trade deal.

Congressman Josh Harder

in a letter asked Pompeo toaddress new retaliatory tariffson almonds with Modi duringhis meeting in New Delhi nextweek.

Harder’s district is one ofthe largest producers ofalmonds in the country, andIndia is the top export desti-nation for the product.

“Our top diplomat is meet-ing with India’s Prime Minister- his job is to advanceAmerican interests, and thatincludes the needs of theCentral Valley. I hope he takesthis seriously, because these tar-iffs could be a big problem forour local economy,” saidHarder in his letter.

Pompeo will be visitingIndia from June 25 to June 27.His visit comes ahead of ameeting between US PresidentDonald Trump and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on thesidelines of the G20 Summit in

Osaka, Japan on June 28-29.During his visit, Pompeo

will meet Prime Minister Modiand his new Indian counterpartExternal Affairs Minister SJaishankar.

“India is an important mar-ket for California almonds.This shipping season, India isour #1 export destination andhas been growing in light of theon-going trade situation withChina,” said Elaine Trevino,president of Almond Allianceof California in an accompa-nying statement.

“We are hopeful that thesetariffs are resolved quickly anddon’t disrupt the access Indianconsumers have to Californiaalmonds,” Trevino said.

California’s largest agricul-tural export is almonds, theCongressman said, adding thatUS farmers export over USD650 million worth of almondsto India annually.

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The United States is blacklist-ing five Chinese organisa-

tions involved in supercomput-ing with military-related appli-cations, citing national securityas justification for denying itsAsian geopolitical rival access tocritical US technology.

The move Friday by the USCommerce Department couldcomplicate talks next weekbetween President DonaldTrump and his Chinese coun-terpart, Xi Jinping, aimed at de-escalating a trade disputebetween the world’s two biggesteconomies.

The five blacklisted organ-isations placed on the so-calledEntity List includes supercom-puter maker Sugon.

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The State Bank of India isplanning to expand its mar-

ket in Singapore by enhancingits relationship across small andmedium enterprises (SMEs)some of which have strongfootholds across Asia Pacific.

Acknowledging the stiffcompetition from FinancialTechnology (FinTech) compa-nies.

Washington: Major banksoperating in the United Stateswould be able to withstand asevere global economic crisiswith funds to spare, the FederalReserve said Friday.

The Fed announced theresults of its annual bank stresstests, showing the 18 largestfinancial institutions wouldsuffer losses but still haveenough of a capital buffer tocontinue operating.

“The results confirm thatour financial system remainsresilient,” Fed Vice ChairmanRandal Quarles said.

During the 2008 financialcrisis, the collapse of the mort-gage securities market essen-tially froze the financial systemand the US government had tospend billions to bail out banks.

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Union Minister RaviShankar Prasad on

Saturday announced that TataConsultancy Services (TCS) isall set to start a major centre inPatna. The Union IT minister,who also holdsCommunications andElectronics portfolio,announced it on his twitterhandle after meeting Tata SonsChairman N Chandrasekaranin New Delhi.

“Chairman of Tata SonsShri N Chandrasekaran metme today. We had an enrichingdiscussion on India’s digitalfuture. I am delighted thatsoon TCS is starting a majorcentre in Patna.

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Tehran warned Washingtonon Saturday that any attack

would see its interests across theMiddle East go up in flames afterUS President Donald Trumpsaid he called off a strike at the11th hour.

The aborted US militaryaction was to have been inresponse to Iran’s downing of aUS reconnaissance drone, whichhas seen tensions between thetwo countries soar after a seriesof attacks on oil tankers the UShas blamed on Iran.

“Firing one bullet towardsIran will set fire to the interestsof America and its allies” in theregion, armed forces generalstaff spokesman BrigadierGeneral Abolfazl Shekarchi toldthe Tasnim news agency.

“If the enemy -- especiallyAmerica and its allies in theregion -- make the militarymistake of shooting the powderkeg on which America’s interestslie, the region will be set on fire,”Shekarchi warned.

President Donald Trumpsaid Friday that the UnitedStates was “cocked & loaded” tostrike Iran but pulled back at the

last minute as it would not havebeen a “proportionate” responseto Tehran’s shooting down of anunmanned drone.

Under pressure to respondto the high-stakes incident nearthe strategic Strait of Hormuz,Trump said the US was preparedto hit “3 different sites” Thursdaynight but that he scrapped thestrikes “10 minutes” before theywere to have been launched.

“I asked, how many will die.150 people, sir, was the answerfrom a General,” the presidenttweeted, saying he concluded itwould not have been “propor-tionate to shooting down anunmanned drone.”

According to excerpts of aninterview with NBC’s “Meet thePress” conducted Friday morn-ing at the White House, Trumpsaid he had not given finalapproval to strikes against Iran,and that no planes were in theair. “But they would have beenpretty soon. And things wouldhave happened to a point whereyou wouldn’t turn back or could-n’t turn back,” he said.

He added that he did notwant war with Iran, but if it cameto pass, there would be “obliter-ation like you’ve never seen

before.” The US president hadstruck a combative tone in ini-tial comments Thursday aboutthe downing of the Global Hawksurveillance aircraft, but as thepre-dawn incident whipped upfears of open conflict, Trumpmoved to dial back tensions.

Tehran insists that the droneviolated its airspace -- somethingWashington denies -- but wasprepared to accept on Friday thatit might have done so by acci-dent.The drone could haveentered Iran’s airspace over a mis-take by “a general or some oper-ators,” the commander of theRevolutionary Guards’ aero-space arm, Brigadier GeneralAmir Ali Hajizadeh told statenews agency IRNA on Saturday.

“Nonetheless, this was an actof trampling international avia-tion laws by a spy aircraft, whichmet our natural response,”Hajizadeh added.

The foreign ministry said ithad summoned the charge d’af-faires of the United ArabEmirates, from where the USdrone launched, to protestagainst its decision to “put itsinstallations at the disposal offoreign forces for aggression”against Iran.

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Security measures wereincreased at one of Iraq’s

largest air bases that housesAmerican trainers followingan attack last week, a top Iraqiair force commander saidSaturday.

U.S. Military said opera-tions at the base were going onas usual and there were cur-rently no plans to evacuate per-sonnel.

The stepped-up Iraqi secu-rity measures at Balad air base,just north of the capital,Baghdad, come amid sharplyrising tensions in the MiddleEast between the United Statesand Iran.

The current regional crisisis rooted in the U.S.Withdrawal last year from the2015 nuclear deal betweenTehran and world powers.Washington subsequently re-imposed sanctions on Iran,sending its economy intofreefall and cutting deeply intoits oil exports.

Gen. Falah Fares told TheAssociated Press by telephonethat the measures include anight-time curfew, boosting

security inside and near thebase as well as surveillance ofnearby areas.

He said these measuresare being carried out in coor-dination with the US.

“All unnecessary move-ments have been reduced,”Fares said, adding that thecurfew now lasts from sunsetuntil sunrise. He said thechange was made after Baladair base, home to a squadron ofIraqi F-16 fighter jets, was hitwith three mortar shells lastweek without inflicting casu-alties. The curfew had previ-ously been from midnight tosunrise, he said.

Col. Kevin Walker, US AirForces Central CommandDirector of Force Protection,denied in a statement laterSaturday reports that USForces are evacuating contrac-tors or any other personnelfrom Balad air base.

“Operations at Balad AirBase are continuing as normal.Claims that personnel are beingevacuated are categoricallyfalse,” Walker said.

“There are no plans at thistime to evacuate any personnelfrom Balad.”

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The frontrunner in the raceto be the next British Prime

Minister, Boris Johnson, wasdealing with the wrong kind ofheadlines on Saturday as aloud and noisy bust-up with hisgirlfriend in London wasreported to the police.

Johnson, who is going headto head with UK foreign sec-retary Jeremy Hunt in theConservative Party leadershiprace to replace Theresa May atDowning Street, was recordedby neighbours during whatseemed like a screaming matchwith partner Carrie Symondsin south-east London onFriday.

“The caller was concernedfor the welfare of a femaleneighbour. Police attended andspoke to all occupants of theaddress, who were all safe andwell,” a Metropolitan Policespokesperson said.

“There were no offences orconcerns apparent to the offi-cers and there was no cause forpolice action,” the spokesper-son added.

‘The Guardian’ reportedthat a neighbour had told thenewspaper they heard a womanscreaming followed by “slam-

ming and banging” during thealleged altercation. In arecording made by the neigh-bour from their own flat,Johnson was reportedly heardrefusing to leave the flat andtelling the woman to “get off ”his laptop before there was aloud crashing noise.

Symonds is allegedly heardsaying the Tory MP had ruineda sofa with red wine: “You justdon’t care for anything becauseyou’re spoilt.

You have no care formoney or anything.”

Johnson’s spokesperson hasrefused to comment on thereports but it will lead tointense scrutiny over the for-mer Cabinet minister’s colour-ful private life. His affair withSymonds, a communicationschief for the Tory party, hadbeen exposed last year result-ing in his Indian-origin wifeMarina Wheeler filing fordivorce.

Wheeler, a human rightslawyer, is the daughter of for-mer BBC journalist CharlesWheeler and his second wifeDip Singh.

During his time as theMayor of London from 2008-2016, Johnson had often madereferences to his wife’s Indian

roots to categorise himself asthe “son-in-law of India”.

The couple are now in theprocess of splitting up after 25years of marriage and fourchildren, with 29-year-oldSymonds expected to joinJohnson, 55, at Downing Streetif he wins the Tory leadershipbattle.

She was in the audienceduring Johnson’s leadership campaign launchon June 12 and has been cred-ited in the media with smarten-ing up the leadership hopeful’slook.

Johnson continues to bethe bookmakers’ favourite tosucceed Theresa May asConservative leader and theUK’s next Prime Minister, afterholding on to a clear lead inseveral rounds of early votingby Conservative MPs.

He now faces the wider160,000-strong Tory member-ship in hustings to convincethem of his credentials overJeremy Hunt.

Members of theConservative Party will receivetheir postal ballot papersbetween July 6 and 8, with thenew leader expected to beannounced in the week begin-ning July 22.

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Nine people died in a fierycrash of a small airplane

used in a sky dive operation, offi-cials in Hawaii said. T h e r ewere no survivors after the twinengine King Air plane crashedFriday night near DillinghamAirfield, on Oahu’s North Shore,Hawaii Department ofTransportation spokesman TimSakahara said.

“Upon arrival, we saw theplane fully engulfed in fire,”Honolulu Fire Chief ManuelNeves told reporters on thescene. “The first crews onscene extinguished the fire.”

Neves said the crashedoccurred near the perimeterfencing of the small airport.

“They’re quite a ways awayfrom the runway,” he said.

The plane was used in a skydive operation, and Neves saidsome family members of those

on board waited at the airportfor the plane to return.

The debris field was rela-tively small, about 50 feet (15meters) by 50 feet (15 meters),he said.

“In my 40 years as a fire-fighter here in Hawaii, this is themost tragic aircraft incidentwhat we’ve had,” he toldreporters at the scene, about anhour’s drive north of Honolulu.

Crews with HonoluluEmergency Services said itassisted with death pronounce-ments of the nine after receivingthe call at 6:26 pm local time,agency spokeswoman ShayneEnright said. Names, ages andgenders of the deceased have notbeen released. Neves said manydetails are still not known aboutthe flight. But he says witnesseshave said the plane was inboundto the airport when the crashoccurred but that has not beenconfirmed.

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At least seven people diedSaturday when an under-

construction building ownedby a Chinese company col-lapsed at a Cambodian beachresort, officials said, as rescuersscoured the giant rubble heap forsurvivors.

The building went downbefore sunrise in the casino-resort town Sihanoukville insouthwestern Cambodia, arapidly developing touristhotspot awash with Chineseinvestments.

Four people have beenarrested in connection with theaccident, including the Chinesebuilding owner, the head of theconstruction firm and the con-tractor. A Cambodian landown-er has also been held at provin-cial headquarter for questioning.

The seven-storey buildingwas almost 80 per cent completewhen it crashed down earlySaturday, the deadliest suchaccident in recent years inCambodia.

“Now the death toll fromthe building collapse is seven,”Sihanoukville city police chiefThul Phorsda said, after officialsearlier pinned the number ofdead at three.

At least 21 people werereported injured -- several crit-ically -- and at least three of thedead were Cambodian, includ-ing two workers and a transla-tor.

Rescue workers in hard hatspulled people from a mountainof concrete, wood and twistedmetal. Medical workers attend-ed to a shirtless injured man asconcerned crowds built uparound the site, while scores ofsoldiers and police joined thesearch for survivors.

“Teams continue to searchfor more victims,” a provincialofficial statement said, addingthat an investigation into theaccident had been launched.

There was no confirmationof precisely how many peoplewere at the building at the timeof the collapse, though earlierofficials said 30 people were

feared trapped.Around 50 workers would

normally have been on the siteat the time, Preah Sihanouk gov-ernor Yun Min said.

The building belonged to aChinese national who rented theland from a Cambodian owner.The construction firm and con-tractor were both Chinese-owned as well.

Sihanoukville was once asleepy fishing community beforebeing claimed first by Westernbackpackers, and then wealthyRussians. Chinese investmenthas flooded in in recent years,spurring a construction boom ina resort town known for its casi-nos which pull in mainlandtourists.

There are around 50Chinese-owned casinos anddozens of hotel complexes underconstruction.

Between 2016 and 2018, $1billion was invested by ChineseGovernment and private busi-nesses in the Preah Sihanoukprovince, according to officialstatistics.

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Malaysia on Saturday saidthe perpetrators of vio-

lence against Myanmar’sRohingya minority must “bebrought to justice”, in sharpcomments delivered at a nor-mally tame regional summit.

Myanmar does not recog-nise the Rohingya as citizens,instead officially labelling them“Bengalis”, short-hand for ille-gal immigrants from neigh-bouring Bangladesh.

A military crackdown in2017 drove more than 740,000Rohingya into Bangladesh, car-rying accounts of rape, masskillings and the razing of vil-lages.

UN investigators havecalled for Myanmar’s top gen-erals to be tried for genocide.

But Myanmar’s army andde facto leader Aung San SuuKyi have defended the action as

necessary to f lush outRohingya militants fromRakhine state.

In talks Saturday withSoutheast Asian counterparts,Malaysia’s Foreign MinisterSaifuddin Bin Abdullah calledfor the “perpetrators of theRohingya issue to be broughtto justice”, his ministry said inTweet.

He also said repatriation ofthe minority from the fetid,overcrowded refugee camps ofBangladesh “must include thecitizenship of the Rohingya.” Malaysia, a Muslim countrywhich hosts a large Rohingyarefugee population, is one ofthe few members of theAssociation of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) to speak upfor the minority.

The 10-member bloc nor-mally abides by a principle ofnon-interference in each other’sinternal affairs.

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Russia’s travel industry hitout Saturday at a decision

by the Kremlin to suspendflights to Georgia as a politi-cally motivated move that haslittle to do with safety concerns.

President Vladimir Putinsigned a decree banningRussian airlines from flying toGeorgia from July 8 late Fridayin response to anti-govern-ment rallies in the ex-Sovietneighbour.

The outbreak of protests was sparked by a par-liamentary address in Tbilisi bya Moscow lawmaker earlierthis week.

The Kremlin said the banwas to “ensure Russia’s nation-al security and protect Russiannationals from criminal andother unlawful activities” anda taskforce was being puttogether to oversee the returnof Russians from Georgia.

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Protesters in Hong Kongended their overnight siege

of police headquarters peace-fully Saturday, disappointedthat their demands for the ter-ritory’s leader to formally with-draw a contentious extraditionbill and police to apologize forheavy handed tactics have goneunmet.

By daybreak, police hadcleared the streets of barriers setup by protesters to snarl trafficin the Asian financial center,and only a few groups in themostly youthful crowdremained. Many slept outsidethe legislature.

Traffic was again smoothon a major thoroughfarethrough the government’s cen-tral complex as the protestmovement regrouped to con-sider next moves.

Police said nine female and

four male staffers were hospi-talized “with considerabledelay” during the blockade.The police statement did notsay whether they were injuredin clashes or had otherwisebecome unwell.

Around police headquar-ters, masked and helmeted pro-testers covered surveillancecameras with masking tapeand lashed barriers togetherwith nylon cable ties.

They threw eggs at thebuilding and drew graffiti onthe walls.

Protesters also “splashedoil” and targeted police officers’eyes with laser pointers, accord-ing to the police.

Hong Kong has beenrocked by major protests for thepast two weeks over legislativeproposals that many view aseroding the territory’s judicialindependence and, morebroadly, as a sign of Chinese

government efforts to chipaway at the city’s freedoms.

Hong Kong leader CarrieLam indefinitely suspendeddebate on the bills a week ago,making it likely they would die.But protesters are demanding

that she formally withdraw theproposed changes to the extra-dition laws, which would expandthe scope of criminal suspecttransfers to include mainlandChina, Taiwan and Macau.Some also want Lam to resign.

Legal and business groupsin Hong Kong oppose the leg-islation, saying critics of China’sruling Communist Party wouldbe at risk of torture and unfairtrials on the mainland and thatit further erode the “one coun-try, two systems” frameworkunder which Hong Kong hasbeen governed since the han-dover from British rule in 1997.

The peaceful ending toFriday’s protests drew a sigh ofrelief in the city of 7.4 millionpeople, after police unleashedtear gas and rubber bullets last week in violent clashesthat left dozens injured onboth sides.

Police were previously crit-icized for their use of force butthis time waited out the pro-testers. Police did issue a state-ment at 4:50 a.M. Condemningthem for blocking key streetsand seriously disrupting workat police headquarters.

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Nepalese nationals must havevisa if they are entering

India from Pakistan, China,Hong Kong and Macau, accord-ing to a notice issued by theNepalese Embassy in NewDelhi.

Similarly, Nepalese nation-als travelling to Gulf countries,including Saudi Arabia, Qatar,Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain andLebanon, are required to acquireNo Objection Certificate fromthe respective Nepalese Em-bassies, it said. To get the NOC,a traveller is required to submitan application to the respectiveembassy along with relevantdocuments, including employ-ment permit, the notice stated.

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Claiming that there was aserious threat to the life of

jailed former Pakistan primeminister Nawaz Sharif due tolack of medical care, his daugh-ter Maryam Nawaz on Saturdaysaid that her Pakistan MuslimLeague (N) party will not lethim become the “Morsi” ofPakistan.

Former Egyptian presidentMohamed Morsi, who tookover the realm in country’s firstfree elections in 2012 and wasousted a year later by the mili-tary, died on Monday afterfainting during a session incourt. However, a group ofBritish lawmakers and lawyers,who published a report inMarch 2018 into how Morsi was

being treated in custody, con-cluded that the former presi-dent, who had a history of ill-health including diabetes, liverand kidney disease, was notreceiving adequate medical care.

“We are not Egypt and wewill not allow Nawaz Sharif tobecome Morsi,” Maryam, vicepresident of PML (N), said.

She said that Sharif, 69, wasseriously ill and needed imme-diate medical care which wasnot being given to him in jail.

Alleging that there was aserious threat to Sharif ’s life,Maryam said that her fatherwas suffering from complicat-ed ailments and neededfocused treatment, includingsurgeries, and the treatmentmight go for a year.

She said that the treat-

ment is complicated and doc-tors in Pakistan are reluctant totreat the high-profile patient.

Maryam also claimed thather family was not informedabout Nawaz’s third heartattack that he suffered in AdialaJail last year, The ExpressTribune reported.

The three-time prime min-ister had in April sought theSupreme Court’s permission togo abroad for medical treat-ment. However, the permissionwas not granted.

He was given a six-weekinterim bail by the top court onMarch 26 to undergo medicaltreatment. He had filed a peti-tion on April 27 for permanentbail as he was suffering fromacute anxiety and depressionthat may lead to “sudden death”.

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Pyongyang’s relationshipwith Beijing is “invincible”

because the countries bothendured Japanese rule, NorthKorea said Saturday, the dayafter the Chinese President’shighly symbolic visit ended.

The commentary, in offi-cial North Korean newspaperRodong Sinmun, comes short-ly before the G20 summit inJapan where US PresidentDonald Trump will meet withChina’s Xi Jinping.

With Beijing andWashington at loggerheadsover trade, China is keen toremind Trump of its influence

with nuclear-armedPyongyang, while increasinglylooking to Japan -- a key USally in the region -- to serve asa hedge against growingAmerican protectionism.

Relations between Tokyo,Beijing, and both Koreas arestill heavily affected by Japan’sexpansionism in the first halfof the 20th century, withPyongyang’s state media criti-cising Japan on a near-dailybasis.

Saturday’s Rodong Sinmundedicated five pages to thesecond day of Xi’s visit toPyongyang, and carried a sep-arate editorial stating how the“sacred period of the anti-

Japanese struggle has becomethe foundation of the DPRK-China friendship”.

“DPRK-China relationshipis an invincible friendship thatfirmly combines military cama-raderie and trust,” it stated,using the abbreviation of NorthKorea’s official name.

Xi, in a rare opinion piecepenned for the newspaper ear-lier this week, also said citizensof the countries jointly opposeda “foreign invasion” and sup-ported each other in the pur-suit of socialism.

Like North Korea, Beijing’sCommunist authorities alsoregularly denounce Tokyo overhistorical issues.

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The 2019 cricket World Cuphas reached its halfway stage.

South Africa and Afghanistan arenow not in contention whereasthe West Indies, Sri Lanka,Pakistan and the peppyBangladesh side are all in the pre-carious position of having to winall their remaining matches.

The four sides that are strongcontenders to qualify are India,England, New Zealand andAustralia. The uncertainty nowfor these top teams is the orderin which they will qualify.

This is where once again theInternational Cricket Councilhas erred. The Indian PremierLeague's (IPL) format shouldhave been the correct format atthe knock-out stage.

The top two teams first playeach other and the loser, there-after, plays the winner of thethird and fourth place. The toptwo teams in the league stageneed to be given some sort ofrecognition for their effort andtherefore, should be given theopportunity for two attempts, ifthey lose against each other.

The present format of thetop team playing the 4th placeside and the 2nd and 3rd play-ing each other, therefore, makesthe qualifying positions quite

irrelevant. The only advantagederived from a team's higherplacing is if, in the semifinals andthe finals, the match gets washedout.

The World Cup has been adampener so far given the wet,rainy English conditions andthis is only likely to continue.Washed out matches or raineffected ones with theDuckworth and Lewis formulaas a decider is something all theteams are dreading. The exam-ple of it could be seen whenPakistan were chasing a formi-dable total against India. Theopening wicket partnershipbetween Babar Azam and FakharZaman at one stage, through theD&L calculations, could havehad Pakistan pip India, if theweather god had blessed them.

One does understand that itis quite impossible to replicatethe actual conditions throughmathematical calculations and sothe D&L becomes another of theuncertainty that competing sideshave to live with.

The major change from thepast is the behaviour of theplaying surface -- the pitch.English wickets were normallyfresh, a little moist at the start ofplay. This helped fast bowlersmove the ball off the wicket,which made batting that much

more difficult. These conditionswere even more pronouncedwhen there was rain and cloudycondition before the match.That's precisely why, a few of thecaptains opted to bowl first,hoping to take advantage of thedampness that normally pre-vailed when the wickets werecovered. Unfortunately for them,things have changed.

The modern covers have aheating system which keeps thewicket dry. Although, there isgrass on the wicket, the drynessbelow makes it beautiful forbatting. One does feel sorry for

the bowler, as after just 8 overs,the ball stops moving in the airand the grass ensures that it doesnot spin vigorously. The poorbowler is at the mercy of the bat-ter making a mistake ratherthan being able to expose the lackof his technique.

That is why centuries, bigscores and plenty of sixes havebeen in abundance. The techni-cally perfect batsmen are allhaving a ball, especially with thefield restrictions, with just fouroutside the circle for most partof the game and so hittingboundaries and rotating the

strike has become so much eas-ier for them.

The 50-over game hasbecome a total farce in favour ofthe batsmen. The use of two sep-arate balls from each end hasbrought the demise of the reverseswing and the slow and surebounce in the wickets, makes itdifficult for them to keep thebatsman in check. A trifle shortor pitched up ball is seen sailinginto the stand. The yorker andthe fast and slow bouncer havebecome the only weapon of thepacers. The finger spinners havebecome a liability, whereas, thewrist spinners are being playedcomfortably off the backfoot,even though in some cases thebatsmen have not read the deliv-ery well. The talented RashidKhan being slaughtered for wellover 100 runs in his nine overswas quite sad to watch. Withoutany help from the wicket, he wasat the mercy of every Englishbatsman.

The ICC has to address thisissue very seriously. It may begreat for spectators to see plen-ty of fours and sixes and for aver-age batsmen making a name forthemselves, but the records willhave no value if the competitionis not evenly matched.

The field restriction in thefirst 10 overs needs to go. This

was initiated to quicken thepace of the game and for thebatsmen to take up the challengewhen the ball was shiny and new.This too has become irrelevantas the present openers arebecoming smart and rather thansmashing the ball, cleverly placeit without taking unnecessaryrisks. They know in the nextpowerplay with only four field-ers outside the 30-yard circle,they will get enough gaps in thefield to keep their score cardmoving.

The modern bats are niceand woody. A mishit flies overthe fence and therefore, an addi-tional fielder, making it threeshould be allowed outside 30yards in the first ten overs. Thenext 15 overs should allow fourfielders and the last 15 overs, fiveoutside the ring.

The Kookaburra white ballis another area of concern. Thenew ball seems to lack move-ment after the initial overs andthe flat seam makes it difficult forbowlers to cut or spin the ball. Aball that is helpful to the bowlerswill be a better option than onethat gives no assistance to them.

There has to be a duelbetween the bat and the ball orelse it is gradually turning into aone-sided affair. A tale of manya batting records.

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No slugfest here as was beingexpected but a surprisinglyunexpected sluggish start by

India, after skipper Virat Kohli wonthe toss and elected to bat, negatedthe bright sunny English day for the

Indian fans packing the stands amidjust a smattering of Afghans cheer-ing their team.

Gloomy batting, early and cheaploss of wickets and the run rate hov-ering to an anorexic 4.5 till well intothe death overs took away the funfrom the game which was beingseen as a run-rate boosting platform

for the in-form Indians.Not that the batsmen, on the

wrong side of caution on hindsight,did not try but the wicket seemed tohave things in it much to the delightof the Afghan spinners who turnedin terrific over after over as the bats-men struggled quite unusually, fail-ing to break the cordon or accelerate

for a long, worrying while. India’s slow start, punctuated by

regular fall of wickets, sparse bound-aries and a continuous struggle tojack up the run rate stoked a gamutof popular emotions – from cheer, toquieter support, to slight worry tobewilderment to anger by the timethe match ended with just 224 foreight on the board for the minnowsto score.

The lionised Indian opening line-up failed miserably, but for a briefflourish by skipper Kohli who turnedin the top score of 67. The middlestruggled even more and the Pandyafireworks made their absence.

Dhoni behaved quite out of char-acter, shedding his yen for rotatingthe strike, giving up many cheeky sin-gles with Kedar Yadav and failing toscore much after Kohli departed to anupper edge to point just when he waslooking to escalate after his half ton.

Before him Shankar, Rahul andRohit left cheaply, giving Dhoni thejob to start building as opposed tofinishing. India at 136/4 with a runrate of 4.4 in the 32nd over spoke asmuch of the Indian inaction as of thebrilliant Afghan show in the middlewith Mujeeb-ur-Rehman bowlingtight, straight and full, joining up thedots magnificently to make the runcanvas of India look empty.

Ten overs with one wicket for 26,this was Mujieeb’s best spell on thebig stage. With Rashid finally takingout Dhoni at 28 to a wily stumpingin the 45th over when India was at193, the beleaguered Afghans hadshown up their mettle and bril-liance while the Indians were leftdealing with question marks ontheir inertia.

Dhoni’s departure in some waysbrought relief with expectationsaround Hardik Pandya’s hitting abil-ities giving some hope of fireworksto deck up a deadweight matchfrom India’s point of view. Hardik,too, was flummoxed the way theAfghans kept on with their tightdeliveries. The Indian tail for thismatch was like a Golden Retriever’s,longer than usual.

Jadhav left with 52 soon afterShami came and went for 1, caughtin a flash at cover by substitute NoorAli Zadran giving skipper GulbadinNaib reason to celebrate twice in his

over.Indian ordeal finally finished at

224/8. The figures showed how goodthe bowling was and how bad theIndian response to it turned out tobe. The first boundary came only inthe 6th over when KL Rahul squarecut Aftab Alam. but that was onlyafter Rohit Sharma had departedpost an unusually listless existence atthe crease, being bowled by Mujeebwhen India was 7 and Sharma mere-ly 1.

The next boundary came afterthe 9th over, the Indian batterscould score their next one only in the20th over, making fans feel the heatof the static engulfing the middle andquestions popping up on the skewedIndian mindset after good showsagainst much bigger teams.

After a drubbing by England injust the other match, this was a stun-ning show by the Afghans who havebeen ridden with all sorts of issuesoff and on field, topped by their starspinner Rashid Khan’s convulsivedestruction of 110 runs for no wick-ets. Over to expectations now aroundthe Chahal-Kuldeep magic to winthis low scored game.

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“The play’s the thing/Wherein I’ll catch theconscience of the king.” — Shakespeare

In the 60’s, while the flower childrenof the West were smoking up theirprivate infinities and seeking out anew world, and while popular cul-ture was poised to consume the

sanctum preserved for classics, RolandBarthe declared the ‘author’ dead. And

George Steiner pointedto the death of tragedy.But since history is nota single stream andeach nation is living itsown time, theatre inIndia was beingshaped by individualgenius and the defin-ing consciousness ofthree giants: In Hindi,Mohan Rakesh; in

Marathi, Vijay Tendulkar; and inKannada, Girish Karnad.

While Karnad went on to excel also asan actor, director, translator, and scholar, it is as a playwright — as one of these threegiants that define modern Indian plays —that one will remember him most. “You know, how I have been an actor, apublisher, a filmmaker. But in none ofthese fields have I felt quite as much athome as play writing,” the 1998 JnanpithAward winner once said (The Post-ColonialSpace: Writing the Self and the Nation).

For his language, he chose Kannada,the language of his childhood memories,and for his themes, he invoked thosechimeral tales and characters that comefrom and inform our myths, our history,and our dreams — plays like Yayati,Hayavadana, Naga-Mandala, Tughlak,Agni Mattu Male, and Taledanda.

In his use of mythology and history,he was unique and stands apart from hiscontemporaries, who employed otherstrategies to inform their plays. There area million factors that shape the aestheticsof an artist, but in case of Karnad, onecan safely trace it back to his early yearsin the quaint town of Sirsi, Karnataka,where he got to watch and enjoy the itin-erant Natak Mandalis that were commonto the region in early 20th century beforethe movies relegated them to the mar-gins. Karnad’s parents, Krishnabai neeMakikar and Dr Raghunath Karnad, adoctor in the Bombay Medical Services,were both ardent admirers of theatre andtook him along for regular performances,which fired the imagination of youngKarnad. He grew to love the Yakshaganatheatre, and the performances hewatched in his village. One sees thepower and the spectacle of these folkforms many years later, still strong, in thedramatic rhythms of his plays.

The rich women-centric themes, theawareness and consciousness of thewoman’s experience from Yayati toHayavadana and Naga-Mandala, may haveas much to do with his life, as with hisexposure to the Western canon.

Born in Matheran, Maharashtra, his

familywas by no

means a con-ventional one: Hismother was awidow with a son andhad to wait for fiveyears to marry the youngDoctor Karnad due tosocial pressures. Karnad’s teenage yearswere spent in Dharwar with two sistersand a niece, a household with a strongpresence of women figures.

Many years later, when Karnad was42, he married Saraswathi Ganapathy, amarriage formalised after 10 years ofbeing together. Evidently, modernity wasnot just an intellectual import, for him, itwas an experiential legacy.

��������� �While Kannada was Karnad’s childhoodlanguage, his language at school wasMarathi, and after graduating in Mathsand Statistics in 1958, he studiedPhilosophy, Politics, and Economics atMagdalene in Oxford, as a Rhodes scholarin 1960-63 (he was also the President ofthe Oxford Union during this time!).

Back in India, he had a longish stintwith the Oxford University Press until1970, after which he devoted himself tofull-time writing and a Chennai-basedtheatre group The Madras Players. Butagain in the late 80’s, Karnad lookedWest, and was a visiting Professor at theUniversity of Chicago, and a Fulbrightplaywright-in-residence.

These influences readied the groundsfor the playwright: A rooted, earthy earlylife, seeped with the beauty and thegrime of post-Independence India, and ayouthful 20’s in the midst of Oxford’svortex, wherein the best of Westernthought and art came to be studied anddiscussed. It is, therefore, not surpris-ing that though Karnad’s plays tellIndian tales, like the characters ofHayavadana, they bear a mixed incom-pleteness and posit conflicts, uncertainidentities and philosophical questionswith overlapping moral frameworks.

�/������ ��/Karnad’s use of Indian myths and historygave his plays the power of context — he did not have to tell the story beforetelling the story. But he did it in such away so as to draw fresh interpretations.This was not a new technique to India, where the Ramayana and theMahabharata have been mined by thegenius of playwrights many a time to tell a story relevant to the age.

The newness lay in his Aristotelianelegance of form, and the ability of hisplays to address complex political andsocial questions contemporary to the timethe plays were written. The psychologicaland philosophical conflicts of the play

dance in a symbolictelling in the more mythic

plays (like Hayavadana andNaga-Mandala) and in the con-flict internal to characters in hishistoric plays (like Tughlak andThe Dreams of Tipu Sultan).

His use of folktales, theatricalspectacle, song and fantastic plotsallowed him to pull off that

impossible balancing act of commentingon contemporary issues without soundingpropagandist or agenda-driven, of pro-voking thought without instructing, andof creating masterpieces that belong to adifferent age, speak to a different age, andyet remain relevant to all ages.

������/ Yayati, Karnad’s first play came out in1961. He was 23, in the flush of youth,Sartre and Oxford. “I was excited by thestory of Yayati. This exchange of agesbetween the father and the son, whichseemed to be terribly powerful and terriblymodern. At the same time, I was reading alot of Sartre and the Existentialist. Thisconsistent harping on responsibility, whichthe Existentialist indulge in, suddenlyseemed to link up with the story of Yayati,”said Karnad in The Post-Colonial Space:Writing the Self and the Nation.

The play is based on a story from theMahabharata, of King Yayati, who becauseof his infidelity, is cursed with perpetualold age by Shukracharya. Keen to enjoythe pleasures of youth, Yayati asks one ofhis sons to give him his youth in exchangefor the kingdom. The tale is seen throughthe eyes of that son’s (Puru’s) wife. Theplay was in Kannada (one that Karnad didnot translate into English himself), anastonishing achievement, and put himfirmly on the road to being the playwrightthat he became. How the Existentialist’semphasis on ‘responsibility’ morphed into‘dharma’ seen through the gaze of awoman is what myths are made of!

However, it was Tughlak in 1964,which really put Karnad on the nationalstage. Staged in the ancient Purana Qila inDelhi, directed by the legendary EbrahimAlkazi, and a young fiery Manohar Singhplaying the 14th-century KingMuhammad bin Tughlaq, this play tells atonce the story of a man before his time,impulsive, visionary, and tragic, and magi-cally becomes a metaphor for theNehruvian era of development and gover-nance. The figureheads may have changein the real world today, but the archetypaltale, built out of stuff that makes ushuman, still yields meaning contemporaryto us. Like any truly great play, it tran-scends its time, and has the ability toremain compelling and relevant.

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Girish Karnad is often calledthe Renaissance man, a man

of many parts, an intellectualwho defined the taste of an entiregeneration. But when the dustsettles, and time plays its part, hewill be fondly remembered in thelittle beautifully etched roles heessayed, both on television (thosewere Doordarshan days) and onthe bigger screen.

His role as father of littleSwami in Malgudi Days, in partic-ular, is unforgettable. A perfectfoil to Swami’s antics and adven-tures, Karnad played the part withsuch ease and effortlessness that itis etched forever in the minds ofpeople who grew up in the 80’s.He was at once stern yet sensitive,proud yet vulnerable, and thoughMico Chandru also essayed thepart later, it wasn’t quite the same.

Karnad also anchored for thescience programme, TurningPoint, and played dad inIndradhanush (India’s answer toTime Machine), yet this“Doordarshan fan” will alwaysremember him as Swami ke Papa.His involvement with cinema wasdeep, a natural extension to hislife in theatre. Here he acted,directed, wrote and collaboratedon every aspect of filmmaking,both in Kannada and Hindi. Hewon four Filmfare Awards, andwas conferred the Padma Shriand Padma Bhushan by theGovernment of India.

However, for non-Kannadaspeakers, his greatest contribu-tion to Hindi cinema arguablywould be the movie Utsavreleased in 1984. Adapted fromSudraka’s Sanskrit playMrichhkatikam, it starred Rekha,Anuradha Patel, Shashi Kapoor,Anant Nag, Amjad Khan, andintroduced Shekhar Suman.Karnad’s direction was impecca-

ble: It was probably the first timethat period drama based on aSanskrit play was made into amovie so truthfully, with all therich trappings of classical drama— the humour, the sensuality,and the sheer beauty of the plot.

Rekha never looked better.The art direction was fabulous,but the movie fizzled at the boxoffice and left Shashi Kapoor amuch poorer man. Both ShashiKapoor and Karnad were 20years too early. If one hasn’t seenit yet, one ought to; it’s a masterclass in filmmaking.

Another powerful movieKarnad directed and comeshighly recommended isGodhuli (1977). StarringNaseeruddin Shah, Om Puriand Kulbhushan Kharbanda, itis a movie that carries the dra-matic impact of a Theban play.Naseer is compelling, and themovie has one of the finest lastscenes in Indian cinema.

Karnad’s directorial debut inKannada films was withVamsha Vriksha (1971), whichhe co-directed with BV Karant,and for which they were award-ed the National Film Award forBest Direction. Some of hisother famous Kannada moviesinclude Tabbaliyu NeenadeMagane, Cheluvi, and Kaadu,though you may want to lookup the Kannada gangster movieAa Dinagalutoo.

His notable Hindi moviesinclude Manthan (1976) andSwami (1977), though he is bet-ter known to the millennial gen-eration for his roles in NageshKukunoor films like Iqbal(2005), Dor (2006), andAashayein (2010), besides playing roles in Yash Raj Films’ Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017).

Had Karnad never decided tospeak up as a public intellec-

tual, standing up for what hedeemed right, speaking up —sometimes, even out of turn —taking up cudgels for values likepluralism, had he just writtenwhat he did, that stupendousbody of work, it would have beenenough, his writing alone carriesthe strength of his convictions,and the power to question, tochallenge and to mobilise. Butgood enough was not enough forKarnad. He needed to stand evenwhere his plays would not go atgreat personal risk and speak up,every time. He spoke up for a plu-ralistic culture, for freedom ofexpression, never mincing hiswords when taking on what hesaw as fundamentalism; in recenttimes, becoming one of thestaunchest critics of Hindutva. Hespoke up against the demolitionof Babri Masjid in 1992, and hespoke up against the RSS andother organisations allied to theidea of Hindutva. He spoke upagainst the Idgah Maidan contro-versy in Hubli. He spoke up, tak-ing on the daunting Modi wave.

He was a name in the listthat included Dabholkar,Pansare, Kalburgi, and GauriLankesh. And at Gauri Lankesh’smemorial, silent, he still spokeup. It raised a storm, when hetook on VS Naipaul’s personalsimplistic view of history, callingout his “antipathy towardsIndian Muslims”, notwithstand-ing Sir Vidiadhar’s daunting lit-erary status, way back in 2012 atthe Tata Literary Festival.

He spoke up when SLBhyrappa criticised The Dreamsof Tipu Sultan, drawing attentionto the complexity of the character.Attempting to explain the differ-ence between history and historyretold as myth, he said referringto his earlier play Tughlak, “I don’thave an iota of interest in the his-torical Muhammad Tughlaq. Ihave no interest as to whether hewas good or evil, whether he waspro or anti-Hindu. I wished towrite an entertaining play, and inthe endeavour, wanted to choosea fairly complex character.” (inTipu Sultan: The Tyrant of Mysoreby Sandeep Balakrishna)

And he spoke up against nar-row linguistic chauvinism, eventhat of Kannada. Above thosewho appear to have succeeded inchanging the meaning of criticalterms of public discourse, where-in cultures turn civil, terms likeliberalism, urbanity, secular, hisname towers high, and his playsshall answer even as he goessilent, the picture of a genius,breathing in through an oxygenmask many languages, many cul-tures, with a placard that simplysays, “Urban Naxal”.

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In 1971 came Karnad’sHayavadana, probably his mostcomplex play. Based on a tale

from the Vetalpanchvimishika, andThomas Mann’s The TransposedHeads, which deals with the ques-tion of identity, incompleteness ofman, and the age-old dichotomy ofmind and matter, body and soul.The philosophical questions itaddresses are: What defines a manmost — his body or his mind? If theheads of two people were inter-changed, who would retain theidentity, the one with the head orthe one with the body?

In this play, Karnad employedthe form he had learned so manyyears back, as a child, watchingYakshagana folk theatre. This storyof the ‘horse-man’ with the humanvoice and a laugh that ends with aneigh, reminds one of the search forwhat is whole and human inJonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.While some believe Hayavadana tobe the archetypal conflict betweenmind and body, it is a far more com-plex work — seeking the ‘complete-ness’ and ‘belongingness’ of manitself, and an inquiry into what cre-ates identity. A German version ofHayavadana directed by VijayaMehta was also staged as part ofDeutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar.

His play Naga-Mandala or Playwith Cobra, 1988, drew not onKarnad’s familiar classical sources,but upon an old story narrated tohim by another great, AKRamanujan. The play weavestogether two oral tales, one meta-

textual, about the nature of oraltales itself, while the other is a storyof a queen who fills the emptinessof her life by making up tales. TheKannada version won him theKarnataka Sahitya Academy Award,while his English translation of thesame was staged as a part of the cel-ebrations of the 30th anniversary ofGuthrie Theatre, Minneapolis.

He then went on to write AgniMattu Male (The Fire and the Rain),commissioned by the same theatre.

Karnad’s Taledanda (Death byBeheading, 1990) was an importantplay, especially in retrospect, dealingwith Veerashaivism, a 12th centuryreform movement, which was radi-cal and of contemporary relevance.It may well be a coincidence thatKarnad and his long-time friend,Lankesh, dwelled deep into thisLingayat reform movement, whichgrew deeply contentious, and fatal toKalburgi and Gauri Lankesh.

Karnad, as a playwright, usedthe language of myths and historyin a way modern India had neverseen, bringing to fore issues aboutwomen, children, and power; his craft deftly subverted meaningsof stories that had got fixed andappropriated it for a voice that we can comprehend and respond to. The architecture of his playsdraws strongly from Western structures, but the metaphors areIndian, and the archetypes, firmlyuniversal. They will last. GirishKarnad will not be forgotten.

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Around a month ago, World Hypertension Day wasobserved. The notable piece of statistic was that four outof 10 adults worldwide have high blood pressure and only

around 50 per cent of them are aware of it. Some two decadesago, the number of adults estimated to be living with high bloodpressure was around 972 million. In the next five years, the num-ber is expected to grow to around 1.56 billion. Mindbogglingby any standards as a good 20 per cent of the population aroundthe globe will likely be suffering from hypertension. What isthe basis of coming to this conclusion is certainly a subject mat-ter of another research. Particularly because if we calculate thetotal number of people suffering from hypertension and otherglobal epidemics like diabetes, cancer, AIDS, depression etc,it may work out to be nearly the size of the entire populationof the world. Whether the whole world is sick or not is a wide-ly debatable issue, but given the business interest of the strongpharma lobby, there is certainly some room for scepticism. Moreso when huge investments in corporate hospitals are comingup and health/medical insurance companies are looking for anew and huge market. Then there is another question that needsto be answered: Whether these pieces of statistic are meant forcreating awareness or creating a market. If one has the patienceto sit in the out patients department of any senior physicianof a decent sized hospital and observe closely the kind of com-plaints the patients come with, hypochondriasis rather than anyserious malady would seem to be the major disease. In fact,many doctors are now actually confirming this. However, thisis not to discount the threat that lurks all over the world onaccount of changing lifestyles, which most diseases of the pre-sent times arise from. But we must take these warnings witha pinch of salt. Are they actually warnings or agonising statis-tics to awfulize the whole scenario by creating some kind of afear psychosis that benefits the pharma lobby more than thepotential patients? There is need to assess the whole situationscientifically and with an open mind and question such asser-tions. A case in point is the recent guidelines on identificationof diabetic patients and potential diabetics. While the measuresof diabetes are also changing and benchmarks are being low-ered, what is more interesting is the creation of new categories.So there is a range of measurements that tends to classify cat-egories of diabetic patients, starting from a stage called pre-diabetic. Often the predisposing factors are being highlightedas causative factors and this prompts many people to start tak-ing preventive medication, which may not be needed at all.Further, many people may actually develop some diseases outof fear. The big question that thus needs to be addressed iswhether the hypertension epidemic, that the world is likely towitness in the next five years, is due to medical conditions ormental conditions created by the onslaught of fear evokedthrough information that can make even a healthy individualanxious of his health condition. Tension, of course, is rising inthe world but it is more due to anxiety that is being systemat-ically ingrained in human minds. Health is everybody’s con-cern, but that should not make everybody sick.

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nature of this material world. Forexample, a human body changesvery slowly but a flower is just theopposite. And changes presentchallenges. Yes, this human bodyundergoes changes slowly but itsurely does. A child grows slow-ly but at every stage of his growththere are new challenges likeadmission in school, college etc.And each change requires impor-tant decision-making on the partof all concerned. Are we fullyequipped for making such deci-sions? The answer is no. Why?Because we can never have thefull facts because most of theimportant decisions involve thefuture, ie what will be the effecton the future due to the decisionmade. For example, what shouldbe the subject of specialisation fora student. One should knowwhat the student’s natural abili-ty is, what interests him, what isgood for his future, etc.

Who can tell for sure? Godcan because He is not only awareof everything about the presentbut He also knows the past and thefuture. We may know what tran-spired in the past but only whatleft deep impression on us. Rest weforget, which is not unnatural.Regarding the present, we areseverely limited in knowing thebig picture. We may know somepart but never the whole of it. Weare not equipped. This is the cos-mic design. And the future is

largely unknown except whatastrologers, palmists, etc indicateto us, and that may not be entire-ly accurate. It is also part of thecosmic design that we can seekhelp from God and He will oblige.

Personally, I seek God’s guid-ance and help all the time. I willcite some instances when Isought God’s help and it provedto be highly beneficial. Someclient owed us a lot of money and

we were unable to do anythingabout it. Someone suggestedgoing to court. This was a bigdecision, therefore, I prayed forguidance. The response camethat the present was not the righttime for such an action. Heindicated that such action atthat time was driven by greed —a door to hell. (16.21) We had topursue other avenues for the timebeing and be patient about it.

Subsequent events confirmedwhat my Lord had indicated.

One of my close relativesacted badly with me. I becamequite incensed. However, beingin the habit of seeking guidancefrom God, I prayed for guidance.My Lord indicated that if Iwanted to be happy, I shouldcontrol my anger. (5.23) I turnedmy relationship with this personinto a formal one where emo-

tions have no place. In anotherinstance, I received a suspiciousmessage on mobile. I meditatedon God and pat came theanswer, which was to block thenumber because lust should beshunned at all costs. (3.41)

Jealousy is not too far frommy thinking, but my Lord repeat-edly warns me of its conse-quence, ie birth in lower species.(16.19) I have been instructed toshut out such thoughts, and I amgetting into a habit of doing so.The last instance is somewhatunusual. My daughter misplacedan important document andthere was tension. I prayed andmy Lord indicated where thedocument was.

God is ever willing to helpbecause we in ourselves cannever be complete or totallyindependent; we need God’s help,Him being omnipotent, omni-scient and omnipresent. Aren’t wesmall souls and mostly helpless,and ill-informed? If we reallywish to avail of this readily avail-able facility, we can fortify our-selves with the knowledge of theBhagavad Gita. There is no otherqualification required. Wheneveranxious or fearful, pray to Godfor guidance and get perfectanswers or solutions. God willmost likely refer to a particularverse in the Gita. Anyone canapproach God and He willrespond in His own ways; we justhave to be receptive.0��������������������"��� ����������* � ��� ������������K�1��*������D���

Krishna, through his teach-ings in the Gita as well as his addresses to thechief fighters in theMahabharata war, such as

Arjuna, Bhima, and Duryodhana,proved to be a great counsel on solv-ing present age day-to-day’s prob-lems. Krishna’s Karmayoga tendingto be an optimistic way to life provesa concrete living methodology of lifeto the present day man. As it providesfull instructions on his daily routinesuch as food, duties, thoughts, rela-tionships, responsibilities whetherpersonal or social. Accordingly, thetitle of Karma Shastra is also appliedto the Gita as a practical guide for aman of action and a mandate foraction. It is professed that throughthe practices of the Karma Yogaalone can one aspire all through per-fection in one’s life. Besides, Krishna’ssaga from the Mahabharata ,Puranas, and Gita teachings provideseveral hints to present day mankindtowards better management of worklife and other things.

The five essential factors of worklife management — efficiency, consis-tency, landing, controlling, and socialbonding — which Krishna discussesin the Gita are also well-delineated inthe narratives of the epicMahabharata, describing its 18-daywarfare in Kurukshetra, which illus-trates the unitive programme of the-ory and action, since life is held sim-ilar to the battlefield Kurukshetra. TheGita is the summary of all those fac-tors which serve as essentials for main-taining good work-life balance, andthe Mahabharata shows how thoseprinciples are applied in practice.

However, a gist of these princi-ples required for work-life balance isavailable in the opening chapter of theGita titled ‘Arjuna-Vishada Yoga’,which presents to us the behaviour-al crisis of the chief fighter in theMahabharata war, who has to man-age the impending warfare. Undersuch circumstances, Krishna’s dia-logue with Arjuna in the first chap-ter of Gita proves of great contin-gency for structuring managerialscience in the form of the essentials(aspects) required for smooth (run-ning of work-life balance) life. A per-son set on the path of life is just likeArjuna presented in such a positionand the context with which the Gitabegins the same day when the warwas about to start, also sounds thesame as a person starting his life.

Firstly, Krishna’s preaching ofYoga suggesting bonding of physical

and psychological faculties sounds aseffecting complete work life of pre-sent-day persons and making it har-monious and completely successful.As the Gita’s teachings provide scien-tific code of living, which guaranteessuccess all through in one’s life affairs.It is stated that by developing a bal-anced mindset through the control ofthe forces of attraction and repression,and being in harmony with the worldin the form of natural surroundingand fellow beings in all thoughts.

Krishna’s other teaching which isapplicable in this regard is that a per-son should have full faith and con-fidence in oneself, which will add topersonal strength and power andmake him win over all obstacles inlife with inner balance and calmness.

The Gita also suggests that a per-son’s life is divided on two fronts. Oneis limited to home where one has toperform one’s intrinsic individual

activities, while one’s workplace is thesecond home where one has tospend most of the day time for per-forming vocational duties, whichmay also be close to his intrinsicnature. Accordingly, a person shouldbracket both these activities (relatingto home and workplace) as a singleunit and treat both the premises asone’s operational field or karmakshetra, which is named Kurukshetrain the Gita, and treat both these withgreat value and importance, and notneglect either of the two and managehouse and office, ie life and work, inproper balance on equal levels.Further, the Gita’s suggestion that aperson has to be well-versed in hisprofessional sphere and should bewell-disciplined also sounds helpfulfor present-day people to managework life in a better manner.

Besides, the opening chapter ofthe Gita also provides many perspec-

tives on the work-life balance sepa-rately in the speeches of both Arjunand Duryodhana. Firstly, on themanagement of things like adminis-tration, organising events,Duryodhana’s words provide helpfulguidelines. These focus on the onemajor perspective of human life —affairs. Duryodhana is stated to havefirst made the survey of the army onboth sides and given his assessmentabout the same to his teacher Drona.He was apprehensive of the strengthof the opposite party, yet he impressedupon his preceptor Drona that he ismore skillful and better than the fight-ers in the opposition. Similarly, a per-son set on his life affairs should notbe led away by his weaknesses, ratherhe should be confident about his abil-ities to face the situation. Here,Duryodhana’s speech illustrates aperson’s faith in personal strength andalso his belief that he is loved and

respected everywhere by everyone insociety. His state of mind is also pos-itive as he looks upon his own armyas unconquerable by enemy. Whileaccording to him, the army of the ene-mies is conquerable.

The other prospective on life-work balancing technique can betraced in the words of Arjuna, whichhe addressed to Krishna after survey-ing from a distance the well-managedarmy of his opponent. Thus, it is evi-dent that both Arjuna andDuryodhana treat the same situationof life affairs in a completely differ-ent way. One treats the job in handor the current karma to be executedin association with his friends and rel-atives in opposition, while the othersees his action to be performed alongwith his friends and relatives only andnot as the enemies in opposition.

Here, Arjuna’s review of hiswork-life or karma led him to believethat it was in confrontation with hisfriends and relatives with whom hewas bound. Krishna’s advice toArjuna at this juncture helps suchtype of man who is perplexed withregard to the right and wrong actionunder certain circumstances.According to the Gita lessons, he hasto properly understand the complex-ities and the dynamics of karma oraction. Just like Arjuna, in one’s lifealso, sometimes personal karmabecomes easily involved with theaction of friends, relatives, as well asenemies. As a result, one’s work is eas-ily tarnished with the prejudices, bothconventional and personal.

According to Krishna, anotherguideline for managing work-life bal-ance is that “while involved in lifeaffairs of individual life, either voca-tional or social, one must be cautiousthat behind every action there is a willand behind every will there is a val-ued judgment”. It is also further stat-ed that the desire which supports one’saction arises out of mind, which is astore-house of thoughts and ideas,memories, and pairs of opposite feel-ings like love-hate, pleasure and pain,and that everything one feels anddesires is conceived in the mind only.Krishna, in the Gita, summed up hisguidance to present-day man onwork-life balance that one may man-age it by combining personal andsocial life and work together and dis-charge all these activities with excel-lence, keeping in mind that such activ-ities bring in a sense of togethernessand not that of exclusiveness.

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May 2019, on my visit toPrayagraj, a book accom-

panied me in Air India flightwherein I read this stirring dialogue:

“But today, for instance,Mr M’Choakumchild wasexplaining to us about NaturalProsperity,” said Sissy.

“National, I think it musthave been,” observed Louisa.

“Yes, it was. But isn’t it thesame?” she timidly asked.

“You had better say,National, as he said so,” returned Louisa.

“National Prosperity. Andhe said, Now, this schoolroom isa Nation. And in this nation,there are fifty millions of money.Isn’t this a prosperous nation, and ain’t you in a thriv-ing state?”

“What did you say?” askedLouisa.

“Miss Louisa, I said I did-n’t know. I thought I couldn’tknow whether it was a prosper-ous nation or not, and whetherI was in a thriving state or not,unless I knew who had got themoney, and whether any of itwas mine. But that had nothingto do with it. It was not in thefigures at all,” said Sissy, wipingher tears.

This dialogue, fromCharles Dickens novel: HardTimes, between Ms Louisa andSissy Jupe, a girl student notgiven to dictates of philosophyat her school that “nothing butfacts” matter, was not an ordi-nary dialogue, for Sissy wasonly a student generally notsupposed to be having nuancedwisdom to reflect on widerimplications of a mal-behavingeconomy but the visionaryauthor could fathom and put inSissy’s mouth the real distressof a girl student who knewmacro prosperity held no guar-antee for prosperity at microlevel. Equally important if notmore is, at her age, she alsoknew what was “National” wasobviously “Natural” too. Thusemerge these two importantlessons from aforementionedinteraction having tremendousrelevance for developmentalefforts underway in differentcountries.

Reading Dickens may ini-tiate readers into an emotion-al churning: a good way to pro-

ceed further but there is nogainsaying the fact that issuesinvolved in modern day life’svariedness when juxtaposedalong with complexity of socio-economic developmental mod-els render any analysis far toocomplicated. Let it be bela-bored further in terms of someof the principal concerns asexpressed in literature on wel-fare economics.

In the absence of refinedweapons in their armory, con-ventionally economists haveused a crude measure i.e. percapita income as indicative ofhuman welfare. Justified criti-cism asserts and with goodlogic that this single crudemeasure provided by per cap-ital income is inadequate andthe need to assess a number ofdistinct areas of human life indetermining how well peopleare doing can hardly be over-looked. Economists and poli-cy makers now are almostunanimous that we shouldinstead measure people’s capa-bilities, that is, whatever theyare able to do and that too ina variety of areas of life. Thathas been the seminal way ofegging on debate on factorsaffecting and consequentiallyimproving the quality of lifewith a view to making availableto policymakers options fortaking measures, includingcorrective ones, to promotehuman well-being and welfare.

When the prosperity of anation or the quality of life ofits inhabitants is talked about,how much money or let us say“goods” and “services” areavailable for a given number ofpeople (the dilemma Sissy con-fronts Louisa with) is not acomprehensively equipped toolto explain away national pros-perity. Larger questions involv-ing distribution of theseresources and more criticallywhat that distribution ofresources does to people’s liveslurk around. How people withthese resources conduct theirlives is what economists andphilosophers tend to look into.There are a lot of indices onehas to gauge like people’s lifeexpectancy, health care, med-ical services, education — andnot only about their availabil-ity, but about their nature and

more crucially their quality.Philosophers and econo-

mists have by and large reachedan uncompromising consensusthat the life a person leads canbe seen as a combination ofvarious doings and beings,which can be generically calledfunctionings. Some function-ings may be elementary matterslike being adequately fed, nour-ished and disease-free, whileothers may be more com-pounded, such as having self-esteem, preserving human dig-nity, taking part in the life ofthe community, and so on. Theterm “capability” of a personconnotes various alternativecombinations of functionings,any one of which (any combi-nation) a person can choose tohave. In this sense, the capa-bility of a person correspondsto the freedom that a personhas to lead one kind of life oranother. Capability is linkedclosely and is dependent upon“entitlement approach” whichemphasises a person’s actualcommand over bundle ofgoods and services and thatperson’s actual position in thesystem that operates throughset of rules regulating usage ofcommodities. For instance, inan economy overall ratio offood to population may be highbut there might be people orgroups not having sufficientcommand over food and thesepeople or groups might suffer.

Further, a basket of goodsand services may be veryappropriate for a young manbut the same will be disastrousfor an old man. Similarly, a bas-ket of goods and services for aman suffering from severe dia-betes may not be very appro-priate for a diabetes-free manof the same age. Or alterna-tively, goods suitable forextreme summer will not besuitable for severe winter.Climate too matters.

With an alarming numberof persons affected with psy-chiatric problems like schizo-phrenia, manic depressive psy-chosis and other severe and notso severe mental disorders,sooner or later appropriatepolicy strategies have to bethought out and in place toaddress their concerns: bothphysical and psychological.

Pertinent here is to recall JohnRawls’ “difference principle”which offers an explanation for“most deprived group of per-sons”. Deprivation is defined interms of availability of “primarygoods” which can be verydiverse in nature and this inturn necessitates constructionof an overall index of variousprimary goods. Rawlsian ver-sion is alleged to have beeninsensitive to persons withspecial needs: the disabled,sick and “mentally defective” asRawls called them. Policiesaimed at tackling poverty,hunger and deprivation must take care of people ofthese groups.

There are some importantissues in entitlement and capa-bilities approach. Since it isagreed that economic devel-opment’s overall target isexpansion of people’s “capabil-ities”, principal concern shouldfocus on what people can do inconsequence of having bene-fitted from enhanced capabil-ities. Second issue is to under-stand the process of econom-ic expansion and structuralchanges through which capa-bilities can be expanded. Whilegoods and services are valuable,they are not valuable in them-selves. Their value lies in whatthey can do for the people, orrather, what people can dowith these goods and services?Third, let us assume that thecapabilities of each person areuniquely related to total avail-ability of goods and services,then one can go ahead withfocusing on the total supply ofgoods and services. But thatassumption can never holdgood. We have the problem ofthe division of the total outputbetween families and individ-uals and in addition, we arefronted with the fact that theconversion of commoditiesinto capabilities varies enor-mously with a number of para-meters, e.g. sex, health, age,class background, education,social relations, etc.

For example let us take onegoal of SustainableDevelopment Goals launchedworldwide in 2015. In case ofgoal number 2: zero hungerwhich necessarily involves foodand nutrition, the nutrition of

people depends on the avail-ability of food per head in thecommunity, but distributionconsiderations too weigh heav-ily. Additional factors that needto be looked into are the per-son’s age and sex, a woman:whether pregnant or lactating,metabolic rates and body size,activity levels, medical condi-tions including presence orabsence of stomach parasites,climatic conditions, etc. Theproblem of distribution of foodwithin households is a seriousissue. Sex bias is an acceptedfact. There is no simple equa-tion between the capability ofa person to be well nourishedand availability of food. Unlessother related capabilities likeenjoying food, social inter-course, general happiness infamily, etc, are enhanced, nouseful conclusion can be drawn about well-being of ahuman being.

Prayagraj Experience:In Prayagraj, I asked a few

persons as to their views on fivebest indicators of developmentthey noticed during lasttwo/three years. Unanimously,they agreed on one: 24 hourselectricity supply everyday ascompared to 4 to 8 hours cutpreviously; two: 24 hours watersupply everyday as comparedto intermittent cuts/no suppliespreviously; three: about 90 percent congestion on almost allroads gone.

“Widening of almost allroads. We freely move on roadswe used to fear going twoyears back. Now cars can trav-el at 50 plus an hour and thatwas unthinkable previously,”said the taxi driver.

Four, neat and transparentadministration with no or verymeagre delays. “Responsiblebehaviour is the rule. Sense ofdiscipline prevails,” remarkedanother retired officer. But thefifth was the most importantthing which they commonlyshared, “Everyone is enjoyingthese changes. These are pub-lic goods and hence all personsirrespective of caste, religion,groups are entitled for thesefruits of development. The fas-cinating beauty of theseachievements is these are uni-formly available to all.”

One evening, I walkedRajapur road I used to go tofetch vegetables and other eat-ables during 1990-95 when Iwas posted at the thenAllahabad. I was for utmostsurprise. Road was really wide,clean, well-lighted and trafficwas highly disciplined. Pleasureaccompanied me as I moved onthat road. I thought “Yes, it isall inclusive growth. And thatwas what Sissy Jupe had in hermind when she disagreed withLouisa. We are amid timeswhen everyone is assured ofuniform benefits of develop-ment; benefits are not confinedto a few persons, groups ororganisations. No one needs toquarrel as did Sissy Jupe.”

Such a development hasmany invisible positive effects.Wide roads and less congestionleads to less and reduced stressand hypertension levels whichin turn contributes to generalhappiness, no or less alterca-tions on roads, no or lesseraccidents and so on so forth.24-hour availability of elec-tricity makes studies by stu-dents irritation free andrewarding. Time lost in look-ing at the clock waiting for cur-rent to come can have seriousimplications for students.Continuity of concentrationgoes and what they lose is sim-ply immeasurable.

Salman Rushdie’s THEGOLDEN HOUSE:Monologue of V Arsenyeva:

Let me end the article on aliterary note akin to the way itbegan. Charles Dickens criti-cally looked at iniquitousbehaviour of economy througha character Sissy Jupe. Rushdiehas Vasilisa Arsenyeva, aRussian girl with origins inSiberia, in mind. She now livesin New York and sometimes inFlorida. She intermittentlyreflects on issues like her ownpoverty, need and love. In hermonologue, she emphasises avital fact about “poverty of herorigin”. A time comes in a poorperson’s life when in place ofcursing his/her sufferance,he/she starts relishing it.Arsenyeva looks “with con-tempt” at those sympatheticwith her poverty. She admits,“Poverty is a disgusting condi-tion and to fail to emerge from

it is also disgusting. The past isa broken cardboard suitcasefull of photographs of things Ino longer wish to see.”

The question of food, thequestion of clothing, the ques-tion of warmth were all impor-tant questions for Arsenyevabut “there was never any ques-tion about a sufficiency ofdrink for her father.” But sheexcelled at all things she didand that moved her to Americaand she felt no need to thankanyone because she came toAmerica due to her solo efforts.Need causes love. To live hap-pily in a house, you must build“a solid house”.

Economists value capabil-ities and entitlements becausethese apart from paving theway towards freedom ofachieving happiness, also cre-ate plethora of correct, trans-parent and unbiased opportu-nities for the overall develop-ment of people. It is a questionof the command that peoplehave over their lives. It is allabout leading a life whichenables one to live up to whatArsenyeva’s monologue con-firms, “I am the general ofmyself and my body is the footsoldier that obeys what the gen-eral commands.”

Let us ponder over herexclamation and imagine theinner happiness that onceimpoverished and deprivedbut now capable Arsenyevahas achieved. Looking atPrayagraj experience, it is clearthat the society is steadilyheading towards times whenongoing developmental effortswill ultimately provide peoplewith what Paul Streeten calls,“the opportunity for a full life”.

(The author hails fromGorakhpur and is currentlyAdditional Deputy Comptrollerand Auditor General in office ofComptroller & Auditor Generalof India. He is a poet writing inEnglish with three poetry col-lections. His fourth bookSOLILOQUY OF A SMALLTOWN UNCIVIL SERVANT, asemi-autobiographical literarynon-fiction, has been publishedby Rupa Publications, NewDelhi in March 2019. The viewsexpressed in this article are hispersonal views.)

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All actions on our part are primarilyguided by cause-effect chain, theimplication of which gets

stretched on to the successive life afterdeath. We are thus born with Karmicimprints carried over from the past birth.These imprints are there in the form ofthought-seeds parked in our memorybank, which, given a congenial ground,come out in open. They set the terms ofhow our individual minds are primarilyoriented — desire trends, whims andfancies, prejudices and obsessions, habitsand attitudes. This way, every individualis born unique, each keen to passionatelypursue one’s individualistic aspirationalurges. That is subject to further add onas our impressionable minds get drawntowards tempting influences of the livingworld. No wonder, we all begin life withhigh hopes and ambitions, and in ouryouth, carrying the mindset as if nothingis unachievable. Accordingly, we set ourdream destination. Dreams are necessaryfor reaching heights one is capable of,since they serve as focus to reach anobjective. The paradox, however, is thatas we negotiate life in real terms, moreoften, we are to face challenges posedfrom within (habit tendencies) and

beyond. When things don’t move onexpected lines, we become subject tofrustrating experiences. Not everybody isable to take it kindly, particularly thosehaving a restive mind, marked withimpatience, intolerance, and a swagger-ing ego. The weaklings, in particular,come under acute pressure, often leadingto depression. If not attended promptly,it can take a serious turn, even demand-ing medical intervention.

The irony, however, is that in India,a large majority takes it lightly. Theybelieve that with time, as life progresses,we may come out of that hang, which ina large number of cases doesn’t happen.The worst is that they consciously avoidseeking an expert’s help, which, carry-ing the feeling that if it ever comes outin open, we may become socially out-caste. What we don’t realise is that ifleft unattended, our life itself may getderailed. In this respect, the Westernworld is much better, as they unhesitat-ingly seek immediate help.

The other day, someone worriedabout his child’s mind-state in futureterms came asking: “My child was hospi-talised by hostel authorities, when foundin a state of depression. Is there any

scope of its recurrence in future?”“Well, the seeds of negativity and

depression are very much in evidence inhis chart. Given a trigger, it could eruptagain. At this stage, though medication isnot required, regular counselling is calledfor. That may help him reorient thethought process in a way that he couldtake challenges in his stride,” I advisedhim. But he didn’t take it seriously. Theworry is that as Saturn catches up withnatal Moon early 2021, he once againbecomes susceptible to depression. But atthe end of the day, it is their call.

Let us have a look at his astrologicalpointers. Born with Aries lagna, heshould be impulsive, aggressive, impa-tient, intolerant, who would wish to liveon his own exclusive terms almost in ademanding mode. He may wish to be atthe head of things, never keen to play asecond fiddle to any. He may jump intoaction without applying proper fore-thought, which makes inviting adversi-ties more probable. He won’t ordinarilypay any attention to the advisories andcounsel offered by elders either, as theSun is ill-disposed off to Uranus. Thatmakes him eccentric, defiant, and habit-ually suspicious of elders’ intent. Hemay give a damn to commonsensicalwisdom and would rather prefer to pas-

sionately pursue his own line of think-ing, without any reality check.

Mind signifying Moon is conjunctSaturn, the planet of its nemesis, whichpoints to a negative mindset carrying theseeds of fear and insecurity. Such charac-ters usually keep their feelings sup-pressed within. Added to that is Moon’sconjunction with Rahu, as well as con-junction of Uranus and Neptune.Consequently, when things don’t moveon expected lines, he may fall into a neg-ative bind. He may keep mulling overthem beyond due, which when gravitatefurther, could set in depression. All themore, because intelligence signifyingMercury, the sub-lord of ailment signify-ing 6th cusp as well as 12th identifiedwith isolation, is opposed to Jupiter, the3rd cusp sub-lord. That, in the first place,accounts for his insensible reasoning andjudgment. And if that would not beenough, the linkage of 6th cusp with the3rd and 12th makes him susceptible toproblems of mind-genesis.

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