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THE ASIAN AGE

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WINDOWS ■ Targets Gehlot over ‘Red Diary’ ■ Holds 3 rallies, 1 roadshow

Congress handed over Raj to

robbers, rioters, mafia: Modi
AGE CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21

As campaigning for the

7 Cong vows: Jobs
Rajasthan Assembly elec-
tion enters the final
stages, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
MSP, caste census
Tuesday reminded the AGE CORRESPONDENT
Vir Das poses with the Emmy voters of the “lawlessness NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 RAJASTHAN NDRF personnel and others at the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and
for Best Comedy for Vir Das: and disorder” in the state, Dandalgaon in Uttarkashi district on Tuesday, days after a portion of the tunnel
Landing at the 51st
International Emmy Awards
calling them the “hall- The Congress on Tuesday PM means ‘Panauti collapsed, trapping several workers inside. — PTI
mark of the Congress-led announced “seven guar-
in New York on Monday. — AP government”. Labelling antees” to the people of Modi’: Rahul at rally
Vir Das wins his 1st
“corruption, nepotism
and appeasement” as the
symbols of the Congress,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi speaks during a rally
Rajasthan if the party gets
re-elected in the upcom-
ing state polls scheduled
New Delhi: “PM means
Panauti Modi,” Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi said
Horizontal drilling best for
International Emmy,
dedicates it to India
Mr Modi claimed that the
Ashok Gehlot-led govern-
ment has given “full free-
dom to robbers, rioters
at Anta in Baran district
on Tuesday, ahead of the
Rajasthan Assembly polls.
— PTI
for November 25. Among
a slew of schemes, the
Congress promised a new
scheme for recruitment at
at an election rally in
Rajasthan on Tuesday,
insinuating that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Uttarkashi rescue: NDMA
New Delhi: Actor-comic Vir
Das has become the first
and criminals”
Rajasthan.
in
the Congress government
the panchayat level, 4
lakhs government jobs
brings bad luck. At a
rally in Baytoo, he
■ Visuals of trapped workers out ■ PM enquires
Indian to win the Internat- Leading the charge for in Rajasthan over multi- and a caste census in its referred to India’s loss in
ional Emmy Award for his the BJP in Rajasthan, ple issues. He recalled Rajasthan elections mani- the Cricket World Cup AGE CORRESPONDENTS ister Pushkar Singh Secretary of the min-
Netflix stand-up special Vir where polling is sched- how the banned PFI took festo. final against Australia NEW DELHI/ DEHRADUN, Dhami for the fourth istry of road transport
Das: Landing in the best uled for November 25, the out marches in the state, Chief minister Ashok and used the term NOV. 21 time on Tuesday to and highways Anurag
comedy category and has Prime Minister addressed which had to bear witness Gehlot, Congress presi- “panauti” associated enquire about the ongo- Jain said that under the
dedicated the honour to his three rallies — in Baran, to riots as the Ashok dent Mallikarjun Kharge with bad luck. PAGE 3 The National Disaster ing rescue operations. current circumstances
home country, India. The Kota and Karauli — and Gehlot government was and former deputy CM Management Authority Briefing reporters on “vertical drilling is the
51st International Emmy held a mega roadshow in busy looting the state. Sachin Pilot were present (NDMA) said on Tuesday the rescue efforts, second-best option”.
Awards Gala was held in Jaipur later in the Addressing the rallies, to release “Jan Ghoshna vices and a new policy for that the focus is on hori- NDMA member Lt. Gen. The new six-inch wide
New York City on late Mon- evening. Mr Modi asserted, “The Patra” — the manifesto — recruitment at the pan- zontal drilling to extri- (Retd) Syed Atta Hasnain pipeline will be used to
day night. This was the sec- At the Baran rally, for- people’s intent for change at the state party office in chayat level will be intro- cate all the 41 workers said that simultaneous provide warm food and
ond nomination and maiden mer Rajasthan chief min- in favour of the BJP is Jaipur. duced. He said 10-lakh trapped inside the Silk- efforts are being made on medicines to trapped
win in the segment for Das, ister Vasundhara Raje clearly visible in the Highlighting the salient jobs will be created and 4 yara tunnel in Uttarka- five fronts to save these workers, Lt. Gen.
who shared the trophy with shared the dais with the whole of Rajasthan.” points of the manifesto, lakhs of them will be in shi and vertical drilling trapped workers. Hasnain further said.
popular British teen sitcom Prime Minister for the At the Baran rally, the party leader and chief of the government sector. will only be the second- The “focus is on hori- Currently, the survival
Derry Girls Season 3. “This first time during the ongo- Prime Minister said, “As the manifesto committee For farmers, interest- best option. Meanwhile, zontal drilling”, as rock ration is being provided
one is for my team and for ing election campaign. long as three enemies of C.P. Joshi said the free loans up to `2 lakhs Prime Minister formation has created to the workers through
Netflix without whom this From crime against the country — corruption, Congress wants to create will be given from Narendra Modi spoke to challenges for vertical the four-inch-wide
wouldn't have been possi- women to the paper leak nepotism and a cadre of panchayati raj cooperative banks. Uttarakhand chief min- drilling, he said. ■ Turn to Page 4
ble,” the comedian said in a scam, Mr Modi targeted ■ Turn to Page 4 like state and Central ser- ■ More on Page 3
statement. — PTI
Full report on Page 16

Indo-US joint exercise

‘Vajra Prahar’ begins
SC raps Punjab for Modi to chair virtual G-20 summit today
New Delhi: The 14th edition
of the Indo-US joint special
‘half-hearted steps’ SRIDHAR
KUMARASWAMI
reports, President
Vladimir Putin is expect-
◗ THERE IS no official
confirmation on
The G-20 sherpa said the
virtual summit will give
“impetus to implementing
“demonstrated the power
of India” and the leader-
ship of Mr Modi.

on stubble burning
forces exercise “Vajra NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 ed to represent Russia at
Prahar” began in Meghalaya the meeting, while whether Canadian PM the September summit In a recent statement,
on Tues-day. During the There will be “excellent Premier Li Qiang will rep- Justin Trudeau will par- outcomes (Delhi Declara- New Delhi had said,
course of the next three attendance” at the G-20 resent China. ticipate in the virtual tion) and share views on “During the closing ses-
weeks, both sides will jointly summit in virtual mode to Chinese President Xi summit, which is being critical challenges”, add- sion of the New Delhi G-20
plan and rehearse a series of
counter-terrorist operations,
Warns Delhi govt to give funds be hosted on Wednesday
evening by India and
Jinping and Mr Putin had
not attended the on-site
held amid sharply
deteriorating ties
ing that it was “rare” that
any nation had hosted a
summit on September 10,
the Prime Minister had
airborne operations in simu-
lated conventional and
unconventional scenarios in
for RRTS, or will use ad money chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
the G-20 sherpa Amitabh
G-20 summit in New Delhi
on September 9 and 10.
There is no official con-
ing bilateral ties. Mr Kant
told the media that “lead-
summit both in physical
and in virtual mode dur-
ing its G-20 presidency.
announced that India will
be hosting a virtual G-20
leaders’ summit prior to
mountainous terrain. AGE CORRESPONDENT The theory is Kant said at a media brief- firmation on whether ers from almost all G-20 Mentioning that about the conclusion of India’s
Full report on Page 4 NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 ing on Tuesday evening. Canadian Prime Minister countries” will participate 150 leaders of nations had G-20 presidency... Leaders
known. The He, however, did not list Justin Trudeau will par- in the virtual summit and participated in the two of all G-20 members,
problem has been including the Chair of the
Thai Cabinet nod to The Supreme Court on
Tuesday called out the known for years,
the names of the leaders
attending.
ticipate in the virtual sum-
mit, which is being held
that New Delhi “looks for-
ward to the detailed delib-
summits — the Voice of
Global South and the G-20 African Union, as well as
same-sex weddings governments of Punjab
and Delhi for their “half-
and it is your (Delhi According to media amid sharply deteriorat- erations”. — so far, Mr Kant said it ■ Turn to Page 4
Bangkok: Thailand’s Cabinet hearted response” to
government) job to
control it
on Tuesday approved an
amendment to its civil
code to allow same-sex
stubble burning, which
has added up to the pollu- — SC bench EAM briefs Oz FM on row with Canada Israel re-lists
tion crisis in the national
marriage, with an expecta-
tion for the draft to be
capital.
The apex court also years, and it is your job to
LeT terrorist
submitted to Parliament
next month. — AP
came down heavily
against the Delhi govern-
control it.”
The articulation came
■ Views on West Asia ‘very similar’ ■ China, Quad issues discussed tag ahead of
Full report on Page 6 ment for failing to pro-
vide funds for the
during the hearing on a
clutch of petitions relat-
SRIDHAR
KUMARASWAMI 26/11 anniv and Australian foreign
minister Penny Wong at a
COUNTERPOINT Regional Rapid Transit
System (RRTS) corridors
ing to pollution in the
national capital.
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 media briefing shortly
after the two foreign min- AGE CORRESPONDENT
to Alwar and Panipat. While acknowledging A day after the 2+2 India- isters held the bilateral NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
The top court warned if that the farmers from Australia Dialogue at the Foreign Ministers’
the dues were not cleared Punjab are often vilified foreign and defence minis- Framework Dialogue Ahead of the 15th anniv-
within a week, the funds without being given a terial level, both nations (FMFD) in New Delhi on ersary of the 26/11 terror
allocated by the AAP gov- platform to voice their adopted “very similar” Tuesday. In fact, Ms Wong attacks on Mumbai, Israel
ernment for advertise- concerns, the apex court positions on the West Asia described the humanitari- on Tuesday announced
ments will be transferred suggested that they crisis where they termed an situation in the Gaza that it has re-listed the
to the project. should be helped with the attack on Israel car- Strip as “catastrophic” Pakistan-based Lashkar-
Underscoring the sever- resources to understand ried out last month (by and said the Australian e-Tayyaba (LeT) as a ter-
ity of the situation and the issue and the con- Palestinian militant government opposed rorist organisation. This
flagging that this was the cerns. group Hamas) on October External affairs minister S. Jaishankar with Australian for- Israeli settlements on comes in the wake of
most polluted November “The farmer is being 7 as a terror attack, eign minister Penny Wong after the 14th India-Australia Palestinian land which reports last month that
in the last six years, a made a villain. He must expressed concern about she said was “contrary to Israel wants India to
Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue in New Delhi on
bench of Justices S.K. have some reason to burn the humanitarian situa- international law”, adding declare Palestinian mili-
Kaul and Sudhanshu this stubble,” the court tion in the Gaza Strip and Tuesday. — PTI that Australia expected tant group Hamas as a ter-
Dhulia said: “The theory noted, adding that the expressed support for a both Israel and a position was spelt out by Israel to adhere to interna- rorist organisation.
is known. The problem Punjab government “two-state solution” to the Palestinian state can exist by both external affairs tional humanitarian law On Tuesday, the Israel
has been known for ■ Turn to Page 4 Palestinian issue, where side by side in peace. This minister S. Jaishankar ■ Turn to Page 4 embassy, in a statement,
said, “To symbolise the
WEATHER marking of the 15th year
Max : 26OC
Min: 12OC
RH: 51%
PM skips Brics meet on Gaza of commemoration of the
2008 Mumbai terror
attacks, the state of
Israel has listed LeT as a
Rain: Nil
Forecast: Mostly cloudy war; EAM calls for ‘restriant’ terror
Despite
organisation.
not being
requested by the govern-
ment of India to do so,
AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ IN A strong criticism vened by the chair South the state of Israel has for-
ASTROGUIDE NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
of the Hamas actions Africa in virtual mode on mally completed all nec-
Shobhakrut: Dakshinayana Tuesday evening. essary procedures and
Strongly articulating without naming them, In a strong criticism of has satisfied all required
Tithi: Karthika Shukla India’s views and speak- Mr Jaishankar pointed the Hamas actions with- checks and regulations.”
Dasami till 11.04 pm ing for Prime Minister out that ‘hostage-taking out naming them, Mr “Yes, I can confirm it
Star: Purvabhadra till 6.37 pm Narendra Modi, external is equally unacceptable Jaishankar pointed out (the listing of LeT as a
affairs minister S. & cannot be condoned’ that “hostage-taking is terror organisation). It’s
Varjyam: 3.40 am to 5.11 am Jaishankar reminded equally unacceptable and not a new thing and it is
Durmuhurtam: 11.39 am to Brics leaders, including and that “where terror- cannot be condoned”. actually from 2013. It was
12.24 pm Chinese President Xi ism itself is concerned, Seen by some as a veiled recently re-published
Rahukalam: Noon to 1.30 pm Jinping, that the “imme- none of us should or can message to Israel, Mr because of a bureaucrat-
diate (West Asia) crisis compromise with it”. Jaishankar also strongly ic error, but it is not a
SUNSET TODAY 5.25 PM West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh was triggered by the ter- The Prime Minister condemned civilian casu- new thing,” Israeli for-
SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.28 AM Ambani during the inaugural session of the 7th Bengal Global Business Summit in rorist attack (on Israel) of could not attend an “ex- alties in the Israel-Hamas eign ministry spokesper-
MOONRISE TOMORROW 2.12 PM Kolkata on Tuesday. Mr Ambani announced an additional `20,000-crore investment for October 7” (carried out by traordinary joint meet- conflict. son Lior Haiat told PTI.
MOONSET TODAY 1.19 AM West Bengal over the next three years. ■ Report on Page 4 — PTI militant group Hamas) ing” of the grouping con- ■ More on Page 4 ■ More on Page 4
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■ Office at Delhi’s ITO, Lucknow ’s Nehru Bhavan included

IN BRIEF NGT unhappy with Delhi’s
HC: Remove concrete
around trees in Delhi
New Delhi: The high court
ED attaches `752cr assets efforts to control pollution
of Cong’s National Herald
here on Tuesday asked AGE CORRESPONDENT
authorities in the national
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
capital, including the
Municipal Corporation of
The pollution levels in
Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi
Delhi and its suburbs
Development Authority AGE CORRESPONDENT
Congress:‘Petty vendetta tactics’ of
increased further overn-
(DDA), to submit a time
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 ight with the air quality
frame for removal of con-
index (AQI) in the capital
crete around all roadside
The Enforcement recorded at 372 on Tuesday.
trees. Justice Jasmeet Singh
directed the authorities to
file their affidavits indicating
Directorate (ED)
Tuesday said it has
attached assets worth
on
BJP’s ‘coalition partner’ amid polls Following this,
National Green Tribunal
(NGT) expressed dissatis-
the

the total number of trees New Delhi, Nov. 21: After immovable property or
`751.9 crore as part of its before the entire nation,” faction with the action
that are surrounded by con- movement of money is
money laundering probe the ED attached assets of he said in a post on X. taken by authorities to
crete and the number of being dressed up to justify
against the Congress the party-promoted Congress spokesperson control air pollution and
trees around which concrete attachment and freezing
party-promoted Young National Herald newspa- Abhishek Singhvi said the directed them to “take all
has already been removed. of assets of a company
Indian that owns the per, the Congress on property attachment order possible measures to
“All respondents shall file an which runs an iconic
National Herald newspa- Tuesday said such “petty reflected the BJP’s despera- ensure that the quality of
affidavit indicating the total voice of the Indian inde- Traffic policemen wearing anti-pollution masks regulate
per. The immovable assets vendetta tactics” cannot tion to divert attention air improves in Delhi.”
number of trees which are pendence movement - the vehicular movement in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI
that have been attached frighten it and dubbed the from its certain defeat in The city’s AQI stood at
concretised and the total National Herald - only
include the National probe agency a “coalition the ongoing Assembly 348 at 4.00 pm on Monday,
number of trees which were because it is linked to the not taking “consistent, Commission for Air
Herald’s office premises partner” of the BJP. polls. deteriorating from 301 on
concretised, have been now Congress party and its adequate measures” to Quality Management
at ITO in Delhi, the Nehru Congress president Mallik- “No BJP coalition part- Sunday. The 24-hour aver-
de-concretised and remain to legacy,” he said. prevent the farm fire inci- (CAQM) for NCR and
Bhawan at Mall Avenue arjun Kharge said that star- ner - CBI, ED or I-T age AQI, recorded at 4.00
be de-concretised,” the court The Congress leader dents in Punjab. adjoining areas.
near Kaiserbagh in ing at defeat in the Department - can prevent pm every day, was 319 on
ordered. “The affidavit will said the action of the ED The tribunal also The bench said that the
Lucknow and the Herald Assembly elections in five the impending defeat of Saturday, 405 on Friday,
also indicate why the bal- was aimed at diverting observed that even the MCD had filed a report
House in Mumbai, states, the BJP is misusing the BJP...These petty and 419 on Thursday.
ance number of trees have people’s attention. Punjab chief secretary’s stating the various meas-
sources said. probe agencies against the vendetta tactics shall not The tribunal, while tak-
not been de-concretised and Reports of attachment of communication to imme- ures taken to reduce air
The agency issued a pro- party. frighten the Indian ing suo motu (on its own)
the time frame within which AJL’s properties by the diately stop the incidents pollution, such as
visional order under the “This pattern of misuse National Congress in any cognisance about a media
the same shall be done,” it ED are a clear indication was “not fruitful.” mechanical road sweep-
Prevention of Money of agencies during elec- way,” he said in a state- report regarding the wors-
added. The court was hear- of the BJP’s panic in the The NGT observed that ers, sprinkling of water
Laundering Act (PMLA) tions by the BJP establish- ment. ening air quality in Delhi
ing a contempt petition filed ongoing elections, he said. considering the health of on roads, and prohibiting
against the newspaper’s ment is not new and now “An assignment of loan and the national capital
through lawyer Aditya N. the citizens of the nation- open burning.
publisher Associated stands fully exposed without transfer of any — PTI region (NCR), directed the
Prasad alleging that the area al capital, the authorities “As per the said report,
Journals Ltd. and its hold- filing of further action
around hundreds of trees in on the basis of process inducing delivery of prop- concerned are expected to asthmatic patients, elder-
ing company Young to the tune of `90.21 crore taken report within a week.
Vasant Vihar in South Delhi issued by the court of erty (Section 420 of IPC), take the best possible ly persons, and pregnant
Indian to attach the in the form of investment “It is difficult to accept
was concretised and sought metropolitan magistrate dishonest misappropria- measures to improve the women are especially fac-
assets. in equity shares of AJL,” the stand of different
their preservation. of Delhi after taking cog- tion of property (403 of air quality. ing complications and
“Investigation revealed the ED said in a state- authorities that they are
that Associated Journals ment. nisance of a private com- IPC) and criminal con- taking all possible meas- In the last hearing on health risks,” the tribunal
UGC set to revise Ltd. (AJL) is in possession
of proceeds of crime in
The ED had questioned
and recorded the state-
plaint vide order dated
June 26, 2014.
spiracy (120-B of IPC), the
agency said.
ures to control air pollu-
tion and improve the qual-
November 9, it had sought
a fresh action taken
said.
“Considering this
NET syllabus the form of immovable
properties spread across
ments of Congress lead-
ers Sonia Gandhi, her son
The court held that
seven accused persons/
The court further held
that the accused persons
ity of air because the air
quality index of Delhi
report from the authori-
ties, including the Delhi
human health aspect the
authorities are expected
New Delhi: The University many cities of India such Rahul Gandhi and that of entities including Young hatched a criminal con- does not indicate any sig- Pollution Control to take the best possible
Grants Commission (UGC) is as Delhi, Mumbai and party president India, prima facie com- spiracy to acquire proper- nificant improvement,” it Committee (DPCC), measure so that air quali-
set to revise the syllabus for Lucknow to the tune of Mallikarjun Kharge in mitted offences of crimi- ties worth hundreds of said on Monday. Central Pollution Control ty in the city improves.
the National Eligibility Test `661.69 crore and Young this case. nal breach of trust crores of rupees of AJL NGT has also deprecated Board (CPCB), Municipal Let the further action
(NET) and will form an Indian (YI) is in posses- The ED initiated money- (Section 406 of IPC), through a special purpose the approach of the Corporation of Delhi taken report be filed with-
expert panel for the exercise, sion of proceeds of crime laundering investigation cheating and dishonestly vehicle, Young Indian. authorities concerned for (MCD), and the in one week,” it added.
its chairman Jagadesh Kumar
said on Tuesday. The
National Testing Agency
(NTA) conducts the UGC-
NET for Junior Research
Fellowship (JRF) and as an
‘Delhi could face water crisis Haryana man held for Khalistan graffiti
eligibility test for the
appointment of assistant
professors in the subjects of
humanities and social sci-
as funds not released to DJB’ He was tasked by Pannun to paint slogans at several venues, including IGI
BHASKAR HARI SHARMA With the arrest of the ◗ WITH THE arrest of Sikhs from Canada had
ences, including Indian and AVINASH PRABHAKAR NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 accused, the Delhi police the accused, the Delhi reached Delhi to target
some foreign languages, as NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 It is very alarming turn of events that the averted the untoward inci- the Parliament House to
well as in certain science finance department of the Delhi govern- After searches in Punjab dents on the day of the
police averted the unto- avenge the assassination
subjects. The UGC-NET is Delhi may soon face a ment has refused to release and Haryana, the Delhi final match of the Cricket ward incidents on the of Nijjar and that various
held twice every year, usually severe water shortage, the funds that have already been police special cell has World Cup on November day of the final match of graffiti had been sprayed
in June and December, in 83 water minister Atishi allotted to the DJB in the Budget arrested a 38-year-old man 19 as he was tasked by the cricket World Cup in Delhi.
subjects. “However, after warned on Tuesday, alleg- 2023-24 passed by the Delhi in connection with the Gurpatwant Singh on November 19. The Special commissioner of
launching the National ing that the finance depart- Legislative Assembly pro-Khalistan graffiti on Pannun to paint pro- accused has been police (special cell) H.G.S.
Education Policy (NEP) in ment was not releasing the walls of ISBT flyover Khalistan slogans at dif- identified as Malak Dhaliwal said that specific
2020, there have been con- funds to the Delhi Jal
— Atishi, Delhi minister in September, said an offi- ferent venues, including input was received regard-
siderable developments in Board (DJB) despite sever- cial, adding that banned the Delhi Airport, on that Singh aka Malik ing Malak Singh, a resi-
higher education to impart al written orders. each time the previous public health crisis and an SFJ founder Gurpatwant day. and over Yudhister Setu at dent of Kurukshetra, who
multidisciplinary curricula Ms Atishi appealed to objection is resolved. It is epidemic-like situation in Singh Pannun had offered According to the police, Kashmere Gate in Delhi. was involved in the paint-
and holistic education,” Mr lieutenant-governor V.K. clear as day that Ashish C. the city. him money. on September 27, multiple Within hours, a video ing of pro-Khalistan graf-
Kumar said. Saxena to intervene Verma has mala fide “The responsibility for The accused has been pro-Khalistan graffiti also appeared over the fiti on the walls of
immediately and release intent and plans to pre- this public crisis rests identified as Malak Singh mentioning “Delhi internet wherein Yudhister Setu near
3 members of the funds to the DJB. In
her letter to the L-G, she
vent the release of the sec-
ond instalment of the
squarely on Ashish C.
Verma’s shoulders. It is
aka Malik and he was
arrested from
banayaga Khalistan SFJ”
and “Khalistan Zindabad”
Pannun, the head of SFJ
(Sikh For Justice),
Kashmere Gate Metro sta-
tion in the direction of
Pinky gang held has alleged that finance
secretary Ashish C. Verma
grant-in-aid (GIA) and
loan to the DJB.”
shocking how an officer
alone is holding the whole
Kurukshetra in Haryana. were found sprayed under claimed that Khalistani Pannun.

New Delhi: The Delhi police’s has stopped all funds of the She has also recommend- of Delhi to ransom with
crime branch has arrested
three wanted members of the
infamous Pinky gang of
Ghaziabad and recovered
DJB since Au-gust upon the
advice of chi-ef secretary
Naresh Kumar.
“It is a very alarming
ed suspension and disci-
plinary action against Mr
Verma for allegedly stop-
ping the release of the sec-
his shameful obstruction-
ist tactics,” Ms Atishi has
mentioned.
She further added,
5 non-BJP states skip 1st state edu survey
three pistols along with 12 bul- turn of events that the ond instalment of the GIA “While the matter of re- New Delhi, Nov. 21: Five dational, preparatory, and students at the end of each assessment methodology
lets from their possession, an finance department of the and loan to DJB. appropriation of funds for states ruled by non-BJP middle stages. educational stage, i.e., employed a paper-pen-
official said on Tuesday. The Delhi government has “Due to this, the vendors the Delhi Jal Board has parties, including Delhi Conducted on November foundational, preparatory, based approach with OMR
accused were identified as refused to release the of DJB have not been paid been pending and it is and West Bengal, skipped 3, the survey assessed edu- and middle with a pri- technology for data cap-
Mazhar (40), a resident of funds that have already and have now refused to do clearly in the knowledge of the first state educational cational competencies mary focus on Language ture and analysis, which
Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar been allotted to the DJB in even routine maintenance Ashish C. Verma that DJB achievement survey con- among students at the and Mathematics," a sen- ensured the precision and
Pradesh, Babu (30) and the Budget 2023-24 passed and cleaning work essen- is undergoing a severe ducted by national assess- block level in India at ior education ministry efficiency of data acquisi-
Sheikh Mamood (25), both by the Delhi Legislative tial for maintaining the financial crunch, he has ment regulator PARAKH, grades three, six and nine. official said. tion and validation.
residents of New Seemapuri. Assembly,” the water min- water supply and provid- made matters worse by according to education “This extensive survey The official added that “With the successful exe-
According to the police, a ister said in the letter. ing a functional sewer- stalling the release of the ministry officials. covered approximately 80 barring Chhattisgarh, cution of the State
specific input was received. Ms Atishi claimed, age/drainage system in second instalment of the The survey, aimed at lakh students from three Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Educational Achievement
“Acting on the inputs, a trap “Under the leadership of the national capital. Water grant-in-aid for DJB. This identifying areas requir- lakh schools at 5,917 Rajasthan and West Survey, 2023, crucial
was laid and the accused were Ashish C. Verma, the tankers are refusing to ply repeated and deliberate ing improvement in blocks across the nation. It Bengal, all other states insights into the strengths
apprehended. On frisking, finance and planning and provide water to the delaying of urgent matters school teaching and learn- also includes 6 lakh teach- and Union Territories and potential areas for
three pistols with 12 live car- departments have been slums of Delhi,” said Ms that hold the power to ing, was carried out to ers and more than 3 lakh participated in the survey. enhancement within the
tridges were recovered,” said repeatedly posing new Atishi in the letter, warn- bring Delhi to a standstill understand the baseline field investigators. “The Tools to assess students' education system will be
the special commissioner of and different objections ing that it may lead to a is a very alarming trend.” performance in the devel- primary objective of this competencies were available,” said school
police Ravindra Singh Yadav. opment of the competen- survey is to assess the designed using scientific education secretary
cies at the end of the foun- learning competencies of procedures, while the Sanjay Kumar. — PTI

GOVT NOTIFIES
Delhi BJP chief
gets EC notice ‘Covid jab does not Man attacks his son
PREMIUM BUS
SCHEME IN DELHI
over media posts
against Kejriwal
raise risk of sudden after fight with wife;
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NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
New Delhi, Nov. 21: The
Election Commission on
deaths in youths’ 1 dead, other injured
The Delhi government has
Tuesday issued a notice
to Delhi BJP president
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NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
Research.
“We found no evidence
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NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 Man, 8-yr-old
notified its app-based bus
aggregator scheme aiming at
Virendra Sachdeva on a
complaint over social A comprehensive study
of a positive association
of Covid-19 vaccination A two-year-old boy died son killed in
reducing intra-city usage of media posts by the party by the Indian Council of with unexplained sudden and his elder brother
private vehicles and pollu-
tion. The Delhi Motor
unit targeting AAP
leader and chief minister
Medical Research has
concluded that Covid-19
death among young
adults. On the contrary,
was injured after they
were allegedly attacked
road accident
Vehicles Licensing of Arvind Kejriwal. The vaccination does not the present study docu- by their father, who AGE CORRESPONDENT
Aggregator (Premium Buses) AAP had recently increase the risk of unex- ments that Covid-19 vac- later attempted suicide, NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
Scheme was notified after approached the poll plained sudden deaths cination indeed reduced in northwest Delhi’s
the approval of L-G V.K. panel regarding two among young adults in the risk of unexplained Bharat Nagar area, the A 32-year-old man and
Saxena. Through the scheme, posts from the official the country. On the con- sudden death in this age police said on Tuesday. his eight-year-old son
the government seeks to handle of the Delhi BJP, trary, the study suggests group,” the study said. Rakesh, a resident of died on early Tuesday
encourage the middle and alleging that they con- that receiving at least one Anecdotal reports of J.J. Colony, attacked his after their scooter was
upper-middle class to switch tained morphed images dose of the vaccine may sudden deaths among sons following an argu- allegedly hit by a car,
to public transport. Under and videos with a actually reduce the likeli- healthy young adults in ment with his wife. the police said.
the scheme, an aggregator “malafide” intention to hood of such fatalities. India led the researchers Rakesh was unem- His wife and another
will be required to ensure the “ruin” the image of Mr The apex health to conduct the investiga- ployed and an alcoholic, son (eight months old)
safety of women passengers Kejriwal. research body in its tion. The sudden deaths they said. also sustained injuries
and provide a rapid response The BJP’s Delhi unit study has said that had raised concerns that Rakesh had an argu- in the accident which
mechanism, including a panic has been asked by the EC admitted to the hospital they might be related to ment with his wife on took place in west
button on its app that should to respond to the show- for Covid-19 in the past, Covid-19 or the vaccina- Monday evening and Delhi’s Rajouri
be functional at all times and cause notice by family history of sudden tion against the disease. locked himself in a Garden, they said.
have modalities of API-based November 23 night. death and certain The study was conduct- room with their two According to the
integration with law enforce- The notice has been lifestyle behaviours ed through participation sons. He attacked the police, they reached the
ment agencies. “The license issued to the Delhi unit increased the likelihood of 47 tertiary care hospi- children with a sharp- spot and found that a
holder shall ensure that the president of the BJP, of unexplained death tals across India. Cases edged weapon and later scooty was hit by a car
acquisition of CNG buses without naming Mr among young adults in were apparently healthy attempted suicide, a sen- from behind.
shall not be more than three Sachdeva. India and not Covid vac- individuals aged 18-45 ior police officer said.
years old from the date of In its notice, the poll cination. The study years without any known According to the where they were
notification of the scheme. panel reminded the Delhi “Factors associated with co-morbidity, who sud- police, a team from referred to Dr Ram
Subsequently induction of BJP that parties and can- sudden deaths among denly (less than 24 hours Bharat Nagar police sta- Manohar Lohia
any new bus, the prevailing didates must refrain adults aged 18-45 years in of hospitalisation or seen tion rushed to the spot Hospital. Rakesh’s
emission norms, BS-VI must from criticism of a rival’s India – a multicentric apparently healthy 24 after information was younger son died at the
be compliant, either air-con- private life which is not matched case-control hours before death) died received. hospital, while he and
ditioned CNG or electric connected with public study” has been pub- of unexplained causes “The injured were his elder son, aged five,
buses,” reads the gazette activities. lished in the Indian during October 1, 2021- rushed to Deep Chand are undergoing treat-
notification. Journal of Medical March 31, 2023. Bandhu Hospital, from ment,” the officer said.
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■ Says Raj govt works to appease votebank

SHORT
Punjab minister Hayer
TAKES
Cong lists out 7 gurantees, Shah accuses Cong & Gehlot
divested of 4 portfolios
Chandigarh: Punjab minister
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
lost four key departments
vows jobs, Raj caste census of being ‘anti-backward class’
Jaipur, Nov. 21: Union
such as mines and geology
on Tuesday as chief minister
Promises 10L jobs, interest-free loans up to 2L to farmers Rahul calls home minister Amit Shah
on Tuesday accused the
Bhagwant Mann carried out
a rejig of portfolios of two
ministers. Mr Hayer is now
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NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 PM ‘panauti’ Congress party and the
Ashok Gehlot government
in Rajasthan of being
left with the sports and
youth services department,
The Congress on Tuesday
announced “seven guaran- over India’s “anti-backward class”.
Addressing a public meet-
according to an order.
Chetan Singh Jouramajra
has been allocated the
tees” to the people of
Rajasthan, if the party is
re-elected in the upcoming
defeat in WC ing in poll-bound
Rajasthan’s Khairthal in
Alwar district, the senior
departments of mines and state polls scheduled for AGE CORRESPONDENT BJP leader said the
geology, water resources, November 25. Among a NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 Congress in Rajasthan
and conservation of land host of others, the has worked to appease its
and water, which were earli- Congress promised a new Congress leader Rahul votebank.
er held by Mr Hayer. Mr scheme for recruitment at Gandhi took a veiled dig “Congress party and
Jouramajra is currently han- the panchayat level, 4 at Prime Minister Gehlot government are Union home minister Amit Shah with Telangana BJP
dling defence services wel- lakhs government jobs Narendra Modi on anti-backward class. For president G. Kishan Reddy during a roadshow ahead of
fare, freedom fighters, horti- and a caste census in its Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with Rajasthan Tuesday and blamed him many years, the Congress the Telangana Assembly polls on Tuesday. — PTI
culture and information and Rajasthan elections mani- for India’s heartbreaking party opposed the report
chief minister Ashok Gehlot and party leaders in Jaipur
public relations. Mr Mann festo. loss to Australia in the of the Mandal per cent reservation to the its vote bank.
will keep the portfolio of Chief minister Ashok on Tuesday. — PTI 2023 Cricket World Cup Commission and the backward classes in all “Appeasement is at its
science, technology and Gehlot, Congress presi- For farmers, interest-free ance scheme from `25 final. Congress party did not education systems of the peak in the state. Tailor
environment, which was ear- dent Mallikarjun Kharge loans up to `2 lakhs will be lakhs to `50 lakhs annual- Addressing an election give constitutional recog- Centre. Kanhaiya Lal was mur-
lier with Mr Hayer. In and former deputy chief given from cooperative ly and interest-free loans rally in Rajasthan’s nition to the backward Today, 27 per cent of the dered in broad daylight,
January this year, the chief minister Sachin Pilot banks and MSP will be up to `5 lakhs to small Baytoo, Mr Gandhi called classes commission,” Mr ministers in the Modi gov- Section 144 was imposed
minister had conducted a were present to release given as per the traders are among other Mr Modi a “panauti” (bad Shah said. ernment are from back- during Hindu festivals,
rejig of portfolios of minis- “Jan Ghoshna Patra” — Swaminathan Commis- announcements the omen) and said his entry He said it was the ward classes and the bulldozers ran on Ram
ters. — PTI the manifesto — at the sion’s recommendations.” Congress has made in its made India lose the final Narendra Modi-led gov- Centre has worked to Darbar and communal
state party office in The party promised 150 manifesto for the match last Sunday. ernment at the Centre advance the backward riots happened every-
Saluga Pradhan new Jaipur.
Highlighting the key
days of employment
under MGNREGA as
Rajasthan elections.
The Congress also prom-
Mr Gandhi said, “Ache
bhale hamare ladke waha
that gave constitutional
recognition to the cack-
classes
The home minister said
where. The Bharatiya
Janata Party govern-
dy Speaker of Odisha points of the manifesto,
party leader and chief of
against the present 125
days annually, the inclu-
ised reservations
minorities on the basis of
to pe World Cup jeet jaate,
par panauti harwa diya
ward classes commission.
Mr Shah said the Modi
the Gehlot government is
indulging in appeasement
ments do not let commu-
nal riots break out,” he
Bhubaneswar: Saluga the manifesto committee sion of taxi drivers in the their population following (our boys were almost government has given 27 politics and working for said. — PTI
Pradhan, the Biju Janata Dal C.P. Joshi said, “The Gig Workers Act, the the caste census in the winning the World Cup,
MLA from G. Udayagiri in Congress wants to create a Accountability and Auto state. The manifesto lists but the ‘bad omen’ made
cadre of panchayati Raj- Service Delivery Act for seven guarantees already them lose).”
Cong files plaint
Shivraj confident
Kandhamal district, was on
Tuesday declared elected like state, and Central accountable and good gov- announced by Mr Gehlot, The word “panauti” has
unopposed as the new services and a new policy ernance, the formation of which include an annual been trending on social
deputy Speaker of the for recruitment at the pan- an inclusive policy think honorarium of `10,000 to media since the defeat in with EC against
Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Chief minister Naveen
Patnaik congratulated Mr
Pradhan on being elected as
chayat level will be intro-
duced.” He added,
“Around 10-lakh jobs will
be created, in which 4
tank and a monthly hono-
rarium for panchayati Raj
public representatives.
Doubling the amount for
women heads of families,
LPG cylinders for `500 to
1.05 crore families, the
purchase of dung from
the match, attended by
Prime Minister Modi at
the Ahmedabad stadium
named after him.
of BJP’s win in MP BRS over its ads
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the new deputy Speaker. “I lakhs of them will be in beneficiaries under the cattle rearers for `2 per kg Mr Gandhi alleged Mr RABINDRA NATH incentive of NEW DELHI, 21 NOV. 23
congratulate Shri Pradhan on the government sector. Chiranjeevi health insur- among others. Modi diverted people’s CHOUDHURY `1,250 per
being elected as the deputy attention while industrial- BHOPAL, NOV. 21 month to The Congress on
Speaker of this House. Since ist Adani picked their the poor Tuesday filed a com-
the Legislative Assembly is pockets. He said Mr Modi Madhya Pradesh chief women in plaint with the Election
an exalted pillar of democra- “comes on TV and says minister Shivraj Singh the state, Commission against the
cy, all of us should uphold ‘Hindu-Muslim’ and some- Chouhan has exuded con- has proved BRS over its advertise-
the dignity of this august times goes to a cricket fidence that his party will Shivraj Singh to be a ment against the Grand
House by our conduct. I match. form the government in Chouhan g a m e - Old Party in Telangana.
request all our honourable The former Congress the state with a comfort- changer in Speaking to reporters,
members to extend their president also alleged that able majority while indi- the polls. Congress MP and
support and cooperation Mr Modi waived the loans cating that the ‘Ladli “I have witnessed love national spokesperson
wholeheartedly to the of big industrialists and Behna’ scheme has proved and affection showered on Abhishek Manu Singhvi
deputy Speaker in discharg- gave them all advantages. to be a game-changer in me by women voters at said, “The BRS has pub-
ing his duties.” Speaking on In an apparent swipe at the just-concluded many places during the lished this advertise-
the occasion, Saluga the Prime Minister, the Assembly elections in the campaign. The ‘Ladli ment without seeking
Pradhan thanked all the Grand Old Party called state. Behna’ scheme has been approval/ pre-certifica-
members for electing him. him the “master of In an informal get-togeth- launched not to get votes tion from the EC
drama” after Mr Modi er with the media persons of women, but to empower (required for e-newspa-
Annu Kapoor to make shared a video of him
meeting Indian players in
here late on Monday
evening, Mr Chouhan said,
them to ensure that they
are treated with dignity in
pers as per EC Circular
dated August 24th, 2023),
movie on serial killers the dressing room after
India lost to Australia and
“I would not like to give the
number of seats, (BJP will
their families”, he said.
Around 1.36 crore
and it apparently and
allegedly seems to have
Bhopal: Two ‘serial killers’, alleged that it was “chore- get), but I am confident women in the state have led newspapers to
serving life sentences in ographed”. that BJP will form the gov- been covered under the believe that it has indeed
Bhopal Central Jail here, have Congress general secre- ernment with a comfort- scheme. He said that it was secured this permission.
caught the attention of tary Jairam Ramesh said able majority”. the toughest campaign in The party demanded
Bollywood director Annu Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje that the youth of India Mr Chouhan claimed his political career and the that strict action should
Kapoor for his upcoming during a public meeting ahead of the state Assembly polls in Anta in Baran on will not be fooled by such that the ‘Ladli Behna’ hardest poll battle he had be taken by the EC
movie. Mr Kapoor has recent- Tuesday. — PTI “desperate tactics”. scheme, providing an ever fought. against the BRS.
ly met two senior police offi-
cers here to gather inputs on
the two dreaded murderers,
Adesh Khamra and Sarman
Shivhare, lodged in the jail
here after being convicted in
10 days after tunnel collapse, 12 Bihar issues
notification for
the various cases of robbery
and murders. The film direc-
tor has also visited the jail
recently in connection with
his film project. Mr Kapoor is
men trapped come on camera
PRITHVIRAJ SINGH inquired about the status
hike in quota
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PATNA, NOV. 21
likely to visit the jail and DEHRADUN, NOV. 21 of the rescue operation
interact with the officials in with chief minister The Bihar government
this connection after The rescuers at the col- Pushkar Singh Dhami for on Tuesday issued
December 3, when the results lapsed Silkyara-Barkot the fourth time on gazette notifications for
of the November 17 Assembly Yamunotri highway tun- Tuesday. Mr Dhami raising the quota for SC,
elections are scheduled to be nel have released the first informed the PM that ST, EBC and OBC to 65
declared, sources said. video of the workers trapped workers were per cent in state govern-
trapped inside the under- being sent larger food ment jobs and educa-
construction tunnel, as packets after a new tional institutions.
JHEERAM GHATI the efforts to save their
lives entered the tenth
pipeline was laid through
the debris on Monday.
When combined with
the existing 10 per cent
day. Only 12 stranded Later, Dhami in his X for EWS qouta, the
MASSACRE: SC workers are seen in the
video, though officials
post said, “Today, the PM
called again and sought
reservation will rise to
75 per cent. Currently,
JUNKS NIA’S PLEA maintained that all 41
could not be accommodat-
details of the rescue and
relief works for the
there is a provision for
50 per cent reservation
AGE CORRESPONDENT ed in the existing camera Visuals of workers trapped inside the collapsed trapped workers inside for SC, ST, EBC and
NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 screen size. Silkyara-Barkot Yamunotri highway tunnel in the under-construction OBC.
The video released by Uttarkashi on Tuesday. — PTI Silkyara tunnel. The PM Bihar chief minister
The SC on Tuesday dismissed the rescue team officials said safe evacuation of all Nitish Kumar chaired a
a petition of the NIA against shows workers lined up debris in the mine. all could be accommodat- workers is our priority. high-level meeting of all
the Chhattisgarh police inves- in front of the newly Besides food packets, res- ed in the camera screen. He was informed about departments and
tigation into an FIR alleging inserted six-inch diame- cue team officials also However, only 12 workers the successful laying of a reviewed the provisions
larger conspiracy in the 2013 ter pipeline yesterday. sent an Endoscope are seen in the video. six-inch diameter of the Bihar Reservation
Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack in They are seen as healthy Camera Flexible to make Rescue officials con- pipeline through the Amendment Act 2023 on
which 29 persons were killed, and safe. Earlier last video calls to the strand- firmed that workers are debris, and delivery of Tuesday. Mr Kumar
including senior leaders of the evening, hard food ed workers in order to safe but all together could food and other items directed them to enforce
Congress in the state. A including khichadi, fruits know about their health not be seen in the video through it to the stranded the provisions to ensure
bench of CJI D.Y. and daliya packets were conditions. Subsequently, due to the smaller size of workers inside the tun- that people avail full
Chandrachud and Justices sent through the new the video call was made the camera. nel. He was also told benefits outlined in the
J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj pipeline that was success- and officials asked them Meanwhile, Prime about a video call made to Bihar Reservation Act
Misra disposed off the peti- fully laid through the to stand in a line so that Minister Narendra Modi the trapped workforce. 2023.
tion saying, “Sorry, we would
not like to interfere.
Dismissed.” Additional solici- ■ Minister inaugurates 75 Creative Minds, says it aims to mentor young minds
tor general S.V. Raju repre-
senting the NIA, told the
bench that the larger conspir-
acy angle into the incident
should be investigated by the
NIA as the main FIR of the
Govt committed to boost creative economy: Anurag
case is being investigated by SHASHI BHUSHAN als, the minister congrat- tives of several well-
the Central agency. The PANAJI, NOV. 21 ulated the top 75 partici- known production hous-
Chhattisgarh police refused to pants of the initiative es, studios and OTT plat-
hand over the records to the Launching the “48-hour selected through a rigor- forms.
NIA and the agency moved film making challenge” ous jury process. He Talking about the sup-
the trial court, which rejected for winners of “75 noted that CMOT is part port extended by the gov-
the plea. Thereafter, the HC Creative Minds of of the government’s ernment towards start-
also dismissed the plea Tomorrow” (CMOT) ini- effort to encourage and ups, the minister said
against the trial court order tiative, Union minister of mentor young minds that with the new start-
on March 2, 2022, the ASG information and broad- from far-flung corners of up policy, India has
said. When the main case is casting Anurag Thakur the country. “This year’s emerged as the third
being investigated by the NIA, on Tuesday said that 75 creative minds of largest start-up ecosys-
a separate FIR related to the Government of India is tomorrow hail from as tem in the world with
same incident cannot be committed to employ- many as 19 different more than one lakh
investigated by another ment generation, boost- states and Union territo- Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur with Union MoS start-ups in the country.
agency, he contended. Senior ing the creator economy, ries of India, including L. Murugan and actor Sunny Deol during the inaugural “Every day there is a
advocate A.N.S. Nadkarni and mentoring outstanding places such as Bishnupur ceremony of 54th Iffi in Goa Tuesday. — PTI new start-up coming up.
advocate Sumeer Sodhi, rep- artists, and encouraging (Manipur), Jagatsin- When even big compa-
resenting Chhattisgarh gov- youngsters to achieve ghpur (Odisha), and ment,” Mr Thakur said. The minister informed nies were struggling
ernment, told the bench the excellence in the field of Sardarpur (Madhya The minister shared the audience that this during Covid-19 pandem-
State had initially requested films. Pradesh). The initiative achievements from previ- year, Iffi is organising a ic, fifty start-ups in India
the NIA to investigate the Applauding the role of aims to provide them ous editions of CMOT, talent camp, where the 75 got elevated to the level
larger conspiracy angle of the “CMOT” in fostering a with unparalleled oppor- showcasing the impact of creative minds will get to of unicorns, demonstrat-
incident but the agency strong creative communi- tunities in the realm of the initiative on partici- meet, interact and con- ing the power of Indian
refused. ty of passionate individu- media and entertain- pants’ careers. nect with representa- youth,” Mr Thakur said.
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SHORT TAKES Indo-US spl forces drill ‘Vajra

■ Decision taken sans any request from India, says Israel
Ganguly is brand
ambassador of WB
Israel bans LeT 15 years after 26/11 Prahar’ begins in Meghalaya
AGE CORRESPONDENT statement said, “To sym- liest Pakistan backed ter- borne operations in simu-
◗ ISRAEL said, “LeT is a AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ DURING THE course of
Kolkata: West Bengal chief NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 bolise the marking of the deadly and reprehensible ror organisation as it has NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 the next three weeks, lated conventional and
minister Mamata Banerjee 15th year of commemora- carried out multiple bomb unconventional scenarios
made former Indian cricket Ahead of the 15th anniver- tion of the Mumbai terror
terror organisation blasts in India’s various The 14th edition of the
both sides will jointly plan in mountainous terrain.
captain Sourav Ganguly the sary of the 26/11 terror attacks, the state of Israel responsible for the mur- cities, and created proxy Indo-US joint military and rehearse a series of The key highlights of the
brand ambassador of the attacks of 2008 on Mumbai has listed Lashkar-e- der of hundreds of Indian outfits and sleeper cells. exercise, “Vajra Prahar special operations, count- exercise include combat
state after he showered lav- that falls later this month, Tayyaba a terrorist organ- civilians. Its heinous Israel further said, “LeT 2023,” commenced at the er terrorist operations free-fall insertion of
ish praise on her at the inau- Israel on Tuesday isation. Despite not being actions still reverberate in is a deadly and reprehen- Joint Training Node in troops from stand-off dis-
guration of the Bengal announced it had listed requested by the govern- force through all peace- sible terror organisation Meghalaya’s Umroi on The current edition is tances, water borne inser-
Global Business Summit on the Pakistan-based ment of India to do so, the seeking nations.” responsible for the mur- Tuesday. The US contin- being conducted in Umroi tion of troops, precision
Tuesday. Interestingly, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba as a state of Israel has formal- der of hundreds of Indian gent is represented by per- Cantonment, from 21st engagement of targets at
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh terrorist organisation. ly completed all necessary department — the Israeli civilians as well as others. sonnel from the 1st special November to 11th long ranges, combat air
Khan also happens to be the This comes in the wake procedures and satisfied ministries of defence and Its heinous actions on forces group (SFG), and December. controlling of fixed wing
brand ambassador of Bengal of reports last month that all required checks and foreign affairs have jointly November 26, 2008, still the Indian Army contin- The first edition was and rotary wing aircraft,
while Mr Ganguly is already Israel wants India to regulations to the result of worked in the last few reverberate in force gent is led by special conducted in the year 2010 besides airborne insertion
the brand ambassador of declare the Palestinian introducing LeT into the months towards an expe- through all peace-seeking forces personnel from the in India and the 13th edi- and sustenance of troops.
Tripura. Ms Banerjee said, militant group Hamas a Israeli list of illegal terror dited and extraordinary nations and societies. The eastern command. tion of the Indo-US joint The exercise has evolved
“Sourav is a very popular terrorist organisation. organisations.” listing of the LeT organi- state of Israel offers its The 20-day exercise special forces exercise was as a mechanism to
figure. He can walk for the Hamas carried out the Israel further said, sation on this date to high- sincere condolences to all “Vajra Prahar” is a joint conducted at the Special exchange ideas and share
young generation in a very deadly attacks on Israel “While Israel only lists light the importance of a victims of terrorism and exercise conducted Forces Training School best practices between the
good manner. I want to last month on October 7, terror organisations that Unified Global Front in to the survivors and between special forces of (SFTS), Bakloh (HP). special forces of both the
involve him as a Bengal in which hundreds were are actively operating combating terrorism.” bereaved families of the Indian Army and US During the course of the nations. It is also a plat-
brand ambassador. Don’t say killed. India had earlier against it from within or Founded in 1990, LeT’s Mumbai attacks, includ- Army. It aims at sharing next three weeks, both form to enhance interop-
‘No’, always say ‘Yes’.” She termed the attack on around its borders, or in a primary goal is to attack ing those in Israel. We best practices and experi- sides will jointly plan and erability and strengthen
later handed over the Israel October 7 (by similar manner to India — Indian troops in Kashmir stand with you united in ences in areas such as rehearse a series of spe- cooperation between the
appointment letter to the Hamas) a terrorist act. those globally recognised but over the years it is con- the hope for a better, more joint mission planning cial operations, counter armies of India and the
former BCCI chief. Mr The Israel embassy in a by UNSC or the US state sidered one of the dead- peaceful future.” and operational tactics. terrorist operations, air- United States of America.
Ganguly earlier said at the
event, “I know how much

India slams terror, Oz FM: China

Ambani to invest `20K-cr in Bengal
honourable chief minister
and people involved in the
government give importance
to this summit.” leveraging
President flags off civilian casualties eco power in So far, Reliance already invested `45,000cr in West Bengal, says Mukesh Ambani
3 trains in Odisha Indo-Pacific RAJIB CHOWDHURI Mamatadidi, from this tion, healthcare and agri-

Bhubaneswar: President
Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday
in Gaza at Brics New Delhi, Nov. 21:
China is using its eco-
KOLKATA, NOV. 21

Industrialist Mukesh
podium let me assure you
that Reliance will leave no
stone unturned to
cultural solutions at scale.
JIO is about to complete
the world’s fastest 5G roll-
flagged off two express SRIDHAR ◗ THE MEETING was also nomic leverage in the Ambani announced on accelerate West Bengal’s out in India before the end
trains and a Mainline Electric KUMARASWAMI attended by Russian Indo-Pacific to advance Tuesday that his business growth. The state has been of this year. And we have
Multiple Unit (Memeu) train NEW DELHI, NOV. 21 its interests, Australian conglomerate, Reliance one of the largest destina- covered most parts of
President Vladimir Putin, West Bengal.”
from Badampahar station in foreign minister Penny Industries Limited (RIL), tions for Reliance.”
Odisha’s Mayurbhanj. Strongly articulating South African President Wong said on Tuesday, would further invest The RIL chairman elabo- Mr Ambani then added,
The new trains are — India’s views on interna- Cyril Ramaphosa, as she emphasised `20,000 crores in West rated, “After you invited “With a rapid roll-out of
Badampahar-Rourkela tional level, and staunch- Brazilian President Luiz India’s role as a key Bengal in three sectors in me, Reliance has invested JIO fiber, every home in
Express (Weekly), ly speaking for Prime Inacio Lula da Silva, strategic partner to the next three years. close to `45,000 crores in Bengal will be converted
Badampahaar-Shalimar Minister Narendra Modi, Egyptian President maintain the balance of He made the pledge West Bengal CM Mamata West Bengal. Today I am into smarthomes soon.”
Express (Weekly) and external affairs minister Abdel Fattah El Sisi and power. Global politics is while sharing the dias Banerjee with ex-cricketer happy to announce that “With this Bengal will be
Badampahar-Tatanagar S. Jaishankar reminded Iranian President Seyyed getting reshaped and with chief minister we plan to invest an addi- able to use artificial intel-
Sourav Ganguly in Kolkata
Memu service. These trains Brics leaders, including Ebrahim Raisi India plays a crucial Mamata Banerjee at the tional `20,000 crores in the ligence, cloud computing
will now connect Mayurbhanj Chinese President Xi part in this reshaping, inauguration of the sev- on Tuesday. — PTI next three years.” and other disruptive tech-
district with the Indian rail- Jinping, of the “immedi- meeting was also attend- she said. enth edition of Bengal Hailing the Trinamul He continued, “These nologies to modernise
way map. Governor ate West Asia crisis to ed by Russian President “China is doing what Global Business Summit Congress supremo as will be in three areas. every sector of its econo-
Raghubar Das, railway minis- have been triggered by Vladimir Putin, South all great powers do, (BGBS). The RIL chair- “Agnikanya” this time for First is to further enhance my. This transformation
ter Ashwini Vaishnaw and the October 7 terrorist African President Cyril using its state power to man also hoped that ushering industrial digital life solutions will unleash new employ-
Union education minister attack on Israel by the Ramaphosa, Brazilian advance its interests. It Bengal would itself growth and development aimed at augmenting ment and entrepreneurial
Dharmendra Pradhan joined militant group Hamas”, President Luiz Inacio uses economic leverage become an “Asian Tiger” in “Sonar Bangla”, Mr livelihood in the state and opportunities millions in
the ceremony. Shalimar and of the fact that “none Lula da Silva, Egyptian over other countries in in future. Ambani said, “Respected providing quality educa- Bengal,” he said.
(Kolkata) — Badampahar- should or could compro- President Abdel Fattah El the Indo Pacific region
Shalimar (Kolkata) Weekly mise with any form or Sisi and Iranian to its advantage,” Wong
Express will leave Shalimar
at 11.05 pm every Saturday
and reach Badampahar at
format of terrorism”.
The Prime Minister
could not attend an
President
Ebrahim Raisi, apart
from some other leaders.
Seyyed said addressing a gath-
ering at Delhi
University’s Lady Shri
Tajpur port: Cloud over Adani’s Navy, DRDO test
first anti-ship
role, CM announces new tender
05.40 am the next day. extraordinary joint meet- It may be recalled that Ram College.

ED notice to Byju’s
ing of Brics convened by
the chair South Africa on
the five-nation Brics
( B r a z i l - Ru s s i a - I n d i a -
Ms Wong asserted that
Australia’s partnership naval missile
virtual mode on Tuesday China-South Africa) had with India is crucial as it
for Fema violations evening.
In a strong criticism of
agreed by consensus in
August this year to
helps maintain the bal-
ance of power in the
Kolkata, Nov. 21: West
Bengal chief minister
◗ THE PROJECT initially
was intended for Adani
compulsion,” source said.
Sources said that Adani
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NEW DELHI, NOV. 21
New Delhi: The Enforcement the actions of Hamas, expand the grouping with Indo-Pacific region. Mamata Banerjee on Port has “not backed” out
Directorate (ED) on Tuesday with reference to the effect from January 1, “...The Indo-Pacific Tuesday said a tender will Ports and SEZ Ltd and is waiting for the In a boost to “Make-in-
said the adjudicating author- Israeli hostages kept by it 2024, by including six new region requires partner- soon be launched for the (APSEZ) in October 2022 Letter of Award, the next India”, Indian Navy and
ity under the Foreign in Gaza following its member-nations — ships to ensure a free development of Tajpur as they were the L1 bid- document required to pro- DRDO on Tuesday suc-
Exchange Management Act October-7 raid launched Argentina, Egypt, and open order and to deep sea port — a project der out of two final bids ceed on the ground post cessfully tested guided
(Fema) has issued show- on Israel, the EAM, with- Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi ensure that it is not dom- which the state govern- received. JSW Group was the letter of Intent to flight trials of the
cause notices to ed-tech out naming the militant Arabia and the United inated by any power. ment had previously stat- also a contender Award (LOIA) handed indigenously developed
major BYJU’S promoter Byju group, pointed out that Arab Emirates (UAE). That is the vision of a ed would be developed by over in the past. The LoIA naval anti-ship missile
Raveendran and his the “hostage-taking is Russian President Putin region that is grounded Adani group. This has led Banerjee said there are 12 was handed over to Karan from a Seaking 42B heli-
Bengaluru-based Think & equally unacceptable and said at the meeting that in sovereignty,” she said. to a cloud of uncertainty “game-changing opportu- Adani, CEO of Adani copter.
Learn Private Limited for cannot be condoned”. the Brics could help reach “Partnership with around the mega deep-sea nities” in Bengal. Ports and SEZ, by It is the first indige-
contravention of the forex Nevertheless, seen by a political settlement in India is crucial since it port project. “First is the proposed Banerjee herself in nous air-launched anti-
law to the tune of `9,362.35 some as a veiled message the Gaza conflict. contributes to the strate- The project initially was deep-sea port at Tajpur, October 2022. ship missile system for
crores. The notices were to Israel, the EAM also “The ongoing Israel- gic balance of power in intended for Adani Ports which is ready for tender. Chief secretary H.K. the Indian Navy. The
issued on the basis of the condemned in strong Hamas conflict in Gaza is the region. Mutual and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) in You can participate in the Dwivedi could not be missile, when deployed,
complaint filed by the ED words the civilian casual- causing immense human strategic reassurance October 2022 as they were tender, and this will reached despite repeated will strengthen the
under Fema for violation of ties in the (Israel-Hamas) suffering. We welcome all and military risk reduc- the L1 bidder out of two attract an investment of calls for clarification and offensive capability of
the foreign exchange law. conflict. He expressed efforts of the internation- tion measures are final bids received. JSW $3 billion or `25,000 reaction to the chief min- the Indian Navy.
The ED had initiated a probe grief over the “immense al community towards de- encouraged by Group was also a con- crores,” she said. ister's address regarding “This firing is a signif-
on the basis of complaints human suffering” in Gaza escalation. Right now, Australia,” Ms Wong tender in that round of The absence of the the invitation to industri- icant step towards
regarding the foreign invest- Strip, and advocated there is an need to ensure added. bidding. Adani Group from the alists to participate in the achieving self-reliance
ment received by Think and restraint and de-escala- that humanitarian aid Earlier, Ms Wong met Addressing the dele- BGBS has raised further tender for the project. in niche missile technol-
Learn Private Limited and tion. effectively and safely her Indian counterpart gates at the ongoing questions about their role There has been no offi- ogy, including seeker
the business conduct of the Apart from the EAM reach the population of S. Jaishankar in the Bengal Global Business in the Tajpur port project. cial comment so far to and guidance technolo-
company. and President Xi, the Gaza,” the EAM said. national capital. — PTI Summit (BGBS), Ms “It could be a political clear the air. — PTI gies,” said the Navy.

Modi to chair NDMA says horizontal drilling

SC raps Punjab on stubble burning virtual G-20
best for Uttarkashi tunnel rescue
■ Continued From Page 1
should emulate Haryana in
posed that paddy should not
be made available to farmers
we keep this order in
abeyance for one week and if
three financial years.
The 82.15-km stretch is esti-
summit today
providing financial incen- who persist in resorting to the funds are not trans- mated to cost `31,632 crores. ■ Continued From Page 1 ■ Continued From Page 1 Uttarakhand enters its ers lined up in front of the
tives to farmers to dissuade farm fires. On the RRTS proj- ferred, the order will come The corridor, with 24 sta- nine guest countries and pipeline. 10th day, rescuers at the newly inserted six-inch-
them from stubble burning. ect, the apex court said budg- into operation,” it said. tions, will cover the distance heads of 11 internation- He also added that equip- partially collapsed diameter pipeline yester-
“For poor farmers, the state etary provision was some- On July 24, the apex court from Sarai Kale Khan in al organisations, have ment will be pushed Silkyara-Barkot day. They
should fund 100 per cent of thing which the state govern- had during the hearing Delhi to Modipuram, Meerut been invited.” through the six-inch Yamunotri highway tun- are seen as healthy and
machinery... this is the duty ment should look into, but if taken the Delhi government (Uttar Pradesh) in 60 min- The statement said: “It pipeline to ensure better nel released the first video safe.
of the state,” the court said. such national projects were to task for “throwing its utes. Under the corridor, may be recalled that the communication with the of the workers trapped In his post on X, Mr
The court also suggested to be affected and money was hands up” over contributing Delhi will cover around 13 New Delhi G-20 summit trapped workers. This will inside the under-construc- Dhami wrote, “Today the
that the farmers who engage spent on advertisements, it its share towards the two km with stations at Sarai witnessed the unani- also help raise the morale tion tunnel. Prime Minister called
in stubble-burning should be would be inclined to direct RRTS corridors to Alwar and Kale Khan, New Ashok mous adoption of the G- of workers. Only 12 stranded work- again and sought details
deprived of the minimum that those funds be trans- Panipat, and directed it to Nagar and Anand Vihar. 20 New Delhi leaders’ The NDRF teams are ers are seen in the video, as to rescue and relief
support price (MSP) benefits ferred for this project. provide `415 crores Pollution levels in Delhi declaration. The Virtual rehearsing at the site to as officials maintained works for the trapped
to deter them from such The bench said that on July for the project within two and its suburbs increased Summit will take for- deal with any contingency that all 41 could not be workers inside the under-
practices. 24, the counsel representing months. further overnight with the ward key outcomes from that may arise during the accommodated in the construction Silkyara
“Why should people who the Delhi government had On Tuesday, the bench was Air Quality Index (AQI) in the New Delhi summit as course of rescue opera- existing camera frame tunnel. The Prime
violate the law get economic assured the top court that hearing an application rais- the capital recorded at 372 on well as review develop- tions, Lt. Gen. Hasnain size. Minister said the safe
benefits?” the bench payments would be made ing the issue of non-payment Tuesday, the Central ments since then. The added. Video released by rescue evacuation of all workers
quipped. towards the project. of funds by the Delhi govern- Pollution Control Board deliberations of the sec- As the rescue effort in team officials shows work- is our priority.”
Justice Dhulia acknowl- “We are thus constrained to ment for the project. The said. The city's AQI stood at ond Voice of Global
edged the sensitivity around direct that funds allocated bench posted the matter for 348 at 4 pm on Monday, dete- South summit, held on
the MSP issue but noted that
legal violations should not
for advertisement purposes
will be transferred to the
further
November 28.
hearing on riorating from 301 on
Sunday.
November 17, will also
feed into discussions.”
EAM briefs Oz FM on row with Canada
be rewarded with financial project in question,” the On July 24, the apex court The 24-hour average AQI, India’s year-long presi- ■ Continued From Page 1 context of China’s mili- In response to a ques-
incentives. bench said. had noted that Delhi govern- recorded at 4 pm every day, dency of the G-20 group- (in the Gaza Strip). tary assertiveness in the tion, the Australian min-
To deter farmers from stub- “At the request of the coun- ment has spent `1,100 crores was 319 on Saturday, 405 on ing ends on November Mr Jaishankar also dis- region. After the FMFD ister sharply criticised
ble burning, the bench pro- sel for the Delhi government, on advertisements in the last Friday and 419 on Thursday. 30. cussed with Ms Wong the talks Tuesday, the EAM China for the recent inci-
sharp downturn in ties said the two ministers dent in the waters of
between India and Canada “took stock and reviewed Japan's Exclusive
and later said the “key progress” in bilateral ties Economic Zone and
Cong handed over Raj to robbers, rioters, mafia: Modi issue” was the “space
given to radicalism and
extremism in Canada”,
during which issues such
as trade, education,
migration and mobility,
international
where an Australian
waters

Navy diver was reported-

■ Continued From Page 1 misgovernance has cost the against the Congress gov- ment” in the state, Mr Modi the Congress government in adding that the Australian and the commitment ly injured after a Chinese
appeasement — are among people of Rajasthan dearly. ernment, the Prime said, “The Congress is only Rajasthan has begun,” minister “listened careful- towards “reliable supply destroyer used its sonar
us, it will be difficult to fulfil Slamming the incumbent Minister claimed, “the interested in looting the peo- adding that the anger among ly” to him. chains in the Indo- equipment. Ms Wong
the resolution to make India government over the law Congress has failed to guar- ple and hence the record people against the Congress He said Australia was a Pacific” were discussed. said her country had
a developed nation. The and order situation, Mr antee freedom and security inflation and unemployment is “unprecedented in close friend of both India In a veiled indication “raised concerns” with
Congress is the biggest sym- Modi said, “The Congress to the women and girls of in Rajasthan.” He added that Rajasthan”. and Canada. Asked for her towards China, the EAM China over the incident
bol of these three evils.” only promotes crime and Rajasthan”. the petrol prices in Regarding the state’s edu- comments on the issue, spoke about the need for a of “unsafe and unprofes-
Again highlighting the violence against all, giving Referring to some of the Rajasthan are much higher cation sector, Mr Modi said, Ms Wong merely referred “free and open” Indo- sional interaction with
“Red Diary” to target the full freedom to the forces of remarks made by some when compared to the BJP- “The paper-leak mafia, run to what she said were her Pacific region where the the Chinese PLA Navy”.
Gehlot-led government over rioting, mafia rule and ter- Congress leaders against ruled states. and supported by the previous remarks on the “rule of law and UNC- She said all nations
corruption, Mr Modi said, ror.” women, the Prime Minister The BJP governments, Congress-led government, issue without elaborating LOS” is respected. It was should operate their mil-
“The Lal Diary has chroni- He added that instead of said that such tendencies unlike the Congress-ruled has spoiled the future of the on it. also announced that iaries in a “safe and pro-
cled all the corrupt deeds of taking action and punishing “provide confidence to indi- states, have granted tax youth of Rajasthan”. He Both ministers dis- Australia would host an fessional” manner. She
the Congress-led govern- such arsonists, the Congress viduals perpetrating crimes relief to the general public added that, on the contrary, cussed bilateral coopera- Indian Ocean Conference said her country would
ment in Rajasthan along government “welcomes and violence against in their respective states. the BJP government has pio- tion in the Indo-Pacific in Perth in February next cooperate with China
with their intentions to loot them with a red carpet.” women”. Addressing a rally in Kota, neered medical education in region, including the four- year. The EAM said India “where it can” and would
the people.” He added that Raising one of the main Talking about “record the Prime Minister said, Rajasthan, enabling a bright nation Quad which is would host a “Quad meet- disagree with Beijing
the Congress-led system of poll planks of his party inflation and unemploy- “The reverse countdown of future for all. understood to be in the ing” early next year. “where it must”.
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Court finds a way to rein

in wayward governors
T
he Supreme Court of India designating a bill returned by a state
governor and readopted by the state Assembly as money bill is one
of the most important outcomes of the litigation some state gov-
ernments have initiated against the arbitrary acts of their gover-
nors. This order of the apex court would bind the governors to sign the
bills into law, denying them a discretionary power which never existed in
the first place.
The court has done nothing except interpreting the spirit of Article 200 of
the Constitution which has clearly stated that the “governor shall not
withhold assent therefrom” when a bill is presented to him again after its
re-adoption by the state legislature. A clarification was called for, and the
apex court has just delivered that.
It is heartening that the decision of some state governments ruled by non-
NDA parties to move the Supreme Court of India seeking its intervention
against their respective governors sitting on
Two issues are bills that have been passed by their respective
pending before the legislatures for long has started producing
court. One, as put important results even before the court has
heard the petitioners out and come to a

As Tibet becomes ‘Xizang’,

across by the conclusion.
attorney-general, is One of the other outcomes was the apex court’s LETTERS
on the powers of dismay at the governors undermining the con-
the governor to stitutional mandate of the state legislatures that
had come out in the form of critical comments.
UNHOLY MESS
examine the bills The court dealt a body blow to the governors

Delhi faces a new concern Somebody up there must

which involve who had the gall to declare they have the power
many ‘intricate to condemn a bill to death by holding them for- like Ram Rahim very
issues’. ever when it declared that such actions are a
very serious matter and that the governors were much which enables him
playing with fire. The court refused to acknowledge the alibis the gover- to be granted parole at
nors offered, which included a reference to the pendency of the bills that On Nov. 14, Wang tum of high-level exchanges
predated their assumption of office. By asking the Tamil Nadu governor between two countries”, a regular intervals; a privi-
Junzheng was seen communiqué of the Chinese
what he was doing after assuming office with respect to performing his lege denied to almost
constitutional obligations, the court has destroyed that excuse, too. Claude Arpi in Colombo with Ali ministry of foreign affairs
everybody. It is a sad re-
The governors who had arrogated to themselves the power to veto the Sabry, Lankan foreign said. During his stay, Mr
bills by picking and choosing from those presented to them have started minister, who wrote Wang met with Prime flection on the law and
acting on them after the court’s terse comments. This is another of the Minister Pushpa Kamal
fruits of the litigation. The return of the 10 bills by the Tamil Nadu gover-
on X: ‘Pleased to “Prachanda” Dahal: “Since
order situation in the
nor to the Assembly last week has enabled the House to pass them again, meet with Wang we share a long border with nation that a convicted
fulfilling the constitutional requirements. The governor has also cleared Junzheng, secretary Tibet, during the visit, our rapist can get out on pa-
files seeking permission to prosecute politicians for alleged corruption, of the CPC of Xizang officials and the CPC delega-
role easily while a journal-

T
which puts into focus the key question of the apex court why the governor he long-awaited puram? Everyone had tion will discuss strengthen-
Autonomous Regional
should wait till the state government moved it. meeting between praised the Modi-Xi
Committee in #China’
ing the bilateral ties along ist on mere suspicion has
Two issues are still pending before the court. One, as put across by the the two most pow- encounter in 2019, and with implementing the
attorney-general, is on the powers of the governor to examine the bills erful leaders of the seven months later the agreements signed during to spend over two years
which involve many “intricate issues”. There is also the question the Chief planet finally took People’s Liberation Army the Prime Minister’s China in jail without bail. Such is
Justice of India asked whether it is mandatory for the governor to return place at a farmhouse on the entered eastern Ladakh. Before concluding that visit,” observed Rupak the faith of the people in
a bill to the House once he chose to withhold the assent. Finding answers outskirts of San Francisco Though the California “together with the rest of Sapkota, foreign affairs rela-
to these questions is not difficult if and when examined in the light of the on November 15. During his encounter may also end the country, people in tions adviser to Mr Dahal. crooked godmen that
true spirit of the constitution of a democratic republic. It’s the will of the presser, US President Joe with a new confrontation Xizang have witnessed the The “Xizang” representa- even after being convict-
people who stand in the queue and send their representatives to govern Biden said that Chinese (in Taiwan or the South tremendous transformation tives also paid courtesy calls
them that must prevail. President Xi Jinping was China Sea?), one should not of the Chinese nation from on vice-president ed, they continue to have
effectively a “dictator”, forget the hard realities of standing up and becoming Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav; faith in them. Govern-
which seemingly undid today’s life in China, partic- prosperous to growing in later they met deputy prime ments usually keep on the
whatever good could have ularly in what Beijing calls strength, and are now minister and home minister
come out of the meeting. the “minorities areas”, embarking on a new jour- Narayan Kaji Shrestha, right side of the babas
When asked whether he meaning Tibet and ney of building a modern minister for federal affairs because they have a sig-
Argentina’s sharp right turn still held the view (men-
tioned in June) that Mr Xi
was a dictator, Mr Biden
Xinjiang. On November 10,
Xinhua reported that the
State Council Information
socialist country in all
respects”. The word “Tibet”
is never used in the white
and general administration
Anita Devi Sah as well as
Ganesh Prasad Timilsina,
nificant number of voters
ready for whosoever the

A
rgentina elected an extremely vocal and staunch advocate of a lib- answered: “Look, he is. He’s Office had just released a paper, except as an adjective the chairman of the
ertarian-type free market advocate, Javier Milei as its new presi- a dictator in the sense that white paper on the gover- such as “Tibetan” or in the National Assembly.
baba tells them!
dent, after which the country witnessed unprecedented celebrations he’s a guy who runs a coun- nance of the Xizang name of an organisation or He also visited “joint” pro- Anthony Henriques
akin to a country gaining independence. try that is a Communist Autonomous Region. institution, such as “Tibet jects in Pokhara, though it Mumbai
Mr Milei, who strongly believes in a very limited government, low taxa- country that’s based on a But what is Xizang? Airlines”. was clear that the objective
tion and little to no government intervention in business, allowing the form of government totally As a true colonial power, The Central Tibetan of the exercise was to get
market to decide most factors — prices, rules, policies — with little to no
government welfare and abolition of income taxes et al., is almost an aber-
different than ours.”
Listening to his boss, US
Communist China often
changes the names of the
Administration (CTA), the
Tibetan government-in-
acceptance for the name for
“Xizang”.
CUP OF SHAME
ration in the world of politics because right-wing free market economics is secretary of state Antony people, places and even exile based in Dharamsala, That is not all. A day later THE “US VS THEM” syndrome
normally considered bad politics and is unpopular. Blinken made a telling face: nations. It is the case of strongly rejected the white (on November 14), Wang which was endemic to our politics
Mr Milei, who pledged to unleash the nation’s potential and take the “He has done it again.” Tibet, which is now called paper, saying that the docu- Junzheng was seen in hitherto has since managed to seep
economy and people to great heights, has almost heralded a new political The Chinese foreign min- “Xizang”. ment was “unacceptable” Colombo with Ali Sabry, the into the social makeup as well. This
era after an unprecedented electoral win. He was benefiting from huge istry spokesperson, Mao The main objective of the and filled with “misinter- Sri Lankan foreign minis- was showcased at the World Cup 2023
anti-incumbency, predominantly economic, owing to hyper-inflation in Ning, was not long to white paper titled “CPC pretation, misconceptions ter, who wrote on his X han- final in Ahmedabad. This time, it
three digits, an almost unavoidable recession and historically high levels respond: “This statement is Policies on the Governance and lies”. It further pointed dle: “Pleased to meet with was even more jarring than in the
of poverty and social anguish. extremely wrong and irre- of Xizang in the New Era: out that this 19th white Wang Junzheng, secretary match on October 14 against
His win with a poll of over 56 per cent of popular vote against his rival, sponsible political manipu- Approach and Achieve- paper on Tibet consistently of the CPC of Xizang Pakistan. Dislike or even antago-
Sergio Massa, who ironically was serving as the minister for economy, got lation,” he told reporters on ments”, is to make official downplaying the region’s Autonomous Regional nism to the opposition can evoke
the backing of over 44 per cent, and is reportedly the biggest-ever political Thursday at a routine brief- the new name for the occu- distinct political identity by Committee in #China at the spirited competition but derision and
victory margin in the history of Argentina since its independence in 1983. ing. But Mr Xi’s speech at pied territory of Tibet. It using “Xizang” or “Xizang foreign ministry. Amongst visceral hatred is corrosive. The twin
Mr Milei’s political views are rare enough but his actual popular victory the welcome dinner goes to highlight the CPC’s Autonomous Region”. other areas, we discussed loss of the Cup and our sporting rep-
is an actual black swan moment in world politics. While right wing politi- remained uncontroversial: guidelines for governing The CTA spokesperson, potential bilateral coopera- utation needs to be repaired. Sports
cians of the religious, cultural mix are common and popular, they, too, he mentioned the Belt and Tibet, showing that Beijing Tenzin Lekshay, called it tion @ChinaEmbSL events that involve the Indian team
incorporate a fair degree of the nearly-universal agenda of welfare politics, Road Initiative as well as has brought about “all- “an insult to the Tibetan [@MFA_SriLanka.” must be held away from Ahmedabad
of tax and subsidy and a “pro-poor” political intervention, often marked the Global Development round progress and historic people. …The 32-page docu- This means that more for a year. Prestigious events ought
with a visceral dislike for and distrust of market politics. Initiative (GDI), the Global success in various under- ment talks about the aspira- nations are now using to be assured of a minimal decorum.
Mr Milei has promised an embittered and battered nation that he would Security Initiative (GSI) and takings in the region”. tions of the people, but “Xizang” instead of Tibet. R. Narayanan
show them a way based on free market economics, removing government the Global Civilization Of course, it praises somehow the Tibetan peo- The moral of the story: Navi Mumbai
from the sphere of economics, including abolishing several ministries Initiative (GCI) and pro- Emperor Xi: “Since the 18th ple are missing, so we won- Despite Mr Xi’s sweet words
which are almost ubiquitous in most democracies. posed that China was CPC National Congress held der what kind of aspirations about building a communi-
Just like secularism, the separation of politics and religion, heralded an
era of peace globally for a long sustained time arc, the separation of poli-
“opened to all countries at
all times, including the
in 2012, Xizang [Tibet] has
experienced a period of
they are talking about,
whose aspirations they are
ty “with a shared future for
mankind”, ancient nations
SPIRIT OF SURVIVAL
tics and economics could create unprecedented levels of prosperity and United States. China is also unprecedented develop- talking about”. like Tibet have no place in IT’S HEARTENING that the rescue
opportunity. Here is to that hope that Mr Milei succeeds and Argentina ready to participate in US- ment and huge change, Also worrying for Delhi, Beijing’s schemes. teams have installed a six-inch pipe
thrives, and become an example for others. proposed multilateral coop- bringing more tangible ben- China made official the It does not augur well for to send food, medicines, and com-
eration initiatives.” efits to the people.” term “Xizang” with India’s humanity … or for India munication equipment to the 41
He remembered his first It also gives figures: neighbours by sending visit which has a long border trapped workers in Uttarkashi. Till
visit to the US: “I stayed at “Xizang’s gross domestic Wang Junzheng, the Tibe- with Tibet. After all, now, only a four-inch pipeline
the Dvorchaks in Iowa. I product reached 213.26 bil- tan Autonomous Region’s President Biden had been remained the lifeline for the
still remember their ad- lion yuan (about $29.3 bil- party secretary, on a five- perhaps right about the trapped workers. We can feel reas-
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The days I spent with them an average annual growth then to Colombo. The “Tib- tional tunnelling expert, is
KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR are unforgettable. For me, rate of 8.6 per cent since et” delegation (without any Claude Arpi is involved in the rescue operations at
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T
he world watched in horror when Israeli ride all other concerns”. As global criticism UK abstained as the resolution did not condemn regarded Palestinian casualties, with few excep-
forces attacked Al Shifa hospital in Gaza mounted, the White House denied it gave Israel a Hamas. Russia abstained as it did not provide for tions. The Economist argued that Israel must
in another atrocity committed by a bar- green light for the military raid. a ceasefire. Humanitarian ‘pauses’ will not halt fight on, regardless of the civilian death toll and
baric occupying power. Backed by tanks, A day earlier a US administration spokesman the genocide and forced displacement perpetrated disingenuously described a ceasefire as an
the ground assault rained down terror on terri- announced it had intelligence information that by Israel. They are no substitute for a ceasefire. “enemy of peace”. Other news publications justi-
fied patients at the hospital, endangering the lives supported Israeli claims of Hamas using Al Shifa But at his presser after the meeting of the Asia fied Israel’s relentless, brutal bombardments of
Maleeha Lodhi of people, including thousands of civilians shel-
tering there.
hospital for its military operations. But he offered
no substantiation. Subsequently, President Joe
Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San
Francisco, Biden has reiterated his opposition to
refugee camps and hospitals as its ‘right to defend
itself’. The dehumanisation of Palestinians has
Eyewitnesses spoke of Israeli soldiers destroy- Biden defended the raid despite global outrage at a ceasefire and defended Israel’s military cam- characterised much of the coverage by the
ing medical equipment, interrogating medical the action and without providing proof that the paign. He again accused Hamas of beheading Western media.

In Gaza, humanity staff at gunpoint as well as stripping, blindfolding

and detaining people, who were taken to
unknown locations. Its pretext for the raid was
hospital was a Hamas command centre.
The raid on Al Shifa took place in the sixth week
of Israel’s war on Gaza which has left over 11,500
babies, even though earlier reports of this proved
to be totally false, which White House too had
acknowledged.
With their sentiments inflamed by nonstop
bloodshed in Gaza, Muslim publics across the
world weren’t surprised by the Western media’s

hit hardest by bias that the hospital was a base for Hamas — a patent
lie. No credible evidence was produced for the
claim that, in any case, did not justify the hospital
attack, prohibited by international humanitarian
Palestinians dead, including 4,600 children. Over
1.5 million people have been forcibly displaced.
Despite the growing global clamour for a cease-
fire, US refusal to support a truce has stood in the
He also said Israel’s war in Gaza will only end
when the military capacity of Hamas is degraded.
Any hope that the US would restrain Israel
seemed to fade by these pronouncements. This
biased coverage as that was nothing new. Their
deep disappointment lay with Arab governments
who, beyond issuing condemnations, acted as lit-
tle more than spectators to a genocide.

of Western media, law. As the horrific invasion of the hospital

unfolded condemnations came from countries
across the world. UN officials, global aid and
way of bringing hostilities to an end.
At the UN, the Security Council considered
another resolution to address the humanitarian
despite poll findings in the US that indicate most
Americans want a ceasefire. A Reuters/Ipsos poll
found over two-thirds of people backed a ceasefire
Reports that some Arab countries opposed and
prevented even minimal actions proposed by
other states, which could have mounted signifi-

Arab govts’ silence human rights organisations slammed the dimension of the war. After four failed attempts to and that support for Israel was cant diplomatic pressure on Israel and the US,
action. pass a resolution, a fifth draft was moved by waning. only added to the popular discontent. Inaction by
Both the UN’s relief chief Martin Griffiths and Malta calling for “urgent and extended humani- A striking aspect of the war has been the extent Arab and Muslim governments represented in
head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros tarian pauses” in Gaza for “a sufficient number of of disinformation and deliberate lies Israeli lead- the OIC was widely seen as a betrayal of the
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “Hospitals are not days” to allow full and unhindered access for UN ers and its military have spread, which have been Palestinians.
battlegrounds”, and that “protection of newborns, agencies and partners. It was adopted by 12 votes echoed unquestionably by much of the Western
patients, medical staff and all civilians must over- of the 15-member Security Council. The US and media. Worse, some publications have totally dis- By arrangement with Dawn
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SHORT

SHOOTER WOUNDS
TAKES
Hamas, Israel hint at deal to Severing ties will
4 IN WALMART
STORE, KILLS SELF pause battle, free hostages be mistake: China
Beavercreek, Nov. 21: A shoot-
er opened fire on Monday night
at a Walmart in Ohio and Netanyahu expects good news about hostages soon; death toll hits 13,300 warns Argentina
wounded four people before Beijing, Nov. 21: China
killing himself, police said.
The attack was reported at
Gaza, Jerusalem, Nov. 21:
The leader of Hamas said U.N. WARNS OF DISEASE SPREAD IN THE GAZA STRIP INDIA’S $25MN said on Tuesday it would
be a “serious mistake” if
PHILIPPINES’ JT
around 8:30 pm at the Walmart
in Beavercreek, a town of
on Tuesday that a truce
agreement with Israel was
TO U.N. FOR
Argentina were to cut
ties, after the weekend
PATROLS WITH
about 50,000 in the Dayton met-
ropolitan area.
close, and Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said
PALESTINIANS
presidential election vict-
ory in the South Ameri- U.S. MILITARY
“The conditions of the vic- he hoped for good news can country of a right-
tims right now is unknown but soon about hostages, the wing libertarian who has Manila, Nov. 21: The mili-
all were taken to hospitals for most optimistic signals so Jerusalem, Nov. 21: India said he will not deal with taries of the Philippines
treatment,” police Capt. Scott far of a deal to pause fight- has donated $2.5 million to communists. and the US launched joint
Molnar said while speaking at ing and free captives. the UN agency for Palesti- Argentinian president- patrols on Tuesday in
a news conference. Meanwhile, Israeli troo- nian refugees, prompting elect Javier Milei has crit- waters near Taiwan, offi-
ps battled Palestinian mil- the UNRWA on Tuesday to icised China as well as cials of the Southeast
itants in an urban refugee welcome the generous Brazil, which are among Asian nation said, a move
CONGO ARMY camp and outside the ga-
tes of a nearby hospital on
contribution at a “difficult
time”, particularly in
his country’s most impor-
tant trading partners. A
likely to fan further ten-
sion with China.
HIRING STAMPEDE Tuesday as the Army ex-
panded operations across
Gaza. The United Nations
Relief and Works Agency
few months ago, Milei
even likened the Chinese
Security engagements
between the treaty allies
CLAIMS 37 LIVES northern Gaza, where res-
idents have been without
for Palestinian Refugees
(UNRWA), functional sin-
government to an “assas-
sin” and said the people of
have soared this year,
including a decision to
Brazzaville, Nov. 21: Thirty- electricity, water or access ce 1950, carries out direct China were “not free”. almost double the num-
seven youths were killed in a to humanitarian aid for relief and work program- Chinese foreign minist- ber of Philippine bases
stampede overnight during an weeks. mes for registered Palest- ry spokesperson Mao the American military
Army recruitment drive in a The front line of the war, ine refugees. It is funded Ning told a regular news can access, some facing
stadium in Brazzaville, the cap- now in its seventh week, almost entirely by volun- briefing that the develop- Taiwan, and their largest-
ital of the Republic of Congo, has shifted to the Jabaliya tary contributions from ment of relations with ever joint military drill in
officials said on Tuesday. camp, a dense warren of UN Member States. Argentina had been sho- April. — Reuters
Would-be recruits had been concrete buildings near Passengers fleeing from the Gaza Strip arrive in the Egyptian part of the Rafah India on Monday gave wing good momentum,
directed to go to the Michel Gaza City that houses re- border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid ongoing battles between UNRWA $2.5 million as and it would be a “serious
d’Ornano stadium in the heart fugees from the 1948 war Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. — AFP part of its annual contrib- mistake” for Argentina to coordination with China
of Brazzaville. surrounding Israel’s creat- ution of $5 million for the cut ties with countries under frameworks such
According to local residents, ion and their descendants. Gaza sanitation ‘perfect storm for I was asked abo- year 2023-24 to support the such as China and Brazil. as the G20 and Brics.
many people were still in the Hamas officials were “cl- tragedy’, says UN: Fuel shortages ut the incident agency’s core programmes Milei’s tough talk on Diana Mondino, an ec-
stadium on Monday night ose to reaching a truce and worsening sanitation in the and services, including ed- China stands in sharp onomist tipped to become
when the stampede began. agreement” with Israel
that took place in the ucation, healthcare, relief, contrast with a vow of foreign minister in the
Gaza Strip are shaping up to be the Red Sea concerning
Some people had tried to force and the group has deliv- and social services provid- cooperation by the outgo- Milei administration,
their way through gates, with ered its response to Qatari perfect storm for tragedy through the the ship. The circums- ed to Palestinian refugees, ing president, Alberto Fe- said Argentina would not
many being trampled in the mediators, Hamas leader spread of disease, the United Nations tances around the inc- the Representative Office rnandez, who visited Beij- join the Brics grouping,
scramble, residents said. Ismail Haniyeh said in a warned on Tuesday. ident are unclear. We are followi- of India at Ramallah said. ing last month and hailed which includes China and
statement sent to Reuters Two reporters, third person killed in rocket ng with deep concern reports of The contribution was ha- China as a “true friend” Russia, Russia’s RIA
by his aide. strike near Lebanon-IIsrael border: Two the seizure by Houthis of a vessel nded over by the Repres- of Argentina. Novosti news agency
10 DEAD AFTER Netanyahu said: “We are
making progress. I don’t journalists working for a Lebanon-based TV flying Bahamas flag reportedly en entative of India (ROI) to
Palestine, Renu Yadav, to
Fernandez also pledged cited her as saying. —
route between Turkey and India.”
SURINAME GOLD think it’s worth saying too channel and a third person were killed by a the director of partnershi-

Imran’s jail trial

much, not at even this rocket strike near Lebanon’s border with — Stephane Dujarric, ps, department of extern-
Spokesperson for UN secretary-
MINE COLLAPSES moment, but I hope there
will be good news soon”,
Israel on Tuesday, the Lebanese state news
agency reported. general Antonio Guterres
al relations of UNRWA,
Karim Amer.
Paramaribo, Nov. 21: At least according to remarks rel- The ROI underlined Indi-
10 people died after an illegal
gold mine collapsed on Monday
in the South American country
of Suriname, authorities said.
Police, military officials and
eased by the Israeli prime
minister’s office.
Netanyahu would conve-
ne his war Cabinet from
1600 GMT “in light of
WHO: planning underway to evacuate three Gaza hospitals: A World
Health Organisation spokesperson said on Tuesday that three hospitals
in Israeli-besieged Gaza had requested help with evacuating patients
and said that planning was underway.
a’s continued support for
the agency’s activities in
the region and the servic-
es it provides to Palestini-
an refugees during the ha-
illegal, says court
Islamabad, Nov. 21: A Pa-
rescue crews were dispatched developments in the mat- ndover ceremony at UNR- kistani court on Tuesday
to the mine, which is located in ter of the release of our “closest we’ve been” to a details of the exchange of killed 1,200 people, accord- WA’s Jerusalem office. declared the trial in jail of
the country’s rural southern hostages”, his office said, hostage deal. captives. Both sides would ing to Israeli tallies. “Confirming that UNR- ex-prime minister Imran
region. The miners are believ- followed by meetings of The deal, as described by free women and children, Mirjana Spoljaric, presi- WA received a very gener- Khan on charges of leak-
ed to have built their own tun- his wider security Cabinet the first source, envisages and details would be ann- dent of the International ous contribution from ing state secrets illegal,
nels to search for gold, a com- and the full Cabinet. the release of around 50 ci- ounced by Qatar, which is Committee of the Red Cro- India yesterday (Monday), his lawyer said.
mon occurrence in Suriname, A source briefed on the vilian hostages by Hamas mediating in the negotia- ss (ICRC), met Haniyeh in which is most welcome du- A special court has been
officials said. It wasn’t immedi- negotiations told Reuters and of female and minor- tions, said the official, Qatar on Monday to “ad- ring these difficult times conducting the trial in
ately clear what caused the col- the long-awaited agreem- aged Palestinian detainees Issat el Reshiq. vance humanitarian issu- and in the face of huge prison, citing security co-
lapse. “There’s still a lot of ent, which would see the from Israeli custody, as Israel’s Channel 12 and es” related to the conflict, needs across the region,” a ncerns, since Khan was
uncertainty,” said President first truce of the war and well as a multi-day pause Channel 13 TV stations the Geneva-based ICRC spokesperson for UNRWA, indicted on the charges
Chan Santokhi. the first mass release of in fighting. both quoted unidentified said. She also separately Tamara Alrifai, said. The last month.
those held by both sides, A Hamas official told Al officials as saying terms of met Qatari authorities. UNRWA has been struggl- “Islamabad High Court Imran Khan
was in its “final stages” Jazeera TV that negotia- a deal could be reached The ICRC said it was not ing to provide basic serv- has declared illegal the
SUSPECTED SPY and “closer than it has
ever been”.
tions were centred on how
long the truce would last,
“within hours”.
Hamas took about 240
part of negotiations aimed
at releasing the hostages,
ices to hundreds of thous-
ands of Palestinians since
notification for jail trial,”
said Naeem Panjutha, the
cedure provided by law”.
The ruling means the
SAT. LAUNCHED That was echoed by a US
official who said it was the
arrangements for delivery
of aid into Gaza and
hostages during its Oct. 7
rampage into Israel that
but as a neutral intermedi-
ary. — Agencies
the October 7 Israel-Ha-
mas conflict. — PTI
lawyer, in a post on social
media platform X.
prosecution would have
to restart the trial, either
BY NORTH KOREA An order declared all
proceedings of the trial
in open court or in jail
after fulfilling those legal

Can’t co-exist with Kyiv’s ‘KABHI KHUSHI

Tokyo, Seoul, Nov. 21: North conducted since Aug. 29 requirements.
Korea conducted a rocket laun- as void. Khan’s legal team had
ch believed to be carrying a sa- “The proceedings and challenged the law min-
tellite on Tuesday, South Korea KABHIE GHAM’, the trial conducted in jail istry notification that or-

current ‘regime’: Moscow

and Japan said, in what would premises in a manner dered the trial to be held
be Pyongyang’s third attempt
to place a spy satellite in orbit
SAYS STARMER that cannot be termed as
an open trial stand vitiat-
in prison.
The charges against
this year.
North Korea had earlier noti- ON INDIA FTA ed,” said the court order.
It said the jail trial or-
Khan relate to a classified
cable sent to Islamabad
fied Japan it planned to send up Moscow, Nov. 21: Russia ders by the government by Pakistan’s ambassador
a satellite between Wednesday
and Dec. 1, after two failed atte-
cannot co-exist with the
present “regime” in Kyiv,
BERLIN ANNOUNCES 1.3 BN EUROS London, Nov. 21: The
UK’s Opposition Leader
did not fulfil its legal re-
quirements, adding that
in the United States last
year, which Khan is
mpts to launch spy satellites
earlier this year.
Joe Biden a senior Russian official
said on Tuesday, reaffirm-
MILITARY AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE Keir Starmer has descri-
bed the ups and downs of
“in exceptional circum-
stances, and where it is
accused of making pub-
lic. The flamboyant for-
The Japanese government
issued an emergency warning
MUSK UNDER ing the goals of what
President Vladimir Putin
Kyiv, Nov. 21: Germany
will support Ukraine with
them mainly to guard
against Russian missile
the government’s negoti-
ations towards a free
conducive to justice, a
trial can be conducted in
mer cricket star Khan, 70,
who was forced from
for residents in the south to
take cover. FIRE, BIDEN calls a special military
operation to “demilitari-
another military aid pack-
age worth 1.3 billion euros
attacks.
The support package
trade agreement (FTA)
with India as ‘Kabhi
jail in a manner that ful-
fils the requirement of an
office in 2022 after losing
a no-confidence vote in
se” Ukraine. ($1.42 billion) that will will also comprise 20,000 Khushi Kabhie Gham’ open trial or a trial in Parliament, has had

FOSSIL FUEL
JOINS THREADS Putin sent troops into
Ukraine in February 2022,
include four additional
IRIS-T air defence units,
155mm artillery shells as
well as anti-tank mines,
and committed the Labo-
ur Party to pursuing an
camera provided it is in
accordance with the pro-
dozens of legal cases filed
against him. — Reuters
Washington, Nov. 21: US triggering a war in Eur- defence minister Boris Pistorius told reporters, “always happy” bilateral
LOBBYISTS JOIN President Joe Biden on
Monday joined Threads,
ope and the most serious
confrontation between
Pistorius said in Kyiv on
Tuesday.
speaking alongside his
Ukrainian counterpart
relationship.
During his speech at a
NAWAZ PLEA HEARING ADJOURNED
COP MEETINGS Meta’s social media rival
to Elon Musk’s X, just
Russia and the West since
the depths of the Cold
So far, Berlin has pledg-
ed to supply Kyiv with eig-
Rustem Umerov.
“I am sure this will help
Diwali celebration in the
Houses of Parliament A Pakistani high court on Tuesday adjourned till
Paris, Nov. 21: Delegates open- days after the White War. “The current regime ht IRIS-T systems, three of you in your fight against complex in London orga- November 27 the hearing of former prime minister
ly affiliated with oil, gas and House blasted the tech (in Kyiv) is absolutely which have been already the Russian aggression,” nised by the British Ind- Nawaz Sharif’s petitions to revive appeals against
coal firms have attended the baron for pushing anti- toxic, we do not see any delivered. Ukraine uses he said. — Reuters ian think tank 1928 Ins- his conviction in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia
United Nations climate talks to Semitism. options for co-existence titute last week, Starmer corruption cases as he prepares to lead his party in
address the escalating global “Folks, it’s President with it at the moment,” referenced the FTA to the general elections.
impacts of human-induced cli- Biden,” said his first Russian Ambassador-at- ons by Kyiv and its allies civilians in regions that the Bollywood box-office
mate change at least 7,200 times post, which he made on Large Rodion Miroshnik that Russian forces have Moscow now says it has hit which translates as Trade was halted on At least three terrorists
over the last 20 years. his 81st birthday. told reporters in Moscow. committed war crimes in annexed. sometimes happy, some- Tuesday at border were killed by Pakistan’s
The Kick Big Polluters Out “You’re hearing from me Ukrainian President Ukraine. Moscow denies Ukraine is carrying out times sad. crossings between security forces during two
coalition analysed the official today from a new platf- Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the allegations. its own investigations into India and the United Pakistan and
Miroshnik, a former offi- alleged Russian war
intelligence-based
lists of COP participants from orm but my message to ruled out talks with Putin, Kingdom are currently
2003 and found that out of the you hasn’t changed.” while leaving the door cial in the Russian-backed crimes on its territory, in the 14th round of FTA
Afghanistan after operations in the restive
accreditations affiliated with “I don’t see a dark, dis- open to talks with Russia. self-styled separatist adm- and accuses Moscow of negotiations to enhance Islamabad imposed northwest Pakistan’s
fossil fuel industries, 945 were mal, divided future for Miroshnik’s post was inistration of the “Luhan- deliberately targeting the GBP 36-billion bilat- stricter immigration Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
directly linked to employees of America,” Biden said created to collect evidence sk People’s Republic” in civilians and civilian eral trading partner- rules on commercial province while one soldier
oil and gas companies. before adding, “I see an of alleged Ukrainian cri- eastern Ukraine, accused infrastructure in air ship, with several expe- vehicle drivers and was killed in an IED
Major oil giants, including America about to take mes against civilians. Mo- Ukrainian forces of com- strikes. Russia denies cted completion points crew, officials said. explosion, the Army said.
ExxonMobil, Chevron and She- off.” — AFP scow also faces allegati- mitting crimes against this. — Reuters having passed. — PTI
ll were granted “a minimum of
267 accreditations”.
Greasy waste of eateries processed, made into aviation fuel
1,000 ROHINGYA Thai Cabinet okays SECOND | LIFE

ARRIVE BY BOAT
IN INDONESIA
Lhokseumawe, Nov. 21: Almost
same-sex weddings
Bangkok, Nov. 21: Thai- He said it would guaran-
Leftover hotpot oil to turn jet fuel
Chengdu, Nov. 21: At an from the gutter soar in the it is used purely as a cook- The only trace of the oil
1,000 Rohingya Muslims from land’s Cabinet on Tuesd- tee the right to form a upmarket restaurant in sky,” Ye Bin, the compan- ing medium — into a spe- there is a faint scent of
Myanmar have arrived by boat ay approved an amendme- family in a relationship the hotpot-loving Chinese y’s general manager, said. cial filter that separates hotpot at the unloading
in Indonesia’s northernmost nt to its civil code to allow between same-sex coupl- city of Chengdu, diners Ye said his company, wh- oil from water. dock and telltale orange
province of Aceh in the last six same-sex marriage, with es, adding that the next plunge sliced meat and ich launched in 2017, was Donning thick aprons stains at the bottom of
days, officials said. an expectation for the step will be an amendme- vegetables into cauldrons now producing up to and elbow-length rubber some equipment.
They included five groups draft to be submitted to nt to the pension fund law. of spicy, oily broth, largely 1,50,000 tonnes of industri- gloves, collectors then arr- The oil is piped into mas-
with women and children who Parliament next month. Prime Minister Srettha unaware that their left- al-grade oil annually from ive to pick up jerrycans of sive vats and undergoes a
were afloat for days. One batch Karom Polpornklang, a Thavisin said that the overs are set to take on a a combination of hotpot the scarlet grease. refining process that
of more than 240 people was deputy government spok- draft law is expected to be second life as jet fuel. restaurants and other eat- “It’s a great job — I play removes remaining water
twice denied landing by reside- esperson, said the amen- proposed to Parliament With around 1,50,000 ton- eries across Chengdu, inc- mahjong during the day and impurities, resulting
nts in Aceh Utara district, spa- dment to the Civil and Co- on December 12. nes of used hotpot oil thr- luding KFC outlets. and work at night,” one in a clear, yellow-tinged
rking concerns from human ri- mmercial Code will chan- If it becomes law after own out by restaurants in On a typical night, colle- collector named Zheng industrial-grade oil.
ghts organisations. ge the words men and wo- Parliament’s approval the city each year, local ctors hired by Jinshang told AFP as he packed a That is exported to
The group finally disem- men and husband and and King Maha Vajiralo- business Sichuan Jinsha- visit hundreds of these re- minivan with containers clients based mainly in
barked in Bireuen district on wife to individuals and ngkorn’s endorsement, ng Environmental Protec- staurants around the sou- of the pungent sludge. Europe, the United States A worker carting away
Sunday morning. “We thank marriage partners for Thailand will be the third tion has found a niche pro- thwestern metropolis. That sludge is then fer- and Singapore, who fur- used oil to be recycled
the authorities and local com- same-sex couples to be place in Asia, after cessing the greasy waste The process begins right ried to a business park on ther process it to make from a hotpot restaurant
munities who have received able to receive the same Taiwan and Nepal, to and exporting it to be tu- after customers leave, the city’s outskirts where what industry insiders in Chengdu, China’s south-
and granted landing permits rights that heterosexual allow the same-sex mar- rned into aviation fuel. with waiters emptying th- Jinshang’s mostly spotless call “sustainable aviation west Sichuan province, on
for them.” couples receive. riage. — AP “Our motto is, let oil eir hotpot broth — so rich plant is based. fuel” (SAF). — AFP Tuesday. — AFP
 NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2023
pg 7
NSE value hits `325 L-cr, BSE touches new high of `328.1 L-cr
Govt developing
quick Stock market’s m-cap
FALLING CRUDE
PRICES TO EASE
INFLATION, SAYS sea protocols to
BITES inching to $4-tn mark FINANCE MINISTRY
New Delhi, Nov. 21: A
decline in international
up agri exports
INDICATORS % RAVI RANJAN PRASAD The foreign portfolio
crude oil prices will
help control India’s
New Delhi, Nov. 21: India
is developing sea proto-
Sensex 65,930.77 0.42 MUMBAI, NOV. 21 TOP GLOBAL MARKETS investors were net sellers inflationary pressures cols for various fresh
Nifty 50 19,783.40 0.45 Country Value in $ (trillion) on Tuesday too by `455.59 going forward, the fruits and vegetables like
Indian market's capitalisa- crore while the domestic country’s finance min- bananas, mangoes, pome-
S&P 500* 4,536.55 -0.24 United States 46.7 institutions were net buy-
tion is inching towards istry said in a report on granates and jackfruit to
Dollar (`) 83.30 0.05 the $4-trillion mark with China 10.1 ers by `721.52 crore. Tuesday. promote their exports
Pound Sterling (`) 104.44 -0.18 just `5.87 lakh crore more New IPO listings have India’s retail inflation through ocean routes, a
needed which is lesser Japan 5.9 added to the market cap eased in October to a senior government offi-
Euro (`) 91.22 0.08 than Infosys market cap of crossed `325 lakh crore on Hong Kong 5.1 and will most likely add four-month low of 4.87 cial said on Tuesday.
Gold (10gm)* (`) 61,343▲686 1.13 over `5.97 lakh crore. Tuesday closing at `325.19 another `1 lakh crore by per cent, edging closer At present, most of these ● THE PROTOCOL
India 3.93(current) includes understanding
With continued rally in lakh crore or $3.9 trillion. first week of December as to the central bank’s exports are happening by
Brent crude ($/bbl)* 81.65 -0.81 the market the magical The Sensex closed 275 France 3.1 five new IPOs open now target of 4 per cent. air route because of lower voyage time, scientifi-
IN 10-Yr bond yield 7.270 0.018 figure is not far away, points up at 65,930 while Saudi Arabia 2.9 will get listed with some India’s crude oil bas- volumes and different cally understanding the
US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 4.416 -0.006 more so this time with the Nifty-50 closed at 19,783 up premium. ket has averaged $83.93 ripening periods. ripening of these com-
broader market rally that 89.40 points or 0.45 per United Kingdom 3.18 Meanhwhile, the initial a barrel in November so The protocol includes modities, harvesting at
* As of 8:30 PM IST is adding more to the mar- cent. The border market public offering of Indian far, compared with understanding voyage a particular time and
ket capitalisation while underperformed but reg- lio investors buying, said Renewable Energy $90.08 a barrel in time, scientifically under-
istered gains of 0.14 per Raamdeo Agrawal, chair- Development Agency was
training of farmers.
the mega-cap stocks are October, government standing the ripening of
fully subscribed on the
Microsoft names playing laggards.
With continued rally in
Mid-cap and Small-cap
cent for BSE Mid-cap
index and 0.20 per cent for
Small-cap index.
man,
Financial
Motilal Oswal
Services.
Current rally in mid-cap
first day of bidding after
receiving a strong
data shows.
“The decline in inter-
national crude oil
these commodities, har-
vesting at a particular
time and training of farm-
(APEDA), along with
other stakeholders, has
Aparna Gupta as stocks, BSE’s market capi-
talisation stood at a new
BSE Mid-cap index has
gained 31.22 year to date,
and small-caps will be fol-
lowed by a rally in the
response from all the cate-
gories of investors.
prices and continued
moderation in core
ers. These protocols will
be different for different
developed these protocols
for bananas.
GCC head all time high of over
`328.13 lakh crore or $3.93
trillion at `83.3292 per US
BSE Small-cap has gained
36.55 per cent compared to
7.79 per cent gain for the
large caps stocks, Agrawal
said, commenting on cur-
rent market divergence.
As per the data fur-
nished by the stock
exchanges, the public
inflation are likely to
control inflationary
pressures going for-
fruits and vegetables.
Additional secretary in
the commerce ministry
“We did dummy testing
in a container, and now,
for actual testing, the first
Microsoft named Aparna
dollar rate after the mar- Sensex and 9.85 per cent At the current pace of issue was subscribed 1.95 ward,” the monthly eco- Rajesh Agrawal said ship- container has been
Gupta as Global Delivery
ket benchmarks gained on for the BSE 100 index. growth, India can become times. A day prior to the nomic report said. ments through sea route shipped to Netherlands.
Centre (GDC), Hyderabad,
Tuesday. Colour of Indian Market an $8 trillion economy in opening of the issue, it It said core inflation, have two advantages - cost “We are confident that it
head. Set up in 2005, it has
NSE’s market capitalisa- can change with 5-6 7-8 years by 2031-32, had raised `643 crores which strips out and volume. The exercise will be successful, and
expanded to Bengaluru and
tion also for the first time months of foreign portfo- Agrawal said. from anchor investors. volatile food and energy would help boost exports once this is done and
Noida. Aparna will spearhead
prices, fell to 4.3 per of fruits and vegetables as importers start accepting
customer innovation and deliv-
cent in October from 4.5 shipments through air it, the volumes will

Thematic MFs attract `14,000 cr in 5 months

ery excellence, cloud growth
per cent in September. cargo have a positive increase in a substantial
acceleration, industry depth
The monthly report impact on the price com- way,” he added.
and partner ecosystem. GDC
said that the Reserve petitiveness of these com- Importing countries will
includes centres of excellence
Bank of India, which modities. also have to come on
in app innovation, data and AI,
has kept rates on pause “We are trying to see board to accept those con-
infra and security, and busi-
New Delhi, Nov. 21: Mutual Funds in India compared to other prod- June. for the fourth consecu- how we can use the sea signments. For the trial
ness applications.
Thematic mutual funds (Amfi) showed. ucts,” Gopal Kavalireddi, Within the sectoral tive policy meeting, has route to send these agri shipment of bananas,
have been gaining trac- Sectoral fund investing vice president - research, funds, banking sectoral indicated that any fur- products. Now, we have APEDA has enlisted the
tion among investors with is for very high-risk Fyers, said. funds are quite popular ther tightening of mon- started developing sea support of ICAR-Central
the category attracting appetite investors as the Going by the Amfi data, with investors. “An inve- etary policy will only protocols,” he said. Institute for Subtropical
nearly `14,000 crore in the portfolio is concentrated thematic funds witnessed stor should know when to occur “if the situation One of the challenges in Horticulture, Lucknow,
past five months, sig- in a particular sector. an inflow of `3,896 crore enter and when to exit warrants.” agri exports in India has for technical assistance,
nalling an increasing Only a well-informed in Oct., which was the sec- while investing in a the- However, food infla- been that the majority of while InI Farms has part-
high-risk appetite among investor should park ond-highest amount in the matic fund,” Tata Asset tion has remained ele- these goods use air cargo, nered with Del Monte for
investors. funds in the sectoral equity category after Management, head of vated, worrying policy and because freights are marketing and distribu-
The category has been funds. “With an smallcap funds that Institutional Clients Ban- makers, and both high, it reduces the com- tion in Europe and
attracting regular inflows increased risk appetite for attracted `4,495 crore. king, Alternate Investme- finance ministry offi- petitiveness of those prod- Maersk for logistics.
since June. Before that, equities and awareness of Further, the segment nts and Product Strategy, cials and RBI governor ucts, he added. During April-Oct. this
the segment saw a net products and offerings, saw an inflow of `3,147 Anand Vardarajan said have highlighted risks To start with, the fiscal, exports of fruits
withdrawal of `169 crore retail investors opt for crore in Sep., `4,806 crore Thematic had assets of from a spike in food Agricultural and Process- and vegetables grew by
in May, the latest data higher-risk products like in August, `1,429 crore in `2.18 lakh crore in prices. — Reuters ed Food Products Export about 13 per cent to about
from the Association of thematic or sectoral funds July and `459 crore in October-end. — PTI Development Authority $2 billion. — PTI
Schneider Electric
sets up battery
lab in Bengaluru Trai fixing bugs in DND app OneWeb gets nod for satellite broadband services
Schneider Electric said it has
set up a battery lab at an
investment of $1.7 mn (around
`14 cr) in Bengaluru. The new
to handle pesky calls, texts
New Delhi, Nov. 21: The
New Delhi, Nov. 21: Bharti
Group-backed OneWeb
India has rece-ived the
necessary authorisations
erator, is part of Eutelsat
Group.
“Indian National Space
Promotion and Auth-
● THE AUTHORISATION
has a validity period of
5 years and is subject
(DoT) for both the gate-
ways and user terminal
operations.
“The Indian space regu-
Vice-President (Co-Chair)
of the Board of Directors
of Eutelsat Group, Sunil
Bharti Mittal, said.
lab will carry out research and Telecom Regulatory from Indian space regula- orization Centre (IN- to the assignment of lator’s has given green It also obtained approval
development work on battery Authority of India (Trai) tor IN-SPACe to launch SPACe), Ahmedabad has the spectrum by the light to launch satellite to establish and operate
technologies to pave the way is fixing bugs in its do not Eutelsat OneWeb's com- authorised Eutelsat On- DoT for both the gate- broadband services in two gateways in Gujarat
for sustainable energy solu- disturb app, which helps mercial satellite broad- eWeb constellation to ena- ways and user terminal India. This will be a step and Tamil Nadu, which
tions. The facility have modern mobile subscribers report band services in India. ble provisioning of its operations. forward to meet India’s would secure the provi-
safety systems and testing pesky calls and text mes- OneWeb India is the first capacity in India for pro- ambition of providing sion of vital high-speed,
chambers to ensure optimal sages immediately, a sen- organisation to be granted viding the communication internet connectivity for low-latency internet con-
performance of the batteries ior official of the regulato- this authorisation, Eute- services,” IN-SPACe said years and is subject to the all and will enable the nectivity to customers
and adherence to safety stan- ry body said on Tuesday. lsat OneWeb said in a in a statement. assignment of the spec- Prime Minister’s vision of across India, once servic-
dards, the company said. Speaking at an event statement. Eutelsat OneW- The authorisation has a trum by the Department Digital India,” Bharti es are rolled out.
organised by Truecaller, project, being run by eb, the low earth orbit op- validity period of five of Telecommunication Group Chairman and — PTI
Trai secretary V Raghu- Tanla on Vodafone Idea
nandan said the regulator network to check fraud

Reliance Industries plans to

is fixing bugs in the Do calls, have been partly
Tech firm Prodapt Not Disturb (DND) app to
address technical issues
incorporated in the stan-
dard operating procedure,
WEDDING SPEND
gets Gartner’s faced by consumers. which have been shared
TO HIT `4.74 TN,
invest `20,000 crore in WB
“We have roped in an with telecom operators.
Raghunandan said one
recognition agency, which is fixing
bugs in the app. There
were issues with some
agency cannot address all
aspects of security in the
SAYS TRADE BODY
Tech company Prodapt said it Android devices that have country and the approach New Delhi, Nov. 21:
has been recognised by been addressed to a large must be collaborative Kolkata, Nov. 21: Reliance tions aimed at augment- Traders’ body CAIT on
Gartner as a ‘large telecom- extent. We are trying to with strategic public-pri- Industries chairman and ing livelihoods in Bengal, Tuesday said it is expect-
native regional provider’ in
North America, Europe, and
make the app compatible
with all Android devices
vate partnerships.
Truecaller chief execu-
managing
Mukesh Ambani
director
on
and providing quality edu-
cation, healthcare and
TOYOTA PLANS ing an expenditure of
`4.74 lakh crore in the
Latin America. Prodapt chief
executive officer Harsha Kumar
by March,” Raghunandan
said.
tive officer and co-founder
Alan Mamedi said the
Tuesday announced an
additional Rs 20,000-crore
agricultural solutions at
scale, Ambani said. NEW MFG UNIT upcoming wedding sea-
son from Nov. 23 to Dec.
The Trai DND app has company has 270 million investment for West “Reliance Retail, too, is 15, which is likely to see
said telecom players want to
transform internally to meet been showing errors active users in India and 5 Bengal over the next three fast increasing its foot- IN KARNATAKA almost 38 lakh marriages.

WITH `3,300 CR
consumer and enterprise when mobile subscribers million spam calls are years. print in the state. Our net- The expenditures relat-
demand for reliable digital attempt to report spam reported via the platform Ambani said the fresh work of nearly 1,000 retail ed to wedding purchases
services but challenges with calls and SMS. daily. “Upcoming chal- investment will be in the gy,” he said at the Bengal stores will expand to over and procurement of vari-
complex systems, and Raghunandan said with lenges are related to Open areas of digital life solu- Global Business Summit 1,200 within the next two Bengaluru, Nov. 21: ous services by con-
inorganic growth. improvement in the app, AI. It makes cloning or tions, retail and bio-ener- (BGBS) here. years,” he said. Toyota Kirloskar Motor sumers this season are
the number of spam calls manipulation of voice gy. “Bengal has been one Reliance Industries has “In the area of bio-energy, on Tuesday announced almost `1 lakh crore more
and SMS has come down very easy. Our efforts are of the largest investment invested close to `45,000 we are planning to set up plans to invest `3,300 than the year-ago period,
significantly. meant to detect whether destinations for Relian- crore in the last few years compressed bio-gas plants crore to set up its third the Confederation of All
Apple had denied giving the voice is manipulated ce... We plan to invest an in the state, Ambani said. in Bengal that will enable plant at Bidadi in India Traders (CAIT)

KEC International the app access to call logs

but Raghunandan said
work is on to make the app
or not,” Mamedi said.
Earlier, older people
were most vulnerable vic-
additional `20,000 crore in
Bengal in the next three
years for enhancing digi-
“Reliance will leave no
stone unturned to acceler-
ate Bengal's growth,” he
farmers to increase their
incomes by doubling up as
‘anna daatas’ and ‘urja
Karnataka.
The new unit, which
will commence produc-
said.
The estimates are based
on inputs from trade bod-
bags projects compatible with
devices as well. He said
iOS tims of digital fraud, but
now even young people
tal life solutions, aug-
menting Reliance Retail
asserted.
The objective is to further
daatas’ - producers of food
as well as energy,” he
tion by 2026, will have an
annual capacity of 1 lakh
ies in 30 cities in different
states and stakeholders in
worth `1,005 crore the findings of the pilot fall prey, he added. — PTI footprint and on bio-ener- enhance digital life solu- added. — PTI units in two shifts. It will
come up at the company’s
goods and services.
“During this period (Nov.
existing facility at Bidadi, 23-Dec. 15), it is estimated
Engineering firm KEC
International has bagged new
projects worth `1,005 crore
NEW | AGENDA Employee exodus was expected at OpenAI due to governance concerns near here where it cur-
rently has two units with
that around 38 lakh wed-
dings will be solemnised
a combined installed pro- with a total expenditure
across its various business ver-

Altman joining boosts Microsoft in AI lead race

duction capacity of up to of around `4.7 lakh
ticals. The RPG Group company 3.42 lakh units annually. crore,” CAIT secretary
has bagged projects for trans- The new plant, apart general Praveen
mission and distribution and from producing multi- Khandelwal said.
cabling in the domestic market utility vehicle Innova “Last year, there were
and overseas. It has “secured Bengaluru, Nov. 21: golden child of AI” will this new subsidiary HyCross, will be “future almost 32 lakh weddings
an order for 25 kV overhead Microsoft emerged as the stay with Microsoft, ana- ● ALTMAN-L LED should we choose to join.” ready” to roll out models with a total expenditure
electrification (OHE) and asso-
ciated works in the convention-
big winner of the uphe- lysts said, as the company team will also Analysts said an employ- spanning across different of `3.75 lakh crore. So,
aval at OpenAI, hiring competes with Alphabet- likely have more ee exodus was expected fuel technologies, Toyota this year there is (expect-
al segment in India,” the com- ousted chief executive owned Google to dominate due to concerns over gov- Kirloskar Motor (TKM) ed to be) an increase (in
pany said. access to the
officer Sam Altman and the nascent industry. computing power ernance and the potential executive vice president expenditure) of almost `1
other key staff of the Altman will lead a new impact on what was and country head Vikram lakh crore which is a good
startup to avert a potential research team at the soft- necessary as the expected to be a share sale Gulati said. sign for the Indian econo-
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THE ASIAN AGE | WEDNESDAY | 22 NOVEMBER 2023 | NEW DELHI
pg 8

WARNER RESTED Advani

BILLIARDS | CHAMPIONSHIP
SHORT TAKES
Ajmal, Gul are Pak
bowling coaches pockets
Lahore: Former Pakistan
bowlers, Umar Gul and Saeed
Ajmal have been appointed as
the fast bowling and spin bowl-
26th World title
Australia name squad for T20 series in India following WC exploits
ing coaches of the national
squad for the upcoming tour of
Australia and New Zealand.
New Delhi, Nov. 21:
Veteran opener David
Warner withdrew on
2023 WORLD CUP Doha, Nov. 21: Indian
cueist Pankaj Advani ral-
lied to win the IBSF
● Trailing 26-180 in the
first hour, Advani
Umar, a member of the 2009
World T20 winning squad, has
Tuesday from
Australia’s squad for the
SETS ATTENDANCE World Billiards
Championship title here
rallied to defeat the
2018 world champion
worked before with the
Pakistan team as bowling
Twenty20 series in India
following his exploits in RECORD OF 1.25M on Tuesday for a stagger-
ing 26th time, beating
Kothari 1000-416 in a
rematch of last year's
coach, while this is the first their victorious ODI compatriot Sourav title clash in Kuala
time Saeed has been given an World Cup campaign. New Delhi, Nov. 21: The Kothari in the final. Lumpur.
assignment with the national Australia defeated the just-concluded Cricket Trailing 26-180 in the
side. hosts by six wickets in World Cup attracted a first hour, Advani rallied
The Pakistan cricket board said front of nearly 100,000 in tournament-record 1.25 to defeat the 2018 world end the proceedings.
that initial assignments for both Ahmedabad on Sunday million spectators dur- champion Kothari 1000- Describing the feeling
former stalwarts would include to clinch their sixth one- ing the six-and-a-half- 416 in a rematch of last as “unreal”, Advani said:
the Test series against Australia day World Cup crown. week event, which ended year’s title clash in Kuala “I have won before so I
scheduled from 14 December 14 The two countries Sunday with Australia Lumpur. know how it feels, but to
to January 7 and the T20I meet again in a five- beating India by six Playing back-to-back repeat it year on year is
series against New Zealand match T20 series start- wickets for their sixth matches, Kothari took the what makes all those
from January 12 to 21 next year. ing on Thursday in title. initial lead and was going hours of work on skill,
The board has already named Visakhapatnam, but the The International strong but faltered on a body and mind totally
Muhammad Hafeez as the 37-year-old Warner will Cricket Council said on couple of easy chances to worth it.
Director and head coach of the not stay on after all. Tuesday that the tourna- allow Advani recover “To me, consistency is
Pakistan squad and fast bowler His withdrawal means ment had 1,250,307 spec- from the deficit. the hallmark of success
Wahab Riaz as the new chief just seven of Australia’s tators. With six games to From there, it got a little and continuing to bring
selector. The induction of Umar World Cup-winning one- go, the spectator figures scrappy with both players home world titles for the
and Saeed and Hafeez’s assign- day squad will remain in had already surpassed exchanging visits country is what drives me
ment basically means that the India for the series, the one million mark. between them and a cou- the most.”
foreign coaches, including among them Travis The India attendance ple of 150-plus breaks by Advani will get no rest
Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn Head, Glenn Maxwell figures surpass the earli- Advani helped him as he participates the
will no longer be working with and Steve Smith. er marks of the 2015 stretch the lead while next edition of the World
the national side. — PTI All-rounder Aaron World Cup held in Kothari could not fully Billiards Championship,
Hardie replaces Warner, Australia and New capitalise on the chances which is the short format,
who is gearing up to say Zealand, which attracted he got. 150-up.
Two new faces farewell to Test cricket.
“Selectors decided
10,16,420 spectators and
the 2019 edition in
Advani fired in a break
of 214, the highest of the
Kothari blamed fatigue
for squandering his early
in Windies squad Warner would return
home on the back of a
England and Wales,
which had 7,52,000 fans.
match, and looked
unstoppable after that.
lead.
“My semifinals
St. John’s, Antigua and successful yet demand- The 10-team tourna- Advani maintained a stretched on for almost
Barbuda: Uncapped all- ing World Cup cam- ment in India saw each healthy 250-point lead for five hours and I had to
rounders Sherfane Rutherford paign,” Cricket team play the others a better part of the match. play the final with just a
and Matthew Forde were both Australia said in a state- once to advance to the A 99 from Kothari little more than an hour’s
named on Monday in the West ment. semi-finals. There were brought the difference break. So I guess I was
Indies’ 15-man squad to face Warner was 48 matches played over- down to 150. fatigued,” Kothari said.
England in a three-match one- Australia’s leading scor- all for a total average The ace from Bengaluru “I hope to make amends
day international series in er at the World Cup with attendance of about then switched gears to in the point-format now
December. The selectors also 535 runs at 48.63. 26,000. extend the lead and reach which begins later in the
recalled experienced wicket- For the hosts, It was the 13th edition the 1000-mark with an day,” he added.
keeper/batsman Shane Suryakumar Yadav will of the World Cup, with unfinished break of 199 to — PTI
Dowrich, who played his only captain India for the the first being held in
ODI in 2019, and opener Kjorn first time in the absence 1975. — AP
Ottley, who played two ODIs in of regular skipper Rohit
January 2021. Sharma.
Shai Hope will again lead the
team with Alzarri Joseph
Just three of India’s
World Cup squad will
CRICKET TO TRIAL
named as the new vice-captain.
However, the West Indies will
remain for the T20
series. STOP CLOCKS TO
be without the experience of The open match in
Nicholas Pooran and Jason
Holder. Rutherford, 25, from
Visakhapatnam is fol-
lowed by games in
SPEED UP PLAY
Guyana is a batting all-rounder Thiruvananthapuram New Delhi, Nov. 21: The
while Forde, 21, is a fast bowl- on November 26 and International Cricket
ing all-rounder who hails from Guwahati on November Council on Tuesday said
Barbados but gains his first 28. it will trial stop clocks
taste of senior international Shreyas Iyer will join between overs in men’s
cricket after making his name the squad as vice-cap- one-day and T20 interna-
with St Lucia Kings. — AFP tain for the last two T20s, Wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma during the practice session ahead of the first tionals in a bid to speed
Squad: Shai Hope (captain), Alzarri in Raipur on December 1 T20 match against Australia at ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. up the game.
Joseph (vice captain), Alick and in Bengaluru on — K. MURALI KRISHNA The move, approved
Athanaze, Yannic Cariah, Keacy December 5, the Board of after a meeting of the
Carty, Roston Chase, Shane
Control for Cricket in ICC board in the Indian

ICC announces major rule

Dowrich, Matthew Forde, Shimron
Hetmyer, Brandon King, Gudakesh India (BCCI) said. city of Ahmedabad, will
Motie, Kjorn Ottley, Sherfane — AFP be put to the test from
Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, December to April.
Oshane Thomas. If the bowling team is

BWF nomination
T20 SQUADS
India: Suryakumar Yadav
change on gender eligibility not ready to bowl the
next over within 60 sec-
onds of the previous
over being completed, a
for Satwik, Chirag (Captain), Ruturaj
Gaikwad (vice-captain),
Ahmedabad, Nov. 21: In a
major policy decision, the
● Asked what was the and treatment have been a
hotly-debated topic in
five-run penalty will be
imposed the third time it
Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi trigger for ICC to bring World Billiards champion Pankaj Advani (right) and
New Delhi: Indian badminton ICC on Tuesday barred world athletics for years. happens in an innings. runner-up Sourav Kothari pose with their trophies in
stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, cricketers, who have been about this change, a ICC arrived at the deci- “The clock will be used
Rinku Singh, Jitesh source said it was due Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. — PTI
and Chirag Shetty were on through any form of male sion at its Board meeting to regulate the amount
Tuesday nominated for the Sharma (wk), puberty, from competing to “cricket’s inclusion here on Tuesday. of time taken between
Washington Sundar,
Player Year of the Award by the
Badminton World Federation
(BWF). The men’s doubles pair
of Satwik and Chirag won
Axar Patel, Shivam
Dube, Ravi Bishnoi,
Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh
Krishna, Avesh Khan,
in international women’s
game regardless
whether or not they have
undergone surgery or
of
in the 2028 Olympics.”

on the following princi-

Asked what was the trig-
ger for ICC to bring about
this change, a source said
it was due to “cricket’s
overs,” the ICC said in a
statement.
Slow-over rates in lim-
ited-over cricket have
MEN’S U-19 WC MOVED
numerous tournaments in
recent times, including a his-
toric gold medal at the Asian
Games in Hangzhou, China.
Mukesh Kumar.

Australia: Matthew
Wade (Captain), Aaron
gender
treatment.
reassignment

The ICC said it was tak-

ing the decision to protect
ples (in order of priority),
protection of the integrity
of the women’s game,
safety, fairness and inclu-
inclusion in the 2028
Olympics.”
“Since cricket will be an
Olympic sport, it has to be
been a perennial con-
cern and last year the
ICC introduced penal-
ties in both men’s and
FROM SL TO S. AFRICA
It was the latest triumph in Hardie, Jason the integrity of interna- sion, and this means any governed by the Olympic women’s cricket. Ahmedabad, Nov. 21: The Cricket that had reached
Satwik and Chirag's long list of Behrendorff, Sean tional women’s game and Male to Female partici- guidelines. This gender Currently, if the field- ICC on Tuesday moved out to the ICC and noti-
achievements, which includes Abbott, Tim David, the safety of players. pants who have been issue is a huge one at glob- ing team fails to start the next year’s men’s U-19 fied about the govern-
the 2022 Commonwealth Nathan Ellis, Travis In a statement, the ICC through any form of male al level. The International final over by the stipu- World Cup from Sri ment interference in the
Games gold medal, the 2022 Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn said, “The ICC Board puberty will not be eligi- Olympic Committee has lated time, they are Lanka to South Africa, 11 running of the sport in
Thomas Cup title and the 2022 Maxwell, Tanveer approved new gender eli- ble to participate in the changed regulations and docked one fielder from days after the world gov- the country after being
World Championships bronze. Sangha, Matt Short, gibility regulations for the international women’s advised sports to imple- outside the 30-yard cir- erning body provisionally knocked out in the league
Additionally, they have tri- Steve Smith, Marcus international game fol- game regardless of any ment regulations that are cle. suspended the island stage of the just-conclud-
umphed at prestigious tourna- Stoinis, Kane lowing a nine-month con- surgery or gender reas- suitable for their sport, This is in addition to nation’s cricket board due ed World Cup following a
ments such as the Asia Richardson, Adam sultation process with the signment treatment they which is what we have the fines teams have to to government interfer- forgettable outing.
Championships, Indonesia Zampa. sport’s stakeholders. may have undertaken.” done,” said an ICC source. pay for slow over-rates. ence. The SLC and the coun-
Super 1000, Korea Super 500 “The new policy is based Gender reassignment — PTI — AFP The ICC Board met here try’s sports ministry have
and Swiss Open Super 300 — and “confirmed the terms been at loggerheads for
all in one remarkable year. of the suspension” of Sri some time now. The gov-

Holders Italy secure Euro 2024 place

— PTI Lanka Cricket and also ernment had accused SLC
the shifting of the age- officials of being involved
group showpiece. in corruption and mis-
Disappointing day “The U19 World Cup has
been shifted to South
management.
In a statement issued
for Indian shooters Paris, Nov. 21: Reigning
champions Italy secured
“We are delighted. After
all the difficulties we have
Africa from Sri Lanka
due to SLC’s suspension.
after its Board meeting,
the ICC said, “After hear-
Doha: India’s Divya TS on their ticket for Euro 2024 had, we will be in In fact, participating ing representation from
Tuesday finished seventh and on Monday after holding Germany and we will be nations were apprised SLC, the ICC Board decid-
Esha Singh 13th in the final of on for a nervy goalless going there as reigning some days back after SLC ed that Sri Lanka can con-
the women’s 10m air pistol draw against Ukraine in champions and going got suspended. South tinue to compete interna-
competition during the season- their final qualifier, while there to win,” Africa hosted the U19 WC tionally both in bilateral
ending International Shooting the Czech Republic and Donnarumma told broad- in 2020. The decision got cricket and ICC events
Sport Federation's World Cup Slovenia also clinched caster Rai 1. approval at ICC Board after being suspended
Final here. It was a disappoint- places at next year’s finals. Ukraine must therefore meeting in Ahmedabad,” recently for breaching its
ing day for the Indians since Italy only needed the negotiate the play-offs if an ICC Board member obligations as a Member
Sarabjot Singh also missed draw in a game played in they are to return to said. in particular the require-
making the final eight by a Leverkusen, Germany, in Germany for the tourna- “Sri Lanka’s bilateral ment to manage its
close margin. order to qualify but a ment next June. and domestic cricket will affairs autonomously and
Divya shot a score of 576 in the defeat against their direct not be affected by this.: without government
ENGLAND HELD IN
60-shot qualification round, rivals in Group C would It was, in fact, Sri Lanka interference.” — PTI
NORTH MACEDONIA
which placed her sixth in the have left their fate to be
field comprising 14 competi- decided in play-offs next England had already qual-
tors. In the final, the Indian March. ified before their trip to
shooter could not overcome a
sluggish start which saw her
drop to the seventh place after
That was a scenario they
desperately wanted to
avoid following the trau-
Skopje to play North
Macedonia, when they
needed a second-half own
INDIA SUFFER DEFEAT TO
the first 10 shots, bowing out
after the 14th in the same posi-
ma of failing to qualify for
the 2018 and 2022 World
goal to earn a 1-1 draw and
finish their campaign QATAR IN WC QUALIFIER
tion with a score of 137.8. — PTI Cups after losing in play- undefeated. Bhubaneswar, Nov. 21: India dished out a gritty dis-
offs, either side of win- Enis Bardhi opened the play but suffered a 0-3 drubbing against dominant
ning the last European scoring for North Asian champions Qatar in their second match of
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behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings The high stakes made it a Italy players celebrate their qualifying after their Euro 2024 Group ‘C’ match against before half-time, following here on Tuesday. Qatar would have won by a bigger
Limited at Jawaharlal Nehru National tense occasion and Italy Ukraine at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany, on Monday. — AP up to net after his penalty margin had they not missed several chances while
Youth Centre, 219 Deen Dayal goalkeeper Gianluigi was saved by Jordan dominating throughout the 90 minutes.
Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi 110 002. Donnarumma had to pro- Ukraine ‘keeper Anatoliy in the 65th minute and was given. Pickford. The visiting side scored through Moustafa Tarek
and Printed by him at BFL Infotech duce a firm hand low Trubin saving from Nicolo there was a flashpoint in The two nations finish The spot-kick was given Mashal (4th minute), Almeoz Ali (47th) and Yusuf
Limited, C – 9, Sector – III, down to keep out an early Barella and racing out to stoppage time when the level on 14 points behind after a VAR check showed Adurisag (86th). India, who were seeking inspira-
Noida – 201301. that Manchester City’s
Georgiy Sudakov strike. deny Davide Frattesi Ukraine winger went England in Group C, but tion from their famous 0-0 draw against the same
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Spalletti’s side threatened Donnarumma blocked a under a Bryan Cristante to-head record having won had caught Bojan Miovski ing chances. — PTI
at the other end with Mykhailo Mudryk attempt challenge, but no penalty 2-1 in Milan in September. in the area. — AFP