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passage of the Citizenship
Amendment Bill in Lok Sab-
ha after midnight on Monday
with home minister Amit
Shah repeatedly drawing a
distinction between refu-
gees fleeing religious perse-
cution and infiltrators even
while asserting an all-India
national register of citizens
is on the anvil.
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sis and Christians from Af-
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al of references to Pakistan,
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desh and to make the legisla-
tion “religion-neutral” were
defeated. Divisions sought
by the opposition were ne-
gated by wide margins of
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killed in a police “encounter”,
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re the National Human Rights
Commission that all four we-
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as NDA seems to have requi-
site support with the back-
ing of BJD, AIADMK, TDP
and YSR-CP. The govern-
ment’s cause could be fur-
ther assisted by absentions.
On Monday, the Shiv Sena
was the centre of attention
144 fast-track courts
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sions do not affect the exist-
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tant runners-up, winning
Una flogging victims flaunt their
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ram Sarvaiya became the face
of the nation’s agony as the
images which showed him be-
ing flogged in the Una atrocity
against Dalits went viral. To-
day, Sarvaiya has lent his
moustachioed visage to a con-
fident campaign by Dalits to
protest the ban on moustach-
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BJP
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Minister HD Deve Gowda’s Russian track & field athletes
JD(S) drew a blank. A BJP re- were banned from participating
bel who contested with the in Rio due to dope sanctions
support of JD(S) was the lone
independent to win. BJP re- pics, over a longstanding do-
quired minimum six seats to ping scandal. The ruling me-
stay afloat in Karnataka, the ans that Russia’s flag, name
lone state ruled by it in the so- and anthem will not appear at
uth. But it went on to win 12 the Tokyo Games, and the co-
seats. untry also could be stripped of
hosting world championships
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Una flogging victim Vashram Sarvaiya posts a picture of himself with
twirled moustache asserting rights of SC youths. Inset- Vashram with
his brothers being flogged on suspicion of cow slaughter in July 2016
denims and a jacket, flaunting India. Three years later, Sar-
his neat beard and a slightly vaiya has put his weight be-
twirled moustache. hind the “mooch movement”
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BOOZE
Bottles Per FLOW
Minute In State
Himanshu.Kaushik
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Ahmedabad: If seizures
of Indian-made foreign li-
quor (IMFL) bottles is any
indication, alcohol use is
rife in Gujarat, with the so-
called dry state seizing as
many as 13 IMFL bottles of
Indian Made Foreign Liqu-
or every minute, and one
bottle seized every minute
in Ahmedabad.
IN THE ASSEMBLY
Apart from this, Guja-
rat police also seized two
beer bottles and 1.75 litres
of country liquor every mi-
nute.
These figures were re-
vealed by the state govern-
ment on Monday, the first
day of the three-day winter
session of the assembly.
Responding to questions
by Congress legislators,
the government admitted
that in two years, from No-
Chudasama shifts blame for
forged DPS NOC to UPA govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Washings its
hands off the DPS East for-
ged no-objection certificate
(NOC) controversy, the state
government said the school
obtained
CBSE affilia-
tion in 2012
when the UPA
government
was in power
at the Centre.
Education mi-
nister Bhupendrasinh
Chudasama told the state
assembly that the govern-
ment is in the process of
working out a method by
which documents submit-
ted to the CBSE for affilia-
tion, are sent back to the sta-
te for verification.
Replying to a debate on
the DPS East issue, Chuda-
sama told the assembly that
the government wants to de-
velop a foolproof system to
prevent such incidents. “My
government or officials are
not responsible or connec-
ted to the fake NOC of DPS
East school,” he said.
Chudasama was spea-
king on the motion drawing
the attention of the govern-
ment to the DPS East issue.
The school had secured
CBSE affiliation by produ-
cing a fake no objection cer-
tificate. Congress MLA Pun-
ja Vansh, who moved the
proposal said, “CBSE gran-
ted affiliation to the school,
International flier traffic
up 20% at SVPI airport
Niyati.Parikh@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: Thanks to
improved connectivity to
international destina-
tions, there has been a sig-
nificant 20% increase in
the number of internatio-
nal passengers departing
from and arriving at the
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International (SVPI) air-
port in Ahmedabad.
The city airport handled
some 14 .07 lakh internatio-
nal passengers from April
to October 2019, up 20% aga-
inst the same period last ye-
ar when some 11.72 lakh pas-
sengers took international
flights to and from the SVPI
airport, according to data
provided by Airports Aut-
hority of India (AAI).
Experts attribute this
increase to improved con-
nectivity from the city air-
port. “A number of airlines
have added more flights
along the existing sectors.
Frequent and direct con-
nectivity to various inter-
national destinations has
contributed to the increase
in passenger movement,”
said Manoj Gangal, direc-
tor, SVPI airport.
Growth in international
JIGNESH MEVANI SUSPENDED FROM
HOUSE FOR ENTIRE SESSION OVER RUCKUS | 4
No. of bottles (in lakhs)
District
IMFL
Surat 22.59
Valsad 17.58
Banaskantha 12.36
Panchmahal 8.52
Ahmedabad 8.4
DRUGS DELUGE
Distirict Ganja
Surat 3,534.00
Patan 2,462.55
Anand 2,025.05
Dahod 761.10
Surendranagar 758.45
Ahmedabad 722.71
vember 1, 2017 to October
31, 2019, police seized 1.38
crore bottles of IMFL, 17.01
lakh beer bottles and 18.58
lakh litres of country liqu-
or.
but why did the state govern-
ment not react when the
school came before the fee
regulation committee for to
fix fees.” He also sought to
know why the government
did not verify all documents
submitted before the fee
committee of the state go-
vernment.
When Vansh mentioned
the Nithyananda issue, spe-
aker Rajendra Trivedi inter-
vened and expunged the re-
marks from the record.
Remaining silent on why
the state government failed
to detect the fake NOC du-
ring the fee setting process,
Chudasama, said, “The go-
vernment was sensitive to
the issue and took special
permission to run the scho-
ol till March 2020. Students
get disturbed even if we
change their seating arran-
gements. In this case, they
were being asked to change
school midway through the
academic session.” He ad-
ded that officials were not in
favour of taking over the
management of the CBSE
school till the end of the ye-
ar.
FLYING HIGH
GROWTH IN INT’L FLYERS
April-October
% Change
2018-19 2019-20
11.72 L 14.07 L 20
GROWTH IN AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT
8,144 9,327 14.5
passengers may also be at-
tributed to more interna-
tional aircraft movements.
AAI data on air traffic sug-
gests that the number of in-
ternational aircraft move-
ments also saw a growth of
14% from 8,144 aircraft mo-
vements in 2018 to 9,327 in
2019, during the April to Oc-
tober period. Travel ex-
perts attribute this growth
to better connectivity and
increase in corporate tra-
vel.
Tour operators and tra-
vel agents said that increa-
se in economic activity has
also boosted passenger mo-
vement. “Increase in econo-
mic activity and foreign
companies investing in and
around Ahmedabad is one
of the major reasons for a
spike in international pas-
senger movement. Moreo-
ver, there are several count-
TIMES CITY
Seizure between November
1, 2017 and October 31, 2019
NARCO SEIZURE FROM
AHMEDABAD CITY
1.46kg of MD drugs
2.51 kg of opium
11kg of charas
291.55kg of Ganja
seized in 2018-19
Value (`/cr)
Beer IMFL
1.82 14.16
3.45 17.15
1.43 22.14
0.40 6.21
0.84 25.09
Seizure in Kg
Opium Hashish Value of all drugs
0 0.89 Rs 1.80 cr
113.20 0 Rs 1.07 cr
1.92 0.952 Rs 1.32 cr
0 0 Rs 58,560
2,367.50 0 Rs 0.91 cr
2.51 35.50 Rs 6.66 cr
The total value of the
IMFL seized was estimated
to be Rs 231.40 crore, while
the value of beer was Rs
17.79 crore. The country li-
quor seized was valued at
Parents of DPS
East students
seek clarity
from CM
Ahmedabad: Parents have
sought clarity from the sta-
te government about the fa-
te of the children at Delhi
Public School (DPS) East
when the state government
ceases to be in control of the
school in March.
There are 835 students at
the school and a group of
parents wrote to Gujarat
chief minister Vijay Rupa-
ni seeking clarity, said go-
vernment sources.
The operations of the
school, situated at Hirapur,
were taken over by the go-
vernment recently after the
school landed in a contro-
versy in connection with
the Nithyananda ashram
located on the school premi-
ses. DPS East was facing
closure after it was found
that the management did
not have the necessary no-
objection certificate from
the state government.
The Central Board of Se-
condary Education (CBSE)
had cancelled the school’s
affiliation over the forged
NOC. The state government
decided to take over opera-
tions till March 31 to ensure
that the students do not suf-
fer.
Source: AAI
October
% Change
2019 2018
1.87 L 1.54 L 20.7
1,173 1,329 13.3
ries to which direct flights
are now available from Ah-
medabad, and that too at a
cheaper rate against Mum-
bai or Delhi. This also leads
to an increase in passenger
movement. Many foreign
nationals are coming to Ah-
medabad,” said Manish
Sharma, secretary, Travel
Agents’ Federation of India
(TAFI) – Gujarat.
Sharma also said that
the coveted heritage city
status for Ahmedabad has
brought many foreign tou-
rists to the city. “The herita-
ge city status has brought
in many foreign tourists to
Ahmedabad. That apart,
improved connectivity and
more direct flights to other
major Indian cities have al-
so caused the increase in to-
urist footfalls in the city,”
said a city-based tour ope-
rator.
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HINDUS; HIGH COURT ORDERS RECONSIDERATION | 4
RCC roads blocking 24x7
Rs 3.13 crore, the govern-
ment said.
Interestingly, govern-
Drugs worth water supply project: Govt
ment response revealed no
`16cr seized TIMES NEWS NETWORK
uniformity in the value 11 TP schemes still await govt nod
ascribed to such alcohol by Ahmedabad: If you are a
police.
If the average seized
in two years resident of Jodhpur ward
in Ahmedabad and do not
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that
approvals for 11 town planning schemes are still pending.
IMFL bottle cost Rs 298 in TIMES NEWS NETWORK get 24x7 water supply as One has been pending for over three years, while nine have
Ahmedabad, it was Rs 62 in was promised by the autho- been pending for
Surat. Ahmedabad: Law enforcement rities three years ago, not- between one and
The value of 8.40 lakh agencies in Gujarat have seized hing other than the cement- three years.
bottles seized in Ahmed- drugs worth Rs 16.24 crore over concrete road in your socie- In a reply to a
abad district was estima- the past two years, the govern- ty is to blame. question posed by
ted to be Rs 25.09 crore, ment told the assembly on Mon- In a response to Viram- Bapunagar MLA
while the value of 22.59 day. These include ganja, has- gam MLA Lakha Bhar- Himmatsinh
lakh bottles seized in Surat hish, opium, and mephedrone, wad’s question, the state Patel, the
was stated to be Rs 14.16 which is a psychoactive recrea- government on Monday government said
Beer crore. tional drug. chose to put the blame on that until the
Replying to Akshayku- The government, replying to the cement concrete roads beginning of 2019,
1.97
mar Patel, Congress MLA questions by Congress MLAs, in societies, for the delay in approvals for 33
3.45 from Karjan, the state go- tabled data on drug seizures. Ac- 24x7 water supply in Jodh- TP schemes were
1.43 vernment said that of the cording to the data, 11,831kg of pur ward. pending for less
8.40 lakh bottles seized in ganja, 3,365.5kg of opium and Jodhpur ward is the pi- than a year, but
0.44
Ahmedabad, 66% were sei- 69.607kg of hashish was seized in lot project for 24x7 water now only one is waiting for the nod. Of the 45 schemes which
0.95 zed in rural areas and 34% two years. The most seizures of supply. The project is to be were pending approval for over one year but less than three
in city limits. ganja were in Surat, where in implemented across the ci- years, only nine now need clearance. The government
IMFL seizures from Ah- two years, 3,534kg was seized. ty if it is effective in Jodh- stated that no specific time limit can be given for clearing TP
medabad city between No- In reply to a question by Kar- pur ward. schemes. TNN
vember 1, 2017 and October jan MLA Akshay Patel, the go- The government said
31, 2018 stood at 1.47 lakh vernment stated that while 0.60g that in some areas, water carry out the work. The go- chairman Amul Bhatt had
bottles. of mephedrone was seized bet- was being supplied for 20 vernment said that there is said that the project would
Seizures for the same ween November 2017 and Octo- hours a day while in others thus a delay in laying pipe- be completed by September
period in 2018-2019 fell to ber 2018, the amount of mephed- areas it was supplied for six lines and installing meters. 27. The civic body launched
1.35 lakh. An MLA, reques- rone seized between November hours. Jodhpur ward has been this project in Jodhpur
ting anonymity, said that 2018 and October 2019 was 1.47kg. The government said divided into five zones and ward in 2016.
the seizures represented A senior officer said seizures that in order to lay pipeli- work for laying the water Bhatt had said that 80%
just 10%-15% of the liquor indicate drug use is increasing. nes and install water me- supply network in the villa- of houses in the area had
sold in the city. Citing an example, he said betwe- ters, the RCC roads in va- ge revenue boundary (ga- been covered by the round-
He alleged that police en November 2017 and October rious societies need to be am tal) is on, the govern- the-clock water supply pro-
were hiding the actual pri- 2018, the seizure of ganja was on- broken but when civic aut- ment said. ject and only 20% of hou-
ce of the liquor, as it would ly 35.164 kg which increased to hority approach societies In mid-September, Ah- ses, in the village revenue
imply a massive failure of 291.545 kg during the same pe- for their consent, the office- medabad Municipal Corpo- boundary area, were yet to
prohibition. riod the following year. bearers do not allow them ration standing committee be covered.
Spat erupts between civic chief, Schools
threaten to
councillors over road projects stop sharing
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: With 11
ROADS SINK AS TEMPERS SOAR IN AMC student data
months to go till Ahmed-
abad votes in its municipal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
election, sparks have begun
to fly as municipal council-
Ahmedabad: Self-financed
schools have threatened to
lors and the executive brist- stop sharing details of stu-
le over pending works. On dent attendance, if the state
Monday, angry BJP council- education department does
lors from the north-west and not roll back its recent deci-
south-west zones alleged sion for online attendance of
that the municipal commis- teachers.
sioner had resorted to ‘un- After grant-in aid and go-
parliamentary language’ vernment-run schools, the de-
during stock-taking of road partment had last week deci-
works in Jodhpur ward unfi- ded to extend its online school
nished since 2017-18. attendance system to cover te-
Conceding that a heated achers of all self-financed
discussion had occurred at schools.
the meeting, a senior deputy “The decision has not go-
municipal commissioner ne down well with self-finan-
present denied the use of ced schools who have made it
any derogatory words. Mu- clear to the government in the
nicipal commissioner Vijay past that they were against
Nehra refused to comment the idea of sharing details of
on the issue. teachers,” said a member of
Standing committee cha- the Gujarat State Self-Finan-
irman Amul Bhatt held a ced School Management As-
press conference in the af- sociation. The association has
ternoon, saying, “There we- on Monday written a strongly
re road works pending since A dumper was stuck as the road sank under its weight in the posh Navrangpura area on Monday. This worded letter to the Gujarat
2017-18 for which no tenders happened on a day when AMC chief Vijay Nehra reportedly had a heated exchange with two corporators — education minister and edu-
were released and our se- from Jodhpur and Vejalpur wards — who insisted on deadlines for road repairs PIC: YOGESH CHAWDA cation secretary, rejecting the-
nior councillors Rashmin ir decision and threatening of
Shah (Jodhpur ward) and
Dilip Bagariya (Vejalpur)
had only demanded from
2018 and this year, and citi-
zens had begun questioning
our work.”
AMC penalizes errant adverse consequences if there
was no rethink on it. Accor-
ding to the state directive, the
Nehra and his colleagues a
deadline for these works.”
The senior deputy muni-
cipal commissioner said, road contractors new system is to be implemen-
ted across all self-financed pri-
He further said, “An ar- “Most roads built in 2017, in- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ve been penalised monetari- mary, secondary and higher
gument did take place when cluding a few stretches in ly in the issue after inquiri- secondary schools in ten days.
Nehra refused to answer, Jodhpur ward, had been un- Ahmedabad: The bureau- es being conducted, while “We don't avail any go-
and a while later he lost his der scrutiny of the high co- cracy and the political wing there are 23 officials against vernment grant nor does the
cool and spat expletives at urt over the poor quality of in the civic body have cros- whom chargesheets are yet government pay our teachers’
our senior elected members work. This had led to a PIL, sed swords over poor road- to be drawn. We have recove- salaries. Then why should the
and left the meeting. This FIRs and blacklisting of works. On Monday afterno- red fines worth Rs 62.58 lakh government monitor their at-
behaviour cannot be tolera- contractors. S on, deputy municipal com- from these officials,” said tendance,” asked a member of
ted and we demand an apolo- “Since then, contractors missioner, R K Mehta held Mehta. He added that Rs 9.04 the association.
gy from Nehra,” Bhatt said. have been reluctant to take an impromptu press confe- cr have been recovered from The online attendance sy-
A group of senior BJP co- up works. A few weeks ago, rence announcing that three 11 contractors for poor road- stem was launched earlier
uncillors also met BJP trea- some councillors approa- road contractors — Akash works. this year for teachers, non-tea-
surer Surendra Patel (Kaka) ched the executive wing re- Infra Pvt ltd, GPC Infra Pvt Mehta, however, accep- ching staff and students. Ho-
and apprised him of the is- commending candidates for Ltd and JR Agarwal have be- ted that some AMC officers wever, unlike government
sue. the assistant commissio- en blacklisted for three ye- whose role in the 2017 road fi- and grant-in-aid schools whe-
In protest, the drainage, ner’s post. ars while monetary recove- asco is under scanner have re both teachers and students
road and water committee “Such requests were ve- ries were made from 11 cont- been promoted as inquiries are covered under the system,
meetings were suspended hemently turned down and ractors for building poor qu- are yet to draw a conclusion self-financed schools have be-
on Monday. Bhatt added, since then the councillors ality roads in 2017. “ on their culpability. “There en submitting attendance on-
“There are 27 works pending have been at loggerheads A total of 85 serving and are 23 officers who are yet to ly of students to the education
in Jodhpur ward from 2017, with the commissioner.” 14 retired AMC officials ha- be charged,” said Mehta. department.
COUPLE TIE KNOT BEFORE OFFICIAL WEDDING TO FULFIL WISH OF BRIDE’S GRANDMOTHER
American ‘lado,’ ‘ladi’ get surprise wedding
rience ‘colourful.’ the couple in
Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com
The wedding was the brainchild dark till the
“It was like a fairytale
Ahmedabad: The setting could not of Haileen, Emily’s grandmother, last mo- wedding as we looked like
have been more appropriate when who had planned the surprise for the ment. royals and so many people
Kyle, an agriculturist, and Emily, a couple. “It was joined us for the occasion.
designer, both 27 years old, stepped Mrigvendrasinh Poshina, thus a true
out on Monday decked in a vermilion part of the royal family surprise It was so different from
red sherwani and sari at Darbar- that runs the Darbar- when they we- weddings in the US”
gadh of Poshina in Sabarkantha dis- gadh Heritage Hotel, re given the procession on a camel cart around
trict. said that Haileen is a wares and the village and came back to Darbar-
The American couple, accompa- regular visitor to In- were asked gadh where the family of the ‘ladi’ —
nied by a group of close relatives, dia and was enamo- to be rea- the bride — welcomed them with a
was in for a surprise when they tied ured by the elabo- dy,” he tribal dance, dhol and shehnai.
the knot in traditional Indian style rate wed- said. Poshina said that it was a rare
ahead of their formal wedding back dings she The wedding at the hotel as the ‘revellers’
home early next year. had witnes- ‘lado’ — were also treated with a traditional
“It was like a fairytale wedding as sed. colloqu- feast.
we looked like royals and so many pe- “Thus, ial word “So many from the village parti-
ople joined in to mark the occasion. It she had for the cipated in the procession. We will al-
was so different from the weddings planned bridegro- ways cherish the experience,” said
in the US as it provided us a peek into everyt- om — car- Kyle. The family, on heritage trail in
Indian customs and tradition,” said hing and ried out his India, also has a few spots in Rajast-
Kyle while terming the entire expe- had kept The wedding at the Darbargadh in Poshina wedding han on their itinerary.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
Rape case lodged against industrialist
Story Revealed
During Another
Rape Probe
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: After TOI’s
report mentioning the
plight of a 28-year-old wo-
man, allegedly ra-
ped by an industri-
alist appeared on
Monday, the wo-
men’s cell of the
crime branch filed
a complaint and be-
gan an investiga-
tion.
The complaint IMPACT
filed at the Mahila
police station at 10.30am on
Monday states that the
Thaltej-based business-
man, Kenal Shah, had alle-
gedly raped the woman in
2013 at different locations
in Ahmedabad and Gand-
hinagar.
The complainant is a
freelance event planner
and fashion designer. She
said in the FIR that in 2013,
she started working with
Shah, who runs a company
manufacturing agroche-
‘Gujarat failed to spend
95% of Nirbhaya Fund’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Even though
the rate of crimes against
women in Gujarat was as
high as 21.3 cases per lakh
people in 2017, the state fai-
led to spend most of the allo-
cated amount from the Rs
10,000 crore Nirbhaya Fund
created by the Union go-
vernment for safety and se-
curity of women, indicates a
study. According to the stu-
dy by Kailash Satyarthi
Children’s Foundation
(KSCF), Gujarat failed to
spend 95% of the allocated
fund for safety and security
of women. The study indica-
tes that against Rs 87.04 cro-
re allocated under the Nirb-
haya Fund to Gujarat, mere-
ly Rs 4.58 crore was utilized.
According to the study,
the Union government has
released merely Rs 2,264 cro-
re i.e. 22% of the total funds,
to 36 states and Union terri-
tories of the country. “De-
spite a rise in sexual crimes
and murder against women,
only Rs 252 crore have been
used by some of the states,
which accounts for 11% of
the total amount,” KSCF sa-
One death a day on city roads
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Road acci-
dents in Ahmedabad and
Gandhinagar caused an av-
erage of five deaths every
two days, between Novem-
ber 16, 2017 and November
15, 2019. Ahmedabad had
one such death a day in the
same period.
In reply to a question by
Kalol MLA Baldevji Thako-
re, the government stated
that Ahmedabad and Gand-
hinagar recorded 1,860 acci-
dents in the two years star-
ting November 16, 2017. The
most deaths were reported
in Ahmedabad city, 729,
while 668 were reported
from rural areas of Ahmed-
abad.
According to the data
tabled, there was a 32% in-
crease in fatalities in acci-
dents in 2018-2019, from the
Disability organizations in Gujarat
dying a slow and sure death?
Parth.Shastri@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: Three years af-
ter the landmark legal remedy
in the form of The Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
(PwDs) Act ensuring access to
education, health and welfare
as right for PwDs, institutions
working with PwDs are cry-
ing foul over the abolition of
544 positions in these institu-
tions. The move has also resul-
ted in shutting down of two in-
stitutions in Kadi and Vadoda-
ra whereas the rest few are
fighting hard to keep afloat.
On the eve of Human
Rights Day, Labhu Sonani,
president of Andh-Apang
Sanstha Sanchalak Sangh,
Gujarat, said that abolish-
ment of the posts is not an ac-
cident. “It's like slow poiso-
ning: after an employee in a
grant-in-aid institution reti-
res, the position is never filled
under one pretext or another.
After a stipulated time period
mical products, pesticides,
and etc.
She alleged that during
her employment with the
company, Shah raped her
frequently. She stated she
was given Rs 1 lakh by the
industrialist when she was
in dire need of money in
December 2013.
Later, she alleged, Shah
told her that he had secu-
red a significant
event planning
contract and offe-
red her the part-
ner’s role in the
project. She alle-
ged that he told her
that they would ha-
ve to travel to
Gandhinagar
meet the clients.
to
She alleged that Shah
took her to a hotel in Kuda-
san village of Gandhina-
gar where he allegedly ra-
ped her and recorded the
act with a spy camera. She
alleged that using the vi-
deo clip of the rape, he con-
tinued to blackmail her
and raped her repeatedly
at various places in Gand-
hinagar, Thaltej, and Na-
ranpura, states the FIR.
The complainant in
her affidavit attached
NGO DEMANDS
➤ Make public spaces safe and
secure for women
➤ Expedite ongoing trials of
rape cases
➤ Ensure completion of trials in
two months
➤ Ensure faithful and timely
implementation of various high
court and Supreme Court orders
on sex-related crimes against
women and children
id in a statement today.
The remaining amount
of Rs 2,012 crore, which co-
mes to 89% of the disbursed
funds, remains unutilized.
“Rapes, followed by kil-
ling, always lead to a loud
outcry from citizens of the
country. However, the same
is not translated into concre-
te actions, to prevent rapes
and to make public spaces in
the country safe for women.
The abysmally low utiliza-
tion of Nirbhaya Fund is a
testimony to the fact that
there is very little or no poli-
tical will to ensure the safety
and security of women in
our country,” the KSCF sta-
ted.
previous year. The data sta-
ted from November 16, 2017
to November 15, 2018, 316 pe-
ople died while the number
rose to 416 in 2018-19.
Minister of state for ho-
me Pradipsinh Jadeja said
the government was deter-
mined to reduce accidents
fatalities in the state. He sa-
id illegal speedbreakers we-
re also a factor in fatal acci-
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
is over, the position is abolis-
hed citing rules. The grant is
provided after recommenda-
tions of RK Shah Committee
of 1992 where there were no
mention of abolishing posts,”
he said.
He also pointed at a recent
with the FIR states that she
has fear that she might be
killed or abducted and re-
moved from public eye by
the accused person.
The woman’s account
emerged when the wo-
men’s cell of the crime
branch was investigating
another rape allegation
made by a 32-year-old wo-
man against Shah who wor-
ked as his private secreta-
ry. When the 28-year-old
woman was interviewed by
the cops in connection
with the first case, she al-
leged that she was al-
so raped by the in-
dustrialist and
moved an appli-
cation to file
an FIR.
Woman accuses cousin’s
son of raping her
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: A 28-year-
old woman from Anandna-
gar on Sunday filed a comp-
laint of rape against her
cousin’s 29-year-old son, al-
leging that he had got into
sexual relations with her
on the pretext of marrying
her even though he knew it
was not possible to marry
his mother’s cousin.
In her FIR with Anand-
nagar police, the woman
stated that she had come to
Ahmedabad in 2009 to pur-
sue her MBA studies. At
that time, she met her ma-
ternal cousin’s son at their
house in Bopal. As their
age was similar, she began
talking with him and used
to stay at his home in Bo-
pal.
In 2015, the accused told
the complainant that he
liked her and wanted to
marry her. To this, the
complainant said that they
belong to the same family
and it was not possible for
them to marry. But the ac-
cused insisted that he wo-
dents. “Speedbreakers are
supposed to be built only at
the recommendation of po-
lice.”
The MOS said that joint
teams of the RTO, civic bo-
dy and police visit accident
spots and evaluate the cau-
se of an accident. If a fault is
found in the road design,
authorities are asked to rec-
tify it. Licences of errant
Representational pic
circular asking institutes to
furnish personal and profes-
sional details of all employees
— failing which the institutes
would not receive funding
from January 2020. “Is the sta-
te government holding such
institutions to ransom? What
TIMES CITY
Man molests
4-year-old, held
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old
man was arrested by Naro-
da police on Monday, after
he was caught attempting
oral sex with a four-year-
old girl living in the neigh-
bourhood in Nana Chiloda
area of the city on Sunday
evening.
According to
the FIR filed
with Naroda po-
lice, accused,
Bhailal Ode, had
come to the
victim’s pla-
ce and told
her mother
that he wan-
ted to take the litt-
le girl to play
with her. As
the man was
acquainted
with the vic-
tim’s family, they did not
doubt his intention and
let their daughter go with
him.
uld marry only her and he
would convince the family
members.
Convinced with his as-
sertion, the complainant
agreed to his proposal.
Then the accused allegedly
raped her at different pla-
ces in Anandnagar and Bo-
pal in 2015 and 2016. In 2016,
ROAD DEATHS
’17-18 ’18-19
Ahmedabad city 313 416
Ahmedabad rural 361 307
Gandhinagar 249 214
Total 923 937
drivers are also suspended
by the RTO. He said speed li-
mits have also been fixed for
city and rural areas.
Officials said that Ah-
medabad city, till the end of
November this year, had re-
ported 378 deaths in 1,192 ro-
ad accidents, 62 (19%) more
than in all of 2018. “Though
there have been 393 fewer
accidents in the city, the
number of deaths has incre-
ased by 62. Officers said that
the fatality ratio for the city
this year was the highest of
the last five years,” he said.
happens to the children with
disabilities after such institu-
tes are closed down?” asked
Sonani.
While G N Nanchia, direc-
tor of the social justice depart-
ment, could not be approa-
ched for comments, Manoj Ag-
garwal, principal secretary of
the department, said that he
would have to check the figu-
res. “The government is redu-
cing the posts with computer
and technology being imple-
mented. But I will have to
check the figures,” he said, ad-
ding that the recent steps are
not causing ‘slow death’ of in-
stitutions of PwDs.
Bhushan Punani, executi-
ve secretary, BPA, said, “Ac-
cess to education and health is
not only a basic human right
for persons with disabilities
(PwDs) but also a mandate un-
der provisions of Right to
Education (RTE) Act and
Rights of Persons with Disabi-
lities Act.”
3
Accountant accused of illegally
selling broker’s bungalow
TIMES NEWS NETWORK to look for a job for his daugh- ments, who told him that he
ter Manisha who had comple- had never notarized the docu-
Ahmedabad: A real estate
broker has filed a complaint
with Vastrapur police accu-
ted the MBA course. Due to
her knowledge of computers
and her proficiency in Eng-
ments.”
Devda mentioned in his
FIR that along with his own
“After a while, the man sing his former accountant lish, Devda hired her and tas- property papers, Manisha al-
told the girl that he had kept and office help of cheating ked her with maintaining of- so took away papers related to
some chocolates on the ter- and breach of trust. The bro- fice records. properties in Vadodara,
race of his house. He then ker said that the accountant “In October this year, Dev- Sherkhi, Ghuma and Kathlal.
took the girl there and re- stole original land docu- da got to know that his bunga- He said that she also stole sig-
moved all his clothes and ments, forged the power of at- low was sold off by Manisha ned bank cheques and a hard
the girl’s clothes as well. He torney, and sold his property. based on a forged power of at- drive with records. He said
then asked the girl to per- Mukesh Devda, 47, a resi- torney,” said an investigator. she blocked his access to his
form oral sex on him. At dent of Bodakdev, owns MD “Manisha refused to come to email by changing the pass-
that time, her mother sud- Developers at Thaltej Cross- the office when Devda called word. “He mentioned that on
denly rushed in and caught roads. In his FIR, he said that her after checking the docu- Sunday five persons approa-
him red-handed,” said in- his friend from Deesa, Ma- ments at the sub-registrar’s ched his bungalow, claiming
spector H B Vaghela of Na- hesh Soni, approached him in office. He approached the no- to be the owners of the pro-
roda police. May 2017 and requested him tary mentioned in the docu- perty,” the investigator said.
Seeing Ode undressed,
the mother screamed for
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When the complainant
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the complainant. But when
the complainant continu-
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parents, his mother threa-
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her family members with
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woman
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Ahmedabad: A 60-year-
old woman living with her
daughter and son-in-law
at Vastrapur has filed an
FIR with Vastrapur police
for assault and intimida-
tion against her son-in-
law. The woman sustained
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Government stalls transfer of
property between 2 Hindus
High Court
Orders
Reconsideration
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
high court was moved after
the state government rest-
ricted transfer of property
among two members of
Hindu community by ci-
ting the Disturbed Areas
Act, which aims at restrai-
ning member of one faith
from selling property to
member of another reli-
gion without prior govern-
ment permission in the no-
tified area.
This case pertains to Sa-
iyed Vasna area in Vadoda-
ra, which is a notified area
under the Gujarat Prohibi-
tion of Transfer of Immo-
vable Property and Provi-
sion for Protection of Te-
nants from Eviction from
Moustache is natural, but not
caste, says Mehsana victim
Ashish.Chauhan
@timesgroup.com
T
hree days after he was
mercilessly beaten up by
100-odd Darbar commu-
nity members in a Mehsana
village for sporting a mous-
tache, the victim — Sanjay
Parmar, 20, on Monday spoke
up against casteist elements.
He said that growing a mous-
tache is a natu-
ral thing, but
not the caste, so
he will grow
and spor t a
moustache
again.
“I was beat-
en for sporting
a moustache and recording a
video which I posted on a so-
cial media platform,” said
Parmar. “This was not ac-
ceptable by Darbar commu-
nity members including
some of my old friends, who
gathered outside my house,
beat me and forced my father
to shave off my moustache,”
said Parmar from Mota Ka-
thodana village in Satlasna ta-
luka. He is currently admitted
in Vadnagar Medical College
with injuries.
“But I will grow my mous-
tache again as it is a natural
thing, unlike the castes which
have been formed by human be-
ings,” he said while still groan-
ing in pain. He was injured in
his stomach and private parts
during the attack on Friday.
Mehsana police have arrested
all the seven persons accused in
the case. Ghanshyam Shah, a
sociologist and retired professor
from Jawaharlal Nehru Univer-
sity (JNU), said, “Things like
riding horses and sporting
moustaches by Dalits are unac-
ceptable by upper castes, and
the movement countering upper
caste bias will happen.”
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This case pertains to Saiyed Vasna
area in Vadodara, which is a
notified area under the Gujarat
Prohibition of Transfer of
Immovable Property and Provision
for Protection of Tenants from
Eviction from Premises in
the Disturbed Areas Act
Premises in Dis-
turbed Areas Act. Ashok ched by the government un-
Dubey purchased a bunga- der the Gujarat Protection
low ad-measuring 297-sq- of Interest of Depositors’
mt in Nilambar Bungalows Act (GPID) as he was a de-
in February 2018 from Ar- faulter.
vindkumar Vakthariya. They challenged the de-
The registrar refused to puty collector’s order befo-
register the sale deed and re the appellate authority,
asked them to obtain per- who quashed the it. Vaktha-
mission from the deputy riya had meanwhile moved
collector under the provi- the high court, but upon the
sions of the Disturbed Are- appellate authority’s quas-
as Act. The deputy collec- hing deputy collector’s re-
tor refused permission in fusal, he withdrew his peti-
April 2018 on the ground tion.
that Vakthariya’s properti- However, the registrar
es were ordered to be atta- did not register the sale de-
I was
attacked
for sporting a
moustache just
two days after
Piyush Parmar
was attacked
for the same
reason. Even
today, there is
fear in our
village. Police
keep patrolling
during night.
But I keep a
moustache to
assert my right
to sport it
Krunal
Maheria | 29,
LIMBODARA IN
GANDHINAGAR
The Patel community in the village disrupted
my wedding procession and assaulted our
community members on May 12 this year. Now they
have beaten another youth for sporting a
moustache. It is matter of choice and a
right of an individual protected by the
Constitution
Jayesh Rathod | 27, KHAMBHISAR
VILLAGE IN ARVALLI
I was beaten by Darbars in
Limbodara village of
Gandhinagar on September 25,
2016 for sporting a moustache. I
had to leave the village as a
condition of compromise
between the Darbar and Dalit
community in the village. I have
grown an even bigger moustache
than I used to have three years
ago. It is matter of choice and my
right
Piyush Parmar | 26, PETHAPUR
VILLAGE IN GANDHINAGAR
HC issues notice to AMC over clerk recruitment
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has issued notice to the Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation (AMC) after 54 clerks, working on contract basis, have filed
petition and complained that they were not called for document verification during
the recruitment for posts of clerks, head clerks and office superintendents. They had
taken written examination last year, but the authorities did not consider their case
and did not call for physical verification, whereas other candidates were called for
the same. They have objected to AMC’s rationale that since these clerks have been
working on contract, they cannot be considered for the regular posts. TNN
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ed and insisted on govern-
ment’s permission under
the law. This time, Dubey
approached the HC. It was
argued that when the pro-
perty was sold in 2015, the
deputy collector had gran-
ted sale permission under.
There was no reason for re-
fusal this time. It was also
argued that the provisions
of the law are not applicab-
le in their case “as transfe-
ror and transferee both be-
long to the same religion
and transaction took place
with consent of both the si-
des and for a fair value of
the property in question”.
It was also contended that
the GPID Act has nothing to
do with the Disturbed Are-
as Act, particularly when
this particular property
was not attached.
After hearing the case,
the high court has ordered
the deputy collector to take
a fresh decision on the is-
sue.
‘This needs
to stop. We
have equal
rights’
Continued from P1
T
he community was
galvanized into ac-
tion after a Mehsana
youth, Sanjay Parmar,
was attacked and publicly
shamed for posting a video
in which he gives his mo-
ustache a twirl.
“From Una to Mehsa-
na, atrocities on Dalits
continue unabated,” said
Sarvaiya who along with
his brother Ramesh pos-
ted pictures flaunting the-
ir moustaches. “While we
were thrashed for doing
our traditional business
of skinning dead cattle,
Sanjay was beaten for
sporting a moustache,”
Sarvaiya said. “This is
nothing but caste violen-
ce. We have decided to co-
me out in the open and pro-
test against the atrocity.”
Sarvaiya reiterated
that the SC community is
being targeted for not only
moustaches but also for
wearing stylish shoes,
choosing their life part-
ners, and riding horses
during their wedding pro-
cessions.
“This needs to stop as
we have equal rights as the
so-called upper castes,” he
said.
Jitu Sarvaiya, Sarvaiy-
a’s cousin, said that the
movement to grow and
flaunt moustaches will be
pursued aggressively. “It
is not anybody’s ancestral
right to sport a mousta-
che. We can do so if we like,
we can wear what we fan-
cy, and eat whatever we
want,” Jitu said.
Winter Institute in
Digital Humanities
commences: About 40
scholars, postgraduate
students and
researchers in
humanities and social
sciences participated in
the fortnight-long
Winter Institute in
Digital Humanities at
IIT-Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn).
It is organized jointly by
IIT-Gn and University of
Saskatchewan. TNN
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Cops use water cannon to Mevani
suspended
disperse Cong protesters
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Gandhinagar: Congress wor-
Pics: Yogesh Chawda
Gandhinagar:
after ruckus
Indepen-
dent MLA from Vadgam, Jig-
nesh Mevani, was suspen-
kers clashed with police in ded from the state assembly
Gandhinagar, when party wor- for the entire three-day win-
kers tried to force their way in- ter session, by the speaker,
to the Gujarat assembly on Rajendra Trivedi, for dis-
Monday. This came as the rupting proceedings in the
three-day winter session of the assembly.
got under way. When deputy chief mini-
Police used water cannons ster Nitin Patel was spea-
on protesting Congress wor- king about Constitution Day
kers, to prevent them from celebrations, Mevani inter-
marching to the assembly. Se- rupted his speech. The MLA
nior Congress leaders and so- was warned a few times, but
me 350 workers were detained Mevani continued to speak.
by police after the protests wit- Mevani said, “Those who did
nesses violence. Clashes broke not give justice to Thangadh
out between party workers and and other victims and who
police after Congress leaders fi- earlier talked of throwing
nished addressing their acti- Babasaheb Ambedkar’s
vists at the Sector 6 ground. Constitution into the sea are
Protesters smashed the now celebrating Constitu-
windscreen of a police vehicle, tion Day just for the sake of
and police used force to detain celebration.” He was then
the protesters. physically removed from the
Gujarat Congress presi- assembly. Later, Mevani twe-
dent, Amit Chavda, who was eted that assembly sergeants
injured in the protest, said, dragged him out of the hou-
“We demand that the govern- se as the speaker could not
ment cancel the non-secretari- take his opposition to CM Vi-
at clerk exam, which has put jay Rupani’s motion to cele-
the future of students in jeo- brate November 26 as Consti-
pardy due to the paper leak and tution Day. “Gujarat Vidhan
mass copying. Instead of fa-
cing us, the government direc-
Senior Congress leaders and some 350 workers were detained by
police during the protest
Sabha speaker suspended
me for calling the @vijayru-
ted the police to use force on us. panibjp go-
We tried to raise the issue of government. “Gujarat police ven permis-
vernment a
the economic crisis and farm failed to arrest rapists, but ar- sion for the follower of
distress, but the BJP govern- rest agitating students and protest. To sa-
ment does not believe in demo-
cracy.”
lock them up,” Dhanani said. ve face, Cong-
Gujarat BJP spokesman ress workers
‘Manusmriti’
and not the
constitution. I
Paresh Dhanani, leader of
the opposition in the assembly,
Bharat Pandya said the Cong- started thro-
ress’ claims of believing in de- wing stones
am proud to be
suspended
said students and job seekers mocracy have been exposed. at the police IN THE ASSEMBLY
while suppor-
were fighting to be free of the “Congress failed to even attract to give the pro-
ting the consti-
arrogant and tyrannical state workers despite having been gi- test a violent turn,” he said. tution,” Mevani tweeted. TNN
59 IAS posts,
‘Bullet train land acquired
47 IPS posts
vacant
from 499 of 1,716 farmers’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Gandhinagar: The issue of `174 crore spent on 2 Vibrant summits
vacancies requiring IAS and Ahmedabad: The state go-
IPS officials was raised on the The state government has said that Rs 174 crore has been spent
vernment on Monday ad-
first day of the winter session for the 2017 and 2019 Vibrant summits. The government was
mitted in the assembly
of the Gujarat assembly on replying to a question by Radhanpur MLA Raghu Desai.
that it has been able to ac-
Monday. quire land only from 499
In a written reply to Cong- `95 crore for climate change: The state government said that
farmers of the total 1,716
ress MLA Raghu Desai’s ques- in the 2017-18 period, Rs 95.16 crore was allocated to the climate
farmers from Valsad and
tion, the state government sa- change department, and of this Rs 94.26 crore was spent by the
Bharuch districts for the
id that against the approved department.
bullet train project. The
strength of 313 IAS officers in train has been proposed
the state, 254 posts have been 45 held for LRD paper leak: The state government has said
between Ahmedabad and
filled while the remaining 59 that 45 accused have been arrested for leaking the Lok Rakshak
Mumbai.
were vacant as on October 31, Dal recruitment examination paper. The government was
Responding to a ques-
2019. A total of 28 IAS officers replying to a question from Talala MLA Bhaga Barad. TNN
tion from Congress MLA
of the Gujarat cadre are cur- from Kaprada, Jitubhai
rently on central deputation. Chaudhary, the govern- land is to be acquired from but only 537 hectares has
In response to another qu-
ment said that the land was 831 farmers from Valsad been acquired so far.
estion, the government infor-
acquired from these far- and 128.38 hectares is to be A number of farmers
med that of the total approved
mers for an aggregate sum acquired from 885 farmers from Valsad and Bharuch
strength of 208 IPS officers, 161 of Rs 216 crore. The govern- from Bharuch. have made representations
posts have been filed in the sta-
ment stated that land acqu- A government official against the land acquisi-
te while 47 posts are vacant isition process is still ong- said that 1,380 hectares of tion and have also launched
and 20 IPS officers are on cen- oing. land needs to be acquired an agitation against the
tral deputation. TNN In all 109.38 hectares of for the bullet train project project.
Disposed of, forwarded: Hardik seeks HC
permission to
SHRC’s standard responses enter Mehsana
Ahmedabad: The Cong-
Ashish.Chauhan ress party leader Hardik Pa-
@timesgroup.com tel on Monday approached
SOME RESPONSES the Gujarat high court for
Ahmedabad: On Interna- temporary relaxation in his
➤ On May 13, 2015, SHRC officials learnt that 280kg of mangoes ripened
tional Human Rights Day, ci- bail condition by permit-
by carbide were disposed of in Kalol, Gandhinagar. The commission
vil rights activists have focu- initiated suo motu proceedings and asked for a report ting him to enter Mehsana
sed attention on the dire ne- district between December
ed to improve the functio- ➤ On September 4, 2012, SHRC had taken suo motu cognizance (on the
15 and 24.
ning of the State Human basis of a newspaper report) of an incident in which the staff of a
Patel’s advocate submit-
Rights Commission (SHRC). nationalized bank in Gandhinagar had misbehaved with senior citizens
ted before the court that he
They alleged that the com- ➤ On July 24, 2015, SHRC took suo moto cognizance of a case of illegal is required to attend the
mining in which six vehicles were seized with minerals worth Rs 4.36 lakh
mission’s standard response Umiya Mata temple during
to pleas dealing with viola- ➤ The commission went into action in the case of delay in passport a ritual and for this purpo-
tions is either “disposed of ” verification on January 22, 2015 se, the court may relax his
or “forwarded”. bail condition.
In September this year, a COPS HAVE THE POWER: AFFIDAVITS DEMANDED: Several The state government
Though the SHRC claims it petitioners said that affidavits were
Mehsana activist, Kaushik
has its own investigation demanded from them when they filed
informed the court that it
Parmar, had filed a petition needs to obtain the opinion
with the SHRC seeking ac- team, it seems to depend pleas with the SHRC. In a case of caste of police as to whether Pa-
tion against authorities of a on police even if discrimination, Kanti Parmar was told tel’s entry can jeopardize
school in Malekpur village allegations are made to produce an affidavit in 15 days by the the law and order situation
of Kheralu taluka in Mehsa- against cops. In one such commission. This is contrary to the in Mehsana district. The HC
na. At the site, a child had di- petition, it was alleged that practices described on the SHRC asked the concerned officer
ed of electrocution when he some cops made a
Dalit youth lick their
website. “The commission may in its
discretion, accept
to remain present in court
went to drink water. on Tuesday. TNN
The SHRC responded boots in January 3, 2018.
The SHRC sought an
telegraphic complaints and
complaints conveyed
that there was no need for in-
tervention and the allega- inquiry report from A K through FAX or by HC orders to pull down
Singh, Ahmedabad’s e-mail,” the building, if in violation
tions made in the plea did
not seem “sensitive eno- police comm- website says. of CRZ norms
issioner “Complaints can
ugh”. Parmar said that the Ahmedabad: The high court
SHRC should have ensured at the time. also be made on
ordered the Porbandar district
that no other child in the Then the the mobile
plea was telephone number collector to pull down a
school met the same fate. multi-storied building near
Kanti Parmar, another disposed of of the commission
Chowpaty Road, if the builder
activist, said that the com-
EXODUS CASE: ‘GO ELSEWHERE’: In 2017, a petition was filed with fails to produce any Coastal
mission has blacklisted him Regulatory Zone (CRZ)
the SHRC seeking action on the exodus of Dalits in Akolali village in
and did not provide informa-
Gir-Somanth district. According to the petitioner, 14 Dalit families clearance certificate.
tion of his 100-odd pleas sin- HC has ordered so in response
ce he filed an RTI in the
had left the village following violence from the so-called upper-caste
to a PIL pending before the high
community. The plea was disposed of by the SHRC, which told the
SHRC seeking details of ac- court for last four years.
petitioner to approach the department concerned
tion in connection with his Petitioner Salimbhai Surya had
other pleas. sought HC intervention after the
J K Bhatt, a member of partment concerned has not Bhatt said. “But it ultimate- local authorities permitted New
the SHRC, said that actions offered any redress and if the ly depends on the subjective Era Developers to continue the
vary from case to case. “Ac- allegations are made aga- satisfaction of the commis-
tions are initiated if the de- inst government officials,” sion.”
construction allegedly without
CRZ clearance. TNN
THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
Lion nail parcel
blows lid off organ
smuggling racket
The nails of wild animals seized from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh
Nimesh.Khakhariya
@timesgroup.com
Rajkot: A single parcel of su-
spected lion nail received by a
villager in Junagadh district
last week has exposed a massi-
ve inter-state racket of online
sale of animal organs being
carried out by people in Rajast-
han and Uttar Pradesh.
The arrest of Sultanpur vil-
lage resident Shamsher Singh
in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu dis-
trict led to the raid by Mathura
forest department team at the
shop of one Kanhaiyalal Agar-
wal where huge stock of ani-
mal organs were found two da-
ys ago. The officials recovered
908 nails, many of the suspec-
ted to be of lions, 818 sea fans, a
type of coral and 1,255 organs
of monitor lizards. Singh was
the person who had sent the
lion nail parcel to Piyush Joshi
in Bhanduri village of Maliya-
Hatina taluka of Junagadh. Of-
ficials said that Singh, who ar-
rested along with his father,
had purchased the nails from
Agarwal.
Gujarat forest officials
strongly suspect that the sea
fans or soft corals and organs of
monitor lizard were smuggled
from Gujarat. After this massi-
ve recovery of organs, The
Wildlife Crime Control Bu-
reau, which has the power to in-
vestigate inter-state crimes,
has been alerted.
Talking to TOI, assistant
conservator of forest, Mathu-
ra, Hemant Sheth said, “Not all
nails being sold as lion nails
can be fake. We have sent them
for laboratory testing. The sea
Man-eater leopard still out of reach of forest dept
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Rajkot: The man-eater leo-
pard that has terrorized villa-
ges of Amreli district’s Bagasa-
ra taluka continued to evade fo-
rest department team, which
has mounted Herculean efforts
to cage or shoot it.
The big cat is playing hide
and seek with the team of near-
ly 150 people who have fanned
out in the areas near Munjiya-
sar village where four people
were attacked in four days.
Two of them succumbed to the
injuries.
Foresters armed with guns
and pistols are having a tough
time, rushing from one place to
another, on getting informa-
tion about the leopard sighting
from villagers.
Collegian held for
online cheating
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Surat: A 21-year-old colle-
ge student belonging to a
village in Valsad district
turned hacker to make so-
me quick money and fulfil
his urge to play online ga-
mes. The accused
learned hacking
from online vide-
os.
Tarun Tyagi,
a resident of
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crime cell of the
city police on Monday for
allegedly hacking Insta-
gram account of a medical
store employee and collec-
ting Rs5,600 from his onli-
ne contacts. The accused
has been booked for chea-
ting and under sections of
IT Act.
The accused sent a
phishing link to the victim
through WhatsApp, upon
clicking which he was di-
verted to a page. Once the
Two held with 97 counterfeit notes in Chikhli
Surat: Two persons, who printed and circulated counterfeit
Indian currency notes, were arrested by police from Chikhli taluka
of Navsari district on Sunday. Ninety-seven 97 fake notes in the
denomination of Rs100, Rs200 and Rs500 were recovered from the
possession of Riyaz alias Rizwan Haroon Multani and Afzal Asif
Ghanchi. There were 42 notes of Rs100, 54 notes of Rs200 and one
note of Rs500 face value. Police also seized two colour printers, a
scooter and other material from the accused. TNN
Payment made
through VPP
n this entire racket, the
I buyers and sellers don’t
meet and the trade is done
only online. Moreover, the
accused had developed a
unique payment system. The
payment was accepted
through postal department’s
Valuable Payment Post (VPP)
in which the receiver of the
parcel has to pay the amount
to the postman at the time of
receipt. The amount is sent to
the sender by the postal
department. TNN
fans found in huge numbers
are suspected to be smuggled
from Gujarat’s coast.”
“During primary interro-
gation, Agarwal claimed that
he got all these organs from so-
me tribals, but we have to estab-
lish a big network,” Sheth ad-
ded. Rajendra Hooda, deputy
conservator of forest, Jhunjhu-
nu, who tipped off Mathura co-
unterparts said, “Over 1,000 or-
gans found during the raid co-
uld have been smuggled from
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh. The fake lion nails are
for show but we believe that the-
re is bigger nexus involved in
sale of original nails behind
the fake nails.” A team from
Gujarat forest department has
reached Rajasthan to interro-
gate Singh and secure his
transit remand for detailed in-
terrogation. A senior officer of
Junagadh forest department
said, “It is more important to
break this nexus of organ sale.”
Foresters armed with guns and pistols are having a tough time
On Monday, the leopard
was spotted at two places near
Lundhiya village, where it had
brutally attacked a woman
while being chased by the fo-
rest team on Sunday. Lundhiya
is five km away from Munjiya-
victim entered his login de-
tails, the hacker copied it
and used it to login into his
Instagram account. He
then changed the victim’s
phone number and email
ID. The accused then con-
tacted victim’s friends on-
line and re-
quested
them to send
him money.
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came to know about the
cheating when a friend
alerted him, subsequent to
which he lodged a police
complaint.
“The accused had just
sent the phishing link to
check if it would work. It
proved successful and he
hacked the victim’s acco-
unt. He did not blackmail
him, but used it to collect
money to play online ga-
mes,” a police officer said.
GUJARAT 5
Rape survivor identifies arrested duo
Remanded
TOI
Accused pretended ‘We confessed
In Police
TOI
Custody Till
to be cops
T o scare the minor couple
hanging out in Navlakhi
to our crime,
December 17 Compound, the accused
pretended to be cops. One of
seek forgiveness’
the accused took out his mobile
TIMES NEWS NETWORK phone and pretended to talk
TOI
with a senior cop. ‘Ji, saheb, Ji TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Vadodara: The 14-year-old saheb,”, he said a couple of
girl and her male friend iden- times and ensured that the Vadodara: “Saaheb, ame
tified both the men who had couple heard it. The duo was maani lidhu che ane maafi
allegedly raped her inside The two alleged rapists being produced in court on Monday also carrying sticks. TNN pan mangi lidhi che (Sir ,we
Navlakhi Ground on Novem- had confessed (to the crime)
ber 28. me. Their description exact- nally hails from Anand while was hanging out in the gro- and even apologized).” This
Kisan Mathasuriya and ly matched with what the mi- Jaso, a resident of Soma Ta- und. First they scared the confession was made by Kis-
Jasho Solanki, who were ar- nor girl had mentioned in her lav area, is from Jasdan talu- boy and then dragged the girl han Mathasuriya, one of the
rested by Ahmedabad crime complaint. The duo too ad- ka of Rajkot. in the dark corner of the gro- two persons arrested for alle-
branch on Sunday, were para- mitted to the crime.” The duo had shifted to the und. When the cops arrived gedly raping the 14-year-old Navlakhi Ground where the girl
ded in front of the magistrate The accused were bro- city about a year-and-half ago at the spot, the duo dragged girl, when they were presen- was raped on November 28
and the rape survivor who ught to the city on Sunday and began selling balloons her further in the ground,” ted in the court for remand
immediately recognized evening and taken for the me- for a living. Kisan lived in a Gahlaut said. on Monday. ked all to maintain decorum
them. The 16-year-old boy, dical tests to SSG Hospital la- makeshift hutment by the ro- They traumatized the girl After hearing the argu- that the proceedings could
who was hanging te in the night. “We adside in Tarsali with his wi- for an hour and then disappe- ments of district govern- begin.
out with the girl, VADODARA have collected their fe and six kids. On the day of ared from the spot. The girl ment pleader and investiga- Once they were in the ac-
also identified semen and blood the crime, Kisan and Jasho, found her way out of the den- ting officer, the court asked cused’s box, the judge called
the duo. GANG RAPE sample apart from both good friends, travelled se vegetation after some ti- Mathasuriya and Jasho So- out their names and as the
Addressing nails and hairs. The to Vishwamitri Bridge in an
reporters, police commissio- samples will be sent for fo- auto and then walked to Nav-
me.
“We will now ascertain
lanki if they had anything to
say in response to police’s re-
cops removed their masks, la-
wyers and the general public
ner Anupam Singh Gahlaut rensic tests. Our team is now lakhi Ground from Rajmahal how the accused spent their quest for remand. While So- at the back even stood up on
said, “Both the accused desc- collecting all the necessary Road. days after committing the lanki only started blankly, chairs to catch their glimpse.
ribed the entire sequence of evidences,” Gahlaut added. “Their primary intention crime, their every activity Mathasuriya made the ad- Initially, both simply nodded
events that happened on the Police said that Kisan, was to loot someone. So they and if they were helped by so- mission, said government their heads when the judge
day they committed the cri- who stayed in Tarsali origi- approached this couple that meone else,” Gahlaut said. pleader Anil Desai. asked them if they had to say
Both were remanded to anything.
police custody till the eve- Later, the government
A day before arrest, one of the accused ning of December 17 by in-
charge special Pocso judge H
G Pandya.
pleader Desai requested the
court for addition of section
376(DA) (punishment for
created scene during VMC razing drive The accused were bro-
ught to the court amid unpre-
cedented security with the
gangrape on woman under 16
years of age), 376(2)(m) (com-
mit rape repeatedly on same
woman) of the Indian Penal
Sachin.Sharma@timesgroup.com child in tow. He is removed physically police deployment being do-
by some personnel and the van leaves ne by early evening. Howe- Code and sections 6 and 8 of
Vadodara: When hundreds were cal- the place. As soon as the vehicle leaves, ver, hours before they were amended Protection of
ling up with information regarding the man starts venting his ire in front of brought to the court, large Children from Sexual Offen-
persons similar to the sketches of the the camera that is making the video. number of lawyers, law in- ces (POCSO) Act considering
two accused in the three sets released When the man is speaking facing the terns and general public the seriousness of the crime.
by the city police, a Vadodara Munici- mobile or video camera, his face is seen crowded the courtroom to Assistant commissioner
pal Corporation (VMC) demolition clearly. The face matches one of the two catch a glimpse of the rape of police D S Chauhan, who is
and encroachment team seems to have accused seen in the sketches released accused. the investigating officer,
had mud in its eyes. The team had an by the city police. A VMC official said The moment Mahasuriya then requested for the custo-
encounter with one of the accused that the similarity struck the only and Solanki were brought in dy for 14 days. Chauhan told
who created quite a scene in front of when they saw the clothes of the accu- with their hands cuffed and the court that the duo has to
the officials on Friday, a day before he sed and the address where he used to faces hooded. more people be taken to BJ Medical Colle-
was arrested by Ahmedabad crime stay in the news on Sunday. jostled with each other to get ge Ahmedabad for further
branch. Fears that he was the accused came inside the courtroom. It was medical tests and the re-
The demolition squad was in for a Grab of the video showing an alleged rape true on Monday when the black masks only after the judge and some construction of the crime al-
major surprise on Sunday when they accused opposing the encroachment drive covering their faces were eventually re- advocates intervened and as- so has to be done.
saw the clothes of one of the accused moved when they were being brought
duo in the news. The clothes were iden- the VMC team seized some items of the out of the court. One of the accused Kis-
tical to those of the the man whom they family. This included some material han Mathasuriya was the same person Duo remained handcuffed
had engaged in argument in Tarsali on like balloons and toys that the accused’s who the encroachment team had met on onsidering the gravity of the crime and the prevailing
Friday evening. The team was also ac-
companied by personnel of the State
family used to sell on the roadside. The
accused is visibly disturbed at the ma-
Friday evening in Tarsali.
“We saw him when there was chaos
C situation in the courtroom, the police requested the court if
the two accused remain handcuffed in the courtroom. The court
Reserve Police (SRP). terial being taken away and was plea- and a lot of disturbance in the area to re- granted the approval. Usually, when the cops bring an accused
The video of Friday’s incident star- ding to the VMC team to release it. move the encroachments there. Even to the court, they remove his handcuffs outside the courtroom,
ted doing the rounds on social media. The video shows the man carrying a others who stay in the area and street but on Monday, Solanki and Mathasuriya’s handcuffs were not
The man staying on the roadside child and pleading to the VMC staffers. vendors working nearby could not re- removed.
with his family was disturbed when He then sits in front of the van with a cognise him,” said the official.
Missing boys return Inspector dies in office
due to sudden illness
TOI
around Munjiyasar has been we went to drink water. We saw home after Mumbai trip Vadodara: HM Gamit, circle police
cordoned off by the forest te- the leopard running in the cot- TIMES NEWS NETWORK inspector of Savli, died in his office on
am. ton field near by,” said Rudra Monday morning after he suddenly fell ill.
On Monday, forest officials Khadiya, a student. Surat: The three kids, who went missing from Udhna Gamit, 57, collapsed in his chair minutes
got information that the leo- Priyanka Gehlot, deputy area of the city a day earlier, returned home after their before he was to start the morning parade of
pard was sighted near Motisar conservator of forest, Amreli, ‘excursion’ to Mumbai on Monday. The kids had ventu- the staff. The staff members noticed that he
lake in Lundhiya. However, it told TOI: "We are hopeful of red out of their houses with Rs50 in their pockets, thin- had become unconscious and rushed him to
was not caught. As many as 30 getting the leopard's location king of having good time in Mumbai. However, they re- a government hospital in Savli where he was
cages have been placed to cap- by tonight."Amreli collector alized it would be risky to be there without money and declared dead before admission. TNN
ture the big cat. has also issued a notification decided to return to the city. The kids went to Mumbai
Again, in the noon, some asking people in Bagasara talu- in Saurashtra Mail and returned in Avadh Express. Ini-
schoolchildren in the village ka not to venture out from 6pm tially, they made up a story that they were taken by a
informed teachers that they to 6am and not to sleep in the man but during detailed questioning by police, they re- Indian Institute of Management
had spotted the leopard, for- open. vealed the truth. Bodh Gaya
cing the forest team to cordon People have been asked not Dhurv Manish Kumakiya, 12, was good friends with m.dtes pppl natlons `or
off the building. The doors and to leave their home after 7pm in brothers Satyam Ramkishan Rai, 7, and Shivam, 6, Doctoral Programme (Ph.D.) 2020
sar where the leopard had torn windows of the school were few villages near Munjiyasar. They went missing from their houses in Udhna at aro- To appl y online and for more information , visit:
apart the abdomen on a farmer shut and some of the parents The joint team of forest depart- und 11am on Sunday. They were captured by a CCTV ca- http ://iimbg.ac.in/phd
last week. also rushed there out of panic. ment, police and revenue de- mera leaving their housing society on a bicycle which Last date to apply:
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

1,047 scientists & scholars write In northeast, anti-CAB protests

open letter, seek CAB withdrawal
Anam.Ajmal@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: 1,047 scientists

and scholars from India and
abroad have signed an open let-
ter condemning the Citizen-
ship Amendment Bill (CAB)
on Monday, while also asking
for its “immediate withdraw-
al.”
The signatories include di-
rectors of major research in-
stitutions: Rajesh Gopakumar
of International Centre for
Theoretical Sciences, Sandip
Trivedi of Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Ra-
mon Magsaysay Award recip-
ient Sandeep Pandey and SS
Bhatnagar awardee Atish Dab-
holkar. Some other signatories
are Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Zoya
Hasan, Harbans Mukhia.
“The idea of India that
emerged from the independ-
ence movement, and as en-
“We call for the
immediate
the country,” reads the letter.
Citing the provisions in the
erupt as region braces for bandh AP
constitution, the signatories Guwahati/Kolkata: Forbidding
withdrawal of this
bill and as its
state, “We note that article 14 of
the Indian constitution pro-
clouds of anger and apprehension
gathered over northeastern states on
Aasu draws
replacement,
request for
hibits the State from denying
to any person equality before
Monday, a day ahead of the shutdown
called by NESO, an umbrella organisa-
tion of students in the restive region,
Mughal invasion
the law or the equal protection
appropriate
legislation that will
of the laws within the territo-
ry of India. While it is the job of
despite Home Minister Amit Shah's
painstaking efforts to allay their fears.
parallel with CAB
legal experts to determine Assam and Tripura, two of the Prabin.Kalita@timesgroup.com
address the eight states that comprise the region
whether this draft bill violates Guwahati: The All Assam Stu-
concerns of the letter of the constitution, it which shares international bounda-
dents Union (Aasu) on Monday li-
refugees” seems certain to us that it vio- ries with China, Bangladesh, Myan-
kened the tabling of CAB in the Lok
shrined in our constitution, is lates its spirit.” mar and Bhutan, smouldered with
Sabha to the Mughal invasion of As-
that of a country that aspires The letter ends with an ap- protests breaking out despite Shah's
sam in the 17th century, saying it
to treat people of all faiths peal to withdraw the bill in its claim that the Bill is not against Mus-
was as much an assault on the
equally. The use of religion as a current form. “We call for the lims but infiltrators.
state’s social fabric as it was a wilful
criterion…would be inconsis- immediate withdrawal of this The 48-hour Assam bandh called
ignorance of what the northeast
tent with the basic structure of bill and as its replacement, re- by the All Moran Students' Union
represents.
the constitution. We fear, in quest for appropriate legisla- (AMSU) to protest against the Citizen-
“Defying all democratic pro-
particular, that the careful ex- tion that will address the con- ship (Amendment) Bill and seek
tests, the government has tabled
clusion of Muslims from the cerns of refugees and minori- Scheduled Tribe status for six commu-
CAB. This shows that Delhi has no
ambit of the Bill will greatly ties in a non-discriminatory nities affected normal life in several
respect for any democratic move-
strain the pluralistic fabric of manner,” it concludes. parts of the state on Monday.
ment in the northeast. The people of
Hundreds of men, women and
Assam must give a befitting reply,”
children poured into streets of Lak-
Aasu general secretary Lurinjyoti

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A tribal woman carries a child as she participates in a torchlight procession to
protest against CAB in Guwahati on Monday
Assam appeared cleaved over ethnic
and linguistic identities, with people
Gogoi said.
While the state BJP leadership
copped most of the blame for the bill
reaching Parliament, NDA ally
raphy. Protests against CAB were also
AGP was a divided house over its
held in Tripura capital Agartala and
“silent” support to the proposed

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Police wielded batons in Dibru- in Bengali dominated Barak valley parts of West Bengal.
legislation. AGP’s Rajya Sabha
garh and Guwahati to break up pro- districts of Cachar, Karimganj and In Assam, deeply divided over

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tests and some state-run long-distance
buses plied under police protection.
Foreign and domestic tourists in
Kaziranga National Park were strand-
ed due to the bandh. There was no pub-
lic transport available to take them to
Hailakandi as also the hill districts of
Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao going
about their lives normally.
Protesters took out 'funeral proces-
sions' of Assam Chief Minister Sarba-
nanda Sonowal for his alleged failure
member and former Union minis-
NRC exercise that seeks to weed out il-
ter Birendra Prasad Baishya stood
legal immigrants, the CAB is facing
up against his party’s decision and
stiff resistance as people feel it will
suggested he would vote against the
nullify the provisions of the Assam ac-
bill. While Baishya’s rebellion and
cord of 1985, which fixed March 24,
the growing demand for party pres-
1971, as the cut-off date for deportation

d
ident Atul Bora’s resignation are
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Africa, Middle-East , and India Most markets and financial insti- take away their distinct identity, cul- The cut-off date for citizenship un-
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11th & 12th Dec from Monday gave a district- grants eligible for citizen-
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MulumurooeeLoan migrants from Bangla- Baksa, about 1,000 each in
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Shah argued that the bill was not against shared 106 km of border with India, which was spell out in which
Muslims or minorities and it did not mention questioned by some opposition MPs. “Main states would the
them even once. He also asked the opposition desh ke bhoogol ko janta hoon... main yahin refugees getting
MPs to listen to him and not stage a walkout ka rehne wala hoon (I belong to this country citizenship be settled.
1 while he answered their questions. and know its geography well),” Shah said and Sena’s Vinayak Raut
The “readiness” to persuade the other side added it was ironic that the opposition didn’t supported the bill. TNN
notwithstanding, it was yet another aggres- count PoK as part of India.

Bill battle plays out online,

PEARL becomes top Twitter trend
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New Delhi: CAB dominated online dis-
course on Monday, with netizens both sup-
porting and slamming the bill. The top trend
remained #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019
with nearly 1.3 lakh tweets. #IndiaReject-
sCAB (39k), #IndiaWithCAB (15k) and #Vo-
teAgainstCAB also trended during the day.
Social scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta post-
ed: “We can debate the past forever. But with
CAB India takes a giant step to officially con-
vert a constitutional democracy into a (sic)
unconstitutional ethnocracy.”
With profound grief and sorrow we regret the
sudden demise of our beloved father,
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visionaries of a modern and plural society
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
Illegal arms:
Bill for stricter
penalty cleared
New Delhi: A bill providing a
maximum punishment of life
imprisonment for manufactur-
ing and carrying illegal arms
was approved by the Lok Sabha
on Monday.
Piloted by home minister
Amit Shah, the Arms (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2019 also ensures
that those using firearms in a
rash or negligent manner in
celebratory gunfire, endanger-
ing human life or personal safe-
ty of others, shall be punisha-
ble with an imprisonment to
two years or with fine which
may extend to
Rs 1lakh or with both.
The Bill was passed by the
Lower House after rejecting
several amendments moved by
Opposition members. Replying
to a debate, Shah said the bill
has been brought as a require-
ment to significantly impose
weapons control in the country.
Under the proposed provision,
a person can have a maximum
of two firearms, as against the
present norm of three, the
home minister said. PTI
Govt may soon allow road trains
Move May Bring Down Logistics Costs; Transporters To Ply On Select Routes
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The govern-
ment has decided to allow
introduction of “road
trains” on select routes
and between identified
points to encourage multi-
container transport on the
road in its bid to reduce lo-
gistics cost. This mode of
transporting freight is
popular in countries in-
cluding Australia, United
States and in Europe to
move huge quantity of car-
go.
Road trains consist of a
conventional prime mover
— truck — pulling two or
more trailers. One road
train in India can replace
at least three trucks and is
expected to prove benefi-
cial for movement of
freight.
The transport minis-
try’s draft rule specifying
the length, height and
width for road trains
The NHAI has also been tasked to take up building “economic corri-
dors” on priority, which would connect major manufacturing hubs
comes at a time when the
Centre is putting more fo-
cus on building 2,500 km of
greenfield expressways
like the Delhi-Mumbai cor-
ridor and even state gov-
ernments are construct-
ing more such roads.
The NHAI has also been
tasked to take up building
“economic corridors” on
priority, which would con-
nect major manufacturing
hubs.
According to the draft
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notification, the length of
road trains will be 25
metres and there will be a
limit of three trailers be-
ing pulled by a truck. “This
will meet our requirement
as we start developing
more logistic hubs along
the major road corridors.
While the road rail can
move bulk cargo from one
point to other, normal or
smaller vehicles can be
used to transport cargo
from the major logistics
If introduced, as
planned by the
Centre, one road
train can replace at
least three trucks
and would prove
beneficial for
movement of
freight in India
hubs to destinations,” said
an official.
He added that while
road trains in other coun-
tries are long, the trans-
port ministry has put the
limit on length consider-
ing Indian traffic condi-
tions even on expressways.
The transport ministry
has also proposed changes
in the dimensions of other
vehicles including buses
and small trucks. Consid-
ering that smaller or mini-
trucks topple in some
cases because of faulty
height, the ministry has
proposed reducing the
height to 3 metres from the
current 3.8 metres.
“The dimensions, par-
ticularly the height of the
trucks has been specifical-
ly proposed to be amended
to encourage container-
ised transport. The new
norm would be 4 metres
and similarly, the height of
the buses will be increased
to 4 metres except in the
case of airport passenger
bus. These are in line with
global standards. In the
case of buses that ply on
long routes, the length
would be increased to 13.5
metres from the current 12
metres,” said an official.
This will increase 2-4
seats.
In another move, the
height of double-decker
and sleeper coach buses
would also be increased to
4 metres, which will give
more space to the passen-
gers for a comfortable ride.
7
HC upholds Gawli’s life term
for Sena corporator murder
Swati.Deshpande
@timesgroup.com
Supreme Court.”
The HC bench of Justices B
Mumbai: The Bombay high co- P Dharmadhikari and Swapna
urt on Monday upheld the life Joshi dismissed all appeals aga-
sentence handed to gangster inst the conviction of Gawli and
Arun Gawli for the murder of his co-accused, but cleared the
Shiv Sena cor- four assailants under MCOCA.
porator Kamla- The HC concluded that “invol-
kar Jamsande- vement of Arun Gawli in the
kar in March murder of Kamalakar Jamsan-
2007. The ruling dekar has been proved beyond
came in respon- reasonable doubt” and the “fact
se to a bunch of that he is leader of an organised
appeals filed in 2012. A special crime syndicate and party to
trial court had convicted Gawli continuous unlawful activity
and 11others for murder and un- stands established”. Acquitting
der the dreaded state law aga- hired hitmen Vijay Giri, A S Ja-
inst organised crime, MCOCA, iswar, Narendra Giri and Anil
in August 2012, and he’s been be- Giri under MCOCA, the HC
hind bars since his arrest in held that it wasn’t proved that
2008. After the verdict, Gawli’s they kn ew that the victim was a
advocate Ganesh Gole told TOI: “rival corporator’’ or that they
“We will study the judgment were “eliminating Kamalakar
and certainly go in appeal to the on behalf of Arun Gawli”.
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DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Corrigendum regarding filing up of six posts of Member
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Reference is invited to this Ministry 's vacancy circular dated 18 ,07.2019

India: Futile to state new Indo-French

patrolling in
India, Oz 2+2 talks to focus on defence ties
New Delhi: India and Australia on Monday held the third edition
of India-Australia Foreign and Defence Secretaries’ Dialogue
(2+2) here. Both countries agreed to further enhance defence
inviting applications for filling up of six posts of Member (both Judicial &
Non-Judicial) in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
(NCDRC), New Delhi, In this context , a corrigendum dated 04.12.2019 has
been issued inviting additional fresh applications for the posts of Member

climate targets in 2020

by 24/ 12/ 2019 , under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act , 1986
Indian Ocean and security cooperation to ensure peace and prosperity in the in the light of the Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment dated 13/11/2019 , in
Indo-Pacific and sought to prepare the ground for Australian PM Civil Appeal No. 8588 of 2019 . Those who have applied earlier in response
to start soon Scott Morrison’s visit to India next month. TNN to the vacancy circular dated 18/07/2019 need not apply again . The details
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‘Rich Nations dekar said, signalling India’s
tough stance in its ‘country
sponsibility. The KP parties
(countries) must take up their TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Yet To Fulfill statement’ during the high-le-
vel segment of the UN climate
conference (COP25) here on
Kyoto Protocol Monday.
Javadekar said it would be
Promises’ futile to talk about “new tar-
gets” and “new programmes”
Vishwa.Mohan
under the Paris Agreement as
@timesgroup.com
Madrid: UN secretary-gene-
ral Antonio Guterres may ha-
TOI in
responsibilities.”
China, the biggest carbon
emitter (28% of total global
emission), too, may not revise
its target next year. The deci-
sion of the United States, the
biggest historical emitter and
second biggest (15%) current
emitter, to keep itself out of
the Paris Agreement has alre-
ady made the ‘new ambition’
New Delhi: After holding
their biggest-ever Varuna
naval exercise off Goa and
Djibouti in May, India and
France will soon launch a
joint naval patrolling mis-
sion in the Indian Ocean
Region to protect their
strategic interests, said a
top French military officer
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carry out joint patrol in
southern Indian Ocean. In-
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

A WEEKLY PICK OF STIMULATING IDEAS AND OPINIONS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN OTHER MEDIA, ONLINE AND OFFLINE

Manipulation is
You don’t know who’s
I N C R E D I B L E FAC T

bad, even for a $2,659 Three-year-old Lucy, a resident of Las

Vegas, shoved her doll’s tiny pink shoes
up her nostrils. Her mother pulled out one with tweezers,

good purpose and a doctor at a nearby urgent care centre pulled out the

having sex with ‘you’

other with forceps “in less than a second”. It charged Lucy’s
parents almost Rs 2 lakh for this.

T
o be called manipulative is no compli- Source: NPR
ment. While it suggests you can influ-
ence people’s behaviour, it is consid-
ered immoral. That’s odd because we ad-
How Facebook keeps terrorist
mire persuasive people, and manipulation
is a type of persuasion, isn’t it? Now, Anyone Can Create Your 3D Avatar With A Few Good Photographs videos out of your newsfeed
Robert Noggle, professor of philosophy The Christchurch mosque massacre in March livestreamed on Facebook
at Central Michigan University, answers
the question in an Aeon essay. The short
And Import It Into A Virtual Reality Program Designed For Fantasy Sex for 17 minutes. Within hours, 1.5 million videos containing footage of
Getty Images
the attack were circulating on the platform. Eight months on, Facebook

R
answer is: no, manipulation is not persua- evenge porn isn’t the only animation, or imported into a vir-
sion even when they achieve the same end. thing you need to worry tual reality program for ‘sex’. With claims it roots out 98% of terrorist videos and photos automatically in
Manipulation is immoral because it “de- about after a breakup. a VR headset and a connected sex no time. Here’s how its artificial intelligence-based system works...
liberately hampers a person’s ability to Regardless of whether toy a user can make the avatar
make the right decision...” you ever posed in the buff stimulate them in any way they Software scans every uploaded image and labels all the
When you manipulate someone, you for your ex, they can now create 3D like. Paying users of the software
influence them Getty Images
pornographic videos of you, have not only get options to customise objects in it, stating how confident it is about each label
to believe in sex with your 3D avatar in virtual the subject’s hair and clothing but
something that reality (VR), and sell it to others as also “manually undress models by clock 97%
yo u k n ow i s well, a Motherboard investigation pulling the clothes off with your microwave 97%
false, or wrong. has found. in-game hands.”
You are mislead- Women make up almost the Group members have no qualms
ing them. So, the entirety of targets and, experts about abusing real people in this
way. One writes: “My biggest wish potted plant 92%
difference be- say, the experience of seeing
tween manipu- themselves in such ‘nonconsen- for the future is to get even (more)
lation and per- sual porn’ can be as traumatic as photo-realistic girls! Better hair person 100%
potted plant 94%
suasion comes sexual assault, but stopping the creation, better clothes, shaders... person 100%
down to your spread of these videos is practi- there are still a lot of things to
intent. Consider cally impossible because of the make it even better!” Another: “It’s
an example: cost involved and the fact that our world and freedom, they can’t bottle 100%
Your friend’s they are circulated in secretive stop us from jacking off, nobody bowl 99%
cabinet
boyfriend loves online communities. can, they can merely choose ex-
her loyally but The technology to cre- treme privacy.” Some sound philo- dining table 95%
beats her. One ate such videos is not EASY PREY: Actor Natalie sophical in their defence, for exam-
day, she decides new, but it has become Portman is among the ple: “I also created an ex-gf, just to
she’s had cheap, widely available dozens of celebrity women be able to sit across the table from
enough and and easy to use only now. whose 3D avatar is in them one more time. Personally, I
leaves him, but And while it does not cre- circulation online. Stars see it as nothing more than creat-
a few weeks lat- ate lifelike videos yet, the are easy prey for 3D porn ing clay busts, or notebook sketch-
er she tells you article says it is improv- creators because their es of fond memories and faces.” Each censored visual is named
she misses him ing rapidly and will soon high-quality photos are Because their photographs are with a unique string of numbers
and wants to go STRING THEORY: When you
back. If you re- manipulate someone, you
mind her of all control them with lies
the abuse she
be able to create ‘photore- available on the internet
alistic’ 3D models at a
blank expression and flat
lighting for a few photos and
click. Already, software to automate the then import them into VaM.”
process of creating 3D avatars from pho- VaM (Virt-A-Mate) is one of the pro-
publicly available in abundance, celeb-
rity women are the easiest targets of
such porn. Motherboard mentions rec-
ognisable avatars of Emilia Clarke, Na-
X # called a hash. If copies of the
visual are posted, the system
detects and deletes them
instantaneously
has borne, and convince her to forget him, tographs is available. grams used for creating adult virtual talie Portman, Emma Watson and Nicki Visuals that violate
you have been persuasive. But if you tell All it takes to create a 3D model of a reality games and simulations. Once a 3D Minaj, among the dozens of 3D models Facebook policies
her he’s been cheating on her (a lie), you person is one high-quality photograph. model of the subject’s face is ready, porn it saw online. To avoid legal action, the are removed
have used manipulation to change her The process is easier and the result bet- creators download models of breasts, celebrity avatars are saved under other automatically. If
names and their real photos are not used.
The hashes are shared with other
mind. The outcome is good, but you ter if several good close-up shots are hair, etc, to complete their fantasy figure. the software isn’t
achieved it by misleading her. available. The article quotes one member The final 3D model can be bent into any Some male celebrities’ avatars were also social media companies so that they
confident about
telling his online group: “From now on, posture and made to perform any act, online, including those of Joaquin Phoe- too can remove violent content
For more: Aeon what it is seeing, it
we need to make sure we ask girlfriends defying all laws of the land and physics. nix and Chris Pratt. marks the visual to
to pose a few different angles with a It can be turned into a pornographic For more: Motherboard a human reviewer
WHY THE JAPANESE
LOVE OLD THINGS
Big question for future cars: Whom to kill? 16% While software has
become very good
at catching gory visuals, it
Even now, 84% of bullying and
harassment cases are vetted by
human reviewers
J apan is known for creating new
struggles with verbal abuse

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technologies, yet the Japanese prize elf-driving cars will, hopefully, disciplined countries. Countries with Sources: MIT Technology Review & Time

film cameras, audio cassettes and other
‘retro’ things. Why this seeming
contradiction? Akira Takamasu, vice
president of Kansai University
and professor of
sociology, thinks
it’s because of
Japan’s long
economic
stagnation.
“If social mobility
hasn’t improved for 25 years—
which is more than half of a worker’s
career—then buying into trends
becomes more expensive. Perhaps
going back to old retro habits reflects a
Japanese attitude that embraces the
other side of stagnation,” he tells the
BBC (What Japan’s Love of Nostalgia
Says About Its Economy).
reduce accidents but their devel- high levels of inequality prioritised the
opers still need to decide who gets well-off over poor, presumably because
hurt when an accident is inevitable.
Say, a self-driving car is hurtling to-
the participants were well-off them-
selves. The Japanese gave maximum
Divorce usually makes
wards pedestrians crossing a street. If importance to saving pedestrians while men richer, women poorer
it swerves, it will hit a concrete crash the Chinese prioritised car passengers.
barrier. What should it do—kill the Ironically, in surveys, most people Celebrity divorce settlements might give
pedestrians or its passengers? say they want autonomous cars to pro- you the impression that divorce is always
It’s a new take on the old ‘trolley tect pedestrians, but they are not keen a jackpot for women, but the reality is
problem’ that ethicists have grappled on buying such cars themselves. Pic- different. Research in the UK shows:
with for years. Five years ago, re- ture two cars from rival companies,
searchers at the MIT Media Lab one of which has a track record of
started an online experiment called
‘Moral Machine’ to see what people
saving pedestrians in 80% of cases,
and the other is known to protect its
20%
Women saw
30%
wanted autonomous cars to do just GO STRAIGHT OR SWERVE: A screen grab from the passengers. Which will sell more? But men’s
before an accident. MIT Moral Machine survey These findings have made vehicle their income fall income rose MacKenzie Bezos is the
By late last year, they had received developers’ task very complicated. A by about a fifth, by about a world’s 25th richest person
about 40 million responses from almost man lives, old people can be sacrificed for universally-acceptable emergency reaction post-divorce third with a fortune of $35 billion
every country in the world. Analysis of the young, and a car should react in a way for future cars seems impossible. What will after her divorce with Amazon
the data showed different countries had that saves the most lives. cars out on a world tour do? Perhaps, they About 27% of divorced chief Jeff Bezos early this year,
different ‘ethical priorities’. Overall, But the differences were too many. Jay-
there was agreement on three broad walkers had people’s sympathy in disor-
points: pets can be sacrificed to save hu- derly countries like Pakistan, but not in
will need automatic behavioural updates
every time they cross a border.
For more: MIT Technology Review
3x women ended up in
poverty—three times
more than divorced men
but for most women divorce
is a bitter deal, financially
Source: The Guardian

SHORT CUTS

Why wedding bells turn Sexting is about more than just sex Tinder may not be very
good for finding a partner
into wedding blues W
hile most people think that sex
chatting is only done for that
one reason, a new study sug-
gests that two-thirds of people who sext
alent. Using data gathered online from
160 participants, ranging in age from 18-
69, they performed a latent class analysis
measuring sexting motivations, relation-
non-sexual — in return,” Cox added.
Also surprising to the researchers
was there were no significant differences
in motivation based on sexual orienta-
An analysis of the dating app has found that most
people don’t meet up with others through the app
and the chances of meeting someone interested in
Alix Strauss “In 2016 we looked at 28 women, do so for non-sexual reasons. ship attachments and sexual behaviours. tion, gender or age. a long-term relationship are relatively low. People
half of whom said they felt sad or let In an analysis of the reasons people To their surprise, they discovered “As it is becoming a more accepted reported that, on average, they had been matched

I
t was after midnight when Kaitlin
Chad Moss, her new husband, Jer-
emy Moss, and a handful of wed-
ding guests lingered as long as they
could before they were politely in-
formed that the celebration was over
and it was time to go home.
“That’s when it hit me,” said
Kaitlin Moss. “I’m never going to have
everyone I love in one room like this
again. I felt sad, and it didn’t go away.”
Kaitlin Moss broke down that night
down after their wedding,” Stafford
said. Last year they interviewed 158
women. 12% of the women in the sec-
ond study expressed feelings of depres-
sion after being wedded.
“These women were the center of
attention, and planning a wedding
takes up so much of your time, it would
be weird to not feel some kind of let-
down,” Stafford said. “We also found
there was more focus on the wedding
than on the marriage. There was un-
engage in sexting with their relationship
partner, assistant professor Joseph M.
Currin and doctoral student Kassidy
Cox confirmed that some people use
sexting as foreplay for sexual behav-
iours, later on, some sext for the
relationship reassurance they
receive from their partner.
Some sext their partner as
a favour, with the expectation
the favour will be returned
later in a non-sexual way
three nearly equal clusters, sug-
gesting no motivation is more
common than another.
“It was intriguing that two-
thirds of the individuals who
engaged in sexting did so for
non-sexual purposes,” Cox
said. “This may actually be
demonstrating some indi-
viduals engage in sexting,
but would prefer not to,
but do so as a means to
method of communicating one’s sexual to more than 100 people during their time using the
desires, we wanted to highlight how app. But only about half of the 269 participants said
adults utilize this behaviour in their re- they had ever actually met a match in person. Only
lationships,” Currin added. “This tells about 25% of participants said they had used the
us that sexting among adults is an evolu- app to meet someone interested in a long-term
tion of how we have communicated our relationship, New Scientist reports. Tinder didn’t
sexual desires to our partners in the past. respond to New Scientist’s request for comment.
People used to write love poems and
steamy letters, then when photography
became more commonplace, couples THIS IS THE WORLD’S MOST
used to take boudoir photos for each EXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS TREE
other,” continued Currin.
Debbie Wingham/SWNS

in front of her girlfriends. “I wish
NYT/ Anna Godeassi as a wife, their relation-
certainty about their goals, their role
ship and partner choice.”
Brittny Drye, 34, who
got married in 2015 and is
the founder and the editor-
in-chief of Love Inc. maga-
zine, felt confused by her
reaction. “I was very down
and felt bad for six months.
I just got married, why am
I not on Cloud 9?”
There are many rea-
sons behind the emotional
crash. For some, it’s re-
turning to everyday life.
(such as a dinner date) ana- either gain affirmation Currin and Cox noted that their re-
lysed new research from the about their relationship, search focused on sexting between part-
the Texas Tech University relieve anxiety or get ners in consensual relationships only.
Department of Psycho- something tangible — “As with any sexual behaviour, it is
logical Sciences. important and necessary to have con-
When they began MORE THAN PHYSICAL: sent to engage in sexting,” Currin said.
the research, Currin Jennifer Lopez’s fiance “Individuals who send unsolicited sext
and Cox were curi- Alex Rodriguez was messages — such as images of their
ous to see if one of caught sexting a British genitalia — are not actually engaging in
these motivations playboy model weeks sexting; they are sexually harassing the
was the most prev- before he proposed recipient.” ANI
A British artist’s extravagant Christmas tree
Can’t make decisions? Maybe it’s FOBO Getty Images
is believed to be the most expensive one in
the world, at a staggering £12 million (Rs 11
crore). It has been decorated with trinkets

AFTER THE BIG DAY: Many feel sad after their wedding For others, it’s the elimi-
because after all the anticipation and planning
they’re forced to return to everyday life
someone had warned me that this was
something you could feel. Why is no
one talking about this?” said Kaitlin
Moss, who lives in Denver.
Thomas Meehan, 28, a government
relations liaison officer, who married
his husband last New Year’s Eve, posed
the same question to his friends. “I had
six months of intensive planning, and
after our wedding was over there was
this void. I felt alone,” he said.
Post-wedding sadness is not un-
common. Laura Stafford, a professor
and director of the Bowling Green
State University’s School of Media
and Communication, and Allison
Scott Gordon, an associate professor
at the University of Kentucky’s De-
partment of Communication, have
jointly conducted two studies on de-
pression, specifically concerning
newly married women.
nation of planning and
anticipating such a big
celebration or the loss of
looking forward to that cultural, life-
altering event. Then there’s the dimin-
ished attention, social letdown and
the pressures that come with your
new life and spouse.
Elizabeth Sloan, a licensed profes-
sional counselor, said,“It’s easy to look
at your gains: a wedding, a spouse and
new life. But there are also losses: the
life you used to have. And when we feel
loss, there’s sadness.”
Drye was easily angered and on
edge after the wedding. “My new
husband and I fought more than
normal,” she said. “We have a strong
marriage, we got through it, but
it’s more serious than people give
it credit. I should have seen a
therapist. The blues is like this cutesy
word people use. This is a real,
concerning issue that should be taken
seriously.” NYT NEWS SERVICE
W
here should you order dinner
from tonight? What do your or-
der? And what on earth will you
watch on TV while you eat? Many of us
have trouble making small decisions and
now, there’s a new acronym that explains
this phenomenon.
Indecision when it comes to small de-
cisions full of desirable options is rooted
in Fobo — fear of better options. Coined
by Patrick McGinniss, the US venture
capitalist who is best known for coming
up with Fomo or fear of missing out, it
covers everything from choosing what
your coffee order should be to more sig-
nificant ones like whether to accept a job
offer. It’s the availability of a variety of
attractive options that causes this deci-
sion paralysis, The Guardian reports.
For instance, when deciding what to
do on a Friday night, choosing between a
friend’s party or dinner with colleagues
may be overwhelming for those plagued
with Fobo. So, one may choose to delay
committing to something or committing
only to cancel.
FEAR OF BETTER OPTIONS: After Fomo,
there’s now Fobo, which explains why
we struggle to make decisions
“I bail at the last minute, all the time”
Aoife O’Donaghue, 24, a recent graduate
based in Edinburgh told The Guardian.
She said smaller choices are tougher. De-
ciding where to study, a café or the library,
results in a “stress-induced stomach
ache”. All this happens with the knowl-
edge that the decision doesn’t ultimately
matter all that much.
McGinnis says that Fobo is nothing
new. “These feelings are biologically part
of who we are. I call it the biology of want-
ing the best. Our ancestors a million years
ago were programmed to wait for the best
because it meant they were more likely to
succeed,” he told The Guardian.
However, the internet has accelerated
the ubiquity of this social phenomenon.
“Go on Amazon to buy a pair of white
shoelaces and you have in excess of 200
choices, whereas 50 years ago you would
go to Woolworths and choose between
three,” said McGinnis. “The other factor
is that Fobo is driven by narcissism, be-
cause you’re putting your own interests
well before anybody else’s.”
Fobo isn’t limited to individuals either,
it plagues organisations too. Brexit is a
prime example of Fobo. “You may not like
Brexit but there are plenty of acceptable
ways it could be structured, without going
to no deal. But any time Mrs May brought
a proposal to the Commons, she couldn’t
get a vote because all of the MPs were
waiting for a slightly better option.
For more: The Guardian
handcrafted from upcycled jewellery, emu
and ostrich eggs, and designer fabrics from
some of the world’s top fashion houses.
Nutcrackers encrusted with blue sapphires
and diamonds are among the ornaments
hanging from the tree’s branches inside the
Kempinski Hotel Bahia in Marbella, Spain.
Ostrich eggs were painted with gold leaf and
the entire tree glitters with 3,000 Swarovski
crystals, reports Daily Mirror
Google Maps plans to show well-lit
paths for night safety: To help you walk
home safely, Google Maps is reportedly planning
on adding a new feature to highlight brightly lit
streets, according to an ANI report. As
discovered by XDA Developers, the new feature
called ‘Lighting’ will help users identify streets
that are brightly lit. It will highlight those streets
with good lighting with a yellow colour highlight
to help users avoid streets with poor or no
lighting. It is unclear if Google will make it live in
the public version. It is expected that the feature
will be piloted in India first where women’s safety
is a national-level issue.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019 TIMES NATION 9

India moves up one place in HDI Rise in bias

against gender
equality in
Battle of ‘Panipat’
in Jaipur cinemas
Country Lifted 271 Mn Out Of Poverty From 2005-06 To ’15-16: UNDP Report India: UNDP TIMES NEWS NETWORK
PTI

Ambika.Pandit@timesgroup.com Ambika.Pandit@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: India finds itself

ranked 129 out of 189 countries
in the Human Development In-
dex brought out by the UNDP as
part of its Human Develop-
ment Report 2019. While this is
incremental improvement of
one point from previous year’s
rank of 130, India’s HDI from
1990 to 2018 shows a rise of 50%
(0.431 to 0.647) with life expec-
tancy at birth increasing by 11.6
years and Gross National In-
come per capita increasing by
over 262% in this 28 year period.
In terms of education,
mean years of schooling in-
creased by 3.5 years and expect-
ed years of schooling increased
by 4.7% in the same period.
The overall HDI value plac-
es India above the average
(0.634) for countries in the medi-
INDIA AT 129 OUT OF India’s HDI value for 2018 is 0.647
putting the country in the medium
From 1990
and 2018 New Delhi: The Human De-
Jaipur: Jat groups outraged
by the film Panipat’s por-
189 COUNTRIES IN HDI human development category India’s HDI value
velopment Report 2019’s
gender social norms index
trayal of Maharaja Suraj-
mal, an 18th century figure
increased from
indicates that more than revered by the community,
Life expectancy Years of Expected years Per capita 0.431 to 0.647, an
half the world’s people have on Monday attacked a multi-
at birth schooling of schooling income rose increase of
a high intensity bias against plex and a standalone theat-
increased by increased by increased by by over 50% gender equality and wom- re in Jaipur even as CM Ash- People protest against ‘Panipat’
11.6 years 3.5 years 4.7 years 250% en’s empowerment with In- ok Gehlot appealed to the outside a theatre in Jaipur
dia actually seeing a back- censor board to intervene.
Tertiary education rates were only 24.5% of 271 million lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2015-16, but India lash. Several theatres stopped tributors should immediate-
the tertiary school aged population in India accounts for 28% of the 1.3 billion multidimensional poor The report also shows screening Ashutosh Gowari- ly communicate with the peo-
that India is only marginal- kar’s latest film in the wake ple of the Jat community re-
ly better than the south of the protests. In Suraj- garding the film,” he said.
India’s HDI (Human Development Index) trends based on consistent time series data and new goalposts Asian average on Gender mal’s home turf Bharatpur, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot said
Life expectancy Expected years Mean years of GNI per capita HDI value Development Index (0.829 which no longer has a func- any historical figure should
at birth of schooling schooling (2011 PPP$) versus 0.828), and ranks at a tioning cinema hall , a 200- be portrayed in a film only af-
69.4 low 122 of 162 countries on strong crowd of protesters ter thorough research. “My
70 15 8 8,000 6,829 0.8
12.3 6.5 0.647 the 2018 Gender Inequality forced the town shut for the appeal is not to take the path
57.9 7.6 0.431 Index. day. of violence,” he said.
3.0 The data on various di- Sources said the two the- Nem Singh Faujdar, one
1,882 mensions studied for arriv- atres targeted in Jaipur had of the Jat leaders spearhead-
50 0 0 0 0
ing at India’s GDI for 2018 already cancelled their ing the agitation in Bharat-
shows that life expectancy 12.30pm and 3.30pm shows. pur, admitted that he hadn’t
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um human development group at birth for males was 68.2 Nobody was injured in the watched ‘Panipat’. “How can
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and also above the average (
0.642) for other south Asian
countries. HDI has been calcu-
lated by assessing long-term
progress on three dimensions
of human development — a
long and healthy life, access to
knowledge and a decent stan-
dard of living.
However, the challenges are
evident in the numbers. While
highlighting that India has lift-
ed 271 million out of poverty
from 2005-06 to 2015-16, the Hu-
man Development Report also
draws attention to the fact that
28% of the 1.3 billion multidi-
mensional poor are in India.
The Multidimensional Poverty
Index has been calculated by
Generic of diabetes
drug to hit mkt today
Rupali.Mukherjee@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: There is some good
news for the over 72 million dia-
betics in India, with a cheaper
version of a blockbuster drug
hitting the market on Decem-
ber 10. The domestic pharma-
ceutical market is abuzz with
news of over 15-20 companies
launching generic versions of
the widely-prescribed anti-dia-
betic drug Vildagliptin, with its
price expected to crash by half.
The potential of more affor-
dable diabetic care comes in
the wake of Swiss major No-
vartis-owned Vildagliptin los-
ing patent on Monday — a de-
velopment closely watched for
months. Dozens of companies
have readied plans to get a slice
of the action in the growing Rs
14,000-crore diabetes therapy
market, with the number of
players expected to cross 50
soon. With the drug’s patent ex-
India’s GII (Gender Inequality Index) for 2018
GII GII
value Rank
India 0.501 122
Medium HDI 0.501 — 198.0
taking into account depriva-
tions suffered by individuals in
three dimensions: health, edu-
cation and standard of living. A
deprivations score of 33.3%
(one-third of the weighed indi-
cators) is used to distinguish be-
tween the poor and non-poor.
The MPI estimation based on
piry, the price may drop to Rs 6
per tablet over the next few
months, from the existing Rs
20-25 each. What makes the pat-
ent expiry significant for Indi-
an pharma is that Vildagliptin
is the first among the gliptins, a
relatively new class of oral dia-
betes drugs, to get off the block,
and also the first diabetes medi-
cine whose end of patent life is
being seen by industry.
The innovator brand Gal-
vus (along with combination of
Metformin) cornered around
Rs 600 crore, a lion’s share of to-
tal Vildagliptin market of Rs
950 crore (moving annual total
(MAT) November 2019).
Maternal Adolescent
mortality ratio birth rate
174.0 13.2
34.3
most recent government data
from 2015-16, shows that in In-
dia, 27.9% of the population are
multidimensionally poor
while another 19.3% are classi-
fied as vulnerable. The breadth
of deprivation (intensity) in In-
dia, which is the average depri-
vation score experienced by
Court allows Vadra
to travel abroad
New Delhi: A special CBI court
on Monday allowed Robert Va-
dra, the son-in-law of Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi, to travel
abroad for medical treatment
and business purposes. He is fac-
ing a probe in a money launder-
ing case.
Special judge Arvind Kumar
granted permission to Vadra to
go to Spain for two weeks from
December 9, while directing him
to submit a fixed deposit receipt
(FDR) of `25 lakh and his contact
details and address of his stay
abroad. ED is probing Vadra for
cases related to alleged land
grab in NCR and purchase of be-
nami properties abroad, includ-
ing a villa in Dubai’s Jumeirah
worth `14 crore and a flat in Lon-
don’s Bryanston Square for over
`26 crore.
He has been questioned in
this connection several times
and summoned by the ED for a
fresh round of questioning earli-
er. The court had granted him
anticipatory bail on April 4. TNN
Female seats in Population with at least some
parliament (%) secondary education (%)
Female
11.7 39.0
20.8 39.5
people is 43.9%. The HDR also
highlights an inequality-ad-
justed HDI. The IHDI takes into
account inequality in all three
dimensions of the HDI by ‘dis-
counting’ each dimension’s av-
erage value according to its lev-
el of inequality. In case of India,
when the HDI value of 0.647 is
Oxygen levels down in oceans
by 2%, marine life under threat
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The Indian Ocean
is losing oxygen more slowly
than the Pacific and Atlantic
but the potential impact on
marine ecosystems is large,
according to a new report
from the International
Union for Conservation of
Nature.
The report, which was re-
leased this past weekend, fo-
und that oxygen levels in the
world’s oceans are declining
due to global warming and
nutrient pollution—from
fertiliser runoff—posing a
threat to marine life and fis-
heries.
Indian Ocean has seen a
smaller and more varied de-
cline than other oceans.
With a quarter of the global
human population living
around the Indian Ocean
19
Labour force
participation rate (%)
Male Female Male
63.5 23.6 78.6
58.7 32.3 78.9
Source: Human Development Report 2019
discounted for inequality, the
HDI falls to 0.477, a loss of 26.3%
due to inequality in the distri-
bution of the HDI dimension
indices. The average loss due to
inequality for medium HDI
countries is 25.9% and for south
Asia also it is the same.
Full report on www.toi.in
ANOTHER IMPACT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
700 low oxygen sites in all
oceans—up from 45 in 1960s
Volume of ‘anoxic’ or dead
zones quadrupled since 1960
2% drop in global
ocean oxygen levels
Large species like
tuna, sharks hit more
Most loss in upper layers,
the most biodiverse part
Oxygen dip due to warming
seas, fertilizer runoff from land
though, “its environment,
biodiversity and living reso-
urces are most vulnerable to
human-induced changes,
especially deoxygenation,”
the report said.
“The magnitude of
change here is smaller than
in the Pacific and Atlantic be-
and for females it was 70.7.
Expected years of schooling
in case of females was 12.9
and males it was 11.9. Mean
years of schooling for males
was 8.2 and for females it
was 4.7. GNI per capita for
females was Rs 2,625 and for
males it was 10,712.
The report also puts out
a Gender Inequality Index
that reflects gender based
inequalities in three dimen-
sions - reproductive health,
empowerment and econom-
ic activity. Globally, inequal-
ity is still very sharp in the
power men and women exer-
cise at home, in workplace
or in politics.
cause the physical characte-
ristics are different, especial-
ly with the influence of the
monsoon,” says S W A Naqvi,
a scientist with the Council
of Scientific and Industrial
Research who contributed to
the IUCN report. However,
“these two basins (the Bay of
Bengal and Arabian Sea) also
contain large volumes of wa-
ter which are naturally oxy-
gen depleted; this means that
even if change is small, there
is going to be a large impact.”
Globally, the level of oxy-
gen has reduced by 2% betwe-
en 1960 and 2010, with the lar-
gest losses in the Tropical and
North Pacific Ocean, the So-
uthern and Arctic Ocean and
the South Atlantic Ocean.
Over 700 low oxygen zones
have been identified in the
world’s oceans, up from 45 in
1970s.
vandalism. Shows were can- we see the film when all cine-
celled on the instructions of ma halls are closed? We are
the administration, officials protesting to ensure the film
said. CM Gehlot tweeted to does not run elsewhere in Ra-
the Central Board of Film jasthan. We have been told
Certification that questions that the film misrepresents
being raised about ‘Panipat’ our king, and we will not tol-
merited intervention. “Dis- erate it.”
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Snow, rain may
hit north India
this week
Amit.Bhattacharya
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: December’s first
major snow spell is expected
this week, particularly on
Thursday and Friday, in all the
three northern hill states and
UT, with widespread snowfall
likely at elevations over 2000m,
along with rain and hailstorms
in the northern plains, includ-
ing Delhi-NCR, the met depart-
ment said.
“Hill stations such as Shim-
la may get light snow while plac-
es just a little higher, such as Ku-
fri, could see heavy falls on De-
cember 12 and 13. The system
will impact J&K, Himachal
Pradesh and Uttarakhand,”
said Kuldeep Srivastava, head
of IMD’s regional weather fore-
casting centre here.
He said the northern plains
will see rain at many places,
with the forecasted impact up to
Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. “In
the plains, Punjab, Haryana
and Delhi-NCR could get heavy
rainfall at many places, along
with thunderstorm and hail in
isolated pockets, on these two
days. Rainfall is expected to be
lighter in west Uttar Pradesh
and Rajasthan, while rains will
be restricted to isolated places
in other places,” Srivastava
said.
Maximum temperatures
are set to fall across the north-
ern plains from Wednesday/
Thursday, leading to more chil-
ly days. The cause of the wet
spell is a western disturbance,
which is a pulse of moist and
cool winds originating from the
Mediterranean region that
brings rain/snow into north In-
dia in winters.
However, the current WD is
likely to have a wider footprint
because of a cyclonic circula-
tion it is set to induce. “The in-
duced circulation is likely to set
in over north Rajasthan/east
Pakistan by Tuesday night. It’ll
suck in moisture from the Ara-
bian Sea. This will increase the
intensify and spread of the wet
spell,” Srivastava said.
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Date of Order 29/11/2019 Date of next hearing 12.12.2019
Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition ,
Department of Income Tax Vs Navyug Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013)
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Surat-394210.
purpose of the specified above
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above mentioned scheduled land for the purposed project
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NOTICE OF ADJUDICATION ORDER PASSED UNDER RULE 5 READ WITH Vadodara.
3. Now whereas it appears to the State Government , That it
RULES 6 AND 7 (d) OF SEBI (PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING INQUIRY AND
is expedient to exempt in public interest to the area of
IMPOSING PENALTIES BY ADJUDICATING OFFICER) RULES, 1995 0-20-92 Ha.Are. ISq.mt.l of land to be acquired for the
IN THE MATTER OF VOL PLAST LIMITED above stated infrastructure project, from the application
1' The Adjudicating Officer , Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), of the provision of chapter II and III of the Act.
4 . Now therefore in exercise of the power conferred b y
has passed an order dated November 22 , 2019 against Vol Plast Limited
section 10(A) of The Act linserted by section 3 of The
(CIN: 1711 OGJ1990PLCO 14813) in the captioned matter imposing a penalty RFCTLARR (Gujarat Amendment) Act-2016) (Gujarat
of Rs. 100000/- (Rupees One Lac only). The adjudication order could not be Act No. 12 of 2016) The Government of Gujarat , hereb y
delivered at the last known address of the Noticee. A copy of the order may exempt in public interest the area of 0-20-92 Ha.Are .
be downloaded from the SEBI website (www.sebi.gov.in) under the heads [Sq .mt.] land comprised in below mentioned SCHEDULE
"Orders of AO" as well as "Orders that could not be served" , or be collected to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National High
from the Office of the Adjudicating Officer at the address - SEBI Bhavan Speed Railway Project from the app lication of the
provision of chapter II and III of The Act .
II , Plot No , C-7 , G Block , Bandra Kuria Complex , Bandra (E), Mumbai- SCHEDULE
400051, or obtained by request sent by e-mail to vanyas@sebi.gov.in. Dist. Vadodara , Ta. Vadodara City (Noth ), Village : Gorwa
The Noticee is required to pay the amount of penalty imposed upon it, in the Area
manner mentioned in paragraphs 22 & 23 of the adjudication order dated No. Survey No.
Ha.Are . ISg.mt.l
November 22 , 2019, within 45 days from the publication of this notice . 1 2 3
This Notice of passing of adjudication order is being published in terms of 1 T.P.13. F.P.6 0-20-92
Rule 7 (d) of the SEBI (Procedure For Holding Inquiry And Imposing Penalties Total 0-20-92
By Adjudicating Officer) Rules , 1995. By order and in the name of Governor of Gujarat .
1
1 - 11
Date: 05.12.2019 (H .J. Rathod)
Place: Mumbai davp 15204/11/0388/1 920 , (INF/VADno1en_ore-20) Under Secretary to Government
10 TIMES NATION THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

Assaulted, left for dead, 2 women in C’garh, Maha fight for justice
Gang-raped, woman Man rapes nurse,
Man held for ‘honour’ Ayodhya: 40
activists move

gets accused arrested tries to strangle her killing of daughter SC for review
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Forty academi-

TIMES NEWS NETWORK the function.

Raipur: Raped by four men,

The four stuffed cloth in-
to her mouth and then took
Gadchiroli: A 30-year-old
man allegedly raped a nurse
and then tried to kill her af-
agreed. On way to the vic-
tim’s village, Kambli took
her to a farm where he alleg-
Headless BF poisoned Akola
cians and activists, including
Irfan Habib, Jayati Ghosh,
Nandini Sundar and Prabhat
musician’s daughter
strangled and left for dead, a
20-year-old woman dragged
turns to rape her. Then, they
tried to strangle her, says the
ter giving her lift on his mo-
torcycle in Maharashtra’s
edly raped her, police said.
He also tried to strangle
Body Stuffed Mumbai: The adopted
daughter of Vakola resident
Patnaik, have filed a joint pet-
ition in the Supreme Court
herself to a relative’s place in
Rajnandgaon, took almost a
week to recuperate from the
complaint. She fell uncon-
scious and the four, believing
she was dead, fled. After she
Gadchiroli district on Sun-
day, police said on Monday.
The accused, identified as
her and in the process, the
woman fell unconscious.
The accused, thinking
In Bag Found Princy and Arvind Tiwari
Bennett Rebello (59) has told
the police that the deceased
seeking review of its Novem-
ber 9 Ayodhya verdict which
gave the Janambhoomi-Babri
trauma, and had them all ar- regained consciousness, she had been sexually exploiting
Rajesh Suresh Kambli, is her to be dead, sped away Nishikant Karlikar & site for construction of Ram
rested on Monday. All the four somehow made it back to her her for the past one year.
known to the victim and was with her mobile phone and Pradeep Gupta TNN The police said that the temple and ordered that five
accused are 19-20-year-olds. uncle’s house but did not say Aradhya Patil alias Riya (19)
arrested on Monday, they other belongings, police other man seen in the foot- acres be allotted to Sunni
The survivor had gone to anything about the incident. told the police that she had
said. The victim works as a said. On regaining con- Thane: A day after the age was a co-traveller whose Waqf Board elsewhere in
her maternal uncle’s home Finally, on Sunday, she kept silent about it all along
trainee nurse in a private hos- sciousness, the woman nar- headless body of a young help Arvind had sought to Ayodhya for construction of a
in another village for a fam- told her parents about the in- and chosen to ignore it, but it
pital in Desaiganj, police said. rated the ordeal to her fam- woman was found cut into carry the bag from the sta- mosque.
ily function. On the night of cident and said she was de- was her 16-year-old boyfriend
According to police, the vic- ily, who approached the De- three parts in Kalyan on tion to the autorickshaw. Justifying their decision
December 2, she stepped out termined to bring them to who “poisoned” her mind into
tim, after finishing her work, saiganj police station and fil- Sunday, the father of the de- During the investiga- to approach court in the mat-
to dispose of the garbage, but justice. They immediately ed a complaint against killing Rebello.
went to a bus stop at around ceased was arrested for the tion, constable Sanjay Ba- ter despite having never been
the four — who seemed to be took her to police, who regis- Kambli. Acting on the com- Riya and her boyfriend
8pm to return to her village. murder. bar got a tip-off that the a party in the decades-old le-
lying in wait — grabbed her tered an FIR. “Police teams plaint, the accused was ar- were arrested for allegedly
Kambli came to the bus The police said Arvind man carrying the bag lives gal dispute, they contended
and dragged her to an isolat- were formed and all the ac- rested, the police added. murdering Rebello and
stop on his motorcycle. As it Tiwari (47), a Titwala resi- at Saikrupa Chawl at Indira that they are aggrieved by the
ed place. She shouted for cused were arrested on Mon- The victim was admitted dumping the body parts at
was getting late, the victim dent, had killed his eldest Nagar in Titwala from apex court verdict “which has
help but nobody heard her as day,” Rajnandgaon SP B S to a local hospital, where her four places in the Mithi river.
requested the accused to daughter Princy (22) as he where he had boarded the a direct impact on the syn-
a loudspeaker was playing at Dhurv said. condition is said to be stable. She had met the boy at a
drop her home, to which he was opposed to her plan to train. A team of the crime cretic culture of the country
temple a few months ago and
marry a man from another branch raided Tiwari’s and its secular fabric envi-
eventually they fell in love. TNN
community. house but could not find Ti- saged in the Constitution”.

Hyd ‘encounter’: SC to hear TN panchayat Arvind had abandoned a

bag in which he had stuffed
wari at home. They then re-
ached his office at Malad
this man, he strongly ob-
jected to the alliance, but
The petitioners, known
for their consistent Left-lean-
the body parts in an autor- where he was arrested, said she insisted she would mar- ing stance on diverse issues,
auctions two ickshaw early on Sunday. deputy commissioner of po- ry the man of her choice,” agreed that there is no doubt

plea on court-monitored probe posts for `65L

He had hired the rickshaw
with the intention of dump-
ing the body at an isolated
lice (crime) Deepak Deoraj.
While Tiwari initially
tried to evade the queries,
said the officer. “Angered by
her stubborn response, Ti-
wari said he first poisoned
about Ayodhya being the
birth-place of Lord Rama, but
said there is no conclusive
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bosco.Dominique place, but fled the spot after he eventually confessed to Princy and then cut up her evidence of existence of a

New Delhi: The Supreme

Jagan praises KCR for ‘killing rapists’ @timesgroup.com the vehicle driver found
something suspicious.
the crime, said police.
An officer quoted Tiwari
body using a hacksaw-like
blade and stuffed the body
temple at the site where Babri
mosque was built.
ndhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Court on Monday agreed to ex-
amine a plea seeking a court- A praised Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and
his police force on Monday for killing the four men suspected of
Cuddalore: In an open vio-
lation of the country’s demo-
The police said that they
got their first clue from
as saying that Princy
worked at a call centre in
parts into a bag.” During
this time, his wife and three
“The faith of a community
cannot override the faith of
monitored SIT probe into the cratic principles and electo- camera footage at Titwala Bhandup. “He said she was other daughters were in Ut- another community and
killing of four men, suspected the raping and murder of a young veterinarian. ral ethics, a panchayat in Ta- and Kalyan railway sta- in a relationship with a man tar Pradesh. practices of two faiths cannot
of raping and murdering a Giving an emotional speech in the assembly, mil Nadu’s Cuddalore dis- tions. The man, Arvind, from another community He told the police that he and should not be compared
young veterinarian, in an “en- he attacked human rights activists for trict passed a resolution on was lugging the huge bag who worked in the same had thrown the head and as the expressions of faith
counter” by Hyderabad police. questioning the authenticity of what the police Monday to give another containing the headless building. When she told her the weapon used in the can also differ...” the petition
A bench, headed by Chief said was a “shootout”. “Media covered the term to its former president body. father of her plan to marry crime at some other place. said.
Justice S A Bobde, listed the incident in a huge way and later the Telangana and AIADMK partyman R
petition for Wednesday when government responded. Hats off to KCR and Sakthivel after he made an
Telangana police officers,” the Andhra Pradesh
the petitioner pleaded for an
urgent hearing. Although the
court initially expressed reluc-
tance to entertain the plea say-
CM remarked. —Venu Lanka

dence in hand”. They alleged investigation and collecting

ing that Telangana High Court
had already taken suo motu
cognisance, it agreed to exam-
ine the issue after advocate G S
Mani insisted that the matter
offer to “donate” Rs 50 lakh
for the renovation of a tem-
ple in the village and for un-
dertaking other develop-
Yediyurappa gets more Both killed ‘minors’ were
that police have no legal and
medical evidence to prove that
they had gang-raped the victim
evidences against the accused.
"Such fake encounter kill-
ings were conducted only to di-
ment projects.
The Nadukuppam pan-
chayat near Panruti also re-
elbow room within BJP cleaners on Areef’s truck
and sought action against po- vert public reaction over the solved to elect DMDK func- Continued from P1 date his power and complete Continued from P1 cide his fate.” Rajanna, too, told
lice personnel who were alleg- sensational gang rape and tionary A Murugan, 36, as its the balance three and a half NHRC officials that his son was

A N
be heard by the apex court. edly involved in the “extra-ju- murder case and may be to pro- vice-president after he ccepting responsibility years of his term quite com- aveen’s mother, Laxmi, 17 years old. “He was born on
Two petitions have been fil- dicial killing”. tect the real culprits. No one, promised Rs 15 lakh for the for the drubbing, Sidda- fortably. The win has helped said, “Naveen, my only August 15, 2002,” he added,
ed by Supreme Court lawyers Advocates G S Mani and including investigating agen- temple, villagers told TOI. ramaiah resigned as expand BJP’s presence in the son, was 17 when he was showing a certificate issued by
alleging that it is a case of Pradeep Kumar Yadav, in their cy like police, has right to puni- The elders in the village, leader of the opposition in the state as it has wrested nine killed. He was born in 2002. He the headmaster of Gudigandla
“planned killing of four inno- petition, contended that police sh any accused without due who ‘auctioned’ the two post- assembly and Dinesh Gundu- seats from Congress. dropped out of school some government school. He will be
cent persons who were arrest- carried out the encounter in- process of law,” the petition son Monday, passed the reso- rao as Pradesh Congress Com- The bypoll also has put years ago. We will soon get a giving a copy of the certificate
ed by police without any evi- stead of conducting a proper said. lution and directed the two mittee president. Neither of deputy chief minister Lax- copy of the school leaving certif- to the NHRC.
functionaries to pay up the the resignations has been ac- man Savadi, a former MLA, in icate from the Chinnaporla Both Naveen and Shiva
money before December 15. cepted yet. the safe zone as he may be school where he studied.” were cleaners on the truck that
AMDAVAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION The village elders, in turn, JD(S)’s dismal show indi- nominated as an MLC in place Shiva’s father, J Rajanna, is Areef and Chennakeshavulu
DRAINAGE PROJECT promised that no one will file cates dwindling support for of Rizwan Arshad of Con- a shepherd who works on a drove in shifts. All four were
E-Tender Notice nominations for the posts. the party even in the Vokkali- gress, who won from Shivaji- farm in Tenali town, Andhra picked up on November 29, two
There are 1,900 voters in the ga heartland of Mandya. JD nagar in Bengaluru. Hunsur Pradesh. He told NHRC officials days after the veterinarian was
Name Of Work : Providing and Laying Sewerage network in Naroda Hanspura panchayat, which comprises (S) managed to put up a tough was the other seat that Con- that he suspects that police gang-raped, murdered and her
(TP- 70, 71 & 75) in North zone of AMC. (16.08 Cr.) eight wards. Reacting to the fight in Yeshwantpur and the gress won. killed his son in a fake encoun- body set on fire near an under-
Prebid Meeting Date :-12112/2019 At:- Drainage Office 16.00 Hrs. villagers’ decision, Cudda- independent it supported won ‘Operation Lotus’, a name ter. “How can he try to escape bridge on the Shadnagar high-
Online Submission upto Date 30/12/2019 U to:-18.00 Hrs. lore district collector V An- from Hoskote, defeating the given to the strategy to poach from armed police?” he asked. way, just outside Hyderabad.
Physical Submission Date 01/01/2020 U to:-18.00 Hrs. buselvan warned stern ac- richest candidate in these elec- MLAs of the rival parties, “We suspect that he was killed They were killed early on De-
Technical Bid Openin g Date :- 01/01/2020 U to:-18.05 Hrs. tion against for the “undem- tions — MTB Nagaraj of BJP. proved to be a huge success for in a fake encounter. Even if my cember 6 morning when they
Detail and Tender available on ocratic practice” of auction- With this landslide victory, BJP in converting its minority son had committed a crime, po- were taken to Shadnagar to
ing the local body posts. Yediyurappa is set to consoli- government into a majority. lice should have let the court de- gather evidence.

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ELON MUSK HITS TRAFFIC BOLLARD WHILE DRIVING TESLA
CYBERTRUCK, MOCKED ONLINE FOR ‘CRUSHING THE CONE’
NZ volcano eruption kills 5, many missing
Ash And Steam Erupted As Tourists Explored Island Despite Scientists’ Safety Concerns
Whakatane (New Zealand):
A volcano on a New Zealand
island erupted on Monday
with a towering blast of ash
and scalding steam as tourists
were exploring the moon-like
surface, killing five people
and leaving perhaps two doz-
en others missing. Police said
the site was still too danger-
ous hours later for rescuers to
search for the missing.
“My god,” Michael Schade
tweeted as he posted video of
the eruption. “My family and
I had gotten off it 20 minutes
before, were waiting at our
boat about to leave when we
saw it. Boat ride home tending
to people our boat rescued
was indescribable.” His video
showed a wall of ash and
steam around White Island
and a helicopter badly dam-
aged and covered in ash.
The terrifying disaster
immediately raised ques-
tions of why people were al-
lowed to visit the island some
50km off mainland New Zeal-
and after scientists had noted
an uptick in volcanic activity
in recent weeks.
Police Deputy Commis-
Documents reveal
misleading public
statements on Af war
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Washington: Thousands of
pages of documents detailing
the war in Afghanistan relea-
sed by The Washington Post
on Monday paint a stark pic-
ture of missteps and failures
— and delivered in the words
of prominent American offi-
cials, many of whom publicly
had said the mission was suc-
ceeding. After a quick but
short-term victory over the
Taliban and al-Qaida in early
2002, and as the Pentagon’s fo-
cus shifted toward Iraq, the
American military’s effort in
Afghanistan became a hazy
spectacle of nation building,
with a small number of troops
carrying out an unclear mis-
sion, the documents show.
Even as the Taliban retur-
ned in greater numbers and
troops on the ground voiced
concerns about the American
strategy’s growing shortcom-
ings, senior American officia-
ls almost always said that pro-
gress was being made. The do-
cuments obtained by The Was-
hington Post show otherwise.
“We were devoid of a fun-
damental understanding of
Afghanistan — we didn’t know
what we were doing,” said Do-
China fines NBA
player for not
looking at flag
A
French former NBA
player has been repri-
manded and fined
$1,400 by sports officials in
China for not looking at the
Chinese flag during the na-
tional anthem before a game.
Players with the Chinese
Basketball Association are
supposed to stare at the na-
tional symbol during the
“March of the Volunteers”,
but TV images showed Guer-
schon Yabusele, who plays for
Nanjing Tongxi Monkey Ki-
ng, had his head down before
Friday’s game. Yabusele is
not the first foreign athlete to
break patriotic rules in Chi-
na. Last year, Shandong Lu-
neng's Brazilian midfielder
Diego Tardelli was handed a
one-game ban for rubbing his
face during anthem. AFP
‘Marriage Story’ leads mostly white, male Golden Globe nods
Los Angeles: Netflix divorce
drama “Marriage Story” on
Monday led a Golden Globes
nominations list dominated
by movie stories about white
men and marked by snubs for
actor Robert De Niro and tele-
vision shows “Game of
Thrones” and social justice
drama “When They See Us”.
“Marriage Story” scored
six nods, including best drama
and for actors Adam Driver,
Scarlett Johansson and Laura
Dern. It was followed by Mar-
tin Scorsese’s epic gangster
movie “The Irishman”, and
Quentin Tarantino’s love letter
An aerial photo of White Island, 50km off New Zealand’s mainland, after
its volcanic eruption on Monday. The eruption sent a plume of steam and
ash about 12,000 feet into the air. White Island is New Zealand’s most
active cone volcano. About 70% of the volcano lies under the sea
sioner John Tims said the
number of missing was in the
double digits but he couldn’t
confirm an exact number.
Fewer than 50 people were on
the island when it erupted,
and 23 had been taken off, in-
cluding the five dead, he said.
Tims said there had been no
contact with any of the mis-
sing. He said New Zealanders
and foreign tourists were
among the dead, missing or in-
jured. Most of the 18 who sur-
vived were injured, some suf-
fering severe burns, he said.
uglas Lute, a retired three-star
Army general who helped the
White House oversee the war
in Afghanistan in both the
Bush and Obama administra-
tions. “What are we trying to
do here? We didn’t have the fog-
giest notion of what we were
undertaking,” he told govern-
ment interviewers in 2015.
The 2,000 pages of intervi-
ews were obtained through a
Freedom of Information Act
request and years of legal
back-and-forth with the Spe-
cial Inspector General for Afg-
hanistan Reconstruction,
known as SIGAR, according
to The Post. Formed in 2008,
SIGAR has served as a govern-
ment watchdog for the war in
Afghanistan, releasing re-
ports quarterly on the war’s
progress, many of which cle-
arly depicted the shortco-
mings of the effort.
The Washington Post pub-
lished its report just as talks
between the US and the Tali-
ban have restarted for anot-
her round of peace negotia-
tions in Qatar. In September,
President Trump abruptly
called off months of the talks
following a suicide blast in
Kabul that killed an Ameri-
can soldier and 11others. NYT
WHEN UNIVERSE CONSPIRED TO FULFIL DREAMS...
Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa was crowned Miss Universe by her
predecessor Catriona Gray of the Philippines in Atlanta, US, on Sunday.
‘May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the
power of her dreams and may they see their faces reflected in mine. I am
#MissUniverse2019,’ Tunzi tweeted after being crowned. Zozibini is the
first black woman to win since Leila Lopes from Angola in 2011. Trinidad’s
Janelle Commissiong was the first black woman to win the title in 1977
to Hollywood “Once Upon A
Time in Hollywood”, with five
apiece. De Niro, the star of
“The Irishman”, was left out of
the best actor race, although
his co-stars Al Pacino and Joe
Pesci won nods for their sup-
porting roles and Scorsese will
compete for best director.
The best movie drama cate-
gory was rounded out with di-
rector Sam Mendes’ immer-
sive First World War drama
“1917” from Universal Pictures,
terrifying comic book villain
“Joker” from Warner Bros and
papal story “The Two Popes”.
The films nominated for
TIMES GLOBAL
AP
Some of the visitors were
passengers from the Royal Ca-
ribbean cruise ship Ovation of
the Seas. “We will offer all pos-
sible assistance to our guests
and local authorities. Please
keep all those affected in your
prayers,” the cruise line said.
The ship had left Sydney
last week and had been sched-
uled to sail to the New Zealand
capital of Wellington on Mon-
day night, but Royal Caribbean
said it would instead remain in
port on neighbouring North Is-
land until more was learned
Protesters call
for Sharif’s
death outside
his UK home
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
Islamabad: A group of sup-
porters of the incumbent Pa-
kistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
party held a protest outside Av-
enfield House in London, whe-
re one of the protesters made a
call for the assassination of
former Pakistan prime mini-
ster Nawaz Sharif, a Pakistani
daily reported on Monday.
Sharif owns four flats in
Avenfield House and is cur-
rently camping there, having
gone to the UK for treatment.
Around 40 protesters, cal-
ling themselves “Pakistan Pat-
riotic Front”, raised slogans in
support of PTI. One of the pro-
testers even called for Taliban-
style bombing of the Avenfield
apartment, saying casualties in
such bombings were normal.
Most of these protesters are
often seen at PTI protests, the
Pakistani English daily repor-
ted, adding that PTI had issued a
statement distancing itself
from the protest. However, befo-
re Sharif left for London, a se-
nior official of the PTI in UK, So-
raya Aziz, had issued a similar
call for violence on Twitter: “For
his own safety, I strongly recom-
mend Nawaz Sharif not leave
his Avenfield Apartments.”
Full report on www.toi.in
Reuters
AP
Laura Dern (L) and Scarlett
Johansson in ‘Marriage Story’.
The Netflix divorce drama led the
nominations with six nods, including
best drama. The streaming service
won 17 nominations in movie
categories and 17 for television
THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
about the situation. The erup-
tion sent a plume of steam
and ash about 12,000 feet
(3,660 meters) into the air.
The GeoNet agency, which
monitors volcanoes and earth-
quakes in New Zealand, had
raised the alert level on White
Island on November 18 from 1
to 2, on a scale where 5 repre-
sents a major eruption, noting
an increase in sulphur dioxide
gas, which originates from
magma deep in the volcano. It
also said at the time that over
the previous weeks, volcanic
tremors had increased from
weak to moderate strength.
Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern, who travelled to the
region, said the focus re-
mained on the search-and-
rescue mission for now and
questions about whether
tourists should be visiting
would be addressed later.
Brad Scott, a volcanologist
with research group GNS Sci-
ence, said the alert level was of-
ten raised and then later drop-
ped again without any erup-
tion. He said there hadn’t been
any major incidents with tour-
ists visiting the island in the
Democrats lay out
impeachment case
against Trump
Washington: Democrats la-
id out the case for the impe-
achment of President Donald
Trump on Monday as they
prepared to issue formal cha-
rges against the US leader. Fo-
ur months after an anonymo-
us whistleblower sparked the
investigation of Trump for
seeking illicit political favors
from Ukraine, Democrats sa-
id there was clear evidence
that he had committed bribe-
ry, abused his power, and ob-
structed the investigation.
“President Trump put
himself before country. The-
se facts are not in dispute,” ju-
diciary committee chairman
Jerry Nadler said.
Facing an almost certain
vote in the coming weeks to
make Trump the third presi-
dent impeached and placed
on trial, Doug Collins, the se-
nior Republican on the com-
mittee, countered that the ef-
fort was a simply “a good PR
move” for Democrats ahead
of next year’s national elec-
tions. “It’s all political,” Col-
lins said, dismissing the alle-
gations. “This is all about a
clock and a calendar.”
It was not clear whether
Trump was watching the pro-
ceedings that could cast a
BREAKING BARRIERS: Although
she did not make the finals,
Miss Myanmar Swe Zin Htet made
waves when she came out as the
pageant’s first openly gay
contestant. ‘I want the world to
accept the LGBTQ+ community and
their right to choose their own path
and pursuit of happiness.’ Homo-
sexuality is illegal in Myanmar and
is punishable by up to life in prison
best comedy or musical were
Eddie Murphy’s comeback
“Dolemite is My Name”, Nazi-
era satire “Jojo Rabbit”, mur-
der mystery “Knives Out”,
“Once Upon a Time in Holly-
wood” and Elton John biopic
“Rocketman”. Apple Inc’s
streaming service landed its
first major award nominations
for “The Morning Show”, along
with its stars Jennifer Aniston
and Reese Witherspoon. Yet in
the movie race, stories about
and by women like including
“Harriet”, “Little Women” and
“Bombshell” were omitted
from the major races although
US TURNING INTO A WAR ZONE: YOKO ONO CALLS FOR
GUN CONTROL ON 39TH DEATH ANNIV OF JOHN LENNON
past, though there had been
some close calls.
Scott said it was not for
him to say whether the island
was safe enough to host tour-
ists immediately before Mon-
day’s eruption. After the di-
saster, GeoNet raised its alert
level to 4, later dropping it to 3.
“In the scheme of things, for
volcanic eruptions, it is not
large.” said Ken Gledhill from
GeoNet. “But if you were
close to that, it is not good.”
White Island is New Zeal-
and’s most active cone volca-
no. About 70% of the volcano
lies under the sea.
Twelve people were killed
on the island in 1914 when it
was being mined for sulfur.
Part of a crater wall collapsed
and a landslide destroyed the
miners' village and the mine it-
self. The remains of buildings
from another mining enter-
prise in the 1920s are now a
tourist attraction. The island
became a private scenic re-
serve in 1953, and daily tours al-
low more than 10,000 people to
visit every year. The island is
also known by the indigenous
Maori name Whakaari. AP
Getty Images
President Donald Trump
dark stain on his presidency.
“Witch Hunt,” he tweeted as
the hearing got under way.
“The Do Nothing Democrats
are a disgrace!”
Tempers flared as Republi-
cans tried to derail the hearing
at its opening with procedural
moves, and a lone protestor
was ejected after shouting in
the president’s defence. “We
voted for Donald Trump and
Americans are sick of this im-
peachment... Trump is inno-
cent,” he shouted.
Trump is accused of abu-
sing his powers by pressu-
ring Ukraine to announce an
investigation into former vi-
ce president Joe Biden, his
potential challenger in the
2020 election. Trump also
pressed Kiev to further inves-
tigate a widely-dismissed al-
legation that the Ukraine go-
vernment helped Democrats
in the 2016 election. AFP
Israel may
head to polls
in March
Jerusalem: Israel’s two
biggest parties agreed on
Monday on a March 2 elec-
tion date, barring a last-mi-
nute power-sharing deal,
with Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu fighting for
political survival under cri-
minal indictment.
A 21-day period in which
parliament can nominate a
legislator with majority
support to try to put toget-
her a ruling coalition expi-
res on Wednesday, triggeri-
ng the legislature’s dissolu-
tion and an election within
90 days. It would be Israel’s
third national ballot in less
than a year. Recent opinion
polls have predicted no dra-
matic shifts among voters
since inconclusive elections
in April and September. AP
some of their stars, including
Saoirse Ronan and Charlize
Theron won acting nods.
The director field was an all
male affair dominated by veter-
ans Tarantino, Scorsese, Men-
des, Todd Phillips for “Joker”
and South Korea's Bong Joon-
Ho for social satire “Parasite”.
Netflix dominated the nomina-
tions across both TV and mo-
vies, scoring a leading 17 nods
in movie fields and 17 in televi-
sion. HBO’s “Game of Thro-
nes” failed to make it into the
best TV drama series race. The
Golden Globes ceremony will
take place on January 5. REUTERS
A COALITION GOVT LED BY FIVE WOMEN
At 34, Finland’s Sanna Marin
set to become youngest PM
OTHER
YOUNG
HEADS OF
GOVT
Oleksiy Honcharuk Ukraine PM
Kim Jong-un North Korea dictator
Jacinda Ardern New Zealand PM
Leo Varadkar Ireland PM
Emmanuel Macron French President
Juri Ratas Estonia PM
Mette Frederiksen Denmark PM
Going further back in YOUNGEST
history, William Pitt
the Younger stands
out, becoming
Britain’s prime THE OLDEST
minister in 1783
Copenhagen: Finland’s ne-
xt prime minister is breaki-
ng the mould of government
leaders in multiple ways.
When Sanna Marin takes
over the reins of the country,
likely on Tuesday, she will
become the youngest leader
of a government in the world
— at 34 she beats Ukraine’s
35-year-old prime minister,
Oleksiy Honcharuk.
What’s more Marin, who
was tapped on Sunday by Fin-
land’s ruling Social Democra-
tic Party, will head a five-par-
ty, center-left coalition. All of
her four coalition partners
are led by women — and three
of them are in their early 30s.
And like New Zealand
PM Jacinda Ardern — anot-
her government leader who
is below 40 — Marin is a new
mother, having given birth to
her daughter Emma last ye-
ar. Raised by a single mother,
she has told Finnish broad-
‘Hambantota deal with China not a
mistake, prez quoted out of context’
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s new
PM Mahinda Rajapaksa has
said that President Gotabaya
Rajapaksa’s recent remarks
on the strategic Hambantota
Port, calling it a mistake to gi-
ve it to China on a 99-year lea-
se, were “quoted out of con-
text” by the media, according
to a news report. PM Mahinda
Rajapaksa clarified on his yo-
unger brother’s remarks whi-
le formally declaring the Co-
lombo Port City as part of Sri
Lanka’s territory on Saturday.
Soon after his election as
President, Gotabaya Rajapak-
sa had said that giving away
AROUND THE WORLD
Former US first lady Michelle Obama and actress Julia Roberts toured a high school in rural Vietnam on
Monday, urging a classroom of teenage girls to stay focused on their education to transform their lives.
Jenna Bush Hager (L), daughter of former US president George W Bush, also accompanied them
Marathon runner
gropes anchor on
live TV; banned
A TV reporter said she was
left “violated” and “em-
barrassed” after being smacked
on the bottom during a live bro-
adcast. Alex Bozarjian, of WSAV
News, was reporting roadside
from a 10km race in Savannah,
Georgia when a male partici-
pant ran up behind and struck
her. Bozarjian appeared visibly
shocked in footage of the inci-
dent as streams of runners con-
tinued to pass her on Savannah
Bridge. She later condemned
the runner, saying: “To the man
who smacked my butt on live TV
THE SECRET OF
GETTING AHEAD IS
GETTING STARTED
— MARK TWAIN
35 (elected Aug 2019)
35
39
40 (2017)
41 (2017)
41 (2016)
42 (2019)
24 Former Austrian chancellor
Sebastian Kurz was 31 when he
31 assumed office in 2017
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad is oldest sitting head of state
caster how she felt discrimi-
nated against when her mot-
her was in a relationship
with another woman. A law-
maker since 2015, Marin is
the party’s vice-chairwoman
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SCHOLARS
and was minister for trans-
port and communications in
the outgoing government.
Finland’s government re-
signed last week after one of
thr coalition parties, Centre
Party, said it had lost confi-
dence in Social Democrat Pri-
me Minister Antti Rinne over
his handling of strike by the
country’s state-owned postal
service in November that
spread to other industries.
The five parties in power deci-
ded to stay in coalition after
Rinne stepped down
Beside Marin, the coali-
the Hambantota Port to China
on a 99-year lease was a mista-
ke by the previous govern-
ment. “The deal has to be rene-
gotiated. Giving a small loan
for investment is a different
thing but giving a strategical-
ly important economic harbo-
ur is not acceptable. That we
should have controlled,” Pre-
sident Rajapaksa had said.
PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
clarified to China’s official Xin-
hua news agency that the presi-
dent did not mean there is any
problem about sovereignty.
“What the president meant was
that our government, unlike
this morning: You violated,
objectified, and embarrassed
me. “No woman should EVER
have to put up with this at work
or anywhere!! Do better.” Fellow
reporters showed their support
for Bozarjian’s statement on
Twitter. “I’m so heated for you,”
Emily Bloch of the Florida Times
said. ABC News 13’s Caitlyn
Penter wrote: “DO NOT TOUCH
REPORTERS. Period.” Savannah
Sports Council said they identifi-
ed the man and banned him
from future events “FOR LIFE”.
Tiger skin, fetuses found
in Indonesia poacher case
The skin of a critically endange-
red Sumatran tiger and four
fetuses have been confiscated
after the arrest of several
Sanna
Marin
(Was under 30 when
he became the hermit
country’s supreme
leader in 2011)
Elected in 2017,
she is only other
woman under 40
to lead a country
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tion’s other party leaders are
32-year-old Katri Kulmuni of
the Centre Party; the Left Alli-
ance’s Li Andersson, 32; Ma-
ria Ohisalo, the 34-year-old le-
ader of the Greens; and the he-
ad of the Swedish People’s
Party, Anna-Maja Henriks-
son, who at 55 is the oldest.
Marin will be Finland’s
third female government lea-
der. Women have been present
in politics in the Nordic region
for decades and today repre-
sent half of the party leaders
in Sweden. Four of Denmark’s
nine parties are headed by wo-
men. Mette Frederiksen beca-
me Denmark’s prime minister
in June, while Erna Solberg
has been Norway’s head of go-
vernment since 2013.
Iceland’s Vigdis Finnboga-
dottir was the first woman to
be democratically elected as
head of state by voters when
she defeated three men for the
presidency in 1980. AGENCIES
the previous one, has a princi-
ple of not privatising assets. If
Sri Lanka and China have any
problems, we can easily discuss
and resolve them as friends,” he
was quoted as saying by Xin-
hua. PM Rajapaksa said his co-
untry will never forget China’s
strong support for Lanka’s de-
velopment, the report said. “We
are very confident that Sri Lan-
ka can very clearly repay the lo-
ans for the Hambantota Port
and other development pro-
jects. Today, the economy has
collapsed but when we rebuild
it, paying back loans won’t be a
question,” he said. PTI
AP
suspected poachers, Indonesian
police said. The suspects may
have been planning to sell the
skin to a foreign collector, while
its bones were earlier sold, pos-
sibly for use in medicinal prod-
ucts popular in some parts of
Asia, authorities said. It was not
clear how the fetuses, which
were kept in a jar, were to be
used. If convicted, the trio could
face up to five years in prison.
Cuteness alert! Twin male
pandas charm Berlin zoo
The cuteness level at Berlin Zoo
doubled on Monday when a pair
of twin panda cubs made their
public debut. Born at the zoo on
August 31, the cubs, both male,
will be kept away from visitors
“until they can walk properly”.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

A thought for today

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
The Truth Often Lies
Do mythological fiction writers distort our great narrative epic traditions?
Ashwin Sanghi Chandra Bose and the lurking possibility

Clarity Is Needed Popular mythological

fiction writers of today
are often asked why we
of a military mutiny. There are those for
whom Nehru is a hero who ensured a
vibrant democracy in India. There are
others though who see Nehru as the man
‘distort’ the ‘accepted’ who bungled Kashmir, lost Tibet, lost the
WTO is in trouble and India must narrative of our epics and China war and gave up the offer of a seat
participate in regional trade pacts puranas. We are often at on the UN Security Council.
pains to explain that the retelling of How is one to navigate these

T
his week WTO’s appellate body is set to become dysfunctional ancient myths is a very old tradition. multiple narratives? In fact, is it even
as it falls short of a quorum. There’s no remedy in sight as the We have 300 versions of the Ramayana necessary to ‘choose’ one over the
and the story in each version is rather other? CS Lewis argued that a myth is a
US has blocked potential replacements. This development is
different. In the original Valmiki lie that reveals a deeper truth. Actually,
disadvantageous for India and will show up in the form of a more Ramayana, Rama is simply an ideal you’ve already done it if you’ve ever
challenging trade environment. Regional trade pacts are now the human being, a ‘maryada purshottama’ watched a 3D movie. If you close your
only game in town. But is India ready for them? The government but not an incarnation of Vishnu. In the left and right eyes sequentially, you will
doesn’t believe so as the decision to pull out of RCEP suggested. Tulsi Ramayana, Rama is an avatar of notice that each has a slightly different
Global isolation, however, cannot be an economic strategy. Vishnu, worthy of worship. In the view of an object. Your brain merges the
Adbhut Ramayana, Sita manifests as two images, thus allowing you to see in
New Delhi must choose at least two out of the three big trading
Durga and kills Ravana. three dimensions. 3D films are recorded
blocs – RCEP, North America, or the European Union – and conclude In the Dasaratha Jataka (the using two lenses placed side by side in
free trade agreements with them. It must simultaneously shore up its Buddhist Ramayana) Dasaratha is king order to replicate the same stereoscopic
global competitiveness, lack of which causes it to fear FTAs. Raghuram of Benares not Ayodhya and there is no effect. If we can do this for movies, why
Rajan, former RBI governor, has pointed out that exports today are conflict with Ravana. In the Paumacha- not for stories?
import intensive and we cannot make riya (the Jain Ramayana) it is Rama’s It’s about time that leftist historians
brother Lakshmana who kills Ravana. In (who are accused of presenting a
more in India if trade barriers are

the Kannada retelling of the Ramayana,
high. This calls into question India’s Sita is Ravana’s daughter. In the Muslim
trade policy over the last couple of Ramayana, Rama is a sultan. Which of
years. The salient feature has been these versions will you accept?
creeping protectionism on the back The second question that we get asked:
of enhanced import tariffs. When How much of our myths is historical?
juxtaposed with other pre-existing The question, of course, assumes
that history is a factual account while
impediments such as inflexible mythology is fictional. But there is a
markets for factors of production, the problem with that assumption. The
signal is that India is not willing to novelist George Santayana famously
address declining export intensity of quipped that “History is a pack of lies
growth, causing growth itself to fall. about events that never happened told by
It is difficult to come across a cogent reason to justify people who weren’t there.” Effectively,
history is simply a version of events.
protectionism, a policy that failed India earlier and caused it to be In today’s history text books we read
poor for decades. Protectionism is also inconsistent with a policy of about the great statesman Chanakya as
lowering corporate taxes on manufacturers to attract inward the shrewd Brahmin who brought
foreign investment. This policy runs counter to the most important Chandragupta Maurya to the throne.
development in trade over the last three decades, that is, production But the historical account of Chanakya
comes to us from a Sanskrit play called
lines of sophisticated merchandise can be spread across countries.
Mudrarakshasa, which was written by
This helps an emerging market with the right policies – Vietnam Vishakhadatta at least 700 years after
for example – to form a link in the production chain even without Chanakya had died. Remember, Mudra-
having mastered high technology. This beachhead can be used to rakshasa was a theatrical production
graduate to higher value products. meant to entertain audiences. What if
If the domestic opposition to trade deals from different stake- Vishakhadatta was an ancient Ashwin
Sanghi, liberally mixing fact and
holders is to be addressed, government needs a coherent policy that
fiction into a new fictional narrative? So
enhances their competitiveness. This will make them reconfigure before we treat history as the truth, we
their vision to one where a trade deal is seen as an opportunity rather
than a threat. After six consecutive quarters of a slowdown in
economic growth, it is time to replace an ad hoc policy regime with
one where clarity on how to enhance competitiveness is evident. ‘Privileged people who don’t speak up don’t have
Boost For BSY any right to complain later on in their lives’
Last week’s encounter on the outskirts
of Hyderabad where four rape accused
BJP has solid majority, it must now get were shot dead by the police triggered
down to governance in Karnataka congratulatory messages by some city-
based badminton players. However,
Jwala Gutta, a Commonwealth Games
should remember Napoleon Bonaparte:
“History is a set of lies that have been
agreed upon.”
Look at the fault lines in our society
today and you will find that they are
caused by the conflict between ‘your
truth’ and ‘my truth’. What is taught as
‘The Great Rebellion of 1857’ in India is
taught as ‘The Sepoy Mutiny’ in England.
Same event, different perspectives. There
are those who are convinced that a
massive Aryan migration happened
into the Indian subcontinent and that
Sanskrit and the Vedas are a product of
that migration. On the other side are
those who believe that the migration
happened in reverse carrying Indic
culture to other parts of the world.
There are those who argue that
Aurangzeb was not a despot and that
much of the anti-Hindu actions
attributed to him were exaggerated. On
the other side are those who believe that
he was a religious bigot who destroyed
many Hindu temples in his ferocious
zeal to Islamise India. There are readers
who believe that the most glorious
personality, which is a rarity in
Indian sports.
No, I’ve not been outspoken. I speak
the facts. According to what I have found
out, I give my opinion. Many of the rest
choose to stay safe. My understanding of
Uday Deb
It’s about time that leftist and
right-leaning historians both
realised that their version is
precisely that – a version. And
we as consumers of those
narratives must see each of
those versions independently
and then allow our brains to
construct a 3D hologram of
the person or event
period in Indian history was the Mughal
Empire. But there are others who argue
that the Satavahana, Vijayanagar or
Chola empires were no less glorious but
have simply been ignored.
Many see the struggle for Indian
independence as a non-violent movement
that bore fruit owing to Gandhi’s efforts.
But equally there are those who believe
that Indian independence would never
have been won had it not been for Subhas
families of all five. Even the accused’s
families are innocent. The due process
should have been followed. I think that is
the procedure in a civil society.
■ Do you think it shows just how
angry people are with the slow pace
Western-inspired view that everything
meaningful came to India from outside)
and right-leaning historians (who
are accused of connecting everything
meaningful to a glorious ancient
Bharat) both realised that their version
is precisely that – a version. And we as
consumers of those narratives must see
each of those versions independently
and then allow our brains to construct a
3D hologram of the person or event.
If 300 versions of the Ramayana can
exist; if a work called Jaya can morph
into another called the Bharata that can
end with an epic called the Mahabharata
over centuries; if our Puranas can contain
history and our Itihaas can contain
fantasy, why can’t we train our minds to
see the ‘truth’ as something that is a
blend of those multiple angles of vision?
So where lies the truth? Read that
question once again carefully. Yes, the
‘truth’ often ‘lies’. Probably the best
answer to that question is couched in
another question. One that was asked by
the Roman governor Pontius Pilate
when asked to decide the fate of Christ.
“What is truth?” asked Pilate.
The writer is an author of best-selling
works of fiction
■ If you are pointing out Saina
Nehwal and PV Sindhu and their
reactions, why do you think that has
changed?
I feel this praising of the system
all over has become the new normal,

I
n a big boost for the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka,
badminton gold medallist from Hydera-
BJP has won 12 of the 15 seats that went for assembly bypolls last bad, expressed disquiet. She explains why
week. This means that BJP now has a solid majority in the state to Siddharth Saxena:
with 117 out of 223 assembly seats. It will be recalled that the 2018
Karnataka assembly polls had seen BJP emerge as the single largest ■ Indian sportspersons don’t
party. But it was Congress and JD(S) that came together in a surprise speak out. Is there too much at
post-poll alliance to steal BJP’s thunder and JD(S)’s HD Kumara- stake?
Winning a medal or a World Cup or
swamy became chief minister. However, given that Congress and having records alone is not enough.
JD(S) are essentially competing for the same vote bank in the Old When millions of people start following
Mysore region of the state, the tie-up was a shaky one. you, it is your moral responsibility to
This was exemplified in subsequent months speak up against the wrong in your eyes.
when the Kumaraswamy government saw If it’s about too much being at stake,
quite a bit of internal sniping over portfolios remember, in the end, you have to look
yourself in the mirror.
and policy. The turmoil allowed BJP to wean Privileged people who don’t speak up
away 17 MLAs, leading to the collapse of the don’t have any right to complain later on
Kumaraswamy government in July. But since in their lives. I only ask them, ‘What are
the rebels were disqualified, BJP still needed you scared about?’
to win at least six out of the 15 bypoll seats. It If one person speaks, he or she will be
cleared that threshold with quite a margin. targeted. Maybe if two people speak out
too. But if a bunch of us speak out, what
What’s even more significant is that in will go wrong? Why do sportspersons
2018 Congress had won 12 and JD(S) three choose a side? We aren’t supposed to. We
out of the 15 seats that went for bypolls. BJP, therefore, has made are supposed to choose India’s side, not a
remarkable gains by flipping a dozen seats this time. This clearly government or a system’s side.
shows that the people voted for a stable government as BJP was most I never got endorsements because the
likely to provide this with their existing numbers. The results also ad people told me, ‘It’s because Jwala is
controversial.’ It gets frustrating. I’ve
mean that JD(S) now has to ponder its future as its regional outfit always been taught, ‘If you perform,
image has diminishing mileage. And Congress has to seriously think if you play, the rest will follow.’
about reorganising its Karnataka unit. BJP will be happy that it has ■ You’ve always been an outspoken
been able to make up for the loss of face in Maharashtra. But with its
Karnataka majority, it must now focus on governance and delivery. dilbert
human rights and fundamental rights is
something different from other people,
and I think I’m just practising my
right. I’m a very proud Indian.
This thing about being
labelled outspoken, people end
up identifying you with that
perception. Especially if it’s a woman,
it’s even worse.
■ Many celebrities and sports-
persons have praised Hyderabad
police for the encounter but
you tweeted the celebrations
disturbed you.
Such encounters have always
troubled me. What baffled me this
time was the kind of celebra-
tions that followed. It was the
pat on the back [for the police]
by celebrities that really
disturbed me. I don’t think
I’ll ever be able to
accept that kind
of a reaction
over a death.
I think in
this inci-
dent we
didn’t lose
just one life, we lost five
lives and the trauma
will be borne by the
of judicial delivery in India? irrespective of the context. The same
I think rape is rape. I’m definitely not girls who were so happy that these
sympathising with the rapists. But as a four rapists were killed, should have
human I have empathy. Just because a condemned the other rapes as well.
few humans made a choice The rapists who are roaming free, they
to act like animals, it should condemn that too. They should
doesn’t mean that I too feel an equal angst for that as well.
behave or think like ■ Do you think this is more than just
them. a condemnation of a rape or injustice?
You know, when Is it more that they have to be seen to
there’s a beheading by be siding with the government?
Taliban, when rapists Nowadays, nobody wants to hurt the
are punished and government, or the people in power.
it’s done publicly, a Especially sportspersons because all the
lot of us cringe, awards and rewards hinge on how the
don’t we? There powerful perceive them. Take my case. I
is a reason received the Arjuna Award in 2011, but
why their kind after that I haven’t got a single award –
of lifestyle whether it is Congress in power or BJP.
doesn’t work I was India’s biggest doubles player,
in our country. I should have got the Padma Shri long
It’s because back. I play for India. I don’t play for a
we are a political party. I have won medals for my
democratic country. And just because I don’t agree
country. Why are with certain things, it doesn’t make me
we celebrating this anti-Indian or anti-government.
then? Being a woman, ■ Is the backlash on speaking out
I totally sympathise more now than it was say 10 years ago?
with the victim, but I was labelled anti-Congress then,
an encounter is not I’ve been labelled anti-TRS, so now, I’m
the permanent anti-BJP? It’s gotten worse now because
solution. of social media. I get threats.
Sacredspace
Room For All

Hit by the flu From the high spirituality of Vedanta

that echoes modern science, to the
lower ritual and idol worship with
Although what a winding road its multifarious mythology, the
it was to get hit, officially hit agnosticism of Buddhists and the
atheism of Jains, all have a place
Bikram Vohra
in the Hindu religion.
When we were kids we got flu and we went to the doctor and he
said, say aaaah and he tapped our chest and bobbed the ’scope Swami VIvekananda
on the back, you gave him a deep breath or two and he and you
were on the same page cos he said, you have flu. And you

Religions: Based On Faith, Intellect & Wisdom

went home and had chicken soup and an aunt said nothing
like turmeric in warm milk and the whole room smelled of
VapoRub and three days later you were fine and it was an opportunity to get a
teaspoonful of brandy and feel adult and wicked.
Now, you wait 100 minutes in the emergency room then they call your name MN Kundu essence of religion and they rarely want The four fundamental questions are is That.” This is the pinnacle of
and make you fill forms and it is finally your turn and you say, i have the flu and to venture beyond these two elementary covered. Who am I? Wherefrom have I realisation and end of wisdom.

A
the doc says, whatever, we will have to first eliminate Anthrax, Lyme Disease ll major religions offer a deep,
and infective endocarditis. underlying, fundamental, unity
Then he tells you to get this shopping list of tests done. Room 13 for swab, amid apparent diversity; they
room 8 for blood test (RBCs, WBCs, C-Protein count), room 9 for BP and height prescribe specific ways to live in peaceful
(why height, i am seventy years old, i will not grow any taller even if i have my coexistence, for self-development and
milk), room 4 for chest x-ray. Doc, doc, i don’t need rapid influenza diagnostic ultimate fulfilment of life. Religions have
tests (RIDTs), i know i have the flu. five distinctly different domains, though
After the bloodletting and eleventy eleven payments you have now not watertight: rituals, mythology, ethics,
made it to Accounts, a room full of strangers, all of them exhaling philosophy and spirituality. The external
gusts of bacteria and viruses and it is two hours for the results to come appearance or body of any religion lies in
even though you paid for urgent and as you sit there, sick as a dog desperately rituals and its operating limbs are in
avoiding the man heaving through coughing fits, these are the pleasures of a mythology, while its backbone consists of
medical waiting room. Just about when you feel you might as well go home and ethical principles, its brain is in
shoot yourself, the nurse calls your name and you follow her with simpering philosophy and its heart is in spirituality.
gratitude and the doctor looks solemn and you sit down and your mind is going Rituals and mythology are dependent
whirr whirr because maybe you have Scrub Typhus or Rocky Mountain on the faith of followers; ethics and
spotted fever or as Google told you while you were sleepless last night it might philosophy are based on rationality and
be cat scratch, even though we do not have cats. reasoning, while spirituality flowers
And then the doctor, as doctors are inclined to do, he shuffles all the papers from esoteric and experiential wisdom.
and the reports and there is one report that has Influenza A-positive underlined Hence religions are simultaneously
and ticked by the lab and the doc looks wisely at you and says, you have flu. I based on faith, intellect and wisdom.
know, doc, it is written there, i can see it, i told you eight people in the house have Many people confuse mutually comp-
it, but you wouldn’t listen. Thank goodness, though, we are on the same page. lementary rituals and mythology as the
means to an end, even at the cost of
fanaticism. Since these are based on
followers’ faith, religious bigotry and
fanaticism are usually rooted in these
two. But Swami Vivekananda said that a
wise person could never be fanatic as he is
always open. He also advised all to move
forward for progressive realisation.
The backbone of any religion lies
in its ethical principles designed
for peaceful coexistence in
society and self-development,
which enables followers to
be better human beings with
a sense of fraternity, honesty,
empathy, humility, love,
purity, truthfulness, non-
violence and benevolence.
The philosophical part, the brain of a
religion, theoretically concerns existential
enigma of creation and Creator. It
includes man’s eternal quest for true
identity, origin, destination and purpose.
come? Where shall I go? What is the
purpose of life? This part is based on
sound reasoning and intellectual analysis.
The heart of a religion lies in spiritua-
lity which is based on esoteric experience
and is experiential in nature. Religions
culminate in spirituality. Spirituality is
not so much a process of knowing but of
becoming, experiencing oneness with
the singular identity of the cosmos
with infinite expansion of
consciousness, merging
individual self into cosmic
Self, experiencing divine love,
ecstasy and inner harmony.
At this stage, mystery of life
and creation are revealed and
we see the inner life and
harmony, amid diversity of creation.
Hence Jesus Christ said, “I and my Father
are one.” Vedanta made the fourfold
proclamation, “I am That. Thou art That.
Everything is That. The ultimate wisdom
Hindu rituals along with mantras have
been elaborated in the early part of the
Vedas. Mythology is covered in the Pura-
nas. Revelation of the Absolute has been
attempted in various ways in the Upa-
nishads, intellectual analysis of the ulti-
mate Truth has been made in the Brah-
masutras and practical application of the
highest knowledge in daily life is there in
the Gita. In addition, yoga aphorisms
elaborate the art of cosmic union with the
Absolute in an unparalleled manner.
India, the land of religions reached
the pinnacle of spiritual progress due to
strict adherence to scriptures and lessons
from gurus, realised masters. Penance,
forbearance, persistence, aspiration,
renunciation, compassion, love, selfless
service to humanity and above all,
surrender to the Almighty, are the enab-
ling factors for spiritual progress. That is
why India is a great source of knowledge
and practice for spiritual seekers.

Economically Frontline State
Faces Growth Challenges
A new government has taken charge in a
financially important state like Maharashtra.
For decades, the state has been the biggest
contributor in terms of finances and growth for
the country. Now, headwinds include a possible
huge farm loan waiver’s impact on the financial
system, and risk of large infra projects like the
high-speed rail getting stalled for the time being
Source: Macquarie Research, RBI
RBI urges govt to cut rates
on small savings schemes
FinMin To Review Returns On PPF, PO Deposits At Mth-End
Sidhartha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has urged
the government to move for-
ward on reducing interest ra-
tes on small savings schemes
such as Public Provident
Fund (PPF) and post office de-
posits, to help banks pare ra-
tes on deposits and loans and
lead to a better transmission
of the central bank’s rate cuts.
RBI believes that a reduc-
tion in rates on the small sa-
vings schemes, which were
left unchanged by the govern-
ment when they were last re-
viewed at the end of Septem-
ber, will enable banks to cut
deposit rates that have been
sticky as banks do not want to
lose out on deposits. Banks
have argued that in absence
of a sharp reduction in small
savings rates, depositors will
move funds from fixed depo-
sits to these schemes, which
offer higher returns, any ma-
ny of them, such as public
provident fund, come with
Das brings back calm at central
bank after periods of conflict
Mayur.Shetty
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Whenever a bu-
reaucrat takes charge as go-
vernor at the Reserve Bank of
India, there is speculation
among bankers on how long it
takes for the appointee to get
“baptised”. A term they use
for the switch in mindset
from the bureaucracy to that
of the central bank. But in the
case of Shaktikanta Das, the
present occupant of the 18th-
floor corner office at the RBI,
bankers are still guessing.
In terms of his ability to
engage with various stake-
holders, Das has been like no
other governor. He has met
with every group—bankers,
NBFCs, cooperatives, associ-
ations and employees—and
heard them out. He has re-
sponded to industry issues,
particularly those relating to
liquidity in NBFCs and stress
in MSMEs. Das has also held
his ground on several regula-
tory issues. He has addressed
a decade-long employee grie-
vance relating to pension is-
sues and has launched Ut-
karsh 2022—a medium-term
strategic framework for the
RBI, which aims at impro-
ving trust in the central bank.
Das has also deftly sidestep-
ped the sovereign bond issue-
—at which the RBI has had dif-
SBI, HDFC Bank cut lending rates
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: SBI—the country’s
largest lender—and HDFC
Bank, the largest in the private
sector, have reduced their len-
ding rates. SBI on Monday said
that it has reduced its marginal
cost of lending rate (MCLR) for
the eighth consecutive time
this year. Following the revi-
sion the one year MCLR comes
down to 7.9% from 8%.
The move will bring down
interest rates for those who ha-
ve availed of home loans before
October and whose loans are
6 of 10 richest realtors from Mumbai: Survey
Godrej’s Smita
Crisna Richest
Woman Builder
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
T he richest property deve-
lopers are in Mumbai.
The Grohe Hurun India Real
Estate Rich List 2019 released
on Monday shows that six of
the ten wealthiest realtors are
from India’s financial capital.
Heading the list for the third
consecutive year is BJP MLA
from south Mumbai’s Mala-
bar Hill constituency, Mangal
Prabhat Lodha & family of
Macrotech Developers (Lod-
14.7
Maharashtra’s share in nation’s GDP
dipped 60-70bps in 2 years (in %)…
FY12
HOW THEY STACK UP
Small Savings Rate (in %)
Post office time Feb 2019
deposit (5-years)* Now
Senior citizens saving
scheme (5 years)*
NSC (5 years)
PPF
Kisan Vikas Patra (113
months maturity)
Sukanya Samriddhi
*Quarterly compounding
tax benefits, making the real
returns much higher.
Since February, RBI has re-
duced policy rates by 135 basis
points (100 basis points equal a
percentage point) to lower the
cost of funds for borrowers
and increase demand for lo-
ans. But on an average, banks
have reduced deposit rates
ONE-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT
KEY REFORMS
Forced banks to link
loans to repo rate
Created separate cadres
for regulation and supervision
and set up unified department
of regulation
Introduced an
out-of-the-box
35-basis-point cut
in repo rate
Allowed on-tap
licensing of small
finance banks
STUCK TO GUNS ON...
Retirement age for CEOs
at 75, forcing IndusInd
and HDFC Bank to identify
successors for their CEOs
Forced banks to make
accelerated provisions
for stressed assets under
June 7 circular
Did not give in to persistent
demands for a liquidity
window for NBFCs
ferences with the finance mini-
stry. After a tumultuous year,
which saw an all-out battle bet-
ween former governor Urjit Pa-
tel and the finance ministry
over the independence of RBI,
Das’s term has been more relax-
not linked to the repo-linked
lending rate. The revision in
the benchmark follows a reduc-
tion in the bank’s cost of funds.
HDFC Bank reduced its
MCR for all tenures by 15
basis points. This comes clo-
se on the heels of a 10-basis po-
int reduction in the bench-
mark rate by the bank last
month. After the latest cut,
the bank’s one year MCLR
stands at 8.15%, while for two
years it will be 8.25%.
The cuts in interest rates
by two of the largest banks in
the country come despite a
ha Group) with a net worth of
Rs 31,960 crore.
The second wealthiest bu-
ilder is Rajiv Singh of Delhi-
based DLF Limited with Rs
25,080 crore. Niranjan Hira-
nandani (4), C L Raheja & fa-
mily (5), Vikas Oberoi (6), Sub-
hash Runwal & family (9) and
Ajay Piramal & family (10) are
among the Mumbai-based bu-
ilders in the top ten list.
Smita V Crishna of Godrej
Properties is listed as the ri-
chest woman on the 2019 Real
Estate Rich list with a fortune
of Rs 3,560 crore.
Three cities—Mumbai,
New Delhi and Bengaluru—a-
re home to 75% of the rich list.
Delhi and Bengaluru acco-
unted for 19 residents, each fe-
TIMES BUSINESS
14.7 14.7
FY13 FY14
7.8
7.7
8.0
7.9
8.0
7.9
7.7
7.6
Source: Finance ministry
and the one-year marginal
cost of lending rate (MCLR),
the benchmark for most loans,
by around half-a-percentage
point each, prompting RBI to
hold rates steady during the
last review in the expectation
that the earlier reduction will
be passed on by banks. SBI has
reduced interest rates on its
DEVELOPMENTAL ROLE
Paid `1.23 lakh crore dividend
to the government
Allowed banks to lend more to
non-bank financial institutions
Recognised role of NBFCs in
priority-sector lending and
allowed co-origination
with banks
Allowed
restructuring of
stressed MSME loans
TOP CHALLENGES
Reviving growth and sticking
to 4% inflation target
Ensuring on-time resolution
of DHFL insolvency — the first in
finance sector
Complete PMC Bank resolution
without causing collateral damage
to other institutions
Getting PSBs to exit prompt
corrective action framework
and preventing private lenders
from coming under stress
ed for central bankers. Insiders
describe their diminutive chief
as being “very endearing”, who
is able to listen to all stakehol-
ders and yet take a completely
independent decision.
RBI governors have a
decision by the RBI to hold in-
terest rates in its recent mo-
netary policy. According to
the RBI, its earlier rate
cuts are yet to be passed on to
borrowers. As against the cu-
mulative reduction in the po-
licy repo rate by 135 bps du-
ring February-October 2019,
the one-year median margi-
nal cost of funds-based len-
ding rate (MCLR) has decli-
ned by 49 basis points.
RBI governor Shaktikan-
ta Das had last week said that
transmission to various mo-
ney market and corporate
MLA LODHA NO. 1
Net Worth in `Cr
Mangal Prabhat Lodha & fly 31,960
Rajiv Singh (DLF)
Jitendra Virwani (Embassy) 24,750
Niranjan Hiranandani
Chandru Raheja & family
Vikas Oberoi
Raja Bagmane
Surendra Hiranandani
Subhash Runwal & family
Ajay Piramal & family
atured on the list of top 100
and in the top 10 wealthiest
persons, Delhi-NCR contribu-
THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019
14.3 14.4
FY15 FY16
two-three year fixed deposits
by 55 basis points since Febru-
ary and now pays 6.25%.
The government has, ho-
wever, reduced interest rates
on most schemes by a meagre
10 basis points although the
8.7
rates are linked to market ra-
8.6 tes. The issue has been raised
several times in the past but
the governments have been
reluctant to move due to a fear
of a public backlash.
For the finance ministry,
which is under pressure due
to weak economic activity,
the decision has to be taken at
8.5
8.4
the political level as those
with bank deposits, especial-
ly senior citizens, are compla-
ining of a fall in their income
as they have parked a bulk of
their savings in fixed depo-
sits. Besides, higher rates
will help the government mo-
bilise more funds and reduce
the need to go for additional
market borrowings at a time
when it is widely expected to
miss the fiscal deficit target
for the current financial year.
track record of having to start
their career with a crisis. For
former governor D Subbarao,
it was the global financial cri-
sis, for Raghuram Rajan, it
was the rupee crisis while Ur-
jit Patel had to deal with the
fall-out of demonetization.
Das faces challenges both at
the macro and the micro-level.
The “heavy lifting” that com-
mentators refer to when it co-
mes to pushing growth and
the health of several banks
and finance companies as bad
loans in India continues to be
the highest among large eco-
nomies. While Das has assu-
red that he will keep liquidity
easy for “as long as it takes”
for growth to revive, he will
have to reckon with inflation
crossing RBI’s mandated 4%.
Those within the RBI have
seen too much excitement in
recent years. Former gover-
nor of Bank of England Mer-
vyn King had in 2000 descri-
bed “being boring” as a mea-
sure of a central banker’s
success. Das’s ability to move
ahead without ruffling feat-
hers brings in the right amo-
unt of “boring” to the central
bank. When it comes to outco-
mes, Das has demonstrated
that despite not being an eco-
nomist, like most of his pre-
decessors, by having skin in
the game, he can identify
stress points in the economy.
debt market segments has be-
en swift and has ranged from
137bps (overnight call money
market) to 218bps (3-month
commercial paper of non-
banking finance companies).
“Transmission to the go-
vernment securities market
has been 113bps for yields on
five-year government securi-
ties and 89bps for yields on 10-
year government securities,”
Das said. According to ban-
kers, the movement of yields
in the money market are a po-
inter to how interest rates
will move for customers.
ted only one name while Beng-
aluru offered two.
The report said, “In a year
when the Indian real estate by
and large faced multiple chal-
25,080
lenges—from slowdown to
funds crunch to spotty de-
mand—the average wealth of
top 100 richest Indians from the
17,030
15,480
sector increased by 16%.’’ In
2019, the number of billionai-
res increased to 9 from 7 in 2018.
13,910
The report said that total
9,960 wealth of Lodha family incre-
9,720 ased by 18% during 2019. Rajiv
Singh’s wealth in 2019 increa-
7,100 sed by 42% to Rs 25,080 crore
6,560 as compared to 2018 and there-
by improved his ranking by
one point to number two.
Speaking at the launch, Ru-
pert Hoogewerf, Founder, Hu-
14.7
14.6
14.0
FY17 FY18 FY19
Tata veteran
Srinath leads
race to head
Tata Trusts
Reeba.Zachariah
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Tata veteran N Sri-
nath has emerged as a strong
contender to lead Ta-
ta Trusts, the coun-
try’s largest public
charitable organisa-
tion, said people fa-
miliar with the matter. Srinath
(57), who once was executive
assistant to Ratan Tata, will
step into the new role early
next year, said the people.
After R Venkataramanan
exited the top position at Tata
Trusts in March this year, the
foundation had formed a three-
member committee to select a
successor. The committee, led
by Ratan Tata, looked at many
people over the past several
months and has finally nar-
rowed down on Srinath, said
the people quoted earlier. A Tata
Trusts spokesperson declined
to comment on the report.
Unlike Venkataramanan,
who held the position of ma-
naging trustee, Srinath will be
offered the post of CEO. Tata
Trusts decided to create the
CEO post after it ran into trou-
ble with income tax author-
ities over Venkataramanan’s
high compensation. The au-
thorities had said that the high
salary, which was a couple of
crores, was not in accordance
with Tata Trusts’ deed.
The deed of Sir Dorabji Ta-
ta Trust (one of the main char-
itable organisations within the
fold) specifies that a trustee
must be paid Rs 1,000. But now,
with the managing trustee post
gone, there will be no issues
over the formulation of a com-
pensation package for Srinath.
Srinath, who has been in-
volved in the sale of Tata Teleser-
vices’ consumer mobile business
to Bharti Airtel, will now have to
deal with the legal battles at Tata
Trusts, among other things.
No plan for
edu loan
waiver: Govt
Rajesh.C@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The government on
Monday said there was no pro-
posal for a waiv-
er of education-
al loans, even as
there is a grow-
ing demand for
it. With rising
unemployment at a time when
the country is witnessing an
unprecedented economic
slowdown, the clamour for
waiver of outstanding dues
from borrowers of education-
al loans is rising. The unem-
ployment rate in the country
is at 7.5%, according to Centre
for Monitoring Indian Econo-
my, while the GDP growth
stands at 4.5% — the slowest
in more than six years.
According to data provided
by PSU banks, in the last three
years, the number of outstand-
ing education loans had in-
creased from 67,686 crore to
75,451 crore. “More than 90% of
these accounts are standard as
on March, 31 2019. Data linking
education loans sanctioned by
banks with securing of jobs is
not centrally maintained.
Banks have been sensitised to
adopt a non-coercive strategy
for recovery of education loans.
Further, there is no proposal
under consideration for waiver
of education loans, finance
minister Nirmala Sitharaman
told the Lok Sabha in a reply.
run Report, said if India has to
achieve $5 trillion economy, it
needs to have many more real-
tor billionaires. He said Indian
real estate is set to a transfor-
mation owing to multiple fac-
tors including having leaders
with proven expertise, credib-
le brand and deep pockets to
innovate and inspire.
Eight women make it to
the Rich List in 2019. The av-
erage age of the individuals
in the list is 59, revealed the re-
port. Six individuals under
the age of 40 and three above
the age of 80 also made to the
list. With a net worth of Rs 740
crore, the youngest on the list
is Jupally Ramu Rao and Ju-
pally Shyam Rao (33) of My
Home Constructions.
MF assets hit peak,
dip in equity flows
Underperformance Of Funds Among Factors
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: There has been a
sharp dip in net inflows into
equity funds in November
even as total MF industry
assets under management
(AUM) hit an all-time high.
This is because of a slew of
factors, including the un-
derperformance of most
funds, redemptions by MF
investors as the sensex ralli-
ed and drying up of new
equity fund offers,
Inflows through Systema-
tic Investment Plans (SIPs),
however, maintained its Rs
8,000-crore-plus per month
run rate for 12th month on the
trot and provided the much-
needed support to equity
fund inflows, data released
by AMFI showed.
In November, MF indust-
ry’s AUM hit an all-time
high at Rs 27 lakh crore, in-
flows into equity funds du-
ring the month dipped 78%
to Rs 1,312 crore from Rs
6,026 crore a month earlier.
One of the main reasons
for this dip was “the dicho-
tomy of leading indices do-
ing well but not underlying
portfolios,” said a top fund
industry official. The total
MF industry inflows, too,
fell 59%at Rs 54,419 crore
PEs value insurance-tech
startup Digit over $800m
Madhav Chanchani &
Mayur Shetty TNN
Mumbai:Mid-market private
equity firms, including TVS
Capital Funds, A91 Partners
and Faering Capital, are in ad-
vanced talks to invest $80-100
million in three-year-old on-
line insurance startup Digit at
a valuation of $800-900 mil-
lion, according to three sourc-
es familiar with the develop-
ment. This will be the first ex-
ternal round for the startup,
launched by insurance indus-
try veteran Kamesh Goyal
along with Canadian billio-
naire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax
Holdings, who have invested
over $140 million since 2017
across multiple rounds.
The interest in Digit,
which has emerged as the
fasted growing general in-
surance player in the coun-
try, is expected to do a busi-
ness of $250-280 million in
premiums this year. “The
transaction is waiting for
regulatory approval and it
is almost finalised,” said
one of the sources men-
tioned above. Interestingly,
senior and top mid-manage-
ment are understood to be
putting in $4-6 million in Di-
git, according to the second
source mentioned above.
Email queries sent to Di-
git, A91, TVS Capital and Faer-
ing did not elicit a response at
the time of filing this report.
Bharti Realty talks to French
chain Lafayette for 1st store
John.Sarkar@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Bharti Realty, a
part of the Bharti Group, is
in talks with France’s up-
market department chain
Galeries Lafayette for its first
store in India. The company
has also held discussions
with Cupertino-based tech
giant Apple for what could be
the iPhone maker’s second
flagship store in the country
to be located at Aerocity near
IGI Airport, sources said.
Bharti Realty, the real es-
tate arm of Bharti Group,
has developed Aerocity into
a retail and F&B hub on land
taken on lease from GMR
Group. The move comes
against the backdrop of
American chain of luxury
department stores Saks
Fifth Avenue pulling the
plug on its plan to open its
first Indian store in Aeroci-
ty after its talks of a part-
nership with Aditya Birla
Fashion Retail fell through.
While the complex origi-
nally meant for Saks Fifth
Avenue has been transfor-
…but state still takes lion’s share among top 10
GDP-contributing states for FY19 (in %)
Maharashtra
from Rs 1.33 lakh crore in
October. Also, there were no
new fund offers for equity
schemes in November, AM-
FI data showed.
SIP inflows in November,
at Rs 8,273 crore, was the se-
cond-highest monthly in-
flow ever, with the highest at
SIPs CUSHIONED OUTFLOW
INFLOW IN NOVEMBER
Net MF industry SIP inflow
inflow `8,273cr
`54,419cr SIP AUM |
Net AUM `3.03 lakh cr,
`27 lakh cr, also all-time
an all-time high high
Net equity inflow
`1,312cr Source: AMFI
Rs 8,324 crore recorded in
July this year. According to
N S Venkatesh, chief execu-
tive, AMFI, goal-based, long-
term SIP investments from
retail investors continue to
grow steadily and this has
pushed the SIP AUM at an
all-time high at Rs 3.12 lakh
crore. Venkatesh too belie-
ves that the sharp slide in
net equity inflows was part-
ly due to redemptions by in-
vestors during the month.
The transaction is interest-
ing as most of the PE funding
sector has been done by larger
firms focusing on buyout deals
in recent years. The fund-raise
will also allow Digit raise
growth capital while also
meeting the FDI cap of 49% as
all three firms are considered
domestic investors.
Excluding premium
from crop insurance, Digit
has seen a 100% growth rate.
In 2018-19, its first full year of
operations, the company re-
Excluding premium from crop
insurance, Digit has seen a 100%
growth rate. In 2018-19, first full
year of operations, it recorded
premium income of $172 million
corded a premium income
of $172 million. Although
the company adopts a multi-
channel distribution strate-
gy that includes agents, cor-
porate agents and banks the
interaction and process is
completely paperless. It has
recently signed up with Ka-
rur Vysya Bank for distri-
bution and is expected to
partner CSB Bank where
Watsa has a strategic stake.
Digit’s co-founder Goyal
has nearly three decades of
experience in the insurance
space, which included head-
ing Bajaj Allianz’s insur-
ance operations in India be-
med into an office complex,
Bharti Realty has started bu-
ilding another commercial
development project of over
12 million square feet area in
the vicinity, which it plans to
turn into a retail and com-
mercial hub. It has also come
up with a similar property
based on mix use develop-
ment in Gurugram on Golf
It has also held
discussions with
Apple for what
could be the
iPhone maker’s
2nd flagship store
in the country
Course extension road that
will be a mix of commercial
space along with a range of
retail and culinary giants.
While a Bharti Realty spo-
kesperson declined to com-
ment for this story, question-
naires emailed to Galeries
Lafayette and Apple India by
TOI did not elicit responses.
Family-owned Galeries
Lafayette, which has its flags-
TN 12
Gujarat 11
20 Karnataka 11
UP 11
WB 9
AP 7
Rajasthan 7
MP 6
Telangana 6
AMFI data showed that
large-cap funds witnessed
net inflows of nearly Rs 1,200
crore, a reflection of inves-
tors’ preference for blue
chips that rallied during No-
vember and took the sensex
to an all-time high at 41,164.
Data also showed that mid-
Equity flows dipped to a
multi-year low in November
as investors redeemed
mutual fund investments
since most funds underper-
formed sensex and Nifty
Drying up of equity fund
new fund offers (NFOs) also
led to lower gross inflows
However, over `8,200cr
of SIP flow cushioned the
outflow in the month
cap funds witnessed net in-
flows of Rs 802 crore. In com-
parison, value and contra
funds witnessed net inflows
of Rs 956 crore while sectoral
and thematic funds recorded
net outflow of Rs 637 crore.
Across schemes, over-
night funds recorded net in-
flows of Rs 20,549 crore, the
highest among all schemes,
while balanced and aggressi-
ve funds witnessed the hig-
hest outflow at Rs 4,932 crore.
fore moving to Allianz global
headquarters in Munich.
Watsa, on the other hand,
runs big insurance and rein-
surance businesses in Cana-
da and the US. His firm Fair-
fax, which entered Indian in-
surance in 2001 by forming a
JV with ICICI Bank, recent-
ly completely exited that in-
vestment to focus on Digit
according to regulations.
In the online insurance
space, Digit competes with
players like Acko, which is
backed by investors like
Flipkart’s Binny Bansal and
Infosys’ co-founder Naraya-
na Murthy’s Catamaran
Ventures besides venture
firms like SAIF Partners
and Accel India. It recently
raised capital from Ascent
Capital and is said to be val-
ued close to $300 million.
Digit has been able to
build a significant lead in the
market even though it is not
expected to be a winner-
takes-all industry. While
Acko did premiums of about
Rs 42 crore in September 2019,
Digit did about Rs 233 crore,
according to IRDAI website.
hip store in Boulevard Hauss-
mann in Paris, operates sto-
res in several countries and is
currently on an expansion
spree in China where it plans
to open 10 stores by 2025.
Apple, which currently
runs franchise-owned sto-
res in India, has reportedly
closed in on Mumbai to open
its first company-owned sto-
re in the range of 20,000 to
25,000 square feet, similar to
the flagship stores it opera-
tes in some other markets.
The company, which has
been wanting to open fully-
owned stores in India, got a
boost when the government
amended rules for single-
brand licenceholders in Au-
gust. While India requires
companies applying for 51%
foreign direct investment
(FDI) in single-brand retai-
ling to locally source 30% of
the products they sell in the
country, it tweaked the
norms to include exports
and contract manufactu-
ring among the mandatory
30% local sourcing norm
over a period of five years.
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includes various “paid” chat activity packs for specific topics like Android, iOS | Free handset’s camera—rear or front—to narrate different English accents, and natural language
relationships, self-esteem, procrastination, etc – and you can even whatever it sees. processing to understand context and spell words
get on a voice call to talk to your AI friend. Other notable AI-based HEALTH | ADA: YOUR HEALTH COMPANION It has various modes like short text, document, correctly.
wellness chatbots worth trying are Wysa and Youper.
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his AI-based symptom-assessment app
combines an exhaustive medical database
with ‘intelligent reasoning’ to help users
bar code scanner, person, currency, scene, colour
and handwriting. For instance, when the people mode is selected,
the app will tell you how many faces it can detect along with an
When you register with the service, you are prompted to submit
a short recording of your voice. This “imprint” helps the app
differentiate between you and the other speaker(s) near the phone.
FOOD | CALORIE MAMA AI understand health symptoms. approximate distance. When a picture is clicked, it states the Otter starts recording when you tap the microphone button

T
his app is a food tracker and calorie counter
that uses image recognition “machine-
learning” algorithms to identify different foods,
After you register with Ada, you need to
provide details like your age, height, weight
and preexisting health conditions. When you click the “Start
person’s age, gender, and reads his or her expression.
Similarly, you can use the scene mode to get a description of
your surroundings. In text and currency modes, Seeing AI quickly
and also transcribes the conversation in real time along with
searchable keywords.
The final audio track can be saved on your handset, along with
including packaged goods and barcodes. Its symptom assessment” button, Ada asks questions about the reads the text—English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch and the text transcription as a PDF or text file. The entire process is
algorithms recognise foodstuff from multiple health issue that you or a family member might be suffering. Japanese—and the value of the currency notes out loud. A user quick. The free plan comes with 600 minutes of transcription per
cuisines to automatically provide you with data Most questions come with multiple-choice answers or can also use the Share feature to choose images (in Mail, Photos month and unlimited cloud storage.
of your calorie intake. require you to provide a yes/no/unsure input. Ada taps into and Twitter) to let Seeing AI describe the picture. Android, iOS | Free
All you have to do is snap a picture of your food, Calorie Mama a database that comprises thousands of pre-existing That said, the app is a work-in-progress; still, the overall effort
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you confirm the dish, it logs your calories, along with nutritional
facts like fats, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, proteins, etc.
If your food is not automatically recognised, you can enter its
PDF format. At the end, it even provides you with guidance
about the kind of medical attention you should seek.
The app is not a replacement for professional medical
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S ocratic uses text and speech recognition AI
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name to manually search for the dish to log it in. Calorie Mama
AI’s image recognition gets better as you continue to use it.
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diagnosis, but it provides you with a better understanding
of your condition and—perhaps—even helps you answer
your doctor’s questions during your visit.
M
any smartphone cameras come with scene-
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to manually apply filters to the picture. Picai uses
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When you launch the app for the first time, it asks you about
present the solution in a form of pages that you can browse by
swiping across the screen.

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and iOS handsets. This cloud-based service
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news and weather updates, sends messages,
translates to over 70 languages, plays songs
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places of interest nearby, and more.
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pick—from 100+ professional filters—the right ones for you.
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and from resources like Wikipedia, Khan Academy and Crash
Course. These are presented with text, infographics and videos,
Assistant (Android only) that is designed to updates to your Facebook and Twitter Later, before you shoot a picture from within the app, it wherever available.
work as a hands-free entertainment service accounts. This assistant includes a “Teach identifies the scene and previews two filters in a split-screen It should be noted: Socratic does not let you save what you find,
while you drive. Besides sending messages, Robin” feature that lets you tutor the service view. All you have to do is choose the filter you like and adjust the but it provides a distraction-free environment for study research.
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Road & Building Depar tment , Government of Gujarat.
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GOVERNMENT OF ODISNA
OIEICEOFTHE ENGINEER-N-CNIEF [CMU, ODISNA, INIDBANESWAR
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UNDER FIRE: Rishabh Pant
Pant should be allowed
to mature, say KP & Lara
Thiruvananthapuram: Legendary West
Indies batsman Brian Lara feels Indian
wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant should be al-
lowed to mature and no extra pressure
should be put on him to perform. Former
England captain Kevin Pietersen also be-
lieves that Pant needs to be given time to
mature as there is still some years before he
can realise his full potential. “Rishabh Pant
came into the game creating a lot of excite-
ment, he had a lot of aggression and the
Indian public expects someone to replace
(MS) Dhoni immediately and in the same fold
but he is a totally different player. I know the
time is critical with the World Cup just 8 or 9
months away and they may even go with
another keeper but the excessive pressure on
him is unnecessary,” Lara added.
India set to top SAG
13th time on the trot
Kathmandu: India clinched 42
medals, including 27 gold, on the
penultimate day of competitions to
inch closer to 300-mark as the country
is poised to finish on top spot for the
13th time on the trot in the South Asian
Games. The Indian athletes also won
12 silver and 3 bronze to end Day 8 with
294 medals (159 gold, 91silver and 44
gold) to further widen the gap with
second-placed Nepal who have
collected 195 medals (49 gold, 54
silver and 92 bronze). Sri Lanka are
third with 236 medals (39 gold, 79
silver and 118 bronze).
With just a few events — including
seven boxing finals — left on the
closing day on Tuesday, India is
unlikely to cross the 309 total medals
won in Guwahati and Shillong in the
last edition in 2016 but may go past the
300-mark. India has topped every
edition of the South Asian Games
since its inception in 1984.
Wasim Jaffer becomes first Indian to
play 150 Ranji matches: Veteran opener
Wasim Jaffer on Monday became the first
player in Indian cricket to feature in 150 Ranji
matches. The 41-year-old from Maharashtra,
who has been an important part of the
title-winning Vidarbha team in the last two
years, achieved the rare distinction during
their Group A opener against Andhra Pra-
desh. The former India opener is now just 853
runs away from completing 20,000 runs in
first-class cricket. Overall, Jaffer has played
253 first-class games, scoring 19,147 runs at
an average of 51.19. He has scored 57 hun-
dreds and 88 fifties with 314 being his highest
score.
RUSSIA CAN’T PLAY
FOOTBALL WC IF
THEY QUALIFY: WADA
But Does FIFA Have ‘Neutral Team’ Rule?
Lausanne: Russia’s national soccer
team cannot play in the 2022 World Cup
under the Russian flag because of doping
sanctions, the World Anti-Doping Agen-
cy (Wada) said on Monday.
But Wada said the sanctions would
not prevent the Russian city of St Peters-
burg hosting matches during next year’s
Euro 2020 soccer championship or the
2021 Champions League final because
they were “not multi-sport major events
or world championships but rather re-
gional/continental single-sport events.”
“If they qualify (for the World Cup),
a team representing Russia cannot par-
ticipate. But if there is a mechanism put
in place, then they can apply to partici-
pate on a neutral basis, not as repre-
sentatives of Russia,” Jonathan Taylor,
chair of Wada’s compliance review com-
mittee, told a news conference.
Taylor said FIFA, soccer’s global gov-
erning body, had the option of putting
in place such a mechanism and that it
would allow clean Russian athletes to
apply to compete as neutrals.
“It will be for FIFA to implement, but
they will have to do so in conjunction
with Wada,” Taylor said. “But there will
be no flag or anthem.”
A spokesperson for FIFA said the or-
ganisation had asked Wada and the As-
Russia banned for four years
Lausanne (Switzerland): The World
Anti-Doping Agency’s executive committee
on Monday slapped Russia with a four-year
ban from international sports events, in-
cluding next summer’s Tokyo Olympics,
over a longstanding doping scandal.
The ruling means that Russia’s flag,
name and anthem will not appear at the
Tokyo Games, and the country also could
be stripped of hosting world champion-
ships in Olympic sports, although its ath-
letes will still be able to compete if they can
show they are clean competitors.
The sanctions are the harshest punish-
ment yet for Russian state authorities who
were accused of tampering with a Moscow
laboratory database. Russia’s anti-doping
agency can appeal the decision at the Court
of Arbitration for Sport within 21 days - an
action it has signaled it would take.
“Russia was afforded every opportu-
nity to get its house in order ... but it chose
instead to continue in its stance of decep-
SL begin first Pak Test tour in 10 years Shaw, Rahane hit fifties
‘HAVE NO CHANCE OF
WINNING BAN APPEAL’
Moscow: The head of Russia’s anti-
doping agency said on Monday that his
country had “no chance” of winning an
appeal against a four-year international
sporting ban he said was a tragedy for
clean athletes. “There is no chance of
winning this case in court,” Yury Ganus
said after the World Anti-Doping Agency
imposed the ban. “This is a tragedy,” he
said, adding that some Russian athletes
were already contemplating leaving
Russia so that they could compete. AFP
sociation of Summer Olympic Interna-
tional Federations (ASOIF) to clarify
how the four-year ban affected Russia’s
football teams.
European soccer body UEFA said it
had no comment.
Taylor said Wada had to treat all
sports the same way. “There are only a
few sports where the European champi-
onships matter as much as they do in
football,” he said. “You could argue in
football that, really, you needed to go
further. But, in other sports, that would
be going too far.” REUTERS
tion and denial,” Wada president Craig
Reedie said.
Russian athletes can compete in ma-
jor events only if they are not impli-
cated in positive doping tests or if their
data was not manipulated, according to
the Wada ruling.
For the 2022 fotball World Cup, Wada
said the Russian team will play under its
name in the qualifying program in Eu-
rope. If it qualifies to play in Qatar, the
team name must be changed to something
neutral that likely would not include the
word “Russia.’’
At the past two track and field world
championships, Russians competed as
“authorised neutral athletes.” A softer
line was taken ahead of the 2018 Pyeo-
ngchang Winter Games, when the Inter-
national Olympic Committee suspended
the Russian Olympic body yet allowed
athletes and teams to compete as “Olym-
pic athlete from Russia.” AGENCIES
Russian athletes march under
the Olympic flag during the 2018
Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
WHAT THE BAN WOULD
MEAN FOR RUSSIA...
z Russia would be banned for four years
from the Olympic and Paralympic Summer
and Winter Games. That rules an official
Russian team out of Tokyo 2020 and the
Beijing Winter Olympics of 2022. It would
mean Russian competitors who have
proved themselves above doping
suspicion would have to compete under
the ‘neutral’ Olympic flag.
z There would be no official Russian team
at the 2020 summer and winter Youth
Winter Olympics.
z They would also be barred from all
other multi-sport competitions such as the
IMPACT OF BAN ON
OLY MEDAL HOPEFULS
Here is a list of medal hopefuls at the
2020 Olympics who will not be allowed
to compete under the Russian flag but
may be allowed to compete as
authorised neutral athletes (ANA) at
the 2020 Tokyo Games...
Mariya Lasitskene High Jump (women)
Ranked No. 1 in the world. *Won gold at
the 2017 and 2019 World Championships.
Anzhelika Sidorova Pole Vault (Women)
Won gold at the 2019 World Cham’ships in
Doha. *Won gold at the 2019 European
Indoor Championships.
European Games and the Universiade as
well as any world championship organised
by any of the signatories of the World Anti-
Doping Code, which includes the
International Olympic Sports Federations.
z No official or representative of the
Russian government would be allowed at
these events, including the president and
the top officials of the Russian Olympic
and Paralympic Committees.
z For four years, Russia would not be
Mikhail Akimenko High Jump (Men)
*Won silver at the 2019 World
Championships in Doha.
Ilya Ivanyuk High Jump (Men)
Won bronze at the 2019 Worlds in Doha.
Sergey Shubenkov 110m Hurdles (Men)
Won silver at the 2017 and 2019 Worlds.
Vasiliy Mizinov 20km Walk (Men)
Won silver at the 2019 Worlds Championships.
Nikita Nagornyy Gymnastics (Men)
Won three gold medals at the 2019 World
Championships in Stuttgart. *Won silver
(team) at the 2016 Olympics.
Vladimir Morozov Swimming (Men)
Current world record holder in the 100m
individual medley.
Kliment Kolesnikov Swimming (Men)
permitted to host or submit a bid to host
any of the events listed above.
z Russia would not be able to become a
candidate to host the 2032 Summer
Olympics whether or not the bidding
process falls within the four-year window.
z Any competition that has already been
awarded to Russia which is scheduled to
take place during the four-year ban must
be withdrawn and reassigned unless,
according to WADA, “it is impossible to do
so from a legal or practical point of view”.
z No representative of the Russian
government would be permitted to work
for or sit on the committee of any
signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code,
which effectively means any international
sports federation.
Won six gold medals at 2018 Summer
Youth Olympics. *Won one silver and two
bronze medals at 2019 Worlds.
Anton Chupkov Swimming (Men)
Won the 200m breaststroke gold at the
2019 World Championships. *Won the 200m
breaststroke bronze at the 2016 Olympics.
Evgeny Rylov Swimming (Men)
Won the 200m backstroke gold at the 2019
World Championships.
Yulia Efimova Swimming (Women)
Won two silver medals at the 2016 Olympics.
Daniil Medvedev - Tennis (Men)
Ranked world No. 5 and won four singles
titles in 2019. *Runner-up at 2019 US Open.
Roman Vlasov Wrestling (Men)
Won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Time to focus on cricket, says Du Ples-

sis: South African captain Faf du Plessis on
Sunday called for the focus to be placed on
cricket after a week of crisis in the adminis-
tration of the game in South Africa. With the
start of a Test series against England only 18
days away, Du Plessis said: “There’s not
much time before the England series, so now
it’s about putting the focus back on to the
team and making sure that the Test team
gets all the things that are required for them,
or us, to be successful.” Du Plessis would not
be drawn on the controversies which en-
gulfed Cricket South Africa. AGENCIES
ACTION TODAY
BASKETBALL: NBA: Milwaukee vs Orlando,
6.30 am; Golden State vs Memphis, 9 am
(Sony Ten 1)
CRICKET: Ranji Trophy, 9.30 am (Star Sports
2)
FOOTBALL: Champions League: Salzburg vs
Liverpool, Napoli vs Genk 11.25 pm; Chelsea
vs Lille, Ajax vs Valencia, Borussia Dortmund
vs Slavia Praha, Inter Milan vs Barcelona,
Lyon vs RB Leipzig, Benfica vs Zenit St Peters-
burg, 1.30 am Wednesday (Sony Ten Net-
work); I-League: Neroca FC vs East Bengal, 2
pm (Live on DSport)
Islamabad: Sri Lanka em-
barked on the first Test crick-
et tour of Pakistan in 10 years
on Monday following the
deadly 2009 attack on their
team that plunged Pakistan
into sporting isolation.
“Touchdown Islamabad,”
tweeted the Pakistan Cricket
Board, along with video of the
players at the airport, while
Pakistan Cricket Board chief
executive Waseem Khan
called their arrival a “historic
occasion”.
Sri Lanka will play two
Tests under heavy security,
one in Rawalpindi — where
Pakistan’s army is headquar-
tered — and the second in Ka-
rachi, ending a decade-long
absence for cricket’s five-day
format since the attack.
Eight people were killed
and several players and offi-
cials were wounded when mil-
itants opened fire on a convoy
of buses travelling to a Test in
Lahore in March 2009.
“This is my first tour to Pa-
kistan,” said Sri Lanka skip-
against Baroda on Day 1
INTENSE: Pakistani soldiers guard the stadium in Rawalpindi on Monday
per Dimuth Karunaratne,
who opted out of the team’s re-
cent limited-overs tour of Pa-
kistan.
“After the 2009 incidents
players were scared to tour Pa-
kistan but in the last two years
or so Sri Lanka and other
teams have toured Pakistan.”
He added: “We want to play
good cricket in Pakistan and
AFP
hope they give us some good
security.”
The 2009 attack slammed
the door shut on international
sporting fixtures in cricket-
loving Pakistan as foreign
teams refused to visit over se-
curity fears.
Pakistan’s cricket team
has been forced to play its
home matches on neutral
ground in the United Arab
Emirates, resulting in finan-
cial losses and hard times for
Pakistani fans.
International cricket be-
gan making inroads back into
the country when Zimbabwe
became the first team to play
in Pakistan in 2015, paving the
wave for a smattering of
Twenty20 matches ever since.
But Test matches — con-
sidered the pinnacle of inter-
national cricket — have until
now remained absent. The
first Test starts in Rawalpindi
on Wednesday and the second
is in Karachi from December
19. “Pakistan’s losses due to
non-hosting of international
cricket have been substan-
tial,” Waseem said. “Pakistan
cricket supporters have been
denied the opportunity to see
their heroes play live in our
national stadiums.”
None of the players on Pa-
kistan’s current roster, in-
cluding skipper Azhar Ali (75
Tests) and Asad Shafiq (71),
has played a Test at home. AFP
Vadodara: Test specialist Ajinkya
Ranahe and young opener Prithvi
Shaw struck gritty fifties as Mumbai
ended day one of their Ranji Trophy
lung opener against Baroda at 362/8
here on Monday.
While Rahane's patient 79 off 145
balls pulled Mumbai out of the rubb-
le, bowlers Shardul Thakur (64) and
Shams Mulani (56 not out) contribu-
ted with the bat slamming half cen-
turies as they ensured Mumbai en-
ded the first day with a decent score
on the board.
This was Shaw's first first-class
game after serving a eight-month
ban for doping, and he made opti-
mum use of the opportunity.
Shaw, who is eyeing the third ope-
ner's slot in Tests, made a quick 66 off
62 balls.
Hyderabad were all out for 233
runs against Gujarat at home when
the day ended. Kolla Sumanth cont-
ributed with 69 runs while Chama V
Milind chipped in with 47 runs for
the hosts.
For Gujarat, leggie Piyush Chaw-
la picked three for 61while Roosh Ka-
laria, Chintan Gaja and Arzan Nag-
waswalla bagged two wickets each.
Saurashtra wrapped Himachal
Pradesh's innings for a meagre 120
runs as Jaydev Unadkat, Chirag Jani
and Prerak Mankad struck thrice
each. However, Saurashtra batters
were back to back to pavillion in the
same way and were reeling at 93/7,
trailing by 27 runs, when the day en-
ded. AGENCIES
RANJI TROPHY: DAY ONE
Brief Scores: Himachal Pradesh
120 all out (Prashant Chopra 33, Sumeet
Verma 22; Prerak Mankad 3-13, Chirag Jani
3 -26) vs Saurashtra 93/7 (Snell Patel 42,
Arpit Vasavada 16, Vaibhav Arora 3-20,
Pankaj Jaiswal 3-29).
Mumbai 362/8 (Ajinkya Rahane 79,
Prithvi Shaw 66; Shardul Thakur 64; Bhar-
gav Bhatt 3-110) vs Baroda.
Hyderabad 233 ( K Sumanth 69 not
out, C Milind 47; P Chawla 3-61) vs Gujarat
Karnataka 259/6 (Devdutt Padikkal
78, P Deshpande 65; M Siddharth 2-33, Ba-
ba Aparajith 1-24) versus Tamil Nadu.

India’s T20 Achilles heel: Defending totals ...Catching, fielding under scanner too
Narayanan.S@timesgroup.com
Thiruvananthapuram: As
India gear up for the T20 World
Cup, one area that captain Vi-
rat Kohli has publicly ad-
dressed as a concern is their
ability — or lack of it — to set
up challenging totals batting
first. India have played 15 T20I
matches this year; winning
eight and losing seven. Out of
the seven losses, five have
come when they have batted
first — a clear pattern that
they are at their most vulnera-
ble when they are defending a
total. The eight-wicket loss
against West Indies in the sec-
ond T20I here on Sunday was
the latest such setback.
India were put in to bat by
West Indies on a surface where
the ball was not coming on to
the bat and all batsmen except
Shivam Dube, who was pro-
moted to No. 3 and scored 54,
struggled as they huffed and
AFP
nal match of the three-match
series in Bengaluru, a venue
that favours teams chasing. In-
dia went on to lose the game by
nine wickets after posing 134, a
score way below par.
“These kinds of games will
keep happening as long as we
are wanting to come out of our
comfort zones as a team and
putting ourselves in a situa-
tion, which could be the case in
a big game in a big tourna-
ment,” said Kohli after the
Lendl Simmons (R) and Nicholas Pooran (L) made it an easy chase for Bengaluru defeat.
West Indies in the second T20 International in Thiruvananthapuram Rohit Sharma captained
India in the next series against
puffed their way to 170. In the overs, we should have got 40 to Bangladesh and there too, the
eventual reading, it appeared 45 runs and we got only 30. We hosts’ only loss came while bat-
way below par as West Indies need to focus on that,” said the ting first, in the opener in Del-
won comfortably by eight captain. hi. India opted to chase in the
wickets. This is not the first time the first match of the current T20
Virat Kohli believes India's skipper has addressed con- series against West Indies and
failure to end with a few big cerns regarding India's poten- pulled off their highest chase
overs did them in. “I think we cy batting first. At the begin- in the format. But their frail-
were good for the first 16 overs ning of the home season, Kohli ties while batting first came to
while batting when we were proactively decided to bat first the fore in the second game
140/4. But then in the last four against South Africa in the fi- here.
Narayanan.S@timesgroup.com
Thiruvananthapuram: A
dropped catch is always a talk-
ing point. In the second T20I
against West Indies, India let
go of plenty of chances and
made mistakes on the field
which possibly cost them the
game.
In the first game in Hydera-
bad too, Washington Sundar
had dropped Shimron Het-
myer and Rohit Sharma drop-
ped the Windies skipper Kie-
ron Pollard. In the eventual
reading, those drops did not af-
fect India as they went on to
win that game.
However, on Sunday India
paid the price for spilled three
catches.Washington was a
guilty party again, dropping a
skier to give Lendl Simmons a
life from which the opener led
West Indies to a series-levell-
ing win. In the same over off
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, wicket-
Washington Sundar drops a catch during the second T20I on Sunday
keeper Rishabh Pant dropped
another easy chance offered
by Evin Lewis. Simmons was
on six when he was dropped,
and he finished with an unbea-
ten 67. Lewis was on 16 when
he offered a chance and he add-
ed 24 vital runs more to his
score before getting dismis-
sed.
Later, Shreyas Iyer drop-
AP
ped a comparatively more dif-
ficult chance at long-on off Ni-
cholas Pooran. Needless to say,
captain Virat Kohli, who him-
self took a stunner at long-on
to dismiss Shimron Hetmyer,
was not pleased with India's
catching.
“If we field so poorly, no
amount of runs will be
enough. We were poor in the
field during the last two
games. We dropped two catch-
es in one over. Imagine if they
lost two in the same over...that
could have increased pres-
sure,” Kohli said.
Even West Indies captain
Pollard lost a ball completely
under lights, giving a reprieve
to Shivam Dube. Washington
has been facing the heat most-
ly but some are empathizing
with him. “Once you drop one
catch at this level, the ball fol-
lows you. And at this moment,
the ball is following Washing-
ton Sundar everywhere,” for-
mer New Zealand pacer Si-
mon Doull said in a post-match
chat show.
“The most difficult thing
as an international cricketer
is to change your frame of
mind and think that ‘I want
the ball to come to me.’ and not
‘I want to hide.’ It is not about
the practice, it is in the head,”
Doull added.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

Heavyweight sports jury picked best of Indian sport THE NOMINEES: Archery
TIMES NEWS NETWORK The discussion and deliberations for walk this tightrope with consummate Abhishek Verma: Veteran archer Abhishek Verma won seven
this category went on for quite some ease. The shooting category was an- World Cup medals in 2018. The 29-year-old also

T
he fourth edition of the Times time, with former athlete Ashwini other one which had a very long list won a silver in the compound team event at the
of Indian Sports Awards (TOI- Nachappa stepping in to explain the of nominees, both male and female. 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. Verma had a
SA) presented by the Govern- rigours athletes go through in sprint The jury members took their time to successful partnership with compatriot Jyothi
ment of Assam will be held in Guwa- events. One of the most interesting selection the nominees. Surekha, as they won four World Cup bronze
hati. The very best of Indian sports, categories that was discussed was box- When it came to the hockey, it was medals in compound mixed team event (in Shanghai, Antalya,
across several disciplines will be hon- ing. With as many as eight nominees clear that this was one of the most Salt Lake City and Berlin). Individually, Verma won a singles
oured at the ceremony. in this category (both male and fe- popular categories. Everyone, includ- silver at the Salt Lake City World Cup, before finishing off the
Ahead of the awards ceremony, the male), the jury members were ini- ing talked about all the nominees and 2018 season on a high with two World Cup Final medals in
TOISA jury met to decide the winners tially split in their choices before going their skills and achievements, before Samsun, Turkey. In the final, Verma won a bronze in singles
across several categories. through the entire nominee list again the winner’s name was decided unan- before adding a silver in the mixed team event with Deepika
This year the jury was a six-mem- JURY MEMBERS: Sports legends (from left) Zafar Iqbal, Bhaichung Bhutia, before coming to a mutual decision. imously. In a few of the categories Kumari. In the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey held in
ber panel, which included former In- Gautam Gambhir, Devendra Jhajharia, Ashwini Nachappa with Times Internet When it came to wrestling, Deven- where it was almost impossible to May 2019, Abhishek Verma teamed up with Rajat Chauhan
dia hockey captain and 1980 Olympic Limited’s Chief Editor Rajesh Kalra dra Jhajharia, who follows wrestling distinguish one athlete’s performance and Aman Saini in the Indian men’s compound team to defeat
gold medallist Zafar Iqbal, former In- keenly had a few very insightful in- from another’s, the jury members felt Russia 235-230 in the bronze medal playoff.
dia football captain and arguably one included the 2018 Commonwealth egories. Devendra Jhajharia is a man puts. When the category of cricket it was only fair to name joint winners.
of the finest players the country has Games, 2018 Asian Games, multiple of a few words, but when he does was being discussed, one jury member The coach of the Year category was Deepika Kumari: Deepika Kumari held her nerve in an
produced, Bhaichung Bhutia, former World Cups and World Champion- speak, you can tell that his knowledge made an interesting point about the one where the four nominees all have intriguing play-off to beat 2016 Rio Olympics
India cricketer, two time World Cup ships across sports, various cricket of sports is masterful. Bhaichung gulf that has formed between the four very impressive resumes. They almost individual silver medallist Lisa Unruh of Germany
winner and now member of Parlia- series across all three formats (Tests, Bhutia has always been a very knowl- top nations (India, Australia, England decided the winner, before one mem- to win the bronze at the Archery World Cup Finals
ment Gautam Gambhir, two time ODIs and T20s) and more. edgeable athlete. And Zafar Iqbal com- and New Zealand) and the rest of the ber interjected to point out that an- in September 2018 in Turkey. This was Deepika’s
Paralympic gold medallist Devendra The six jury members had to de- mands respect in whichever room he teams in international cricket. other nominee and his credentials fifth World Cup final podium finish. In June 2018,
Jhajharia, former India track star, cide the jury choice winners in as walks into. It was also very interesting to see deserve a second look. Deepika clinched the gold in the women’s recurve event at
Ashwini Nachappa who out-ran PT many as 23 different categories. The The deliberations started with the how the jury members went about The most interesting thing to wit- the World Cup (Stage III) beating Germany’s Michelle
Usha on two separate occasions and jury dossier, with details of shortlisted sport of archery. Here their job of picking the ness at the jury meet was the jury Kroppen 7-3 to qualify for the circuit final. In July 2019,
Chief Editor of Times Internet Lim- nominees was drawn up after exten- the jury members were winners, when they had to members’ take when it came to decid- Deepika won silver at the 2020 Tokyo Games test event after
ited, Rajesh Kalra. sive and meticulous research and was united in their views and consider cate gories, ing the Team of the Year. A hockey going down to 18-year-old Korean An San in straight sets.
It was fascinating to watch these a lengthy document. The jury mem- the winner was decided which had older, more ex- player, a cricketer, a footballer, a track
sporting heroes who have brought so bers all agreed that the final list of quickly. perienced athletes who athlete, a para athlete and a Chief Rajat Chauhan: Jaipur-based archer Rajat Chauhan won a
much glory to the nation over the nominees that was drawn up was a Athletics though was have been around for a Editor weighed in on what their silver medal in the compound team archery event
years, across sports come together very comprehensive one. They were another story altogether. while as well as very achievements meant for Indian sport at the 2018 Asian Games (along with Abhishek
under one roof for the TOISA jury all very well informed about various Thanks to multiple nom- young nominees, who overall. Stay tuned for the complete Verma and Aman Saini). In May 2019, Rajat
meet. Here’s an account of what sports and athletes. inees, across various have burst upon the scene list of winners, which will be revealed Chauhan teamed up with Abhishek Verma and
transpired during the jury meet: While Gambhir, who is inciden- disciplines, who had ex- and set the stage on fire in soon, as the very best of Indian sport, Aman Saini as the Indian men’s compound team
The task in front of the jury members tally a big hockey fan was his usual celled at international a very short period of past and present come together for the won the bronze by defeating Russia in the playoffs at Archery
this time was a monumental one, be- astute self, Ashwini took the lead meets, the jury took its time. It was fascinating to Government of Assam presents the World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya, Turkey.
cause the timeline for consideration when it came to discussing a few cat- time with this category. see the jury members Times of India Sports Awards.

Sindhu confident
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WILL XMAS
MESSI OUT BUT CONTE
EXPECTS INTER TO SUFFER
Milan: Barcelona star Lionel Messi will not
make the trip to the San Siro for Tuesday’s
of finding form
COME EARLY?
final Champions League group game, but Inter
Milan coach Antonio Conte still expects a
tough test as his side bids to reach the last 16. Ratnakar.Manne ments. “I’ve
The Spaniards are assured of finishing top of @timesgroup.com been training
Group F as they have 11 points from five with him for
games. “Barcelona remain one of the four or Hyderabad: PV Sindhu has the last two-
FREE-SCORING SALZBURG SEEK TO five teams that every year sets out to win the toiled hard in the last 20 days and and-half
UPSET LEAKY LIVERPOOL AT HOME competition. If we think we won’t suffer when
Barca are in possession, we would be fools,”
is confident of regaining top weeks. He is
form at the BWF Tour Finals. Af- helping me
London: Liverpool travel to Salzburg on Tuesday said Conte. AFP ter winning the World cham- rectify my mistakes. We are
needing to avoid defeat to the confident Austrian pionship, Sindhu lost momen- watching all my matches and
champions to guard against an embarrassing Cham-
pions League group stage exit for the holders. Jurgen
SHORT PASSES tum and exited in the early analysing where I went wrong,”
rounds of six tournaments that Sindhu told TOI before leaving
Klopp’s men are used to getting through to the knock-
out stages the hard way. In each of the past two sea-
PLAYERS IN HISTORIC SPANISH followed. for the Tour Finals beginning in
MATCHFIXING CASE CLEARED The 25-year-old, who is Guangzhou on Wednesday (Dec
sons they have needed home wins to secure a place drawn in Group ‘A’ along with 11). The World No.6 admitted
in the last 16 before going on to make the final. Madrid: A Spanish court cleared 36 players of Chen Yufei of China, Akane Ya- that she was very disappointed
However, the spectre of a free-scoring Salzburg, sporting corruption on Monday relating to the 2010- maguchi on Japan and He Bing- with her poor show after the
led by prolific Erlin Braut Haaland spells trouble for 11 season match between Levante and Zaragoza, jiao of China, said that six of the Worlds. “I felt bad, worked on
an injury-hit Liverpool backline that has consistently which was investigated on suspicion of match- eight players have an equal my mistakes and improved. I
leaked goals this season despite streaking clear at the fixing after the latter won to stay in the top flight. chance of winning the title. don’t feel that I am going down,”
top of the Premier League. The Reds’ recorded a first PSG midfielder Ander Herrera, Leganes coach Group ‘B’ consists of Tai Tzu she said.
clean sheet in 14 games in Saturday’s 3-0 win at Javier Aguirre, and former Atletico Madrid captain Ying of Chinese Taipei, Nozomi Sindhu said conceding big
Bournemouth, but lost another centre-back as Dejan Gabi Fernandez were among those who stood trial. Okuhara of Japan and Ratcha- leads was a crucial mistake.
Lovren limped off in the first half. Should the Croatian
miss the trip to Austria, Joe Gomez will be Klopp’s
only fit partner for Virgil van Dijk in central defence.
2012/13
The last time the holders
All 41 people accused were found not guilty, with
the Valencian court citing a lack of evidence.
nok Intanon and Busanan On-
gamrungphan of Thailand.
“Many a time I conceded big
leads and it was difficult to cover
CARRY THAT WEIGHT: Salzburg’s Sindhu trained with Korean that gap. I was not lucky enough
Injuries have meant there has been a constant ro- failed to make it through Erling Braut Haaland (seen with BOCA ELECTIONS: RIQUELME’S TEAM coach Park Tae Sang to rectify as I lost some close matches,”
tation of Lovren, Gomez and Joel Matip alongside the group stage was Dominik Szoboszlai on the back) BEATS MARADONA’S FACTION her mistakes by watching all the said Sindhu and added she is
Van Dijk, while the attacking impetus offered by full- 2012/13, and Liverpool will has scored 8 goals in five Buenos Aires: Former Argentina playmaker Juan matches in the last six tourna- working on being consistent.
backs Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold be desperate to escape the Champions League games. The Roman Riquelme has won a three-way battle with
leaves space in behind to be exploited. Goalkeeper fate suffered by Chelsea. Norwegian teen has scored 28 bitter rival Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta
Alisson Becker also missed the first two months of
the season due to a calf injury to further unsettle the
backline. The Brazilian is now back, but another in-
PREVIOUS MEETING
Liverpool 4 Salzburg 3
goals in just 21 appearances in all
competitions
after his group won the elections at Boca Juniors,
striking a big blow against his old foe Maradona.
The list headed by Jorge Ameal, who was club
HC asks min: Why
jury to Fabinho has robbed the back four of the best
player to protect them in the holding midfield role.
“The next game where a clean sheet would be use-
games are drawn due to their head-to-
president between 2008 and 2011, won 52.8 per cent
of the vote bringing Riquelme into the 33-time
Argentine champions’ hierarchy. The 41-year-old
reinvent the wheel?
ful is already around the corner, against Salzburg on GROUP F head superiority over Lyon, or regardless if
stood alongside Ameal as prospective second vice- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
two years by a committee which
Tuesday,” said Juergen Klopp. That is easier said president and helped see off the faction supported
than done as Liverpool know from their first meeting Inter Milan (7) v Barcelona (11), Borussia Lyon lose. by Maradona. The list supported by Batistuta came New Delhi: In a setback to the go- had a broad spectrum of represen-
with Jesse Marsch’s men in October. Dortmund (7) v Slavia Praha (2) z Lyon will go through if they beat Leipzig in a distant third with 16.1 per cent. vernment, the Delhi High Court tation... was chaired by a secretary
Salzburg have scored 87 goals in 24 games in all z Barcelona are through as group winners. (when they would also clinch first place), or has questioned the rationale be- MYAS (read Injeti Srinivas) and
competitions this season. AFP if they draw and Zenit lose to Benfica. MILAN FAN STABBED IN FIGHT OVER hind the sports ministry’s move to the present presidentof theIndian
z Inter will go through if they beat constitute a 13-member commit- Olympic Association (IOA) was al-
Barcelona, or as long as they finish at least PLAYERS’ SHORTS: REPORTS
Milan: An AC Milan supporter was stabbed tee – to be headed by former Supre- so a member.” Narinder Batra is
GROUP E level on points with Dortmund (due to their GROUP H outside Bologna stadium in a fight over who had the current chief of the IOA.
superior head-to-head goal difference). A special two-judge bench of
Salzburg (7pts) v Liverpool (10), Napoli (9) v Genk (1)
z Dortmund must pick up more points than
Ajax (10) v Valencia (8), Chelsea (8) v Lille (1) caught a players’ shorts, according to reports. SPORTS CODE the court, comprising Justice S
z Salzburg will be through if they beat Liverpool and z Ajax will go through if they draw, or if The dispute broke out between the two visiting
Inter to finish second. fans after Milan players threw shirts and shorts me Court judge Justice Mukunda- Muralidhar and Justice Najmi
Napoli does not beat Genk. If Napoli win, Salzburg Chelsea fail to beat LOSC.
kam Sharma – to review the draft Waziri, noted that “apart from
must beat Liverpool by a better scoreline than the GROUP G z Valencia will go through if they beat Ajax, into the stands after the final whistle following
‘national code for good governan- undoing the work already under-
4-3 by which they lost against them on Matchday 2. Lyon (7) v Leipzig (10), Benfica (4) v Zenit (7) or as long as they finish at least level on their 3-2 away win.
ce in sports, 2017’. taken to prepare the draft code,
z Liverpool will go through if they draw, or if Napoli z Leipzig are through and will clinch first points with Chelsea due to their superior The court observed that it fai- this will delay the process of fina-
lose to Genk head-to-head record. DORTMUND STAR WITSEL HAS
place with a draw. SURGERY AFTER DOMESTIC ACCIDENT ledtounderstandtheneedto“rein- lising that draft code which has
z Napoli will go through if they draw, or if Salzburg z Chelsea will go through if they beat LOSC, Berlin: Dortmund star Axel Witsel will miss the rest vent the wheel” by constituting been available with the MYAS
z Zenit will go through if they beat Benfica
do not beat Liverpool. or if they draw and Valencia lose to Ajax. of the year after needing surgery for a facial injury another committee to review the since 2017. Consequently, this co-
and Lyon do not beat Leipzig, or if both
sustained in an accident at home. AGENCIES draft code, “which has been pains- urt stays the order dated Novem-
takingly prepared over a period of ber 26, 2019.”

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he new Jumanji film, Jumanji: The Next Level, will see new char-
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played by Karen Gillan is the only one who has the same character in-
habiting it as the last film although she
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We caught up with Karen, Jack and Awk-
wafina. Our takeaway: The hilarious awk-
wardness isn’t limited to the movie.
Karen, you said that you are very fond
of Martha (the character inhabiting
her avatar) and being the ‘awkward
teenage girl’ comes very naturally to
you. Ergo, you identify with the
quieter, less assertive version, even
though your core role in the movies is
the reverse. Is there a personal
‘Arhaan is a fraud.And,
if someone is a fraud,
he will continue to be so’
Devoleena Bhattacherjee talks to AT about Rashami Desai’s
boyfriend Arhaan Khan hiding the fact that he has a child
Devoleena
Bhattacherjee; (below)
Arhaan Khan and
Rashami Desai in Bigg
Boss house
Tanvi.Trivedi@timesgroup.com
igg Boss has its share of
B controversies, the latest being the fact
that Arhaan Khan was married and
has a child. Host Salman Khan revealed this
over the weekend and what was shocking
was that Arhaan’s girlfriend, Rashami
Desai, wasn’t aware that he is the
father of a child.
AT spoke to Rashami’s close
friend Devoleena Bhattacharjee,
who has exited the house to
undergo treatment for her back
injury. She said, “I have met
Arhaan only inside the house.
When he re-entered the show, I felt
that he really liked Rashami and
wanted to propose to her. But now,
I am thankful to Salman sir for let-
ting Arhaan’s secret out because
he is a fraud. And for me, if some-
one is a fraud, he will continue to
be one. If I were in Rashami’s
place, I would never forgive
Arhaan.”
Devoleena is worried about Rashami and
wants to guard her from falling into any
emotional trap. She says, “People know
Arhaan only because of Rashami.
Otherwise, he is hardly known in the indus-
try. Once a guy lies to you, he will forever lie
to you. I can say this because I have experi-
enced a similar phase in my life and can con-
nect with what Rashami is going through. It
is easy to forgive someone you are really
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parallel of going from a defensive, unsure Martha to an assertive,
in-control Ruby (the avatar she plays)?
Yes, I think that is very much paralleling my life. I grew up a really
tall, ginger girl in Scotland. Just didn’t know what to do with my
limbs or anything - really awkward. And then, you know, I started
to become more confident, more commanding as a person, I guess.
And my character also went through the same evolution, so I kind
WHEN JAKE (KASDAN, THE
DIRECTOR) ASKED ME TO COME
ON, I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT AND
I WAS NERVOUS, BECAUSE I
SEE THESE GUYS OPERATE AS
A GROUP. HE HAD A VISION FOR
MY CHARACTER THAT HE SOLD
TO ME VERY QUICKLY – Awkwafina
Kanye West
attached to because you are in love and want
to settle down.”
Devoleena is hoping to re-enter the house
soon. She says, “I want to go inside the house
and advise Rashami that many times when
you are going through a low phase emotion-
ally, there are friends who are genuine and
then there are friends who take advantage of
such situations. I feel that Arhaan is that
kind of a man, who is taking advantage of
her. I don’t think anyone should get married
in haste. If you are financially secure, there
is nothing to worry, you can get emotional
support from any family member or even a
friend. A man should not be the be-all and
end-all of everything in life. I feel Rashami
should take her time before moving on with
Arhaan because at the end of the day, it is
about living a happy life.”
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Kumar Dosanjh
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A
kshay Kumar’s colleagues
have often spoken about how
he likes to keep the
atmosphere friendly and pleasant at
work. Cricket and jokes are
commonplace on the set of the
actor’s film. Diljit Dosanjh, who
worked with Akshay for the first
time on debutant director Raj
Mehta’s Good Newwz, experienced A still from Good Newwz
his sense of humour first hand. On laughed and broke the ice in a fun started shooting the film, as they
the first day of their shoot together, manner, and that’s thanks to him. were pressed or time. “We were
they filmed a scene in which Kiara Cricket, jokes and funny incidents running against a deadline, so I did
of got to call upon that.
Advani’s character breaks wind in happened a lot after that. Somehow, readings with both the pairs and
I am the same character as last
the middle of the conversation, while doing some of the funniest the actors individually, but we
time. But she has evolved. In the first
film she was kind of bookish and
which is also seen in the trailer. acts on-screen, we could control our could not manage much time
nerdy and socially awkward. And in
Recalling the incident, Diljit told laughter, but we couldn’t do that off- together with all of them. So, when
AT, “I remember that I gave my shot
this one, she is the only original play-
and sat in my place. Main darta nahi
camera. I also had a great laugh
when I was dubbing my parts. In
they finally met on the set, it
turned into a mad-house. Although
er in the original avatar and every-
one else is flailing around. And she
kisise lekin Akshay paaji ka fan bhi fact, I laughed at a lot while dubbing I’m a Delhi ka Punjabi, sometimes
hoon aur unki badi respect bhi hai.
has to lead the charge and be in a lead-
Senior hain, experiencewale hain.
for many of my scenes. I saw myself
and said, ‘Yeh kya kar raha hai,
I didn’t understand the jokes that
Akshay and Diljit cracked. They
ership position. And it is quite the
evolution from the girl that we met
Toh main apni jagah jaake baith yaar’.” had their own little thing happening
in the last film.
gaya. He came to me and said, ‘Tu Director Raj Mehta revealed to us on the set. Off-screen, they’d
last time kab bola tha?’ I responded, that the lead pairs had not spent converse in Punjabi almost all the
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ‘Paaji, abhi scene mein bola na.’ We much time together till they time.”
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K
anye West arrived completely
covered in silver paint for his
Mary opera on Sunday at Marine
the biblical story of the miraculous events
surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. The
Books of Matthew and Luke recount the
Stadium in Miami. Kanye was also story of Mary. West’s Mary brings together
dressed in a metallic, silver robe as elements from different worlds – including
was joined by an ensemble of per- opera, fine art, modern dance, and gospel
formers, who were also all dressed in music – to create a new visual
silver and covered with silver paint. interpretation and innovative
Mary is an original opera, “based on performance structure.” — Agencies
Mayur Bhatt
It is a good time for the
BIJAL JOSHI
Gujarati film industry to
take risks: Bijal Joshi
Shruti.Jambhekar@timesgroup.com
-Town diva Bijal Joshi, who shot to
surprise how Bindu and Amar (Ojas
Rawal’s character) went on to hog all the
spotlight. In the show, Bindu was going to
D fame with her portrayal of Bindu
in the TV show Ladies Special 2,
was in Ahmedabad recently for the reading
die as per the actual storyline, but the chan-
nel and producers decided to change that af-
ter sensing the audiences’ interest. It was
sessions of her upcoming Gujarati film amazing to see how my popularity on social
Dhooandhar, which also stars Malhar media shot up so quickly! The Bindu-Amar
Thakar and Alisha Prajapati. The fan pages make me smile.
vivacious actress, who was appreciated for
‘WOULD LOVE TO DO A NEGATIVE
her performances in films like Chor Bani
Thangaat Kare and Fera Feri Hera Feri, ROLE ON SMALL SCREEN’
knows how to work in different mediums. After this show, I am getting a lot of
She has been a part of critically acclaimed opportunities on Hindi TV. But it is impor-
plays like Sambhav Asambhav too, apart tant that the character should be exciting.
from producing Hindi TV shows. Her Something like what Jennifer Winget did
popularity was evident when we met her at with a negative role in Beyhadh, managing
the hotel lobby, as some NRI guests to charm everyone, really interests me.
expressed their appreciation for her TV
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 
character. A happy Bijal told us, “Coming
to Ahmedabad always feels special. I love
the local food. But this time as I am strictly
on a soup and salad diet, I will miss out on I WOULD LOVE TO
all these delicacies.” Excerpts from a chat: PORTRAY GREY
‘FELT NICE TO PORTRAY THE ROLE SHADES. COMEDY
OF BINDU IN LADIES SPECIAL 2’ ALSO INTERESTS ME.
Ladies Special 2 came as a big turning point
in my career. Playing Bindu wasn’t a cake- IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
walk, but I gradually got into the skin of TO PULL OFF A DAILY
the character. I was nervous about sharing
screen space with two good actresses-Giri- SHOW IN THAT GENRE
ja Oak and Chhavi Pandey. It came as a big
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The winner of LIVA Miss Diva 2020 will represent India at Miss Universe. ASPIRATIONS
The winner also stands to win prizes worth Rs 10 lakhs
n the quest for a girl who ing it on to the next Miss Diva

I can revolutionise the defi-

nition of beauty and confi-
dence, LIVA Miss Diva 2020 will
audition in Mumbai on De-
cember 20th at Famous Studios,
Mahalakshmi for the final
round, along with other na-
tionwide aspirants.
Universe. But it is going to be
exciting to see the entire process
of choosing the face of the coun-
try, this time from a different
perspective. I wish all the luck
to the girls aspiring to be LIVA
Miss Diva 2020. I would only like
them to know that they are go-

With auditions unfolding in
10 cities — Lucknow, Kolkata,
Indore, Hyderabad, Pune,
Chennai, Bengaluru, Chandi-
garh, Jaipur and Delhi — as-
piring divas from across the
country will have a shot at
turning their dreams into re-
ality. The selected girls from
these cities will now arrive at
Mumbai for the final round of
auditions. This will be followed
by a four-city preliminary me-
dia tour in Jaipur, Bengaluru,
Delhi and Mumbai. Sub-con-
tests will be held, which
will culminate into thematic
evenings.
Through the pageant, each
finalist will undergo extensive
training and grooming to hone
her skills for the Grand Finale
A file photo of Lara Dutta, the mentor of LIVA Miss in February next year when the
Diva 2020, being crowned Miss Universe 2000 LIVA Miss Diva 2020 will be
crowned. The audition will be
APPLY NOW judged by an esteemed set of
judges from the industry, who
For more information, log on to www.missdiva.com will screen the contestants and
You can also email your pictures and profile to
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Follow on Facebook: The themes will be designed
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Follow on Twitter: meters ranging from ramp
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Vartika Singh, Miss Diva
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ing moment was extremely
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Watch out for #MissDiva2020 whelmed when I think of pass-
ing to learn a lot, irrespective
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Lara Dutta, mentor for the
pageant, adds, “It is thrilling to
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the pageant sees some fabulous
talent from across the country
and the journey of finding the
most deserving Indian face wor-
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try on a global level is excep-
tional. Like each year, I’m look-
ing forward to meeting these
striking young women who are
unbelievably driven towards
achieving their goals. Here’s
hoping they find success.”
In the past, the pageant has
changed the lives of the likes of
Neha Dhupia, Urvashi Rautela,
Asha Bhat and Srinidhi
Shetty.
LIVA, a fashion ingredient
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Miss Diva 2020. The partner-
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been seamless, as both celebrate
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unrestrained, spontaneous, self-
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The two-part reality series of
LIVA Miss Diva 2020 will be
aired on MTV, believed to be In-
dia’s No.1 youth brand. If you
think you have the spark and
drive to win the ticket to Miss
Universe, then here is your
chance to live your flow from
dreams to reality.
W
omen who believe, dream
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are generally the ones who
make it to the top. Be it Kangana Ra-
naut (LIVA’s brand ambassador),
who dreamt of making it big in Bol-
lywood despite all odds or Vartika
Singh, the reigning Miss Diva Uni-
verse 2019, a small town girl who
hailed from Lucknow, who dreamt of
making it to an international
pageant. These and many more such
successful women, who have dreamt
the impossible and made it possible,
have lived their life in their own
unique flow.
LIVA celebrates these women who
dare to live their flow and realise
their dreams. This is the tag line of
LIVA’s brand new campaign — live
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out there to live uninhibited in their
own unique way to live their flow.
Launched in 2015, the brand today
has become synonymous with fash-
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ion with its fluid fabrics to create gar-
ments synonymous with comfort
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#LiveYourFlow, encourages women
to be spontaneous, confident,
unhindered and free as they live in
the moment.
Made with 100 per cent natural fab-
rics, the brand’s lightweight feel,
flawless drapes and breathable fab-
ric, give every rising Diva a chance to
glide, breathe and flow as they con-
quer the stage. It resonates with
every nascent Diva, making this part- C A LV I N A N D H O B B E S
nership a seamless fit.

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FORD V FERRARI
(U/A) ★★★
Christian Bale,
Matt Damon
58888 Code: for
2D CARNIVAL 5.35 pm PVR
ARVED TRANSCUBE 10.15
pm CINEPOLIS 10 pm TIME
CINEMA CG ROAD 4, 6.30
pm 4DX PVR ACROPOLIS
10.30 pm
FROZEN 2 (U/A) ★★★½
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel
58888 Code: fro
2D TIME CINEMA CG ROAD
9.15, 11.15 am, 1.20, 3.45,
6, 8.15, 10.30 pm 3D
CINEPOLIS 9.05, 7.40 pm
4DX PVR ACROPOLIS 10
am, 12.30, 3 pm
KNIVES OUT (U/A)★ ★★★★
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans
58888 Code: kni
CINEPOLIS 11, 4.50, 3 pm
PVR ACROPOLIS 10.30 pm
HINDI FILMS
PANIPAT (U/A) ★★★½
Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt,
Kriti Sanon
58888 Code: pan
CARNIVAL 8.30, 11.45 am,
4,7.15,10.30 pm CINEMAX
DEV ARC 9 am, 12.30, 4,
7.30,11 pm CINEMAX SHIV
11 am, 2.30, 6, 9.30 pm
CINEPOLS 9, 10 am, 12.20,
3.55, 5.40, 7, 9.15, 9.45 pm
CITY GOLD SATELLITE
9.30, 11.45 am, 1, 3.15,
7.30, 9.45, 10.15 pm CITY
GOLD ASHRAM ROAD 9.30
am, 12.45, 4, 6.15, 9.45 pm
MUKTA A2 9 am, 12.15, 3,
4.15, 7.30, 9.30, 10.45 pm
PVR ACROPOLIS 9.15,
10.45 am,12.45,4.15,6.05,
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Group A: comb, mount, strophe, tonic
PVR 8800900009 City Gold: Ashram Rd:
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Cinemax: Dev Arc 26929248, Gnagar: 23245666,
SPELLATHON Shiv: 26582258, Cine Pride: 22840101 Gnagar
A Today’s Ratings:
65728080/1, Sarkhej 65497039,
Drive-In: 27454600, Mukta A2: 30464500
C R 11 - average 13 - good 15-outstanding
How many words of four or more letters can you make from the
Red Carpet: 65495182, Rupam: 25357705,
Wide Angle: 26929724
Y ■ Each puzzle has just one unique
T L
letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, a letter can
be used as many times as it appears in the puzzle. Each word
must contain the central letter. There should be at least one
E seven letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are
not allowed. British English Dictionary is used as reference.
SCRAMBLE
Rearrange the letters in the four word jumbles, one letter
to each square/circle, to make four ordinary words
BMAAE
HOW TO PLAY
MIILT
Now arrange the letters in the circles to form the answer
to the riddle or to fill in the missing word as indicated
ESUDDN
____ will never catch up with the ___ for it -
DEOBMY
Malcom Forbes (7,..,6)
7.45,11.15 pm PVR ARVED
TRANSCUBE 9, 11 am,
12.30, 2.30, 4, 7.30, 9.30,
11 pm TIME CINEMA CG
ROAD 10 am, 12.30, 2.30,
4.15, 6.45, 9.30, 10.30 pm
WIDE ANGLE 9, 9.45 am,
12.15, 3.30, 6, 6.45 pm
K SERA SERA 9.45 am, 12,
3.30, 6.45, 10 pm
PATI PATNI AUR WOH
(U/A)★★★★½
Kartik Aaryan,
Bhumi Pednekar
58888 Code: pat
CARNIVAL 8.50, 10.15 am,
12.45, 3.15, 5.45, 8.15, 10,
10.45 pm CINEMAX DEV
ARC 8.50, 10.40, 11.40 am,
1.30, 2.30, 5.20, 7.10, 8.10,
10, 11 pm CINEMAX SHIV
9.50, 10.50 am, 1.40, 4.30,
7.20, 10.10 pm CINEPOLIS
9.10, 10.10 am, 1, 2.50,
3.50,6.40,7.30,9.30,10.30
pm CITY GOLD ASHRAM
ROAD 9, 10.30, 11.30 am,
1, 2.15, 3.30, 5, 7.45, 9.30,
10.30 pm MIRAJ CINEMAS
CINE PRIDE 9, 10.40, 11.40
am, 1.20, 2.20, 4, 5, 6.40,
7.40, 9.20, 10.20 pm
MIRAJ CITY PULSE 9, 10,
11, 11.40 am, 12.40, 1.40,
2.20, 3.20, 4.20, 5, 7, 7.40,
8.35, 9.40, 10.20, 11.15 pm
MUKTA A2 9, 10, 11.15 am,
12.30, 1.45, 3.30, 6, 8.30,
11 pm PVR ACROPOLIS
8.50, 11.40 am, 2.30, 5.20,
8.10, 11 pm PVR ARVED
TRANSCUBE 8.50, 10.40,
11.40 am, 1.30, 2.30, 4.20,
5.20, 6, 7.10, 8.10, 10, 11
pm SB MULTIPLEX 9,11.45
am, 1, 2.30, 3.45, 5.15, 8,
10, 11 pm TIME CINEMA
CG ROAD 10.45, 11.30 am,
1.30, 2.15, 3.55, 6.45, 7.45,
9.45, 10.30 pm REGIONAL FILMS
COMMANDO 3 U/A)★ ★★½
Vidyut Jammwal, Angira 24 CARAT PITTAL (U)
Dhar, Adah Sharma (GUJARATI)
58888 Code: com Bhakti Kubavat
AB MINIPLEX 11.45 am, 1, CITY GOLD ASHRAM ROAD
4 pm CARNIVAL 4.50 pm 7.45, 10.30 pm RAJHANS
CINEMAX DEV ARC 4.20 CINEMAS SATADHAR 8,
pm CINEMAX SHIV 3.30 10.35 pm SB MULTIPLEX
pm CITY GOLD ASHRAM 7.30 pm TIME
ROAD 9, 11.30 am, 5.15, CINEMA CG ROAD 7.45,
7.15 pm MIRAJ CINEMAS 10.30 pm CITY GOLD
6.30 pm MIRAJ CITY S AT E L -
PULSE 11 am, 4.40, 10.25 LITE 7 pm
C I T Y
pm PVR ACROPOLIS
G O L D
TIMES HITORI
4.55 pm PVR ARVED
TRANSCUBE 9.10 am,1.25, BOPAL
6.55 pm RAJHANS 7.15 pm
SATADHAR 5.20 pm C I T Y
HOTEL MUMBAI (U/A) G O L D
★★★½ MOTERA
Dev Patel, Anupam Kher 8 pm ENGINEERING | MANAGEMENT | MEDIA | LAW
58888 Code: hot HELLARO presents
( U / A )
MIRAJ CITY PULSE 10.35
(Gujarati)
SUDOKU CHALLENGE
pm PVR ARVED
TRANSCUBE 7.30 pm CITY ★★★★ Level: Easy
GOLD SATELLITE 5.30 pm Shraddha
CINEPOLIS 1.35, 7 pm Dangar,
NEWFANGLED MINIPLEX Jayesh
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6.31 pm
PAGALPANTI (U/A) ★★ 19 CINE-
MA 9,
John Abraham
58888 Code: pag 11.25 am,
7 . 2 5 ,
CARNIVAL 11.30 am
10.30 How to play circle its
CINEPOLIS 11.25 pm PVR
pm AB 1. A number vertical and
ARVED TRANSCUBE 12 pm
MINIPLEX may appear just horizontal
SB MULTIPLEX 8.15 pm
9, 11.20 once in each neighbours,
BALA (U/A)★ ★★ am, 12, row or column. which means
Ayushmann Khurrana,
2 . 3 0 , Eliminate repeat they cannot be
Bhumi Pednekar 10.30 pm numbers by eliminated.
58888 Code: bal
CARNIVAL darkening cells. (Fig A) 5. Any cell
CARNIVAL 3 pm CINEMAX 8.30 pm (see example) "sandwiched"
DEV ARC 4.15 pm CITY
CINEMAX 2. Darkened cells must never between neighbours of the
GOLD SATELLITE 2.45 pm DEV ARC be adjacent in a row or col- same value can be circled.
PVR ARVED TRANSCUBE HOW TO PLAY
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3. Unmarked cells must cre- 6. A "triple" is a special case
column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without
ate a single continuous area, of sandwich. Circle the
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Playing Bethany, I learnt I would love to do a negative role

confidence is power Bijal
Joshi in a daily TV show, says Bijal Joshi
(including an untitled film with Amar Upadhyay, MORE CHILLED OUT PERSON’
in which she has a special appearance). Monetary After the show got over, I went to London for an
Awkwafina, Jack Black gains aren’t relevant for me, it’s the character that event. That’s when I thought of going on a solo trip.
and Karen Gillan interests me. Even in Dhooandhar, I have a very I went to Prague and Vienna after exploring
hatke role. It is a good time for the Gujarati film London. It was a wonderful experience to travel
industry to take risks and offer something new to without an itinerary (“usually I prefer a planned
the audience. I am looking forward to do some trip”), and it felt great to relax at cafes, river banks,
more meaningful Gujarati films. tourist spots and explore the markets there. This
‘TRAVELLING SOLO HAS MADE ME A trip has made me a more chilled out person.

I WAS OFFERED THE

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I would love to portray grey shades. Comedy also in-
terests me. It is very difficult to pull off a daily show
in that genre, and that’s the challenge. Although su-
pernatural shows garner high TRPs, I want to avoid
these shows, unless the storyline is logical. While
there’s a big viewership for those shows, I won’t
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So you sympathise with that awkward transi- ROLE (OF BETHANY) AND I take it up unless my mind accepts the storyline.
tion that people have to make, the nerds? GRABBED THE CHANCE. I ‘DHOLLYWOOD IS NOW MAKING A MARK ’
It is delightful to notice how Gujarati movies are
I think everyone has to go through that. Es-
pecially the nerds! The popular people have
THOUGHT I COULD DO IT bagging accolades and getting popular. From
to go through their own evolution, but the WELL AND I ACTUALLY Hellaro, Saheb, Reva to Natsamrat, many meaning-
ful movies have been made in recent times. And
nerds get it worse. LOBBIED FOR IT. I CALLED even the box office numbers have been impressive
Awkwafina, how difficult was it to create your
own space in a movie like this, which already
JAKE AND I TOLD HIM I for movies like Gujjubhai Most Wanted and Shu
Thayu. I would love to produce Gujarati films in
has a large number of established characters, REALLY WANTED THE PART future.
more so for someone who often says that you – Jack Black ‘TAKING RISKS IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
‘shut down stereotypes just by existing’?
I was definitely coming into what already exist- FOR D-TOWNERS’
ed. I was a big fan of the last movie and I love these I am working on two Gujarati films currently
guys. When Jake (Kasdan, the director) asked me
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because I see these guys operate as a group. Jake
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I think I just really learnt about my inner Bethany. Jack and Karen in a
I don’t think I took away huge life lessons, but I still from the film
learnt… nothing (laughs)!
Karen: Nothing?! Women are still a mystery to
him!
Jack: I learnt that there is power in confidence.
That is Bethany’s strongest attribute, I think. She
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is really bummed that he has to be Shelly Oberon,
the curvy genius (the avatar Jack plays). Even
though, I don’t know what he is so pissed about,
he is the best character, the best avatar! I can read
the map! And I also again play Bethany. And there I

may be another surprise there.

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Well, I didn’t find out that I had to. I was offered the Karen: Resilience, as my strength. And weakness
role and I grabbed the chance. I thought it was a – too much caution.
character I could do well and I actually lobbied for Jack: I am sorry, I am not too quick…
it. I called Jake and I told him I really wanted the (After a long pause) My core strength would be flex-
part and knew that there were other actors who ibility.

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Karen: Who? Give us one name. Jack: Yeah, and emotionally.
Jack: I will not! That is a horrible thing to say – Awkwafina: And socially. And professionally!
you want to know who I beat?! Let’s just say that Jack: Yeah, all of the above, I am very flexible. And
there were some happy hitters trying to get that my weakness? Cheeseburgers.
role! Awkwafina: I would say my strength is adapt-
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tattoo? Celebrity tattoo
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