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CM J CH-CHE
YK
 THE HINDU Saturday, November 26, 2022
J2 Chennai

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YK
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SIZZLING START IN THE HUNT ECONOMIC CRISIS

Rocket Iran stuns Uphill struggle

Richarlison Wales with in Sri Lanka’s
gets Brazil two late tea plantations
off to a strikes, BRISK CAMPAIGN PLEA FOR RECOGNITION
How Malaiyaha Tamils
flyer stays alive BJP brought peace
are struggling to survive
SC seeks govt. reply
to Gujarat, says Shah on same­sex marriage
SPORT » PAGE 15 SPORT » PAGE 15 NEWS » PAGE 11 GROUND ZERO » PAGE 9 NEWS » PAGE 12

T.N. Minister
defends Bill Govt. forms panel to look States ask Centre to
curb its cess habit
NEARBY
쑽

on online
gambling
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
The Tamil Nadu govern­
ment on Friday defended
the Bill that the Assembly
adopted to prohibit online
gaming and gambling, af­
ter Governor R.N. Ravi
sought some clarifications.
Addressing reporters at
the Secretariat, Law Minis­
ter S. Regupathy said the
Governor had raised ques­
tions over various provi­
sions. The government re­
ceived the Raj Bhavan
communication on Thurs­
day, and the Law Depart­
ment sent the explanation
within 24 hours, he said.
The government argued
that ‘betting and gam­
bling’, ‘public order’, ‘pu­
blic health’ and ‘theatres
and dramatic performanc­
es’ were part of List II (the
State List) of the Seventh
Schedule.
CONTINUED ON
» PAGE 6
into MGNREGA’s efficacy
Poorer States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar haven’t been able to use the scheme optimally to alleviate
poverty, while economically better­off States like Kerala use it as an asset creation tool, say officials
Sobhana K. Nair
NEW DELHI
he Central govern­
T ment has constitut­
ed a committee to
review the implementation
of the Mahatma Gandhi Na­
tional Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
scheme, especially to as­
sess the programme’s effi­
cacy as a poverty allevia­
tion tool.
The committee, headed
by former Rural Develop­
ment secretary Amarjeet
Sinha, had its first meeting
on Monday, and has been
given three months to sub­
mit its suggestions.
The Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employ­
ment Guarantee Act was
passed in 2005, and the
scheme guarantees 100
days of unskilled work per
year for every rural house­
Many takers: Over 15 crore active workers are presently enrolled
in the rural job guarantee scheme. P.K. BADIGER
hold that wants it. Current­
ly, 15.51 crore active work­
ers are enrolled in the
scheme.
The Sinha committee
has now been tasked to
study the various factors
behind demand for
MGNREGA work, expendi­
ture trends and inter­State
variations, and the compo­
sition of work. It will sug­
gest what changes in focus
and governance structures
are required to make
MGNREGA more effective.
“MGNREGA was
launched as a poverty alle­
viation instrument for the
rural region, providing
them with a safety net in
the form of guaranteed
work and wages. It was felt
that States like Uttar Pra­
desh and Bihar where
there is higher level of po­
verty, haven’t been able to
utilise the scheme optimal­
ly,” a senior official aware
of the developments said.
In 2015, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had termed
MGNREGA a “living monu­
ment of Congress govern­
ment’s failure”. In a speech
in Parliament, he had said:
“After so many years in
power, all you were able to
deliver is for a poor man to
dig ditches a few days a
month.” The scheme has
also been criticised by eco­
nomists like Jagdish Bhag­
wati and Arvind Panagari­
ya as an “inefficient
instrument of shifting in­
come to the poor”.
CONTINUED ON
» PAGE 10
A.M. Jigeesh
NEW DELHI
Several States, including
some governed by the BJP,
on Friday urged the Centre
to rein in its reliance on
raising revenues through
cesses and surcharges
which reduce their share
in the divisible pool of tax­
es.
They also sought greater
fiscal support to help re­
vive the economy and reit­
erated demands for ex­
tending the Goods and
Incubation
centre for textile
sector soon: CM
CHENNAI
The State government will set
up a design and incubation
centre for the textile sector in
Chennai, Chief Minister M.K.
Stalin has said. » PAGE 6
Services Tax (GST) com­
pensation period. ‘Women saved
These issues about the
federal fiscal framework
₹888 a month
were flagged, along with from bus scheme’
States’ local project wish­
lists, at a consultation CHENNAI
meeting for the Union Bud­ Women in Nagapattinam,
get of 2023­24, steered by Madurai and Tiruppur districts
Finance Minister Nirmala who utilised the zero­ticket bus
Sitharaman here and at­ travel scheme saved ₹888 a
tended by Chief Ministers, month, a study said. » PAGE 6
Deputy CMs as well as Fi­
nance Ministers of States.
METROPLUS
CONTINUED ON WEEKEND »
6 PAGES
» PAGE 10 PROPERTY PLUS 8 PAGES»

CM M CH-CHE
YK
 THE HINDU
2 Saturday, November 26, 2022

Chennai Chennai

INBRIEF
쑽
Persons with disabilities
get sea access at Marina
The ramp, said to be first of its kind in India, is built with three types of wood, including babool,
red meranti and Brazilian timber, say officials; the facility will be inaugurated tomorrow
The Hindu Bureau
Urbaser Sumeet ropes in CHENNAI
Yogi Babu for its campaign
T
he Greater Chennai
Corporation has
To boost its campaign, Urbaser Sumeet, the completed the per­
private conservancy company has enlisted the manent pathway for per­
participation of actor Yogi Babu in a short video sons with disability on the
that touches upon waste segregation and how to Marina beach.
go about it. Shooting for the video is on and it is a It will be inaugurated on
joint venture with the Chennai Corporation. A Sunday.
new anthem is being composed, says the Officials said the woode­
company. Featuring playback singers G.V. n pathway has been con­
Prakash and Lavita Lobo and lyricist Kalaikumar, structed near Vivekanan­
the anthem will be played from the battery­ dar Illam for a length of
operated vehicles during their rounds. 263 metres from the Mari­
na beach service road to
the high tide line. “This is
India’s first permanent
Bike taxi driver killed in ramp for persons with dis­
abilities on a beach. It is
hit­and­run at Maduravoyal built with three types of
wood: babool, red meranti
A 40­year­old person operating his two­wheeler and Brazilian wood,” said
for a bike­taxi app was killed after an unidentified an official. “Openings have
vehicle hit his bike on the Poonamallee High
Road at Maduravoyal on Friday morning. The
Koyambedu Traffic Investigation police have filed
Barrier-free access: The permanent pathway for persons with
disabilities on the sands of the Marina in Chennai. S.R. RAGHUNATHAN
been provided every 10
metres to enable passage
for walkers on the beach
sands. The viewing point is
almost 10 metres away
from the sea,” he said.
A large number of se­
nior citizens are expected
to visit the beach after the
inauguration of the
pathway.
Deepak Nathan, State
president of December 3
Movement, said the ramp
in the beach was a facility
marked not only for per­
sons with disabilities but
for those who had various
difficulties in enjoying na­
ture along the beach.
“In addition to the dis­
abled persons, benefits
will be reaped by many
other persons, including
senior citizens. We have
seen social media posts
about how people have
started to enjoy the facility.
This project for inclusion
should be a great lesson for
all of us as it includes and
serves a large number of
senior citizens too,” Mr.
Nathan said. Ummul Khair,
Disability Rights Alliance
member, said the success
of the project was expect­
ed to lead to more infras­
tructure development in­
itiatives for the welfare of
persons with disabilities.
Below­average rain
forecast for 2 weeks
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
The Regional Meteorologi­
cal Centre, Chennai, has
forecast below­normal
rainfall over Tamil Nadu
and Puducherry for the
next two weeks till Decem­
ber 8.
S. Balachandran, Addi­
tional Director­General of
Meteorology, said weather
models indicated a de­
crease in rainfall. There
were chances of only iso­
lated rainfall of light to
moderate intensity over
the State till Tuesday.
Chennai might expe­
rience misty conditions in
the early morning hours
for two days owing to rela­
tively less moisture con­
tent in the atmosphere.
There were no major
weather systems in the Bay
of Bengal to bring wides­
pread rainfall over Tamil
Nadu, he said.
The northeast monsoon
had slipped into a hiatus
for the past one week. The
recent weather system
failed to bring widespread
rain to the State. From No­
vember 17 to 23, the State
recorded only 3 mm,
against the average of 34
mm for the period, a defi­
cit of nearly 91%.
The weak monsoon per­
formance for the past one
week had brought down
the seasonal rainfall from
an excess of 17% until No­
vember 17 to 1% now. As on
Friday, Tamil Nadu regis­
tered 333.9 mm, only 1%
more than its seasonal nor­
mal of 330.4 mm between
October 1 and November
25.
In its extended range fo­
recast, the India Meteoro­
logical Department has in­
dicated the possibility of a
low pressure area forming
over the southeast Bay of
Bengal and the Andaman
Sea in the second week of
December.

India must aim to become self­reliant by 2047, says Governor

a case and are investigating. The police said
Ilavarasan, a resident of Pallavan Nagar in
Maduravoyal, was operating his two­wheeler for
a bike­taxi app and on Friday was returning
home on the Poonamallee High Road when a The Hindu Bureau 2047, when India will cele­ had the largest textile in­ them to carry the country
vehicle hit him. The victim was killed on the CHENNAI brate 100 years of indepen­ dustry that exported fa­ forward with their endea­
spot. The police sent the body to the dence, the country must brics across the world, vours.
Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for The next 25 years are ex­ be self­reliant and ad­ clothing even prominent Degrees were conferred
post­mortem. tremely crucial, and our vanced. Rejuvenating In­ Roman senators. on 263 students from se­
current pace of progress is dia’s rich history and cul­ He added that many ven undergraduate and
not sufficient, said Tamil ture is crucial to this world­famous weaves such two master’s programmes
Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi progress, he added. as muslin originated in In­ in management, technolo­
Governor Ravi was ad­ Mr. Ravi highlighted In­ dia, bringing in vast gy and design.
MSME owners observe fast dressing the graduating dia’s long history with tex­ amounts of gold into the Medals were awarded to
against power tariff increase class of the National Insti­ tiles and its importance as country. 34 students for topping
tute of Fashion Technology an industry. He reminded the stu­ their respective pro­
Members of the Chennai MSME Federation, (NIFT), Chennai, on Fri­ The Governor said that dents that they were as big grammes and for academic Happy moments: Governor R.N. Ravi giving away certificates to
which comprises industrial estates in Chennai day. He emphasised that by until the 18th century, India as their dreams and urged excellence. students at NIFT in Chennai on Friday. S.R. RAGHUNATHAN
and adjoining districts, went on a hunger strike
on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. protesting against
the electricity tariff hike. The federation
represents over 1,00,000 factory owners. T.
Nalangilli, president AIEMA and Chennai MSME
Federation, said the main objection was against
the increase in fixed charges that had been raised
manifold. “When the Tangedco claims to be
self­sufficient, it is unfair to implement peak hour
surcharge. The LT peak hour charges – this
charge is newly introduced for consumption
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welcomed the government order sanctioning
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Compulsory Medical Rotatory Internships in
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statement, association general secretary M.
Akilan said they had placed a demand to the
Health Minister in this regard. In a Government
Order of November 22, the government
sanctioned a monthly stipend of ₹25,750 to
foreign medical graduates/Indian medical
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YK
Saturday, November 26, 2022
THE HINDU
Chennai 3

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CM M CH-CHE
YK
 THE HINDU
4 Saturday, November 26, 2022

Chennai Chennai

INBRIEF
쑽 Encroachments make it an obstacle course
for the Cooum eco-restoration project
About 500 more encroachments, including commercial establishments, identified along the river near N.S.K. Nagar and Radhakrishnan Nagar in
Arumbakkam are yet to be removed; clearing such illegal structures is imperative to resuming work on Port­Maduravoyal elevated corridor

The Hindu Bureau pound wall, has been com­ commercial establish­ various places. If the en­
CHENNAI pleted, the project is yet to ments, identified along the croachments are cleared in
be executed in some por­ river near N.S.K. Nagar and the 700­metre long por­
Recovered land will be used
F
or five years now, tions as clearing the en­ Radhakrishnan Nagar, are tion, the river can be wi­
the proposal to take croached structures re­ yet to be removed. These dened by another 20
for public purpose: Minister up restoration of mains a major challenge, localities get waterlogged metres near Arumbakkam
the Cooum river on a two­ the officials said. during the northeast mon­ too, the officials said.
The government land that has been been cleared km stretch along N.S.K. Na­ Of the 14,360 encroach­ soon. It was crucial to remove
of encroachments will not be used for revenue gar, Arumbakkam, has re­ ments along the 17­km Besides court cases, the encroachments to res­
generation but for public good, HR&CE Minister mained on paper. The Wa­ stretch of the river falling strong opposition from the ume the work on Chennai
P.K. Sekarbabu said on Friday. Interacting with ter Resources Department in the city limits, nearly residents are posing diffi­ Port­Maduravoyal elevated
the media after an inspection, he said 13,293 sq. is yet to clear a major por­ 13,250 structures have culties in the implementa­ corridor project in these
ft. of land, occupied by an old cinema, on tion of encroachments, in­ been cleared. tion of the project. areas.
Walltax Road had been encroached upon by cluding commercial struc­ Many residents have Encroachments on 18 “We have completed
private individuals. The land was recovered by tures, for various reasons. been relocated, including An eyesore: Water Resources Department has run into problems streets along the river need about 50% of the biometric
the Greater Chennai Corporation. “Prominent The river, which runs in K.P. Park, Pulianthope. in its effort to widen a stretch of the Cooum near Radhakrishnan to be cleared to take up wi­ survey. We plan to finish
leaders of the Dravidian movement such as C.N. for nearly 65 km, remains The exercise has facilitated Nagar and Arumbakkam. M. VEDHAN dening, forming of bund or the survey and hold ses­
Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M.G. Ramachandran largely unpolluted until it various government de­ building a compound wall sions with residents along
and M.R. Radha used this space,” he said. As for touches the urban limits. partments to carry out im­ tion Trust, said the offi­ croachments in Arumbak­ to prevent misuse of the with Greater Chennai Cor­
the Kasi Tamil Sangamam, he said the Centre had While nearly 80% of the provement work as part of cials. kam earlier this year. river, the officials said. poration and CRRT to
not conveyed anything to the State government. work, including desilting the project spearheaded The department re­ However, about 500 more The river had been wi­ speed up the work,” said
and construction of com­ by Chennai Rivers Restora­ moved nearly 486 en­ encroachments, including dened by 90­100 metres at an official.

Doctors’ association demands

fair poll to medical council Release ₹500 cr. for flood Timings
CHENNAI
SATURDAY, NOV. 26
Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE)
has urged the State government to take steps to
ensure that the Tamil Nadu Medical Council
prevention in city: Minister RISE
RISE
SUNDAY, NOV. 27
06:13
08:33
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elections are conducted in a fair manner and do RISE 06:13 SET 17:40
away with the use of ballot papers and bring in The Hindu Bureau nivel Thiaga Rajan made in Chennai for the period RISE 09:38 SET 21:14
online voting. G.R. Ravindranath, general CHENNAI the request at the pre­Un­ from 2021­22 to 2025­26 MONDAY, NOV. 28
secretary of DASE, said the elections should be ion Budget meeting held under the National Disas­ RISE 06:14 SET 17:40
RISE 10:37 SET 22:18
held in a fair manner after publishing the full The Tamil Nadu govern­ in New Delhi. ter Mitigation Fund. Even
voters’ list. Online voting should be put in place ment on Friday requested In his speech, Mr. Thia­ after the lapse of two
and not voting using ballot papers. He said the Union government for ga Rajan pointed out that years, the National Disas­
several MBBS seats in government medical ₹500 crore towards pro­ the 15th Finance Commis­ ter Management Authori­
colleges under the All India Quota remained jects aimed at reducing sion, in its final report, ty had not released this
vacant. The Union government should the risk of urban flooding had recommended ₹500 earmarked allocation yet
immediately hand over the seats to the State in Chennai. crore towards reducing and was still in the process
government. Similarly, unfilled seats in Finance Minister Pala­ the risk of urban flooding of evolving guidelines.
postgraduate and higher specialty courses should
be surrendered to the State government.
Through this, Tamil Nadu students would be able
to join these courses. The association said the
practice of making interns and postgraduate
Saying it with orange
students work continuously for 24 to 36 hours
should be immediately stopped.

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Show of solidarity: Ripon Building illuminated in orange to mark the 16 Days of Activism Campaign
and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Friday. S.R. RAGHUNATHAN

Bhavan’s Legendary Award IIT­M opens admission

presented to Vani Jairam for data science course
The Hindu Bureau through the website
CHENNAI https://onlinede­
gree.iitm.ac.in. The last
The Indian Institute of date to apply is January 16.
Technology Madras has At present, over 16,000
opened admissions for the students are studying the
B.S. degree in data science programme with more
for January 2023. than 4,500 at the diploma
Students may apply level.

A star singer: Governor R.N. Ravi presenting the Bhavan’s Legendary Award to singer Vani Jairam at
the Bhavan’s Cultural Festival 2022 in Chennai on Friday. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, K.N. Ramaswamy,
N. Ravi, and Justice Anita Sumanth are seen. K.V. SRINIVASAN

The Hindu Bureau strength of this country, taking it outdoors, follow­

CHENNAI its cultural and spiritual ing the COVID­19 proto­
unity. It was with this in­ cols and earning the trust
Tamil Nadu Governor tention that they took on of the people,” he said.
R.N. Ravi presented the education system and Anita Sumanth, Judge,
the Bhavan’s Legendary our institutions that con­ Madras High Court, sai­
Award to the renowned nected us together,” he d Vani Jairam had the un­
playback singer Vani Jai­ said. ique distinction of being
ram on Friday. People like K.M. Mun­ able to straddle the world
During the inaugura­ shi wanted to do someth­ of classical and popular
tion of Bhavan’s Cultural ing to preserve the culture music.
Festival 2022 organised in and that led to the forma­ Replying to the felicita­
association with South tion of Bharatiya Vidya tion, Ms. Jairam said she
Zone Cultural Centre, he Bhavan, he said. was honoured to receive
said Bharatiya Vidya Bha­ N. Ravi, Chairman, Kas­ the award from an organi­
van had been at the fore­ turi and Sons Ltd. and sation like the Bhavan.
front of preserving and Bhavan’s Chennai Kendra, A portrait of Gnanam­
promoting India’s culture. said this institution was ba and P. Obul Reddy was
Before Independence, founded to preserve and unveiled on the occasion.
leaders of our country promote the nation’s cul­ K.N. Ramaswamy, di­
realised the magnitude of tural heritage. rector, Bhavan’s Chennai
the damage done to India “We have been fortu­ Kendra, and Nalli Kuppus­
during the colonial rule. nate to conduct this pro­ wami Chetti, vice­chair­
“The British wanted to gramme without a break man, Bhavan’s Chennai
ruin what was the even during the pandemic Kendra, spoke.
Published by Nirmala Lakshman at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai­600002 on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., and Printed by Ra Babu Vijay at Plot B­6 & B­7, CMDA Industrial Complex, Maraimalai Nagar, Chengleput Taluk, Kancheepuram Dist., Pin: 603209. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act).
Regd. TN/ARD/17/2012­2014 RNI No. 1001/1957 ISSN 0971 ­ 751X
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CM M CH-CHE
YK
 THE HINDU
Saturday, November 26, 2022 5
Chennai
Tamil Nadu

INBRIEF
쑽 Not possible to ply only
low­floor buses without
infrastructure, says govt.
No illegality in the tender notification, Director of Institute of Road Transport tells High Court, says
AIADMK­BJP relations are tenders called in T.N. are similar to those called by Ahmedabad, Bengaluru transport corporations
cordial, says D. Jayakumar
The AIADMK has been having smooth equations Mohamed Imranullah S.
with the BJP and there are no issues in the CHENNAI
relationship between the two, according to the
As per the agreement

I
party’s organisation secretary and former t is not possible to ply
Minister D. Jayakumar. In an interaction with only low­floor buses
journalists in Chennai on Friday, he said his (with a floor height of
party viewed the BJP as ‘a national party and an
ally’ despite its policies being different. This
position was made clear by the party’s interim
400 mm) in all cities unless
and until the allied infras­
tructure is fully in place,
general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami the Tamil Nadu govern­
recently. Mr. Palaniswami, he pointed out, had ment has told the Madras
categorically ruled out accommodating the High Court. It has cited
party’s deposed coordinator, O. Panneerselvam,
former interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala
news reports of the low­
floor buses in Bengaluru ci­
and AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran ty having become inopera­
into the proposed alliance. Mr. Jayakumar said tive during the recent
during the meeting with Governor R.N. Ravi, the floods.
delegation, led by Mr. Palaniswami, did not The submission has
discuss politics. However, it had brought to his been made in a counter­af­
notice how governance had “suffered” in the fidavit to a public interest
DMK rule in the last one and a half years. litigation petition moved
by cross disability rights
activist Vaishnavi Jayaku­
mar. She had challenged a
‘EPS will start AIADMK fast in government tender notifi­
cation issued on October
Coimbatore on December 2’ 10 for procurement of 1,771
fully built non­AC diesel
Former Chief Minister and leader of the buses, which included
Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami will start 1,170 buses with a floor
the fasting agitation by the AIADMK against the height of 900 mm.
slow pace of civic work in Coimbatore on Opposing her plea on
December 2, said former Minister S.P. Velumani, behalf of the government,
on Friday. Talking to reporters after the meeting S. Renganathan, Director,
of party’s various units to review the Institute of Road Tran­
arrangements for the fast, Mr. Velumani said bad sport, said there was no il­
roads, property tax and electricity tariff hikes, legality in the notification
and medicine shortage at government hospitals and it did not violate either
were hitting the people hard. The rain had the provisions of the Rights
worsened the condition of roads and efforts by of Persons with Disabilities
the administration to re­lay the rain­battered Act, 2016, or the statutory
roads in the district were progressing at a slow rules framed thereunder.
pace. Hence, the party has decided to hold the He asserted that no
demonstration, the former Minister said. court order, too, had been
Disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar had challenged a
government tender notification issued on October 10 for
procurement of 1,771 fully built non­AC diesel buses. FILE PHOTO
disobeyed.
He told the court that
the notification issued in
Tamil Nadu was similar to
those that had been issued
by Ahmedabad Municipal
Transport Service as well
as Bengaluru Metropolitan
Transport Corporation and
therefore the statutory vio­
lations, as alleged by the
petitioner, were nothing
but imaginary.
‘No term in Act’
Accusing the petitioner of
having coined the term
‘universally accessible bus­
es’ on her own, the Direc­
tor said no such term could
be found in the 2016 Act or
the rules framed thereun­
der. He denied her claim
that the government could
buy only low­floor buses or
buses with a maximum
floor height of 650 mm but
fitted with ramps/kneeling
system/lifts for entry.
The Director said he had
written to the Automotive
Research Association of In­
dia (ARAI), affiliated to the
Union Ministry of Heavy
Industries, and obtained a
clarification through e­
mail on November 16 that
kneeling system/lift me­
chanism was not mandato­
ry for the buses with a floor
height of 650 mm.
He also pointed out that
with the German
development bank KfW,
only 20% of the buses
should be low­floor
S. RENGANATHAN,
Director, Institute of Road
Transport
as per the agreement
signed by the State govern­
ment with the German de­
velopment bank KfW, the
funding agency, only 20%
of the buses should be low­
floor for improving accessi­
bility to the differently
abled, elderly, children
and women and the go­
vernment was adhering to
the clause.
Arguing that low­floor
buses could be introduced
only in phases, he said the
government had planned
to purchase 100 electric
buses next month and all
those buses would be low­
floor. Referring to the lift
mechanism implemented
on a pilot basis in 10 city
buses a few years ago, he
said the petitioner herself
had admitted that it was an
unworkable system.
The Director also said
the petition had been filed
for publicity, and public in­
terest would suffer if the
tender process was stalled.
‘TracKD’ app rolled
out to keep tabs on
habitual offenders
S. Vijay Kumar
CHENNAI
The Tamil Nadu police
have launched ‘TracKD’,
an application that will
help them in real­time
monitoring of known de­
linquents across the State.
As part of the initiative,
details of more than
30,000 habitual offenders
belonging to all the 39 dis­
tricts and nine commis­
sionerates in the State have
been digitised. The profile
of the suspects comprising
details of their latest pho­
tograph, fingerprints, ad­
dress, criminal history and
the status of cases against
them would be available in
the application, police
sources said.
Developed by a team
headed by Prem Anand
Sinha, Additional Commis­
sioner of Police, South,
Greater Chennai Police,
the application would give
to supervisory officers de­
tails such as the number of
criminals in jail, how many
bound over under the pro­
visions of the Criminal Pro­
cedure Code, status of cas­
es with pending trial.
The application would
classify the suspects based
on the nature of offence,
modus operandi and the
gang involved which would
be useful to investigators to
narrow down on the crimi­
nals. According to Mr. Sin­
ha, field­level police per­
sonnel visiting the house
or known location of crimi­
nals to record their pre­
sence would use the appli­
cation to update the same.
Director­General of Pol­
ice C. Sylendra Babu
launched ‘TracKD’ at the
police headquarters on
Friday.

Police arrest
husband and
parents of
woman killed
in Chennai
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
The Fishing Harbour pol­
ice on Thursday arrested
three persons, including
the husband of a 24­year­
old woman who was mur­
dered in New Washermen­
pet.
The police said the vic­
tim, Sumitra, was living
with her husband Selvam,
two children and her pa­
rents Regina and Selvaku­
mar in a house in Nagoo­
ran Thottam. On
November 11, her family
members informed the
police that she was found
dead in the house. The pol­
ice sent the body to the Go­
vernment Stanley Hospital
for a post­mortem and
filed a case of suspicious
death.
During investigation,
the police found that the
victim had suffered a head
injury and was killed by
her husband and parents
who suspected her of infi­
delity.
The police arrested M.
Selvam, Regina and Selva­
kumar. They were pro­
duced before a judicial ma­
gistrate and sent to prison.
TNCC leadership miffed
with Dinesh Gundu Rao for
staying MLA’s suspension
Udhav Naig
CHENNAI
Tamil Nadu Congress Com­
mittee (TNCC) leadership
is displeased with the All
India Congress Committee
(AICC) Tamil Nadu in­
charge Dinesh Gundu Rao
for staying the State Disci­
plinary Action Commit­
tee’s order suspending
Nanguneri MLA Ruby R.
Manoharan, just hours af­
ter it was issued on
Thursday.
The MLA did not appear
before the committee to
provide an explanation on
the protests by his suppor­
ters at the party headquar­
ters on November 15 in
Chennai. A showcause not­
ice was issued to Mr. Ma­
noharan and TNCC SC de­
partment head M.P.
Ranjan Kumar, on Novem­
ber 17 seeking an explana­
tion on November 24.
In a statement after the
showcause notice was is­
sued, Mr. Manoharan had
contended that he had
nothing to do with the vio­
lence and urged the TNCC
leadership to reconsider
disciplinary action against
him.
Ruby R. Manoharan
On Friday evening, 10
TNCC MLAs, including de­
puty Congress Legislative
Party leader, Rajesh Ku­
mar, met the Congress par­
ty president, Mallikarjun
Kharge, to apprise him of
what unfolded on Novem­
ber 15 at the party head­
quarters. They reportedly
underlined that the scuffle
had lowered the party’s
image in the eyes of the pu­
blic after the State leader­
ship successfully steered
clear of such instances in
the last few years, which
they were previously
known for. They are also
likely to meet AICC organi­
sation in­charge, K.C. Ve­
nugopal, according to
sources in TNCC.
A senior TNCC leader
and MLA, who didn’t wish
to be quoted, claimed, Mr.
Rao, doesn’t have the pow­
ers to interfere in the deci­
sion of the State Disciplin­
ary Action Committee.
“The committee decid­
ed to temporarily suspend
Mr. Manoharan to ensure
that he appears before the
disciplinary committee at
least next time. We respect
Mr. Rao, but he doesn’t
have any powers to inter­
fere. Only the AICC Disci­
plinary Action Committee
can interfere,” said a senior
leader privy to details re­
garding the suspension.
Asked if the State Disci­
plinary Action Committee
has the powers to suspend
an elected member, the se­
nior leader said, “It has the
powers to issue a ‘tempor­
ary’ suspension order. He
said that K.R. Ramasamy
will travel to New Delhi to
provide his side of the ex­
planation.
However, Mr. Rao, said,
“State Disciplinary Action
Committee cannot sus­
pend an MLA, they can on­
ly make a report to the
AICC Disciplinary Action
Committee. They cannot
even temporarily suspend
an MLA. How can they do
it?”

There is no time limit given by law to

reconstitute NCBC, Centre tells HC
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
The law, as it stands today,
does not prescribe any
time period for reconstitu­
tion of the National Com­
mission for the Backward
Classes (NCBC) after the ex­
CM
YK
piry of the term of the pre­
vious commission. There­
fore, it is not possible to
spell out a definite time li­
mit within which the Com­
mission would be reconsti­
tuted, the Centre told the
Madras High Court.
In a counter­affidavit
filed in response to a pu­
blic interest litigation peti­
tion filed by K. Balu, presi­
dent of Advocates’ Forum
for Social Justice, the Un­
ion Ministry of Social Jus­
tice and Empowerment
said the three­year tenure
of the last commission
came to an end in Febru­
ary this year and the pro­
cess of identifying suitable
individuals was under way.
The Ministry, however,
assured the Court that the
commission would be re­
constituted shortly since
the process had begun.
M CH-CHE
 THE HINDU
6 Saturday, November 26, 2022

Tamil Nadu Chennai

From Page One Tamil Nadu seeks release of ₹11,185 crore

T.N. Minister defends
Bill on online gambling
in pending compensation from Centre
Since the Bill was based on these specific entries,
It also requests the extension of the Goods and Services Tax compensation period by at least two more years; State Finance Minister Palanivel
it was not against the constitutional provisions, Thiaga Rajan points to the ‘continuous neglect’ of the State in railway projects and requests adequate allocation in the upcoming Union Budget
the Minister said. The preamble of the Bill and
pointers from the expert committee specified the
reasons for enacting the legislation. The Hindu Bureau Tambaram and Chengal­ The Govt. of Thiaga Rajan requested Micro, Small and Medium
Asked about the Madras High Court’s observa­ CHENNAI pattu, a third and fourth India must the Union government to Enterprises in the garment
tions on the scope for the government to have rail line between Attipattu form a dedicated team reduce the duties on im­ sector with a 20% addi­

T
used Entry 34 (betting and gambling) of List II in he Tamil Nadu go­
the earlier legislation, the Minister said Entry 34 vernment on Fri­
had been used on the ground that it was gam­ day requested the
bling. But he did not go into the specifics. Centre to release the pend­
“While gaming offline, there was chances of ing compensation of
knowing who the player is engaging with. But ₹11,185.82 crore due to the
while playing online, there are more chances of State as it was expecting a
the player being cheated and made to lose money, revenue shortfall.
since he is playing a game based on a ‘pro­ It also requested the ex­
gramme’, and the Bill is framed to ban such tension of the Goods and
games,” Mr. Regupathy argued. Services Tax compensa­
To a question on the High Court’s observations tion period by at least two
on proportionality, the Minister said, “As for the more years.
doctrine of proportionality, there is no complete In speech at the pre­Un­
ban. Games have not been banned in totality. A ion Budget meeting held in
distinction was made between the game of New Delhi, Finance Minis­
chance and the game of skill, and only online ter Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
games have been banned. So, this is a proportion­ pointed to the “continuous
al ban.” The Minister pointed out that the same neglect” of Tamil Nadu in
provisions in the Ordinance (promulgated by the railway projects and re­
Governor) were part of the Bill that was adopted quested an adequate allo­
by the Assembly. He hoped that the Governor cation in the upcoming
would give his assent to the Bill. Union Budget.
When a journalist asked how the Governor Vande Bharat trains
could raise questions after having granted assent connecting Chennai with
to the Ordinance, Mr. Regupathy said, “Only he Madurai and Coimbatore,
[the Governor] would know.” a fourth rail line between
Referring to a request for an appointment with
the Governor over the Bill, the Minister said, “He
has not given [an appointment]. We feel it would
be better to meet without any further delay.” The
Minister pointed out that Tamil Nadu was the first
to bring in legislation for regulation of and a ban
Gokulraj murder case: HC warns of
contempt proceedings against Swathi for textile sector
on online games, while other States brought in le­
gislation only for a ban.
To a reporter’s question on how he saw the Go­
vernor granting an appointment to Leader of the
Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami, while deny­
ing the Law Minister’s request, Mr. Regupathy The Hindu Bureau
said, “Only the Governor would know.” MADURAI
Swathi, the ‘star witness’ in
the 2015 V. Gokulraj mur­
INBRIEF der case, who had turned
hostile during the trial, ap­
쑽 peared before the Madurai
Bench of the Madras High
Court on Friday for exami­
nation. She maintained
that she did not accompa­
ny Gokulraj to the temple
on the fateful day and
knew nothing about the
murder.
A Division Bench of Jus­
tices M.S. Ramesh and N.
Anand Venkatesh, which is
hearing the batch of ap­
Vaiko condemns UGC’s ‘khap peals preferred against the
trial court judgment in the
panchayats’ debate circular murder case, had directed
the appearance of Swathi.
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam “The scourge of witness­
(MDMK) general secretary Vaiko has strongly es turning hostile is now a
condemned the recent circular by University regular feature, particular­
Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M. Jagadesh ly in sensitive cases,” the
Kumar, encouraging all universities and colleges court observed, taking
to organise lectures on topics such as “ideal note of the fact that Swathi
king” and the “democratic traditions” of khap had turned hostile while
panchayats (kangaroo court) on Constitution Day. deposing before the trial
In a statement issued on Friday in Chennai, he
said November 26, which was observed as
Constitution Day, held historical significance as it
was on this date in 1950 that the Constitution of
India was adopted. To conduct lectures on such
topics that day is a move by “Hindutva forces to
undermine the Constitution”. Mr. Vaiko stressed
Women in 3 districts save ₹888 a month on average due
the need to resolve on Constitution Day to defeat
such attempts by the “Hindutva” forces. to free bus travel, finds T.N. Planning Commission study
Sangeetha Kandavel
Disclose Kallakurichi case’s CHENNAI
inquiry status: HC to CB­CID Women passengers in Na­
gapattinam, Madurai and
The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Tiruppur, who avail them­
Crime Branch­Criminal Investigation Department selves of the zero­ticket
(CB­CID) to disclose the status of the investigation bus travel scheme, save on
into the death of a Class 12 girl at a private school an average ₹888 every
at Kaniyamoor in Kallakurichi district and spell month, according to a stu­
out the time limit within which it would be able dy done by the State Plan­
to file a final report. Justice R. Suresh Kumar also ning Commission.
asked State Public Prosecutor (SPP) Hasan The study, ‘A Report on
Mohammed Jinnah to find out whether the the Zero Ticket Bus Travel
CB­CID required any part of the school building Scheme For Women in
to be kept cordoned off for the purpose of State Owned Bus Tran­
investigation and whether the school sport Corporations,’ was
management could be permitted to resume done by M. Vijayabaskar,
physical classes. The judge wanted the report additional full­time mem­
filed by November 30 so that he could take a call ber of the State Planning
on permitting the to resumption of classes. Commission, along with
policy consultants. It
shows that savings across
different occupational ca­
Only 11 districts report fresh tegories of women passen­
gers range from ₹756 to
COVID­19 cases in the State ₹1,012 a month. The report
was submitted to Chief Mi­
Only 11 districts reported fresh cases of COVID­19 nister M.K. Stalin on Fri­
in Tamil Nadu on Friday. A total of 29 persons day.
tested positive for the infection in the State. Six These three districts
persons tested positive in Kanniyakumari. In were selected because the
Chennai, five persons tested positive. The State team wanted to look at
has so far reported 35,94,035 cases. As many as three unique markets. Na­
62 persons were discharged after treatment. The gapattinam was chosen to
total number of active cases stood at 320. A total see how women in the agri­
of 7,202 samples were tested in the State. culture belt commute; Ti­
CM
YK
and Gummidipoondi, a
new line from Tirupattur
to Hosur through Krishna­
giri and the doubling of the
Arakanom­Kancheepu­
ram­Chengalpattu line
were among the projects
for which he sought
funding.
Cesses and surcharges
The practice of the Union
government in continu­
ously increasing the levy of
cesses and surcharges was
“antithetical” to the spirit
of fiscal federalism, Mr.
Thiaga Rajan contended.
The cesses and sur­
charges, which did not
form part of the divisible
pool of taxes, had adverse­
ly affected the transfer of
resources to the States, he
said.
The State’s fiscal auto­
nomy had further been
Incubation centre
on the anvil: Stalin
court in 2018. During the
course of the hearing,
Swathi submitted before
the court that she and Go­
kulraj were classmates,
and she was not aware of
his family background.
CCTV camera footage
from the temple captured
on the day of the incident
were played.
However, she main­
tained that it was not her in
the recordings and said the
youth looked like Gokulraj.
She claimed that she was at
home that day.
Subsequently, when an
audio clip was played, in
which she reportedly stat­
ed that some persons had
approached Gokulraj and
told him that a person
named Yuvaraj wanted to
meet him and asked her to
leave after snatching her
mobile phone, she said the
voice in the clip was not
hers.
The judges said they
would take note of her sub­
mission and warned of in­
ruppur was taken to see
how women in industrial
belts commute; and Madu­
rai was chosen for being a
major trading centre as
well as a tourist destina­
tion. The field survey was
conducted from August 4,
2022, to August 30, 2022.
Though the scheme is op­
erational in buses originat­
ing from urban centres,
women from rural house­
holds benefit more than
urban users.
About 39% of the users
belong to the Scheduled
Castes, 21% to the Most
Backward Classes and 18%
to the Backward Classes.
This distribution suggests
that the scheme benefits
women of the marginal­
ised social groups more
than their share in the
State’s population. Almost
50% of the women travell­
ers are aged over 40.
Women who were ques­
tioned for this study have
reported reduced depen­
dence on family members
for their travel needs, con­
tributing to their empo­
werment and dignity. Most
respondents have said they
use the savings from this
curtailed by the increasing
ratio of grants­in­aid to
share in the Central taxes,
he pointed out, requesting
the Union government to
provide greater untied
funding to the States rath­
er than a one­size­fits­all
homogenisation through
increasingly detailed Cen­
tral schemes.
The Minister urged the
Centre to ensure that
State­specific grants were
released in full without
conditions.
itiating contempt proceed­
ings against her if she
continued with such re­
plies. The Bench said it
would have to send her
voice
examination.
sample for
Police instructions
Swathi was asked to go
through her statement re­
corded by a magistrate.
She said the signature in
the statement was hers,
but claimed that she had
made the statement under
police instructions.
When asked how she
identified an accused in
the case at the identifica­
tion parade, she claimed
that she had acted as per
the instructions of the pol­
ice.
When asked if she knew
Yuvaraj, the main accused
convicted for the murder,
she replied that she had
heard of him from media
reports.
The court also asked if
she knew V. Chitra, Gokul­
scheme for additional hou­
sehold expenses. The stu­
dy also shows that there
are several challenges, too.
For instance, in Tiruppur,
the respondents have com­
plained about the negative
attitude of drivers and con­
ductors while interacting
with the passengers. As a
of officers with adequate
financial, administrative
powers to expedite work
for the establishment of
a full­fledged AIIMS in
Madurai
PALANIVEL THIAGA RAJAN
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister
As the unit cost and the
Government of India’s
share of it in many Central­
ly­sponsored schemes
were not in consonance
with the ground realities,
he requested the Union go­
vernment to enhance the
unit cost to reflect the pre­
sent day requirements and
increase its proportion in
them.
Pointing out that Tamil
Nadu had set up the first
international furniture
park in the country, Mr.
raj’s mother, to which she
maintained that she did
not.
The judges said they
would give her another
chance on November 30
and adjourned the hear­
ing.
The court directed the
police to continue provid­
ing protection to Swathi
and her family members.
The court was hearing a
batch of appeals preferred
by the 10 convicts in the
Gokulraj murder case. A
special court in Madurai
had convicted them, in­
cluding S. Yuvaraj, the
founder of Theeran Chin­
namalai Gounder Peravai,
and sentenced them to life
imprisonment for the mur­
der of Gokulraj, an engi­
neering graduate belong­
ing to a Scheduled Caste.
Ms. Chitra has separate­
ly preferred appeals
against the acquittal of the
five other accused and has
sought capital punishment
for all of them.
result, some respondents
complain, buses often do
not halt at regular stops or
arrive late. Hence, passen­
gers see travel as unreliable
at peak hours. Owing to
the increased demand,
there tends to be a greater
rush at peak hours in buses
operating from the peri­
ported wood to attract in­
vestments in this sector.
He also suggested the
implementation of a Pro­
duction Linked Incentive
Scheme for the leather and
non­leather footwear sec­
tor, and for green hydro­
gen and electrolyser
manufacturers.
Garment sector crisis
Highlighting the garment
sector, which he said was
undergoing a severe crisis
and witnessing a sharp de­
cline in the month­on­
month growth, Mr. Thiaga
Rajan said, “Lakhs of jobs,
particularly for rural wo­
men who form a signifi­
cant chunk of the work­
force, are in danger.” The
Minister requested the Un­
ion government for a spe­
cial Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme for the
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
The Tamil Nadu govern­
ment is taking steps to esta­
blish a design and incuba­
tion centre for the textile
sector at a cost of ₹10 crore
and is also planning to set
up a handloom museum in
Mamallapuram at a cost of
₹30 crore, Chief Minister
M.K. Stalin said here on
Friday.
During his speech deli­
vered virtually at the CII In­
ternational Conference on
Technical Textiles, he said
steps were on for establish­
ing a Textile City in Chen­
nai and to draft a new inte­
grated textile policy.
Listing out various steps
undertaken by the Tamil
Nadu government for pro­
moting the textile sector in
the State, he said land had
been acquired for esta­
blishing a mega textile park
pheries towards Tiruppur.
Women working in facto­
ries, therefore, prefer tak­
ing zero­ticket buses only
while returning home.
This routine was reported
by a few respondents in
Madurai, too.
A few of the textile units
have stopped transport for
tional collateral­free
credit.
AIIMS project
Mr. Thiaga Rajan also re­
quested the Union govern­
ment to expeditiously
commence the establish­
ment of the All India Insti­
tute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) in Madurai as the
project had made very lit­
tle progress.
“The Government of In­
dia must form a dedicated
team of officers with adeq­
uate financial and adminis­
trative powers to expedite
the construction work for
the establishment of a full­
fledged AIIMS in Madurai.
The State government will
extend full co­operation
for immediate commence­
ment and early comple­
tion of the project,” he ad­
ded.
The centre will be
set up at a cost of
₹10 crore and plans
to build a handloom
museum in
Mamallapuram are
also under way
at Kumaralingapuram in
Virudhunagar district over
1,500 acres.
Minister for Industries
Thangam Thennarasu, Mi­
nister for MSMEs T.M. An­
barasan, Minister for Tex­
tiles R. Gandhi and senior
officials were present.
In another event at the
Secretariat, Mr. Stalin vir­
tually inaugurated new in­
frastructure in 12 district
prisons, built at a total cost
of ₹2.51 crore.
Chief Secretary V. Irai
Anbu and other senior offi­
cials were present at the in­
auguration.
women workers. Instead,
they reimburse the ticket
cost if the women travel to
work on private buses.
There are also a few com­
plaints of the non­availabil­
ity of whiteboard buses in
the areas bordering
Tiruppur.
Status in Chennai
The team had earlier done
a study in respect of Chen­
nai. It showed that women
passengers made around
50 trips a month under the
scheme and were able to
save up to ₹858 a month.
The sampling was divided
across — Koyambedu­Thi­
ruvottiyur (route number
159A), Tambaram­Chengal­
pattu (route number 500)
and Broadway­Kannagi Na­
gar (route number 102B).
According to the study,
there was a perception that
the frequency of buses un­
der the scheme had come
down. This deterred some
women from availing
themselves of this scheme.
The delay forced some of
them to move to more ex­
pensive and faster modes
of travel. This required at­
tention, the report said.
M CH-CHE

Saturday, November 26, 2022
Chennai
INBRIEF
쑽 Russia offers advanced fuel
option for Kudankulam plant
The new nuclear fuel is expected to bring in more efficiency and allow reactors to run for an
extended two­year cycle without stopping; this will lead to sizeable savings in foreign exchange
The Hindu Bureau
TIRUNELVELI
T
he Russian state­
Pay ₹5 lakh each to 9 victims owned nuclear
in Italian marines case: SC energy corpora­
tion Rosatom has offered a
The Supreme Court modified its June 15, 2021 more advanced fuel option
order on Friday and directed that a to India’s largest nuclear
compensation of ₹5 lakh each be paid to seven power station at Kudanku­
fishermen and the legal heirs of two others, who lam, which will allow its
were affected in an incident of firing by two reactors to run for an ex­
Italian marines on a boat off the Kerala coast in tended two­year cycle
February 2012. The court directed that the without stopping to load
captain­cum­boat owner, Freddy, will be given a fresh fuel.
compensation of ₹1.55 crore out of the ₹2 crore Rosatom’s nuclear fuel
paid by the Italian government. PTI division, TVEL Fuel Com­
pany, is the current sup­
plier of TVS – 2 M fuel for
the two VVER 1,000 MWe
Maharashtra SRTC suspends
bus service to Karnataka
Fearing backlash from Kannada organisations,
the Maharashtra SRTC suspended the movement
Kerala HC stays order Two Bengaluru poll
on IAS officer’s trial officials suspended
of its buses to Karnataka on Friday. This follows
the vandalism of Karnataka SRTC buses by
Marathi groups at Dhound village in Mahara­
shtra, over Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai’s claim over Jat taluk and other areas in The Hindu Bureau
Maharashtra. Earlier, activists blackened the KOCHI
boards of an MSRTC bus in Kalaburagi district.
Both incidents happened on Friday. The order of the Additional
Sessions Court, Thiruva­
nanthapuram, discharging
IAS officer Sriram Venkita­
‘One­person, one­ticket rule raman from the charge of
culpable homicide not
will apply to all from Cong.’ amounting to murder in
the accident case where
The one­person, one­ticket rule will be journalist K.M. Basheer
applicable to all who want to contest from the was killed in 2019, was
Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections, stayed by the Kerala High
announced Karnataka Pradesh Congress Court on Friday.
Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar in The State government
Bengaluru on Friday. “Whoever it may be, one had contended that the
person gets only one ticket. Everybody has to trial court had exceeded its
work in unity. It does not matter who the person jurisdiction in concluding
is, it is the party that is more important. The that Mr. Venkitaraman did
party has to come to power first, and when that not drive the car with an
happens, all will be empowered,” he said, intention to kill or with the
replying to queries by reporters on some knowledge that his actions
aspirants applying to contest from more than one may result in the death of
constituency. the journalist.
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ANNIVERSARIES
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YK
THE HINDU
South
TVEL’s Research and Development Wing presented the new fuel
technology at a recent conference in Hyderabad. FILE PHOTO
reactors generating power
in the Kudankulam Nu­
clear Power Project
(KKNPP). This fuel has an
18­month fuel cycle, mean­
Sriram Venkitaraman
The State argued that
the officer made efforts to
delay treatment so as to
destroy evidence when ta­
ken to General Hospital,
Thiruvananthapuram.
The statement of the
doctor at the General Hos­
pital who attended to the
official, revealed that he
had driven the vehicle after
consuming alcohol, the
State had contended.
ing that the reactor has to
be stopped for fresh fuel
loading every one­and­a­
half years. TVEL has now
offered the more modern
Jatin Anand
NEW DELHI
The Election Commission
on Friday suspended two
electoral officials in rela­
tion to allegations of voter
fraud and the alleged ille­
gal collection of voter data
by a private firm in the Bru­
hat Bengaluru Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP) area.
S. Rangappa, Additional
District Election Officer,
BBMP (Central), in charge
of Shivajinagar and Chick­
pet constituencies, and K.
Srinivas, Additional Dis­
trict Election Officer cum­
Deputy Commissioner,
Bengaluru Urban, in
charge of Mahadevapura
constituency, were imme­
diately placed under sus­
pension and a departmen­
7
WEATHERWATCH
쑽
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Advanced Technology Fuel
(ATF), whose fuel cycle is a
whopping 24 months.
Hence, it will ensure more
efficiency, additional pow­
er generation due to pro­
longed operation of the
reactor and sizeable sav­
ings of the foreign ex­
change needed to buy
fresh fuel assemblies from
Russia. At a recent confe­
rence in Hyderabad, the
senior vice­president of
TVEL’s Research and Deve­
lopment Wing, Alexander
Ugryumov, presented the TEMPERATURE DATA: IMD, POLLUTION DATA: CPCB, MAP: INSAT/IMD (TAKEN AT 18.00 HRS)
new fuel technology to the Forecast for Saturday: Cold wave conditions likely in isolated
Indian nuclear reactors, a pockets over East Rajasthan.
Rosatom statement said. CITY RAIN MAX MIN CITY RAIN MAX MIN
Agartala ................... —......31.4...... 15.6
Ahmedabad............. —......31.4...... 14.8
Kozhikode ....................... —......33.6...... 25.2
Kurnool ........................... —......33.9...... 22.7
Aizawl ...................... —......29.0...... 15.0 Lucknow.......................... —......27.2...... 11.8
Allahabad ................ —......29.0...... 16.0
Bengaluru................ —......27.3...... 18.6
Madurai ........................... —......32.8..... 23.1
Mangaluru....................... —......31.8...... 23.8
Bhopal ..................... —......26.8...... 10.9
Bhubaneswar .......... —......29.7...... 16.8
Chandigarh.............. —......26.4........ 9.9
Mumbai ........................... —......31.8...... 22.8
Mysuru............................. —......29.0...... 19.1
New Delhi........................ —......27.2........ 8.2
Chennai ................... —......36.6...... 21.1 Patna............................... —......28.0...... 12.2
Coimbatore ............. —......30.0...... 21.8 Port Blair ........................6.0......28.0...... 24.0
Dehradun................. —......26.8...... 10.6 Puducherry ..................... —......31.8...... 22.4
Gangtok ................... —......20.2...... 10.2 Pune ................................ —......30.0...... 16.4
Goa........................... —......34.5...... 24.2 Raipur.............................. —......29.0...... 11.0
Guwahati ................. —......29.7...... 14.4 Ranchi ............................. —......25.4...... 10.6
tal enquiry was instituted Hubballi................... —......29.0...... 19.0 Shillong ........................... —......23.6...... 10.0
Hyderabad............... —......30.7...... 18.6 Shimla ............................. —......18.0........ 8.6
against them. Imphal ..................... —......27.0........ 9.9 Srinagar........................... —......15.2.......­1.2
On November 17, the EC Jaipur ...................... —......27.8...... 11.2 Thiruvananthapuram .......... —......32.1...... 21.6
received media reports re­ Kochi........................ —......30.6...... 23.6 Tiruchi ............................. —......32.1...... 23.6
Kohima .................... —......22.9........ 8.7 Vijayawada...................... —......31.3...... 24.4
garding an NGO collecting Kolkata .................... —......29.7...... 18.8 Visakhapatnam.............26.0......25.6...... 24.6
voter data in Bengaluru ci­ (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)
ty under the garb of voter Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
awareness activities, via
door­to­door survey in the CITIES SO 2 NO 2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE In observation made at
7.00 p.m., Bettiah, Bihar
Ahmedabad ..... .28 ..85 .16 .....84 ....47 ......*
BBMP area. Bengaluru ........
Chennai............
...8
.10
....5
..41
.51
.40
...186
...172
...112
...116
......*
......*
recorded an overall air
quality index (AQI) score
The commission also re­ Delhi ................. .39 ..82 135 ...389 ...383 ......* of 388 indicating a very
ceived complaints from Hyderabad ....... ...3 ..46 .38 ...167 ...145 ......* poor level of pollution. In
Kolkata............. ...9 ..22 .28 ...280 ...178 ......* contrast, Aizawl, Mizoram
political parties regarding ......* recorded a healthy AQI
Lucknow........... .18 ..28 .58 ...292 ...227
the same matter Mumbai ............ .30 ..— .30 ...303 ...201 ......* score of 24
As per the report re­ Pune ................. ..— ..73 .89 ......— .....— ......*
Visakhapatnam .33 ..48 .56 ...152 ...117 ......*
ceived by the commission,
wrong ID cards identifying Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
private individuals as elec­ SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short­term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making breathing difficult. It
can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects
toral officials had been such as statues and monuments.
found in the three consti­ NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by reacting with other air
tuencies. Three Electoral particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
Registration Officers of the CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart
and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
BBMP of these three Con­ PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, coughing,
stituencies have also been chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks,
heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease
placed under suspension.
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 THE HINDU
8 Saturday, November 26, 2022

Editorial Chennai

COP27 and the ambiguity about responsibility

A deeper message
Unexpected showing by newcomers
in Nepal’s elections is a call for change
T
his year, at COP27 in Egypt, a dizzying
array of topics was on the table for
discussion — from the more familiar
emissions reductions to the more
detailed rules to govern carbon markets. But of
significance to developing countries, India
included, are the stories to do with climate
finance. As developing countries have rising
that the fund will be paid for by developed
countries. The decision explores a “mosaic” of
solutions, encouraging a miscellany of actors to
contribute, which might simply mean a slow shift
of the L and D burden onto the private sector,
and perhaps even to richer developing countries
Anirudh Sridhar such as China.
The ambiguity about responsibility is in fact
finance through other channels.
Multilateral system and carbon markets
For the first time, the COP27 decision text
included a call for reforming the global financial
system, particularly multilateral development
banks (MDBs), to make them more supportive of
climate action. This, importantly, entreated MDBs

A
t face value, the outcome of Nepal’s gen­
eral election was, expectedly, favourable
to the ruling five­party alliance of the Ne­
pali Congress, CPN (Maoist­Centre), CPN (Unified
Socialist), Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal and
Rastriya Janamorcha, which has won or esta­
blished a lead in at least 87 of the 165 seats in the
FPTP system and is tipped to win close to half of
the 110 proportional representation seats. The
coming together of the alliance is what helped it
overcome the opposition coalition led by the K.P.
Oli­helmed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified
Marxist­Leninist) — it won or leads in 49 seats in
the FPTP system while the UML is leading as the
single largest party in terms of PR votes. But the
mandate shows that the long­standing main­
stream parties now have challengers — the largely
urban­based newcomer Rashtriya Swatantra Par­
ty has a lead in or won eight seats while emerging
as the third largest party in vote terms and also
get a sizeable number of PR seats in the House of
Representatives. Led by a former television per­
sonality, Rabi Lamichhane, the RSP has vague
ideological views but a clear position against fed­
eralism, seeking to dissolve the provincial assem­
blies that were set up under the federalist consti­
tution. Its performance points to the inability of
mainstream parties to ensure stability or effect
policies to lift the living standards of Nepalis in a
country that sees much youth out­migration.
The election results have also been a blow to
the Maoists and the Madhesi parties, which
played a crucial role in the federalisation of repu­
blican Nepal. Their legacy in constitution­build­
ing did not help them overcome the fact that vo­
ters were tired of their opportunist political
stances. While there is no threat to republican­
ism or secularism in Nepal, a more comprehen­
sive federal agenda will have to ensure that pro­
vinces are sufficiently empowered or else the
enthusiasm for federalism will wane further. The
winning Nepali Congress will also have to look
deeper into its electoral results which has been
buoyed by the performance of its youth candi­
dates. Led by veterans, the party must consider
letting a younger leader (Gagan Thapa) take over.
Unlike other south Asian democracies, Nepal’s
elections were marked by the absence, largely, of
calls for voting on religious/sectarian basis, and
delivered results true to the country’s political di­
versity. Yet, a beleaguered Nepali citizenry that
has waited for decades for democracy to unleash
better developmental outcomes deserves
change: it is now up to the parties to provide that.
Election, referendum
SNP should not make elections
all about Scotland’s independence
energy needs and vulnerable populations, they
need financial support for low­carbon
transformations, building resilience to inevitable
climate impacts, and other steep challenges,
important among these being loss and damage (L
and D) from climate­induced impacts. Possibly
the biggest headline after COP27 was the
establishment of a new L and D fund.
The main L and D agendas for developing
countries since the Paris Agreement (2015) have
been to change the existing narrative of averting L
and D to addressing losses that have already
occurred, and to start holding developed
countries morally responsible and financially
liable for the same.
Widespread droughts in Africa, floods in
Pakistan, and wildfires globally were the prelude
to this COP. Given these climate events are
rampant, developing countries have been trying
to separate L and D from adaptation. They argue
that losses from these events have not and likely
cannot be adapted to. And as scientists today are
able to attribute these events to climate change,
and derivatively, to greenhouse gas emissions,
developing countries maintain that developed
countries should inherit the resultant
responsibility and liability.
L and D in ratified UN texts has mostly entailed
prevention and pre­disaster preparation, thus
conflating L and D with adaptation. This is in the
interest of developed countries that do not want
any new responsibilities. The decision text
accompanying the Paris Agreement even took
liability and compensation for L and D off the
table — and developing countries were only able
to get L and D on the COP27 agenda by once
again foregoing conversation about liability.
The L and D burden and responsibility
Against this backdrop, the new L and D fund
introduced at COP27 seems a narrative failure,
save the distinction between adaptation and L
and D. Following the recommendation of the
G77+China, the text finally frames L and D as
post­event “rehabilitation, recovery, and
reconstruction”. But it excludes mention of
historic responsibility and the principle of
Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
(CBDR). What is more, there is no clear indication
The Constitution of India deserves better
T
he Constitution of India was adopted by
the Constituent Assembly on November
26, 1949 for ‘We the people of India’. After
being unnoticed for long, the day began to be
celebrated as Constitution Day since 2015. This
day is indeed a historic day for the nation, with
is an Associate Fellow
at the Centre for carefully phrased to dilute the notion that there
Policy Research, are distinct victims and perpetrators in the case
New Delhi of L and D. Once liability and CBDR are removed
from L and D — in essence, an adversarial notion
to hold developed nations morally and financially
accountable — it risks becoming toothless: more
voluntary reward than recompense.
On climate finance
COP27 also focussed on avenues for increasing
finance flows to support positive climate action in
Aman Srivastava
developing countries.
is a Fellow at the In 2009, developed countries had promised
Centre for Policy developing countries $100 billion in climate
Research, New Delhi finance annually by 2020, which still remains
unmet. Developing countries expected this
amount to come from public sources, though the
sources were never clearly defined. And although
it is a fraction of what developing countries need,
it is an important symbol of trust. Much
deliberation around finance has focused on
assessing progress towards this goal, which
developed countries now aim to meet by 2023.
Lessons learned from this progress should also
inform ongoing discussions around a new,
enhanced developed country target that is meant
to replace this $100 billion commitment by 2025.
Meeting the current pledge and developing a
meaningful new pledge – based on developing
countries’ needs – will be important
trust­building exercises encouraging greater
cooperation towards climate action.
With this track record, developing countries
have been keen to maintain focus on developed
country obligations. Consequently, there was no
discussion on Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement,
which seeks to make all finance flows compatible
with low­carbon development. Developing
countries feared a dilution of attention to
developed country obligations, while developed
With the new countries argue that this Article can play a
Loss and transformative role in mobilising the trillions
Damage fund, actually needed to respond to climate change.
the line Consequently, this element of the finance agenda
was deferred, but is likely to be raised next year.
between victim With a growing sign that developed country
and perpetrator public finance will, in reality, fall very short of
has been meeting developing country needs, COP27 also
blurred saw momentum build towards encouraging
declared with the stroke of a pen that all Indians
are equal citizens irrespective of caste, creed,
colour, gender, estate, education, etc. This is,
indeed, heady stuff for a nation steeped in
religion, rituals, ignorance and poverty which
gave rise to unacceptable inequalities between
to reduce the costs of borrowing for climate
projects, increase finance for adaptation, and
better align their operations with the Paris
Agreement. In parallel, carbon markets emerged
as more prominent vehicles for channelling
private finance. In carbon markets, some entities
sell credits by reducing their emissions below a
threshold, while others buy these credits to offset
emissions they are unable to reduce. Under
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, two types of
markets will allow countries and companies to
trade in emissions reductions. Although many
questions regarding the design of these markets
were addressed at COP26, discussions on
unresolved issues raised concerns about whether
these markets would be transparent, lead to
actual emissions reductions, and risk reductions
being counted twice — by the buyers and the
sellers of credits. Such lack of transparency and
double­counting can open the door to
greenwashing.
Carbon markets are also increasingly featuring
in just energy transition partnerships ( JETP),
which are emerging as avenues for developed
countries to quickly channel finance to
developing countries transitioning towards clean
energy systems. As India explores such
partnerships for its own energy transition, plans
for using carbon credits to enable private
investments raise similar risks about the
sufficiency and predictability of finance; whether
it can reach sectors that need more support, and
whether this is an attempt by developed
countries to offload responsibility.
While developing countries at COP27 wanted
to focus on the public finance that developed
countries should provide, the finance
conversation is becoming multi­stranded and
spreading to arenas outside formal negotiating
channels. India will need to carefully watch these
trends, and what they might imply for amounts,
sources, predictability, impacts, and equity.
With the new L and D fund, the line between
victim and perpetrator has been blurred. But
given that all the practical mechanisms of the
fund are yet to be decided, it will be interesting to
see if developing countries can, in future
negotiations, redraw the lines of responsibility,
and perhaps even liability.
But, how do we know the Constitution unless
we have a copy and bother to open it even
occasionally? Hardly any parent thinks of gifting
the Constitution to their child in their birthday,
while every parent wants their offspring to grow
up as a responsible adult with mature minds and

T
he United Kingdom’s Supreme Court rul­
ing has extinguished, at least for the mo­
ment, the hopes of the Scottish National
Party to conduct later next year a “consultative
plebiscite” — a non­binding referendum on
whether Scotland should be an independent na­
tion. The highest court squashed two claims
made by the Scottish government: first, that the
consultative aspect of the referendum implied
that it would have no constitutional consequenc­
es and fell entirely within the legal scope of de­
volved powers, and second, that it carried legiti­
macy under international law, which permits
democratic expressions of the right to national
self­determination. The court argued that the de­
volved Parliament in Holyrood did not essentially
have the power to authorise a second referen­
dum on independence — the first being in 2014 —
unless the Westminster Parliament agreed it
could do so — which, unsurprisingly, in the cli­
mate of political uncertainty, it has not blessed.
Further, the U.K. Supreme Court has posited, the
SNP’s draft bill for the referendum would likely
have constitutional ramifications. Second, the
court found that Scotland’s position vis-à-vis the
U.K. was not comparable to the scenario of a sub­
national region occupied by a malign foreign
power, subject to exploitative colonial control
and refused the right to democratic representa­
tion of collective will. Given that this basic stan­
dard for making claims to independence under
international law could not be met, in the eyes of
the top court, it was not possible now for such de­
liberations to reach beyond the borders.
One thing is clear: SNP leader and First Minis­
ter of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, “is not an extre­
mist”. While recognising that the Scottish govern­
ment will have to abide by the court’s ruling, she
has however said that she wants the next U.K.
general election to be a “de facto referendum” on
independence, based on the plan for the SNP to
make it a single­issue campaign, not dramatically
different from the U.K.’s Conservative Party inter­
preting several elections as referendums on Brex­
it. There are two related issues with this framing.
First, the political space for Scottish voters to ex­
press their preferences on issues other than
whether Scotland ought to be independent
would have disappeared, and that is not good for
substantive democracy. Second, if the SNP is us­
ing the independence referendum issue to divert
attention from its performance in government as
an incumbent (administration of public services
including the NHS and the regional economy),
then that too does not help the cause of good go­
vernance in Scotland. Westminster would be
wise to do more to win over Scottish hearts and
minds, instead of relying on the harder route of
judicial and political vetoes on referendums.
CM
YK
the framing of a Constitution for the governance Gummadidala men and women, the rich and the poor, the restrained manners. It is a vague ideal unless we
of independent India. Ranga Rao literate and the illiterate, and the learned and the inculcate values such as respect for women,
But it is imperative to go beyond the was Director laity. Setting aside all these aberrations, the empathy towards the weak and the meek, and
celebrations and look at the substantive issues (Research and Constitution put everyone on an even keel, even reject dowry, caste and creed as the basis to
relating to the primary parchment of the nation. Information) in the while providing a level playing field for the weak measure the values of a person. And, where do
For example, if we pose a question about the Lok Sabha and the meek. we find these values? In the Constitution.
level of awareness about the Constitution among Secretariat, New Delhi There is no denying the fact that the law is a Article 15 says: “The state shall not
‘we the people’, the answer may not be weak source to bring about change in human discriminate against any citizen on grounds only
encouraging. It is understandable if unlettered thinking and behaviour. Just because the of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any
people are not aware of the Constitution. But the Constitution declared all Indians as equals, of them.” How beautiful this sentence would have
situation is not much different among the equality does not prevail from the day of such a read had “The state” been replaced by society.
educated sections either, despite the fact that the declaration. But, if we inculcate it in our Has any parent thought along these lines while
Constitution is an integral part of our life. offspring, social change is distinctly possible. We raising their child and teaching them good
The Constitution has a clear imprint on all teach our children not to tell lies and not to manners and values? The values we teach are
day­to­day life, though we may not be really steal. Cannot we teach them to treat their essentially damaging to the mind, such as
conscious of it. If we ask a policeman why he is classmates without bias? And, that is what the ‘become a doctor or an engineer and get a hefty
stopping us, it is because the Constitution has Constitution says too. But, we are hardly dowry’.
given us that right. The newspaper we read, the conscious of the constitutional ideals enshrined
TV channels we watch; our travel by bus, train or in the Preamble. As part of the curriculum
in our own car every time; getting a passport and Unfortunately, there is hardly any focus on the
flying; taking up a profession we like; eating the Explaining the indifference Constitution at the school level, not to speak of
food we relish in a restaurant; and buying How do we explain this indifference to the tertiary education. The Constitution should get
fashionable outfits in malls — it is the Constitution Constitution? We pay great respect to religious due recognition across the educational system.
Celebrating
which made this possible through fundamental books and treat them as sacred doctrines, while Celebrating November 26 as Constitution Day is
rights. The freedom of movement, freedom of November 26 as we are oblivious to the Constitution which has fine, but we should not restrict ourselves to
expression, freedom to choose a calling of our Constitution Day changed our lives. It is unlikely that even those symbolism. We should look at the substantive
liking, freedom to buy, sell and carry­on any is fine, but India who are well educated and well­placed have a issues dealt with by the Constitution, thereby
trade, freedom to wear garments of our choice; should not copy of the Constitution in their houses unless enriching our life.
all these freedoms emanate from the Constitution restrict itself to they are advocates. While educated people Our ancient texts teach us that Vasudhaiva
in the form of fundamental rights. These symbolism and broadly know that there is a thing like Kutumbakam, which means the entire humanity,
freedoms were never available to us before we fundamental rights, we are largely unaware of the is one large family. Every man is related to every
instead look at
won independence from the British. fundamental duties enshrined in the other person. We should first learn to treat fellow
When we were on the verge of Independence, the substantive Constitution. The Constitution is a holistic Indians as a fraternity. We will know this only if
our freedom fighters wanted to make a clean issues dealt with doctrine. Rights bring responsibilities with them. we care to open the first page of the Constitution.
break with the past and build a brave new society by the There is a chapter on Fundamental Duties in Part For this we need a copy of the Constitution. And
through the Constitution. Thus, the Constitution Constitution IVA of the Constitution. it costs less than a movie ticket these days.
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The World Bank noted in October that “more than half the population living in estate areas is now below the poverty line” in Sri Lanka. Workers pick tea leaves at a tea estate in Kandy, Sri Lanka. GETTY IMAGES
An uphill struggle in
Sri Lanka’s tea country
While business chambers and affluent citizens are seeing a return to normalcy, most others in Sri Lanka are
acutely feeling the impact of the economic crisis. For the Malaiyaha Tamils, who already face structural
deprivation, the soaring inflation and joblessness have made everyday life a battle for survival, reports
Meera Srinivasan
athish Sumithra’s son, barely two years
S old, is too young to make sense of Sri
Lanka’s unrelenting economic crisis,
but not to escape it. He must cope with
the drastic dietary and lifestyle changes it has
brought about. His formula milk intake has
halved, he is fed an occasional egg — his parents
cannot afford fish or meat — and he wears old,
washed diapers at night.
“An egg costs 70 rupees (₹16) now,” says Su­
mithra, breaking down what the country’s 70%
inflation and over 80% food inflation means in
her working­class household. “A formula milk tin
was 800 rupees (₹177) some months ago; it is
now 1,400 (₹310). Diaper packs are more than
4,000 rupees (₹886). We just can’t afford to eat
and live like we did before. Surviving each day is
a struggle.”
Sumithra lives in a poky line room in a tea es­
tate in Kandy district of the Central Province. Sev­
eral thousand families across Sri Lanka’s planta­
tion districts still live in the colonial­era
accommodation. Her husband is employed at a
bar in a nearby town and makes 35,000 rupees a
month (roughly ₹7,760) — that too only during a
good sales month. Tracking the ever­changing
prices of essentials is now a mandatory and
daunting exercise for families, especially those
who are rationing even the most basic items to
survive. Everyone talks prices.
“A pack of 10 sanitary pads costs more than
400 rupees (₹88) now; it used to be 110 (₹24). Ma­
ny girls can’t afford that, so they are using cloth
[napkins]. They end up missing school when
they get their period,” Sumithra notes. Children
walk up to two hours to get to their secondary
school in this estate. The roads are not motora­
ble, and buses do not run here.
In the last three months alone, a dozen stu­
dents have dropped out of schools in Atabage,
barely 30 km from the bustling city of Kandy, the
centre of Sri Lanka’s last kingdom and now a
popular tourist spot showcasing the island na­
tion’s Buddhist heritage. The rising cost of sani­
tary products is not the only reason girls are
dropping out. Families are pulling their children
out of school to save on education­related ex­
penses. “A notebook costs 410 rupees (₹90); one
pencil is 40 (₹9),” says an estate worker whose
daughter stopped going to school this year.
Besides, as families are eating fewer meals,
packing lunch for school is not an option. Jesuda­
san Nikalasmary, a pre­school teacher, maintains
a flower­shaped, colour­coded diagram in her
small classroom to record the weight of children.
“See the red petal,” she points out. “The names
written on it are of children who are underweight
for their age. In the last few months, more chil­
dren in our class have moved to the red zone.”
According to the United Nation’s World Food
Programme (WFP), more than six million people
(about 30% of the country’s population) face
food insecurity and require humanitarian assis­
tance. The WFP recently found that 86% of fami­
lies are “buying cheaper, less nutritious food, eat­
ing less and in some cases skipping meals
altogether”.
Waning protests
How Sri Lanka got here is now a well­known sto­
ry. Earlier this year, the island nation found itself
CM
YK
THE HINDU
GROUND ZERO
in a dire balance of payments problem, conse­
We just can’t
afford to eat
and live like
quent to mega development­fuelled borrowing
and a chronic shortfall of foreign exchange reve­
nue as against expenditure over the years. The
dollar crunch resulted in acute shortages of im­
ported food items, fuel and medicines, and
forced the government to default on its $51 bil­
we did
lion foreign debt in April. The shortages made
before. daily life precarious in the estates where infras­
Surviving tructure is abysmal and connectivity is usually
each day is a poor. “I walked 18 km a day in these mountains
struggle. to deliver letters,” says a postman in Atabage, re­
SATHISH calling the days of severe fuel shortages.
SUMITHRA The painful economic crash brought people to
Home­maker the streets across the island — first to line up for
essentials and then to protest the government’s
poor response to their misery. The historic street
protests in Colombo forced the Rajapaksa admi­
nistration out of power and led to the election of
President Ranil Wickremesinghe through a par­
liamentary vote. The new government’s provi­
sional agreement with the International Mone­
tary Fund (IMF) and the prospect of a bailout
offered a semblance of stability for observers
outside the country and relief to many, mostly af­
fluent, Sri Lankans. The government introduced
a fuel rationing system using QR codes, restrict­
ed imports and tried to save scarce dollars. With
India pledging close to $4 billion assistance this
year and some repurposed funds, Sri Lanka was
able to import fuel and energy, fertilizer, and
pharma goods. “No more queues. No more street
protests,” government interlocutors were quick
to boast.
The queues did disappear. The protests have
splintered and visibly waned. Many middle­class
citizens who were regulars at protests not long
ago do not wish to resist any more as life is re­
turning to normal for them. Their petrol tanks
are full. They drive their children to school every
day. Price rise does not strain their pockets as
much as it does their poorer compatriots’. They
criticise the residual agitations and are silent
about the recent crackdown on protesters. The
business chambers, which were supportive of
the popular uprising at the height of the crisis,
are now asking protesters not to “destabilise” the
country. They are desperate to put the crisis be­
hind them and are pinning their hopes on an
economic revival in 2023.
But the crisis, in its most excruciating form, is
not over for many Sri Lankans. The World Bank
Many children in the hill country are losing weight as families are unable to
afford nutritious food amid soaring inflation. Children at an estate in Atabage,
Kandy district. MEERA SRINIVASAN
estimates that national poverty levels doubled
from 13.1% in 2021 to 25.6% in 2022. Urban pover­
ty rates have tripled, to 15%. In effect, about 2.7
million additional people have fallen into poverty
in the last year alone. The Bank highlighted an
“immense setback” in its update this October,
noting that “more than half the population living
in estate areas is now below the poverty line”.
The past is present
The economic crisis is trapping millions of Sri
Lankans in joblessness and poverty, but Malaiya­
ha Tamils are not among the “newly poor”. Their
economic distress predates this slump and will
likely outlast it. Deprivation has been a running
theme for this community, whose south Indian
ancestors were brought across the Palk Strait two
centuries ago as labourers to clear land, build
roads and railways, grow and pluck coffee, and
later tea, on the British­run plantations. They
have since faced structural oppression and ex­
ploitation by the colonial rulers, the post­colonial
state, and the private plantation companies. Fol­
lowing their long struggle for citizenship until
2003, the Malaiyaha Tamils continue to fight for
land, housing rights, and decent wages.
Some of the Malaiyaha Tamils who are bilin­
gual and speak Sinhala also point to rampant,
modern­day racism in the predominantly Sinha­
lese­employed government offices. “You are
made to feel like an outsider in your own area,”
says S. Bhuvaneshwari, a young home­maker
who lives on a tea estate. The everyday discrimi­
nation faced by the community, which is distinct
from the Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east, is
less known though it has drawn more attention in
recent times. In his visit to Sri Lanka in December
2021, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoya
Obokata noted that “contemporary forms of slav­
ery have an ethnic dimension” and that Malaiya­
ha Tamils continue to face “multiple forms of dis­
crimination based on their origin”.
I thought our country was about to change
for the better. But we are left with the same
political class. They are all protecting each
other. They don’t care about people like us.
G. LIEGENDIRAN
Unemployed youth
An estimated 1.5 lakh workers are employed in
the tea estates. About twice as many Malaiyaha
Tamils, who live in the estates, work outside the
plantation economy — on vegetable farms, tea
smallholdings, in small shops, eateries, and as
domestic workers. Scores from the million­strong
community also work as professionals or run bu­
sinesses across the island and abroad.
After a determined struggle for three years, es­
tate workers won a daily wage of 1,000 rupees
(about ₹225) last year. The profit­making planta­
tion companies grudgingly agreed to the rate, on­
ly after tying it to unrealistic targets of productiv­
ity and the number of days of labour. Workers
have little control over these, for monsoons and
the year­long maintenance of the estates deter­
mine the quantity and quality of produce — that
too if leaders do not resort to rash decisions such
as the abrupt chemical fertilizer ban imposed by
then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last year that
led to a 40% drop in yield.
The hard­won wage of 1,000 rupees is not only
difficult to earn, but also grossly inadequate, ar­
gues a 2022 study by the Kandy­based NGO Insti­
tute of Social Development. Factoring in prevail­
ing costs of living, the study led by University of
Peradeniya economist S. Vijesandiran showed
that a worker needs at least 2,577.91 rupees
(about ₹571) a day, with assured work for 21 days,
to support a family of four.
The predominantly female workforce in the
estates knows that even their best effort, braving
blood­sucking leeches and exhaustion from end­
less housework, can only fetch them less than
half of that. “I couldn’t cope. I stopped working
as a tea plucker,” says Agnes, who has four
daughters. She is now trying to find a job in West
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Asia, a common recourse for many workers, to
make both ends meet. In opting for domestic
work far away, the women often face the risk of
continued exploitation. Back home, they are
blamed for abandoning their families.
Everyone is seeking a coping mechanism.
Some are converting to a different religion for re­
lief. Some are taking high­interest loans from mi­
crofinance companies that are notorious for tar­
geting poor women. Some, like Agnes, cannot
wait to fly out for a new job. “I have no other op­
tion. My husband does not work any more. I can­
not feed my family if I continue working here. I
have already stopped sending two of my daught­
ers to school,” she says. Like most others, she
would find it hard to say which part of her fami­
ly’s suffering is induced by the downturn.
Eroding hope
In fact, many families living in the estates are yet
to recover from the joblessness of the COVID­19
years. Thousands of domestic workers returned
from West Asia, while scores of young people lost
their jobs in Colombo and returned to their villag­
es. Two years and a debilitating crisis later, find­
ing a new job is proving to be nearly impossible.
“I have been trying to get a job that pays a de­
cent salary, and that will let me live in Colombo
and send some money to my family here. But the
wages are too low. I can’t save even a few thou­
sands,” says G. Liegendiran, 20, who used to
work in Colombo and is now back in the estates.
Economic hardships are not new for him, but
there is a new sense of hopelessness. “Seeing all
that happened this year, I thought our country
was about to change for the better. But here we
are, left with the same political class. They are all
protecting each other. They don’t care about pe­
ople like us,” he says. Like many other young pe­
ople on the plantations, Liegendiran is exploring
job opportunities abroad as “it is hard to imagine
a future here.”
If the young are giving up, it is not for the want
of trying. From the time she cleared her advance­
level, school­leaving examination a couple of
years ago, Danushiya Ramkumar has been des­
perately applying for jobs and training pro­
grammes. “Some employers say our line room
address is invalid without a door number and
street name. It is almost like we don’t have an
identity. It is frustrating,” she says. The courses
she wanted to attend were not available in Tamil.
“The vocational institutes offer classes only in
Sinhala. When I asked them if they could at least
translate key sections to English, they refused. I
don’t know if those who were protesting in the
Aragalaya (struggle) against the crisis know how
some of us have lived and continue to live. This is
our reality.”
Last month, President Wickremesinghe an­
nounced that the government will appoint a com­
mittee to study “how best to integrate the Tamils
of Hill Country Origin” further into Sri Lankan so­
ciety. It was seen as an admission that the com­
munity had been left behind. It is one of many
committees set up by the Wickremesinghe admi­
nistration that faces a serious challenge in the
coming year.
The Sri Lankan economy is expected to con­
tract by 9.2% this year and a further 4.2% in 2023.
The government hoped to receive a $2.9 billion
IMF package by the end of the year. But the Fund
has only conditionally agreed to provide the facil­
ity, depending on assurances from Sri Lanka’s di­
verse creditors. While the government is talking
to its lenders on restructuring its loans, it has
some distance to go before securing IMF support.
Meanwhile, as the cost of living soars and dis­
content grows among the people, especially the
poor, all eyes are on the government for urgent
relief. The last time the economic pain of ordin­
ary citizens was ignored, it did not end well for
those in power. Sections of the population who
were already vulnerable, like the Malaiyaha Ta­
mils, have been pushed to the edge with this cri­
sis. “An entire generation’s health, education and
future is in question,” says Nikalasmary. “For
years and years, we have been talking about how
bad things are for our community. Can we not
break free from this reality?”
M CH-CHE
 THE HINDU
10 Saturday, November 26, 2022

News Chennai

From Page One

Religious
names of Assam border firing is a Congress
needs both
Panel to look into
MGNREGA’s efficacy
parties limit
appeal: EC clear violation of human Gehlot and
Pilot: Ramesh
The present committee will also look at the argu­
ment that the cost of providing work has also shot
up since the scheme first started.
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI rights, says Meghalaya Press Trust of India
SANAVAD

The committee has to review the reasons and Political parties with
recommend ways to bring in a greater focus on names which have “reli­
poorer areas. “An open­ended scheme such as gious connotations” limit
this will always show sharp contrasts. Bihar, for their electoral appeal to
example, despite its levels of poverty, does not “one particular group” and
generate enough work to make a concrete diffe­ this is not beneficial for the
rence, and on the other end of spectrum we have electoral prospect of the
Kerala, which is economically better but has been party, the Election Com­
utilising it for asset creation. While Bihar needs mission (EC) has told the
MGNREGA more, we cannot deny Kerala the mo­
ney because of the current structure of the pro­
gramme,” one of the committee members said.
Supreme Court.
The top poll body’s view
came in its affidavit res­
ponding to a petition to
Asset creation cancel the symbol or name
MGNREGA critics also slam the scheme for the allotted to political parties
lack of tangible asset creation. The committee will which “symbolise any
study if the composition of work taken up pre­ religion”.
sently under the scheme should be changed. It But the EC said some of
will review whether it should focus more on com­ these party names have be­
munity­based assets or individual works. come “legacy names” as
With four months more to go for the financial they have been in exis­
year to end, ₹59,420 crore has already been spent tence for decades.
out of the ₹73,000 crore sanctioned for the “Whether the names of
scheme. The Rural Development Ministry has re­ these political parties may
cently asked for an additional sum of ₹25,000 or may not be disturbed is
crore from the Finance Ministry for the anticipat­ left open to the wisdom of
ed expenditure before the financial year ends. the Supreme Court,” the
Regardless of all the criticism, MGNREGA acted poll body said.
as a crucial safety net during the COVID pandem­ The EC did not agree
ic. In the financial year 2020­21, the number of with the plea to cancel the
person days of work provided under the scheme symbol allotted to political
rose drastically to 389 crore, in comparison to the parties with religious con­
previous year’s figure of 265 crore. In 2021­22 too, notations. It said such a
the demand for MGNREGA work stood high, and move would be “legally
363 crore person days of work were generated. As untenable”.
per the current statistics, 196 crore person days of “Symbols are reserved
work have already been generated this year. for any recognised national
or State party the EC said.
It moves NHRC to ensure action against those who killed six persons; Assam Police maintain travel
advisory in view of the volatile situation in neighbouring State; fuel supply resumes to Meghalaya
The Hindu Bureau
GUWAHATI
eghalaya Chief
M Minister Conrad
K. Sangma on Fri­
day asked the National Hu­
man Rights Commission
(NHRC) to ensure action
against those who killed six
persons on his State’s bor­
der with Assam on Novem­
ber 22.
While a high­level team
met NHRC chairperson
Arun Kumar Mishra in New
Delhi, State capital Shil­
long was shut down by
pressure groups to protest
against the killings and de­
mand the handing over of
the Assam shooters to
Meghalaya for trial.
Friday also saw the As­
sam Police continue to is­
sue informal advisory to
people not to travel to
Meghalaya in view of the
volatile situation, while an
Assam­based fuel transpor­
ters’ organisation resumed
services to the eastern part
of Meghalaya. More than
Assuring support: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma with
family members of those killed in the Mukroh incident. PTI
40 oil tankers reached Shil­ the village is Mukhrow in
long and other parts of West Karbi Anglong
Meghalaya to ease tension district.
in the hill State. “The firing incident was
Mr. Sangma and his a clear violation of human
team apprised the NHRC rights by the Assam Police
chairperson of the situa­ and the Assam forest
tion along the Assam­ guards. A Central agency
Meghalaya border and pre­ will inquiry into the mat­
sented a detailed account ter,” Mr. Sangma said in a
of the firing incident that video message after the
claimed the lives of five meeting. Seeking the
Meghalaya villagers and a NHRC’s support, he
forest guard from Assam. stressed the need for the
While Meghalaya claims sensitisation of forces post­
the villagers were from ed in sensitive border areas
Mukroh in West Jaintia to prevent such incidents.
Hills district, Assam says The anger in parts of
Meghalaya, triggered by
the shooting, has refused
to die down. On Friday,
five pressure groups in­
cluding the Khasi Students’
Union observed their ‘non­
cooperation day’ by forc­
ing all shops, offices and fi­
nancial institutions to close
down. The pressure
groups have called for a
rally on Saturday.
Bihar man attacked
There were a few stray inci­
dents of violence over the
past 24 hours, with
masked men attacking pe­
ople on the streets, mostly
non­tribal. Among the vic­
tims was Alok Kumar, a
hearing­impaired official
from Bihar. Posted as an
Audit, CGST and Customs
inspector in Guwahati, he
was in Shillong for a two­
week training at the Na­
tional Academy of Cus­
toms, Indirect Taxes and
Narcotics for promotion to
Superintendent. He was
shifted to a private hospital
in Guwahati on Friday.
Senior Congress leader Jai­
ram Ramesh on Friday said
Rajasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot using the
term gaddar (traitor) for
party colleague Sachin Pi­
lot was “unexpected”.
The party needs both
the warring leaders, and
the crisis in the Rajasthan
unit will be resolved keep­
ing in mind the interests of
the organisation and not
individuals, he added.
Mr. Ramesh, the party’s
media head, was speaking
during Rahul Gandhi’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra here.
Mr. Gehlot, in an inter­
view to NDTV on Thursday,
said Mr. Pilot was a “gad-
dar” and cannot replace
him as Rajasthan CM,
drawing sharp response
from his former deputy
who said such “mud­sling­
ing” would not help.
“The party needs both
Gehlot and Pilot. There are
some differences but we
are not running away from
this. The leadership will
find an appropriate solu­
tion to the Rajasthan issue,
but it will be done keeping
in mind the party organisa­
tion and not the indivi­
duals,” Mr. Ramesh said.

States ask Centre to

curb its cess habit SC dismisses NIA appeal BJP, Congress
spar over
Can RBI help those
against Teltumbde’s bail ‘sloganeering’ who genuinely failed
in Bhima Koregaon case during Bharat to exchange notes: SC
Jodo Yatra Krishnadas Rajagopal the RBI discretion to inde­
NEW DELHI pendently verify applica­
Krishnadas Rajagopal NIA court issues The Hindu Bureau tions from citizens who
NEW DELHI BHOPAL The Supreme Court on Fri­ could not deposit their old
release memo day asked whether the Re­ notes within the “grace pe­
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a The Supreme Court on Fri­ A controversy erupted on serve Bank of India (RBI) riod” between November 9
pre­Budget meeting in New Delhi on Friday. PTI day dismissed a National MUMBAI Friday, the third day of the can consider a remedy in and December 31, 2016.
Investigation Agency (NIA) The NIA court on Friday issued Bharat Jodo Yatra in Mad­ the cases of citizens who Sub­section (2) empo­
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagara­ appeal against a decision memo to release Anand hya Pradesh, with the BJP were found genuinely un­ wered the central bank to
jan noted that the share of cesses and surcharges of the Bombay High Court Teltumbde from Taloja Central claiming that “Pakistan able to deposit their old conduct an inquiry into
had grown from 10.4% of gross tax revenue in to grant bail to academi­ Jail on Saturday. The court Zindabad” slogans were notes during demonetisa­ such applications, satisfy
2011­12 to 26.7% in 2021­22. “This has deprived the cian Anand Teltumbde in permitted Mr. Teltumbde eight raised during the yatra in tion in 2016. itself about their genuine­
States of their legitimate share of revenue collect­ the Bhima Koregaon case. weeks to furnish a cash bond Khargone. “There must be genuine ness and credit the value of
ed by the Union Government. I exhort the Union “We will not interfere,” a of ₹1 lakh. BJP State media in­ cases where a person was the old notes in the KYC­
Government to merge the cesses and surcharges Bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Anand Teltumbde charge Lokendra Parashar in a coma for six months compliant bank account of
into the basic rates of tax so that the States receive Chandrachud and Justice posted a video, in which and could not exchange the claimants. Sub­section
their legitimate share in devolution,” he submit­ Hima Kohli said shortly af­ cruitment. She referred to “These are academi­ Congress leader Rahul her notes. Her children (3) allowed a claimant,
ted. His plea was echoed by other States, includ­ ter a hearing which conti­ several electronic docu­ cians… He is the author of Gandhi, party general se­ would not have been able who was refused by the
ing Kerala’s Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal who nued through the lunch ments to buttress her a theoretical treaty on cretary Priyanka Gandhi to find the notes, maybe RBI, to make an appeal to
told The Hindu that this was a question of federal­ break. claim. She said that Mr. Tel­ ‘neo­liberal globalisation Vadra and Madhya Pra­ kept in a locker… In such the Central Board of the
ism. “The Centre has been increasing surcharges The High Court had on tumbde had participated versus Dalit rights’. Basical­ desh Congress president cases, you must provide a bank within 14 days of the
and cesses despite the Constitution setting condi­ November 18 given the NIA in various “Maoist ly that is his subject. Whe­ Kamal Nath are seen walk­ remedy,” Justice B.R. Ga­ communication of the
tions for its imposition. We have been raising this a week’s time to contest its conferences”. rever there is an issue of ing, with such slogans pur­ vai, one of the five judges refusal.
in various forums. But in this meeting, I was hap­ bail order in the Supreme For Mr. Teltumbde, se­ Dalits, he is out there as an portedly being raised in on the Constitution Bench The Bench said these
py to note that several BJP­ruled States, including Court. nior advocate Kapil Sibal academician to deal with the background. led by Justice S. Abdul Na­ two sub­sections existed
Assam, supported this argument,” he said. Additional Solicitor­ countered that “none of it,” Mr. Sibal submitted. Hitting back, Congress’s zeer, addressed the go­ independent of the demo­
General Aishwarya Bhati, the documents shown or Dismissing the appeal, general secretary (commu­ vernment, led by Attorney­ netisation notification.
₹17,000 crore released for the NIA, argued that attributed to me (Tel­ the court however said that nications) Jairam Ramesh General R. Venkataramani. Mr. Venkataramani re­
Hours after the meeting, where States like Tamil Mr. Teltumbde was “active­ tumbde) are recovered the observations made by said a video “doctored” by Justice Gavai pointed to vealed that the RBI had re­
Nadu also raised concerns about pending dues ly involved” in Maoist ac­ from me”. He said three the High Court would not the “dirty tricks depart­ sub­sections (2) and (3) of ceived 700­odd such appli­
from the five­year GST compensation window for tivities which extended to emails allegedly traced to be taken as “conclusive fi­ ment” of the BJP was doing Section 4 of The Specified cations under sub­section
States that expired on June 30 this year, the Fi­ transfer of funds, plan­ his account were “all about nal findings in all the rounds to discredit the Bank Notes (Cessation of (2) but was “not in a posi­
nance Ministry said it had released ₹17,000 crore ning, propagation and re­ fact­finding”. proceedings”. “highly successful” yatra. Liabilities) Act, which gave tion to accede to them”.
to States on Thursday towards the “balance GST
compensation for the period April to June, 2022”.
“With this release, Centre has released, in ad­
vance, the entire amount of cess estimated to be
collected this year till March­end available for pay­
ment of compensation to States. This decision was
CBI files
chargesheet
Australian experts, Indian publishers Mehrauli
murder case
discuss big tech and digital media
taken to assist the States in managing their re­
sources and ensuring that their programmes es­
pecially the expenditure on capital is carried out
in Delhi excise accused takes
successfully during the financial year,” the Minis­
try said. On the parley with States, the Ministry
policy scam polygraph test
said that most participants thanked the Union Fi­ The Hindu Bureau gaining Code is a great way forms. Digital wings of 17 portant that governments
nance Minister for financially supporting their The Hindu Bureau NEW DELHI to do this. Governments media businesses are part hold their nerve when it The Hindu Bureau
States and Union Territories by enhancing bor­ NEW DELHI need to support certain of the DNPA. These include comes to negotiating the fi­ NEW DELHI
rowing limits, providing two advanced devolution Indian publishers and Aus­ types of journalism but The Hindu, The Indian Ex- nal stages of legislation,”
instalments and through special assistance for The Central Bureau of In­ tralian think tank circles working out a way forward press, NDTV, Hindustan said Ms. McDonald, who Aftab Poonawala, who is
capital expenditure. vestigation (CBI) on Friday on Friday exchanged ideas with the big digital plat­ Times, Dainik Jagran, Ma- served as the senior policy accused of murdering his
Chhattisgarh Chief Miniter Bhupesh Baghel filed a chargesheet in a Del­ on emerging changes in big forms is absolutely funda­ layala Manorama and In- adviser for the Australian girlfriend, Shraddha Wal­
asked the Centre to resolve the issue of refunds of hi court against seven per­ tech and digital media rela­ mental and the code does dia Today, among others. Minister for Communica­ kar, in Mehrauli, was on
the corpus given to the National Pension Scheme, sons in the Excise Policy tionship at the inaugural that very well,” Mr. Sims tions from 2019 to 2021. Friday subjected to anoth­
as the State has restored the old pension scheme. scam. edition of the DNPA Dia­ said, in response to a ques­ ‘Very reluctant’ The inaugural meet wit­ er round of polygraph
He said that ₹17,240 crore deposited with the Na­ The Central agency logues, a webinar hosted tion on what major learn­ Emma McDonald, senior nessed discussions on big tests, which went on for
tional Securities Depository Limited till March framed charges against by the Digital News Pu­ ings are in store for the In­ policy adviser at Minderoo tech monopoly along with nearly three hours at the
2022 should be returned so that it can be put in Aam Aadmi Party’s com­ blishers Association dian media. Foundation, said she faced Australian think tank cir­ Forensic Science Laborato­
the General Provident Fund of the employees. munication in­charge Vijay (DNPA). In Australia, the Treasu­ “tense and stressful cles sharing experiences of ry in Rohini, officials said.
Mr. Balagopal, who also asked for the GST reve­ Nair and the then Deputy Elaborating on social ry Laws Amendment times”, when she was how governments and le­ Sources said Aftab
nue share of States to be raised to 60% from the Commissioner (Excise) media platforms having a (News Media and Digital working with the Austra­ gislatures have supported reached the FSL office
present 50%, said that States are going through Kuldeep Singh and then dominant presence, Rod Platforms Mandatory Bar­ lian government, while publishers in other coun­ around 4 p.m. and left the
severe financial problems, particularly after the Assistant Commissioner Sims, former Chair of the gaining Code) Act 2021 en­ dealing with Google and tries. “The crucial step, for premises around 6.30 p.m.
GST rollout. “Now, if the revenues shared with (Excise) Narender Singh. Australian Competition ables news businesses, Facebook. India, is getting a law All three sessions of the po­
States decrease (due to cesses), it would further Interestingly, Delhi Deputy and Consumer Commis­ which are eligible, to bar­ “It was combative at passed. Then it becomes lygraph test — pre, main
harm our developmental and welfare activities,” Chief Minister Manish Siso­ sion (ACCC), said the plat­ gain with digital platforms times because they [Goo­ the country’s law and will and post stages of the pro­
he emphasised. dia has not been named in forms did not produce over payment in connec­ gle and Facebook] were ve­ protect journalism going cedure — have been com­
the chargesheet. journalistic content and tion with the inclusion of ry reluctant to work with into the future, just like I pleted, the sources said.
Video conference Others named in the “we have to find a way of news services on digital the government. But there hope the News Media Bar­ Forensic experts will
The Goods and Services Tax Council, which last chargesheet are Abhishek getting money for journal­ platforms, and addresses was a collective will of the gaining Code will do in analyse the recordings of
met in June and was expected to meet again this Boinpally, Arun R. Pillai, ism and media businesses” the imbalances in bargain­ publishers to support the Australia,” said Mr. Sims, Aftab’s test and make a fi­
August in Madurai, will now be convened on De­ Mootha Gautham, Sameer from social media. ing powers between news legislation that was finally who added that it is the nal report, based on which
cember 17 over a video­conference. Mahendru. “The News Media Bar­ businesses and the plat­ introduced. It is really im­ best time to be a journalist. a decision will be taken.
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Chennai
BJP evokes 2002 riots to gain vote favour
The then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government taught ‘anti­social elements’ a lesson and brought peace to the State, Amit Shah says in campaign speeches
Mahesh Langa
AHMEDABAD
s the voting for Guj­
A arat election draws
nearer, the cam­
paign is now veering to­
wards the 2002 riots and
how “they were taught a
lesson” to achieve perma­
nent peace in the State.
On Friday, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah in his
campaign speeches in Ma­
hudha in central Gujarat
and Vagra in the south
brought back the issue of
the riots and said that as
the Chief Minister of Guja­
rat in 2002, Narendra Modi
had taught a lesson to “an­
‘New draft of Data Protection
Bill is fundamentally flawed’
There is over­reliance on the rules to be framed by the government, without legislative guidance;
this gives scope to arbitrariness and makes for constitutional invalidity of law, says retired SC judge
INTERVIEW
Justice
B.N. Srikrishna
Sonam Saigal
he Digital Personal
T Data Protection Bill
is loaded in favour
of the government, says re­
tired Supreme Court judge
Justice B.N. Srikrishna,
who had proposed the first
draft of the Personal Data
Protection Bill in 2018. The
new Bill may encourage
the executive to act capri­
ciously and infringe on the
fundamental right of priva­
cy of personal data, he
says. Edited excerpts:
What do you make of
the new draft of the
Data Protection Bill, the
Digital Personal Data
Protection Bill?
It has picked up some good
points from the previous
drafts but has worsened on
some issues.
Can you please
elaborate on what are
the good points from
the previous drafts and
CM
YK
ti­social elements”.
“They tried to create a
problem for [Prime Minis­
ter] Narendra Bhai [Modi]
but he taught them such a
lesson that they have not
dared to do anything till
2022,” he said, without
specifying anything while
addressing an election ral­
ly in Mahudha, a Congress
bastion in Kheda district.
“But after they were
taught a lesson in 2002,
these elements left that
path (of violence). They re­
frained from indulging in
violence from 2002 till
2022. The BJP has esta­
blished permanent peace
in Gujarat by taking strict
how is it worse on some
issues.
The simplicity of language
and reduction in size are
good points but one can­
not forsake clarity of legis­
lation for simplicity. Con­
sent managers is a good
idea and helpful to data
principals. The Data Board
is a creation of the execu­
tive with no guidelines on
its composition, establish­
ment, qualifications of its
chair and members etc.,
and therefore it will be a
captive of the government
with little independence, if
it is a regulator; if not,
there is no regulator at all.
The Bill is loaded in fa­
vour of the government.
All vital issues have been
relegated to delegated le­
gislation that can be consti­
Campaign trail: Amit Shah at a public meeting on Friday. PTI
action against those who
used to indulge in commu­
nal violence,” he said.
He said the BJP govern­
ment “has established
peace in Gujarat” as no riot
tutionally valid only if
there are legislative guide­
lines within which the ex­
ecutive may frame subordi­
nate legislation, or else,
such a law will be invalid as
permitting the executive to
act arbitrarily will become
unconstitutional and void.
That is a danger very much
lurking in the background
of the Bill.
What would you say is
needed in the current
avatar?
A robust and independent
regulator like the Data Pro­
tection Authority envis­
aged in the 2018 draft is
needed. The qualifica­
tions, tenure and proce­
dure of appointment have
all been relegated to dele­
gated legislation. It is
worse than the previous
2019 Bill. The so­called reg­
ulator will be a puppet of
the government and will
have no independence.
Does the draft express
any concern on
protection of the
fundamental right of
data privacy?
There is power to exempt
all government institutions
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has occurred anywhere af­
ter the 2002 riots.
He also blamed the Con­
gress leaders, accusing
them of supporting “anti­
social elements who used
from any or all provisions
of the law. That is a clear in­
vitation to the executive to
act arbitrarily. There is ov­
er­reliance on the rules to
be framed by the govern­
ment, without legislative
guidance in the law. It gives
scope to arbitrariness and
makes for constitutional in­
validity of the law. The Bill
is replete with such in­
stances. Eighteen out of 30
clauses leave the issue to
the government “as may
be prescribed”.
Further, the triple test
laid down by the Puttaswa-
my judgment (Supreme
Court upheld right to infor­
mational privacy as a fun­
damental right) has been
totally abandoned. The re­
quirement of curtailing the
privacy right of individual
(a fundamental right as de­
clared by the Supreme
Court) only for ‘necessity’,
‘reasonably’ and ‘propor­
tionately’ has been com­
pletely ignored. That is
clearly contrary to the Su­
preme Court’s declaration
of the law in Puttaswamy.
Therefore, the Bill is funda­
mentally flawed as it would
permit the executive to act
capriciously and infringe
on the fundamental right
of privacy of personal data.
to indulge in the violence
during the past Congress
regimes in 80s and 90s in
the State”.
“During the Congress
rule in Gujarat before 1995,
communal riots were ram­
pant,” the Home Minister
claimed, adding that the
Congress had “created its
own vote bank using the
riots which did injustice to
the large section of
society”.
In earlier campaign
speeches, the Home Minis­
ter had targeted the Oppo­
sition party for the com­
munal riots during its rule
and how curfew used to be
imposed frequently.
Shah’s behind­the­scenes
man takes the spotlight as
candidate from Sabarmati
Nistula Hebbar
AHMEDABAD
For Harshad Patel, the BJP
candidate from Sabarmati,
the 2022 Assembly elec­
tion is an education. This is
despite the fact that he has
been an election agent to
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah from 1998 onwards,
when the latter used to
contest from the Sarkhej
Assembly seat.
“As someone who is
part of a team working be­
hind the scenes, what I say
goes, as far as my party
workers are concerned,
even if they don’t agree
with me. As a candidate, I
am answerable to the peo­
ple, who are under no obli­
gation to hear me out,”
said Mr. Patel, speaking at
his election office in the
city.
Mr. Shah, who cam­
paigned for Mr. Patel this
time, said at a public rally,
“Harshad helped me get
elected all these years,
However, for the first
time, he mentioned the
2002 riots and how the
then CM “taught them a
lesson” and “established
peace permanently.”
A communal tilt
As the campaign for the As­
sembly elections has inten­
sified, the ruling party
leaders have often turned
to speeches with heavy
communal tilts bringing in
the brutal murder of
Shraddha Walkar by her
companion Aaftab to Ra­
hul Gandhi’s new look re­
sembling to late Iraq dicta­
tor Saddam Hussein.
Assam Chief Minister Hi­
Harshad Patel
now you all [voters] must
help elect him.”
For Mr. Patel, proximity
to senior leaders — he
worked on former Deputy
Prime Minister L.K. Adva­
ni’s election from Gandhi­
nagar in 1998 as well — has
not always meant getting
what he wants.
“I had asked for a ticket
during the last elections [in
2017] also. Amit bhai
[Home Minister Amit
Shah] was the party presi­
dent. He said he would try,
but when the parliamen­
tary board decided to re­
manta Biswa Sarma
warned the audience at a
rally in Kutch that if there
was no strong leader in the
country, Aaftab (Ameen
Poonawala) would be born
in every city and we would
not be able to protect our
society.
Subsequently, he com­
pared Congress leader Ra­
hul Gandhi’s look with that
of the late Iraq dictator
Saddam Hussein. “Recent­
ly, in a TV interview, I said
about Rahul Gandhi’s new
look. But if you have to
change your looks, then at
least make it like Vallabhb­
hai Patel or Jawaharlal
Nehru,” Mr. Sarma said.
peat all 45 MLAs in the
area, I knew that was not
going to happen for me,”
he said.
This time round, he got
the ticket for the Sabarmati
seat, considered safe for
the BJP. From his long in­
nings as a behind­the­
scenes man for Mr. Shah,
he says one thing stands
out for him, apart from the
meticulous and immersive
preparations.
“The party has seen a
lot of expansion in the last
few years, and Amit bhai
always said that this should
not be the reason for you
to change how you do
things, and how you are,”
he said.
Mr. Shah’s previous seat
of Sarkhej was one of the
biggest Assembly consti­
tuencies in the country be­
fore it was split.
Mr. Patel said the expe­
rience of handling 1,074
polling booths in Sarkhej
catering to 11 lakh voters
was his training ground.
11
BJP ‘misusing’
children for
polls, says
Congress
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
In a complaint to the Elec­
tion Commission of India
(ECI) on Friday, the Con­
gress party said that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
and the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) were “misus­
ing” children in their Guja­
rat election campaign.
“A Congress delegation
met with the Election Com­
mission this evening to
highlight the PM’s misuse
of children for campaign
purposes. ECI has assured
us that action shall be ta­
ken,“ tweeted Congress
communication chief Jai­
ram Ramesh.
The complaint to the
poll panel comes days after
the Opposition party filed
a complaint against BJP to
the National Commission
for Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) regarding
the same issue.
7.72 lakh new
voters in
J&K’s revised
electoral rolls
The Hindu Bureau
SRINAGAR
The much­awaited revised
electoral rolls of Jammu
and Kashmir on Friday saw
an increase of 7.72 lakh
electors, the highest ever
increase of 10.19% in the
electoral rolls of the Union
Territory.
“There is a net increase
of 7,72,872 electors in the
final electoral roll, a 10.19%
net increase of the regis­
tered electors over the
draft roll. This was for the
first time in the history of
J&K that more than 11 lakh
names were included in a
single Special Summary
Revision (SSR) period,”
Anil Salgotra, Joint Chief
Electoral Officer, said.
M CH-CHE
 THE HINDU
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CJI wants SC, govt. Sangeet Natak

INBRIEF
쑽 Indians received the Akademi to
not to find fault with
biggest share of U.K. each other on judges
felicitate
86 artistes
work visas: report The Hindu Bureau
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI
39% of such visas went to Indian nationals for the year ending September The Sangeet Natak Akade­
Chief Justice of India (CJI) mi has bestowed special
2022, according to data released by the British government
HC bars unauthorised use D.Y. Chandrachud on Fri­
day responded to strident
one­time awards com­
memorating 75 years of In­
of Bachchan’s voice, images The Hindu Bureau criticism against the Colle­ dia’s independence on 86
NEW DELHI gium system of judicial ap­ artistes, apart from select­
The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an pointments, saying the go­ ing 128 performing artistes
interim order restraining persons at large from ndian nationals re­ vernment and the CJI D.Y. Chandrachud (left) and from various fields for its
infringing the personality and publicity rights of
actor Amitabh Bachchan. Mr. Bachchan
approached the court seeking an omnibus order
I ceived the largest
number — 39% — of
the total work­related visas
Supreme Court cannot
work together to select
good judges if they find
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. PTI

protecting his name, image, voice or any of his granted by the United
characteristics without his consent. The order Kingdom for the year end­
said such misuse of personality rights of the ing September 2022, an an­
plaintiff could cause irreparable loss to him. nouncement from the Brit­
ish government has said.
Of the total 1,45,258 work­
related visas issued by the
Power employees threaten U.K., Indians received
56,042, a jump of 90% in
strike over contentious Bill comparison to the pre­
pandemic figure of 29,552
As the Parliamentary Standing Committee on in 2019.
Energy is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Apart from India, the
the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill Philippines, Nigeria, and
next Thursday, workers in the power sector — the United States were
production and distribution companies and among the other top visa­
departments — have threatened an indefinite seeking nations seeking
strike if the Bill were passed in Parliament. The work visas.
National Coordination Committee of Electricity The sharp rise in the de­
Employees and Engineers had recently held a mand for the work visas is
protest against the Bill. being explained by the
post­pandemic recovery,
which has settled in most
of the major economies
Morbi tragedy: HC holds civic across the world.
Indians also featured in
body chief officer responsible
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday held Morbi
municipality’s chief officer S.V. Zala responsible
for the bridge collapse which claimed 141 lives
last month. The court is hearing a suo motu
Railways creates a
petition on the collapse. “The Morbi Nagar palika
Chief Officer S.V.Zala is prima facie guilty of roadmap to export
dereliction of duty,” a division Bench of Chief
Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice A.J. Shastri said.
The Bench observed that the compensation
Vande Bharat trains
awarded to the victims was not adequate.
Yuthika Bhargava
NEW DELHI
Thieves steal train engine The Ministry of Railways is
readying a roadmap to
from Bihar railway yard start export of the indige­
nously manufactured
An entire diesel engine was stolen part by part Vande Bharat trains by
from a railway yard in Begusarai district in Bihar, 2025­26, a senior railways
police said on Friday. The thieves dug a tunnel to official said on Friday. The
the yard and started stealing parts, slowly doing Ministry is also working to
away with the entire engine that was brought increase production of
there for repairs, they said. Three persons have these trains as well as in­
been arrested. Searches conducted at a scrap troduce newer versions
godown yielded 13 sacks full of train parts. PTI with sleeper coaches.
“The ecosystem to ex­
port trains have to be creat­
ed over the next two to
Amazon workers demand three years. We are on
track to manufacture 475
₹25,000 as minimum pay Vande Bharat trains in the
next three years and once
Gig Workers Association (GigWA) in association they run successfully on
with Amazon Warehouse workers and Hawkers our tracks ... we will have
Joint Action Committee held protests on Friday, proof of technology.,” the
demanding the global giant to pay at least official said.
₹25,000 per month to every employee and The railways expects to
reduce working hours from 10 hours to eight cumulatively run the 75
hours. The organisers said that protests took new Vande Bharat trains
place in States across the country, including, for 10 to 12 lakh kilometres
Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, before aggressively pursu­
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, ing the export markets.
Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It is also building ‘stan­
the top three nationalities
that were granted ‘Skilled
Worker’ visas from the U.K.
The other two nations that
received similar visas were
the United States and
South Africa.
Indians received 33% of
the ‘Skilled Worker’ visas,
while American nationals
received 6% and South
African nationals received
4%. Indians came on top
for the ‘Skilled Worker ­
Health and Care’ visas and
accounted for 36% of the
total visas granted under
The railways is also
working to develop
‘tilting trains’,
which can run on
curved tracks
dard gauge’ tracks, which
are used outside India, in
Rajasthan to test the trains
which will be exported, as
trains in India run on
broad­gauge tracks. The
tracks are expected to be
ready by January 2024.The
sleeper version of the
Vande Bharat trains will be
ready by the first quarter of
2024 and will be manufac­
tured by the Integral Coach
Factory in Chennai, the of­
ficial said.
Further, the railways, in
association with global
firms, is working to deve­
lop ‘tilting trains’ — which
can run on curved tracks
without slowing down — by
2025­26. At least 100 of the
400 Vande Bharat trains to
be manufactured by 2025
will use this technology.
the category. Nigerians and
Zimbabwean nationals
were also among the top
recipients of this category
of visas.
During the same period,
the U.K. granted 1,27,731
student visas to Indian na­
tionals, marking an in­
crease of 93,470 from the
34,261 visas granted in
2019. The issue of pending
visa applications has affect­
ed the flow of people from
India to the U.K. in the re­
cent past. The situation is
expected to improve soon.
Supreme Court seeks government’s
view on allowing same­sex marriage
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Fri­
day sought the govern­
ment’s response to pleas to
allow solemnisation of
same­sex marriage under
the Special Marriage Act.
The Special Marriage
Act of 1954 provides a civil
form of marriage for cou­
ples who cannot marry un­
der their personal law.
A Bench of Chief Justice
of India D.Y. Chandrachud
and Justice Hima Kohli
agreed to hear partners Su­
priya Chakraborty (Supri­
yo) and Abhay Dang, who
said the non­recognition of
same­sex marriage
amounted to discrimina­
tion that struck at the root
of dignity and self­fulfill­
ment of LGBTQ+ couples.
A separate petition was
also filed by Parth Phiroze
Mehrotra and Uday Raj
Anand.
The Bench issued sepa­
rate notices to the Union of
India and the Attorney­
General and listed the case
fault with each other.
Law Minister Kiren Riji­
ju, who was sitting on the
dais at the Law Day Eve
function, had recently
launched a relentless at­
tack on the Collegium sys­
tem, calling it “opaque”.
The CJI said the Collegi­
um and the government
had to work with a sense of
“constitutional statesman­
ship”. “We cannot be con­
stitutional statesmen when
we are into finding fault
with each other. We need
to work as constitutional
statesmen to find good
judges,” the CJI said as he
turned to Mr. Rijiju.
The Chief Justice said
the Collegium, like any
other institution in a de­
mocracy, was not perfect.
“But we work within the
existing framework of the
Petitioners Supriya Chakraborty and Abhay Dang have sought
solemnisation of same­sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act.
for hearing after four
weeks. It transferred va­
rious pending issues before
various High Courts, in­
cluding in Kerala and Del­
hi, to itself. The govern­
ment too had said in the
High Courts that the issue
should be taken up by the
top court.
Senior advocates Mukul
Rohatgi, Neeraj Kishan
Kaul, Menaka Guruswamy
and advocate Arundhati
Katju argued that this was a
sequel to the 2018 Constitu­
tion Bench judgment in the
Constitution as it is inter­
preted and given to us. All
the judges of the Collegi­
um, including me, are
faithful soldiers who im­
plement the Constitution,"
he addressed the criticism
against the Supreme Court
Collegium. The CJI's re­
marks came even as the
week had seen lawyers in
Gujarat and Telangana
protesting the proposed
transfers of two High Court
judges by the Collegium.
The Chief Justice said
the Collegium's work did
not start when the agenda
for the meeting was pre­
pared. An idea might be
sparked over a cup of tea.
The work of the Collegium
starts much before and
much after the Collegium
meetings. He termed this
the “soft culture” within
the judiciary.
Navtej Johar case in which
homosexuality was de­cri­
minalised. “A plethora of
living issues arise out of
this case… Your Lordships
have also upheld privacy as
a constitutional right in the
Puttaswamy case,” Mr. Ro­
hatgi submitted.
The petitioners said the
1954 Act should grant
same­sex couples the same
protection it allowed inter­
caste and inter­faith cou­
ples who want to marry.
Mr. Rohatgi said the peti­
tion did not touch on the
regular annual awards for
the years 2019­21.
The 86 awardees for the
one­time prizes, named
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Amrit Awards, include ar­
tistes who are above the
age of 75 years and haven’t
been accorded any nation­
al honour in their career so
far in the field of the per­
forming arts. The award
carries a purse of
₹1,00,000.
The Amrit awardees are
from across the country,
including five from Tamil
Nadu — R. Ramani for Car­
natic veena, V.A.K. Ranga­
rao for dance music, Sun­
daresan Ramamurthy for
theatre, Purusai Subrama­
nuim for Terukoothu and
Achalapuram Chinnatambi
for nagaswaram. The awar­
dees also include five ar­
tistes each from Karnataka
and Kerala and four from
Telangana.
personal laws but only
sought to make the 1954
Act gender­neutral. “The
Act only says marriage
should be between ‘two
persons’. It does not say it
is a union of A and B,” Mr.
Rohatgi submitted.
Mr. Kaul said there were
about 15 legislations which
guaranteed the rights of
wages, gratuity, adoption,
surrogacy, etc, which was
not available to the
LGBTQ+ citizens. Ms. Gu­
ruswamy said the funda­
mental issue here is “how
do I protect my family”.
“The Act is ultra vires
the Constitution to the ex­
tent it discriminates bet­
ween same­sex couples
and opposite sex couples,
denying same­sex couples
both legal rights as well as
the social recognition and
status that flows from mar­
riage… The Special Mar­
riage Act of 1954 ought to
apply to a marriage bet­
ween any two persons, re­
gardless of their gender
identity and sexual orienta­
tion,” the petition said.

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Govinda Pattabhishekham
12 Resounding ego controlling Republican monster? (4)
It is often said that too much knowledge can be confusing.
13 Spa building separated from hospital made of stone (5)
Similarly, a devotee could be overwhelmed by the wealth
14 Hereditary unit regressing in group that's breaking promise (8) of material available in our scriptures. This is why our
16 Obscure name: "Le'Dainian" framed and decorated (8) seers always say “ Ekam Bhagavatham”. Everything one
18 Injuries on end of skullcap displayed by homeless people (5) needs to know is available there and in the Kali Yuga, it is
20 Fish's tailfin hiding in rock (4) sufficient if one listens to discourse on Govinda Pattabh­
21 UN rationed supply for labour organization (5,5) ishekam. It explains everything in a succinct manner for a
23 Wound up twin chasing action regularly for entertainment (7) devotee, said Sridhar Swami in a discourse.
When one visits Tirupati, one hears ‘Govinda’ everywh­
24 Country collapsing into sea (7)
ere, the chant echoes everywhere. Just as how a sugar can­
25 Talk of unknown matter lacking mass (6) dy attracts ants, devotees throng Tirupati, chanting, “Go­
26 A stiff back (6) vinda, Govinda.” One interpretation of the word Govinda
Down is that He is one who can be realised through the Vedas.
1 Animal's surprisingly active after chopping head off (5) He lived as Krishna among ordinary people as a cowh­
2 Famous poem in entire extract (7) erd and they had unconditional love for Him. At the end of
3 Stop the Spanish digging into earth for fossil fuel (6,3) the day, when the happy cows came home from grazing
on Govardhan hill, they would shake their bells, heralding
5 Company sent off travelling voyager with egg (5)
Krishna’s return, the Gopikas would rush out.
6 Continue to give priest and rector tea ­ nothing's lost (7)
Solution to previous puzzle Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku On one such evening, when Krishna found his father
7 Gifts of iron bands (9) Nandagopa preparing a huge sacrificial feast for Indra
10 Red Scot's from American South (9) who had blessed them with bountiful showers and crops,
Across 13 Being straight? In reality ­ it’s strange (9) Krishna objects saying, “Indra is merely doing his job. On
1 Beliefs of Native American tribe's detractors lacking contents (6) 15 Royalty? No thanks... (9) the other hand, the Govardhan mountain is our lifeline,
4 Put ring on love, love­bird! (6) 17 Actress sat with me ­ and we got drunk (3,4) let us make the offerings to him.” To this day, after Deepa­
8 One that runs away from love keen to hide beginnings of
vali a number of devotees offer a feast to the mountain. In­
19 A nervous handler starts visiting spy at a portal to the
emotional reawakening (7) underworld? (7) dra, observing the denial of feast, unleashes a downpour
9 Second player knocked out of knockout rounds gets rewards (7) unlike any other. Krishna urges all the people to herd un­
21 One dodged abuse for business (5)
11 Online article's truly with spirit (10) der the Govardhan mountain that He holds aloft. They
22 Working with interest at functioning plant (5) obediently follow the advise. None question Him as they
all had faith in Him.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
 THE HINDU
Saturday, November 26, 2022 13
Chennai
World
SAN FRANCISCO GENEVA STOCKHOLM BEIJING
Musk announces gold, grey and Taliban treatment of women could Greta Thunberg, 600 youngsters Chinese­Canadian former­pop star
blue badges for Twitter accounts be crime against humanity: UN sue Sweden for climate inaction Kris Wu jailed on charges of rape

X X X X
Twitter’s owner Elon Musk announced that the platform would be Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could More than 600 youngsters in Sweden, including Greta Thunberg, Chinese­Canadian ex­pop star Kris Wu has been jailed for 13 years
launching differently colored badges to distinguish between amount to a crime against humanity, the UN special rapporteur on filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state accusing it of climate after being found guilty of rape. A 19­year­old student accused Wu
accounts. “Gold check for companies, grey check for government, human rights in Afghanistan said. Richard Bennett said the Taliban's inaction, a first in the country. The lawsuit, symbolically submitted of date­raping her last year, when she was 17, leading to a barrage
blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will targeting of women deepen “flagrant violations of their human to the Stockholm district court during a protest on Friday, had of criticism. Wu shot to fame as a member of the K­pop boyband
be manually authenticated before check activates,” he tweeted. AFP rights and freedoms and may amount to gender persecution”. AP previously been filed electronically to another court. REUTERS EXO, before leaving in 2014 to launch a successful solo career. AP

Anger grows in China over Far­right leader Ben­Gvir to Walmart

shooter had
tightening COVID lockdowns be Israel’s Security Minister Associated Press from Parliament and
left behind
‘death note’
JERUSALEM whose Kach party was
There was widespread anger on social media on Friday at what many in China saw as a branded a terrorist group Associated Press
lockdown­caused tragedy in Urumqi, where 10 persons died from a fire in an apartment block Extremist politician Itamar by the U.S. before he was CHESAPEAKE
Ben­Gvir, who has a long assassinated in New York
record of anti­Arab rhetor­ in 1990. The Walmart supervisor
Ananth Krishnan Internet users ques­ ic and stunts, will become Ahead of Israel’s No­ who shot and killed six co­
BEIJING tioned state media reports Israel’s next Minister of Na­ vember 1 election, Mr. Ben­ workers in Virginia left be­
that said the compound tional Security, according Gvir grabbed headlines for hind what he called a
to the first of what are ex­ his anti­Palestinian speech­ “death note” on his phone

M
ore cities in China
imposed partial
lockdowns on
Friday as COVID­19 cases
soared to the highest since
the pandemic, bringing
fresh restrictions for a we­
ary Chinese public.
The National Health
Commission on Friday re­
ported 32,695 cases, beat­
ing Thursday’s record,
which was itself the high­
est number since April
when Shanghai was under
a two month­long
lockdown.
Beijing, reported 1,860
of those cases, and on Fri­
day resembled a ghost
town with an increasing
number of residential com­
plexes locked down. Offic­
es have been told to close,
most schools have shifted
to virtual learning, and e­
commerce apps struggled
to fulfill orders for grocer­
ies, bringing back memo­
ries of the early days of the
pandemic in 2020.
If the early lockdowns
were tolerated and seen to
have spared China the
mass deaths seen in many
countries, public views,
three years on, are mark­
edly different as the eco­
nomic costs mount from
the continued “zero­CO­
Perennial wait: A resident collects parcels as a health worker looks
on outside an apartment complex in Beijing on Friday. GETTY IMAGES
VID” regime and China re­
mains an exception from
the rest of the world which
has learnt to live with the
virus having focused on
vaccinations. Reinforcing
Beijing’s isolation, millions
of Chinese in recent days
have watched in envy at
the crowds gathered in Qa­
tar for the World Cup, with
the stark contrast emerg­
ing as a major talking point
on Chinese social media.
Clashes break out
Clashes have broken out in
recent days in many cities
in China, from riots in the
“iPhone hub” of Zhengz­
hou to clashes in the south­
ern manufacturing hub of
Guangzhou in the south,
where residents have op­
posed prolonged lock­
downs.
The government has
continued to defend “zero­
COVID” and warned that
easing the policy would
mean a wave of deaths
with many unvaccinated
elderly. Authorities have
not however made any dis­
cernible attempt to revive a
flagging vaccination boos­
ter campaign.
The biggest news on
Chinese social media on
Friday was widespread an­
ger at what many in China
saw as a lockdown­caused
tragedy in the city of
Urumqi in the western Xin­
jiang region, where at least
10 persons died from a fire
in an apartment block.
Videos on Chinese so­
cial media showed fire
trucks spraying water that
barely reached the fire as
they were stationed out­
side the gates of the resi­
dential compound.
wasn’t locked down and
asked why fire trucks were pected to be several coali­ es and stunts, including that apologised for what he
not able to enter. The fire tion deals struck by former brandishing a pistol and was about to do while si­
was widely seen as a lock­ Prime Minister Benjamin Itamar Ben­Gvir encouraging police to open multaneously blaming oth­
down­caused tragedy, ad­ Netanyahu’s Likud party. fire on Palestinian stone­ ers for mocking him.
ding to growing public Likud announced the sitive role to Mr. Ben­Gvir throwers in a tense Jerusa­ “Sorry everyone but I
frustration over the cur­ agreement with Mr. Ben­ raises concerns of a further lem neighborhood. did not plan this I promise
rent measures particularly Gvir’s Jewish Power party escalation in Israeli­Palesti­ Before becoming a la­ things just fell in place like I
with most of the recent on Friday. Negotiations nian tensions. Mr. Ben­Gvir wyer and entering politics, was led by the Satan,”
cases reported to have with three other potential and his allies hope to grant he was convicted of offens­ Andre Bing wrote.
been mild or far­right and ultra­Ortho­ immunity to Israeli sol­ es that include inciting ra­ Police also said the gun
asymptomatic. dox coalition partners are diers who shoot at Palesti­ cism and supporting a ter­ was legally purchased on
The economic tolls of continuing. If successful, nians, deport rival lawmak­ rorist organisation. the morning of the shoot­
lockdowns are also mount­ Mr. Netanyahu would re­ ers and impose the death In his new role, he ing. He claimed he was
ing. Currently more than turn to the Prime Minis­ penalty on Palestinians would be in charge of the “harassed by idiots with
one­fifth of the country’s ter’s office and preside ov­ convicted of attacks on police, enabling him to im­ low intelligence and a lack
GDP was under lockdown, er the most right­wing and Jews. plement some of the har­ of wisdom” and said he
estimated a report from Ja­ religious government in Is­ Mr. Ben­Gvir is the disci­ dline policies against the was pushed to the brink by
panese financial firm Nom­ rael’s history. ple of a racist rabbi, Meir Palestinians he has advo­ a perception his phone
ura, up from under 10% The awarding of the sen­ Kahane, who was banned cated for years. was hacked.
just one month ago. With
more lockdowns expected
as cases continue to rise
with no expected wavering
from “zero­COVID”, the re­
port said areas accounting
for as much as 30% of the
GDP will likely be under
lockdown in coming
weeks, leading to plunging
economic growth for the
last quarter of the year.
Reflecting the govern­
ment’s worries about the
economy, the Chinese cen­
tral bank on Friday for the
second time this year cut
its reserve requirement ra­
tio to release $70 billion to
spur the economy.

Half of Kyiv residents still ‘Germany’s

without power after strikes
Agence France-Presse
KYIV
Nearly half of Kyiv resi­
dents were still without
electricity on Friday as en­
gineers battled to restore
services two days after
Russian strikes hammered
the country's energy grid.
Systematic and targeted
Russian attacks for weeks
have brought Ukraine's
energy infrastructure to its
knees as the country ca­
reens towards a freezing
winter. Municipal workers
struggled on Friday to re­
connect essential services
such as heat and water as
temperatures in Kyiv ap­
proached freezing and U.K.
Foreign Secretary James
Cleverly visited to an­
nounce a new aid package.
Timely help: U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Ukrainian
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv on Friday. REUTERS
“Half of consumers are
still without electricity,”
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
“A third of houses in Kyiv
already have heating and
specialists continue to res­
tore it.”
Millions of Ukrainians
have endured the cold
without power since Rus­
sia fired dozens of missiles
and launched drone at­
tacks at water and electric­
ity facilities on Wednesday.
“Yes, this is a difficult situa­
tion and yes, it can happen
again. But Ukraine can
cope,” presidential advisor
Mykhailo Podolyak said on
television.
call to give
missiles to
Ukraine’
Agence France-Presse
BRUSSELS
NATO chief Jens Stolten­
berg said on Friday it was
up to Germany to decide if
it wants to supply Patriot
missile defences to Uk­
raine, after Poland urged
Berlin to send them.
Germany, which had of­
fered to deploy the ad­
vanced U.S.­made Patriot
system to Poland, was
urged by Warsaw to ship it
to Kyiv to help it defend
against Russia.
“I welcome the German
offer,” Mr. Stoltenberg
said. But he insisted that
any plans to send specific
weapons to Ukraine were
“national decisions”.

U.K. voters warm up to Sunak but not his party

Associated Press
LONDON
Rishi Sunak has been Bri­
tain’s Prime Minister for a
month.
Britain’s first Prime Mi­
nister of color, Mr. Sunak
has stabilised the econo­
CM
YK
my, reassured allies from
Washington to Kyiv and
even soothed the Euro­
pean Union after years of
sparring between Britain
and the bloc.
Opinion polls have good
news and bad news for Mr.
Sunak. The public quite
likes the 42­year­old form­
er investment banker, but
his party is another matter.
In a survey by pollster
Ipsos, 47% of respondents
said they liked the Prime
Minister, while 41% dis­
liked him.
In the same survey the
Conservative Party was
liked by just 26%, and dis­
liked by 62% — the worst fi­
gures for the party in 15
years. The Ipsos phone
survey of 1,004 adults is
considered accurate to
within plus or minus four
percentage points.
M CH-CHE
 THE HINDU
14 Saturday, November 26, 2022

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Insurance regulator introduces slew of proposals to improve ease­of­doing business, including
allowing promoters to dilute up to 26% stake and raise subordinated debt sans approval
tax structure NIFTY 50
PRICE CHANGE
Adani Enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3901.10. . . . . . . . ­20.00
Press Trust of India
Adani Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 879.60. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.95
The Hindu Bureau ers, which is expected to NEW DELHI Apollo Hosp. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4789.45. . . . . . . . ­25.60
HYDERABAD provide them access to an Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3108.15. . . . . . . . . . ­7.15
additional ₹3,500 crore. The Finance Ministry is Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 887.75. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3640.25. . . . . . . . . . 20.10
Toyota unveils self­charging
I
nsurance regulator IR­ IRDAI said besides dis­ looking at rationalising Bajaj Finserv . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1633.70. . . . . . . . . . ­0.30
DAI has approved a pensing with a require­ long­term capital gains Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 6747.50. . . . . . . . ­23.85

hybrid EV Innova HyCross bouquet of proposals,
including permitting priv­
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Friday unveiled ate equity funds to directly
Innova HyCross, a self­charging strong hybrid invest in insurers, in a bid
electric vehicle (SHEV) offering green fuel option to promote ease­of­doing
to its customers. “The Innova HyCross is capable business in the sector.
of running 40% of the distance and 60% of the Other key proposals in­
time in electric (EV) or zero­emission mode,” clude allowing promoters
said P. B. Venugopal, VP, TKM in an interview. He to dilute up to 26% stake
said based on driving conditions, one can get and dispensing with IRDAI
better fuel efficiency of 35% to 50%. The vehicle approval for raising capital
will give mileage of 21.1 km per litre of petrol. through subordinated debt
and preference shares.
The regulator also
green­lighted a proposal
rance Regulatory and De­
velopment Authority of
India cleared at its board
meeting were final appro­
val to Go Digit General In­
rance for Exide Life Insu­
rance Company’s merger
with HDFC Life Insurance
Company.
ment of prior approval to
raise subordinated debt
and or preference shares,
it was also approving an
enhancement of the limits
for raising such capital –
from 25% to 50% of paid up
capital and premium, sub­
ject to 50% of net worth of
company. It is expected to
enable insurance compa­
nies to raise required capi­
tal in a timely manner.
For enabling better ac­
cess to insurance, the num­
(LTCG) tax structure by
bringing parity between si­
milar asset classes and re­
vising the base year for
computing indexation be­
nefit to make it more rele­
vant, an official said,
Currently, shares held
for more than one year at­
tract a 10% tax on LTCG.
Gains arising from the
sale of immovable proper­
ty and unlisted shares held
for more than two years
and debt instruments and
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 846.85. . . . . . . . . . ­1.50
BPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 324.45. . . . . . . . . . . . 3.45
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4183.70. . . . . . . . . . ­7.50
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1105.35. . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 231.40. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90
Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3342.65. . . . . . . . . . 37.25
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4418.10. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25
Eicher Motors . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3414.10. . . . . . . . . . 36.75
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1735.15. . . . . . . . . . 11.70
HCL Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1128.20. . . . . . . . . . ­1.40
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2681.35. . . . . . . . . . ­7.70
HDFC Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1617.65. . . . . . . . . . ­7.50
HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 586.60. . . . . . . . . . 14.05
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2708.15. . . . . . . . . . 35.05
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 440.65. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2537.45. . . . . . . . ­11.70
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 930.30. . . . . . . . . . ­8.55
IndusInd Bank. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1187.10. . . . . . . . . . 11.55
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1635.65. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.85

Tata unit to tap ethnography for increasing the limit on

tie­ups for intermediaries.
surance Company for list­
ing; in­principle nod for
Access to capital
IRDAI also approved re­
ber of tie ups for corporate
agents and insurance mar­
jewellery held for more
than three years attract
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 340.30. . . . . . . . . . ­0.45
JSW Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 726.20. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25

to know customers better Among company­specif­ IndiaFirst Life Insurance duction in solvency norms keting firms (IMF) was be­ 20% LTCG tax.
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1928.40. . . . . . . . ­16.45
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2062.75. . . . . . . . . . 10.55
ic proposals that the Insu­ Company to list, and clea­ for general and life insur­ ing increased, IRDAI said. The revenue depart­ M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1260.80. . . . . . . . . . . . 6.75
Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (TCPL) said it will ment is now looking at ra­ Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 9019.50. . . . . . . . . . 52.40
NestleIndia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 19529.35. . . . . . ­206.10
deploy ethnography, a study through direct tionalising the tax rates as
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 169.75. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25
observation of customers, to gain insights into well as holding period for ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 140.55. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
how consumers interact with things in their
natural environment to understand them better Adani flagship SEBI includes buying, India, UAE calculating long­term capi­
tal gains.
PowerGrid Corp . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 220.60. . . . . . . . . . ­0.15
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2617.60. . . . . . . . . . 38.50

AEL to raise central banks

SBI Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1235.25. . . . . . . . . . ­5.40
and deliver exactly what they require. TCPL may An announcement is
deploy ethnography at its newly opened research
and development facility­cum­packaging and
₹20,000 crore selling of MFs under discuss rupee,
likely in the 2023­24 Bud­
get to be presented in Par­
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 607.40. . . . . . . . . . ­1.95
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1033.85. . . . . . . . . . ­1.25
TataConsumerPro­
sensory science centre here, said Vikas Gupta, duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 789.15. . . . . . . . . . ­3.60

Head – Global R&D, of TCPL. via share issue
Press Trust of India
Tractor parts maker Uniparts NEW DELHI
insider trading rules
Press Trust of India
NEW DELHI
set value of a scheme or
may have a material im­
pact on the interest of the
dirham trade
liament on February 1.
“The whole effort is to
make capital gains tax
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 433.20. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 106.20. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.70
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3389.65. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.50
structure simple and tax­ Tech Mahindra . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1080.15. . . . . . . . . . 10.85
Titan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 2595.40. . . . . . . . ­14.80
Press Trust of India payer friendly and reduce UltraTech Cement . . . .. . . . . . . 6874.00. . . . . . . . . . 13.80
NEW DELHI compliance burden,” the
official told PTI.
UPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 777.15. . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 402.80. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.55

plans ₹836­cr. offer­for­sale Adani Enterprises Ltd. Capital markets regulator unit holders of the The central banks of India “To bring simplicity, the
(AEL) said in a regulatory SEBI has amended norms scheme,” SEBI said in a and theUAE are discussing assets class may be majorly EXCHANGE RATES
Uniparts India Ltd., which makes and supplies filing on Friday that it to bring the buying and notification on Thursday. a concept paper on pro­ divided into two limbs viz. Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4
components for tractors and construction would raise ₹20,000 crore selling of mutual fund units SEBI’s decision follows moting bilateral trade in movable assets and im­ p.m. on November 25

machinery, said the firm’s current shareholders through the issue of fresh under the ambit of insider the Franklin Templeton rupee and dirham with a movable assets, simultane­ CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL

aim to raise up to ₹836 crore through an initial equity shares. trading rules. episode, in which a few view to reducing transac­ ously defining a single ti­ US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 81.49. . . . . . . . . . 81.81
Euro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 84.88. . . . . . . . . . 85.25
public offering (IPO) opening on November 30. The public offering will “No insider shall trade fund executives were ac­ tion cost, India’s Ambassa­ meline on the period of British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 98.73. . . . . . . . . . 99.13
The offer for sale (OFS) would constitute 32.09% help the firm — which is the in the units of a scheme of cused of redeeming hold­ dor to the UAE Sunjay Sud­ holding to consider gain/ Japanese Yen (100) . . . . . . .. . . . . 58.54. . . . . . . . . . 58.77
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 11.37. . . . . . . . . . 11.42
of the post­offer paid­up equity share capital. The business incubator for the a mutual fund, when in ings in the schemes ahead hir said on Friday. loss either short term or Swiss Franc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 86.40. . . . . . . . . . 86.74
issue would close on December 2. The price band group and houses busi­ possession of unpublished of the six debt schemes Mr. Sudhir said the con­ long term,” said AMRG & Singapore Dollar . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 59.36. . . . . . . . . . 59.60
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 61.08. . . . . . . . . . 61.33
has been fixed at ₹548 to ₹577 per equity share. nesses from civil aviation price sensitive informa­ shutting for redemption. cept paper for trade in lo­ Associates Director (Cor­ Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 18.19. . . . . . . . . . 18.28
Bids can be made for a minimum of 25 shares to data centres — diversify tion, which may have a ma­ The new norms became cal currencies was shared porate & International Tax) Australian Dollar . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 55.01. . . . . . . . . . 55.23
and in multiples of 25 shares thereafter. the shareholder base. terial impact on the net as­ effective on November 24. by India. Om Rajpurohit. Source:Indian Bank

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Latham and Williamson Mumbai City FC rises to the top

fashion NZ’s facile win ISL-9
Gogoi (17th) scored his first
goal for NorthEast United
FC.
bad FC (16 from seven),
which plays ATK MB in Kol­
kata on Saturday.
Sports Bureau In the final quarter of FC Goa hosts Bengaluru
Press Trust of India the game, a plethora of op­ FC in the other match of
AUCKLAND Mumbai City FC climbed to portunities fell to Mumbai the day.
the top of the table with a City FC , but it could not
Indian bowlers crumbled 3­1 win over NorthEast Un­ add another goal to its tal­
in the face of Tom Lath­ ited FC in the Indian Super ly. ENGAGEMENTS
am’s counter­attacking League at Guwahati on Fri­ The Islanders attempted
Cricket: Thiruvallur DCA league,
hundred as New Zealand day. a total of 22 shots in the II div., FSCA vs SRIHER, Gojan, 8
rallied to crush India by se­ Success story: Renuka’s journey has been inspiring. GETTY IMAGES Ahmed Jahouh (10th mi­ game, out of which 13 were a.m.
ven wickets in the first nute penalty), Bipin Singh on target. Hockey: CHA I div. league,
One­Day International (27th) and Jorge Pereyra The win took Mumbai
here on Friday.
On a ground where a
Renuka Singh, quite Diaz (46) got their names
on the scoresheet for the
City to the No. 1 spot (18
points from eight games),
Homely HC vs Sporting Brothers
(3 p.m.); MCC vs Velachery HC (4
p.m.), Mayor Radhakrishnan sta­
300­plus total had been
chased only once, India
fancied its chances after
the Queen of Swing Islanders, while Parthib two points clear of Hydera­ dium.

posting 306 for seven and

then having the New Zea­
landers at 88 for three in
the 20th over.
But, the hosts had the
last laugh, reaching the tar­
get with 17 balls to spare
thanks to Latham’s unbea­
ten 104­ball 145 and skip­
per Kane Williamson’s 94
not out off 98 deliveries as
they added 221 runs for the
unbroken fourth­wicket
partnership.
Maiden wicket
Umran bagged his maiden
ODI wicket when Devon
Conway went for an expan­
sive drive off an express de­
livery, only to get an out­
SCOREBOARD
쑽 (Dhawan, 24.3), 3­156 (Pant, 32.2),
INDIA
Shikhar Dhawan c Allen b Southee
72 (77b, 13x4), Shubman Gill c
Conway b Ferguson 50 (65b, 1x4,
3x6), Shreyas Iyer c Conway b
Southee 80 (76b, 4x4, 4x6),
Rishabh Pant b Ferguson 15 (23b,
2x4), Suryakumar Yadav c Allen b
Ferguson 4 (3b, 1x4), Sanju
Samson c Phillips b Milne 36 (38b,
4x4), Washington Sundar (not out)
37 (16b, 3x4, 3x6), Shardul Thakur
c Latham b Southee 1 (2b); Extras
(b­2, lb­1, w­8): 11; Total (for seven
wkts. in 50 overs): 306.
FALL OF WICKETS
CM
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Changing the script: Latham combined with Williamson to add
221 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket. GETTY IMAGES
side edge to Rishabh Pant.
Daryl Mitchell soon be­
came Umran’s second vic­
tim. However, Williamson
and Latham rallied to lift
the Kiwis to victory.
Latham’s belligerent in­
nings comprised as many
as 19 4s and five 6s, while
Williamson hit seven 4s
and one 6.
Earlier, Shreyas Iyer
found form with a neat 76­
ball 80 before Washington
1­124 (Gill, 23.1 overs), 2­124
4­160 (Suryakumar, 32.5), 5­254
(Samson, 45.4), 6­300 (Shreyas,
49.2), 7­306 (Shardul, 49.6).
NEW ZEALAND BOWLING
Southee 10­0­73­3; Henry
10­1­48­0, Ferguson 10­1­59­3,
Santner 10­0­56­0, Milne
10­0­67­1.
NEW ZEALAND
Finn Allen c Pant b Shardul 22
(25b, 2x4, 1x6), Devon Conway c
Pant b Umran 24 (42b, 3x4), Kane
Williamson (not out) 94 (98b, 7x4,
1x6), Daryl Mitchell c sub (Hooda)
b Umran 11 (16b, 1x6), Tom
Latham (not out) 145 (104b, 19x4,
Sundar blazed away to a 16­
ball 37 to take India to a
competitive total. Wash­
ington smashed three 6s
and as many 4s to prop In­
dia up.
Besides, Shikhar Dha­
wan (72, 77b) and Shub­
man Gill (50, 65b), too,
struck fluent fifties after In­
dia was put in.
Shreyas and Sanju Sma­
son (36, 38b) also forged a
94­run stand.
5x6); Extras (lb­3, w­8, nb­2): 13;
Total (for three wkts. in 47.1
overs): 309.
FALL OF WICKETS
1­35 (Allen, 7.3), 2­68 (Conway,
15.1), 3­88 (Mitchell, 19.5).
INDIA BOWLING
Arshdeep 8.1­0­68­0, Shardul
9­1­63­1, Washington 10­0­42­0,
Umran 10­0­66­2, Chahal
10­0­67­0.
Toss: NZ; MoM: Latham.
New Zealand won by seven
wickets with 17 balls remaining
to take a 1­0 lead in three­match
series.
Second ODI: November 27,
Hamilton, 7 a.m. IST.
P.K. Ajith Kumar
RAIPUR
“I could have bowled bet­
ter,” Renuka Singh insists.
She is referring to her
performance in the final of
the Women’s Asia Cup at
Sylhet last month. No, her
figures didn’t read someth­
ing like none for 40.
She had, in fact, taken
three for five from three ov­
ers, helped India win the
title, and was also named
the Player­of­the­match.
That refusal to sit on her
laurels — and the urge to
improve constantly — has
taken her to the No. 3 spot
in the ICC’s ranking for
T20I bowlers, just a year
after making her debut.
And yes, her remarkable
ability to swing certainly
helps.
Blessing in disguise
The swing in her fortunes
may have been delayed by
the coronavirus which en­
sured she could make her
India debut only last year
on the tour of Australia last
year, but she believes it
was probably a blessing in
disguise.
“I got time to work on
my bowling and I became a
better bowler by the time I
made my international de­
but,” Renuka, who is play­
ing for India­D at the Se­
nior Women’s T20
Challenger Trophy here,
tells The Hindu.
For the 26­year­old, it
has been a fascinating jour­
ney from Rohru to Lord’s
where she just fell one
short of fulfilling her
dream to take five wickets
in the third ODI against En­
gland in September.
She says she is indebted
to so many people, includ­
ing her mother who looked
after her and her brother
after the untimely death of
her father, her coaches,
and Anurag Singh Thakur,
the Union Minister and
former BCCI president
who started a women’s
cricket academy at
Dharamshala.
An admirer of Zaheer
Khan and Bhuvneshwar
Kumar, she loves watching
Test matches and is hoping
to play in the format. And
the female bowler that in­
spired her?
“Harpreet Dhillon (of
Punjab),” she says.
AROUND THE CITY
쑽
Chepauk Youngsters
wins big
Chepauk Youngsters
defeated St. George’s 7­1 in
the CHA first division
league at the Mayor
Radhakrishnan stadium
here on Friday.
The results: Chepauk
Youngsters 7 (Bruno, Sivasakthi,
Logesh­2, Krishnamoorthy,
Sivakumar­2) bt St. George’s 1
(Hari Shewak); Adyar United 5
(Sathish Kumar, Raja,
Champion: The victorious St. Joseph’s CoE basketball squad.
Murugavel­2, Vigneshwaran) bt
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Friends HC 0
Thursday: Tamil Nadu Postal 6
(Naveen Kumar, Manikandan,
Nandha Kumar, Prem Kumar,
Senthil Krishnan 2) bt Iqbal HC 0;
HVF (Avadi) 2 (Ranjith,
Sudharsan) bt Madras Nationals
SC 1 (Julian); St. Paul’s RC 3
(Prasanth, Lakshman 2) bt
Universal HC 0.
St. Joseph’s claims
basketball title
St. Joseph’s CoE beat SSN
CoE 42­16 in the final to
emerge the champion of
the Anna University
zone­III men’s basketball Young champs: The Chennai team that won the National u­17 boys
tournament at the SSN futsal championships in Nashik recently. Chennai’s Dilliraj was
College here. adjudged the best player of the tournament.SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Chennai
Brazil turns on its signature Samba
style against a resilient Serbia
Richarlison’s brace, including a sensational strike, gets the five­time winner off to a flying start in its quest to end a title­drought dating back to 2002
FIFA WORLD CUP
Ayon Sengupta
DOHA
he men in the can­
T ary yellow jerseys
are here. And their
cosmic connection with
football and the world’s en­
dearing adoration has not
ebbed by a 20­year trophy
lapse.
Here Brazil played like a
tournament favourite for a
2­0 win over Serbia in their
first match of Qatar 2022. A
timely reminder that foot­
ball can be beautiful when
a team plays with such
breathtaking arrogance of
uncomplicated brilliance
to make us forget the other
needs of life.
Patchy start
They started patchy, more
a mid­pitch brawl of dirty
fouls (a common feature of
Brazil in recent years) and
not the silken crescendo of
a Bolshoi ballet that was
preserved for our later
pleasure. Serbia’s physical­
ity was matched by devil­
ish tenacity — Brazil, now,
both, a team of daredevil
Dutch­Ecuador stalemate
puts Qatar out of the race
Agence France-Presse
DOHA
Cody Gakpo scored again
at the World Cup but the
Netherlands missed the
chance to secure a place in
the last 16 on Friday as it
was held to a 1­1 draw by a
battling Ecuador, a result
which eliminated host na­
tion Qatar.
Gakpo put the Dutch in
front with a superb strike
in the sixth minute at the
Khalifa International
Stadium.
Yet Ecuador fought back
with such ferocity that the
Dutch were rattled, and
they deserved the equalis­
er when it came through
Enner Valencia four mi­
nutes after half­time.
It was Ecuador captain
Valencia’s third goal of the
World Cup already after his
brace in his country’s
opening win over Qatar.
And one consequence
of this result is that the
host nation, already beaten
twice, is the first team to be
eliminated from its own
World Cup.
Three­time beaten final­
ist the Netherlands is not
quite through to the next
round, with one point sep­
arating it, Ecuador and Se­
negal, which defeated Qa­
Iran’s late strikes
leave Wales shocked
Agence France-Presse
DOHA
Iran claimed a famous 2­0
victory over 10­man Wales
on Friday as Carlos Quei­
roz’s men scored two goals
deep into added time to
keep its World Cup cam­
paign alive.
The Iran players, who
sang the national anthem
before kick­off, sent their
thousands of supporters at
the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium
delirious by beating a Eu­
ropean team at a World
Cup for the first time.
Wales goalkeeper
Wayne Hennessey became
the first player to be sent
off in this edition for clat­
CM
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Balletic: Richarlison’s audacious flick and turn before unleashing Brazil’s second sent football fans into raptures. GETTY IMAGES
tuk­tuks and million­dollar
race cars.
The goals finally came
as Serbia’s pace dwindled
and Brazil unleashed its
till­then hidden inner self.
Richarlison broke the dea­
dlock in the 63rd minute,
beating Starhinja Pavlovic
to the rebound after Vanja
Big blow: Enner Valencia, who scored Ecuador’s equaliser, is
stretchered off after sustaining an injury.REUTERS
tar 3­1 earlier.
Ecuador and Senegal
meet in the last round of
Group A matches next
Tuesday, while Louis van
Gaal’s Dutch side meet the
hosts knowing a draw will
tering into Mehdi Taremi
late in the game.
Iran, which had earlier
twice struck the wood­
work, finally broke the
deadlock in the 98th mi­
nute through substitute
Rouzbeh Cheshmi’s power­
ful drive.
Rezaeian does it
Ramin Rezaeian clipped in
a second on the counter­at­
tack three minutes later.
Iran, which would have
been eliminated with a de­
feat, climbed to second in
Group B behind England.
The result:
Group B: Wales 0 lost to Iran 2
(Cheshmi 90+8, Rezaeian 90+11).
Milinkovic­Savic had bril­
liantly kept away Vinicius
Junior’s initial shot from
the left. The Tottenham
forward is “smelling
goals”, his eighth for Brazil
in seven games. And his
ninth soon came in the
73rd minute to stop time in
the breaming stadium —
make certain their place in
the knockout phase.
The results: Group A: Qatar 1
(Muntari 78) lost to Senegal 3 (Dia
41, Diedhiou 48, Dieng 84);
Netherlands 1 (Gakpo 6) drew
with Ecuador 1 (Valencia 49).
KICK­OFF: 3.30 P.M.
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stupefied by the beauty
and audacity of this strike.
He flicked and turned
with the lithe grace of a
principal ballerina leaving
marker Milos Veljkovic
lead footed and his flying
sidekick was an internet
sensation the moment the
ball hit the back of the net.
Argentina seeks rapid
redemption vs. Mexico
Ayon Sengupta
DOHA
Bottom of the table and no
longer a favourite, Argenti­
na’s life has dramatically
changed since those five
fateful second­half mi­
nutes. The grudging appre­
ciations about a 36­match
unbeaten run has made
way to murmurs of becom­
ing the first top team to get
knocked out of Qatar 2022.
A loss here would be the
end.
The motivation is not
lacking and there’s a desire
to reconstruct and offer
some joy a day after omni­
present Diego Maradona’s
second death anniversary.
“This is a very special
day and as Argentinians we
always think about him. He
is an important person for
the national team and a
global icon and it’s a sad
day for us. But we hope to
bring some joy with our
game tomorrow,” Lautaro
Martinez, whose two
strikes were ruled out for
offside on Tuesday, said.
Thankfully, there’s still
no sense of panic and Lio­
nel Scaloni continues to
trust his process.
“We don’t want to
change our style due to
what happened in the oth­
TODAY’S FIESTA
KICK­OFF: 6.30 P.M.
He has scored similar goals
before, for Fluminense and
Everton, but this was the
World Cup.
Creator Vinicius
Vinicius was the creator
again with an out stepped
cross with the Serbian resi­
lience completely broken.
The influencer: Messi will look to pull strings in Argentina’s
crucial game against Mexico. GETTY IMAGES
er game. After that emo­
tional big blow, the group
is ready to bounce back,”
the coach said.
“We have assessed our
game and might introduce
some variables as Mexico
is an excellent team and
have a clear game style
with an offensive ap­
proach.”
Mexico, too, needs a
win and Argentina has
plenty to worry as the Az­
tecs have Hirving Lozano —
on fire with Maradona’s
Napoli — and the scheming
brain of its former manag­
KICK­OFF: 9.30 P.M.
15
CLARION CALL
Bring home the trophy,
legend Pele exhorts Brazil
Casemiro hit the bar in the
82nd minute and Milinkov­
ic­Savic came up with two
top saves to keep out the
efforts of Rodrygo and
Fred. The gates to the goal
were now wide open but X
Brazil was happy just to
peek but not step inside.
Football legend Pele gave Brazil a virtual pep talk on
Thursday: “Bring this trophy home.” The 82­year­old icon
posted photos of his World Cup glories on Instagram. “We
Attacking intent will be more than 200 million hearts beating as one,
The South Americans had vibrating with each achievement of Selecao,” he wrote.
earlier come out with all
the attacking intent — five
forward players, seven if
the marauding full­backs IN AGONY
were added to the list, but
a resilient and committed Injured ankle rules Neymar
Serbia did well to keep
goals away as the first half
out of Brazil’s next match
minutes chipped away.
Rafinha stole a pass for
Nemanja Gudelj 30 se­
conds from the restart, but
the goalkeeper made
amends by coming out and
narrowing the angle.
Then a chance came
Neymar’s way after Vinici­
us played him in the 55th
minute but his left­footed
snap, too, sailed high. But
Richarlison’s goals soon ar­
X
rived and then it was a dif­
Neymar will sit out Brazil’s next game after he suffered an
ferent game.
ankle injury in his team’s opening win against Serbia, the
The result: Group G: Brazil 2 team doctor said on Friday. The PSG star suffered the
(Richarlison 62, 73) bt Serbia 0. injury in the 2­0 victory on Thursday when he collided
with Nikola Milenkovic during the second half.
FEAT IN SIGHT
Giroud targets scoring record
as France faces Denmark
X
Olivier Giroud — who moved level with Thierry Henry on
51 goals — will bid to become France’s all­time top scorer
when the team faces Denmark in Group D on Saturday.
Les Blues are looking for a victory that will take them to
the round of 16 with a game to spare.
UP AGAINST IT
Must­win clash for Australia
er Tata Martino plotting a
downfall to create further against obdurate Tunisia
shockwaves.
The Saudi crowding of
Rodrigo De Paul had des­
troyed Argentina’s shape,
forcing Lionel Messi to
drop deep. Marcus Acuna
can be brought in to use
the wings which was large­
ly ignored in the first game,
and a few other changes
are also expected.
The air around the Ar­
gentine camp is of course
stifling but the hushed
tones can be silenced if a
win comes its way. X
Australia’s clash against Tunisia on Saturday pitches a
Socceroos side that has struggled to score against a team
that has this year made a virtue of not conceding. This
fixture became all the more important for Australia after it
lost to defending champion France.
TOUGH TIMES
Poland faces a tricky test
against buzzing Saudi Arabia
X
Contrasting moods will accompany Poland and Saudi
Arabia into their Group C clash on Saturday, with all the
pressure on the Poles after they started with a
disappointing goalless draw while the Saudis shocked
KICK­OFF: 12.30 A.M. (SUN) Argentina.
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16 Saturday, November 26, 2022

Sport Chennai

INBRIEF
쑽 Able Love triumphs India, Spain split points in bronze-medal match
HYDERABAD: Trainer N.
Ravinder Singh’s Able Love (B.
Nikhil up) claimed the Raja
Narasimha Rao Memorial Cup
(Div. I), the main event of Friday’s
(Nov. 25) races here. The winner is
owned by Mr. Maddali Sai Kumar
& Mr. Kunwar Digvijay Singh
Shekhawat.
1. ROYAL TERN PLATE (DIV. I)
(1,200m), 4­y­o & upward, rated
20 to 45 (Cat. III): STAR RACER
(Aneel) 1, Flamingo Fame (Akshay
Kumar) 2, Blazing Jupiter (Vivek G
) 3 and Char Ek Char (Mukesh Ku­
Dabang Delhi keeps its nerve, mar) 4. Sh, 1/2 and 1/2. 1m, 12.59s.
₹205 (w), 21, 10 and 18 (p). SHP: 35,
pips Gujarat Giants THP: 39, SHW: 70 and 19, FP: 496,
Q: 137, Tanala: 2,836. Favourite:
Flamingo Fame.
Defending champion Dabang Delhi beat Gujarat Owners: Mr. Jitendra D. Parekh &
Mr. Mamidi Bhudevi Dilip Kumar.
Giants 50­47 in the Pro Kabaddi League in Trainer: S. Sreekant.
Hyderabad on Friday. Jaipur Pink Panthers 2. NALGONDA CUP (DIV. II)
posted a 41­26 win over Tamil Thalaivas in the (1,400m), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III):
HOPING CLOUD (Mohit Singh) 1,
second match, lifting it to second place. Hugh Capet (D.S. Deora) 2, Mr.
Perfect (Mukesh Kumar) 3 and Vis­
ion Of Rose (Koushik) 4. 2, Nk and
2­3/4. 1m, 25.52s. ₹31 (w), 16, 11 and
16 (p). SHP: 31, THP: 49, SHW: 16
and 24, FP: 80, Q: 25, Tanala: 287.
LIVE TELECAST Favourite: Hugh Capet.
Owner: Mr. Deepak Choudhary.
쑽 Trainer: Jasbir Singh.
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Pre­quarterfinals: Star Sports 1 (SD & 3. RAJA NARASIMHA RAO ME­
HD) & Hotstar, 9 a.m. MORIAL CUP (DIV. II) (1,200m),
rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): THE IMAGE
I­League: Eurosport (SD & HD), 2 p.m. (Gaurav Singh) 1, Stag’s Leap (San­
FIFA World Cup 2022: Sports 18­1 (SD & HD) & Jio Cinema tosh Raj) 2, Ambitious Star (Afroz
Khan) 3 and DRD (P. Sai Kumar) 4.
App, 3.30, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. & 12.30 a.m. (Sunday) Nk, 2 and Nk. 1m, 11.64s. ₹13 (w),
ISL: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD) & Hotstar, 5.30 & 7.30 p.m. 11, 18 and 18 (p). SHP: 80, THP: 52,
SHW: 11 and 32, FP: 94, Q: 81,
PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD) & Hotstar, 7.30 p.m. onwards Tanala: 607. Favourite: The Image.
Owner: Mr. B.E. Vasanth Kumar.
Trainer: M. Srinivas Reddy.
4. NALGONDA CUP (DIV. I)
(1,400m), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III):
TRUE MARSHAL (Akshay Kumar) 1,
SNAPSHOTS Candy Girl (R.S. Jodha) 2, Protocol
(Md. Ismail) 3 and Unmatched
쑽 (Surya Prakash) 4. 3­3/4, Shd and
Hd. 1m, 25.16s. ₹12 (w), 11, 10 and
42 (p). SHP: 26, THP: 72, SHW: 13
and 16, FP: 24, Q: 26, Tanala: 164.
Sports Bureau round match for the the second round of the er. Vidit Gujrathi and S.L.
Favourite: True Marshal.
Owners: Mr. Zavaray S. Poon­ bronze medal in the semifinals to Uzbekistan Narayanan drew with
awalla, Mrs. Behroze Z. Poon­ Nihal Sarin’s victory World team chess cham­ 1.5­2.5, having tied the white pieces. In the final,
awalla, Mr. Yohan Z. Poonawalla, made up for K. Sasikiran’s
pionship in Jerusalem on first 2­2, Nihal Sarin’s vic­ China scored a 2.5­1.5 win
Mrs. Michelle Y. Poonawalla, Ms.
Delna Z. Poonawalla, Mrs. Simone loss in India’s 2­2 draw Friday. tory against Spain’s David in the first round against
Z. Poonawalla rep. Poonawalla Ra­ with Spain in the first A day after India lost Anton proved a face­sav­ Uzbekistan.
cing & Breeding Private Limited,
Mr. Rishad N. Pandole & Mr.
Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs. Trainer:
M. Srinivas Reddy.
5. BRAVE DANCER PLATE (1,200m)
(Terms), 3­y­o and upward (Cat.
II): BALLERINA (Akshay Kumar) 1,
Amyra (Mukesh Kumar) 2, Soloist
(Abhay Singh) 3 and Red Snaper
(Afroz Khan) 4. Shd, 1­1/2 and 1/2.
1m, 11.31s. ₹30 (w), 17, 22 and 13
(p). SHP: 75, THP: 83, SHW: 17 and
52, FP: 361, Q: 168, Tanala: 949. Fa­
vourite: Soloist.
Owner: United Racing and Blood­
stock Breeders Limited. Trainer:
K.S.V. Prasad Raju.
6. RAJA NARASIMHA RAO ME­
MORIAL CUP (DIV. I) (1,200m),
rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II): ABLE LOVE
(B. Nikhil) 1, Briar Rose (Santosh
Raj) 2, Carlisle (D.S. Deora) 3 and
Top Diamond (Md. Ismail) 4. Shd,
1 and Nose. 1m, 11.24s. ₹113 (w), 22,
12 and 18 (p). SHP: 29, THP: 42,
SHW: 39 and 16, FP: 734, Q: 259,
Tanala: 1,945. Favourite: Lifes
Song.
Owners: Mr. Maddali Sai Kumar &
Mr. Kunwar Digvijay Singh
Shekhawat. Trainer: N. Ravinder
Singh.
7. ROYAL TERN PLATE (DIV. II)
(1,200m), 4­y­o and upward, rated
20 to 45 (Cat. III): BAISA (Kiran
Naidu) 1, Top In Class (Akshay Ku­
mar) 2, Garnet (A.A. Vikrant) 3 and
Precious Gift (P. Sai Kumar) 4. 3/4,
1­1/2 and 2­3/4. 1m, 11.73s. ₹15 (w),
10, 12 and 16 (p). SHP: 36, THP: 40,
SHW: 14 and 16, FP: 51, Q: 38,
Tanala: 234. Favourite: Baisa.
Owner & Trainer: Laxman Singh
Parmar.
Jackpot: 70%: ₹1,323 (166 tkts.) &
30%: 218 (430 tkts.). Mini Jackpot:
(i) 1,890 (13 tkts.), (ii) 1,300 (23
tkts.). Treble: (i) 112 (231 tkts.), (ii)
1,220 (24 tkts.).

Canada in semis after

H. Trilok Nag (TN, 5/52).
Trilok, Pradosh Ranjan
excel in TN’s win
over Haryana
Pacer H. Trilok Nag
returned a five­wicket haul
and skipper Pradosh
Ranjan Paul slammed an
unbeaten 124 as they
helped Tamil Nadu to a
five­wicket win over
Haryana in the BCCI men’s
u­25 tournament in Jaipur
on Friday.
The scores: Haryana 281 in 50
overs (Dheeru Singh 83, S.R.
Singroha 33, Piyush Dahiya 54,
Lakshay Sangwan 32, H. Trilok
Nag 5/52) lost to Tamil Nadu
285/5 in 46.3 overs (Pradosh
Ranjan Paul 124 n.o., U. Mukilesh
98). Points: Tamil Nadu 4 (16);
Haryana 0 (4).
Pradosh Ranjan (TN, 124 n.o.)
Easy win for
Tiruvallur
KARAIKUDI: Tiruvallur
posted a 93­run win over
Ranipet in the TNCA
under­14 inter­district
cricket tournament here
on Friday.
The scores:
At Karaikudi: Tiruvallur 261/6 in
50 overs (S. Naveen 34, V. Mithun
Vijay 63, G.K. Devsacheen 78) bt
Ranipet 168/9 in 50 overs (V.S.
Kousik 34, K.V. Akhilesh Sabari
3/40).
At Vellore: Cuddalore 123 in 45.1
overs (G. Kumaran 60, Uddish D.
Nathan 3/16) lost to
Chengalpattu 124/2 in 26.1 overs
(N. Appurva Kumar Sahoo 59).
At Villupuram: Tirupur 72 in 36.5
overs (E. Adhvick 3/2) bt
Kancheepuram 48 in 42.4 overs.
beating Germany
DAVIS CUP
Associated Press
MALAGA
Denis Shapovalov re­
bounded from losing his
opening singles to help
clinch the winning point in
doubles as Canada beat
Germany 2­1 in the Davis
Cup quarterfinals here on
Thursday.
SATURDAY’S HAZARE FIXTURES
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Pre­quarterfinals: Karnataka vs Jharkhand (Narendra Modi Stadium);
Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh (Narendra Modi Stadium ‘B’ Ground); Kerala vs
Jammu & Kashmir (Gujarat College Ground).
Germany’s Jan­Lennard
Struff beat the No. 18­
ranked Shapovalov 6­3,
4­6, 7­6(2) in the opener,
but Felix Auger­Aliassime
kept Canada’s hopes alive
with his 7­6(1), 6­4 victory
over Oscar Otte, sending it
to doubles. Shapovalov
then teamed up with Vasek
Pospisil to beat Kevin Kra­
wietz and Tim Puetz 2­6,
6­3, 6­3 to seal a semifinal
spot for Canada.

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