Indholdsfortegnelse for November 4, 2019 i India Today

A little over five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi burst onto India’s national firmament, leading his party to victory in the May 2004 Lok Sabha election. Five months later, the BJP went on to record electoral wins in Maharashtra and Haryana—two states where it had been floundering in the political wilderness for several years. History has repeated itself somewhat this year, but with a difference. Prime Minister Modi returned to power in May 2019 with a majority even larger than last time. The BJP has now emerged as the leading party in Maharashtra and Haryana, but it has not been the sweeping victory the party was expecting. As we went to press, the BJP was leading in 101 seats in Maharashtra but this is a drop from its 122-seat…

On August 31, 2019, the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published. News coverage in India estimated that around 1.9 million citizens were made ‘stateless’. The NRC is a culmination of decades of questions over citizenship around the Assam Movement. Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty’s book, Assam: The Accord, The Discord, traces the emergence of the movement and the debates that began in 1979 spearheaded by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU). Following electoral boycott, protest and violence on the streets, the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government and leaders of the Assam movement signed the Assam Accord on August 15, 1985. Central to the Assam movement was the issue of how to deal with ‘foreigners’, primarily from East Pakistan/ Bangladesh who entered illegally or came after a certain date (1.1. 1966 as…

Mee punha yein (I’ll be back).” That was Devendra Fadnavis in June this year, sounding more Terminator than chief minister. He was responding to charges by the Opposition that he had been a failure on all fronts. It was the last day of the legislative assembly session in June and Fadnavis was oozing confidence—certain that he would be the state’s first chief minister since the late Vasantrao Naik in 1972 to complete a full term. On October 24, Fadnavis made history for a second time. He is now the first non-Congress CM in the state’s 59-year history to have returned to power after a full term. In October 2014, he was chosen to lead the state over party stalwarts like Nitin Gadkari and Eknath Khadse. And as the results were…

Even as a neck-and-neck battle ensued between the BJP and the Congress in Haryana on October 24, the one person who emerged as a clear winner was Dushyant Chautala. Although his Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), formed just 10 months ago, won 10 of the 90 assembly seats, that number was enough to elevate him to the position of kingmaker. In the process, 31-year-old Dushyant not only denied the BJP and the Congress an opportunity to rule Haryana on their own, but also added an unexpected twist to the political developments in the state. Five months ago, the BJP won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, fuelling widespread speculation on how many seats the party would add to its 2014 assembly election tally of 47. Both the Congress and…

The recent crisis at the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and others like it has made many people worried. Suddenly, the safety of bank deposits has become a issue. What will happen to their money if a bank goes bust? HOW REGULATION WORKS FOR BANKS The prudential regulatory requirement is the same for all commercial banks, including PSU banks, private banks, small finance banks and regional rural banks. They cannot lend the entire money that they have received from depositors; 4 per cent of these deposits has to be kept aside as cash reserve ratio (CRR) and 18.75 per cent as statutory liquid ratio (SLR). There is also a capital adequacy ratio, or the capital-to-risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR), which is used to protect depositors (it is currently at…

1 XLRI - XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Jamshedpur 2 S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (SPJIMR), Mumbai 3 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI), Gurugram 4 SVKM’S NMIMS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Mumbai 5 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IMT), Ghaziabad 6 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI), New Delhi 7 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (SIBM), Pune 8 GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Chennai 9 T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (TAPMI), Manipal 10 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (XIMB), XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Bhubaneswar…

Once referred to as the “combat backbone of the air force”, the MiG-21 Type 77 fighter jet was retired in 2013. Introduced in 1963, it had, for 50 years, served the nation well. With the capacity to travel at 1,350 km per hour, the jet, in effect, had won us the 1971 war against Pakistan. The Bangalore Watch Company, a newborn fine watch brand, has recently brought out a collection, ‘MACH 1’, of five watches dedicated to India’s first supersonic fighter. “Aviation is a common theme where watch brands draw inspiration from to tell stories of their history, culture, countries. We realised nobody in India is doing that,” says co-founder Nirupesh Joshi, who runs The Bangalore Watch Company with his wife Mercy Amalraj. The dial of the mechanical automatic watches…

REWRITING INDIAN HISTORY: AN OLD AMIT SHAH PREOCCUPATION By Uday Mahurkar When it comes to presenting history from an Indian standpoint, home minister Amit Shah and the RSS are on the same page http://bit.ly/33T5PVn Why the army’s changed mindset on indigenous technology is a relief By Sandeep Unnithan The army’s record of embracing local technology leaves much to be desired http://bit.ly/2JcbRID Why Amit Shah cannot throw out all illegal immigrants by 2024 By Kaushik Deka Home minister Amit Shah will first have to put a process in place and create infrastructure. Even then, the exercise will be time-consuming http://bit.ly/33Jd2r0 Does Savarkar deserve the Bharat Ratna? By Uday Mahurkar The debate on Vir Savarkar flares up again as BJP pitches for a Bharat Ratna for the revolutionary http://bit.ly/2PaCD7Z Will Jagan Reddy’s…

A full year after the data was due, the National Crime Records Bureau finally released, on October 21, its 2017 figures for crimes committed across the country. Critics have accused the government of suppressing the report because of the NCRB’s collection of data under new categories such as ‘mob lynching’ and murders ‘committed for religious reasons’. Adding grist to the critics’ mill, the NCRB has still not published data in these categories, despite media reports that the data has been collected. There is no official explanation for why these numbers have not been released. Last year, then minister of state for home affairs, Hansraj Ahir, told the Rajya Sabha—a day after the Supreme Court suggested that Parliament should legislate to deal more effectively with “horrendous acts of mobocracy”—that the NCRB…

Former MP and Bihar strongman Pappu Yadav aka Rajesh Ranjan won more than a few hearts when he waded through waist-deep water and distributed supplies in Patna’s flood-ravaged colonies. That wasn’t all. After the flood waters receded, Pappu drove a garbage-laden tractor to a minister’s house to protest the government inaction. But that didn’t go as planned. Stopped by the Patna police, Pappu was fined Rs 5,000 for not having a valid driving licence. Small price to pay for selfless service!…

1. SAMBHAJI PATIL NILANGEKAR, 42 Fadnavis relies on the young leader from Latur for political manoeuvring in Marathwada. He was the minister for labour, skill development and entrepreneurship 2. ASHISH SHELAR, 47 President of the BJP’s Mumbai unit before he became minister of school education, sports and youth welfare. Given cabinet berth three months ago. Fadnavis bets big on him 3. RANJIT PATIL, 55 Orthopaedic surgeon from Akola, currently MoS for urban development. His wife Aparna is a close friend of the CM’s wife Amruta 4. PRASAD LAD, 48 Vice-president of the BJP state unit. Mumbai-based aide and mediator and a bridge between Fadnavis and his opponents 5. JAYKUMAR RAWAL, 44 Member of the erstwhile royal family from Nandurbar, Rawal has been Fadnavis’s trusted aide since their days in the…

It may have only 160 km of a coastline compared to Maharashtra’s 720 km and Karnataka’s 320 km, but it is Goa that is called the ‘Pearl of the Orient’. Its 450-year-old Portuguese colonial history gives it a unique cultural ethos, reflected in its liberal, tolerant and progressive attitude and its food. Its azure skies and golden, palm-fringed beaches make it the ultimate holiday destination for the domestic and foreign, hippie and high-end tourist alike. Tourist arrivals in Goa, therefore, have only been increasing every year. In 2018, Goa attracted 7,081,559 domestic tourists, among the highest in all states, with the number of foreign tourists standing at 933,481 in the same year. Besides tourism, the mining and pharma sectors have been the mainstays of the Goan economy. The state’s gross…

1 Both government banks and private banks have to follow the same prudential norms of RBI 2 All commercial banks are required to keep 22.75% of depositors’ money as various reserves 3 Banks have to maintain at least 9% of the money lent as capital all the time 4 In case of stress, the RBI puts a bank under prompt corrective action to help it recover 5 If the situation does not improve, the RBI often facilitates a merger with a strong bank 6 When all these measures fail, then deposit insurance of Rs 1 lakh is the last safety net for depositors…

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD (IIM-A), Ahmedabad 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA (IIM-C), Kolkata 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE (IIM-I), Indore 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE (IIM-K), Kozhikode 5 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, New Delhi 6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT), New Delhi 7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (NITIE), Mumbai 8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Shillong 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Tiruchirappalli 10 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, IIT DELHI, New Delhi…

TOP 10 NORTH 1 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI) , Gurugram 2 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, New Delhi 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT), New Delhi 4 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IMT), Ghaziabad 5 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI), New Delhi 6 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, IIT DELHI, New Delhi 7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Udaipur 8 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (BIMTECH), Greater Noida 9 LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, New Delhi 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KASHIPUR, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) TOP 10 EAST 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA (IIM-C), Kolkata 2 XLRI - XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Jamshedpur 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Shillong 4 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (XIMB), XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Bhubaneswar 5 VINOD GUPTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IIT KHARAGPUR, Kharagpur 6…

When American basketball legend, the 6’9” Larry Bird, was introduced to a Mumbai crowd during the NBA India Games earlier this month, the enthusiastic cheers lasted so long, they completely overshadowed the introduction of actor Priyanka Chopra. That was just one sign of a fully engaged, basketball-literate audience at two specially organised pre-season games between the Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai in early October. There were others too: Pacers’ centre Myles Turner had his name chanted by the crowd, and tickets, priced between Rs 4,500 and Rs 85,000 (including various perks), were completely sold out. “Bringing the games here is a huge statement for us, that we are really committed to India, we want to ramp up our business even faster…

SHISHA JAZZ CAFÉ, PUNE On Thursdays, when live bands take the stage at Shisha, you are sure to either find a crowd mesmerised by a trumpet or swaying to a saxophone. THE QUARTER, MUMBAI Reminiscent of a 1950s art deco jazz bar, the venue has already played host to jazz legends such as John McLaughlin and eclectic bands like Tinariwen. WINDMILLS CRAFTWORKS, BENGALURU A microbrewery with a jazz theatre is an unusual combination, but performances by the likes of Hazmat Modine have often made this venue buzz.…

Tabla maestro, historian, author and columnist Aneesh Pradhan’s latest book tackles two important themes—the mixed legacy of music patronage by modern institutions and their erratic histories, especially in post-independence India. While elite support of classical music in North India by maharajas, merchants and the landed were always important, the public and modern nature of Hindustani classical was the legacy of AIR, pioneering music schools like Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, ITC Sangeet Research Academy and others. The meliorative character of these institutions meant that they claimed a moral high ground and expected musicians to conform. The early history of the institutionalisation of Hindustani classical music is the remarkable story of a handful of dedicated musicians like V.D. Paluskar and V.N. Bhatkhande. The absence of state…

The 40-day court proceedings, in the final run-up to an imminent verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, have been punctuated with controversy. On the very last day, there was a rumour around the Supreme Court that the Sunni Waqf Board was giving up its claim to the land. Before this, the Board, through its counsel, had argued the case vehemently. The sudden announcement raised eyebrows, coming as it did in the wake of three FIRs against the chairman of the Waqf Board. Initial reports suggested that it was a unilateral, unconditional move. It is now clear that the proposal was framed under the Supreme Court-appointed mediation process. The offer, subject to certain conditions, is backed (officially) by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board besides the Hindu Mahasabha, the…

After another spectacular day in a memorable series, Rohit Sharma celebrated his maiden Test double century with a typically waspish reminder to detractors to hold back the criticism. For now, at least. Sharma, who has blazed multiple centuries in the game’s shorter formats, has had his temperament as a Test batsman questioned in the past. Given the chance to open the Indian innings, though, he has been the outstanding player in a first whitewash against South Africa, a tribute to his form when India’s bowlers have been so dominant. Records have tumbled in this triumphant series, not least Virat Kohli registering his 11th straight home series victory as captain and enforcing his eighth follow-on. Most eye-catching of all, Sharma broke the near-mythical Don Bradman’s home Test average, applicable only to…

“Excellent meeting with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee. His passion towards human empowerment is clearly visible. We had a healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects. India is proud of his accomplishments. Wishing him the very best for his future endeavours” With this anodyne tweet, Prime Minister NARENDRA MODI skilfully put an end to the increasingly rancorous disagreements over economic policy between BJP leaders and Abhijit Banerjee, who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics along with his colleague and wife Esther Duflo and the Harvard economist Michael Kremer. Banerjee was an architect of the Congress party’s NYAY basic income scheme, which apparently angered several prominent BJP members, including Union minister Piyush Goyal, who described the laureate as “totally Left-leaning” and said his ideas had been “rejected” by the Indian people.…

India’s oldest active politician just got a year older. Veteran Communist leader and ex-CM V.S. Achuthanandan celebrated his 96th birthday on October 20. The current chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission and Malampuzha MLA is still the state’s most popular political leader. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Congress leader A.K. Antony, CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, they all greeted him on the occasion. The only one to miss out was old adversary and current chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who was touring Kottayam. Maybe he thinks celebrating birthdays is not a communist thing.…

The State of the State study of Goa’s two districts—north and south Goa—and its one dozen talukas is meant to outline the broad trends in economic and social development in the state and develop a district/ taluka-wise ranking of performance. Since Goa has only two districts, disaggregated, taluka-wise data were analysed wherever available. The evaluation has two segments: best-performing talukas and districts at a particular time and the most-improved taluka/ district over the past decade. The data was collected by the Ascension Centre for Research and Analysis from various sources: the Census, the National Sample Survey, the Central Statistical Office, the Reserve Bank of India, NITI Aayog, the National Family Health Survey, the District Information System for Education, the National Crime Records Bureau, various ministries, the Directorate of Economics and…

1 2018 Rank 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD (IIM-A) Ahmedabad 2 2018 Rank 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA (IIM-C) Kolkata 3 2018 Rank 4 XLRI - XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Jamshedpur 4 2018 Rank 6 S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (SPJIMR) Mumbai 5 2018 Rank 7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE (IIM-I) Indore 6 2018 Rank 5 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI) Gurugram 7 2018 Rank 8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE (IIM-K) Kozhikode 8 2018 Rank 9 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI New Delhi 9 2018 Rank 11 SVKM'S NMIMS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Mumbai 10 2018 Rank 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT) New Delhi Note: Some institutes, such as IIM-Bangalore, IIM-Lucknow and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad did not participate in…

TOP 10 WEST 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD (IIM-A), Ahmedabad 2 S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (SPJIMR), Mumbai 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE (IIM-I), Indore 4 SVKM’S NMIMS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Mumbai 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (NITIE), Mumbai 6 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (SIBM), Pune 7 JAMNALAL BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (JBIMS), Mumbai 8 SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SCMHRD), Pune 9 K.J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH, Mumbai 10 GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Sanquelim TOP 10 SOUTH 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE (IIM-K), Kozhikode 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, Tiruchirappalli 3 GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, Chennai 4 T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (TAPMI), Manipal 5 SVKM’S NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NMIMS),…

When Abha Narain Lambah devised a restoration plan for the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, in 2009, there was a problem: where would the funds come from? For a long time, the plan remained shelved, until, a grant came in, as well as funds from the Kala Ghoda Association, and a corporate entity helped get the project off the ground. It reopened in February this year and was recognised with a UNESCO-Asia Pacific Award of Merit on October 14. It was one of four honoured this year; the Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, received an award of distinction, Mumbai’s Our Lady of Glory Church got an award of merit and Flora Fountain an honourable mention. “From a conservation point of view, [the synagogue] was a very…

Q. You have three back-to-back releases. How are you keeping track of which film you are promoting? I am in zombie mode right now. After Saand Ki Aankh, I promote Bala and also dub for Pati, Patni Aur Woh. I am not complaining. I am very thankful that I am busy. Q. Interestingly, in all your upcoming releases, you have a female co-lead. It really doesn’t matter to me. You can give me five scenes and if I am good, I am going to shine. Credit also needs to go to writers who have started writing such strong parts for women that you have little space to be insecure. Q. There has been some criticism of your appearance in Bala and of your and Taapsee Pannu’s roles as 60-something women…