AV 19th November 2016

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INDIA, ISRAEL TO BOOST DEFENCE, ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION

SC refuses to stay demonetisation order P26

19th November to 25th November 2016

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Haseeb Hameed, the Baby Boycott

Let noble thoughts come to us from every side

Asks government to take immediate steps to ease public inconvenience

Haseeb Hameed is presented with his first cap

England has a cricket ace in teenager Haseeb Hameed. With a classy 82 under his belt in the second innings at Rajkot, Gujarat, that was once the home state of his parents, everybody including his family knew he was

and is a huge talent. Called the “Baby Boycott” and the “Bolton Blocker”, Hameed’s sixer off Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja took everyone by surprise, as it came Continued on page 31

India and Japan sign landmark nuclear deal

BLACK MONEY BAN: People stand in queue in front of a bank in India to get Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes exchanged

Following two weeks of utter chaos, the Supreme Court of India refused to stay the November 8 government notification demonetising Rs 500 and 1,000 currency notes. However, a bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice DY Chandrachud asked the Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the traumatised common man who is “forced” to stand in queues to with-

draw a little bit of his own money. “Tell us, instead of forcing citizens to stand in queues for his own money... and it is traumatic for people to stand in lines for hours doing nothing. Why can’t you raise their cash withdrawal limit to a reasonable limit?” asked Chief Justice Thakur. He stressed that the apex court does not want to interfere with the government’s economic policy and said that while the

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objective of the move may be a “surgical strike” on black money, it should not cause hardship to the common man. Appearing for one of the four petitioners, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal said what is portrayed as a surgical strike on black money, is actually a “carpet-bombing of the common man”. CJ Thakur asked, “Carpenters, masons, daily wage earners, maids, vegetable sellers are depend-

ent on cash; we are only wondering if you are capable of doing anything to reduce the trauma of ordinary man?” The bench asked the Centre to file an affidavit by November 25, detailing the various measures it can take to lessen the hardship and inconvenience caused to people without hindering the larger objective of the government notification. “After demonetisation, Continued on page 26

Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Six years after negotiations began India and Japan finally signed a landmark nuclear agreement, opening new doors for India to commission nuclear reactors by global entities. The deal is sig-

nificant in more ways than one; keeping in mind the reservations of Japan – the only country to have sustained nuclear attacks, and India’s efforts to diversify the Continued on page 26


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