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HAPPY 1 INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL EDITION INSIDE

J&K’s special status ends with abrogation J&K’S SPECIAL STATUS of Article 370 ABROGATION ENDS WITH Article 370 and

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How India’s new J&K, Ladakh will

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Article 370 and 35A collectively defined that the state’s residents live under a separate set of laws

Sushma Swaraj: A IANS, NEW DELHI people’s politician Ram Nath Kovind overresident as President has declared abrogation of

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The BJP leader was always the provisions of Article 370 attired in wide-bordered saris of the Indian Constitution and donned a trademark big red which gave special status to Jammu bindi and sindoor

and Kashmir, after Parliament passed a resolution in this regard.

"All provisions of Indian Constitution as amended from time to time without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the state of The Jammu and chief Kashmir notwithstanding minster anything contrary contained in urged Article 152 or Article 308 or any the other articlePrime of this Constitution or anyMinister other provision ofto the Constitutionset of Jammu and Kashmir up an All or any law, document, judgement, ordiIndia nance, order, Medical by-law, rule, regulation,Sciences notification, custom in or usage having the force of law in the territhe twin cities tory of India, or any other instruoftreaty Hubliment, or agreement as envisagedDharwad under article 363 inor otherwise," the notification issued on thesaid. state’s Tuesday northwest Article 370 had given special status region to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 and 35A collectively defined that the state’s residents live under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to the resident of other Indian states. It had also barred citi-

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IANS, NEW370 DELHI Parliament passed (Photo: a resolution Article had given special status toafter Jammu and Kashmir.

IANS) in this regard. “All provisions of Indian resident Kovind zens from otherRam statesNath to purchase exceptions and modifications and Constitution as amended from time declared abrogation the land orhasproperty in Jammuof and from date any as hemodifications may specify — to timesuch without or provisions of Article 370 of the Kashmir. the President, the to recommendaexceptions, shallon apply the state of Constitution which gave Kashmir notwithstanding IssuedIndian by the Union Ministry of Jammu tion ofand Parliament, is pleased to special status to Jammu and Kashmir, contrary contained in Article Law and Justice, the notification anything declare that, as from August 6, all

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also said: "In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of Article 370 -- which says the President may, by public notification, declare that this article shall cease to be operative or shall be operative only with such

Congress split out in the open over Article 370 NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday was split down the middle over the scrapping of Article 370 as a large number of leaders, mainly the young brigade, supported the government's move while the old guard, backed by Rahul Gandhi, opposed it.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Jaiveer Shergill, and Deepender Hooda favoured withdrawal of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir even as the seniors such as Ghulam Nabi Azad, P. Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal were putting up a fight against the government's move.

Azad, a former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said that those who did not know about the history of the party and Article 370 should study it.

On the other hand, senior leaders SEE PAGE like Anil K Shastri, Kuldeep Bishnoi, cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad and Shatrughan Sinha also hailed the government's decision of revoking Article 370. Shastri even urged his party to sense the mood of people on the Modi government's decision to revoke Article 370, recalling the party opposed the Mandal Commission recommendations and lost ground in north India and should not risk now of losing India.

—IANS

clauses of the said Article 370 shall cease to be operative."

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the resolution to abrogate Article 370 after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday term of fi revoked Article 370 of the Constitution MLAs str which gives special status to Jammu seats will and Kashmir and brought in the J&K region. Th Reorganization Bill 2019 which splits 111 mem the state into two Union Territories: elected m ed, while Jammu and Kashmir with an Assemvacant. bly and Ladakh without one.

Rajya After the Union Cabinet”s decifour sittin sion, Union Home Minister Amit J&K. Five Shah on Monday proposed to scrap been allo Article 370 and moved two resolur tions and two Bills in the Rajya Sabha.

1. Constitution Amit Shah on (Application to July 5 propose Jammu and Kashto scrap Article mir) order, 2019: and moved 370 This is as per provi2 resolution sions of Article 370 and 2 bills (1). Exercising powers, President revoked in RS Article 370. It308 shallorcome 152 or Article any other article ofinto thisforce Constitution any other o at once, andor shall provision of the Constitution of Jammu The Jamm thereupon supersede the Constituand or any law, document, tion (Sec tionKashmir (Application to Jammu and judgement, ordinance, order, rule, for implem Kashmir) Order, 1954 as by-law, amended regulation, notification, custom or usage Economic from time to time. having the force of law in the territory Resolution for Article 370: Ittreaty quota in t of2.

India, or any other instrument, per Article passed b ceases to exist, as or agreement as envisaged under370(3). article In the present situation, simple majoridents of t 363 or otherwise,” the notification issued of both the houses to pass Rs 8 lakh ontyTuesday said.

Articleneeded 370 had given special status to The Jammu and Kashmir. the resolution. expression "Confrom 10 p Article 370 and 35A collectively defined stituent Assembly of the State referred approved that state’s under a to inthe clause (2)"residents shall readlive "Legislative July 31. separate set of laws, including those Assembly of the State".

The pr related ownership not be br 3. Bill to forcitizenship, reorganisation of J&K: of It property, and fundamental rights, as and Kash is to reorganise the state into two compared to the resident of other Indian been diss separate Union Territories -Jammu states. It had also barred citi zens from er passed and Kashmir, which will have a legisother states to purchase land or property will be Reservat Ladakh, which inlature, Jammuand and Kashmir.

Issued by the without a legislature. new J&K which pro Union Ministry of Law The and Justice,...

Union Territory will comprise the terCONTINUE ON PAGE NO 24-25 the Intern ritories of current Jammu and Kashand Kash mir regions. The Governor of current reservatio J&K will be the Lt Governor of the education J&K and Ladakh UTs. those livi The J&K Assembly will have a (LoC).

35A collectively defined that the state’s residents live under a separate set of laws

Modi & Shah achieve BJP’s ideolo IANS, NEW DELHI

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y scrapping Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) founder Syama Prasad Mukherjees dream who had fought against special status to Jammu and Kashmir stressing one nation, one symbol and one Prime Minister".

9 FOR ADVTbeen a constant struggle It had since then for the BJS and its reincarnation the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as removal of Article 370 was at its ideological core. Mukherjee was against J&K having its own "sadr-e-riasat” (head of state) and flag. Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have achieved what Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first BJP leader to form the government at the Centre, could not.

Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. (Photo: IANS)

The Modi government used the first term to lay the foundation for the move. A strong ground policy was adopted to crush separatist movement in the state. The militancy was dealt with firm hand. All the resistance points were softened through a crackdown by security

forces an By ca tary ope ground and the in Balak -- helpe strong against a Delhi, w the lines With control, not wast to power ister and number from the A seri ducted was laun All the g governm Parliame

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Trump condemns white supremacy

Last week, a gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in what officials said appeared to be a racially-motivated hate crime IANS,WASHINGTON

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resident Donald Trump has said that the US must condemn bigotry, racism and white supremacy, following two mass shootings over the weekend that killed 29 people.

Last week, a gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in what officials said appeared to be a racially-motivated hate crime.

Later, another gunman in Dayton, Ohio, killed nine people.

Dozens were also wounded in both shootings. Addressing the nation on Monday, Trump called the El Paso gunman a “wicked man” and urged the country to condemn white supremacy.

“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, big-

A man mourns victims near the Walmart center where the mass shooting took place in El Paso, Texas, US. (Photo: IANS)

otry and white supremacy.”

The President, however, stopped short of acknowledging his own divisive and racist rhetoric.

Officials said the El Paso shooter may face hate crime charges after the police found a racist, anti-

immigrant document they believe was written by the 21-year-old white male suspect.

The four-page document posted online espoused white nationalist and racist views. It railed against immigrants and Hispanics, blam-

ing immigrants and first-generation Americans for taking away jobs and for the blending of cultures in the US. Trump called the weekend shooting attacks “domestic terrorism,” adding that he had called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to devote further resources to preventing further attacks.

He said the Internet “provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts”.

“We must shine a light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murderers before they start,” he added.

Trump said during his White House statement that he was “directing the Department of Justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty.”

If US wants talks, it must lift sanctions: Rouhani IANS, TEHRAN

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f Washington wants negotiations with Tehran, it must lift all the sanctions against the Islamic republic, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.

The US sanctions against Iran “violate human rights and amount to a crime”, Rouhani was quoted as saying by state TV. With the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, the US sincerity in its repeated offers of talks

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is doubtful, the President said as he slammed Washington for pulling out of the 2015 international nuclear deal and reinstating economic sanctions against Tehran, which had been lifted under the deal.

Rouhani also said that the bans targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were not in harmony with Washington’s claims of seeking negotiations with Tehran, accord-

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: IANS) ing to Press TV. withdrew from the Iranian nuclear “Washington cannot force the deal — officially known as the Iranian people to change their Joint Comprehensive Plan of views through sanctions and pres- Action (JCPOA) — in May 2018, triggering tensions between the sure,” he said.

US President Donald Trump two countries.

BRIEFS Reject leaders who fuel hatred: Obama WASHINGTON: Former US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds hatred Barack Obama or normalizes racism.

Obama said in a statement on Monday: “We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonise those who don’t look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people,” the BBC reported.

Economic embargo on Venezuela WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration has imposed a total economic embargo on Venezuela, in an effort to step up pressure against the South American country. Trump said that he would issue an executive order freezing all assets of the Venezuelan government and linked entities and banning most economic transactions with them, allowing exemptions only for the provision of humanitarian aid and for official business conducted by the federal government, reports Efe news.

“I have determined that it is necessary to block the property of the Government of Venezuela in light of the continued usurpation of power by the illegitimate Nicolas Maduro regime.

—IANS

Yuan’s plunge: US accuses China of currency manipulation IANS, WASHINGTON

China halts purchases of US agricultural products

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S President Donald Trump has accused China of engaging in “currency manipulation” after the yuan broke below the level of seven yuan per dollar, a situation that has not occurred since 2008, and he urged the Federal Reserve to take measures to counter Beijing’s move.

“China dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low. It’s called ‘currency manipulation.’ Are you listening Federal Reserve? This is a major violation which will greatly weaken China over time,” Trump said a series of Twitter posts.

The President criticized Beijing for “always” using “currency manipulation to steal our business-

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: IANS)

es and factories, hurt our jobs, depress our workers’ wages and harm our farmers’ prices”, reports Efe news.

“Not anymore.” he has criticized the Fed for allegedly failing to support the strength of the US econo-

my with significant interest rate cuts and called the announcement last week by the American central bank to cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent inadequate. A spokesman with the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank.

BEIJING: China has announced that its state-owned companies have halted their purchases of agricultural goods from the US in response to Washington’s ramping up of tariffs on Chinese imports, a move that will further escalate the ongoing trade war between the two economic giants.

In a statement posted on its website earlier this week, China’s Commerce Minister said that the US’ decision to slap an additional 10 pe

rcent of tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese products, effective September 1, was a “grave violation” of the agreements reached at the June 29 meeting between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, reports Efe news.

China is one of the largest buyers of American agriculture, making this decision a serious blow to US farmers and traders.

—IANS

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Modi asserted that all vacant government posts in Jammu and Kashmir will be filled soon IANS, NEW DELHI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on August 8 after the government altered the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: IANS)

fulfilled.” The Prime Minister said that the some things in society and life get so mixed with time that many times, these things are considered permanent.

“It is understood that nothing will change, it will work like this.

There was a similar sentiment with Article 370. There was no discussion about the loss of our people in

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Gold hits life-time high of Rs 38,070 per 10 gram MUMBAI: Gold prices on Wednesday surpassed the Rs 38,000 per 10 gram mark for the first time ever, amid heightened trade tension between US and China and marked slowdown in global economic activity.

Gold has seen a sharp surge in demand as a safe haven asset, ever since the US Federal Reserve’s statement that the first rate cut since 2008 was not the beginning of a rate cut cycle.

At the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX), the October contract of gold

was trading at Rs 37,956 per 10 gram before it hit a life time high of Rs 38,070. Prices of the precious metal surged after the US last week announced fresh tariffs on Chinese products.

Later, China decided not to buy US agricultural products as a response to this escalation.

On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) lowered the economy’s projection of real GDP growth to 6.9 per cent for 2019-20 from 7 per cent earlier.

Unnao rape survivor battles infection LUCKNOW: The Unnao rape survivor is battling severe blood infection because of which six of the seven antibiotics being given to her have been rendered ineffective.

The report of a blood culture examination of the girl showed she has serious infection in her blood.

The report came after she was shifted to the AIIMS in Delhi from the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow where she was

admitted after the July 28 truck-car collision that killed two of her aunts and left her lawyer fighting for life.

According to Sandeep Tiwari in Lucknow, the rape survivor’s blood culture report shows that she was suffering from enterococcous bacteria. Enterococci are a type of bacteria that live in the gastrointestinal tract of humans.

There are at least 18 different species of these bacteria. —IANS

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Dream of Sardar fulfilled: Modi

rime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the dream of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, B.R. Ambedkar, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapyee has been fulfilled by abrogating the Constitution’s Article 370, giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

In his address to the nation, the Prime Minister said: “Like one family, one nation - we have taken a historic decision on Jammu and Kashmir. Such a system, due to which the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were deprived of many rights, which was a major obstacle in their development, have now gone away.

“The dream of Sardar Patel, Baba Ambedkar, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Atal Bihari Vajpayee and crores of patriots have been

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Surprisingly, if we talk to anyone, no one could even tell what was the benefit of Article 370 in the lives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

Modi asserted that all vacant government posts in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories will be filled soon.

Sitharaman assures industry of steps to revive economy NEW DELHI: Following a meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, India Inc is hopeful of receiving a stimulus from the Finance Ministry aimed at helping revive demand and consumption.

The government is holding a series of consultations with industry to ascertain the key causes of the current slowdown and understand ways to fix the problem.

The meeting took place amidst core sector growth slowing down to a 0.2 per cent in June. The eight core industries - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity - had grown 7.8 per cent in June 2018.

Experts say, this performance clearly points to stagnation having set in Indian industry.

Industry has unanimously told the Finance Minister that credit availability is currently the key constraint and banks should be pressurized for better transmission of the central bank’s interest rate cuts to make available funds to industry at lower cost.

The liquidity crunch has been exacerbated by funds drying up for the non-banking finance company (NBFC) sector, while policy intervention in the form of a package is a must to revive industry, leading corporates told media persons here follow-

Nirmala Sitharaman

ing the meeting with Sitharaman.

Tata Steel Chief Executive T.V. Narendran said the Finance Minister heard out the corporate honchos about a revival package being the need of the hour. JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal said NBFCs, the steel and finance sectors were discussed with the Finance Minister.

“We discussed issues in NBFCs, steel and finance sectors with the Finance Minister. Government will announced the steps to revive the industry very soon”, he said.

Jindal also said there were discussions on credit availability. According to him, Sitharaman assured that a process would be put in place for transmitting the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate cuts to industry, which was a key point of Thursday’s discussion.

—IANS

Lost possession papers in dacoity, Nirmohi Akhara to SC IANS, NEW DELHI

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he Nirmohi Akhara, one of the main parties in the Ayodhya dispute, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they had lost the documents establishing their possession of the Ram Janmabhoomi site in a dacoity in 1982.

The submission by the Akhara came on the second day of day-today hearing in Ayodhya dispute as the constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked its counsel: “Do you have oral or documentary proof or revenue records of the possession of the Ram Janmabhoomi before the attachment?”

In response, counsel Sushil Jain informed the bench that a dacoity took place in 1982 and they lost all the records, proving their ownership, in this incident.

The bench, headed by Chief Justice Gogoi, started daily hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case from Tuesday and on the very first day, the Akhara laid full claim to the disputed 2.77 acre core area, saying

Nirmohi Akhara Mahant Dharam Dass (Photo: IANS)

Counsel Sushil Jain informed a dacoity took place in 1982 and they lost all the records, proving their ownership, in this incident it had been under its possession and its management.

Jain had also said the practice of worshipping Ram Lalla has been

continuing at the site for hundreds of years, or from time “immemorial”. The counsel also read out the written submission filed by those who opposed the Akhara’s claims of mandatory injunctions.

The constitution bench had sought to know what were the grounds on which the Akhara’s claims had been opposed.

“We have been fighting for this for so long because it is an issue of emotions for us,” the counsel had submitted.

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Sushma Swaraj:

A people’s politician The BJP leader was always attired in wide-bordered saris and donned a trademark big red bindi and sindoor IANS, NEW DELHI

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few hours before she collapsed and died, former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had tweeted her thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revoking Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir. “Thank you Prime Minister.

Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime.”

That was her last communication on the social media platform on which she had over 13 million followers. She was active on tweeting about major happenings, though she decided against contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections or on joining the Narendra Modi 2.0 government due to health reasons.

Sushma, who died aged 67, tweeted her condolences on Congress leader Sheila Dikshit’s death on July 20, writing that though they were opponents in politics, but were friends in personal life.

Sushma, who brought her innate grace and charm into her work, was not cowed by twitter trolls either.

Though she was overshadowed

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who undertook the major trips and diplomatic dealings during her tenure as External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj did not retire into the shadows. She made her mark in her own way – connecting with the diaspora far and wide, and reaching out to help them.

She would respond to every appeal for assistance, and make

President Ram Nath Kovind (Left) and PM Narendra Modi pay floral tributes to Swaraj.

President, PM pay tributes to Sushma NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj’s residence to pay her their last respect.

A visibly upset Modi was seen paying an emotional tribute to Sushma Swaraj. He met her daughters

sure the Indian missions responded to the requests. In this way she gave the human touch to the Ministry of External Affairs, and won millions of admirers across the world, including many in Pakistan.

Many Pakistani patients would appeal to her for medical visas via Twitter, and Sushma would try to accommodate their requests.

Sushma Swaraj would also connect with some of the Pakistanis who she helped get emergency medical visas.

and consoled them, and spent a long time patiently hearing her husband.

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu too, visited the house of the late Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who passed away suddenly late on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest.

—IANS

As Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha, Sushma was a formidable and compelling speaker.

She would attack the ruling Congress-led UPA government without pulling any punches.

Sushma, who was always attired in wide-bordered saris and donned a trademark big red bindi and sindoor, had carved a niche in the BJP through effective presentation of her views both inside and outside Parliament.

Married to Swaraj Kaushal, a

former Mizoram Governor, Sushma had contested against Sonia in Bellary (Karnataka) during the 1999 Lok Sabha elections. While Gandhi polled 51.7 per cent of the vote, Sushma was not too far behind with 44.7 per cent.

Though she lost the polls, Sushma moved up the party ladder.

Born on February 14, 1952 at Ambala Cantonment, Sushma earned a B.A. degree in political science. She studied LL.B. in Panjab University, Chandigarh.

She married Swaraj Kaushal on July 13, 1975, during the time of the Emergency.

An advocate by profession, she began her political career as a student leader in the 1970s, organizing protests against Indira Gandhi’s government.

She twice became MLA from Haryana during 1977-1982 and 1987-1990, and once from Delhi in 1998.

Sushma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.

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Sushma’s death ends a political Sushma Swaraj was exceptionally Diplomats call Sushma Swaraj a era in Delhi talented: Manmohan true and great friend NEW DELHI: The demise of Sushma Swaraj, a politician of many firsts, marks an end to a political era in Delhi, where she was the last of surviving former Chief Ministers after the death of Sheila Dikshit.

Sushma Swaraj, 67, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier this week.

Sushma Swaraj became the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998, albeit for a short period. Her successor was Sheila Dikshit, who went on to occupy the post for 15 long years and who passed away last month.

Sushma Swaraj (BJP) and Dikshit (Congress) were the only two women to rule the national capital.

NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday condoled the death of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, saying she was a great parliamentarian and an exceptionally talented Minister.

“I was shocked to hear about the sudden demise of Sushma Swaraj. I have fond memories of my association with her when she was Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha,” the former Prime Minister said in a statement here. “She was a leader of high esteem who was highly respected by everybody irrespective of party lines. She was a great parliamentarian and exceptionally talented Minister of the Union Government,” he said.

NEW DELHI: The demise of former External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is not only being mourned by political leaders in India but also by the diplomats of other countries. Several envoys visited her residence to pay her their tributes.

Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev said: “Sushma Swaraj was well known in Russia as a steadfast defender and promoter of the international interests of India. “She was a sincere and true friend of Russia. She will always dwell in our hearts and memories. May her soul rest in peace”. Israeli Ambassador Ron Malka called Swaraj a great friend of Israel.

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Dabholkar to head global physics centre Dabholkar is the nephew of the well-known rationalist Narendra Dabholkar IANS, PUNE

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enowned Indian scientist Atish Shripad Dabholkar will take over as the new Director of the prestigious Abdul Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Italy’s Trieste, his cousin Hamid Dabholkar said here on August 8.

The Kolhapur-born Dabholkar, 55, is the nephew of the well-known rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, who was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013.

“We all, including his family members in Satara, are extremely proud that Atish has made it to this important position,” Hamid Dabholkar told IANS from Pune.

“The ICTP is pleased to announce the appointment of Atish Dabholkar, a theoretical physicist from India, as its next Director! He will succeed Fernando Quevedo,

Renowned Indian scientist Atish Shripad Dabholkar. (Photo: IANS)

who has led the centre since 2009,” the ICTP had announced two days back.

Presently, heading the ICTP’s High Energy, Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics section, Dab-

US activist remembers Sushma Swaraj for Sherin Mathews case WASHINGTON: A US child abuse activist has fondly remembered the late Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who died earlier this week, as a woman with an “iron will” and also for her help and being very proactive in the case involving the 2017 death of three-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews.

Sherin Mathews was a 3-year-old adopted girl from India who was found dead in a culvert near her home in Richardson, Texas in 2017, the American Bazaar reported.

Her father Wesley Mathews has been charged in the case and is currently serving a life sentence in the US. Shanna Poteet, a Texas-based child abuse activist, said on Wednesday: “It was Sushma Swaraj who defended Sherin (Mathews) and began an investigation in India into her death. Sushma Swaraj was also the one who was involved in revoking Wesley and Sini Mathews NRI cards...”

The activist who has been

involved in the case since the first day, terms Sushma Swaraj’s role in the case as important and inestimable.

“Sherin’s death attracted the attention of the Indian government and then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took keen interest in the case and also instructed the Indian mission in Houston to make sure that the Indian toddler received justice.”

She added that back in 2017, it was Sushma Swaraj who requested the Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to probe Sherin’s adoption process.

Sushma Swaraj died on Tuesday night at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences following a cardiac arrest.

Late Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

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holkar will take over his new assignment in November.

“It’s a great honor and responsibility to be chosen as ICTP’s next Director. It is a dynamic organisation with a very high level of

research and a unique global mission for international cooperation through science,” Dabholkar said in his initial reaction to his appointment.

The ICTP, founded in 1964 by Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Abdus Salam, is an international research institute for physical and mathematical sciences operating under an agreement with the Italian government, the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It was envisioned as an international hub for excellence in science and as an anchor for building scientific capacity and a scientific culture around the globe.

“This vision remains valid today, more than 55 years since its founding, but requires flexibility to meet changing realities and priorities,” said Dabholkar.

Born in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, Dabholkar is a graduate of IIT-Kanpur and later earned his doctorate in Theoretical Physics from Princeton University, besides other post-doctoral and research positions at Rutgers University, Harvard University and California Institute of Technology.Till 2010, he served as Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai besides being a Visiting Scientist at CERN and a Visiting Professor at Stanford University.

Earning fame for his research on String Theory and Quantum Black Holes, including investigations that built on Salam’s 1979 Nobel Prizewinning work on Electroweak Unification, Dabholkar joined the ICTP in 2014 on secondment from Sorbonne University and the National Centre for Scientific Research where he was a research director since 2007.

Two friends from India win big in UAE raffle IANS, DUBAI

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wo Indian friends, one a former Dubai resident who left the country for good and the other currently based in Abu Dhabi, has won big in a raffle in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Both Vilas Rikkala and Ravi Masipeddi hail from the Nizamabad district in India's Telangana state.

They have been purchasing tickets for a long time and finally got lucky with the one bought on July 29, the Khaleej Times reported on

Sunday. The prize amount of the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle was 15 million dirhams ($4 million).

Rikkala, who is back in India, is finding it difficult to come to terms with this unexpected windfall.

"I don't have words to describe it. This is like a dream. I worked in a Dubai firm for 4-5 years and then left. And now I have this jackpot. This will take some time to sink in," Rikkala told the Khaleej Times over the phone.

Masipeddi, who works in Abu Dhabi, said: "I cannot remember how many years have been buying

this... Finally we have won. We have pooled 50 per cent of money into the ticket..." The list of winners also included five other Indians.

Big Ticket is the largest and longest running monthly raffle draw for cash prizes and luxury cars in Abu Dhabi.

Indian-origin doctor crowned Miss England IANS, LONDON

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23-year-old Indian-origin doctor has been crowned Miss England after fending off competition from dozens of other models, the media reported on Friday.

Bhasha Mukherjee, 23, from Derby, holds two different medical degrees, has an IQ of 146, making her officially a ‘genius’ and is fluent in five languages, reports The Daily Mail.

She was due to start her new job as a junior doctor in a hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, just hours after the Miss England final ended on Thursday evening.

“Some people might think

23-year-old Indian-origin doctor Bhasha Mukherjee. (Photo: Twitter/@BhashaM)

pageant girls are airheads, but we all stand for a cause,” she said before the contest.

“My pageant career all started to happen while I was in the middle of studying at medical school - it took a lot of convincing for me to do it But eventually I decided to do it to balance out my studying and give me a break.”

Mukherjee was born in India.

Her family relocated to the UK when she was nine.

She went onto complete two bachelor degrees: one in medical sciences and one in medicine and surgery from the University of Nottingham.

As winner of Miss England, she will be entered into the Miss World contest and will also bag a holiday to Mauritius.

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The attack coincides with the eighth round of ongoing peace talks between the US and representatives of the Taliban insurgency in Qatar IANS, KABUL

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t least 18 people were killed and over 100 others wounded, including women and children, in a deadly car bombing outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for what it said was a “suicide attack”.

The bombing occurred at 9 a.m. (local time) when a militant rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the front gate of the police station in Police District 6, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.

Dozens of houses, shops and buildings were destroyed or badly damaged due to the massive explosion, TOLO News reported. The area also houses a military academy.

Afghan security force members inspect at the site of an explosion in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on August 7. (Photo: Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

According to eyewitnesses, the explosion generated a large plume of smoke that could be seen from different parts of the city, Efe news reported.

The injured were transferred to several hospitals in Kabul, Health Ministry spokesperson Wahidullah Mayar said on Twitter.

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Maryam Nawaz arrested in graft probe IANS, LAHORE

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ormer Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and PMLN Vice President Maryam Nawaz was detained by Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on August 8.

Maryam Nawaz was arrested while she was on her way back after visiting her father in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. Her cousin Yousaf Abbas was also arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Dawn newspaper reported.

In a press release, the NAB stat-

ed that Maryam Nawaz and Abbas were arrested in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, Shahzad Akbar, on Wednesday said the Sharif family had used Chaudhry Sugar Mills for moneylaundering and illegal transfer of its shares. Akbar said that the mill’s shares were transferred in 2008 to Maryam Nawaz, who later transferred some seven million of them to Abbas in 2010, according to reports.

Maryam Nawaz was summoned by the NAB in the case on Thurs-

Maryam Nawaz.

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day but she did not appear before the bureau and went to meet her father instead.

Dawn newspaper cited Pakistan Muslim League (N) sources as saying that Maryam Nawaz was taken

Mujahid claimed the incident in a tweet, saying it was a “suicide attack targeting an enemy recruitment center” near the police station.

Mujahid claimed that “tens of police and soldiers were killed”.

The incident came after five police officers were killed on Tuesday when an explosive placed on a bicycle was detonated as a vehicle of the Counter Narcotics Department was passing by in northwestern Kabul. These attacks coincided with the eighth round of ongoing peace talks between the US and representatives of the Taliban insurgency in Qatar, where both sides are negotiating an agreement to bring an end to two decades of war.

Despite the talks, violence has continued to grip the country with repeated attacks, including in the Afghan capital, resulting in dozens of deaths. into custody after she was shown an arrest warrant issued due to her non-appearance before the bureau.

According to the NAB press release, Maryam Nawaz and Abbas will be presented before an accountability court in Lahore for remand on Friday.

PML-N leaders and supporters protested the development outside the National Assembly.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari strongly condemned the arrest and slammed the government for its “politics of vengeance”.

In a charged address before he walked out of the joint Parliament session, Bilawal criticized the government for “pursuing its agenda of political victimization” and said similar cases were taken up against women during military dictator Zia-ul Haq’s regime.

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Hong Kong strike leads to travel chaos HONG KONG: Chaos descended over Hong Kong and emotions ran high on Monday, hours after the launch of a citywide strike that disrupted train services, forced airport authorities to cancel flights, with protesters occupying roads and the police using teargas to disperse stubborn crowds, often to little avail.

A total of 82 people were arrested, the police said, hours after the launch of the city’s first general strike in 52 years aimed at pressuring the government to “properly” deal with an escalating political crisis that has rocked Hong Kong since June.

N.Korea fires 2 short range ballistic missiles SEOUL: North Korea fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in an apparent show of force against the ongoing joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington that began a day before.

The projectiles were fired at 5.24 a.m. and 5.36 a.m. from North Korea’s Kwail county in South Hwanghae province, and both flew around 450 km across the peninsula before splashing into the East Sea, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying.

Their maximum altitude was about 37 km, and the top speed was around Mach 6.9, according to the JCS. “South Korean and US intelligence authorities believe that these short-range missiles bear similar flight features to the ballistic missiles North Korea test-fired on July 25,” the JCS said, adding that analysis was underway to determine their exact type.

—IANS

Pentagon chief accuses China of military aggression IANS, TOKYO

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S Defense Secretary Mark Esper accused China on Wednesday of “pursuing a strategy of military aggression” and “predatory economics” that is destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region.

Esper, who is on an official visit to Japan, made these remarks at the start of a meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with whom he discussed the escalation of tensions between Beijing and Washington, the US-Japan bilateral alliance and the latest missile tests by North Korea.

“China continues to destabilize the region. Their military aggres-

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. (Photo: Xinhua/Ting Shen)

sion and calculated strategy of predatory economics violates the international rules-based order

that we are trying to uphold,” Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted Esper as saying.

The Pentagon chief once again lashed out at China after the US decided on Monday to designate the Asian country as a currency manipulator, thereby extending the trade conflict between the world’s top two economies into the realm of currency and making the possibility of an agreement seem more remote than ever.

He also expressed concern over the recent missile tests by North Korea and said that Washington remains committed to the “complete, irreversible and verifiable denuclearization of North Korea”, Efe news reported.

Esper’s visit to Japan and South Korea, where he will travel on Friday, comes after Pyongyang conducted four missile launches in

two weeks, tests that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un described as a “warning” to the allied countries.

He is also scheduled to meet his Japanese counterpart, Takeshi Iwaya, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral security ties as well as the alliance the two countries have with South Korea at a time when relations between Seoul and Tokyo have fallen to their lowest level in recent decades owing to a historical dispute. The US and Japanese Defense Ministers are also expected to discuss the possibility of Japan joining the US-led initiative to form a naval mission to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf, in the current context of tensions with Iran.

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arnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on August 6 called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Capital and sought his help in the Centre approving many state projects, said an official.

“Yediyurappa met Modi at his office in Parliament House along with some state leaders for the first time after he assumed office on July 26 and sought his help in getting the Centre’s nod for many projects,” an official of the Chief Minister’s Office said in a statement in Bengaluru.

The chief minster urged the Prime Minister to set up an All India Medical Sciences (AIMS) in the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad in the state’s northwest region, about 400km from Bengaluru.

“In a representation, Yediyurappa urged for the notification of the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal report and declaration of the Upper Krishna project-stage 3 in the state’s northern region as a national project.

“He has asked the Prime Minister to direct the Ministry of Water

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa accompanied by Union Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on August 6. (Photo: IANS/PIB)

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The chief minister has also asked for clearing the detailed project report for building the Mekedatu balancing reservoir-cum-drinking

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Hassan was kidnapped on Wednesday.

Speaking to IANS, a police official said that Hassan has suffered injuries and was undergoing treatment.

“Hassan miraculously managed to escape from his kidnappers after

spending almost a day in their captivity. Since he had suffered injuries he was taken to a hospital and is likely to be shifted to a state-run medical Nishad Hassan college,” said the official on the condition of anonymity.

“At the moment we believe what he has said. However, we are going forward with the probe. The injury marks on his body show that he has been tortured,” added the official

Tamil Nadu CM drops IT Minister CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Wednesday dropped Minister for Information Technology M. Manikandan from the Council of Ministers.

In a statement issued here, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office said the Governor has accepted the recommendation of Palaniswami to drop Manikandan from the Council of Ministers.

“Based on the recommendation of the Chief Minister, the portfolio of Information Technology has been re-allocated to Thiru R.B. Udhayakumar, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, who shall be redesignated as Minister for Revenue & Disaster Management and Information Technology,” the statement said.

—IANS

water project across the Cauvery river in the state’s southern region for optimal utilization of the natural resource.

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers S.D. Sadananda Gowda, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, ruling BJP’s state leaders Jagadish Shettar, R. Ashoka and Basavaraj

Bommai were present on the occasion. Yediyurappa also met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Highways and Transport Nitin Gadkari, Union Minster for Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.

NEW DELHI/AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reiterated the demand that the Centre accord Special Category Status to the state and fulfill other commitments made in Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act. Jagan Reddy called on Modi in the national capital and discussed various issues related to the state.

According to Chief Minister’s Office, Jagan Reddy explained the problems faced by the state and underlined the need to grant Special Category Status (SCS) to the state for its industrial development and overall growth.

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief has already announced that during every meeting with the Prime Minister, he will raise the issue of SCS, which was promised by the Centre while bifurcating Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

—IANS

Heavy rains batter Kerala, 8 killed IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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State Revenue Minister E. Chandrashekeran said Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, Wayanad, Kasargode and Idukki districts were the worst affected areas.

“Three NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) teams have been deployed in Malappuram, Wayanad and Idukki. We have requested 10 more teams,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains in the state till August 14. Red alerts have been issued in Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad and Kozhikode districts.

In the morning, a 50-year-old woman died after a tree fell over her house at Attapady in the Palakkad district. A 24-year-old woman died after her house at Panamaram village in the Wayanad district got flooded.

Residents of the Wayanad district said such heavy rains had

A view of flood hit areas of Nilambur in Kerala on August 8. (Photo: IANS)

Barring the state capital district and neighboring Kollam, the remaining 12 districts have been affected by heavy rains never been witnessed, even during last year’s floods.

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Kohli’s squad complete series sweep over West Indies India strolled to a seven-wicket over West Indies to complete a series whitewash IANS, GUYANA

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ndia strolled to a seven-wicket over West Indies to complete a series whitewash earlier this week. Captain Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored fifties as India chased down a target of 147.

Kohli and Pant’s 106-run stand for the third wicket negated any chance of West Indies pulling off an unlikely win. This was Kohli’s 21st T20I fifty, thus helping him draw level with Rohit Sharma for most fifties in T20 internationals.

Pant, who got out for a duck and four in the series thus far, scored his second T20 international fifty of his career. Kohli was eventually

India celebrate after thrashing West Indies in the final T20 match in Guyana earlier this week. (Photo: IANS)

dismissed on 59 when he hit Oshane Thomas straight to point in the 18th over. But Pant finished the game with a six straight over

Thailand Open: Rankireddy and Shetty win doubles title BANGKOK: India’s search for a world badminton doubles title came to an end after the pair of Saatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stunned the reigning world champions to land the men’s doubles title at the Thailand Open on Sunday.

The Indian pair defeated Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China in a thrilling 62-minute final to became the first Indian pair to win a Super 500 event.

Playing in their BWF tour final of the season, the Indian duo narrowly won the first game 21-19.

However, the third-seeded Chinese pair made a strong comeback in the

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the bowler’s head off the first ball of the last over. He was unbeaten on 65 at the end of the game.

It was K.L. Rahul who opened

second game, winning it 21-18.

In the decider, the Indian pair raced to a 13-9 lead but the contest once again went down to the wire as the Chinese duo fought back in style.

However, Rankireddy-Shetty held their nerves to wrap up the game 21-18 to —IANS walk away with the title.

GEORGETOWN: India skipper Virat Kohli has insisted that young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant -who is seen as the successor to Rishabh Pant M.S. Dhoni -- is the future of Indian cricket and he needs to be given the space so that he can use his skills well and perform on a consistent basis for the team.

Pant, who had attracted criticism for his shot selection in the first two T20Is, on Tuesday showed some spark in the final match which India won by seven wickets to clean sweep the three-match series.

The left-handed batsman played a winning knock of unbeaten 65 off just 42 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes as India chased down the target of 147 with four balls to spare.

—IANS

‘CoA can’t decide on voting rights of states’ IANS, NEW DELHI

Saatwiksairaj Rankireddy.

the innings with Shikhar Dhawan as Rohit Sharma was rested. He scored 20 off 18 balls before being stumped off Fabian Allen. Dhawan fell for just three runs in the second over.

Earlier, debutant Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini took three and two wickets to restrict the West Indies to 146/6. Kieron Pollard was their highest scorer with 58 off 45 balls. This was his first T20I fifty in seven years. However, he couldn’t stick through the death overs as he was bowled by Saini in the 16th.

Rovman Powell and captain Carlos Brathwaite then pushed the West Indies’ total to 146 in the last three overs.

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he Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai said on Monday that 26 state bodies have complied with the new constitution of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and also appointed electoral officers to conduct elections while there were another four associations which were in the process of appointing electoral officers. He went on to add that those non-compliant will not be allowed to vote in

the BCCI elections. But Supreme Court lawyers and State Associations are of the view that this is for the apex court to decide.

Speaking to IANS, state associations’ lawyer Amol Chitale made it clear that as far as the state associations are concerned, it was for the SC to decide if an association has complied or not and the top court has not said anything with regard to the eligibility of a member association to participate in the BCCI elections and has only laid down the eligibility for the individuals who will

CoA chief Vinod Rai. (Photo: IANS)

represent the associations in court.

BCCI lawyer Gunjan Rishi said that this situation has arisen on account of different interpretations being given to the phrase "similar lines".

Ashes: Lyon, Cummins combine to hand Oz rare Edgbaston win IANS, BIRMINGHAM

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ustralia beat England by 251 runs in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the fiveTest series. This is the first time since 2001 that Australia have won a match at Edgbaston in any format of the game.

In a match in which the momentum see-sawed both ways on a number of occasions, Australia finally managed to consolidate their position on Day 4 thanks to centuries by Steve Smith and Matthew Wade.

England started Day 5 chasing a daunting target of 398 with 10 wickets in hand, but Pat Cummins made the early incision by dismiss-

1st innings: AUSTRALIA: 284 all out (Steve Smith 144, Broad 5/86); ENGLAND: 374 all out (Rory Burns 133, Nathan Lyon 3/112); 2nd innings: AUSTRALIA: 487/7 declared (Steve Smith 144, Matthew Wade 110, Ben Stokes 3/85); ENGLAND: 146 all out (Chris Woakes 37, Nathan Lyon 6/49, Pat Cummins 4/32).

Nathan Lyon tore into England top order, picking up 3 crucial wickets. (Photo: IANS)

ing first innings centurion Rory Burns in the 10th over of the innings.

Nathan Lyon then tore into the

England top order, picking up the wickets of Jason Roy, captain Joe Root and Joe Denly to reduce the hosts to 85/4 at Lunch.

Australia never took the foot off the peddle, with Cummins dismissing Jos Buttler shortly after the restart. He then dismissed Jonny Bairstow before Lyon accounted for Ben Stokes in the next over.

Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes

then held on to stitch together a stand of 39 runs with Woakes doing the bulk of the scoring. The partnership was broken when Lyon managed to get an edge off Ali which flew straight into the hands of David Warner at gully. Lyon's sixth wicket came off the very next ball when Stuart Broad edged him to Smith at slip. James Anderson come out to give Woakes company.

While the pair held on for some time, the inevitable was completed when Cummins dismissed Woakes to hand Australia a 1-0 lead as they look to defend their Ashes crown.

Interestingly, the last time Australia started an Ashes in England with a win at Edgbaston was in 2001. It was the last time they won the Ashes away from home.

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J&K’s special status ends with abrogation of Article 370 Article 370 and 35A collectively defined that the state’s residents live under a separate set of laws IANS, NEW DELHI

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resident Ram Nath Kovind has declared abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, after Parliament passed a resolution in this regard.

"All provisions of Indian Constitution as amended from time to time without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir notwithstanding anything contrary contained in Article 152 or Article 308 or any other article of this Constitution or any other provision of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir or any law, document, judgement, ordinance, order, by-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having the force of law in the territory of India, or any other instrument, treaty or agreement as envisaged under article 363 or otherwise," the notification issued on Tuesday said.

Article 370 had given special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 and 35A collectively defined that the state’s residents live under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to the resident of other Indian states. It had also barred citi-

Article 370 had given special status to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: IANS)

zens from other states to purchase land or property in Jammu and Kashmir.

Issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, the notification also said: "In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of Article 370 -- which says the President may, by public notification, declare that this article shall cease to be operative or shall be operative only with such

exceptions and modifications and from such date as he may specify — the President, on the recommendation of Parliament, is pleased to declare that, as from August 6, all clauses of the said Article 370 shall cease to be operative."

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the resolution to abrogate Article 370 after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Monday.

How India’s new UTs J&K, Ladakh will function NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday term of five years and will have 107 revoked Article 370 of the Constitution MLAs strength. Out of 107 MLAs, 24 which gives special status to Jammu seats will be left vacant of PoK and Kashmir and brought in the J&K region. The outgoing Assembly had Reorganization Bill 2019 which splits 111 members, in which 87 were the state into two Union Territories: elected members, 2 were nominated, while 24 seats in PoK were left Jammu and Kashmir with an Assemvacant. bly and Ladakh without one.

Rajya Sabha to continue to host After the Union Cabinet”s decifour sitting members from current sion, Union Home Minister Amit J&K. Five Lok Sabha seats have Shah on Monday proposed to scrap been allocated to J&K Union TerritoArticle 370 and moved two resolury and one for Ladakh UT. tions and two Bills in the Rajya Sabha.

All the bills passed by 1. Constitution the Assembly will be Amit Shah on (Application to sent to LG for his July 5 proposed Jammu and Kashconsent. LG can to scrap Article mir) order, 2019: give his assent, 370 and moved This is as per proviwithhold it or send 2 resolution sions of Article 370 the bill for considerand 2 bills (1). Exercising powation of the Presiers, President revoked dent. in RS Article 370. It shall come 4. Bill for reservation of 10% for EWS in J&K: into force at once, and shall The Jammu and Kashmir Reservathereupon supersede the Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 tion (Application to Jammu and for implementation of the 10 percent Kashmir) Order, 1954 as amended Economically Weaker Section (EWS) from time to time. quota in the state. After the bill is 2. Resolution for Article 370: It passed by the Parliament, all resiceases to exist, as per Article 370(3).

In the present situation, simple majori- dents of the state with income below ty of both the houses needed to pass Rs 8 lakh per annum would benefit the resolution. The expression "Confrom 10 per cent quota. It was stituent Assembly of the State referred approved by the Union Cabinet on to in clause (2)" shall read "Legislative July 31.

Assembly of the State".

The proposed legislation could 3. Bill for reorganisation of J&K: It not be brought before the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which has is to reorganise the state into two been dissolved. Parliament has earliseparate Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legis- er passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 lature, and Ladakh, which will be without a legislature. The new J&K which provides people living near Union Territory will comprise the ter- the International Border in Jammu ritories of current Jammu and Kashand Kashmir to get the benefit of mir regions. The Governor of current reservation in jobs, promotion, and J&K will be the Lt Governor of the educational institutions on par with J&K and Ladakh UTs. those living along the Line of Control The J&K Assembly will have a (LoC).

—IANS

Congress split out in the Modi & Shah achieve BJP’s ideological goal open over Article 370 IANS, NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday was split down the middle over the scrapping of Article 370 as a large number of leaders, mainly the young brigade, supported the government's move while the old guard, backed by Rahul Gandhi, opposed it.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Jaiveer Shergill, and Deepender Hooda favoured withdrawal of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir even as the seniors such as Ghulam Nabi Azad, P. Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal were putting up a fight against the government's move.

Azad, a former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said that those who did not know about the history of the party and Article 370 should study it.

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On the other hand, senior leaders like Anil K Shastri, Kuldeep Bishnoi, cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad and Shatrughan Sinha also hailed the government's decision of revoking Article 370. Shastri even urged his party to sense the mood of people on the Modi government's decision to revoke Article 370, recalling the party opposed the Mandal Commission recommendations and lost ground in north India and should not risk now of losing India.

—IANS

y scrapping Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) founder Syama Prasad Mukherjees dream who had fought against special status to Jammu and Kashmir stressing one nation, one symbol and one Prime Minister".

It had been a constant struggle since then for the BJS and its reincarnation the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as removal of Article 370 was at its ideological core. Mukherjee was against J&K having its own "sadr-e-riasat” (head of state) and flag. Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have achieved what Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first BJP leader to form the government at the Centre, could not.

Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. (Photo: IANS)

The Modi government used the first term to lay the foundation for the move. A strong ground policy was adopted to crush separatist movement in the state. The militancy was dealt with firm hand. All the resistance points were softened through a crackdown by security

forces and intelligence agencies.

By carrying out aggressive military operations -- surgical strike by ground troops after the Uri attack, and the air strike at a terrorist camp in Balakot after the Pulwama attack -- helped in sending Pakistan a strong message that it was up against a different regime in New Delhi, which was not afraid to cross the lines of self-restraint.

With the situation firmly under control, the Modi government did not waste much time after returning to power. Shah became Home Minister and he had J&K as the item number one on the agenda, right from the word go.

A series of meetings were conducted and the Mission Kashmir was launched under utmost secrecy.

All the gaps were plugged before the government took the proposals to Parliament for approval.

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Pakistan expels Indian envoy

India has been conveyed the decision, the Pakistan Foreign Office said

India did not tell us in advance about Article 370 step: US

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ith Pakistan issuing orders expelling him, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria is likely to leave Islamabad via the Wagah border, in the aftermath of escalating tensions after India ended the special status for Jammu and Kashmir.

The decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of National Security Committee (NSC) - the second within a week - presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan to review the situation following the Indian government’s move on Kashmir.

“We will call back our ambassador from Delhi and send back their envoy,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi separately announced in televised comments.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has also partially closed its airspace amid growing tensions with India over

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. (Photo: IANS)

the abrogation of Article 370.

However, according to national carrier Air India, its west bound operations will not be impacted much by Pakistan’s decision to partially close its airspace.

“One air corridor has been closed requiring a maximum of 12 minutes diversion. Not really affecting us,” the flag carrier said late on Wednesday. Earlier,

Qureshi spoke on the developments as the government released a statement following the NSC meeting, declaring that Pakistan will suspend trade with India in a “downgrading of diplomatic ties”, review bilateral arrangements, take the matter to the UN and observe Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14 in solidarity with Kashmiris. India has been conveyed the

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The US on Wednesday denied that India had informed it about its intention to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir ahead of taking the step, contradicting media reports that said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had broached the subject with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Bangkok last week.

“Contrary to press reporting, the Indian government did not consult or inform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kash-

decision, the Pakistan Foreign Office said. In a formal statement, the Foreign Office spokesperson said: “Pursuant to the decision of the National Security Committee today, the Government of India

UN chief in touch with India, Pak on Kashmir IANS, UNITED NATIONS

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ecretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN are in contact at various levels with India and Pakistan, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday.

Asked by a reporter if Guterres was “reluctant” to take on the India-Pakistan situation which is becoming a “flash-point for a nuclear war”, Dujarric said: “There

is no reluctance on the part of the Secretary-General.”

“Contacts are being had at various levels and we urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint,” he said.

“We are very well aware and following the situation with a lot of concern,” he added.

Dujarric said that Pakistan’s letter to the Secretary-General about the situation in Kashmir had been received and will be circulated to

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: IANS)

members of the Security Council as requested. According to media reports, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had written to Guterres about the “materi-

al changes” in Kashmir and cited Security Council resolutions on the matter.

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi tweeted that

mir’s special constitutional status,” the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department posted on Twitter, signed by Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells.

Some media reports had claimed that Jaishankar had spoken about the move to change Jammu and Kashmir’s status by revoking Article 370 with Pompeo during their meeting in Bangkok on the sidelines of the ASEAN-led multilaterals and even earlier.

has been told to withdraw its High Commissioner to Pakistan.

“The Indian Government has also been informed that Pakistan will not be sending its High Commissioner-designate to India.” she had met Joanna Wronecka, the President of the Security Council, told her about “the grave threat to regional peace and security”.

Meanwhile in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelled Bachelet’s Spokesperson Rupert Colville said: “We are deeply concerned that the latest restrictions in IndianAdministered Kashmir will exacerbate the human rights situation in the region. The fact that hardly any information at all is currently coming out is of great concern in itself.”

“What we are now witnessing in Indian-Administered Kashmir takes what was already a bit of a pattern to a new level,” he said.

Sri Lanka, Maldives backs India’s decision on Article 370 IANS, MALE

J&K is India’s internal matter, says UAE

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fter Sri Lanka and the UAE, the Maldives has backed India’s decision to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir, terming it an “internal matter” of the country.

In a statement, the Maldives said it considers “the decision taken by the Government of India regarding Article 370 of the Indian Constitution as an internal matter”.

“We believe it is the right of every sovereign nation to amend their laws as required,” the statement added.

On Tuesday, Sri Lankan Prime

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. (Photo: IANS)

NEW DELHI: The UAE said it has taken note of the Indian government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and added that it was an internal matter of India aimed at improving efficiency.

Ahmad Al Banna, the UAE ambassador to India, said he has taken note of the Indian govt’s “decision of non-operationalisation of some sections of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution related to the state of Jammu and Kashmir”.

Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe backed the creation of a new Union Territory of Ladakh, noting it would be the first Indian state with a Buddhist majority.

Wickremesinghe, in a tweet, also said that the creation of Ladakh and the restructuring of Jammu and Kashmir were India’s internal matters.

The UAE Ambassador Ahmad Al Banna said his country has taken note of the Indian government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and added that it was India’s internal matter aimed at improving efficiency.

“We also took note of the intro-

duction of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament aimed at replacing Article 370 with the creation of Ladakh region and the state of Jammu and Kashmir as India’s two new Union Territories,” he said.

He added that from his understanding “the reorganisation of states is not a unique incident in the history of independent India and that it was mainly aimed at reducing regional disparity and improving efficiency”.

He said the latest decision related to the state of Jammu and Kashmir as “an internal matter as stipulated by the Indian Constitution”.

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I don’t take myself too seriously: Rajkummar The reason to be an actor was never to change myself for money or fame, the national award winning actor said IANS, NEW DELHI

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ajkummar Rao has been impressing all with his natural acting skills ever since he made his Bollywood debut in 2010. From playing a small role in Rann to leading the cast of critically acclaimed films like Shahid and Newton, he has done it all. His talent has also fetched him numerous awards, including the prestigious National Award, but he still does all the normal things. He says the day he stops acting normal, he will take a break and step back.

“I do all the normal things. I am a really normal guy. I don’t take myself too seriously. The day I start feeling that I am changing, I think that will be the day I will tell myself, ‘Okay,

work,” said the actor. take a break and step back’.

He isn’t sure what The reason to be an he wants to be actor was never to If I accept known as. change myself or for whatever “It’s a tag that money or fame. I comes my way, people give you. genuinely fell in love You can’t really with the craft. That’s I would end up try and say ‘I am how I see it,” doig so many going to be a star Rajkummar told more films now’. That’s someIANS here. thing people give you.

The audience has also They can make you a star or showered him with love by making his films like Stree, Bareilly superstar. You can’t decide what you Ki Barfi, Queen and Kai po che! box- want to be,” said the “LSD: Love, office hits. But he is yet to feel like a Sex Aur Dhokha” actor.

In fact, he and his girlfriend, star.“I don’t understand stardom. I know superstardom. I love all these actress Patralekhaa, recently recreatpeople... Shah Rukh Khan sir, ed one of their favourite scenes from Salman Khan Sir, Aamir Khan Sir, Shah Rukh-starrer Dilwale DulhaHrithik Roshan Sir. I love them. If nia Le Jayenge (“DDLJ”).

“That was just fun in London. I you talk about me, I just want to

‘Aisha’ was a crazy adventure: Sonam Kapoor MUMBAI: Actress Sonam Kapoor says her film Aisha, which has completed nine years of its release in Hindi cinema, was “crazy adventure”.

Sonam on Tuesday shared a small video from the film on Instagram. “Aisha’ was less a role for me and more like a best friend. This movie is close to my heart as are the people associated with it. Be it goofing around on sets, shooting at different locations, or just playing our parts, it definitely was a crazy adventure. Happy nine years ‘Aisha’,”

Sonam wrote, as caption of her video.

Aisha, directed by Rajshree Ojha, also stars Abhay Deol, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Ira Dubey and Amrita Puri.

The film is set in the upper class society of Delhi, and is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma.

—IANS

Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao. (Photo: IANS)

don’t think we should touch that film. Some classics should not be touched,” he said, about the idea of remaking DDLJ. A remake of Raj and Simran’s epic love story may not be on the cards for Rajkummar, but a look at his fil-

mography clearly indicates he has been busy with a good number of films. “If I accept whatever comes my way, I would end up doing so many more films in a year, which I don’t want to and I can’t. I am being picky and choosy.

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ctor Varun Sharma, who is fondly known from his character Choocha in the Fukrey series of films, says he wants to work in a movie like Jolly LLB”.

Ever since his debut in 2013, Varun has only featured in multicast films such as Fukrey, Dolly Ki Doli, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, “Dilwale”, Arjun Patiala and “Khandaani Shafakhana”.

“There have been scripts that have offered solo roles but I want to do something that has a quirk about it. Nowadays if you talk of

Actor Varun Sharma. (Photo: IANS)

comedy as a film genre, you cannot create a simple comedy film, because there are so many other platforms where you can watch

comedy free of cost.

There is so much competition and content floating around right now, so comedy has to have a lot quirk and heart,” Varun told IANS. “If you are not giving anything different they (the audience) will not spend money (on your film) the next time.

I will do a solo (film) only if it is something crazy. I want to do a film like ‘Jolly LLB’ or something in that space,” the 29-year-old actor.

However, he does not mind starring in two-actor projects.

‘Khandaani Shafakhana’: Not quite well-executed S ex is not a dirty word. “Khandaani Shafakhana” opens with that intrepid assertion. A little over a couple of hours later, as a largely average script meanders to its closure, the film is still telling you just that, long after you have got the point.

You cannot deny this is a wellintentioned effort. In Bollywood, sadly, well-intentioned does not always spell well-executed. “Khandaani Shafakhana” beats around the same bush without much of a story to tell, through a runtime that would seem at least half an hour too long.

At a time when various taboo aspects pertaining to sex have already been explored in delightful comic dramas such as “Vicky

Film: “Khandaani Shafakhana”; Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma, Priyanshu Jora; Direction: Shilpi Dasgupta; Rating: **

Khandaani Shafakhana. (Photo: IANS)

Donor”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan” and “Badhaai Ho”, you do look forward to any new film that seeks to open up further discussion to dispel taboos pertaining to the topic.

“Khandaani Shafakhana” did promise such vibes in the trailers.

You went in expecting an experience that would be funny, at the same time subtle in its comment.

The words ‘sex clinic’ added onto the film’s title in posters and promos also gave you a gist of what to expect. Gautam Mehra’s script,

however, remains just a gist, failing to expand its core idea into a winner.

The setting imparts a quaint small town impact as Baby Bedi (Sonakshi Sinha) of Hoshiarpur struggles to find her feet as a medical representative.The script cannot quite decide if Baby should share a proper romantic track with her juicewala hero, to justify his existence. From their very first frame together, the equation seems forced, fraught with an absolute lack of chemistry.

Credibly, the film avoids resorting

to cheap gimmicks or double entendre as most Bollywood fare habitually does while dealing with the subject of sex even today - especially if the genre is comedy. The trouble with “Khandaani Shafakhana” is, although billed as a comedy, the film is at best a lighthearted drama with stray shots at humour. Most attempts at garnering laughs are weighed down by the film’s overenthusiasm to deliver its message of the need to open avenues of healthy dialogue on sex in society.

Humour apart, the film also falls short on dramatic moments that might engage. The storyline essentially revolves around just one idea all through -Baby’s struggles to keep the clinic running against societal pressure. —Vinayak Chakravorty

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ctor Shahid Kapoor, who is enjoying the success of Kabir Singh, says he still feels like an outsider, and is trying to figure out how he fits in the new Bollywood group. Since the time he entered the industry, Shahid kept a distance from the Bollywood tribes. But lately he has been spotted hanging out with biggies like Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone and Varun Dhawan. “I kind of feel like I don’t belong here, I feel like a newcomer. I need to figure out this new room, and this new club that I’ve entered. Even though I’ve been here for 15-16 years, it’s not my comfort zone, I need to get my head around it. I can’t (afford to) feel like I know exactly what’s going on, and exactly what I need to do next.

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ctresses and close friends Neha Dhupia and Soha Ali Khan have put rumours about their fall-out to rest. They say they are still very good friends.

After the two unfollowed each other on Instagram, many started assuming that the two had a fall-out on Friendship Day on Sunday.

Then Neha posted a video on social media, saying it was for an initiative.

“Happy Friendship Day. I know a lot of you have been hearing a lot of rumours about Soha and me not being friends and how we unfollowed each other.

Well, none of that is true. We are still very good friends,” Neha said in the video.

Soha shared a similar video and said the two will be spending some time in the evening and discuss their travel.

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ctress Rakul Preet Singh says she loves to flaunt the colour black. The actress took to Instagram on Monday morning to share a picture of herself in a gorgeous black outfit and captioned it, “#make your own rules #loveofblack”.

Clearly, Rakul wants to start her busy working day with a colour that makes her happy and we can bet that she looks absolutely stunning.

The 28-year-old was last seen in May alongside Ajay Devgn in the Bollywood rom-com De De Pyaar De. The actress is simultaneously working in Tamil,. Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films.

Rakul will next be seen in Milap Zaveri’s Marjaavaan, the action drama is slated to hit theatres in October.

Varun shuts troll over ‘masala movies’

uperstar Aamir Khan has praised the trailer of his Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore. He says he is keen to watch the forthcoming film.

Aamir on Sunday shared the link of the film’s trailer on his Twitter handle and wrote: “Nitesh Tiwariji, really liked your trailer which you showed to me. Wishing you all the very best for the film. May it receive all the love of our audience, and may it bring joy to all of us. Very keen to see it myself.”

The film stars Shraddha Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and Varun Sharma.

Meanwhile, Aamir will be next seen in Laal Singh Chaddha, inspired by the Tom Hanks-starrer “Forrest Gump”. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama who witnesses and unwittingly influences several defining historical events in the US in the 20th century.

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tudent of the Year” actor Varun Dhawan gave a piece of advice to a troll who criticised him for doing masala movies.

It all started with Varun praising Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.

“Watched #HobbsAndShaw. It’s great fun in the cinema. @TheRock really brings its... Loved the homage paid to the Samoan culture. The London chase sequence has to be the best,” Varun tweeted.

Soon, a Twitter user commented: “Instead of promoting #Hollywood movies and giving Americans money, please raise our movie quality instead of masala movies that you do. Make some content driven films.

“Mahalo brother and glad you loved it. You’re the best,” he tweeted.

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ven though dowry is illegal in India since 1961, it is still prevalent, and actress Parineeti Chopra is shocked at how Indian families consider it a “gift”.

“Everyone knows that dowry is illegal and immoral but they practice it. What makes me angry is that people have renamed it ‘gift’ so that it sounds good.

Dowry simply means that you are putting a price on the girl and buying her.

“We call ourselves modern but then what are we doing? To look superior, we are asking the girls’ families for money and luxurious things. It is the unfortunate scenario of our country,” Parineeti told IANS, while promoting her forthcoming film Jabariya Jodi.

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Sperm production may be possible in transgenders: Study The study found that one transgender woman was able to produce viable sperm IANS, NEW YORK

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esearchers have reported two cases in which young transgender women attempted to recover their fertility after stopping genderaffirming medications.

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that one transgender woman was able to produce viable sperm after a few months of discontinuing her puberty-halting medication whereas a different patient on hormone therapy could not produce sperm during the time she could psychologically tolerate being off her medication.

“We were interested in examining the timeline for getting viable sperm after stopping masculinitysuppressing medication,” said lead author Hanna Valli-Pulaski, Assistant Professor at Magee-Womens Research Institute.

“Going on and off genderaffirming medications can cause psychological distress in this popu-

Researchers have reported two cases in which transgender women attempted to recover their fertility. (Photo: IANS)

lation and it’s important patients have a discussion with their health care provider before starting or stopping any treatment,” Valli-

Pulaski added.

For the study, the research team examined medical records of two transgender women who tried to

preserve their sperm after stopping hormone therapy and compared their semen quality against eight other transgender women who

elected to preserve their sperm before beginning therapy.

All of the participants came through the Fertility Preservation Program in Pittsburgh between 2015 and 2018 as young adults.

One of the patients who elected to preserve their sperm after beginning therapy had been taking the drug Lupron — a sex hormone blocker that halts puberty when taken in adolescence — for six months. She elected to stop taking Lupron to attempt sperm cryopreservation.

Five months later, she was able to produce a sperm sample comparable to those collected from the eight transgender women who saved their sperm prior to undergoing treatment.

According to the researchers, for male-to-female transgender individuals, facial hair can start to sprout and the voice begin to deepen after just a few months of stopping medication. It’s possible to reverse these effects, but it would take time.

Quarter of global population AI identifies new breast cancer types at tuberculosis risk: Study IANS, LONDON

LONDON: A quarter of the world’s population is at high risk of developing tuberculosis, reveals a new study.

The study, published in European Respiratory Journal, shows that one in four people in the world carries tuberculosis bacterium in the body.

Tuberculosis, which is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, affects more than 10

million people every year and kills up to 2 million, making it the most deadly of the infectious diseases.

Besides, several people are infected with the tuberculosis bacterium without having active disease called latent tuberculosis.

The study emphasizes that it will be extremely difficult to reach the WHO’s goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2035.

Being socially active linked to lower dementia risk LONDON: Being more socially active in 50s and 60s is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia later on, a new research has found.

“People who are socially engaged are exercising cognitive skills such as memory and language, which may help them to develop cognitive reserve - while it may not stop their brains from changing, cognitive

reserve could help people cope better with the effects of age and delay any symptoms of dementia,” said senior author Gill Livingston, Professor at University College London.

The research team focused on the relationships between social contact at age 50, 60 and 70, and subsequent incidence of dementia, and whether social contact was linked to cognitive decline, after accounting for other factors such as education, employment and marital status.

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sing artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have distinguished five types of breast cancer, which were earlier lumped into one.

Published in the NPJ Breast Cancer journal, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, applied AI and machine learning (ML) to gene sequences and molecular data from breast tumors, to reveal crucial differences among these cancer types.

According to researchers, two of them are more likely to respond to immunotherapy, one was more likely to relapse on tamoxifen. “We are at the cusp of a revolution in healthcare as we get to grips with the possibilities AI and ML can open up,” said study leader author Anguraj Sadanandam from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London.

“Our study has shown that AI can recognize patterns in breast cancer that are beyond the limit of the human eye, and to point us to new avenues of treatment among those who have stopped responding to standard hormone therapies,” Sadanandam said.

The majority of breast cancers develop in the inner cells that line the mammary ducts and are “fed”

Researchers applied AI to gene sequences and molecular data from breast tumors, to reveal crucial differences among cancer types. (Photo: Pexels)

by oestrogen or progesterone.

These are classed as ‘luminal A’ tumors and often have the best cure rates. However, patients within the group respond differently to standard treatments, like tamoxifen, or new treatments -- needed if patients relapse — such as immunotherapy.

The researchers applied the AItrained computer software to a vast array of data available on the genetics, molecular and cellular make-up of primary ‘luminal A’ breast tumors, along with data on patient survival. Once trained, the AI was able to identify five different types of disease with particular patterns of response to treatment.

Women with a cancer type labelled ‘inflammatory’ had immune cells present in their tumors and high levels of a protein called PD-L1, suggesting they were likely to respond to immunotherapies.

Another group of patients had ‘triple negative’ tumors, which don’t respond to standard hormone treatments but various indicators suggest they might also respond to immunotherapy.

The markers identified in the study don't challenge the overall classification of the breast cancer, but find additional differences within the current sub-divisions of the disease.

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Spicy diet linked with dementia, says study

Chili intake included both fresh and dried chili peppers but not sweet capsicum or black pepper IANS, NEW DELHI

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hink twice before adding that extra kick of chili sauce or chopped jalapeno to your meal as researchers have found that a spicy diet could be linked to dementia.

According to the research involving 4,582 Chinese adults aged over 55, evidence of faster cognitive decline was found in those who consistently ate more than 50 grams of chili per day. Memory decline was even more significant if the chili lovers were slim. The study, published in the journal Nutrients, showed that those who consumed in excess of 50 grams of chili a day had almost double the risk of memory decline and poor cognition.

“Chili consumption was found to be beneficial for body weight and blood pressure in our previous studies. However, in this study, we found adverse effects on cognition among

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Memory decline was even more significant if the chili lovers were slim.

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older adults,” said the lead author of the study, Zumin Shi from Qatar University.

Chili intake included both fresh and dried chili peppers but not sweet capsicum or black pepper.

According to the researchers, capsaicin is the active component in

chili which reportedly speeds up metabolism, fat loss and inhibits vascular disorders but this is the first longitudinal study to investigate the association between chili intake and cognitive function.

Those who ate a lot of chili had a lower income and body mass index

(BMI) and were more physically active compared to non-consumers.

People of normal body weight may be more sensitive to chili intake than overweight people, hence the impact on memory and weight, said the researchers.

“Chili consumption has been linked previously to weight and blood pressure control. Capsaicin is the active ingredient which helps in energy expenditure and fat oxidation However, a new Chinese study says long term consumption of Chili more than 50 grams per day may have a significant impact on the memory,” Sahil Kohli, Consultant -Neurology, Narayana Superspecialize Hospital in Gurugram, told IANS. “So if you like chilies keep their quantity less than 50 grams per day till the time further studies are conducted to validate the new research,” he added.

5 hours daily on phone ups risk of obesity

NEW DELHI: Researchers have found that students who use their smartphones five or more hours a day are prone to higher risk of obesity and likely to have other lifestyle habits that increases the risk of heart disease.

According to a study, the researchers analysed 1,060 students with 700 girls and 360 boys of Colombia with an average age of 19 years and 20 years, respectively.

“It is important for the general population to know and be aware that, despite being undoubtedly attractive for its multiple purposes, portability, comfort, access to countless services, information and entertainment sources, mobile technology should also be used to improve habits and healthy behaviors,” said study lead Author Mirary Mantilla-Morron from the Simon Bolivar University in Colombia.

—IANS

‘An apple carries 100mn bacteria’ Red wine can treat depression, anxiety: Study IANS, LONDON

NEW YORK: In a good news for wine lovers, researchers have found a compound present in red wine which can treat depression and anxiety.

The plant compound resveratrol displays anti-stress effects by blocking the expression of an enzyme which controls stress in the brain.

“Resveratrol may be an effective alternative to drugs for treating patients suffering from depression and anxiety disorders,” said Ying Xu, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo in the US. The findings, published in the journal Neuropharmacolog, shed light onto how neurological processes are

impacted by resveratrol — a compound having numerous health benefits and found in the skin and seeds of grapes and berries.

While research has identified resveratrol to have antidepressant effects, the compound’s relationship to phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), an enzyme influenced by the stress hormone corticosterone, was unknown.

Corticosterone regulates the body’s response to stress.

Too much stress, however, can lead to excessive amounts of the hormone circulating in the brain and, ultimately, to depression or other mental disorders.

Corticosterone regulates the body’s response to stress.

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ext time when you eat an apple for extra fibre, flavonoids and flavor, remember that you are also gulping down about 100 million bacteria, and whether these are good or bad microbes may depend on how the apples were grown.

Most microbes are inside the apple but the strains depend on which bits you eat, and whether you go organic, say researchers, adding that organically-grown apples harbour more diverse and balanced bacteria which make them healthier and tastier than conventional apples.

“The bacteria, fungi and viruses in our food transiently colonize our gut. Cooking kills most of these, so raw fruit and vegetable are particularly important sources of gut microbes,” said Professor Gabriele Berg from Graz University of Technology in Austria.

The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, compared the bacteria in conventional store-bought apples with those in visually-matched fresh organic ones.

Stem, peel, flesh, seeds and calyx — the straggly bit at the bottom where the flower used to be — were analyzed separately. Overall,

The majority of the bacteria are in the seeds, with the flesh accounting for most of the remainder. (Photo: IANS)

the organic and conventional apples were occupied by similar numbers of bacteria.

“Putting together the average for each apple component, we estimate a typical 240-gram apple contains roughly 100 million bacteria,” Berg informed.

The majority of the bacteria are in the seeds, with the flesh accounting for most of the remainder.

So, if you discard the core, your intake falls to nearer 10 million.

The question is: Are these bacteria good for you?

“Freshly harvested, organicallymanaged apples harbour a significantly more diverse, more even and distinct bacterial community, compared to conventional ones,”

explained Berg. Specific groups of bacteria known for health-affecting potential also weighed in favor of organic apples.

“Escherichia-Shigella — a group of bacteria that includes known pathogens — was found in most of the conventional apple samples, but none from organic apples. For beneficial Lactobacilli — of probiotic fame — the reverse was true,” said the researchers.

Methylobacterium, known to enhance the biosynthesis of strawberry flavour compounds, was significantly more abundant in organic apples, “especially on peel and flesh samples, which in general had a more diverse microbiota than seeds, stem or calyx”, said the researchers.

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How co-working can click at your office NEW DELHI: Co-working as a concept is here to stay. But there are some things one should keep in mind to make the best out of the concept.

Ryan Bennett of WeWork India and Raghu Shivakumar, CoFounder of Wolves Recruitment and Staffing, share things to keep in mind to make a co-working environment work in the best possible way.

Expand your network: Co-working spaces encompass the coming together of organizations and people across board irrespective of size or type. These include start-ups who are looking to network, SMEs that are looking to scale up and large corporations looking out to be more agile. Be open to bouncing off your ideas to get feedback from others or find competent people for hiring and like-minded people to go out.

Workplace safety is a critical issue. (Photo: Pexels/IANS)

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ullying bosses are not just bad for the morale and well-being of employees —they can also be bad for workplace safety, reveals a study.

According to the study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the researchers surveyed 589 airline pilots and 468 manufacturing technicians and found that employees’ safety behaviour can get worse when they are treated in ways that detract from their bonds to a work group.

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Yang, Associate Professor at Portland State University.

This makes them more self-cen-

tered, leading them to occasionally forget to comply with safety rules or overlook opportunities to promote a safer work environment.

According to the researchers, this was especially true among employees who were more uncertain about their social standing within the group.

“When people are less sure about their strengths, weaknesses and their status within the group, they become more sensitive. They are more likely to respond negatively to their boss’ bullying behaviors,” she said.

Workplace safety is a critical issue — and more so in an environment where one employee’s failure to behave safely can create circumstances where other people

are likely to be injured, said the researchers. The study recommends implementing training programmes that can improve leadership skills while interacting with their employees so as to provide feedback in a way that are neither offensive nor threatening.

The study also suggested promoting a more civil and engaged work environment that strengthens social bonds between employees and creates a buffer against the negative consequences of their boss’ bad behaviors.

According to researchers, implementing transparent performance evaluation processes are required so that employees have less uncertainty about their social status in the workplace.

Hotter weather linked to higher suicide IANS, NEW YORK

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otter weather increases both suicide rates and the use of depressive language on social media, says a new study that analysed half a billion tweets.

The research published in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that the effects of climate change could be as devastating as the influence of economic recessions when it comes to increasing suicide rates.

Projected temperature rise through 2050 could lead to an additional 21,000 suicides in the US and Mexico, the findings showed.

“Surprisingly, these effects differ very little based on how rich populations are or if they are used to warm weather,” said lead researcher

Temperature rise by 2050 could increase suicide rates. (Photo: Pexels/IANS)

Marshall Burke, Assistant Professor at Stanford University.

Researchers have recognized for centuries that suicides tend to peak during warmer months. But, many

factors beyond temperature also vary seasonally —such as unemployment rates or the amount of daylight — and up to this point it has been difficult to disentangle

the role of temperature from other risk factors.To tease out the role of temperature from other factors, the researchers compared historical temperature and suicide data across thousands of US counties and Mexican municipalities over several decades.

The team also analysed the language in over half a billion Twitter updates or tweets to further determine whether hotter temperatures affect mental well-being.

They analyzed, for example, whether tweets contain language such as “lonely”, “trapped” or “suicidal” more often during hot spells. The researchers found strong evidence linking warmer temperature with higher suicide rates. Temperature rise by 2050 could increase suicide rates by 1.4 per cent in the US.

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e’ve all been there...you’re out to eat and in need of a refill or the check and the wait staff is nowhere to be found. Now, a recent study shows that adding a tabletop device can improve restaurant services and increase revenues.

Published in the journal Management Science, the findings reveal that restaurants should introduce tabletop technology in a demonstrated way to improve service and satisfaction.

Tabletop technology allows cus-

tomers to view menu items, reorder beverages, pay for the meal, play games and browse news content. The technology is meant to assist waiters, not replace them.

“We estimate one per cent sales lift per check which translates into $2 million extra sales or $1 million profit per month in the shortrun, and that’s a conservative estimate,” said Tom Fangyun Tan, Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University in the US. The research reveals tabletop technology is likely to improve sales by 1 per cent per check and reduce meal duration by 10 per cent. The combination of these two effects

increase the sales per minute or sales productivity by 11 per cent. The data was collected from a restaurant chain here in the US that owns 66 establishments. It looked at transaction data from 2012 to 2014 or 2.6 million transactions.

“A good, attentive waiter already does what the tabletop device does...a less attentive or forgetful waiter does not, but relies more on the device, which makes up for the lacking ability resulting in faster service,” Tan said.

The data suggest that restaurants re-evaluate their operations to fully reap the benefits of tabletop technology.

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Grand Celebration of First Cultural Festival by IACA

BY A STAFF WRITER DOWNERS GROVE, IL-On Sunday, July 21st 2019, the Indian American Cultural Association (IACA), Chicago, IL celebrated first Cultural Fest, held at Ashyana banquets in Downers Grove, IL. Around 300 people attended the event.

IACA Chicago is as an all-encompassing Not-for-profit Organization Indian-American cultural organization, founded in 2018 to function in cooperation alongside various associations represented in Chicagoland area on the mission to promote and preserve the rich Indian and American Cultural diversity.

IACA Chicago will work tirelessly for the inclusion of children who live with special needs or different abilities through their volunteering program. IACA is the brainchild of IACA President Vinita Gulabani, and ably assisted by IACA Secretary Ms. Shanu Sinha.

The program opened by Vandana Jhingan and Pratibha Jairath with the warm welcome followed by Ganesh Vandana, performed by Kalapadma Dance Academy. President, Vinita Gulabani invited the board and MCs, Mr. Jassi Parmar and Ms. Bhairvi Tanna Thakkar from Desi Junction to present the show.

The Chief Guests, Hon’ble ConsulGeneral Mr. Sudhakar addressed the gathering and wished IACA the best and extended the support from Consulate in their future endeavors.

Congressman, Mr. Danny K Davis addressed the audience too and very much appreciated the noble cause and praised it’s effort and an all encompassing effect on the betterment of the community.

The Grand Sponsors, Mr. Anil Loomba, Mr. Sunil Shah and all the prominent dignitaries including Mr. Krishna Bansal, Syed Hussaini, Mr. Sampath Jayasekar and Ms. Malini from Air India, Dr. Anil and Asha Oroskar, Mr. Nimesh Jani, Dr. Srinivasan Reddy, Ms. Rita Singh and Mr. Nirav Patel

who graced the event were invited on stage and greeted with flower bouquets for the traditional lamp lighting ceremony. The vedic mantras were chanted by Dr. Prerna Acharya from Indian Consulate to bless the organization.

President, Vinita Gulabani expressed her sincere gratitude for their kind support and thanked everyone. “When heart hurts, the soul matures”- she presented the message as she elaborated on IACA’s agenda and requested the gathering to donate their time and supporting monterily to the cause and also asked for people’s involvement in their volunteering programs. She expressed that we will use this as a platform to promote our cultural diversity, through personal touch in making a difference to our caring community we’re all a part of.

A group of talented Chicagoland singers took center stage to deliver the message “United We Stand, United We Serve” concept of unity, with their rendition of the everpopular iconic song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” representing the various regions and languages of India and entertained the audience with ever popular film songs.

The cultural program started with the beautiful classical kathak fusion, Radha Krishna by Tarana Dance Academy, followed by Ghoomer and Garba by Mankruti Performing Arts, Bollywood fusion performances,

Traditional folk dances, Giddha led by Neha Sobti group. The audience was thoroughly entertained by a glittering ensemble of dances and dancers by and from various Chicago based dance troupes representing various cultures and regions of India.

The show went on with the renowned singers from Chicagoland area entertained everyone with their melodious singing. Some of the names were quite familiar among Indian community were Pratibha Jairath, Raju Bankapur, Shaila Khedkar, Parimala Prasad, Jitendra Bulsara, Atul Verma, Geetanjali Maru and Manmeet Kaur.

The Vote of Thanks were presented by Chairman, Mr. Sohan Joshi and Secretary, Mrs. Shanu Sinha on behalf of Team IACA. All the Sponsors, Media Partners, Donors were acknowledged for their generous donations and contribution in making this event successful. Also, an extended heart-felt notes were presented to the hard working planning committee for their day and night support in presenting the evening.

Appetizers were served during the social hours. Open Dance floor was enjoyed by the public. The event concluded with flavors of Indian melodies, followed by a gourmet dinner prepared by Ashynaa, special thanks was presented to Mr. Surinder Jain.

Annual Picnic Organized by Bhariya Senior Citizens

BY A STAFF WRITER ROSELLE, IL- On July 27, 2019 BSC organized annual picnic in Turner Park in Roselle IL. More then 950 members and invited guest enjoyed picnic. Temperature was not hot so picnic made more enjoyable.

BSC President Haribhai Patel was out of town behalf him Vice President Shri Parsotambhai Pandya took responsibility whole team was ready for serve picnic. Sharp 10 am picnic was began with morning breakfast hot Gota, Kadhi, Tikha Marcha, Red and green chatni, Fafda, Coffee and Tea. Also entertainment was with DJ Music was played Bollywood songs by Rameshbhai Rupani & Bharat Gandhi, Other side also drinks was served like Gataroid,Coke, Sunkist, Sprite.

At the 1 pm lunch was served that was the new item it’s call “Punri Mishal” , Chana Ragda, Batata Pawha, Bhavnagri Ganthiya,Hot Mix, Onion,Yogert,Red and Green Chatni. BSC organized games for Kids, Musical Chair, Bingo. During the picnic Schaumburg Township Trustee Nimish Jani, Schaumburg Village President Tom Dailly, Hanover Park Village President Rodney Craig, Mayor of Roselle Andy Maglio were attended BSC Picnic. They like to meet Indian Community people Vice Presiden of BSC Parsotam Pandya introduced BSC Board members. At 3 pm BSC and volunteers served Water Mellon. Ice Gola, and Ice Cream.

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Patel announced Bingo and Musical Chair winners Bingo Signal line winner $10-00 and Full House winner $15-00 .Single Line Bingo Winner: Hashmukh Kothari, Bina Patel, Mayur Shah, Hina Parikh, Shilpa Desai, Kalpana Shah, Nayana Modi, Nirmla Patel,Trupi Kadakia,Bharti Desai and Champak Patel.

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Musical Chair Winner: Keval Patel, Puja Parmar.

All BSC members took responsibility like Picnic Sign Committee Madhubhai Patel, Ajit Patel,Jayanti Oza. Food arrangement committee: Bachubhai Paghdal,Indubhai Vaghani, and Suresh Patel.

Finance Committee: Madarsang Chavda, Vishnubhai Patel,Madhusudan Patel, Ramanbhai Patel. Kitchen accessories management by Pravin Amin,Babubhai Patel, Mahesh Patel, Sirish Shah,Madhubhai Patel,Amratbhai Patel, Chandubhai Dave, and Ashvin Bodiwala, Soft Drinks arrangement by Navin Dholakia.

Food Supply by Uru Swati Restaurant, Donuts supply by Indubhai Vaghani at the end of the picnic BSC Vice President Parsotambhai Pandya thanked Indian Senior of Chicago President Narsinhbhai Patel, Chandrakant Patel United Senior Pariwar President Ramanbhai Patel, Secretary Rameshbhai Chokshi, and Silver Senior Shirish Patel, Ashok Potdar.

Owner of Boston Based Companies Arrested for Investment Fraud Scheme

Tanmaya (Tan) Kabra

U.S.DEPT.OF JUSTICE NEWS RELEASE BOSTON, TX – The owner of several Boston-based investment companies was arrested yesterday at Logan Airport on charges of operating a Ponzi-like fraud scheme.

Tanmaya Kabra, 25, who resided most recently in Weehawken, N.J., was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today with wire fraud and bank fraud.

According to the criminal complaint, Kabra conducted business through a company called LaunchByte.IO LLC and several affiliated companies. He held himself out to investors as a successful serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and angel investor in start-up companies.

Offering lucrative and low or no-risk returns on investments, Kabra allegedly lured investors with representations that their funds would be used to foster the growth and development of start-up companies, to prepare those companies for sale, or for other legitimate business opportunities. In reality, Kabra used the money that he received from investors to pay off existing debts to prior investors in his scheme and to fund his lavish personal expenses.

The charge of wire fraud provides for a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater.

The charge of bank fraud provides for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $1 million or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today.

The Securities & Exchange Commission provided valuable assistance in this investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney of Lelling’s Criminal Division Chris Looney is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations.

The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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S.C.A.R.F Hosted Rhythm Chicago Community Meeting of Life 2nd Annual Gala for Welcoming “Howdy Modi “

BY A STAFF WRITER SCHAUMBURG, IL: More than 530 guests attended the 2nd Rhythm of Life Gala hosted by The Sudden Cardiac-death Awareness Research Foundation (S.C.A.R.F.), an annual fundraising event which aims to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest on July 27 at the Chicago Marriott in Schaumburg Illinois.

“While S.C.A.R.F. has accomplished so much over the years, we still have a long way to go.

Sudden cardiac arrest remains the number one cause of death in the United States and is responsible for more than 550,000 lives lost each year. Awareness surrounding the issue is vital because this number continues to rise,” said Rubina Nguyen, co-founder of S.C.A.R.F. “We have nearly doubled in size in the past year and are grateful for the tremendous support we received from individuals, community groups, local and national organizations,” Nguyen added.

The event highlights the achievements of S.C.A.R.F.’s automated external defibrillators (AEDs) donation program which provides free AEDs for nonprofit organizations, including schools, park districts, places of worship, and charitable organizations. Through its AED donation program, S.C.A.R.F has approved 16 Chicago area facilities to receive an AED free of cost, thus far this year.

“AEDs, when applied before the arrival of emergency medical services, can nearly triple a person’s chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest. By increasing the number of AEDs in the community and increasing the number of citizens trained in their use, we can significantly impact cardiac arrest survival rates,” said Dr. Sarah Alfano Director of Clinical Information

Dr. Paul Nguyen, founder of S.C.A.R.F.

at S.C.A.R.F. The evening represented the culmination of the 2019 S.C.A.R.F. Mentorship and Career Guidance Program which hosted 50 high school and college-age interns, their largest mentorship class to date.

Each year student ambassadors present their research via poster presentation to a team of judges. This year’s winning project, R.E.S.T. was on the topic of sleep apnea was created by Shalin Kadakia, Shravi Kothari, and Ananya Sehgal.

“The most common hours of sudden cardiac arrest are between midnight and 6:00 AM” says Dr. Paul Nguyen, founder of S.C.A.R.F. “This is why having a foundational knowledge of sleep apnea is critical towards our mission.”

Co-founders Rubina and Paul Nguyen awarded the Dr. Harvinder Sareen Scholarship to student ambassador Morish Shah for her outstanding achievements and contribution to the mentorship class.

Dr. Sowmya Anjur of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy was the recipient of the S.C.A.R.F. educational grant.

Summer Music & Dance Festival in Chicago organized by ICarnatic NFP on Sat Aug 10th- 10:00 AM at TBD, Naperville, IL 60540 Falguni Pathak Dandiya Dhoom 2019 Organized by Hi India Live Entertainment Inc & Shakti Group on Sat Oct 19th- 7:00 PM at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Centre hotel, 1551 Thoreau Dr N, Schaumburg, IL 60173 Ticket::$30.

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Sri Rama Maha Abhishekam organized by The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago on Sun Aug 1110>30 AM at The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, 10915 Rd Illinois, Lemont, IL 60439. Theertha Prasada will be served. Call: 630-972-0300 FIA 10th Anniversary Award Gala Night & India’s 73rd I Day organized by FIA Chicago on Fri Aug 16th6:00PM at Teh Meadows Club, 2950 Gold Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008. Tkts: $55, VIP $100. Call: Sunil Shah 847-309-4462 or Neil Khot 847-340-0123

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BY A STAFF WRITER CHICAGO,IL On August 4, 2019 Chicago Community get together for welcoming to Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi going to visit in (September 22nd) at Houston (Howdy Modi 22) at Manav Seva Mandir in Bensonville Illinois more then 32 organization team leader get together preparation for maximum peoples can take to see Prime Minister of India Narendrabhai Modi VHPA President Niravbhai Patel and Trustee of VHPA Shri Bharatbhai Barai and Consul General of India Chicago Hon’ble Sudhakar Dalela and Chhotubhai Patel gave a information how to registered on line. How many peoples will join “ Howdy modi 22” program, Without registration they will not allow to in this

program for security reason the women allowed with only small purse and cell phone and for the man should allowed wallet and phone they will not allowed any extra bag or any stuff. At this meeting Senior Citizens Group leader Haribhai Patel, Narsinhbhai Patel and Ramanbhai Patel gave a promised to Consul General of India Chicago Mr. Sudhakar Dalela they will bring maximum seniors welcoming program in Houston. At the end of program Niravbhai Patel told every one if you a any question regarding ‘Howdy Mody 22” program visit www.Texas India Forum - Howdy Modi or call Nirav Patel @ 630-709-9902 The members of our organization have a chance to register for exclusive free passes before general registration opens.

Indian Student Shot Dead During Armed Robbery in Alabama

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BY A STAFF WRITER BRUNDIDGE, AL- After a 30-year-old Indian student was shot to death at point-blank range in Alabama last week, police have now nabbed one suspect.

Neil Kumar, who was pursuing his Master’s in Computer Science at the University of Troy in Brundidge, Alabama was shot to death by an unknown assailant in an apparent robbery. The 30-year-old was a student at the Sharjah Indian School and a native of Thrissur in Kerala. Neil was working as a part time cashier at a Gulf Gas station convenience store on the busy Highway 10 when the robbery and shooting took place last Wednesday morning.

Senior police personnel of Pike county in Alabama promised to reveal the identity of the suspect in a press conference, according to reports.

Three CCTV visuals of the attack were released by the police personnel on Thursday. The visuals, carried by local newspapers, showed the assailant who is dressed in all black with white gloves and was carrying a gun. The time code on the CCTV visuals indicate that the suspect had been lurking around the area of the convenience store prior to

the shooting. This suspicion was even raised by the Sheriff of Pike County who is investigating the homicide.

One of the visuals shows the assailant walking into the premises of the general store from behind a wooden fence. The time code in this visual shows 5.55 am, which was 5 minutes before Neil opened the shop at 6 am. At 6.07 am, another visual shows the assailant entering the shop and immediately targeting the cashier’s desk where Neil was standing. The visuals suggest that the suspect was inside the shop for only about a minute. He can be seen leaving the shop at 6.08 am, after shooting Neil and taking the money.

According to reports, sources say that the suspect has a criminal background.

Born to parents Purushothaman Kumar and Seema, who are based in the UAE, Neil had been studying in the United States for a year after graduating from a Chennai college. His parents and sisters Neema and Natasha flew in to Alabama on hearing the news. Neil’s funeral will be held on Monday afternoon in Alabama, in the presence of friends and family. Apart from computers, Neil also nurtured a passion for photography.

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community news Salvation Army Presents Life Time Service Award to Sikh Religious Society 4

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BY A STAFF WRITER PALATINE, IL: Sikh Religious Society, Palatine, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago was honored by Salvation Army with a “Life Time Service Award” on Sunday July 14, 2019. Sarwan Singh Raju was also honored with “Making the Difference Award” by the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army International is a major Christian missionary organization serving worldwide for more than 150 years in more than 130 countries, working towards social justice, helping the elderly, homeless young people and more.

Sarwan Singh has been mobilizing Sikh community of greater Chicago area for over two decades to participate in the events organized by Salvation Army for feeding the poor on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day celebrations.

Major Nancy Powers of The Salvation Army, Chicago visited the Sikh Religious Society (SRS) Gurdwara in Palatine, Illinois on July 14, 2019, and presented plaques of honor to SRS and to Sarwan Singh for coordinating the Sikh Community in donating and serving food to the needy families on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day celebration events at Salvation Army in Chicago since 1992.

Sarwan Singh and Hardial Singh Deol have spear headed these activities continuing the tradition of “Langar” started by Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikh faith.

Gurdwara in Palatine is the first ever Sikh Organization at least in the Midwest America to receive a “Lifetime Service Award” from a non-Sikh worldwide organization like Salvation Army.

“What could be a better tribute to Guru Nanak Dev Ji when a highly reputed Christian Missionary organization, Salvation Army,

Major Nancy Power of Salvation Army Chicago presenting Making the Difference Award to Sarwan Singh

appreciates Sikh community for their generosity, in the year of 550thAnniversary,” said Dr. Pardeep Singh Gill the SRS President.

SRS President Dr Pardeep Singh Gill and Trustees Prempal Singh, Gurmit Singh Bains, Irwinpreet Singh, Amardev Singh Badesha, Jairam Singh Kahlon, Dr Balwant Singh Hansra and Gurdip Singh Sangha, received the plaque from Major Nancy Powers. of Salvation Army.

Chicago This stems from the values Sikhs imbibe from their faith. Helping and serving the needy is one of the core principles of Sikhism. The founder of Sikh religion, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, postulated three cardinal principles for the humanity: 4Japana); There is only one God, Creator of the Universe. Always remember him. All of us are his children. No one is superior than the other.

4Earn your living by honest means and hard work. (Kirt Karani): Sikh believes in dignity of labor, lives as a house holder, engaging in physical and mental activities and accepting the earnings as God’s blessing.

Sahara Homecare Opens New Location in Elgin

BY A STAFF WRITER ELGIN, IL---Sahara Homecare is now officially offering services in Elgin with the opening of its ninth location.

Sahara Homecare’s Community Care Program (CCP), which receives funding through the Illinois Department on Aging and Department of Human Services, gives extra assistance to the elderly free of cost if they meet certain qualifications.

Homecare providers assist clients with everyday tasks that can become difficult due to old age and deteriorating health. Services include laundry, light housekeeping, meal preparation, grocery shopping, as well as help with feeding, grooming, bathing and dressing among others.

To qualify, potential clients must: Be 60 years or older. Be a U.S. Citizen or legal alien, Be a resident of Illinois, Have nonexempt asset value of less than $17,500 Have an assessed need for care “We’re hoping we’re going to have great success. There’s a lot of potential in this area,” said President Armaghan Rana in a statement. He also said that the Elgin area has a significant population of seniors from various backgrounds including South Asian and Hispanic that could benefit from CCP Homecare services. “We’re hoping we will have a very good mixture of clientele over here.”

The brand-new Elgin office is located

at 1837 Larkin Ave. Besides the main headquarters in Lombard and the newest addition in Elgin, Sahara has several offices throughout the area including Skokie, Melrose Park, Hanover Park, Bolingbrook, Justice and Devon Avenue and Albany Park in Chicago.

Sahara is always hiring caregivers in all locations. Starting wage is $12.00/hour and caregivers are eligible to receive health benefits if working at least 20 hours per week.

4 Share your earning with the needy (Vand Chakana): Sikh Gurus ordained that every Sikh should donate one tenth of earnings to charity.

Irrespective of the race, religion, gender, color etc.

Guru Nanak demonstrated this thru his own life, while he did agricultural farming by his own hands at Kartarpur and said: “Work hard and share your earnings with others; That is the only way to find The Right way leading to God “ (Page 1245 Shri Guru Granth Sahib) Guru Nanak Dev Ji always stood beside the needy and exhorted blessed one’s to share one tenth of their earning for upliftment of underprivileged.

“Aap gavaaye sevaa kare taa kichh paaye mann” _ _ _ GGSJ Pg. 474 A person develops sense of humility while doing service. Service is surrendering one’s ego and giving oneself to the Guru. “By doing service one loses his egoistic nature and thereby gets respect from the society.” Giving donations from one’s earnings is another form of Sewa.

One must share his earnings with the poor and

the needy (Wand Chhaknaa). This is one of the “Three Golden Rules” of Sikhism.

“Nanak agai so milai je khate ghaale deye” . . . . . . . . GGSJ Pg. 472 Guru Nanak says, “You get in future the reward of charity given out of your earnings, earned by honest means and hard labor.”

The community members who regularly supported these events included Sarwan Singh, Hardial Singh Deol, Iqbal Singh Chopra and his wife, Thakar Singh Basati, Jasbir Singh Bhalla, Shiva Singh Khalsa and his wife Shabad Kaur, Dr Jasvir Kaur, Amardev Singh Badesha, Kuldeep Singh Makker, Kamaljit Singh Virdi, Khushpal Singh Sodhi, Kuldip Singh Sibbal), Laddi K. Singh, Sukhmel Singh Atwal, Gur Singh, Surinderpal Singh Kalra, Jairam Singh Kahlon, Lakhbir Singh, Onkar Singh Lal, Kuldip Singh Sra, Lal Singh, Geeta Singh and many more.

Amardeep Singh Chawla and his wife Timki Kaur, and family have been contributing vans full of canned food and distributing food to the visitors at Salvation Army during these events.

The right way of paying tributes to Guru Nanak Dev Ji, when we are celebrating his 550thAnniversary, would be to spread his message to masses, to serve the needy in all communities.

“To practice the ideals of Guru Nanka, we must carry out some of our service activities out of Gurdwaras, participating in the American mainstream community events like Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and in national parades (like Memorial Day parade), inter-faith activities and get civically engaged,“ said Sarwan Singh, “such events could serve as an example and inspiration for other Gurdwaras in US to follow suit. It will greatly help in creating awareness in American public and dispel the misconceptions about the Sikhs,” he added

Shri Jagannatha Rath Yatra Celebrated in Aurora

BY A STAFF WRITER AURORA, IL- Shri Jagannath Temple of Greater Chicago in Aurora, IL, celebrated Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath of Shrikhetra, Puri, one of the four most holiest places in India (Chaturdham), on July 6th, Saturday. Hundreds of Jagannath devotees from various communities attended the annual event with great enthusiasm and excitement. Local Alderman Mr. Emmanuel Llamas joined the event. He was welcomed by the board members Mr. Pradip Nayak and Neel Nanda, who explained the culture and process to him.

In the morning traditional rituals of Surya Pooja, Dwarapal Pooja, Lord Jagannath Pooja, Naibedya, Arati and Chariot Pooja were performed by the temple priest. All the deities were taken to the Chariot in a row with Chakraraj Sudarshan leading followed by elder brother Lord Balabhadra, Sister Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath at the end. This process is called as “Dhadi Pahandi”, it has a significant cultural importance symbolizing respect to elders, and protecting the youngest or woman in the family during public journey. The four deities were placed on the beautifully decorated chariot. Mr.Akhil Mohapatra did the “Chera Panhara”, the sweeping / cleaning around the chariot and the road. This work is done by the Gajapati Maharaj (King) in Puri symbolizing that the king is the first servitor of Lord, there is no difference between ruler and ruled in front of Lord Jagannath. After all rituals completed, the ecstatic devotees pulled the chariot with great joy, playing various traditional instruments such as Counch, brass Ghanta, Gini, and Mrudang (Drum). The chariot was pulled for a mile, Lord were offered

various cakes and sweet mango water on the way. The chariot was puled back to the Temple, Maha Arati was offered before all deities were carried over to Gundicha temple for a sojourn at his Aunt’s house.

After a week on July 14th, Lord Jagannath returned to the main temple on a return journey known as “Bahuda Yatra”. There was a brief squabble between MahaLakshmi and Lord Jagannath as he went with his brother and sister leaving his consort Maa Lakshmi in the temple.

MahaLakhmi did not open the door of main temple for Lord Jagannath. After argument and requests, Mahalakhmi agreed and welcomed Lord Jagannath to the temple, Lord had presented “Rasagola” the famous sweet to MahaLakshmi to please her. It is an old tradition showing the usual relationship between husband and wife in a family. All the deities were decorated with a Gold like costume known as “Suna Besha”.

It was a magnificent view of the deities in that costume. Many devotees came to see the deities in golden costume.

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