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IS claims attack on Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan Raghubar kicks off mega plantation drive
Kabul, Jul 2: The discrimination in the con-
Ranchi: Nine lakh land was rejuvenated."
Islamic State group today servative Muslim country Modi condemns Jalalabad attack, saplings were planted along He asked the people to
the bank of Swarnarekha make it a people's move-
claimed responsibility for a and have been targeted by Sushma meets victims' kin river across Jharkhand on ment and urged them to join
suicide bombing in eastern Islamic extremists in the Monday under the leader- the drive to make
Afghanistan that killed at past, leading many to emi- New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday "strongly" condemned the terror attack ship of Chief Minister Jharkhand clean and green.
least 19 people, mostly grate. Raghubar Das. "Trees have played a vital
Sikhs and Hindus. The community num- in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city that killed at least 19,
including many Sikhs on Sunday, and offered India's assis- Das kicked off the 'Nadi role in both science and
The bomber targeted a bered more than 80,000 in Mahotsav' on the banks of spirituality. Even from an
delegation from the minori- the 1970s, but today only tance to Kabul."We strongly condemn the terror attacks in
Afghanistan yesterday. They are an attack on Afghanistan's the Swarnarekha river in economic point of view,
ty communities as it was around 1,000 remain. The multicultural fabric. My thoughts are with the bereaved the state. The plantation trees have their own impor-
travelling to the governor's UN mission to Afghanistan families. I pray that the injured recover soon. "India stands drive will conclude on tance. By planting trees like
residence in the eastern city condemned the attack in a ready to assist the Afghanistan government in this sad August 2.Addressing a Sal, Sagwan, Forest, and
of Jalalabad yesterday for a statement, saying, "the hour," Modi said on Twitter. gathering he stressed that Teak, future expenditure
meeting with President architects of this appalling External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also expressed "Today simultaneously nine can be meted out," said the
Ashraf Ghani. crime must be brought to her "heartfelt condolences" to the families of the victims lakh trees will be planted Chief Minister.
Avtar Singh Khalsa, a justice." and that the government was with "with them in this hour across the river banks as it He added that, to provide
longtime leader of the Sikh The UN also condemned of tragedy". She later met a delegation of representatives of will help check soil erosion adequate food to elephants
community, was among an attack late Saturday in SGPC, Sikh community from Afghanistan and relatives of and provide groundwater to the forest department has
those killed. Another 20 which militants killed three the victims. "Condemning the suicide attack in the trees." set a target to also rejuve-
people were wounded. night watchmen outside a Afghanistan that killed 13 members from the Afghan Sikh He said: "This year the nate bamboo plantation on
In a statement released school and beheaded two of community, EAM @SushmaSwaraj expressed sincere forest department has set a 1,450 acres of land so that
today, the IS said it had tar- them before torching the condolences during her meeting with a delegation of rep-
resentatives of SGPC, Sikh community from Afghanistan target to plant 2.40 crore elephants can get adequate
geted a group of "polythe- building. That attack was saplings on 15,300 hectares food within the forest itself
ists". also claimed by the Islamic and relatives of the victims," External Affairs Ministry Last year 2.75 crore 19,700 hectares of land and
spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet. of land and rejuvenate and they do not venture into
Sikhs and Hindus face State group. 7,000 acres of forest land. saplings were planted on 4,600 hectares of forest human habitats.
BJP MLA's son held in Bihar for Hemant chairs Opposition meet Huge quantity of explosives
consuming liquor over Jharkhand Bandh on July 5
Patna, July 2 (IANS) The son of a BJP MLA was arrest-
seized in Pakur, one arrested
ed in Bihar's Siwan district on Monday for consuming Police warning to Pakur: Police today
liquor in violation of prohibition law, police said. seized huge quantity of
Vikas Kumar, son of Siwan MLA Vyasdeo Prasad, was trouble-mongers explosive materials, includ-
taken into custody along with three friends. Ranchi : The Jharkhand ing gelatin rods and detona-
Police has issued a warning tors from Tursadih under
"A police team checking vehicles near the Uttar Pradesh Ranchi: An all party the state. He said that par- to those elements who wish
border arrested the four for consuming alcohol and recov- Hiranpur Police Station
meeting was today held at ties and their organization to create nuisance during the area of this district.
ered two bottles of liquor from Vikas Kumar's vehicle," the residence of the former are working to make sure opposition called bandh on
said Siwan Superintendent of Police Navin Chandra Jha. Pakur SP Shailendra
Chief Minister Hemant that the bandh on July 5 is a July 5 and said that strict Barnwal today said that
In April, Rahul Kumar, son of Gaya Bharatiya Janata Soren over the upcoming success and said that parties action will taken against
Party (BJP) MP Hari Manjhi, was arrested for consuming police received a secret tip
Mahabandh called by the are working in coordination such people who will create off that explosives were
liquor. The BJP and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United are opposition parties to protest to ensure that bandh is a trouble for the masses.
allies in Bihar. Complete prohibition was imposed in the kept in the house of one
against the amendments in success as the state govern- ADG R K Mallik said, dur- Jetha Tudu in Bhandrao vil-
state on April 5, 2016. the land acquisition amend- ment has imposed a black ing the bandh elaborate managed to escape. police included 340 pieces
lage which following which
ment bill. law in the nation. security arrangements have
Naxal killed in encounter with Briefing the press post He said that the fight been made and those who
a police team conducted
raids.
The arrested has been
identified as Jetha Tudu
of detonators, 269 pieces of
gelatin rods, 27 kilograms
police in Chhattisgarh the meet Soren said that the
coordination committee
against the land acquisition
amendment bill be jointly
will try to forcibly close
down businesses on that day Upon seeing the police
three men started to run
while those who managed
to escape included Sabir Ali
of ammonium nitrate.
Police said that the explo-
Raipur, Jul 2: A Naxal was gunned down in an meet it was decided that all done by the political par- or create trouble for the and Mohan Yadav. sives were meant to be used
common people will be away out of which one was
encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, parties will jointly think ties, social organizations caught while two others The items which have in illegal stone mines being
over the burning issues of and people of the state. severely dealt with. been recovered by the operated in the area.
a senior official said today.
The face-off took place late last evening at a forest in
Etapal village when a team of the District Reserve Guard
(DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector
General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P said.
The DRG personnel were cordoning off a forest patch
Burari deaths: Victims' kin dismiss suicide theory
New Delhi: The mystery mystical practices by the sons Bhavnesh Bhatia (50)
near Etapal, located about 450 km from Raipur, when a
group of rebels started firing at them leading to the gun-
surrounding the deaths of whole family". Reflecting Autopsy confirms 8 members died of hanging and Lalit Bhatia (45),
11 people at their residence on the incident, Additional daughters-in-law Savita
battle, he said. After guns fell silent, the body of a Maoist in North Delhi's Burari area DCP (North) Vinit Kumar family was involved in the Bhatia (48) and Teena
clad in 'uniform' was found at the spot, he said, adding that deepened as two family said, "these notes have deaths. "They were reli- Bhatia (42), daughter
the deceased was yet to be identified. members Monday ruled out strong similarity with the gious like any other normal Pratibha (57), grandchil-
An Insas rifle and some Naxal-related material were also the suicide theory while manner in which the family. After hearing about dren Priyanka Bhatia (33),
recovered from the spot, the official said. claiming that they were mouths, eyes etc of the various cases involving Nitu Bhatia (25), Monu
Govt has done what it had to with killed.
Residents of Burari woke
deceased were tied and
taped". Police also said they
babas and tantriks, our fam-
ily hardly believed in
Bhatia (23), Dhruv Bhatia
(15) and Shivam Bhatia
'utmost sincerity' for Air India: PM up to the shocking news on
Sunday morning as 10 of
had recovered two registers
with notes on how to attain
them," she said, adding that
the family was gearing up
(15)."Their family always
wanted to help others,"
New Delhi, Jul 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the dead were found hang- moksha (salvation). for the wedding of Priyanka recalled Navneet Batra, a
said the government has done what it had to with "utmost ing with their eyes covered However, after the post- (33) who was among the relative of the Bhatia fami-
sincerity" for Air India and emphasised the need to differ- with pieces of cloth cut mortem of the all victims, deceased and celebrated her ly. Speaking to the media,
entiate between lack of response to one sale offer and a pol- from the same bedsheet and officials said eight victims engagement last month. Batra said among the first
icy decision.The government has cleared sale of Air India their mouths taped. The showed no signs of struggle "The family business was decisions the relatives took
and several other loss-making public sector companies but body of a 77-year-old and died as a result of hang- the house, accused the It's not a case of suicide. going fine. There was no was to donate the eyes of
that they are yet to be sold is the "result of timing and woman was found lying on ing. While the preliminary media of speculating things Media has been speculating fight within the family. the 11 to an eye bank so as
process, Modi said.His remarks come against the backdrop the floor in another room of report of eight victims is and circulating suicide the- things and publishing They were busy with wed- to help others see. "First
of the government's proposal for strategic disinvestment of the house. ready, the autopsy details of ories. "I used to speak to wrong info about my fami- ding preparations. They thing we did was to donate
debt-laden Air India failing to attract any bidders. A police statement said three are awaited. my mom every alternate ly members committing were all happy. So why their eyes that could pro-
"As for Air India, the government has done what it had some handwritten notes Sujata Nagpal, the day. Everything was going suicide," she said. would they commit suicide vide eyesight to 22 people,
to with utmost sincerity. You have to differentiate between found in the house pointed daughter of the 77-year-old fine within our family. We Geeta Thakral, Devi's at all," she questioned. considering the family was
the lack of response to one sale offer and a policy deci- "towards observance of Narayan Devi who was are a well educated family niece, said she suspect The deceased were iden- religious and always want-
sion," Modi said in an interview to 'Swarajya' magazine. some definite spiritual/ found dead on the floor in and do not believe in babas. someone from outside the tified as Narayan Devi (77), ed to help others.
�� BUSINESS
`Bank refuses to return pledged gold
No relief on cards for ex-PM Khaleda Zia
citing Re 1 default
Chennai:Claiming a default of Re 1 in repayment of a
loan, a co-operative bank in Chennai has allegedly
refused to return 138 grams of gold jewels pledged for the
loan, prompting the customer to move the Madras High
Court for relief.
as Bangladesh SC extends stay on bail
Dhaka: Bangladeshs 250,000) in foreign brought for a hearing on
In a petition, C Kumar, a member of the Pallavaram Supreme Court on Monday donations meant for the Zia March 26. She is yet to be
branch of Kancheepuram Central Cooperative Bank, upheld its order that stayed Orphanage Trust, named brought to court due to her
submitted that he had been running from pillar to post for the bail granted by the High after her late husband Ziaur illness.Zias imprisonment
the past five years to get back the jewels worth around Rs Court to former prime Rahman, a military ruler- has led to a question mark
3.50 lakh and sought a direction to the bank to return minister Khaleda Zia in a turned-politician. over the BNPs
them.When the plea came up for hearing on Friday, 2015 murder case, dealing a A four-member appellate participation in the
Justice T Raja recorded the petitioners counsel blow to the imprisoned bench led by Chief Justice elections in December as
submissions Sathyan and directed the government leader. Syed Mahmud Hossain the party said it would not
advocate to get instructions from the authorities within The decision means that upheld the stay on the High take part in the polls
two weeks. the 72-year-old three-time Court decision granting Zia without her.The BNP-led
The petitioner said he had taken a loan of Rs 1.23 lakh former premier and bail in the Cumilla murder four-party alliance, with
from the bank by pledging 131 grams of gold jewellery on opposition leader will have case over the firebombing fundamentalist Jamaat-e-
April 6, 2010.In between, he took two fresh loans to stay in jail for at least of a bus in February 2015, Islami being a crucial
totalling Rs 1.65 lakh by pledging a total of 138 grams of another month, even if she the report said. The apex partner, boycotted the last
gold.On March 28,2011, he closed the first loan by secures bail in other cases, court also asked the High elections in 2014,
settling the amount along with interest and redeemed the bdnews24 reported. Zia, the Court to hear and dispose of protesting against prime
131 grams of jewels. chairperson of the the case over the bail in minister Sheikh Hasinas
He repaid the two other loans also shortly thereafter, but
the bank refused to return the jewels saying there was a Bangladesh Nationalist four weeks.Eight people scrapping of the practice of
balance of Re 1 in each of the loans. Party (BNP), was jailed for were killed in the bomb having a caretaker
Petitioners counsel M Sathyan said even after repeated five years in February in attack during the BNP- government oversee
requests by the petitioner, the bank refused to release the connection with the Jamaat alliances protests. were filed over the incident. arrest after police filed the The Cumilla Chief elections. The BNP had
jewellery or accept payment of pending Re 1 for each embezzlement of 21 Two separate cases After the 2015 incident, a chargesheet in the two Judicial Magistrates court termed the elections as
account.The petitioner submitted that he nurtured a doubt million taka (about USD including one for murder warrant was issued for Zias cases. then ordered Zia to be farcical.
with regard to the safety of his jewels.
British PM Theresa May gets new customs
SEBI tells HDFC AMC to cancel its pre-IPO
share-sale to distributors and return Rs 150 cr Donald Trump says Saudis must idea as party bickers over Brexit
London:British Prime Minister
New Delhi :Markets watchdog SEBI has asked HDFC
AMC, the countrys second largest mutual fund house, to
cancel the shares allotted to distributors and advisers,
ahead of its initial public offering, officials said.
compensate for drop in Iran oil supply Theresa Mays advisers have come
up with a new proposal for
handling customs with the EU
Also, the Securities and Exchange Board of India Washington: President and they got to make up for countries. after Brexit as lawmakers in her
(Sebi) directed the fund house to return the money it had Donald Trump lashed out at it. And who is their big OPEC is party bicker before of a crunch
collected from distributors and independent financial OPEC with a warning to enemy? Iran. OK. You manipulating, and meeting of senior ministers on
advisers, at the rate of 12 per cent, they added. stop manipulating oil think of it. Iran is their big you know they Friday. With less than nine months
The fund house had made a private placement of shares markets and piled pressure enemy, so they are going to allowed (a left before the country leaves the
to the tune of Rs 150 crore to 140 distributors in April this on US ally Saudi Arabia to have to do it, Trump said. production European Union, little is yet clear
year. These shares were offered at Rs 1,050 per share. raise supplies to And I have a very good increase) less than about how the trade will flow as May is still trying to
Though it had offered stocks to nearly 200 distributors, compensate for lower relationship with the we thought last produce a customs plan that her divided Conservative Party
only 140 subscribed, industry insiders said. exports from Iran. Trump (Saudi) king and with the week. They have can agree on.
HDFC AMC, in its draft red herring prospectus, had said in a tweet on Saturday crown prince of Saudi to put out another May, who leads a minority government dependent on the
said it may reserve up to 7.2 lakh shares for distributors, that Saudi Arabias King Arabia and with the others 2 million barrels in support of a small Northern Irish party, has ruled out
subject to regulatory approvals. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al around and they are going my opinion, staying in the EU customs union, which groups EU
Saud had agreed to produce to have to put out more oil. disruptions. Rising gasoline because we dont want that members in a duty-free area where there is a common
The move was criticised by industry participants as prices could create a
they felt this could undermine distributors ability to more oil. The White House Oil prices rose last week on happening, Trump said. import tariff for non-EU goods. So far, Mays advisers have
later walked back the worries that US sanctions political headache for Trump was referring to come up with two options, neither of which have the full
provide unbiased advice to their clients. Trump ahead of the
According to industry participants, the distributors, presidents comments, against Iran would take OPECs decision to raise support of her party.As EU negotiators await the long-
saying the king had said his away significant volumes November elections by output together with its delayed proposal from London, the BBC reported that
who subscribed the shares of the fund house, may give offsetting Republican
biased advice because of their equity stake in HDFC country could raise oil of crude oil from world non-OPEC allies by around British officials have come up with a third model, though
production if needed. markets while oil demand claims that his tax cuts and 1 million barrels per day, no details were immediately available and Mays office
Asset Management Company (AMC). rollbacks of federal
This has prompted Sebi to ask the fund house to scrap On Sunday, in an worldwide increases. although since then Saudi declined to comment on the report.
interview with Fox News Earlier this year, to the regulations have helped Arabia has pledged to raise May will gather the squabbling ministers at her Chequers
this pre-IPO placement.
A query sent to HDFC AMC in this regard has Sunday Morning Futures chagrin of European boost the economy. production to a new record. country residence on Friday for an away-day aimed at
with Maria Bartiromo, partners, Trump said he On Fox, Trump directed Saudi Arabia has been agreeing to the contents of a white paper policy
remained unanswered. blame at the Organization
HDFC AMC operates as a joint venture between Trump reiterated his call on would pull the United pumping around 10 million document.Brussels has pre-emptively poured scorn on both
Saudi Arabia to raise States out of the Iran of the Petroleum Exporting bpd in recent months and concepts raised so far by the government. Under one,
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and Countries, of which Saudi
Standard Life Investments.The fund house, which had production to a new record, nuclear agreement secured sources close to its oil Britain would collect tariffs on imports from outside the
arguing that it should help by world powers. Arabia is the biggest policy have said it could bloc on the EUs behalf. The other would implement a
filed its preliminary papers with Sebi in March, had producer. Asked whether
received the regulators go-ahead to float an initial public the United States lower fuel On Monday, Brent oil raise output to 11 million technology-based plan.Under the current timetable, both
prices since Washington is prices were around 1 someone was manipulating bpd. Trumps suggestion London and Brussels are working towards a final Brexit
offering (IPO) on June 22.Going by the draft papers, the oil markets, Trump said:
proposed IPO offers up to 2.54 crore equity shares of the helping Riyadh in its percent lower but not far means he wants Riyadh to deal in October to give enough time to ratify it by Brexit
struggle against Tehran. from $79 per barrel as 100 percent. OPEC is and increase production to 12 day in March 2019. In a sign of just how worried big
fund house through an offer for sale of 85.92 lakh shares
by HDFC and up to 1.68 crore shares by Standard Life. Dont forget the one analysts have warned of they better stop it because million bpd something the business is getting, Siemens, Airbus and BMW have
negative to the Iran deal is thin global spare capacity to were protecting those kingdom has never done in publicly cautioned Britain in the past month that their
The offer comprises a net offer of up to 2.21 crore countries, many of those
equity shares for public, a reservation of up to 3.20 lakh that you lose a lot of oil, offset potential supply the past. businesses will be hurt by a disorderly Brexit.
shares for purchase by eligible HDFC AMC employees.
South Korea President Moon Jae-
Besides, 24 lakh shares have been reserved for eligible
HDFC shareholders.
Earlier, the regulator had kept the fund houses in to visit India from July 8 to 11
Anti-Trump mood sways Mexican voters in U.S. in favour of Lopez Obrador
proposed IPO in abeyance for examination of past Tijuana :Hundreds of the United States. almost universally disliked over the election,
violations.HDFC AMC, which has a total asset under Seoul:South Korean Mexicans living in This man is the only one in Mexico.Josefina prompting all Mexican
management of over Rs 3 lakh crore at the end of March, President Moon Jae-in will California drove for hours who can make Trump end Serrano, 44, who rode eight presidential candidates to
is the countrys second largest fund house after ICICI visit India from July 8 to 11, on Sunday to vote south of his persecution and racism hours from Sacramento on promise to defend the
Prudential AMC that has an asset base of Rs 3.06 lakh his presidential office said on the border for Andres against Mexicans, said a bus organized for voters, country against Trumps
crore during the same period.It may become the second Monday, and hold a summit
with Prime Minister Narendra Manuel Lopez Obrador as Luis Evans, 58, who drove said she voted for Lopez threats.A poll published in
AMC to hit the markets after Reliance Nippon Life AMC. president, persuaded by his from Los Angeles to a Obrador because she was May by Seattle-based
Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India), Modi where their discussions
are expected to focus on pledges to stand up to U.S voting booth about a mile tired of corruption and political research firm
Kotak Mahindra Capital, Axis Capital, BofA Merrill
economic cooperation. President Donald Trump from the border. If theres violence in Mexico, as well Latino Decisions showed
Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets India, CLSA India, and end graft and violence not a change in Mexico an anti-Mexican attitude in that Lopez Obrador had a
HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities, IIFL Holdings, JM Having been invited by
Modi, Moon will also meet at home.Exit polls Sunday with Andres Manuel, then the United States.I came 23 percentage point lead
Financial, JP Morgan India, Morgan Stanley India are the evening showed Lopez God help us. because I want things to over his closest rival among
book running lead managers to the issue. with President Ram Nath
Kovind on his first visit to the Obrador had won by a large Lopez Obrador has change, and to shut up even voting-age Mexican
Markets slump as trade tensions weigh; country, the statement said. margin, and his rivals both pledged to not let Mexico President Trump, she said. nationals living in the
South Koreas presidential Blue House added India is conceded shortly after polls become a pinata battered Living in the United United States, especially
telecom, metal shares skid becoming a crucial partner for Seoul not only in terms of closed.Queuing under the by the United States and States, youre called out for those registered to vote by
New Delhi :Benchmark indices finished lower on the economy but regarding its plans for peace and hot sun at Tijuana polling rejects Trumps plan for a being Mexican not just by mail.More than 181,000
Monday as investors scrambled to unwind bets amid prosperity on the Korean peninsula as well. booths, many Mexican border wall. He has also Trump, but by everyone. people registered to vote
global trade tensions and unabated foreign capital South Korea established formal ties with India in 1973. voters who had crossed the struck a nationalist tone on They think were all from abroad, three times as
outflows. The BSE Sensex tumbled 159 points to end at After his visit to India, Moon will also visit Singapore border from California told plans to boost the economy. corrupt.Tensions with the many in the last election
35,264.41, while the broader NSE Nifty finished below from July 11 to 13, the Blue House said, and give a speech Reuters that they trusted Trump has accused United States over under a new policy
the crucial 10,700-mark. on his vision and policies for permanent peace on the Lopez Obrador most to Mexico of sending migration, border security allowing sign-ups at local
Asian markets went into a tailspin on weak Chinese Korean peninsula as well as cooperation with Asian protect the roughly 12 criminals and rapists into and talks to revise a free consulates rather than in
factory data ahead of the expected imposition of US countries in the region. million Mexicans living in the United States and is trade deal have loomed Mexico.
tariffs this week. Back home, profit-booking in recent
Philippine mayor who held drugs war walk of shame shot dead
gainers and a weak rupee took their toll, brokers said.
The BSE Telecom index was the biggest casualty,
sinking 2.61 per cent, followed by metal and power
indices. The 30-share Sensex, after a positive opening,
rose to 35,578.24 on buying by domestic institutional
Manila:A Philippine social media, showing a campaign but have a feeling they (police)
investors, but soon came under selling pressure. It finally mayor who paraded single shot ringing out as believed drug are going after the small fry
ended at 35,264.41, down 159.07 points, or 0.45 per cent. suspected drug dealers the anthem played, then kingpins should be to frighten the people, he
Likewise, the 50-stock NSE barometer Nifty ended at through the streets was shot screaming and the main targets, said.
10,657.30, showing a loss of 57 points, or 0.53 per cent. dead on Monday while pandemonium. The video o t h e r w i s e Police are investigating
Intra-day, it shuttled between 10,736.15 and 10,604.65. attending a weekly flag- could not be immediately thousands of Mondays shooting. One
Meanwhile, the countrys manufacturing sector activity in raising ceremony, police verified. people would be investigator told a radio
June grew at the strongest pace this year, supported by said. Mayor Antonio Cando Halili gained prominence killed. station that a high-powered
rise in domestic and export orders.The Nikkei India Halili was hit by a single for introducing a walk of He expressed rifle was used in the attack.
Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose bullet to the chest as he and shame parade of alleged concern over the Dutertes spokesman,
from 51.2 in May to 53.1 in June, registering the fastest civil servants sang the drug dealers through way police Harry Roque, vowed justice
improvement since December 2017. Weak global cues national anthem in Tanauan. Police say they supervisory powers over conducted the war for the mayor, describing
and trade tensions continued to be an overhang on Tanauan, a city in Batangas have killed more than 4,200 local police in October on drugs and the reliability him as a staunch advocate
markets. INR continued to be under pressure led by FII province southwest of the suspected drug dealers 2017 due to a proliferation of their intelligence, and against illegal drugs.
selling, inflationary concerns and current account deficit. capital, Manila. We are during shootouts in a of illegal drugs in his city, that he might be accused of Duterte, speaking at an
Key events this week will be governments shocked, we are saddened, bloody war on drugs amid allegations by the colluding with narcotics airport inauguration in the
announcement on minimum support price (MSP) and fear Vice Mayor Jhoanna launched by President national police that he may gangs. No one is safe central Philippines, said
of the escalation in trade war between US and China, Villamor, who was standing Rodrigo Duterte two years have been involved. Halili mayors, governors, merely that he suspected
said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial beside Halili, told radio ago, a campaign denied the allegations. In an congressmen just a false drugs were behind the
Services.Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares station DZBB. What condemned by domestic interview with Reuters in intelligence report by the killing. He described Halili
worth a net Rs 157.15 crore, while domestic institutional appeared to be a and international human August 2016 the second police can end up with any as the one who pretended
investors (DIIs) bought equities to the tune of Rs 2,262.83 smartphone video of the rights groups. month of the crackdown of them being destroyed, to parade the addicts. He
crore on Friday, as per provisional data. shooting went viral on Halili was stripped of his he said he backed Dutertes he said in the interview. I did not elaborate.
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Four killed as truck falls into Dhule lynching guilty will not be
400-ft deep gorge
PCI panel visits J-K to assess media scenario spared: MoS Home Ahir
Srinagar, Jul 2: A three- journalists in Jammu and
Shimla, Jul 2: Four people, including a woman, were member panel of the Press Kashmir, the spokesman New Delhi, Jul 2: All those involved in the lynching of
killed after their truck fell into a 400-feet deep gorge here Council of India (PCI), said. five people in Maharashtra over suspicion that they were
today, police said. visiting Jammu and He said the PCI panel members of a gang of 'child-lifters' will not be spared and
After getting the information, a police team led by the Kashmir to get a first-hand asked the DIPR to further action is being taken against them, Union minister Hansraj
SHO of Nankhari police station reached the spot at around assessment of the state's strengthen the amenities for Gangaram Ahir said today.
3 pm, Shimla SP Omapati Jamwal said. media scenario, today met the media fraternity Ahir also said he spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister
"Three people, including a woman, died on the spot the director of the including starting a welfare Devendra Fadnavis after a mob attacked and lynched the
while one person was critically injured. He was rushed to department of information scheme, health insurance, five people in Dhule district of Maharashtra following
Kholighat hospital, but later succumbed to injuries," he and public relations here. pension scheme and travel rumours on social media on Saturday.
said. The PCI panel met the concessions for working "I have spoken to the chief minister. Action is being
director of Department of journalists. taken and those involved in the incident will be spared," he
Puducherry's first woman Information and Public The PCI panel is told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
All the deceased hailed from Solapur and belonged to a
DGP assumes charge Relations (DIPR) Tariq
Ahmad Zargar this morning
Sushma Yadav arrived here
yesterday on a five-day
The DIPR director
apprised the PCI panel of
scheduled to meet Jammu
and Kashmir Governor N N nomadic community. They had come in search of
and held discussions over Vohra and other livelihood due to a drought-like situation in their district,
Puducherry, July 2: IPS officer Sundari Nanda today visit, in the backdrop of the the department's police said.
assumed charge as Puducherry Director General of Police, various issues, an official killing of senior journalist functioning in detail and of government functionaries
spokesman said. besides representatives of So far, 23 people have been arrested and they were
becoming the first woman to head the force in the Union Shujaat Bukhari, to assess the steps being taken by the booked under IPC Section 302 (murder) and the sections
Territory. The PCI panel the media scenario and the state to facilitate smooth the media fraternity during
comprising Prabhat Kumar their visit, the spokesman pertaining to rioting.
A 1988 batch officer, she was transferred to Puducherry challenges facing the working and growth of the The incident took place at the tribal-dominated Rainpada
from the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Dash, Ashok Upadhyay and working journalists. media organisations and said.
hamlet, 25 km from Pimpalner in Dhule district.
After assuming charge, she met Lt Governor Kiran Bedi,
herself a former IPS officer, and Chief Minister V
Narayanasamy at their respective offices.
In a release, Bedi noted that Nanda `brings with her rich
experience of having worked in several capacities` and said
Amarinder condemns terror attack in Afghanistan
Chandigarh, Jul 2: global community to come never want peace to prevail. condemn the dastardly
Puducherry would stand to benefit from it. Punjab Chief Minister together to wipe out forces My feelings are with the killings of unarmed Sikhs n
The Lt Governor said the new DGP was known for Amarinder Singh has of terror from the world. families of the victims," Hindus in Afghanistan,
integrity and innovation in her job and asked her to provide strongly condemned the "Let global community Sukhbir said in his tweet. minority communities
"transformative policing in Puducherry one in which terror attack in Afghanistan rise in one voice against SAD spokesman and totally unsafe i urge
systems are in place," the release added. which left at least 19 people barbaric forces of terror & former education minister @SushmaSwaraj to ensure
Nanda succeeded S K Gautam, who has been transferred dead. vow to wipe out the menace Daljit Singh Cheema said their safety," Khaira
to Delhi. He was posted here in 2016. At least 19 people were from the world. My govt the government of India tweeted.
8-year-old rape victim's condition killed and 21 wounded
when a suicide bomber
extends all help to the
victims & their families,"
should take up the issue of
killing of Sikhs and others
India has condemned as
"heinous and cowardly" the
improving: Hospital blew himself up in a crowd
of Afghan Sikhs and
Amarinder further said in a
tweet.
with the authorities
concerned in Afghanistan
terrorist attack on a convoy
of Sikhs in Afghanistan that
Indore (MP), Jul 2: The health conditions of the eight- Hindus waiting to meet Punjab cabinet led by and also ensure all help and left 20 people dead and said
year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped in Mandsaur President Ashraf Ghani in the CM Amarinder Singh assistance to the families of the incident underlined the
in Madhya Pradesh, were improving and she was likely to the eastern city of Jalalabad in a meeting held here victims. need for united global fight
be shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) soon, a yesterday. today also paid their Aam Aadmi Party MLA against international
hospital official said today. "Strongly condemn respects to those killed in and the Leader of terrorism.
The girl, who was allegedly raped on June 26 and left deadly attack on delegation the attack. the deadly attack in Sikhs, including the only Opposition in Punjab Prime Minister Narendra
severely injured by two men in Mandsaur, located about of Sikhs & others on way to Shiromani Akali Dal Afghanistan. Sikh candidate Avtar Singh Assembly Sukhpal Singh Modi today termed the
200 km from here, is undergoing treatment at the Maharaja meet Afghan president," chief and former deputy "I am deeply anguished Khalsa, in Afghanistan. Khaira also condemned the terror strike in Afghanistan
Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital here. Amarinder said in a tweet. chief minister Sukhbir to learn about the tragic These killings are most terror attack. as an attack on the nation's
She has suffered grievous injuries to her neck, face, head Amarinder also urged the Singh Badal also deplored death of 19 persons, mostly dastardly act of those who "I unequivocally multi-cultural fabric.
and private parts.
"There has been a lot of improvement in the girl's health
in the past 24 hours. She is having adequate semi-solid
food," MY Hospital Superintendent V S Pal told reporters.
Motorcycle expedition to mark Kargil victory flagged off SFI leader stabbed to death on SC notice to Uttar
Pradesh over fake
"She was able to walk in the ICU today with the help of Bengaluru, Jul 2: A motorcycle weather conditions such asheavy rains, college campus in Kerala
medical personnel. She can be sent to the general ward expedition by a team of Corps of Military slippery roads, low visibility and rugged
Kochi, Jul 2: An SFI leader was stabbed to death and
encounters
from the ICU soon," he added. police was today flagged off from here to terrainon its way to the Kargil mountains," New Delhi, Jul 2: The
The hospital administration is also taking the help of Drass sector in Kashmir to mark the 19th said a release from the Defence Public two others were injured in an attack allegedly by members
of a pro-Islamic outfit at a college here, police said today. Supreme Court today
psychiatrists to ensure that the girl recovers from the anniversary of India's victory against Relations Office. sought a response from the
trauma caused by the incident. Pakistan in the Kargil war. The objective of the expedition is to They were attacked allegedly by workers of the Campus
Front and its parent outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) Uttar Pradesh government
MajorGeneral Sanjeev Narain, General strengthen brotherhood, pay homage to the on a plea alleging that
SC dismisses plea challenging Officer Commanding, Karnatakaand supreme sacrifices made by our martyrs inside the Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, campus last
night, they said. several fake encounters
Kerala sub-area, flagged off the expedition during the Kargil War and enhance the
appointment of CVC of 'ShwetAshw', the elite motorcycle image of the Indian Army to motivate the The condition of one of the injured students is said to be have taken place in the state
in recent past.
display team. youth to join this elite organisation, the serious.Three workers of the PFI and the Campus Front
New Delhi, Jul 2: The Supreme Court today dismissed have been taken into custody in connection with the A bench comprising
a plea challenging the appointment of Central Vigilance The five-member team will traverse press release said. Chief Justice Dipak Misra
more than 3,250 km coveringeight states The Kargil war had broken out in May incident, police said.
Commissioner (CVC) K V Chaudhary and Vigilance The Students' Federation of India (SFI), the student wing and Justices A M
Commissioner (VC) T M Bhasin. and pass through places like Belgaum, 1999 when A B Vajpayee was the prime Khanwilkar and D Y
Pune, Mumbai, Vadodara, Udaipur, New minister and Nawaz Sharif was his of the CPI(M), has called for a state-wide protest today
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said there were against the killing of Abhimanyu (20). Chandrachud issued notice
no grounds to quash the appointments of Chaudhary and Delhi, Chandigarh, Manali, Sarchu and Leh counterpart in Pakistan. to the Uttar Pradesh
before reaching Kargil War Memorial to Heavily armed Pakistan soldiers intruded The SFI leader, a second-year degree student at the
Bhasin. college, was a resident of Vattavada in Idukki district and government on the PIL filed
The court was hearing a plea challenging the take part in 'Vijay Diwas'celebrations into the Indianterritory during winter and by the NGO, People's
beginning on July 24. captured the high altitude peaksof also a member of the organisation's Idukki district
appointment of incumbent CVC Chaudhary and VC committee. Union for Civil Liberty
Bhasin. Lieutenant Colonel Vikram Rajebhosale Himalayas in Kargil sector. (PUCL).Lawyer Sanjay
and four other ranks from the Corps of "Operation Vijay" was then carried out to The body has been kept at the Ernakulam General
The plea alleged that they did not have a "clean record" Hospital's mortuary. Parikh, appearing for
and a non-transparent procedure was followed while Military Police would take part in the 20- flush out the soldiers in the garb of PUCL, alleged that as many
dayexpedition on the 200cc TVS Apache terrorists and finally on July 26, India Police suspect that issues between student activists over
appointing them. using college walls led to the attack. as 500 encounters have
RTR."The team will negotiate harsh regained its lost territories. been carried out in Uttar
Pradesh recently, in which a
total of 58 persons have
Rahul calls WB Cong meeting on July 6 to discuss organisational issues been killed.The bench did
not accept the plea that the
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC),
Kolkata, Jul 2: Congress "We received a call from Assembly polls in alliance high-command that the even the BJP to a certain which had earlier issued
president Rahul Gandhi has Delhi (the party high- with the Left Front. party should never forge an extent, has been fighting notice to the state
convened a meeting of the command) and were asked In the last two years, the alliance with the TMC to hard under the leadership of government on the issue, be
party's West Bengal unit on to be present at our party has lost nearly 11 of fight the BJP as the TMC is state party chief Adhir also made a party in the
July 6 in New Delhi to president's office at 11 am its MLAs to the Mamata never serious about fighting Ranjan Chowdhury to present proceeding.
discuss various sharp on July 6," Abdul Banerjee-led TMC. Barring the BJP -- neither in Bengal make its presence felt in
organisational issues, a Mannan, the Leader of Manas Bhunia, who had nor nationally," the parts of West Bengal.
senior leader said today. Opposition in the West resigned as a Congress Congress leader said. A section of the party
Though the meeting has Bengal Assembly, said. MLA after he was elected Cracks have appeared in MPs and MLAs feels that
been called to deliberate on "We will present our as a Rajya Sabha MP from the West Bengal Congress aligning with the TMC will
organisational matters, the point of view on the issue the TMC, the other over the issue of forging an be the best way to win the
issue of "poaching of of constant poaching of our defectors did not even alliance with the TMC in maximum number of seats
Congress MLAs and elected representatives by resign as legislators after the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha in 2019.
elected representatives of the TMC, thus weakening joining the ruling party. polls, with a section of However, Chowdhury
the party by the Trinamool our party and paving the Four other Congress leaders keen on the tie-up and other leaders of the
Congress (TMC)" is also way for the BJP in Bengal," MLAs, who are believed to ruling party. leadership. and the state leadership party feel aligning with the
likely to come up for a senior Congress leader be holding talks with the In this backdrop, holding The party has four Lok rejecting the idea. TMC will amount to
discussion, a senior state said. TMC currently, are likely to its fort in the state is a great Sabha members from the The Congress, which has "committing suicide" for
Congress leader said on the The Congress had won follow suit on July 21, challenge for the state out of 42. lost its political ground in the Congress in West
condition of anonymity. 44 seats in the 2016 state during a mega rally of the Congress's central "We will also tell the the state to the TMC and Bengal.
T
he price of experimental conversation touches on things like
worlds flying birds - the Sarus crane (Antigone antigone). figuring out your cash flow and
networking on a Finnish
For these majestic birds, the onset of the rainy season in South Asia is a island that has banned running a successful business.
sign for the beginning of their seasonal nesting. However, shifting seasons men, and only accepts heavily Roth is also working on a more
and unseasonal monsoon conditions have been affecting these cues for vetted women, is 4,000 euros, or affordable way to join events,
nesting. A recent multi-year study across four Indian states showed that $4,600. through remote workshops via a
altered cropping and rainfall patterns are responsible for unseasonal nesting The package includes self-help private portal for 150 euros a year.
in Sarus cranes, a globally vulnerable species. Nesting of this species, tools that can lead participants The SuperShe concept isn't
outside the scheduled monsoon time, may also increase in response to down a different career path, as networking in a traditional sense,
intensifying changes. well as cognitive training to expel where benefits tend to be more
The study by K. S. Gopi Sundar, Mohammed Yaseen and Kandarp Kathju any negative thoughts. quantifiable, says Marjo-Riitta
evaluated observations of unseasonal nesting of Sarus cranes from Haryana, Roughly 7,000 women applied Diehl, professor at German
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh between 2004 and 2017. Sundar, lead after the island project opened this business school EBS Universitat
author on the study and director, Programme SarusScape, International year, and only about 140 were fur Wirtschaft und Recht.
Crane Foundation, said that though from the observation of a few Sarus crane selected through video interviews "It's questionable whether this
pairs nesting out of the usual rainy season, it might seem that this is with the project's founder, Kristina Only 140 of a total 7000 applicants were selected for can be called networking or
beneficial, it isn't so. Roth. the SuperShe programme whether it's more about being
"There appears to be meagre evidence that Sarus cranes are able to For the few who make it, they sociable and forging relationships
can expect to "live and breathe around the fire, or if it's a gathering "Each of these women will be an while engaging in yoga, bathing in
capitalise on the changing rainfall patterns. Most years, no more than 40 to bringing women together," Roth the sauna and immersing oneself in
50 percent of breeding pairs succeed in raising chicks. If the cranes were for women," she said. asset" after the week is over,
says. She dismisses critics who Phoukham Bounkeua, a 46-year- Bounkeua said. "It's been more discussions," she said by phone.
capitalising on the unseasonal rains, we should have seen a lot of the suggest the decision only to allow SuperShe's career-advancing
old psychotherapist from Renton, meaningful than I ever thought
unsuccessful pairs trying to make the best of the new flooded conditions. But women smacks of gender Washington, is among those possible." She has two kids to feed benefits are more of a "side-
that is not the case. A very, very small number of pairs are nesting discrimination against men. selected. The first to book her trip and student loans and a mortgage product," either obtained through
unseasonally implying that increased frequency of the changing rainfall "You can focus on 'no men' or to meet other SuperShes, to pay off, but decided the cost was contacts, or through just having
pattern will not necessarily benefit these birds," said Sundar. you can focus on 'for women' and Bounkeua says she was drawn to worth it. more self esteem. Both are
Climate change disrupts nature's timetable it's really your choice," Roth says. the idea of being included in a Roth says the price level "brings "equally valuable," she said.
The Sarus crane is not the only bird species whose life cycle is being "I say, 'for women'." "sisterhood" of mutual support. the people who really want to be The Finnish island
affected by changing climate patterns. There is now an increasing body of "The spin of no men on the Other guests include a nurse here and who would really save for accommodates a maximum of
research that illustrates changes in the timing of important ecological events, island is obviously what brings the from Florida, a New York lawyer, a it." The selection process ensures eight guests in four cabins. Roth is
such as flowering in plants and reproduction in animals, in response to big headlines, but what 'no men' photographer, the founder and guests "really mash," she said. now setting her sights on
climate change. leaves open is it leaves it open to CEO of a communications Guests dine on homemade developing the next SuperShe
There are several other examples from around the world of species in interpretation if it's a gathering of consultancy and the owner of a coconut yogurt and salmon resort, this time in the Turks and
various landscapes and climates getting confused or triggered by untimely women who hate men and dance marketing studio. smoked over a fire pit on the Caicos.
natural signals that have indicated the right times for nesting, breeding,
foraging or migrating to more conducive climes. Shifting patterns and
temperatures also mean that ranges of species are moving.
For instance, a similar study (to Sundar et al's) from Mauritius shows that
By Manish Sabharwal
The virtues of formality We must not think of informality as cancer
the frequency of spring rainfall affects the timing of breeding, with birds
breeding later in wetter springs. Delayed breeding means that these birds where every malignant cell must be removed or
W
ithout employers, there are no will come back. Instead, informality should be
have reduced reproductive success as they get exposed to risks associated employees. But without formal compared to being overweight or obese.
with adverse climatic conditions later on in the breeding season, reducing employers, there are few well-paid The fight is hard and slow; victories are
nesting success. These responses combined with the fact that frequency of employees. India's odds for sustainable poverty partial, sometimes you regress. But keeping up
spring rainfall had increased by about 60 per cent in the east coast mountain reduction have greatly improved with 47 lakh the fight by all methods can mitigate obesity.
range of Mauritius since 1962 does not bode well for nesting success. new formal enterprises from one year of GST - Eventually, diet and exercise will become a way
Another new study has pointed to the problem of an ecological "mismatch" a clear disruption to the 64 lakh enterprises of life and a healthier body will yield tangible
between the hatching of birds and peaks in caterpillar numbers, both linked to previously registered for indirect taxes in 70 benefits; we can now imagine an India where
increase in spring warming in the United Kingdom. This means that warmer years - because formal jobs change lives in informality is the exception rather than the rule.
springs are creating a "mismatch" where hungry chicks are hatching too late ways that no subsidy can. While all enterprises But the task is far from done; we must further
to feed on abundant caterpillars, which are supposed to peak in numbers at start small and few formal enterprises become reduce the costs of formalisation by creating
the same time. large employers, not all enterprises are born competition for EPFO and ESI (their monopoly
The researchers, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) equal.The difference between an enterprise that makes them the world's most inefficient social
and the universities of Exeter and Edinburgh, used data collected across the is a baby (productive enough to grow and pay security programmes), pass a single labour code
U.K. - largely by citizen scientists - to study spring emergence of oak tree decent wages) and a dwarf (one that stays small powerlessness to insist India can be better. As an to eliminate our regulatory sprawl (you can't
leaves and caterpillars and the timing of nesting by three bird species: blue and involves exploiting yourself or others) is American politician said; you can have your comply with 100 per cent of our labour laws
often the access to capital, talent, vendors, own opinion, but you can't have your own facts. without violating 10 per cent of them), issue an
tits, great tits and pied flycatchers. Besides GST, formalisation is accelerating
skills, and technology that comes with Aadhaar-type number to enterprises (to replace
Malcolm Burgess, RSPB conservation scientist and honorary research because policy-making has finally made the leap 25 plus numbers issued by various government
formalisation. While there are no guarantees in
fellow at the University of Exeter, said: "We were interested in these species policy - the odds of winning a lottery are low from classical physics (discrete systems) to arms), and continued GST simplification.
because they are all woodland birds which are good examples to detect this but the odds are zero without buying a lottery quantum physics (everything is interconnected). All entrepreneurs learn three things the hard
kind of mismatch. These species have only one nesting attempt a year and ticket - this massive enterprise formalisation Higher wages need the higher productivity that way: One, change isn't the solving of a sum but
timing of it is critical." improves the odds of producing more babies (an comes from a long-term strategy of the painting of a picture; two, disruption often
What happens during spring is that the temperature triggers bud burst and average Indian enterprise has four employees formalisation, financialisation, industrialisation, shows up as a gentle sunrise rather than a bulb
the emergence of caterpillars that are then fed upon by the birds. "Yes, birds while the average Provident Fund paying urbanisation and human capital. Aadhaar- going on; and three, a 10-year plan is not 10 one-
are adapting and nesting earlier as well. But there is a limit to it. We found that enterprise has 50 employees). enabled Direct Benefit Transfer has saved Rs year plans. This makes entrepreneurship the art
the earlier the spring, the less able birds are to breed earlier," added Burgess. The baffling reaction of India's poverty 49,650 crore in 2014-16. Incremental coal of staying alive long enough to get lucky;
In India, as well, though in very nascent stages, observations of the impact industry to last week's data from the Central production has grown to 133 MT in the last four Richard Attenborough's Gandhi was released 20
of climate change on birds are driving more research. "There has been Statistics Office - 41.26 lakh new jobs created in years versus 30 MT in the prior four years. Solar years after it was proposed in 1962 and TCS
research suggesting species range contraction, species range expansion in the eight months preceding April '18 and 6.85 capacity added in the last four years was 8.26 took 36 years to reach an IPO valuation of $8
some cases, upslope movement to keep track of suitable temperatures. With lakh jobs created in April - continues a pattern times that added in 68 preceding years. Over 22 billion; in the next 14 years it reached $100
the advent of the genomics era, questions are being asked if taxa can adapt which sounds like they believe a formal job is per cent of all star hotel rooms created globally billion.
to changes in climates, given their present levels of genetic variation. Are they not a job. Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says in the last three years were in India. Total Fixing India will take time, but it was not
productivity is not everything but in the long run Foreign Direct Investment in five years till God's will that it should take 72 years for 1.2
even capable of adapting to new environmental scenarios? However, more December 17 is 57 per cent higher than the
research needs to be done in this front," said Vijay Ramesh, a doctoral it is almost everything; India's problem is not billion Indian to overtake the GDP of 66 million
unemployment but underemployment and previous five years. Demonetisation, Britishers. One reason for this delayed
candidate at Columbia University, New York, who is looking into how climate digitisation, and bankruptcy have set the stage prosperity was our sense of humour about the
productivity (our official unemployment rate of
and land-use has and will affect the endemic birds of the Western Ghats. 5 per cent is not a fudge). It's irrelevant whether for a sustainable expansion of our 57 per cent rule of law which made the slavery of the 21st
Sundar, however, strikes an optimistic note in what seems like a downhill formalisation is happening because of GST, credit to GDP ratio (China's 211 per cent is an century - informality - the norm for 90 per cent
spiral for several species - that the example of the Sarus crane has shown enforcement, amnesty, thresholds, morality, important ingredient of their 300 million people of our labour force. Post GST, India's informal
how in South Asia farmers have aided and protected their nesting within their demonetisation, employee preference, etc. moving from farm to non-farm jobs). The employment may now be 75 per cent of total
farmlands and that it is sometimes possible to find the right fit between our because, as Deng Xiaoping said, it doesn't matter licence raj in higher education is ending and we employment and 50 per cent of non-farm
needs and other species' needs in a human-dominated landscape. Sundar if a cat is black or white if it catches mice. All have the world's fastest growing apprenticeship employment. Gandhiji said poverty is the worst
said, "The combined impact of climate and land use change is seemingly data is incomplete but some data is useful; the system (off a pathetic base). The biggest gift has form of violence; we can put our poverty in the
many years in the future. The Indian rice-dominated areas continue yet to antibiotic reaction of the poverty industry to been controlling our fiscal deficit and taming museum it belongs to by staying the course with
witness spectacular species such as the Sarus crane that is a grand example every release of new labour market data feels inflation. But to reuse a wonderful metaphor of formalisation and reaching 25 per cent informal
of coexistence and adaptability. like an inability to see the world anew, an Professor Avinash Dixit of Princeton University, employment. A nice bonus of that journey will
unwillingness to reject old constraints, and a informality is not like cancer but obesity. be the third-largest economy in the world.
F
ormer US President Bill Clinton has YouTube videos are seen and over 156 million multilateralism. The EU is riven by leaders
co-authored a political thriller, The economy would screech to a halt
there emails are sent. The point: The world must not like the PMs/Chancellors of Poland, Italy,
President Is Missing. The plot is thin, would be mass panic and riots
and America ignore the consequences of being so tightly Hungary and Austria who want to build a
the language somewhat strained and the read a would become the third largest third-world networked. fortress against migrants and those like
disappointment. But the book will do well. country in the world". The problem, he adds, The historian Niall Ferguson has placed the Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and
People will buy it out of curiosity and perhaps is that while he was responsible for infiltrating consequences in historical context in his latest President Emmanuel Macron of France who
in the expectation that, whilst billed as fiction, the virus, he does not have the password to book, The Square And The Tower: Network, hold steadfast to the benefits of a passport free
the story line will be revealing of the inner and "exfiltrate" it . This, he says, is now the Hierarchies And The Struggle For Global "Shengen" Europe.
personalised dynamics of the White House. I challenge facing the US President who has but Power . He avers that the 1,000-year old The UK has a default PM in office because
read the first half of the book in earnest and two weeks to avert the "Dark Ages". The story Roman Empire collapsed because of the viral the Conservative party is irreconcilably
skimmed through the second half looking for ends well. The password is identified and the spread of the "network borne threats" of divided over Brexit and the members cannot
these revelatory nuggets. I found none but I virus deactivated. But this happens not before religion (Christianity), disease (bubonic agree on a more palatable alternative.
did take away two messages. One, the more the US President sheds his security detail, plague) and migration (the Germanic tribes). President Vladimir Putin of Russia appears
networked a society, the greater is its risks life and limb and goes "missing". These threats spread because of physical and unconcerned about the implications of his
vulnerability to roguish genius. And two, more It is because of the individual effort of the spiritual connectivity. They permeated every action on global stability and the Middle East
than perhaps ever before, the world needs President and his intuitive interpretation of the strata of the Empire's governance and social is a sectarian cauldron on the boil with the two
inspired, courageous and selfless leadership. facts and advice provided by an assemblage of hierarchy. The leadership did not anticipate or regional hegemons, Saudi Arabia and Iran, in
The novel is centered around the theme of the world's most talented cyber experts that the geography is not history, leaders are not doing have the capability to contain the spread. The implacable opposition to each other. Latin
cyber terrorism. A "wiper virus" has been mission is successful. The message is clear. enough to arrest the dangers of global result was the erosion of the foundations of the America and Africa are, for the present, off the
uploaded onto the internet. If activated, it has The world needs not just technical talent but warming and the "global commons" remains Empire and its eventual demise. radar.
the potential to erase all software, wipe out all courageous, resilient and selfless leadership in unmanaged. In this latter context, cyber The challenge of managing and mitigating The only two countries that stand out in this
files including backup files and take down the the face of impending crisis. terrorism was expressed as a major concern. "network borne" threats (cyber, pandemics, landscape as islands of relative stability and
entire operational system of the US. The I picked up this book whilst on travel and One set of statistics brought into sharp relief global warming) is on most government and strong leadership are India and China. China
hacker has a change of heart and informs the between conferences to discuss the "state of the nature and extent of our exposure to this corporate agendas. A tour d'horizon of the has recognised that this fragmented world
US President of what he has done. the world". The novel's two messages threat . global landscape suggests, however, that offers an opportunity. It has projected itself,
He tells him the virus will detonate resonated because there was an underlying The world has a population of 7.6 billion instead of converging towards a common ironically as the custodian of the multilateral
automatically at the expiry of a programmed thread that ran across all the speeches made at people. Of them, 5.1 billion have subscriptions purpose for managing these threats, the world rules based system and it is using its financial
time period. When that happens, "the these conferences. The world is a risky place to mobile phones, 4 billion have access to leaders are adopting divergent, populist and leverage to broaden strategic relations. Its One
computer would be nothing but a keyboard and it is getting riskier. The foundations of the internet, and 3.1 billion are active users of the localised approaches. Belt One Road is a manifestation of this intent.
and a blank screen
electricity would be post Cold War, post Berlin Wall global system social media. In just one internet minute, Thus, US President Trump has set the cat India has an opportunity also to take on a
compromised
online health records would have weakened, the world is not a village, 4,50,000 tweets are sent, 9,00,000 people log amongst the globalist pigeons with his global mantle. It should do so.
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foods that are healthier. "FoodSwitch app's 268,000-product database in yellow and green lights. an amazing story and there are so many crazy things that
is unique in that users don't have to real time. The app provides a simple When a food gets few stars or are happening in my life, that they must be really happy
hunt for healthier alternatives. "Health Star Rating" that scores each multiple red lights, consumers can see (laughs out loud). Though the children are not part of the
They're all listed in the app," Mark food between 0.5 stars of unhealthy it's high in fat, saturated fat, sugar and first season, they might be in the next. Let's see if people
New therapy could help Huffman, Associate Professor at to 5 stars of the healthiest. The salt. enjoy watching the show, we can definitely think of more
seasons then," Sunny Leone had said about the show.
combat drug addiction
Researchers have developed a treatment that may help
reverse chemical imbalances made to the brain by
habitual drug use and could one day help recovering drug
addicts avoid future drug use.
India-inspired US artist to unveil Russia World Cup installation
By Biswajit Choudhury US history.
When tested on rats, the new treatment was effective in The artist, who describes his
reducing the animals' cravings, according to the findings For Indian fans of the football work as "a political, cultural and
published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. World Cup in Russia, it may come commercial commentary on our
When someone habitually misuses drugs, their brain as pleasant consolation that this current collective consciousness"
chemistry is changed in ways that make it harder for them country will feature at the event, unveiled his "Make America
to quit taking drugs despite negative consequences. but in spirit alone, with the Stronger Together" installation in
Once someone has developed this brain disorder, their unveiling of an installation by October 2016 at the doorstep of
mind pays sharper attention to cues that encourage drug Georgian-born American artist Trump Tower in New York. He
use, making it harder for them to abstain. David Datuna, who is greatly- had earlier flown both the then US
Serotonin, a brain chemical that transmits information inspired by the works of Delhi- Presidential candidates, Donald
between neural regions, is a key player in these changes. based Subodh Gupta. Trump and Hilary Clinton, to the
The researchers found that the serotonin 2C receptors in Datuna, a conceptual artist Statue of Liberty for an art
drug addicts do not work as well as they should. focused on the convergence of art performance connected to the
The team led by researchers from the University of and social consciousness, told installation.
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the US designed, IANS in an e-mail interview from "For me it is important to start
synthesised and pharmacologically evaluated a series of New York that he is deeply this installation series in Russia
small molecule therapeutics designed to restore the impressed by the installation art because the pressure currently
weakened signalling. The findings showed that the novel of Gupta, who has made a name being put on it by the international
therapeutic may help reverse chemical imbalances made for himself internationally with community is both excessive and
to the brain by habitual drug use. In their experiment, the his signature style of misguided," Datuna said.
researchers trained rats to press on a lever for cocaine incorporating everyday objects in "We do not need a world
infusions at certain light cues. Once the rats learned this his creations. without Russia. Likewise, we do
cocaine-seeking behaviour, half of them received the Datuna said he is finishing a 2000 for his installations made of symbolise individual identity, "We use more than a million not need a world without the US,
most promising therapeutic and the other half received series of three installations for the optical lenses, particularly the illusion, perception, lenses per year for all the pieces India or any other country. I will
only saline. The findings showed that the animals treated FIFA World Cup -- in Russia, on flags of 70 countries, including fragmentation and unification. of art we make," Datuna said. use my art and my installations to
with the new therapeutic pressed the lever for cocaine far the Korean Peninsula, and in the India. The Indian flag has been "At the very beginning, when I His works have been exhibited show that peace is more appealing
fewer times than the saline-treated control animals, even US -- which "will be my peace- exhibited here at the India Art was totally unknown and in in Europe, Russia, China and the than war," he added.
when reinforced with the cocaine-associated light cues. making mission". Fair. He is widely known for his constant search of galleries to United States. In 2011, his portrait According to the artist, India
"We are the first to show that a serotonin 2C receptor "I was deeply impressed by "Viewpoint of Millions" series support me, I just needed a job. I of Russian President Vladimir deserves to play a more
therapeutic of this type can be successfully used to Subodh Gupta's 'Very Hungry that explores the sources and found it in an optics store. I Putin made out of miniature significant role in the global
decrease drug-seeking behaviours," said Kathryn God' installation. It is a skull meaning of cultural identity from worked there for many years, images of Mona Lisa was sold for arena.
Cunningham, Director of Center for Addiction Research made of kitchenware. In my each unique point of view. The selling, manufacturing, cutting $269,000 at the Art Moscow Fair. "India shall get permanent
at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. opinion, it is one of the greatest technique used is a network of the glasses and now I know In 2013, he became the first membership of the UN Security
"Our findings are especially exciting because in works of modern art. Gupta is one positive and negative optical everything about optics. Lenses artist in the world to incorporate Council, to say the least. Indian
addition to someday helping people to recover from drug of my gurus, one of the people in lenses suspended over a collaged for me are an equivalent of Google Glass into a work of art. It philosophy, and Mahatma
addiction, impaired functioning of the serotonin 2C the world whose art I worship," he and painted image that includes colours for other artists," he said. was an American flag covered by Gandhi's nonviolent practice in
receptor is also thought to contribute to other chronic said. Datuna, who migrated to the mixed media like photography, There is a factory in China with pairs of glasses on which Google particular, could contribute a lot
health issues such as depression, impulsivity disorders, US from the former Soviet Union, newspaper clippings and paint. the American artist as its only Glass projected images and to the resolution of global
obesity and schizophrenia," Cunningham added. became famous globally post- According to Datuna, the lenses customer. videos of important moments of conflicts," he said.
9000 saplings planted during Van Mahotsav, administration to spread green cover
Jamshedpur, July 2: and social organisations.
East Singhbhum district
administration along with
"We want school children
to plant at least one tree on
Red Cross plants over 500 saplings
the forest department cele- their birthdays. It is the gov-
brated Van Mahotsav at ernment's wish to create a
Bara Banki village by plant- greener Jharkhand," said
ing about 9000 saplings. Kumar.Jamshedpur MP
East Singhbhum deputy Bidyut Baran Mahto too
commissioner Amit Kumar, appreciated the efforts of
Jamshedpur MP Bidyut the state as well as the East
Baran Mahto, Jugsalai Singhbhum district to take
MLA Ramchandra Sahis, up a noble cause during the
Jamshedpur divisional for- monsoon." Through this ini-
est officer Saba Alam tiative we intend to encour-
Ansari and other guests and age tree plantation and
officials from the adminis- preservation of nature to
tration and forest depart- maintain ecological balance
ment were present. by our communities in
Addressing a gathering areas. Every year we cele-
after launching a tree plan- brate the occasion on a large
tation drive DC Amit scale and this year we are
Kumar said: "We want to delighted to once again
preserve the environment pation and would want state's Nadi and Van ing more than 1.2 lakh receive a great response. We
and Government's policies mass support for this new Mahotsav that aims to pre- saplings on the 17km will continue to undertake
are environment friendly. campaign too. serve greenery and river stretch of the river passing such initiatives that will Jamshedpur: Indian Red Cross Society, East Singhbhum, launched a major plantation
We are happy at the success The idea is to spread the Subernarekha. through the district during contribute to make our soci- drive along the banks of Swarnarekha river on Monday under its Nadi Mahotsava cum
of the Van Mahotsava cam- green cover on the banks of The East Singhbhum dis- the month-long campaign ety greener and healthier," Mega Plantation Programme. More than 500 saplings were planted between Barabanki
paign through mass partici- Subernarekha under the trict has set a target of plant- with the help of corporates, said another official. bridge to Kustulia. Many other social outfits also participated in the drive.