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NEARBY
72 constituencies in 9 States go Sri Lankan troops close in
on Easter blasts suspects
to polls in fourth phase today Father, 2 siblings of Hashim among those gunned down
3 Jaish militants held in Unprecedented security in West Bengal after Opposition complains of threats
Meera Srinivasan
Chanapora attack case COLOMBO
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR
Three JaisheMohammad
New Delhi The father and two brothers
terrorists, involved in Friday’s The fourth phase of polling of Zahran Hashim, who is
attack on a police post here, will take place in 72 consti believed to have led the East
have been arrested, the tuencies across nine States er attacks in Sri Lanka, were
police said in Srinagar on amidst tight security on killed in Friday’s overnight
Sunday. “We have arrested Monday. In West Bengal, gun battle between troops
three persons so far in where eight constituencies and suspects in the eastern
connection with the case,” are going to the polls, unpre Ampara district, the police
SSP Haseeb Mughal said. cedented deployment of the said on Sunday.
NEWS A PAGE 10 Central forces has been Hashim was earlier identi
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made after the Opposition fi ed as one of the two suicide
Family cries foul as parties, Congress, CPI(M) bombers who blew them
inmate dies in custody and BJP, accused the ruling selves up at ShangriLa Hotel
JAIPUR Trinamool Congress of inti in Colombo. Victims remembered: Women hold candles during a vigil in
An ailing jail inmate died in midating their cadre. memory of the victims at Lake House in Colombo. REUTERS *
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Timings
Dalit marriage procession attacked
DELHI
Monday, April 29
RISE 05:43 SET 18:55
RISE 02:39 SET 13:57
Tuesday, April 30 ‘Facing threats, being ostracised by upper caste families’
RISE 05:42 SET 18:55
RISE 03:14 SET 14:49 Staff Reporter cised in the village, added All India Kisan Mazdoor
Wednesday, May 01
BERHAMPUR Mr. Naik. Sabha has come out in their
RISE 05:41 SET 18:56 Some members of upper Dalits are a minority in support. AIKMS State com
RISE 03:47 SET 15:42 caste families allegedly this village — only 40 fami mittee member Pratap Naik
threw stones and used foul lies as against around 350 said police offi cers were
language when a marriage upper caste families. pressuring the complai
procession of a Dalit family nants to change the FIR.
was passing through their ‘Met IGP’ The aggrieved families al
locality in S. Gunduribadi On Saturday (April 27), a de leged that the police have
village under the Sorada legation of these Dalit fami not yet arrested the main
block in Odisha’s Ganjam lies reached the offi ce of the accused, but have started
district last Wednesday, ac Inspector General of Police, framing ‘false’ cases and ar
cording to Bainath Naik, a Southern Range, in Ber resting local Dalits.
Dalit. hampur to lodge a com
Some Dalits in the pro plaint. They allege that alth Mass stir planned
cession were injured and ta ough they had informed the AIKMS national secretary
ken to MKCG Medical Col police about the possibility Bhala Chandra Sadangi has
lege and Hospital for of an attack during the mar threatened a mass move
treatment. Since then, the riage procession, no securi ment in Ganjam district if
Dalit families are facing ty had been provided. strict action was not taken
threats and have been ostra Peasants’ organisation against the accused.
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IN BRIEF
LS poll outcome will not aff ect stability Kerala bid to curb misuse
of interState services
of coalition govt., says Kumaraswamy State RTC may seek LAPT licence soon
S. Anil Radhakrishnan of Transport Minister A.K.
CBI raids Nandyal
MP’s residence
CM urges ruling JD(S) legislators and leaders to not fall prey to the false propaganda of BJP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Saseendran, discussed the
The government is explor issue of the KSRTC taking
KURNOOL
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Congress MLA’s call for ing the possibility of roping the LAPT licence.
CBI sleuths have raided the meet raises eyebrows
residence of S.P.Y. Reddy,
BENGALURU in the Kerala State Road The KSRTC being a stage
Nandyal MP and Jana Sena Karnataka Chief Minister BENGALURU
Transport Corporation carrier in the public sector,
H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sun Congress MLA S.T. (KSRTC) to operate contract the proposal under consid
Party candidate seeking Somashekhar has kicked up a
reelection. Sources said the day tried to convince party carriage services with a eration is to rope in a fran
political row by not only saying
raids continued till late in the legislators and leaders that view to checking the misuse chise/fi rm by signing an
that the “present political
night on Saturday. Officials the Lok Sabha poll outcome, of interState services by all agreement to issue the tick
situation in Karnataka was
seized documents of a few whether positive or negative, worsening day by day”, but
India tourist omnibus (AI ets for contract carriage ser
industries owned by Mr. would not aff ect the stability also convening a meeting of TOB) operators. vices after securing the
Reddy. The searches were the of the CongressJanata Dal “likeminded” MLAs here on For the KSRTC to operate LAPT licence. “The KSRTC
fallout of alleged defaults to (Secular) coalition Tuesday to discuss the future interState services to and will take a call on it in the
various banks, which included government. political course of action. from key cities of Tamil Na coming days after consider
the SBI and the Syndicate A loyalist of senior Congress du, Karnataka and Andhra ing all aspects,” offi cial
Bank, to the tune of ₹ 500 ‘False propaganda’ leader Siddaramaiah, Mr. to Kerala, it has to procure sources told The Hindu.
crore. Mr. Reddy was Addressing a meeting of JD Somashekhar’s letter to the Licensed Agent for Pu For the KSRTC, the new
undergoing treatment at a (S) legislators and leaders legislators to attend the blic Transport (LAPT) li guidelines issued by the
private hospital in
here, Mr. Kumaraswamy said meeting, which comes just a cence from the Regional Transport Department to
Hyderabad. week after conclusion of the
the government was stable Transport Authority. A high secure the LAPT licence in
and legislators should not polling, has raised eyebrows level meeting convened by the wake of the Vytilla inci
30 Adivasis injured as fall prey to the false propa among the party legislators. Principal Secretary of Tran dent will not be a hurdle as
lorry falls off road Subhash Rathod receiving Bform for contesting the Chincholi Legislative Assembly
ganda of the Opposition BJP constituency byelection from Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and others. K. MURALI KUMAR * CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC sport K.R. Jyothilal here the it has already the facilities
ADILABAD
on the perceived threat to other day, on the directive and norms spelled out.
About 30 Adivasis, members
the government. their coordination with the pressed by a few legislators him and other legislators leader Mr. Venugopal called
of a marriage party from
He said the Congress high Congress in the Lok Sabha on the impact of the report from Ballari. Mr. Jarkiholi on Mr. Kumaraswamy and
Samaka village in Indervelli
mandal, were injured when
the lorry they were travelling
command was watching the
situation closely and taking
poll, said that despite initial
problems, the coordination
ed rebellion of former Minis
ter Ramesh Jarkiholi and oth
and others had promised
him not to rock the coalition
held discussions on the Lok
Sabha election and the steps
Seven arrested workers
all necessary steps to stem between workers and lead ers, Mr. Kumaraswamy said government despite their to be taken to douse discon
in fell on its side on the
Khandala ghat road in
Adilabad district of Andhra
discontent. AICC general se
cretary in charge of Karnata
ers of both parties at the
grassroots was satisfactory
they need not worry about it
as he was in touch with Mr.
discontentment, the Chief
Minister claimed.
tent among a few Congress
legislators.
taken to Kallada offi ce
Pradesh on Sunday. The ka K.C. Venugopal and oth and would yield expected re Jarkiholi and other disgrun Sources in the JD(S) said During the meeting, both
injured were part of a 70 ers were also in touch with sults. tled leaders of the Congress, that the meeting attended by the leaders announced the They were held for attacking passengers
member party headed for JD(S) national president H.D. He is also learnt to have who are threatening the Mr. Deve Gowda and Mandya candidature of Subhash
Thantoli. The injured were Deve Gowda, he said. told the legislators not to fall government. candidate K. Nikhil, dis Rathod (Congress) from Special Correspondent identifi ed on the basis of the
treated at RIMS hospital, According to sources pri prey to the bait of BJP under He said that besides at cussed the political situation Chincholi Assembly consti KOCHI footage from three videos,
Adilabad. vy to the meeting, Mr. Kuma any circumstance, as they tempts by Congress leaders following the brewing dis tuency and Kusumavathi The seven workers of Su including CCTVs at Vyttila.
raswamy, who elicited infor would be suitably rewarded to assuage the feelings of Mr. contentment among some of Shivalli (Congress) from Kun resh Kallada Travels, who The police have not given
₹ 75 lakh worth ganja mation from the party after May 23. Jarkiholi, he had also held the Congress legislators. dagol. Both the seats go to were arrested by the police a clean chit to K.R. Suresh,
seized in Andhra Pradesh legislators and leaders about On the apprehensions ex several rounds of talks with Meanwhile, Congress bypolls on May 19. on the charge of attacking owner of Kallada Travels, in
CHITTOOR
passengers of a Bengaluru connection with the attack.
The Mudivedu police seized
bound bus here a week ago,
Director RGV not allowed to enter Vijayawada
ganja worth ₹ 50 lakh that
were taken to the fi rm’s Vyt ₹ 5.05 lakh penalty
was being transported in an
SUV and took two persons
tila branch offi ce on Sunday A sum of ₹ 5.05 lakh was col
into custody at Angallu as part of gathering evi lected from the erring All In
village near Madanapalle in dence. dia Tourist Omini Bus oper
before its release. A team of “Power is being misused by from grace of veteran fi lm Mr. Varma along with his
Chittoor district on Sunday. Lakshmi’s NTR police personnel rounded the government. They can actor and Telugu Desam crew came to the city to ad
They are among the ators on Saturday by the
fi rm’s 12 workers who at Enforcement wing of Motor
Police said, the accused were
residents of Visakhapatnam
crew was to up Mr. Varma, fi lm produc only misuse power, but no Party (TDP) founder Nanda dress a press conference on tacked two students and Vehicles Department as part
er Rakesh Reddy and the one can stop the truth. Two muri Taraka Rama Rao, and the biopic.
district. In another incident, promote fi lm crew after they landed at hotels cancelled accommo Chief Minister N. Chandra When the police made it
another passenger of the of the ‘Operation Night Rid
the STF team of the bus at Vyttila, for protesting ers’. The MVD seluths had
Prohibition and Excise
Staff Reporter Gannavaram International dation to my crew though I babu Naidu’s role in it. clear to them that Section against inordinate delay in registered cases against 168,
Department arrested a person
VIJAYAWADA Airport, and prevented booked and paid in ad TDP leaders approached 30 and Section 144 were in arranging an alternative bus issued notices to 43 booking
and recovered 450 kg ganja Police on Sunday denied them from entering vance.” the court, urging the fi lm’s force and peace might be instead of one which broke offi ces for lack of Licensed
worth ₹ 25 lakh from a lorry at permission to Lakshmi’s Vijayawada. released be halted during disturbed, they entered into down at Haripad. Trikkaka Agent for Public Transport
Pedapeta village in NTR crew, including its di The fi lm producer and Caught in controversy the Assembly and Parlia an argument with police of ra ACP Stuart Keeler, who is licence.
Narsipatnam in rector Ram Gopal Varma, to writer tweeted, “There is no The movie, Lakshmi's NTR, ment elections in the State, fi cers, who confi ned them leading the probe, said that (With inputs from
Visakhapatnam district. promote the fi lm in the city democracy in AP”, and reportedly shows the fall held on April 11. to the airport. the seven workers were Thiruvananthapuram)
Hyderabad Muslims condemn Sri Lanka blasts Documents against Cardinal
Assemble in church to express
solidarity with Christians Alencherry forged, fi nds probe
Serish Nanisetti rists who are committing
Hyderabad these horrible acts don’t be ‘He did not operate account in a bank mentioned in plaint’
On Sunday morning, parish long to any faith. They are
ioners at the St. George’s doing it as individuals,” said Special Correspondent Central police in February.
Church in Hyderabad Mirza Yawar Baig of Mah KOCHI An FIR was registered on the
opened their doors to Mus mood Habib Mosque Banjara The police investigation into complaint. The case was
lim brethren who arrived Hills, who addressed the par a complaint that an attempt transferred to the Thrikkak
with yellow roses and pla ishioners. “The idea to show was made to defame Cardi ara police station.
cards bearing messages of solidarity was a spontaneous nal George Alencherry using
peace. one. We spoke with the priest forged bank transaction doc The complaint
“In solidarity with Sri Lan here who welcomed our mes uments found that the docu The complaint said Bishop
ka terror victims”, “We con sage. I am coming back here ments were indeed forged. Jacob Manathodath, apostol
demn the terror attack in Sri after 59 years,” said Mr. Baig, Police sources said inves ic administrator of the Syro
Lanka’, and “We stand for who studied in Grammar tigations revealed that the Malabar Archdiocese of Er
peace”, were some of the School near the church. Cardinal, who is also the Ma nakulam Angamaly, and
messages held aloft by men “We assembled in the jor Archbishop of the Syro Cardinal George Alencherry Father Paul Thelakkatt,
and women who walked morning at the St. Joseph’s Malabar Church, did not op former offi cial spokesman,
from St. Joseph’s Cathedral Cathedral, and from there we erate any account in the from the private bank had produced forged docu
to St. George’s Church. walked to this church and sat private bank named in the account. ments to defame the Cardi
“We want to show solidar with the parishioners,” said complaint fi led in February The case relates to a com nal. The documents were
ity with the Christian com Iqbal Jaweed of Mecca Masjid this year. The forged docu plaint fi led by Father Joby handed over by Father The
munity in their hour of grief. Society. About 150 people, in ments made an impression Maprakavil, executive direc lakkatt to Bishop Manatho
This is the only way we can cluding women and children, Standing together: Members of the Muslim community off ering fl owers to Christians that the Cardinal transferred tor of SyroMalabar Internet dath during the synod that
keep terrorism at bay. Terro participated in the march. attending Sunday prayer at St George's Church in Hyderabad on Sunday. K.V.S. GIRI *
substantial sums of money Mission, before the Kochi began on January 7, 2019.
Karnataka’s Ishad mango is becoming rare Two from Prakasam join Varanasi poll fray
Hybrid varieties pose intense competition to Ankola’s pride Contesting against PM, they want to draw attention to drought in the A.P. district
Raviprasad Kamila ative Society, said the pulp, Special Correspondent
ANKOLA which is thick, is still being ONGOLE with the Mopadu reservoir
A local mango variety called marked under the old brand to restore prosperity to the
Ishad, the pulp of which has name. Remote Botlagudur village, droughthit parts of the
been extracted for over a near Pamur in the Prakasam district.
century for making valuead Drop in production district, is in the grip of sev It is not that their attempt
ded products, is facing the The production of pulp ere drought for the tenth to enter the poll fray is an ea
threat of becoming rare in its dropped from 20,000 tins a successive year, crippling all sy one. Engaging a lawyer
homeland, Ankola in the Ut year a decade ago to bet economic activity in the vil and persuading 10 local per
tara Kannada district, thanks ween 10,000 to 12,000 tins lage and forcing people to sons to propose their names
to competition from hybrid now, owing to shortage of migrate to cities and towns. has been a herculean task,
varieties. mangoes, as the trees are be Wanting the Pula Sub and fi ve of them backed out,
But hopes for its revival coming rare. Each tin weighs baiah Veligonda project, into providing no reasons. “'We
are not completely lost as a 850 grams. which successive State go convinced fi ve other persons
cooperative society, Hichkad The mango, harvested vernments have pumped in Youth from Prakasam campaign for the early completion of of our cause as lakhs of peo
Group Vividhoddeshagala from midMay, has a short more than ₹ 4,500 crore so the Veligonda project, in Varanasi. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT *
ple suff ered fl uorisisin
Sahakari Sangha Niyamita, shelf life of not more than far, to be completed with im duced diseases in Prakasam
in this coastal town, conti Dying variety: Ishad mango on the premises of a pulpmaking two or three days. But its mediate Central assistance, Modi,” the duo, Vadde Srini Their friends, K. Durga district and fi nally they
nues to extract and market unit in Ankola in Uttara Kannada. RAVIPRASAD KAMILA
*
pulp lasts more than a year, two persons hailing from the vasulu, a techie, and Raviki prasad, P. Manohar Yadav agreed [to propose the
its pulp under the brand Mr. Prabhu said. The main remote village have left for ran Sarma, a priest, told The and Ch. Mohan, have accom names],” they said.
name ‘Oriental (Ishad Mango making valueadded pro and ice cream. According to demand for the pulp is from Varnasi to contest as Inde Hindu over phone from Va panied them to assist in com The project involves drill
Pulp)’, although in small ducts. The then Bombay go the brochure, the pulp could Mumbai and Hubballi. pendents against Prime Mi ranasi. pleting the nomination fi ling ing of twin giant tunnels to a
quantities. vernment supported it by be an ingredient in prepar The mango has two var nister Narendra Modi. They had prepared the process by engaging lawyers distance of 18.8 km to draw
Extraction and marketing supplying wood. The pulp, ing 48 recipes, and was be iants — Kari Ishad, which has necessary documents to fi le and roping in sociallymind 43.58 tmcft of Krishna water
of Ishad mango pulp has an which was also being export ing used in the United States, thin skin, more pulp and is ‘Nation’s attention’ two sets of nomination pap ed persons to propose their from the foreshore of the Sri
interesting background, Shi ed, was being marketed by Australia and Sri Lanka. sweeter, and Bili Ishad, “We want to draw the na ers each on April 29 with the names for the electoral bat sailam reservoir to irrigate
vananda Kalave, a Sirsi the then Bombaybased Vee According to the bro which has thick skin and has tion’s attention to the plight assistance of a lawyer, Ritwik tle for a larger social cause, 4.26 lakh acres and provide
based environmentalist, wri rachand Panachand Compa chure, the Hichkad Group less pulp and sweetness, Mr. of the people of Prakasam Sahu. “We have opened an they added. drinking water to 15.20 lakh
ter and green activist, told ny. An old marketing bro purchased the processing Prabhu said. Some farmers district facing drought for account in a local branch of They have fl oated the Veli people. It has suff ered time
The Hindu. Oriental Canner chure printed at the Basel unit in 1970 for ₹ 95, Mr. Ka did try to grow it outside An the fi fth year in succession the SBI (State Bank of India) gonda Project Sadana Sami overruns and, as a result,
ies and Industries set up a Mission, Mangaluru, says lave said. kola taluk, but failed. But in by entering the poll fray as required, and paid the ti, and are campaigning for had its cost had escalated to
unit in Ankola in 1908 to ex that the pulp was used for Pundalik Prabhu, presi Ankola, the Ishad yields against none other than amount towards deposit to the early completion of the more than ₹ 6,500 crore
tract pulp from Ishad for making juice, syrup, salad dent of the Hichkad Cooper abundantly, he added. Prime Minister Narendra contest the poll,” they said. Veligonda project, linking it now.
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Showdown of Cong.
stalwarts to decide
outcome in Shirdi
Rahul’s rally bolsters Kamble’s chances
Shoumojit Banerjee
Pune
The longrunning feud bet
ween senior Congressmen
Radhakrishna VikhePatil
and Balasaheb Thorat,
former State Revenue Minis
ter, will decide the day for
the candidates in the Shirdi
Lok Sabha constituency.
Mr. VikhePatil, till re
cently the Leader of Opposi
tion (LoP) in the State As
sembly, is now actively Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
campaigning for the sitting *
FILE PHOTO
Sena MP, Sadashiv Lok
hande, the candidate of the hande] is known as a ‘Mum
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bai man’ as he lives there.
Sena Mahayuti. Ever since he became an MP
On Thursday, Mr. Vikhe in 2014, he has never both
Patil and Congress’s Ahmed ered to come down here to
nagar district president Ka address critical problems of
ran Sasane resigned from water scarcity and civic in
their posts. Both of them, frastructure bedeviling Shir
along with Mr. VikhePatil’s di,” says Mr. Kulkarni.
son Sujay, have been work Observers say that it was
ing to defeat the Congress only a couple of months ago
Nationalist Congress Party’s that Mr. Lokhande, pro
(NCP) candidate, Bhausa pelled by election compul
heb Kamble, thereby set sions, hurried to Shriram
tling scores with Mr. Thorat. pur to begin campaigning in
According to senior polit his constituency.
ical analyst and journalist In contrast, his oppo
Mahendra Kulkarni, despite nent, Bhausaheb Kamble,
Mr. VikhePatil’s straining the Congress MLA from
and stretching, the Con Shrirampur, has a fi rm grip
gress appears to be in the over his Assembly segment.
driver’s seat in Shirdi, bol The entry of former MP
stered by its president Rahul Bhausaheb Wakchaure into
Gandhi’s Sangamner rally. the poll fray is expected to
The prime reason for this play a spoiler as well, aff ect
is Mr. Lokhande’s utter dis ing both the alliances’ vote
connect with the electorate shares. However, it remains
of Shirdi, which has alienat to be seen just how big a
ed him from voters. threat he poses, says an
“In Shirdi, he [Mr. Lok election watcher.
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IN BRIEF
In poll season, Kanpur tanners bristle over Ganga clean-up
Tanneries shut down ahead of the believing that the Ganga had lion litres of muck everyday, Minister in the current dis
been cleaned in Kanpur. from emptying into the pensation, says, “Promoting
Kumbh Mela still remain closed “It’s because the tanneries Ganga. industry, improved solid
are shut there’s less load on waste management, and
Jacob Koshy nearly 80%,” says Naiyer Ja the sewage lines. This hides Dubious distinction having a metro rail” are the
Govt hikes customs duty
KANPUR maal, who runs the Makh the fact that the promised Kanpur contributes the major prongs of his cam
on wheat to 40%
NEW DELHI
In the industrial belt of Jaj doom tannery here and a treatment plants haven’t highest pollution load paign. “My victory will
The government has hiked mau, at the city’s periphery, former secretary of the been developed. In several among all of the cities of Ut strengthen Modiji and make
the customs duty on wheat there’s visible anger at the Small Tanners Association. villages, overloaded sewer tar Pradesh, which itself ac our country stronger,” the
to 40 % from 30% to “curb government. In the name of “In spite of being nonopera lines overfl ow into dwell counts for 75% of the pollu twotime MLA adds. The
imports and protect the cleaning the Ganga, the tan tional, we’ve been slapped ings,” he claimed, “This is a tion load in the Ganga. Ganga cleaning progress
domestic industry”. In May nery industry has been vili with a bill of ₹ 8.4 million by major poll issue and the resi Consequently, Kanpur has doesn’t feature in the BJP’s
last year, the government fi ed and strangulated, work the Pollution Control Board dents will refl ect their dissa garnered about ₹ 1,000 crore list of achievements.
had hiked the basic customs ers claim. for operation and mainte tisfaction with their vote.” of funds — more than any The prospects of the BJP
duty on wheat to 30% Ahead of the Kumbh Mela nance of the effl uent treat In March, Prime Minister other city — from the will not be dimmed by the
from 20%. PTI this January, the Yogi Aditya ment plant.” Green concern: A tannery machine at a private factory in Narendra Modi claimed that ₹ 20,000 croreplus Namami tanner’s unrest, says Mr. Pa
nath government ordered Jajmau in Kanpur. SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY
*
his government was making Gange Programme, the go chauri.
Yet another journalist
the tanneries shut — to pre SP’s promise the “impossible possible” as vernment’s fl agship pro “We cannot allow the tan
attacked in Assam
vent their effl uents from In a rally earlier this week, The Jajmau tanneries, of cals for the tanning industry, far cleaning the Ganga was gramme to clean the river. neries to pollute and author
GUWAHATI
Miscreants in eastern Assam’s
contaminating the Ganga. Samajwadi Party president which 260 are operational said Anees, a tanner. concerned. This was based However many BJP voters ities — from the National
Jorhat town attacked a However it’s over a month Akhilesh Yadav proclaimed out of the registered 405, Ram Kumar, the Samajwa on the city administration’s don’t see Namami Gange Green Tribunal to the Cen
television journalist on since the Kumbh Mela ended that “however many crores employ about 200,000 di Party nominee for the Lok claim to have prevented sew work as a key factor ahead of tral Pollution Control Board
Saturday in the third such and the closure hasn’t been (of rupees) it takes, we will workers. Through the clo Sabha polls, said the tapping age and industrial effl uents polling on Monday. — have pointed to the exces
case in the State in the last lifted. “Eff ectively, it’s been open the tanneries and also sure of tanneries there’s also of the Sisamau naala was a in the city’s most infamous Satya Dev Pachauri, the sive chromium content from
48 hours. A youth, Jyoti six months since we’ve oper clean the Ganga…there are been an eff ect on allied in “trick” played by the govern drain, the Sisamau naala, BJP candidate for the Kan tanneries. How can that be
Prasad Das, was arrested for ated. Business is down by livelihoods at stake here.” dustries that supply chemi ment to deceive people into that spewed about 140 mil pur city constituency and a ignored?” he asks.
assaulting Rajib Bora, a
reporter of a regional
news channel.
Cyclone Fani won’t hit Tamil Nadu
coast: meteorological department
‘However, north Tamil Nadu might get moderate rainfall’
<
> Chennai
Staff Reporter may get
CHENNAI some parts of northern Tamil
some mild showers Nadu.
Cyclone Fani will not hit the for a day or two this The cyclone may get as
Tamil Nadu coast, said offi week close as 300 km off the Tamil
cials of the Indian Meteoro Met officials Nadu coast on April 30 and
logical Department on Sun As far as Chennai is con after that, there may occur a
day. cerned, the residents may get change of direction too, offi
S. Balachandran, Deputy minor respite from the heat cials said.
Director General of Meteorol as there could be some mild Cyclone Fani is likely to
ogy of the Regional Meteoro showers for a day or two this turn into a ‘severe cyclonic
logical Centre (RMC) said, week, he said. The sky will storm’. This may develop in
“The cyclone will not make remain partly cloudy. to an ‘extremely severe cy
landfall in Tamil Nadu. We While the maximum will clone storm’ on Wednesday.
will not have any direct im be around 36 degree Celsius, Fishermen are advised not
pact because of this. But we the minimum temperature is to venture into the sea from
may get some moderate rain likely to be 28 degree Celsius. April 29 to May 1. Also, fi sher
fall in northern parts of the The storm now lies about 910 men in deep sea have been
State when it nears the coast km off and it is likely to bring asked to return at the ear
of northern Tamil Nadu.” in only moderate rains to liest.
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The judiciary’s rhetoric has little purpose if it evades cases that call for it to enforce the grand principles of democracy
therefore, held that voting is a fun in 2018 a case was fi led before the (VVPAT) machines. The EC’s only
damental freedom guaranteed un Supreme Court asking for the use objection to this was that it would
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in “contempt” of the court’s clear and unambigu
regime to a democratic repu Supreme Court has reminded us This election season has seen mul cess. However, with three phases
ous order of December 2015. Ruling on a batch of con blic was one of the most sin many times, public faith in the vernment introduced the electoral tiple complaints from voters who of the election having come and
tempt petitions against the RBI, a twojudge bench di gular achievements in Indian his electoral process is crucial to the bond scheme early last year. The have found their names deleted gone, the court is yet to even de
rected it to furnish all information relating to inspection tory. In her magisterial How India continued survival of republican electoral bond scheme allows li from electoral rolls, without inti cide upon the petition.
reports and other material sought by Right to Informa Became Democratic, Ornit Shani democracy, and it is these institu mitless, secret donations to politi mation or a chance to be heard.
tion (RTI) petitioners, save material exempted by the details the Herculean eff orts that tional safeguards that come to cal parties, including (and espe However, this is not new. The is Just words?
court’s earlier order particularly on the grounds that it went into pulling off independent gether to ensure it. cially) by corporations. It strikes a sue of voter deletions surfaced late On multiple occasions, over the
India’s fi rst general election. By dagger through the heart of the last year, especially in the context course of many years, the Su
had a bearing on the security of the state. The bench
stipulating in the Constitution that Judicial inaction right to know, because it denies to of Assembly elections in Telanga preme Court has waxed eloquent
made it clear that “any further violation shall be viewed elections must be conducted on Like with any other competitive voters the knowledge of who na, where the Election Commis about the glories of Indian democ
seriously”. The banking regulator has repeatedly tried the basis of universal adult suf process, the ground rules that con funds the people who ask for their sion of India (EC) itself admitted to racy, the importance of free and
to stonewall multiple requests seeking information frage, our framers transformed an stitute the framework of the com vote. The electoral bonds scheme the existence of the problem. It fair elections, and the supreme
ranging from the names of wilful defaulters on bank entire population from subjects to petition must be enforced by an was challenged immediately after was alleged at the time — and has sanctity of the vote. And indeed,
loans worth hundreds of crores of rupees, to the bank citizens in one sweeping stroke. It impartial umpire. It is here that it came into force; the Supreme subsequently been established our democracy is a genuine
wise breakup of marktomarket (MTM) losses and the was an achievement that many the role of an independent judici Court, however, held off on hear through detailed investigative re achievement, worthy of pride. De
doubted would be possible, but ary is crucial. While in popular ing the case until a few weeks ago, porting carried out by The Huffi ng mocracy, however, does not sus
losses in foreign currency derivatives contract cases.
one whose success should make us imagination, the primary role of and then it postponed the case to ton Post — that the EC was using an tain itself. The court’s rhetoric has
The Central Information Commission too had, in No all proud. the courts is to protect the funda after the elections, citing a paucity unaudited deduplication soft little purpose if, when it comes to
vember, directed the then RBI Governor, Urjit Patel, to mental rights of individuals of time. In the meantime, signifi ware, alongside (unauthorised) the crunch, it evades deciding cas
show cause “why maximum penalty should not be im Free and fair elections against the state, another — equal cant sums of anonymous dona Aadhaar linking, to “cleanse” the es that call for it to descend from
posed on him” for the central bank’s “defi ance” of Su At the heart of this achievement is ly critical — task of courts is to en tions have come in through electo electoral rolls, but the result, in the commanding heights of elo
preme Court orders on disclosing the names of wilful the citizen’s right to vote. It is sure that the ground rules of elec ral bonds, and an overwhelming stead, was to remove a very large quence, and into the weeds of ac
loan defaulters. The RBI was ticked off by the CIC for through the vote that the demo toral competition, which are percentage of them have gone to number of genuine voters. Accord tually enforcing the grand princi
cratic legitimacy is periodically re necessary to ensure free and fair the ruling party. ingly, late last year, Srinivas Koda ples of democracy. The voter’s
failing to uphold the interest of the public and not ful
newed and the foundations of the elections, are maintained. For ob Second, the secret ballot. Dur li, a Hyderabadbased technolo right to know, the secret ballot,
fi lling its statutory duty to depositors, the economy and republic remain stable. But it is vious reasons, this is not a task ing this election season, Maneka gist, fi led a case before the High and the freedom to vote itself — all
the banking sector, by privileging individual banks’ in not simply the act of voting that is that can be left to political actors, Gandhi’s threat to Muslim voters Court, asking that the EC be re these have been undermined to
terests over its obligation to ensure transparency. enough: rather, voting must take and can, in essence, only be per to vote for her or else she would quired to reveal the source code of various degrees in the last few
At a time when the level of bad loans at commercial place as part of a free and fair elec formed by the judiciary. This, the refuse to help them after she was the algorithm it was using, and years, throwing into serious doubt
banks continues to remain worryingly high, worsening tion. And for that, there must exist refore, is an arena where courts elected, raised eyebrows across open it up for auditing. Months the freedom and fairness of elec
their combined capital to riskweighted assets ratio a number of institutional factors have to be even more vigilant than the country. However, as scholar have passed, the general election tions. But on each occasion, when
(CRAR), it is inexcusable that the RBI continues to keep and conditions, all of which, taken usual, because what is at stake is Mukulika Banerjee had pointed has come, but the High Court has the courts have been called upon
together, culminate in that fi nal the foundational legitimacy of de out as early as 2017, and as journal failed to decide the petition. to address these problems, they
the largest lenders to banks, the depositors, and the pu
act of the voter casting her ballot. mocracy itself. ist Ishita Trivedi demonstrated And lastly, public faith in the have dodged and ducked the is
blic in the dark on the specifi c loan accounts that are The Indian Supreme Court has In this context, the recent con more recently, political parties are electoral process: in midMarch, sues, instead of solving them. The
endangering the banking system’s health and viability. recognised this basic principle. In duct of Indian courts reveals an now able to determine voting out Opposition parties fi led a petition rhetoric is beautiful, but without
The RBI’s latest Financial Stability Report shows that many judgments over the years, unfortunate gap between judicial comes at the level of individual before the Supreme Court that enforcement, the judiciary re
the industrywide CRAR slid to 13.7% in September the court has set out the enabling rhetoric and actual enforcement. booths. This destroys the very would have settled, once and for mains, in the words of Mathew Ar
2018, from 13.8% in March 2018, with the ratio at the conditions that guarantee that vot First, the right to know: this much concept of the secret ballot, and all, any qualms about the use of nold, “an ineff ectual angel beating
crucial public sector banks declining more sharply to ing remains a meaningful activity. vaunted principle, which has re makes threats like the ones Ms. electronic voting machines in the void [its] luminous wings in
These include, for example, the ci peatedly been accorded pride of Gandhi delivered extremely credi (EVMs). The request was to verify vain.”
11.3%, from 11.7% over the same period. For a banking
tizen’s right not to be arbitrarily place by the Supreme Court, was ble and capable of distorting the 50% of the EVMs using the voter
regulator that never tires of stressing the need for grea denied the vote (the court has, fl agrantly violated when the go electoral process. However, when verifi able paper audit trail Gautam Bhatia is a Delhibased lawyer
ter accountability from the numerous public sector
banks, the RBI’s reluctance to be more transparent is
perplexing. Even its latest Disclosure Policy, posted on
its website on April 12 after the Division Bench had con
cluded hearings in the contempt case and reserved
Dangerous, debasing and deplorable
judgment, continues to direct its departments to with The Modi regime has embarked on a game of brinkmanship with Pakistan for just an advantage on the electoral stage
hold information that was expressly ordered to be bate on security. confi rmed: “I know last night cording to the Pakistan Institute
shared by the December 2015 order. As the CIC aptly The story of what really hap there was a threat there could be a for Peace Studies, last year saw
observed last year, the central bank’s intransigence and pened will come out, sooner or la missile attack on Pakistan, which 262 terror attacks on Pakistan that
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akistan Prime Minister Imran four super smart bombs on Bala ten bloodshed at night — “qatal ki Mr. Modi may have played the
The government must be more proactive Khan should perhaps follow kot. The bombs were pretty smart. raat” (night of slaughter) — game of brinkmanship on the
Russia’s example and that of So they left no evidence of the des aborted summit with Mr. Kim with through the implied threat of liber cheap and better than Atal Bihari
in shifting vehicles to cleaner fuels the United Arab Emirates and con truction they allegedly caused and the news that he had been able to al use of missiles, it should give us Vajpayee did during Operation Pa
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he decision taken by Maruti Suzuki, India’s lar fer Prime Minister Narendra Modi yet forced over 300 terrorists to broker a deal between India and pause to consider where we are rakram, when after Parliament
gest passenger vehicle manufacturer, to elimi with Pakistan’s highest civilian vanish from the face of the earth Pakistan, as did Bill Clinton before being led. Imagine the horrifi c was attacked by terrorists he mo
nate diesel models from April 1, 2020, when the award, the NishanePakistan. This without any funerary frills. It is ar him but without dragging the Pa consequences of an exchange of bilised the might of our entire
Bharat Stage VI emission standard is introduced, mir is for the Indian Prime Minister’s guable that the bombs, the mod kistanis to Blair House. Mr. Trump missiles. Yet, Pakistan being the armed forces against Pakistan
warlike eff orts to bring peace to estly contained explosions that left revealed, “They’ve been going at past master at repeatedly coming even while the Americans con
rors emerging global trends. Although diesel has po
the region and for his dexterous ef the targeted buildings standing de it, and we’ve been involved in try out on top while remaining in the trolled much of Pakistan’s airspace
wered India’s commercial transport segment for de fort to pull Pakistan and India back fi antly afterwards, were so chosen ing to have them stop. And we bottom, has achieved several stra and sea routes. But Mr. Modi has
cades, its fortunes are declining for several reasons, from the nuclear brink by fi rst set that it would give the Pakistanis have some reasonably decent tegic objectives. More than a dangerously lowered the nuclear
beginning with the narrowing of the price diff erential ting the threshold of the nuclear enough room for deniability as the news. I think, hopefully, that’s go month later, Pakistanis continue exchange threshold, debased the
with petrol. It has lost its shine in Europe, the world’s escalatory ladder really low and stage was set for mediators to has ing to be coming to an end.” to believe that what really hap language of deterrence, and made
biggest market for diesel cars where sales of even well then artfully enlisting and fi elding tily step in. Between the magical strike at pened was more an eff ete Deepa deplorable attempts to appro
known marques have fallen during 2018 by 20%. In a leaders of other nations to do the While no agreement was Balakot and Wg Cdr Varthaman’s valitype fi reworks than military, priate the armed forces as a politi
rest of the job — easily the more reached between Mr. Trump and release, Mr. Modi’s brinkmanship, and by giving a nuanced and cal tool, including by exhorting
variety of mandated and suggestive ways, carowners
diffi cult part, behind the scenes. Mr. Kim in Hanoi, the American which included threatening Pakis matching reply, even while tre fi rsttime voters to vote for the Pul
are being nudged towards petrol and alternative fuels. Also, special appreciative men President was able to eff ectively tan with missile strikes if Wg Cdr mendous pressure was on them wama martyrs and for Balakot.
The diesel emissions data scandal involving carmaker tion must be made for making me and promptly work out an agree Varthaman was harmed, not only not to, Pakistan was able to restore The last is ironic, considering
Volkswagen dismayed many consumers. Given the pre diation fashionable in this part of ment for the unharmed return of kept U.S. Secretary of State Mike the status quo ante in terms of the that the army veterans remain a
vailing economics and diesel’s reputation as a dirty fuel the world once more. Once Mr. Wing Commander Abhinandan Pompeo and the U.S. National Se nuclear threshold. smited lot when it comes to the
that adds to pollution from cars, buses and freight veh Khan bowls this googly, three Varthaman, who had become a curity Adviser John Bolton busy, One Rank One Pension scheme.
icles, auto companies see a weak business case to up things are sure to happen: Mr. Mo trophy capture for the Pakistanis but also brought the United Arab Hardly shock and awe He has used every opportunity to
grade them. Maruti Suzuki’s decision makes it clear that di will stop taking undue credit for and who was to become a trophy Emirates, Saudi Arabia and China Let us be clear: Balakot is not work the theme, which includes
exemplary chowkidari; it will re poster boy for the Bharatiya Janata actively into the behindthe about to change Pakistan’s beha even the antisatellite (ASAT) mis
in spite of being a strong past performer, this fuel is rid
move the bad blood that the Prime Party’s campaign machinery soon scenes act as well. viour. It has not frightened the ter sile test. The Defence Research
ing into the sunset as far as the personal vehicle is con Minister has been busy infusing in thereafter, till the Election Com This delicate game of managed rorists into reformatory huddles and Development Organisation
cerned. This outcome should be welcomed for the pos to the future of bilateral relations mission of India came down on outcomes requires choreography and got them to stop dreaming went into mission mode over six
itive impact it will have on air quality and public health. between India and Pakistan, into this practice. and preverifi cation of public their jihadist dreams. Pakistan months ago. That test too could
Automotive emissions, especially in congested cities, Jammu and Kashmir, and it will al stances that border on a pointillist seems to have an unending capac have just as easily been done sig
have risen due to steady economic growth, prolifera so lower the shrill levels of false Managed outcomes painter’s obsession for detail to get ity to absorb punishment and in nifi cantly earlier as well.
tion of vehicles and more vehicle kilometres travelled. rhetoric that has characterised Very signifi cantly, Mr. Trump pre the overall picture perfect. We fl ict twice as much at the same
this election and the national de faced the press conference of the know this because Mr. Khan soon time through cunning ways. Ac [email protected]
In Delhi, for instance, the eff ect of shifting the three
wheeler and bus fl eet to Compressed Natural Gas dur
ing a fouryear period from 1998 improved air quality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
but the gains were quickly negated by a rise in overall
vehicle numbers, especially those run on diesel, be Terror in Sri Lanka for the people of Sri Lanka. Lok Sabha election. them about homework. drawn from diff erent It would have been better
sides a rise in other sources of pollution. Marking the Even days after the carnage Considering the ineffi cient Gone are the days when Nowadays, children spend departments, the monitoring had he advised his captain
steady deterioration in air quality, one study found that on Easter Day, the situation intelligence network, it those who were service evenings/holidays poring of campaigning and then on the fi eld, as and when
people on the road in Delhi had 1.5 times greater expo in Sri Lanka appears to be appears to be a safe place for minded entered politics. It is over mobile phones and voting is a marvel. Above all, required, of corrective
sure to the city’s average ambient air pollution level. unsettled (Page 1, “15 dead planning, perpetrating and a pity that constitutional laptops with absolutely no one has our security forces measures rather than rant to
after gun battle with executing clandestine bodies such as the Election physical exercise. In the past, keeping constant vigil to the media (‘Sport’ page,
Diesel emissions pose hidden hazards, too. Besides the
bombing suspects in Sri activities. The overall Commission of India are not mothers could cajole fussy ensure a peaceful “Russell slams KKR’s ‘bad
harmful fi ne and ultra fi ne particulates that they con Lanka”, April 28). The most scenario is disquieting. Sri seen to be exercising their children to eat by pointing to atmosphere for people to decisions’,” April 28). While
tain, the vehicular exhaust adds to groundlevel ozone disturbing factor is the Lanka has its task cut out powers either to investigate the moon and telling them exercise their franchise. This his anguish is
formed from nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons com apparent lack of and should devise plans to and prosecute off enders. stories. Today, one has to use festival is also unique as it understandable, his methods
bining in the presence of sunlight, seriously harming communication between eliminate terrorism which is Sravana Ramachandran, the Internet on one’s mobile draws in every section in seem doubtful. All the same,
respiratory health. The national plan to shift to higher the Sri Lankan President not an easy job. Chennai phone. My yearold grandson India. KKR does seem to be a rare
quality BS VI grade fuels may off er some mitigation of and the elected V. Lakshmanan, is fed this way. J.P. Reddy, combination of poor
government. The fact that Tirupur, Tamil Nadu Down memory lane K. Jayanthi, Nalgonda, Telangana bowling, horrifi c fi elding and
pollution, but that can only be a respite. Improving air
some of the leaders there Children in urban areas need Chennai poor captaincy as well.
quality in the cities requires a transformative planning talk about not having An open secret to read the article, “Where IPL campaign Bhooma Ramanarayanan,
approach guided by the singular objective of reducing received intelligence The report, “Cash for votes: are the street charmers A festival to choose Andre Russell is a senior Chennai
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The last fi ve years have seen consistent attacks on anticorruption laws and institutions
ment in the form of a Grievance Re
dress Bill in 2011. Unfortunately, it
is not an option
lapsed with the dissolution of the
Lok Sabha in 2014 and needed to be Sri Lankans are unable to fi nd out the truth about
reintroduced — a fact acknowledged what is happening in their country
by senior BJP leaders when they
Anjali Bhardwaj & Amrita Johri were in Opposition. Although one of to the amplifi cation of fake news. But that
the poll promises of the BJP was to does not mean that the problem will disap
ensure proper delivery of services to pear if these platforms are banned.
The popular sentiment that helped citizens, no attempts have been Meera Selva, Director of the journalism
the BJP in the 2014 general election made by the government to reintro fellowship programme at the Reuters Insti
was resentment against corruption duce the Grievance Redress Bill, tute for the Study of Journalism, University
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Sri Lankan troops close and Congress spokesperson
Abhishek Manu Singhvi said
the quantum of nonper
years,” Mr. Singhvi said.
PIL appeal
rections of the government.
Mr. Modi wanted to protect
his capitalist friends, Mr.
much to hide? Nobody is ask
ing for the defaulters to be
sent to jail but the applicant
OBC’. Now, he says he has
no caste!” Mr. Chidamba
ram tweeted.
ed a chaiwala as PM. Now
he says, he never men
tioned his origins as a chai-
in on bombing suspects forming assets (NPA) had in
creased at least fi ve times.
Flagging the Supreme Court
ruling pulling up the Reserve
Singhvi alleged.
A judgment in response to
is only asking for names,” he
added.
At Saturday’s rally in Kan
nauj, Mr. Modi said: “Maya
wala! What does the PM
take us for?”
children and three women, With the BJP fi elding “outsid cause some discontent ter Vijay Sampla vented his Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
due to an explosion, that of Grip tightens: Detonators er” candidates in two of the among local leaders and ire on Twitter. He wrote: “It’s chief Amit Shah on Sunday
fi cials said, three suspects and other bombmaking three seats it is contesting in workers on the ground and it very sad, the BJP has com said Prime Minister Naren
had triggered. materials that were seized Punjab for the Lok Sabha could slightly dent electoral mitted cow slaughter.” Mr. dra Modi has shown he is a
Three other men died in after a raid in Ampara, Sri election, political experts prospects of the party,” he Sampla even posted his “cre man with a “56inch chest”
the preceding gunfi re ex Lanka. AP *
feel it is likely to cause heart says. dentials” on Twitter, and by destroying terrorist hi
change with troops, during mesinghe said. burn among local leaders, As the BJP in Amritsar de asked the BJP to explain the deouts in Pakistan.
the search operation that Meanwhile, a statement denting the party’s pros cided to fi eld Union Minister grounds on which it denied Mr. Shah said all antina
went on till dawn on Satur from the President’s Media pects. Hardeep Puri over its former him a renomination. tional elements would end
day. Explosive material and Division said covering of the The BJP is contesting the Punjab State vicepresident “Sunny Deol and Hardeep up behind bars once the
ISIS fl ags were also reco face with veils, in a manner Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhi Puri are not locals and nom Modi government returns
vered. that prevents identifi cation Amritsar seats, and its al na, who was a frontrunner inating them as candidates is to power, and he hit out at
Sri Lanka is mulling strin of a person, will be banned liance partner, the Shiroma Star appeal: Actor Sunny Deol joining the BJP in the presence among aspirants, the Oppo defi nitely going to create Congress chief Rahul
gent laws to tackle the rela from Monday under emer ni Akali Dal, the remaining of Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goel. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA *
sition was quick to attack the some amount of heartburn Gandhi for what he de
tively new, unexpected gency regulations. 10. BJP for pitching an “outsid in the local leadership and scribed as his “temerity” to
threat of local radical Isla The island remains on Khanna had won the seat in she would not contest as an er” as its candidate in the ho workers. When a candidate promise scrapping of the
mist forces with apparent high alert since the attacks Sunny Deol’s entry 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2014. Independent and still had ly city. from ‘outside’ is fi elded its sedition law.
links with international on Easter Sunday, with the In Gurdaspur, the BJP has Soon after the BJP an faith in the BJP. quite natural that the enthu Addressing backtoback
groups. military deploying nearly fi elded actor Sunny Deol in nounced Mr. Deol as its can Ashutosh Kumar, Profes Sampla upset siasm of local workers or election rallies in Bihar’s
“Terrorism should be 10,000 soldiers across pro an attempt to wrest the seat didate, voices of dissent sor of Political Science at In Hoshiarpur, the BJP has leaders is likely to be less Sitamarhi and Saran,
ended immediately. For that vinces. Schools, universities from Sunil Jakhar, Congress were raised. Kavita Khanna, Panjab University, said “Star bet on Som Parkash, an IAS due to lack of personal at which will be voting in the
we will bring new and and several commercial es MP. Mr. Jakhar won the seat wife of Vinod Khanna, said power works in India. BJP offi cer, who is currently an tachment,” Ronki Ram, fi fth phase of national polls
tougher laws,” Mr. Wickre tablishments are closed. in 2017 in the byelection fol she felt abandoned and re has always held immense MLA from Phagwara. Dean at the Department of on May 6, Mr. Shah drew a
lowing the death of Vinod jected after being denied faith in star charisma and it Though Mr. Parkash is a local Social Science at Panjab Un contrast between Mr. Modi
Khanna, BJP MP. Vinod ticket. She, however, said has worked for them also in face, soon after his nomina iversity, told The Hindu. and Mr. Gandhi, claiming
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‘I don’t drag religion into politics’
My agenda is employment, how to take people out of poverty, says former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Sandeep Phukan election a dharm yuddh So, you dissociate from the So what’s your agenda? power plants that are opera
(crusade), and described you phrase ‘Hindu terror’? tional here were started by
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who is known for his as a sutradhar (anchor) who ■ My agenda is employment, me.
controversial tweets and statements, has been unusually res- calls Hindus terrorists. She ■ I have never said it. Show me how to take people out of po There is huge sabotage in
trained as he takes up the challenge of contesting from Bhopal, a blamed you for coming up a clip where I have called Hin verty, how to remove malnu the system. There are 32,000
seat that his opponents have won since 1989. Excerpts from an with the phrase ‘Hindu dus terrorists. I am a Hindu trition, how to create jobs, bet employees who were recruit Khali a foreigner: Trinamool
interview: terror’. What is your myself. Why should I call my ter infrastructure, I want to ed on contract during the BJP Kolkata
response? self a terrorist? create in and around Bhopal. I regime. And most of them are The Trinamool has fi led a complaint with the
Your party has not won this contest this seat. And I accept want to make Bhopal a pollu BJP supporters. Election Commission against BJP’s Jadavpur
seat in the past 30 years. Why ed the challenge. ■ First of all, let me put it on tionfree city with better in And we have found that Lok Sabha candidate Anupam Hazra for
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frastructure. they are the people who are engaging WWE wrestler Khali in his campaign,
saying that the wrestler is an American
seat? And what are your prospects? du and a muchbetter practis doing unauthorised power
ing Hindu than anyone of myself a terrorist? Voters remember long power cuts and sending messages citizen. Khali, whose real name is Dalip Singh
Well, my party wanted me to I am confi dent that I am go cuts and poor roads from Congress aayee, bijli gayee. Rana, reached Kolkata earlier the week and
■ ■ them. I don’t drag religion into
contest and I said fi ne, I will ing to win the seat. But you are a strident critic of your tenure. The common This is part of the conspiracy campaigned for Mr. Hazra. In a letter to the
politics. Chief Electoral Offi cer of West Bengal, the
I fi ght my elections con Hindutva? refrain among voters now is and the State government has
Trinamool’s lawyer said “a foreigner should
You are confi dent? cerning people, their goals, Congress ‘aayee bijli gayee’. taken action against more
not be allowed to infl uence the minds of the
their diffi culties, their aspira ■ I would advise you to talk to ‘Bijli, Sadak Pani’ was a big than 340 employees who were Indian electors”. The BJP said it was an
■ Yes. I am going to win 100%. tions, their hopes. Jobs, pover my guru, Swami Swaroopa factor during the 2003 involved in this. attempt to misguide voters.
ty, infrastructure, these are nandji, on what he thinks of Assembly elections. How will There was no problem re
What do have to say about my issues for the election. Re this word Hindutva. I have not you overcome this garding water. And the roads
your opponent, Pragya ligion is an issue for every per found this word in any of the perception? that we had started were com Saff ron is the new red: Mamata
Singh Thakur, who is being religious scriptures which pleted during their time. All Kolkata
son to decide for himself.
backed by the Rashtriya Every citizen of this country have been there for thousands ■ Let me tell you one thing: the ADB roads [funded with The CPI(M)’s harmad
Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS)? of years in this country. This because of the division of the assistance from Asian Deve (militias) are helping the
has been given the right to
word was coined by Mr. Savar State [Madhya Pradesh], most lopment Bank], all the tolled BJP’s jallad [hangman] in
practise the religion of his
the election, alleged West
■ Nothing. I have the highest choice. kar [Hindu Mahasabha ideo of the power plants were in roads we sanctioned. What
Bengal Chief Minister
regard for all my opponents. The person who coined the logue Vinayak Savarkar] who Chhattisgarh and most of the have they [the BJP] done?
Mamata Banerjee at a rally
phrase ‘Hindu terror’, R.K. was an Arya Samaji and didn’t consumers were in Madhya
in the Heria panchayat,
I tracked her roadshows in Singh [former Union Home Se believe in sanatan dharma. Pradesh. There was a problem So fi nally, how many seats do adjacent to Nandigram in
Bhopal where she cretary], was given BJP ticket regarding power supply be you give to the Congress in East Medinipur district, on Sunday. After Ms.
called the and inducted into the Cabinet. But you are being repeatedly cause of that decision [bifurca Madhya Pradesh? Banerjee described her experience as a
So, if anyone in the BJP wants attacked over Hindu terror? tion of the State]. But the pow “witness” to the Nandigram violence that
to oppose the person who er plants that I had set up, ■ I am certainly winning and resulted in many deaths, she said those
called Hindus terrorists, they ■ That’s their [the BJP] started generation after the the Congress will win, at least, “harmads of the CPI(M), who used to wear red
should oppose Mr. Singh. agenda. BJP came to power. All the 14 to 16 seats out of 29 seats. shirts are now wearing saff ron.”
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The BJP on Sunday
nominated Sidharth
Prayers held near iconic Colombo church 1 killed in U.S. synagogue shooting
Gunman posted a hatefi lled letter moments before attack
St. Anthony’s shrine, which was attacked last Sunday, has been popular among people of diff erent faiths
Agence France-Presse
Meera Srinivasan towards Catholicism. Those Poway
Colombo attached to the church be A teenage gunman who
Seated on a foldable, blue lieve that it was his Cochin wrote a hatefi lled manifesto
chair outside his shop on Co trader image that possibly in opened fi re at a synagogue
lombo’s Jampettah Street on spired the locality’s name, in California on Saturday,
Sunday morning, Mohamed Kochchikade. killing one person and injur
Buhari was looking ahead, Fr. Anthonio’s statue, ing three others including
his gaze fi rmly fi xed on the usually placed inside the the rabbi as worshippers
shrine less than 50 metres in shrine, was kept outside on marked the fi nal day of Pas
front of him. “I was sitting Sunday, at the entrance of sover, authorities said.
right here last Sunday too, at the church. Scores of people The shooting in the town
the same time, when I sud stood facing the statue, their of Poway, north of San Die
denly heard a blast and saw hands joined in prayer, tears go, came exactly six months United against hate: A candlelight vigil at the Rancho
fl ames erupt from there,” he rolling down their cheeks. after a white supremacist Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, California, on
said, pointing to the white The church they frequented killed 11 people at Pitts Saturday, for the victims of the synagogue shooting. AFP *
In Indonesia, 272 election offi cials
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“Hearing the sudden noise, For people of the area, the
residents rushed outside fl ags in black and white were day, like every other year. fl ect diverse infl uences, in attacks were not only shock
tried taking the injured peo put up along the street, as if Thank god the child escaped cluding from India. When ing, but also diffi cult to com
ple in threewheelers, buses,
or whatever vehicles we
to register grief, protest and
solidarity at once.
this,” said Vijayalaksmi
Thambirajah, who lives in a
the Dutch arrived in Sri Lan
ka in the 17th century, Cath
prehend. People of all reli
gions live here and have
die due of fatiguerelated illnesses
could fi nd,” he recalled. An old Catholic church, cramped alleyway adjacent olicism, which their prede been trading with each other
St. Anthony’s shrine, located to the shrine. cessor coloniser — the for years. Reuters try combined the presiden ed illnesses, while 1,878 oth
Televised Mass in Colombo’s busiest market Many families like hers, Portuguese — spread, came “We buy, we sell, we Jakarta tial vote with national and ers had fallen ill, said Arief
With persisting security con place, has for years been though saivam, as Sri Lan under serious threat, accord trade. And trade has no reli Ten days after Indonesia regional parliamentary Priyo Susanto, spokesman of
cerns, the Archbishop of Co hugely popular among wor kan Hindus often identify ing to popular narratives. A gion,” Mr. Buhari said, ad held the world’s biggest sin ones, with an aim to cut the General Elections Com
lombo cancelled all church shippers from diff erent themselves, are regulars at priest by name Fr. Anthonio, ding: “in any case what gleday elections, more than costs. But conducting the mission (KPU). The Health
services and instead held a faiths, including Hindus and the church. “Every Tuesday, from Cochin, is believed to trade, what business now!” 270 election staff have died, eighthour vote in a country Ministry issued a circular on
Sunday Mass at his home Muslims. many of us go to the Shiva have arrived here at that “We all know that all lives mostly of fatiguerelated ill that stretches more than April 23 urging health facili
that was televised live. Ho “April 21st was my little temple nearby and then time, disguised as a mer have to go one day. Death is neses caused by long hours 5,000 km proved to be both ties to give utmost care for
wever, dozens gathered out grandson’s birthday. Had he come to the Anthony’s chant. not the issue. But no one has of work counting millions of a Herculean logistical feat sick election staff , while the
side St. Anthony’s shrine, been here and not gone to shrine.” Helping locals, mainly the the right to take another hu ballot papers by hand, an of and deadly for offi cials. Finance Ministry is working
singing hymns and lighting India for his holidays, his pa Even legends around the fi sher community, he is said man life in such a gruesome fi cial said on Sunday. As of Saturday night, 272 on compensation for fami
candles, exactly a week after rents would have certainly shrine, which celebrated its to have received wide sup way. It is outrageous,” Mr. The April 17 elections election offi cials had died, lies of the deceased, Mr. Su
the horrifi c attacks. Rows of taken him to the church that 175th anniversary in 2010, re port and drawn more people Buhari said. were the fi rst time the coun mostly from overworkrelat santo added.
ELSEWHERE Corridor linking India, Myanmar
no longer under BRI framework
South Asia is now covered by three other major projects
Exiting NPT an option Atul Aneja
Beijing vince with Kolkata, passing
before Iran, says Zarif though nodes such as Man
TEHRAN
India’s decision to skip the dalay in Myanmar and Dha
Iran’s Foreign Minister
Belt and Road Forum (BRF) ka in Bangladesh before
Mohammad Javad Zarif has
may have led to the exclu heading to Kolkata.
said leaving the nuclear
NonProliferation Treaty is
sion of the BangladeshChi Signifi cantly, a report tit
one of the “many options” naIndiaMyanmar (BCIM) led, “The Belt and Road In
Tehran has to retaliate economic corridor from the itiative Progress, Contribu
against U.S. sanctions, state list of projects covered by tions and Prospects,”
media reported on Sunday. the Belt and Road Initiative released by the Leading
“The Islamic republic has (BRI) umbrella. Group for Promoting the
many options... (leaving) the In an annex tagged with Chinese President Belt and Road Initiative on
NPT is one of them,” Mr. Zarif the Joint Communiqué of Xi Jinping. AP *
April 22, did list the BCIM as
said in remarks to Iranian the Leaders’ Roundtable of a BRI project. Last Septem
reporters in New York. AFP the BRF, which concluded in mensional Connectivity Net ber, the BRI had got a high
Beijing on Saturday, the Chi work, including NepalChina octane boost when Myan
Ukraine leader off ers nese Foreign Ministry web crossborder railway; and mar inked an agreement
passports to Russians site has not listed the BCIM the ChinaPakistan Econom with China to establish the
KIEV
as a project covered by the ic Corridor (CPEC). CMEC. The 1,700km corri
Presidentelect Volodymyr
BRI — the giant connectivity dor provides China yet
Zelensky dismissed an off er
initiative speared by China India’s non-participation another node to access the
by Vladimir Putin to provide
passports to Ukrainians, and
to revive the ancient Silk Citing “sovereignty” con Indian Ocean.
pledged instead to grant Road across Eurasia and cerns, India, for the second The CMEC will run from
citizenship to Russians who Africa. time, did not participate in Yunnan Province of China to
“suff er” under the Kremlin’s Instead, South Asia is co the BRF, as the CPEC passes Mandalay in Central Myan
rule. Mr. Zelensky off ered to vered by three major under through Pakistan occupied mar. From there it will head
“give citizenship to takings — the ChinaMyan Kashmir (PoK). towards Yangon, before ter
representatives of all nations mar Economic Corridor The 2,800km BCIM corri minating at the Kyaukpyu
that suff er from authoritarian (CMEC); the NepalChina dor proposes to link Kunm Special Economic Zone
and corrupt regimes. AFP TransHimalayan Multidi ing in China’s Yunnan pro (SEZ) in the Bay of Bengal.
UAE gives birth certifi cate to girl born Spain’s snap
to Hindu father, Muslim mother election sees
good turnout
Country breaks away from marriage rules for expatriates
Agence France-Presse
Madrid
Press Trust of India have an Abu Dhabi visa. I get tures. “Those days were
Dubai my insurance coverage there stressful and the amnesty Spaniards fl ocked to vote
The UAE government, prob and got my wife admitted to was a window of hope. The on Sunday in a tense snap
ably for the fi rst time, has gi Medeor 24X7 Hospital in the Indian Embassy helped with general election that could
ven birth certifi cate to a girl emirate. But after the baby’s the provision of an outpass. see the farright make a
born to a Hindu father and a delivery, the birth certifi cate But the baby was denied im dramatic entrance in
Muslim mother, setting aside was rejected as I am a Hin migration clearance as there Parliament.
the country’s marriage rules du,” Mr. Babu said. “I, then was no data or registration Opinion polls give out
during its ‘Year of Tole applied for a noobjection number to prove her birth,” going socialist Premier Pe
rance’, according to a media certifi cate through the he said. Mr. Babu said that dro Sánchez a win but
report. As per the marriage court. The trial went on for Indian Embassy counsellor without the necessary ma
rules for expatriates in UAE, four months but my case M. Rajamurugan supported jority to govern alone,
a Muslim man can marry a was rejected,” he added. Mr. them through the process. meaning he will have to
nonMuslim woman but a Babu said that since his He again went to court seek alliances in a political
Muslim woman cannot mar daughter had no legal docu and, this time, his case was environment that has
ry a nonMuslim man. ments, he pinned his hopes approved. The couple was soured since Catalonia’s
Sharjahbased Kiran Babu on the amnesty period. given the birth certifi cate of failed secession bid. After a
and Sanam Saboo Siddique, their daughter Anamta Ace tense campaign, voter tur
who got married in Kerala in ‘Year of Tolerance’ line Kiran on April 14, a day nout as of 6 p.m. stood at
2016, faced an unusual situa The UAE has declared 2019 before the festival of Vishu. 60.75%, up from 51.21% at
tion when their daughter as the ‘Year of Tolerance’ to “I am told that this is the fi rst the same time in the pre
was born in July 2018, the bridge the communication case where the rule has been ceding polls in 2016, elec
Khaleej Times reported. “I gap between diff erent cul amended,” he said. tion authorities said.
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Why Jet’s fall isn’t good news for rivals Hospitality sector set for
Temporary allocation of troubled airline’s slots to competitors may have an impact on their cash fl ows
Jagriti Chandra galuru, Hyderabad and passenger demand and avail dustry watchers say that in addressed, and airlines have
boom after a decade’s lull
Chennai either don’t have able fl ights, caused due to the long term, higher air shared an induction plan of
The temporary shutdown of any slots available or have the grounding of the third fares can drive passengers 31 planes over a period of Better times on the horizon as demand outstrips supply
Jet Airways may have ena exhausted those that gener largest airline in the country away from air travel. three months between
bled other airlines to raise ate higher revenue for air by fl eet size. According to “Increase in airfares due March and May. However, it Lalatendu Mishra
their fares because of the gap lines. So, Jet Airways’ slots ICRA, the gap led to a ‘30 to a sudden fall in capacity is is evident that airlines will
in demand and capacity, represent a signifi cant value 40%’ increase in airfares as expected to have a short not be able to entirely re After a decade, the Indian
seize premium slots at the for airlines acquiring them. compared to September term positive impact on place Jet Airways in a short hospitality sector seems to
Mumbai and Delhi airports, But their temporariness 2018. This forced the govern RASK [revenue per available period of time. be heading towards a boom.
and operate more fl ights on means airlines will not be ment to step in. seat kilometre] by the oper With demand outstrip
the mostprofi table routes. able to sell this beyond three By March end, an airline ating airlines,” says Manish Spike in input costs ping supply and room rates
But uncertainty surround months, impacting their with a fl eet size of 123 aircraft Raniga, an independent avia Apart from staring at the showing an increase, the ho
ing Jet Airways’s fate is no cash fl ow. Moreover, if Jet was left with merely 35 air tion expert and former vice prospect of losing customers tel industry is expected to
cause for celebration for its Airways is returned these craft. With airfares spiralling president of Jet Airways. to other modes of transport, see better times.
competitors, and poses sev slots, the airlines will have to out of control, the growth in airlines could also see a spike “The ongoing general
eral challenges. redeploy their planes on domestic passenger trips, Air travel unaff ordable in input costs as vendors of elections could dampen
The Ministry of Civil Avia nonmetro routes,” says Sa among the fastest globally, However, it comes at the ex Jet Airways readjust their some of the sector’s other
tion announced that a slot al tyendra Pandey, exhead of fl attened out, recording a pense of the customer. Air margins to make up for lost wise upbeat performance in Making space: In 2019, 8,574 rooms are estimated to enter
location committee compris strategy at GoAir. He says mere 0.14% rise. This was a travel in the current climate revenue. Additionally, va 2019. However, the tide is set the market, 19% more than that in the last 2 years. REUTERS *
ing the Airports Authority of that the government has not sharp fall from doubledigit has become less attractive rious carriers like IndiGo, to change as market senti
India, airport operators and ‘thought through’ the deci growth fi gures over the past and an unaff ordable mode of SpiceJet and Vistara may be ment can recover with the 4.5%, suggesting that the “With recent openings,
airlines, will redistribute Jet sion to provisionally redis fi ve years. travel for all customer forced to tweak their plans to aid of a stable government, sector is on a steady path of we now have 27 operating
Airways’s 440 slots at two of tribute Jet Airways slots. Combined with the segments, corpo introduce new international post the elections, to sup recovery. In the last two hotels under the Holiday Inn
the busiest airports for a pe grounding of 12 of SpiceJet’s rate or leisure, he routes as they see an oppor port the required economic years, hotel supply grew by brand family in India, and a
riod of three months. ‘Govt. making a mess’ Boeing 737 MAX 8 after the says. In the past, tunity to capture the domes growth,” said Mandeep Lam 3.7% and 3.5% respectively, pipeline of 33 hotels due to
As Jet Airways began to “The government is weaving Ethiopian Airlines crash, the capacity growth tic market. ba, president (South Asia), while demand grew by 7% open in the next 23 years.”
cancel its fl ights, competi something that will be messy domestic aviation market by airlines has be But what has steered the HVS Anarock. and 6.8% respectively, as per Ashish Jakhanwala, foun
tors like SpiceJet, IndiGo, to get out of. It is either in saw 135 of the nearly 670 air nefi ted the cus downfall of Jet Airways and “Banking on this impor HVS Anarock data. der, MD & CEO, SAMHI, ad
Vistara and GoAir an dulging in doublespeak or fi craft going kaput, i.e. a 20% tomer through why are most airlines seeing tant factor and considering ded, “We have conducted
nounced as many as 100 new guring things out as we go, fall in seats available for connectivity, a slump in their profi ts? limited new supply in 2020, Rebranding for future one of the largest rebrand
fl ights from Delhi and Mum because whoever pumps passengers. While a rise in choice and conve Amrit Pandurangi, a form the hotel industry can re Rebranding of hotels is ex ing exercises in the Indian
bai. But along with allega money into Jet Airways airfares is good news for nience, he adds. er consultant at Deloitte cord its highestever record pected to continue, as in hospitality industry.”
tions of one airline being would want to start selling airlines that are con blames the ed occupancy and is expect 2018. That year, several pro According to analysts, the
shown undue preference, tickets immediately, but will stantly undercutting tendency of ed to outpace 2006, which perties were rebranded after midscale space is seeing
there are also questions not be able to do so without themselves in a fi er airlines to snatch was a superlative year for dissatisfi ed owners migrated traction in the market and
about whether these tem available slots,” he adds. celycompetitive passengers away the hotel industry,” he said. to a new operator. “The sig new hotels are coming up in
porary slots make strategic The reallocation of the market, in from competitors by In 2019, it is estimated nifi cant jump in 2018 and this segment. The economy
sense for airlines. airline’s slots was necessitat wooing them with ultralow that 8,574 new rooms will 2017 hotel openings over segment is being taken over
“Around 60% of traffi c has ed due to a mis airfares. “The airlines have enter the market, 19% higher 2016 was partly a result of re by new entrants like OYO,
a metro city at one end. But match in behaved very poorly in than in the last two years. branding, the most notable Treebo and Fab Hotels, a
most of these metros like “The terms of undercutting air Gross Operating Profi t being the migration of a 14 space vacated by Ginger.
Mumbai, Delhi, Ben higher levels of fares. So, when the going margins of hospitality fi rms hotel portfolio with 2,000 The industry, which re
pricing is unsus was good and crude oil pric are likely to improve 8% and rooms by SAMHI Hotels to cently witnessed two major
tainable and will impact es were low they were fi ne, supply is expected to grow Holiday Inn Express. Re acquisitions of stressed as
demand until such time that but when costs went up, they 4%, compared to a demand branded openings account sets — Leela Venture’s 4ho
capacity growth meets de began to realise their mis of 7%, HVS Anarock said in ed for 24% of the openings in tel acquisition by Brookfi eld
mand at the right price takes. They are literally living its India Hospitality review. 2018,” the report said. for ₹ 3,950 crore and Keys
point,” Mr. Raniga says. on thin margins. Instead of In 2018, the average room Pascal Gauvin, MD, IMEA, Hotels by Lemon Tree and
Civil Aviation Secretary wooing passengers with rock rate grew 6.25% and for the IHG, said, “Holiday Inn Ex Warburg Pincus for an un
Pradeep Singh Kharola says bottom fares, they need to fi rst time in many years, the press Gurgaon Sector 50, disclosed sum — is expected
the shortfall in capacity and manage their cost struc industrywide ADRs in 2018 which has been open for six to see further consolidation.
a spike in airfares are being tures,” Mr. Pandurangi says. grew at a rate faster than the months, is operating at 21% Hotels M&A are estimated to
longterm infl ation rate of above the forecast RevPAR.” touch $800 million.
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tual fund or a stock, there are multi
waiver of
Safe and rewarding — small ple ways to gauge how that instru
premium option
after the fi rst of savings schemes off ered by ment has performed over time. There
the couple the post offi ce, and by some are, however, pitfalls and benefi ts to
passes away. It banks can make for a neat each method. Here’s a look at the two
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is possible to fi t in your fi xed income most common methods: the Com
cover a non portfolio. With government pounded Annual Growth Rate and
working spouse, backing, these schemes are the Average Annual Growth Rate.
who would as safe as they get. Given
otherwise not
their norisk profi le, the in What is the Compounded Annual
be eligible for
life insurance cover. terest rates off ered by many Growth Rate?
*
But there are constraints relating to, of these schemes are very ■ In easy terms, the CAGR is the
should a need arise, in unlocking them into attractive — higher than yearly smoothened growth rate of an What are the benefi ts and pitfalls of
two separate policies. what most banks off er on investment after a given interval, say, CAGR?
A joint term life policy would be the fi xed deposits. Besides, ma two years. This is diff erent from the ■ From the example the main bene
obvious choice for covering joint external ny of these schemes enjoy average annual growth rate that in fi t of CAGR is clear: it provides a more
liabilities like housing loans, but otherwise tax breaks that pegs up their vestment might have seen over the accurate rate of growth that can help
individual policies would serve the purpose eff ective returns sharply. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
(SCSS) is 8.7%, the Sukanya rate products. The popular two years. investors arrive at a more informed
just as well. SAFE AVENUE
When choosing a term policy, check the
While you can invest in Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) gets PPF and the girlchild The following example should ex decision about their investment. On
options and useful addons available. One is small savings schemes any ● Small savings schemes 8.5%, while the PPF and the oriented SSY are variable plain the diff erence. Say you have in the other hand, CAGR does not pro
the cover for nonworking spouse, another is time of the year, now seems can be variable or fi xed NSC both earn 8%. With tax rate products in which rates vested ₹ 1,000 in 2014, which then vide information about how the in
premium waiver and there are additional a particularly opportune rate products breaks the eff ective returns applicable on the invest grew 200% in the fi rst year to ₹ 3,000 vestment has performed within that
benefi ts for accidental death and disability. time to do so. That’s be are much higher. ment keep changing in 2015, but then corrected to ₹ 1,500 time period.
Other options include coverage for critical ● For last 2 quarters,
cause interest rates on these Going by its recent state throughout the tenure. So, in the second year. In the example above, the invest
illnesses. As for choosing the right insurance rates on most schemes
schemes are ruling high and ments, the RBI may conti new rates announced for The average annual growth rate ment saw strong growth in the fi rst
company, all Indian insurance companies are left untouched
could possibly decline in nue with its policy rate cuts, each quarter will apply to over this period would be 75%, which year, but a loss in the second. This
safe to invest with, as they are registered
with the Insurance Regulatory and
the coming quarters. ● Small savings schemes which could also refl ect on the accumulated corpus un is the average of 200% growth in the distinction is lost when looking at
Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the rates are more attractive the GSec rates and even til then. Ergo: it will not real fi rst year and a 50% contraction in CAGR. Investors must keep this in
regulator. Their fi nancials and other Pending cuts? than many fi xed income tually on the rates on small ly help to rush into invest the second. However, a 75% annual mind. The smoothening eff ect of
credentials are monitored since policyholder From April 2016, interest options savings schemes. ments in these schemes just growth rate would have yielded a re CAGR can also lead investors into eq
protection is the main writ of IRDAI. rates on small savings DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Even if the RBI does not to take advantage of higher turn of ₹ 3,062.5 at the end of the se uating two stocks even though their
Here are the top three considerations to schemes are being reset on cut rates further, the Centre rates now. cond year, which is not what performance is quite diff erent. Say,
help you decide — see which companies are a quarterly basis. The idea is quarters in a row ( January may still choose to moder But in fi xed rate pro happened. for example, there is a second invest
large and growing consistently as this points to align the rates on these to March 2019, and the re ate rates on small savings ducts, the rate at the start of ment you have made of ₹ 1,000, but
to customer endorsement, check whether
schemes with those on go cent April to June 2019), the schemes to make up for the the investment stays until How does CAGR work? this one contracted 50% in the fi rst
they have the kind of policies you are looking
for, and last but not the least, go with a vernment securities (G rates on most small savings pending cuts. So, it makes maturity. New rates an ■ To arrive at a more realistic year to ₹ 500, but then grew 200% in
serviceoriented and wellinformed agent as Secs). So, as GSec rates schemes have been left un sense to lock into high rates nounced each quarter will growth rate to explain what hap the second year to ₹ 1,500. The CAGR
he will be the key to this purchase turning move up or down, the rates touched, despite a signifi now, rather than wait and apply only to investments pened, we use the compound annual for this example and the one above is
out well. on small savings schemes cant decline in GSec rates. run the risk of settling for made in the quarter and will growth rate, which basically smooth the same, but their performances
are also supposed to move As a result, the rates on lower rates. That said, in hold till their maturity. This ens out the average growth per year and outlook could be vastly diff erent.
up and down every quarter. small savings schemes to vest only in fi xed rate category comprises the over the period under consideration.
Readers can send in queries on personal fi nance and But in practice, the quar day are very attractive com schemes where the rate at NSC, SCSS, Kisan Vikas Pa So, in this example, the CAGR What is needed to calculate CAGR?
investing to [email protected]. Our experts
who write on personal fi nance will answer these
terly reset mechanism is not pared with many fi xed in the start stays the same un tra (KVP), Post offi ce would be 22.47%. This number shows ■ Calculating CAGR requires three
queries. Moneywise will not give specifi c always implemented, espe come options. For instance, til maturity. monthly income scheme how much ₹ 1,000 would have to pieces of information: start value of
recommendations for investment in a particular cially when GSec rates are the interest rate on the Se Small savings schemes (POMIS) and Post offi ce time grow every year to reach ₹ 1,500 by the investment, end value, and num
mutual fund scheme, share or fi xed deposit. on the decline. For two nior Citizen Savings Scheme can be variable rate or fi xed and recurring deposits. the end of the second year. ber of periods under consideration.
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Tendulkar denies confl ict of
interest allegation
Says no pecuniary benefi t/compensation involved
for his role of a mentor with the MI
Amol Karhadkar temporary V.V.S. Laxman
MUMBAI were accused of violating
Sachin Tendulkar has de the Confl ict of Interest
nied the confl ict of interest norms by Indorebased San
allegation that he has been jev Gupta, a life member of
associated with Mumbai In the Madhya Pradesh Cricket
dians despite being a mem Association. While Laxman
ber of the Board of Control may withdraw from CAC,
for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) Tendulkar explained his
Cricket Advisory Committee post of being the MI Icon has
(CAC). no monetary benefi ts
The former India captain, involved.
in his reply to the notice is “The Noticee has received
sued by the BCCI Ombud Sachin Tendulkar. *
PTI no pecuniary benefi t/com
sman, has stated that he pensation from the Mumbai
doesn’t get any compensa “His role is limited to pro Indians IPL Franchise in his
tion for his role of a mentor viding guidance to the Fran capacity as the Mumbai In
with the IPL franchisee. chise team by sharing his in dians ‘ICON’ since his retire
The legendary batsman sights, learnings and ment, and is certainly not
has also stressed that the working closely with the employed with the Fran
BCCI was fully aware of his younger members in the chise in any capacity,” Ten
role with the IPL outfi t be team to help them realise dulkar wrote.
fore roping him into the CAC their true potential. Following Gupta’s com
in 2015. “The Noticee is also in plaint, the BCCI ombud
volved in supporting and smancumethic offi cer D.K.
Champions!!! Barcelona players celebrate after extending their domination over La Liga on Saturday. *
AFP Providing guidance promoting education of chil Jain had sought explanation
“The Noticee’s [Tendulkar’s] dren through sport, as a part from Tendulkar.
Messi fi res Barca to 26th La Liga title
role and association with the of the Franchise’s charitable Tendulkar signed off the
Franchise is at best that of a initiative — Education and threepage reply with a re
mentor, on account of the Sports for All,” Tendulkar quest “for a personal hear
Noticee being declared an wrote in his reply submitted ing, along with his legal re
integral part of and source of to the Ombudsman on Satur presentatives” should Jain
Manchester City claws back to the top in Premier League; De Gea error hands Chelsea a draw inspiration for the Franchise day, accessed by The Hindu. wish to continue enquiring
team since its inception. Tendulkar and his con into the matter.
It is Barca’s 26th league tit Lowton, but goalline tech Lazio 2 (Caicedo 3, 19).
EURO LEAGUES le and nudges it closer to nology awarded the goal and Bundesliga: Hoff enheim 1 (Sza
lai 9) lost to Wolfsburg 4 (Wil
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Real Madrid’s record of 33 in
Spain.
kept City a point clear of Li
verpool with two games left liam 42, Weghorst 69, 88, Ar
nold 85); Nuremberg 1 (Pereira
Double delight Mercedes sweeps
Lionel Messi clinched an “To win the title with a for both sides to play.
for Japan
onetwo again
48) drew with Bayern Munich 1
eighth La Liga title for Barce distance and gap is diffi cult Chelsea consolidated its
(Gnabry 75).
lona in 11 seasons on Satur with the rivals we have. place in the top four, thanks La Liga: Valencia 0 lost to Eibar
day as he scored the only We’ve done it two years in a to another error from Man 1 (Charles 90+3); Girona 1 (Por
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goal in a 10 win at home to row,” Barca coach Ernesto chester United goalkeeper tu 62) bt Sevilla 0; Real Socie
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Levante. The Argentine star Valverde told Movistar. David de Gea in a 11 draw on dad 2 (Willian Jose 21pen, Japan’s World No. 1 Kento
struck his leagueleading Sunday. Oiarzabal 53) bt Getafe 1 (Saiz Momota roared back from regain drivers’ list lead
34th goal of the campaign af Fine margins The results: Premier League: Alonso 89); Villarreal 1 (Bacca a game down to defeat Shi
ter coming off the bench for Manchester City remained in Leicester 3 (Tielemans 59, Var 30) drew with Huesca 1 (Avila Yuqi of China 1221, 2118,
the second half to help Barca control of the Premier dy 86, 90+5) bt Arsenal 0; 78). 218 and retain his Badmin
wrap up the title with three League title race as the fi nest Burnley 0 lost to Man City 1 On Saturday: La Liga: Leganes ton Asia championships tit
(Aguero 63); Manchester Unit 0 drew with Celta Vigo 0; Bar
games remaining. of margins earned Pep Guar le on Sunday.
ed 1 (Mata 11) drew with Chel celona 1 (Messi 62) bt Levante
Barca holds a ninepoint diola’s men a 10 win at Burn sea 1 (Alonso 43). 0.
Akane Yamaguchi be
lead over secondplaced At ley on Sunday. Serie A: Frosinone 0 lost to Na Serie A: Roma 3 (Fazio 5, Pas came the fi rst Japanese to
letico Madrid, but the Cata Sergio Aguero’s 31st goal poli 2 (Mertens 19, Younes 49); tore 8, Kolarov 86) bt Cagliari win the women’s crown
lans cannot be overtaken of the season crossed the SPAL 1 (Felipe 36) drew with 0; Inter Milan 1 (Nainggolan 7) with an emphatic 2119,
thanks to their superior line by millimetres before Genoa 1 (Lapadula 57); Samp drew with Juventus 1 (Ronaldo 219 victory over China’s He
headtohead record. being hacked clear by Matt doria 1 (Quagliarella 57) lost to 62). Bingjiao.
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IN BRIEF
Lego Braille bricks may give Why Christina Koch will
blind literacy a needed lift stay on the ISS for 11 months
NASA wants to study the eff ects of spacefl ight on a woman
Scarlett Johansson may
Advocates say the product can transform reading for visually impaired children
Indo-Asian News Service space station will eclipse the
take political plunge
Sarah Mervosh cording to a disability report Washington previous mark set by Peggy
LOS ANGELES
Actor Scarlett Johansson says
by Cornell University. Astronaut Christina Koch Whitson of 288 days on Ex
she will not rule out the A new eff ort is under way to Braille, once widely will set a record for the lon peditions 50 through 52 in
possibility of her entering help blind and visually im taught in schools for the gest single spacefl ight by a 201617, NASA said.
politics in the future. The paired children more natu blind, has fallen by the way woman when she completes Ms. Koch arrived on
34-year-old actor is one of rally learn to read Braille, a side since the 1970s, when her 11monthlong mission board the space station on
the most politically active system based on diff erent the law began requiring pu aboard the International March 14, beginning scientif
Hollywood celebrities. “I confi gurations of six small, blic schools to off er equal Space Station (ISS) in Febru ic research activities as part
think the greatest way to raised dots that blind people education to children with ary 2020. Her long stay on of the Expedition 59 crew.
effect change is in local read with their fi ngertips. disabilities. the ISS has to do with NASA’s “It’s an honour to follow in
politics. Maybe at some point And it is coming in the form Blind students were able preparation of human mis Christina Koch Peggy’s footsteps,” Ms. Koch
in the distant future I will feel of a favorite childhood toy: to join their sighted peers in sions to the moon and Mars. was quoted as saying by NA
that calling, but I just Lego bricks. the classroom, but tradition Ms. Koch’s mission will searchers hope to better un SA.
haven’t,” she told Variety. PTI This week, the Lego Foun al schools, biased toward provide researchers the op derstand astronaut adapta Meanwhile, NASA’s Hu
dation, which is funded by sight and facing a lack of spe portunity to observe eff ects bility over long periods of man Research Programme
the Lego Group, the Danish cialised teachers, often of longduration spacefl ight space exposure and better continues to lay the ground
toy company that makes the New feel: Lego bricks featuring the shapes of Braille dots and pushed children with any on a woman, NASA said. Her support the development of work for future oneyear
blocks, announced a new the corresponding letter, number or punctuation symbol. NYT *
sight at all to rely on magni planned mission duration eff ective countermeasures missions on the space sta
project that will repurpose fi ed print. will be just shy of the longest to maintain crew health. tion and has selected 25 pro
the usual knobs atop the their hands, it’s intuitive for rience of learning Braille And an explosion of ac single spacefl ight by a NASA NASA last month accept posals to investigate biologi
bricks as Braille dots. And them,” said Diana Ringe more inclusive and helping cessible technologies, in astronaut — 340 days set by ed a challenge from the Do cal, physiological, and
because the blocks will also Krogh, who is overseeing the to combat what has been cluding audiobooks, apps former astronaut Scott Kelly nald Trump administration behavioural adaptations to
Darth Vader costume may be stamped with the corres project for the Lego Founda called a “Braille literacy cri and screen readers, has during his oneyear mission to return humans to the spacefl ight. With informa
go for $2 mn at auction ponding written letter, num tion. sis.” strengthened reliance on au in 201516. moon by 2024, four years tion gained from the select
LOS ANGELES ber or punctuation symbol, Though the research is li dio, which advocates say ahead of the U.S. space agen ed studies during future mis
A man who made they can be played with by Learning through play mited, some estimates sug cannot eff ectively teach criti Lack of data cy’s earlier set target. sions, NASA said it aims to
appearances as Darth Vader blind and sighted children “They learn Braille almost gest that just 10 percent of cal skills like spelling and The mission became neces “This time, when we go to address fi ve hazards of hu
at film premieres will sell a
alike. without noticing that they blind children in the United grammar, let alone compli sary as the majority of data the moon, we will stay. And man space travel — space ra
costume created in 1979 by
The project, called Lego are learning. It is really a States learn to read Braille, cated math. available is on male astro then we will use what we diation, isolation and con
the Star Wars design team at
Braille Bricks, is in a pilot learningthroughplay even though Braille literacy “Audio can give you infor nauts. But male and female learn on the moon to take fi nement, distance from
an auction of classic movie
memorabilia next month,
phase and is expected to be approach.” is associated with better job mation, but it can’t give you bodies respond diff erently, the next giant leap— sending Earth, gravity fi elds (or lack
auction house Bonhams said. released in partnership with Advocates say the product outcomes for adults. In 2017, literacy,” said Chris Daniel and health conditions occur astronauts to Mars,” NASA thereof ), and hostile/closed
The 17-piece ensemble schools and associations for could transform reading for less than half of American sen, a spokesman for the Na at diff erent rates in male and Administrator Jim Briden environments that pose
includes the villain’s black the blind in 2020. blind and visually impaired adults with visual impair tional Federation of the female populations. stine had said then. great risks to the human
mask, boots, a pair of capes “When they get Lego in children, making the expe ments were employed, ac Blind. NY TIMES With this mission, re Ms. Koch’s stay on the mind and body in space.
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Revise a topic on the same day of study, then after
three days and then again, at the end of the week.
This way, the topics and subjects will stay in your
memory for a longer period.
Make notes of whatever you are reading for a
SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY
quick, lastminute revision. Although it will seem
timeconsuming now, it is an important exercise
that will come of use during revision. Make sure
you make short and crisp notes, keeping in mind
the time constraint.
Mock tests
Prioritise: Revision and practise of multiple
choice questions (MCQ) should be given top
UPSC ) priority as the day of exam approaches. Practis
ing MCQs is one of the best ways to consolidate
b A.K. Mishra that help develop your understand your knowledge. Several test series are available
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STRATEGISE
One of the many challenges civil ser subjects), and miscellaneous. So, a tual to advanced level, NCERTs to standard
vices aspirants face during the prep thorough reading will help you books, and current aff airs to previous year UPSC
aration process, is less time and ex write wellstructured essays. questions.
tensive syllabus. The best way to On an average, practising at least 100 ques
tackle this challenge is to have a Analyse your strengths
for the
tions per day is required before the exam, to en
wellstructured and organised stra A SWOT analysis is undertaken to sure eff ective time management, mindhand
tegy for preparation. Here are some identify one’s internal strengths and coordination, clarifying doubts and learning new
steps to help you in the last leg of weaknesses, as well as, external op facts. Where previous year question papers help
preparations. portunities and threats. As the na you get fair idea about exam pattern, mock tests
ture of the UPSC exam demands
perfect score
help you assess your preparation level and give
Follow the curriculum high dynamism and adaptability, an idea of probable questions. Both exercises
One of the biggest mistakes aspi you must use this test to assess help you practice well and prepare for the fi nal
rants commit is not following the areas you can rely or build on, and exam.
syllabus prescribed by the UPSC. develop. Analyse mistakes: Analysis of mistakes and
Most students start their prepara working on them is more important than taking
tion without referring to the sylla Prioritise new tests without analysis. If you are not analys
bus, and soon fi nd themselves in a Poor timemanagement can lead to
‘no progress zone’. Though the top
With the Civil Services Preliminary Exam just a undesirable outcomes. As aspirants
ing mistakes, then, the exercise is futile.
ics may be vast, they are not unli month away, chart out a plan to face the put years into UPSC preparation, Types of mistakes
mited. CSE aspirants must break managing time and prioritising
this myth, as it may prove to be a
challenges work is a must. Any ambition, with
Generally, students make three types of mistakes:
Conceptual: If you are making many concep
costly mistake in the long run, espe out a set timeframe, is nothing tual mistakes, you need to work more on your
cially with time, money, energy and previous years’ papers can help that are the hub for such books — Choosing optional paper more than a fantasy. In order to basics through NCERT and standard books. Focus
resources at stake. Consider the them prepare in accordance with scout around for relevant ones. You Aspirants opt for the optional paper achieve your goals, stick to a plan. on your conceptual clarity either through de
UPSC syllabus as your roadmap to the latest trend, followed by the could also seek advise from seniors, based on the subject scores and Understanding the diff erence bet tailed study of concepts, or through discussions
start your preparations from, and UPSC. experienced mentors or reliable marking trends, length and extent ween urgent and important is ut with a teacher, or with your fellow UPSC aspi
continue referring to it. While preparing, refer to past sources before purchasing these of the curriculum and subject that most to achieving success. rants.
papers after each step, in order to books. The NCERT books up to class covers most of the general studies Factual: To avoid factual mistakes, you must
Previous years’ papers corelate with the topics fi nished, as XII are also a good source of know paper. Optional paper should be Regular reviewing work more on current aff airs and revise them sev
Aspirants do not realise that the this is a good indicator of whether ledge. chosen smartly, in such a way that it To retain information learnt, it is ne eral times. You can learn facts through tech
you are moving in the right direc also suits your interest towards it. cessary to revise regularly. You have niques like mnemonics, which you did in your
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: tion or not. Writing skills to consistently bridge the gap bet school days, to learn several formulas.
Though the topics may be Focus on your writing. Writing es Newspapers ween what you read and what you Silly: With more practice, you will be able to
vast, they are not unlimited. Pile up relevant books says is a criteria for selection in the Learning what and how to read in a revise. Video lectures, subject au avoid silly mistakes such as fi lling the wrong bub
CSE aspirants must break this Flooding the room with UPSC books mains exams. So, be wellversed newspaper, will yield good results in dios, and group discussions (group bles, markingwrong options and not reading the
myth, as it may prove to be a does not always assure you success with relevant facts that need to be the long run. A newspaper has three study) can be a blessing. question carefully.
costly mistake in the long run, — choose handpicked books that penned down fl uently in a skilful segments from a preparation point
especially with time, money, are genuinely relevant. Though manner. It is a tough skill to master, of view: events (for facts and fi The writer is Founder and Director
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Down Under
performing arts organisa
the mind
tion, committed to pre
serving culture and promoting artistic ex
pression. In association with UNESCO,
they designated April 29 as the Interna
tional Dance Day. Every year, it is celeb
Living and studying in the holiday rated and held at a new location, with the
PIXABAY
with peers whose circum tured), is a multipurpose
stances were not unlike my stadium, situated on the Rungra Island.
own — facing similar chal This stadium was planned after Seoul
won the bid for the 1988 Summer
lenges settling into a new
Olympics and this nation wanted to le
country and its academic gitimise themselves in the eyes of the world. It is the largest
system. guists, psychologists and software de stadium in the world, with a capacity of 11,4000. Used mainly
velopers. Some possibilities include for football matches and the Arirang Festival, in which country
Support network creating the perfect nanny who never is this stadium located?
When I arrived on the Gold gets crabby, the perfect math teacher In ancient Greek religion
Having travelled and worked
internationally, I was no
Coast to begin studying I de
cided to stay with an Austra
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who never loses her patience, and so
on. Q3 and mythology, he is the
god of the wild, nature,
stranger to living out of In lian family to better absorb Cognitive robotics aims at deve rustic music, and nymphs.
RICH DWIVEDI SAKLANI The word for ‘sudden uncontrollable fear
dia. However, this would be the local culture and develop loping robots that mimic human
or anxiety, often causing wildly unthink
my fi rst international educa a deeper understanding of its learning such as displaying curiosity, ing behaviour’ comes from a call that this
tion experience and as an people. My Aussie mum and Psychology occupies a hallowed place imitating, asking complex questions god had, and would cause mayhem in
alumnus I am proud that I dad, as my homestay parents in the social sciences, next only to eco and even guessing answers. This will battle. This god is also generally depic
chose Australia for that. Hav used to call themselves, were nomics — as the Delhi University cut allow robots to interact with human ted with a type of flute, that is named
ing grown up in Mumbai, stu amazing people and formed off s will testify. But, what is so valua beings intelligently, culture and mood after him. Who is this?
dying and living on the Gold my personal foundation to ble about a subject that is all about and context of their environment. He was a celebrated
Q4
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Coast, Australia, was a plea rely on in a new country. Be feelings and emotions? Here’s a quick Game design and synthetic cha Malayali artist and
santly diff erent and laidback ing so far away from my fami guide to careers in fi eld. What is so valuable about a racters: Gaming is becoming increas painter, and lived from
experience. ly in India, this was incredi subject that is all about feelings ingly complex and competitive with the mid1800s to the
and emotions? early 1900s. He was close to the royal
I chose the Gold Coast as bly important to me because “Pure” psychology companies vying to give players an al family of Travancore, who were pat
my study destination for a I wanted to have a support Clinical psychologists work with mostreal world to play in. Characters rons, later becoming relatives. He was
number of reasons. The network in my new home. mental health clinics, psychiatrists, refi ne hiring processes, develop psy with “real” personalities make them known for his European fusion tech
course structure; the reputa One of the most satisfying schools and as independent counsel chometric tools to assess people, or more endearing, trustworthy, loath niques of painting, while retaining an
tion of Southern Cross Un aspects of this experience lors. They practice “talking” therapy improve reward systems. Industrial some or even temperamental — mak Indian sensibility. He was loved among
the public, as he used to make cheap
iversity; and also for the fact was that it was very much a tools to overcome mental health disor psychologists also work to enhance ing players to develop stronger rela lithographs for sale. Some of his most
that I was studying tourism twoway street. As much as I ders such as anxiety or depression. motivation, develop leadership skills tionships (read addiction) to game prominent paintings include Shakuntala, and episodes from
in the holiday capital of wanted to absorb Australian Psychotherapists come closest to and manage stress. characters — a bit like falling in love the tale of Nala and Damayanti (pictured). Who was this artist?
Australia. culture, my host family also the traditional, Freudian, lieon Academics: Psychology is a highly with Monica or Joey in “Friends”.
This is a device that pro
Southern Cross Universi wanted me to share my In couchanddiscussyourchildhood academic career to begin with — heavy Data science
ty’s outstanding and perso dian customs with them. I psychologist. They are a rare and on study, terminology, reading and re Machines can analyse data better Q5 duces an audible click or
sound at regular intervals
nalised international student would prepare some Indian brave species — it takes several hours search. With most schools and colleg than humans, but it takes a human be that can be set by the user,
support was very helpful and cuisine for them and, in turn, of working with a psychotherapist to es off ering psychology as a subject, ing to make sense of it. measured typically in Beats Per Minute
welcoming in the early days they would invite and intro unravel yourself and then, several 100 opportunities are expanding in teach Data psychology is an emerging (BPM). It comes from the Greek words
for ‘measure’ and ‘I manage’, or ‘I lead.’
of commencing my Master’s duce me to their extended fa supervised hours of psychotherapy to ing and research. Several psycholo fi eld that seeks to understand human Musicians use this device to stick to and
in International Tourism and mily. I spent my fi rst Austra be recognised as a psychotherapist. gists have been awarded the Nobel decisionmaking with all its complexi maintain a certain tempo. Patented in
Hotel Management. The lian Christmas at their family Cognitive behavioural thera Prize recently. ties and unpredictability. Data scien 1815 by Johann Maelzel, this device is a
team there helped me settle home in what was a wonder pists focus on present behaviours and tists with psychology skills would have common feature on most musical key
into the university’s academ ful and welcoming atmosph thought patterns, rather than delve in Multidisciplinary greater insights into possible motiva boards today. What is it called?
ic and social life. I enjoyed ere. Living with my Aussie to one’s past. They attempt to under It also plays an integral role in busi tors and casues of stress behind star During winter, flamingos
making friends during the mum and dad while studying
really enhanced my Austra
stand and change these to solve
chronic emotional or psychological
ness or international relations, artifi
cial intelligence or advertising.
tling data patterns.
NeuroSciences deserves a place Q6 usually migrate to India
and come to a salt desert
lian study experience. issues. Marketing, advertising and of its own, in this discussion. It is real in the state of Gujarat. In
the early 2010s, flamingos were electro
In 2015, I had the oppor Solutionfocussed therapy is market research: A psychology de ly the poster boy of psychology, bring cuted by high tension power lines along
tunity to represent India and more clientowned and clientled, gree, combined with a business de ing the fi eld close to medicine. Neu the wetlands when they flew in. At one
my University as part of the with the psychologist acting as a guide gree equips one to develop eff ective roscientists may work in clinical point, the reported death toll was
Mayor’s Student Ambassador or coach, helping the client decide marketing strategies, direct consumer practice and research exploring non around 400 birds. Currently, these mi
Program run by Study Gold what problem to solve, how to struc choices through subtle messaging, invasive therapy options for helping gratory birds are facing mass death due
to salinity of soil and unavailability of phytoplankton, their
Coast, where I made some in ture it, and what options to consider. construct viral social media cam people recover from emotional or
food, in their usual habitat in India. They also have a city
fl uential and longlasting Counselling psychologists work paigns and connect better with dis physical trauma, such as an artifi cial named after them there – Flamingo City. Which massive geo
connections. As a Mayor’s on enhancing wellbeing in healthy gruntled clients. Market research pro limb, or fear of lizards. They may also graphical feature do they come to, that is also the site of an in
Student Ambassador, I’ve clients by helping them resolve stress. fessionals use psychological tools to work closely with neurologists in in ternational border between India and Pakistan on its northern
nurtured global friendships They often run their own specialised predict the buying behaviour of indivi terpreting brain imaging, and suggest side?
and I’m proud to have practice such as family and marriage duals and the masses. ing neurological therapy. Neuroscien A6. The Rann of Kutch
A5. Metronome
friends across multiple coun counsellors, drug abuse counsellors, Artifi cial intelligence: Psycholo tists in artifi cial intelligence may work A4. Raja Ravi Varma
tries, watching them all con and medical or genetic counsellors. gy combines with computer science to on emerging areas such as creating Ar A3. Pan
tinuing to grow in their pro Career counsellors work in open emerging areas like. tifi cial Neural Networks (ANN) for ro A2. North Korea
fessional and personal lives. I schools or as independent consul Humanrobot interaction: As bots to “think”, “learn” and “adapt” A1. Ballet
Name:
Mohit Trivedi now live and work on the tants, helping students and midca robots perform increasingly complex like human beings. Answers
College:
Gold Coast, a city that has gi reer professionals make career plans, tasks, they need to interact with peo
Southern Cross University,
Queensland, Australia
ven me opportunities that I choose college and study options and ple without causing physical or psych The writer has penned The Ultimate Guide
Course: never could have imagined prepare winning college applications. ological harm. The challenge of get to 21st Century Careers. She leads Inomi
Master’s in International before leaving India and has Industrial psychologists work ting a robot to correctly interpret Learning, a Gurugrambased career and
Tourism and Hotel college guidance fi rm. [email protected]
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done so while providing me largely in the human resources area human signals — verbal or nonverbal
Management
with an incredible lifestyle. within businesses. They may work to — demands the coming together of lin ON THE SHELF
b Osheen Sharma
Where Will Man Take Us?
Publication: Penguin
Price: ₹ 399
THE HINDU
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
iversities are ranked in the top 5% turned into a threehour con
globally and Ireland’s Institutes of versation about startups, and
Technology are renowned for their germinated into the plan for
EDUCATION IN IRELAND
close links with industry and their SpaceBasic Inc.
highly employable graduates,” said Its fi rst version was a mo
Barry O’Driscoll, Senior Education bile app, built to assist a char
Adviser for Education in Ireland. ity student hostel for automat Green channel: Communication without barriers
ing their manual processes
Opportunities that were creating costly er ing communities/ university : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Ireland, currently, has around rors and wastage. “We hostel management Hhostels can post
4,000 Indian students out of then decided to take it and global announcements and
which 90% students are pursuing ing, multicultural society where graduates at masters level can re to a larger market, va corporations. reviews, manage
B Ireland’s universities are
their postgraduate degrees. As students will certainly fi nd the main for a further two years. If a lidated with over 20 For student hous complaints and leave
ranked in the top 5% globally
more and more students are opt highest of education standards graduate secures an off er of em colleges and hostels to ing communities, col applications, make
ing for this beautiful country, Ire and warmest of welcomes. Clubs ployment, they may apply for a B With more students opting assess the opportuni lege and student hos automated calls to
land is off ering more scholarships and societies play a signifi cant role work permit with the support of for Ireland, more scholarships ty. During our initial tels that still use parents and manage
to its international students. in campus life. Ireland, known as their employer. This will allow are being off ered for research, we found paper records to student database and
“There are about 200 meritbased the Emerald Isle, has a lot of green, them to stay in the country till international students that hostels were more mark attendance, hostel inventory.
scholarships on off er directly from open space with a low population, their contract ends. B Ireland’s strong place in the than a decade behind lodge complaints,
the HEIs, ranging from 10% to 50% of just 4.6 million people and is EU will ensure that Irish higher in adopting innova track students’ leave
fee waivers, across all disciplines,” wellknown as being a safe, wel Brexit aftereff ects education institutions continue tions. From redundant and so on, SpaceBasic part of the communication
informed O’Driscoll. coming society,” said O’Driscoll. Since the Brexit vote happened, to access valuable EU funding paperwork to time replaces it with loop. This app aims at solving
When it comes to tradition, Ire That being said, when a student there has been an increase in In and remain at the forefront of consuming manual technology. problems like these where
land is considered to be a country looks at a country for a student vi dian applicants in Ireland for high research and innovation
processes, hostels were and “Currently, in many hos management is unable to ef
which has one of the youngest sa, the most important thing they er education. “For the U.K., Brexit are still following archaic tels, the lack of seamless com fectively communicate with
populations in Europe but is still consider is future job prospects. brings uncertainty over the future and innovation,” explained methods, to manage their day munication has led to gaps in parents.
safe and retains its traditional va After the students complete their of the U.K.’s involvement in inter O’Driscoll. today activities,” explains the exchange of information Today, SpaceBasic has over
lues. “The country off ers a buzz respective degrees, they can use national research and serious con If Brexit happens, Ireland will Madhvi, outlining the journey among the stakeholders in 25,000 users and over 30 K12,
the ‘Third level Graduate Scheme’ cerns about losing European re be the only Englishspeaking coun of SpaceBasic, which was volved. Through SpaceBasic, universities and colleges
: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: or ‘stay back option’. search funding and top try in Europe which will give it an launched in March 2017. hostels can post announce across India. Another major
If Brexit happens, Ireland will This allows international grad international academics. Whereas upper hand in respect to job op ments and reviews, manage highlight is that it facilitates
be the only English-speaking uates an opportunity to remain in for Ireland, its strong place in the portunities. With Ireland off ering Seamless communication complaints and leave applica information sharing and pro
country in Europe which will Ireland to seek employment in al EU will ensure that Irish higher good scholarships and an even In its current avatar, Space tions, make automated calls to cess management between
give it an upper hand in most all sectors. Graduates at de education institutions continue to greater hospitality, it would be one Basic is an interactive net parents, and manage student users. “Students get access to
respect to job opportunities. gree level can remain in Ireland for access valuable EU funding, and of the best choices for students to working platform for informa database and hostel invento our global industry partners,
one year post graduation, while remain at the forefront of research consider this admission season. tion sharing and process ry. On the other hand, stu who provide students with
management, connecting stu dents can communicate with skill development pro
dents, parents, student hous hostel management, apply for grammes, jobs, internships,
leaves, lodge complaints, training, scholarships and
rethink) ● SpaceBasic is an interactive track submitted applications other such studentcentric op
networking platform for and access realtime status portunities. We are currently
information sharing and
process management,
updates without being physi working with partner compa
connecting students, parents, cally present,” says Madhavi. nies based out of India and the
Nurturing student housing communities
● Through
hostels can
SpaceBasic,
post
announcements and reviews,
manage complaints and leave
As far as parents are con
cerned, the founders disco
vered that during customer
validation, lack of transparen
U.S. We aim to create a talent
pool of students and oppor
tunities without the bias of
background or location, and
the Arts
applications, and so on. cy and regular communica focus exclusively on their
tion between hostels and pa skills,” adds Madhavi.
FREEPIK
● Today, SpaceBasic has over
25,000 users and over 30 K12, rents were key issues. Parents The app is available on An-
universities and colleges worried about their child’s sa droid, Google Play and
across India
fety because they were not a iTunes.
Fostering creativity and ingenuity in
children, enhances cognitive and
motor skills KIET bags NASA design award
A team of four from KIET group of institutions, Gha ny, the U.S., Bolivia, Peru and Egypt. IndianAmerican
ziabad, recently won the 2019 AIAA Neil Armstrong NASA astronaut and twotime space fl ight veteran
b NEHA RUPEJA
best design award in the 25th Annual Rover Chal Sunita Williams attended the second day of the event
lenge held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Ala and interacted with the teams. Each year, NASA Hu
bama. man Exploration Rover Challenge features an engi
Art education occupies on career.” and contribution. But fi rst sity of fostering creativity dent’s holistic growth,” says The engineering design challenge saw 115 teams neering design challenge to engage students world
ly a marginal position in the According to Prof Naman of all, we have to realise that and ingenuity in children, the founder of Junoon, competing from all over the world, including Germa wide in the next phase of human space exploration.
present day education sys Ahuja, School of Arts and every citizen on this planet the basis of which is, that Sanjna Kapoor.
tem in India, whereas the Aesthetics JNU people have has the right to cultural education should be fo
future sectors demand crea a narrow defi nition of art. education according to cused on the child as an in Employment
tive, fl exible, and dynamic Its relegation to the peri UNO. This is an important dividual. Theatre and art According to Khoda, we
youth. Therefore, it be phery has been fostered by mandate where arts and education are so important need to create an entire
comes imperative to ad those with a limited appre culture itself is valued that it has an artistic in ecosystem and network
dress the crisis in arts edu ciation of life: unimagina equally along with human fl uence on a person and is which is conducive to the
cation as well as propose tive and joyless! “Creating rights. Therefore, Art1st central to one’s develop production of art, its dis
newer directions and vision an education system that Foundation is ready to pro ment. The gap in the cur semination and apprecia
for the future. encourages freedom re vide our learnings and our rent art education system is tion. Only a systematised in
Sensing this gap, Ritu quires confi dent teachers platform to build stakehol such that it does not focus tegrated art education
Khoda, founder, Art1st capable of withstanding ders in creating this vision,” on children individually could enable newer job pos
Foundation, says, “One im criticism/ argument and she adds. but collectively leading to sibilities for young
portant reason for the crisis themselves remaining cu “There is a critical neces diverting focus from a stu practitioners.
is the marginalisation of the rious and artistic. Unless
arts and humanities from the education system cultiv
the general education sys ates such teachers, we can
tem. They are seen as soft not expect art and creativi
subjects, whereas science ty to be anywhere but on
and technology, engineer the periphery,” he adds.
ing, medicine, and manage
ment are projected as the Interdisciplinary
relevant subjects who can studies
make a change.” According to Khoda, art
“This situation has led to education also imparts va
another important develop rious cognitive and motor
ment which is the slashing skills which could enhance
down of courses related to the learning of other disci
arts and humanities. They plines such as Mathematics,
are seen as irrelevant in the Sciences and Social
present educational system Sciences.
and to the general outlook “The newer directions
about education and require a collective vision
4 EDGE DELHI
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● Public speaking is a skill
Practice makes for perfection: In public speaking too.
● Most people fear speaking in
public, more than they fear
selves. They fear standing up with the case of Indranil who snakes, fi re, an earthquake, and
b Viney Kirpal alone in front of a group of peo never studies during the year
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death.
ple who sit comfortably together. and then starts working in the
● Follow a logical sequence in
Dale Carnegie, in his book Public last two months, just before the your argument,while speaking in
Speaking, tells us the story of Master the art fi nal exams. He is confi dent he public
Dr. B, a renowned physician A college student was asked by will ‘manage’. But he develops
who had been invited to a func her teacher to present the vote of jaundice, during his preparatory Any aspirant who wants to pur ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: even complete the primary medi
tion. Suddenly, the organisers thanks to the chief guest. She holidays and is unable to study. Obama and Vajpayee diff erent. sue medicine in India knows that To complete medical cal course. Many are unable to
announced that Dr. B would give stood up before the audience, He realises his mistake of not stu Use voice modulation to avoid all MBBS and BDS seats in India in education one also requires qualify the screening test for ob
a speech. The audience began and out of fear, went on stutter dying when he had the time. He monotony. Make eye contact the government/ aided/ private academic excellence, hard taining registration to practise
clapping for him. Dr. B got up as ing the word ‘facilitate’ instead of clears the exam in the third divi with listeners, while speaking. colleges except the AIIMS and work and perseverance. medicine in the U.S. or Europe.
if to speak, but walked out of the saying ‘felicitate’. This happened sion. The idea you wish to con Use gestures to emphasis your JIPMER are admitted only Hence the selection has to This tends to discourage foreign
room. The reason: he was ex thrice, until she decided to go vey is, ‘Do things when they are points. Stand tall. Don’t bend through NEET. This year on even be through a fair and open medical universities from accept
tremely scared of speaking in back to her seat. not urgent and prepare in time, one knee. Hands should be if you are looking at a medical de system. ing Indian aspirants.
public. Potentially, every college stu lest you fail’. clasped in front of you and not in gree abroad, you will still have to One should agree that medical
He felt ashamed and went on dent can be asked to give a Step 3. Follow a logical se your pockets. clear NEET. Until last year, a letter education should not be made
to learn public speaking with the speech in public. It is an art that quence in your argument. ‘Don’t Step 5. Practise your speech. of eligibility from the Medical will end up securing an MBBS/ available based only on funds. To
Dale Carnegie Institute of Public can be developed. Here is how to be a mountain goat’, warns Car Practise before a mirror, a friend, Council of India (MCI) stating that BDS admission. This is despite complete medical education, one
Speaking. After the course, he do it: negie. A goat will jump from one or video yourself to get it right on the student has scored 50% or the seats being higher in private also requires academic excel
gained such confi dence that he Step 1. Choose an interesting hilltop to another. A goat can get the day of the speech. Never read above in Class XII board (or equiv colleges/ deemed universities. lence, hard work and perseve
began giving 50 lectures a year, example or story that helps the away with it, but not you. Unless it. Public speaking is a skill. Mas alent) examinations in the sub Another reason for a candidate rance.
across the country. audience to connect with the your speech is logicallyconnect ter it and become a popular jects Physics, Chemistry and Biol choosing a foreign destination is Hence, the selection has to be
Surprisingly, most people fear idea you wish to explain. Plan ed, the audience will not under speaker for life ogy would have done the trick. In that the reservation makes the through a fair and open system.
speaking in public, more than how you will use this example stand you and will lose interest. 2018, a change in this rule was scenario even more gruesome for As NEET already regulates entry
they fear snakes, fi re, an earth and other examples, to elaborate Step 4. Use body language to The author is a trained speaker and brought up by the MCI stating a general merit candidate, as the of candidates into the fi eld of
quake, or even death. The fear is the idea. dramatise your speech. Body topper alumnus (1979) of Nazareth that qualifying NEET would be total number of general merit medical education in India, it can
about making a fool of them Step 2. Begin your speech say, language makes speakers such as Speakers’ Academy, Mumbai. mandatory for Indian students as (unreserved) candidates is dis be employed as an eff ective me
piring for medical admissions proportionately higher. Also the chanism of fi ltering students for
abroad as well; however, later the variation in cutoff s for various medical education abroad too.
Delhi High Court gave a one time categories keeps the playground This will enable suitable candi
in brief) exception that ended last year. uneven. The cost of studying in a dates with academic competence
private medical institutions in In and enduring capability to obtain
Why abroad? dia is another factor. The higher admission to medical colleges
Graduation Cosmetology workshop If you wondered why studying tuition fees and hiked expenses in abroad at the undergraduate
Five hundred students of XLRI’s Virtual Institute for Laser and Aesthetic medicine abroad is so lucrative, private institutions pose a greater level.
Interactive Learning (VIL) and various Medicine (ILAMED), recently the answer is that the number of burden on the candidates which Is the Foreign Medical Grad
other executive programmes recently organised a seats available in Indian institu equals the money spent on a uate Examination (FMGE) as
received their graduating certificates and workshop on tions is low — only one out of 13 medical degree abroad. mandatory as NEET? Yes, it still
medals. Chief guest of the event and XLRI “Cosmetology students appearing for NEET will However, the only negative in stands mandatory for the ‘fo
alumnus Ramji Ganesh, head of operations, Successful teachers and Aesthetic be admitted. With about 56.27% students gaining admission reign’ doctor’s entry into India.
State Street Syntel Services Pvt. Ltd. More than 100 teachers recently graduated Medicine” at
of students qualifying in NEET in abroad is that most institutions But, for students who complete
delivered the graduation address. He sh from Bengaluru’s Indus training and research Kolkata. The
2018, only one out of about eight do not require any other academ their graduate education abroad,
shared key leadership insights from his Institute (ITARI), The ceremony was presided workshop was
illustrious career and advised students on conducted by ic qualifi cations other than the FMGE is not necessary.
by Lt. General (Retired) Arjun Ray, PVSM,
how to build a successful career. Ajay Rana, scores in the school fi nal exam. It With this ruling, we are fi lter
VSM, and chief executive Indus Trust, Simon
founder. In ● Only one of eight get an is essential to mention that in ing our ‘foreign’ doctors through
Spencer, deputy head, School of Education, MBBS/ BDS seat in India
Birmingham city University, the U.K., and addition, PG diploma in clinical countries like the U.S., gaining ad a double layered doorway — you
Premchand Palety, founder and CEO CFore. cosmetology (PGDCC) and ● Reservation makes the mission to medical institutions is are tested once when you go out
Fellowships in aesthetic medicine scenario even more gruesome for not as competitive as in India but and again when you enter in!
Graduating teachers were successfully placed a general merit candidate
in Indus International Schools, Bengaluru, and medical cosmetology were is quite diffi cult. Statistics show
Pune and Hyderabad, and other International awarded to their physician trainees ● Higher tuition fees and hiked that Indian candidates who ob The writer is Head JEE & NEET exam,
from the Kolkata batch. “ expenses in private institutions T.I.M.E.
Schools of repute, panIndia. tain admission in some of the fo
pose a burden
reign institutes fi nd it diffi cult to
b Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes
career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi. relevance of a course is given more weightage, it
But, what matters to students is the system is hard to fi nd students with such a peculiar in Institution: KIIT Group of Colleges
that is currently in place in colleges, rather than terest in one aspect of a subject. But a wide ar Eligibility: Candidates must have passed 10+2
the industry scenario, which is only the next ray of opportunities awaits a student who has exam for bachelor’s degree, and hold a gradua
step. “The All India Council for Technical Edu such interests,” believes Arul Aram, an Anna tion degree for Masters degree programmes.
cation(AICTE) is seriously looking to revamp en
gineering education; it has recommended col
leges to start courses on data science
engineering, computer science and artifi cial in
WANTED: University professor.
Communication woes
A few years ago, a study revealed that eight out
Deadline: June 30
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b B.Tech in CSE, EEE, mechanical and civil
Industry-ready engineers
engineering
telligence engineering, while strictly discourag of 10 engineers in India could not speak English.
ing the spurt of the usual ECE, EEE courses,” he This revelation turned the spotlight towards the Institution: Mahindra Ecole Centrale,
adds. neglected communication aspect of engineer Hyderabad
There is a rising demand within the engineer ing education. It is not just about skill anymore; Duration: Four years
ing fi eld that the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engi What ails engineering education in India? employers look for profi ciency in English and Eligibility: Students with 10+2 or equivalent
neering (GATE), which is the gateway to public preferably, a foreign language as well. from any statutory board with 60% aggregate
sector employment, should be made mandato “Institutions have started imparting softskill marks in all subjects, or equivalent grade for
ry for engineers. “More than being a theoretical test, the GATE failed to crack GATE. education along with the technical curriculum, the students from IB or other approved Boards
lays emphasis on the application aspect of engi in the fi nal year. The focus is on training stu are eligible to apply. The admissions will be
neering. Students shell out a lot of money study Overlooking niche interests dents in management and communication. This granted on the basis of either JEE Main 2019
● Engineering losing its scope, is a widespread ing for their own degree and GATE preparation Geoengineering and geotech engineering are is a trend that will continue to last a while,” says (Qualify in JEE MAIN 2019 exam and be eligible
myth
at specifi c centres. It would be of great help to new niches in this fi eld. Primarily postgraduate Prof. Navaneethakrishnan, former professor to write the JEE Advanced 2019) or SAT scores
● Artifi cial intelligence engineering is also students if the GATE training is incorporated in courses, they also have off shoots in undergrad and head of examinations, Anna University. (minimum 1,800 in subjects which should in
making steady inroads into India our colleges, as, in the engineering parlance, uation with courses such as water management Engineering education is in the cusp of opti clude math, physics and chemistry.
● Employers look for profi ciency in English and
what we study is ‘Anna University type’ and engineering and environmental management mistic changes. Now, it is time for students to be Deadline: July 7
preferably, a foreign language as well GATE requirement is the ‘IIT type’,” says Kar engineering. specifi c about their interests and channelise www.mahindraecolecentrale.edu.in
thik, a mechanical engineering graduate, who The former has scope in civil engineering them gainfully.
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