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[
"Sidhartha Roy",
"Ashok Kumar"
] | 2016-08-31T08:52:00 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Sudden heavy rains during rush hours on Wednesday morning triggered massive traffic jams across Delhi NCR due to water-logging.
Though the roads across the city were flooded due to rains that start | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FDelhi%2Fheavy-rains-lashes-new-delhi-gurgaon-traffic-jams-in-several-places%2Farticle9054811.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/Delhirains_2993323c.jpg | en | null | Heavy rains lashes New Delhi, Gurgaon; traffic jams in several places | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Delhi recorded a rainfall of 62.7 mm till 11.30, while the Delhi airport recorded a rainfall of 55.3 mm.
Sudden heavy rains during rush hours on Wednesday morning triggered massive traffic jams across Delhi NCR due to water-logging.
Though the roads across the city were flooded due to rains that started around 8 a.m., the worst affected stretches in Delhi were Dhaula Kuan, Bhairon Road to Mathura Road, Roundabout Teen Murti, IGNOU Road, IP Flyover to Sarai Kale Khan, Barapullah flyover towards DND, Ashram Chowk, Ring Road Maharani Bagh, Lajpat Nagar, Sarai Kale Khan, Raja Garden to Mayapuri, Gymkhana to Teen Murti Marg. In Gurgaon, the worst affected areas were Cyber City, Udyog Vihar, Old Delhi Road, Sector 46, Sector 50, Sector 14, Sector 15, Ardee City, Sushant Lok Phase-I, South City-I, Sohna Road and Sheetla Mata Road.
Delhi recorded a rainfall of 62.7 mm till 11.30, while the Delhi airport recorded a rainfall of 55.3 mm. Though road traffic was badly affected, there were no major impact on train movement and flights, except a Qatar Airways Doha-Delhi flight (QR 570) that had to be diverted to Jaipur due to inclement weather.
The commuters and the school children had a harrowing time with the traffic jams causing delays in Gurgaon. Long traffic snarls were witnessed in the DLF Cyber City, which houses some of the top IT and Fortune 500 companies. “I had gone to drop my son to Heritage School in Sector 62. It usually takes me 30 minutes from Sector 14, but today it took me more than an hour to reach the school. And on my way back, it was worse. It took me another two hours to reach home,” said Sandeep Malik, a resident of Sector 14.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Y. Pooran Kumar told The Hindu that more than a thousand police personnel were out on the roads since morning to manage the traffic. “Due to heavy rains, the areas such as Atul Kataria Chowk, Old Delhi Road, South City-II, Apparel House, Palam Vihar, Subhash Chowk are water-logged. The traffic is slow, but no jams,” said Mr. Kumar. Commissioner of Police, Sandeep Khirwar, was also out on the roads monitoring the situation.
The vehicles breaking down in the middle of the roads and the traffic signals at several intersections not working due to rains made the traffic situation worse on some of the roads. “The traffic signal at the Ambedkar Chowk near Sector 50 suddenly stopped working around 9 a.m. and then it was free for all. Soon, there was a complete mess and vehicles got stuck on all sides of the Chowk. There was no policeman around,” said Rakesh Jain, who was caught in the jam.
The situation on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway was no better with the heavy rains again leading to water-logging on the Hero Honda Chowk and slowing down the pace of the traffic. “Besides 27 water pumps and four cranes, we have deployed 60 marshalls at the Chowk and are constantly monitoring the situation. There is around 6-8 inch water on the road at Hero Honda Chowk and we have pressed six water tanks with a capacity of 12,000 litre each to drain out the water,” said T.C. Rao, Chief Managing Director, Skylark Group — the company that manages the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/heavy-rains-lashes-new-delhi-gurgaon-traffic-jams-in-several-places/article9054811.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/08126b72569553e9c2df39be2571fa42a8f70e6f4bbc4307e69cd97950fdb8d9.json |
[
"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T10:52:14 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has a word of caution for government employees who are gearing up to usher in the Onam festival with celebrations.
Speaking at the State-level launch of the Onam Met | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FThiruvananthapuram%2Fcelebrate-but-not-while-at-work-cm%2Farticle9039266.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26tvsbg07-Pinar_27_2988390c.jpg | en | null | Celebrate, but not while at work: CM | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Minister for Power Kadakampalli Surendran, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Thilothaman, and Deputy Mayor Rakhi Ravikumar at the inaugural ceremony of the Onam Metro fair in the city on Friday.— Photo: S. Gopakumar
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has a word of caution for government employees who are gearing up to usher in the Onam festival with celebrations.
Speaking at the State-level launch of the Onam Metro fair, organised by Supplyco, here on Friday, Mr. Vijayan forbid employees from engaging in celebrations in a manner that affected the functioning of government offices.
“While preparing ‘Pookkalam’ (floral arrangement) is an integral part of our festivities, such activities cannot be permitted during work hours. Those who are particular in preparing them on office premises could do so either on holidays or any other time other than work hours,” he said.
Note of caution
The Chief Minister also cautioned against turning government offices into virtual commercial centres. “One usually finds a large number of hawkers frequenting offices, especially the Secretariat, during the Onam season. Such practices will no longer be permitted. Employees have been provided with an adequate number of holidays and they could indulge in purchasing during that time,” Mr. Pinarayi said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/celebrate-but-not-while-at-work-cm/article9039266.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/db7efc769b01090c87e340ca24111dc19c7453b7b56cb464143f443311895262.json |
[
"B. Muralidhar Reddy"
] | 2016-08-29T00:52:32 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday recommended fine of Pak.Rs. 5 lakhs each on 13 channels for airing news of a third marriage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chair | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2F13-pak-channels-fined-over-imran-wedding-news%2Farticle9043067.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/Imran_khan_2989970c.jpg | en | null | 13 Pak. channels fined over ‘Imran wedding’ news | null | null | www.thehindu.com | PTI leader Iftikhar Durrani had sought fine on media channels for airing unconfirmed reports of Imran Khan’s third wedding.
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday recommended fine of Pak.Rs. 5 lakhs each on 13 channels for airing news of a third marriage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan.
A press release by PEMRA posted on Twitter said that the head of PTI’s central media Iftikhar Durrani had sought fine on media channels for airing unconfirmed reports of Imran Khan’s third wedding.
The Council of Complaints (COC) Islamabad, headed by Shamim Humayum, held its final hearing on the case at the PEMRA’s head office in Islamabad. She also announced that apart from the fine each channel should also air an apology.
The COC also recommended to PEMRA that news channels that either do not air an apology or pay the fine should be penalised and their operating license may be suspended.
The complaint against the news aired by the TV channels on July 12 was lodged by Iftikhar Durrani, the head of the PTI’s central media department.
The council also took up a complaint lodged by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against Channel 24. Ms Maryam said that during a talk show on June 10 the channel showed had a picture claiming that she was presiding over a meeting of secretaries and running affairs of the government as the Prime Minister was in the U.K. for health reasons. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/13-pak-channels-fined-over-imran-wedding-news/article9043067.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fa983a642218e059dd9d7970014ac6398c4470b3177572e48deb3ec42e25bd32.json |
[
"K. S. Sudhi"
] | 2016-08-26T22:50:16 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Four months after the Supreme Court appointed a panel to look into claims seeking compensation for dog bites, it is yet to begin functioning properly with the government failing to provide the require | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Fdogbite-compensation-panel-yet-to-begin-its-job%2Farticle9036770.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Dog-bite compensation panel yet to begin its job | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Four months after the Supreme Court appointed a panel to look into claims seeking compensation for dog bites, it is yet to begin functioning properly with the government failing to provide the required infrastructure support despite repeated reminders.
The government apathy comes at a time when stray dog attacks have assumed startling proportions and reports of aggressive canines mauling people sending shock waves across the State. It was on April 5 that the apex court appointed a three-member panel headed by S. Siri Jagan, a former judge of the High Court of Kerala, to look into the claims.
The apex court suggested that people seeking compensation for dog bites move the committee instead of directly approaching the High Court and the Supreme Court. Data available with the panel indicated that 1.22 lakh people suffered dog bites in 2015 and 10 died in related incidents.
The panel, with Law Secretary B.G. Harindranath and Director of Health Services R. Ramesh as its members, will look into the nature and gravity of the injury, availability of medicines, and treatment for the victims. Instances of failure of treatment, cases of death, and the reasons behind the death will be probed. It will also identify centres and hospitals where the anti-rabies vaccine is available free of cost.
Even before the panel formally going ahead with its job, it has already received 15 complaints. Though one can directly approach the panel, the applications if processed and proceeded through a lawyer would make the job easier, panel sources said.
The State can be held liable in cases of failure to provide proper treatment to the victims. It will be the responsibility of the local bodies to control the dog population and protect the residents. The panel will look into individual cases, including the medical records maintained by the hospitals, to ascertain whether the bite was caused by domestic or street dogs, sources said.
The panel, which met eight times, has prepared a draft public notice for creating public awareness on its functioning. It has also sought a report on the death of a woman in Thiruvananthapuram following dog attack. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/dogbite-compensation-panel-yet-to-begin-its-job/article9036770.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e4637151e403d2980453dcd50d074e0acc2639a4c6a1f7b61fefdc7b64f5cd68.json |
[
"V. Geetanath"
] | 2016-08-27T20:56:00 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | An Air India flight carrying over 300 people from Mumbai to Newark — many of them families from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — was diverted to Kazakhstan on Thursday after fumes in the cargo hold trig | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Ftelugu-families-stranded-at-kazakhstan-airport%2Farticle9033212.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/KAZAKSPAR_2987088c.jpg | en | null | Telugu families stranded at Kazakhstan airport | null | null | www.thehindu.com | AI flight from Mumbai to Newark made an emergency landing after smoke was noticed
An Air India flight carrying over 300 people from Mumbai to Newark — many of them families from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — was diverted to Kazakhstan on Thursday after fumes in the cargo hold triggered a fire alarm. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said all passengers were safe and a relief aircraft was already on its way from New Delhi to ferry the stranded passengers to Newark.
“Our Ambassador Shri Harsh K Jain has informed me that all passengers are safe. There is no reason for worry,” Swaraj said in a tweet. The Boeing 777-300 ER plane landed at the Aktobe international airport in Kazakhstan at around 8 a.m.
“Everyone was asleep when the announcement [of the emergency landing] came and the pilot was calm and landed the plane smoothly,” said one of the passengers, M. Venkat, in a WhatsApp message to his family in Erragadda here.
“We landed at the airport within 15 minutes of the announcement. We are right now inside the airport; [we have been] waiting for the last six hours for the replacement aircraft to arrive from Delhi. They served us soup and bread from the airport kitchen,” Mr Venkat said.
Mr. Venkat and IT professional, his wife and two daughters, along with his brother M. Venu’s family of wife, two boys and a girl, had come to Hyderabad for a wedding.
Along with several other Telugu passengers, they took off from Hyderabad to Mumbai on Wednesday night to catch the Newark flight scheduled to depart at 2.30 a.m.
He said the airline and airport staff were doing the best they could for the around 300 passengers and crew.
“I guess we would be delayed by at least a day to our destination if everything goes as per plan,” Mr. Venkat added, before signing off to conserve his phone’s battery.
An airline source said that fire alarm was set off after fumes were detected from the cargo hold of the plane.
(With inputs from PTI) | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/telugu-families-stranded-at-kazakhstan-airport/article9033212.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e8a080c5c388a4922b3218e87aaefe4331f6066d8c5718f2f384b7a8c6bdb298.json |
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[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T04:54:05 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Talks held here on Monday between the government and representatives of private self-financing medical colleges stumbled on the question of uniform fee for the majority of seats even as the managemen | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Fmedical-talks-stumble-on-uniform-fee%2Farticle9046631.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Medical talks stumble on uniform fee | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Talks held here on Monday between the government and representatives of private self-financing medical colleges stumbled on the question of uniform fee for the majority of seats even as the managements expressed their readiness to go in for reduced fee for 20 per cent of government seats.
Subsequently, it was decided that there would be another round of talks in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The date of the talks has not yet been fixed.
Early on Monday morning, the Kerala Private Medical College Management Association held a meeting here at which it was decided to ask for a unified fee structure for all seats in medical colleges.
Later, during talks with the government, Health Minister Shylaja expressed the government’s opposition to such a fee structure. The association held a second meeting at which it was decided that the managements would agree to a 50:50 seat split.
It was also agreed that the managements would offer to take in students to 20 per cent of the government seats at Rs.25,000. For the rest of the seats — except for the NRI seats — it is understood that the association proposed a uniform fee of Rs.12.5 lakh. Though it did not figure in the talks, the fee for the NRI seats was fixed by the association at Rs.20 lakh.
“The Health Minister told us that the uniform fee for 65 per cent seats, which we proposed, was also not acceptable to the government. The government said okay to our proposal to take in 20 per cent students at Rs.25,000. However, she wanted us to keep the fee for the rest of the seats unchanged at last year’s fee of Rs.9.5 lakh. This was not acceptable to us. Anyhow there is a marginal increase of 10 per cent that is allowed every year on the fee. We did not see why we should agree to keep the fee unchanged. It was at this point that it was decided to meet again and discuss the whole issue in the presence of the Chief Minister,” association president P. Krishnadas told The Hindu.
Association secretary Anilkumar Vallil said here that the government had promised to get back in a couple of days with a date for the meeting with the Chief Minister. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/medical-talks-stumble-on-uniform-fee/article9046631.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/0f16ce8b47874fa92714d1d9aafa148e9246d6a99365bf0c85559c56837d7362.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T22:52:31 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | England rode half-centuries by Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan to beat Pakistan by four wickets in the second one-day and take a 2-0 lead in the five—match series on Saturday. Root hit 89 and Mo | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fengland-beats-pakistan-by-4-wickets-in-second-odi%2Farticle9040822.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/sarfraz_2988944c.jpg | en | null | England beats Pakistan by 4 wickets in second ODI | null | null | www.thehindu.com | England rode half-centuries by Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan to beat Pakistan by four wickets in the second one-day and take a 2-0 lead in the five—match series on Saturday.
Root hit 89 and Morgan 68 in England’s chase, which finished on 255-6 in the 48th over and overshadowed Sarfraz Ahmed’s career-best 105 for Pakistan.
Root featured in two productive stands, adding 112 with Morgan and 56 with Ben Stokes (42), before falling late.
Earlier, Ahmed’s second century in ODIs lifted Pakistan to 251 after they lost three wickets for just two runs inside the first four overs.
Imad Wasim (63) was one of only four Pakistan batsmen to reach double figures, as Chris Woakes (3-42) and Mark Wood (3-46) shared six wickets.
“A clinical performance all round,” Morgan said. “Got the ball talking in the first four overs, and that was an awesome way to start. The guys we’ve selected are different; we’ve got pace, control, and guys who turn the ball.”
Earlier, Woakes and Wood destroyed Pakistan’s top order after captain Azhar Ali won the toss and opted to bat. Ahmed rebuilt the innings with the middle order.
Opening batsman Sami Aslam (1), one of three changes Pakistan made from the defeat at Southampton, was adjudged caught behind off Woakes by third umpire Simon Fry when he attempted a pull shot. Sharjeel Khan’s (0) off stump was knocked back by Wood off a delivery which just moved away enough from the left—hander, and Woakes then found a thick edge off Azhar’s (0) bat.
“The guys worked hard and kept fighting, and Sarfraz’s hundred was one of the best innings I’ve seen from him,” Azhar said.
“We could have made 300 on this pitch, but after losing those three wickets, we’d have taken 250. We have the capability but we need to apply ourselves.”
Ahmed steadied the innings with some superb running between the wickets, and contributed half-century stands with Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik before Wasim joined him in the 27th over at 125-5 and raised another productive 77-run stand.
Ahmed completed his century when he deflected Liam Plunkett to the fine leg boundary and got a reprieve in the same over when he was adjudged lbw. However, he lasted not much longer as he swept hard at Adil Rashid and holed out at deep midwicket.
England had early jitters when Mohammad Amir clean-bowled Jason Roy off his second delivery and Alex Hales was dismissed by Wasim in his first over to be 35-2.
But Root and Morgan combined in a century stand, and Stokes’ quickfire 42 took the game away from Pakistan.
Root departed with England needing only 12 for victory as he got a leading edge off Wahab Riaz. Woakes raised the victory with a winning boundary off legspinner Yasir Shah.
Meanwhile, the England and Wales Cricket Board said fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson would take no further part in the English county season as they rest injuries. Broad has an ankle problem and Anderson requires rehabilitation on his right shoulder to get fit for the test tours to Bangladesh and India. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/england-beats-pakistan-by-4-wickets-in-second-odi/article9040822.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/899df121932d3d27ce048431de5f4fb630515305b2531f93e3c0aa33e5645e13.json |
[
"Aruna Sankaranarayanan"
] | 2016-08-28T14:51:06 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Recent events in the news suggest that the world is growing more insular and polarised. The tragic shooting at Orlando, and Brexit exemplify how intolerance and divisiveness are spreading their tentac | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Feducation%2Fdo-differences-unite-us-writes-aruna-sankaranarayanan%2Farticle9042886.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/EDU_2989744c.jpg | en | null | Do differences unite us? | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Adopting an open outlook towards the ‘other’, and accepting diversity in its myriad hues broadens one’s horizon.
Recent events in the news suggest that the world is growing more insular and polarised. The tragic shooting at Orlando, and Brexit exemplify how intolerance and divisiveness are spreading their tentacles across either side of the Atlantic. Closer home, the racial attacks against Africans in Delhi suggest that India, despite its rich diversity and famed hospitality, also harbours deep prejudices. Ironically, as globalisation and the Internet have in some sense erased geographic boundaries, xenophobic tendencies are only growing more pronounced in various pockets all around the world. Even as we connect with anyone from anywhere, we are more wary of the ‘other.’ But diversity, in all its myriad hues, actually benefits both individuals and societies. So, we must fight the narrow forces that push for homogeneity.
In an article published in The New York Times, in December 2015, researchers Sheen Levine and David Stark describe a set of experiments that suggest that ethnic and racial diversity enhances the decision-making abilities of people. By simulating a stock market in diverse versus homogenous groups, the researchers were able to study the impact of diversity. When participants were in a diverse group, they were 58% per cent more accurate in determining the true value of stocks. According to the authors, ethnic diversity, be it in Texas or Singapore where the study was conducted, allowed people to make better decisions. When participants were in an ethnically homogenous group, they tended to mimic the behaviour of other participants, often copying their mistakes as well. On the other hand, in a diverse group, people tended to be more discerning and less likely to follow the crowd.
In a 2012 issue of Observer, scholars Douglas Medin and Carol Lee argue that apart from concerns over for social equality, diversity has an elemental role to play in the sciences. Multiple perspectives at all stages of the scientific enterprise, from choosing what to study, methods one adopts, to interpreting results, can provide new insights. For example, they cite the work of Sarah Hrdy who makes the point that when female primatologists entered the field, fresh insights regarding primate behaviour emerged.
Another example of the merits of a different viewpoint is the work of Temple Grandin who came up with an ingenious and humane method for livestock handling and slaughter. Grandin, who has autism, has extraordinary visualization skills. She attributes the success of her unconventional design that transformed the livestock industry to her ability to see the process from the perspective of cattle. In an interview, published in the Daily Mail in 2011, Grandin says, “It was important to see what the cattle see, so I could address what made them anxious.”
In an article published in Scientific American in 2014, Professor Katherine Phillips, who teaches at Columbia Business School, argues that diversity entails more than just bringing to the table, different perspectives. In fact, knowing that others in a group may not share beliefs or viewpoints, compels individuals to change their behaviour. She cites a 2006 study conducted by social psychologist Samuel Sommers that involved mock jury trials. When the juries had mixed races, jurors were more deliberate in their discussion and more open to considering the role of race in the case. In addition, they were more accurate in recalling facts of the case.
Thus, Phillips argues that diversity compels us to work harder. Just by being in a diverse group, we expect others to think differently from us, and are more prepared to address alternative viewpoints. As Phillips writes, “People work harder in diverse environments,” which can “lead to better outcomes.”
To be a truly open society, we need to embrace diversity in all forms. Language, religion, race, gender and sexual orientation are only some of the dimensions on which human beings differ. Being gay, author Andrew Solomon always thought that he belonged to “a fairly slim minority.” In his book, Far from the Tree, he says that as he encountered people from other marginalised groups, from the deaf to dwarfs and child prodigies, he had an epiphany and realised that “Difference unites us.” In fact, if we take all types of differences into account, we realise that the “exceptional is ubiquitous.”
Indeed, if we embrace an truly open outlook and are open and accepting of differences, we realise that we find more commonalities with people from other groups, however, we may choose to define ‘group.’ After all, we all have multiple identities.
So, while I am a woman, an Indian and a psychologist, I also have affinities with book lovers, tea drinkers and The Good Wife fans. But regardless of our affiliations, we can broaden our horizons, both at the individual and societal levels, by interacting with people who are ‘different’ from us.
Leaving our comfort zone to mingle with those who are not exactly like us, can indeed enrich us.
Following the recent terrorist attack in a Dhaka café, Anne Bernard writes in The New York Times, that the “global mood increasingly feels like one of atavism, of retreat into narrower identities of nation, politics or sect…” Given this bleak scenario, perhaps, we should all make a concerted effort to befriend and celebrate the ‘other.’
The author is director, PRAYATNA/
Email: arunasankara@gmail.com | http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/do-differences-unite-us-writes-aruna-sankaranarayanan/article9042886.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b52686ca4eff6f601c9db9ebe58d149e2deb43e0df8919df03aaf924319ace4a.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:50:12 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | North Korea on Saturday expressed anger at United Nations Security Council discussions over a statement denouncing the country’s latest submarine-launched missile test. North Korean Foreign Ministry | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fn-korea-terms-un-condemnation-of-missile-tests-provocation%2Farticle9039963.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/NORTHAP_jpg_2988556c.jpg | en | null | N. Korea terms U.N. condemnation of missile tests ‘provocation’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Best way for U.S. to escape a deadly strike from us is to stop "insulting our dignity and threatening our security": Pyongyang official
North Korea on Saturday expressed anger at United Nations Security Council discussions over a statement denouncing the country’s latest submarine-launched missile test.
North Korean Foreign Ministry official Jon Min Dok told Associated Press Television News in an interview that the U.S.-led discussions at the U.N. were a “terrible provocation” and that the country is developing nuclear weapons because of “outrageous nuclear intimidation” by the United States.
Mr. Jon spoke just before the Security Council concluded the discussions with a statement strongly condemning all four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August, calling them “grave violations” of a ban on all ballistic missile activity.
South: missile flying about 500 km
The statement came after North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast on Wednesday. South Korean defence officials said the missile was tracked flying about 500 kilometres (310 miles), the longest distance achieved by the North for such a weapon.
Mr. Jon said that the latest submarine-launched missile didn’t cause any harm to the security of neighbouring countries. He said it showed North Korea’s “great power and inexhaustible strength in the face of the trials of history and the challenges of our enemies.”
To U.S.: stop insulting us or else…
“The best way for the U.S. to escape a deadly strike from us is by refraining from insulting our dignity and threatening our security, by exercising prudence and self-control,” Mr. Jon said.
North Korea already has a variety of land-based missiles that can hit South Korea and Japan, including U.S. military bases in those countries. Its development of reliable submarine-launched missiles would add a weapon that is harder to detect before launch.
Wednesday’s launch was the latest in a series of missile, rocket and other weapon tests this year by North Korea, which is openly pushing to acquire a wider range of nuclear weapons, including those capable of striking targets as far away as mainland United States. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/n-korea-terms-un-condemnation-of-missile-tests-provocation/article9039963.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/1efbf6a052496e2ce9e58c6e71d5c4c0948aef4dc5b57777efc2071ab146b67c.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T14:53:30 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday removed its Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur from his post and constituted a panel to inquire into allegations of corruption against him. Mr. Chhotepur, the party’ | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fother-states%2Faap-removes-punjab-convener%2Farticle9037565.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | AAP removes Punjab convener | null | null | www.thehindu.com | : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday removed its Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur from his post and constituted a panel to inquire into allegations of corruption against him. Mr. Chhotepur, the party’s most visible face in Punjab, came under a cloud after a video clip surfaced, apparently showing a man leaving a cash packet with him.
The decision to remove Mr. Chhotepur was taken by the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC).
The PAC also decided to appoint a two-member panel to investigate the video clip in which Mr. Chhotepur was seen allegedly taking money, besides several other similar complaints.
The inquiry panel will include MLA Jarnail Singh, coordinator of Punjab and senior leader Jasbir Singh Bir, head of the State’s grievance cell. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/aap-removes-punjab-convener/article9037565.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/95be8cbfdc3e938a175d3714c184b89456d27a5704ba00371e9e7bc99228f988.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T14:48:58 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Construction workers digging a channel for the underground drainage discovered a Karez line near Kali Masjid in Maniyar Taleem in Bidar Old City on Friday. Karezs are underground aqueducts built duri | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fkarez-line-discovered-in-bidar-old-city%2Farticle9036777.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/karez_bidar_2987512c.jpg | en | null | Karez line discovered in Bidar old city | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Construction workers digging a channel for the underground drainage discovered a Karez line near Kali Masjid in Maniyar Taleem in Bidar Old City on Friday. Karezs are underground aqueducts built during the medieval era to harvest rainwater and filter it before transporting to parched areas. Experts have mapped seven Karez lines across the city till now.
"This line seems to be a part of the Jamuna Mori Karez line that connects the vegetable market to the Bidar fort. However, we will send the location and other details to experts and seek their opinions," said Kishor Joshi, Assistant Director of Tourism.
Govindan Kutty, groundwater expert from Kerala University who mapped the first Karez in Naubad, said the Jamuna Mori was unique. While other lines connected two parts outside the city, Jamuna Mori connected the city to the fort. “There is another theory that says Jamuna Mori was for non-drinking water. We need further research to confirm this,” he said.
Members of non-governmental organisation Team Yuva, who are overseeing cleaning of the Naubad Karez, first noticed the Maniyar Taleem Karez or Jamuna Mori Karez and informed Deputy Commissioner Anurag Tewari. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karez-line-discovered-in-bidar-old-city/article9036777.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/58c0c08e1f7ab2fc38f5d38b1ce66b5620300793150381068790c06025927ecb.json |
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"Makarand Waingankar"
] | 2016-08-26T14:55:04 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A setback of any kind demands a retrospective study. It is a matter of concern for followers of Australian cricket that they have now lost their No. 1 position in Tests.As a matter of fact, it must ha | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumns%2Fmakarand-waingankar%2Fwhy-australias-batsmen-struggled-in-sri-lanka%2Farticle9032658.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Why Australia’s batsmen struggled in Sri Lanka | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Radical action is needed to address the troubles against spin before the tour of India
A setback of any kind demands a retrospective study. It is a matter of concern for followers of Australian cricket that they have now lost their No. 1 position in Tests.
As a matter of fact, it must have been a rude shock to Australian legends to watch their batsmen struggle against the spinners in Sri Lanka. For, if truth be told, the Australian batsmen, at one time, had mastered top-class spin bowling, thanks to their sheer guts and intelligence in counter-attacking.
There were instances when the batsmen danced down the wicket against the likes of E.A.S. Prasanna and Bishan Singh Bedi. One still remembers the duel between Ian Chappell and Prasanna at the Brabourne Stadium in 1969.
A decade earlier, there was another instance of the art of playing spin at the same venue. The duo of Neil Harvey and Norman O’Neill didn’t let Bapu Nadkarni and Chandu Borde settle down as they danced down the wicket to play their shots. It was such a rare sight to witness. As Ian Chappell says, “It’s better to get stumped by three yards than three millimetres.”
Knowing these facts makes me ponder: Why then did the Australian batsmen struggle against the spinners in Sri Lanka? Weren’t they expecting slow turners? Hadn’t they prepared themselves adequately?
I was at the Bupa National Cricket Centre in Brisbane a couple of months back with four Indian fast bowlers. I watched the Australians practise against spin on a specially prepared subcontinent-style pitch. They all looked technically solid. Although those spinners cannot be compared to the ones they faced in Sri Lanka, there was no hint of struggle.
Watching them in trouble against the Sri Lankan spinners makes me wonder if the short camp influenced them in some way. It does seem that these short stints under experts have confused them. This again is an example of how adapting to various situations plays a major role at the international level. This comes only with experience. One needs to encounter such situations in matches to learn.
If we consider the Australian system, there are hardly any spinners of international calibre. Also, the pitches are so true that they hardly pose any challenge. When they had to play against top-class spin bowling under pressure, with the pitch turning square, these batsmen were clueless. Barring Steve Smith, they lacked the technique to tackle the spinners.
At times, the players did strategise and attack. But when the attack is premeditated, experienced international bowlers see several loopholes to exploit.
And that was exactly what happened. The batsmen, who decided to play the spinners from the crease, looked amateurish.
In February, the Australians will be touring India. They will encounter similar conditions and equally effective spinners who know how to vary the pace and spin on Indian pitches. The Australians will have a similar short camp again which alone cannot be the solution. If they do not raise the bar against spin bowling, they will struggle against Bangladesh too.
Cricket Australia must act quickly and make radical decisions. There is a need to include at least one spinner from the subcontinental teams in their State and club teams. The structure of the pitches has to be changed as well.
This is the only way to help the batsmen tackle spin. No amount of practice in nets or watching the videos of Indian spinners will prepare them to play in Indian conditions. By playing against these spinners in real matches, they will realise how to bat against them.
This approach has already been tried and tested. Coach Ramakant Achrekar made his boys play many matches. In fact, the boys played matches every day during the summer. He felt a player learns faster to react to the situation in the middle than in the nets. Tendulkar, Kambli, Amre, Muzumdar and many renowned players are his products.
A couple of days prior to the 1987 World Cup semi-final between India and England at the Wankhede stadium, Graham Gooch requested the Cricket Club Of India to organise good left-arm spinners and asked them to bowl a leg-and-middle line. It was centre-wicket practice with a packed leg-side field.
He then kept playing sweep shots. He was prepping to face two left arm spinners, Ravi Shastri and Maninder Singh. In the match, he employed the sweep shot and scored a century that helped England win the match. Tendulkar too underwent a similar exercise before he faced Shane Warne in a home series.
A practical approach, tenacity and practice are very important to attack in any given situation. The facilities at CA’s NCC in Brisbane are outstanding with top-notch technology. However, they are of no use when it comes to handling actual match situations.
Technology can give you a certain amount of assistance to understand the situation, but inputs and game-plans to perform under pressure at the venue can only come with practical experience.
Only time will tell whether the Australians turn this setback into a comeback! | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/makarand-waingankar/why-australias-batsmen-struggled-in-sri-lanka/article9032658.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e7b9f08a40a64c1280c11fcbb6c57091c19545cae78b1ab9fa62511ca62ad8bb.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:53:03 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Cartoon from 'The Hindu' | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fcartoon%2Farticle9036970.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/160827_-_Defence_s_2987610c.jpg | en | null | Cartoonscape — August 27, 2016 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Please Wait while comments are loading...
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[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The manifold increase in the stray dog population in Kerala can be linked to the ugly culture of disposing of waste in public spaces and then expecting ‘someone to manage it’. The other reason is tha | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fkeralas-stray-dog-problem%2Farticle9051368.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Kerala’s stray dog problem | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The manifold increase in the stray dog population in Kerala can be linked to the ugly culture of disposing of waste in public spaces and then expecting ‘someone to manage it’. The other reason is that some people feed dogs in the fond hope that their presence will keep intruders away. Unless we change this attitude, it is foolish to expect the State government alone to handle the issue.
P.R. Krishnan, Thrissur | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/keralas-stray-dog-problem/article9051368.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/26d18e5ccd4606a15ac4d005fc957988091ae4e65a7b15084dcc5c4635ff1cac.json |
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"Jacob Koshy"
] | 2016-08-30T18:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The gravest threat to groundwater in India isn’t over-exploitation but arsenic and salt contamination. This is the conclusion of a new study published on Monday in Nature Geoscience, which also ch | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fdata%2Fwater-table-rises-in-ganga-basin-but-so-does-salinity%2Farticle9051315.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/Ganga_2992617c.jpg | en | null | Water table rises in Ganga basin but so does salinity | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Researchers analysed groundwater levels from 3,429 wells and spatial data in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
The gravest threat to groundwater in India isn’t over-exploitation but arsenic and salt contamination.
This is the conclusion of a new study published on Monday in Nature Geoscience, which also challenges several recent reports to say that 70 per cent of the water table in most of the Indo-Gangetic aquifer — among the largest in the world — is ‘stable and mostly improving’.
The authors of the study, “Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations”, say the unsustainable levels of groundwater extraction are largely limited to urban agglomerations in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
However, nearly 23 per cent of the 300 BCM (billion cubic metre) is extremely saline and about 40 per cent contaminated by arsenic, says the study, authored by an international team of researchers led by A.M. MacDonald and H.C. Bonsor, which includes K. Gopal of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee and A. Mukherjee, of IIT Kharagpur. In recent years, several reports have warned of alarming groundwater depletion in northwest India and Pakistan based on satellite imagery from the Gravity Recovery and Satellite Experiment (GRACE) that has minutely tracked how gravity varies across the earth since 2002.
For their study, Prof. MacDonald, Principal Geologist with the British Geological Survey, and colleagues analysed groundwater tables from 3,429 wells, high-resolution spatial data and studies within Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh between 2000 and 2012.
Substantial variations
The researchers sought to assess groundwater-level variations, groundwater quality and groundwater storage within the top 200 m of the Indo-Gangetic aquifer.
“Compiled water-table records indicate substantial spatial variability…(This) is unresolvable by GRACE and depends on ground-truth observations,” the authors added.
Canals built in the 19 and 20 centuries significantly influenced groundwater trends, the study says as water accumulated at the origins of the canal tended to “leak out”, leading to high recharge and sometimes floods.
Moreover, geological variations determine how much groundwater is available in a region and only regular groundwater observations would give an accurate picture of water availability, the researchers add.
Independent experts said groundwater trends were highly variable across India and could change year on year.
“Even one year of drought can substantially alter groundwater availability though we’ve known for a while that it’s the northwest where groundwater levels are worrisome,” said G.S. Jha, former chief of the Central Groundwater Board.
According to a review of India’s water resources by the government in December 2015, India has a usable resource of 1,123 BCM/year of which surface water and groundwater is 690 BCM/year and 433 BCM/year respectively. Setting aside 35 BCM for natural discharge, the net annual ground water availability for the entire country is 398 BCM. | http://www.thehindu.com/data/water-table-rises-in-ganga-basin-but-so-does-salinity/article9051315.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4c2cf83b6454cd5476720b3b04fd7f4ab81248ca5de63975fd9e7e39cb3e3a58.json |
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"N. Rahul"
] | 2016-08-28T04:51:22 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The Telangana Government on Saturday sought to dispel apprehensions about the agreement with Maharashtra on project across Pranahita stating that it accepted the height of 148 mts against the conceive | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Fharish-seeks-to-clear-the-air-on-pact-with-maharashtra%2Farticle9041967.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/27hynrh01-Haris_hy_2989291c.jpg | en | null | Harish seeks to clear the air on pact with Maharashtra | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Minister justifies the pact asking if it is right to squabble with the neighbouring State for years after its CM rejected the height of 152 mts
The Telangana Government on Saturday sought to dispel apprehensions about the agreement with Maharashtra on project across Pranahita stating that it accepted the height of 148 mts against the conceived 152 mts at Tummidi Hetti under “compelling” circumstances.
Telangana had no choice but to agree to 148 mts because Maharashtra had been stiffly opposing since the conception of the project in 2007 as the height of 152 mts would submerge 5,145 acres of land in 30 villages of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts of that State, Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao told select media persons here on Saturday.
Avoiding any criticism of political parties that raised a dust that the agreement mortgaged interests of Telangana, Mr. Harish Rao said the compulsions to agree to 148 mts originated from non-availability of 160 tmc ft of water that the government envisaged while taking up Pranahita-Chevella project to irrigate 16.40 lakh acres of ayacut in seven districts of Telangana. This project was redesigned and split into two parts, one of them confined to Adilabad district, and the other shifted downwards to a length of 110 kms at Medigadda.
In shifting the bigger portion of the project to Medigadda, Mr. Rao said the net available yield of water will go up from 102 tmc ft to 275 tmc ft which would not only meet the requirement of 16.40 lakh acres but stabilise an ayacut of 18 lakh acres created under already constructed projects like SRSP Stages I and II and flood flow canal. The net availability had come down to 102 tmc ft at Tummidi Hetti because 63 tmc ft of surplus water was already contemplated for projects in upper riparian States. Even in the 102 tmc ft, he said 30 tmc ft was meant for drinking water to Hyderabad, 16 tmc ft for industries and 10 tmc ft for en route villages. How is it possible to irrigate 16.40 lakh acres with the balance 46 tmc ft?, he questioned. Mr. Rao also justified the agreement asking if it is right to squabble with Maharashtra on barrage height for some more years after its Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had categorically rejected the height of 152 mts.
The Maharashtra government had addressed letters to higher ups in combined Andhra Pradesh 16 times expressing apprehensions about submergence of land due to Pranahita – Chevella project.
But, AP never responded. A meeting between former Chief Ministers N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Prithviraj Chavan in May 2012 and two subsequent meetings of officials of two States failed to cut ice. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/harish-seeks-to-clear-the-air-on-pact-with-maharashtra/article9041967.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c8a0b51e5b2b8321ecc0cb9fb50608397953440934d6c2223cca9e709a164dde.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:53:33 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav powered his way to an unbeaten 83-ball 93 as India-A recovered from early blows to cruise past Australia’s National Performance Squad by six wickets in the quadrangu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fkedar-shreyas-guide-indiaa-home%2Farticle9040823.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Kedar, Shreyas guide India-A home | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav powered his way to an unbeaten 83-ball 93 as India-A recovered from early blows to cruise past Australia’s National Performance Squad by six wickets in the quadrangular 50-over tournament here on Saturday.
With 16 points from five games, India-A is now a firm favourite to make the final.
Put into bat, NPS managed a modest 207 for eight in 50 overs. India reached the target in 38.2 overs thanks to a 135-run fourth-wicket partnership between Jadhav and Shreyas Iyer (62).
Openers Mandeep Singh (4) and Karun Nair (14) and skipper Manish Pandey (10) fell in quick succession before Shreyas and Jadhav joined hands.
While Jadhav hit 10 boundaries, Shreyas showed a different side to his game by dropping anchor, rotating the strike and hitting the occasional boundary.
The scores:
NPS 207 for eight in 50 overs (Sam Harper 72, Clint Hinchliffe 43, Varun Aaron three for 58) lost to India-A 208 for four in 38.2 overs (Kedar Jadhav 93 n.o., Shreyas Iyer 62, Tom O’Donnell four for 28). | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/kedar-shreyas-guide-indiaa-home/article9040823.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/add4f676398c4a1485ca6ac6ed38f0c3071c589619707c763b76f6b72a34feea.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:26 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The rupee settled almost flat at 67.06 against the US currency in restricted activity ahead of the US central bank’s speech. Overall mood remained fragile and fully focused on Federal Reserve Chair Ja | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Frupee-ends-flat-at-6706-us-fed-speech-in-focus%2Farticle9036742.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Rupee ends flat at 67.06 ; US Fed speech in focus | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The rupee settled almost flat at 67.06 against the US currency in restricted activity ahead of the US central bank’s speech.
Overall mood remained fragile and fully focused on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech at Jackson Hole symposium later in the day, which is expected to give some clues on the future path of US rate hikes.
Reflecting nervousness over the prospect of the Federal Reserve tightening policy and event risk, traders stayed on the sidelines, a dealer said.
The domestic currency opened modestly higher at 67.02 a dollar compared to Thursday’s closing level of 67.05 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market and struggled to make any headway.
It largely traded in a very tight range of 66.98 and 67.0750 due to alternate bouts of demand and supply transactions of dollars, before settling at 67.06, down by a mere one paisa.
The rupee had ended higher by 6 paise at 67.05 against the greenback yesterday.
Meanwhile, RBI yesterday announced a slew of of changes in fixed income and currency markets such as allowing lenders to issue ‘masala bonds’ and to accept corporate bonds under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF).
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 67.0299 and for euro at 75.7371.
In cross—currency trades, the rupee drifted back against the pound sterling to close at 88.53 from 88.46 and declined further against the euro to end at 75.71 compared to 75.68 earlier.
It also softened against the Japanese yen to 66.75 from 66.74 per 100 yens.
Meanwhile, stock markets remained under selling pressure for the second—straight session. The BSE Sensex dropped 53.66 points to close at 27,782.25 while the broader Nifty fell 19.65 points to end at 8,572.55.
In the forward market, premium for dollar continued to trade weak on sustained receipts by exporters.
The benchmark six—month premium for January slipped to 166-168 paise from 169.5-171 paise and the forward July 2017 contract also dropped to 360—362 paise from 366.5—368 paise yesterday.
On the global front, US dollar traded lower against the other major currencies as investors turned cautious before the keynote speech by Yellen. The US dollar index was down 0.08 per cent at 94.60 in early trade. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/rupee-ends-flat-at-6706-us-fed-speech-in-focus/article9036742.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b05f7751822c1bbcd350451ffab8f579f93662fa3cef603271530a57bae6a1a7.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:53:34 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | People’s representatives from Dakshina Kannada in association with the State government has proposed to hold “Invest Manglauru” conclave in Bengaluru in a few months to attract investment and create | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Finvest-mangaluru-conclave-to-be-held-in-bengaluru%2Farticle9036016.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | 'Invest Mangaluru’ conclave to be held in Bengaluru | null | null | www.thehindu.com | People’s representatives from Dakshina Kannada in association with the State government has proposed to hold “Invest Manglauru” conclave in Bengaluru in a few months to attract investment and create jobs.
Speaking to presspersons here, Mangaluru South MLA J.R. Lobo regretted that of late Dakshina Kannada and Mangaluru was having ageing population as the younger generation was moving out in search of employment after completing their education. Though the region is famous for best of the educational institutions, enough employment opportunities are not available here, he said.
Absence of youth is not a healthy sign for any society and hence efforts should be made to retain the talent. Investments cannot be attracted by holding conclaves in Mangaluru, but at places where potential investors exist and hence the decision to hold it at Bengaluru, he said.
The conclave would showcase the potentials of Dakshina Kannada, which is endowed with multiple options of connectivity — road, rail, air and sea. The region also has the best of human resources and has rich cultural heritage. All these should be able to attract investors, he said.
Mr. Lobo said the dates for the conclave are yet to be finalised; but it would be held within six months. Elaborate preparations have to be made for the same, he added.
District Congress backs Ramya
Earlier, speaking at the death centenary celebrations of Bharat Seva Dal founder N.S. Hardikar, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee in-charge president Kodijal Ibrahim said the Congress fully backed film actor-turned politician Ramya on her statement about Pakistan.
He castigated the BJP and the Sangh Parivar for raking up the issue and said it has been the Indian tradition to appreciate good gesture by others. “If Ramya was treated well during her visit to Pakistan and she speaks good about that country, what is wrong in that,” he said.
Mr. Ibrahim also noted the quotes about Mohammed Ali Jinnah by former deputy prime minister and BJP patriarch L.K. Advani.
He urged all cadres of Congress in the state to launch counter-protest against BJP and Sangh Parivar for their attempts to malign the image of Ms. Ramya.
Revamp Seva Dal
Speaking on the occasion, Mangaluru South MLA J.R. Lobo said the real obituary to late Hardikar would be in the form of restoring Bharat Seva Dal to its original glory and not holding memorial functions. Of late, the Seva Dal has lost its sheen and all Congressmen are responsible for its declining popularity.
Hence, it is the duty of every Congressmen to work hard towards elevating the Seva Dal to work for the purpose for which it was founded, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/invest-mangaluru-conclave-to-be-held-in-bengaluru/article9036016.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/47e73384ea98ab1894ec5dbb525bda746d1fa317209a43c67bf0e46a1b24a4c3.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T13:02:35 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Aster Rose (S. John up) claimed the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes, the main event of the races here on Monday (August 29). Trained by Arjun Mangalorkar, the winner is owned by Ms. Ameeta Mehra.T | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fraces%2Faster-rose-claims-deccan-fillies-championship-stakes%2Farticle9046147.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Aster Rose claims Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Aster Rose (S. John up) claimed the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes, the main event of the races here on Monday (August 29). Trained by Arjun Mangalorkar, the winner is owned by Ms. Ameeta Mehra.
The results:
1. BLUE MAX CUP (1600m), Cat. III, 3-y-o only, rated upto 50: Like Wise (P.S. Chouhan) 1, Elysian (Akshay Kumar) 2, Monte Rosa (G Naresh) 3, Surprise Party (Aneel) 4. 1-1/4, 3-1/2, 10-1/2. 1m 41.74s. Rs. 8 (w), 6 & 7 (p), SHP: Rs. 12, FP: Rs. 14, Q: Rs. 8, Tanala: Rs. 23. Favourite: Likewise. Owner: Mr. M. Narayanan. Trainer: K. Satheesh.
2. A. KRISHNASWAMI MEMORIAL CUP (1200m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 75: City of Harmony (P.S. Chouhan) 1, Dancing Leaf (A Sandesh) 2, Charlie Brown (P. Sai Kumar) 3, Dream Vision (Akshay Kumar) 4. Not run: Tinsel Town. 1-3/4, 5-1/2, 4. 1m 12.76s. Rs. 10 (w), 6, 6 (p), SHP: Rs. 15, FP: Rs. 23, Q: Rs. 9, Tanala: Rs. 68. Favourite: City of Harmony. Owners: M/s. K. Thribhuvan Reddy & K. Vivek Reddy. Trainer: M Satyanarayana.
3. CON AMORE CUP (1200m), Cat. III, 3-y-o & over, rated upto 50: Awesome Approach (P. Trevor) 1, Indian Dreams (K Sai Kiran) 2, Paprika (P.S. Chouhan) 3, Gorgeous Lady (Deepak Singh) 4. 3, 1/2, 1-1/2. 1m 14.34s. Rs. 10 (w), 6, 13, 7 (p), SHP: Rs. 58, FP: Rs. 113, Q: Rs. 105, Tanala: Rs. 434. Favourite: Awesome Approach. Owner: Mr. A.V. Jayaprakash. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira.
4. DELAGE PLATE (2400m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 75: Rio Rojo (Suraj Narredu) 1, Blue Eyed Babe (K. Mukesh Kumar) 2, Humraaj (Deep Shanker) 3, Strengthandbeauty (N. Rawal) 4. Not run: Tiger. Dist., 5, 2-1/2. 2m 37.32s. Rs. 7 (w), 6, 9, 18 (p), SHP: Rs. 19, FP: Rs. 23, Q: Rs. 21, Tanala: Rs. 166. Favourite: Rio Rojo. Owner: Mr. Rudraraju Rajendra Verma. Trainer: K.S.V. Prasad Raju.
5. STARSKY PLATE (1400m), Cat. III, 4-y-o only, rated upto 50: Princess Rose (Deep Shanker) 1, Apache Gal (A. Sandesh) 2, Lavender (B. Dileep) 3, Accelerator (A.M. Tograllu) 4. 2-1/4, 1/2, sh.hd. 1m 29.25s. Rs. 24 (w), 8, 7, 12 (p), SHP: Rs. 24, FP: Rs. 64, Q: Rs. 33, Tanala: Rs. 476. Favourite: Apache Gal. Owners: M/s. S.A. Shehzad Abbas & Sudershan Rathore. Trainer: S.A. Shehzad Abbas.
6. DECCAN FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES (1600 m), fillies 3-y-o only (Terms): Aster Rose (S. John) 1, Prospero (A Sandesh) 2, Aika Aika Aika (P.S. Chouhan) 3, Cheerleader (Suraj Narredu) 4. 1-1/2, 1-1/4, 3/4. 1m 41.01s. Rs. 9 (w), 6, 10 (p), SHP: Rs. 18, FP: Rs. 24, Q: Rs. 19, Tanala: Rs. 36. Favourite: Aster Rose. Owner: Miss Ameeta Mehra. Trainer: Arjun Mangalorkar.
7. DIABLO PLATE (1200m), Cat. II, maiden 3-y-o only (Terms): Queen to Rule (P. Ajeeth Kumar) 1, Harvest Moon (Deep Shanker) 2, Super Racer (A. M. Tograllu) 3, Good Image (K. Mukesh Kumar) 4. Not run: Good Taste. 3-1/2, s hd., 2-3/4. 1m 15.96s. Rs. 35 (w), 9, 16, 7 (p), SHP: Rs. 77, FP: Rs. 945, Q: Rs. 418, Tanala: Rs. 2767. Favourite: Super Racer. Owners: M/s. A. Vijaya Vardhan Reddy & Sunil Kumar Sethi. Trainer: T. Srinagesh.Treble (i): Rs. 32 (1917 tkts.); (ii): Rs. 512 (266 tkts.).Consolation: Rs. 78 (4166 tkts.).Jackpot: Rs. 2167 (354 tkts.). | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/races/aster-rose-claims-deccan-fillies-championship-stakes/article9046147.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/95a04d02f27231d441a287daff2ae6930f44a23e0ba33a0798116773da452dd3.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:55:26 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Fresh violence left more than 25 protesters injured on Tuesday, forcing re-imposition of restrictions in parts of Srinagar and south Kashmir, while separatists’ shutdown call continued to impact the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ffresh-violence-in-valley-25-injured%2Farticle9051337.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Fresh violence in Valley, 25 injured | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Fresh violence left more than 25 protesters injured on Tuesday, forcing re-imposition of restrictions in parts of Srinagar and south Kashmir, while separatists’ shutdown call continued to impact the normal life for the 53rd consecutive day.
Though no curfew was imposed in 10 districts in the Valley, except under two police stations in Srinagar, protesters clashed in parts of Srinagar and hurled stones at the security forces.
Barricades were put up by protesters in interior areas of the city, affecting movement of vehicles. All shops, schools and business centres remained closed. Anti-government rallies and clashes were reported from Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama districts.
Around 10 protesters suffered injuries in Anantnag’s Dooru area, while 10 others were injured in Bandipora district. At least five civilians were injured in fresh clashes in Kupwara district.
As street violence showed no let up, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, said in Jammu, “Rightful place for our children is educational institutions like IITs, IIMs, engineering, medical, dental colleges and not on the streets.”
Calling for “infusing legitimacy in the reconciliation and resolution process,” she said the challenge before the leadership of the State and the country was to insulate the process from setbacks.
“Even if Pakistan maybe, due to own political reasons, presently reluctant to reciprocate the peace overtures from New Delhi, whatever can be done to address the internal dimensions of the Kashmir issue must be done without delay,” she said.
Meanwhile, JKLF chief Yasin Malik was shifted from the Srinagar Central Jail to the Joint Interrogation Centre, Humhama. Separatists have been issuing protest calendars for more than a month now, which has thrown a challenge to the State’s writ and the security agencies. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fresh-violence-in-valley-25-injured/article9051337.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f000950159d5743313899c0f2cb5fe6b8ee49421f7ad0907822951450498968c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:51:19 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Five unauthorised textile dyeing units were demolished in and around Anthiyur town by Pollution Control Board officials.
The officials acted on a directive by District Collector to demolish all suc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FCoimbatore%2F5-unauthorised-textile-dyeing-units-demolished%2Farticle9049497.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | 5 unauthorised textile dyeing units demolished | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Five unauthorised textile dyeing units were demolished in and around Anthiyur town by Pollution Control Board officials.
The officials acted on a directive by District Collector to demolish all such units in the town immediately.
They were assisted in their task on Monday by the Revenue Department and police.
The units were located at Chinnathambipalayam, Thavittupalayam and another area found five textile dyeing factories. The electricity connections were also cut.
Pollution Control Board personnel also registered cases against the five units. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/5-unauthorised-textile-dyeing-units-demolished/article9049497.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4329d4550abefbbbcfee40b6439766eccd1c3fe9403cfc2d0689ec58163b9a6a.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:53:36 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Kerala State Land Use Board (KSLUB) is gearing up to prepare a comprehensive databank of resources coming under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for their effective utilisation.The project, chri | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FThiruvananthapuram%2Fscheme-for-sustainable-land-use%2Farticle9053380.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Scheme for sustainable land use | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Kerala State Land Use Board (KSLUB) is gearing up to prepare a comprehensive databank of resources coming under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for their effective utilisation.
The project, christened Sustainable Land Utilisation Model, aimed at resource mapping of the 100 wards of the Corporation. The programme, which has been recommended by the State Planning Board, has been included in the annual plan of the KSLUB this fiscal.
Mayor V.K. Prasanth will formally launch the project at a function to be held at the SNDP hall at Kazhakuttam on Thursday. Deputy Mayor Rakhi Ravikumar will preside.
Objectives
According to Land Use Commissioner A. Nizamudeen, the main objectives of the project included identifying the resources in the region and understanding the availability and distribution of various crops in each ward. This would enable proper utilisation of each part of the entire area, including fallow lands. Such an endeavour would enable the local body to take stock of the available agricultural resources and explore the possibility of extending farming to unused areas, paving way for self-sufficiency in crop production.
The topographical survey and aerial mapping of the region will enable the Corporation to identity waterlogged areas and reclaimed wetlands. The satellite images and utilisation of the Geographical Information System (GIS) will enable the preparation of a digital databank. The reference material is bound to benefit civic planners, development agencies, and researchers
The project will also aid in utilising the drainage network in the city to its maximum potential by understanding the available resources. It will also help in taking stock of the existing public wells and bore-wells and arriving at steps to revive those remaining defunct.
The study will also assist in demarcating the boundaries of each ward and thereby enable urban planning in a scientific manner. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/scheme-for-sustainable-land-use/article9053380.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f6a83bccffe332f443ac780afe4d06834a5356a29c9e5bfefa7401d151ecd0fc.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:57:40 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | On Independence Day, the Coimbatore Corporation recognised the efforts of many a civil society organisations, including that of ‘No Dumping’ team.The team, since January this year, has collected waste | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FCoimbatore%2Fwaste-collection-from-apartments-gated-communities-picks-up%2Farticle9034268.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/17augcbemkhi2_a_CB_2986893c.jpg | en | null | Waste collection from apartments, gated communities picks up | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ‘No Dumping’ members collecting waste in a segregated manner from an apartment at Sowripalayam in Coimbatore.—Photo: M. Periasamy
The team sends the organic waste to bio-gasifier plants, farmers and the Corporation’s vermin compost plant.
On Independence Day, the Coimbatore Corporation recognised the efforts of many a civil society organisations, including that of ‘No Dumping’ team.
The team, since January this year, has collected waste in a segregated fashion from gated communities and apartments, two wards, the Coimbatore airport and another places – 22, in all – and processed the waste.
Handing out the award, Corporation Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan said that team’s effort was commendable and that the civic body planned to expand the waste collection to 50 wards in the city.
C. Prasanth of the ‘No Dumping’ team says that in the past seven months, the team has collected 15,275 kg organic wet waste, 2,64,607 kg inorganic dry waste and 9,598 kg unhygienic waste like sanitary napkins.
The team sends the organic waste to bio-gasifier plants, farmers and the Corporation’s vermin compost plant and segregated and sold recyclable dry waste to vendors. It sells the non-recyclable dry waste to ACC Cement company as alternative fuel resource and sent the unhygienic waste to safe landfill in Vellalore.
He says that the team makes “some money” by selling the recyclable dry waste but the money is not enough to sustain the operations. It gets support from the ACC Cement company that support it as part of its corporate social responsibility operations.
In the apartments, though, the team collects segregated waste at their doorstep. Before starting the operation, the team talked to apartment associations, brought them on board and then created awareness among women, the maids and also housekeeping staff.
Resident B. Sabari Sabthami of Lambodara Orchid Elegance apartments on Kannabiran Mill Road says that the association has given two bins and a bag to all the residents, who segregate the waste into organic wet, inorganic dry and unhygienic waste. Initially, there were hiccups but now almost all residents are following the practices, she adds.
Now the team has reached out to colleges as well. On Wednesday, it kick-started the drive at the CMS College of Science and Commerce. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/waste-collection-from-apartments-gated-communities-picks-up/article9034268.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/52c6e76c9ce7f9ce7331b26a48303c3766d80f63b47cfa2acf9cd20d8ff22bda.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T04:51:29 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A few senior Congress leaders and 41 district presidents have written to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi demanding the removal of Youth Congress leader Vijay Ilanchezhian f | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fsonia-urged-to-remove-youth-cong-leader%2Farticle9041684.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Sonia urged to remove youth Cong. leader | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A few senior Congress leaders and 41 district presidents have written to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi demanding the removal of Youth Congress leader Vijay Ilanchezhian for filing a criminal complaint against former TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan.
“Instead of bringing an internal issue to the notice of the party high command, Mr. Ilanchezhian has brought a bad name to the party by going to the police,” the leaders and district presidents said in their letter.
They alleged that Mr. Ilanchezihan had crippled the functioning of the Youth Congress and resorted to violence to settle problems. The police filed an FIR against Mr. Elangovan based on Mr. Ilanchezhian’s complaint.
“At a time when the party is functioning without a president and the morale of the cadre is at a low, a police case against Mr. Elangovan has affected the party’s prospects in the local body elections,” said the letter signed by media wing leader A. Gopanna, treasurer Na.Se. Ramachandran, Scheduled Caste wing leader Selvaperunthagai and State vice-president A.P.C.V. Shanmugam.
According to them, a few days ago Mr. Ilanchezhian and his supporters had demanded the keys of the room used by Mr. Gopanna. The manager of Sathyamurthy Bhavan, Elumalai, had told them that keys were not in his possession. “When they threatened to break open the room, he informed Mr. Elangovan, who rushed to the party office and warned Mr. Ilanchezhian and his supporters. He told them that the keys would be handed over once a new president is appointed,” the leaders said.
“But, a day after this incident, Mr. Ilanchezhian filed a complaint with the police at the instigation of some people,” the Congress leaders alleged.
'Vijay Ilanchezhian has brought a bad name to the Cong. by taking an internal matter to the police' | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sonia-urged-to-remove-youth-cong-leader/article9041684.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6e60a63cdaeb8873680d61ea7890a1d297b4dd8dbe8a9211e58b7ebdafd539ea.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:52:00 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | ATHLETICS
Stellar field for women’s 200m
Elaine Thompson, Dafne Schippers, Allyson Felix and Veronica Campbell-Brown will head a star-studded 200m women’s race at the Zurich Diamond League on Thu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fin-school%2Fsports%2Fhales-leads-england-to-series-win-murray-serena-progress%2Farticle9055681.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/01ISBS_ALEX_HALES_2993542c.jpg | en | null | Hales leads England to series win; Murray, Serena progress | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Not in the mood to go through the sports news in detail, but can’t quite get yourself to do away with it either? Here’s what we have to offer: read on to get a summary of all the main sports events that have been covered.
ATHLETICS
Stellar field for women’s 200m
Elaine Thompson, Dafne Schippers, Allyson Felix and Veronica Campbell-Brown will head a star-studded 200m women’s race at the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday.
CRICKET
Hales powers England to series win
Alex Hales’ scored England’s highest ODI score (171) to power them to the highest ODI score (444/3) in the history of the game. The result - victory by 169 runs - meant that England have an unassailable 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five match series.
Steyn believes he can get better
Dale Steyn’s five for 33 in the second innings might have helped South Africa beat New Zealand in the second Test and win the series 1-0, but the paceman believes that he is still a long way from where he wants to be.
TENNIS
Murray, Serena progress to second round of US Open
Andy Murray, who is looking to become the fourth man in the Open Era to reach all four major finals in a calendar year, got off to the perfect start with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Lukas Rosol.
Serena Williams hadn’t practiced much owing to a sore shoulder, but that didn’t stop her from easing through to the second round with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ekaterina Makarova. | http://www.thehindu.com/in-school/sports/hales-leads-england-to-series-win-murray-serena-progress/article9055681.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ee6c0595f8853621f40a91f0b54a6fed711f5b5cbbf343435515455e469270ba.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T02:50:31 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority placed two buildings in George Town under ‘lock and seal’ on Friday for violation of planning permissions.One of them is a multi-storey building on Coral Mer | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fcmda-seals-buildings-in-george-town-for-planning-violations%2Farticle9038459.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26AUGCHMAK02_cm_27_2988235c.jpg | en | null | CMDA seals buildings in Chennai's George Town for planning violations | null | null | www.thehindu.com | decisive action:The building on Anna Pillai Street in George Town that was sealed by the CMDA. —Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority placed two buildings in George Town under ‘lock and seal’ on Friday for violation of planning permissions.
One of them is a multi-storey building on Coral Merchant Street. Sources said that the builder had constructed floors and built more homes and commercial space than was sanctioned in the original planning permit. The other building that was sealed was on Anna Pillai Street. The buildings were sealed under Section 56 and 57 of Town and Country Planning Act, 1971.
CMDA sources said that large-scale violations have been reported in the George Town area. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cmda-seals-buildings-in-george-town-for-planning-violations/article9038459.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d7d16d48de514b35ee239a59f927aff37f209b36a2f0680e7617742ef1003776.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:52:55 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., in association with the South Western and Southern Railways would operate Velankanni Special Trains.Vasco-Velankanni Suvidha Special will leave Vasco at 10.30 a. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fkonkan-railway-to-operate-special-trains-to-velankanni%2Farticle9036024.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Konkan Railway to operate special trains to Velankanni | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., in association with the South Western and Southern Railways would operate Velankanni Special Trains.
Vasco-Velankanni Suvidha Special will leave Vasco at 10.30 a.m. on August 27, September 3 and September 7 to reach Velankanni at 12.35 p.m. the next day.
Other trains:
August 30: Train No. 82656 will leave Velankanni at 10.40 a.m. and reach Vasco at 10 a.m. next day.
September 5: Train No. 82660 will leave Velankanni at 9.30 a.m. and reach Vasco at 10 a.m. next day.
September 8: Train No. 82658 will leave Velankanni at 7.30 p.m. to reach Vasco at 9.10 p.m. next day.
The special train will have 18 coaches and will halt at Madgoan, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Kundapura, Udupi, Suratkal, Mangaluru Jn. Kasargod, Kannur, Thalasary, Kozhikkode, Tirur, Shoranur Jn., Palakkad, Coimbtore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Tiruchchirappali, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam stations, said a release from Konkan Railway. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/konkan-railway-to-operate-special-trains-to-velankanni/article9036024.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4cefac651624b48175df9607413a07d21ff097eef756813e2278ae38c0ab2430.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:56:51 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | There was a stand-off between BBMP officials and citizens of an apartment complex in Hulimavu for several hours on Thursday over demolition of their compound wall.Residents surrounded the earth-movers | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fstandoff-at-hulimavu%2Farticle9034118.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/25bg_bgvsn_Demo_26_2986859c.jpg | en | null | Stand-off at Hulimavu | null | null | www.thehindu.com | (Top) Residents attempt to thwart civic officials who called the police. The operation was completed at 5 p.m.— Photos: Sampath Kumar G.P.
Residents of a building refuse to let civic officials demolish compound wall
There was a stand-off between BBMP officials and citizens of an apartment complex in Hulimavu for several hours on Thursday over demolition of their compound wall.
Residents surrounded the earth-movers to prevent them from going ahead with the demolition. The police were called in to control the crowd. After several hours of arguments, the civic body razed the compound wall of Suraksha Golden Palms Apartments at 5 p.m.
The arguments
While officials maintained that the wall had encroached upon a storm water drain (SWD), residents insisted otherwise.
“According to the village map, the rajakaluve (primary drain) does not come under the wall,” said Rangarajan R., treasurer of the apartment society. “There are rumours that owners of a nearby cluster of houses had asked the BBMP to divert SWDs that were actually running under their properties.”
However, the BBMP said that it has not authorised any diversion.
There are over 150 apartments in the complex and no one had expected the civic body to target the building.
“We had visited this area earlier and were not expecting trouble. However, it was 5 p.m. by the time we finished the work,” said Siddegowda, Chief Engineer, Dasarahalli Zone.
The BBMP has temporarily stopped demolitions. It is in the process of carrying out a fresh survey and officials said they will be resuming the encroachment clearance drive either on Saturday or next week. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/standoff-at-hulimavu/article9034118.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/0185535701dce4f76d37634e77673f3ba7e3784f45f9a169a098e02d80945372.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T04:51:21 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has said that the Union government should not absolve its responsibility of extending a helping hand to overcome the backw | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fcentre-told-to-sanction-special-funds-for-hyderabad-karnataka%2Farticle9041906.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/27bg_kalaburagi_28_2989280c.jpg | en | null | Centre told to sanction special funds for Hyderabad Karnataka | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ‘Its responsibility does not end with the amendment to Article 371 of the Constitution’
Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has said that the Union government should not absolve its responsibility of extending a helping hand to overcome the backwardness of the Hyderabad Karnataka region and sanction special funds to reduce the imbalances in development.
He was here on Saturday to inaugurate a two-day national workshop on the implementation of Article 371(J).
Mr. Yechury said that the responsibility of the Centre did not end with the amendment to Article 371 of the Constitution extending special status to the Hyderabad Karnataka region. It should substitute the efforts of the State government with special allocations in the budget to reduce the regional imbalance in development.
Mr. Yechury said that the task of moving the Union government to provide special assistance was not easy and a movement of the people was required for the purpose. While appreciating the State government’s efforts to improve the infrastructure shortcomings in the region, he said that this was not enough and the priorities of the State government should be to improve the Human Development Index of the region which was abysmally low.
He said that the State government should prepare a concrete plan to fight malnutrition and high school dropout rates in the region. A special provision should be made to extend midday meal scheme for out-of-the school children to fight malnutrition and hunger. “There is a need for a concrete structural plan with concrete allocation to remove the backwardness of the region.”
Mr. Yechury said that 25 years of liberalisation policies had not helped the country overcome poverty, malnutrition, and starvation deaths. While the rich had become richer, the poor had become poorer in the past 25 years.
As per the official figures available out of every five deaths among the children due to hunger in the world, three were in India and the highest illiterate population and highest unemployed youth were in India. He said despite the country enjoying the advantage of having 54 per cent of its population below the age of 25, attempts had not been made to tap this rich human resource by providing them quality and affordable education and open up avenues of employment for them to make India prosperous.
Mr. Yechury said that there was also need for adopting holistic approach to overcome the backwardness of the region by both the Union and State governments. The former Labour Minister S. K. Kanta and Karnataka Prantha Raita Sangha president Maruti Manpade were present. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/centre-told-to-sanction-special-funds-for-hyderabad-karnataka/article9041906.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/daa02c7e3dc3c5904945b0259f954d715363f7868c9d27ae3849bc2f0f653ed6.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T09:00:49 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | IT, Industries and Municipal Minister K.T. Rama Rao here on Monday laid the foundation for a new building for the Telangana State Election Commission at Gachibowli to be built at a cost of Rs.7.5 cror | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fstone-laid-for-sec-building%2Farticle9048298.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/29HYVGN03-KTR_G_HY_2991896c.jpg | en | null | Stone laid for SEC building | null | null | www.thehindu.com | IT, Industries and Municipal Minister K.T. Rama Rao here on Monday laid the foundation for a new building for the Telangana State Election Commission at Gachibowli to be built at a cost of Rs.7.5 crore.
The new facility with 34,000 sq.ft space after construction will be having offices of the Commissioner, secretary and other staff plus it will also have conference hall, seminar hall, library, dining, record room, etc. There is also a plan to construct six staff quarters at the site, he said. Ministers J. Krishna Rao, P. Mahender Reddy, SEC Nagi Reddy, special chief secretary S.P. Singh and others were present. Currently, the SEC is functioning from a building belonging to the Directorate of Town and Country Planning at Masab Tank. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/stone-laid-for-sec-building/article9048298.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6a034bbd9c5258bc89d18ccd4df0ca5a0cb86c00ad6d76ddbc45b56a1822942d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:19 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Crammed in stuffy classrooms, faced with pressure to perform well, and fed on a diet of boring and rote-based studies which nourish neither the soul nor mind, students in most Indian schools never ge | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fthe-conventional-classroom%2Farticle9051370.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | The conventional classroom | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Crammed in stuffy classrooms, faced with pressure to perform well, and fed on a diet of boring and rote-based studies which nourish neither the soul nor mind, students in most Indian schools never get to see what life is and enjoy its simple pleasures (“Tyranny of the classroom”, Aug. 30). There is scant attention paid to ensuring that the student is well-grounded in the basics. He pays the price for this much later. This apart, there is a greater need today to revive the teaching of moral, social and environmental sciences. All fond hopes of innovation, entrepreneurship and the much-vaunted ‘demographic dividend’ will come to naught if the academic course pursued by a student after spending so much money does not give him the self-confidence and the skills to face the world.
C.V. Krishna Manoj, Hyderabad
None of our teaching and learning processes is linked to the aptitude of the pupil. I can cite the example of my son who has an ear for music. Even though his Trinity College of Music examiner said he had a future in music, I wanted him to become an engineer and had my way knowing how the system is. I can cite another example. In a school I was in, which was run by an automobile firm, the administration’s move to stream class 10 students who were interested in automobile engineering into the industry paid off. The result was a group of contented young people.
Rajakumar Arulanandham, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu
Today’s student is unaware of the vast scope of his interests for lack of tools within the system that can tap his talents. If imparting employable skills is not possible to such a large section of the young, then there is a need to show them the various options that they have.
Saumy Dixit, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/the-conventional-classroom/article9051370.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5cb5013ff636fa954d1dc26c5eca6a44940ca721bc15b020ad719214d1807b15.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T00:51:42 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The chairman of CII, Mysuru, N. Muthukumar, said most students aim to get recruited via campus selection, ensure a secure salary and prefer not to take risks in life.Speaking at the session on Startu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Findia-ranks-third-in-startups%2Farticle9040775.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | India ranks third in startups | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The chairman of CII, Mysuru, N. Muthukumar, said most students aim to get recruited via campus selection, ensure a secure salary and prefer not to take risks in life.
Speaking at the session on Startup India initiatives here, he said India is home to the third largest number of technology-driven startups in the world with the U.S. and the U.K. occupying the top two positions.
India is undergoing a fundamental shift towards startup-friendly policies and a business-friendly environment, Dr. Muthukumar said.
The nation needs to nurture its entrepreneurial ecosystem to create more startups and more opportunities for its vast young population to find employment, he added. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/india-ranks-third-in-startups/article9040775.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/dc1259687ed4d83c97c0af38d0da9c88665767fcc76220d7efb2f8594a89ae0c.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:55:34 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The residents of Kichcharagunta village came out and registered their protest in front of people’s representatives over their right to make use of the burial ground in their vicinity as they have been | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fandhra-pradesh%2Fprotest-for-right-over-burial-ground%2Farticle9052403.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Protest for right over burial ground | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The residents of Kichcharagunta village came out and registered their protest in front of people’s representatives over their right to make use of the burial ground in their vicinity as they have been using it for over 20 years.
Residents K. Subba Rao, D. Mohan, K. Adiseshaiah and others made a representation to the officials that the burial ground spread over nearly 17 acres was taken over recently by outside persons saying that this was patta land belonging to them.
The villagers were facing problems ever since the land was forcibly taken over by others. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/protest-for-right-over-burial-ground/article9052403.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/79ba5de9df097ad2b2482d0bd1928f446a3d8c8a8408c64882029909ec667b74.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T04:56:05 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Ever since sports was included among the categories eligible for Bharat Ratna in 2011, there has been a clamour for awarding the country’s highest civilian honour to hockey legend Dhyan Chand.A day b | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fhockey%2Fdhyan-chand-deserved-bharat-ratna-before-anyone-else%2Farticle9043108.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/TH29HOCKEY_2989990_2989996c.jpg | en | null | ‘Dhyan Chand deserved Bharat Ratna before anyone else’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Several former hockey greats came together to reiterate the demand on Sunday
Ever since sports was included among the categories eligible for Bharat Ratna in 2011, there has been a clamour for awarding the country’s highest civilian honour to hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
A day before the country celebrates National Sports Day on his birthday, several former hockey greats came together to reiterate the demand on Sunday.
Led by Dhyan Chand's son and World Cup winner Ashok Kumar and former India captain and Rajya Sabha MP Dilip Tirkey, the assembled Olympians hoped the central government would take note of Dhyan Chand’s achievements and confer the honour on the legend who led India to consecutive Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
“I feel there is discrimination against Dhyan Chand, discrimination against hockey and there is a general discrimination between sports. When he played hockey, it was for the love of the game and to make India proud on the international stage and not for any personal benefit. He played when there were no rewards for winning. We request the Government of India to rectify this shortcoming at the earliest,” Tirkey said.
Ashok said it was sad they had to demand honour for someone who did so much for the country. “Every year there is this discussion whether Dadda (as Dhyan Chand was known) would get it or not. I think it is disrespectful for someone of his stature. I don't know why we have to even ask for it, the government should have itself taken a decision on this long ago. Players like Dhyan Chand are rare and [we] request and expect the government to not neglect such people,” he added.
Then sports minister Jitendra Singh had recommended Dhyan Chand as the first sports recipient for Bharat Ratna back in 2013 when UPA was in power, but Sachin Tendulkar was chosen instead. Asked whether he expected a positive response from the present government, Ashok said he hoped so.
“It was good to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk about dadda in his Mann Ki Baat address. It shows he acknowledges the greatness. So I am hopeful,” Ashok said.
Modi had said “Major Dhyan Chand was a live example of true sportsman spirit and patriotism” and noted that great players from other games like cricket also used to praise Dhyan Chand.
“In 2014 also PM Modi had supported our cause but it hasn't worked out so far. Dhyan Chand is at par with Don Bradman in cricket, Mohd. Ali in boxing and Pele in football. Even players from other sports agree he deserved the Bharat Ratna before anyone else. We wish the government would take steps to do so,” Zafar Iqbal said.
Former captain Ajitpal Singh added that for anyone who knew anything about sports, Dhyan Chand’s name would automatically be on the top of the list of people who deserved Bharat Ratna. “That didn't happen, but it should happen now. I don't want to compare any player. But Dhyan Chand played when India was not even an independent nation and yet he put India on the world stage. That must be recognised by the government,” he said.
Several former internationals flew in from across the country to join the demand including M.K. Kaushik, Ashish Ballal, A.B. Subbaiah, Mohammed Riaz, H.J.S. Chimni and Mukesh Kumar. Renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik also presented an artwork on the occasion to support the demand. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/dhyan-chand-deserved-bharat-ratna-before-anyone-else/article9043108.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e77b6430c584b460272c4050a1f28a3ef81000dad259ec3eb2608403fcb34a3f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:52:17 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Verse drama popularly known as Pouranic nataka is the idiom of Telugu theatre. Equipped with mythological tale for its narrative, scripted in classical idiom of the language, interspersed with metrica | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Ffriday-review%2Fbhaktha-prahlada-purana-comes-alive%2Farticle9035612.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Bhaktha Prahlada: Purana comes alive | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The unique appeal of Pouranic verse drama came alive in the staging of ‘Bhaktha Prahlada’.
Verse drama popularly known as Pouranic nataka is the idiom of Telugu theatre. Equipped with mythological tale for its narrative, scripted in classical idiom of the language, interspersed with metrical verses, pouranic plays have their own distinct appeal. One such, Bhaktha Prahlada formed the grand finale for Visakha Music and Dance Academy’s seven-day annual festival of music dance and drama at Kalabhrati. Scripted by noted exponent of Pouranic theatre Dr Meegada Ramalinga Swamy, it sought to portray the tale of Prahlada, the son of demon king Hiranyakashipu from the ‘Srimad Bhagavatam’. Replete with intense, emotive conflict of convictions between father and son and the agony of a mother unable to convince either of the two, found good dramatic expression. Despite of the limitations of a stage presentation, the performance made its point well.The play opened with a scene where the sage in meditation of Lord Vishnu get get subjected to tyrannical acts of demons and then proceeded to relate the tale in a effective manner. Scenes of Hiranyakashipu’s grandeur and his ferocious behavior towards his son Prahlada and latter’s cool response to father’s atrocious conduct found good expression. Artistes of Sri Sai Kala Niketan staged the play and Bagadi Vijaya Sai directed it well. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/bhaktha-prahlada-purana-comes-alive/article9035612.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a5f3d5d83693ff785d49f5c9678358afd55e2ea6e1ad8f90ae7259e436e1c111.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:52:42 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The last date for submission of applications by undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil. and diploma course students of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University for getting their degrees has been extended till A | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Flast-date-for-applying-for-msu-degrees-extended%2Farticle9036707.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Last date for applying for MSU degrees extended | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The last date for submission of applications by undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil. and diploma course students of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University for getting their degrees has been extended till August 29 as the 24th convocation will be held in September.
In a statement, A. John De Britto, Registrar, said Ph.D. scholars and the candidates who had secured the first rank in various disciplines in April 2016 would get their degrees in person at the convocation if they submitted their applications along with the prescribed fee. All other candidates who became eligible to receive the degrees through April 2016 and earlier examinations would get their degrees in absentia by submitting the applications along with the fee.
While the last date for submission of application by the Ph.D. scholars was August 30, undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil. students and diploma-holders should submit their applications on or before August 29.
The convocation application forms could be downloaded from www.msuniv.ac.in, the MSU’s website. Candidates could also obtain application forms from the colleges where they studied last, the office of the Controller of Examination, the office of the Distance and Continuing Education at Abhishekapatti or MSU Study Centre at S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil.
Filled-in applications should be sent along with the fee of Rs. 325 that included the cost of the application by Demand Draft drawn from a nationalised bank in favour of the Registrar, MSU, payable at Tirunelveli or through Indian Bank Challan Account Number 925398556 and duly forwarded by the principal of the college where they studied last.
Candidates who have completed their degree courses through the DD and CE should send their applications duly forwarded by the Director, DD and CE, MSU.
“Regular students, who have already applied through their colleges along with the fee of Rs. 300 for April 2016 examinations need not apply,” said Dr. Britto. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/last-date-for-applying-for-msu-degrees-extended/article9036707.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d0e37fd3d8d7a24038095b29e3719a3937de2cc66bd9b3265851fc2f5fdbd6e7.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:54:37 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Scores of devotees of Mariamman Temple in Pudupalayam here staged a sit-in protest on the temple premises demanding that they be allowed to make rightful contribution for the renovation of the temple | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fdevotees-stage-sitin-protest-on-temple-premises%2Farticle9044395.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Devotees stage sit-in protest on temple premises | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Scores of devotees of Mariamman Temple in Pudupalayam here staged a sit-in protest on the temple premises demanding that they be allowed to make rightful contribution for the renovation of the temple on Sunday.
Rajapalayam Tahsildar, D.K. Ponraj, and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endownment Assitant Commissioner, Hariharan, held talks with the protestors led by their coordinator, M.D. Pandiarajan. The protestors belonged to four different communities and they were against people belonging to one particular community carrying out all works of the temple, Mr. Pandiarajan said.
The Tahsildar said that the protestors wanted the temple authorities to allow them to contribute for construction of the ‘rajagopuram’ of the temple and replacement of the flag mast.
After a long parley, the officials said that fresh talks would be held on Monday by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Sattur, and Joint Commissioner of HR and CE from Sivaganga.
Following the assurance, the protestors gave up their agitation at around 6 p.m. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/devotees-stage-sitin-protest-on-temple-premises/article9044395.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/93adba65c97cb85ffffee39ac4ae8b89672b20913f7332fd8ec63eb8c4bcb8ce.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:52:44 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Farmers under the leadership of Telugu Desam Party district president Ch. Vijayaramana Rao went berserk and ransacked the office of SRSP SE in Sultanabad mandal headquarters and also pelted stones at | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Ffarmers-go-berserk-demanding-srsp-water%2Farticle9032604.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/HY25-FARMERS__STRI_2985980c.jpg | en | null | Farmers go berserk demanding SRSP water | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Farmers under the leadership of Telugu Desam Party district president Ch. Vijayaramana Rao went berserk and ransacked the office of SRSP SE in Sultanabad mandal headquarters and also pelted stones at two RTC buses during a rasta roko on Thursday demanding release of water to Peddapalli Assembly segment from the SRSP.
Later, they came on to the roads carrying their withered paddy nursery and blocked the traffic on Rajiv Rahadari by burning tyres. In the melee, some agitators threw stones at stranded RTC buses damaging their window panes.
TDP district president Ch. Vijayaramana Rao said following an assurance given by the SRSP authorities that they would release water by adopting on-and-off system, farmers had cultivated paddy, but the authorities had not released water.
He alleged that the irrigation authorities were providing water to Huzurabad segment represented by Minister for Finance Etala Rajender and Warangal district represented by Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari neglecting the Peddapalli region. He said crop on several thousand acres in Peddapalli Assembly segment was withering away due to poor inflows into the canal. He complained that the irrigation authorities had failed to respond to the plight of farmers, who were worried over their standing crops.
The TDP leaders called off their stir only after an assurance from officials. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/farmers-go-berserk-demanding-srsp-water/article9032604.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3fd62683f73098d6985ec9a29090510351e65b7ec5feb86ce0067ddf596b71bf.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T10:52:24 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The draft bill, Medical Treatment of Terminally-ill Patients (Protection of Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill, or the “Passive Euthanasia Bill” confuses between euthanasia and natural death, a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FThiruvananthapuram%2Fdraft-bill-should-be-clear-about-euthanasia-experts%2Farticle9039252.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Draft Bill should be clear about euthanasia: experts | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Terminally ill patients must be allowed to die naturally, with all dignity till the end, says M.R. Rajagopal, chairman of Pallium India.
The draft bill, Medical Treatment of Terminally-ill Patients (Protection of Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill, or the “Passive Euthanasia Bill” confuses between euthanasia and natural death, according to experts.
Euthanasia, active or passive, would be killing. But what is required would be that terminally ill patients be allowed to die naturally, with all dignity till the end by providing them palliative care and pain relief, M.R. Rajagopal, chairman of Pallium India, has said.
Speaking at a discussion on “Life with dignity to the End,” in the context of the proposed draft Bill on Passive Euthanasia organised by Pallium India here on Friday, Dr. Rajagopal said a patient or his family choosing not to prolong death with artificial support measures and human interventions inside intensive care units in hospitals was not euthanasia.
Intentional ending
Euthanasia is intentional ending of one’s life, which was very different from the process of withholding or withdrawing life support measures that artificially sustain a person’s life, he said. The draft Bill should distinguish between the terminology “withholding” and “withdrawing” life support, he said.
The proposed Bill also threatens to invalidate the “living will” or Advance Directive that the patient and her/his family have drawn up. Not respecting Advance Directive would be violating an individual’s right to autonomy, Dr. Rajagopal said.
Participating in the discussion, legal experts said there was much confusion regarding the validity of a living will and that going by the current law, living will would be applicable only for withholding life support to artificially sustain life. For withdrawing life support already put in place to keep a patient alive, court directive would be necessary.
B. Ekbal, public health expert and member, State Planning Board, said technology-driven medical care of the day often forgot the basics of medical care, primarily, the autonomy of the patient. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/draft-bill-should-be-clear-about-euthanasia-experts/article9039252.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a527167076417eef5d4ad59d2b6f14ee7749b1037aa39fd7a78fdea8176411c5.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:55:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The National Health Accounts data for 2013-14 present fresh evidence that India continues to have a non-serious approach to the provision of universal health coverage to all its citizens. India’s hea | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Feditorial%2Fthe-ill-health-of-the-nation%2Farticle9051238.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | The ill health of the nation | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The National Health Accounts data for 2013-14 present fresh evidence that India continues to have a non-serious approach to the provision of universal health coverage to all its citizens. India’s health system is one of the most privatised in the world, poorly regulated and accessible only to those with income levels well above the average. All these attributes are, once again, strongly borne out by the NHA data, which lay bare the extremely low government spending on health which, at 1.15 per cent of GDP, compares poorly with even Sub-Saharan Africa. There, World Development Indicators say, the corresponding figure was 2.9 per cent six years ago. The share of State governments, which are largely responsible for provision of health care, in government health expenditure is estimated at 0.75 per cent of GDP. Evidently, a health policy that fails to pool the financial risk of illness at the population level results in impoverishing payments made out of personal funds — and the NHA figures confirm that despite rising government revenues, the bulk of Indian health spending, a staggering 64.2 per cent of health expenditure, is met by households out-of-pocket. That such OOP expenses declined by five percentage points over a decade is encouraging, but this is insignificant in comparison with the achievement in, say, Thailand, where 75 per cent of the population was brought under UHC in just one year.
If the NDA government intends to pursue its promise of universal health assurance in earnest, and wants to make up for two lost decades of reform, it has to act decisively. Raising government expenditure on health, in conjunction with the States, should form the basis of policy change; the road map for this was proposed by the Planning Commission’s High Level Expert Group in 2011. Remedial policies in two key areas can quickly scale up to reduce the OOP burden on households. One is to put in place a centralised system for procurement of essential drugs, relying mainly on quality generics and distributing them through the State government system. The other is to arrive at the cost of all medical procedures for different classes of hospitals, laying down standards and forming regulatory authorities at the State and district levels under law to enforce the rules. It was estimated by the Planning Commission group, for instance, that spending 0.5 per cent of GDP (compared to 0.1 per cent spent by the public health system) could ensure the availability of essential medicines free of cost to all Indians. Regulatory controls would automatically lead to a reduction in costs, and curbing of unethical and corrupt practices by hospitals and diagnostics centres. It should then be easier to quickly extend free health insurance to more classes of people, such as senior citizens, children and the disabled, and achieve universal coverage early. | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/the-ill-health-of-the-nation/article9051238.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/0d57808116d862c47c9982981cccdf9078d855cd3f338ae8e043af30abc5ef6f.json |
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"Amitabha Das Sharma"
] | 2016-08-29T20:51:47 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | With FIFA’ final inspection due in October, the provisional venues will have to be ready and comply with the standards required for hosting an Under-17 World Cup match. When the delegation visited th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fkolkata-in-race-against-the-clock%2Farticle9047120.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/New_Picture_2991505c.jpg | en | null | Kolkata in race against the clock | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Status Report
The inspection of practice facilities is only scheduled for February, 2017, and so it is expected to be ready on time.
With FIFA’ final inspection due in October, the provisional venues will have to be ready and comply with the standards required for hosting an Under-17 World Cup match. When the delegation visited the facilities in February, it said major renovation work was needed at most of the six stadia. Amitabha Das Sharma checks on Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium ahead of the final inspection.
The Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), more popularly the Salt Lake Stadium, will be nearly ready in its new avatar when a FIFA delegation comes calling in the last week of October. Aiming to host the final in addition to a few league matches, the State Government launched an ambitious plan to renovate the facility.
The State government has already spent more than Rs. 60 crore on renovation and employed additional personnel in an effort to complete it on time. The venture will reduce the seating capacity to from 1,20,000 to 83,000, but VYBK CEO Jyotishman Chattopadhyay is convinced that the stadium will be on par with the best football grounds in the world when it hosts the Under-17 FIFA World Cup matches late next year.
The stadium has already re-grown natural turf and work is on to install bucket-seats on the concrete ramps. “We have asked the PWD to complete the process by September 30 (2016). I am hopeful that most of the work will be complete before the October inspection,” Chattopadhyay said. Since FIFA has been insisting on stadiums being energy-efficient, the turf was re-laid with provisions for the storage of rain water. Apart from bucket seats, the stadium will have modernised locker rooms, jacuzzi and ice-baths for players.
“The look of the stadium will change drastically. I can say the transformation will be around 70 per cent compared to what it was before,” Chattopadhyay said. “There will be multiple stages of inspections done by different FIFA teams. One will happen in October this year before another in February 2017. The stadium will be finally handed over to FIFA in August 2017.” | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/kolkata-in-race-against-the-clock/article9047120.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3b187a076f0a0ab0c2bdbab979a74023190296cf72a4d110efdf64006ea57a09.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T10:52:12 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | With a view to fostering awareness on world affairs, the students of a school here amused their friends and teachers holding a mock campaign for the keenly awaited U.S. presidential elections.
An e | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Fus-poll-campaign-finds-an-echo-in-kasaragod-school%2Farticle9038881.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26KACSN01_-POLL_27_2988307c.jpg | en | null | U.S. poll campaign finds an echo in Kasaragod school | null | null | www.thehindu.com | War of words:A mock U.S. presidential election campaign held at Greenwoods Public School and Junior College, Bekal, on Tuesday.
School authorities say the event was held to create awareness on world affairs in students
With a view to fostering awareness on world affairs, the students of a school here amused their friends and teachers holding a mock campaign for the keenly awaited U.S. presidential elections.
An excited audience enjoyed the delicately crafted programme organised by Greenwoods Public School and Junior College, Bekal, here on Tuesday. Akhil, a student of Class XI, came as the Republican Party nominee Donald Trump, while Akshitha, of Class IX, was in the outfit of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party candidate.
Against terror
Both of them, in their speech, underscored the need to firmly counter terrorism and deal with the threat posed by extremist forces.
The students came up with a series of queries which were enthusiastically answered by “Mr. Trump” and “Ms. Clinton”.
Questions towards Mr. Trump were mainly about his policy on immigration and relations towards India, while Ms. Clinton had to confront issues regarding the changes she is planning to bring in and her support for India in the United Nations.
Objective
The social department of the school organised the programme to acquaint the students with the American democratic exercise, school Principal M. Ramachandran said.
The programme was inaugurated by Excise Commissioner Rishiraj Singh on Tuesday. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/us-poll-campaign-finds-an-echo-in-kasaragod-school/article9038881.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fdbd944f17e1f767847c850a87189f90a87fe5f43c9ea5ff94475a1c017e4041.json |
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"Varghese K George"
] | 2016-08-30T18:51:44 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | On Monday, India and the U.S. signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will give the militaries of both countries access to each other’s facilities for supplies and repairs | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Flemoa-is-not-a-military-alliance-pact-expert%2Farticle9051378.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/AVD_PARRIKAR_2992648c.jpg | en | null | LEMOA is not a military alliance pact: Expert | null | null | www.thehindu.com | It allows both countries to seamlessly pay for military goods, services, and supplies.
On Monday, India and the U.S. signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will give the militaries of both countries access to each other’s facilities for supplies and repairs. The agreement has been a controversial one, and two previous governments – led by A.B. Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh – did not sign it though it has been on the table since 2002.
Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explains what the pact is and what it does to India-U.S. defence ties:
Is this a case of “overcoming the hesitations of history” as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said about India-U.S relations? Or a natural progress in the course set with the civil nuclear deal?
It represents both: the nuclear deal was the epitome of overcoming the hesitations of history on both sides. The signing of the LEMOA is a small — actually quite trivial — example of the continuing transformation of the bilateral relationship.
Does this put India and the U.S. on the path to becoming military allies?
No, it does not make India either a de jure or a de facto ally. All the LEMOA does is that it allows both countries to seamlessly pay for military goods, services, and supplies consumed during their exercises and other interactions. The decision to engage in any of these activities remains a sovereign decision of each government — nothing in the LEMOA changes that. So the issue of India becoming an ally of any sort does not arise.
No military bases, both countries say. What IS it then? Could you please give one or two scenarios in which LEMOA will come into play?
I am mystified by this obsession with bases. The U.S. has LEMOA agreements with over 100 countries but basing agreements — which are different — with only a fraction of those partners. Two examples of the LEMOA’s utility: A U.S. carrier battle group steams from the Persian Gulf to the western Pacific through the Straits of Malacca. Along the way, Indian Navy ships operating off Cochin are authorised by the GOI to conduct a previously unprogrammed passing exercise with the U.S. flotilla. During the exercise, the U.S. vessels offload fuel and supplies from their Indian counterparts. Instead of having to pay in cash for the victuals, India simply maintains a ledger balance for the transactions, which is cleared in one go at the end of the fiscal year. Similarly, an Indian naval vessel suffers a maintenance problem while visiting the U.S. for an exercise. The repairs are done at an American port. The LEMOA will permit the costs of the repairs to be defrayed against any comparable debts the U.S. may owe India for supplies and services received in other circumstances through a simple “balancing of the books” at the end of the fiscal year. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lemoa-is-not-a-military-alliance-pact-expert/article9051378.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/11a878bb2adefef0a532dc614e5f63f5613dfa9d207e8839719845265bea4d1c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:55:01 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the police in a joint raid seized a huge cache of explosives from Ghatampur area on Thursday and arrested four persons here while one person was arrested from Jhans | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fother-states%2Fhuge-cache-of-explosives-seized-in-up%2Farticle9032634.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Huge cache of explosives seized in U.P; 5 arrested | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Five held and 30,000 detonators, 20,000 gelatin sticks and 600 kg of ammonium nitrate were seized
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the police in a joint raid seized a huge cache of explosives from Ghatampur area on Thursday and arrested four persons here while one person was arrested from Jhansi in connection with the case.
“In all 30,000 detonators, 20,000 gelatin sticks and 600 kg of ammonium nitrate were seized and five persons, four from Kanpur and one from Jhansi, were arrested,” Inspector General of Police, Aseem Arun said. “A 14-year-old boy was also detained during the raid but was later released,” Mr. Arun added.
The accused arrested from Kanpur have been identified as Nirbhaya Mishra, Vikrant Singh, Om Narayan and Pankaj Singh, all hailing from Sasaram, Bihar. During the interrogation, they told the police that they used to buy explosives from one Charan Singh of Jhansi and would supply them in other parts of the country.A police team was rushed to Jhansi and Charan Singh was arrested,” the IGP said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/huge-cache-of-explosives-seized-in-up/article9032634.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/561ca580d47dd7446de4f71308cf782022167df21935f9a52436d644cda0db52.json |
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"Sunitha Sekar"
] | 2016-08-31T12:58:48 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | At half past eleven, as Poonamallee High Road bustles with traffic, a Chennai Metro Rail train departs from Koyambedu station with a few hundred passengers. In about 15 minutes, it reaches Alandur, d | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fa-metro-ride-all-the-way-to-airport%2Farticle9051475.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/6B2A9249_JPG_29927_2992726c.jpg | en | null | A Metro ride all the way to airport | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A sneak peek into what commuters can expect from the eagerly awaited service from Little Mount
At half past eleven, as Poonamallee High Road bustles with traffic, a Chennai Metro Rail train departs from Koyambedu station with a few hundred passengers. In about 15 minutes, it reaches Alandur, disgorges them and gets ready for the next ride, back to its origin station.
But one level below, in the same station, a brand new train has arrived, ready to head to Little Mount. Every day, about 4-5 trains are put through trials from Little Mount to Chennai airport, a distance of 9 km, a service that will soon be open to the public.
Less than 10 minutes after leaving Alandur, the train enters the Little Mount station that is equipped with almost every passenger facility required. To help commuters — even those not travelling by the Metro — there are foot overbridges specially constructed for them to get to the other side of the road. But since it is a rather narrow stretch, it is not clear if many would even resort to using this facility; a pedestrian crossing would have helped.
Back at the station, a new train, heading to Chennai airport, waits at the platform and within minutes, heads out.
While it is a direct ride to Chennai airport for those travelling from Little Mount, commuters boarding at Koyambedu will have to change trains at Alandur; this may be an arduous affair for those with baggage unless there is a train every 5-7 minutes.
And just beyond Officers’ Training Academy when the train breaks into a tunnel, the view on the right gets spectacular with flights taking off and arriving on the runway.
The tunnel was specially built for about 1.5 km from Nanganallur to a little beyond Meenambakkam for safety reasons. In about 15 minutes, the train reaches the swanky airport station which is a huge six-storey structure with two parking levels, street level, concourse level, a floor for airport utilities and finally, the platform level. This may be a sprawling, elegant structure but it suffers in terms of connectivity as there is no travellator yet in place linking the station with the airport terminals. It may be a long walk for commuters with baggage to get to the terminals.
Except for minor works, all stations in the stretch from Little Mount to Chennai airport are nearly complete. Six years now and commuters still wait in anticipation to see take this ride to airport. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-metro-ride-all-the-way-to-airport/article9051475.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/bbb4e3187347b5d0c6af000d686d524c6cb45d2cb5e156c1a83bf804b3f35ff7.json |
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"John L. Paul"
] | 2016-08-31T03:06:31 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | With the initial trial runs involving the first Kochi Metro train in the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor getting over, the stage is set for integrated trials wherein the synergy between trains and differ | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fstage-set-for-integrated-trial-runs-of-metro-from-sept%2Farticle9036894.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/KOCHI_METRO_1_1_2987559c.jpg | en | null | Stage set for integrated trial runs of metro from Sept. | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Commercial operations expected to begin by March next year
With the initial trial runs involving the first Kochi Metro train in the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor getting over, the stage is set for integrated trials wherein the synergy between trains and different systems will be monitored and fine-tuned.
The second train that arrived here a couple of months ago will be deployed for integrated trials that are expected from September. A top metro official said internal trial runs of the first train is over, wherein it performed up to the mark and touched a speed of up to 90 km per hour at level, curve and gradient corridors. The software to operate trains is also ready. Officials of the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) are expected to arrive here in September to conduct the mandatory trial runs. A report will then be submitted to the Railway Board.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Kochi Metro Rail Limited are gearing up to begin the integrated trials in which the synergised operation of trains with different systems such as signals, telecommunication, power, etc. will be reviewed and aberrations, if any, rectified. This will go on for four months in the metro corridor up to Palarivattom.
The certification process by the Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) will follow suit. “The metro can begin commercial operations by March once the CRS issues safety certificate,” he said.
“Apart from the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor, trial runs are under way at the steep gradient for trains to climb from the coach depot to the viaduct. Brake test etc., are over, including the process in which the three coaches of each train are laden with sand bags to test the stability of coaches packed with passengers,” metro sources said.
Five or six set of trains will be deployed for integrated trials. The third metro train is expected here by October. Another five are expected by December. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/stage-set-for-integrated-trial-runs-of-metro-from-sept/article9036894.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a2c94e707db43d6e39aab93d86642ab4c05acd8f2f1e8420d778c1ab84082db9.json |
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"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T22:50:43 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will have a special interaction session with the first batch students of the Indian Institute of Technology ( | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fjavadekar-siddaramaiah-to-meet-students-at-iit%2Farticle9037166.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Javadekar, Siddaramaiah to meet students at IIT | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will have a special interaction session with the first batch students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Dharwad, during its formal inaugural programmes here on Sunday.
A release by the Department of Information and Public Relations said that Mr. Javadekar would inaugurate the IIT transit campus on WALMI premises at 3.15 p.m.
The public function would be held on the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, campus at 4 p.m. Mr. Javadekar would also inspect the facilities provided for students and teachers on the transit campus. Later, he would proceed to the UAS, Dharwad, campus.
Mumbai IIT experts would make a power point presentation on IIT-related matters, the release stated.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer Ananth Kumar, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi, Heavy and Medium Industries Minister R.V. Deshpande, Labour Minister Santosh Lad, Minister in-charge of the district Vinay Kulkarni would participate in the function.
On Friday, Deputy Commissioner S.B. Bommanahalli visited the transit campus and the UAS, Dharwad, campus and took stock of the arrangements being made for the inaugural function.
Mr. Bommanahalli said that 53,000 square feet of space had been provided for the IIT transit campus on the WALMI premises.
Arrangements were afoot on the UAS, Dharwad, campus for a grand inaugural ceremony.
Arrangements have been made to allow SSLC and PU students to the inaugural session. Brochures containing information about IIT and the educational facilities there would be distributed among students at the inaugural function, Mr. Bommanahalli said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/javadekar-siddaramaiah-to-meet-students-at-iit/article9037166.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a7fadaa7b2a8c64cdff08b24e9e96fce7ebcfda54586ba2c033b5bf0c0340a1d.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T12:51:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | On Monday, authorities began to take stock of the situation following the collapse of a portion of the historic Devaraja Market in the city and plan to clear debris besides dismantling the weakened s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fdevaraja-market-collapse-authorities-prepare-for-dismantling-structure%2Farticle9045528.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/29mys_market_7dcd6_2990854c.jpg | en | null | Devaraja Market collapse: authorities prepare for dismantling structure | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A view of the northern entrance of Devaraja Market in Mysuru, a major portion of which collapsed on Sunday. The debris with furniture can be seen in the background.
On Monday, authorities began to take stock of the situation following the collapse of a portion of the historic Devaraja Market in the city and plan to clear debris besides dismantling the weakened structure.
Structural engineers and conservation architects are on the spot to assess the damage and ascertain if any portion of it could be retrieved. However, the growing sentiment among councillors and elected representatives is their demand to demolish the entire portion to pave way for a new structure on similar lines.
The main entrance of the Devaraja Market from Dhanvantri Road collapsed on Sunday. Fortunately, there was no casualty as the entire block was cleared of tenants more than four months ago and the area was out of bounds for the public. Vehicle entry towards the site from Sayyaji Rao Road and Dhanvantri Road has been blocked and public approach has been curtailed to enable the authorities to clear the debris.
Meanwhile, conservation and restoration of the Devaraja Market taken up at a cost of nearly Rs. 9 crore and of the Lansdowne Building has been stopped till the authorities take a fresh view in the light of the present developments.
Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa confirmed that conservation and restoration works on both buildings have been stopped with immediate affect. “We will speak to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and place our views to call off the project and demolish the structures in entirety to pave way for new buildings as both these buildings are weak,’’ he said.
Home Minister seeks audit
Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the site on Monday, directed Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials to conduct an audit of the heritage structures of Mysuru and submit a report. The report would be placed before the Cabinet for a suitable decision. Mysuru has more than 200 heritage structures, many of them under private ownership, and lack maintenance.
Deputy Commissioner Ranadeep, who also inspected the site, said he had spoken to the district in-charge Minister H.C. Mahadevappa and apprised him of the situation. He said the Minister had stated that he has an open mind on whether the structure should be built anew or if it can be restored.
Meanwhile, conservation architect Ravi Gundu Rao, who is also advising MCC on conservation issues, said that a team of experts from National Centre for Safety of Heritage Structures, IIT Madras, has been invited to assess the damage and submit a report. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/devaraja-market-collapse-authorities-prepare-for-dismantling-structure/article9045528.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/778045858f6d667fda8df659a21bef9aef6a07c29f8c9458af604a5a756fe9bc.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:53:13 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Two youths killedTwo youths — S. Karthik (22) and C. Kalidoss (25) — were killed on the spot when the motorbike they were riding collided head-on with a TNSTC bus in Tirupparankundram on Sunday. Polic | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Ftwo-killed%2Farticle9044697.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Two killed | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Two youths — S. Karthik (22) and C. Kalidoss (25) — were killed on the spot when the motorbike they were riding collided head-on with a TNSTC bus in Tirupparankundram on Sunday. Police said the speeding bike hit the bus on Big Car Street around 5 p.m. The bike also hit another motorbike, and a family of three riding it fell down. The rider, Sivakumar of Nilaiyur, was injured.
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] | 2016-08-27T12:55:53 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Even as a total of 97 patients from across Tiruvallur district are being treated for fever in various hospitals, the Public Health Department on Thursday urged residents to participate in reducing sou | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fpublic-help-sought-to-curb-mosquito-menace%2Farticle9032724.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Public help sought to curb mosquito menace | null | null | www.thehindu.com | 28 more patients admitted to various hospitals
Even as a total of 97 patients from across Tiruvallur district are being treated for fever in various hospitals, the Public Health Department on Thursday urged residents to participate in reducing sources of mosquito breeding. On Thursday, 28 new patients were admitted to the hospitals while 23 were discharged. Many of the patients are undergoing treatment at government hospitals and a few, at a private centre.
“There has been a marginal increase in the admission rate and possibly even in the cases of fever. But, we are also seeing more people coming forward for admission. As we are taking all possible precautionary measures, more people are being admitted,” said Director of Public Health K. Kolandaisamy.
As many as 10 persons from Adi Andhrawada and Kaverirajapuram are in hospitals at present.
An official said that there was no cause for panic and that the department was fully prepared to deal with the fever cases. “We are conducting intense campaigns to prevent further cases of fever. We have alerted all the Collectors to put in place multi-dimensional mechanisms at the first instance of fever. So far, the number of dengue cases in Tamil Nadu this year has been lower than the number this time last year,” Dr. Kolandaisamy said.
He, however, stressed that public participation was crucial to eradicating breeding sources such as open pits, sump and The challenge in rural areas is that the animals are kept in close proximity to the houses. The focus is on creating awareness of maintaining hygiene and avoiding infections such as leptospirosis, he said. “We need public participation to make this campaign sustainable,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/public-help-sought-to-curb-mosquito-menace/article9032724.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/49bf63c8b8f6e1482448ad1216158989069676bc1e4a67ee321131761b66ed2c.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:51:45 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Serena Williams started strong in her latest bid to rewrite the record books, storming past Ekaterina Makarova and into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday.
The US world number one, slowed s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fus-open-tennis-championships-us-open-2016-day-2%2Farticle9053488.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/Serena_2993194c.jpg | en | null | Serena, Radwanska sail into US Open second round | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Williams aims to break the Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles she shares with German Steffi Graf.
Serena Williams started strong in her latest bid to rewrite the record books, storming past Ekaterina Makarova and into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday.
The US world number one, slowed since her Wimbledon triumph by a right shoulder injury, needed just 63 minutes to dispatch 29th-ranked Makarova 6-3, 6-3.
"I got off to a fast start because I knew she was a tough opponent," said Williams, who delivered a dozen aces and 27 winners.
Although she appeared untroubled by her shoulder, Williams said the proof of full fitness would come later.
"I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to see," she said. "I wasn't able to play much since Wimbledon. Every day, I'll just see how it goes."
A record seventh title on the hardcourts of Flushing Meadows, where she first triumphed in 1999, would see Williams break the Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam titles she now shares with German Steffi Graf and close in on Margaret Court's all-time mark of 24 major titles.
Her victory was the first act in a blockbuster night on Arthur Ashe Stadium, where second-seeded Andy Murray opened his account against Czech Lukas Rosol.
Since capturing his second Wimbledon title in July, Murray has gone on to defend his Olympic gold in Rio.
He is vying to become the fourth man in the Open Era to reach all four major finals in a calendar year.
Before the floodlights came up, Serena's elder sister Venus claimed a Grand Slam record of her own as her 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova marked her 72nd appearance in the main draw of a major.
The 36-year-old Venus, enjoying a resurgence in a 2016 season that includes a WTA title in Taiwan, survived 63 unforced errors against the rising 22-year-old, although she was pleased that her aggressive approach also yielded 46 winners.
"The first round is hard," Venus said. "I haven't played a single match in, like, three weeks. Just getting out there and trying to play perfectly.
"The good part is I'm playing the game I want to play, I'm playing aggressively and moving forward. It's just about making a few less errors and it's a completely different story."
In other early matches, third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka, a two-time semi-finalist, reached the second round with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4 win over Spain's Fernando Verdasco.
"I'm really happy," Wawrinka said after evening his career record against Verdasco at three wins apiece.
"Fernando is a tough player to play. He can be really aggressive. He doesn't give you so much rhythm, so it's not easy."
Kei Nishikori, who became Asia's first men's Grand Slam finalist in New York in 2014, when he fell to Marin Cilic in the final, also advanced, downing German Benjamin Becker 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
"It was a great feeling of course," said Nishikori, whose breakthrough run in 2014 was followed by an abrupt first-round exit last year.
Halep advances
Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, advanced with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
The 27-year-old del Potro, almost pushed into retirement by three wrist surgeries, is back at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2013, earning a wild card invitation with a stirring run to an Olympic silver medal.
Women's fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, trying to make it to the quarter-finals in New York for the first time, breezed past US qualifier Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-1.
Fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep also advanced with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.
Halep admitted nerves prevented her from closing out the match on her first opportunity at 6-0, 5-0.
The late wobble, in front of a crowd that included compatriot Nadia Comeneci — the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 — had Halep rating her own performance "less than nine".
Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska eased into the US Open second round Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jessica Pegula of the United States.
Radwanska will face Britain's Naomi Broady for a place in the last 32. © AFP, 2016 | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/us-open-tennis-championships-us-open-2016-day-2/article9053488.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/8aea615396f183a0cb830ce52bfd46eec9a4785637aebb2aa113424493576ab0.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T10:51:56 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Accusing the State government of negligence in distributing school textbooks, the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) took out a march to the DDE’s (Deputy Director of Education) office here on Monday.Th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fkozhikode%2Fprotest-turns-violent%2Farticle9048321.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Protest turns violent | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Accusing the State government of negligence in distributing school textbooks, the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) took out a march to the DDE’s (Deputy Director of Education) office here on Monday.
The march, organised as part of the organisation’s State-wide protest, turned violent when the police prevented the protesters from entering the DDE office compound around 11.30 a.m. The police resorted to lathi charge as the protesters tried to cross the barricades and push back the policemen. A MSF worker who attempted to jump over the barricade suffered minor injuries in the incident. He was later taken into police custody. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/protest-turns-violent/article9048321.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fa96cf464465ab0248b8bd4fc591221351f7194b5138153ffc9d58092ba594cc.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:51:42 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | In a blow to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that controlled the water resources and irrigation portfolios during the 15-year tenure of the Congress-NCP dispensation, the State government on Tue | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fmumbai%2Fstate-cabinet-decides-to-scrap-94-tenders-in-14-irrigation-projects%2Farticle9051418.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | State Cabinet decides to scrap 94 tenders in 14 irrigation projects | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ACB is conducting an inquiry into the irregularities
In a blow to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that controlled the water resources and irrigation portfolios during the 15-year tenure of the Congress-NCP dispensation, the State government on Tuesday decided to scrap 94 tenders in 14 irrigation projects, currently under the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) scanner.
The decision, taken at a State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, comes even as at least two dams — Temghar in Pune and Tarali in Satara district — have developed cracks, leading to a leakage of thousands of litres and threatening the survival of villages around them.
“All the legal requirements have been completed before taking the decision to scrap the tenders, and the Water Resources Department has been asked to take further decisions,” a cabinet note said. The tenders to be scrapped are related to 12 projects in Konkan division, one in Nashik division, and 81 in Gosikhurd, Vidarbha. The ACB is conducting an open inquiry into the 12 projects — Balganga, Kalu, Shirshinge, Gadgadi, Sheel, Shai, Susasri, Gadnadi, Kondane Chanera, Jamda and Kaal — taking into account transfer of forest land, land acquisition and rehabilitation. The tender for Kikawai irrigation project in Nashik, promoted by the Godavari-Marathawada Irrigation Development Corporation, will also be scrapped.
The ACB is also conducting an inquiry into the irregularities in the Gosikhurd projects. The Vadnere Committee, which investigated the irrigation scam, had exposed several irregularities in the tendering process. The tenders worth more than Rs. 1 crore will be scrapped as per the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1972.
“Departmental inquiries have been ordered against officials connected with the projects. Though the government has provided additional funds and tried to speed up the land acquisition, due to various inquiries, there wasn’t sufficient progress in the projects,” said a senior government official.
The cabinet also granted revised administrative approval to the Gosikhurd projects at a cost of Rs. 18,494.57 crore. Constructed on the Vainganga river in Bhandara district, it is the only national project in Maharashtra with 90 per cent financial assistance from the Centre. The project was first granted administrative approval on November 1, 2007 at a cost of Rs. 5,659.10 crore. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/state-cabinet-decides-to-scrap-94-tenders-in-14-irrigation-projects/article9051418.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/057d8de2a58e22f780daed52a7931960c7273c8797785288cf3d8a2f5e7c247a.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T22:51:25 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Retired Supreme Court Judge B.Sudharshan Reddy has called upon the doctors to extend human touch while treating their patients.
Addressing the 21 annual conference of the local chapter of Cardiolog | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Flend-humane-touch-to-treatment%2Farticle9040924.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/HY28CARDIOLOGY_SOC_2989006c.jpg | en | null | ‘Lend humane touch to treatment’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy with Cardiology Society of India Telanaga President, Dr.J.Shiv Kumar (right) and Vice-President, Dr. V.Mukesh Rao and others at the Inauguration of The Twenty First Annual Conference on Cardiology Society of India-Telanaga Chapter in Hyderabad on Saturday. -- Photo: Nagara Gopal
Medicare increasingly being viewed as commercial: retd. judge Sudharshan Reddy.
Retired Supreme Court Judge B.Sudharshan Reddy has called upon the doctors to extend human touch while treating their patients.
Addressing the 21 annual conference of the local chapter of Cardiological Society of India on Saturday, Justice Reddy said medical services were increasingly being viewed as commercial perhaps due to promotion of corporate hospitals. Impersonal and business like treatment of patients where doctors barely talk to the patients will affect their credibility, he said. Referring to the increasing number of deaths due to heart diseases, he requested cardiologists to devise some mechanism to reach out to the poor and the needy in rural areas and help improve their condition as many die without even knowing the cause for their illness.
He said Central and State governments should revive the past glory of government hospitals in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam and doctors could bestow their attention on this aspect too. On the growing interface between law and medical professionals, Justice Sudharshan Reddy said people were becoming more aware of their rights, appreciating value and dignity of life and started questioning the doctors. The Supreme Court had noted that great respect was shown to medical profession and law did not question choice, options exercised by the doctors in treating patients. But negligence and indifference had to be questioned for course correction, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/lend-humane-touch-to-treatment/article9040924.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/25672e2a742460fc025f7bfa08fa575b05af26bbb73019387c129b72c256f1f2.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T04:52:40 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to the Odisha government over two shocking incidents this week where family members were forced to walk with the bodies of their loved o | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fnhrc-notice-to-odisha-govt-over-kalahandi-incident%2Farticle9037126.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | NHRC notice to Odisha govt. over Kalahandi incident | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to the Odisha government over two shocking incidents this week where family members were forced to walk with the bodies of their loved ones.
Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, the NHRC said in a statement that the incidents had raised “serious questions of violation of human rights of the two deceased persons.” While issuing a notice to the government through its Chief Secretary, the apex human rights panel asked for a report on the incidents within four weeks. In the first incident reported on Thursday, a man was forced to carry the body of his wife for 10 km as the district hospital at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi refused to provide an ambulance. Dana Majhi had told the hospital authorities that he could not afford to hire a vehicle to transport the body of his wife, who had died of tuberculosis. The second incident, reported on Friday, was about authorities breaking the hip of a deceased woman, wrapping the body in an old sheet and tying it to a pole to carry it.
In both the cases, the NHRC said there had been undignified treatment to the deceased. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nhrc-notice-to-odisha-govt-over-kalahandi-incident/article9037126.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d82061c56caa8b5e6e9fae5e9694f13af6ffcb5aa2269c26564bca38431b6f2f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:54:07 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Madras High Court Bench here has cancelled the bail granted by a lower court to a suspect reportedly involved in procuring huge quantities of tablets containing zolpidem, a psychotropic substance | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fcourt-cancels-bail-granted-to-suspect-in-drug-smuggling-case%2Farticle9032684.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Court cancels bail granted to suspect in drug smuggling case | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Madras High Court Bench here has cancelled the bail granted by a lower court to a suspect reportedly involved in procuring huge quantities of tablets containing zolpidem, a psychotropic substance used mostly for treatment of insomnia, from medical representatives based in Tiruchi and smuggling them to Malaysia through Chennai.
Allowing a bail cancellation application preferred by the Superintendent of Customs, Central Intelligence Unit (CIU), Tiruchi, Justice V.M. Velumani cancelled the bail granted to L. Abuthahir of Chennai by an Additional Sessions Court in Pudukottai on August 5. She held that the Sessions Judge had failed to consider the gravity of the offence before granting bail.
Explaining the modus operandi, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) C. Arul Vadivel said that Abuthahir was a middleman in the habit of procuring the drugs from Tiruchi on the instructions of Jamaludeen hailing from Ramanathapuram but settled in Dubai. His job was to receive consignments from Tiruchi and hand them over to designated people in Chennai.
On April 26, officers of CIU arrested Mohammed Syed Mustafa, medical representative of a reputed pharmaceutical company, at a private parcel service in Tiruchi when he was booking a parcel containing 13,000 tablets to Chennai.
He was in possession of an invoice showing that the tablets had been purchased for a de-addiction centre in Tiruchi.
Subsequently, the officials intercepted Abuthathir at the office of the parcel service in Chennai and he confessed to have attempted to procure the tablets from Tiruchi at the instance of Jamaludeen.
Stating that the drugs were meant for smuggling to Malaysia, he also admitted to have made similar procurements from other medical representatives in Tiruchi in the past, the SPP added.
After recording his submissions, Ms. Justice Velumani said: “From the materials available on record, it is seen that the respondent has committed a heinous crime against society. As per Section 37 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 there is a bar for grant of bail to an accused in possession of commercial quantity (more than 250 grams). | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/court-cancels-bail-granted-to-suspect-in-drug-smuggling-case/article9032684.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f93d9e0422e2ba4e5a50eb6801ea30d18075b2ff9559bb7148bc6b1ae9cdfd6e.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:59:56 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The much-awaited first-look teaser of Karan Johar-Ranbir Kapoor’s Ae Dil Hain Mushkil was released. Within hours of it hitting YouTube, it has managed to amass more than 100,000 views.
The film app | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Ffirst-look-teaser-of-karan-johars-ae-dil-hain-mushkil%2Farticle9049841.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/ADHM_2992171c.jpg | en | null | Ae Dil Hain Mushkil teaser: the strength of unrequited love | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The much-awaited first-look teaser of Karan Johar-Ranbir Kapoor’s Ae Dil Hain Mushkil was released. Within hours of it hitting YouTube, it has managed to amass more than 100,000 views.
The film appears to be a take on unrequited love as suggested by a dialogue towards the end of the teaser. Ranbir Kapoor, sporting two looks (one with a beard and one without), in a voice over, says Ek tarfa pyaar ki taaqat hi kuch aur hoti hain (there’s nothing like the power of unrequited love), as his character walks away from Anushka Sharma’s character, teary eyed.
As the opening visuals suggest, Ranbir could be playing a singer in the film. Ae Dil Hain Mushkil is also the first time we would be seeing Ranbir pairing with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
It is, however, his second film with Anushka Sharma after last year’s Bombay Velvet. It also features an extended cameo by Fawad Khan.
Karan Johar last directed the segment Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh in Bombay Talkies, a film that showed the director’s prowess in handling a tough subject after the candyfloss Student of the Year.
Ae Dil Hain Mushkil features the director’s first collaboration with hit music composer Pritam and the title song has been sung by Arijt Singh.
The film is slated to release this Diwali.
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"T. K. Rohit"
] | 2016-08-26T14:53:45 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Crop-raiding elephant herds often run into trouble with electric fencing around farms, while farmers without any protection measures around their lands suffer huge crop damage. An innovative idea to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fbeehives-to-save-elephants-and-farms%2Farticle9033227.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/Lelantha-beekeepin_2986224c.jpg | en | null | Beehives to save elephants and farms | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A beehive fence is made up of interlinked live beehives, and ‘dummy’ beehives hung 10 metres apart
Crop-raiding elephant herds often run into trouble with electric fencing around farms, while farmers without any protection measures around their lands suffer huge crop damage. An innovative idea to use bees to prevent both the loss of elephant lives and the loss of crops seeks to change the way the problem of man-animal conflict is addressed. Dr. Lucy King’s ‘Elephants and Bees Project’ has helped reduce such conflicts.
Active in 11 countries
Dr. King heads the Nairobi-based ‘Save the Elephants’ (STE) charity’s ‘Human-Elephant Co-existence Program’ and its ‘Elephants and Bees Project’, which is active in 11 countries mainly in Africa, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The project has also been adopted in Karnataka’s North Kanara district by the non-profit Wildlife Research Conservation Society (WRCS).
“A beehive fence is made up of interlinked live beehives, and ‘dummy’ beehives hung 10 metres apart and interlinked with a plain piece of fencing wire that, if disturbed, causes the whole fence to swing and release the bees as ‘natural electricity’ to deter crop-raiding elephants,” Dr. King told The Hindu in an email interview.
According to Dr. King, elephants are wary of bees. “My studies have shown that elephants will run from the sound of disturbed African bees as they fear being stung around the sensitive parts of their body, like the eyes, inside the mouth, and up the trunk,” she said.
She said that STE’s studies had found that the fences were effective in 80 per cent of cases, but bulls were more likely to risk such bee attacks, especially in a herd, and cause damage.
While Dr. King’s work focuses mainly on Africa, she said that each project was different and beehives were being used for different purposes. For example, “South Africa and Gabon are using beehives to protect important tree species from being damaged by elephants,” said Dr. King, who completed her D.Phil on the project from Oxford University.
Inspired by Dr. King’s experiment, the STE website quoted WRCS officials as saying, “pre-recorded bee sounds were broadcast during crop raiding events and they showed an instant withdrawal of elephants from the crop fields.” Following this, they have set up low cost beehives in clay pots, bamboo structures and wooden logs to deter elephants.
Source of income
Apart from acting as a defence mechanism for farms, beehive fences also act as an additional source of income, especially for the poorest farms. “The beehives can generate as much as 50 per cent more income for them in a year from the sale of honey,” she said. Dr. King noted that bees also have an important function as pollinators, adding, “Our studies have proven that farms with beehive fences experience fewer crop raids and consequently have higher productivity than those farm areas that are unprotected.” | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/beehives-to-save-elephants-and-farms/article9033227.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6d3e6270a28123037e81df398d5e1203e7454744ae710a096af8b9fc1fc2ee18.json |
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"Srinivasa Ramanujam"
] | 2016-08-28T14:50:57 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | What connects Cho Ramaswamy, Kamal Haasan, and Dhanush?They’re actors from different times, but they have all spoken the ‘Madras Baashai’, which includes a generous contribution from many other langua | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fmohan-v-raman-spoke-on-the-charm-of-the-madras-bashai-at-his-recent-talk%2Farticle9040402.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/29MP_VAAVATHARE_JP_2988697c.jpg | en | null | Mohan V Raman spoke on the charm of the Madras dialect at his recent talk | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Actor-film historian Mohan V Raman spoke on the charm of the Madras bashai at his recent talk
What connects Cho Ramaswamy, Kamal Haasan, and Dhanush?
They’re actors from different times, but they have all spoken the ‘Madras Baashai’, which includes a generous contribution from many other languages.
It’s this special dialect spoken by film personalities across times — from ‘Loose’ Mohan to Rokesh (‘Danga Maari’ lyricist) — that formed the theme of actor-film historian Mohan V Raman’s talk at the Madras Week Celebrations.
When Cho Ramaswamy and Manorama did a little jig in the popular ‘Va Vathyare’ number in Bommalattam (1968), everyone took notice. “Muktha Srinivasan (the director of the film) wanted to use the slang in the song…. but lyricist Vaali said that it might be difficult for him, and roped in M.L. Govind to provide the apt words to go with it,” narrated Mohan. And thus were born lines like ‘Jambaar Jakku, Na Saidapetta Kokku’ that evoke a smile to this day, and the word ‘Vathyar’ that would go on to describe an actor-chief minister.
A lot of languages were spoken in Madras a few decades ago, and somewhere down the line, all these contributed to a slang that came to be called Madras bashai. “This conglomeration of dialects formed the slang. Even Mumbai has its own Hindi — which is a mix of Gujarati, Marwadi and Parsi dialects,” he added, citing the film Munna Bhai MBBS as an example in the context.
Mohan even drew references to the Cockney rhyming slang spoken in London. “It is said that people speaking this slang did not want others to know what they were talking,” explained the actor, “While we may say, ‘Mind your head as you go up the stairs’, a Londoner might say, ‘Mind your loaf as you go up the apples’ in the Cockney slang.”
Closer home, filmmakers and actors developed their own style of rendering the Madras bashai. Like Chandrababu, who perhaps brought the slang to Tamil cinema in its fullest form. “Sivaji Ganesan spoke it in Bale Pandiya and Kamal Haasan has experimented with the slang in many of his films,” mentioned Mohan.
Today, Madras baashai still thrives — primarily in North Madras — and young lyricists like Vyasarpadi-based Rokesh use it in songs that go on to become superhits. “His ‘Danga Maari’ from Anegan and ‘Aaluma Doluma’ from Vedalam use the slang liberally — the latter was actually written while watching some women fight for water (‘Aaluma Doluma’ means a sneaky troublemaker).” | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/mohan-v-raman-spoke-on-the-charm-of-the-madras-bashai-at-his-recent-talk/article9040402.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/2b66cde76954d8ffd8c498adc0cb7060538c698b3931590b94f8b4d58c2680b4.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:30 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Power supply to the following areas will get affected on Monday (August 29) between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in view of the monthly maintenance work to be carried out at Old Pettai sub-station: Tirunelveli T | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fpower-shutdown%2Farticle9044835.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Power shutdown | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Power supply to the following areas will get affected on Monday (August 29) between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in view of the monthly maintenance work to be carried out at Old Pettai sub-station: Tirunelveli Town, West Car Street and adjacent areas, South Car Street and adjacent areas, North Car Street and adjacent areas, Old Pettai, Gandhi Nagar, Thiruppanikarisalkulam, Vaagaikulam, Kunnaththur, Pettai, Industrial Estate, Paattapaththu and Abhishekapatti.
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"Atul Aneja"
] | 2016-08-30T16:52:30 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | China on Tuesday responded by offering qualified support to the military logistics agreement signed between India and the United States, which would enable both countries to use each other’s land, air | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fworld%2Fchina-offers-qualified-support-for-indous-logistics-pact%2Farticle9050898.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | China offers qualified support for Indo-US logistics pact | null | null | www.thehindu.com | China on Tuesday responded by offering qualified support to the military logistics agreement signed between India and the United States, which would enable both countries to use each other’s land, air and naval bases for repair and replenishment.
“We have noted relevant report. Hope that this cooperation between India and the U.S. would work to promote stability and development of the region,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in response to a question about the Indo-U.S. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA). She added, “For such normal cooperation between the two sides we are glad to see it happen.”
Earlier, an editorial in the state-run Global Times titled “Is India heading toward alliance with U.S.?” advocated that India should not give up its non-aligned policy as it allowed it maximum space for strategic manoeuvre vis-à-vis the major powers. “Due to its non-alignment policy, India has been given attention from all the major powers such as the U.S., Japan, China and Russia in recent years. Now is arguably a time when India has the most room for strategic manoeuvring.”
But the daily warned that a hasty alliance with the U.S., rather than bolster, can, on the contrary, undermine Indian security. “If India hastily joins the U.S. alliance system, it may irritate China, Pakistan or even Russia. It may not make India feel safer, but will bring strategic troubles to itself and make itself a centre of geopolitical rivalries in Asia.”
The editorial underscored that the U.S. has been “deliberately” wooing India to become a quasi-ally in order to impose “geopolitical pressure on China”. It added that during Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe’s first term, “Japan hyped the concept of a quadrilateral alliance between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India.” But New Delhi remained “cool” to the idea.
“Therefore, India will not lean toward the U.S., because it will not only hurt India's self-esteem, more importantly, India can gain more strategic benefits by striking a balance between China and the U.S.” Nevertheless the daily noted that the agreement is “undoubtedly a leap forward in U.S.-India military cooperation”. It added, “U.S. media highly applauded this deal, with Forbes hailing it as a ‘war pact’ and believing that India is shifting away from Russia, its Cold War ally, toward a new alliance with the U.S.” | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/china-offers-qualified-support-for-indous-logistics-pact/article9050898.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/16fd60290c2a42ffbe6ca117945cfb5f8e4311e549ea08c18fec0d20b9448616.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T06:50:34 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The agreement with Maharashtra over Kaleshwaram project may turn out to be a historic mistake that Telangana may suffer for generations and the Congress wants Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to un | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fjana-terms-it-a-historic-mistake%2Farticle9038845.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26hyrrr01-Jana-_HY_2988301c.jpg | en | null | Jana terms it a ‘historic’ mistake | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The agreement with Maharashtra over Kaleshwaram project may turn out to be a historic mistake that Telangana may suffer for generations and the Congress wants Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to understand it and take remedial measures, said Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader K. Jana Reddy.
Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Jana Reddy reminded that the party proposed project at 152 meters height at Tummidihatti and it was in the process while the Chief Minister is putting words in Congress mouth that they had signed the project. “If we wanted to sign the agreement reducing the height, we could have done it in a day easily but our intention was to use the water to its full potential,” he said.
“I have written to Irrigation Minister and concerned officials on June 21 this year seeking the DPR details but there has been no response so far. The figures released by the government on irrigation facility from the existing projects and ongoing projects, and the present claims are contradicting,” he said adding that the Chief Minister is skirting these questions and instead is resorting to rhetoric to divert people’s attention.
There are several technical issues on availability of water, evaporation, acreage per TMC of water in different conditions and payment of electricity charges for lifting water. People have a right to know these details and DPR will set the record straight but the government is not keen, he said. On Mr. Rao’s threats of cases, he said people violating norms will have to go to jail irrespective of whether they are in power or in the opposition. He advised Mr. Rao to respond as a leader of the Government rather than a leader of political party in the movement.
“Ridiculing the opposition parties is not good for democracy and his tone and tenor will only dilute respect for the top post,” he said. The Congress held an ‘expert talk’ on the issue at Gandhi Bhavan where irrigation experts and senior party leaders like Uttam Kumar Reddy and Ponnala Laxmaiah also spoke. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/jana-terms-it-a-historic-mistake/article9038845.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5d4e022efd9d1ffdca21f09749e02b2a540c6d5da57c712c448ecdec5941c13d.json |
[
"Rajulapudi Srinivas"
] | 2016-08-28T20:54:38 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Ministry of Women and Child Development in association with Railway Ministry and Childline India Foundation will establish Railway Child Help Desk in three stations in Andhra Pradesh.Railway Child | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVijayawada%2Fchild-help-desks-at-three-railway-stations%2Farticle9039305.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Child Help Desks at three railway stations | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Centres will be set up in Tirupati, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada stations
The Ministry of Women and Child Development in association with Railway Ministry and Childline India Foundation will establish Railway Child Help Desk in three stations in Andhra Pradesh.
Railway Child Help Desks were being run in 20 stations across the country, and the new centres will be set up in Tirupati, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada stations.
The objective of opening Child Help Desks is to protect child rights by rescuing runaway, abandoned, kidnapped, missing, orphan children, and child labourers. It would also provide opportunities for rehabilitating such children.
About half-a-dozen government and private agencies are working in the three railway stations and are rescuing more than 1,000 children every year.
“The project is aimed at better implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, Right to Education Act 2009 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012,” State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) acting Chairman S. Bala Raju told The Hindu .
Even as the line departments, NGOs and the child rights activists are fighting to protect child rights, incidence of child abuse and trafficking are being reported at many places, Mr. Bala Raju said. Childline India Foundation Senior Programme Coordinator Ravi said that Railway Child Help Desks were already set up at Chennai Egmore, Chennai Central, Bangalore and Secunderabad stations in south India.
*Ministry of Railways, Women and Child Development inks MoU with Childline
*12-member team to keep vigil in stations
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T10:51:20 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The vocational training centre at Ganga Spine Injury Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated by Kavidasan, Director of Roots Industries, on Friday.Director of the hospital and rehabilitation centre, Dr. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FCoimbatore%2Fvocational-training-centre-inaugurated%2Farticle9038548.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Vocational training centre inaugurated in Coimbatore | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The vocational training centre at Ganga Spine Injury Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated by Kavidasan, Director of Roots Industries, on Friday.
Director of the hospital and rehabilitation centre, Dr. S. Rajasekaran said that the Spine Injury Rehabilitation centre is the third one in the country and has so far rehabilitated over 300 patients from all over the country and from the neighbouring countries for the last one-and-a-half years. The centre has also provided more than Rs. one crore to rehabilitate 160 poor patients free of cost.
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[] | 2016-08-31T12:51:53 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, officially slid into recession for the first time in more than 20 years as the statistics office announced a further contraction in the second quarter of the year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Fnigeria-in-recession-as-low-oil-prices-shrink-economy%2Farticle9055674.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Nigeria in recession as low oil prices shrink economy | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, officially slid into recession for the first time in more than 20 years as the statistics office announced a further contraction in the second quarter of the year.
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 2.06 per cent after shrinking 0.36 per cent in the first quarter.
It said the non-oil sector declined due to a weaker currency, while lower prices dragged the oil sector down.
A slump in crude prices, Nigeria’s mainstay, has hammered public finances and the naira currency, causing chronic dollar shortages. Crude sales account for around 70 per cent of government revenues.
Compounding the impact of low oil prices, attacks by militants on oil and gas facilities in the southern Niger Delta hub since the start of the year has cut crude production by about 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.56 million bpd. The government's 2016 budget assumed 2.2 million bpd.
On Wednesday, the statistics office said annual inflation reached 17.1 per cent in July from 16.5 per cent in June - a more than 10-year high - and food inflation rose to 15.8 per cent from 15.3.
Nigeria’s sovereign dollar bonds fell across the curve to their lowest value in more than two weeks after the NBS released its data.
“The Nigerian economy contracted more deeply than we had expected in the second quarter,” said Razia Khan, chief economist for Africa at Standard Chartered bank.
“With a wider current account deficit it remains important for Nigeria to maintain a credible policy response, in order to attract much-needed stabilising inflows,” she added.
The NBS figures showed Nigeria attracted just $647.1 million of capital in the second quarter, a 76 per cent fall year-on-year and 9 per cent down from the first quarter.
Nigeria's economy was last in recession, for less than a year, in 1991, NBS data shows. It also experienced a prolonged recession from 1982 until 1984.
President Muhammadu Buhari was in power for some of that period as a military ruler after seizing power in a December 1983 coup and remained head of state until the military pushed him out in August 1985.
The office of the Vice-President, who oversees economic policy, said in a statement it expected a “better economic outlook” for the second half of 2016 “because many of the challenges faced in the first half either no longer exist or have eased".
Niger Delta Avengers, the group claiming responsibility for most of the attacks in the oil-producing region in the last few months, said on Monday it had ceased hostilities.
Adeyemi Dipeolu, a presidential economic advisor, attributed the recession largely to a “sharp contraction in the oil sector" caused by the militant attacks.
“The rest of the second quarter data is beginning to tell a different story. There was growth in the agricultural and solid minerals sectors,” he added.
The naira remained at the record low of 418 per dollar hit on Tuesday on the black market, as dollar shortages curb activity on the official interbank market where the currency was offered as rates as weak as 365.25 this month before gaining ground after central bank interventions. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/nigeria-in-recession-as-low-oil-prices-shrink-economy/article9055674.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/38587030341f17080dc146ef79bf65c23caf964bea717d1437a5f404812d107b.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-30T02:51:18 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A final review meeting of the organising committee constituted to plan the district-level Onam celebrations will be held at the collectorate conference hall here on Tuesday.District Collector N. Prasa | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fkozhikode%2Fonam-fete-panel-meeting-today%2Farticle9048482.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Onam fete: panel meeting today | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A final review meeting of the organising committee constituted to plan the district-level Onam celebrations will be held at the collectorate conference hall here on Tuesday.
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[
"Swati Daftuar"
] | 2016-08-27T20:51:32 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The strangest thing I ever discovered between the pages of a second-hand book was a pair of silk stockings, priced in pennies and sealed within the crinkly cellophane wrapping that had yellowed with | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fsecrets-between-old-covers%2Farticle9040745.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/28th_illustration__2988981c.jpg | en | null | Secrets between old covers | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Second-hand books allow us to find the unexpected, become a part of an invisible community, and discover the stories of previous readers
The strangest thing I ever discovered between the pages of a second-hand book was a pair of silk stockings, priced in pennies and sealed within the crinkly cellophane wrapping that had yellowed with age. I had been fascinated, my pre-adolescent imagination already beginning to whisper possibilities and stories to accompany this delightful find. Of course, back then, a lot of what I read or did was carefully curated by my parents, and for some odd, unexplained reason, my mother seemed to be against those poor stockings the moment I pulled them out from the book. I hardly think she’d be able to explain her discomfort even today. Back then, she certainly didn’t, and over cries of protests and pleas, I was simply instructed to throw the poor forgotten stockings out. That this extreme and stern a reaction was out of character for my otherwise mild-mannered mother, coupled with the fact that I hadn’t been able to even open the packet and confirm the mundaneness of the find, only fuelled my imagination, and I think I did some of my best storytelling around the episode.
Endless possibilities
Even with the actual object gone, I couldn’t quite forget the thrill of finding such a tangible mark of the book’s previous owner hidden within it. I can’t say that it sparked my interest in second-hand books; frequent Sunday morning browses in Kolkata’s college street had already done that, and occasional trips to Delhi that came with the promise of a Daryaganj book market-rummage had only intensified it. More than anything else, a good bargain is a good bargain, and to begin with, that’s what second-hand books promise. But there’s more: perhaps the potential of an unexpected find, or the act of sifting through all that you don’t want in order to stumble upon what you do want, or even the idea of discovering something you’ve never heard of before. The thing is, a second-hand bookshop, more often than not, makes you work for your next great read — it can be frustrating, but also incredibly rewarding. In Satyajit Ray’s ghost story, “Mr. Brown’s Cottage”, the protagonist stumbles upon an actual diary of a long-dead Englishman while browsing for bargains in a second-hand bookshop, and it leads him on a pretty wonderful ghost-hunt. I haven’t found a diary yet, but there’s always the possibility…
And then there are other possibilities, the ones that tie together the reading of the book with the act of finding it, in knots too tight to unravel. I would explain if Ramachandra Guha, in The Picador Book of Cricket, hadn’t done it so poignantly already: “A dream I have every so often begins in an unfamiliar station where I have to change trains. I arrive in the morning, and the connection is in the early afternoon. After leaving my bags in the waiting room I set off in search of a second-hand bookstore. With the aid of an auto-rickshaw driver I find one. The shop is dimly lit, and with closely packed shelves. The owner is there, somewhere, but no words are exchanged. I must search this place thoroughly before I return to my train. Eyes racing, I espy a faded spine with “Cardus” written on it. The book is taken out and I turn the pages, to find that this is the first (1949) edition of the Autobiography. I turn to ask its price — and am woken up.” Every reader who has hunted through stacks of dusty, moth-eaten covers, sifted through endless names and titles to chance upon something precious and unexpected, can feel the thrill of the dream Guha describes.
The tell-tale marks
A few years ago, I felt a little of it myself, when I chanced upon a used copy of Helene Hanff’s 84, Charing Cross Road while browsing at a pavement bookshop outside the PVR Anupam complex in South Delhi’s Saket. The book had a single word inscribed on its flyleaf — “Comrade!” It made me smile, and though I already possessed a copy of it, I bought this one too. The passage in Hanff’s novel that the word referred to probably sums up the pleasure of buying a book that once belonged to someone else — “I do love second-hand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to ‘I hate to read new books,’ and I hollered ‘Comrade!’ to whoever owned it before me.” That word, printed in loopy cursive on this otherwise ordinary copy, seemed to stand for both an invisible community I’ve somehow become a part of, and the idea that books do, after all, contain the stories of their readers.
Of course, I never found another pair of stockings again (and if I do now, I’d perhaps be a little scared myself), but then, you don’t need hosiery every time.
There are signs we leave on the books we read; some clearly visible to even those who won’t actively search (inscriptions on the flyleaf, notes in the margins, filled out forms for subscriptions we never send out) and then there are the little marks we didn’t mean to make — a tiny drop of curry carelessly splashed on the page you lingered over during dinner, the spine especially cracked at a point in the book you kept re-reading, the now dried and curled up cover that got damp in the rain. Our books, especially the well-loved ones, begin to carry our mark, so that even without a name on the cover, it can tell you a lot about who we are.
After the stocking incident of 2004, I began to actively look for those marks in the second-hand books I bought. Sometimes I was lucky, like in the case of a copy of Molly Keane’s Time After Time, with the slightly altered lyrics of Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” neatly and beautifully inscribed for someone called Anu, or John Masters’s Bhowani Junction, which came with a two-page note to someone the writer of the letter calls “Presh”. There were poetry collections with the best poems marked out; classics with meanings of the longer, tougher words helpfully written in the margins; a pressed, still fragrant flower; and even a Nancy Drew that came with its own advice from a kind girl called Julie — “Feel free to fold the page tops to save places”.
Sometimes, I have to look for the signs, to actively hunt for them, and more often than not, I find them. Sometimes, there’ll be books that look almost new and unread; their condition pristine, their pages white. But then they’ll fall open to reveal forgotten bookmarks and library cards, or old laundry bills and grocery receipts, left there like secret handshakes by the otherwise careful, neat owners.
Buying memories
Reading is a pretty solitary act; never lonely, but solitary. It’s quite nice then to come across a particularly lovely passage and find it marked already, to read a word you don’t understand and discover its meaning in the margin, to know that not just the story you read but the very book you hold has been read and loved by another.
There’ll be those who won’t agree; readers who need a clean, fresh copy of a book they can make entirely their own, so that it only falls open to the pages they love best, and the only ink it carries comes from the printing press or their own pens. Sometimes I agree with them, but my reasons are perhaps not always the same as theirs. A new book, fresh off the press, has room for memories and imprints. It allows me to take it in, love it, let it remember me. And then maybe one day, it’ll reach someone else, so that they too will find that sometimes fifty rupees can buy you not just a book but a lifetime of memories.
swati.d@thehindu.co.in | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/secrets-between-old-covers/article9040745.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/35d6d217f9efb97c73c9c745385866d81089a3bc7da2675164102eef21dd66b9.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T04:54:43 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The Government intends to ensure that more Ganesh idols made of clay are available to the citizens during the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturthi. While the Pollution Control Board (PCB) is making provision | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Ffocus-on-making-clay-ganeshas-available%2Farticle9046836.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/HY30_GANESH_CHATUR_2991580c.jpg | en | null | Focus on making clay Ganeshas available | null | null | www.thehindu.com | PREPARATIONS: GHMC workers constricting a pond for Lord Ganesha idols immersion near Kapra Lake. Arrangements being made ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad on Sunday. -Photo: G. Ramakrishna
About 20,000 policemen will be deployed in the city for keeping a tight vigil.
The Government intends to ensure that more Ganesh idols made of clay are available to the citizens during the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturthi. While the Pollution Control Board (PCB) is making provision for about 80,000 such idols, the Industries Department is readying 20,000 clay idols.
Tight security
With the objective of keeping the festivities free from any trouble, various Government departments are pooling in their resources and have more or less firmed up coordinated plans at each police station level.
About 20,000 policemen will be deployed in the city for keeping a tight vigil. There will network of closed circuit televisions all through the procession route.
This was stated by Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy during a meeting with the Bhagyanagar Ganeash Utsav Samithi and public organisations like the police, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Water Board, Collectorates of Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad, Roads & Buildings, Fire Services and others here on Monday.
In the presence of his Cabinet colleagues Padma Rao, T. Srinivas Yadav, P. Mahender Reddy and Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma, the Minister appealed for cooperation from the Utsav Samithi and the citizens for a peaceful conduct of the festival as the Government was making all the necessary arrangements.
Mobile cranes
From the third day onwards till the final day of the immersion of idols, the Irrigation Department will be making available 71 static and 70 mobile cranes at the immersion points in 21 locations spread across different lakes. The Roads & Buildings Department will barricade 28 tanks to enable smooth conduct of the programme. The municipal corporation was directed to see to it that the procession routes are free of potholes and kept clean. Continuous power supply will be ensured. Arrangements like pressing into service expert swimmers and boats will be made at lakes of Saroornagar, Malkajgiri, Kapra and other places.
On September 15, the main procession day, the TSRTC will press into service 400 additional buses to move in 32 main routes. The railways has also agreed to run MMTS services specially from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. the next day for the benefit of citizens coming to witness the event at the Hussainsagar Lake.
Top officials including DGP Anurag Sharma, Special chief secretary M.G. Gopal, Police Commissioner M. Mahender Reddy, GHMC Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy, etc., Samithi representatives Bhagvanth Rao, B. Bal Reddy and others, MLAs NVVS Prabhakar, Ch. Ramachandra Reddy and others attended. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/focus-on-making-clay-ganeshas-available/article9046836.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f978c2db6727be169ef34490f3838047d1a850cf21b117a6ddf112c2ff7d3705.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T20:50:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Fr | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fattack-on-court-staff-case-against-2-revenue-officials%2Farticle9042921.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Attack on court staff: Case against 2 revenue officials | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Friday.
When a team of staff from the court went to attach the properties at Vilavancode taluk office, based on a court order after the official machinery failed to disburse the compensation for the land acquired for Vallavilai- Marthandamthurai Road expansion in 1972, a minor altercation broke out between both sides.
As it led to a scuffle later, six persons, including a land loser, Ignatius Loyola, two Deputy Tashsildars and a revenue staff, were injured.
Based on the complaint from Vilavancode Tahsildar, the police registered case against Ignatius Loyola and two others.
Meanwhile, a court employee, Dharmaraj, filed a complaint with the police, in which he accused Regional Deputy Tahsildar Murugan, Deputy Tahsildar John and Junior Assistant Ashok Singh of attacking the court staff and preventing them from discharging their duty.
Based on the complaint, the police registered case against the three officials on Saturday night. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/attack-on-court-staff-case-against-2-revenue-officials/article9042921.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7d042cff0bf02309adb400e04b218a526a0ec4061149e3136bc78d677e197cbe.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:52:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A move of the Task Force on Swachh Mangaluru headed by Mayor Harinath to reward the best cleanest ward in the city with monetary benefit received a setback at a meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporat | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMangalore%2Fcorporations-move-to-reward-best-cleanest-ward-receives-setback%2Farticle9051428.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Corporation’s move to reward best cleanest ward receives setback | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A move of the Task Force on Swachh Mangaluru headed by Mayor Harinath to reward the best cleanest ward in the city with monetary benefit received a setback at a meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation council on Tuesday with some members opposing it.
The Mayor announced that the first best cleanest ward would be given Rs. 25 lakh for development works. The second one would get Rs. 15 lakh.
But some members said that wards in the central business district area in the city with concrete roads looked neat and clean. They could not be compared to the wards on the outskirts which did not have concrete roads.
The Mayor said that condition of roads had nothing to do with the selection. The reward would be based on maintaining cleanliness.
Not satisfied with this, the members wanted to know the basis on which the selection would be made. The Mayor said that he would call a meeting to this effect within a fortnight to discuss the subject in detail and take a final decision. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/corporations-move-to-reward-best-cleanest-ward-receives-setback/article9051428.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b22c0aed2bf0e98df9eab0c375dd9aa7c995e912b1ade5409f6e1dccb3c26dcc.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:53:28 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | One more Olympics has gone by. A total of 974 medals were won by 87 countries; 54 countries won at least one Gold. The U.S. flew home with the best medal tally of all time for that country with 121 m | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fhow-to-win-medals-in-olympics%2Farticle9032506.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/olympics_grphic_2986225c.jpg | en | null | How to win medals in Olympics | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Across India, clusters of excellence by sport can be developed based on natural inclinations and heritage that are visible, such as boxing in Haryana and badminton in Hyderabad
One more Olympics has gone by. A total of 974 medals were won by 87 countries; 54 countries won at least one Gold. The U.S. flew home with the best medal tally of all time for that country with 121 medals. Notwithstanding the individual brilliance and the face-saving medals of P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, India’s performance is the poorest among all big countries.
The discourse on this is an unhappy one: there has been a lot of hand-wringing, blame on the Sports Ministry and sports administrators, complaints about lack of facilities, grumbles about corruption being the villain, and so on. India says the same things, once in four years, during and after every Olympics. It should instead look for simple lessons, develop a strategy to win medals and execute it diligently. No, I don’t believe that India should be planning for the Olympics scheduled eight or twelve years from now. While long-term thinking is good, any leader will tell you that it is too slow. We should aim to win a lot more medals in Tokyo in 2020. But how?
Numbers tell different stories
The final medals tally by country (see https://www.rio2016.com/en/medal-count-country) tells all sorts of stories. The top 22 countries — those with a double-digit medals tally with a minimum of three gold medals — took home a total of 702 medals, or 72 per cent of all medals. The top ten suggests that only the established West (the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Australia) along with Russia, Japan and South Korea will continue to dominate. The emergence of China is explained as “you know the Chinese can dictate anything, so they are not comparable.” It is often implied that wealth and size are the reasons for the success of these countries. They have the facilities and programmes in place. They are bound to win. So goes the argument and acceptance.
This logic should be probed further. Olympics medals are won by people between the ages of 15 to 29, with a few exceptions on either side of this age band. I looked at the number of medal wins in relation to the population in the age group 15 to 29 in each country, for which data is available. This was juxtaposed with the medals won, to calculate the numbers of medals won per lakh of population in this age group. The story changes dramatically.
The graphic shows the medals won per one lakh of population in the 15-29 age group, for the same 22 countries. Tiny New Zealand (total population 4.6 million) emerges on top, with 1.8 medals per one lakh in the relevant age group, followed by Jamaica with 1.57 medals and Croatia with 1.43 medals. New Zealand won an astonishing 18 medals and has mostly gone unheralded, overshadowed by the enjoyable theatrics of Usain Bolt and others. These countries are not the richest, they do not have size and muscle, their small size restricts the depth of internal competition, they don’t have superior sports administrators or the best of facilities. So what gives?
What are the lessons?
New Zealand won 10 of its medals in rowing, sailing and canoeing, all based on its rich marine heritage, a natural strength for the country. Jamaica won in athletics, specifically in running, in which it has built a super cluster. Croatia is a mixed bag winning in athletics and water-related sports. Further analysis of winners shows a similar cluster strength, where an individual country, no matter how small or economically weak, wins a number of medals in specific sports — Italy won 7 medals in shooting, 4 in fencing; Cuba 6 in boxing; Kazakhstan 5 in weightlifting; Iran 5 in wrestling; Kenya 13 in athletics (mostly running) and so on.
Clearly building clusters of excellence by sport is the way to go. Fortunately we have several in place. Pullela Gopichand has single-handedly built a cluster for badminton in Hyderabad. Can this be further developed to field a large number of players, in order to dominate this sport in Tokyo? Haryana is a cluster of excellence for boxing and wrestling. This should be given a thrust with the intent to win big in these two sports. The Northeast has shown remarkable energy in sports, with the likes of Mary Kom and Dipa Karmakar. Focussing on sports there is a sure-fire way of bringing the region into the mainstream, a huge political agenda. Kerala is big in boat racing and martial arts, a natural place to develop capabilities in canoeing and sports like judo and taekwondo. Mallakhamb is big in Maharashtra, and gymnastics is a natural extension for this.
Across India, clusters of excellence by sport can be developed, based on natural inclinations and heritage that are visible. We can win our fair share of medals with this focus. We must start tomorrow.
Shekar Swamy is Group CEO, R.K. Swamy Hansa | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/how-to-win-medals-in-olympics/article9032506.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/84e9ebfb703d0260cbbd4b50c23a64ad5690b043e265c9480ac564d1da4245b6.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, who looked dapper as a showstopper for designer Kunal Rawal at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2016 here, says he always puts in an effort to look pres | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Ffor-ranbir-kapoor-looking-presentable-takes-effort%2Farticle9045589.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/THJVN_RANBIR_2990873c.jpg | en | null | For Ranbir Kapoor, looking presentable takes effort! | null | null | www.thehindu.com | "I can really wear whatever I want. I try to be presentable wherever I am going."
Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, who looked dapper as a showstopper for designer Kunal Rawal at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2016 here, says he always puts in an effort to look presentable wherever he goes.
Asked about how much pressure does he, as a celebrity, feel to look good all the time, Ranbir told IANS: “Of course, you know there is lot of criticism, but thankfully I don’t really read any of that. So I can really wear whatever I want. I try to be presentable wherever I am going... That’s the effort I put in, just to look presentable.”
Ranbir was rumoured to have split with actor Katrina Kaif after a long relationship. Do such bad times affect him?
“I don’t know. No comments,” said the actor, who is gearing up for the release of Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil on October 28.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil also stars Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan.
He will also be seen sharing screen space with Katrina in Jagga Jasoos, directed by Anurag Basu. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/for-ranbir-kapoor-looking-presentable-takes-effort/article9045589.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/693ea9a96df56381c6c0ca24d2552fad75884ba6cec9e3af31f0600baa190535.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:52:56 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Observing that the State Disaster Management plan still remains on paper as a draft for six years, the Madras High Court, on Tuesday, observed that last year’s December floods could have been averted | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ffloods-could-have-been-averted-says-hc%2Farticle9052555.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/30augskk05--Had_CH_2993021c.jpg | en | null | Floods could have been averted, says HC | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Raps State for having no disaster management plan yet
Observing that the State Disaster Management plan still remains on paper as a draft for six years, the Madras High Court, on Tuesday, observed that last year’s December floods could have been averted if the plan was in place. The First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice R. Mahadevan made the observation on a batch of PILs to find out the reasons for last year’s floods, and to remove encroachment in the waterbodies across the city.
“The plan should have been drafted into the provisions of the 2005 Act long time ago. The fact remains that after six years, the plan is still at the draft stage!” the Bench observed.
“Had the plan been done, possibly the situation which arose last year could have been avoided,” it noted. Pointing out that it had raised the issue of the upgradation of the Disaster Management Plan in its last order as it was of “vintage 2010”, the Bench said that the affidavit of the Revenue Department, the first respondent, only stated that the draft State Disaster Management Plan was prepared during 2010 as per the mandate of Section 23(1) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005,
According to the affidavit, it was shared with the National Disaster Management Authority and thereafter, updated by the National Disaster Management of Anna Institute of Management as per the National Disaster Management Authority guidelines. Commenting on the affidavit, the Bench said the plan was still in the draft stage.
Referring to the another affidavit filed by the Public Works Department (PWD), the Bench said: “Thus, on the one side, it has been contended that the reason for flooding was the growth of unregulated slum areas numbering 28 on the Banks of River Adyar and yet, on the other hand, there is reluctance to take action against the encroachments. We say so, as in respect of Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a waterway under the National Waterways Act, 2016.”
The submission of the State government was found unacceptable as the issue was again of the shrinking space of the Buckingham Canal on account of the encroachments. We also find that the authorities have stated that action was taken from January to March 4 to clear the banks of Adyar and thereafter, the State Elections intervened, it noted.
Pointing out that nothing has been said as to what had happened from the end of May till the end of August, the judges said: “This suggests that once again nothing has been done.” The Bench also directed the authorities concerned to file “a better affidavit” within a week and posted the petitions to September 7 for further hearing. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/floods-could-have-been-averted-says-hc/article9052555.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6af4207aafb26ccb6d9e64c14da1e496db6fe4779a9b43f33292238d25fc66fc.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:51:27 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The decision of the State Cabinet to allow NRI businessman from Udupi, B.R. Shetty, to develop the 70-bed district government maternity hospital into a 200-bed maternity hospital here, has attracted f | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fmove-to-hand-over-hospital-to-nri-businessman-draws-flak%2Farticle9039042.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Move to hand over hospital to NRI businessman draws flak | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The decision of the State Cabinet to allow NRI businessman from Udupi, B.R. Shetty, to develop the 70-bed district government maternity hospital into a 200-bed maternity hospital here, has attracted flak from within the Congress.
There are three gynaecologists, three paediatricians and two anaesthetists and 26 nurses working at the district maternity hospital, which handles about 250 deliveries every month.
T.B. Jayachandra, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, had said in Bengaluru on Wednesday that Mr. Shetty wanted to develop the hospital in the memory of his late mother. Hence, the project had been handed over to Mr. Shetty’s BRS Ventures along with three additional sites around the hospital for development.
The hospital would be leased to Mr. Shetty for 30 years and a committee under the Health Secretary would monitor the hospital rates and utilisation of land, he said. In a press release issued here on Thursday, U.R. Sabhapathi, former MLA and Congress leader, said that the hospital should not be handed over to the private party. The land for the hospital was given as a gift decades ago by the philanthropist late Haji Abdulla Saheb.
In his deed, Abdulla Saheb had made it clear that it was being given only for the construction of government hospital.
During his second term as Udupi MLA (1999-2004), he had opposed the proposal by the then Chief Minister S.M. Krishna to hand over the administration of the district government hospital to a Manipal-based healthcare institution. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/move-to-hand-over-hospital-to-nri-businessman-draws-flak/article9039042.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4091dde82fa521df1ec6104ce87b2d7c622e38b3b43ae3486a28813b48aaec8d.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T20:51:45 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Congress senior leader and former Mayor of Warangal Errabelli Swarna lashed out at the TRS leaders and the Chief Minister for trying to divide the historic Warangal city by creating Hanamkonda distri | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Fcong-lashes-out-at-kcr-for-dividing-warangal%2Farticle9043188.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Cong. lashes out at KCR for dividing Warangal | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Many local TRS leaders also oppose the decision but they were not coming out openly: E. Swarna
Congress senior leader and former Mayor of Warangal Errabelli Swarna lashed out at the TRS leaders and the Chief Minister for trying to divide the historic Warangal city by creating Hanamkonda district.
She along with former MLA K. Sridhar appealed to people to make the bandh call given by the Opposition parties protesting the decision on Hanamkonda district a success.
Ms. Swarna said that the people of Warangal district were regret voting the TRS to power as it was going against their wishes and demands. None in the district asked for Hanamkonda district as people are proud of their rich legacy and heritage.
It was wrong to criticise the Opposition parties for questioning an unwise decision of the State Government.
“Mr. KCR does not honour his own word. Did he deliver a single promise made to people of Warangal during his three visits? People are not ready to accept for division of the city in the name of Hanamkonda district,” she said.
The local TRS leaders should prevail upon Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao and ensure that Warangal city is not divided. Many local TRS leaders were also opposing the decision but they were not coming out openly. They should all jointly appeal to the Chief Minister to not to divide the city.
The Congress leaders said that they had given bandh call as part of their protest against the decision on Hanamkonda district. It was a democratic protest. It was wrong to point a finger at us for giving a bandh call. “The TRS did a lot of such things during the movement. They raided and damaged properties of Congress MLAs and ministers. We are not doing such things but only wish to express public opinion through this bandh,” Ms. Swarna explained.
The Congress would undertake a series of protests if the State Government failed to withdraw its decision to create Hanamkonda district dividing Warangal city, she added. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/cong-lashes-out-at-kcr-for-dividing-warangal/article9043188.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e8e12449bca55c6258feb435be17b393086d1726ff2dfa84c83d997c7109d3ec.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-31T10:54:57 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Tamil Nadu government will set up a multi-storeyed industrial complex at Tirumudivakkam on the outskirts of Chennai, at an estimated cost of Rs. 50 crore, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said.In a ser | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fmultistoreyed-industrial-facility-for-msmes%2Farticle9052570.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Multi-storeyed industrial facility for MSMEs | null | null | www.thehindu.com | 250 units, each measuring 750 sq.ft, to be set up at Tirumudivakkam
The Tamil Nadu government will set up a multi-storeyed industrial complex at Tirumudivakkam on the outskirts of Chennai, at an estimated cost of Rs. 50 crore, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said.
In a series of suo-moto announcements in the Assembly, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the State had 12.94 lakh micro, small, and medium enterprises. Of these 5.44 lakh are micro industries.
“Many of them work out of rented premises and due to this banks are not willing to extend loans to them. Rents are also quite high in big cities. In order to help these micro enterprises grow their businesses, a multi-storey complex housing 250 units, with each unit spanning 750 sq.ft will be set up at Tirumudivakkam,” the Chief Minister said.
The government would also set up two new industrial estates for the MSME sector at Namakkal and Sivaganga districts at a cost of Rs. 36 crore, she said.
Solar power facility
In order to provide electricity to an industrial estate in Kakkalur in Tiruvallur district, the government would set up a 300 kw solar power facility at a cost of Rs. 3 crore.
Another Rs. 27 crore would be spent to develop and provide a number of facilities at industrial estates that would be developed in Virudhunagar, Coimbatore and Ramanathapuram, she said.
Publishing facility
The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs. 1.35 crore to set up a “Web Offset” printing facility at the government’s publishing unit at the Madras High Court to enable it to use the latest technology for its printing needs. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/multistoreyed-industrial-facility-for-msmes/article9052570.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b7c364c760e44b04ffe76da6367883919c4d793680538851937fcca589b36c89.json |
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"Liu Jinsong"
] | 2016-08-29T12:52:15 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Twenty-eight years ago, Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China’s reform and opening up policy, said that the Asian century can only be realised when both China and India become developed. His wo | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fhangzhou-g20-summit-what-to-expect%2Farticle9045643.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/000_FP0GH_2990877c.jpg | en | null | G20 Hangzhou Summit: What to expect? | null | null | www.thehindu.com | China has introduced some new important topics into the agenda of coming Hangzhou G20 Summit on top of the traditional ones.
Twenty-eight years ago, Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China’s reform and opening up policy, said that the Asian century can only be realised when both China and India become developed. His words are becoming a reality. Today’s Asia is the new global economic centre of gravity. China and India are the second and seventh largest world economies, respectively, ranking the second and first in terms of growth rate, and first and third in terms of contribution to world economic growth. When Asia, especially China and India, has become the driving force for the global economy, it is natural for the whole world to focus on two summits to be held in Asia later this year.
G20 Summit
On September 4-5, the 11th G20 Summit will be held in Hangzhou, China. The theme of the Summit will be “Toward an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy”. Leaders from G20 member-states, guest countries, and heads of international organisations will attend it. President Xi Jinping will chair the Summit and participate in a series of related activities. With the support of G20 member-countries, including India, the preparation for the Hangzhou Summit is going on smoothly. We have locked in some core outcomes. China has also introduced some new important topics into the Summit agenda on top of the traditional ones.
First, innovation has been made one of the major topics in the Summit, in the hope that innovation can serve as a new driving forces for the world economy. Second, the importance of development has been highlighted, in the hope that G20 members can take the lead in implementing the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and set a good example for the international community. Third, the importance of structural reform has been stressed, in the hope that reform will solve deep-seated problems in the global economy. Fourth, we wish to reinvigorate the dual engines of trade and investment, set up trade development strategy and global investment guidelines, and guard against trade protectionism. Fifth, we wish to adopt specific and detailed measures to enhance international anti-corruption cooperation.
These topics are in line with the interests and needs of developing countries, especially emerging economies like India, and they are also consistent with the trends of world development. China received valuable support from all G20 member states, including India, to which we are grateful. G20 is the first global mechanism that allows developed and developing countries to take an equal part in global economic governance. China will maintain communication with developed countries, but we are also more than willing to coordinate with emerging markets, especially emerging economies like India. We need to take shared efforts to shift G20 from a crisis-response mechanism to one of long-term governance.
BRICS Summit
There have been some pessimistic views on BRICS countries’ development prospects. Indeed, some BRICS countries are facing downward economic pressure. In light of this, it is particularly important for BRICS leaders to meet this year (October 15-16) at the 8th BRICS Summit. China will provide full support to India in holding a successful BRICS Summit. We understand that India as the host country has held a series of events under the BRICS framework and China has actively participated in many of them. We take an open and positive attitude to the four main initiatives and many positive thoughts India has presented.
China hopes to achieve consensus or preliminary progress at the last-stage negotiation leading up to the Summit. Next year, China will host the 9th BRICS summit. Both China and India are major rising forces among BRICS countries. We need to work together to ensure the success of next year’s Summit on the basis of this year’s achievement. This will re-energise the BRICS mechanism, polish the colour of the BRICS, and strengthen the position of bloc as the representative of emerging economies.
Not long ago, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India and conducted strategic communication with the Indian side on the G20 and BRICS Summits. One of the important consensuses reached during the visit was that the two countries agreed to support each other in ensuring the success of the two Summits, in a bid to enhance cooperation and solidarity among developing countries and elevate the status of emerging markets in global governance.
China and India have far more common interests than differences and far more areas of cooperation than competition. We should put differences on specific issues in bilateral relations in a proper place so that they won’t impact the overall friendship and cooperation between our two countries. Meanwhile, we need to continue working for solutions to specific issues through dialogue and consultation.
China is as invested as India is on the issues of development and representation of developing countries in the global governance system. We have done adequate preparation to make sure that development will be featured fully and prominently on the agenda of the G20 Summit. The summit will push the G20 countries to pass the action plan of the 2030 agenda of sustainable development, support to the industrialisation of Africa and other less developed countries, and invite more representatives from developing countries to participate in the Summit. To this end, China has invited a record number of developing countries to the G20 summit, including Laos, which holds the ASEAN Chairmanship; Chad, which holds the Presidency of the African Union; Senegal, which holds the Presidency of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; and two representatives of major developing countries - Egypt and Kazakhstan. The Hangzhou Summit, with the participation of more developing countries than ever in the history of G20, will be more representative and inclusive in its composition.
Some Indian friends said that when a cow receives $2 government subsidy in the EU, a large population in developing countries live on less than $2 a day. It is obvious that although both South and North countries subsidise their farmers, the intentions are vastly different - as for the developing countries, the subsidy is to guarantee the farmers’ basic survival. We should adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities in many development issues, in order to achieve affordability, accessibility and availability for people in developing countries.
The G20 Hangzhou Summit is on track to yield more fruits than previous ones. With the support from various parties, China had held ministerial meetings on trade, energy, employment and agriculture, and had extensive dialogues respectively with representatives from various circles such as industry and commerce, youth, women, labour, think-tanks, non-governmental and social organisations and others, laying important groundwork for the Hangzhou Summit. China has also conducted intensive consultations through the two channels of Sherpa and finance. We held three Sherpa Meetings, three Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors Meetings, Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meetings, as well as dozens of working group meetings of various kinds. According to statistics, the Hangzhou Summit is likely to achieve nearly 30 major results. We believe that the summit will give pleasant surprises to the people and bring hopes and confidence to the world economy.
(Liu Jinsong is now the Charge d'affaires and Minister of the Chinese embassy in India. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in 1993 and worked in the Department of Asian Affairs, Department of Policy Planning, the Department of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs and the Department of International Economic Affairs. In his overseas experience, Mr. Liu served as the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Thailand, and political councilor of the Chinese embassy in Japan and the U.K.) | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/hangzhou-g20-summit-what-to-expect/article9045643.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5ab22dcd9ece016836a0202bb6f454d889882359f7993e63b85206b11f94e882.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T00:55:09 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | We booked a 3BHK flat during the pre-launch offer of a reputed builder and paid Rs. 3 lakh as a booking amount in September 2014 with the promise that the flat would be handed over in March 2018. We d | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fhomes-and-gardens%2Frefund-of-booking-amount%2Farticle9036092.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Refund of booking amount | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Legal Eagle
We booked a 3BHK flat during the pre-launch offer of a reputed builder and paid Rs. 3 lakh as a booking amount in September 2014 with the promise that the flat would be handed over in March 2018. We did not see any progress till September 2015 and decided to cancel the booking. The builder has delayed the refund of the booking amount in spite of him admitting to the fact that he was facing issues to acquire permissions for the construction (which still haven’t been obtained).
My queries are:
1. Is there any provision to take legal action under RERA?
2. Can I demand for a full refund?
Nivedita M
Bangalore
You need not have to wait for the implementation of RERA for claiming refund. There are adequate remedies available to you under the existing laws. You can either file a suit for recovery of money with interest and compensation after issuing a notice to the developer through your lawyer. It is also possible to file a complaint before the consumer forum for a similar relief. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/refund-of-booking-amount/article9036092.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ee2c94e050b6af2c2beb6cd87fc253d16de3a60f9af6ce0baa23788b68c78c05.json |
[
"Vijay Lokapally"
] | 2016-08-28T18:51:13 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | While the competition does not involve all of the best players in the country, India Blue captain Gautam Gambhir is not concerned. He knows the importance of the Duleep Trophy, which is now a pink-ba | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fblue-skipper-gambhir-charged-up-ahead-of-match-against-yuvrajs-red%2Farticle9043118.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/TH29GAMBHIR_299000_2990002c.jpg | en | null | Blue skipper Gambhir charged up ahead of match against Yuvraj’s Red | null | null | www.thehindu.com | While the competition does not involve all of the best players in the country, India Blue captain Gautam Gambhir is not concerned. He knows the importance of the Duleep Trophy, which is now a pink-ball day-night affair.
“Most Duleep Trophy captains say you should look at your own individual performances, but that’s not going to happen under me,” he announced on the eve of the match against India Red, led by Yuvraj Singh.
“The most important thing is that we turn up to win the tournament. That is how the game of cricket should be played, rather than (looking for) individual performances. It’s about winning the tournament. We are going to try and do everything possible to win the tournament.”
Not that Red will be a mute spectator.
Fresh from its thumping win over India Green in the opening match of the tournament, Red has the services of a batsman who seemed to read the conditions the best. Abhinav Mukund adapted quickly to the pink ball challenge and came up with scores of 77 and 169 to dominate the contest. Essentially, he played the waiting game, watched the ball on to his bat closely, and did not indulge in fancy stroke-play as some of the others had.
For Yuvraj, the failure in both innings must add to the pressure of his comeback campaign. He will need to put bat to ball more convincingly. A big score from Yuvraj could be the thing to light up the tournament and enhance the quality of the fare in the middle.
Yuvraj can draw from his past exploits in the Duleep Trophy, especially the 2003-04 final on his home turf in Mohali. Asked to prove his fitness by playing the final then, Yuvraj had come up with scores of 106 and 148 against East Zone to book his place in the Indian team for the historic tour of Pakistan a month later. He only grew in stature from that Duleep Trophy performance.
Gambhir brings the competitive flavour to the match. Having fallen out of favour of the National selectors, he can treat this stage as a stepping stone to craft his comeback and is not going to lose an opportunity.
“This is what professional cricket is all about. The most important thing is if our mindset is about winning the tournament it becomes easier. A game of cricket or a tournament needs to be played in a certain way, and that is about going out there and (playing to) win. That’s what I have always focussed on in any game and in any tournament, and nothing will be different tomorrow,” said Gambhir.
Blue has inducted leg-spinner Karn Sharma in the place of an injured K. Monish while Pradeep Sangwan finds a spot on the Red squad in the place of Abhimanyu Mithun, who moves over to Blue as a replacement for Shardul Thakur.
Mithun, however, is likely to miss this match on account of his wedding.
The teams (from):
India Red: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Abhinav Mukund, K.S. Bharat, Sudip Chatterjee, Gurkeerat Singh, Ankush Bains, Arun Karthik, Akshay Wakhare, Kuldeep Yadav, Nathu Singh, Anureet Singh, Ishwar Pandey, Nitish Rana, M. Ashwin and Pradeep Sangwan.
India Blue: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Jackson, B. Aparajith, Siddhesh Lad, Dinesh Karthik, Parveez Rasool, Karn Sharma, Krishna Das, Surya Kumar Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari.
Play starts at 2 p.m. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/blue-skipper-gambhir-charged-up-ahead-of-match-against-yuvrajs-red/article9043118.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3696174416ec01599972a2fa861d2b1c1195c75ebd2e98e06c05d5c88a50a89a.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-28T02:55:45 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Registrar of Family Court on Thursday justified its stand in the Bombay High Court on levying court fees on women seeking maintenance only for their minor sons while daughters are exempted.A Divi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fmumbai%2Fnews%2Ffamily-court-justifies-levying-court-fees-for-minor-sons%2Farticle9032657.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Family Court justifies levying court fees for minor sons | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Registrar of Family Court on Thursday justified its stand in the Bombay High Court on levying court fees on women seeking maintenance only for their minor sons while daughters are exempted.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M.S. Sonak was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Majlis Manch.
It stated that a Government Resolution violates Article 15 (3) (nothing shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children) of the Indian Constitution and sought directions from the court to grant exemption to women litigants from payment of court fees in accordance with the Government Resolution dated Oct. 1, 1994.
The reply filed by the Registry states that women were exempted from paying court fees with the object of promoting the welfare of women and granting exemption from paying court fees in cases of maintenance, property disputes, violence and divorce. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/family-court-justifies-levying-court-fees-for-minor-sons/article9032657.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7b928945d3852a438139c0589ed9869bb6152cd911165a911c53292280f39b38.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:31 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Gold recovered by Rs 100 to Rs 31,250 per 10 grams on fresh buying by jewellers at the domestic spot market to meet retailers’ demand even as the metal weakened overseas. Silver also rebounded by Rs 2 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fgold-rebounds-on-jewellers-buying-silver-jumps-rs-280kg%2Farticle9040307.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Gold rebounds on jewellers’ buying, silver jumps Rs 280/kg | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Gold recovered by Rs 100 to Rs 31,250 per 10 grams on fresh buying by jewellers at the domestic spot market to meet retailers’ demand even as the metal weakened overseas.
Silver also rebounded by Rs 280 to Rs 44,700 per kg due to increased off-take by industrial units and coin makers.
Traders said fresh buying by jewellers to meet festive season demand from retailers led to the recovery in the precious metal prices.
They said, however, a weak trend overseas capped the gain.
Globally, gold fell 0.08 per cent to $1,320.50 an ounce in New York yesterday after Fed chair Janet Yellen in an address to central bankers in Wyoming said the case for an increase in interest rate has strengthened.
In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity went up Rs 100 each to Rs 31,250 and Rs 31,100 per 10 grams, respectively. The metal had lost Rs 100 yesterday.
Sovereign, however, remained flat at Rs 24,300 per piece of eight grams in limited deals.
Tracking gold, silver ready recovered Rs 280 to Rs 44,700 per kg and weekly—based delivery by Rs 115 to Rs 43,975 per kg.
On the other hand, silver coins continued to be traded at the previous level of Rs 75,000 for buying and Rs 76,000 for selling of 100 pieces. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/gold-rebounds-on-jewellers-buying-silver-jumps-rs-280kg/article9040307.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f2eec1061fae8f8795b982e7876d503618850007ce93cb69ed8d885cb7adb070.json |
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"N. Kesavan"
] | 2016-08-27T10:50:42 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Tillakaratne Dilshan, a formidable Sri Lanka opening cricketer, has announced his retirement from ODIs after the third match against Australia on Sunday. He has also announced his retirement from T20 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fsri-lankan-cricketer-tillakaratne-dilshan-announces-retirement-from-odis-t20-internationals%2Farticle9039945.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/DILSHAN_2988548c.jpg | en | null | ‘Dilscoop’ Dilshan to hang up his boots | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Dilshan has scored 10248 runs in ODIs (329 matches) and 1884 in T20 Internationals (78 matches).
Tillakaratne Dilshan, a formidable Sri Lanka opening cricketer, has announced his retirement from ODIs after the third match against Australia on Sunday. He has also announced his retirement from T20 internationals after a match on September 9.
Dilshan, who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 1999, played as a middle-order batsman in his early years. In 2007, he and Sanath Jayasuriya opened the innings for their country and there was no looking back for him. Dilshan is known for his innovative shots in both ODIs and T20Is. He invented a scoop, a shot played over the keeper's head, and it was called 'Dilscoop'. Many international stars have put this shot to effective use.
Dilshan was not in his best of form lately and was being rumoured to be pressured by the Sri Lankan selectors. His form plummetted to low levels in the recent years and with the Sri Lankan Cricket Board trying to create a team for the 2019 World Cup, he was forced to show his calibre. But at the age of 39, his form continued to spiral down. In the year 2016, he had only one half-century to his credit.
Though technically sound, Dilshan preferred defensive technique only when his team is in severe crisis. He, like Virender Sehwag, would attack the bowlers right from the word go. He is also a useful offbreak bowler and has taken crucial wickets for his team. He normally will be used to break partnerships.
For the records, Dilshan has played 87 Tests, scored 5492 runs at an average of 40.98, with 193 being his highest. He has scored 16 centuries in Tests.
Top Sri Lankan batsmen in Tests
Cricketer Total Runs Highest Average Centuries Kumar Sangakkara 134 12400 319 57.40 38 Jayawardene 149 11814 374 49.84 34 Jayasuriya 110 6973 340 40.07 14 Aravinda de Silva 93 6361 267 42.97 20 Marvan Atapattu 90 5502 249 39.02 16 Dilshan 87 5492 193 40.98 16
In 329 ODIs, Dilshan scored 10248 runs, with 161 not out being his highest. His average in ODIs is 39.26 and has scored 22 centuries. In 78 Twenty20 Internationals, he has scored 1884 runs at an average of 28.98, with 104 not out being his highest. He has taken 39 wickets in Tests, 106 in ODIs, and 7 in T20Is.
Top Sri Lankan batsmen in ODIs
Cricketer Total Runs Highest Average Centuries Kumar Sangakkara 397 13975 169 41.96 25 Jayasuriya 441 13364 189 32.51 28 Jayawardene 443 12381 144 33.01 18 Dilshan 329 10248 161* 39.26 22 PA de Silva 308 9248 145 34.90 11 Marvan Atapattu 268 8529 132* 37.57 11
Top Sri Lankan batsmen in Twenty20 Internationals
Cricketer Total Runs Highest Average Strike rate Dilshan 78 1884 104* 28.98 120.69 Jayawardene 55 1493 100 31.76 133.18 Sangakkara 56 1382 78 31.40 119.55 Angelo Mathews 66 987 81* 28.20 120.36 Jayasuriya 31 629 88 23.29 129.15 Chandimal 43 625 58 17.36 102.29
Dilshan won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award at the 2009 ICC Awards, besides winning the man of the series trophy for his individual batting performances in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. He was also part of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. He made scintillating performances for the Sri Lankan side that made the finals of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 World Cup, 2009 World T20 championship and 2012 World T20 championship.
Let’s have a look at some of his dashing ODI and T20 international knocks:
India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot on December 15, 2009: Sri Lanka won the toss and asked India to bat first on a placid wicket. Riding on some excellent knocks from Virender Sehwag (146), Tendulkar (69) and Dhoni (72), India scored a massive 414 for 7 wickets in 50 overs. It was a stiff challenge for Sri Lanka and spectators were already celebrating Indian victory at Rajkot. But they were in for some disappointment as Dilshan and Tharanga smashed the Indian bowlers apart and put on a 188 run partnership for the opening wicket in just 24 overs. Indians begin to breath a sigh of relief as Tharanga was out for 67. But Dilshan continued his dominance over the Indian bowlers with another legendary batsman Kumar Sangakkara. They both added 128 for the second wicket in just 12.3 overs. Dilshan continued his swashbuckling innings after the dismissal of Sangakkara. But when he got out for 160 with the Sri Lankan score on 339 in just 39.1 overs, Indians believed they can win the match. But it was a close game and India won the match by just 3 runs. Dilshan's 160 came of just 124 balls with 20 fours and three sixes.
Though Sehwag was named the man of the match, Dilshan earned accolades from the fans and also the Indian team for his blistering innings.
India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, December 18, 2009: India won the toss and elected to bat first. But India were in trouble at 132 for 4 in 26.3 overs. But with some rearguard action from Dhoni (107) and Raina (68), India posed a total of 301 for 7. This time around, Dilshan had other ideas. Once again he tormented the Indian bowlers with blistering shots and made a superb 123 off just 112 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes. Sri Lanka won the match with five balls to spare. It was a memorable innings from Dilshan. He was declared man of the match.
Commonwealth Bank Series, 2nd Final, Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, March 6, 2012: The first final was won by Australia by 15 runs and the team was aiming to clinch the second final. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Riding on some hundreds from David Warner (100) and Michael Clarke (117), Australia scored 271 in 50 overs. Jayawardene and Dilshan opened the innings for Sri Lanka and started to dominate the Australian bowlers. They both added 171 runs for the opening wicket in just 27.1 overs. Jayawardene was out for 80 off just 76 balls with 8 boundaries and 1 six. But Dilshan, along with Sangakkara, was a determined man. Both added 55 for the second wicket in 11.1 overs and thwarted an Australian victory. Dilshan was out for a well-made 106 off 119 balls with 10 boundaries. This was one of his slowest innings. He was declared the man of the match. This win enabled Sri Lanka to level the best-of-three finals 1-1. Australia then won the third final and lifted the Commonwealth Bank Series.
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Pallekele, July 28, 2013: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Riding on Amla's 77 and Duminy's 97, South Africa were on the verge of putting up a huge total. But the Sri Lankan captain introduced Dilshan into the attack. He removed Amla and also took the all-important wicket of AB de Villiers. Sri Lanka restricted South Africa to 238. Dilshan completed his quota of 10 overs and took 2 for 40. Continuing his splendid bowling effort, he made a mockery of the South African bowling attack. He also scored an unbeaten 115 runs off 130 balls with 16 boundaries. He was declared the man of the match.
Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, August 6, 2011: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Dilshan thrashed the Australian bowlers and scored a scintillating 104 off just 57 balls with 12 boundaries and 5 sixes. Sri Lanka posted a formidable 198 off just 20 overs and restricted Australia for 163 and won the match. Though Dilshan failed in the second match, Sri Lanka won the T20 International series 2-0.
ICC World Twenty20, 13th Match, Group 1: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, September 27, 2012:
New Zealand won the toss and posted a competitive 174 off 20 overs. Despite losing wickets at the other end, Dilshan scored a fine 76 off 53 balls with 5 fours and three sixes. Sri Lanka also scored 174. It won the match by one-over eliminator. In the one over eliminator, it scored 12 runs and restricted New Zealand for just 5 runs. Dilshan was named the man of the match.
Only T20I: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), February 10, 2009: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat, with Dilshan as the captain. He scored 61 off just 47 balls with 7 boundaries and 1 six. Sri Lanka scored a competitive 171. India were in trouble at 115 for 7. The Sri Lankans scented victory and vociferous fans were behind them. But the Pathan brothers had other ideas. They just thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers and 59 runs in just 4.1 overs, and India won the match by three wickets and four balls to spare.
Can the vaccuum created by the retirement of Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Dilshan be filled by young Sri Lankan cricketers? | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/sri-lankan-cricketer-tillakaratne-dilshan-announces-retirement-from-odis-t20-internationals/article9039945.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4043ac9c8ff3dba67c555c21eb38286e14446df76d933a5a5c55ea714d1bd39f.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:56:03 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Nico Rosberg won an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix featuring a chaotic start, wild overtaking, a heavy crash, safety cars and a red flag.The Mercedes driver’s win on Sunday saw him close the gap | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Frosberg-wins-an-eventful-belgian-gp%2Farticle9043105.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/TH29FORMULA2_2989988c.jpg | en | null | Rosberg wins an eventful Belgian GP | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Sagnussen escapes serious injury after crash; Hamilton third from P21
Nico Rosberg won an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix featuring a chaotic start, wild overtaking, a heavy crash, safety cars and a red flag.
The Mercedes driver’s win on Sunday saw him close the gap on teammate Lewis Hamilton to nine points after the latter finished third behind Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.
Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg was a season’s best fourth ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, while Fernando Alonso was seventh for McLaren.
“It’s been a great weekend; very, very happy with that result,” Rosberg said after his 20th career win. “Congrats to Lewis, last place to third must be pretty impressive.”
“Lewis wasn’t out there to battle it out [with me], so that made it an easier weekend,” Rosberg quipped. “It all worked out fine.”
For him, at least.
Rosberg started from pole with teen driver Max Verstappen also on the front row while Hamilton started from the back row alongside Alonso, after both incurred grid penalties for extra engine-part changes this weekend.
The race start was clean enough for Rosberg, but it was mayhem behind him.
The incident that shaped the race occurred right at the first turn where Verstappen was involved in a collision with the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. This immensely helped Hamilton and Alonso, who skirted the scene of the early carnage in front of them, and gained places.
As Raikkonen and Vettel went past him, the 18-year-old Verstappen aggressively tried to go for the inside even though there was very little room. The impeded Ferraris were now squeezed wide and, as a consequence, Raikkonen went across and nudged into the side of Vettel. Raikkonen pitted for a nose change but the crew also had to put out a small fire under his car.
Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz lost control when his rear right tyre blew out, sending him pirouetting to an improvised halt on the grass. He then drove back across the track with his rear right wheel up in the air before parking at the side of the track.
The incidents prompted the safety car to come out on lap-3, and when the race re-started a lap later, Sainz, Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), Jenson Button (McLaren) and Pascal Wehrlein (Manor), who hit Button from behind, had all retired.
The safety car came out again as Renault driver Kevin Magnussen involved in a spectacular crash as he lost control coming out of the top of the hill at Eau Rouge, spinning and slamming backward into the barriers. Magnussen emerged from the wreck, hobbled away and was taken to hospital for checks. He suffered a cut to his left ankle but seemed to have escaped serious injury.
On lap 10, the race was halted because the barrier Magnussen had crashed into needed repairing.
When the race resumed 20 minutes later, Rosberg, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Alonso and Hamilton made up the top-five.
In a fascinating sub-plot, Verstappen and Raikkonen were involved in another incident as Verstappen appeared to nudge him wide.
Raikkonen, who is twice Verstappen’s age, let his frustration out, saying: “His only interest is to push me off the track!”
Then, as they battled for 13th place, Verstappen zig-zagged in front of the Finn as he tried to hold position, prompting Raikkonen to use an expletive when describing Verstappen’s driving as “ridiculous.”
Meanwhile, at the front, Rosberg kept pulling away unhindered.
The results:
1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:44:51.058, 2. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) + 14.113, 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +27.634, 4. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) +35.907, 5. Sergio Perez (Force India) +40.660, 6. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) +45.394, 7. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) +59.445, 8. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) +1:00.151, 9. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) +1:01.109, 10. Felipe Massa (Williams) +1:05.873, 11. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +1:11.138, 12. Esteban Gutierrez (Haas) +1:13.877, 13. Romain Grosjean (Haas) +1:16.474, 14. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) +1:27.097, 15. Jolyon Palmer (Renault) +1:33.165, 16. Esteban Ocon (Manor), 17. Felipe Nasr (Sauber) + 1 lap. Retired: Kevin Magnussen (Renault) 39 laps, Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) 41 laps, Jenson Button (McLaren), Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) 43 laps, Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) 44 laps.
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton, 1:51.583 on lap 40.
Standings: Drivers: 1. Hamilton 232 points, 2. Rosberg 223, 3. Ricciardo 151, 4. Vettel 128, 5. Raikkonen 124, 6. Verstappen 115, 7. Bottas 62, 8. Perez 58, 9. Hulkenberg 45, 10. Massa 39, 11. Alonso 30, 12. Sainz 30, 13. Grosjean 28, 14. Kvyat 23, 15. Button 17, 16. Magnussen 6, 17. Wehrlein 1, 18. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) 1. Gutierrez, Palmer, Ericsson, Nasr, Rio Haryanto (Manor), Ocon all 0.
Constructors: 1. Mercedes 455 points, 2. Red Bull 274, 3. Ferrari 252, 4. Force India 103, 5. Williams 101, 6. McLaren 48, 7. Toro Rosso 45, 8. Haas 28, 9. Renault 6, 10. Manor 1, 11. Sauber 0. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/rosberg-wins-an-eventful-belgian-gp/article9043105.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/8660a27a927410079bde5cb25d85fd0ba8e8b689cb768ccfcd09e8f449468e1d.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:56:21 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | India’s High Commissioner to U.K. Navtej Sarna is set to head for Washington as Ambassador to the U.S., considered a high-profile posting.
Arun Singh, India’s Ambassador to U.S., is due for retirem | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fsarna-may-benamed-us-envoy%2Farticle9033054.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Sarna may benamed U.S. envoy | null | null | www.thehindu.com | India’s High Commissioner to U.K. Navtej Sarna is set to head for Washington as Ambassador to the U.S., considered a high-profile posting.
Arun Singh, India’s Ambassador to U.S., is due for retirement and it is understood that Mr. Sarna’s name has been finalised to succeed him. It is learnt the India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha may replace Mr. Sarna in the U.K.
Mr. Sarna, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1980 batch, was serving as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs before he was posted to London in January. The 59-year-old diplomat was among the longest-serving spokespersons of the MEA.
He was also India’s Ambassador to Israel from 2008 to 2012. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sarna-may-benamed-us-envoy/article9033054.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4360207f4f7e62e1f7e9465de481c4e2357551f05ab2cfbe6c8afac6d78d01e9.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T10:55:28 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday urged U.S.-based insurance funds, pension funds, and endowment funds to invest in India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and said that trade | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fjaitley-invites-us-to-invest-in-infra-fund%2Farticle9046833.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Jaitley invites U.S. to invest in infra fund | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Trade interactions between Indian States and U.S. investors could boost bilateral trade, says the Finance Minister.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday urged U.S.-based insurance funds, pension funds, and endowment funds to invest in India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and said that trade interactions between Indian States and U.S. investors could boost bilateral trade.
“The Finance Minister said the Central Government has created a NIIF in which various U.S.-based insurance and pension funds, endowment funds can invest, especially in the infrastructure sector, which has great potential in India,” the Finance Ministry said in a statement, following a meeting between Mr. Jaitley and United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.
The Obama administration on Monday said it expected continuity from a new regime in the U.S. on initiatives that it had taken in the last eight years to boost trade relationship with India, especially on strengthening bilateral partnership in innovation and entrepreneurship.
The August 30-31 India-U.S. Strategic & Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) – the premier bilateral forum for discussions on trade, economic and defence-related issues – will prioritise measures to promote ties in innovation and entrepreneurship, according to US government officials.
In the S&CD, the Indian side will be led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while the U.S. delegation will be led by Secretary of State John Kerry and Mr. Pritzker.
“Normally August is a quiet month for diplomats, but that’s not the case on the U.S.-India account,” U.S. Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma said, while speaking at a U.S.-India Innovation Forum on Monday.
“The S&CD is the signature, annual forum for policy discussions between our two governments. It was established in 2009 by then Secretary of State Clinton and a commercial track was added last year.”
Diplomatic sources told The Hindu that the issue of India’s membership bid for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is likely to come up for discussion with Mr. Kerry in the course of the Strategic Dialogue which will be the last such dialogue with the Obama administration.
Following India’s failed bid for the NSG on June 24, there were reports of another session of the organisation later this year. The next session of the NSG will be crucial for India.
Significantly, this dialogue will mark the first occasion when leading policy makers on both sides will discuss the impact of the July 12 verdict of the PCA on the South China Sea, which was a setback to China’s regional plans in the Southeast Asian region.
This dialogue will also give India and the U.S. an opportunity to fine-tune plans for the G-20 summit in China during which President Obama will meet global leaders.
Pointing out that the Global Entrepreneurship Summit – an initiative that began under the Obama administration — will take place in India next year, Ziad Haider, special representative (commercial and business affairs), State Department said whoever becomes the new U.S. President is likely to continue these initiatives. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaitley-invites-us-to-invest-in-infra-fund/article9046833.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9923963e3c000a97fc741e5cece691820522c8400ed64ecbd2cadbb360437e25.json |
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"Yuthika Bhargava"
] | 2016-08-30T16:52:31 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India on Tuesday brought the Jeep brand in India with the introduction of two SUV models — Wrangler with a price tag of Rs.71.59 lakh, and the Grand Cherokee, which w | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Ffiat-chrysler-brings-jeep-to-india%2Farticle9051212.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/TH31_BU_JEEPBL_2992565c.jpg | en | null | Fiat Chrysler brings Jeep to India | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The company plans to open ten dealerships in nine Indian cities by the end of 2016
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India on Tuesday brought the Jeep brand in India with the introduction of two SUV models — Wrangler with a price tag of Rs.71.59 lakh, and the Grand Cherokee, which will be available in three variants, priced in the range of Rs.93.64 lakh and Rs.1.12 crore (ex-showroom price, Delhi).
“Jeep pioneered the SUV segment and the concept of off-roading. Now we are providing our Indian customers access to what Jeep has to offer by launching the Jeep Wrangler, the most capable 4x4 vehicle in the world and the luxurious Jeep Grand Cherokee, the most awarded SUV of all time,” Kevin Flynn, President and Managing Director, FCA India, said.
Mr. Flynn added that they would also bring out the SUVs in petrol variants by November. The decision, he said, was driven by the policy uncertainty around diesel fuel.
“In our strategy moving forward we will cover both the fuels. I think any car company moving forward will do that because...there is an uncertainty that this kind of situation brings. So we have to cover both sides. Have to,” Mr. Flynn told The Hindu. He added that legislation steers and drives research and development (R&D). Mr. Flynn, however, was hopeful about demand in the future as “holdback market” will come back. FCA, which owns the Jeep brand globally, will bring the two models to India as direct imports (Completely Built Units).
However, it will add an all-new vehicle to this line-up, which will be produced locally at its Ranjangaon manufacturing facility, near Pune, next year.
Mr. Flynn said, “We have invested $280 million in our facility at Ranjangaon to mobilise our localisation strategy. We are on track with our plans to manufacture and roll out an all-new, premium Jeep SUV from our plant in 2017.”
Jeep plans to open ten dealerships in nine Indian cities by the end of December 2016, starting with Ahmedabad and New Delhi followed by Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kochi and Bengaluru.
Mr. Flynn added that the next biggest project for the company was to promote FCA as a brand.
“In India, we are known more as Fiat, but globally we are known as FCA, which is the 7th largest car company in the world. It is time we are known similarly in India.” | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/fiat-chrysler-brings-jeep-to-india/article9051212.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3cfa3e40a40861f10b84ed8ca8c5a2dd63621aa19b46322d491312a4cbbe3f8b.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T04:51:10 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Top secret documents of Scorpene, India’s future submarine fleet, have been out in the open for the past several years, according to The Australian, the newspaper which has reported the massive leak. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftop-secret-documents-of-submarine-were-out-in-the-open-since-2013%2Farticle9037121.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Top secret documents of submarine were out in the open since 2013? | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Australian newspaper has given out details as to how the data leak surfaced in Australia
Top secret documents of Scorpene, India’s future submarine fleet, have been out in the open for the past several years, according to The Australian, the newspaper which has reported the massive leak.
In a report on Friday, the newspaper gave details of “how the secrets surfaced in Australia” In April 2013.
Begins at DCNS office
The trail begins at the DCNS office in Paris where the data was copied by a subcontractor to DCNS who was a former French Navy officer upt o the early 1970’s and later worked for the private sector.
They are supposed to have taken the data to a South-east Asian country where they worked for a private company and the data remained there after they were sacked from the company.
The company, without realising the sensitive nature of the data, sent to it its head office in Singapore where it was placed on a server on April 18, 2013 but is not known if it is still there. The data was later sent to Australia on a data disk by regular post from Singapore to Sydney in Australia in April 2013.
The person who received the disk in Australia has defence knowledge and understood to have kept the disk locked for over two years. But after DCNS won a bid recently to build 12 submarines for the Australian Navy in a $38 bn deal, he decided to make the information public in “Australia’s interests.”
Plans of surrendering
“He has not broken any laws and the authorities know who he is. He plans to surrender the disk to the government on Monday,” the report states and says he claims to be a whistle-blower.
The report says after the data leak DCNS reasoned that “the most likely scenario was that a commercial competitor was seeking to sabotage the company” and the “obvious suspects” were Germany and Japan who lost out to DCNS in the recent bid. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/top-secret-documents-of-submarine-were-out-in-the-open-since-2013/article9037121.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a231a2994df85ef0bd8ce05a745e225c40d3a44b42eba430df81a8282852d8b4.json |
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[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:00 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Street dogs, or urban free-ranging dogs as described in scientific literature, pose a considerable risk to human health (“It is a canine question before beleaguered Kerala: To kill or not to kill”, A | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fkeralas-stray-dog-problem%2Farticle9043142.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Kerala’s stray dog problem | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Street dogs, or urban free-ranging dogs as described in scientific literature, pose a considerable risk to human health (“It is a canine question before beleaguered Kerala: To kill or not to kill”, Aug.28). These dogs are usually poorly cared for and often carriers of disease and pathogens. The Indian Veterinary Association, in 2014, estimated each district in Kerala to have between 35,000 to 50,000 stray dogs. A survey by the Mahatma Gandhi University, in November 2015 in the Kottayam municipality, found 263 dogs in 14 selected grids between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. A strong birth control programme, rehabilitation centres, community adoption and licensing were some of the suggestions made.
Joice K. Joseph, Kottayam
I have had several miraculous escapes are far as stray dogs are concerned. Strong and stringent measures are what are needed. Why are so-called animal lovers bothered only about stray dogs when other harmless creatures such as poultry are culled every day?
One cannot also rule out the influence of vested interests in the form of the anti-rabies vaccination lobby whose sales depend on the stray dog issue, if one goes by the shocking apathy and alarming inaction.
Pooja Panickar, Thiruvananthapuram
It is distressing to find most letter-writers believing that culling is the only solution to the “menace”. Community dogs are generally docile and only compete with other packs foraging for food in the mountains of garbage that we indiscriminately create. But they have an important role to play by ensuring that pests such as rats and bandicoots are kept under check. An out of control rodent population will only result in large reptiles such as snakes making an appearance. Community dogs also ensure safety in each locality. As a solution, the municipalities in each district should go in for sterilisation of dogs.
Anand Aravamudhan, Chennai | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/keralas-stray-dog-problem/article9043142.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/078a9c941ad7f771a11fbc2d94f4dc903c730b8e167d8ef438645f75a9c86d08.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:55:26 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple:
Special pujas in connection with Sravana Maasam, temple premises, Burujupeta, 8 a.m. onwards
Sri Krishna Vidya Mandir:
Workshop on ‘Scientif | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fandhra-pradesh%2Fvisakhapatnam-today%2Farticle9053456.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Visakhapatnam today | null | null | www.thehindu.com | GVP MLBT School: Free training for pupils of all schools in preparing Ganesh idols and toys with clay, school premises, opposite VUDA park, beach road, 9 a.m.
Siva Sivani Public School: Workshop on ‘clay moulding’ in connection with Ganesh Chaturdhi, school premises, Lawson’s Bay Colony, 10.30 a.m.
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"B. Kolappan"
] | 2016-08-28T20:50:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A section of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) leaders is worried over the high command’s indifference towards the State. Besides, those deputed by the central leadership have not been effective in | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Ftncc-leaders-worried-over-high-commands-indifference%2Farticle9043131.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | TNCC leaders worried over high command’s ‘indifference’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A section of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) leaders is worried over the high command’s indifference towards the State. Besides, those deputed by the central leadership have not been effective in quelling intra-party feuds.
For instance, AICC secretary in-charge of Tamil Nadu G. Chenna Reddy has not been successful in persuading State Youth Congress president Vijay Ilanchezhian to withdraw his police complaint against former TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan.
“We are not able to understand why the high command is silent. We are not able to reach Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary, in-charge-of party affairs in the State. He is not even taking our phone calls,” alleged a former MP. This is in contrast to the BJP where its general secretary Muralidhar Rao has been making frequent visits to the State.
“Tamil Nadu is an ideal State for the Congress to build a strong alliance. It can win a substantial number of seats if a strong front is formed. The minorities and Dalits account for 40 per cent of the total votes and the Congress can easily mobilise them, taking advantage of the insecure feeling of these communities under the BJP rule,” said another senior leader.
Though Congress leaders are divided on the question of forming an alliance, a section of leaders said as an alliance with the AIADMK was out of question, the Congress today had to bank on the DMK. But the TNCC has remained headless since Mr Elangovan’s resignation.
“There is nothing wrong in appointing a TNCC chief who has leanings towards a party. Though late G.K. Moopanar was instrumental in Congress on its own winning 26 seats in the 1989 Assembly elections, the high command did not hesitate to replace him with Vazhapadi Ramamurthy in 1991 since it wanted a leader who could move closely with the AIADMK leadership,” recalled a former TNCC president.
Normally, when a TNCC president is removed he would be asked to officiate in the post till a successor is appointed. But in the case Mr Elangovan, he was informed over phone by Mr. Wasnik that his resignation had been accepted.
“He immediately relinquished his responsibilities and it resulted in a situation where employees of Sathyamurthy Bhavan and Kamaraj Arangam were not paid their salary. Mr Elangovan came forward to pay them from his pocket,” claimed a senior leader.
Party sources said six names for the post of TNCC president had been sent to AICC president Ms Sonia Gandhi. But the high command reportedly wants to wait for some time hoping that the judgment in the disproportionate wealth case against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa would be delivered by the Supreme Court soon.
“The high command feels the outcome of the judgment could alter the political situation and accordingly a person could be appointed to head the TNCC,” the former MP said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tncc-leaders-worried-over-high-commands-indifference/article9043131.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/206cef6b2acc4a292596d94208efb7d8163b8be727c6324929d3fa3f08123d14.json |
[
"Shoumojit Banerjee"
] | 2016-08-29T00:51:41 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | An eye in the sky is better than several feet on the ground. The Maharashtra government is convinced about this, and has deployed drones for the first time on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to stop waywa | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fa-drone-squadron-to-keep-drivers-in-line%2Farticle9043217.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/Drone_2990074f_2990087c.jpg | en | null | A drone squadron to keep drivers in line | null | null | www.thehindu.com | As accidents turn Mumbai-Pune Expressway into death zone, enforcement takes to the air.
An eye in the sky is better than several feet on the ground. The Maharashtra government is convinced about this, and has deployed drones for the first time on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to stop wayward drivers in their tracks.
The 95-km road has acquired a reputation for becoming a ‘death zone’, as reckless drivers cut lanes and ignore the speed limit.
Operating from four base stations, the drones will be at work round-the-clock, whirling over traffic to check rash driving and overtaking.
Drone-based enforcement was demonstrated over the weekend, and resulted in fines for 20 drivers for lane-cutting, police said. “We conducted the demonstration on Saturday and Sunday, between noon and 4 p.m. and used two drones in the ghat section [between the Lonavala exit and the Khalapur toll plaza] to monitor traffic on both sides,” said Amol Tambe, Superintendent of Police (Highways), Pune region.
The government looked skyward for a solution after accidents claimed 30 lives in three months and sparked off intense criticism.
The Shiv Sena, which is part of the ruling coalition, called the Expressway a “death trap.” Minister of State for Home (Urban) Deepak Vasant Kesarkar, who belongs to the Sena, said drones would be deployed on a pilot basis, because the incidents of rash driving were too many for the minuscule police teams to handle.
“CCTV cameras are not as effective as drones. Hence, we decided to deploy drone cameras to instil discipline,” Mr. Kesarkar said.
Just as the experiment started, a State Transport Shivneri Volvo bus and a truck collided near Talegaon toll centre early on Sunday, injuring two persons, who were shifted to a hospital at Nigdi.
Last month, six students died after their car rammed into a divider near Kamshet tunnel. On July 17, three businessmen returning to Mumbai from Pune were killed near the same spot after their car also hit a divider. In June, 17 persons were killed on the spot and over 35 were injured when a luxury bus hit two cars and crashed into a 20-foot ditch. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/a-drone-squadron-to-keep-drivers-in-line/article9043217.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7b6aaacc2605f24d85d04eb8da156b2aff8bd934153e1eb816369c5561d8f2a7.json |
[
"Kallol Bhattacherjee"
] | 2016-08-27T00:57:13 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | In the twilight of the Obama Presidency, a section of the American policy makers is asking for realistic assessment of the rise of China, and indicating that the “natural US enthusiasm to manage the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fchina-will-be-a-major-challenge-says-us-expert%2Farticle9032729.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | China will be a major challenge, says US expert | null | null | www.thehindu.com | In the twilight of the Obama Presidency, a section of the American policy makers is asking for realistic assessment of the rise of China, and indicating that the “natural US enthusiasm to manage the world” might confront China in future.
“China will be a major challenge in the years to come. US does not want to be assertive in Asia but US does not want the Asian balance of power to deteriorate in any way,” said Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate of Carnegie Endowment, and added, “Obama arrested over-extension of US with a grand strategy of rebalancing of Asia, inter-Asian partnership and redoubled strategic dialogue with India”
Addressing a select audience days before India and the United States hold the last Strategic Dialogue of the Obama Presidency on August 30, Mr Tellis said on Thursday that ‘strategic dialogue’ and ‘inter-Asia partnership’ helped in maintaining Asian order during the Obama Presidency.
Mr Tellis said that the US has “arrested” wasteful investment in bleeding wars like in Syria and Iraq, but hinted that the “natural enthusiasm of the US to manage affairs for the world” might return in the next presidency under Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. “Let us have no doubt that the US wants to protect its allies in Asia,” he said.
Engage China
Mr Tellis had earlier this month said in Mumbai that India should directly engage China for securing support for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and China should extend support to India’s membership bid at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for the ‘sentiment of 1.2 billion people’ .
“I am not expecting miracles. But the real challenge is going to what we can achieve together in the next two months and if Mr Modi can charm Mr Xi Jingping to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. I hope Mr Modi will remind Mr Xi that the choice that China will make in the next NSG session will be even more consequential,” Mr Tellis had remarked in an Asia Society interaction.
Observations from Mr Tellis came in the run up to the second Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) between India and the US which would also be the last such dialogue between the two countries of the Obama Presidency. During the August 29-31 visit to Delhi, Secretary of State John Kerry will is likely to hold talks with senior Indian officials. Mr Kerry will be accompanied by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker who will be the co-chair of the S&CD. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/china-will-be-a-major-challenge-says-us-expert/article9032729.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/40c470cc4fbf48ae507362a692d0e6998011a01ecef3bc20c734e602c5085fa7.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T04:55:53 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called for a panel of eminent persons to be sent to the Valley for a dialogue, Home Minister Rajnath S | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fministers-review-kashmir-situation%2Farticle9043141.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Ministers review Kashmir situation | null | null | www.thehindu.com | They discuss composition of all-party delegation that is to visit the State soon
A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called for a panel of eminent persons to be sent to the Valley for a dialogue, Home Minister Rajnath Singh discussed the Kashmir situation with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh and BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday.
A Home Ministry official said the Ministers reviewed the ongoing unrest in the Valley and deliberated on the composition of the all-party delegation, which is expected to visit the State in the first week of September.
The meeting continued for two hours at the residence of the Home Minister.
Emerging out of the meeting, MoS, PMO Jitendra Singh said, “We had come here for margdarshan (guidance). He [Rajnath Singh] is a senior leader and that is why we came here.”
“The Ministers also discussed the salient points discussed between the Prime Minister and the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister,” said the official.
Amid Prime Minister Modi’s overtures to the people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, the government is all set to announce a Rs. 2,000-crore package for displaced people of PoK living in the country. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ministers-review-kashmir-situation/article9043141.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/723fe665a619331eec2dba1fb81df28e832d9ea694cc84fdb3b9fdc3ebedf66a.json |
[
"Radhakrishnan Gopalan"
] | 2016-08-28T18:51:17 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | With the Government naming the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, there is a lot of interest in what it means for monetary policy and specifically interest rates going forward. Will it mean con | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsci-tech%2Fscience%2Fhow-dark-matter-influences-inflation%2Farticle9043066.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/TH29_BU_DARKMATTER_2989976c.jpg | en | null | How ‘dark matter’ influences inflation | null | null | www.thehindu.com | All eyes will be on Dr. Patel and his every action will come under scrutiny
With the Government naming the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, there is a lot of interest in what it means for monetary policy and specifically interest rates going forward. Will it mean continuity or a departure from the path charted by Dr. Raghuram Rajan? What should the Governor focus on both in the short-run and in the long-run?
Even before taking office, I believe Dr. Urjit Patel has won half the battle in making a successful transition. For this, I congratulate mostly the Government. Let me explain.
While a lot of ink is spent on talking about the factors that affect inflation such as oil prices, monsoon, Government spending, global demand and interest rates, often missing in these discussions is how much we don’t know about what determines inflation.
I want to call this ignorance, “dark matter” or “expectations about the future”. Inflation is an aggregation of individual prices for goods and services. When traders set these prices, they do so based on their expectations about the future demand and supply conditions, including that for money. Where do these expectations come from? Nobody knows. Even in developed countries, where regulators are supposed to know more about how the economy works, central bankers are currently fighting a losing battle with inflation. In India, Dr. Rajan developed a reputation for being a hawk with regard to inflation. I cannot but believe that such a reputation played a role in affecting people’s expectations. Now that Dr. Patel is viewed as someone cast in the same mould, the foot that the RBI has on the throat of high inflationary expectation is not going to relent and this is half the battle won.
The next arena where Dr. Patel’s performance will be judged is the foreign exchange market. That market is facing the prospect of both an imminent increase in U.S. interest rates and the redemption of about $20 billion of FCNR deposits. In this area, the best the RBI can do is have a war chest and be willing to use it to tamp down volatility. The outgoing Governor (and Dr. Patel) have talked about the ripple effects of a Fed rate increase on emerging markets. Unfortunately, there is nothing else they can do. India is too small a trading partner for the U.S., to take the externality into account in setting interest rates. Given how anticipated these events are, I believe that the RBI has plans in place to deal with any possible volatility in the currency market. The third area that has attracted the attention of both monetary authorities and commentators is the speed of monetary transmission. There is widespread criticism that the banks are not passing on the rate cuts to the borrowers. The question is what to do about this. Here, not only do I disagree with what the RBI has done, but I also strongly believe that the RBI has worsened the situation.
In its efforts to speed up the transmission of monetary policy, the RBI has pursued an aggressive policy of prescribing how banks should determine their prime lending rates. Banks have been told to rely on their marginal – instead of average – cost of funds to set their lending rates. This is a misguided intervention and is taking the country backward in its march towards a market-based economy. The regulator – whose primary responsibility is to manage the risk in the banking system – should not have any role in specifying how banks set their lending rate. That should be left to the discretion of self-interested banks. If Adam Smith’s invisible hand is not let to do its work here, I am hard pressed to think where else it will be given a free rein!
Second, through the arbitrarily imposed deadline of April 2017 for banks to clean up their balance sheets, the RBI has worsened banks’ ability to pass on the lower interest rates to the borrowers. While no one argues with the need for banks to clean up their balance sheets, one can definitely quibble about the timing. Ideally, cleaning up of bank balance sheets should coincide with rising asset prices and equity infusion from the main shareholder, in this case the Government. This will enable banks to continue lending even when making large provisions. At the height of the financial crisis in the U.S., the federal reserve allowed banks a moratorium on marking some of their distressed assets to market because of the recognition that it would result in the banks booking significant losses, which in turn would erode their equity and their ability to lend to aid recovery. The RBI’s deadline of April 2017 for banks to clean up their balance sheets is arbitrary. Monetary transmission will be impeded if banks are forced to record NPAs without equity infusion from the Government.
For those interested in research in finance and economics, India offers an attractive laboratory because Indian regulators are among the most active. They keep tinkering with the rules constantly and this affords a number of “natural experiments” for researchers. At the cost of hurting myself, I think what India needs are humble regulators who realise that the economy is over-regulated, command-and-control is not the way forward and that it is imperative to do less and stay in the background.
The author is Associate Professor of Finance, Olin Business School, Washington University, St. Louis. | http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/how-dark-matter-influences-inflation/article9043066.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d4ced60480a95506ed5fbc026b64a86440310bb0d0fd0f4c24d861bd62750fae.json |
[
"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T22:56:09 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | More than 800 delegates participated in the two-day International Conference on Health Insurance ‘Bonne Sante ’16’, organised at Mahabalipuram, to discuss the challenges and solutions for achieving un | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fsuggestions-to-improve-healthcare-in-state-welcome%2Farticle9032695.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | ‘Suggestions to improve healthcare in State welcome’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | More than 800 delegates participated in the two-day International Conference on Health Insurance ‘Bonne Sante ’16’, organised at Mahabalipuram, to discuss the challenges and solutions for achieving universal health coverage through insurance and learning experience of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and convergence of national health insurance with state health insurance.
Inaugurating the conference on Thursday, Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijaya Baskar, urged the delegates to provide suggestions for improving the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS). While its scope had been vastly improved during the previous term, suggestions could help enhance the number of beneficiaries and services too.
The expected outcome of the conference is to lay down a clear road map for achieving Universal Health Coverage and providing quality Universal Healthcare through effective reforms.
The learnings of the conference will be incorporated into the upcoming tender for CMCHIS. The conference topics are based on three main themes — Improving CMCHIS, Expanding CMCHIS and Strengthening Public Health Systems.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Joint-Secretary, K. Rajeswara Rao called for the State government’s co-operation in implementation of Universal Health Insurance Plan, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech.
Health and Family Welfare Principal Secretary, J. Radhakrishnan urged the participants to discuss various topics in depth with an aim of benefitting the poor, which is the main aim of CMCHIS. Additional Chief Secretary, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy, Mohan Pyare said that Indian systems of medicine should be included in the purview of medical insurance schemes.
National Health Mission Chairman and Managing Director Darez Ahamed also explained the key features of the scheme. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/suggestions-to-improve-healthcare-in-state-welcome/article9032695.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f35cdbe74c3af5b7aec544c3eaa89997393f4da9d27963c386acfc69f780ab6e.json |
[
"Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao"
] | 2016-08-30T20:52:43 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Police job is stressful compared to others as there is more demand from society, said Warangal Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu.“Compared to earlier days now there is a little relaxed environment, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Fpolice-job-stressful-warangal-cp%2Farticle9051492.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/hy30police_suicide_2992720c.jpg | en | null | Police job stressful: Warangal CP | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Police job is stressful compared to others as there is more demand from society, said Warangal Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu.
“Compared to earlier days now there is a little relaxed environment, but the stress exists. Despite new recruitment there is some shortage of staff. There is no certainty of work timings, as police are needed at every hour and at every event,” he pointed out.
Unlike in the past police personnel are not overworked. Information gathering was tough once upon a time. With the use of mobile phones, internet and computers, physical strain has come down, but still police have more responsibility and answerable to higher ups, to people and to the family.
“On working hours, for instance,” Mr. Sudheer Babu said “during the Ganesh Navaratri festival, police are needed at every pandal round-the-clock to prevent any untoward incident. If there is shortage of staff, one has to continue to work until some other person comes to relieve him or do double the hours of regular duty,” he said. In the tri-cities there would be thousands of Ganesh pandals and the department has to spare many personnel diverting them from other duties which are also important.
Mr. Sudheer Babu said that the police personnel should get more access to health services and at regular intervals, which will help in assessing the mental condition of the person. “At regular check-up, doctor will tell what a person needs and accordingly, he/she can be helped,” he explained. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/police-job-stressful-warangal-cp/article9051492.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c86e161268fdd0cb0476bf35962a18759c3fe7657ccc023915936fbe61ebda34.json |
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