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WINDOWS
KTR STRESSES ON RBI DEBT

BUSINESS
CITY

REFORMS IN ELECTION RESOLUTION

COMMISSION RULES ON HOLD

President Ram Nath Kovind,

CELESTIAL WEDDING
Opposition firm on
50% VVPAT count
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and other dignitaries
during the tribute paying
ceremony to Babasaheb B R
Ambedkar on the occasion of
his 128th birth anniversary,
at Parliament House in
New Delhi on Sunday
� Naidu questions reliability of EVMs
HANS NEWS SERVICE
Transasia Bio-Medicals New Delhi: New Delhi: Ques-
unveils hematology tioning the reliability of the
electronic voting machines
range in Telangana (EVMs), leaders of 21 Oppo-
Hyderabad: Transasia Bio-Medicals sition parties on Sunday de-
Ltd., an In-vitro Diagnostic (IVD) manded a mandatory paper
company on Sunday as part of its trail count in at least 50 per
40th anniversary celebration an- cent of the Assembly con-
nounced that its international stituencies in all the Lok Sab-
hematology range, is now available ha seats. Addressing the me- AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu with Delhi Chief
in Telangana. Backed by European dia, leaders of the political Minister Arvind Kejriwal, senior Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and
R&D, the 3PD to 5PD fully auto- parties, representing 70 per Abhishek Manu Singhvi at a mee�ng in New Delhi on Sunday
mated haematology analysers, cent of the population, said
reagents and controls include a the BJP onslaught on dem- employees were used for machine went to the BJP,
number of features to help institu- ocratic institutions was con- maintenance of the EVMs. which went on to prove that
tions, clinicians and lab technolo- tinuing unabated and the lat- Who will be responsible if EVMs' were not malfunc-
gists offer accurate diagnosis. � P6 est to fall victim to the vin- they resort to any wrong do- tioning but were manipulat-
dictive politics of PM Naren- ing? Will the Election Com- ed to do so, the Opposition
dra Modi was the Election mission own the responsi- leaders said. The leaders said
Commission of India. bility? Naidu asked. He said paper ballot was the best and
Priests performing the celes�al wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita Devi at the temple town of Bhadrachalam on Sunday Spearheading the on- around 20 to 30 per cent if it was not possible to switch
slaught on the Centre, AP EVMs mal-functioned dur- back to it during this election,

WON’T ALLOW THEM

Chief Minister Chandrababu ing the elections in AP. at least 50 per cent VVPATs
TS labourers Naidu said the meeting of
the 21 Opposition parties de-
It was appalling that every
vote in the malfunctioning
must be counted.
Con�nued on Page 12
stranded in
TO DIVIDE INDIA: PM
cided to file either a fresh pe-
tition or a review petition in
Saudi seek help the Supreme Court seeking
50 per cent VVPATs’ count-
TDP defends its choice of
� Modi targets Abdullahs, Muftis at J&K rally
� 689 workers from
India cry Riyad
ing. They would also take the
issue of malfunctioning of
tech advisor for EC meet
company cheated them the EVMs in the recent As- Amaravati: The TDP defended send-
Kathua: Prime Minister sembly elections in AP across ing technical advisor Hari Prasad
Narendra Modi on Sunday B BHASKAR KUMAR the country and create aware- Vemuru to the Election Com-
came down heavily on the ness among the voters. mission (EC) along with
Abdullahs and Muftis, say- Karimnagar: As many as 689 Naidu said the technology Andhra Pradesh Chief Minis-
ing the two families ‘ruined’ Indians, who have gone to was misused during Telan- ter N Chandrababu Naidu to
three generations of Jam- Saudi Arabia in search of gana elections and 25 lakh discuss the issue related to
mu & Kashmir and he will livelihood, are stranded in votes were removed. The the Electronic Voting Ma-
not allow them to ‘divide’ the country since April 2018 election o�cials apologised chines (EVMs), saying he was
the nation. as the company which as- when the number of votes invited by the poll body in the
The Prime Minister was sured them jobs failed to do polled were more than the past despite alleged involve-
referring to NC leader Omar so. The Joannaou and total number of votes. He ment in a case of EVM theft. � P12
Abdullah's demand for a Paraskevaides (J&P) Lim- said the services of contract
separate prime minister for ited, Riyad, a construction
Jammu and Kashmir. company, hired people from
The Abdullah and Mufti countries like India, Sri Lan-
families have "ruined" three ka, Bangladesh, Pakistan,
generations in the state. and Philippines, but failed
They laid seize to the state PM Modi pays homage to BR Ambedkar at an elec�on campaign to provide employment.
for three generations. For rally, during the ongoing general elec�ons, at Kathua, on Sunday The company is not paying
the better future of the state, salaries to the hired sta�
they need to be voted out, they want but they won't be Minister said people in from India and also not ex-
he told a public rally here. able to divide this nation, Jammu and Kashmir voted tending their Iqama status.
The bright future of Jam- the Prime Minister said. in large numbers in the first As a result, they are facing a
mu and Kashmir can be en- Campaigning for Minis- phase of polls and "rattled" lot of problems. With no
sured only after their de- ter of State in PMO Jitendra terrorist leaders, oppor- proper food and accommo-
parture. They can bring their Singh, who is seeking re- tunists and demoralised the dation, the victims are made
entire clan into the field, election from Udhampur "mahamilavat" alliance. to stay there in fear. They
can abuse Modi as much as Lok Sabha seat, the Prime Con�nued on Page 12 alleged that the company has
been harassing them for the
last six months and exploit-

Jet pilots to stop flying from today ing by making them to work
without renewing Iqama. Ac-
cording to reports, the
New Delhi: More than a thousand Jet Air- So, we have decided to go ahead with our labourers stranded are from
ways pilots will strike work from 10 am on call of no-flying from April 15," said a person Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya
Monday to protest unpaid salaries and un- with the National Aviator's Guild, the union Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kar-
certainty about their jobs. The carrier, sad- of Jet employees. Jet pilots, engineers and nataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
dled with more than $1.2 billion of debt, senior managers have not been paid since Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and
has had to ground more than 80 per cent January. Other employees have not got Telangana. The validity of
of its fleet over unpaid dues to leasing com- their March salary. On Friday, hundreds health cards has also expired
panies, pushing it to the brink of shutdown of Jet’s employees marched from the airport leading to several problems.
and jeopardising hopes of attracting a new to the airline’s headquarters in Mumbai R Ratnam (46), hailing from
investor. "As on today, we have not been to seek clarity on whether they will get Chennai, died due to lack of
paid for nearly three-and-a-half months paid soon and if their jobs will be secure proper medical help.
and we don't know when we will be paid. over the coming months. Con�nued on Page 12

KCR does quiet campaign: KTR

� CM in touch with non-BJP, non-Cong parties
HANS NEWS SERVICE whether KCR would be campaigning in voters to vote for the BJP, he said.
other states in North India as part of his The TRS leader said the state gov-
Hyderabad: TRS working president K Federal Front of non-BJP, non-Con- ernment had requested the Election
T Rama Rao on Sunday said Chief gress parties. “Why do you think KCR is Commission to conduct ZPTC and
Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was in not speaking? The campaigns are of MPTC elections before May 23 so that
touch with heads of various re- many types. There will be direct and in- the government can focus on develop-
gional parties in the country, direct campaigns,” said KTR. He reiter- ment for the next 4 years. He said the
while indicating that the ated that the TRS was going to win 16 Chief Minister KCR was contemplat-
latter may not cam- seats from Telangana and his party ing to bring in a strong Municipal Act
paign for these par- would play a decisive role in Delhi. to curb corruption in the state.
ties directly. KTR predicted that the Congress He ridiculed the comments of
In an informal in- and BJP would lose deposits in many Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
teraction with the Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Con- Chandrababu Naidu that the EVMs
media, KT Rama Rao gress would be in third place in four to were tampered with. “A person who
said that some cam- five seats and lose deposits in three to tells technology has come because of
paigns need to be four seats. In some constituencies, in- him is talking about tampering of the
done indirectly, cluding Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar, EVMs which is laughable.
when he was asked the Congress leaders appealed to the Con�nued on Page 12
2 TELANGANA HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

STATE SOON TO HAVE

OWN BRANDED DATES
VRC PHANIHARAN S Agriculture and Hor�culture multiple varieties of fruit crops addition to this, there are also
officials say Hor�culture Centre from di�erent research centres in plans to establish food processing
Hyderabad: Telangana State is all of Excellence has grown date the country and growing 15,895 units linking to area-wise crops
set to have its own branded dates. varie�es in three acres and it verities of fruit-bearing trees since grown in the State. This would fur-
According to State Agriculture yields good results 2017. Of the several fruit-bearing ther give a fillip for Nalgonda,
and Horticulture o�cials, the hor- S Officials are planning to persuade verities, dates being a tropical crop Medak and Mahbubnagar to be-
ticulture centres of excellence has farmers in Nalgonda, Medak and is also given preference and farm- come hubs not only for the culti-
grown date varieties in an extent Mahbubnagar to take up the ers in the areas like Nalgonda have vation but also to the processing
of three acres. The seedlings of ac�vity in a big way already started cultivating the and production of dates and its by- Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy along with Malaysian officials at an agriculture farm in Malaysia on Sunday

Minister visits Malaysia to study agri farms

date have been sourced from crop, he said. products, for Telangana to have its
prominent research centres and Speaking to The Hans India, a As of now, farmers are getting own brand of dates in near future.
started growing at the Mulugu senior o�cial from the State Agri- an average rate of Rs 150 per kilo- Another important advantage
and Siddipet Horticulture Cen- culture Department (SAD) said gram of dates and Nalgonda, in growing dates is that the mar-
tres of Excellence. "The Principal Secretary Agricul- Medak and Mahbubnagar are ket for the crop is not a seasonal HANS NEWS SERVICE ister is in Malaysia to visit agri- cultivating watermelon as an in-
Following the successful ture C Parthasarathy and Horti- identified as the suitable areas for one like mangoes and other fruits. cultural farms in the country tercrop. Similarly, the Minister
growth and quality registered in culture Commission L Venkat cultivation of the crop, he added. As people consume dates Hyderabad: Agriculture Minis- and take stock of agricultural also visited the food processing
the output, the departments are Rami Reddy have recently in- O�cials claim that the State throughout the year and it has a ter S Niranjan Reddy on Sunday practices adopted in cultivating units there to study the methods
planning to convince farmers in spected the centres at Mulugu and government's action plan to en- domestic as well as international visited Bukit Wang village of Ji- di�erent crops. and processes being imple-
Nalgonda, Medak and Mahbub- Siddipeta to take stock of opera- courage horticulture crops would market. In turn, this would help tra district in Kedah State of He visited the rubber planta- mented for processing di�erent
nagar to take up the date cultiva- tions underway at these two cen- further give a boost to the date cul- farmers to get a good price for Malaysia. According to a press tions in Bukit Wang and in- agricultural produce to make
tion in a big way. tres. The two centres have sourced tivation in the three districts. In their produce, he said. release here on Sunday, the Min- spected how farmers there are value addition.

Bhatti urges Speaker to KCR drafting

SELECTION OF CANDIDATE FOR MPTCS, ZPTCS

Cong mandal committees take action on defectors separate constitution

to meet today HANS NEWS SERVICE

Hyderabad: Leader of the Op-

position in Assembly Mallu
Leader of the Opposi�on
in Assembly Mallu Bha�
Vikramarka submits a
for TS, alleges Gudur
HANS NEWS SERVICE
HANS NEWS SERVICE meet on Monday and select the Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday memorandum in this
TPCC intends to candidates. Uttam Kumar demanded that Speaker regard to Speaker Hyderabad: The Congress
Hyderabad: Congress Mandal Reddy expressed confidence Pocharam Srinivas Reddy take party strongly condemned
Committees will meet on Mon- complete the that the party can bag majority action against the MLAs who
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Chief Minister K Chan-
day to select the candidates for exercise at the of the mandal parishad and defected to Telangana Rashtra drashekar Rao’s plan to es-
the Zilla Parishad Territorial zilla parishad chairperson Samithi (TRS). that the Chief Minister who has tablish Telangana State Ad-
Constituencies and Mandal earliest to ensure posts. He submitted a memoran- taken oath that he would protect ministrative Service on the
Parishad Territorial Con- He told the District Congress dum in this regard to the the Constitution has been vio- lines of All India Services
stituencies, according to party
that there is Committees to coordinate the Speaker on Sunday. Addressing lating it. Earlier in the day, Mallu (AIS).
leaders. ample time for mandal committee meetings. the media, he said that action Bhatti Vikramarka paid tributes Telangana Pradesh Con- KCR has been openly
They will select the candi- He said that wherever there is has been sought against MLAs to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the gress Committee (TPCC) displaying resistance to
dates and the list will be for-
campaigning no mandal committee, the PCC R Kantha Rao, A Sakku, D Sud- architect of Indian Constitution, treasurer Gudur Narayana implement various Central
warded to the Pradesh Con- would select the candidates. hir Reddy, V Venkateswara Rao, on the latter’s birth anniversary. Reddy in a statement on Sun-
gress Committee for the final during this week and they may The party leaders said that Harshavardhan Reddy, and He alleged that the Constitution day said, “K Chandrashekar
laws in Telangana State.
announcement. The PCC will be held between April 22 and after the Assembly polls, the Sabitha Indra Reddy under Anti being drafted by Ambedkar and Rao has been openly display- The TRS government did
announce the candidates for May 14. The Congress is plan- image of the party has been Defection Law. the democratic principles were ing resistance to implement not implement Land
the posts of Zilla Parishad ning to complete the candidate gradually improving. The vote He alleged that Chief Minister being mocked. various Central Laws in Acquisi�on Act, Right to
chairpersons. Elected mem- selection at the earliest, so that share of Congress improved in K Chandrashekar Rao has been He said that the developments Telangana State. The TRS Informa�on Act, Right to
bers of ZPTCs will elect Zilla there is ample time for cam- Gram Panchayat, MLC and encouraging Congress MLAs to taking place in the country have government did not imple- Educa�on Act, Food
Parishad chairperson. paigning. Parliament polls. join the ruling party with intim- been worrying the protagonist ment Land Acquisition Act,
The State Election Commis- TPCC president N Uttam This would improve further idations and luring. He said that of democracy. He said that the Right to Information Act, Security Act and even tried
sion is expected to announce Kumar Reddy has instructed in the ZP and MPP elections, the TRS has given a go by to all Anti Defection Act was not im- Right to Education Act, Food to come up with a State-
the schedule for the elections the mandal committees to they felt. the political morals.He criticised plemented properly. Security Act and even tried to version of many laws
come up with a State-version
of many laws. Now, the Chief India's authority on multiple
Minister is planning to intro- occasions. The proposed
VANDALISATION OF AMBEDKAR STATUE duce a new Revenue Act and TSAS is an open challenge to

Cong faults TRS government

Municipal Act and come up the entire executive set up
with a new Urban Policy. He controlled by the Centre,” he
apparently dislikes the Con- said.
stitution of India and is mov- He said that the Chief Min-
ing in the direction of draft- ister created 33 districts by
Warangal: The Congress activists ing a Constitution of splitting 10 districts in such a
staged a rasta roko at Mulugu Cross Telangana. His moves are fashion that none of the dis-
Roads here on Sunday, in protest quite dangerous for the in- trict, except Hyderabad, re-
against the mistreatment meted out tegrity and sovereignty of In- tained its original identity.
to the statue of Baba Saheb Ambed- dia. He must be stopped im- This was not done to improve
kar. It may be mentioned here that a mediately.” the governance, but to con-
broken statue of Ambedkar was Narayana Reddy said that tain the powers of District
found in a dumping yard in Hyder- the Chief Minister wants to Collectors and entire machin-
abad on Saturday. The incident drew establish Telangana State Ad- ery. He said so far, the Centre
a strong criticism against the State ministrative Service on the has approved only 17 out of 33
government from all quarters, espe- Congress ac�vists staging a rasta roko at Mulugu Cross Roads in Warangal on Sunday contention that State govern- districts. Therefore, there are
cially from Dalit activists across the ment would fill up all cadre literally two administrative
erstwhile Warangal district. baiah said, demanding the State gov- mittee president and Corporator posts with o�cers who will be maps of Telangana. While the
Speaking at the protest, senior ernment to book a criminal case Embadi Ravinder accused the TRS equivalent to those from Centre's map shows only 17
Congress leader Dommati Sambaiah, against the Municipal Commissioner. government of being intolerant to- Group-1 and Group-1B in the districts, State map has 33 dis-
who contested from Warangal Lok The Commissioner would have wards the Dalits. “KCR who prom- present structure. tricts. This confrontation is
Sabha, termed it as a huge humilia- maintained restraint while convinc- ised to make a Dalit as the CM if sep- “The Constitution of India not good in a federal form of
tion to one of the greatest personali- ing the group that wanted to install arate Telangana is achieved, didn’t has clearly defined the distri- government, he said.
ties of the country – Ambedkar, who the statue. Further, he demanded the keep his promise,” Ravinder said. He bution of legislative, adminis- He said as per the data fur-
dedicated his life to working for the government to probe into the issue demanded the State government to trative and executive powers nished by the State govern-
upliftment of untouchables, women so as to avoid such incidents in the take stringent action against the cul- between the Union govern- ment in March 2018, the Rev-
and distressed sections. future. He sought the support of all prits, who vandalised Ambedkar’s ment and States of India. But, enue Department had 4,244
“The act of Greater Hyderabad political parties to exert pressure on statue. Senior Congress leaders K Chandrashekar Rao has vacancies and none of them
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is K Chandrashekar Rao’s government. Meesala Prakash and Karate Prab- questioned Government of have been filled so far.
deplorable and condemnable,” Sam- Greater Warangal Congress Com- hakar were among others present.
HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019 CITY 3

KTR stresses on reforms in EC

HANS NEWS SERVICE vious election trends during the
LOVER KILLS WOMAN, CRIME NEWS
DUMPS BODY IN DRAIN Gold worth
TRS working voting day the EC gives tenta- HANS NEWS SERVICE the pretext that his family `37 lakh at RGIA
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) working presi-
president tive figures and actual poll
percentage comes next day,” Hyderabad: Ramachandrapu-
member had met with an acci-
dent. HANS NEWS SERVICE
dent K T Rama Rao stressed on K T Rama Rao said Rao. ram police cracked the software After making the woman's
the need for reforms in Election He ruled out government’s engineer B Lavanya’s murder parents believe that the two Hyderabad: The o�cials of
Commission. “Every citizen
says that every role in deletion of votes stating case and arrested her 25-year- were going to board a flight to the Customs Department
who is 18 years should have a ci�zen who is 18 that the government has noth- old lover, Sunil Kumar alias Muscat for her job interview, he seized Rs 37 lakh worth of
vote and political parties should ing to do with deletion of votes. Deepak on Saturday. The police took her to a lodge from the air- gold from a passenger at the
introspect why polling percent- years old should Rao wanted political parties found Lavanya’s decomposed port here on April 4. He made Rajiv Gandhi International
age was going down,” Rama have a vote and to introspect why people were body stu�ed in a travel bag in a her parents believe that he had Airport on Sunday.
Rao said. not interested to come and vote. drain at Suraram. The accused got job in Ford company in According to o�cials, the
During an informal interac- poli�cal par�es He also took exception to the si- was an employee in a private Muscat. passenger arrived from Doha
tion with media on Sunday, K T
Rama Rao said that there
should introspect lence of Election Commission
on the BJP withdrawing Rs 8
company and hailed from Bihar.
The police claimed that Sunil
He allegedly killed the
woman the next day, packed the
by flight 6E 1714 was carrying
gold in paste form weighing
should be reforms in the Elec- why polling crore from Bank and IT Depart- Kumar had confessed to have body in a travel bag, and 1,900 grams. It was concealed
tion Commission. Every citizen
who turns 18 years of age should
percentage is ment giving clean chit within 24
hours of seizure of the cash.
murdered Lavayna by throttling
and hitting her on chest. They
dumped it into a drain, police
said. He tried to convince the
in a cloth pouch tied to under-
garment.
get voting right. going down When asked about suspension were both classmates in CMR woman’s parents that she was The passenger was inter-
“I have an Aadhaar card and of election staff for missing College at Medchal. Sunil Ku- killed by unknown culprits. As cepted while passing through
also a passport. It would not be name of Shobha Kamineni and mar pretended to have been in the woman did not return on green channel. On melting
proper if my name is missing You cannot have two or four village, he added. not in the other case, Rao said love with the woman with in- April 7 as informed by her, the and conversion of the paste,
from the voter’s list. Link the votes,” Rao said. The voting per- The TRS leader said that the Election Commission has to tent to sexually exploit her. He family lodged complaint and gold weighing 1,164.90 grams
voter ID with the Aadhaar card centage decreased in Hyder- there was nothing wrong in poll answer this question. There even fixed the date for engage- police cracked the case by trac- valued at Rs 36,99,782 was ex-
and ensure that individuals abad because natives of Andhra percentage increasing on the should be a debate on the elec- ment but kept postponing it on ing her phone call records. tracted. Investigation is on.
have only one vote at one place. Pradesh decided to vote in their next day of voting. “Check pre- tion process, he said.

TRS govt adopting anti-Dalit policies: Laxman COURTESY CALL

HANS NEWS SERVICE BJP State unit president was defeated in the elections to
K Laxman says that the prevent him from entering into
Hyderabad: State BJP president Parliament by the Congress dur-
Dr K Laxman on Sunday criticised
regional par�es are turning ing Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar into family par�es and the Nehru tenure, he asked Dalits to
Rao for not keeping his promises Congress is a dynasty party emulate the spirit of Ambedkar to
made to Dalits before the elec- achieve social justice.
tions. Center has developed the Pancha He recalled when Telangana
Addressing media after paying Tirtha to give a befitting tribute to was formed people from the un-
floral tributes to Ambedkar on the the chief architect of the Consti- derprivileged sections had high
occasion of his 128 birth anniver- tution. hopes for social justice in the
sary, Laxman criticized the Chief He said the convention center newly created State.
Minister for not sparing time to established in the name of However, their hopes were
pay tributes to Ambedkar and fail- Ambedkar at Delhi is playing an dashed as the TRS government
ing to keep his promise of erecting important role in spreading the headed by Chief Minister K Chan-
a 125-feet statue of the Dalit spirit of Ambedkar's ideology. drashekar Rao adopted anti-Dalit
leader. The State BJP chief said it was policies and made the SC Sub-plan
He said that the regional parties the BJP governments under then a toothless one in its implemen-
are turning into family parties and Prime Minister Vajpayee and tation.
the Congress a dynasty party, Lax- Narendra Modi made concerted Former Union Minister Ban-
man said all parties have been e�orts for the development of Dal- daru Dattatreya recalled the serv-
treating Dalits as vote banks. Con- its by adopting the Anthyodaya ices of Ambedkar and criticised
trary to this, Prime Minister policy of Pandit Deen Dayal Upad- the State government for divert-
Narendra Modi government at the hyaya.Reminding how Ambedkar ing SC sub-plan funds.

VH arrested Minister assures action

in Ambedkar statue case
Hyderabad: Former MP V Hanu- Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao calling on Governor E S L Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Sunday
mantha Rao was arrested by police
on Sunday for protesting the re-
moval of Dr B R Ambedkar statue
from Panjagutta on Saturday by
GHMC. Speaking on the occasion,
HANS NEWS SERVICE
TS a reality because JNTU-H to hold
VH said damage to the statue of Hyderabad: Minister for Welfare Koppula Eshwar on Sunday
awareness drives on CBT
of Ambedkar: KTR
Ambedkar was very unfortunate directed the officials to take stringent action against culprits
and persons involved in this should responsible for damaging Dr B R Ambedkar’s Statue in Pan-
be punished. jagutta Circle. HANS NEWS SERVICE
Hanumantha Rao and other pro- He said that based on the enquiry report of the investigation S Candidates are
testers were shifted to Amberpet officer they will take action on GHMC ACP Subhash and San- HANS NEWS SERVICE come reality. There were argu- Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru asked to par�cipate
Police Station after the arrest. itation AE Bharat and others. ments between Ambedkar and Technological University-Hy- at the centres
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra K T Shah on majority for form- derabad (JNTU-H) which convenient for them
Samithi (TRS) working presi- ing separate States,” Rao would be conducting the TS S Mee�ngs meant to
2 GHMC officials held for Ambedkar statue vandalisation dent K T Rama Rao on Sunday
said that Telangana was possi-
said. Ambedkar did not
accept the rule that the States
EAMCET-2019 decided to or-
ganise awareness pro- create awareness
HANS NEWS SERVICE damaged at Panjagutta X Road (1) (r) and (t) of SC ST POA Act ble because of the provision can be divided only if there is grammes on Computer Based on Computer Based
and was shifted in GHMC lorry and Section 427 IPC and took up created by Dr B R Ambedkar majority and strengthened the Test (CBT) mode. Test of EAMCET
Hyderabad: The BR Ambedkar’s to the dumping yard at Jawaha- investigation. in the Constitution. voices of minorities, Rama Rao The CBT method will be
statue installed at Punjagutta rangar by loading under the On credible information, on The TRS leader was speak- added. utilised for common entrance as to give benefit to candi-
Circle was damaged and later garbage. Saturday they arrested D ing at the Ambedkar Jayanti Rama Rao said that the State tests for Engineering, Agri- dates studying in rural areas.
transported in a garbage truck When the garbage was un- Raju,35, GHMC lorry driver at celebrations at Telangana Bha- government was implement- culture, Pharmacy etc., for ac- The candidates are encour-
and dumped at the dumping loaded at dumping yard the bro- Jawaharnagar near dumping van on Sunday. Rama Rao paid ing the welfare activities based ademic year 2019-20. aged to participate in the
yard in Jawaharnagar on Satur- ken pieces of the statue were yard and produced before tributes to Ambedkar photo in on the inspiration from Prof Dr N Yadaiah, Con- awareness programme at lo-
day night. Jawaharnagarpolice found. When police enquired thecourt. the conference hall of Telan- Ambedkar. He said that the vener, TS EAMCET-2019 said cations convenient for them,
arrested two GHMC employ- the driver he revealed that on Later they arrested gana Bhavan. He said that government would take strin- the Telangana State Council he added.
eesin this connection on Sunday. the instructions of GHMC o�- BheemGuptha,29, a native of Ambedkar was not restricted gent action against the officials of Higher Education (TSCHE) Prof Yadaiah said that the
They seized GHMC garbage cials he brought the same. Nepal, and produced before the- to a caste or a section and responsible in the damage of has introduced CBT mode in programme is meant to create
lorry and broken pieces of the They requested to take neces- court on Sunday. added that he belonged to all. statue at Panjagutta. conducting EAMCET from awareness among the candi-
statue at near dumping yard. Ac- sary action against the o�cials The investigation is in B R Ambedkar is no less then Minister K Eshwar, TRS last year. dates about the CBT proce-
cording to police, they received a who passed the orders, those progress to establish the identity Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru and leaders B Suman, K P It was against this backdrop dures that includes login to
complaint on Saturday by P Ram who removed the statue and of other culprits Balraj and Mahatma Gandhi. Vivekanand, P Dayakar, M that the JNTU-H decided to start the test, selection of
Murthy, a social worker and loaded into lorry under SC, ST Srikanth who are working as su- “He was a true visionary and Sreenivas Reddy, corporation organise the awareness meet- subjects, the procedure for
State president of Telangana Atrocity Act and do justice. pervisors at Yousufguda dump- because of his works in Con- chairpersons and others were ings from 17th April to 25th answering the questions, us-
Mala Mahandu by stating that Based on the complaint a case ing yard and other GHMC o�- stitution, Telangana could be- also present. April for the benefit of candi- age of various fields on the
Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue was was registered under sections 3 cials who are absconding. dates appearing for the TS screen and other activities
EAMCET 2019 examination. that can be performed during

Sri Rama Navami festivities grip Hyderabad

The awareness meeting ven- the examination using com-
ues will be in the districts so puters.

Date, venues of the awareness meetings

Date District Venue
LONG QUEUES OF DEVOTEES FOR 16-04-2019 Medak JNTUH College of Engineering
Sultanpur
DARSHAN OF LORD RAMA WERE SEEN 17-04-2019 Warangal Vaagdevi College
of Engineering
AT TEMPLES ON THE AUSPICIOUS DAY 18-04-2019 Warangal SR Engineering College
19-04-2019 Nalgonda Swami Ramananda Tirtha
Institute of Science & Tech
HANS NEWS SERVICE and new dresses and orna- “Lord Rama was a great
ments. king, husband, ideal son and 20-04-2019 Khammam Swarna Bharathi Institute
Hyderabad: Sri Rama Navami Thousands of devotees Lord. He followed the words of Science & Technology
festival was celebrated with from all parts of the twin & orders of his parents 20-04-2019 Khammam Anu Bose Institute of Technology
fervour across the city on cities got the opportunity to without any deviations. He
22-04-2019 Nizamabad Vijay Rural Engineering College
Sunday. Particularly, Hare have Lord’s special darshan was a complete king & ruler.
Krishna Golden Temple, on this special day. On this His kingdom is praised till 23-04-2019 Adilabad Nalanda Degree & PG College
Swayambhu Sri Lakshmi auspicious occasion, Sri today as “Rama Rajyam”. 23-04-2019 Mahbubnagar Jaya Prakash Narayan
Narasimha Swamy Lakshmi Narasimha Lord Rama gives pleasure College of Engineering
Kshetram at NBT Nagar or- Swamy Kalyana feast to the devotees who pray to
25-04-2019 Karimnagar Sree Chaitanya College
ganize celebration programs prasadam, Panakam and him. Let all of us follow his of Engineering
on a grand scale. Vadapappu prasadam were teachings through his life
Sri Radha Govinda’s spe- distributed sumptuously to and get pleasure and happi-
cial darshan in the form of every devotee. ness in our life,” he added.
Sri Sitarama, Sri Lakshmi Speaking on the occasion, In the evening, Hari Nama
Narasimha Swamy Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Sankeerthans, traditional Saree Speak group holds meeting
Kalyanam, Sri Rama Taraka Dasa, president of Hare Kr- dance, Sri Rama Taraka Ash-
Yagnam, Special pujas and ishna Movement, Hyder- tothara yaganam were con- Hyderabad: Saree Speak group of Hyderabad will hold a meeting here
Maha Mangala arathi were abad and regional president ducted at the golden temple on Saturday at Moonshine Project at Jubillee hills.
the highlights of the cele- of Akshaya Patra Founda- in which many devotees, I, Poornima Hatti along with Sheetal, Nivedita and Nikhat organisd
brations. tion (Telangana & AP) said some special guests partici- the maiden meeting. Over 100 women, who are passionate about
As part of the Srirama that “the auspicious day pated. After Maha Mangala, handlooms, especially sarees, sisterhood and bonding, attended the
Navami festival, Sri Radha Lord Sri Rama appeared harathi sumptuous dinner meeting. The traditional wear for Indian women is saree and it is be-
Govinda was decorated very on Chaitra Sukla Navami prasadam were also distrib- coming out of fashion due to multicultural lifestyle.
brightly with a variety of day which is known as uted to the devotees at the The Saree Speak group, which was started in 2016 on Facebook by
flowers, Sugandha Dravyas Srirama Navami.” end of celebrations. Mrs Vini, has more than one lakh members.
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push us towards real social reform. However, given the

nature of our political parties and the ideologies of in-
apart, even the liberty to dress and eat are being
snatched away under this rule. This being the case, one Christians celebrate
Palm Sunday
dividuals and organisations leading us, we are still could always ask when would the country really cele-
working against Dr Ambedkar's dreams. A chailwallah brate Ambedkar's spirit? There is yet another aspect
���������������������������������������� who became a Chowkidar to help Suitwallahs and serve that we are forgetting here. When we declared our-
Badawallahs does not understand his own promise ‘Sab selves as a sovereign nation in the Preamble of the Con-

��������������������
ka Saath, Sab ka Vikaas’, as his rule only seems to be
helping the Bada Babus while the poor farmers, arti-
sans and small traders and vendors continue to suffer
stitution, we also gave ourselves an internal sover-
eignty. Internal sovereignty relates to internal and
domestic affairs, and is divided into three organs,
C hristians across the
country celebrated
Palm Sunday to mark the
in this country. It is, indeed, a way of life, which recog- namely, the executive, the legislature, the judiciary. beginning of the Holy Week,

�������� nises liberty, equality, and fraternity as the principles

of life and which cannot be divorced from each other:
Liberty cannot be divorced from equality; equality can-
We all know how all the three are being relentlessly
attacked with a view to manipulating the outcomes of
their work nowadays. Thanks to the independent ju-
which culminates with
Easter Sunday.
Faithful in Kerala and

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not be divorced from liberty. Nor can liberty and equal- diciary which comes to our rescue at all times, we are Chennai celebrated the day
ity be divorced from fraternity. Without equality, lib- able to retain semblance of Independence so far. Let with Mass, carrying palm
erty would produce the supremacy of the few over the us remember that our preamble has been amended fronds and flowers in com-
many. Equality without liberty would kill individual only once so far. On 18 December 1976, during the memoration of Christ's ar-

I ndia celebrated Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar's 128th

birth anniversary on Sunday. While it was necessary
to do so to remind ourselves of the great contribution
initiative. Without fraternity, liberty and equality could
not become a natural course of things, as Dr Ambedkar
stated. Our Preamble stated categorically that 'We the
Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government
pushed through several changes in the Forty-second
Amendment of the Constitution. Through this amend-
rival in Jerusalem and to mark the prophecy which was fulfilled by
Him.
Jesus rode into the city on a donkey and people greeted their long-
made to the country by Dr Ambedkar, it was regretful People…" were giving ourselves this Constitution and ment, the words "socialist" and "secular" were added awaited 'Messiah' in joyous celebration waving palm fronds. Ever
that we did not mull over the fate of our very Consti- we also said we were enacting, adapting and giving our- between the words "sovereign" and "democratic" and since the faithful across the world celebrate Palm Sunday in memory
tutional spirit. Are we anywhere near Baba Saheb's selves the Constitution. Socialism has slipped out of the words "unity of the nation" were changed to "unity of the event.
goals and have we achieved his dreams? Growing dis- it. Secularism has no place now in the country and so- and integrity of the nation". It must be remembered “Today the whole church celebrates Palm Sunday which stands
parities in the society, the financial and social status cio-economic and political justice is still a far cry. Lib- that if the unity is disrupted, the integrity of the nation for paradise. Palm Sunday causes liberation from all sin and evil ele-
of the SCs, minorities and STs, should alarm us and erty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship will be threatened. ments, that's why we celebrate this Sunday,” Francis Sundararaj, pas-
tor of Anthoniyar Church in Broadway, Chennai said.
“People chant 'Hosanna - Hosanna', which means save us Oh! Lord,
for Jesus who liberated us and rode on a donkey. Today we are at the

TOWARDS TRUE SECULARISM

threshold of the election, people are all going in procession for one
person to elect somebody as a leader, but 2000 years ago one man
Jesus Christ went on procession for the whole universe, for the whole
humanity that is the di�erence between both scenarios,” said Sun-

T
dararaj.
THE WAY AHEAD he victory of Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week and the last week of
NDA in the the 40 days of Lent and is one of the most important feast days for
2014 elec- Christians around the world.
tions was built on Palm Sunday falls the week before Easter, which is on April 21.
the grounds of cor- The final few days of the Holy Week includes few other crucial days -
ruption, policy Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
paralysis and eco- While o�ering prayers, the faithful hold palm leaves, which is con-
nomic growth. sidered to symbolise the victory of the good over the evil, symbol of
Dr Bharat Caste- and religious victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life. Palm Sunday and the period
Jhunjhunwala divisions were on preceding Easter (Lent) is the most sacred time of the year for Chris-
the backfoot. The tians. They devote their time in fasting and penitence in commemo-
last five years have seen a dramatic turn- ration of Christ's 40- day fast in the desert.
around. Religious issues such as cow pro- The Holy Week will come to an end on Easter Sunday that falls
tection and Ram Temple are to the fore. after Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
The juxtaposition of Ali and Bajrang Bali

The curious case of

by UP Chief Minister Adityanath is just
one indicator of the reversal of the narra-
tive.

TikTok's rise in India

We, the citizens of India, must come to
grips with these religious divisions so that
our energies can be channeled in securing
economic welfare. So far, we have followed
the path of secularism. It does not work as GOKUL BHAGABATI
we can see in the deepening religious divi- depend upon the temperament and under-

T
sions. Secularism suggests that religions standing of the Holy Person. ������������������������������������������������������� he rise of the Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok in India
must coexist peacefully. It is built on the Then there is a long gap of time between ���������������������������������������������������� has been so spectacular over the past year that it is now nearly
assumption that the religions are di�erent the words spoken by the Holy Person and impossible for any social media user to not have come across its con-
— maybe even opposed to each other. The that the words that are available to us. For ������������������������������������������������������� tent.
premise is that the One God has given dif- example, the life and sayings of Rama took These user-created videos that often contain memes, lip-syncing
ferent messages to di�erent religions. That place at approximately 2100 BC but the ��������������������������������������������������������� songs and sometimes sleazy posts regularly find ways to other popular
raises the question “Which is the true mes- writing of the Valmiki Ramayana that took �������������������������������������������������������� social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and ShareChat.
sage?” A contest takes place between “my place at approximately 300 BC. For 1,800 These are the platforms where most adult social media users are now
message” and “your message.” This causes years the story of Rama was transmitted ��������������������������������������������������������� getting introduced to TikTok.
emotional rift. The fact that all the three orally. Likewise, Moses was given the com- For the young generation though, especially the teenagers and
major religions in our country — Hindu, mandments by God around 1500 BC. The
��������������������������������������������������������� even younger kids, the app needs no introduction. In fact, according
Islam and Christianity — proclaim that Jews invaded and lived in Palestine there- ������������������������������������������������������� to a new report from mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, out
there is only One God is pushed to the after. Later they were enslaved and taken of the 18.8 crore new users that TikTok added globally in the first
background. to Babylon. Saint Ezra brought the sayings ����������������������������������������������������������� quarter of 2019, 8.86 crore were from India. Globally, TikTok has far
The Isavasya Upanishad states that all of Moses from Babylon to Palestine around crossed 1.1 billion installs and in the first quarter of 2019, it emerged
that exists is Brahman. There is nothing 600 BC. This was followed by a long period
������������������������������������������������������������ as the third most installed app in the world, ranking behind only
other than Brahman. The Bible states at of oral and written transmission. The ear- ����������������������� Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively,
Isaiah 44.6: “I am the first and I am the last liest written text of the Bible available to the analysis showed. But how do you explain the dramatic rise of this
and there is no God other than Me.” The us is the Aleppo Codex dating to about 900 man as ‘sit on a computer and launch a pa- istence of One God. It follows that the mes- app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance?
Quran says at Sura 6: “There is only One AD. So, about 2,400 years passed between triot missile.’ Lastly the meaning of the sage also has to be One. The task before us “The rise of TikTok (formerly Musical.ly), highlights where the fu-
Allah. There is none equal to Him.” We are the giving of the commandments by God words expressed by the Holy Person is de- is to rediscover that One message. This is ture of the Internet in India is: video,” leading tech policy and media
fighting amongst ourselves despite believ- to Moses and they being written as avail- rived by the present religious leaders. possible only if all religions accept that consultant Prasanto K Roy said. “Of the 500 million smartphone and
ing in the same One God. able to us. The situation of the Quran is Whether ‘wage war’ should be understood there is a gap between the word of God as mobile broadband users in India, well over 300 million consume pre-
The true nature of God has not been re- better but su�ers from the same problems, as waging war against non-believers or originally revealed; and as available in their dominantly or only video. And as we get the next 200 million online
solved satisfactorily yet. However, there nevertheless. The Quran was revealed by against other believing religions is, there- texts. A dialogue between religions with by 2020, the video-only share will rise to over 70 per cent,” he added,
appears to exist an agreement that God is Prophet Mohammed when he went into a fore, decided by the living religious leaders. such underlying flexibility alone will help indicating the potential for further growth of video sharing apps in
not a person like us with a physical body, a trance. The words uttered by him in trance God’s inspiration is consistent with both us reach the true message of the One God. the country. So far, the big drivers of Internet adoption in India have
mouth and a voice. So how does God con- were confirmed by the Prophet later. How- the interpretations. The present model of secularism does been WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook, with additional help from
vey His message? It appears that great per- ever, about a hundred years later, there As a result, none of the religions as not rise to the occasion. It accepts that One shopping and taxi apps, and some streaming services such as Hotstar.
sons like Krishna, Moses and Mohammed arose questions about what exactly was known to us today may have the true word God has given di�erent messages. It only Another reason for its growth is that the app allows people to express
were able to establish contact with God. truly revealed. At this time Caliph Uthman of God as it was revealed. They are like the seeks to establish worldly coexistence be- themselves even if they do not have the gift of the gab. So, anyone
God gave them certain inspirations or di- took upon himself the responsibility of blind men describing the elephant. One tween people believing in di�erent mes- who feel a little ostracised in platforms such as Facebook and Twitter
rections which they expressed in words as compiling the true Quran. He ordered all says the elephant is like a pillar, another sages. It is like asking the cat and the dog may find solace on TikTok.
per their understanding. Then these words other copies of Quran to be burnt. That says it is like a fan and third says it is like a to live together. However, the growth of TikTok has not been without its share of
were transmitted orally for long periods means that there existed other dissenting broom. All are correct yet incorrect. Yet The present elections regress from this controversies. Hearing a petition filed by an advocate, the Madras
before they were written down. The mes- versions. The Quran available to us is the they all are divine. The proof is that they noble path. People have once again been High Court earlier this month asked the Centre to ban the app, saying
sage went through a long journey in reach- one that was organised by the Caliph as per have provided succor to large numbers of captivated by divisions based on religion. it "encourages pornography" and is spoiling the future of youths and
ing to us. First, the divine inspiration given his understanding. Then, the words were people over millenniums. Secularism has already failed. The way for- the minds of children.
by God was expressed in words. For exam- chosen by the Holy Person to express the The divisions between the religions we ward is for the true believers of di�erent
ple, God may inspire a Holy Person (such inspiration in words. For example, it could see today may be more due to the errors in religions to come together and arrive at a
as Moses, Krishna or Mohammed) to wage
war. Now whether the ‘war’ means spiritual
be expressed by tribal leaders as ‘Take bow
and arrow and attack.’ The same inspira-
understanding the Word of God that have
entered in course of the long periods of
common Word of God.
Author was formerly Professor of Artificial limbs change lives for
wounded Gaza protesters
war, intellectual war or physical war would tion could be expressed by a modern army transmission. All religions proclaim the ex- Economics at IIM Bengaluru

NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
HANS MYSTIC
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Are we, humans, brain puppets?
alking up and down
stairs at a Gaza medical
centre, Palestinian amputees
are learning to use their new
artificial limbs after being
wounded by Israeli fire at bor-

F or many decades it was assumed that

the human brain must be special, as
superior to the brains of other mammals
Herculano-Houzel o�ers clarity for the
first time on several of the basic issues.
After devising a way to dissolve brain cell
calorie consumption. That may seem like
an incidental fact, but Herculano-Houzel
makes it the cornerstone of her argu-
teries, the inability to decide how brain
relates to mind has been too frustrating.
As a short cut, why not say that the brain
der protests.
The Health Ministry in the
Hamas Islamist-run territory
as our minds are. This specialness was membranes so that only the nuclei re- ment, which declares that the human created the mind? It cut through all the said 136 wounded Palestinians
never seriously questioned, and even ba- mained, and isolating them to be counted, brain isn’t special. philosophical red tape. Yet for all the con- have undergone amputations
sic facts, like asserting that the human she determined that the human brain We have primate brains, she says, that venience that it brings to brain research, since the demonstrations be-
brain contains 100 billion neurons, were contains 86 billion neurons, the most of are in proportion to our primate relatives there is zero proof that the brain creates gan in March 2018.
arrived at with surprising casualness. any primate. Even though the human like chimpanzees and gorillas. But in an the mind. At no point can anyone show “It was only one bullet, one
In an interesting 2013 TED talk, the ar- brain is a small fraction of our total odd evolutionary twist, chimps and go- how cells that are constituted from the bullet turned my life upside down,” said Abdallah Qassem, 17, strug-
ticulate Brazilian neuroscientist Suzana weight, it uses 25% of a person’s daily rillas cannot sustain the calorie load of same DNA as heart, liver, and lung cells gling to stand steady while trying on his new artificial legs.
an immense brain by eating raw food. somehow learnt to think. The very notion Qassem said the bullet struck one leg and then penetrated the
Typically, a great ape feeds for eight hours that the brain thinks is empty; it is like other as he sat on the ground with friends at a rally on May 14, the
a day to sustain its large body, and over saying that a piano understands Mozart. day the United States moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,
time a choice was made to prefer a very We will never get the brain right until fuelling Palestinian anger.
large body with a smaller number of neu- we follow the second path and delve into “I had dreamt of becoming a photojournalist, but I aim to study
rons. In homo sapiens, the reverse oc- the mystery of how the mind and brain computer science,” he said.
curred. We chose a small body and a huge relate to each other. It is false to assume The Gaza Artificial Limb and Polio Centre is run by the Gaza mu-
brain, particularly the higher brain re- that brain experts are also mind experts; nicipality. On its first floor, technicians were producing limbs with
sponsible for our superior mind. Accord- they aren’t. By adopting the false assump- material from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
ing to Herculano-Houzel’s explanation, tion that the brain is the mind, for all Protesters at the demonstrations are demanding the end to a se-
this choice was made possible by the in- practical purposes, neuroscience has left curity blockade imposed on Gaza by Israel and Egypt and want Pales-
vention of cooking. Cooking raw food is out the true nature of intelligence, cre- tinians to have the right to return to land from which their families
like pre-digesting it outside the body; ativity, love, art, compassion, spiritual ex- fled or were forced to leave during Israel's founding in 1948.
cooked food is easier to digest, contains periences, and higher evolution. Those Around 200 Gazans have been killed by Israeli troops so far in the
more nutrients by weight than raw food, things belong to the evolution of the hu- protests, according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures. An Israeli
and takes many fewer hours to eat. You man mind and remain completely ba�ing soldier was also killed by a Palestinian sniper in July.
can get an entire day’s calorie load with a if you only stare at neurons through a mi- UN investigators say Israel has used excessive force. Israel says it
15-minute visit to a fast-food chain. croscope. has no choice but to use deadly force to protect the border from mil-
Since science is about clearing up mys- Deepak Chopra itants and infiltrators.

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IN SHORT MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENTS

Debt MFs less popular,

HFC ex-director settles case with Sebi
H imachal Futuris�c Communica�ons former director Vinay Maloo has
se�led a probe with Sebi in a ma�er related to alleged manipula�on
in issuance of global depository receipts by paying Rs 1.36 crore towards
se�lement charges. Maloo was the director of HPCL during the �me of
alleged viola�on, and the regulator had ini�ated adjudica�on proceed-

but offer efficient option

ings against him in June 2018. Himachal Futuris�c Communica�ons
(HFCL) had issued global depository receipts (GDRs) amoun�ng to $50
million in September 2002. Out of this, GDRs worth $46.5 million were
subscribed by only one en�ty, Roker Securi�es Inc. The subscrip�on
amount for GDRs was paid by Roker Securi�es a�er securing a loan from
Lisbon-based bank Banco Efisa. However, it is alleged that the firm had
pledged the GDR proceeds to the bank against the loan given to Roker for
subscrip�on of GDR issue, Sebi said. Besides, it is alleged that the GDR K NARESH KUMAR price fluctuation in bond prices
Debt MFs form over

W
issue would not have been subscribed if HFCL had not given any such se- is a direct correlation to the in-
curity towards the loan taken by Roker. While the proceedings were hen we talk about mu- 50 per cent of the en�re terest rate cycle of the market.
pending, Maloo filed an applica�on under se�lement mechanism and tual funds (MF) in- However, other factors of default,
proposed to pay Rs 1.36 crore without admission or denying of guilt. vestors typically associ- Assets Under Management liquidity, etc. also govern the de-
ate them with equity-oriented (AUM) by the mutual fund mand and thus the bond prices.
schemes which are also popular industry. These have So, the risks associated with
5% Jet stake pledged with SBICap for their ability to generate higher
remained out of the debt MF investments are liquidity
returns over a period of time. But, (when a particular corporate or

M ore than 5 per cent stake of cash-strapped Jet Airways has been
pledged with SBICap Trustee Company, according to a regulatory
filing. Lenders have taken control of the full-service carrier, which has a
there are lesser popular but e�-
cient cousins in the form of debt
mutual funds. These have re-
limelight purely because
corporates have been
institution undergoes credit
crunch or debt servicing issues),
default (solvency of a corporate
debt burden of more than Rs 8,000 crore. As per the filing made on Fri- mained out of the limelight in both the biggest contributors to or institution which has borrowed
day, 5.19 per cent stake or 58,95,704 shares of the airline were pledged
with SBICap Trustee Company on April 11. The disclosure by SBICap
the investor minds and media alike
purely because corporates have
the assets under these the money), rating (provided by
independent agencies considering
Trustee was submi�ed by Jet Airways to the BSE. Specific details about been the biggest contributors to categories their cashflows, profitability, assets
the pledging of shares could not be immediately ascertained. Jet Air- the assets under these categories. and servicing capacity) and inter-
ways founder Naresh Goyal has pledged 26 per cent stake in the ailing Debt MFs form over 50 per cent for an interest. This interest is ified interval. The di�erence here a FD could at best be acted as a est rate regime (which is primarily
airline as security for loans from Punjab Na�onal Bank, a regulatory fil- of the entire Assets Under Man- passed on to the unit holders and is that these are governments collateral, the bond while trading market driven but partly central
ing said last week. Last month, Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal quit the agement (AUM) by the mutual thus becomes the return for the (state/central), local bodies (mu- could give an additional gain de- bank controlled).
board of the cash-strapped carrier as part of a debt resolu�on plan. fund industry as per the Associa- investors of these funds. The in- nicipalities), larger corporates or pending upon the demand for Depending upon liquidity, safe-
tion of Mutual Fund in India struments these funds include institutions that borrow larger them by market participants. ty or return requirements, in-
(AMFI) data as on December 31, bonds (of government or quasi- sums of money while the interest These gains when traded are also vestors could opt for MFs which
New audit guidelines for AMCs, MFs on anvil 2018. More than, 70 per cent of government) certificate of deposits paid is dependent upon their re- accrued to the MF unitholders cater to these situations like ul-
the contribution remains by the (CD), commercial paper (CP), Gilts payment capacity, demand for their apart from the interest the bonds tra-short to short term funds, liq-

M arkets regulator Sebi last week came out with revised guidelines
for system audit to be conducted by mutual funds and asset man-
agement companies (AMCs). The guidelines come a�er "considering the
corporates while retail investors
form very negligible contributors
to this AUM. Now, does it reflect
and lending instruments to other
institutions, etc.
Bonds are nothing but instru-
bonds, and time period etc.
Debt MFs invest in these kinds
of bond depending upon the fund
generated.
But, the flipside of this is that,
when the bond loses sheen or de-
uid funds on one extreme to long-
term debt and Gilt funds on the
other extreme with bond funds,
importance of system audit in technology driven asset management ac- just the lack of awareness or the ments which clearly mention objective that ensures the liquidity, mand in the market then it would credit opportunities and dynamic
�vity and to enhance and standardise the system audit", Sebi said in a actual utility in these categories agreement between the borrower risk and timelines. So, the type of attract lesser players or no players bond funds in between. The risk
circular. Besides, mutual funds (MFs)/ AMCs have been directed to con- would be dwelled in this article. and lender, the exact amount, the instrument a particular fund in- which would bring the price of to reward in each of these funds
s�tute a technology commi�ee entrusted with the task of reviewing the Debt MF are a category of funds consideration for lending and the vests depends upon its objective the bond and when a fund sells at vary and investment returns are
cyber security and cyber resilience framework for MFs and AMCs, Sebi that generate returns by investing time period at which these are ma- which should be a prime or of a lower valuation, the fund and subjected to debt taxation for the
said in a separate circular. Sebi said the commi�ee will comprise experts the money in bonds and/or de- tured or expired. Here, consider- most importance for the investor thus their unitholders incur loss investors.
proficient in technology with at least one independent external expert posits of various forms. In simple ation is the interest that is paid at to look for. Going further into ex- to that extent. Though, a lower
with adequate experience in the area of technology in MF industry or terms, they generate income from a periodicity. These are similar to planation, these bonds and most valuation if not sold would still (The author is a co-founder of
BFSI, it added. The regulator has asked MFs and AMCs to conduct sys- by lending for a particular period the deposits in a bank or post o�ce of the other debt instruments the pull down the overall valuation “Wealocity”, a wealth manage-
tem audit on an annual basis by an eligible independent auditor. of time to certain entities usually where an individual puts in money MFs invest are tradable unlike the of the fund, would continue to ment firm and could be reached at
institutions, corporate bodies, etc. and earns a rate of interest at spec- FDs individuals invest in. Though earn the interest income. The [email protected])

Di�erentiate correction from cycle Weakening signals from markets

SNEHA LATHA If a trader is willing tain extent scams in the bank- THOVITI BRAHMACHARY ing even as the
to know whether ing sector led to poor per- NIFTY market moved

F luctuation in price of a
stock is a common phe-
nomenon. This fluctuation
the price is moving
upwards or
formance of banking stocks.
All of the above are indicative
of cyclical changes.
L ast week, Indian stock
markets traded in a nar-
row range. The BSE Sensex
up on Friday.
Stochastic oscil-
lator came down to 65 range.
can be in an uptrend or down- downwards, what Whenever there is a cor- declined by 402 points and With these signs, there are
trend. Whenever there is a he needs to see is rection in stock it could be a the Nifty fell by 21.75 points indications that the market
change in price it is not a the change in cycle price wise correction and time in last five trading sessions. is weakening. But there is no
change in trend or cycle, but of a price rather wise correction. When a The other major index, Bank confirmation for bearishness.
it is a correction. Change in than the movement change in price is in a range Nifty, declined by 146 points. As the market is consolidating
trend of a cycle is often con- of the price for certain period, it is called The broader indices, Nifty within range for the last week,
fused with correction. The time wise correction. When Midcap-100 index, fell 0.45 let us wait for the range to
price movement could be in whether the price is moving a huge demand for IT sector a stock is in correction, it does per cent, but Nifty Smallcap break. As long as markets re-
an upward trend but still there upwards or downwards what and the stocks of this sector not fall below its previous low. index rose by 54 points. Once main within the range, there
would be a fall in price which he needs to see is the change were very much in demand This is one factor which is in- again, a crisis of fixed maturity will not be clear trading op-
is aptly termed as correction. in cycle of a price rather than and the prices rose very dicative of time wise correc- plans redemption postpone- week. Even for the next week channel for two days. On Fri- portunities. But once it breaks
Correction is a part of the the movement of the price. sharply. Several companies tion. In price wise correction ment dampened the investor's also, it acts as a point of con- day once again, it closed above the range, the sharper move
price movement. To understand this concept from the United States pre- we would notice a sharp fall sentiment. The first phase of trol for the bulls. As long as the channel resistance. This can be seen either side of the
Before buying a stock, we more aptly let us consider an ferred outsourcing and there in the movement of a price. parliamentary elections was Nifty trades above this level, price action gives scepticism direction. Fundamentally,
need to know whether it is in example. If we consider was a huge rise in call centres When there is a change in over and the next phase of traders will not get a good on future up move. Even the Nifty Price to Earning ratio
uptrend or downtrend. A trad- weather conditions, we have giving opportunity for many the trend of a stock and the election is due next week. shorting opportunity. At the derivative segment is suggest- still above 29 which in over-
er needs to identify whether seasons like summer, rainy youngsters to find new jobs. price continuously falls very Technically, Nifty’s long- same time, 11710 will act as a ing that 11,700-11,500 range value and bubble zone. Q4 re-
the change in price is a cor- season and winter. There may Such kind of changes a�ect sharply then it is price wise legged doji in last week got critical resistance for next will continue for some more sults began on Friday with the
rection or a change in cycle. be unseasonal rains in sum- the sectoral indices. Later correction. confirmation as it ended be- week. Between these two lev- days. Either side of the break- mixed performance of two IT
Trending stock has cyclical mer but that does not imply there was a boom for real es- Thus, by di�erentiating be- low the doji close. It actually els, the market tries to con- out will lead the sharper majors. Next week, some Nifty
changes. Every fall in price is the onset of monsoon. The tate. After that various scams tween correction and cycle formed a lower low and lower solidate and trading oppor- move. The negative diver- companies will announce re-
not indicative of trend rever- unseasonal rain may be con- related to banks were exposed we can sell the right stocks high on a weekly chart, which tunities elude in the index. gence in indicators continues. sults. The market may witness
sal. It is very important for a sidered as a correction and and we have seen merging of and enter or exit at the right reveals that the sign of the The volumes have decreased Friday’s move has not helped knee-jerk reactions to finan-
trader to understand trending the change in season is a cycle. many banks. Small banks points and earn profits. upward momentum is clearly last week with negative ad- the indicators to turn positive. cial performance.
in short term. In a cyclical Similarly, every stock goes which were on the verge of waning and the bulls are tired. vance-decline ratio most of The RSI is still below 63,
change the speed and inten- through ups and downs and closure were taken over by (The author is As we discussed last week, the days. On a daily chart, the which is prior swing low and (The author is a financial
sity of price movement would there is a change in the cycle other banks. For example, a homemaker who the critical level 11,560 for breakout of the upward chan- confirmation point for the journalist and technical
be very di�erent. for various other reasons. merging of State Banks with dabbles in stock market the week was broken for a nel did not sustain for many negative divergence. The analyst. He can be reached at
If a trader is willing to know Few years back there was State Bank of India. To a cer- investments in free time) very short period during the days and closed within the MACD histogram is increas- [email protected])

DERIVATIVES OUTLOOK

Nifty option band gyrates in 11,550-11,750 range

SREENIVASA RAO DASARI interest buildup of more than 20 BSE Sensex closed at 38,767.11 level. IVs moved above 21 per cent
lakh shares at 11,500 and11,600 India VIX at 3-yr high points, a net loss of 95.12 points or during the week, which is likely to

C onsidering the general election

results scheduled on May 23,
strike Puts, which should act as
strong support zone. Nifty is most
of 21% indicates
vola�le swing; Bank
0.244 per cent from 38,862.23
points of previous weekend level.
trigger some intraday volatility.
As the April series progressed EXPERT ADVICE
a lot of hedging took place in May-
30 derivatives contracts. This is
expected to result in volatile trading
likely to trade in the range of
11,550 to 11,750 with positive bias.
Nifty has support at lower levels
Ni�y clocks long
liquida�on as OI
Elaborating technicals, Bisht
further added that “On the tech-
nical front 11,500-11,550 spot levels
analysts see long liquidation as the
closure of 25 per cent in OI, where-
as the index corrected nearly 500
TO INVESTORS
in the days to come. Volatility dur- at 11,500 and 11,550 spot levels. is strong support zone and current points. Maximum OI addition was Investing in stock
ing the last week continued to We have seen Put writing at
drops 25%; bounce is likely to continue towards recorded at 29,500 and 29,700 markets, bonds, MFs,
move up due to hedging done by 11,500 and 11,600 strikes,” said stock-specific F&O 11,750-11,800 levels.” strikes. Analysts feel the Bank Nifty forex and commodities
market participants. India VIX has Dhirender Singh Bisht, senior ac�vity amid will consolidate for a few days. is rewarding as well as
reached to the three-year hurdle analyst (derivatives) at SMC Glob-
quarterly results Bank Ni�y Once it manages to end above risky. In this age of
of 21 per cent. If it sustains above al Securities Ltd. Registering a marginal loss of 30,200, fresh buying interest can technology and
it, then it’ll create more volatility The marginal surge in VIX, 146.1 points or 0.48 per cent for be seen. technical analysis, advice
to reach 30 per cent, the volatility which was up by 0.18 per cent to tracts, 11,700 Call strike has highest the week, Bank Nifty ended at Despite underperformance
by investment experts,
level seen before 2014 elections. 20.99 per cent mark, indicates lim- Open Interest (OI) followed by 29,938.55 points from previous when compared with Nifty, the
According to F&O data after trad- ited upward movement in a volatile 11,800 and 12,000 strikes. 11,600 week’s closing of 30,084.65 points. current price ratio of Bank Nifty- financial advisors and
ing hours on Friday, the option swing. The 1.18 Put-Call ratio OI Put strike has highest OI of more According to ICICI Direct.com, Nifty remained above its two-year analysts always comes in handy while investing your
band is ranging between 11,550 is indicating Put writing of late. than 15 lakh contracts followed by volatility remained high for the high of 2.55. The outperformance hard-earned money in stocks, bonds, commodities and
and 11,750 strikes. The truncated “Implied Volatility (IV) of calls 11,500 strike, while Call unwinding week with the Bank Nifty facing a in banking stocks may be seen once MFs. Keeping this in view, The Hans India put together
week ahead may witness range- was down and closed at 12.71 per was recorded at immediate strikes. hurdle near 30,500 levels. It finally it manages to end above 30,200. a group of professional analysts and financial advisors
bound activity. cent, while that for Put options Maximum Put writing seen at violated its sizeable Put base of This, in turn, would push the ratio to advice investors on a regular basis. If you are keen
“We have seen smart recovery closed at 12.55 per cent. The Nifty 11,600 strike, while highest OI ad- 30,000, which was acting as a sup- higher. It may move towards 2.62 on using this service, kindly send your queries related
led by short covering from lower VIX for the week closed at 20.96 dition was recorded at 11,750 strike. port for the week. This triggered levels in coming weeks.
your investments to [email protected]. Our
levels. Call writers covered their per cent and is expected to remain For the week ended April 12, selling in most private banks along The Indian stock markets will
short positions and Put writers sideways. The PCR OI for the week 2019, NSE Nifty closed at 11,643.45 with profit booking in PSU banks. be closed on April 17 (Wednesday) panel of experts will guide you. Answers to your
were actively selling puts. Deriva- closed at 1.18 indicating Put writing points, a minute loss of 22.5 points Late buying in several private and April 19 on account of Ma- questions will be published in the newspaper
tive data has again turned positive. in recent rally,” forecasts Bisht. or 0.19 per cent, from previous bank stocks helped futures end havir Jayanti and Good Friday re-
We are seeing maximum Put open With a little over 14 lakh con- week’s close of 11,665.95 points. near sizeable Put base of 30,000 spectively.
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WINDOWS BUSINESS HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

TODAY’S QUOTE BULLISH ON INDIA NEW-GENERATION MACAN IN INDIA

PM has major successes in social sector schemes FPIs pour in `11,096 cr in April so far Porsche to drive in by July

“
Modi government has achieved 'major successes' in social sector Foreign investors have pumped in a net sum of Rs 11,096 crore into the In- Luxury sports car maker Porsche is targeting additional
programmes like Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan and rural electrifica- dian capital markets in April so far, driven by global and domestic factors. volumes in India with an affordable version of its SUV
tion. Besides, this government has made an 'unprecedented Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) were net buyers for the previous two Macan which it aims to drive in the country over the
progress' in tackling corruption. The three major areas of initiatives months as well, infusing a net sum of Rs 11,182 crore in February and Rs next few months. The company plans to bring in two
are implementation of the GST, IBC and DBT. 45,981 crore in March. Prior to that, FPIs had pulled out a net Rs 5,360 crore variants of the next generation Macan to the country, with the entry-level trim
– Former Niti Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya from the capital markets (both equity and debt) in January expected to attract newer set of customers to its fold with a lower price tag

BIZ BRIEFS MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT Creditors recover

nearly half of

RBI debt resolution rules on hold

TCS: ‘Hungry’
total claims in 88
for acquisitions
New Delhi: India's largest IT
insolvency cases
services firm Tata Consultancy New Delhi: Nearly half of their
Services (TCS) is "hungry" for New Delhi: The RBI's revised the new circular. suggestions earlier given by In- total admitted claims worth over
acquisi�ons and is scou�ng for stress assets resolution circular This would mean that the Sources said the major con- dian Banking Association (IBA) Rs 1.42 lakh crore have been re-
assets that can bring in intel‐ is likely to be out after the elec- widely an�cipated RBI tention in the controversial Feb- for debt resolution for classifi- covered by financial and oper-
lectual property and widen tions to clear the model code of circular would not be ruary 12, 2018, circular that got cation of NPA and resolution of ational creditors from as many
market reach to further accel‐ conduct, and also the regulator issued before Elec�ons. The challenged in court leading to bad assets. as 88 debt-ridden companies
erate growth. COO N Ganapa‐ may need time to have consul- delay could also halt the quashing of the circular will Bankers had suggested quali- under the insolvency law, ac-
thy Subramaniam said TCS had tations with legal experts, indus- be done away with in the new fying a loan as bad debt if the cording to o�cial data.
acquired two en��es ‐‐ W12 try and government before bring-
resolu�on of several circular. Instead, banks will be default was for a period of at least The Insolvency and Bank-
and BridgePoint Group ‐‐ last ing the framework out, official stressed assets as lenders given more time to identify and 90 days and not one day as was ruptcy Code (IBC) seeks to pro-
year and both of them have sources said. are looking for clear qualify an account as bad debt the case in the February 12 cir- vide market-determined reso-
been integrated well with the This would mean that the direc�ons from the banking regulator before and also be given more time to cular. lution for stressed assets in a
Mumbai‐based firm. "We con‐ widely anticipated RBI circular moving ahead to resolve accounts resolve a case. A bank-led resolution should time-bound manner. Claims to-
�nue to remain open and hun‐ would not be issued before June. The RBI is likely to retain the start only after that, according talling a little over Rs 1.42 lakh
gry for acquisi�ons. We have The delay could also halt reso- failing which the account would resolution is still being discussed main contours of its February to bankers.
one of the best track records lution of several stressed assets have to be referred to the Na- and debated, it is expected that 12, 2018 circular while making Moreover, it had suggested a
in terms of acquiring compa‐ as lenders are looking for clear tional Company Law Tribunal RBI is likely to adopt a more ac- the referral to NCLT non-com- 60-day incubation period post
nies and integra�ng them. The directions from the banking reg- (NCLT). commodative approach towards pulsory, sources said. this time for identifying the de-
approach is that clearly, we are ulator before moving ahead to While the new circular on debt resolution of stressed assets in It may, however, be guided by fault. After this, banks would re-
in the market looking for the resolve accounts. solve a case within 180 days and
right asset which will add cer‐ "After the court judgement, consider referring the case to
tain amount of IP (intellectual
property), market reach or
the RBI is extra careful to issue
any other circular without proper
Fiscal deficit adhered to Budget target: RBI Guv NCLT post that period, if the ma-
jority of the lenders agreed.
crore were admitted in 88 cases
under the IBC till February 28,
client addi�on," he said. consultation and vetting. This New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India ing the fiscal deficit target of 3.4 these macro data indicators of the The revised circular on NPAs, data collected by the Insolvency
could result in some delays, but (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has per cent in the previous fiscal 2018- Finance Ministry. however, is unlikely to include and Bankruptcy Board of India
ultimately better regulations said the gross fiscal deficit has ad- 19. The Controller General of Ac- Earlier this month, the RBI cut the pre-IBC restructuring tools (IBBI) showed.
Open for EV would flow," said an official hered to budgetary targets, and counts (CGA) normally releases the the repo, or its short-term lending like Strategic Debt Restructuring Of the total admitted claims,
source. (SDR), Corporate Debt Restruc- financial creditors sought to re-
tie-ups: Leyland The Supreme Court on April
that the current account deficit is
expected to be around 2.5 per cent
fiscal deficit figures of the previous
fiscal by May 15.
rate for commercial banks, by 25
basis points to 6 per cent, and low- turing (CDR), Sustainable Struc- cover dues worth Rs 1.36 lakh
New Delhi: Commercial vehi‐ 2 struck down a February 12, of the GDP in 2018-19. Das also said the country's cur- ered the current fiscal's GDP turing of Stressed Assets or S4A crore and operational creditors
cle major Ashok Leyland may 2018 circular of the RBI that Das said this earlier this week rent account deficit (CAD) in 2018- growth forecast to 7.2 per cent. that were phased out by RBI ear- Rs 6,469 crore. Financial credi-
look at partnerships in electric asked banks to initiate insolvency while speaking at the "Governor 19 is expected to come in at around "The rate cut is in consonance of lier. tors recovered 48.24 per cent of
vehicles segment in future in a process against companies even Talks" event organised on the side- 2.5 per cent of the gross domestic achieving the medium-term objec- In the previous circular the their admitted claims and op-
bid to cut huge costs involved if there was a day's delay in pay- lines of the World Bank-Interna- product (GDP). According to the tive of maintaining inflation at the RBI had withdrawn all existing erational creditors got 48.41 per
in developing new technolo‐ ment of dues. tional Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring government, India's balance of pay- 4 per cent level while supporting debt restructuring schemes - S4A, cent of their admitted claims.
gies in this space, a top com‐ As per the circular, banks were Meetings in Washington DC. ment situation eased mainly on ac- growth," the statement, announc- CDR, JLF, and SDR - and asked The figures are with respect
pany official said. In the told to start the resolution The Governor's statement is the count of falling global oil prices. ing the RBI's first bi-monthly mon- banks to draw up resolution plans to 88 cases, including those
traditional internal combus‐ process as soon as a borrower first official confirmation at a sen- RBI, while deciding its rate of in- etary policy review of the fiscal, for all assets where the banking where resolution has been com-
tion engine segment, the defaulted on a term loan and ior level of the government achiev- terest, also takes into account said. (IANS) sector's exposure was more than pleted, for the period till Feb-
Hinduja group flagship firm, were given 180 days to cure it, Rs 2,000 crore. (IANS) ruary 28.
however, would like to go on

Gold rates appreciate marginally

in its own, having built a
strong portfolio of engines
over the years. "We have our Transasia Bio-Medicals’ unveils HMT group firms
record better
hematology range in TS
own team working on elec‐
tric vehicles (EVs), but the
segment is a new area and turnover DR H C UPADHYAY
there are many changes hap‐
pening over there. If we see
HANS BUSINESS HANS BUSINESS
Hyderabad: During the week, gold
COMMODITIES
possible opportunity
whether it is on batteries or
different aspects of EV pro‐
Hyderabad: Transasia Bio-Med-
icals Ltd., an In-vitro Diagnostic
(IVD) company on Sunday as part
Hyderabad: HMT Limited and
its subsidiaries have recorded an
increase in turnover the previous
touched last three week's low and
finally closed at $1,290 (per
ounce). Silver too, ruled at lower
T he sentiment in the principal wholesale commodity markets at Os-
mangunj, Risala Abdullah, Kishangunj, Mukhtyargunj, Mir Alam Mandi,
Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, Bowenpally and Alwal was moderate.
gramme, I think we will keep of its 40th anniversary celebration year, as per the provisional and level and closed at $14.95. The price-line remained straight amidst dwindling arrivals in the Man-
our mind open," Ashok Ley‐ announced that its international sickle cell anaemia. Addressing unaudited figures and achieved Other economic parameters dis. While the exports of rice are at lower levels, that of pulses have
land chairman Dheeraj hematology range, is now avail- the media, Suresh Vazirani, CMD, the targets of production and were from moderate to strong. $ been on rise. Rice and wheat of all varieties, jawar, maize, bajra and
Hinduja said. able in Telangana. Backed by Eu- Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd., said, sales set for the year-2018-19. was exchanged for Rs 69.15 while spices remained unchanged at the last week's closing levels. On the
ropean R&D, the 3-Part Di�er- “Telangana is very close to our HMT machine Tools Limited, British Pound for Rs 90.48. Sensex other hand, common edible oils and pulses recorded a small appreciation
ential (3PD) to 5-Part Di�erential heart as Hyderabad is where we the major subsidiary has achieved improved and closed at 38,761.11 in the range of 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
(5PD) fully automated haema- established our first zonal o�ce an increase of around 46 per cent points while Nifty 50 too closed The sentiment in common vegetables was strong. Due to the on-going
tology analysers, reagents and in India and also sold our first in production; 31 per cent in sale at the higher level and closed at Navratri festival the prices of fruits have shot up. Further, summer factor
controls include a number of fea- cell counter in 1983. 3-4 years and 37 per cent in order booking 11,643.50 points. also has added to the all-round hike in the fruit markets.
tures to help institutions, clini- ago, the Telangana State Medical as compared to 2017-2018, while Brent appreciated considerably The NECC wholesale egg prices ruled between Rs. 310-376 (per 100).
cians and lab technologists o�er Services Infrastructure Develop- the profit making mini-ratna and closed at 71.55 per barrel. In Hyderabad, price shot up by Rs 15 from the previous week closing
accurate diagnosis. ment Corporation (TSMSIDC), subsidiary, HMT (International) Crude MCX moved in tandem mark of Rs 292 to Rs 307. Kolkata recorded
EGG RATES (`/100) Hematology analysers are ex- which was established for equi- Limited has performed very well and closed at 4,451. Among met- the highest price of Rs 376 whereas
HYDERABAD 309 tensively used in patient and re- table access to drugs and diag- during the year to achieve its als, Copper closed at 451.05. In Warangal witnessed the lowest price
search settings to count and char- nostic services, especially in the highest turnover with an increase MCX gold closed at Rs of Rs 310. (NVS)
V’WADA 335
acterize blood cells for disease interiors of the state, trusted of around 120 per cent in 31,862(per 10 gms) while
W. GODAVARI 335 detection and monitoring. So- Transasia by purchasing 5-part turnover and 331 per cent in or- Silver closed at 37,220 elections and is likely to continue
E. GODAVARI 335 phisticated analysers measure di�erential haematology analysers der booking. S Girish Kumar, (per kg). Platinum and at least till the end of May.
VIZAG 345 cell morphology and can detect for 13-15 medical college hospitals CMD HMT on Monday acknowl- palladium were quoted Standard gold (24 carats) ap-
WARANGAL 312 small cell populations to diagnose in remote areas. Today every dis- edged the contribution and e�ort at Rs 26,600 and Rs preciated by Rs 100 and closed
CHITTOOR 368 rare blood conditions. The new trict hospital in Telangana has a put in by each and every em- 30,483 (per 10 gms) re- at Rs 31,800 (per 10 gms). Orna-
CHENNAI 375
hematology range are relevant Transasia equipment. That is how ployee of the Administration spectively. mental gold (22 carats) also
for Telangana, where recent stud- closely we have been associated Ministry for the improvement In Hyderabad, like in other moved downward and closed in
MUMBAI 364
ies have shown growing number with serving the people of the in performance and exhorted major cities, the business came thorities. the range of Rs 30,200-30,300.
NAMAKKAL 360 of children born have unique and state and we hope with the new the employees to keep up the to stand still due to increased vig- The business has Silver (0.999), on the other hand,
RETAIL PRICE 3.70 high incidence of hemoglo- range that this close association same tempo and step up e�orts ilance by the Election Commis- su�ered heavily right from the declined marginally by Rs 150
binopathies like thalassemia and only grows further.” for growth of the Company. sion, police and Income tax au- date of announcement of general and closed at Rs 37,550 (per kg).

Indian capital market soars despite global, domestic headwinds

New Delhi: Indian capital market fund raising from the market, the net inflows across all months dur- dictable returns, matching those
outperformed several major global
markets, including the developed
size of the capital market in India
also continued to expand during
ing 2018-19 and other mutual
funds received positive net inflows
and often exceeding returns from
other alternative investments.
Stock markets to remain volatile as India votes
ones like the US and the UK as 2018-19, with the market capitali- in 10 out of 12 months of the fi- Capital market regulator Sebi had
well as developing economies such sation rising by over 6 per cent to nancial year. Net fund inflows in issued REIT regulations in 2014 New Delhi: Trading activity ys also announced their tion to gain confidence,"
as China and Brazil, with double- over Rs 151 lakh crore. equity-oriented and other types to give impetus to this instrument in the equity markets would March 2019 quarter results said Vinod Nair, Head of Re-
digit returns in the fiscal ended Besides, mutual fund asset un- of mutual funds together were to and, in turn, to the real estate sec- be guided by macroeconom- after markets closed on Fri- search, Geojit Financial
March 2019 despite numerous der management grew by 11.4 ic data an- day, which may lead to Services Ltd.
global and domestic headwinds, per cent to nearly Rs 24 lakh With posi�ve performance nounce- stock-specific action when Voting for the second
data shows. crore and Foreign Portfolio In- ments and the bourses open next week, phase of the elections will
The Indian market benckmark vestors' asset under custody ex- by benchmark indices and corporate they added. take place on April 18.
indices also improved on their own panded by 8.6 per cent to close increasing fund raising earnings in "General elections and Counting of votes to consti-
performance in the previous fiscal, to Rs 30 lakh crore. a holiday- upcoming Q4FY19 numbers tute the 17th Lok Sabha will
with the BSE's Sensex (17.3 per This is despite the fact that
from the market, the size shortened will remain the crucial trig- take place on May 23. Equi-
cent) giving relatively better re- 2018-19 was relatively a di�cult of the capital market in week gers for the market in the ty benchmarks closed in the
turns than the NSE's Nifty (14.9 and challenging year on account India con�nued to expand ahead, say short term. On the earnings green for the second
per cent) in 2018-19. of global and domestic headwinds. analysts. front, we expect that a low straight session Friday as
This is much better than the Fundraising from the capital mar- during 2018‐19, with the Stock base effect, turnaround in investors looked forward to
equity market returns recorded ket also continued its positive market capitalisa�on rising markets profitability of corporate the earnings season with
in the US (7.6 per cent), the UK trend during 2018-19, with funds by over 6 per cent to over would re- lending banks and healthy measured optimism amid an
(3.2 per cent), China (minus 2.5 raised through debt and equity main closed growth in earnings of energy uncertain global growth en-
per cent), Brazil (11.8 per cent), rising by 5.3 per cent to nearly Rs Rs 151 lakh crore on Wednes- companies are expected to vironment.
Japan (minus 1.2 per cent), South 9 lakh crore. day and largely drive aggregate Sen- After rising over 200
Korea (minus 12.5 per cent) and The double-digit returns came the tune of Rs 1.58 lakh crore in tor in the country. The govern- Friday for Mahavir Jayanti sex earnings," said Hemang points intra-day, the 30-
Hong Kong (minus 3.5 per cent) in despite subdued sentiments 2018-19 as against Rs 2.84 lakh ment has also provided pass- and Good Friday, respec- Jani, Head - Advisory, share BSE Sensex finally
in 2018-19. at times in view of certain nega- crore in 2017-18 and Rs 1.30 lakh through tax status to REITs reg- tively. Sharekhan by BNP Paribas. settled 160.10 points, or 0.41
An analysis of equity market re- tive developments since Septem- crore in 2016-17. istered with Sebi. In March, the Data for WPI inflation is Movement of crude oil, per cent, higher at 38,767.11.
turns for these countries shows ber 2018, particularly on the The year also saw the much- first REIT public o�er came, and scheduled to be announced rupee and investment trend The broader NSE Nifty rose
that the Indian benchmark indices fixed-income securities front. On awaited REIT (Real Estate Invest- it has listed units worth about Rs on Monday. Equity indices by overseas investors would 46.75 points, or 0.40 per
had underperformed those in the the mutual fund front, debt-ori- ment Trust) finally taking o� in 4,750 crore. The issue was well may also react to industrial also influence trading senti- cent, to 11,643.45. During
US, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and ented funds witnessed net out- India. REITs have been used received with oversubscription of output and retail inflation ment, they added. the week, the Sensex fell
Hong Kong in 2017-18, though the flows on the back of certain de- worldwide as a vehicle for mon- two times in institutional category numbers which were an- "Earnings season will give 95.12 points or 0.24 per
performance was better than the velopments in debt market since etisation of assets by real estate and upwards of three times in re- nounced post market hours direction to the market cent, while the Nifty
UK and China even in that year. September 2018. developers. tail category. This is the largest on Friday, analysts said. while investors are also shed 22.5 points or
With positive performance by But, equity-oriented mutual As an instrument class, it pro- listed REIT in Asia in terms of IT majors TCS and Infos- keen on the ongoing elec- 0.19 per cent. (PTI)
benchmark indices and increasing funds continued to receive positive vides to investors stable and pre- area of assets.
 HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

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www.thehansindia.com New horizons for Gen Next

Aspiring youngsters get tips for success Girl from Naxal-hit dist scores
12th rank in Civil Services
New Delhi: A 25-year-old People there lack basic fa-
Knowledge session for over 300 students on understanding unlimited possibilities in various career streams woman from Chhattisgarh's cility like education. I want to
Dantewada district, one of the serve the people of my state,”
S ‘All they need is clarity, that gave students and parents a worst-hit Naxal regions in the said Jain, who is hopeful of
an opportunity and the whole new dimension and clar- country, has got the 12th rank getting Indian Administartive
ity on world education. in the civil services exam, the Service (IAS) this time. She
right path and guidance Speaking on the occasion result of which was declared said bringing development to
towards success and this is Pooja Mitra, Director Edmap- recently by the Union Public Dantewada could be the best
what Edmappers is all pers said, “the world of learning Service Commission (UPSC). way to check naxalism there.
about. We handhold, map and opportunities for millenni- Namrata Jain, who hails While her father is a local
and guide every student als has opened up extensively from Geedam town in Dan- businessman, mother is a
and students and working tewada, ranked 99th housewife and her
to achieve their career youngsters have unlimited op- in the 2016 civil brother aspires to
goals by guiding them to tions to reach their goals. services exam. become a char-
the right universi�es with All they need is clarity, an op- She got Indian tered account-
mul�ple benefits’ portunity and the right path and Police Service ant. She stud-
guidance towards success and and is under- ied till Class
HANS NEWS SERVICE this is what Edmappers is all going train- 10 in Dante-
about. We handhold, map and ing at Sardar wada. There-
Hyderabad: The first edition of guide every student to achieve Vallabhbhai after, she
Edgespire, organised by Edmap- their career goals by guiding Patel Na- went to Bhilai
pers, a education mapping and them to the right universities tional Police in Chhattis-
advisory organisation, on Satur- with multiple benefits”. Academy, Hy- gharh where she
day. The conclave, Edgespire The highlight of the evening derabad. “I al- completed Bache-
provides a guiding platform for was a design challenge contest, ways wanted to be a Namrata Jain lor of Engineering.
the aspiring students and young- offered to students from leading collector. When I was in The result of civil services
sters with the various opportu- brands like ARL Tyres, Centro, Class 8, a woman officer had examination 2018 was de-
nities accessible in different PMJ Jewels and Wink. Over 250 come to my school. Later I clared on April 5. A total of
streams in today’s competitive bilities, the experience for the be creative, innovative and if zon , Arun Pillai-Director students got the opportunity to was told she was the collector. 759 candidates were recom-
world. students through Edgespire they are looking to do something KPMG, Venket Ram- Celebrity design for these brands and I was quiet impressed by her. mended for different govern-
Dr S K Joshi, Chief Secretary, would open new opportunities creative and have any innovative Photographer , Prof Hariharan- would be getting awards and At that time only, I had de- ment services. Kanishak
Govt of Telangana and Jayesh for the students”. Said Dr S K plan or start-up idea, he will help Film Maker , Nischal. Shantanu credits to enhance their profiles. cided to become a collector,” Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT
Ranjan, Principal Secretary IT Joshi them anytime. Chaudhari- Past Chairman IIID, The Government of Telangana Jain told PTI over phone Bombay, has topped the civil
and Commerce, Government of “He never forces his daughter The panel included an array of who gave great insights and an and leading multinational com- from Hyderabad. She said a services examination 2018.
Telangana inaugurated the ses- to score big and great marks, he prominent personalities from inspiring knowledge session to pany Karvy too were offering Naxal-triggered blast that hit The civil services examina-
sion. The conclave brought the mentioned the way the start-ups different walks of lives like over 300 students on under- various internship opportuni- the police station in her town tion is conducted annually by
finest expertise from the indus- are changing the life around, in Khurshed Batliwala from The standing unlimited possibilities ties. a long time ago encouraged the UPSC in three stages --
try to address the students offer- last 10 years start-ups has got a Art of Living, Kanthi Suresh- Ed- in various career streams. The speakers with their im- her to join the civil services to preliminary, main and inter-
ing guidance and knowledge to tremendous change in our day- itor Power Sports, famous In- Additionally, ISDI Parsons mense experience and learning serve the poor and bring de- view -- to select officers for
reach their goals and lead a suc- to-day life through their innova- dian Textile artist, Gaurang and Institute of Marangoni Mi- brought only enlightenment and velopment to the Maoist-af- Indian Administrative Serv-
cessful life. tions in technology. Said Jayesh Shah, Dhatri Bhatt- Communi- lan were a part of this seminar complete clarity to open up fected area. “The place I come ice , Indian Foreign Service
“Every child has tremendous Ranjan cations Head H&M India, Deepti to impart thoughtful advice with more windows of wisdom and from is badly affected by nax- (IFS) and Indian Police Serv-
potential and unlimited possi- He further asked students to Varma- Country HR Head Ama- a special master class session opportunities. alism. ice among others.

FESTIVE FUN The foolish

crane and Telangana's BVRIT, Narsapur,
achieves NIRF ranking
mongoose
STORY TIME

Hyderabad: Telangana's B V
Raju Institute of Technology
(BVRIT), established by the
eminent philanthropist (Late)
Padmabhushan Dr B V Raju
under the aegis of Sri Vishnu

T he story of the merchant’s

son Sagardatta was a mer-
chant who had a handsome
Educational Society (SVES) in
the year 1997 receives the most
prestigious NIRF ranking by
young son. One day, he observed the Union Ministry of Human
that his young son had bought a Resources Development.
costly book. But the book con- The NIRF(Natinoal Institu-
tained only one verse: "You get tional Ranking Framework) is
what is destined for you!" an initiative developed by Min- among government and pri- by MHRD, to identify the
When the merchant realized istry of Human Resources De- vate colleges. broad parameters for ranking
that his son was a fool to buy a velopment(MHRD), Govt of This ranking according to various universities and insti-
book with so much cost, but only India. The Ranking was re- Sri KV Vishnu Raju, Chairman, tutions.
one verse, he grew very angry. He leased recently at VigyanBha- will benefit the institute in The parameters broadly
said, "How can you do well in van in Delhi by the President terms of greater national cover “Teaching, Learning and
business, when you can buy a of India, Shir Ram recognition, better employ- Resources,” “Research and
book which contains only one NathKovind. ment opportunities for stu- Professional Practices,” “Grad-
verse! Get out of my house, and The 21 years old institution dents and more government uation Outcomes,” “Outreach
never show me your face again!" based at Narsapur in the out- funding scope to the institute. and Inclusivity,” and “Percep-
Thus, the young man became skirts of the Hyderabad city This framework outlines a tion”.
known as 'You-get-what-is-des- achieved a rank of 168 in na- methodology to rank institu- BVRIT was granted UGC -
tined-for-you'. tional wide engineering insti- tions across the country. The Autonomous Status from the
Every day Young Hans publishes tutions. methodology draws from the year 2014.
stories for children. It stood 7th position among overall recommendations Media Contact: Solus Media,
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This Hyd social entrepreneur is using big data to change farmers’ lives
MOHAMMED SHAFEEQ access real-time and dynamic in- ture." NaPanta, an incubatee of In-
‘The app, which provides all farming-related formation pertaining to daily With agriculture extension of- ternational Crops Research In-
Hyderabad: At a time of wide- market prices of 300 agri-com- ficers of the government more fo- stitute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
spread agricultural distress information and communication in Telugu modities across over 3,500 mar- cused on clerical related activities (ICRISAT) also gets the insti-
caused by successive droughts, on a single platform, is significantly reduc- kets, along with three-year price rather than extending actual help, tute's help in business activity,
unremunerative farming and trend. he believes there is a huge gap be- reaching the farmers and engage-
debt-trapped rural economies, a ing the time and cost of cultivation for a Currently available in Telugu tween farmers and the govern- ment with agri-input companies.
young man with his mobile app and English, NaPanta App pro- ment initiated activity. The startup, which can sustain
is showing how change can be farmer in real time. I am confident that if vides complete pest and disease "Farming is not depending on for next six months on its own, is
brought in the life of farmers at farmers follow my platform, they will be management details, covering 90 a single advisory. It is a combina- receiving proposals from di�er-
the grassroot level. crops and with suggestions about tion of various services. We iden- ent investment companies and
In 2016, V Naveen Kumar, who able to save 20 per cent on expenditure and 3,000 pesticide products. tified all that a farmer needs in Naveen says he will go with who-
had no personal knowledge of get 10 per cent extra yield. We can make 30 Naveen Kumar, who earlier day-to-day life and ensured that ever is close to his idea.
agriculture, was so moved by the worked as a Credit Relationship he has easy access to the advisory With huge amount of data be-
suicide of a farmer in a village in per cent difference’ V Naveen Kumar Manager in ICICI Bank and later so that whenever he gets a doubt, ing generated on the digital plat-
his native Warangal district of as Credit Risk Manager with he can get it cleared then and form, Naveen embarked on build-
Telangana that for the next three the way they practice agriculture. able to save 20 per cent on expen- hensive agri eco-system. HDFC Bank before co-founding there," he said. ing big-data architecture with
months he ran around like a man NaPanta, which was started in diture and get 10 per cent extra The app has tools like crop ex- apnaloanbazaar.com, a retail loan Naveen said several states in- crowd-sourcing information. It is
possessed, meeting farmers to June 2017, saw, surprisingly, yield. We can make 30 per cent penditure (which helps farmers distribution services portal, says cluding Maharashtra and Tamil building database with informa-
understand their problems. He thousands of farmers download di�erence," V Naveen Kumar, track their expenses in an organ- he is trying to build core compe- Nadu were showing interest in tion on major crops in a particu-
interacted with agri-entrepre- the app. The launch of the pocket- Founder and Managing Director, ized manner), crop protection, tence among the farmers. the platform. The app will be lar area, major insects which af-
neurs and other stakeholders to friendly Reliance Jio and the NaPanta, told IANS. weekly agro advisory, agri forum, According to him, for all their available in Hindi and Tamil in fect a crop, cropping system,
find if there is a way he can bring boom in use of WhatsApp While the country has many market price, agri e-commerce, requirements, small and mar- June-July this year. "If every- sequential cropping model, pes-
some change in the lives of the fi- brought more people on the plat- apps to help farmers, there is no crop insurance, weather, food ginal farmers depend on third thing goes well in next 3 to 5 ticides and where the farmers sell
nancially besieged farmers. form. single app covering the entire processing technologies, and soil parties like distributors of the years, we will have our presence their produce.
Today, over 1.24 lakh farmers The app, which provides all gamut of agriculture activity testing information. companies. in 7-9 states," said Naveen, who He is confident that this data
in Telugu-speaking states of farming-related information and ranging from selection of crops A farmer can also buy or rent "With no knowledge of agricul- heads a five-member team. will be a goldmine in the coming
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh communication in Telugu on a to locate the market o�ering an agri-equipment as per the re- ture practices and requirements While the information on app years. "This kind of crowd-sourc-
use his mobile app NaPanta to single platform, is significantly highest price for their produce. quirements of his crop cycle and of a particular farmer, they try to will clear regular doubts of farm- ing information is not available
avail a host of services, all free of reducing the time and cost of cul- From advisory services and can also sell his produce for the push their products for some ex- ers, for specific doubts a farmer in the agriculture sector in India.
cost. And this MBA degree holder tivation for a farmer in real time. weather information to market highest price without any middle- tra profit and as a result the farm- can ask questions to a panel We are getting information from
is satisfied that he is contributing "I am confident that if farmers prices and e-commerce, the digi- man. ers either su�er crop losses or which includes agriculture scien- actual farmers and not third par-
his mite to bring some change in follow my platform, they will be tal platform o�ers the compre- The app also allows farmers to end up incurring huge expendi- tist and experts. ties."
8 HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

Youth from slain Soldier's village appeals H

Learn about Hibernation
ow do animals prepare for nate, the sleeping animals are

to politicians to leave Army alone

chilly winter tempera- also usually well protected
tures and the food scarcity it from any other animals who
brings? Find out about adap- might bother them. They make
tive techniques called hiber- sure their den, cave, or burrow
nation, migration, and dor- is only big enough for them
mancy that allows plants and and their babies and that it is
NISHANT KETU Hence, only a government that animals to survive winter someplace that is hard for
can stand with such youth should weather. Many animals snug- other animals to find.
Sambhal: Just nine days ahead of come to power. I appeal that the gle up in caves, burrows (holes Some animals that hiber-
Lok Sabha polls in Sambhal par- Army should not be politicised." in the ground), or hollow tree nate are reptiles and amphib-
liamentary constituency, the When asked about the devel- trunks and sleep during the ians like frogs and snakes, in-
youth of slain soldier Sudesh Ku- opment work in the village, he cold winter months when food sects like
mar's Pansukha Milak village has said, "Less development work has is harder to find and cold ladybugs and
appealed politicians to not politi- been done in our village." weather makes it bees, some fish,
cise the Army as it demoralises Sambhal, one of the 80 Lok harder for their and some
them. Sabha constituencies in Uttar bodies to work. mammals like
The villagers voiced their hope Pradesh, will go to polls in the This is called b a t s ,
for a strong government at the third phase of elections on April hibernating. hedghogs,
centre that will focus on national 23. Polling in the state will be held When an ani- and prairie
security. in all seven phases. The counting mal hibernates, dogs.
Speaking to ANI, Sudesh's fa- of votes will be held on May 23. its heart beats very Some animals
ther Brahmpal Singh said, "What- Satyapal Singh of BJP is the in- slowly and it also sleep for long lengths of time
ever be the result, national secu- cumbent Member of Parliament breathes less. The animal’s in the winter, but they do not
rity should be the priority. In our (MP) from the Sambhal Lok body temperature goes way go into true hibernation. Their
village, there are at least 24 people Sabha seat. down also – to just a few de- heart and breathing slows
serving in the Army. My own son For the 2019 general elections, grees above freezing! The ani- down, but most of the time
sacrificed his life on the border. the BJP has fielded Parmeshwar mal’s brain also goes into a their body temperature does
Hence, I want a government that Lal Saini from the Sambhal seat, form of sleep. It takes a long not drop as much. They will
will keep village and national se- while the INC has given the ticket time for a hibernating animal wake up a few times during the
curity on priority." to Major JP Singh and the SP has to wake up. Hibernating is winter to move around a little
Sudesh Kumar lost his life in a declared Shafiqur Rahman Barq great for animals because they bit or to eat food they have
ceasefire violation by Pakistan on cluding me are preparing to get as its candidate from this seat. do not have to try to find food stored in their den. It doesn’t
October 16, 2016, in Rajouri dis- ‘This is a village of soldiers. The youth of this village into forces but we feel security The Sambhal Lok Sabha con- and they don’t have to even go take them as long to wake up
trict of Jammu and Kashmir. want to go to the border and serve the na�on. Even forces must not be politicised. stituency (constituency number outside in the cold at all! Be- as true hibernators, but they
Remembering her son with a�er the deadly Pulwama a�ack, they s�ll have the Politicians should not politicise 8) has an electorate of 1,290,810, cause its body slows down and will be sluggish for awhile. An-
teary eyes, Sudesh's mother Har- the Army as it demoralises the of which 704,630 are males and stops working the way it nor- imals that go into this type of
vati Devi said, "Though I have lost same zeal in them. Hence, only a government that youth," he said. 586,180 are females as per the mally does and because the an- hibernation (sometimes called
my son, I want other sons on the can stand with such youth should come to power’ One of the villagers Chandrapal Election commission of India imal is not moving around and torpor ) include bears, chip-
borders to come back to their re- said Chandrapal Singh, a local youth Singh said, "This is a village of sol- (ECI) 2009 data. using up energy, its body is munks, and raccoons. Even
spective homes safely." diers. The youth of this village Uttar Pradesh is considered able to survive off of the fat though they don’t sleep all
A young man named Jitendra wants to go to the border and one of the crucial states for any that it stored up by eating a lot winter long, they still save lots
said that politicising the Armed We want that country stays se- party forms the government. One serve the nation. Even after the party to come to power at the in the fall. of energy because their bodies
Forces demoralises those who cure. We want a strong govern- of our brothers lost his life; it has deadly Pulwama attack, they still Centre by winning a maximum Besides being protected slow down and make food last
want to join the Army. ment It doesn't matter which not crushed our spirit. Many in- have the same zeal in them. number of seats. (ANI) from the cold while they hiber- much longer than normal.

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Dealing with stress and anxiety post exam failure

A K MISHRA ‘Fear limits your vision! Be your own search- to save his life. He had no more courage to fight to try again and give your best again, because b) Dedicate a stipulated time for studies from
light!’ another battle. In the cave, the king saw a spi- people with strong will power and self-faith your regular routine – Write down your daily

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responsible Adminis- ter making it happen! Best way to do so is by who can positively encourage you a�airs preparation.
trative Services and assessing what went wrong analytically � Watch the videos of successful candidates c) Plan your subjects with priorities – Having
only a handful are se- and how it can be rectified. who succeed in their 2nd, 3rd or even attempted the exam once, you already know
lected for the same. You have the question paper& 4th attempt in Civil Services what subjects are easy for you and what hold
Reasons being varied, you have your study sources. Go Examination your weakness. Prioritise your subjects, giv-
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make it to the next stage unknowingly creeps in and rectify the loopholes. Since mistakes and rectify them and you obviously already understand that
the feeling of depression. Not going in the depth you have already prepared well and � Trust yourself better. The more you practice with these pa-
of what must not happen, let us learn the cleanest covered the syllabus, consider this as again, and go for it pers, the better will be your performance.
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1 Refine your attitude: You can never conquer ‘Mistakes have the power to turn you into last, he Yes, please do it! forts. Often failures tend to block your
the fear of failure, until you have the guts to someone you can never expect out of yourself’ succeeded and reached his cobweb and suc- Go ahead with planning a new study schedule thoughts and actions. But if you are willing
do so. Always remember, life has its own ways 3 Circumvent from thinking about failure: Do cessfully taught a lesson to the king as well. with a strategized time table dedicated to pro- to trust yourself enough and give this attempt
to test you throughout your journey of life and you remember the story of ‘Robert the Bruce After looking at the will power of the spider, viding enough time for each topic from the with the best of your preparation and dedi-
failure is only a temporary halt and not the ul- and the spider’? If no, time to read it today! the king again gathered his lost courage, gath- static & dynamic portion. But, before that – cation, you will be soon controlling the sail
timate destination. You have a long way to go Robert Bruce was a king of Scotland under the ered his army once againand decided to defeat a) Learn the syllabus by heart – UPSC Syllabus even in the worst currents. Nothing and no-
and you must be ready for that. Change your rule of English King. He wanted to make Scot- his enemy, and he finally succeed. should be the first thing you learn, before start- one can stop you! Let this be the best of your
attitude& refine it for good! Be open only to land a free country. He fought many battles All you need is to find a motivation for yourself, ing o� for preparation of Civil Services Exam- e�orts and may the hard-work reap you the
positive & progressive thoughts and people. but was defeated many by his enemy. He fled surround yourself with the people who have ination. The paper will revolve around the contentment and gratification of success, you
Rest will automatically fall into place. from the battlefield and hid himself in a cave strong will power, and who can motivate you same curriculum only. deserve.
 HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019
9
India World Cup squad selection dilemma

One slot and three possible combinations

New Delhi (PTI): The debate will centre around the he has not done anything exceptional in ODIs. Can
second wicketkeeper, number four slot and the need he hit consistently in 50 overs is the question. But he PICKING OF 15TH MEMBER -OPTIONS
for an additional pacer when the selectors meet to is in mix,” a former India player, privy to selection
pick one of India’s most predictable World Cup
squads ever in Mumbai on Monday.
patterns, told PTI.
In case Rahul is made the second keeper, it might If 2nd keeper If specialist No 4 If 4th pacer
At the end of the home series against Australia, just open the doors for Ambati Rayudu as the spe-
skipper Virat Kohli had indicated that only one slot cialist No. 4 batsman. Rayudu was a certainty till No-
was up for grabs, as the core had been set for the past vember when Kohli and Ravi Shastri had identified
one year. him as their No 4 but the Hyderabad batsman’s ad-
With 14 members all but decided for the marquee venturous decision to quit long form domestic cricket
event in England starting May 30, the discussion on and poor technique against fast bowling has left him
combination is likely to take precedence over any thoroughly exposed.
out-of-the-box name or a left-field selection. With Shreyas Iyer (221) not given any chance dur-
Young Rishabh Pant’s competition for the second ing the season, Rayudu might get lucky if the idea of
keeper’s slot with veteran Dinesh Karthik will be the a specialist second keeper is done away with.
highlight of the discussion. In case the team management considers all-
Pant, who has so far scored 222 runs in the IPL rounder Vijay Shankar as their No. 4 at the start of
compared to a mere 93 by Karthik, looks favourite the tournament, then it would be curtains for Rayudu.
on paper as his inclusion comes with certain advan- The final bone of contention could be the fourth spe- Dinesh Karthik
tages. He can bat at any slot between Nos 1 and 7, is a cialist seamer considering that the English weather Umesh Yadav Khaleel Ahmed
left-hander, who can be a designated finisher plus the could be very fickle, especially in places like Birm-
second keeper. ingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Pant’s keeping skills against spinners has room for “As of now the team is looking at Vijay Shankar
improvement but even Karthik hasn’t done anything and Hardik Pandya as the combined fourth seamer.
in the last 12 months to make a strong case for himself. Ravindra Jadeja with his all round skills and big hit-
Their franchise coaches Ricky Ponting (Delhi Cap- ting prowess is a necessity. Plus in dry conditions, he
itals) and Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders), will be a restrictive option,” the source said.
though, have thrown their weight behind their re- But what could pose a problem is India’s fourth
spective stars. specialist pacer Umesh Yadav’s inconsistency. Khaleel
However, with K L Rahul (335 runs in the ongoing Ahmed is a left-arm option but he has not shown
IPL) back in the mix as the third opener and regularly enough maturity in tesg times.
keeping for Kings XI Punjab, the selectors might be Ishant Sharma, for his past record in England, a
tempted to use him as the second keeper, apart from tearaway quick like Navdeep Saini or may be even a
third opener. good Powerplay bowler like Deepak Chahar could all
“The second keeper only comes into play if MS be inspirational choices which this selection com-
Dhoni is injured. Rishabh is a phenomenal talent but mittee may or may not indulge in. Rishabh Pant Amba� Rayudu Ishant Sharma Navdeep Saini
POTENTIAL SQUAD
Certainties: (14)

Virat Kohli (Captain) Rohit Sharma (Vice-captain) Shikhar Dawan KL Rahul Mahendar Singh Dhoni Kedar Jadhav Hardik Pandya

Vijay Shankar Kuldeep Yadav Yujvendra Chahal Jasprit Bumrah Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammed Shami Ravindra Jadeja

Abhishek, Sanya emerge

victorious in squash tourney Goa beat Chennaiyin, lift Super Cup crown
Mumbai (PTI): Abhishek Agarwal and Sanya Vats Bhubaneswar (IANS): FC Goa
won the men’s and the women’s titles respectively emerged as champions of the 2019
of the Otters Club Vedanta Squash Open held Super Cup as they pipped Chen-
here. Meanwhile, Veer Chotrani defeated Sak- naiyin FC 2-1 in a tense a�air at the
sham Choudhary to take the U-19 Trophy. Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday.
Abhishek, who had an easy victory over Despite Goa being billed as the
Sandeep Jangra on his way to the finals, faced his favourites to take home the crown,
toughest competition in unseeded Tushar Sha- it was Chennaiyin, who started the
hani. Tushar started the game on a high scoring game as the better of the two sides.
back-to-back winners to race to a 6-1 lead in the Rafael Augusto, Anirudh Thapa
first game, but Abhishek who had a little trouble and Dhanpal Ganesh controlled pro-
picking up the drop shots did not let the game ceedings from midfield. As the game
slip away and came back strongly to level the crossed the 20-minute mark, Chen-
scores at 8-8. naiyin started imposing bundles of
Tushar managed to hold o� Abhishek by block- pressure on the Goa defence.
ing him just enough to avoid a replay and restrict- They would create three consec-
ing his moment to take the first game 11-9. The utive chances in a space of three
second game was in complete control of Ab- minutes but could not make any of
hishek, who made Tushar work all corners of the them count. The first would fall to
court before taking it 11-4. Augusto, who's e�ort from Thapa's
Tushar made unforced errors at crucial mo- cutback was brilliantly blocked by
ments, which helped Abhishek take the third and Mourtada Fall, denying an almost
fourth games by 11-6, 11-6 and the championship certain goal. FC Goa players celebrate a�er bea�ng Chennaiyin
by 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6. Third seed Sanya Vats se- From the resulting corner, de- FC in the final of the Hero Super Cup at the
cured an upset win over top seed Urwashi Joshi fender Eli Sabia had a chance to Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
to take the women's trophy home. break the deadlock but his fierce
near-post shot was well saved by Mo- for some questionable finishing from drove towards Chennaiyin's goal, be- find themselves back in the lead. Jackichand through. The winger had
RESULTS hammad Nawaz in goal. Jackichand Singh. The winger only fore forcing Karanjit to make a save. Corominas was once again at the only Karanjit to beat but could not
Men’s finals: Abhishek Agarwal [3/4] bt The young goalkeeper was given no managed to sky his e�ort after some However, the rebound fell per- heart of the action as he picked up make the most of it. The rebound fell
Tushar Shahani 9-11, 11-4 11-6, 11-6 respite as he had to prove his fine clever work from Hugo Boumous fectly to the Spaniard, who had the the ball 30 yards from goal and re- to Corominas, who was brought
Women’s finals: Sanya Vats [3/4] bt Urwashi shot-stopping abilities when Ganesh's down the wing. In the end, both sides simple task of tapping the ball home. leased Brandon with a perfectly down inside the box.
Joshi [1] 11-8 8-11 11-8 11-6 header seemed destined for the far went into the break without finding Just as it seemed that Goa would weighted through-ball. However, the referee waved away
Boys U-19 Finals: Aishwarya post. Given the constant onslaught of the back of the net. run away with the tie, Chennaiyin The small-statured winger was Goa's claims of a penalty, instead
Khubchandani [5/8] bt Amira Singh pressure, fans in the stadium were left However, that would change from were back level. Raphael Augusto quick on his feet as he beat Mailson pointing towards a goal-kick for
[3/4]9-11 11-9 9-11 11-9 11-2 bemused that Chennaiyin had not put the outset of the second half, as Goa pounced on a loose ball just outside Alves and Karanjit to slide the ball Chennaiyin. Nevertheless, that
Girls U-19 Finals: Veer Chotrani [1] bt themselves in the lead yet. drew first blood through their mer- the box, firing a shot which took a home - a truly remarkable goal. would prove to be inconsequential
Saksham Choudhary [3/4] 11-6 9-11 11-3 11-4. Slowly but steadily, Goa started curial forward Corominas. After massive deflection to deceive Nawaz. As the match reached its final as Goa held on till the final whistle
gaining a foothold in the game and Thapa cheaply gave the ball away However, the Gaurs didn't let the quarter, Goa could have sealed the to claim their first-ever Hero Super
could have scored themselves if not near the halfway line, Boumous goal deter them as they would soon tie when Boumous once again let Cup trophy.

� Crossword � Sudoku
Across 32 Chic (7) authorities (7)
3 Light beer (5) 34 Pertaining to sound repro- 14 An insect (3) SUDOKU
8 Punctuation mark ? (5) duction (5) 16 A burning vapor
SOLUTIONS TO APRIL 13

10 Nary a soul (2,3) 35 "What ___ the odds?" (3) from a fire (5)
11 Impress greatly (3) 36 Ringo ___ of the Beatles (5) 17 Sphere of action (5)
12 Device activating 37 Austere (5) 19 Becomes fond of (5,2)
electric circuits (5) 38 Cleave (5) 20 Smart or Smiley (5)
13 Rebuffed, repulsed or
21 Inclined (5)
blackballed (7) Down
23 Discharge or produce eggs
15 Criminal gang for 1 Robes or fancy dresses
from an ovary (7)
Italian-American origin (5) worn by women (5)
18 Small carpet (3) 24 Modest, prim, coy (6)
2 An uncultured person (7)
19 Bank's cashier ? (6) 4 Elderly (4) 25 Pankaj or Ambar of
21 Rational (7) 5 Glasslike opaque and Indian cricket (3)
22 Increased in size (4) ornamental coating ? (6) 27 The main artery
23 A prophetic sign (4) 6 Regal; fit for a monarch (5) from the heart (5)
24 Earn or merit (7) 7 Popular musical about 28 Lacrimal secretions (5)
26 Port in W France (6) girl orphan (5) 30 Consumers (5)
29 Former France coin (3) 9 Bud's comedy sidekick (3) 32 A trigonometric function (4)
31 Emblem (5) 12 Governments or 33 Levin or Gershwin (3)
 HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019
EVENTS

Training for better teachers

Actress Nandita Raj with others

dignitaries launching All about
Teaching Aids

T
D SHREYA VERONICA
c h i n g
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Mariya he one day ‘IPTTA-
k on t e a make every class in-
ainting glass and turning it Fest - 6’,hosted by
A b o o s for
teresting to the kid.
into a successful business; makes IPTTA - Integrated
s k i l l With today’s chil-
that is unique in its own way. Preschool Teachers Training
d b u i l d ing s dren being over-
Maria Kanchwala the lady who has remarkable Academy, was inaugurated by an e a c h e r loaded with digi-
always been artistic in her thoughts art and Dr Reeta Sonawat, former
c o m i n gt tal inputs, for
and her ways, does glass painting,
paints it on Dean of Faculty, SNDT the up c h e d them to feel and
and has a store named ‘Glass Ar- Women’s University, Mumbai
l a u n touch things will
cade’in Gachibowli, Hyderabad glass; this and torchbearer of Early Child make lot of di�erence
from where she sells her works. Education in India an Nandita and that’s what teaching aids do.
She shares her story of how she self-taught Raj, at State Gallery of Fine to make it a part More than 700 teachers are vis-
began to paint, “It was over 20 years ar�st Arts, Madhapur. Guest of Ho- of early childhood teachers iting this exhibition from across
from now, in the year, 1993, I used nour Sultana Moidu, a training and also to make every the city and neighborhood, to
to do single hand painting on the successfully renowned early childhood teacher have a handy manual on learn and share their knowledge,
glass. My husband has had a glass runs an education expert; Sonal An- the same to stimulate their cre- to evolve innovative and best
store, and during the time, many drews, Director, IPTTA; ativity and making learning the practices in Early Child Educa-
new things were entering the mar-
exclusive school principals, teachers fun experience for the child. tion area. This exhibition was an
ket and so I thought of doing some- store of of various schools and in- Speaking on the occasion, Dr excellent opportunity for those
thing on my own. Everybody con- quisitive parents were Reeta Sonawat said, “Teaching in teaching profession and par-
sidered me artistic so I started
glass present on the occasion. aids are the backbone to learn- ents to see innovative and origi-
doing glass painting and then slowly pain�ngs This event also coin- ing, they help learn a subject in nal methods of imparting knowl-
started to sell my glass paintings. I cided with a Book depth. The learning of the child edge, while being able to grab the
was always backstage and never launch – “All about is based on the way they see and attention and get the child inter-

Taking glass art

showed up myself and would just Teaching Aids” Co- visualize and the foundation to est.”
take up orders and work on them.” authored by Dr their learning is laid there. In this MsNandita Rajsaid, “It’s a
Explaining about the paints and Reeta Sonawat and exhibition I saw some innovative wonderful fest laying founda-
techniques she uses Maria says, “All Sonal Ravi Andrews. ways of teaching di�cult con- tion for a lifetime of learning to
these colours are imported from The book classifies cepts, simplifying the entire the young children. The ethods
German. I work mostly on led for the di�erent types thing from the child’s perspective being showcased here mould

to a new high
which, I cut and mould the colour.” of teaching aids to and making him comprehend and create interest towards
Every artist or a business woman be employed and easily.” learning in the young minds.
has been through a lot of challenges can be created in Creating a platform for teach- IPTTA-Fest is a unique plat-
to reach certain level and so did this the Early Child- ers at Pre-primary and Primary form for aspiring pre-primary
glass artist. “I had a small baby
when I started doing this work. I
never had the idea of business, my
father had a soft drink company. of the others employ- tory.” morning and then get my
Suddenly out of ees that I happen to Taking about a day to complete son ready for school and
nowhere I work along with me, paintings on two glass she defi- after school my mother- in
stepped I always found my nitely impresses people, “It all de- law would take care of him.
into the work to be more sat- pends on the size of the grass My work starts around 12
glass busi- isfac- when it about the number of noon and continues it till
ness to do glasses that I could paint, midnight,”
something. I after the paint is done it Simple and precise works is
started also depends on the what most of the customers
working weather conditions for the prefer, “In some cases people
from home painting to dry.” prefer jazzy stuff with the tex-
initially and Studying in a convent in ture works. The paintings are
then put up a Gujarat and eventually mostly done on toughened
workshop. finding her talent in glass,” she adds.
There were painting and dabbling in As she juggles between her mul-
challenges the not so commonly tiple roles as a mother, home- Students presen�ng
when customer done art gives her maker, artist and entrepreneur, she a skit at the one day
wanted certain tremendous satisfac- continues to plan her passion, she IPTTA Fest
colours and few tion. About managing shares, “I am concentrating on 3
requested it to her professional and D paintings which would level to learn and share innova- and primary teachers studying
be without personal life she look pretty good on hood tive methods of teaching, Sonal at IPTTA to showcase their tal-
colours and I shares, “It was a tough the glass.” Class- Ravi Andrews said, “IPTTA’s ob- ent and knowledge acquired
kept learning. I job, I used to com- rooms. More jective is to make class room from the year long diploma pro-
used to ask the plete my household than 80 teaching aids learning for pre-primary school gram. Around thirty partici-
customers which works in the can be made by referring to the children, interesting and teach- pants were exhibiting their
colours they did book. The book also illustrates ing aids are the foundation for a works which were innovative,
not like and then outcomes, objectives and scopes good learning. Every year IPTTA easy to comprehend for child
arrived at the right of each kind of aid. The main ob- Fest, brings more than a hundred and could be replicated conve-
ones to work on the jective of publishing the book is teaching aids on one theme, to niently in the classroom.”
glass.” Works of

Women in corporate boardrooms

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fact that self- service is great; fol-

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Sound sleep
� Sleeping beauty: Good sleep is
the best beauty treatment for themselves that young women are only
hired for supportive roles, fol-
your skin lowed by 27 per cent of respon-
is the key to becoming CEO
W
How to get good sleep? dents who believed that they are
e all are aware of the ben- improve your � Take a warm bath: If you are hired for operational roles.
efits of sleep and for a
overall health
facing trouble to fall asleep, says a study “The findings of the survey

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better physiological and warm water bath can be of reflect a positive trend for the
psychological health of your body help omen are shattering hiring of women at senior lead-
— sleep is the best treatment for and wellbeing � Stick to a routine: Maintain the glass ceiling across ership positions. Today, organi-
your overall well being. and follow a fixed daily sched- industries and are sations look for competencies
One of the recent studies has even be munching junk food) ule for sleeping proving their mettle in a male- that make a leader and are
shown that sleeps, besides keeping - It is always better to eat at � Stop worrying: Sleep is the dominated workforce. While therefore looking to eliminate
you healthy and fit, also im- least three hours be- best way to relax and burst there has been an increase in gender biases while hiring and
prove your productivity fore you go to bed your stress. Hence, when you the number of women at the ex- CEO of their company, when executive leadership positions. promotion. In the coming fu-
and e�ciency at � Late night are lying down on your bed, ecutive levels, only 10 per cent asked about the possibilities of Around 18 per cent of women ture, diversity will become a
work. We are living parties just forget about all your wor- of women leaders surveyed by this happening, only 10 per cent professionals said that their or- core focus area for organisa-
in a fast-paced � ries. TimesJobs are sure of becoming cited that they have a high prob- ganisations are not willing to tions as it is a key driver of per-
world where we Work life im- � Environment matters: It is im- CEOs in their career. ability of becoming the CEO. hire women at senior leadership formance for any organisation,”
boast about how balance or portant to keep a comfortable The survey titled ‘Women in About 44 per cent said that they positions. Of these, 60 per cent said Ramathreya Krishna-
we can strive and work pres- and cozy setting around your- Corporate Boardrooms’ was un- have a very marginal chance of cite that challenges like mar- murthi, business head,
survive with little sure self for a sound sleep. dertaken by 500 women leaders becoming a CEO. riage, maternity leaves, child- TimesJobs and TechGig.
or no sleep. On � � Soothing music helps: Playing and 1,000 women professionals Is gender diversity still a big birth, etc. are a primary reason Changing composition of
the other hand, Social media some of your favorite music across various industries. This concern at the executive level? to not hire them at senior levels. boardrooms
doctors say, this con- or internet ad- that’s soothing enough to put survey conducted to understand ‘Women in Corporate Board- Although, a majority (81 per Around 52 per cent of indus-
dition would harm- diction you to sleep is definitely a how corporates are gearing up rooms’ survey results reveal cent) of respondents revealed try leaders said that they have
fully a�ect health in the � Late night thing to do to promote women employees that companies are still appre- that their organisation encour- an equal number of men and
long run. We need to always re- texting and phone calls � Stay physically active: In order for executive roles. hensive about hiring women at ages hiring women employees women at the executive level.
member that it’s the body that � Too much alcohol consump- to get a good night’s sleep, you Career aspirations of working Despite the fact, 42 per cent of
analyses how much rest it needs tion need to be physically active women: Realistic or unrealistic respondents said that their ex-
and not us. Overburdening the Benefits of sleep: throughout the day. In addition, We asked women profession- � Only 10 per cent of sur- � Around 52 per cent of isting workforce at executive
Key Highlights:

body after a point will show the im- � Better immunity: Getting exercise and yoga are also als across industries if they veyed women leaders the industry leaders levels includes more men and
pact in the form of dark circles, fa- enough sleep will improve known to reduce the mental wanted to become the CEO of are sure of reaching the said that they have an lesser women.
tigue, irritability and lethargy. your overall health and immu- stress and help you unwind after their company? 71 per cent of CEO position in their ca- equal number of men As per 42 per cent of respon-
Therefore, eight hours of sleep is a nity work which aids sound sleep. respondents expressed their de- reer and women at the exec- dents, the healthcare sector has
must to keep your balance. � Enhanced mood: Having Even after practicing all of this, sire to become the CEO of their � More than 81 per cent of utive level the highest number of women
Reasons for sleep depriva�on: proper sleep always keep ups if you are still finding yourself fac- company, and only 29 per cent respondents revealed � Around 44 per cent of employees at the executive posi-
� Staying up too late - Watching the good mood ing di�culties to get a good sleep of respondents said that they that their organisation women leaders claimed tions. While the IT sector and
TV series or movies � Beats fatigue: A good sound then it is advisable to visit a general were not keen to become the aims to hire women em- that companies prefer BPO sector have the second and
� Drinking too much co�ee or sleep is always rejuvenating physician for a consultation. CEO of their existing company. ployees at executive lev- hiring young women at the third highest number of
tea and a great stress buster -Kanchan Naikawadi, Preven- Although, most respondents els executive positions women working at senior
� Eating late at night (it may � Balanced body weight: Better tive Healthcare Specialist expressed the desire to become positions
������������������������������� PERSPECTIVE 11

Why not Priyanka Vs Modi in Varanasi? PAST & PRESENT

W CHANDRAKANTH Ganga which is well-nigh impossible because Remembering Raj, our lovely pet
S
keep dirtying the rivers and every water sources
peculation is primary to politics. Whether in the process of cleaning themselves.
such an exercise leads to a positive result Improvement also comes from jobs to the un- T K NANDANAN on time for his meal at my brother’s house. He
is again a matter of speculation. employed. Youth in Varanasi do not have jobs was never like other dogs cringing for their food.
Having said that, I must admit that I am not
sure whether AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu has suggested to the AICC president
just as their counterparts elsewhere in the coun-
try. River navigation systems being developed
are long term plans and it takes time for the
I t was exactly 40 years ago the sad death of our
pet, Raj shocked us. He came to our house
when I was a toddler. He was a medium –sized
If he was to starve, he would starve.
And now well stricken by age, he would walk
wearily and unsteadily. My mother then used to
Rahul Gandhi (at the time of filing this report) youth to get employment. dog with thick hair all over his body and we looked intently look at him, “Raj, there is nobody here
that his sister Priyanka Vadra must be fielded One can always see people trying to cleanse after him like a member of our family. More than to bury you if you breathe out. Go away some-
from Varanasi. This speculation also got tagged the Ganges by making some water into it along 11 years he had been with us. As he became very where and get lost before you die here.” Taking
to NCP's Sharad Pawar. ����������������������������������������� the ghats despite community toilets being pro- old, life became hard for him. Still, one thing he pity on him, I used to quip, “Don’t say like that
Naidu himself did not say so during his inter- ���������������������������������������� vided near them. never failed to do was frequenting my elder mother; he is very weak because of old age. If he
action with the media, both vernacular and na- ��������������������������������������� Additionally, she could poke Modi with brother’s house which was a little more dies, we will somehow bury him.”
tional, after his meeting with the Election Com- ���������������������������������������� Rafale-Ambani connection to the latter's dis- than one furlong away from ours. Hearing this as if understood some-
mission of India, which he visited to complain comfort too. There was a small canal near our thing, Raj became so solemn and se-
against the alleged shabby manner in which the
���������������������������������������� But there would also be a sharper attack from house, which was to be crossed to rious and went back to the veranda
elections were held in AP, to both to the Lok ������������������������������������������ Modi on Vadra front. After all, Priyanka's full reach my brother’s house though to lie. That night Raj was seen try-
Sabha and the State Assembly. ������������������������������������ name is Priyanka Vadra and she keeps dropping there was a wide and round- ing to get down the veranda steps
If he had suggested so, Naidu may sooner or ��������������������������������������� him at the ED o�ce in Delhi and also pick him about way to reach his house. to go out. Then I helped him
later confirm the same. ������������������������������������������ up now and then. She also needs to disclose her The long veranda in the front come down and as he trudged
But, the idea of Priyanka taking on Narendra ���������������������������������������� assets as well as that of Robert Vadra, her hus- of the house was his favorite wearily along, I warned him not
Modi at Varanasi does not sound preposterous. ���������������������������������������� band and also that of her children. Will she be place to sleep on. We never tied to go out. Then, I went to the din-
In fact, it is quite interesting. Yes. Why not ���������������������������������� comfortable with it as all the figures would be him or put a belt on his neck with ing room to have my supper.
Priyanka? And this could also make her a com- talked about and the debate becomes more per- the intention of controlling him. Next morning when my mother
mon candidate of the entire anti-Modi Opposi- derground cabling work to the perishable cargo sonal. He was free to go out and come in got up to sweep the veranda, she could
tion. That is, if it is interested in really giving centre and trade facilitation centre, all in the Politically, will Sonia Gandhi be comfortable whenever he liked. He was more like a not see Raj. She searched everywhere and
Modi a fight is the million-dollar question. last four-and-a-half years. Modi's plan is to de- with Priyanka hogging all the limelight as her human being when scolded or chided at his told me about the missing of Raj. Suddenly, I
Modi secured 56 per cent vote in Varanasi the velop a Varanasi model over and above the Gu- taking on Modi in Varanasi means national and trespassing into the inner rooms of our house got up and went out to see him. No trace of Raj.
last time. Since then, he has relentlessly worked jarat model which has lost its sheen now, per- international media attention (to some extent). and he swiftly went out of the room with his head Even now it is a mystery of how he might have
to do wonders to Varanasi. The holiest of the In- haps. Secondly, if she outshines her brother - as usual hung in shame. He knew he was banned from en- met his end. Later, I met my elder brother and
dian towns which attracts international atten- Priyanka could, of course,always question the and e�ortlessly - as she always does, will her tering the inner rooms as we thought it might af- when enquired about Raj, brother told me he
tion too with its spiritual status has improved a developmental claims to say that the improve- mother be okay with her raised stature in the fect our health. Whenever hunger struck him had not seen Raj the previous day.
lot. But it is not glitz and glam yet. It is work in ment is only in bits and pieces. Potholes on roads party? hard, he would have a tendency to trespass. But So, we inferred that he had met his watery
progress in large parts. have only been covered up. Ghats have beenim- Sonia has all along been playing this balanc- even on our chiding, he would su�er his hunger death while crossing the flooded canal during
Babatpur-Varanasi Highway is a symbol of proved but not the hygiene. Should a Prime Min- ing act very e�ectively preventing Priyanka and would lie outside waiting inordinately for the high tide and the carcass might have gone
transformation nowadays for the believers. This ister belong to only his constituency while the from hogging more than necessary limelight our call for his share of food. floating to the big river during the ebb tide.
road is touted as the gateway to Varanasi, as it whole country is rotting, she might say. And of than her brother. The BJP will also question Raj used to have his supper invariably from my When I think about him now, tears well up in
connects Varanasi to the Lal Bahadur Shastri course, she could also ask Modi whether he could whether it was an attempt to garner Hindu elder brother’s house. Sometimes the canal would my eyes. How great was he? Even in his death,
International Airport, Babatpur. It showcases not get the black money hoarded in Swiss banks votes as Rahul Gandhi has filed his nomination be flooded on high tide but Raj braving himself he never disturbed us by leaving his carcass be-
the fast-emerging Brand Banaras to all those, as promised to transform the entire nation in from Wayanad too for an easy passage to the would venture in to the overflowing canal to reach hind.
including foreigners, who travel this road to the last five years. LS with the help of the IUML in Kerala.

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reach Varanasi, locals in favour of Modi argue. Varanasi tops the developmental list of Modi What will the Opposition (the rest of it) do
Several other projects have also been started as heritage and spiritual city and Ganga Ma too in the event? Will they help Priyanka gain trac-
including two road projects with a total length needing attention. Hence, there is a grand vision tion through Varanasi fight? In the event of
of 34 kilometres at a cost of Rs 1,571.95 crore. to make all those sites and places attractive to Priyanka becoming a giant slayer, will not the
This is apart from Rs 2,413 crore worth infra- the tourists. But Varanasi is also a heritage city Congress get supremely strengthened to the visited the garden in 2013 and laid a wreath in
structure projects taking shape now. in the sense that it has an age-old tradition of detriment of the regional satraps? This too is memory of the dead and called the murders a
These include roads to sewage treatment open drains which regularly overflow in some all speculation. This is a long summer for all “deeply shameful event” but stopped short of a
plants to next generation infrastructure to trans- areas of the city, she could top up her argument. of us. A real long wait for the outcome of the full apology. Last Wednesday, Teresa May reiter-
port facilities, from the under-construction City People would also agree with her when she bitter fight for power amongst the political par- ated the UK government’s long-standing expres-
Convention Centre gifted by the Japanese pre- asks them whether Modi could convert the city ties! sion of ‘deep regret’ over the April 1919 massacre,
mier to Kashi to the city command and control into Kyoto of India with Japanese assistance. Speculation is good. After all, it keeps us calling it a ‘shameful scar’ on British Indian his-
centre for smooth tra�c management, from un- Primary to that promise would be cleansing of busy. If it turns out to be true, it is sweeter. tory. An apology is an act of contrition and draws
a line; it will not undo the hurt and pain, but it

BJP manifesto forgets backward populace

does send a signal. An apology is not the be all and
end all. The most important thing the British can
do now is to work to ensure such actions are re-
membered, respected and not allowed to happen
MALLEPALLI EKALAVYA mony. In 1999, the BJP under Atal Bihari Vaj- sive ideology. A lot of horrific incidents took again. Children across the UK should also benefit
payee made a decision in protecting the op- place in the Modi-led government during the from learning about the Jallianwala Bagh mas-

P rime Minister Narendra Modi released the

BJP's poll manifesto that promises plenty
to develop almost every sector inside the dem-
pressed classes and promised to safeguard the
interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes
and Backward Classes by appropriate legal, ex-
last five years. According to NCRB data, five BJP-
ruled States have recorded the highest crime
rates against Dalits. In Madhya Pradesh alone,
SC’s welcome move on
electoral bonds
sacre to know what their country did in the name
of empire. They should learn not just about a
thousand years of British success and innovation
ocratic country. Some of the promises such as ecutive and societal e�orts and by large scale ed- 3,249 incidents of crime against Scheduled but also about the human cost across the world
ensuring urban development, constructing
roads at an unprecedented pace, corruption free
Bharat, ease of doing business, connecting gram
ucation and empowerment which they failed to
deliver and showered step-motherly treatment
towards Dalits and Adivasis. In 2004, 2009 and
Castes were registered in 2014, 3,546 in 2015
and 4,922 in the year 2016 and with 10,426 inci-
dents, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest num-
A propos to the report ‘No stay on electoral
bonds’ (THI, April 13), it should be noted that
in a democratic system that does not have pub-
of expedition, exploration and exploitation.
It is right that children in UK learn about the
British values of democracy and the rule of law,
panchayats with high speed optical fibre net- 2014 also the party's manifesto at least had a ber of incidents of crime against Scheduled licly-funded elections (such as ours), it therefore about the industrial revolution and the Glorious
work etc., are mostly related to technology and clause regarding the fair treatment and empow- Castes. becomes crucially important for the public to Revolution of 1688. They also need to know the
economy. However, the manifest miserably erment of Dalits, Adivasis and Backward Classes While all such incidents tend to happen even know who funds political parties, in order to crit- shameful parts of British history and what the
failed in promising social justice and turned a which was again a false promisethat was not ex- while you are reading this, the BJP has nothing ically evaluate whether that party’s policies are British Empire meant to millions of subjects
blind eye towards Dalits, Adivasis and other ecuted. But in 2019, the BJP and Narendra to say about protecting the oppressed and clearly designed to actually serve the public good, or colonised around the world.
backward castes as if there is no issue to address Modi's manifesto does not have even a single confessing that the party is not concerned in ad- whether they are written to benefit its funders. Vandana Rao Bellampalli, Stratford, London
at the current hour. sentence that is mentioned regarding social jus- dressing the Dalit issues and caste oppression. To break the matter down into its essentials: if
This is most shocking and astonishing that in tice and protecting Dalits and Adivasi rights If this continues to happen, the citizens of India a big, multinational corporation (A) donates a
a country like India, there are many key issues while there is a sharp rise in atrocities towards belonging to Dalits and Adivasis will ultimately huge amount of money to a political party (B),
that has to be addressed and there is utter silence Dalits and Adivasis in the country. The only thing lose faith in the Constitution and may feel alien- and on coming to power, that political party
towards such issues in the BJP's manifesto. The that the party promises is to empower the eco- ated in their own country where their rights are rewrites the rules in relevant sectors (such as, for
BJP failed to understand that along with the nomically weaker classes in "ensuring justice to not protected and self-respect ruined which will example, environmental regulations) benefiting
party's promise to make India as the world's 3rd all" in page 33 of the manifesto which clearly probably bring the country into a state of tur- that corporation, then that entire set of transac-
largest economy, the country's strength lies in shuns the interests of Dalits, Adivasis and Back- bulence and the BJP will have to pay a very huge tions must be open to public scrutiny. Secrecy in
protecting social justice and self-respect of every ward Classes providing more scope to the de- price for failing to establish democracy and its political funding ensures an asymmetry of infor-
community which keeps the country in har- veloped classes in the country which is a regres- paralysed thinking. mation that goes to the root of the democratic
process, and the fairness of elections. The Attor-

India needs a strong leader, strong nation

ney-General’s only real argument in court was
that black money was eliminated, since donations
were now routed through the State Bank of India.
As the judges themselves noted, however, this
does very little to prevent circuitous payments
JAYANTA GHOSAL to frame policies, you've to talk to the actual reason is because Shiv general election six months early. that escape regulatory scrutiny. More than that,
experts, bureaucrats and even Sena couldn't get the malai of And Vajpayee accepted. He lost the however, black money fails to explain far too

I am a human being - homo sapi-

ens. But does that mean I am
poor, brutish, nasty and small?
other people.
After getting 282 seats, was Modi
reluctant to listen any other opin-
Delhi's power. It started with the
Mumbai corporation and ended in
a cabinet birth for Shiv Sena.
election.
Can anybody dictate Modi like
this today?
much. Black money cannot explain donor secrecy,
or in fact, that this secrecy works only one way:
through the State-owned SBI, the government is
That is what Thomas Hobbes had ion? When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was In the party national executive always in a position to know donor details. The
thought. Machiavelli's prince had I think this belief is absolutely the Prime Minister, Balasaheb meeting held at Palampur (Hi- electoral bond scheme thus favours the ruling
also said that if you want to control wrong. I know his style of function- quarrelled on several issues. But machal Pradesh), the BJP leader- party of the day (made clear by the fact that an
people, the masses, the electorate ing and I can say, bluntly, that each the supply line for Shiv Sena was ship led by Advani took the reso- overwhelming percentage of the funds through
- then you've to keep a whip in your and every day he spoke to several never disturbed. Vajpayee was the lution in 1989 to start electoral bonds have come to the BJP). Nor can
hand like the ringmaster in a circus. people on di�erent subjects. In Lu- first NDA PM in 1998. The Vaj- Ramjanmabhomi movement. Vaj- black money explain the removal of caps on cor-
Only a strong leader can control tyen's Delhi, there is a wrong per- payee era could easily be said as the payee objected but he was a loner porate donations, the removal of the requirement
the mobocracy. ception that he takes his own deci- beginning of the 'swarna yug' of In- and a minority voice. Now this that a corporation must be three years in existence
The great Indian political circus sion - this isn't correct. In Delhi, he dian economy. It was under his model of Vajpayee leadership is de- to donate (thus opening the door to shell compa-
has also had several Prime Minis- begins his daily routine with brief- leadership that India went for sirable? When a General cannot is- nies), and the removal of the requirement that
ters. From Jawaharlal Nehru to ing meetings. Principal Secretary Pokhran 2, but was he a strong sue order to his soldiers forcefully? corporations set out their donations in their
Narendra Modi. Each Prime Min- Nripendra Mishra meets him first. leader? The Indian mythology of Second, when you are a victim of profit-and-loss statements. All these, and more,
ister is unique, but the modus Then P K Mishra and other PMO strong leadership would dictate political blackmail. PV Narasimha provided excellent reasons for the Supreme Court Modi a new legend
operandi is di�erent. In 2014 when o�cials. He talks to his PS and that he wasn't. Rao had to manage JMM MPs to to strike down – or at least stay – the scheme until
Modi entered Lutyen's Delhi, the
popular perception was that a
strongman has arrived. Likethe ar-
APSs daily. Then, the PM conducts
video conferences with his depart-
ment secretaries. He would also
Vajpayee was, after all, a man of
political consensus. How can such
a leader be characterised as strong?
win the no confidence motion in
the Lok Sabha. How can he be the
strongman? Manmohan Singh did
its final decision.
Ashok Kumar V, Hyderabad P olitics and cinema have reciprocity of a pow-
erful kind. The DMK and other parties in the
South created Jayalalithaa, MGR, NTR, out of the
rival of James Bond, after the hold such conferences with state Here lies the fallacy. Once the late not like it, but charge-sheeted Lalu flesh of film. Films allowed you to combine history
World War II to dispel the darkness government o�cials. Pramod Mahajan of the BJP told Prasad who was in his Cabinet. I and myth, renew the symbolism of the man and
of the depressed British masses. He also has his own unique way me: “Do you know what is our ma- recall that once, while accompany- his politics. Modi always had a touch of the filmi
Plato had preached that for a of taking inputs from the feedback jor problem in this party and gov- ing him during a trip, he said on in him. He was both nautanki and filmi, to use lo-
philosopher king who would also from the ground; a team, a set-up ernment? And what is the advan- record that keeping Lalu in the cal idioms. Modi’s theatrics was wasted on oral
be the representative of God - that that isn't just restricted to social tage the Gandhi family of the Cabinet was coalition compulsion. media. It needed to be recorded and relived. He
he will bring justice to mankind. media like Twitter or Facebook. He Congress have?" He explained: "In Manmohan Singh wanted to go to had to transcend the ephemerality of news. He
Today in a democracy, we chose seeks opinion from the chaupals of our party it is a tyranny of democ- Pakistan to talk. The party said no. needed a touch of myth and history. He had to be-
our leader through the process of di�erent villages. Before the dec- racy. Vajpayee may be the leader How can he be a strong leader? come folklore, not mere mass entertainment. The
election. There is no monarch. Nor laration of the election, he con- but there is an oligarchy. Advani, Today we need a strong leader idea of making a film was strategically correct.
do we have a philosopher leader ducted a review meeting. The PMO MM Joshi, Jaswant Singh, Yash- and strong nation. But this doesn't Modi was not just being transformed into a biopic.
like S Radhakrishnan. We have wanted to know the status of im- want Sinha. And beyond these mean that it has to be against the He was signalling a transition in status from index
Modi and the popular perception plementation of di�erent govern- leaders there is Nagpur. Humhara culture of political pluralism. Such to icon, from news to myth, while his audience
persists that he is a 'strong leader'. ment of India schemes in the coun- yaha fayasla lenese jada chintan a leader need not be against feder- transformed from the fluidity of network to a
At the eve of another election, the try's 29 States and 7 union manthan hota haye!" alism, need not run a unitary gov- more permanent community of fans. He moved
discourse on strong leadershiphas
started again. But we need to un-
territories.
It is true that Modi didn't en-
In the Congress, there is a work-
ing committee but only one Gandhi
ernment. Our Constitution sug-
gests a quasi-federal structure, and
UK should apologise for from social media to recapture the public space
of history, the permanence of a political states-
derstand that strong leader doesn't
mean an undemocratic leader. I
courage the Dalal Raj of the politi-
cal system. In Maharashtra, what
will take the final call. Nobody can
object. Sharad Pawar and Purno
such a leader can be a symbol of
that political entropy. But creating
Jallianwala Bagh massacre man. As the movie itself announced, it was a “story
of a billion people”. Bollywood is right. He wins
think that even in a coalition gov-
ernment one needs a strong lead-
ership to run the coalition. A strong
is the reason for the deteriorating
relationship between Uddhav and
Modi took in the past 5 years? Was
Sangma raised issues and they had
to leave the party. Only once Vaj-
payee did not disclose the decision
a hate campaign against Modi, pro-
jecting him as an autocrat - is that
democracy? Actually, till today, I
T he British government has never o�ered a for-
mal apology for Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Former British Prime Minister, David Cameron,
because he is now a legend. The biopic claimed to
be a “story of a legend”.
Sivakumar S, Hyderabad
leader does not mean that he will it ideological? Was it the just the to Advani also - and that was the have not seen one Devkant Baruah
be blunt to the ideas of others - that BJP's single party mindset? An ar- Pokhran blast and that event made statement in the BJP saying ‘Modi
he or she will not listen to the voice rogance of big brotherhood? The Indian leadership strong! See, Ad- is India’. [email protected]
of the people. Rather, if you want informed political circle know that vani pressurised Vajpayee to hold (The writer is a senior journalist)
12 NEWS HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

TDP DEFENDS ITS CHOICE OF ‘Manager of the Year’ award

TECH ADVISOR FOR EC MEET for Singareni CMD Sridhar
HANS NEWS SERVICE said that the company reached this
Amaravati: The TDP defended EVM to be part of the delegation towards its technology advisor on of his pioneering contributions, stage because of the team e�ort of
sending technical advisor Hari that knocked on its doors. the ground that he was involved Hari Prasad was conferred with Kothagudem: Achievement Fo- o�cials, workers and employees.
Prasad Vemuru to the Election Maintaining that “such an- in alleged theft. An FIR in this such distinction. He published a rum of Britain, a leading forum for Earlier, he participated in the
Commission (EC) along with tecedents do not inspire case was filed at M R A. research paper on vulnerability professional e�ciency announced world renowned trade fair
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister confidence”, the EC in- Marg police station in of Indian EVMs along with some the “Manager of the year” award ‘BAUMA’ at Munich in Germany.
N Chandrababu Naidu to discuss vited the TDP to Mumbai in 2010. internationally reputed co-au- to SCCL CMD N Sridhar for this He spoke at ‘India Day Sympo-
the issue related to the Electronic send another ex- “To my knowl- thors from the US and the year, said the coal company in a SCCL CMD N Sridhar receiving the award sium’ on the topic ‘Indian Coal In-
Voting Machines (EVMs), saying pert “who does edge no charge Netherlands,” the TDP letter said. statement on Sunday. Singareni from founder of the pres�gious ‘Business dustry – present situation and the
he was invited by the poll body in not have similar sheet has been The party claimed that Hari Collieries Company Limited chair- Alliance’ (Sr Execu�ve group), CEO of future’. He explained the progress
the past despite alleged involve- antecedents” to filed in the above Prasad’s e�orts were recognised man and managing director N ‘New World Insight’ Chris�na Briggs and of Singareni company. More than
ment in a case of EVM theft. interact with the crime even after and his suggestions were re- Sridhar received the international Director General Of EBA (Europe Business 3,500 companies from 58 coun-
In its reply to the EC, the TDP poll panel on nine years,” the MP ceived positively by erstwhile award in London on Friday. Alliance) Prof John Ne�ng tries showcased their technology,
alleged that instead of focusing Monday over the wrote. The TDP also chief election commissioners S Y The award was presented to new machinery and systems at
on the issue, the poll panel was EVM issue. The no- pointed out that Hari Qureshi and V S Sampath and Sridhar at an event at the Institute Netting presented the award and their stalls. Almost 6 lakh visitors
trying to avoid it. tice to the legal cell of Prasad is first Indian to this led to design of VVPAT. The of Directors London at Achieve- a citation to Singareni CMD Srid- from 200 countries visited the fair
TDP’s Rajya Sabha member the TDP came after a dele- be honoured with EFF Pio- EC invited him to participate in ments Forum-2019. President of har and conveyed their apprecia- which was held from April8-14.
and party’s legal cell in-charge K gation led by Naidu met the EC neer Award 2010 by the Elec- the first field trial of VVPAT in ‘Global Club Of Leaders’, founder tion, informed the SCCL. On this CMD Sridhar and representatives
Ravindra Kumar sent a letter to on April 13 to discuss poll-related tronic Frontier Foundation (US). 2011. The TDP said it was not the of the prestigious ‘Business Al- occasion Singareni CMD N Srid- from Singareni inspected the latest
the EC after it issued a notice on issues, including those related to “As a security researcher in In- only instance when the EC in- liance’, CEO of ‘New World In- har explained the progress made mining machinery and studied
Saturday to the ruling party functioning of EVMs. dia, he had revealed security flaws vited and noted the suggestions sight’ Christina Briggs and Direc- by Singareni in the last few years how they would be useful for the
questioning how Naidu allowed The TDP expressed strong in India’s paperless electronic given by him after so-called case tor General Of EBA (Europe and the initiatives and systems fol- coal industry in general and Sin-
a person accused of stealing reservation about EC’s approach voting machines. In recognition against the whistleblower. Business Alliance) Professor John lowed to achieve this. The CMD gareni in particular.

Is estranged wife licensed to harass in-laws?

DR H C UPADHYAY cultures, economic standards and so- overtones has been revived. Now it re- or the accused and rely on the material
LEGAL CIRCLES cial backgrounds take place, matrimo- mains to be seen what would be the submitted by the complainant in order

T he recent verdict of the

Supreme Court on the question
of jurisdiction to file a complaint under
nial di�erences are bound to happen.
The statistics show that in most of the
cases filed under Section 498A, there
apex court’s stand in the light of new
documents produced by the petition-
ers before it while the government
to raise a probable defence. It added
that it is not necessary for the accused
to come in the witness box in support
Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code has been gross abuse of this harsh pro- claims that they were stolen from the of his defence. Section 28 and 139 im-
(IPC) notwithstanding its good inten- vision by the police. records. posed an evidentiary burden and not
tions is sure to cause abundant harass- Unfortunately. in such a ticklish sit- Incidentally, while the questions of a persuasive burden.
ment to the husband and his relatives uation instead of providing a mecha- admissibility of stolen documents and Considering the fact that a large
at the hands of an estranged wife. nism for the amicable resolution of the privacy privileges are being debated in number of cheque bounce cases in-
The apex court held while answering marital disputes, the lawmakers have the country’s top court, at about the volves either the unaccounted money
a reference that the courts at the place thought it fit to leave its enforcement same time, the Ecuador Embassy has wherein income tax is evaded or post-
where the wife takes shelter after leav- to the ill-equipped and mentally reluc- handed over Julius Assange, the dated cheques for unduly higher
ing or driven away from the matrimo- tant police force. It has done more founder of Wiki leaks to the USA for amounts than actually lent by the cred-
nial home on account of acts of cruelty harm than good to the society. The in- prosecution under various laws in- itors are obtained forcibly from the
committed by the husband or his rela- discreet use of this section has broken cluding the theft of secret documents! needy borrower. Under these circum-
tives, more would depend on the fac- more families than united them. In- Onus of financial capacity on com- stances this judgment will provide re-
tual situation and also have jurisdic- deed, Section 498A IPC has outlived plainant lief to many a gullible person who get
tion to entertain a complaint filed its utility and it is high time that it was In a significant judgement delivered trapped in the dirty designs of illegal
under Section 498A of IPC. completely scrapped in the interest of in Basalingappa vs Muddibasappa, the money lenders and financiers.
Considering the reference pending the family peace and harmonious mar- Supreme Court has observed that the
for about seven years, the three Judge der Section 498A IPC by a harassed of husband may show distant place as ital life of the people. complainant in a cheque bounce case HC judge Siva Shankar Rao re�res
bench comprising Chief Justice of In- woman against her husband and the her residence after the incident of is bound to explain his financial capac- Dr B Siva Shankara Rao, a Judge of
dia Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L Nageswara relatives of the husband from any place dowry harassment. For example, a wife Review in Rafale ma�er ity when the same is questioned by the the Telangana High Court at Hyder-
Rao and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul where she has chosen to reside after who is bent upon taking revenge on The much discussed and debated accused by leading evidence to that ef- abad, retired on April 10. Justice Rao
observed: “Whether in a case where leaving or being driven out from the her husband and other in-laws may case of Rafale deal has once again sur- fect. had earned the reputation as a brilliant
cruelty had been committed in a mat- matrimonial home. As it is of the com- fabricate the proof of residing at a far- faced in the Supreme Court. The top The bench comprising Justice and upright jurist during his career.
rimonial home by the husband or the mon knowledge that when parties to a away place and get complaint regis- court has brushed aside the Central Ashok Bhushan and Justice K M
relatives of the husband and the wife matrimonial dispute like dowry ha- tered there. Section 498 A of IPC be- government’s argument that Section Joseph observed: “Court cannot insist SC recommends Jus�ce Vikram Nath
leaves the matrimonial home and rassment are at war, generally bound- ing the being a criminal o�ence, the 123 of the Evidence Act read with Sec- on a person to lead negative evi- as CJ of AP HC
takes shelter in the parental home lo- aries of decency and morality are accused persons will have to face the tion 124 and 162 provides for the statu- dence...High Court without discarding Justice Vikram Nath, the senior-
cated at a di�erent place or a place sit- crossed, and wild allegations and ordeal of attending the court fre- tory basis for a claim of public interest the evidence which was led by the de- most Judge of the Allahabad High
uated at any other place than the counter allegations are made against quently, while the wife being the com- privilege and above all, there is the fence could not have held that finding Court has been recommended for the
parental home of the wife have juris- each other. plainant will get a sympathetic treat- Constitutional embargo contained in of trial court regarding financial capac- post of the Chief Justice of the newly
diction to entertain the complaint un- In such a situation, the estranged ment from the court there by Article 74 (2) of the Constitution. The ity of the complaint is perverse. We are, created High Court of Andhra Pradesh
der Section 498A, in a situation where wife may be prompted to take advan- exempting her from personal appear- Court also did not agree with the Gov- thus, satisfied that accused has raised at Amaravati by the Supreme Court
no overt act of cruelty or harassment tage of this verdict of the Supreme ance. ernment’s argument that under the a probable defence and the findings of Collegium.
is alleged to have been committed by Court and cause maximum harass- In fact, since the enactment of Sec- provisions of O�cial Secrets Act, the the trial court that complaint failed to It may be noted that since its incep-
the husband at the parental home ment to her husband and his relatives. tion 498A in the IPC in early eighties access to information where the public prove his financial capacity based on tion on January 1, 2019 the new High
where the wife had taken shelter.” The Supreme Court verdict is obvi- it has been applied by the vested in- interest in disclosure overshadows, evidence led by the defence.” Court of Andhra Pradesh has no regu-
The apex court’s intentions are good ously silent over this possibility. terests indiscriminately. In modern and the harm to the protected interest The Court also observed that to re- lar Chief Justice. At present, the High
as this crucial decision would remove The wife in order to teach a fitting times when marriages between the cannot be tolerated. but the presumption, it is open for the Court has been manned by the Acting
the hurdle in filing the complaint un- lesson to her husband and the relatives people belonging to heterogeneous Thus, the Rafale case with political accused to rely on evidence led by him Chief Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar.

7 killed in auto-lorry smash at Kodad KCR DOES QUIET Oppn firm on 50% VVPAT count
CAMPAIGN: KTR
Kodad: Seven people were killed in a gruesome road accident
on Sunday at the Khammam crossroads in Kodad town on
Sunday. While five persons died on the spot, two others breathed Con�nued from page 1 Naidu questioned the ration- ECs’ condition for talks that the
their last on way to the hospital. The incident occurred, when Con�nued from page 1 lowed by Warangal and Karimnagar. He Naidu gave a power point pres- ality of the Centre in investing whistle-blower on EVM tamper-
a lorry rammed into an auto carrying devotees from a nearby “Were the EVM's were proper when said the people of Telangana would entation to reiterate replacement Rs 9,000 crore on VVPATs if only ing Hari Prasad should not attend
Ram temple. Three other injured were being treated at a Kham- he came into power in 2014? The com- never honour the BJP and they will not of the existing EVM election sys- one machine was to be counted. the meeting scheduled for Mon-
mam hospital. The deceased were identified as Naga Sulochana ments of the AP CM are silly. Seeing get a single seat in the state. KTR said tem with the ballot paper. The The Chief Minister said even the day. The EC is entertaining those
(53), Laxmaiah (60), Narmaneni Suguna (51), auto driver Abbas the behaviour of Naidu, the TDP cadre that there will be no impact of Congress colossal failure of the election developed countries like Germany who have 31 cases against them
(40), Laxmi (45), Ambati Saidamma (45) and Shialaja (48), all is also thinking that they are losing the president Rahul Gandhi contesting in machinery in AP elections should which had experimented with and was instantly acting on their
are residents of Kodad. According to the police, 10 people from election. What would Chandrababu say Wayanad in the neighbouring states. “If be an eye opener to all, he said. EVMs have preferred paper bal- complaints, but they are objecting
Kodad town went to witness the celestial wedding of Lord if he wins on May 23? Will he have the a leader is popular, he can win from "It is not because I am raising lot. He said there should be trans- to the demo by Hari Prasad.
Srirama at a temple in Tammera village of Kodad mandal. After same doubts on the EVMs,” said KTR. any seat. Chandrababu never leaves this issue out of fear of losing the parency in the election process. AAP president and Delhi Chief
the celebrations, they were returning in an auto. Severely He also took exception to the com- Kuppam, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy never election. This is a larger issue The Election Commission lost Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Con-
injured Renuka, Laxmi Kumari and Manga Tayaru are undergoing ments that KCR and Jagan were pet left Pulivendula. Only KCR has con- concerning our democracy and credibility with the non-func- gress leaders Kapil Sibal and Ab-
treatment and their condition is said to be critical. Meanwhile, dogs of Narendra Modi. The TRS leader tested in different constituencies. There the nation. I want everybody to tioning of EVMs at majority hishek Singhvi, CPI's S Sudhakar
the bodies of all the five people were shifted to the government predicted that the TRS would get high- will be no impact of Rahul Gandhi con- know what is happening and be places in Andhra Pradesh, Naidu Reddy, CPM’s Nilotpal Basu
hospital in Kodad for postmortem. est majority in Medak Lok Sabha fol- testing in Wayanad,” said KTR. with us," he added. said and took exception to the spoke.

TS labourers stranded Won’t allow them

in Saudi seek help to divide India: PM
Con�nued from page 1 for a long time. I have never raised
Modi said, "You have proven a question on his patriotism. I can
Con�nued from page 1 the strength of democracy in India, understand the kind of pressure
Another labour from Sri Lanka in the first phase of elections". which must have been put on him
passed away because of heart at- Lashing out at the Congress, the for this kind of 'Parivar bhakti",
tack. The immigrants have ap- prime minister said, "Congress Modi said.
proached their own countries’ had been infected with germs. The Referring to doubts raised by
embassies in di�erent ways to get grand old party's manifesto prom- the Congress on the 2016 surgical
out of the country. In response to ise that AFSPA will be removed strikes and IAF strikes in Balakot,
this, External A�airs Minister from the state if they come to pow- he charged that Congress has never
Sushma Swaraj has asked her er to demoralise the security trusted the Indian armed forces.
deputy V K Singh to settle the is- forces". "Can a patriot speak like "For the Congress, the Army is
sue in January 2019. this? Shouldn't our security forces only a way of earning money,"
By that time, the Saudi Arabian N RAMCHANDRAM P VENKAT P LAXMAN S RAJAIAH CH GANGARAJU have a safety net," he asked people Modi charged.
government filed a case against at the rally. Hitting out at the Congress for
the construction company and ers said that if they are not bailed gone to Riyadh for livelihood. Modi accused the Congress of migration of Kashmiri Pandits
asked them to solve the problems out, they would have to get The Individuals and the family politicising the Jallianwala Bagh from the Valley, Modi said the
of the immigrants. stranded for another two months. members have urged the govern- Centenary. "The Vice President BJP is committed to bring the
The labourers whose Iqama The Telangana government ment to settle the issue of pend- was in Jallianwala Bagh for the community back to their land.
was not expired could reach their has requested the Centre to pur- ing salaries and extension of Iqa- government event. He paid tribute "The policies of Congress were
native place but the immigrants sue the matter with the Indian ma, if not possible, issue exit to martyrs but Congress CM was responsible for Kashmiri Pandits
with expired Iqama are still Embassy in Saudi Arabia to repa- passes and repatriate 56 Telan- not there," he said, charging that leaving their homes in valley", he
stranded in the country. However, triate 56 Telangana immigrants gana immigrants from Riyadh. nationalism was an insult for the said. "The Congress was so con-
the o�cials at the embassy are from Riyadh to India. The gov- The immigrants include Saindla opposition. The Punjab CM, he cerned about their vote bank, that
said to be expressing their inabili- ernment has also written a letter Rajaiah (Dhammnnapet, Jagityal said, insulted the Jallianwala Bagh they pretended not to see atroci-
ty to send them back as the issue on March 23, 2019 to Indian Em- dist) Pittala Venkati (Dharmapuri, memorial by not attending the ties against my Kashmiri Pandit
was in the court. bassy, but the problem was not Jagityal dist), Chinthal Gangaraju government's memorial on the brothers and sisters," he added.
With Ramzan festival ahead, solved yet. As many as 56 Telan- (Raghavapatnam, Jagityal dist), day of the centenary. Modi said The PM also referred to the 1984
the immigrants are requesting gana immigrants hailing from Narpaka Ramachandram (Kan- he can understand the kind of Sikh riots and said the Congress
early action and support from the Adilabad, Nirmal, Karimnagar, dalaplli, Jagityal dist) and Padigal pressure on Amarinder Singh. "I was betraying the people by prom-
Indian government. The labour- Nizamabad, Jagtial, etc, have Laxman (Nirmal). have known Capt Amaridner Singh ising "nyay".
HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019 NATION/WORLD 13

Mysterious black box pops out of Modi’s copter, Cong demands probe
New Delhi (IANS):The Congress on Sunday de- men carrying a black box to a private Innova parked onto a private vehicle which was not a part of the made in the case of this box. Where was the box
manded an immediate investigation by the Election at a helipad, allegedly immediately after Modi's SPG (Special Protection Group) carcade and it sped transported," Sharma asked.
Commission (EC) into a mysterious box, which was chopper had landed there. away." Sharma pointed out that whenever the The Congress demanded that the poll panel
allegedly unloaded from Prime Minister Narendra Former Union Minister and senior Congress Prime Minister or other Cabinet Ministers travel should investigate the contents of the box. Sharma
Modi's chopper after it landed in Chitradurga in leader Anand Sharma said: "In Chitradurga, we got to various locations for election campaign, EC o�- said: "It is not just in favour of the people of India,
Karnataka earlier this week. to see something very unusual, something not seen cials check their vehicles. but also the Prime Minister in order to uphold the
The Karnataka Congress on Saturday tweeted a before. The Prime Minister was in an Air Force hel- "This rule is applicable on the Prime Minister dignity of the post."
14-second video clip, claiming that it was filmed icopter, and a big, black box was unloaded from his too. There should an investigation, as nothing is out He said that Karnataka Pradesh Congress Com-
soon after Modi landed in Chitradurga on Tuesday helicopter. "We received this information today of the purview of the SPG, which accompanies the mittee (KPCC) leaders have registered a complaint
to address an election rally. The video shows two and will also show you the video. The box was loaded Prime Minister everywhere. But an exception was with the EC in this matter.

Cricketer Jadeja's father,

Modi misleading nation on sister join Congress
Surat: A month after Ravindra Jadeja's wife joined the
BJP, the cricketer's father and sister joined the Con-

Sabarimala issue: Vijayan

gress in Gujarat on Sunday in the presence of party
leader and Patidar quota spearhead Hardik Patel.
Jadeja's father, Anirudhsinh, and sister, Nainaba,
joined the Congress at an election rally in Kalavad city
of Jamnagar district. Jadeja hails from Jamnagar and
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Sharp- may not be any cases against them, the Congress candidate for Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat,

DANGAL-2019
ening its attack on the PM, the ruling thanks to the blessings of Modi. But Mulu Kandoriya, was also present. The Chennai Super
CPM-led LDF in Kerala accused that will not happen in Kerala," the Kings all-rounder's wife, Rivaba, had joined the
Narendra Modi of "misleading" the chief minister warned. Bharatiya Janata Party on March 3 in Jamnagar in the

Cong too hits back

country on the Sabarimla issue and presence sitting MP Poonamben Maadam, who was
dubbed his statement as "utter lie." renominated by the saffron party.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman campaigns for BJP Leading the onslaught, Chief Min- The Congress in Kerala attacked the
candidate Tejasvi Surya for Bangalore-South in Bengaluru ister Pinarayi Vijayan claimed Modi BJP and Modi on the Sabarimala is-
during his campaign meetings in sue, saying people would not tolerate
BJP wants EC to probe neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Kar- the 'drama' being played by the saf-

speech by Goa priest

nataka had said invoking the name of fron party in the name of Lord
Lord Ayyappa or Sabarimala in Ker- Ayyappa and that the devotees have
Panaji (IANS): The BJP on Sunday wrote to the Election ala would land devotees in jail and de- been "cheated". Hitting out at Modi
Commission demanding a probe in a controversial ser- scribed it as "utter lie" and "mislead- and the BJP, AICC General Secretary
mon delivered by a Catholic priest which it said could ing." "This is an utter lie. (Organisation) K C Venugopal alleged
destabilise religious harmony in Goa. In a video that How can a Prime Minister make that the party had "cheated" the devo-
has gone viral, parish priest of Father Conceicao such a wrong remark?" Vijayan asked tees and "are sincere to Sabarimala
D'Silva is heard addressing devotees at the Raia while addressing an election rally in only when it comes to election and
Church in south Goa and alleging that Chief Minister Kollam. "If anyone was arrested, it voting". The senior Congress leader
Manohar Parrikar died due to cancer as a wrath of was because they have gone against alleged that the Centre and the state
God for encouraging pollution and trying to cancel the law. In other states, Sangh Parivar were hand-in-glove for having wors-
government holidays of the Catholics. activists may not land in jailor there ened the Sabarimala issue. PM Narendra Modi greets BJP candidate from Rampur Jaya Prada in Moradabad

Congress set to
D'Silva also accused the BJP of harassing minorities BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smri� Irani at
and urged his parishioners not to vote for it.
Will do anything an elec�on rally in Chennai on Sunday

make gains after 'BJP promised to look into

"The said video clip depicts a priest addressing peo-
ple within a religious institution and creating an at-
to defeat Modi:
Assembly win in MP Gorkhaland demand'
mosphere of hate and fear against a particular politi-
cal party and a specific religion," BJP Panaji Mandal
General Secretary Vishnu Naik said in a complaint to
Kejri on Cong tie-up Kolkata: Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gu-
the Goa Chief Electoral Officer. New Delhi: Amid the uncertainty over an al- Bhopal (PTI): The absence of any discernible rung, on the run since the 2017 agitation in the hills,
liance with the Congress in the Lok Sabha Narendra Modi wave and reversal of fortunes in
Haven’t taken lives of
has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader-
polls, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal the 2018 Assembly polls has put the BJP on the ship gave him assurances that it would look into his

people, like PM did: HDK

Sunday said his party will do anything to backfoot in Madhya Pradesh for the April-May statehood demand if it returns to power at the Centre.
"save the country" from Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha elections. Statehood is a dream for every Gorkha living in the
Bengaluru: As the chief minister I have not killed inno- Amit Shah. The party had won 27 out of 29 Parliamentary hills, he said, adding that the saffron party's pitch for
cent people as Prime Minister Narendra Modi did "The country is in danger. We will do any- seats in the state in 2014, with only current chief a permanent political solution was also "very encour-
when he was the chief minister, said HD Ku- thing to save it. Our e�ort to save the country minister Kamal Nath and senior leader Jyotira- aging". The BJP, which is eyeing a third straight term
maraswamy in Bengaluru on Sunday. from Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will ditya Scindia managing to withstand the Modi in Darjeeling, has made no mention of statehood in its
"I don't need to learn from PM Modi. As a CM, I have continue," Kejriwal said. wave in Chhindwara and Guna respectively. manifesto, but assured a "permanent political solu-
not taken the lives of innocent people, as he did," Congress leaders and senior advocate The poll picture seems hazy as of now, though tion" in the hills and scheduled tribe tags for eleven
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy told media persons af- Kapil Sibal, who were also present on the oc- the Congress seems to have its nose ahead if the Gorka communities. "We have sent a memorandum to
ter paying tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambed- casion, however, dodged questions on an al- data of the last Assembly polls is any indication. the BJP, demanding Gorkhaland. They (BJP) have as-
kar on his 128th birth anniversary. liance with the AAP and threw the ball in It is just a little over 100 days that the Kamal sured us that they will look into it. We are happy that
Referring to the recent income tax raids in the state, Kejriwal's court saying, "He knows better". Nath government has been sworn in, so it is too their (BJP's) manifesto speaks about bringing a per-
Kumaraswamy said: "I am not afraid of such raids." "You ask him about the alliance. He knows early for it to start attracting anti-incumbency, manent solution to the region," Gurung told PTI in an
"Even when JDS president HD Deve Gowda went to better than us," Sibal said, even as Congress party leaders said. interview over phone.
someone's house for dinner, his house was raided. leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu The Assembly poll win has also invigorated
What kind of government is this," he asked. Singhvi said, "You know the stand of the Congress workers and the momentum is likely
Congress. The alliance was almost done in to be carried forward to the Lok Sabha elections.
Delhi but linking it with other states is not Secondly, the Congress is fancying its chances
right." The uncertainty over an alliance be- as it had polled more votes than the BJP in 12
tween the AAP and the Congress has been Lok Sabha seats in the Assembly polls.
continuing for some time now. The talks be- For the BJP, the fact that it polled more votes
tween the two sides derailed after they failed than the Congress in 17 Lok Sabha seats might
to reach an agreement over seat-sharing in not be of much solace.
Delhi and Haryana. The 12 constituencies where the Congress se-
Congress' in-charge for Delhi P C Chacko cured more votes than the BJP in the last As-
had said on Friday that the Congress would sembly elections are Morena, Bhind, Gwalior,
go it alone in Delhi since the AAP had taken Mandla, Chhindwara, Rajgarh, Dewas, Ratlam,
an "impractical stand". Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa and Betul, as per data
AAP leader and deputy chief minister from the Election Commission and other
Manish Sisodia although said Saturday that sources.
his party was ready to form an alliance with Interestingly, in Guna constituency, which the
the Congress in Delhi, Haryana and Chandi- Senior BJP Leader L K Advani during tribute paying ceremony to Congress managed to hold on to despite the Former JNU students union president and CPI candidate
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi takes part in garh but it would not agree for a tie-up just Babasaheb B R Ambedkar on the occasion of his 128th birth Modi wave in 2014, the party polled less votes from the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat Kanhaiya Kumar during
a roadshow at Silchar in Assam on Sunday in the national capital. anniversary, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday than the BJP in the 2018 Assembly polls. an elec�on campaign, in Begusarai on Sunday

‘Veeru’ turns up for ‘Basanti’

Mathura (IANS): Popular film actor Dharmen- me! Dharamji is here in
Smart-phones banned inside polling booths
Bengaluru (IANS): Electorate in Karnataka phones or smart-phones inside the booth
dra on Sunday repeated his famous dia- Mathura to campaign for a will not be allowed to carry smart-phones was observed more in breach in the past, as
logues from the Hindi blockbuster "Sholay" whole day on my behalf." or mobile phones inside the polling booth not many voters had them a decade or five
as he campaigned here for his wife Hema The actress' campaign has while going to vote to prevent them from years ago or carried them while going to
Malini in the Lok Sabha elections. been inspiring jokes and taking selfies or recording videos, an offi- vote," recalled senior poll official Surya
The still charismatic Dharmendra appealed memes galore on social me- cial said on Sunday. Sen.
to voters to ensure the Bhartiya Janata Party dia. "The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) pre- With most urban voters now using cam-
candidate's victory. Her farm woman avatar, vents voters from carrying mobile phones era-wielding smart-phones, during the May
On persistent demands, he repeated his fa- wherein she joined farmers or smart-phones and cameras inside the 2018 Assembly elections many were caught
mous dialogues from "Sholay". He called and tried her hand at cutting polling booth. In fact, no voter will be al- Another poll official admitted that though taking selfies while casting their vote or
himself a farmer and appealed to local farm- the wheat crop in this region lowed to take his/her cellphone within 100 the MCC has had the ban provision since making videos inside the booth as a proof
ers to strengthen the BJP. in Uttar Pradesh, invited not metres radius of the booth. 2008, it was not enforced strictly during the of exercising their franchise.
Hema Malini was with him during meet- just scorn from the opposi- "They will have to leave it at home or de- previous elections for reasons such as man- "This year, the security personnel have
ings and at many interactions in Goverdhan tion but also the tag of posit it with the police personnel before en- power shortage and absence of internet- been instructed to prevent voters from car-
area. Dharmendra promised to return to the food at a farmer's home. Earlier, Hema Ma- 'drama girl' over the 'dream girl' she has tering the booth," Karnataka Chief Electoral connected smart-phones with a camera. rying a mobile or a smartphone inside the
region after Hema Malini's victory and have lini tweeted: "Today is also a special day for been known as. Officer Sanjiv Kumar told IANS. "The provision to not allow mobile booth," said Kumar.

Canada removes
‘Sikh terror’ term ‘India facing shortage of
Ottawa: The Canadian government led by PM
Justin Trudeau has removed a reference to
Sikh extremism from its 2018 report on ter-
6 lakh docs, 2 million nurses’
rorism which had earlier mentioned it as one New Delhi: India has shortage of an estimated 600,000 interviews in Uganda, India, and Germany, and literature
of the top five terrorist threats to the country. doctors and 2 million nurses, say scientists who found reviews to identify key access barriers to antibiotics in
The updated version of the '2018 Public Re-

World's largest plane takes o�

that lack of staff who are properly trained in administer- low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
port on the Terrorism Threat to Canada' was ing antibiotics is preventing patients from accessing live- Health facilities in many low- and middle-income coun-
released on Friday, Toronto-based CBC news saving drugs. tries are substandard and lack staff who are properly
quoted The Canadian Press news agency as Even when antibiotics are available, patients are often trained in administering antibiotics.
Washington (AFP) The world's largest airplane - a Stra- that of an Airbus A380 is just under 80. The plane flew saying. The language in the report was changed unable to afford them. High out-of-pocket medical costs In India, there is one government doctor for every
tolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing Saturday for about two and a half hours, Stratolaunch to remove any mention of religion, instead dis- to the patient are compounded by limited government 10,189 people (the World Health Organisation (WHO) rec-
747 engines - has made its first test flight in California. said. Until now, it had just carried out tests on the cussing the threat posed by "extremists who spending for health services, according to the report by ommends a ratio of 1:1,000), or a deficit of 600,000 doc-
The mega jet carried out its maiden voyage over the ground. It hit a top speed of 304 kilometers per hour support violent means to establish an inde- the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy in tors, and the nurse:patient ratio is 1:483, implying a short-
Mojave desert . It is designed to carry into space, and (189 mph) and reached an altitude of 17,000 feet, or pendent state within India", it reported. the US. age of two million nurses.
drop, a rocket that would in turn ignite to deploy satel- 5,182 meters. "What a fantastic first flight," said Jean The 2018 report on terrorism, first released In India, 65 per cent of health expenditure is out-of- "Lack of access to antibiotics kills more people cur-
lites. It is supposed to provide a more flexible way to Floyd, CEO of Stratolaunch. "Today's flight furthers our in December last year, drew the ire of the Sikh pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million peo- rently than does antibiotic resistance, but we have not
deploy satellites than vertical takeoff rockets because mission to provide a flexible alternative to ground community at the time of its release as it was ple into poverty each year. had a good handle on why these barriers are created,"
this way all you need is a long runway for takeoff. It launched systems," he added. Stratolaunch was fi- the first time when it listed Sikh extremism as The majority of the world's annual 5.7 million antibiotic- said Ramanan Laxminarayan, director at CDDEP.
was built by an engineering company called Scaled nanced by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft as a one of the top five extremist threats in Canada, treatable deaths occur in low- and middle-income coun- The findings of the report show that even after the dis-
Composites. The aircraft is so big its wing span is way to get into the market for launching small satel- the CBC news said. Public Safety Minister tries where the mortality burden from treatable bacterial covery of a new antibiotic, regulatory hurdles and sub-
longer than a football field, or about 1.5 times that of an lites. But Allen died in October of last year so the future Ralph Goodale had said that he would at least infections far exceeds the estimated annual 700,000 standard health facilities delay or altogether prevent
Airbus A380. Specifically, the wing span is 117 meters; of the company is uncertain. ask for a review of the language the report used, deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections. widespread market entry and drug availability," Laxmi-
the report said. Researchers at CDDEP in the US conducted stakeholder narayan said in a statement.
14 SPORTS HYDERABAD MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019

After maiden
Sunrisers Hyderabad suffer
SCOREBOARD
DELHI CAPITALS

win, Bangalore
P Shaw c Bairstow b Khaleel--------4
S Dhawan c Bhuvneshwar
b Khaleel --------------------------------7

look to spoil
C Munro c Bairstow

third successive loss

b Abhishek ----------------------------40
S Iyer c Bairstow

Mumbai’s party
b Bhuvneshwar ----------------------45
R Pant c Hooda
b Khaleel ------------------------------23
C Morris b Rashid --------------------4
Mumbai (PTI): Fresh from a much awaited victory, A Patel not out------------------------14
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be aiming to K Paul lbw b Bhuvneshwar ----------7
maintain winning momentum and spoil Mumbai Kagiso Rabada not out --------------2
Indians’ party when the two sides face-o� in the Extras: (LB-5 W-3 NB-1) --------------9
Indian Premier League here on Monday. Total: (For 7 wkts; 20 overs)------155
After a string of losses where nothing worked in Fall of Wickets: 1-11, 2-20, 3-69,
their favour, fifties by skipper Virat Kohli and ever- 4-125, 5-127, 6-133, 7-152
reliable Ab de Villiers, helped RCB register their Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-33-2,
maiden win of the season on Saturday night. Khaleel Ahmed 4-0-30-3, Sandeep
The team is heavily reliant on Kohli and de Vil- Sharma 4-0-30-0, Deepak Hooda 1-0-8-0,
liers and both would be keen to recreate their magic Abhishek Sharma 1-0-10-1, Vijay
in front of a capacity crowd in Mumbai, on a day Shankar 2-0-17-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-22-1
when the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup
is scheduled to be picked. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Despite the win against KXIP, RCB remain at the D Warner c Iyer b Rabada ----------51
bottom of the points table and remain to win all J Bairstow c Rabada b Paul --------41
their remaining league games to have any hopes of K Williamson c Rabada b Paul ------3
progressing in the tournament. R Bhui c Patel b Paul------------------7
Apart from Kohli (270 runs from 7 V Shankar c Pant b Rabada --------1
matches) and ABD (232 runs from 7 D Hooda b Morris----------------------3
matches), RCB’s other strength Abhishek Sharma c Paul b Morris 2
has been the pint-sized wicket- Rashid Khan c Paul b Morris --------0
keeper batsman Parthiv Patel. IPL Standings B Kumar c & b Rabada --------------2
Despite his TEAM M W L PT NRR Sandeep Sharma not out ------------1
father being in CSK 8 7 1 14 0.288
K Ahmed b Rabada --------------------0
the ICU, Extras: (nb 1, w 4) --------------------5
DC 8 5 3 10 0.418
Patel has Total (All out; 18.5 Overs) --------116
KKR 8 4 4 8 0.35
shown com- Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-78, 3-101, 4-106,
mitment and MI 7 4 3 8 0.209 5-106, 6-110, 7-110, 8-112, 9-116, 10-116
amassed 191 KXIP 8 4 4 8 -0.093 Bowling: I Sharma 3-0-19-0, K
runs in seven SRH 7 3 4 6 0.409 Rabada 3.5-0-22-4, C Morris 3-0-22-
games. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Khaleel Ahmed bowls during the IPL T20 match against Delhi Capitals at RR 7 2 5 4 -0.587 3, A Patel 2-0-23-0, K Paul 4-0-17-3,
the likes of Ak- Rajiv Gandhi Interna�onal Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday Pic: Ch Prabhu Das RCB 7 1 6 2 -1.202 A Mishra 3-0-13-0
shdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Mar-
cus Stonis and Colin De
Grandhomme should score Hyderabad(PTI): Kagiso Rabada claimed four arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed grabbed three key for Delhi batsmen to score runs. room by the fourth over with Ahmed account-
heavily. wickets as Delhi Capitals defeated Sunrisers wickets in an impressive spell to help Sunrisers For Delhi, captian Shreyas Iyer top-scored ing for both the key batsmen.
On the bowling Hyderabad by 39 runs in an IPL encounter at restrict Delhi Capitals to 155 for 7. with a 40-ball 45 and his 56-run partnership Shaw was the first to go in the second over as
front, RCB’s biggest as- the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here The 21-year-old bowler took the wickets of with Pant for the fourth wicket took them a he was done in by the extra bounce extracted
set has been Yuzven- Slow over-rate on Sunday. Hyderabad su�er their third loss in openers Prithvi Shaw (4) and Shikhar Dhawan challenging total after a wobbly start. by Ahmed as the batsman ended up edging the
dra Chahal, who is the against KXIP: row. (7) as well as that of dangerous Rishabh Pant Colin Munro was the other notable contrib- delivery to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
second on the most Kohli fined `12L Openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (23) while conceding 30 runs from his four utor with a 24-ball 40. Shreyas hit five fours be- In his next over, Ahmed got rid of Dhawan
wickets list with 11 gave a splendid start to hosts Sunrisers Hyder- overs after Delhi were put into bat. fore he was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar in the who miscued a bounceer o� the bowler with
scalps. Chahal would Mohali (PTI): Royal Chal- abad but with their dismissal, eight of their last Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned 16th over while Munro was more aggressive Bhuvneshwar Kumar taking the catch at fine
be key player on a slow lengers Bangalore cap- wickets fell for 15 runs. with figures of 2/33 while leg-spinner Rashid with four boundaries and three sixes in his 24- leg. Dhawan had scored an unbeaten 97 in
Wankhede track and tain Virat Kohli has been Warner and Bairstow with 51 and 47 respec- Khan and Abhishek Sharma took a wicket ball knock. Delhi Capitals struggled with open- Delhi's win in their last match against Kolkata
has the potential to fined Rs 12 lakh for tively were the top scorers earlier, Young left- apiece as the Sunrisers’ bowlers made it di�cult ers Dhawan and Shaw back into the dressing Knight Riders.
dismantle Mumbai’s maintaining a slow-over
strong batting line up. rate during the Indian
But he would need Premier League match
SCOREBOARD
support from Mo-
hammed Siraj (6 wick-
against Kings XI Punjab
here. “As it was his Tahir, Raina ensure easy win for holders CSK over KKR
ets), Navdeep Saini (4 team’s first offence of KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
wickets), Moeen (3 the season under the Kolkata (PTI): Imran Tahir spun a web before Suresh Raina found his mojo back nerships including a 40-run stand with skipper MS Dhoni. Chris Lynn c SN Thakur b Tahir........................82
wickets) and a profli- IPL’s Code of Conduct re- with a half century as Chennai Super Kings inched closer towards another Play off It all seemed a walk in the park for CSK when Narine gave the biggest break- Sunil Narine c du Plessis b Santner ..................2
gate Umesh Yadav (2 la�ng to minimum over- qualification with a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in an through dismissing Dhoni for 16 with team’s score of 121/5, needing 41 runs from Nitish Rana c du Plessis b Tahir ......................21
wickets). rate offences, Kohli was IPL match on Sunday. 26 balls. But Raina held his nerves while Jadeja gave the finishing touches. Robin Uthappa c du Plessis b Tahir ..................0
The arrival of vet- fined Rs 12 lakh,” read After Tahir’s career-best 4 for 27 restricted KKR to 161 for 8, CSK On an Eden Gardens track where spinners had struggled so far, Tahir spun the Dinesh Karthik c du Plessis b Thakur..............18
eran South Africa pace an IPL statement. RCB fi- coasted to the target in 19.4 overs as Raina anchored the chase match in favour of Chennai with his twin double blows in the 11th and 15th overs Andre Russell D Shorey b Tahir ......................10
Dale Steyn is also a nally tasted their maiden with an unbeaten 58 off 42 balls with seven fours and a six. en route his career-best IPL figures that took him past Kagiso Rabada in the lead- Shubman Gill c Ravindra Jadeja b Thakur ......15
massive boost for RCB. win of the season on Ravindra Jadeja also played an important cameo hitting 31 off ing wicket-takers’ tally. Piyush Chawla not out ......................................4
On the other hand, Saturday a�er suffering 17 balls to pave the way for the team’s seventh win in eight Tahir removed an ominous-looking Chris Lynn (82 off 51 balls; 7x4, 6x6) and in Kuldeep Yadav run out ......................................0
after su�ering a four six losses in a row. games. Needing 24 runs off the last two overs, Jadeja smashed a space of four balls removed the dangerous Andre Russell (10) for the first time Extras: (lb-1, w-8) ..............................................9
wicket loss against Ra- Ajinkya Rahane and Ro- Harry Gurney for three successive fours to make it just under a score of 40 this season to put brakes on their scoring. Total: (For 8 wkts; 20 overs) ..........................161
jasthan Royals, Mum- hit Sharma were too a formality in the last over. Tahir’s bowling had such devastating ef- Fall of wickets: 38-1, 79-2, 80-3, 122-4, 132-5, 150-
bai would be aiming to handed a Rs 12 lakh fine fect that KKR man- 6, 161-7, 161-8
get back to winning for slow over-rate earlier aged just 28 Bowling: Deepak Chahar 4-0-36-0, Shardul Thakur
ways. The good sign for in the compe��on. runs from 4-0-18-2, Mitchell Santner 4-0-30-1, Ravindra
them is that skipper last five Jadeja 4-0-49-0, Imran Tahir 4-0-27-4.
Rohit Sharma (165 This overs and CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
runs), who made a comeback after missing out a was the defending went on to lose three more wick- Shane Watson lbw b H Gurney ..........................6
game due to injury and South African Quinton De champions fourth win on the trot as they consolidated ets to end up with a below-par total. Faf du Plessis b Narine ....................................24
Kock (238 runs), have got runs under their belt their position atop the table with 14 points and one more But it was a different script for KKR early on with a fit-again Lynn giv- Suresh Raina not out........................................58
along with Hardik Pandya. win will virtually seal their spot in play-offs whose cut-off ing them a flying start en route to his second fifty this season that came Ambati Rayudu c Uthappa b Chawla ................5
The others – Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav over the years has been 16 points. off just 36 balls. Having missed his team’s last match because of flu, Lynn Kedar Jadhav lbw b Chawla ............................20
(154 runs), Kieron Pollard (185 runs) and Krunal This was also their first win at the Eden Gardens since went ballistic against Deepak Chahar who bled 22 runs from his first two MS Dhoni lbw b Narine ....................................16
Pandya (92 runs) – need to be consistent with the 2013 as they did a double on KKR who suffered a hat- overs with the Aussie smashing the seamer for 4-6-4 in the third over. Ravindra Jadeja not out ..................................31
bat. The bowlers would want to forget the hammer- trick of defeats for the first time since 2014 and set to Chennai Super Such was Lynn’s dominance that the otherwise explosive Sunil Narine Extras: (W-2) ......................................................2
ing by Englishman Jos Buttler and come up fresh. slip out of their second place in the table. Incidentally, Kings’ Imran Tahir looked like a spectator at the other end with the Aussie having a share of 31 Total: (For 5 wkts; 19.4 overs) ......................162
Also a word on West Indian pacer Alzarri Joseph, 161 is their lowest score at the Eden this season. celebrates a�er dismissing off 33 runs in the first four overs. Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-44, 3-61, 4-81, 5-121.
who sustained a shoulder KKR next face Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Kolkata Knight Riders’ Chris A 200-plus total looked imminent with Lynn looking dangerous and Russell Bowling: Prasidh Krishna 4-0-30-0, Harry Gurney
injury while fielding in April 19. Sunil Narine was the pick of KKR bowling Lynn during the IPL T20 starting to explode with a boundary and a six off Tahir. But Tahir, aided by 4-0-37-1, Andre Russell 1-0-16-0, Sunil Narine 4-1-
Match the last game, is
awaited from the
with figures 2/19 that included a wicket-maiden when
he cleaned up Faf du Plessis (24) to end the powerplay.
match at Eden Garden in
Kolkata on Sunday
some brilliant catching from Faf du Plessis and the substitute Dhruv Shorey,
made inroads removing Nitish Rana (21) and Robin Uthappa (0) in space of
19-2, Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-28-0, Piyush Chawla 3.4-
0-32-2.
starts at 8 pm team manage- But Raina held on at the other end with significant part- two balls.
ment.

Services enter Santosh trophy semis

Ludhiana (PTI): Services thrashed Meghalaya 5-0 to secure a berth in the
Hamilton wins 1,000th race in Mercedes one-two Services rout
Meghalaya
semi-finals of the 73rd Na�onal Football Championship for Santosh Tro-
phy at Ludhiana on Sunday. For Services, forward Lallawmkima scored a
Shanghai (AFP): Lewis Hamilton won the
1,000th Formula One grand prix on Sunday
leapfrogged back in front of Monaco's Leclerc
into third following radio orders from Ferrari
for second. Leclerc then pitted and was mo-
mentarily held up by a comparatively sluggish
5-0 in Santosh
hat-trick, ne�ng the ball in 28th, 44th and 46th minutes while Sabir after grabbing the lead from Mercedes team-
mate Valtteri Bottas at the first corner and
telling the youngster to let him pass.
“We do our job, stay focused,” Leclerc -- ag-
change of tyres. trophy quarters
Khan scored in the 73rd minute and Sushil Shah found the target in the Nico Hulkenberg, who qualified eighth for
80th minute. With this win, Services have topped Group A having gar- powering to victory in blustery Shanghai. onisingly denied victory last time out in Renault, saw his race Ludhiana (PTI): Services
nered 10 points from four matches that included three wins and a loss. Hamilton, who started from second on the Bahrain after his Ferrari lost power late come to an early con- thrashed Meghalaya 5-0 to se-
In another match, Goa got the be�er of Odisha 2-1. Goa scored both the grid, took the world championship lead after on -- was informed on team radio after he clusion after the team cure a berth in the semi-finals
goals in the first half. Jessel Allan Carneiro opened the account in the romping home to win the Chinese Grand Prix briefly protested. retired his faltering car. of the 73rd National Football
14th minute and three minutes later, Sarineo Fernandes increased the by more than 6.5 seconds from Bottas, with Back at the front, the 34-year-old Norris and Kvyat were Championship for Santosh
lead. The solitary goal for Odisha was scored by their skipper Arbin Lakra Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel third. Hamilton began pulling away, establish- also forced out before Trophy at Ludhiana on Sun-
in the 54th minute. This was Odisha’s third defeat in a row and they are Max Verstappen of Red Bull was fourth ing a more than five-second gap on Bot- the end. The fourth day.
now out of conten�on for a semifinal berth. and Charles Leclerc in the second Ferrari tas with a third of the race gone. With race of the season For Services, forward
was fifth. This was world champion five-time world champion Hamilton takes place on the Lallawmkima scored a hat-
Hamilton's sixth victory at the Chi- -- winner in Bahrain two weeks ago streets of Baku, trick, netting the ball in 28th,
Ethiopia sweeps Paris marathon nese Grand Prix and second in a row -- serene up top, the real battles in Azerbai- 44th and 46th minutes while
Paris (AFP): Ethiopian Abrha Milaw upstaged two-�me defending cham- this season. unfolded behind him. jan, in a Sabir Khan scored in the 73rd
pion Paul Lonyangata to win the Paris Marathon on Sunday. Milaw “To have a one-two (for Mercedes) Vettel, under pressure fort- minute and Sushil Shah
clocked 2hr 07min 05sec, with Kenyan rival Lonyangata coming in third is really special in the 1,000th grand after a number of un- night. found the target in the 80th
as 49,155 runners took to the streets of the French capital in cold, clear prix but the start was where it made forced errors go- minute.
condi�ons. Gelete Burka produced a spurt of extra gas in the final kilo- the di�erence and the rest is history,” ing back to With this win, Services have
metre to ensure an Ethiopian winner in the women's race with a �me of said the Briton. last sea- topped Group A having gar-
2:22:48. France’s Clemence Calvin, who was only cleared to race on Fri- Hamilton was pipped for pole posi- son, nered 10 points from four
day a�er the last-minute li�ing of a temporary ban for evading a doping tion by Bottas by just 0.023 seconds in qual- matches that included three
test last month in Morocco, smashed the French women’s record. Calvin ifying and had said that he was “struggling wins and a loss.
finished fourth in 2:23:41, be�ering by 41 seconds the previous na�onal with the car’. But the Finn laboured out of In another match, Goa got
record set by Christelle Daunay in 2010. . the blocks, allowing Hamilton to nip in and went the better of Odisha 2-1. Goa
grab the lead at the first corner. wheel- scored both the goals in the first
“I lost it on the start, honestly, shame about to-wheel half. Jessel Allan Carneiro
Suspect in custody over racist abuse the start, I got some wheel spin on the start with Verstap- opened the account in the 14th
Lyon (AFP): A suspect is being held in custody a�er Amiens captain line,” said Bottas, who also relinquished his pen after both minute and three minutes later,
Prince Gouano complained of suffering racial abuse during Friday's Ligue hold on the standings after three races. pitted for fresh Sarineo Fernandes increased
1 game at Dijon. The goalless draw in Dijon was halted in the 78th Talented 21-year-old Leclerc meanwhile tyres. Vettel, Bottas Mercedes driver the lead.
minute as players from both sides stopped playing and headed towards pulled o� the same trick at the start at the ex- and then Toro Rosso’s Lewis Hamilton of The solitary goal for Odisha
the touchline a�er monkey chants were directed towards Gouano. It pense of his team-mate Vettel, darting into Alexander Albon, who Britain gives thumbs up to was scored by their skipper
was the latest in a string of incidents of racist abuse that have blighted third. There was more early drama when Toro missed qualifying after a nasty fans a�er winning the Chinese Arbin Lakra in the 54th minute.
football this season, and prompted FIFA president Gianni Infan�no to Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat tangled with both crash in final practice, all exchanged Formula One Grand Prix at This was Odisha’s third defeat
urge football authori�es across the world to take a “zero tolerance” McLarens of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz, fastest laps. the Shanghai Interna�onal in a row and they are now out
stance on racism. earning the Russian a drive-through penalty. On lap 38 of the 56 it was Leclerc and Bottas Circuit in Shanghai on of contention for a semifinal
On lap 11, four-time world champion Vettel who had a skirmish in the compelling battle Sunday berth.