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ociety sans police is nothing but anarchy. The police personnel who keep vigil round the clock to ensure good nights’ sleep and fearless life for all, unfortunately, never get their due respect from the very people whom they protect. It is the sad state of affairs of police in world’s largest democracy. While people are vying with each other in blaming police for reasons they even do not know, they conveniently forget the sacrifices the police personnel make. Hapless guardians of law cannot enjoy their personal lives, they do not get time to spend time with family members and they even fall to bullets and grenades in the line of duty. It is sad that the government has failed to device a mechanism to make people aware of the significance of police. Unless proactive measures are taken to create awareness, police will be largely disrespected and disregarded by the general public. It would be appropriate if the authorities take steps to conduct special seminars on the importance of police in educational institutions every year on October 21, the Police Commemoration Day, where the local inspector or a designated officer should deliver lectures, focusing on the hard work of the police in keeping the law and order and providing sage living conditions to the people. These kinds of activities will help inculcate the significance of police among children at an early stage which will eventually get them their due share of respect. There is a lot needs to be done. Unless the mindset of the public is changed, the protectors of society will remain a subject of ridicule for insensitive public. We, The News team, dedicate this special issue for all the police personnel who sacrificed their lives for the safety of the society. We thank one and all who have made this supplement a success.
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Why 21 October Police Martyrs Day?
In India, we have several days declared as Martyrs’ Day. On 21st October every year Police Martyrs or commemoration day is observed. Telugu this day is known as Police amaraveerula dinotsavam Parades are held in all police units as a mark of respect to brave police martyrs, who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. But why had Police Martyrs Day?
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‘Majority of Indians prefer autocracy to democracy’
While many officers who just pass instructions from their air-conditioned offices to the groundlevel personnel during combing operations manage to get gallantry medals, those who fall to the bullets while fighting the extremists often go unrecognized. Page... 15
It’s time to Challenges honour the of internal fallen Page... 22 security
Political leaders have neglected and politically exploited the police and their intelligence apparatus.
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Police brought laurels for the state: Nayini
Home Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy paid tributes to the police martyrs at the police commemoration day parade held at Shivkumarlal Police Stadium.
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ANURAG SHARMA, IPS
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N. SAMBASIVA RAO, IPS
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n India, we have several days declared as Martyrs’ Day. On 21st October every year Police Martyrs or commemoration day is observed. Telugu this day is known as Police amaraveerula dinotsavam Parades are held in all police units as a mark of respect to brave police martyrs, who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. But why had Police Martyrs Day? Let us see How Police Martyrs or commemoration day on 21 October has begun. It has great history of significance coupled with sacrifice. The history of commemoration day traces back to 1959. In those days Indian Police personnel were responsible for manning the 2500 mile long border of India with Tibet until the autumn. On October 20, 1959, three reconnaissance parties were launched from Hot Springs in North Eastern Ladakh in preparation for further movement of an Indian expedition which was on its way to Lanak La. While members of two parties returned to Hot Springs by the afternoon of that day, the third one comprising of two Police Constables and a Porter did not return. All available personnel were mobilized early in the next morning in search of the missing personnel. A party of about 20 personnel of the Intelligence Bureau and CRPF led by Karam Singh, DCIO The News You Like | November, 2017
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We Salute Police Martyrs proceeded ahead on horseback, while others followed on foot in three Sections. At about mid-day, Chinese Army personnel on a hillock opened fire and threw grenades at the party led by Karam Singh. Since there was no cover, most personnel were injured. 10 of them died, seven were taken prisoner by the Chinese and the remaining managed to escape. Bodies of the 10 personnel were returned by the Chinese only on November 28, 1959, full five weeks after the incident. These bodies were cremated with full Police honours at Hot Springs. After that the Annual Conference of Inspectors General of Police of States and Union Territories of the country held in January 1960 decided that October 21 would henceforth be observed as Commemoration Day in all Police Lines throughout India to mark the memory of these gallant men who were martyred in Ladakh and all other Police personnel martyred on duty during the year. It was also decided to erect a memorial at Hot Springs and, every year, members of Police Forces from different parts of the country trek to Hot Springs to pay homage to those gallant martyrs. Works done on day the arms are reversed and two minutes silence is observed in the honour of the departed souls. The names of police martyrs of states, police and
paramilitary forces are read out, to acknowledge with pride the supreme sacrifices made by them. At National capital New Delhi, Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on 21 October at the Police Memorial, Chanakyapuri. On this day, tributes will be paid to the martyred Police personnel. The Martyrs Book will be brought to the memorial in slow march. Names of the martyrs, who sacrificed their lives from 1 September previous year to 31 August of current year, are announced on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day. The guard presented arms in Salami Sasthra and trumpeters sounds the last post and flag of all forces was slowly brought to half mast. The martyrs who were remembered belonged to all the states of the country including union territories. As like every year across the country on October 21 is observed as Police Martyr’s Day. The day is to commemorate and pay a solemn tribute to those dedicated brave souls who made supreme sacrifice by laying down their lives in service of Nation, while battling the divisive, anti-national and anti-social elements. This (2016 -17) year in total 383 Police personnel were killed all over the country while on duty.
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They slog it out day in and day out, brave every weather condition while literally functioning on the roads and make innumerable sacrifices for the sake of ensuring the peaceful well- being of the citizens. Sadly, most of them remain obscure facesin the crowd although they work round-theclock. Many have paid with their lives and have fallen to nefarious criminals while serving the nation. Yes, one is talking of the countless police personnel, the brace-hearts whose duties are barely recognised by the common man and generally taken for granted. It is a matter of immense joy to the committed and passion-driven work-force that a day has been dedicated to them. To them, it is almost like a festival, though they miss out on most family festivals when they are called for duty. It was in January 1960, that October 21 of every year was officially designated as Police Com- memoration Day in India. It is a day when martyrs are remembered and saluted to serve more as a rededication for the inspired force. The origins date back to the ill-fated October 21, 1959 when the Chinese army, in an inhumanly barbaric manner, gunned down ten and took seven police personnel as prisonersin Ladakh’s Hot Springs region. The group of Indian policemen, led by Karam Singh, was in the line of duty and wassearching for a reconnaissance party that went missing. A memorial hassince been erected at the spot. As an eternal salutation, programmes are lined up all over the country on the day as a grim reminder of the vulnerability of the police persons at every stage 0f life. It is a day when homage to the slain and those killed on duty is made. Many are honoured with rewards and accolades by State governments. It is a matter of regret that for the rest of the days in the year, bar the Republic Day, the services of the police are barely recognised or even appreciated. Though not always, a word of praise may
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perhaps come when a catastrophe, an act of hooliganism or a communal riot, a flare-up by Maoists, is contained by the diligent and ever on alert police personnel and the affected place returnsto normalcy. They have to be on guard at all odd hours in order to maintain law and order in a society that remains disturbed for almost every hour of the day. The government of the day would do well if they are paid better so that their families could live a more meaningfully secure life. Confronted by goons armed with the most sophisticated weapons, the life of police personsis ever in peril asthey have only obsolete weapons with them. According to statistical figures, hundreds and hundreds of police persons die on duty because of this tragic shortfall. Asthe nation gears up for yet another commemoration day in their honour, it is time the society takes a call and resolves to recognise and give the personnel their due share of credit and ap plause. Lest one forgets, they are literally starved of such praises. Let every citizen vow to make life of these unsung heroes qualitative. That would be biggest trib- ute to the lakhs and lakhs of police personnel in the country.
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hile many officers who just pass instructions from their airconditioned offices to the ground-level personnel during combing operations manage to get gallantry medals, those who fall to the bullets while fighting the extremists often go unrecognized. Four senior officers in the annals of Andhra Pradesh police, who laid down their lives in the line of duty, are known for their valour and their concern for the police personnel and the society as a whole. The four fallen heroes are K S Vyas, Paradesi Naidu, Chadalawada Umesh Chandra and G Krishna Prasad. While Krishna Prasad was assassinated by Islamic fundamentalists, the other three officers were killed by the left wing extremists. Unfortunately, non of the four officials was given any medol for gallantry. It is time the authorities concerned take steps to recognise their valour and present medals for gallantry, posthumously.
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yas was on the top of the left wing extremists’ hit list because the elite anti-naxalite unit Greyhounds was his brainchild and the Maoists feared the outfit the most. Sensing the growing menace of Maoists, Vyas came up with the idea of starting a specialised force to deal with them since the local police were in no way capable of fighting the armed guerrillas. Steps were taken to start the specialised combat force – Greyhounds - in the year 1989. The name of Greyhounds was changed to Special Security Force (SSF) and its services were utilised for various other purposes as some people in the administration tried to play spoilsport. Subsequently, the founder of Greyhounds, Vyas was assassinated by the Naxalites when he was jogging at the LB Stadium along with his wife Aruna Vyas on January 27, 1993. He was the first IPS officer to be killed by Naxalites. Later, the Greyhounds was revived with full vigour and a specialised intelligence cell named the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) was created to help Greyhounds locate the target. The Greyhounds and the SIB together caused irreparable losses to the
left-wing extremists forcing them to run away from the state. A senior IPS officer who worked as the director general of National Security Guards (NSG) says, “Today Andhra Pradesh police is aware of each and every movement of Maoists in the country. It is due to this reason, the entire nation is looking to Greyhounds for help in purging Maoists.”
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mesh Chandra was a courageous and sincere IPS officer known for his great leadership qualities, effective management skills and humanitarian outlook. He commanded unquestioned loyalty and respect from his colleagues. He took keen interest in addressing the problems of the police personnel at home front. He ensured that basic facilities such as water and power connections and road facility were provided for the residential colonies of the police personnel. While working as the Superintendent of Police, he organised flood relief operations in Kadapa dis-
trict, without the support of any NGO or the government. He also founded Warangal Police Jagruthi Brundam to dissuade the left wing extremists from wrong path. Umesh Chandra worked hard to curb the Maoist menace wherever he worked. He conducted some of the best operations in the annals of AP Police history to curb the Maoist menace. But, Umesh Chandra was shot dead by Maoists on a busy Hyderabad road on September 4, 1999 in broad daylight, allegedly due to lack of proper security.
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he dynamic IPS officer was the Superintendent of Police for Mahbubnagar district when he was killed by the left wing extremists on November 13, 1993. On the fateful day, Paradesi Naidu reached Kolhapur and headed towards Somasila with limited manpower to visit the forest guest house blown up and one RTC bus set on fire by the Maoists. The SP spoke to villagers after inspecting the crime scene and appealed to the people not to extend cooperation to the Maoists. Later, the SP and other police personnel started their return journey. Within no time, there was a deafening sound of explosion. The bus in which the SP and other personnel were travelling was blown off and it went up in the air coming in contact with the live high power cables resulting in electric short circuit. While the injured police personnel were still in shock, the Maoists opened gunfire asking the cops to surrender. But Paradesi Naidu, a courageous man he was, instilled confidence in the minds of his per-
sonnel, though he himself was paralysed due to loss of both his limbs. The SPs words worked wonders and those who were in a position to handle weapons retaliated. The pitched battle went on for two hours until reinforcements came. However, Paradesi Naidu, bled to death by the time the gunfight was over.
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dditional Superintendent of Police G Krishna Prasad was shot to death along with his gunman Venkateswar Rao on November 29, 1992 by ISI sponsored terrorist module. Prasad had gone to search a house following
inputs about some terrorists hiding in a house at Brindavan Colony in Tolichowki area of Old city. The courageous officer did not know that the terrorists were armed with automatic rifles like Kalashnikovs. He knocked at the door when two unsuspecting girls opened the door and tried to prevent Krishna Prasad from making his way into the house. In the meantime, the terrorists opened fire with the automatic rifles killing Krishna Prasad and his gunman instantaneously. However, the valour of Krishna Prasad and his gunman did not go in vain. Since Krishna Prasad opened fire from his service pistol in reply to the gunfire from AK56 rifle, the girls received some bullet wounds and came to a hospital for treatment but were caught. Subsequently, they were interrogated and the terror module was neutralised.
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Police badly need winning trust of people N K SINGHAL, IPS
When will the police in India earn the trust of the common man? The question was put to me by a nephew on a visit to India recently from the USA, where he has been settled for the last 10 years, teaching in a university. The query was prompted by his experience in towns in India that he had visited of reluctance on the part of people to approach the police, even where police help could be validly sought and justifiably expected, unless the matter was serious and police intervention unavoidable. According to him, in America, police response is usually prompt and attitude sympathetic and helpful to the person in distress. On the contrary, in India, he found the general public impression to be that reporting to police would be an exercise in
futility and could even turn out to be an invitation to prolonged harassment. Police would often avoid registering a report, at least promptly, much less responding quickly. Reporting to the police might entail endless visits to the police, and later to the courts (if the matter reached there), and, finally, often with no results after years, sometimes decades, of wait. Even worse, the aggrieved himself could be pressurized to pay for police help or compromise with the aggressor, especially if the latter happened to be a person of means or resources. A person from non-affluent background or without any â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;approachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (the 'common man'), might not even get a civil treatment at the police station. In his perception, the policeman usually is an insensitive and corrupt bully. How does anyone expect him to trust the police in this scenario?
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This despite the fact that the policeman, by all accounts, is one of the most overworked functionaries of all the government departments, working invariably for more than the normal 6-8 hours for most other government servants, with generally no over-time allowance or weekly offs, not even festival holidays to celebrate with his family. He has to slog the beat when others sleep, come rain, hail or biting winter cold. The risks in his job are increasing everyday--he not only faces mob violence during riots and agitations but is also being increasingly targeted by criminals, terrorists and other unruly elements. Every year about 1000 policemen, both from civil police and paramilitary forces are killed on duty. This also despite the well-accepted recognition now of the importance of community cooperation and participation for meaningful and effective policing and initiatives by police officers in several states to involve the community in policing—Community Liaison Groups (on a model developed under a UNDP Project), Neighbourhood Watch, Thana Committees, Mohalla Committees, Dost, Senior Citizens’ Schemes, Friends of the Police etc. While these set ups, no doubt, help in better sensitization of policemen and improving
police-community interface, especially in the area of their operation, they have their limitations. Particularly, they have not been able to bring about an over-all attitudinal change in policemen, which is essential for earning the trust of the people. Problems are understood to be faced under such schemes due to various factors, such as: Difficulty in sensitizing the policemen as a whole Temptation for unscrupulous elements among the public to join for their own ulterior motives Loss of interest and momentum with passage of time, and more particularly, after the transfer of the officer on whose individual initiative such schemes are often started As I told my nephew, there is no simple solution or answer to his query. Besides the deficiencies —operational and attitudinal — in police functioning itself, there are several other factors also which distance the common man from the police--not being the ‘servant of law’ under our system, its subservience to political and bureaucratic control and interference, the historic background of Indian police, the very nature — negative--particularly of its enforcement duties, some provisions in the law which themselves are
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based on lack of trust in the police, manner of functioning (non-functioning) of the criminal justice system etc. While more intensive and sustained efforts will need to be made with regard to external factors enumerated above, the basic requirement for the police to achieve public acceptance and earn the confidence of the common man would be to put its own house in order. National Police Commission had analysed police partiality, corruption, and failure to register cognizable offences as some of the most important factors for the unsatisfactory police-public relations. These evils in police functioning will need to be targeted vigorously and unsparingly. The trust of the ‘common man’ would be truly won the day he, when in distress or need of bona fide police help, can walk into a police station with the confidence of being treated in a civil manner with empathy and getting prompt and fair response without having to take recourse to any ‘approach’ or corrupt practice, irrespective of his own economic or social status or that of the aggressor/offender. Till then, no number of ‘community policing’ measures, under whatever name or guise, would be of much help. Bringing this ethos to the police would need determined and unrelenting efforts on the part of police leadership — through training and sensitization inputs, constant advising
and cajoling, inspiring by example, unsparing action against those not responding to these efforts and operationalising and enforcing accountability on the supervisory chain. As brought out by National Police Commission, the negative image of police is often more among those whose opinions were based on what they had heard than those who interacted with the police. The biggest contributor to this ‘hearsay’ negative image is the media, both print and electronic (including the increasing number of soaps and talk-shows on the small screen), which usually gives much larger space to police failures, functional as well as behavioural, than its achievements or constraints and limitations under which it has to function. While any real image change has necessarily to be based on better professional performance and improvement in behavioural aspect of police functioning, steps for better sensitization of the media would also be imperative. Besides accessibility and transparency in dealing with them, continuous interaction, including at higher editorial levels, for a balanced projection of police functioning and clarifying the correct facts, in case of any instances of serious or biased reporting, should be of help in this regard. (The author is Retired IPS Officer who was Associated with Indian Intelligence for Long)
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since 1961 more than 34,500 police personnel have sacrificed their lives for security of the nation and service to the society. thirty seniors ips officers also martyred during the same time. the names of this all india service officer who sacrificed their live in fighting with anti nationals for providing security and protecting law & order are:
olice Commemoration Day is observed on October 21 every year to mark the martyrdom of policemen killed in Ladakh in 1959 and to pay tribute to all other police personnel killed in line of duty during the year. The Annual Conference of Inspectors General of Police of States and Union Territories held in January 1960 decided that October 21 would henceforth be observed as Commemoration Day in all Police Lines throughout India to mark the memory of these gallant men who were killed in Ladakh and all other
Police personnel killed on duty during the year.It was also decided to erect a memorial at Hot Springs and, every year, members of Police Forces from different parts of the country trek to Hot Springs to pay homage to those gallant martyrs. On the National Police commemoration day 21st October, Police officers and other dignitaries Participates in the Police Commemoration Day Celebration, at Police Martyrs Memorial and offers tributes to policemen, who sacrificed their lives for the nation. As the nation commemorated
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the sacrifices of the police personnel yet again during the Police Commemoration Day on 21st October , 2016 Friday the forces have renewed its demand that the dead personnel be declared 'shaeed' (martyr).The personnel of the three services -- Army, Navy and Air Force -- are called 'martyrs' when they are killed during duty, but there is no official notification or order till date which states that men and women of police and paramilitary forces who get killed in anti-Naxal operations or while rendering internal security duties regularly are honoured as 'shaheed'. Gallantry, courage, motivation, derring-do, fighting spirit. The police forces of India have plenty of them. They have shown their mettle in more than one battle. They looked straight into death and laughed fearlessly. They died for our new dawn. Our heartfelt tributes to these great leaders, who led by example and put them in the line of fire first before their subordinates. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to honour the fallen. Salutes to the brave police officers! Writer is Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda.
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ndian Intelligence is frequently in the news, often for the wrong reasons. It is a favourite kicking target for those who compulsively articulate, like the media, political leaders, academics etc. Why should it be so when its stellar contributions to national security have quite often been praised by different Prime Ministers at different times in Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history? But there is no denying that the system suffers from many fault lines, some systemic, some a remnant of the past but most due to reluctance to bring about a change. It is the cumulative mindset, operating at the cutting level in the country which is mostly
responsible for this dismal state of affairs. For any State, Intelligence is a prime necessity, not only to know about adversaries but also about friends, so as to remain forewarned about their intentions and capabilities and to prevent surprises. It is a multidimensional complex activity but its basics remain the same - collection, analysis, counter intelligence and covert actions. A fair idea about the functioning of Indian Intelligence can be made by examining how well it is equipped for handling these four sectors.
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We Salute Police Martyrs arm performing a distinct role. Published information provides the bulk of intelligence, close to 80 per cent. Well-researched articles and books and field journalists not only prove invaluable source of key facts, they also provide reliable insights into any situation a country maybe interested in. Advent of computers now makes recording, indexing and retrieval of such information a lot easier but if the organization is not computer savvy, a good part of such information would fail to get stored. Technological and scientific means invariably produce intelligence of high accuracy. The gadgetry required for intelligence gathering is very expensive and the state-of-the- art equipment is not available in the market. Investigations into Mumbai 26/11 events reveal that intercepts of Voiceover Internet Protocol conversations between the terrorists in Mumbai and their handlers in Pakistan had to come from foreign agencies. States share intelligence in absolute self interest and not for considerations of ethics, morality or law. Imagine, if foreigners had not been the victims of 26/11 carnage, the requisite information in all probability have remained
hidden from Indian authorities. Selective concealment is an acceptable reality of the Intelligence world. At no stage in the past Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaborating partners had disclosed to India anything about Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing nuclear weapon development programme and Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stellar role in it when it was widely known that this programme directly targeted India. The solution lies in having an in-house research and development capability with an extremely high powered technical staff, second to none, that can work on dedicated technical requirements of the Intelligence. It calls for a very high level of funding; something which is not very kindly looked upon by the fund managers of the country. This area has been a long standing weakness of Indian Intelligence. This problem can be fixed only by the political managers of the country. Another negative factor is that Intelligence in India has no locus in law, especially for those who work in foreign Intelligence. All those who issue such executive instructions and those who carry out these instructions in a foreign country to spy and steal secrets can be held accountable
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under the Indian laws. Foreign Intelligence is the only organization directed by the government to violate the local laws of the country of operation but the government does so without enjoying any legal authority to do so. This state of affairs is reflective of the apathy in which Intelligence is held in India.
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Analysis comes in the picture to make a sense from collected raw intelligence in juxtaposition with publicly available data. It interprets the pooled information and comes up with likely scenarios of what may happen. This exercise has to be meaningful because governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy decisions could be based on them. But there is hardly any culture in the country requiring policy papers to be prepared on national security issues, with participation from intelligence, diplomats, military specialists, scientists etc., detailing likely scenarios and examining the pros and cons of each. Dealing with Naxalism is an issue which proves this assumption. The quality of Indian Intelligence analysis has been applauded by foreign intelligence partners.
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Counter intelligence prime functions are identifying operations and agents of foreign intelligence organizations, and protecting the secrets of the State from penetration through use of human agents and technical means like bugs, monitoring, surveillance from space, interception of communication channels etc. Lack of national awareness for the needs of security makes the task of counter intelligence more difficult. Dangers arise equally from hostile and friendly agencies, driven by the operational necessity of discovering protected information. Results from counter intelligence have been a mixed bag of successes and shame. Over the years counter intelligence has been able to unmask several of the Indian agents of all the major intelligence organisations of the world. The shame lies in the fact that it could not prevent foreign penetration even into their senior ranks. Actual truth may be more hurting. The field of counter intelligence has exponentially grown with the advent of international
terrorism. Countering such terrorism has to be a composite exercise requiring participation, apart from intelligence, of other organs of the state such as armed forces, state police, crisis management groups, paramilitary directorates and science and technical communities among others.
COVERT OPERATIONS Nations are no longer squeamish about employment of covert techniques though specific operations may continue to be shrouded by the mystique of deniability. Nations seem willing to use any tool of statecraft to strengthen national security. The Indian State in the past was not hesitant in using such instruments. But one cannot switch to covert actions overnight. Long preparations are necessary. If â&#x20AC;&#x153;all optionsâ&#x20AC;? are being kept open to deal with the vicious terrorist threat from across the borders, it will be proper to give a green signal to the intelligence now to make its covert plans. The current systems are unlikely to match the challenges that have emerged. Drastic reforms are necessary to unshackle Intelligence from its rigid bureaucratic mould. The very first step of reform should begin by giving Indian Intelligence the backing of legislative enactments. The laws should provide a degree of autonomy which frees intelligence from all bureaucratic restraints and controls. The laws should hold intelligence accountable to the Cabinet or its committee for security but also create a parliamentary committee for oversight. One last word. Is there any way that can measure the depth of devotion and commitment of Intelligence to the national cause? The following anecdote can be a revealing guide. At the height of Afghan resistance to Soviet Union in 1989, the situation in Kabul became so dangerous that the US, British and other Western countries withdrew their Ambassadors and staff from the country. Our foreign office and Ambassador wanted to follow suit, Intelligence included. Intelligence refused. While others came back to Delhi, Intelligence remained at Kabul to continue to fly the Indian flag over the Embassy in Kabul. (The author is President of All India Retired IPS Officers Association)
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KALYAN K MITRA, IPS ime is turbulent. The country is facing myriad problems both from outside and within. The internal security scenario in the country today is grim. The Indian state seems increasingly incapable of protecting the life and property of its citizens. The long drawn cross-border terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir, repeated terrorist strikes in crowded city centres in different parts of the country, growing ethnic insurgency in several states in the North-East and above all, the reign
of terror unleashed by the Naxals in 13 Indian states have jeopardized India’s internal security. The threats from various non-state actors have posed severe challenge to the state overshadowing the traditional military threats to India’s territorial integrity from Pakistan and China. What is at stake today is the stability and integrity of the nation. The ISI of Pakistan, with covert assistance from Bangladesh and Nepal, have been training, funding and equipping separatist groups in Kashmir, various home grown ‘Jihadi’ terror cells in different parts of the country and the insurgents in the North-East. There are reasons to believe that the so-called
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‘left extremists’ are also receiving arms, equipment and support from our neighbourhood. These persistent security threats are core issues needing urgent attention from the government because India’s much vaunted march forward as a regional power will depend on whether or not we succeed in overcoming the challenges. It is important to note that nearly all our internal security problems have external dimensions, one way or the other. A large multiethnic, multi-religious, diverse country with hundreds of castes and tribes has inherent potential for intra-state conflicts. The problem has become all the more acute because the state, even after sixty years of Independence, has failed to deliver social and economic justice to vast majority of its citizens despite tall promises made in the constitution. A democratic, free, liberal country like ours is especially vulnerable because it offers endless opportunities to terrorists and insurgents to operate, establish bases, raise funds, procure weapons, communicate and mobilize support from the civil society. The ruling political elite and corrupt, inefficient bureaucracy have not only failed to govern and deliver the core services, they have also demonstrated lamentable lack of will and courage to adopt strong measures and tackle the growing threats to security. The leaders in power have politicized the response to terror. They remain ever reluctant to adopt strong legal measures for fear of losing at the elections because tough terrorism-specific laws, though passed in many democratic coun-
tries in the west, would be unpopular among a section of India’s population. According to the US state Department’s latest annual report on terrorism, India ranks among world’s most terrorism afflicted countries. The report also notes that despite the government’s official pronouncements, its counter-terrorism efforts remain hampered by outdated law-enforcement and legal systems. Our security architecture, both at the Centre and the states, needs radical reform. The government at the centre has taken certain measures following huge public outrage and media outbursts after the Mumbai attacks in November 2008. But these measures are not enough. Unless the civil
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lessons from the USA where unified single Department of Homeland Security was created after 9/11 attack bringing together multifarious security organizations in four divisions under one umbrella. In India, we are heading in the opposite direction by creating new additional institutions. The government has taken credit for giving greater teeth to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 which replaced the tough Prevention of Terrorist Act (POTA). There is no doubt that the UAPA has been strengthened but it still lacks the special enforcement provisions which POTA had, such as, admissibility of confession before a Police Officer, burden of proof of innocence on the accused, tougher bail conditions and so on. The fight against terror must focus on external and domestic networking and financing of terror which remain beyond the scope of routine legislation such as the UAPA. It is time that the logic of overriding national interest finally prevailed over petty short-sighted electoral politics. The need of the hour is an apex body like National Counter Terrorism Centre which will have the database relating to all terrorist incidents and terrorism related information with powers to
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tackle all aspects of terrorism â&#x20AC;&#x201D; right from prevention and pre-emption through collection of inputs/intelligence from central and state agencies, coordination and sharing of intelligence between central and state agencies to monitoring investigation, prosecution and trial of cases. Another urgent and long pending task is police reforms and modernization of the police in the states. Internal security cannot be maintained unless the states discharge their constitutional duty to secure peace and public order. The political leaders have neglected and politically exploited the police and their intelligence apparatus. This has, over the years, adversely affected the discipline, morale and efficiency of the police. The much discussed and long awaited police reforms have yet to take place due to reluctance on the part of the political leaders in the states cutting across party lines. The directives issued by the Supreme Court in September 2006 have so far been complied with by only a few states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mostly in the North East. There have been repeated demands since long for replacing the outdated Police Act of 1861 by a new Act to ensure greater accountability of the police and insulate the force from political manipulation by giving them greater autonomy. The state police forces and their intelligence branches are grossly unprepared to deal with the challenges facing them. They are under-staffed, under-equipped, ill-trained and poorly paid. India has one of the lowest police - population ratio in the world (142 per 100000). The ratio is 315 in the USA, 290 in Australia, 300 in Germany and 200 in the U.K. The problem is further compounded by huge chunk of the force wasted for protection of the so-called VIPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Side by side with police reforms, the entire criminal justice system needs a thorough overhaul. Finally and most importantly, we need to examine our intelligence set up and revitalize the Indian intelligence mechanism. The performance of our agencies came under sharp scrutiny of the Kargil Review Committee. The government appointed a task force following the report and its recommendations were accepted by the group of Ministers. However, nothing
changed substantially since then. The multiagency centre hardly took off the ground. The National Security Council and the joint Intelligence Committee have become almost dysfunctional. The basic reform must begin with a new multi-discipline futuristic approach to collection and dissemination of intelligence. With rapid advances in technology and information revolution, the agencies will more and more need talented experts, scientists, engineers, IT professionals etc. in order to collect, analyze and interpret vast quantity of complex data from variety of sources. The effectiveness of our national intelligence effort will be directly proportional to the quality and skill of men and women recruited by the agencies. This calls for sufficient career incentives to attract and retain qualified individuals from the universities, private sector, corporate world and institutes of excellence. In other words, there is need for a paradigm shift in national security culture so that lateral recruitment of experts at all levels could be done as and when necessary. While structural reforms are essential, any rethinking about intelligence will no doubt focus on what kind of intelligence should be or need to be collected. As there is no institutionalized systems of tasking by the consumers of intelligence and performance audit, the agencies disseminate whatever they collect, process and analyze. Their typical product is treated as free good. In the absence of regular feedbacks from consumers, there is excessive reliance on reportorial current intelligence because what is easy to read is most likely to be read. Further, the policymaker is often reluctant to accept information that challenges past experience and conventional wisdom. As a result, the analysts in the agency work under constant pressure for conformity and shun innovative, out of the box conclusions. They seldom anticipate scenarios that appear low in probability but high in consequence. Since there is no accountability, heads do not roll when disaster strikes. It is time we had legislative oversight of intelligence activities to ensure accountability of our agencies. (The author is former Director General, Security)
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Police brought laurels for the state: Nayini
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ome Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy paid tributes to the police martyrs at the police commemoration day parade held at Shivkumarlal Police Stadium. Recalling the importance of the day, he said that many Policemen were sacrificing their life in protecting the country. He said that the maintenance of law and order in the State leads to its development. He said that the Telangana police is solving cases at fast pace with usage of technology. He said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh have appreciated the performance of Telangana Police on various occasions. The schemes such as SHE teams, Bharosa centers, CCTNS project, e-governance, finger print identification system have been widely accepted by the people. The parade presented arms to the home minister. Later, the home minister released Martyrs book and handed over to the director general of police Anurag Sharma. Speaking on the occasion, Anurag Sharma
said that the supreme sacrifices of the police heroes should be remembered. There needs to be patience in dealing the internal security issues. The people should be aware of the police duties and from time to time they need to be informed the top circumstances in solving. Home Secretary Rajiv Trivedi, City Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy, senior police officials and some retired police officers paid homage at the Martyrs Memorial.
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eputy chief minister and home minister, Nimmakayala Chinarajappa has said notwithstanding the multifarious problems of a newly formed stated, Andhra Pradesh police personnel have immensely contributed for the safety and development of the state. Speaking after paying rich tributes to the police martyrs at the commemoration day parade organized at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada, he said as many as 18 police personnel died in the line of duty during the year. He said the people of Andhra Pradesh keep in mind forever the commitment of the police personnel for the state. He also said the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was committed to the welfare of the police personnel. “It is this commitment and the sustained efforts by the police personnel that made it possible to develop the state capital in a short span of time despite odds,” he said. The home minister assured the police personnel all support at all times. Speaking on the occasion, director general of police N Sambasiva Rao paid tributes to the police martyrs. He said as many as 18 police personnel died while on duty in the state while as many as 383 police personnel laid down their lives in the line of duty in the country. Police commemoration week was observed from Obctober 15 to 21 during which open house, screening of films highlighting the police sacrifices, elocution, essay writing, painting and cartoon competitions for the students were conducted, he said adding that essay competition for policemen was held on the topic ‘Invisible Police-Visible Policing’ and best entries were rewarded. The DGP also said that blood donation was taken-up as an important activity and a record
number of 7,291 units of blood was donated by the policemen voluntarily during the blood donation camps. He also outlined the welfare activities taken up for the police personnel such as group personal accident insurance coverage, bhadrata, arogya bhadrata schemes, health checkup for the personnel of all ranks and operating subsidiary police canteens.
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YSR Congress MP Butta Renuka joins TDP
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SR Congress MP Butta Renuka joined Telugu Desam Party on October 17, more than three years after she made her first attempt to join the party. TDP chief and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu formally welcomed the Kurnool MP and her followers into the party at his camp office in Amaravathi. Renuka is the second YSRC MP to switch sides to the TDP after S P Y Reddy of Nandyal, also in Kurnool district. The YSRC had petitioned the Lok Sabha speaker against Reddy and sought his disqualification under the Anti-Defection Law but the plea has been pending for over three years. The YSRC alleged that the ruling party lured the Kurnool MP with offers of money. The party had eight MPs in the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh after the 2014 elections but the number has now fallen to six. Renuka, a businesswoman and relatively new to politics, tried to join the TDP soon after her election in May 2014, following in the footsteps of her colleague Reddy.
party. She, however, continued to maintain a close relationship with TDP leaders over the years. "I am happy to associate with the TDP for the development of the state. The chief minister has been striving to develop the state after all the turmoil caused by the bifurca-
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tion," Renuka told reporters in the presence of Naidu. The chief minister appreciated her for joining hands with him in the development process. TDP sources said Renuka would organise a public meeting in Kurnool soon.
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ormer Telangana TDP working President A Revanth Reddy, who resigned last week from the party, joined the Congress on October 31 in the presence of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi. Rahul Gandhi offered him sweets and a party scarf to formally admit him into the party. Congress Secretary R C Khuntia, incharge of party affairs in Telangana, state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and others were also present. Revanth had resigned from the TDP membership and from the post of Kodangal MLA on October 28. In his resignation letter to TDP President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, he alleged that the party was "hobnobbing" with ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) while he was fighting it. He also complained of being sidelined in the TDP. Along with Revanth, 16 other former senior members of the TDP joined the Congress party. These include Boda Janardhan, former MLA Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao, Vaddepalli Subhash Reddy, ex-MLA Seethakka, Vempally Narendar Reddy and Rajaram Yadav. Rajaram Yadav was a prominent student leader in Osmania University, before he joined TDP in 2013. Addressing a press conference later, Khuntia said Revanth Reddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to join Congress in Telangana despite TDP being in
power in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh was unique. He said Congress president Sonia Gandhi granted statehood for Telangana. However, after coming to power in the new State in 2014 elections, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao worked only for the welfare of his family and did not honour any of the promises that he made with farmers, students and youth. Stating that TDP has vanished and other parties have no significance in the State, he said Congress is the only alternate to TRS in Telangana. He said Revanth Reddy has joined the Congress party without any conditions after resigning from the posts of Telangana TDP Working President and also the MLA. He said no assurances, whatsoever, were given to him or other leaders. He said many more leaders from other parties would soon join the Congress party. Speaking on the occasion, Revanth Reddy said the formation of Telangana involved six decades of struggle and sacrifices by over 1500 people, especially students The News You Like | November, 2017
and youth. The TRS Government did not even prepare the list of over 1500 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for Telangana. He said more than 20 lakh students were denied fee reimbursement. About 10 lakh jobless youth, who gave preference to statehood agitation than focusing on their careers, were deprived of jobs. None of the families of over 3,400 farmers who committed suicide under TRS regime got any help from KCR Government. Revanth Reddy alleged that KCR constructed a Rs. 1,000 crore palace on 10 acres of land in the heart of the city for himself, purchased a television channel, newspapers and made other assets. He remained focused on the welfare and growth of his own family. He is openly looting the State." "I have joined Congress to fulfill the true aspirations of Telangana martyrs. Rahul Gandhi is bound to become the next Prime Minister of India and together we will turn the real dream of Telangana into a reality," he said.
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n the wake of the Gujarat elections, BJP Minority Morcha has demanded several seats to consolidate their position in the state. Citing the 350 seats secured by Muslims in the local body polls in urban areas in 2015 as a major boost, BJP minority morcha incharge Mehboob Ali Chisti said, "During the recent Parliamentary Board meeting, many Muslim community leaders have requested for party tickets. Representations have been made for JamalpurKhadia, Vejalpur, Vagra, Wankaner, Bhuj and Abdasa seats." Incidentally, after the launch of Sadbhavna Mission to attract minorities in 2011 by then CM Narendra Modi, the BJP failed to field any Muslim candidate in the 2012 Gujarat elections despite Muslims emerging as winners in the local body polls in 2010. Five years later, the minorities now expect the BJP to project some "real sadbhavna" by fielding minorities to contest the upcoming assembly elections. Meanwhile, an opinion survey by Times Now-VMR revealed that the saffron brigade is set for a record sixth win in the state improving its 2012 tally, led by then CM Narendra Modi. In the 182-member assembly, the BJP is head on to secure 118134 seats compared to 115 seats in the 2012 polls, predicting a comfortable win for the party. While major opposition, Congress, which
won 61 seats in the 2012 polls, it is predicted that the party's vote share would come down to 49-61 seats. The party's tally may go down by 2 per cent, bringing it down from 39 per cent to 37 per cent. The opinion survey further revealed that about 67 per cent of the respondents voted, for now, PM The News You Like | November, 2017
Narendra Modi as the best chief minister in the last 5 years, with present CM Vijay Rupani securing 13 per cent. With youth leaders leading major reservation agitations in the state, the opinion poll findings showed that Rahul's campaign to woo the troika of youth leaders Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani may not be effective. Over 52 per cent respondents said that they would support BJP if the youth leaders club with Congress, while 37 per cent supported Congress. The poll was conducted in the first three weeks of October by the group and was spread across the four regions of Gujrat. The poll sampled over 6,000 respondents. The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for two-phase assembly elections in Gujarat, which is slated on December 9 and 14.
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of about Rs 7 lakh crore, which was approved by the Union Cabinet. Gadkari told the media that work on the approved highway projects will "begin before the end of 2018". He said Bharatmala will considerably improve India's rankings in the Logistics Performance Index and generate huge direct and indirect employment in construction activity. "Bharatmala, the new umbrella programme for the highways sector, focuses on optimising efficiency of road traffic movement The News You Like | November, 2017
across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps. It will be a major driver for economic growth and help realise the Prime Minister's vision of a 'New India'," Gadkari said. The first phase includes 24,800 km of roads, including 9,000 of economic corridors, 2,000 km each of border and coastal roads, and 800 km of greenfield expressways, as well as 10,000 km of balance road works under the National Highway Development Programme, taking the total length of
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roads to 34,800 km at an estimated cost of Rs 5,35,000 crore. The minister said work had begun on detailed project reports of 25,000 km. Bharatmala is likely to result in increasing average vehicular speed by 20-25 percent, reducing supply chain costs by 5 to 6 percent and besides giving impetus to production and exports. It has potential to create 10 crore mandays of employment during the construction phase while another 22 million permanent jobs are expected to be created by the increased economic activity. Noting that Bharatmala is the "biggest ever programme approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in its history," Gadkari said it will enable the country to bridge the "highway sector infra deficit" by 2022. "Bharatmala programme includes development of 44 Economic Corridors, 66 Inter Corridor Routes and 16 Feeder Routes. It not
only aims at connecting economic centres seamlessly but also decongesting them. It will improve India's connectivity to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. A special emphasis has been laid on upgrading the infrastructure in the northeast and multi-modal integration with River Brahmaputra," Gadkari said. He said that apart from developing highways, the programme aims at developing logistics parks. Gadkari said Bharartmala will be transparent and corruption free and, in synergy with Sagarmala, boost connectivity to coastal areas to enable port-led economic development and coastal tourism. The entire effort at ramping up infrastructure, including in the shipping space, is expected to create one crore jobs besides adding 2-3 per cent to the GDP. "Bharatmala will give the country 50 national corridors, compared with six at present. 70 to 80 The News You Like | November, 2017
per cent of freight will move along the national highways against 40 per cent at present. The programme will help connect 550 districts through national highways, compared with around 300 districts at present," Gadkari said. The Minister said apart from Rs 5,35,000 crore for the first phase, there is a requirement of Rs 1,57,324 crore for ongoing projects under various schemes, and thus, overall outlay will be Rs 6,92,324 crore over five years. Officials said that the Gross Budgetary Support for the Bharatmala project and existing schemes in five years will be restricted to Rs 2,37,024 crore from the Central Road Fund, Rs 59,973 crorebudgetary support, Rs 34,000 crore from expected monetisation through toll-operate-transfer route and Rs 46,048 crore collected as Toll-Permanent Bridge Fee Fund by the National Highway Authority of India.
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he mindset of India is shifting and likeliness of democracy is fading, according to a study conducted by American think tank, Pew Research Center. The study that investigated the political mindset of 38 ostensibly democratic countries, India faired high on its favour to military and autocratic rule. According to the study, more than half of Indians prefer an autocratic rule to democracy the country is following since Independence. About 55 percent of the respondents agreed to be ruled by a strong leader who can fly above courts and parliament. Also, the study says that 53 percent of the Indians are happy to be under military rule. More shockingly, the study also concludes that over 76 percent Indians are less committed to the representative democracy. But this claim can contend with the increasing participation of voters in elections conducted in the country. Though the study hints a public approval for autocracy, it also says that about 80 percent Indians trust the government to do what is right for the country.
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NIA raids Salahuddin's residence in terror funding case
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he National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at the residence of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in Kashmir valley in connection with a six-year-old terror funding case. "The agency carried out searches at the residence of Shahid, son of Syed Salahuddin, in Soibugh village of Budgam district early on October 26 morning," sources in the NIA said. "We have seized mobile phones, laptops, hard disks and several incriminating documents." The raid comes two days after the counter-terror probe agency arrested Shahid, 42, a state government employee, in Delhi after he was called for questioning at its headquarters in a 2011 terror funding case that pertains to terror money sent through hawala channels by militants based in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to Jammu and Kashmir to instigate terrorist activities. The NIA has alleged that Shahid over the years has been receiving and collecting funds through international wire money transfer from Hizbul Mujahideen militant Aijaz Bhat, a Srinagar resident now based in Saudi Arabia. Shahid even during his questioning admitted to have received funds from the members of Hizbul Mujahideen on the direction of his father. He had also revealed the names of his associates abroad as-
sociated with the Hizbul Mujahideen and involved in raising, collecting and transferring funds from abroad to India. After his arrest, the NIA said Shahid was one of Aijaz Bhat's several contacts who were in telephonic touch "to receive the money transfer codes". The money was meant to fund Hizbul Mujahideen's militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The NIA had filed two charge sheets against six accused in the case in 2011. Four of them Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, one of the closest aides of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mohammed Sidiq Ganai, Ghulam Jeelani Liloo and Farooq Ahmad The News You Like | November, 2017
Dagga - are currently in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Two of the accused, Mohammad Maqbool Pandit and Aijaz Bhat, are on the run and have been declared proclaimed offenders. Pandit, like Aijaz Bhat, has been an active Hizbul Mujahideen militant and is currently based in Pakistan. Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, Ganai, Liloo and Dagga were arrested on January 22, 2011, and Rs 21.20 lakh was recovered from them. After their arrest, Aijaz Bhat used to send money to Shahid. The Hizbul Mujahideen chief's son, according to an NIA official, received at least four instalments of money in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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Create awareness and set youth into action: Venkaiah Naidu
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ice-president of India, M Vekaiah Naidu said creating awareness among youth and then setting them into action was the need of the hour. Launching the official website of Awareness in Action (AIA) at his office in New Delhi on November 15, Naidu said educating the people on issues of national and social importance will only bring a change in the society. The vice-president appreciated the efforts of Awareness in Action for the last 15 years. He asked the team members to create a data bank of young people and float innovative ideas using information technology. Spreading of such ideas, creating awareness and setting people into action would bring a sea change, he said. Awareness in Action, based in Hyderabad, was founded 15 years ago by a group of energetic young professionals and academic persons. It operates as an independent public policy, research and documentation institute. It intends to advance social change through multiple activities. The team is involved in organising various programmes focusing on in-depth understanding of various issues of national importance, besides creating awareness among various walks of life on unexplored and ignored issues through intense debates, research, documentation, intellectual pursuits and campaigns. Towards this destination, it has
started organising workshops, symposia and other gatherings to initiative intense debates, exchange of ideas, interpretation of varies outcomes in a meaningful way and arriving on some conclusions on varied aspects of our national life. It works among various social groups, academic institutions, nongovernmental organisations, opinion leaders and policy makers through discussions, dialogue, research, pilot projects, advocacy, publications, lobbying and promoting transparency and accountability among public institutions. For the last couple of years it has been focusing on initiating proper debate and thus understanding about issues related to national security, national unity, economy, social harmony and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation in national life. The News You Like | November, 2017
For the last couple of years it has been focusing on initiating proper debate and thus understanding about issues related to national security, national unity, economy, social harmony and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation in national life. It is now expanding its area of activity by focusing on issues like environment, human rights, urban infrastructure and Development. In these areas it proposes to take up intense exchange of ideas, besides some research activities. Among those who were present at the website launch include the office bearers of Awareness in Action â&#x20AC;&#x201C; its president B.G. Rajeswar, Secretary Madhavi, treasurer Swapna Balla, founder member Raghunatha Rao CVS, advisors Prashant Natu, Satish, Raghuram P and Sai Kiran.
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s many as 50 students have joined the list of either those who committed suicide or disappeared in the last 10 months in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh kicking up serious debate on the existing system of education and absolute lack of government supervision on private educational institutions. On the other hand, parents are taking pains to pay exorbitant fees to their wards from the elementary school stage in the hope of making them bright students and pave way for their future. The students manage to reach intermediate where they are being subjected to tremendous pressure both by the parents and also by the teachers of corporate colleges. Parents also force their kids to take specific subjects without giving them the option of choosing sub-
jects according to their interest. This is mainly due to the parents aspirations to make their kids doctors and engineers. Adding fuel to fire, the managements of corporate colleges, which almost control the Intermediate Board, flout all norms and confine the students to four walls causing mental agony and frustration among the students leading to untoward incidents. Further, parents are forcing their kids to stay in college hostels and not giving the kids the option of coming back home every day after the classes, in the hope that residential coaching will ensure better rank for their kids. However, the psychological pressure and lack of proper guidance at the time of distress, is forcing the students either to commit suicide or run away from college and home. During 1995 to 2000, more than 1,400 students committed suicide The News You Like | November, 2017
and the government had formed a committee to look into reasons for these suicides. After thorough study, the committee recommended having counselors in the colleges. As per the committee's recommendation, a criminal case should be booked against the college management. Unfortunately, no college has implemented the recommendation and it's high time they do it as the current situation is more or less same because the managements are highly influential and almost run the Intermediate Board with money and political power. It is time the parents allow their wards to choose the subjects according to their choice and give them adequate freedom with proper guidance to excel in their lives instead of forcing them to go for engineering and medicine and keeping them in concentration camp like institutions.
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five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Aadhaar law on charges of being intrusive and violating the right to privacy. The apex court also pulled up the West Bengal government for directly approaching it against the central government's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits under social welfare schemes. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said the hearing on the petitions challenging the government move would take place in the last week of November. The court said this after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal told the bench that the government had filed a detailed affidavit refuting all the allegations on expanding the area under Aadhaar linkage. Asking the court not to issue any further interim orders, Venugopal said the government was ready to argue and the court, if deemed fit, could set up a constitution bench to decide on the various Aadhaar petitions. He said the government had already issued more than 100 orders and notifications to address the glitches in the implementation of Aadhaar. The government counsel also
told the court that fake reports were being spread about Aadhaar linking, including how the unique ID was being made compulsory for CBSE students to appear in Class 10 and 12 exams. As court said that the challenge to Aadhaar law would be heard by the five judges constitution bench, the issue of extending the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, PAN, mobile numbers and other schemes for those who don't have the unique identification number is now on the backburner. The issue is not there, as the court is hearing the matter in the last week of November, the Attorney General said. The existing deadline is up to December 31. In the last hearing of the matter The News You Like | November, 2017
on October 25, the Centre had indicated that the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, PAN, mobile numbers and other schemes for those who don't have the unique identification number and are willing to go for it may be extended till March 31. The validity of Aadhaar law that has been challenged by a number of people, including former Karnataka High Court Judge K.S. Puttaswamy, first Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and Magsaysay awardee Shanta Sinha and researcher Kalyani Sen Menon. Aadhaar is being challenged in the court amid apprehensions that it violated right to privacy -- which
AADHAAR TROUBLES a nine-judge bench had already declared as a fundamental right -with the use of biometric details like fingerprints and iris scans. The nine-judge bench ruling has a bearing in the Aadhaar case as the petitions argue that the Aadhaar Act 2016 is unconstitutional. Earlier in the court, a separate bench pulled up West Bengal for challenging the Centre's decision to link Aadhaar for giving subsidies, wondering how could a state government could challenge a law passed by the central government. "How can a state government challenge a law passed by the Centre? This way the Centre would start challenging the laws passed by the states," observed a bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan. The bench also gave time to the West Bengal government to amend its petition questioning the linking of Aadhaar for giving subsidy by
the state's Labour Department. The court said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee could challenge the aspect of Aadhaar law requiring linking as an "individual" and a "citizen". However, the court gave notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar. The Centre was given four weeks to respond. Banerjee said her government
had the highest respect for the Supreme Court, saying it had not rejected their plea against the Centre's move. "There is no problem. The court did not say it rejected the plea. The court asked us to appeal individually. We appreciate that," Banerjee said. "We accept the court's decision. I know that some individuals have also appealed against the policy."
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eelamani N. Raju, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1983 batch, has been appointed the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP) of Karnataka, it was announced on Tuesday. She succeeds Rupak Kumar Dutta, who is retiring. Raju, 57, was earlier the Director General of Police - Internal Security. "Congratulations to Karnataka's first woman DG-IGP...
Wish her a successful tenure," tweeted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. "I am very grateful to the state for the appointment. It is a very challenging job. With the state elections around the corner, the job has to be carried out very professionally," Raju told reporters after assuming office on Tuesday evening. In a related development, eight senior IPS officers, including two contenders for the top post of DGIGP, were transferred on Tuesday.
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According to an official notification, the contenders -- H.C. Kishore Chandra and M.N. Reddi -- have been transferred as Director General of Police and Chairman and Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, and Director General of Police and Commandant General - Home Guards, respectively. Another officer Praveen Sood has been appointed as the new Director General of Police - Internal Security.
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t has emerged that Kerala based non-profit Popular Front of India (PFI) is working to turn Indian into a theocratic Islamic state through mass conversions and illegal financing, according to a report telecast by India Today TV. The PFI, which is under investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is accused of brainwashing Hindu women and marrying them off to Muslim men. 'All these allegations are baseless,' claimed Zainaba AS, the head of the group's women's wing, on October 30, responding to accusations that she mentored nonMuslim women into conversions. She is suspected of playing a key role in what has come to be known as Kerala's own love jihad case – the marriage between Hadiya, previously known by her Hindu name as Akhila Asokan, with Shafin Jahan. In May, the state high court annulled their marriage after the woman's father challenged it as an act of forcible conversion for terror recruitment. Shafin Jahan's appeal is now being heard by the Supreme Court. 'I contacted Hadiya only after she came to the PFI's sister organisation Sathya Sarani for admission. Actually, she embraced Islam two years before,' insisted Zainaba. “It's no love jihad but an arranged marriage.” However, before Zainaba
issued this denial relating to one high-profile case, she had already shared the PFI's dark secrets with India Today TV's undercover reporters. As a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, she was caught on tape saying how the Popular Front of India and Sathya Sarani in Kerala's Manjeri town carried out massive conversions. 'In That institute of ours... around 5,000 people have converted to Islam over the past 10 years now,' Zainaba revealed. They, she admitted, included both Hindus and Christians. Conversions, an emotive issue in Kerala, are banned in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha if carried out through force The News You Like | November, 2017
or allurement. Recently, Jharkhand's Assembly also passed an anti-conversion bill. 'Your investigation shows that here is PFI, the Popular Front of India, which has an organised racket employing people who are owning up on your channel before your sting operation that…they are creating a radical group by some kind of psychological brainwashing,' union minister for law and justice Ravi Shankar Prasad told India Today TV. While the minister advocated a ban on PFI, sources said the NIA may look into India Today TV's findings. At their home in Malappuram, Zainaba and her husband, Ali, spoke candidly about their involvement in converting several non-
FANATICISM Muslim women into Islam. However, they didn't speak specifically about the Hadiya case. 'We had a schoolteacher with us. She was MSc in Mathematics and BEd,' said Ali. 'Now, she's converted to Islam. She converted four years ago,' added Zainaba. 'Did you proselytise her?' the reporter probed. 'Yes,' confirmed the PFI's woman leader. The converted woman was previously called Shubha, Zainaba disclosed. 'She's now Fatima.' She also explained that conversion centres have to be disguised as charitable or educational establishments in order to prevent any backlash.
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that the organisation aimed to create an Islamic state. Ahmed Shareef, the PFI's founder member and the managing editor of its mouthpiece Gulf Thejas, also confessed to illegal funding. 'All over the world. That is the motive,' Shareef acknowledged when asked whether the PFI and Sathya Sarani worked on a hidden motive to establish Islamic state in India. 'Islamic state is the final goal?' the reporter probed. 'Final goal,' Shareef replied. He also revealed how he raised funds for the PFI in West Asia five years ago and sent them back home through hawala.
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he image of Hyderabad Cricket Association was badly hit again following the abandonment of T20 Australia-India match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal. Though there was sunshine on October 13 match the match had to be abandoned due to wet conditions rendered by overnight rains. The calling off of the match questioned the organisational capability of the association. Also, the abandonment invited sharp criticism from the audience who purchased about 30,000 tickets. They staged a protest demanding refund and the HCA had to announce that it will refund the money for all those who had purchased the tickets. HCA was put under severe test but unfortunately it failed in its effort to get the match going. It is
still a mystery why no play was possible at Uppal Stadium even as they had good drainage facilities. HCA secretary T Shesh Narayan said they had made the best efforts at the venue but nature was not kind to them. “We can’t do anything if there is rain. Unfortunately, it rained heavily before the match.’’ But a former player said there could have been a better and concerted effort on the part of HCA while handling the big match. “In the case of the T20 match, why The News You Like | November, 2017
were the helicopters not pressed into service to dry the wet patches in the afternoon itself? There should have been more seriousness in their approach. Shesh Narayan said they have plans to relay the ground at Uppal on Chinnaswamy Stadium model in Bengaluru. “But we have no funds to go for such a big project.’’ The damage has been done and it is time the administrators take some concrete measures to ensure that similar instances are not repeated in future.
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Anushka Shetty to play dual roles in ‘Bhagmati’?
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nushka is one of the most wanted heroines in the tinsel town following her success graph with the latest one being Baahubali: The Conclusion. Her star status and the fan base is one of the main reasons for expecting the release of her upcoming film Bhagmati. Bhagmati is a heroine-centric film and Anushka Shetty playing the title role. The latest reports suggest that Anushka will play dual roles. The star cast of Bhagmati include Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan, who will be making his acting debut in Tollywood. Others working for the film include Jayaram, Aadhi Pinisetty, and Asha Sarath. The photography of the film commenced last year with the team looking forward to releasing the first look on Anushka’s birthday, November 7 this year. The shooting of Bhagmati reached the final stages with the team gearing up for an early 2018 release. Written and directed by G Ashok, the film is produced by UV Creations. S Thaman has composed the music. Touted as a high budget film, reports indicate that Anushka looks perfect in her role. A major portion of the budget has been allocated to work on the heroine’s looks which have upped the expectation levels even further.
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ansika Motwani, one of the leading actresses down South, lashed out at small screen actress Hina Khan for her comments against the South Indian film industry and calling Southern actresses 'bulging'. In one of the recent episodes of Bigg Boss 11, the television actress remarked that, in Southern film industry filmmakers want "bulging" heroines. "I had to reject two films because they asked me to put on weight. But I regretted having rejected one film. It had Venkatesh and Mahesh in lead roles (referring to Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)." said Hina on the show. Khan's comments have not only angered fans from South India, but also upset actress Hansika who vented out her anger on social media in series of tweets. “Doesn't she know a lot of Bollywood actors hv worked & are working in the our south industry ! Shame on you #hinakhan for trying 2demean us,” read her first tweet.
South Indian actress Khushbu Sundar also felt disappointed and wrote: "They need lessons from south on how to be dignified.. That's why they remain where they are and our girls zoom past them."
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Andhra Premier Kabaddi League to start from January
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ME Sports Limited will organize Andhra Premier Kabaddi League from January 2018, to provide a platform for the aspiring kabaddi players in the 13 districts of the state. Scheduled to be held from January 27 to February 13, 2018, the matches will be conducted in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. Minister for sports, Kollu Ravindra recently released the official logo of the kabaddi league. He welcomed the initiative of AME sports for encouraging the rural sport and providing a platform for the kabaddi players to excel in the game. He assured all necessary help for the successful conduct of the mega event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is promoting games and sports in a big way and the state government has introduced a new sports policy as well,â&#x20AC;? he said. Speaking on the occasion, AME Sports president, Himabindu Reddy said that players who perform well in the league will have a chance to represent Andhra Pradesh in the other premier national events. She also said that the company has signed a pact with Andhra Pradesh Kabaddi Association (APKA) for five years to conduct the event. She exuded confidence that the tournament will win the hearts of sporting people of the
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vision after cricket. Kabaddi is fast growing as the most sought after sport, he said.
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Mithali Raj tops ICC women's ODI batting chart I
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ndian women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj rose one place to the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batswomen. Ellyse Perry of Australia and Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand also jumped one place each to be at second and third spots while Meg Lanning of Australia has dropped from first to fourth after missing the series against England due to injury. Mithali has 753 points, while Perry and Satterthwaite are on 725 and 720 points respectively. Among women bowlers, India's Jhulan Goswami remained on the second spot with 652 rating points, behind Marizanne Kapp (656) of South Africa. Meanwhile, defending champion Australia's 2-1 victory over England in the ICC Women's Championship series has not only helped them garner four useful points but also regain the top spot in the women's team rankings. England had displaced Australia from the top spot for the first time after the annual update earlier this month. Starting the series ahead on decimal points with both teams on 128 points, Australia made the most of the home conditions to prevail despite the absence of first-choice captain and leading batter Lanning, going up to 129 points and ensuring a two-point lead in the process. Teams get two points for each win, one point for a tie or noresult and no points for a loss in the ICC Women's Championship, which will see ICC Women's World Cup 2021 hosts New Zealand and the three other top teams gain direct qualification to the pinnacle women's 50-over event. The remaining four sides will get a second chance through the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier event. India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies are the other sides in ICC Women's Championship, which runs till 2020.
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Beef: The Red Poison D
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uring World War I, Denmark was cut off from all imports, including food. Dr Mikkel Hindhede, then to conserve food, instead of raising livestock, started feeding grains to 3 million citizens. Later his findings were reported in Journal of the American Medical Association. The results were incredible. During the period from 1917 to 1918, when restrictions were most severe, death rate in Copenhagen by disease was by far lowest in recorded history! Similar results were found in Norway and Britain during World War II. Beef has been the staple diet in most Western countries. This is what medical researchers have to say about beef: 1 additional serving per day of unprocessed red meat raised risk of total mortality by 13%. An extra serving of processed red meat raised the risk by 20% - a study by Dr Frank Hu of Harvard School of Public Health published in Archives of Internal Medicine on March 12, 2012. Based on at least six cohorts, 2017 summary results published in Journal of Internal Medicine found that consumption of unprocessed red meat of 100 g day- increased risk by 11% for stroke and for breast cancer, 15% for cardiovascular mortality, 17% for colorectal and 19% for advanced prostate cancer; for the consumption of 50 g day- processed meat, the risks were increased by 4% for total prostate cancer, 8% for cancer mortality, 9% for breast, 18% for colorectal and 19% for
pancreatic cancer, 13% for stroke, 22% for total and 24% for cardiovascular mortality and 32% for diabetes. 2015 analysis of over 19 studies on “Red Meat and Colorectal Cancer” published in Oncology review concludes that red meat and processed meat increases Colorectal Cancer risk by 20-30%. Here’s what you expose your body to when you eat beef, 1. Normal pH of the human body is Alkaline. Beef when eaten is highly acidic and changes the pH of the human body harvesting diseases like cancer etc. 2. Beef is high in Uric acid. When uric acid level increases in the blood, diseases like GOUT manifest in which there is severe joint pain, espeThe News You Like | November, 2017
cially, Ball of the Big Toe. Other joints also can be affected. Elevated Uric acid levels also result in kidney stones and heighten susceptibility to cardiac problems. 3. Beef is also toxic to the Liver. “Beef is highly toxic to the Liver. A young patient came to me with profound fatigue and marked weight gain. On evaluation, we found that he had abnormal liver function tests as evidenced by an elevated SGPT levels (Normal value is upto 45, his was 95). He was an avid beef eater. I did not put him on any medication, just asked him to stop eating beef. A month later, upon revaluation, his liver function tests were absolutely normal and
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are released in the body of the animal being slaughtered. Some of these substances released are unknown to mankind. These when consumed by humans can be toxic and can cause an artificial state of hyper arousal and the incidence of depression is higher in people who consume beef regularly. 11. Beef contains less fibre and people who eat beef are prone to constipation, fissures in the anus etc. 12. Mad Cow Disease is a lethal disease which affects the Central Nervous System and is spread by infected cattle. There is no cure for this disease and death is certain. Leading doctors of the country are prescribing elimination of beef from the diet to stay healthy and disease free. “Consumption of beef makes the body a ready host for innumerable diseases. One of my patients, aged 32 years, reported frequent abdominal pain and burning micturition. All her tests were normal. The pain would subside with The News You Like | November, 2017
antacids and pain-killers but resurface after a month. This continued for several years. Then I advised her to remove beef from her diet. Results were amazing. The only time she has visited me since then is to tell me that she is fit and fine. Another patient aged 45 years had a 10-year-history of hypothyroidism, hypertension and hyperacidity and complained of severe body-ache, joint pain, insomnia and breathlessness. She was taking seven tablets/day, without any relief. She was a heavy beef eater. Upon my advice, she agreed to stop eating beef on an experimental basis. And after three months she came back happy. Her hypertension was under control and she was off the tablet (Amylodepin). Her sleep pattern normalised and pain reduced significantly... without any medication. As a doctor, all I can say is that while I lost two patients, the satisfaction of seeing them healthy and happy is beyond measure,” Dr. Shalini Mishra, General Physician, Mumbai. It will not be incorrect then to term beef as a red poison, beefeaters beware!
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India one of the worst polluted country: Study
An estimated nine million people died worldwide in 2015 due to diseases caused by pollution -- the biggest cause globally of all premature deaths -- more than Aids, malaria and tuberculosis combined and even more disastrous than all violence, with india and China contributing to 5.4 million of the pollution-related mortalities, a study has found.
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ollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths in 2015," the study released recently in The Lancet medical journal noted. The study, the first to put together data on disease and death caused by all forms of pollution combined, said 16 per cent of all deaths worldwide were attributable to the environmental pollution. This figure is three times more
than the deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined and 15 times more than from all wars and other forms of violence. It is also one-and-a-half times higher than the number of people killed by smoking and over six times the number of people dying in road accidents. In the most severely affected countries, pollution-related disease are responsible for more than one death in four, it said. "In 2015, the greatest numbers of deaths due to pollution occurred in Southeast Asia (3â&#x20AC;˘2 million) and the western Pacific (2.2 million). The News You Like | November, 2017
Southeast Asia includes India and the western Pacific region includes China," said the study Epidemiologist Philip Landrigan, dean of global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the lead author on the report said pollution has never received the desired attention of world leaders, civil society and health professionals. "There's been a lot of study of pollution, but it has never received the resources or level of attention as, say, Aids or climate change," Landrigan said. "Despite its substantial effects
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on human health, the economy, and the environment, pollution has been neglected, especially in lowincome and middle-income countries, and the health effects of pollution are under-estimated in calculations of the global burden of disease." The report said that pollution in low-income and middle-income countries caused by industrial emissions, vehicular exhaust, and toxic chemicals have particularly been overlooked in both the international development and the global health agendas. "Although more than 70 per cent of the diseases caused by pollution are non-communicable diseases, interventions against pollution are barely mentioned in the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases." Stating that several cities in India and China had recorded
alarming annual concentrations of PM2â&#x20AC;˘5 pollution, the study said over 50 per cent of global deaths due to ambient air pollution in 2015 occurred in India and China. "Ambient air pollution in rapidly expanding mega-cities such as New Delhi and Beijing attracts the greatest public attention. However, WHO documents that the problem of ambient air pollution is widespread in low-income and middle-income countries and finds that 98 per cent of urban areas in developing countries with populations of more than 100,000 people fail to meet the WHO global air quality guideline for PM 2.5 pollution of 10 Âľg/m3 of ambient air annually." Other countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, North Korea, South Sudan and Haiti have seen nearly one in every fifth premature deaths caused by pollution. Pollution, the report said, was
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also "costly", costing some $4.6 trillion in annual losses - or about 6.2 per cent of the global economy. "Pollution-related diseases cause productivity losses that reduce gross domestic product (GDP) in low-income to middleincome countries by up to 2 per cent each year. Pollution-related disease also results in health-care costs that are responsible for 1.7 per cent of annual health spending in high-income countries and for up to 7 per cent of health spending in middle-income countries that are heavily polluted and rapidly developing. "Welfare losses due to pollution are estimated to amount to $4.6 trillion per year: 6.2 per cent of global economic output. The costs attributed to pollution-related disease will probably increase as additional associations between pollution and disease are identified," it said.
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he expansion work at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamshabad near Hyderabad is likely to complete by the end of 2019, a top GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) executive has said. "The expansion work will start by January. Already, the forecourt expansion works have started. May be, by end of 2019, early 2020, the new expanded terminal will be available," GHIAL CEO SGK Kishore told reporters at an event. He said the airport is handling around 12,000 flights in a month. "Currently, we are handling around 12,000 flights in a month... Indian civil aviation will be third largest market by 2025. We see a
lot of potential both for domestic and international flights. We are enhancing our capacity both on the air side and terminal side," Kishore said. Hyderabad airport has witnessed 15.24 million passengers per annum in FY2016-17, registering a growth of approximately 22 per cent in overall passenger traffic and 23 per cent growth in air traffic movements over FY2015-16, a GMR release said. At present, 10 domestic carriers connect Hyderabad with 39 domestic destinations. The airport also connects 18 international destina-
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tions with 16 foreign and three Indian carriers. Kishore said efforts are on to make the airport a leader in leveraging technology with the number of passengers using the option of self check-in going up. "Technology-wise, we want to be a leading airport. We have to bring in more and more technology. Latest generation airport worldwide is...you can check-in at home. "At least 40 to 50 per cent of the facilities in the expanded terminal will be using technology...self check-in...This may happen in twotwo-half-years," he said.
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German governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drug regulating agency found dirty rooms and equipment apart from other violations at a manufacturing facility owned by Dr Reddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Laboratories in Hyderabad. The agency detected the violations during an inspection recently. The Central Authority for Supervision of Medicinal Products in Bavaria (GMP/GCP) of the Upper Bavarian government conducted the inspection at the drug maker's formulation manufacturing unit-2 at Bachupally. Major deficiencies include cleaning of rooms and equipment, dirty rooms and equipment, integrity of cleaning-documentation, cleaning-status labeling, statuslabel 'clean' of uncleaned equipment, dedicated-equipment labeling, validation of manufacturing process, the regulator said as
nature of non-compliance in its report. The drug-maker's German subsidiary betapharm Arzneimittel GmbH had received a communication from the Regulatory Authority of Germany (Regierung von Oberbayern) that the regulator had not renewed GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance certificate of its formulations manufacturing following an inspection.
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"Pending revocation of the noncompliance certification, the plant will not be able to make any further dispatches to European Union until the next inspection, to be initiated by an invitation from Betapharm," Dr Reddy's had earlier informed. Dr Reddy's Global Generics segment's revenues from Europe are primarily derived from Germany, the United Kingdom and out-licensing business across Europe. Regierung von Oberbayern also concluded an audit of the company's formulations manufacturing facility in Duvvada, Vishakapatnam, with zero critical and six major observations recently. The products manufactured at the facility are not currently exported to the EU. The Duvvada-facility's compliance with the corrective and preventive action plan and other applicable regulations will be reviewed again by the regulator by November 2018 for continuation of the facility's EU-GMP certification, Dr Reddy's had said.
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RNI No: APENG/2013/48048 P.R. No. LII/RNP/HD/1187/2017-19 (DOP: 1st of Every Month; DOP: 8/9-11-2017)