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s the first glint of sun’s rays
touched the City Beautiful
on the longest day of the year
on June 21, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday led
more than 30,000 yoga enthusiasts for the second
International Yoga Day celebrations as he pitched for treating diseases like diabetes
through the ancient spiritual
discipline and also announced
two yoga awards — one international and another national
— to be given away from the
next year.
The Prime Minister, attired
in a white T-shirt, white
trousers and a scarf for the celebrations at majestic Capitol
Complex, also stressed that
yoga is “not a religious practice”
and called it “people’s mass
movement.”
Noting that yoga has
become a major economic
activity worldwide, Modi said
that it gives health benefits on
“zero budget”. Among all the
methods of preventive care,
yoga is cheap and available to
all, he said.
An avid yoga practitioner,
the Prime Minister performed
most of the ‘asanas’, along with
thousands of participants, clad
in blue-and-white-coloured Tshirts and black trousers, bending and stretching in sync with
the English and Hindi instructions to a background score of
Indian classical music being
played over loudspeakers at the
venue.
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up around the spruced up
complex around 3 am on
Tuesday. These included
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personnel, Punjab Armed
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University students, schoolchildren and the elderly.
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and top bureaucrats from the
region also sat on mats to perform asanas at the one-hour
long event that was closely
followed across the world.
Kicking off the event, the
Prime Minister urged people to
embrace yoga for better physical and mental health saying
“Iss Jeevan mein Yoga ko
Jeevan ka Hissa baniye.”
“Just as the mobile phone is
now part of your life, make yoga
too a part of your life,” Modi,
while addressing the gathering,
told the yoga enthusiasts.
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asanas between 7 am and 7.45
am at Inner Circle and radial
roads of the Capital’s commercial hub to mark the second
International Yoga Day. The
usual buzz of activity
in the area was replaced by
chants of “Om”.
The event, jointly organised by Ministry of AYUSH
and New Delhi Municipal
Council, began with a yoga
programme of Jnanasindhu
School for blind from
Karnataka, followed by a martial arts performance by CISF
women commandos. Around
250 CISF commandos, including women commando,
demonstrated on ‘Pekiti Tirsia
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onfronted by the rising number of
willful Income Tax (I-T) defaulters,
the department has asked its officers not
to shy away from invoking the rare provisions of arrest, detention and auctioning of attached assets of the accused.
Now defaulters face rigorous imprisonment for a period between three
months and three years and a fine as the
Central Board of Direct Taxes, in a strategy paper for the current fiscal, has directed the I-T department to use this provision, used rarely till now, stated
under Section 276C (2) of
the I-T Act. The I-T department
has
also
decided
to
block Permanent Account
Number (PAN) of
default entities for any
activities, get their LPG
subsidy cancelled and
take measures to ensure
that
they
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not
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The I-T department has a designated official to execute these rare powers,
called the Tax Recovery Officer (TRO)
within its establishment. “The machinery
of the TRO should be strengthened by
providing more infrastructure and manpower. The TROs should be further
trained specifically for their work in order
to increase their effectiveness. In respect
of non-compliant defaulters, the provisions of arrest and detention as per the
provisions of Rules 73 to 81 of Schedule
II should be invoked by the TRO.
Stringent action can be taken in suitable
cases, including use of the provision for
prosecution under Section 276C(2) of the
Act,” it said.
The strategy papers act as a guiding
light for the taxman for the financial year,
2016-17. It has asked the supervising
authority to monitor TROs’ work, “especially in the area of attachment
and sale of property to ensure
that the attached properties are
sold within one year.”
“The role of a
TRO comes at the fag
end in a tax evasion case
when the demand raised by
the department gets converted into wilful default. A TRO
executes his power of arrest
and detention when there is a
chronic default.
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remained clear throughout the
event.
Addressing the gathering,
Venkaiah Naidu said, “Yoga is
not a religion. It is a way of life
for a healthy mind in a healthy
body.” Western countries had
adopted “yogic traditions to
heal themselves”, he said urging
Indians to make yoga a part of
their lives and make it a people’s movement. He, along with
other dignitaries, later joined
the yoga enthusiasts for the 45minute yoga practice.
Apart from Connaught
Place, the AYUSH Ministry
organised the event at six other
locations — Lodhi Garden,
Nehru Park, Talkatora Garden,
Swarn Jayanti Park in Rohini,
Yamuna Sports Complex in
Patparganj and District Park in
Dwarka.
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Kali’, a Filipino martial art.
Urban Development
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu
was the chief guest at the event
and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung
and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi
also participated. Celebrities
like international wrestler
Sangram Singh and Miss India
2014 Koyal Rana were also present at the function.
The level of excitement
was palpable as people started
turning up well before the
dawn on the three radial roads
of the Connaught Place.
While the NDMC made all
the arrangements for the event,
several organisations — including Patanjali Yogpeeth, the Art
of Living, Prajapita Brahma
Kumaris Ishwariya Vidyalaya
and the Delhi Police — helped
in making it a grand success.
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edition, the weather god also
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Tuesday came in for a stinging
criticism from various quarters for his
“insensitive”, “irresponsible” and “callous” comment that he felt like a
“raped woman” after a gruelling
shoot of a wrestling bout for his forthcoming film “Sultan”.
While women activists staged
protests outside his Bandra residence
in north Mumbai, activists and twitteraties condemned his “insensitive”
remark and demanded an apology
from him.
Taking suo motu cognizance of
Salman “irresponsible and callous”
remark, the National Commission for
Women (NCW) shot off a letter to the
actor seeking his explanation in seven
days and also warning him that he
would be summoned before the commission if failed to provide a satisfactory explanation.
In an audio recording of the interview that he gave to a Bollywood website as part of the promotion of
“Sultan”, he said the shooting of
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opposing India’s NSG
membership bid, on Tuesday
wrestling bouts was so gruelling that
he felt like a “raped woman” while
he would walk out of the ring after
the shoot.
“While shooting, during those six
hours, there’d be so much of lifting
and thrusting on the ground involved.
That was tough for me because if I
was lifting, I’d have to lift the same
120-kilo guy 10 times for 10 different
angles. And likewise, get thrown that
many times on the ground. This act
is not repeated that many times in the
real fights in the ring... When I used
to walk out of the ring, after the shoot,
I used to feel like a raped woman. I
couldn’t walk straight,” the actor said
in the interview.
However, moments later, the
actor appeared to regret his statement.
“I don’t think I should have...,” he said.
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for the first time said the “door
is open” for discussions on the
issue but took a swipe at the US
for backing India, saying it was
one of those who made the rule
against the entry of non-NPT
countries into NSG. Beijing’s
statement comes a day after it
said the NSG was divided over
admitting India and the issue
would not figure in the agenda of the NSG plenary in Seoul
this week. The US has appealed
to the member countries of the
48-member bloc to support
India’s bid for membership.
Beijing maintained that it
was the US which laid down the
rules of non-signatory countries
of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty not being allowed membership of the bloc.
Chinese Foreign Ministry,
however, asked the 48-member
NSG to “stay focussed” on
whether the criteria should be
changed on entry of non-NPT
countries into the elite group. “I
have not seen the US statement
supporting India. But the US is
one of those who made the rule
that non-NPT countries should
not join the Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG),” Chinese Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson Hua
Chunying told a media briefing.
“The relevant rule was
made on the principle that
NPT was the cornerstone of the
NSG,” she said.
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judgment of the Supreme
Court of India, two top security agencies, the Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
and National Intelligence Grid
(NATGRID), which is the integrated Intelligence grid, have
started massive “illegal” construction in Ghitorni area of
the southern ridge.
Under
the
Forest
Conservation Act, 1980 (FC
Act), use of forest land in protected areas (PAs) requires
prior recommendation of the
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and prior leave of the SC.
As per para 4.4 of the
guidelines of FC Act, it has
been decided that if a project
involves forest as well as nonforest land, work should not be
started on non-forest land till
approval is given by the Central
Government for release of forest land.
According to environmentalists, geologists and activists,
the southern ridge acts as the
green lung of the national
Capital. Moreover, any type of
pucca construction on forest
reserve area not only offsets the
ecological balance, but the construction impacts the groundwater table also.
However in this case, the
Department of Environment,
Forest and Wildlife, the
Government of National
Capital Territory, on August 11,
2014, allowed both the agencies
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mation in public domain.
Meanwhile, people have
come out against the construction work on the southern
ridge. KTS Tulsi, former
Addition Solicitor General
(ASG) of India, and member of
the Rajya Sabha said, “To start
construction without the permission of the Supreme Court
is contempt of court.”
The construction site,
Andheria Mode, falls under
the southern ridge and as per
a judgment dated March 13,
1996 in the case of MC Mehta
vs Union of India, KTS Tulsi,
who was the ASG then, had
assured the SC that the CRPF
would vacate the area occupied by the Training Camp
and no construction would be
done in future.
According to sources,
around 305 trees have been
felled while only seven have
been planted. Sanjay Parikh,
Senior
Advocate
and
Environmental Lawyer, is likely to file a case against the agencies after courts reopen after
the summer break.
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from East Delhi Maheish Girri,
who was on an indefinite hunger
strike for the last three days outside
Delhi Chief Minister Ar vind
Kejriwal’s residence, ended his fast on
Tuesday after Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh showed up at the site
and persuaded him.
Girri had been on anshan outside Kejriwal’s residence since
Sunday in protest against the CM’s
allegations that he was involved in
the murder of New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC) official MM Khan
in Jamia Nagar’s Johri Farm.
The Home Minister promised
Girri an impartial enquiry into
Kejriwal’s allegations in the May 16
Khan’s murder case. “I have come
here to request Maheish Girriji to
end his fast,” the Home Minister said.
Girri said, “I challenged Kejriwal
for a debate and it has been three
days and he didn’t turn up so it’s their
loss. I’m going to end my hunger
strike today.”
The Union Home Minister and
Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay
offered juice to Girri and ended his
anshan. After ending the strike,
Girri tweeted and challenged CM
Kejriwal for a debate on Wednesday.
“Hello @ArvindKejriwal, I will come
for a debate by end of day tomorrow.
Your Time. Your Place. Your People.
PS: pls do bring all the proofs.”
Rajnath asked Girri not to get distracted by these tactics of political
mudslinging. “Police in its investigation has not found anything against
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him in the alleged murder of MM
Khan. He should not be disturbed by
the allegations levelled due to political malice. Everywhere in society people are praising the moral courage and
the works of Maheish Girri. It is necessary that Maheish Girri should disregard the allegations levelled due to
political malice and concentrate on
human service,” said Singh.
Addressing the workers at the
venue, Satish Upadhyay said, “We
should thank Maheish Girri for his
fight against Arvind Kejriwal who
has become a symbol of falsehood
and forgery. The workers of Delhi
BJP are with Maheish Girri. This
hunger strike of Maheish Girri will
be the beginning of the end of
empire of falsehood of Kejriwal.”
While continuing his protest,
Girri performed yoga outside Kejriwal’s
residence on International Yoga Day.
After reports about deterioration
in Girri’s health surfaced on Monday
night, Union Minister Dr Harsh
Vardhan and Delhi BJP chief Satish
Upadhyay, MPs Pravesh Verma,
Vijay Goel, RP Singh, former Mayor
Harsh Malhotra, former MLA Pawan
Sharma, Subhash Sachdeva, Jitender
Singh Shunty, etc and senior leaders
came to meet Girri on Tuesday.
Addressing the workers, Harsh
Vardhan said Delhi is passing
through a phase of anarchy and if this
does not end soon then there will be
constitutional crisis in Delhi.
“Maheish Girri should continue his
fight against the mis-propaganda of
Kejriwal Government but should end
his hunger strike in view of precious
human life,” said Vardhan.
On Monday, BJP leaders, including Rajya Sabha member
Subramanian Swamy and Manoj
Tiwary also visited the spot and supported Girri.
Tuesday claimed he stood like a
“rock” against Narendra Modi’s
“misdeeds” and alleged that the FIR
linking his Government to the
multi-crore water tanker scam was
filed at the former’s behest. Kejriwal
claimed “an FIR was registered
against me under the directions of
PM Narendra Modi.” The FIR,
however, does not mention either
Arvind Kejriwal or Sheila Dikshit.
Making a brief yet agressive
statement to the media, Kejriwal
dared Modi to lodge “as many FIRs
and get as many CBI raids conducted against me as he can,” asserting such “coercive” methods would
not “scare” him or the Aam Aadmi
Party into silence. The Chief
Minister wondered why Congress
president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law
Robert Vadra was not being acted
against, contrary to the pre-poll
rhetoric of the BJP. He also questioned the Centre’s “inaction” against
Sonia in the AgustaWestland scam.
Mentioning that the FIR is
false and nothing will get out of it.
Kejriwal questioned, “Why Modiji
is conducting false CBI raids? PM
has threatened all others through
false FIRs and raids. He wants to
break me down, but whatever he
will do, I will be standing like a
rock. Whenever there is a Dalit or
a farmer will face atrocities, I will
be standing with them.”
Delhi CM also said, “Modiji, I
am not a Rahul Gandhi or Sonia
Gandhi that you can scare me. I am
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and four others, including
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his son, were injured in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura chowk
area on Tuesday morning
when four men in a car opened
fire at them.
According to a senior
police official, the incident
occurred around 8.15 am when
four men in a car (Maruti
Swift) waylaid the father and
son, who were on a motorcycle.
The father, Kailash Gupta, who
was a property dealer succumbed to his injuries while his
son, Rajan Gupta, in his 20s, is
critically injured and admitted
at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital.
Police claimed to have identified the men but did not disclose their identity as it might
hamper further investigation.
Kailash stayed in Harsh
Bazaar area near to the place of
the incident. As a routine,
Kailash and his son had gone to
a nearby park for morning walk.
After finishing their exercise,
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before heading home.
“Right then four unidentified men in a white Maruti
Swift slowed down at shooting
range in front of them and two
of them held out guns and started shooting at Kailash and his
son,” said a official privy to the
investigation in possession of
the CCTV footage of the area.
“The assailants waited till
they saw Kailash collapse on the
ground but then started their
car when Rajan started screaming in pain. When they could
not shoot Rajan anymore they
started shooting indiscrimi-
nately all around in order to create panic,” said the official.
While the accused were on
a shooting spree, one bullet hit
the leg of a rickshaw driver
identified as Ramlaxman(50),
who was sitting in a tea shop.
Another passerby, identified as
Banwari (40) also received bullet injuries to his left thigh and
fell down. The assailants then
pulled their weapons inside the
car, picked up speed and hit
another person Javed (34),
when they saw that he was running away. All the three were
taken to GTB Hospital for
treatment, said police.
A police source said the suspicion is on Sunil Pehlwan, who
is another property dealer and
had a long standing rivalry with
Kailash regarding a plot of land
in Bhajanpura.
“In December 2014, Sunil
Pehlwan had murdered Vishal
Gupta, who was the eldest son
of Kailash, regarding the same
property dispute. An FIR had
been lodged against Pehalwan
then. Our full suspicion lies
with him but cannot say anything till we have any evidence,” said the source.
Speaking to The Pioneer,
Karan Gupta, another son of
Kailash said, “My father’s birthday is on June 23 and we had
planned a family lunch. My
mother Sonam became unconscious on hearing the news of
my father’s death.”“We have
registered an FIR at Gokalpuri
Police Station against the
accused under Sections 302,
307 and 34 of IPC and further
investigations are on,” said the
official. Kailash is survived by
his wife Sonam and two sons.
he Delhi BJP on Tuesday
claimed the tanker irregulariT
ties continued even during the
Arvind Kejriwal Government.
“Kejriwal Government not only
tried to save former Chief Minister
Sheila Dikshit in the DJB water
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he did not act on the report for the
have a setting (secret deal) with me. Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch 11 months,” said Gupta, adding the
The Modi Government doesn’t file (ACB) chief MK Meena said besides ACB should probe this angle.
cases against Rahul or Sonia probing former Delhi CM Sheila
Gandhi or Vadra but it targets me. Dikshit’s role in the tanker scam, defence sector to FDI jeopardising
You can conduct as many raids and Kejriwal may also be quizzed for “sit- the country’s security, then I will
as many FIRs. I will die but will not ting over” a report by an AAP raise my voice. If BJP leaders are
Government-ordered fact-finding seen siding with the killers of an
tolerate fraud.”
“Why wasn’t any CBI raid not committee that found the alleged honest officer MM Khan, then I
ordered against Vadra, Sonia or irregularities. He said he will raise his will raise my voice,” he said.
A case was registered on
Rahul? But FIR and raids are con- voice against Modi “shielding” Shivraj
ducted against me. This indicates Singh Chauhan, Vasundhara Raje, Monday by ACB in connection
that even Modiji also believes that Anandiben Patel, who he alleged with the alleged C400-crore water
his fight is directly against me,” were involved in the Vyapam scan- tanker scam allegedly against then
Kejriwal said. “Modi has tried to dal, controversy over former IPL boss CM Sheila Dikshit.
Meena said two complaints
intimidate people with raids, false Lalit Modi’s immigration application
related to the alleged scam include
cases and threats. But I am stand- and a land scam respectively.
“I will raise my voice if you help Dikshit and Kejriwal. Both will be
ing like a rock — I won’t bend,
Vijay Mallya flee the country with questioned, said the police officer,
break or back off,” he added.
His attack came a day after C7,000 crore. If you open the who reports to the Centre.
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Tuesday gave a go ahead to the renaming of the university’s central library as
BR Ambedkar Librar y following
demands from the ABVP. The ABVP
which is locked in an ideological battle
with the Left-backed groups on campus
had in April also demanded a statue of
the architect of Indian Constitution be
installed there.
The university’s library committee
approved the proposal which was on
Tuesday placed before the Executive
Council, the statutory decision making
body of the university. “The proposal was
placed before the council today and was
approved unanimously to rename the
central library as BR Ambedkar Library,”
an EC member said.
The Left-groups active on campus
had termed the ABVP’s demands “ironic” alleging that “it’s weird on one hand
the Government is terrorising students
who pursue Ambedkarite politics, while
its student wing on the other hand is hell
bent upon appropriating Ambedkar”.
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Iapprehended
zone unit of Narcotics Control Bureau
a 42-year-old South African
woman with over 14 kilo extremely fine
quality Methaqualone, estimated to be valued at more than C2 crore, at IGI Airport
in the national Capital on the intervening
night of Monday and Tuesday.
According to a senior official, the
woman identified as Belinda Faurie, has
been shuttling frequently between India
and South Africa, with this being her eighth
visit to India since October, last year.
Her accomplice, Obiefoka Friday
Okeke (32), with whom the lady used to
stay while being in India was later arrested from his rented accommodation in Sant
Nagar in Burari at the outskirts of Delhi.
Okeke, who was found to be in possession of a Nigerian Passport, used to pick
and drop her at the airport whenever the
lady visited India.
“NCB had received a very concrete
information about one and half months
back that one Belinda Faurie was regularly visiting India from South Africa to procure the consignments of drugs. Based on
this concrete information, a Look Out
Circular had been opened against her name
at all ports by the NCB about one month
back,” said Rohit Sharma, Zonal Director,
NCB Delhi Zone.
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the busiest Noida-Greater Noida Expressway
in Sector-44, Noida on Tuesday.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital but
later succumed to his injuries.
The deceased has been identified as
Devender Bajaj, a resident of Rani Bagh of
North West Delhi.
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together in the national
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Capital on Tuesday to make the
second International Yoga Day
a great success. While foreigners and diplomats practiced
yoga at various locations in the
city, a group of blind children
from Karnataka showcased
yoga and wowed the audience.
Also, the women soldiers
marked their strong presence
on the historic day.
Shivanad N Kelur, the yoga
instructor for these blind students at a Karnataka-based
school said, “Our school helps
blind children to learn physical exercise. We emphasise
more on yoga as it keeps one
mentally and physically fit.”
According to Kelur, yoga
has increased the memory and
concentration for these blind
children.
Vimshi Kabadar, 13, a
blind child who performed
solo yoga postures, said, “I
have been doing yoga for many
years and I feel good doing it.”
Citing the importance of
yoga in life, Kabadar said yoga
on daily basis makes one mentally strong and makes one see
the world through the mind.
“We understand things better
now,” he added.
These children have performed yoga at various platforms across the nation. Eightyear-old Laxmi Niayyar said, “I
feel so energised when I do yoga
and I want to make my career as
a yoga trainer.” It is for the first
time she has showcased yoga talent outside her hometown.
While many blind students
narrated the importance of
yoga for the healthy mind and
soul, the differently-abled children were nowhere less to highlight the awareness and importance of yoga for staying fit.
The women soldiers also
marked their strong presence at
Connaught Place. On one hand,
the women team of CISF proved
that there is no dearth of measures for tackling eve teasers
through a martial art form,
around 200 newly recruited
lady constables from the Delhi
Police also proved how important yoga has become part of
their routine life.
The women commandos,
who are largely undercover,
showed how things like a dupatta, hair pin, footwear, and a
small wooden rod can be helpful in defending oneself. Also,
the commandos stressed on
the importance of staying fit and
healthy for a common woman.
The elite team of CISF
women commandos displayed
Pekiti Tirsia Kali, a martial art
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combatants have been trained
in the century-old martial art
technique which is a closequarter unarmed combat skill
used to take on multiple opponents at one time by using
obscure objects usually worn
on the body.
These female commandos
are posted in Delhi Metro and
respond to any misbehaviour,
aggression or violence against
women passengers or others,
and also keep a similar profile
and task at the Indira Gandhi
International Airport (IGIA).
“We have been doing yoga
daily for the past three months
and it’s a part of our training
now,” said Yamamuri, a recruit
originally from Arunanchal
Pradesh. Total 196 lady constables selected from across the
country reached Connaught
Place early in the morning
and performed yoga.
Kajal from Daman and
Diu who has been in Delhi for
the past three months said
that she is happy that now yoga
has become such an important
part of her life as she begins her
day with it which has made her
more focused.
Deepali, who hails from
Delhi’s Shahdara said, “To keep
us healthy, yoga is most important for women. Indeed, yoga
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self defense,” said Deepali.
Tulika, a resident of Assam
is a women constable at Delhi
Police, said, “It is an amazing
experience to be at World
Yoga Day celebrations for us as
it essential for a healthy mind
and body.”
Meanwhile, diplomats,
along with their children, from
40 countries including
Afghanistan, Russia, Sri Lanka,
Japan, Mexico, Ghana,
Belgium, Singapore, China and
others participated in the event
and said yoga is a popular exercise across the globe which has
maintained the soft connection
with India.
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akistan has “successfully”
blocked India's bid to gain
P
membership of the NSG, Prime
Minister's advisor on foreign
affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday
told Parliament.
Pakistan has a strong case
to gain Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG) membership on
merit and non-discriminatory
basis, Aziz said in a statement.
“We have been making
successful efforts against India's
Nuclear Suppliers Group membership,” he said.
His remarks came ahead of
the key meeting of the 48nation NSG this week in Seoul
when it will take up the applications of India and Pakistan.
Aziz also told lawmakers
that Pakistan was not being isolated and its official foreign policy was being tuned to the new
alignments in the world.
He said Pakistan would
continue to follow the policy of
non-interference in affairs of
other countries. He said foreign
policy was geared for the protection of national interests
and nuclear assets.
Aziz said that Pakistan's
political role would increase
after becoming full member of
the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation.
He said Pakistan enjoyed
historical relations with the
Muslim world which were
based on common religion
and recent visits by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to
Muslim countries will not affect
Pakistan's ties with them.
Earlier, opposition parties
blamed the Government for
failing to safeguard national
interests saying Pakistan was
being isolated in the region and
demanded a review of its foreign policy
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Insisting that the ancient
practice does not belong to one
person, community or the
country but to the whole world,
he said that yoga is for both
believers and non-believers
and there is no need to create
any controversy over it.
“Some people do not
understand yoga… It helps in
getting mukti (salvation) from
health issues,” said he in an
attempt to de-link the belief
among some that yoga was a
part of Hinduism.
Under attack from
Opposition that such yoga programmes amount to interference in religious freedom, the
Prime Minister said that yoga
is not a religious activity. “It is
not what you will get from yoga
but what is important is what
you will give to yoga and what
all (ailments) will it rid you of,”
he added.
During his address which
lasted for over 20 minutes,
Modi urged those pursuing
yoga to focus on the subject of
diabetes before the third event
of the UN-recognised day is
celebrated next year.
“Yoga can control diabetes if not eliminate it. This
should be the main focus for
the whole year,” said he while
expressing concern over rising number of diabetic
patients.
The Prime Minister, who
arrived here on Monday night,
was welcomed with thundering
claps and cheers from the large
crowd as he started his address
from the dais.
Soon after addressing the
gathering, Modi climbed down
from the podium to join the
participants and straight away
went to meet ‘Divyangs’, a
nomenclature given to the differently-abled by him. About
150 ‘Divyangs’ were assisted in
performing yoga asanas at the
Capitol Complex.
Modi also took a short
break to inspect the poses of his
fellow yoga enthusiasts, before
settling down on a mat and
joining them.
More than 30,000 people of
all ages, 10,000 each from
Chandigarh, Punjab and
Haryana performed yoga
asanas on pink and blue
coloured mats during the event.
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“After analyzing the scale of
construction in the reserved
area, I will file a case in Delhi
High Court against the agencies,” said Parikh. He is the representative of various environment cases involving the southern ridge in court.
The Pioneer visited the
construction site which is 1.5
km from the Ghitorni Metro
Station and observed the massive construction under the tag
of M/S Ahluwalia Contracts
Ltd. According to the site engineers and CRPF jawans present
there, the construction is being
done by the CRPF and NATGRID. “This construction project belongs to NATGRID,
under the Ministry of Home
Affairs and the CRPF and the
contract is with National
Buildings Construction
Corporation Ltd,” said a site
engineer who shared the information on the condition of
anonymity.
However, when asked
about the ongoing constructions in the “green lung” of
Delhi, the CRPF’s official
spokesperson did not reply to
specific queries despite several reminders. Even the officials
of Forest Department, Delhi
Government are not responding on the matter.
Environmentalist and
activist Anil Sood said that
the Delhi ridge is the green
lung of the city and protects
Delhi from the hot winds of
the desert of Rajasthan. It is
also responsible for earning
Delhi the tag of the world’s
second most bird-rich capital
city. “Ongoing construction is
destroying the forest and
water catchment areas leading
to the present environmental
When the yoga session
ended, Modi walked past scores
of volunteers who wanted to
shake hands with him and
take selfies. His security had a
hard time keeping the excited
crowd away from him as he
also interacted with the children after the session.
Punjab and Har yana
Governor Kaptan Singh
Solanki, who is also
Chandigarh’s Administrator,
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal, Haryana Chief
Minister Manohar Lal Khattar,
city MP Kirron Kher were
among those who share dais
with the Prime Minister at the
mega event.
Unprecedented security
arrangements were in place
around the venue in
Chandigarh’s high-security
zone of Sector 1 for more than
24 hours. The entire complex
was sealed off by paramilitary
commandos.
The Capitol complex was
divided into eight blocks where
500 master trainers along with
their team members performed
asanas. Several LED screens
were also put up at the venue.
mess in the Capital city where
the water table has depleted to
an alarming level,” said
Sood.
“A series of low hills
extending in two branches to
cradle the city, the ridge also
contains the city’s densest forest cover. It serves many valuable ecological functions, protecting Delhi from the dust of
nearby Rajasthan, lowering the
ambient temperature, cleaning the air, sheltering flora and
fauna, and - perhaps most
importantly - filtering and preserving groundwater in a
parched city,” said Gopal
Krishna, Environmentalist and
activist.
Incidentally, the status of
NATGRID as an Intelligence
agency is sub-judice at present.
According to Press Information
Bureau statement- 2015 “The
NATGRID has not been
declared as Intelligence agency
as yet.”
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Wildlife in Karnala Bird
Sanctuary
(KBS)
in
Maharashtra for the widening of
part of Panvel-Indapur section
of the National Highway-17.
This section constitutes
the direct connectivity from
Mumbai to Goa and the highway stretch passes for about 1.5
km length within the Karnala
Bird Sanctuary under Thane
wildlife division of West
Mumbai Wildlife Circle.
The total length of the project is 84 km, and the total project cost is C943 crore. The State
Government endorsed the proposal of widening the highway
within the sanctuary, says that
this may also smoothen the
traffic and reduce the fuel emissions from recurring traffic
jams that are otherwise harmful to the birds and other
wildlife. The KBS is covered
with moist mixed deciduous
forest and falls in the Western
Ghat bio-geographic zone. The
sanctuary is particularly rich in
climbers and as many as 11
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From Page 1
Known for unending controversies, Salman was cornered on social media and
other forums, as the NCW
threatened to summon him if
he failed provide an explanation for his remark in seven
days and women activists singled him out for his “inhuman”
rape analogy.
Like always in the past,
Salman’s scriptwriter Salim
Khan was quick to come to his
son’s defence and apologise
for the actor’s remark.
“Undoubtedly
what
Salman said is wrong, the simili (sic), example and the context. The intention was not
wrong. Nevertheless I apologise
on behalf of his family, his fans
& friends. Forgiveness is to pardon the unpardonable or it is
no virtue at all. To err is
human, to forgive divine. Today
on Int’l Yoga Day, let’s not run
our shops on this mistake,”
Salim Khan said in a series of
tweets put out during the day.
However, excepting an
expression of a mild regret that
London: Britain has launched
a new digital archive telling the
inspiring stories of war heroes,
including six Indians, as part of
the UK Government's centenary celebrations to mark
World War I.
As many as 175 men from
11 overseas countries were
awarded Britain's highest award
for valour, the Victoria Cross
(VC), during the war.
These included six soldiers
from undivided India who
fought in the war as part of the
British Indian Army and honoured in a commemorative
plaque presented to India back
in 2014.
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Washington: Pakistan's concerns on India's role in
Afghanistan are “overestimated”,
a
top
Obama
Administration official said on
Tuesday and warned that the
country will not have a “bright
future” unless it takes action
against terror groups like
Afghan Taliban and the
Haqqani network.
“India has been a supportive partner for Afghanistan. It
has provided a limited amount
but important military assistance (to Afghanistan),” the
Special US Representative for
Afghanistan and Pakistan,
Richard Olson, told a
Washington audience at the
Atlantic Council, a top
American think-tank.
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Among mammals, three
species of primates (common
langur, bonnet macaque and
rhesus macaque) are there in the
sanctuary, besides existence of
barking deer, wild pig, jackals,
hyaena, jungle cat, squirrel,
porcupine and Indian hare.
With an investment of C59
crore on the project, the NHAI
aims to make the stretch a
tourist attraction and also to
decongest the road thronged by
thousands everyday. “NHAI
has approved an estimate of
C58.16 crore to mitigate impacts
on wildlife in Karnala Bird
Sanctuary (KBS) for widening of
part of Panvel-Indapur section of
NH-17. This section constitutes
direct connectivity from
Mumbai to Goa,” said Road
Transport and Highways
Ministry official. The highway
stretch passes for about 1.5 km
length within the KBS under
Thane wildlife division of West
Mumbai Wildlife Circle.
The major mitigation measures being adopted by NHAI
(National Highways Authority of
India) include four wildlife passages in the 1.5 km sanctuary
stretch. Besides, seven box culverts are also being provided.
From Page 1
At least 100 Resident
Welfare Associations identified by the Ministry also hosted Yoga Day events.
At Nehru Park, approximately 2,000 people turned up
for the event. Among those
who were present were nearly
70 diplomats from 35 countries, including Japan, Sri Lanka
and United States, according to
an official of AYUSH Ministry.
Thousands of police personnel too celebrated Yoga Day
in all districts of Delhi Police.
The Delhi Government
held a separate event at the
Chhatrasal Stadium which was
presided over by Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia.
President
Pranab
Mukherjee too celebrated the
Day with 1,000 people partic-
ipating with him at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Fifty-seven Union Ministers
across the country joined the
masses to celebrate the day.
Around 200 officials and
employees of the Civil Aviation
Ministr y and Airports
Authority of India (AAI),
including Secretar y R N
Choubey, performed various
Yoga asanas at the lawns of the
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan.
Gurgaon-based carrier
SpiceJet participated in the
exercise with 40-crew members
undertaking a 10-minutes session on board.
Doctors at the AIIMS,
including its director MC Misra,
also marked the day. “Yoga is a
way of life and it should be part
of every one’s life. Yoga keeps
several health complications
away if done regularly with
dedication,” said Misra.
The participants also
included many non-medical
staff of AIIMS.
had come from him soon after
he made the “insensitive”
remark during an interview
given to a Bollywood website,
the actor had not apologised for
his remark till the evening.
Not unexpectedly, Salman
was at the receiving end of a
fierce attack from women
activists and twitteraties who
minced no words in castigating
the actor for his “insensitive”
and “inhuman” remarks.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the actor’s “insensitive”
remark, the NCW shot off a letter to him asking for his explanation in seven days and warning him that in the event of his
failing to provide a satisfactory explanation, he would be
summoned before the commission.
Talking to mediapersons,
NCW
Chief
Lalitha
Kumaramangalam described
the actor’s remark as “irresponsible”, “callous” and it
showed and showed the actor’s
“regressive mindset”.
“The commission has
taken suo moto cognisance.
We have sent him a letter asking for explanation in seven
days. We have said that he
should give a public apology,”
NCW Chief said.
“It’s not only a wrong statement, it’s very irresponsible
and callous for a man whose
fame and wealth is based on the
adoration of his female
fans...He has extrapolated patriarchal mindset...”I think this is
not the first time that he has
made statements that the public gets angr y about,”
Kumaramangalam said.
The NCW chief said if the
actor failed to give a satisfactory
response, he would have to
appear before the commission.
Interacting with mediapersons in Mumbai, BJP
spokesperson Shaina NC said,
“Salman Khan should apologise. It might be a slip of
tongue. There is no rationale to
it....Whatever the logic, Salman
should apologise for the statement. The actor’s analogy is
wrong... This isn’t about
Salman’s fan following but
about a self-respecting man
respecting women”
Salman was ridiculed on
the social media for his comment. One of the twitteraties
wrote, “Kindly remove humanitarian from your bio
@BeingSalmanKhan. There
cannot be anything more inhuman than using raped woman
analogy. SHAME”
“@BeingSalmanKhan don’t
know if you know this but rape
is not what they show in Hindi
films. You owe an apology to
for your comment. #salman,”
another person wrote on the
social media.
“I know Salman Khan has
fans. But if his female fans are
ok with his ‘I felt like a raped
woman’ then I’ve just lost faith
in the world,” a woman twitter
user wrote.
Another twitter comment
went thus, “Salman Khan
should keep his mouth zipped.
Each time he opens it he puts
his foot into it. Pathetic rape
analogy”.
Meanwhile, coming to the
defence of Salman, filmmaker Subhash Ghai said that the
actor’s remark had been “misrepresented” and that “he
(Salman) is just a child and I
know he respects women like
anything.” “It is very disgusting translation by someone.
He just said one thing that it
is a human agony he went
through. The deepest human
agony is when a woman is
raped. He was talking about a
metaphor....He is just a child
and I know he respects
women like anything,” Ghai
said.
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Hua made the remarks in
response to a question on US
asking members of the nuclear
trading club to support India’s
application.
Later talking to Indian
media, Hua said while discussions are going on among the
NSG members, the admission
of new members is not listed
in the current plenary meeting
in Seoul. “The door is open.
The room is there. We never
said we are against who (a
country). We did not target
any countr y, India or
Pakistan,” Hua said.
China for its part cares
about non-proliferation treaty
(NPT) as criteria for admission
of the new members into the
NSG, she said. “This is the core
of the international non-proliferation. If the non-proliferation regime is changed how
we can explain the Iranian
nuclear treaty,” Hua argued.
“We just had a treaty with
Iran. We have North Korean
issues there...So this concerns
the core issue whether NPT
and non proliferation system
could be impacted by this,” she
said.
Reiterating what she said
on Monday, Hua stated,
“According to my understanding, it (entry of new members)
is not on the agenda of the NSG
meeting in Seoul.”
“The door is open for the
admission of the non-NPT
members. It is never closed. It
is open. But the members of the
NSG should stay focussed on
whether the criteria should be
changed and whether nonNPT members should be
admitted into the NSG,” she
said.
On US’ backing for India’s
NSG bid, Hua said, “We care
about rules. US just sets the
rules. This is not an issue
between China and India but
(about) the pillar for non-proliferation system,” she said.
Amid China’s opposition,
the US has given a fresh push
to India’s NSG membership bid
by asking members of the elite
club to support India’s entry
into the grouping during the
ongoing plenary meeting in
Seoul. “We believe, and this has
been US policy for some time,
that India is ready for membership and the United States
calls on participating
Governments to support India’s
application at the plenary session of Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG),” White House
Press Secretary Josh Earnest
told reporters.
While majority of the elite
group members backed India’s
membership, it is understood
that apart from China, countries like Turkey, South Africa,
Ireland and New Zealand were
not in favour of India’s entry
into the NSG.
China maintains opposition to India’s entry, arguing
that it has not signed Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT). However, it has been
batting for its close ally
Pakistan’s entry if NSG extends
any exemption for India.
Pakistan applied for NSG
membership, a week after India
submitted its membership
application.
India has asserted that
being a signatory to the NPT
was not essential for joining the
NSG as there has been a precedent in this regard, citing the
case of France. India is seeking
membership of NSG to enable
it to trade in and export nuclear
technology. India is looking at
63,000 MW energy requirement through the nuclear programme by 2030.
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Affairs, Amandeep Singh Gill,
in-charge of Disarmament and
International Security division,
is already in Seoul to garner
support and explain India’s
case during the official-level
session of NSG, that began on
Monday.
The Foreign Secretary is
watching the situation very
closely and, depending on the
feedback from the official-level
meeting of NSG, he may travel to Seoul to give a “final push”
during the crucial plenary on
Thursday and Friday in the
South Korean capital.
China is the main oppo-
nent to India’s application and
has hyphenated Pakistan’s
application with India, seeking
its entry too in the NSG if New
Delhi was inducted.
China is using the clause
on Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) to block India,
since New Delhi is not signatory to treaty. China has also
been protesting against the
2008 waiver India has. India
has asserted that, being a signatory to the NPT is not essential for joining the NSG, citing
the precedent of France. India
is seeking NSG membership for
ease of trade and export of
nuclear technology.
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Jaishankar may lead a delF
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Seoul for the Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG) meeting, where
India’s application for membership will be discussed on
June 23-24.
India is engaged in hectic
lobbying for the last several
months, with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi himself making a pitch for safety of
radioactive materials during
the Nuclear Security Summit
in Washington in March this
year.
Modi also made a lastminute tour to Mexico and
Switzerland to seek their support. Both these nations had
raised objections to the NSG
waiver given to India in 2008.
Foreign Minister Sushma
Swaraj and FS Jaishankar too
have been actively engaging
with the 48-member grouping
to convince them for India’s
candidature. Senior official
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It is believed Modi will personally seek Chinese President
Xi Jinping’s support for India’s
case, when he travels to
Tashkent for Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation
Summit on June 24.
On the other hand, USA
and Russia are some of the
countries that have thrown
weight behind India and arecampaigning for it.
NSG regulates global trade
in nuclear technology and its
membership is expected to
open up the international market for India, which plans to
shift to nuclear power for its
ambitious energy generation
programme.
India has set an ambitious
target of generating 63,000
MW of nuclear energy by 2030.
The NSG looks after critical
issues relating to nuclear sector
and its members are allowed to
trade in and export nuclear
technology. Membership of the
grouping will help India significantly expand its atomic
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Office in Islamabad on
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Tuesday claimed that a British
High Court has rejected India’s
attempt to strike out
Islamabad’s claim to the
Hyderabad Fund, India reacted by saying it is premature to
reach any conclusion regarding
ownership of monies, as the
matter is subjudiced.
However, the court had
acknowledged there is much
force in India’s arguments to
strike out Pakistan’s claim.
India had challenged GBP
35 million in a bank account in
the name of the High
Commissioner of Pakistan on
20th September 1948. The
money was transferred from
Nizam-e-Hyderabad by an agent
for the newly formed Pakistan.
However, the Nizam of
Hyderabad, which later became
part of India, claimed that the
money transfer was done without his authority and sought
return of the entire amount.
Interestingly, the same court
in March 2015 had directed
Pakistan to pay 1,50,000 Pounds
to India as legal fees in the 67-
year-old Hyderabad Funds case
involving the Nizam’s money,
while terming Pakistan’s behaviour as “unreasonable”.
“In the pre-trial judgement
in a case pertaining to the
monies from the erstwhile State
of Hyderabad lying in a UK bank
since late 1940s, an English
court has dismissed Pakistan’s
application invoking limitation
against India’s claim to the
monies. The judgement states
that Pakistan’s application for
summary disposal of the claim
in her favour must fail. The costs
for the failure of this application
of Pakistan will be awarded to
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has come out with a draft
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National Forest Policy (NFP),
that proposes the levy of green
tax, while calling for safeguarding forest land by exercising restraint on diversion for
non-forestry purposes like
mining and industrial projects besides practicing responsible eco-tourism in protected
areas to ensure safety of
wildlife.
The new policy, aims at
converting “one-third of the
country’s total geographical
area under forest or tree cover
through scientific interventions and enforcing strict rules
to protect the dense cover. It
would replace the present policy framed in 1988.
The present draft policy
prepared by the Bhopal-based
Indian Institute of Forest
Management (IIFM), has been
put up in public domain seeking feedback from experts,
civil society, environmentalists
and other stakeholders by June
30. A new policy will come out
after going through suggestions
of these people and the best of
them will be incorporated in
the new policy.
The policy stated that the
budget of the forestry sector
should be appropriately
enhanced so that the objectives
enshrined in this policy can be
achieved. Investments on infrastructure and livelihood support for the forest dependent
communities and forest management would be stepped up
as they are equity enhancing
and need to be given utmost
priority.
Environmental cess, green
tax, carbon tax etc may be
levied on certain products and
services for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour,
garnering citizen’s contribution and supplementing financial resources,” the draft NFP,
which has been put in the public domain for feedback from
stakeholders, said the policy.
Referring to the contentious issue of diversion of
forests for mining and industrial projects, the draft policy
said, “Forest land diversion
projects related to mining,
quarrying, construction of
dams, roads and other linear
infrastructure needs to adopt
special caution. Use of state-ofthe-art technology which causes minimum pollution and
damage should be promoted.”
The draft policy also called
for developing “sound ecotourism models” with the focus
on conservation while supplementing the livelihood needs of
local communities.
India. The legal action in the
matter, currently sub-judice, was
initiated by Pakistan in 2013.
Pakistan’s subsequent application
for discontinuance of the case
was rejected by the same court
in 2015. India was also awarded
substantial costs against Pakistan
at that stage,” official spokerson
for Ministry of External Affairs
Vikas Swarup said on Tuesday.
However, Pak spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said: “The
Judge accepted that there was
good evidence supporting
Pakistan’s claim to the monies,
which needed to be fully considered at a trial.”
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allow 100 per cent FDI in
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impact Defence Procurement
Policy (DPP)2016 and will not
affect the local industry. Instead,
inflow of funds will create more
jobs and investment opportunities for Indian medium and
small scale industries, Defence
Ministry officials said on
Tuesday.
Clearing the air on opening up the Defence sector in a
big way to foreign players,
announcement for which was
made on Monday, the officials
said, that as per DPP 2016, priority is accorded to Indian
designed, developed and manufactured weapon systems. In
fact, the 100 per cent FDI will
help ‘Make in India’ policy
gather momentum and ultimately make India a hub for
Defence production, they said.
Elaborating upon this
aspect, the officials said in
case foreign investors want to
tie up Indian industry under
the 100 per cent and 74 per
cent FDI categories, the vendor
will have to include 60 per cent
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This will ensure that the fledgling Indian industry gets hold
of cutting edge technology and
best international practices in
this field.
Moreover, such weapon
systems produced here, likely to
be bought by the Indian armed
forces, will also reduce the
import cost, thereby cutting
down the overall price of the
finished product, they said.
In case, the foreign investor
wants to invest 100 per cent
FDI, set up its own manufacturing base and does not want
to source Indian product, they
can do so and export the
weapon system subject to No
Objection Certificate(NOC)
from the Government, officials
said.
Highlighting the implications of allowing 100 per cent
FDI, they said permission will
be given on case to case basis
given national security issues
involved with Defence manufacturing.
Moreover, the opening up
of the sector will especially help
the medium and small scale
entreprensurs as they will get
access to international market
through foreign investors.
Admitting the fact that the
Indian industry lacks the
required skilled manpower and
knowledge of producing worldclass Defence systems, given
the complexities and high capital investment, officials said
100 per cent FDI will establish
the required eco system for
Defence manufacturing and
generate jobs.
Giving the example of
China, they said the eastern
neighbour allows 100 per cent
FDI and the investors take
advantage of cheap labour and
export the finished product, as
China has its own well developed Defence industry and
need not import.
However, in case of India,
the local industry, including
private and public, is lagging
behind and therefore the
Chinese model cannot be
implemented here.
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n order to prevent misuse and delay of grant
of scholarships to students belonging to
IScheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribes, the
Centre has asked the State Governments to link
Aadhaar with caste and domicile certificates to
be issued to school students.
The States have been told to ensure that such
certificates are issued within 60 days’ time to the
students, when they are studying in Class V or
VIII.
The development assumes significance as
there have been complaints of delay in grant of
scholarship to students belonging to SC/STs.
People have often complained of harassment
allegedly by Government officials in getting caste
and domicile certificates issued.
“The State Governments may also try to get
the information of students, fed into the meta
data to be made online and may link it to
Aadhaar enabled data, if feasible. Sincere efforts
be made to issue these certificates along with
Aadhaar number,” reads Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) released by Personnel
Ministry on issuance of caste and certificates in
schools.
The main objective of issuance of caste or
tribe certificate is to facilitate access of bona-fide
candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes to the reserved posts and services under the State or Central Governments
and secure admission in educational institutions
and get other facilities.
“The concerned revenue or State
Government authorities would scrutinise or verify the documents and issue the relevant certificates preferably within a period of 30-60 days,”
it said. The responsibility of issuance of residency
and caste certificate is with the State
Governments and Union Territories.
To avoid difficulties faced by SC and ST students, it has been proposed that ‘caste or tribe
certificate’ and also the domicile certificate may
be issued to such students and only a residence
certificate may be issued to students other than
SC or ST all over the country, while they are
studying in Class V or VIII, as part of an annual exercise.
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ly two years, the Union Health
Ministry has now finally set up
a panel to frame a policy aimed
to tackle rare genetic diseases
like Progeria, that causes premature ageing or Lysosomal
storage disorders such as
Gaucher’s diseases.
Headed by Dr IC Verma,
Head of Genetic Department,
Delhi-based Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, the panel is entrusted with identification of rare
diseases, whose treatment is
available and categorise them
on the cost of their treatment
and efficacy.
“The panel will prepare list
of rare diseases and provide a
broad categorisation on factors
such as availability of treatment,
efficacy and cost involved. The
panel will also suggest guidelines
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sources in the Health Ministry.
It was in April 2014, Delhi
High Court, among other
things, suggested the Centre
and the States to develop a policy for tackling rare diseases
and promoting orphan
drugs(for such diseases). It
also suggested setting up a
separate CSR/charitable entity
wherein donations can be
received, while the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs could consider providing extra credit
for donation in certain sectors
such as health.
However, advocate Ashok
Aggarwal felt that it was not sufficient. He said, “health is a State
subject, but no State has so far
enacted any legislation for the
Right to Health. The subject of
health should be brought in the
concurrent list of the
Constitution. The Right to
Health must be made a fundamental right and the Centre
should enact a central law on
the right to public health”.
“While States are apathetic
to health subject and Centre
washes its hands off the health
subject, it is the patients who are
at the receiving end,” he added.
“If the cure of a disease is
available and the patient is not
in a position to afford it, it
becomes the duty of the State
to bear the cost of treatment.
More so, in the cases of the
patients suffering from rare diseases that are fatal,” he said.
Rare diseases are usually
detected after six months of a
child’s birth.
Aggarwal noted that it is
only after the court’s intervention that Employee’s State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
has been providing free treatment to children suffering
from rare genetic disorders.
“What about those who are not
approaching the court?” he
asked and stressed on creating
awareness among patients
about their rights. He said, the
Government should extend
similar aid to all patients of
treatable rare diseases.
Manjit Singh from
Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Support Society (LSDSS) said
that Government must make
special budgetary provisions for
treatment of rare disorders. LSDs
occur in about one in 5,000 live
births. The treatment includes
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
(ERT) and Bone Marrow/Cord
blood transplantation.
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women in Rajkot set a
new Guinness record on the
International Yoga Day by performing a special kind of prenatal yoga on Tuesday.
By successfully doing prenatal simultaneously, the pregnant women in Rajkot broke a
world record set by around 900
pregnant females by taking
part in Group Yoga.
Confirming the development Rajkot District Collector
Vikrant Pandey said that the
Yoga performance of pregnant
females was done under the
observation of over 100 doctors
and guidance of Yoga trainers
from Haridwar in Uttar
Pradesh. According to Pandey,
the attempt would be done seriously to popularise pre-natal
Yoga for the benefit of pregnant
ladies.
“Criterion of Guinness
book of world records were followed in order to create new
world record. It required participants who would have pregnancy of at least 12 weeks.
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minutes session, the pregnant
ladies in Rajkot performed
Yoga for 47 minutes. All the
essential approvals were taken
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We will send videography and
other important document to
register females of Rajkot as
new record holder,” said the
collector.
Meanwhile over 1.25 crore
people voluntarily performed
Yoga across the State including
Chief Minister Anandiben
Patel and Governor OP Kohli
in Gujarat on Tuesday to mark
International Yoga Day.
Yoga performances were
organised at over 40,000 dif-
ferent locations in the State.
The main function was organised at GMDC Ground in
Ahmedabad where nearly
70,000 people assembled to
perform Yoga at around 6.30 in
the morning. The Chief
Minister and Governor were
also did Yoga at the venue.
On this occasion, CM Patel
said that as a result of Yoga Day
celebration people across the
globe connected with the feeling of brotherhood. Praising
Prime Minister Narendra
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Modi, she said that because of
PM Modi’s effort, people world
over come to know about the
power of Yoga and its benefits.
Nearly 8000 school children created ‘Yoga human
chain’ on the tune of ‘Sare Jahan
Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’
at the GMDC ground.
Yoga was also performed at
the tallest mountain of Gujarat
– Mount Girnar, UNESCO’s
world heritage site Rani-ki-Vav,
State’s only hill-station Saputara
and other interesting places.
Chennai: On the second
International Yoga Day, a woman
advocate in Tamil Nadu created
a new world record for continuous performance of yoga asanas
or exercises. KP Ranchana, 34, an
advocate by profession and a
martial art student, set a record
of continuous performance of
asanas for 57 hours.
“I didn’t feel tired performing the asanas since June 19
morning. After I completed 57
hours on International Yoga
Day I felt ‘why it all came to an
end’. From tomorrow onwards,
it is going to be work as usual,”
Ranchana, who hails from the
temple town of Kanchipuram,
around 75 km from here, told
IANS. “It was my mother's braveness, father's patriotism and my
guru's guidance I was able to perform this,” she added.
Ranchana broke the world
record set by Uttam Muktan of
Nepal who performed yoga for
50 hours and 15 minutes in
December 2015.
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which was observed in different places of the State including the Capital, sub-divisions,
block and panchayats.
Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal participated in the yoga event at his
home constituency at Majuli
River Island along with State
Health and Education Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Lok
Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad
Tasa and thousands of people
including schoolchildren.
Sonowal said that his
Government would take up a
slew of initiatives to make
Majuli a spiritual centre and a
cultural hub.
“Yoga helps to build not
only healthy body and stable
mind but also moulds our personality. For inculcating discipline, punctuality and grooming
of personality, the world has realized the importance of Yoga,”
said the CM while addressing
the people at the Majuli College
Field in the Island.
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Bengaluru responded in a
Imajor
way to the call of
International Yoga day on
Tuesday. Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah, Union Ministers
HN Ananatha Kumar, DV
Sadananada Gowda, film actress
Bipasha Basu bended to the
twists and turns of Yoga along
with thousands of people from
all walks of life at Kanteerava
Stadium in Bengaluru.
Apart from this, thousands
of people from all walks of life,
including children, in
Bengaluru woke up early on
Tuesday and performed Yoga
exercises across the city under
a cloudy sky, marking the second year of the International
Yoga Day.
Though a normal working
day, the annual event made
young and old, men and
women flock to neighborhood
parks and playgrounds, while
hundreds assembled in the
famous Cubbon Park and
Lalbagh botanical garden to
perform various Yoga asanas
(exercises) on mats.
“I have been practicing
yoga since the past two years
under a trainer to be fit physically and mentally. Though I
am 68 years old and diabetic,
daily yoga exercises are helping
me withstand the stress and
strain that comes with duties
and responsibilities of being a
Chief Minister,” Siddaramaiah
said in Kannada.
vailing upon UN to observe
June 21 as International Day of
Yoga,” he added.
The Chief Minister said
that the country is witnessing
a surge on various fronts due to
bold and innovative initiatives
of Prime Minister Modi. “The
country is on the path of development and the people are
reaping the fruits of
development as the present
Central Government is committed, responsive and peopleoriented one,” he said adding
the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is trying his utmost to
secure a pride of place for
India among the comity of
nations.
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Extending
his
Government’s support to the
global event, the CM had
directed State-run and private
schools and colleges to hold
Yoga class daily so that it could
become a life-long habit for the
younger generation.
“From experience I can
assure you that one-hour yoga
daily keeps us fresh, active and
stress-free for the rest of 23 hours
in a day. It is a free exercise with
healthy rewards for life. As Yoga
is a universal practice, it can be
done by all irrespective of religion, caste, creed and nationality,” Siddaramaiah asserted.
Celebrity Bipasha Basu
demonstrated forms of Yoga
postures to make the audience
repeat them. State Ministers KJ
George, UT Khader and TB
Jayachandra and senior officials
of the State health and education departments participated
in the event.
Similar events were organised across the State and in one
of them Former Chief Minister
and BJP State President BS
Yediyurappa also joined the
people in the mat performing
simple yoga postures.
Several organisations,
including IT companies and
NGOs too held yoga exercises
with a large number gathering
in different venues in the city.
The Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated at various Army Units
in Bengaluru.
At the Headquarters
Karnataka and Kerala Sub Area
the Yoga was conducted by
Colonel Anjani Kumar in
which a large number of
Officers, JCOs and Jawans participated.
“The State Government is
wholly committed towards
making Assam a developed
and prosperous State in the
country. For making Assam a
developed State, we have to be
disciplined, punctual and hard
working. Sri Sri Sankaradeva
and Sri Sri Madhabdeva tried
to bring about major transformation in the State through
Yoga. We have to follow their
ideals to attain our avowed
goals,” he said.
Sonowal also heaped praise
on Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and said that it is a matter of pride for 125 crore
Indians. “Our Prime Minister
deserves encomiums for pre-
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International Yoga Day celebrations in Kerala on Tuesday but
the spirit of the event at the State
capital, Thiruvananthapuram
was marred a bit when Marxist
Health Minister KK Shailaja
openly objected to the recital of
Sanskrit Shloka at the Statelevel programme.
“In a secular country, Yoga
also has to be secular. Believers
have the right to start Yoga with
prayers to God. But there are
people who are not believers and
they have a right to practice Yoga
too. They should be able to adopt
their methods to achieve concentration,” the Health Minister
said while inaugurating the
event.
The CPI(M) Minister, who
is also in charge of Social Justice,
did take part in the Yoga programme but she did not cross her
fingers or recite the Shloka when
it was in progress while her predecessor in the Health Ministry,
VS Sivakumar of the Congress,
was sitting next to her. She
reportedly told Sivakumar about
her view on the matter.
After the programme,
Shailaja reportedly sought explanation from State officials on
why it was necessary to include
the Sanskrit Keertana in the
World Yoga Day programme.
The officials had replied that the
programme was scheduled as
per the Common Yoga Protocol
of the Ayush Department,
reports said.
However, after her conduct
triggered a controversy with the
Congress and BJP reacting
sharply, Shailaja offered an explanation saying that she had not
questioned any State official. “I
hold nothing against those recite
Keertanas. But the programmes
connected with a public programme should be acceptable to
all. Even the Prime Minister says
Yoga is not religious,” she said.
Stating that the position
adopted by Minister Shailaja
over the Yoga Day celebration
was condemnable, State BJP
president
Kummanam
Rajasekharan said this would
cause anxiety among the people.
“Why had she responded like
this? Whom was she trying to
appease with such words? She
should know that Yoga has no
religion,” he said.
Reacting to the Minister’s
comments on the World Yoga
Day event, former chief minister Oommen Chandy of the
Congress, during whose tenure
the first World Yoga Day was
observed in the State, said,
“Beginning functions with
prayers is part of our culture.
Such a controversy wouldn’t
have come up if it was a month
ago (when he was in power).”
Various Government and
private institutions, hospitals
and voluntary organisations also
organised different programmes
on the occasion across Kerala.
Union Minister for Environment
and Forests Prakash Javadekar
led the BJP’s State-level Yoga Day
programme
in
Thiruvananthapuram in which
Kummanam Rajasekharan and
other leaders took part.
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the stadium saw a large turnout,
with MPs Ramcharan Bohra
and Om Mathur, as well as State
Cabinet Ministers and officials
taking part.
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Union Territory but Chief
Minister V Narayanasamy and
his ministerial colleagues gave
the event a miss.
Bedi took part in a mass
yoga demonstration attended by
6,000 school and college students, officials and NCC volunteers and performed as many
as 40 different asanas lasting
nearly 90 minutes from 6.30 am
on the Beach Road here.
Narayanasamy, heading the
Congress Government, and his
ministerial colleagues, scheduled to participate in the yoga
day celebration, were conspicuous by their absence and visited Yanam to participate in
some other Government functions there.
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were installed. On the occasion,
Bharti lauded Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for getting
June 21 recognised as
International Yoga Day.
“PM has united the world
with yoga. I would ask every
one to make Yoga a daily practice which can help in keeping
us healthy,” she said. She, however did not perform ‘asanas’
due to health reasons and only
did breathing exercises while
seated on a chair.
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have been finalised for the
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crucial by-poll in south
Kashmir’s Anantnag Assembly
constituency where Chief
Minister Mehbooba Mufti is
facing her first electoral test
after assuming power in the
embattled State two-and-half
months ago.
Officials said that men and
machinery; and the polling
material have reached all the
102 polling stations in the constituency, that witnessed a
string of violent incidents
during the past three weeks. As
many as 52 polling booths
have been categorised as hypersensitive while the rest are in
the sensitive category.
Mehbooba has extensively
campaigned
in
the
constituency during the past
few days mostly addressing
road shows and holding closeddoor meetings with the
prospective voters. On Tuesday
she skipped the in-session
assembly where demand for
grants for her own depart-
ments was scheduled. A senior
Minister who tabled the
demands in the House said that
the CM was not keeping well.
Mehbooba took oath as
Chief Minister on April 4 and
is required to become member
of one of the two houses of J&K
legislature within six months.
She is currently Lok Sabha
member representing south
Kashmir constituency comprising Anantnag, Pulwama,
Shopian and Kulgam districts.
She chose to contest bypoll from the Anantnag segment that fell vacant after the
demise of her father and former
Chief Minister Mufti
Muhammad Sayeed.
The Congress has repeated
its candidate Hilal Ahmad
Shah, who gave a tough fight to
late Mufti in 2014 assembly
polls when the constituency
with 83,574 votes saw total
39.73 per cent turnout. Shah
was defeated with a margin of
6,000 votes as he polled 10,955
votes against Mufti’s total of
16,983 votes.
This time around, 84,081
voters have been registered
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(42,924 male and 41,156
female) in the constituency but
the turnout is not expected to
be too high due to recent incidents of violence in the area.
The Opposition, National
Conference, has repeated its
candidate Iftikhar Misgar.
However, he has not been able
to create an impression among
the electorate. The NC lost its
powerful contender Mehboob
Beg shortly before the
2014 elections when he withdrew his nomination in favour
of late Mufti. Beg is now the
chief spokesman of the ruling
PDP.
The Congress has vigorously campaigned for its candidate who boasts his role in
helping out local people during
the devastating floods of
September 2014. The JKPCC
chief Gulam Ahmad Mir
camped in the town for the
entire campaigning period to
boost his party candidate. He
even introduced famed actor
Raj Babbar and former skipper
of Indian cricket team
Muhammad Azharuddin to
campaign for Shah.
However, the security
concerns will be paramount to
the electorate when they decide
to hit the polling booths on
June 22. In the first week of this
month, militants struck at
two places in and around
Anantnag constituency and
killed three Border Security
Force (BSF) men and two
police personnel.
The Hizbul Mujahideen
outfit also circulated posters in
the area warning locals to
desist from voting for the
“Indian stooges”.
Even as Mehbooba is
considered favourite in the bypoll, the situation in the area
has given many a sleepless
nights to her and her poll
managers. If the turnout on
Wednesday does not become
too impressive, it will be a
major cause of worry for the
incumbent Chief Minister.
nursing student, a poor
Dalit girl hailing from
Malappuram district in Kerala,
has been admitted to the
Government Medical College
Hospital in Kozhikode with
severe burn injuries in her
throat and esophagus after her
seniors in a private nursing college in Gulbarga, Karnataka,
allegedly forced her to drink
bathroom cleaner as part of
ragging.
Doctors at the hospital
were quoted as saying that the
19-year-old Dalit girl from
Kalady,
Edappal
in
Malappuram district was in a
very serious condition and
would not be able to have normal food for at least the next six
months. Presently the girl is
being fed food in liquid form
through the tube inserted
through her neck.
According to the victim,
the leaders of the group of
seniors who ragged her brutally
were two Keralites, one from
Kollam and the other from
Idukki, both third year students. The incident is said to
have taken place on the night
of May 9 and it was other fellow-students who had taken
the girl to a nearby hospital.
“It was severe torture they
had inflicted on me,” the victim
told newsmen at the Kozhikode
hospital, adding that there were
eight seniors in the group.
“They forced me to drink bathroom cleaner. Other students
made me vomit the solution
and I vomited blood. I haven’t
been able to have any food for
the past 42 days,” she said.
“She can’t eat or drink anything. She can’t even swallow
the saliva. She has to spit it out.
I don’t know when she will be
able to drink at least some
water,” said the girl’s mother
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while relatives said that the
doctors at the hospital had
suggested shifting her to some
specialty hospital for continued
treatment.
The ragging victim also
said that the senior students
used to insult her by calling her
a Dalit with references to her
family background. As per
reports, the Karnataka Police
had not been able to record her
statement as she was unable to
speak for the five days she was
at the Gulbarga hospital undergoing treatment.
The girl had spent four
days in the ICU and one day at
the casualty section of the
Gulbarga hospital but she was
brought her back to Kerala as
there was no improvement in
her condition. She was admitted to a hospital at her native
place, Edappal, but the doctors
there advised the relatives to
shift her to the Medical College
Hospital in Kozhikode.
According to the victim,
the senior students had tortured her had threatened her of
dire consequences if she
revealed anything about their
involvement. They were still
studying in the same college
without any problem, said relatives of the girl, adding that
the college authorities had not
bothered even to enquire about
the matter.
It is also said that the
senior students who had subjected her to brutal ragging had
videographed the incident and
had been making jokes over it.
The Dalit girl had joined the
private nursing college in
Gulbarga by remitting a fee of
C75,000 which was part of a C4lakh loan she had availed for
her studies. State SC-ST and
Backward Classes Welfare
Minister AK Balan said the
Government would bear all
expenses of the treatment.
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Siddaramaiah, who is facing
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an internal rebellion over reshuffle of his Ministry, has chosen to
ignore the dissidence but said he
was confident of convincing the
dropped colleagues who were on
a warpath with him.
Siddaramaiah on Monday
after violent protests by the supporters of sacked Ministers
across the State said he would
convince them. He specifically
said he would ignore the remarks
made by actor turned politician
MH Ambareesh from Mandya,
the heart land of vokkaliga politics where he compared Chief
Minister to Hitler.
He said on the sideline of a
function in Bengaluru that he
can’t react to such statements
wasting time. ‘‘Leave it. I will
speak to him. I cannot be waste
time reacting to such statements,” he said.
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Qaumi Ekta Dal with two
MLAs, merged with the ruling
Samajwadi Party in Lucknow
on Tuesday.
The
merger
was
announced by senior SP leader
Shivpal Singh Yadav at a Press
conference in the presence of
the QED chief Afzal Ansari and
his brother Sibgatullah Ansari.
Mukhtar Ansari is in jail
for his alleged role in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanad
Rai and is undergoing trial in
a CBI court.
The Samajwadi Party, however, chose to distance itself
from the don-turned-politician saying that the entire
QED has merged, while it itself
barred Mukhtar, who is an
MLA from Mau.
Welcoming the QED into
the party fold, Shivpal Yadav
said, “The SP welcomes the
home coming of the QED.
The merger would immensely help the SP to strengthen its
mass base in east UP and help
the party in retaining power in
the 2017 Assembly polls.”
“The merger will prevent
the division of minority votes
in several east UP districts. I
will soon visit Ghazipur where
lakhs of supporters of the QED
will join the SP. Afzal Ansari
has been associated with the SP
and was a party MP from
Ghazipur Lok Sabha seat,”
Yadav added.
Replying to a question the
SP leader denied that Mukhtar
Ansari has also joined the SP
and claimed that the party was
consistent on not having any
link with leaders with tainted
background.
During the Press conference, neither SP leaders nor
QED leaders made a mention
of Mukhtar Ansari. Till now in
Agra jail, Mukhtar is reported
to have been shifted to
Lucknow jail after the decision
of the merger.
Endorsing
Yadav’s
statement, QED chief Afzal
Ansari said, “I have been working for the SP since 1994. But
certain political compulsions
led me to create the QED.
Now with conditions changing,
the party has been merged
with the SP.’’
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visiting Pathankot airbase
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in February 2016, Chairman of
the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Home Affairs P
Bhattacharya on Tuesday
claimed that soon after visiting
the airbase in the wake of the
January 2 terror attack, they had
warned the Union Government
of another attack, following
which a high alert was sounded in the area and the security
of the strategically-important
airbase was beefed up.
Interacting with media persons here in Jammu after completing a visit to border areas of
RS Pura, Bhattacharya, a
Congress MP, claimed that after
they raised an alarm, the Centre
had alerted the security agencies
and conducted comprehensive
searches in the area to prevent
another strike. In the same vein
he hastened to add, the airbase
has been secured now.
“How they were hiding
there, it is not my business to
find out. But as we got this information from villagers, it was
very clear to us that they were
hiding somewhere,” he said.
The Parliamentary Standing
Committee had earlier visited
areas along the Indo-Bangladesh
border in North East, and the
International Border with
Pakistan in Punjab and
Rajasthan. Bhattacharya also
batted for formation of a commission to address the issues of
soldiers deployed along the
International Border. He said,
We interacted with BSF jawans
and noted their hardships before
forwarding the same for action
by the Ministry of Home Affairs
and the Foreign Ministry.” He
said, the villagers had raised the
issue of awarding adequate
compensation for land, early settlement of cases, safe shelter and
community bunkers, ambulance
facilities etc. “We have noted
down their grievances and will
forward them to Home
Ministry,” he added.
directed its district leaders to
gear up for redressal of grievances of the masses.
State-in-charge Shivpal
Yadav has asked all party
MLAs, MLCs, chairmen of
district panchyats, district/city
presidents to meet people twice
a week on Saturday and
Sunday.
Directing SP district units,
Yadav said that the leaders in
each district should hear problems of the people and take follow-up action. He said that a
five-member delegation of district leaders should meet the
DM and SPs for disposal of
complaints received every week
on Monday. Yadav said that
complaints to be solved by
State Government be referred
to the Chief Minister’s Office
and Ministers concerned.
“Besides, in-charge of each
Assembly segment be informed
of the directions issued by the
party and common people be
apprised of the arrangements
for redressal of their grievances,” Yadav said.
Another senior leader and
Power Minister DK Shivakumar
downplayed the rebellion in the
party and said it remained a family and disgruntled legislators
who were either dropped from
the Cabinet or others who were
unhappy that they were not
accommodated. “The rebellion
will cool down within two days.
We are all friends and Congress
leaders in the State are like family members” he said. “There was
pressure on Chief Minister to
reshuffle the cabinet and this has
happened now under the guid-
ance of the Congress high command,” he added.
Meanwhile MH Ambareesh
who has been sacked from the
Ministry said he was not a ‘chappal’ (slipper) to be thrown away
when not required, adding that
he had his own popularity and
knew how to handle the same.
He also said he would not take
back his resignation. Ambareesh
not
only
challenged
Siddaramaiah but also indicated
that he has been in touch with
other parties.
Ambareesh
said
Siddaramaiah should have called
him and asked him to give a
chance to somebody else.
“I am also a three-time MP.
I was a Union Minister and I
worked with him for three years.
You must call us and say
Ambareesh give the chance to
somebody else. I would have
happily given. I have no interest
in power. I am satisfied because
I work to my heart,” he added.
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Ipriest
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District in Assam’s Bodoland
Territorial Areas Districts
(BTAD), police said on
Tuesday.
The unprecedented incident took place at a church
located near Bhairabkunda in
Udalguri District of northern
Assam on Sunday night. Police
said that an unidentified
assailant attacked Father Sushil
John Soren who was returning
to his hostel room after evening
prayers in the church. Fr. Soren
was shifted to a local hospital
immediately but later shifted to
a hospital in Guwahati for better treatment. His condition is
stated to be alright now.
“The incident took place
around 9 pm on Sunday when
the victim was returning to his
hostel room located not far
away from the church.
According to his statements, he
was seemingly followed by the
assailant. Although the assailant
attacked him with a knife, Fr.
Soren resisted leading to a
scuffle,” said Udalguri Deputy
Commissioner, Sadhana Hojai.
“Fr Soren, who used to be
a footballer in the past also
overpowered the assailant and
shouted for help. The assailant,
however, managed to escape
after injuring the victim,” Hojai
said adding that the district
administration as well as the
Assam State Commission for
Minorities had already taken
the matter seriously and police
have been asked to book the
culprits immediately.
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the British for
locating cantonments in the hills
across India to
escape the blazing heat of the plains
and increase longevity and productivity of the troops. Last week, the
maxim was ably demonstrated by
the Army Brigade at Kasauli while
organising a strategic seminar on
terrorism, the brainchild of veteran Lt Gen Kamal Davar.
Assembled at the picturesque
Kasauli Club were renowned specialists in the trade like Ajay Sahni,
Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia,
Manoj Joshi and myself.
Collectively they brought to the
table the knowledge and experience of combating militancy, insurgency, terrorism and Left-wing
extremism (LWE).
In this day and age, the
scourge of terrorism heads the
charts of threats and challenges to
mankind. The 13th century assassins, recalls Marco Polo in his travels along the Silk Road to meet the
great Mongol, Kublai Khan, were
terrorists “drugged and manipulated to do their masters’ bidding”
— much like contemporary terrorists. The Americans spearheaded
the international response (crusade) to 9/11 with the ‘global war
on terrorism’, soon tweaked it to
‘US military engagement/commitment overseas’, and now call it
‘combating violent extremism’.
The focus of the terrorism seminar was on key aspects of India’s
internal security.
The good news: Despite forecasts of doom and gloom, a chart
on fatalities due to terrorism
between 2005 and 2016 displayed
at the seminar showed a dramatic decline in figures, from 1,739 in
2005 to 174 in 2015 in Jammu &
Kashmir. Across the board, there
is a sharp drop in insurgency in
the North-East (717 to 273) and
in LWE (717 to 251). Islamic
extremism and Hindutva extremist figures have dropped from double to single digits.
The Islamic State, which is losing ground in Syria and Iraq, has
made no headway in India. We
were told that in the country
with the second largest Muslim
population in the world of 183
million, only 23 Indians had
joined the Islamic State of whom
six had been killed in Syria. Two
years after the declaration of the
Caliphate, all-India figures of
Muslims who are in the Islamic
State net are 25 arrested, 30
detained and 35 deported.
The communal situation in
the country is also on the mend
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since the demolition of the Babri
Masjid and the 2002 Gujarat violence, though it is still sensitive
and vulnerable. Overall, statistically atleast, the internal security scenario is looking up. This, it
was noted, was in conformity
with the end of the era of World
Wars and the arrival of the most
peaceful period in recent history
— a claim not in sync with popular perception.
The LWE picture is more
promising than in the past mainly after the wake-up call on April
6, 2010, when 76 Central Reserve
Police Force personnel were killed
in Chhattisgarh. 2009 and 2010
were the most violent years with
fatalities rising to 997 and 1,180
respectively. Of the 640 districts,
the Maoist-affected ones have
dropped from 239 to 106 districts,
of which 39 are critically affected.
This is a significant reduction in
the Maoist hold of the mainly rural,
tribal and Dalit population with
low human development indices.
The centre of gravity of LWE is in
the Bastar belt which accounts for
60 per cent of the violence.
Notably, several myths have
been created around the Maoists
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about the Red Corridor from
Pashupati in Nepal to Tirupathi in
Andhra Pradesh. Also, there are no
Maoist Liberated Zones as claimed.
Liberated regions are those which
are not contested by the State and
have their own administrative
machinery, which is not the case.
These counterclaims are valid only
on account of terminological in
exactitude though Government
has admitted there are large tracts
of areas in Bastar where the Indian
flag is rarely flown. Following the
2010 Chhattisgarh ambush, the
State panicked and called in the
Army to carry out a typical psy-ops
by deploying troops for training in
the heart of Maoist land.
In July 1971, two Army
Divisions and the elite Parachute
Brigade were launched in West
Bengal to subdue the resurgence of
Maoist terror which had the subsidiary effect of ensuring a
Congress electoral victory. While
the Army should assist and train
paramilitary forces, it must not get
involved in operations.
The fundamental question
posed at the seminar was: The
longevity of the Naxal movement
which started in 1967. The resident
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expert felt that the Maoists may be
forced to end their campaign
when its costs begin to exceed the
gains and start to hurt the movement. He felt that by 2020, the
Maoists will splinter into a number of smaller units indulging in
extortion and criminal activities. P
Chidambaram, as Union Home
Minister in 2010, had put the
Maoist’s expiry date at three to five
years whereas his Home Secretary,
GK Pillai, extended their shelf life
by five to 10 years.
Another question posed by a
speaker was: Why was it that
India had managed to resolve
only one insurgency in the last 60
years? The insurgency in Mizoram
(and Tripura) was resolved by a
mix of military and political means
with the Army creating an environment conducive to political resolution. The speaker said the tardy
pace of resolving insurgencies was
due to ‘strategic passivity’ while
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Índia’s infinite patience — strategic patience — by placing the lid
on violence and trying to tire out
the insurgents.
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reluctance’ to resolve the political
problem due to the nexus between
local politicians and insurgents.
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India’s policy on use of force —
minimum, proportionate and
applied in good faith. In the 21st
century, only the Khalistan terrorism in Punjab and Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam terrorism in
Sri Lanka have been defeated militarily. It would be difficult to replicate military victories such as
these, elsewhere. Even if it was
achievable, India has disavowed a
military solution.
The constant underlying violence are ‘root causes’. These are
grievances that led to violence in
the first place, which have to be
addressed for political reconciliation. In the end, terrorism of
whichever hue will be neutralised
only by overcoming the ideology
of hate and defeating the motivation and military capacity to
prosecute it. For greater effect,
India has to introduce more
dynamism in its use of force,
exhibiting strategic anxiety and
urgency in resolving insurgencies
and dealing with terrorism.
No way should the Army be
sucked into defusing LWE.
Without resolving the internal
security problems urgently, India
cannot tap its full potential for
growth and development. That is
the simple message from the
Kasauli Strategic Studies Cell.
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Sir — This refers to the editorial,
“Act East, with Thailand” (June 20).
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chano-cha’s recent visit will enhance
India’s ties with the island-nation.
It can also pave way for greater
access and partnerships across
south-east Asian region.
India’s Act-East Policy will
receive a shot in the arm once the
India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway agreement is operationalised. Greater access to the
countries of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations and freedom of navigation in the South
China Sea are our strategic imperatives. India can also take a leaf out
of Thailand’s successful tourism policy, besides promoting trade and
defence exchanges.
Isha Shah
New Delhi
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Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Celebrating Yoga Day” (June
21). It is heartening that yoga will
be encouraged in schools under
the new education policy. Given
that present times are marked
with cut-throat competition, animosity and violence, this policy
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This reminds me of the period
when dharam shiksha was practised
in schools before independence.
That period was intended to promote, among school children,
respect for every religion and brotherhood among all. However, religious intolerance is a stark reality
today. It is time the Ministry introduces such periods in schools to
promote harmony and brotherhood
right from childhood.
CK Sardana
Bhopal
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Sir — This refers to the editorial,
“Find best man for the job” (June
21). It rightly implies that a Rightwing Government like the BJP has
got a chance to rule on it’s own alone
nationally. The Congress, alongwith
the Left, has always been ignorant
of the natural growth of conservatives’ view point in academic and
professional fields.
Former Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi appointed Leftist leader
Nurul Hasan as the Education
Minister in the 1970s, and the latter filled the gaps in the intellectual and academic fields with his cronics. He filled in all professional fields
with his Leftist-minded thought.
The traditions developed by
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra
Prasad and Vinayak Damodar
Savarkar, during the freedom
movement about ancient Indian
culture (which was called conservative false backward and non-progressive by Leftists) was to be
ignored by Indian intellectuals.
Conservatives were called ‘Hindimedium’ people.
PN Saxena
Via email
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Sir — In an attempt to express the
ordeals he faced in shooting,
Bollywood actor Salman Khan,
during the shoot of Sultan, said that
he felt like a raped woman walking
out. Khan’s comparison is definitely in a poor taste. To cover up his
mistake, he has said that he was misquoted. But the audio tape has
ample of evidence to suggest that he
said what he has been quoted as saying. Instead of treading the path of
denial mode, he should tender an
unconditional apology and close the
issue. The controversial remark
need not be taken too far since it
serves no national interest.
KV Seetharamaiah
Hassan
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Prasad Mookerjee strode many
worlds and in each left his indelible and inimitable imprint. By the
time he died on June 23, 1953 —
a lonely and unattended death in detention in Srinagar — Mookerjee had
already crossed many landmarks and
initiated political interventions that
would eventually alter the course of
independent India’s political history. His
determination to reject the ‘abharatiya’
direction of national growth which
aimed to make Bharat “a carbon copy of
the West” and which ignored the “best
in Bharatiya life and ideals” and failed
to “harness the enthusiasm created by
freedom to the task of realisation of the
great potentialities of the country” saw
him launch a movement in the final
phase of his life, for creating an alternative political narrative and vision that
would, through a series of trials, tribulations and struggle assume the centrestage of our political life.
A conservative in the widest and
most democratic sense, Mookerjee
displayed, throughout his life, a profound commitment to and sensitivity
towards India’s civilisational values, its
civilisational knowledge-pool and
sought to remould, re-state and situate
these in India’s struggle for emancipation and in its quest for re-building a
new life after political freedom was
won. His articulations always possessed three dimensions — the local or
the regional, the national and the
international, and in each he sought to
define and situate the Bharatiya dimension or layer. Naturally, for those infatuated with communism, socialism and
fascism whose primary task was always
to denigrate and propagate against civilisational India such a stance was inexplicable as well as unacceptable.
Contrary to what some have projected, a profound sense of identity with
India’s fundamental unity and a deep
recognition of its diversities exemplified
Mookerjee’s outlook and approach, it
was this diversity in oneness that had to
be preserved, perpetuated and safeguarded, as he noted, in his address to
one of the sessions of the Hindu
Mahasabha, of which he was the
Working President from 1940-1944,
“India according to its tradition and history has remained the home of followers of diverse religions, faiths and
creeds. All ultimately being assimilated
in the mighty stream of Indian culture
and civilisation. This unity amidst
diversity has been the keynote of Indian
civilisation. Indian history gives us
many examples, of unique achievements in arts, literature, religion, social
and political advancement when unity
was the dominant note of Indian life.”
He was not, as he told his communists
colleagues in Parliament, like those
“who do not believe that India is nation
but is a combination of separate nationalities.” Of course for a majority of those
who have calumnised the contribution
of Mookerjee, diversity and diversities
have always been seen as convenient fireiron for promoting class conflict and
unrest. They have always denied the
wielded unity of these diversities that
civilisational India has always signified.
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fascism that spewed disdain towards
our democratic framework was when
a personality of his stature — one who,
while leading a then fledgling party in
Opposition, commanded the acceptance of leaders cutting across party
lines, one who as member of “Free
India’s first Cabinet” drove himself to
reverse India’s de-industrialisation and
displayed a complete faith in the fundamental principles of India’s
Parliament and its Constitution — was
tricked into a confinement from which
he emerged dead.
But what is fascinating and can
inspire those who wish to truly undertake a study of Mookerjee’s life and contribution towards the consolidation
and preservation of Indian nationhood
and its democratic spirit are the various
dimensions and aspects of his contributions, aspects and contributions which
are defined by an undiluted and selfless
patriotism and an ineradicable faith in
the Constitution of India.
Card carrying communist party
historians, who, nibbling and feasting on
official doles, have toiled a lifetime to justify or whitewash the subversive role of
communists in India’s freedom movement have often tried to falsify
Mookerjee’s legacy and minimise his
contributions to our national life or to
portray him as a fascist majoritarian who
brooked no diversity of opinion and of
purpose. The reality as seen in
Mookerjee’s own life was quite the
opposite. A deep study and dissemination of his life and works in order to dis-
pel the myths and the shadows of false
propaganda and duplicitous historical
research is the need of the hour.
Interestingly, even in his last movement in support of the Praja Parishad’s
demand for the full integration of the
State of Jammu & Kashmir in India,
Mookerjee displayed a most catholic
parliamentary spirit and approach, continuously emphasising that what was
required was the settlement of the issue
through dialogue and a mutual understanding. While Nehru displayed obduracy and Sheikh Abdullah an ambivalent opportunism, Mookerjee continued
to remain steadfast in his demand for a
constitutional approach to the issue.
Facts have often been obfuscated
for political expediency, as for example, it has hardly been pointed out that
in one of his first letters to Nehru on
the topic, Mookerjee wrote, “please do
not overlook that a good number of
Muslims in Jammu have also joined the
movement” (for complete integration).
His true constitutional sense and
adherence to constitutional values in
free India saw him repeatedly call for
dialogue, as when he told Parliament
and asked the Prime Minister to let
them meet Sheikh Abdullah, “we would
have liked to have met Sheikh Abdullah
and others in a friendly way and
explained our point of view to them.
We want to come to an agreement, an
agreement which will make it possible
for India to retain its unity and Kashmir
to retain its separate existence from
Pakistan and be merged with India.” His
determination for upholding the sov-
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he Indian Railways is on a
path of modernisation and
infrastructural development in a big way. This primordially requires that corruption is
fixed at zero to ensure that not
only ‘ease of doing business’ is
enhanced but also to bring due
and utmost diligence at all levels.
Transparency in working is
increasingly being viewed by
the railways as one of the primary tools to not only address persistent complaints and accusations against service delivery in
the public, but also to ensure that
role of discretion is wrested out
of both decision-making as well
as service delivery ends. In this
direction, the railways has taken
some path-breaking steps in the
field of attaining transparency in
its entire functioning.
Railways handles approximately 25,000 works tenders
annually, thereby involving an
expenditure of above C35,000
crore
per
year
for
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maintenance/upgradation of
existing assets and creation of
new assets for a huge railway network of about 66,000 kilometers.
From simplification of
administrative procedures to
ensuring accessibility of procedures through publication of the
procedures on the organisation’s
web-portals, the railways has
been reiterating its commitment
to transparency in its decisionmaking systems and in various
implementation processes, more
predominantly in its material
management segment. Some of
the recent noteworthy initiatives
of the railways to transform the
way it engages with citizens, businesses and other stakeholders by
creating information and communication technology based
interfaces are mentioned below.
Inter alia, the main upsides
of e-governance includes building in a responsive environment; making the ‘ease of doing
business’ for all stakeholders
including start-ups, entrepreneurs, financial lenders hasslefree and efficient services besides
primarily alleviating the concerns
of the common man so that his
voice is not lost to corruption.
Union Minister for
Railways Suresh Prabhu has
always assigned highest importance to the eradication of corruption and has been emphasising on transparency, efficiency
and productivity in the functioning of the Indian Railways.
A marked beginning was
made when the Indian Railway
E-Procurement System (IREPS)
was rolled out in headquarters of
Zonal Railways and Production
Units in 2011-2012 for procurement of goods. Transparency in
public procurement being a
thrust area of the Government,
the Indian Railway has expanded IREPS to cover all divisions,
depots and workshops in 20152016. In the 10 months of current financial year (from April
2015 to January 2016) alone, 2.35
lakh stores tenders have already
been published in IREPS, which
marks a whopping 90 per cent
increase over the same period in
2014-2015. The system today has
more than 29,000 vendors registered on the system.
In order to bring transparency and efficiency in
works contracts of the railways, Prabhu recently inaugurated and launched the Works
Module of IREPS expanding
the ‘e-tendering to all type
works contracts'. E-procurement has not only resulted in
complete transparency but
has also reduced transaction
costs and distance barriers
but has enabled start-ups,
entrepreneurs, micro and
small-scale industries engage
effectively in procurement
process of railways.
As a major IT initiative, system of online applications was
introduced for exams undertak-
en for recruitment of Group ‘C’
officers. Moreover, online examination was also introduced
through Railway Recruitment
Boards. This has brought transparency and certainty into
recruitment process for better
efficiency and substantial savings
in cost and resources. The facility of e-catering is another good
initiative taken by the railways
where users have a very transparent system available to book their
meals for delivery at their respective seats. Prabhu has also decided to set up an independent regulator to bring in transparency in
tariff determination, in benchmarking performances and to
ensure a level-playing field for the
private players.
The multi-fold speed
increase of online ticket purchase through the new generation e-ticketing and automatic
elimination of multiple booking
through fake ids are some of the
initiatives taken to increase
ereignty of “Free India’s” Parliament was
paramount, he told the Prime Minister
on the Floor of the House, “There cannot be two Sovereign Parliaments in
India” and why should Abdullah be
“afraid of accepting the Sovereignty of
this Parliament of Free India.”
His objective in making this
demand was without blemish, as when
he argued, during one of the last discussions regarding the motion on Kashmir,
“We must be able to show that India is
not only in theory, but also in fact, a
country where Hindus, Muslims,
Christians and everyone will be able to
live without fear and with equality of
rights. That is the Constitution we have
framed and which we propose to apply
rigorously and scrupulously.” His criticism of policies, Mookerjee argued, was,
therefore, never prompted by “some narrow, sectarian, communal motive”, it was
rather “the fear that what you are doing
may lead to the ‘balkanisation’ of India,
may lead to the strengthening of the
hands of those who do not want to see
a strong United India.”
It was thus supremely ironical, an
epochal tragedy of Himalayan proportions, that a champion of Parliament and
an upholder of the dignity of the
Constitution such as him, should have
been detained, confined and thrown to
death within a little over a year after the
formation of free India’s first Parliament.
Indeed a colossal, lamentable and irreversible act of intolerance...
(The author is Director, Dr Syama
Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation,
New Delhi)
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Envisaged to make real-time
information accessible, handheld terminals also enables the
railway to obviate inequities in
on-board accommodation allocation. Occupancy chart can be
viewed on hand-held terminal
device to dispense with the manual preparation of foodchart/occupancy chart. Prabhu
has also strengthened its social
media tools in a big way. Its presence on Twitter is enormous and
widespread. Leading from the
front, Prabhu a Twitter-savvy
user has directed General
Managers and Divisional Railway
Managers of railways open their
individual Twitter handles.
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modernisation and work ethic
together to the railway, Prabhu
is fast reducing the degree of
lethargy in the biggest public
sector in the country by ensuring minimum Government
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conglomerate saying he can’t
be “CEO-in-waiting past his
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chief Masayoshi Son wanted
to continue for 5-10 years
more.
The 48-year-old former
Chief Business Officer at
Google decided to call it a day
as his 58-year-old boss Son
said he was planning to quit
at the age of 60 but felt he was
“still a bit too young”.
The development inter-
estingly came just a day after
Arora getting a clean-chit
from a special committee set
up by SoftBank to look into
the allegations against him
from some shareholders
about his conduct and qualifications.
He was also reportedly
criticised by a SoftBank
investor for pumping huge
money in India and one of
the investment went through
rough weather in a reality
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instrumental in SoftBank’s
investments in Indian entities
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chairman.
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Deveshwar will hand
over the baton to a
“youthful leadership”
was made in a notice to
shareholders for their
upcoming annual general meeting on July
22.
Deveshwar joined
ITC in 1968 and
a s s u m e d of f i c e a s
Executive Chairman in
January, 1996. His reapp oi nt m e nt a s a
Director and also as
Wholetime Director
and Chairman for a
period of five years with
effect from February 5, 2012
was approved in the company’s AGM in July, 2011.
At the meeting, the company will seek the shareholders’ nod to appoint him
as a Non-Executive Director
and Chairman for a period
of three years with effect
from February 5, 2017.
In the notice to the
shareholders, tobacco to
hospitality conglomerate
said
D e v e s hw a r
has
expressed “his desire to shed
the executive role” and “put
in place a youthful leadership at the helm in the
longer term interest of the
company”.
“Deveshwar will complete his present term on
February 4, 2017. This AGM
will be his last as Chief
Executive Officer of the
company,” ITC said.
At the request of the
No m i n at i o n
&
Compensation Committee
and the Board, recognising
the need for orderly transition, he has agreed to provide guidance and mentor-
ship to the new executive
m a n a g e m e nt , t h at i s
planned to be put in place,
as Non-Executive Chairman
on expiry of his current
term.
Last year the company
had announced changes in
senior positions, includi ng t he e l e v at i on of
Sanjiv Puri as president
of its packaged goods
business, taking charge
as Executive Director
while B Sumant took
ov e r a s P r e s i d e nt FMCG.
W h e n D e v e s hw a r
took charge at the helm
in mid-90’s, ITC was
confronted with formidable challenges with
diversification efforts
either failing or languishing.
The company’s reve nu e w a s l e s s t h a n
C5,200 crore and Profit
Before Tax (PBT) was C452
crore. Today it has grown
ten-fold to C51,582 crore
and PBT has grown 33 times
to C14,958 crore, ITC said.
He led the transformation of ITC known mostly
as a cigarette maker to a
diversified group with
presence ranging from
FMCG, hospitality, paperboard and packaging, IT
and agri business.
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Tuesday that the US economy faces “considerable
uncertainty” from slower
domestic activity and from
a possible British vote to
break with the European
Union.
Pointing to recent
slower hiring and investment domestically, and to
the risk that a pro-Brexit
vote will send shock waves
through global markets,
Yellen signaled that the
Fed has become less optimistic about US growth
over the short term and will
proceed with great caution
on plans to raise interest
rates.
She said in testimony to
the Senate Banking
Committee that US growth
has picked up noticeably in
the second quarter from
the sluggish pace at the
beginning of the year.
Nevertheless, she said economic growth has been
uneven and clear downside
risks remain a threat.
“Considerable uncertainty about the economic
outlook remains,” she said
in prepared testimony.
Arora will remain in an
advisory role at SoftBank for
a year, the company said in a
statement.
Son said he would continue as CEO longer than
earlier planned, but credited
Arora with playing a pivotal
role in deal to sell a majority
stake in Supercell Oy that valued the ‘Clash of Clans’ developer at $10.2 billion.
“I was thinking of handing over my job as CEO when
I turn 60, but thought maybe
I’m still a bit too young, and
still have energy to continue,”
Son said adding Arora whom
he recruited two years ago will
step down to pursue a different path.
Arora in a series of tweets
said, “Masa 2 continue 2 be
CEO for 5-10 years, respect
that. Learnt a lot. Clean chit
from board after through
review. Time for me to move
on.”
In another tweet, he said
he didn’t want to be CEO in
waiting “past my sell by date”.
He did not comment on his
next move.
“This will allow me to
think about my next move,”
he said.
The Banaras Hindu
University-graduate wouldn’t be reappointed COO and
President at tomorrow’s
shareholder general meeting.
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including State-run behemoth
LIC saved the day for Indian
markets on Monday, as overseas
investors pressed sell-button
amid ‘Rexit’ jitters to take out
over C3,700 crore from Indian
markets -- the highest single-day
outflow so far this fiscal.
Life Insurance Corp, one of
the most active institutional
investors, is believed to have
pumped in C99 crore to purchase
shares of 6-7 bluechip firms,
while mutual funds also turned
heavy buyers with a net purchase
of shares worth C459 crore and
debt securities worth C1,215
crore during the day.
The hectic buying by
domestic institutions, as also by
some top-shot brokers in their
proprietary accounts, was in
sharp contrast to heavy selling of
stocks by foreign portfolio
investors, retail investors and
even the NRIs.
As per the depository data
released on Tuesday, FPIs were
net sellers to the tune of C2,837
crore in Indian markets during
Monday’s trade -- the first trading session after the much- celebrated RBI Governor
Raghuram Rajan’s surprise
announcement over the weekend that he would not take the
second term after end of his current three-year tenure on
September 4.
The net outflow by FPIs in
equities stood at C528 crore,
while in the debt market they
were net sellers to the tune of a
whopping C2,310 crore.
Their overall net outflow at
C2,837 crore on Monday was
highest for a single day since
March 29, while their equities net
outflow was also maximum in
about a month since May 25.
The data released by markets
regulator Sebi on Tuesday
showed that mutual funds
bought shares worth C1,462
crore and sold C1,003 crore on
Monday, resulting in a net purchase worth C459 crore. For debt
market, they were net buyer of
shares worth C1,215 crore.
As per the data from stock
exchanges, all DIIs put together
made a net inflow of C724.06
crore in equities, which was
more than the net outflow due
to sell-off by FPIs -- thus helping the stock markets move
higher.
However, the debt markets
were not that lucky as sell-off by
overseas investors there turned
out to be higher.
While there was no official
comment from LIC on queries
about its purchase of shares on
Monday, sources there said that
the state-run insurer pumped in
C99 crore to buy shares of 6-7
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Idea are using call drop masking technology or RLT
incorrectly in Mumbai, telecom regulator Trai said
on Tuesday.
“Most of the operators have focused on network
improvement. However, usage of RLT (ie time-out
period for releasing the call ) by Aircel, Vodafone
and Idea is incorrect and needs to be addressed
immediately,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India said in its Mumbai drive test report.
According to sources, telecom operators are
using RLT to mask call drops. With the help of this
technology, a call remains connected even if a consumer moves to poor network coverage area for
which he is billed.
However, industry body COAI has denied allegation stating that the so called ‘call drop masking
technology’, is actually a network parameter called,
Radio Link Time Out (RLT) feature, which is a part
of the GSM standards and is used globally.
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=4F34;78)Relaxed FDI norms
will ensure increased competition in the “huge” domestic aviation sector but foreign airlines
will never be allowed to fully
own a domestic carrier, a top
government official said on
Tuesday.
In a significant reform
measure aimed at bolstering
the country’s high growth
potential civil aviation sector,
the Government has allowed
foreign entities, except overseas
carriers, to own up to 100 per
cent stake in local airlines.
Besides, 100 per cent
Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) has been permitted
through the automatic route in
brownfield airports.
“There will be more and
more competition (in aviation
sector). That is the signal that
is going out,” Civil Aviation
Secretary RN Choubey told the
news agency about the relaxed
FDI norms and their long-term
impact.
“With 22 per cent growth
rate I think it is a huge market
for anybody to come and
invest,” he said.
India’s domestic traffic has
been growing in double digit
since last 21 months owing to
a host of factors including low
fuel prices, ease of doing business and capacity augmentation by the domestic carriers,
among others.
Driven by low fares,
domestic air travel witnessed
an increase of around 21.63 per
cent in number of passengers
last month as compared to
holders while some others
questioned his compensation
and qualifications.
He received $135 million
pay package including a joining bonus in 2014-15, and
was paid $73 million last
year.
SoftBank, burdened with
$80 billion debt, has been on
a selling spree in recent
weeks. This month, it sold
$10 billion worth of shares in
Alibaba as well as most of its
shares in Japanese gaming
company GungHo Online
Entertainment in a deal valued at about USD 685 million. It also announced sale of
its stake in Finnish game
maker Supercell.
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=4F34;78)Leading operators Aircel, Vodafone and
SoftBank in 1981 and built it
from a computer software
distributor into one of Japan’s
largest telecommunications
and investment holding corporations, said Arora’s exit
had nothing to do with shareholder criticism of his track
record and qualifications.
Hired in 2014 after his over
10-year stint at Google, Arora
was promoted to president in
June last year. While at
SoftBank, he spent nearly $4
billion investing in startups
around the world in a hunt
for a break-through technology company capable of driving future growth.
Some of his deals were,
however, criticised by share-
blue chip companies.
The stock exchange data
further showed that retail
investors, while trading as clients
of brokerage firms, were net sellers to the tune of about C125
crore -- a figure much higher
than their average daily figure.
The NRIs, who are not very
active in Indian markets, also
sold shares worth a net amount
of C4.35 crore, but the brokerage
firms in their proprietary
accounts were net buyers to the
tune of more than C25 crore -again higher than their daily
average figure. The data shows
a contrasting trend to the traditional pattern of foreign investors
being net buyers on a day when
the benchmark stock market
indices like Sensex and Nifty
close with gains.
FPIs are estimated to own
over 20 per cent shares of all the
listed shares available for trading
in the country, while the holding of DIIs is just about 7-8 per
cent. This ensures that the FPIs
remain in a much stronger position to drive the movement of
the Indian stock markets.
Marketmen said that the
domestic institutions could have
been pressed into hectic buying
in select high-weightage stocks
to counter the impact on index
values due to heavy selling by
foreign investors amid concerns
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ssar Oil on Tuesday said
gas output of its Raniganj
E
coal-bed methane (CBM)
May 2015.
According to an analysis
conducted by the ministry, air
fares declined by 18.1 per cent
in the February-April period of
this year over the same period
of 2015.
While 100 per cent FDI
has been allowed in airlines,
the limit for foreign carriers
remains at 49 per cent.
“Foreign airlines will not
be allowed to invest more than
49 per cent. A foreign airline
will never get to own a (Indian)
airline,”
Choubey
said.Interestingly, the relaxation in FDI norms came less
than a week after the muchawaited new civil aviation policy was unveiled, wherein the
government scrapped the contentious 5/20 international flying norms for domestic airlines.
Under the 5/20 norm, only
carriers that have been in
operation for at least five years
and having a fleet of minimum
20 planes were allowed to fly
overseas.
The requirement of five
years operational experience
has now been done away with.
Currently, there are three
local airlines where overseas
carriers have significant stakes.
Singapore Airlines owns 49 per
cent stake in Vistara while
Malaysia’s AirAsia Berhad has
49 per cent shareholding in
AirAsia India. Gulf carrier
Etihad Airways is a 24 per cent
stakeholder in full-service airline Jet Airways.
Unveiling the reform measure, the Government on
Monday said that for NRIs, 100
per cent FDI would continue
to be allowed under the automatic route.
“However, foreign airlines
would continue to be allowed
to invest in capital of Indian
companies operating scheduled and non-scheduled airtransport services up to the
limit of 49 per cent of their
paid-up capital and subject to
the laid-down conditions in
the existing policy,” it had said.
With regard to airports,
the Government has permitted 100 per cent FDI in
brownfield projects through
the automatic route.
?C8
relating to Rajan.
Stocks and rupee yesterday
opened with an early morning
plunge but equities bounced
back to score a 241-point rally
as Rexit jitters got blunted by a
new wave of FDI reforms, hectic buying by institutions, talking-up by influential marketmen
and easing Brexit worries.
Rupee, however, could not
be saved of its morning blues
entirely and ended 23 paise
down at C67.31 against the US
dollar, although intervention by
RBI in the forex markets helped
its partly recoup the losses. The
Indian currency had plunged
almost one per cent or 61 paise
to a low of C67.69.
Stock market benchmark
Sensex plunged to as low as
26,438 points in pre-open trade
between 0900-0915 hours, down
nearly 200 points from its previous close, but early morning
buying orders helped limit the
opening loss at 178 points.
After touching a low of
26,447.88 in opening trade, the
Sensex recovered sharply to
scale an intra-day high of
26,885.49 points before finishing
at 26,866.92, showing a gain of
241.01 points or 0.91 per cent.
The Sensex, however,
moved lower on Tuesday
and closed 54 points down at
26,812.78.
?C8
block in West Bengal has
crossed 1 million standard
cubic meters per day, the
first Indian unconventional
hydrocarbon field to achieve
the mark.
Essar Oil, which has so
far invested C3,300 crore in
the CBM block, is targeting
to reach peak output of 3
mmscmd in 2017-18 fiscal
year.
“Raniganj (East) Block in
West Bengal has become
India’s first CBM (Coal Bed
Methane) asset to cross the
1 mmscmd production milestone. This makes Essar the
country’s largest unconventional gas player,” the company said in a statement.
Essar had started test
production from the block in
2011. As per 2016 NSAI
( Ne t h e r l an d s S e we l l &
Associates, Inc.) report, the
proven, probable and possible gross CBM reserves in
the Raniganj (East) Block is
estimated at 1.09 trillion
cubic feet. The Block has an
additional resources in the
‘contingent’ categor y of
around 270 billion cubic
feet.
“We are targeting 1.8-1.9
mmscmd of production by
the end of current fiscal and
by mid of 2017-18 fiscal we
should be producing peak
output of 3 mmscmd,” the
c omp any ’s
CEO-E&P
Manish Maheshwari said.
In the last 12 months, the
average well productivity has
more than doubled, he said
adding the company has
planned a capex of C500
crore for CBM exploration
and production this fiscal.
“Essar has commenced
supply to Matix Fertilisers
for its pre-commissioning
activities at the rate of
150,000 scmd. Besides Matix,
the CBM gas is being supplied to industrial consumers
in the catchment area of
Durgapur,” the statement
said.
The price of gas is as per
government notified rate is
$3.06 per million British
thermal unit at present.
“There are tremendous
opportunities in the domestic unconventional hydroc ar b on
s e c tor.
The
Hydrocarbon Exploration
Licensing Policy (HELP),
which was announced by
the Government in March
2016, recognises this potential in contributing towards
national energy security,”
Maheshwari added.
An independent study
put s i n - pl a c e s h a l e g a s
resources of around 8 Tcf
underneath the CBM play in
the Raniganj (East) Block,
the statement said.
Besides Raniganj (East),
Essar has four other CBM
bl o ck s i n clu d i ng i n i n
J h ark hand and t wo i n
Odisha.
Essar has approached the
government for permission
to further explore shale formations the CBM block.
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charges at airports built under
PPP model, saying it would
make Indian airports more
expensive and render tariff regulator ‘toothless’.
There are three models to
calculate charges at airports - single till, double till and hybrid till.
International Air Transport
Association’s regional vice president for Asia Pacific Conrad
Clifford said the draft civil aviation policy stated that tariff at
‘all future airports’ will be calculated on a hybrid till basis.
However, the final policy
states that ‘future tariffs at all airports’ will be calculated on a
hybrid till basis. “It contradicts
one of the stated intentions of the
NCAP - to make flying affordable,” he said.
“We will be approaching
the Civil Aviation Ministry to
clarify the seemingly minor
change in the wording, which
has a major impact on the airport charges landscape in
India,” Clifford said. Even as he
termed the final aviation policy a step in the ‘right direction’,
Clifford said, “We are concerned with the way the policy
on hybrid till was written.”
In the single-till model, both
aeronautical and non- aeronautical charges are taken into
account for fixing landing and
parking charges. In the doubletill model aeronautical charges
are calculated taking into
account revenues from aeronautical and non-aeronautical
charges on the basis of collections
from non-aeronautical.
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Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday
asked citizens across nations to
commit to unity regardless of
ethnicity, faith, gender and
sexual orientation.
“On this International Day
of Yoga, I urge everyone to
embrace healthier choices and
lifestyles and to commit to
unity with our fellow human
beings, regardless of ethnicity,
faith, age, gender identity or
sexual orientation. Let us celebrate this Day — and every
day — as members of one
human family sharing one
common, precious home,” Ban
said in his message for 2nd
International Day of Yoga
which is being commemorated across the world on Tuesday.
Ban called for equality
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among humans irrespective of
their nationalities and sexual
orientation assumes significance in the wake of the tragic shooting last week in
Orlando in which 49 people
were killed and over 50 injured
when 29-year old Omar
Mateen opened fire in a popular gay nightclub.
The UN chief’s message for
yoga day was read out by veteran Indian diplomat and currently his Special Adviser on
Myanmar Vijay Nambiar during a special panel discussion
organised here by India’s
Permanent Mission to the UN
on the eve of yoga day.
Ban said that the ancient
physical, mental and spiritual
practice of Yoga originated in
India and is now practised in
various forms around the
world. “Yoga balances body and
soul, physical health and mental well-being. It promotes harmony among people, and
between ourselves and the natural world,” he said, adding that
the United Nations General
Assembly had proclaimed June
21 as the International Day of
Yoga in recognition of its “universal appeal”.
He noted the second observance of the International Day
of Yoga highlights the important role healthy living plays in
the realisation of the Sustainable
Development Goals, adopted
last year by all 193 United
Nations member states.
Ban highlighted that as an
exercise, yoga has multiple
benefits and can help cultivate
healthier lifestyles in current
times when physical inactivity
is linked with a number of noncommunicable diseases, such
as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
“Practising yoga can also
help raise awareness of our role
as consumers of the planet’s
resources and as individuals
with a duty to respect and live
in peace with our neighbours.
All these elements are essential
to building a sustainable future
of dignity and opportunity for
all,” he said.
Meanwhile, renowned
spiritual leader and Isha
Foundation founder Sadhguru
Jaggi Vasudev said that yoga is
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must understand that yoga is
not an Indian (thing). If you
want to call yoga Indian, then
you must call gravity
European,” Sadhguru said at a
panel discussion organised by
India’s Permanent Mission to
the UN.
Beijing: A Yoga-Tai Chi “jugalbandi” at the iconic Great Wall
was among the many events
held in China on Tuesday to
mark the second International
Day of Yoga as thousands of
enthusiasts of the ancient Indian
spiritual discipline participated
in the celebrations.
The Indian Embassy in association with Chinese People’s
Association for Friendship with
Foreign Countries, hosted yoga
events at different places in the
run up to the second UN
International Yoga Day.
A large group of enthusiasts
of Yoga and ancient Chinese
martial art Tai-Chi took part in
a “Jugalbandi” exercises at The
Great Wall. Counselor Culture of
Indian Embassy Vanaja K
Thekkat and Indian Yoga teachers along with senior officials of
the CPAFFC attended the event.
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Afghanistan’s
Helmand
province, forcing people out of
the vehicles and abducting
around 60 passengers, an
Afghan official said.
The insurgents later said
they released all but 27 of those
abducted. According to
Mohammad Ismail, a district
police chief in Helmand, the
attack happened in Gareshk
district. The Taliban forced the
buses and cars to stop at gunpoint, he said, adding that it’s
not known where the Taliban
took the abducted passengers.
The abductions come amid
stepped-up Taliban attacks as
part of their summer offensive.
The insurgents frequently target buses carrying civil servants, or those perceived to be
working for the Kabul
Government. On Monday, a
Taliban suicide bomber killed
14 Nepalese security guards in
an attack on their minibus in
the Afghan capital. And in
dent Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18
years in prison for murders,
rapes and acts of pillaging
committed by his troops in the
neighboring Central African
Republic in 2002 and 2003.
Presiding
judge Sylvia
Steiner said
on Tuesday
that Bemba
will get credit for the
eight years he has already spent
in ICC detention since his
arrest in May 2008.
Bemba, a former Congolese
senator and vice president, was
the commander of the
Movement for the Liberation of
Congo when he was asked in
2002 and 2003 to send troops by
CAR president Ange-Felix
Patasse to provide support during a civil war.
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late May, a suicide bomber
struck a minibus carrying court
employees during morning
rush hour, also in Kabul, killing
11 people. The Taliban also
claimed that attack.
In Tuesday’s attack, Abdull
Ghafoor Tokhi, the Helmand
transportation director, said
the Taliban “stopped couple of
buses and around 15 other
vehicles on the main highway
and searched them all” suggesting they were looking for
someone or something specific and had enough time to go
through all the vehicles.
Helmand police chief Gen
Aqa Noor Kentoz said Afghan
security forces launched an
operation to find the abducted
passengers. He said it was too
early to say how many government employees were among
those travelling in the attacked
buses and cars.
Taliban spokesman Qari
Yusouf Ahmadi later in a message to the media confirmed
the group was behind the
assault and said the insurgents
still hold 27 of the abducted but
freed the others.
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Fukushima nuclear plant
acknowledged on Tuesday its
delayed disclosure of the meltdowns at three reactors was
tantamount to a cover-up and
apologised for it.
Tokyo Electric Power Co.
President Naomi Hirose’s apology followed the revelation
last week that an investigation
had found Hirose’s predecessor
instructed officials during the
2011 disaster to avoid using the
word “meltdown.” “I would
say it was a cover-up,” Hirose
told a news conference. AP
the US-led coalition, Iraqi special forces took control of the
neighborhoods of al-Shurta
and al-Jughaifi, special forces’
Brig Gen Haider al-Obeidi
told The Associated Press.
He said Iraqi military engineers were clearing the streets
and buildings of left-over
bombs. Teaming up with paramilitary troops and backed by
the US-led coalition,
Iraqi Government forces
launched the large-scale
Fallujah operation in late May.
On Friday, Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi declared vic-
raq’s Government forces on
Tuesday dislodged the ISIS
group from two northern
neighborhoods of Fallujah as
an Iraqi military commander
claimed the month-long offensive to recapture the city had
left 2,500 ISIS militants dead.
The announcements came
just days after the Government
had declared the liberation of
Fallujah, the last bastion of the
ISIS group in the sprawling
western Anbar province.
With aerial support from
tory after special forces entered
the city center, capturing government buildings and the
central hospital.
Then, Iraqi commanders
said 80 per cent of the city was
under their control, though
clashes were still underway in
its northern parts.
In an interview with the
local al-Sumaria TV, the counterterrorism forces’ chief in
the Fallujah operation, Lt
General Abdul-Wahab alSaadi, said about of 2,500 ISIS
fighters have been killed in the
offensive.
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Pakistani Senate committee on Tuesday
declared the forced conversion of Hindu girls to Islam
as un-Islamic and appealed
to the Government to adopt
a comprehensive mechanism
for the protection of women
belonging to minority communities.
“Forced conversion of
girls to Islam is against the
teachings of Islam and also a
violation of law in the country,” said Senate Standing
Committee on Religious
Affairs’ Chairman Hafiz
Hamdullah.
He said that religion is a
personal matter of every
individual, and an individual
can not be converted by
force, the Dawn reported.
Leader of House in the
Senate Raja Zafarul Haq also
stated that compelling anyone to convert is against the
teachings of Islam. “We are
already under observation
from human rights organisations due to growing incidents of force conversions,”
Haq added.
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Tuesday that poaching by
Chinese trawlers in its waters
was a “ruse” to stake Beijing’s
claim to fishing grounds, after
the latest clash in the South
China Sea.
The confrontation on
Friday near Indonesia’s Natuna
Islands was the third such skirmish in the area this year
between Chinese and
Indonesian vessels, as tensions
mount in the waterway over
Beijing’s growing assertiveness.
Indonesian warships fired
warning shots at a group of foreign vessels allegedly fishing
illegally and detained a
Chinese-flagged boat and seven
crew. China protested after the
clash and said one fisherman
was injured. Jakarta has said
none of the detained crew
were hurt.
The commander of the
Indonesian navy’s western fleet
said he suspected the incursions
were “structured”, indicating
the Chinese Government had
“given its blessing”.
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pay the price” after a crackdown on its Shia majority
saw the community’s spiritual
leader stripped of his
nationality.
The warning from General
Qassem Suleimani, head of
the elite Revolutionary Guards’
overseas operations arm, the
Quds Force, came after
Washington too strongly criticised the move by its Gulf
Arab ally.
“Surely they know that the
aggression against Ayatollah
Sheikh Isa Qassim is a red line...
That will leave no option for
the people but to resort to
armed resistance,” Suleimani
told State media on Monday.
Bahrain’s rulers “will pay
the price and it will have no
result but the destruction of
this bloodthirsty regime,” he
added. It was a rare public pronouncement from Suleimani.
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Australian military were
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forced to rape each other,
often as part of brutal initiation practices, a public
inquiry into child sex abuse
heard on Tuesday.
The Royal Commission
into Institutional Responses
to Child Sex Abuse has
already examined churches,
sports bodies and the entertainment industry with its
focus now on the Australian
Defence Force.
The spotlight is on two
former training establishments used from the 1960s
to 1980s — HMAS Leeuwin
in Western Australia where
junior naval recruits were
trained, and an army apprentice school at Balcombe in
Victoria state.
Counsel assisting the
inquiry Angus Stewart said
the commission had been
contacted by 111 people
about incidents of child sexual abuse within the ADF —
and 50 of these involved
either Leeuwin or Balcombe.
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advancement in technology, that is
transforming the eco-system of
education, the need to reform the
ageold education policy of India
grabbed a lot of attention from plenty of people.
It was on October 31, 2015, when
the Ministry of Human Resource
Development kick-started the movement and set-up the committee headed by TSR Subramanian, former
Cabinet Secretary, to draft the New
Education Policy (NEP).
A formal note that was released by
the Ministry stated: “The National
Policy on Education was formulated in
1986 and modified in 1992. It has been
the guiding document for over 29 years
for the policies of the Central
Government in the education sector.
Almost three decades have passed since
then, and significant changes have
taken place in our country and the
world at large. New technologies have
transformed the way in which we live,
work and communicate; the corpus of
knowledge has vastly expanded and
become multi-disciplinary; and
research has become far more collaborative. In this context, the education
sector needs to gear itself towards the
global and national demands of the
21st century.”
Of late, the drafting committee
submitted the report to the Ministry
which is now going through the threepronged consultation process. “We’ve
submitted the report to the HRD
Ministry and now it’s their property.
On the basis of the feedback and
experts’ opinions from the field experiences, empirical research, stakeholders and many others, the Ministry
will formulate the final policies and
officially release it. So far, the policy has
not been released officially, thus I’m not
authorised to talk on this,” JS Rajput,
former chairman NCERT, who is also
a member of the draft committee said.
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Management Association, a common
entrance exam for admission in Bschools and NEET II for all the medical programmes, similarly this recommendations aims to establish
National level entrance exam platform
for admission in UG courses across the
universities.
“The suggestion to hold a national level SAT-like test for all students
who have passed Class XII is a valuable one and needs to be implemented without delay. It’ll streamline the system of entry to colleges and universi-
ties across the country. Currently too
many examinations, too many formats
and criteria not only cause much
stress and hassle to students but also
put students of certain Boards in a disadvantaged position,” Dr Prashant
Bhalla, president, Manav Rachna
Educational Institutions, says.
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come to the school and they appoint
an ad-hoc teacher who has only
studied till Class XII. As a result, the
performance of the student goes
down. To implement this recommendation, the challenge would be
how to change the lethargic mindset
of the teachers and students and leave
no loopholes in the system for the
people to cheat or scam. To deal with
this, a centralised examination system
is required where students can give
exams in a different centre amidst an
independent surveyor and examiners,” Bansal says.
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at the Dwarka campus.
Inaugurated by the vice-chancellor of the university Prof
Anil K Tyagi; pro-vice chancellor Prof Pushplata Tripathi;
registrar SK Tanwar; director,
Students Welfare Prof CS Rai
and other senior officers and
faculty members were present
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of GDP on education, a figure lower
than the average spending on education in the developing world. By allocating a minimum of 6 per cent of
GDP to the education sector, one wonders how the distribution of money
would take place.
“Six per cent of GDP is huge but
from where the Government will get
it, is a big question mark. Even if they
implement this, the other expenditure
will get affected. In the coming two
years, I don’t think the Government
would be able to shell out that much
for education. Public-private-partnership can help in dealing with the challenge. Government can motivate people to establish university, school etc
and then support them in the running
of the schools,” Bansal says.
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improvement of quality of teaching in
schools has been the hot debate in seminars but nothing much has been done
so far on that front. “Time and again
surveys have shown how Indian school
children are ill-equipped to read the
texts or solve Maths problems of even
junior grades. The committee’s recommendations to make Teacher
Eligibility Test (TET) compulsory for
recruitment is welcome; so is the recommendation to make teacher certification compulsory and renewable
based on independent external testing
as this will ensure quality of teachers.
However, we need more interventions
to address the issue of teacher absenteeism in Government schools which
is a rampant problem degrading
Government school education,” Bhalla
says.
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of the TET is said to be too long. “Ten
years is a long time period. There is no
point if you don’t have the exam at the
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Experts feel that to come up with
IES looks impossible in the near future
and will require years of effective
planning, strong unit and notifications
from the Government of India.
“Conceptually this is a good idea
but the big question is how are you
going to execute this? Are you going
to have an administrative office from
a non-teaching background or an
educationist on board. Educationists in
India are not around the age of 50. Are
you going to have young people or the
elders? What is going to be the criteria to recruiting them, hierarchy, job
profile etc? The entire education system is amalgamated with bureaucracy. How are you going to amalgamate
it is going to be the big challenge.
“Before putting the education services on the line of Civil Services, we
must have a commission who is working at all the national, State and district
levels. Education cannot be competitive. Thus there should be educationists in their panel who should develop the right module and reforms of
education in specific areas after
analysing the social, economic and
geographical features of the region,”
Bansal says.
This recommendation comes in
conflict with the fundamental rights in
the Constitution of India that gives special status to the religious schools. “We
have a clause in our Constitution —
Article 28, 29 and 30A — which gives
special status to the religious schools.
It signifies that Government will neither aid them nor will they interfere in
their day-to-day religious affairs. These
Acts are related to the Fundamental
Rights. As per this recommendation,
amending the RTE Act for these special schools will be difficult. How are
they going to amend the rights will be
an issue and constitution amendment
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implementation of this policy in all
education Boards uniformly all over
the country. “Class X can be considered
as a gateway to the career of the student. The introduction of Part A and
Part B will be very helpful in filtering
the students in admitting them in a
course in which they are best at. But
to implement it, you’ll have to bring all
the Boards on one platform and then
apply the changes as every Board has
their different modules of teaching and
curriculum,” Amit Bansal, head, FIITJEE NCRP, opines.
years instead of 10 years. There should
be provision that if a teacher is failing
repeatedly two times, their licence
should be barred,” Bansal says.
yogic aasnas were performed
by National players of Yoga,
Naveen and Sandeep. Aarekh
Goyal, Swami Vivekanand
Rastriya Yoga Sansthan,
Bangalore gave a powerful
performance on yoga postures and its benefits. A promotional film Yoga Protocol
was also screened on the
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some universities have lead to some
disturbing environment and to serious security and law and order situations. This prompted the members
to incorporated this in the draft.
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political activities in colleges was to
introduce the leadership qualities to
the students who can rule India in
the future. Twenty years back, political influence on the student leadership in college politics was too
much. The main aim of having
leaders in college has gone into a different tangent. Now they have
become centres for flexing muscles
for the political parties. The only
solution is that we must not allow
any kind of political activities in universities and school. They should
make strict norms on which activities should be allowed and which are
not; outside campaigning, student
unions should be abolished, etc,”
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New Delhi, invites admission to
three-year Bachelor of
Vocational (BVoc) in Solar
Energy course for the academic session 2016-17. The course
has been approved by the
University Grants Commission
under DDU Kaushal Kendra
Scheme attached to the
Department of Physics, JMI.
There are 50 seats in the course
including all reserved categories,
as per JMI rules.
The course aims at providing the graduates of higher education system to have adequate
knowledge and skills for
employment and entrepreneurship and to also fulfill the emerging needs of the economy. This
course provides an opportunity of exiting the course after
completing one year with a
diploma (having NSQF Level 5),
after completing two years with
an advance diploma (having
NSQF Level 6) and after completing the three years with
BVoc degree (having NSQF
Level VII). The candidates
belonging to the following categories will be eligible for admission in this course:
Q Students, who have already
acquired NSQF certification
level IV in the industry sector
belonging to Solar Energy
Q Students who have acquired
NSQF certification level IV but
may like to change their sector
and pursue vocational course in
Solar Energy.
Q Students should have passed
10+2 level exam (or equivalent)
without any background of
vocational training and secured
50 per cent marks at the 10+2
(or equivalent) level. Besides,
they must have also secured at
least 50 per cent marks in
Physics and Mathematics separately at the 10+2. The admission will be on merit. Last date
to apply is July 15. The first list
will be displayed on the JMI
website www.jmi.ac.in after July
25, 2016.
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course in Digital Marketing.
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2016 onwards and the last date
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of the Professional Diploma in
Digital Marketing (PDDM)
which is designed for marketing,
product, advertising and sales
professionals who want to build
a career in Digital Marketing. It
covers search engine optimisation, search engine marketing,
social media marketing, analytics, email marketing and mobile
marketing. For more information, visit http://digitalmarketing.niitcloudcampus.com.
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The Indian School of
Business & Finance (ISBF), an
affiliate center of the University
of London, invites applications
from the students for admission
in three-year full-time undergraduate honours degree programmes in BSc Economics,
BSc Economics and Finance,
BSc
Economics
and
Management and BSc Business
and Management. The last date
to apply is June 30, 2016.
The student will have to go
through iMET (ISBF Maths
English) entrance exam. IB and
A-Level students are exempted
from the entrance exam.
Selections are made on the basis
of a personal interview.
Applicants, who have passed
the Class XII exam conducted by
CBSE/ISC/State Board/IB/
GSCE A-Levels (by May 2016),
are eligible to apply. Candidates
applying for BSc Economics
and BSc Economics and Finance
need to have proof of competency in Mathematics (equivalent to Class XII). For other programmes, candidates should be
able to competent in Maths
(equivalent to Class X).
Scholarships are also given for
meritorious and deserving students.
For more information, log
on to www.isbf.edu.in.
healthy nation and practice
yoga each day.”
ICSI regional councils
and chapters organised a
one-and-a-half-hour yoga
session in the morning for
its members and students
of respective area across
India.
Around five lakh ICSI
stakeholders benefitted
through the hour and a
half long yoga session
where the common yoga
protocol
shared by
Ministry of AYUSH was
shared with all ICSI offices
pan-India for conducting
of Yoga sessions.
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instructions about the rules of the games,
planning and precision in movements,
observe players and offer criticism and corrective methods. Trained coaches are in great
demand. This job could be either at schools,
clubs or at coaching academies for the state
or national players. Players from State teams
may also do a Diploma in Sports Coaching
from the National Institute of Sports (NIS)
at Patiala for becoming coaches.
FITNESS SECTOR: Career opportunities in
this field are that of fitness instructor, personal trainer, fitness consultant, fitness specialist, physical therapy assistant, health and
lifestyle coordinator. In order to be a fitness
instructor, you need to complete a certification from NIS, or six-month or one-year
diploma in fitness management from any
recognised institution.
domestic and international levels. Various
institutes in India have set up sports management courses with the aim of training
individuals in different aspects of the field.
All successful and well-known players have
their own personal managers or agents who
keep a track of their clients’ schedules, look
after activities such as their career progression, business promotion and even media and
public relations.
SPORTS JOURNALISM: Those with good
communication skills can take on sports
commentary or sports journalism, working
with television, newspapers or magazines that
have a sports column or programme. Sports
channels have commentators, presenters, producers and directors.
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY: Sports photographers are also in demand, particularly
for major sports events. They cover sports for
newspaper and magazines, television channels and websites. To become a sports photographer, one
needs to
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organising activities related to sports at
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injuries. Sports physicians, orthopaedists, chiropractors and sports and fitness nutritionists are emerging careers in India. Sports
physicians are trained for prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of injuries
and first aid. Chiropractors do not believe in
using drugs or surgery. They treat the
injured athlete with heat, water, diet and massage therapy. Orthopaedists treat injuries to
the bones and muscles. Sports physiotherapy is an option for those interested in sports
and medicine. It is the specialised branch of
physiotherapy which deals with injuries
and issues related to sportspersons. A degree
in physiotherapy must be completed for this.
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGISTS: They study
the psychological and mental factors that
affect and are affected by participation and
performance in sport, exercise and physical
activity. It deals with improving performance by managing emotions
and minimising the psychological
effects of injury and poor performance. To become a sports psychologist, you need to do Master’s
in Physical Education or MSc in
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York office. Applicants must be
enrolled in an undergraduate
or graduate degree programme
(bachelor or second university degree, or higher) at the
time of application and during
the internship.
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sports and fitness nutritionist knows food,
understands the science of energy cycles, can
accommodate the likes and dislikes of the athlete and propose the right diet. They are
employed by professional players, private and
public undertakings, health clubs etc. You
need to complete a certificate or diploma in
nutrition from a recognised institution or
university in order to become a sports
nutritionist. This certification or diploma can
be done after graduation in any discipline.
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TECHNOLOGY: Sports engineering
involves anything that entails a combination
between technology and sports. So, the
design of a running shoe, the traction, the
interaction with the biomechanics of movement, how it helps minimise injury to the
athlete etc would just be one small part of
sports engineering. The aim is to help sport
move forward with the help of different innovations. There are undergraduate courses in
sports technology which give students a basic
grounding of the science, engineering,
design etc used in this industry.
With immense benefits of sports and
large manpower requirement in the sports
sector in India, promoting sports as a
career is a positive idea for children from all
walks of life. Today some of the smartest
young minds are engaged in sports and
sports related activities and it looks like the
trend will continue to grow in the coming
years.
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building successful careers in
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transformation under digiNxt
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with DevOps, Digital
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ports and fitness is a rapidly expanding
industry, offering many career opportunities. There are multiple career
options in sports and playing professionally is only one of them. Apart from playing,
there are a number of departments and specialisations within the domain of a particular sport in which one can establish their
career. According to the National Skills
Development Corporation (NSDC) Skill
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TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
Physical education is an important subject
and a major part of holistic education in
schools and colleges. In order to become a
Physical Education teacher, one needs to
complete a degree called BPEd (Bachelor of
Physical Education). This one-year course
can be done after graduation in any discipline.
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three or four-year BPEd programme that follow norms prescribed by National Council
for Teacher Education (NCTE) or University
Grants Commission (UGC) or any other
competent body.
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internship with the UN Global
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online application at the UN
Careers website. Candidates
are strongly recommended to
pay attention to the job opening number to make sure that
their applications reach the UN
Global Compact Office. Please
notify the Global Compact
Office ([email protected]).
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application deadline for
Summer 2016 is June 29, 2016.
University
College
Dublin, Michael Smurfit
Graduate Business School
invites applications for GMAT
EMBA scholarships.
Eligibility: Must have
been admitted to (have applied
for, been interviewed and
offered a place on) the EMBA
programme before they can be
considered for any of the above
scholarships.
Open to exceptional Irish
residents and international
candidates who possess a
GMAT of 700 or above.
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no separate application
process. All successful
applicants are automatically considered. These
scholarships are merit
based.
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scholarship is June 30, 2016.
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take education to a whole new
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Accurate Institute of
Management and Technology
organized its third convocation
ceremony for 2016 at its campus. The chief guest was
Shekhar Dutt, retired IAS officer and former Governor
Chhattisgarh who gave PG
diplomas to the students of
2012-14 and 2013-15 batches.
The event started with Dutt
lighting the lamp, followed by
Saraswati Vandana sung by
students. Also present at the
occasion was CL Sharma, chairman, Accurate Institute of
Management and Technology
who said that every student
should work towards strengthening the social and economic
status of the country. Speaking
at the event Dutt said:
“Discovery and innovations
have together changed education and there is need to adapt
to the changing format.”
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financial literacy skills gap with
a new guide for anyone starting
their own business, new to
financial management or simply seeking to improve their
knowledge.
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Management and Business
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quality of life. Electricity helps reduce
poverty, improves health (especially for
women and children), increases productivity, enhances educational opportunities, improves the standard of living
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information currently available is technical and geared towards professionals
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taking decisions about energy use on a
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stand the importance of financial literacy and guide them
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already been taken by almost 5 lakh
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from India. Companies across the globe
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efficient demand has driven this. With
energy use becoming visible through
meters, consumers have real power over
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three programmes.
CompTIA certifications
are not bound to a specific technology, like Microsoft, Cisco or
VMware. These certifications
give candidates a solid foundation of essential knowledge
and skills, and help them
advance their careers.
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technology fundamentals, such
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of mobile devices and common
functions in networking, email,
security as well as safety procedures and prohibited content.
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industry wide topics, including
communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography,
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chairman, Children’s Film
Society, was also present as a
special guest.
Speaking at the event,
Grace Pinto said: “We thank all
our stakeholders for their support and encouragement. The
Ryan Group will continue to
empower the youth around
the world. We will continue our
endeavours to spread quality
education to children across the
nation.”
Grace Pinto, MD, Ryan
International Group of
Institutions was given the Pride
of India: Maharashtra Award
for her contribution to education. In a ceremony held in
Mumbai, the award was given
by actor Dharmendra.
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be awarded were Kareena
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writer Amish, Sajid-Wajid and
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skills associated with accounting, finance, marketing, operations, strategy and HR.
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focuses on developing these
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taken in any order: Introduction
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28, 2016; Introduction to
Business Strategy — quarter 3,
2016; Introduction to Corporate
Finance — quarter 3, 2016;
Introduction to Marketing
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Introduction to Operations
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Introduction to Accounting —
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picking India's next chief coach,
former captain Sourav Ganguly
said that he will not "mess up" as he did
once when he recommended Australian
Greg Chappell's name in 2005.
Ganguly and Chappell shared a
frosty relationship during two turbulent
years in country's cricket, a time when
one of India's celebrated captain was
removed from the top job.
"I once had an opportunity to
select the coach. I thought I messed it
up in 2005 (during Chappell's recruitment). I have been given that opportunity again. I had taken an interview
(Chappell) once and it did not go off
well," Ganguly said during the launch
of his book 'A Century Is Not Enough'.
Ganguly hoped that the Cricket
Advisory Committee will do it correctly. "Hopefully, we will do it correctly this
time, whoever it is... Luckily, I've got
support in Sachin, VVS, the BCCI secretary (Ajay Shirke) and the president
(Anurag Thakur). Together, we will pick
the right person," said Ganguly.
Ganguly accepted that being the
coach of the Indian team did cross his
mind a couple of years back.
"To be honest, two and half years
ago, I was thinking myself whether I
would want this job. Now today, I'm
selecting one. That's how life is. I have
not given interview, hopefully I will give
(the interview) one day..."
"In life nothing is guaranteed,
nobody knows what will happen one or
two years later. Nobody thought I
would be president of CAB and hosting a World Twenty20 final. That's how
life is, and you have to deal it."
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spent a sleepless night on Monday on the
eve of coach's interview, somewhat similar to the feeling before his Test debut
against England at the Lord's in 1996.
"Yesterday night, I was not getting
sleep when everyone was sleeping. I saw
it (his hundred at the Lord's) on
YouTube — a 12-minute video — and
I fell asleep after that. I felt happy."
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wanted to do well in a profession, which
I loved the most. That afternoon (at the
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reached its final stage on Tuesday with a highIprofile
Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) inter-
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Lord's) made me believe if I work hard,
I've got it in me to play for next 10 years.
"When I got my first Test hundred
at the Lord's, I still remember the press
conference. The first question was, 'you
answered your critics, what do you have
to tell about that?' But the first thing that
came to my mind is that I belonged at
this level."
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When Sourav Ganguly wielded
the willow, he could effortlessly loft
spinners into stands and now one can
expect similar fireworks from one of
India's most celebrated captains who is
writing a book based on his times in the
Indian dressing room.
Famed for his never-say-die attitude, the mercurial left handed batsman
has collaborated with senior journalist
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Sangwan (81kg) stood just one win away from
making the cut for Rio Olympics after advancing to the quarterfinals of the International
Boxing Association's (AIBA) World Qualifying
Tournament, here on Tuesday.
While Manoj got the better of Bulgaria's
Ismetov Ayrin Smetov 2-1, Sumit stormed past
Sandagsuren Erdenebayar of Mongolia 3-0.
Both of them will have to win their quarterfinal bouts on Thuursday to be assured of an
Olympic berth.
Manoj was the first to take the ring and he
rallied to beat Ismetov in his pre-quarterfinal
contest. The Indian fought back after losing the
opening round against an aggressive rival.
Sumit, on the other hand, hardly broke a
sweat to out-punch Erdenebayar in his prequarterfinal bout.
Late Monday night, Vikas Krishan (75kg)
also advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with a
3-0 win over Japan's Takahashi Makoto.
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Gautam Bhattacharya for his first book
'A Century Is Not Enough', which is
expected to hit the stands soon.
Publishers have dubbed the narrative as "frank, colourful and completely inspiring."
In the book "Ganguly talks us
through the challenges of a cricketer, the
hard times and the battles he has faced
and shows us what it truly means to be
a champion," they said.
Ganguly himself is delighted to
open the new innings. "I am extremely
delighted to associate myself with
Juggernaut and jointly we expect to deliver a great book," he said in a statement.
The life and career of the 43-yearold Kolkata born cricketer affectionately known as 'Dada' has for most people embodied success and achievement.
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bruised and battered after a 10wicket thrashing, in the seriesdeciding third and final Twenty20
International here on Wednesday.
India entered the series on the
back of a 3-0 whitewash of
Zimbabwe in the preceding ODI
series, but suffered a shocking
two-run loss to the hosts in the
opening T20 last Saturday.
The visitors got their act
together in the second game and
inflicted a crushing defeat on
Zimbabwe.
India stayed alive with a win in
the second game and would now
look to seal the issue in their favour
with another convincing victory.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, this young
Indian side would take heart from
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transformed the Indian team under his
captaincy, broke Australia's unbeaten
streak in Test cricket and taking India
to the 2003 World Cup final.
And yet alongside this success
have come tremendous challenges and
hurdles, more so than to any Indian
cricketer of his generation. The book
dwells on What drives a champion to
keep on? How did Ganguly stay motivated and focused? And what made him
never, ever give up?
Publisher Chiki Sarkar said,
"Ganguly is one of India's greatest
captains, and one of the most interesting cricketers we have ever produced.
We believe 'A Century Is Not Enough'
will become a book that readers — and
not just cricket fans — will turn to again
and again."
viewing former India captains Anil Kumble and
Ravi Shastri among a host of other candidates.
Three-member committee including Sachin
Tendulkar (via video conference), Sourav
Ganguly and VVS Laxman, interviewed as many
as seven candidates in a marathon session during which the candidates gave insight on their
individual roadmaps for Indian cricket.
While Kumble appeared for the interview
in person, Shastri, who is out of the country,
appeared for the interview via Skype. Among
the foreign applicants, former Australian players Stuart Law and Tom Moody also gave their
presentations via video conference.
Interestingly, a high profile candidate like
Sandip Patil was not called for the interview while
former India players Lalchand Rajput and Pravin
Amre got the opportunity to make their case.
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who is currently the head of national selection
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contributed handsomely to guide
the team home with plenty of
overs to spare.
Bumrah was a perfect ally for
Sran, picking up three wickets. The
knock was Mandeep's maiden half
century in this format.
The young Turks would like to
have another good outing before
heading home.
The team lost its plot a bit in the
first game and according to
Mandeep, it stuck to basics in the
second T20, and the result was
there for all to see.
India will take confidence from
the fact that this was their first 10wicket win in a T20 international.
The experienced campaigner
that he is, Dhoni would however
not take the beleaguered hosts
lightly and advise his younger
committee, told PTI.
Amongst other foreigners, Andy Moles, an
Englishman who has coached New Zealand
national and Afghanistan in the past, also gave
his presentation via video conference.
The Committee is expected to submit its
report to the BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke by
Wednesday and the final announcement is likely to be made by the BCCI president on June
24 on the sidelines of the Board's Annual
Conclave in Dharamsala.
"We are not interviewing anymore candidates. The process will end today," said Sourav
Ganguly. "We have interviewed around 10 candidates and each of them have made their presentations. We are expected to finalise our choice
by today and will submit our report to the BCCI
secretary," Ganguly said. "The process is over.
We have interviewed 10, of which three —
Kumble, Rajput and Amre— were here physically. I can't say anything more than this. We will
convey our decision soon. We have been asked
to interview in the interest of the BCCI and we
did just that. I can't reveal anything else. You are
free to speculate," Ganguly added.
teammates to guard against complacency, irrespective of the margin
of victory in the previous game.
"I emphasised we needed to
run hard, push the fielders and in
a shorter format it's always important to sneak in those quick runs,"
Dhoni had said after Monday's
win.
As far as Graeme Cremer's
Zimbabwe are concerned, they
would hope to end, what was a forgettable series for them, on a positive note.
Skipper Cremer spoke about
the side losing wickets at regular
intervals.
"We started well but we lost
wickets at regular intervals, just
couldn't get going. It was disappointing, we thought the pitch
misbehaved a bit but getting all out
for 99 isn't good enough. We still
have one more game to go," Cremer
said after his team's miserable outing with the bat.
pink ball four-day match under lights at Eden
Gardens here on Tuesday.
India pacer Shami followed up his five-wicket
haul in the first innings with a 2/82, while part-time
seamer Vivek Singh was the wrecker-in-chief in the
second essay with a 5/32 to bundle out Bhowanipore
Club for 199 in 48.3 overs.
Mohun Bagan thus won the Cricket Association
of Bengal Super League final which was conducted with pink kookaburra ball under lights to get
Eden 'ready' for India's proposed first day/night Test
against New Zealand in October.
"I'll prefer pink ball any day, hope this pink ball
match prospers. The best thing is you got to bowl
only one session under sun. Then the ball starts
doing the talk once the lights are on," Shami, who
was adjudged man of the match, said. "I got reverse
swing in the first innings. I think if the condition
is dry, the ball will reverse. The seam usually does
not remain intact after 40 overs but it's not the case
with the pink ball."
Resuming the day at 132 for six, Bhowanipore's
innings on the final day lasted less than an hour with
Singh cleaning up the tail dismissing Ravikant Singh
who edged one behind the stumps.
Having recovered from a knee surgery, Shami
is eyeing a Test recall in the four-Test West Indies
series next month.
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games, Cristiano Ronaldo has another
chance to shine.
The Portugal forward has failed get his team
going at the European Championship, even missing a penalty late in the 0-0 draw against Austria.
But Ronaldo and his teammates still have a
chance to reach to the round of 16 when they
face Hungaryon Wednesday at Stade de Lyon.
"This isn't the first time this has happened
in his career," Portugal coach Fernando Santos
said. "In the past he has gone two or three matches without scoring, and then he would suddenly score a lot of goals, and I am completely convinced that this will happen."
Ronaldo, his nation's all-time leading scorer with 58 goals, came to France as the
undisputed star of Euro
2016. Only Sweden striker
Zlatan Ibrahimovic merits a
mention when it comes to
matching Ronaldo's attacking talent, scoring totals, or
— for better or worse —
larger-then-life personality.
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Ronaldo has yet to produce
different European Championships.
the goals he scores with
After wasting 180 minutes, he may only
such apparent ease while
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which just over three weeks ago won the
awards, which includes three Ballon
Champions League title. Instead, he showed his
d'Or trophies.
childish side when he belittled Iceland's defenGroup F leader Hungary looks like
sive tactics after they held Portugal to a 1-1 draw
the perfect opponent for Ronaldo to uncork his
in their opening match.
scoring potential. But so did Iceland and Austria,
Ronaldo then blew a chance to get back on
only for him to err on all of his 22 shots.
course on Saturday, when he sent a spot kick off
And Hungary has gained in confidence from
the post with only 11 minutes remaining against
a strong start to its first major tournament in 30
Austria.
years. The Hungarians have four points from
He said after the match that while he was
their opening 2-0 win over Austria and 1-1 draw
proud to have surpassed Luis Figo's national team
with Iceland.
record with his 128th appearance for Portugal,
Portugal is in third place with two points,
he was disappointed by how he reached the milethe same as second-place Iceland. Austria,
stone. "Obviously I'm a bit sad, because this waswhich plays Iceland at the same time on
n't the way I wanted to break this record,"
Wednesday in Saint-Denis, is in last place with
Ronaldo said. "The most beautiful way would
one point but is still in conhave been to win, and we couldn't, we drew. So
tention for a spot in the
it was not how I envisaged it."
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Ireland must do something it hasn't done
in more than two decades — beat Italy in a competitive match.
Any other result in Wednesday's final
Group E game at Stade Pierre Mauroy will send
the Irish home. And even a win doesn't guarantee advancement following a 1-1 draw with
Sweden and a 3-0 loss to Belgium.
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secure first place in the group.
Belgium could also finish with six points
by defeating Sweden, but UEFA rules would still
rank Italy higher based on its 2-0 win over the
Belgians last week.
Apart from the top two teams in each
group, the four best third-place teams will also
advance. In the last 16, Italy will face the runner-up from Group D, likely Croatia or the
Czech Republic, in Saint-Denis next Monday.
Participating in a European Championship
for the third time after 1988 and 2012, Ireland
has yet to make it past the group stage.
Ireland's last win over Italy in a major competition came at the 1994 World Cup.
ermany pounded Northern Ireland
on Tuesday but could only manage
a 1-0 win that still ensured the world
champion topped its group at the
European Championship and advanced
to the round of 16.
Defied by the woodwork and standout Northern Ireland goalkeeper Michael
McGovern, Germany had only Mario
Gomez's 30th-minute goal to show for its
dominance. Germany topped Group C
with seven points and will now meet a
third-place team in the next round.
McGovern ensured his team, which
ended the group with three points following its victory over Ukraine, can still
advance as one of the best third-placed
teams. Under the convoluted tiebreaker
system being used at Euro 2016, goal difference could be key.
A chant of "We're not going home"
at the final whistle from noisy, boisterous
green-clad Irish fans who filled one end
of the Parc des Princes suggested they
think there will be at least one more match
to see possibly at the same venue on
Saturday against Wales.
The fans had McGovern to thank.
McGovern stood strong to defy Thomas
Mueller and Mario Goetze twice when
they had one-on-one chances, and pushed
away a late Gomez header. Mueller also
struck the goal frame twice in the first
half, as Germany fired 26 attempts on goal
compared to Northern Ireland's two.
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Mueller seemed set to strike. A post
repelled a diving header, the crossbar sent
back a right-foot shot, McGovern blocked
one shot, and another was skewed wide
of goal.
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Without much help from star striker Robert Lewandowski, Poland has
made it into the knockout round of the
European Championship for the first
time. Poland cemented its place in the last
16 with a 1-0 win against already eliminated Group C opponent Ukraine.
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against England.
gamble by coach Roy Hodgson failed
to pay off on Monday as his reshuffled
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England side drew 0-0 with Slovakia and
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failed to top its group at the European
Championship.
England still qualified for the knockout
stages. But the result at the Stade Geoffroy
Guichard meant England was leapfrogged
at the top of Group B by Wales, which could
now face an easier opponent after Gareth
Bale helped his team beat Russia 3-0.
Hodgson made six changes from the 21 victory over Wales and left captain
Wayne Rooney on the bench. Although they
failed to break the stalemate, his players kept
the pressure up throughout the game and
managed 30 shots while Slovakia rarely
played in England's final third.
"Finishing second is a disappointment," Hodgson said after his team finished
the group stage with a win and two draws.
"But we are still in the last 16 and who is to
say the team we will play will be that much
in three games as Wales overwhelmed
Russia 3-0 on Monday to reach the
knockout stages of the European
Championship for the first time.
Playing in its first major tournament
since the 1958 World Cup, Wales defied
expectations to win Group B ahead of
England and send Russia home with an
impressive counterattacking display that
rested on more than just the talents of Bale.
"I've never seen a better performance
from any Wales team than I saw tonight,"
Wales coach Chris Coleman said. "As a
nation geographically we are small but if
you judge us by passion you could say we
were a continent tonight."
Because England could only draw 00 with Slovakia, the result meant that
Wales topped the group with six points,
one more than England.
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are playing, I am not frightened of anybody."
England created chances but failed to
turn them into goals against a very
defensiveSlovakia side that can still advance
as one of the four best third-place
teams.Slovakia has four points, with
England on five and Wales with six. Russia
returns home with one point.
Slovakia had never kept a clean sheet
in six previous games at a major tournament
Ibrahimovic is heading to Nice under presZlatan
sure to perform.
One of football's biggest personalities, the 34-yearold Sweden striker needs to step up against Belgium
on Wednesday with his team almost certainly needing a win to progress at the
European Championship.
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target in either of their two games so far.
"Zlatan is one of the greatest forwards I have ever
met," Sweden coach Erik Hamren said.
Sweden's opening 1-1 draw against Ireland was
a major disappointment, and while the performance
against Italy was better, the Swedes didn't force a single save from goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
The level of individual talent in Belgium's team
is not in doubt, but its teamwork is. The opening
2-0 loss to Italy was partly redeemed when the
Belgians beat Ireland 3-0 on Saturday with two goals
from Romelu Lukaku.
Beating the Irish was the minimum, however,
for a team with the weight of expectation that
Belgium carries. After players such as Kevin de
Bruyne and captain Eden Hazard failed to shine
against Italy, a convincing win against Sweden
would help ease fears that team has underachieved.
Qualification is almost a certainty if Belgium can
avoid losing. A win guarantees second place in the
group, while a draw could be enough unless Ireland
beats Italy.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he will retire from international football after the European Championship.
Ibrahimovic says "the last game for Sweden in Euro
will be my last game with Sweden, so I hope it will
not be tomorrow."
Even if Sweden loses and fails to qualify for the
knockout stages, Ibrahimovic says he would not be disappointed with his international career.
He says "I'm very proud to be captain of Sweden
and what I achieved."
He added he "will not participate in the Olympics"
in Rio de Janeiro.