Members of the Nepal Students union on Monday held a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu over Chinese construction in the northern Nepal district of Humla.
Protestors were seen wearing masks and shields in keeping with Covid-19 restrictions and these masks and shields had slogans condemning the construction by the Chinese authorities in the Humla district.
The protestors were seen carrying posters with slogans that said that the encroached area by the Chinese belonged to Nepal.
“Return back to your own boundary, China!” read one of the banners carried by the protestors.
Nepali Congress slammed the government for making comments over the issue of land encroachment by China before a team of government officials visited the area and filed a field report on the developments.
Issuing a press release on Thursday, the opposition criticized the government for not waiting for the field report from the concerned Chief District Officer of Humla who had been to the site for 3 days.
“Before the field report about whether there has been an encroachment (by the Chinese) or not, the announcement was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that “there has been no encroachment by China,” Nepali Congress said in a statement.
Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday evening had denied reports of land encroachment by China in the Humla district of Nepal in contrary to claims made by locals of the district.
“The Department of Survey, Government of Nepal, based on the official records, reports of the joint field inspection and boundary maps, has verified and confirmed that the said buildings are not located within the Nepali territory,” MoFA said in the release where it has mentioned its attention has been drawn over the issue.
The release from the Ministry further claimed that the same sort of issue was raised in 2016 which turned down the earlier claims.
Local media and since last week been carrying reports of land encroachment by China, which had illegally constructing 9 buildings in the Lapcha Bagar area of Humla District which is only accessible by the airway. (ANI)
Last Sunday’s morning began on a note
of grief and nostalgia for many an Indian at the passing away of Jaswant Singh,
nine-term lawmaker, a perceptive and an efficient minister in the Atal Bihari
Vajpayee Government and above all, a good man. All Members of Parliament are
supposed to be, and are addressed as, ‘honourable’. Jaswant Singh was “a man of
honour.”
That few visited him, or even
inquired about him, during the six years he lay in coma after a fall in the
bathroom in 2014, shows how cruel the world is, particularly if one is in
public life and has fallen out of grace – no matter how graceful a person one
has been. And Singh, even to his critics, was a man with old world grace and
charm.
He had been expelled from the Bharatiya
Janata party (BJP) not once, but twice. The first time, because he displayed the
courage of conviction of calling Pakistan’s founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah
‘secular’. He had made the same ‘mistake’ as another veteran: L K Advani. The
very idea is anathema to India’s Hindu ‘nationalists’ who believe in undivided
India and blame the rival Congress Party, especially first Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru, for having ‘conceded’ Pakistan. Ironically, Advani brought
him back to the BJP.
It is another matter that Jinnah’s ‘secular’
approach while founding Pakistan, cited in his August 1, 1947 radio broadcast,
is under scrutiny. Portrayed by Pakistani historian Ayesha Jalal and held dear
by liberals on both sides of the India-Pakistan divide, it has recently been
challenged by another Pakistani scholar Ishtiaq Ahmed. So, there is no last
word in history.
Although a BJP founder, Singh had
been a misfit since he did not come from the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)
stable, as is largely the case with the Narendra Modi Government today. Along
with Sushma Swaraj, who had socialist background, Singh had faced stiff
resistance from the Sangh.
That he handled key portfolios of
Defence, Finance and External Affairs despite these reservations is a tribute
to both, Singh and Vajpayee, who also resisted pressures with regard to Brajesh
Mishra, making the latter India’s first National Security Advisor.
Like it was when Swaraj and another
stalwart, Arun Jaitley died within days last year, Singh’s death has triggered nostalgia
for the good, not-so-old times at the turn of the century, when the government talked
to the media. Today, it is selective with a few powerful and pliable, while the
rest are talked at, or, in this era or tweets and social media, simply ignored.
A soldier who resigned his commission
while just 27, Singh was erudite and knowledgeable. He never shed his army
background, plus old feudal graces typical of Rajasthan, although he was no
Maharajah.
He bore the odium, much longer and
long before Shashi Tharoor, whose English speaking has these days impressed
many – or has troubled many in the current ruling dispensation and some jealous
fellow- Keralites. With his famous baritone, Singh spoke both English and Hindi
in measured tones. He may have never shouted except when he was in the Army.
A Cavalry officer, his knowledge came
in handy when the Bofors gun signed during the Rajiv Gandhi era became
controversial. Perhaps the only lawmaker who understood the gun, he examined it
and went on record, despite being in the opposition, to say that it was a good
weapon system. Some others, reportedly, only felt the gun, and then resorted to
the set party line to praise or pummel it.
As foreign minister, Singh firmly backed Vajpayee on the 1998 nuclear tests that brought India global sanctions. He then talked over two years with Strobe Talbott, then United States deputy secretary of state, and paved the way for President Bill Clinton’s India visit in 2000.
Strobe Talbott and Singh got on well.
Ex-soldier Jaswant Singh and ex-journalist
Talbott got on well. In his book ‘Engaging
India: Diplomacy, Democracy & the Bomb’, Talbott describes how he and
Jaswant Singh met 14 times in seven countries across three continents to lay
the groundwork for a new understanding of India. That was the turning point in
Indo-US relations, a process that continued under eight years each of George W.
Bush Jr. and Barack Obama, not to speak of Donald Trump.
One blot on Singh’s otherwise good
reputation and bright political career was escorting three Pakistani militants
to Kandahar to rescue the Indian Airlines aircraft and passengers hijacked in
1999. Those were difficult days of public outpourings of panic and anger at the
hijack, heightened by the television channels. Some relatives of the passengers
stormed the venue of Singh’s press conference. India was at a low ebb.
There is little on record to show how
Singh became a scapegoat in a panic-triggered government decision to free the
militants as demanded by the Taliban, then ruling Afghanistan. Along with late
George Fernandes, then Defence Minister, Singh was in an abject minority in the
Cabinet meeting.
But he did the unenviable task of
escorting the militants to Kandahar and endured the pain of having to talk to
the Taliban, whom India did not recognise. “I had to bring all our citizens
back home safely. If that involved talking to the Taliban, I didn’t mind.” He explained
in his memoirs that he was executing a decision that was collective. The
discipline of a soldier, perhaps?
Singh was a realist. Despite his
Rajput roots, he was willing to talk to Pakistan at Vajpayee’s historic Lahore
visit. This signalled India’s (under a BJP premier) willingness to acknowledge
the 1947 Partition and Pakistan. And
even after the Kargil conflict, he played a key role at the Agra Summit that
failed for lack of clear understanding and preparations.
The party hardliners did not forgive
Singh’s liberal ways. Even on domestic issues, Singh was an able trouble-shooter
whom Vajpayee called his ‘Hanuman’. Like Vajpayee, he was not into Ram temple
dispute. After the damage was done, he was encouraged to conduct a conciliatory
dialogue with the Muslim community. Vajpayee was, perhaps, nudging his party
towards a broader, if not exactly secular, spread. But that was not to be. He
lost power in 2004 and retired from public life.
All this seems unthinkable, a far cry
today. Ram temple is becoming a reality and so is a mosque a distance away.
India’s relations with Pakistan and China are bad and could get worse.
Over 15 years hence, these are but
nuggets of nostalgia to cherish.
The silence of the world community on the large scale human rights violations in the region of Balochistan has given impunity to Pakistan, according to Waja Siddique Azad, the Secretary-General Baloch Peoples Congress (BPC).
“The silence of the world community on the large scale human rights violations in the region has given impunity to Pakistan to commit all kinds of crimes without being held responsible. The surge in unlawful killings of Baloch people has taken brutality to an unprecedented level,” Azad said at a side event on the occasion of the 45th UN Human Rights Council Session here.
“The main victims of this violence are the people of Balochistan who are being systematically targeted by para-military forces sponsored by Pakistan. Thousands of people have gone missing from the region since early 2000,” he added.
The BPC General Secretary further said that the disappeared Baloch persons would later be found dead on the roadside which would also include women and children.Further elaborating on the atrocities inflicted by the Pakistan military forces, he said that the people are taken in by the military and kept into isolation “for weeks” and in some cases, “for months”.
“The actual number of disappearances might be actually higher. The people never get their missing relatives back or find their discovered bodies. No doubt enforced disappearances have been a dark stain on Pakistan’s human rights record despite the pledges of the government but nothing has been done,” he added.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) had hit out at Pakistan’s Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED), saying it has failed to hold perpetrators responsible for the crime in the last several years.
In 2011, the COIED was formed to trace the whereabouts of missing persons and fix the responsibility of individuals or organisations responsible for the enforced disappearances.
According to a briefing paper titled ‘Entrenching Impunity, Denying Redress: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan’, the ICJ noted that although the COIED had traced the whereabouts of the missing persons in a number of cases, there was no effort to fix the responsibility for the crime. (ANI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said COVID-19 has shown it is risky to have global supply chains excessively dependent on any single source and India is working with Japan and Australia for supply-chain diversification and resilience.
The Prime Minister made the remarks during a virtual summit with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and said other like-minded countries can also join in these efforts towards supply chain diversification.
“COVID-19 has shown that it is risky to rely excessively on any single source of global supply chains. We are working together with Japan and Australia for supply-chain diversification and resilience. Other like-minded countries can also join this effort,” he said.
COVID-19 originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and many global companies are planning to shift their manufacturing bases from China.
The Prime Minister said India and Denmark share rules-based, transparent, humanitarian and democratic value-system.
Referring to the crisis created by COVID-19, he said the events of the past few months have made it clear how important it is for like-minded countries to work together.
“The events of the past few months have made it clear that how important it is for like-minded countries, who share rules-based, transparent, humanitarian and democratic value-system, to work together,” the Prime Minister said.
He said that the virtual summit will not only be useful for bilateral relations between India and Denmark but also in contributing to a shared approach to global challenges.
Noting that he had a “very productive meeting with Denmark’s Prime Minister a few months back, the Prime Minister said they talked on increasing cooperation between the two countries in several areas.
“It is a matter of happiness that we are giving new direction and speed to these intentions through the virtual summit,” he said.
India hosted the virtual bilateral summit.
The Prime Minister said that cooperation between like-minded countries in vaccine-development will help deal with COVID-19 pandemic.
“Collaboration between like-minded countries in vaccine development will also help deal with the pandemic,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that India’s pharma capabilities have been helpful for the world during the crisis created by COVID-19 and a similar effort is being made in the direction of the vaccine.
He also mentioned the reforms done by the government concerning labour laws and agriculture.
“The effort of Atmanirbhar India is also that India’s capabilities increase in key areas and they are useful to the world. We are laying emphasis on all-round reforms under the initiative. The regulatory and tax reforms will help companies working in India. The process of reforms is on in other areas. Recently important reforms were done in labour and agriculture,” he said.
The Prime Minister also greeted Mette Frederiksen on her wedding and hoped that she will be able to visit the country at the earliest after situation created by COVID-19 improves.
“I congratulate you on your wedding recently and convey my good wishes. I hope that soon after the COVID-19 situation improves, we will get a chance to welcome you and your family in India. I am sure your daughter would be eager to visit India again,” he said.
The Danish Prime Minister conveyed her thanks to the Prime Minister during her speech for his greetings.
“Thank you so much for the greetings to my family. My daughter will love to visit India once again and the same goes for my family,” she said.
Bilateral trade in goods and services between India and Denmark has grown by 30.49 per cent, from US$ 2.82 billion in 2016 to US$ 3.68 billion in 2019.
Around 200 Danish companies have invested in India in sectors such as shipping, renewable energy, environment, agriculture, food processing and smart urban development.
Nearly 38 per cent of consumers across India comprising 34 per cent of adults and 43 per cent of teenagers said they were involved in an online bullying incident, according to a recent digital civility report by Microsoft.
About 25 per cent of respondents said they were the target and 17 per cent a bystander or witness to bullying or harassment.
The study included a total of 32 geographies with 4,511 people surveyed across nine countries in Asia Pacific (Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam).
Adult respondents were also asked about bullying, also known as harassment, both inside and outside the workplace. In India, 15 per cent reported bullying occurring in their workplace and 27 per cent outside.
Keshav Dhakad, Group Head and Assistant General Counsel for corporate, external and legal Affairs at Microsoft India, said workplace bullying is a particular challenge during the current COVID-19 pandemic with separate research on the future of work highlighting an increased blending of life and work.The latest study titled ‘Civility, Safety and Interaction Online 2020’ polled teenagers aged 13 to 17 and adults aged 18 to 74 about their online experiences and exposure to 21 different online risks across four categories: behavioural, sexual, reputational, and personal or intrusive.
While the target of online bullying or harassment, the research showed that most people in India either blocked the bully (70 per cent) or talked to a friend about what happened (58 per cent) while some reported the incident to a parent, teacher or trusted adult (43 per cent).
Only 28 per cent of respondents said they had reported the experience to a social media company or other provider.
Globally, for the respondents affected by workplace bullying, the most common consequences were feeling humiliated (58 per cent) followed by feeling demoralised (52 per cent) and a loss of self-confidence (51 per cent). The impacts also varied across the generations.
About 53 per cent of respondents aged 18 to 24 reported feeling isolated and depressed as a consequence of bullying whereas Gen X respondents were more likely to report being less productive at work (58 per cent).
Respondents exposed to online bullying or harassment in their workplaces were also more likely to report having ‘unbearable or severe’ levels of pain from those experiences. (ANI)
A special (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act) court in Bengaluru on Monday rejected the bail plea of actresses Sanjana Galrani and Ragini Dwivedi and one Rahul in connection with a case related to the alleged drug abuse in the Kannada film industry.
Arguments on the bail pleas of others accused in the case will be held on September 30.
Sanjana Galrani and her mother were arrested a day after they were detained on September 8 by the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru for their alleged involvement in the drug case. The mother-daughter duo was later sent to the CCB office in Chamrajpet for further interrogation.
Ragini was arrested in the drug case for her alleged involvement on September 7.
As per the CCB, one Niyaz has also been arrested in connection with the case as part of the ongoing probe. Notably, Kannada filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh and a few other actors have also been questioned by the CCB in the matter.
Notably, Lankesh had revealed information about drug use in the Kannada film industry. (ANI)
One of the longest surviving terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and his close aide were killed in an encounter with security forces here on Sunday night, said Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir Dilbagh Singh.
According to a press statement from Kashmir Zone Police, “Aijaz Reshi was active before Burhan Wani. His aide Sajad Sofi was also recruited by him. He had killed many security forces personnel in the Pampore area. Local recruitment less compared to previous years.”
Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh said that the gunfight that took place at Samboora, Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday night was a successful operation and security forces achieved a “big success” by killing one of the longest surviving terrorist commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit and his close aide.
“The operation at Samboora, Pulwama started yesterday and due to the dark, search operation couldn’t take place. When the search was started today morning, bodies of two terrorists were recovered. A slain terrorist has been identified as Aijaz Ahmed Reshi, who was one of the longest surviving terrorist commanders of Lashkar outfit. He was working as Over Ground Worker (OGW) in 2015 and joined militancy before Burhan Wani,” DGP Singh told reporters while addressing a press conference at District Police Lines (DPL) Awantipora, Pulwama,
The DGP said Aijaz was a dangerous terrorist who carried out deadly attacks on security forces inflicting heavy casualties. He took part in an attack at EDI Pampore in which eight CRPF men were killed. He had transported the Lashkar men to the spot as well. At Kadlabal, Pampore, he had fired at army party killing three soldiers. He had taken part in a series of attacks on security forces. He was the main recruiter for the Lashkar and had recruited many youth especially Towseef Khanday, Rafiq Dar and Adil Ahmed, all slain Lashkar terrorists.
Aijaz was killed along with another local terrorist Sajad Ahmed Sofi who was recruitment by Aijaz and trained by him only. Two AK-47 rifles, two magazines, some rounds, and incriminating material were recovered from the slain terrorists, Singh said.
He said the killing of Aijaz Reshi is a big success for security forces and there will be dip in the local terrorist recruitment where he was operating.” He complimented the 50 RR and 110 battalion unit of CRPF who were part of the operation at Samboora.
To a query about local terrorist recruitment in South Kashmir, the DGP said that the graph is low compared to previous years. “In the past 15 days, three youth were brought back. And this year so far, 24 youth who had left homes and joined militancy were brought back with the active cooperation of their parents,” he added. (ANI)
The ethnic minority of Utsuls of Hainan Island in China is facing increased surveillance and religious crackdown similar to that of the Uyghur Muslim minority of Xinjiang, which has recently become the focus of global condemnation.
Utsul Muslims, a small community-based in Sanya, a city on the island province of Hainan with a population of just 10,000 is being targeted for wearing traditional dress in schools and government offices and the authorities have imposed a ban on the same. “The official line is that no ethnic minority can wear traditional garments on school grounds but other ethnic minorities [in Sanya] don’t wear traditional garments in their daily life so it makes no difference to them but to us, the hijab is an integral part of our culture, if we take it off it’s like stripping off our clothes,” said an Utsul community worker who requested anonymity, South China Morning Post reported.
The order of banning hijabs, a religious symbol of Muslims, was met with protests where a group of girls was seen wearing headscarves and reading textbooks outside Tianya Utsul Primary School while being surrounded by the police. Besides the hijab, the traditional long skirts worn by Utsul women were also banned.
Utsul Muslims, Chamic-speaking East Asian ethnic group are unrecognized ethnic groups in China
A UN report shows that about 10 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities are being held in internment camps across China. However, the Chinese Government has repeatedly ‘justified’ its treatment of Uyghurs by accusing them of terrorist attacks. For the Utsuls, there is no law in place banning the hijab as opposed to the legislation passed in Xinjiang in 2015 which banned the veil and “any other clothing that promotes extremist religious thought” South China Morning Post reported. The Utsuls have simply been told that the hijab is “disorderly”.
However, a Communist Part document from last year, seen by the South China Morning Post and verified by the community worker suggests that the ban is the latest manifestation of a concerted campaign to Sinicism in the handful of neighbourhoods where Utsuls live, eat, and pray, South China Morning Post wrote.
Huixin and Huihui, the two neighbourhoods in Sanya, where most Utsuls reside are also facing a religious crackdown.
Measures include a reduction in the size of Mosques upon rebuilding, banning of structures with “Arab tendencies” and removal of Arabic scripts from storefronts. Additionally, Mosques now must have a communist Party member present for monitoring purposes.
Another drastic step was taken in 2018, when China’s State Council issued a classified directive, entitled “Reinforcing and Improving Islam Work in the New Situation,” which was intended to remove any Arabic features from mosques and other added measures, due to which mosques outside Xinjiang had their domes covered or replaced.
According to the community worker, the ban on wearing hijabs led to massive protests during which hundreds of students from three schools refused to remove the veil, and due to this, the ban was lifted last Tuesday, though temporarily.
China’s largest Muslim group, the Huis has also been targeted despite them largely speaking Mandarin. An associate professor of history at Frostburg State University in Maryland, Ma Haiyun said that Xinjiang was a “laboratory” for repressive policies against Islam that are now being emulated all across China, South China Morning Post reported.
He added that there was a clear double standard in attitudes towards traditional clothing. Ma also said that targeting Utsuls could create problems where none existed before, to which the community worker said “What our religion dictates is that girls who have not menstruated do not have to wear the hijab but they wear it because of habit, it’s just a custom, I don’t understand why this issue has to be mixed up with religion.” The local officials mischaracterized the custom as “religion being imposed upon minors”, they added.
Targeting Utsul’s could potentially damage China’s relations with Southeast Asian Nations, even though their number is small as compared to Uyghurs and Huis. “By just beating up on this small group of 10,000 Utsuls (local authorities) can ruin China’s image among the Southeast Asian people, which could encourage their governments to become more populist and incite hatred against the Chinese diaspora,” Ma concluded. However, two major Muslim countries Malaysia and Indonesia have been building ties with the Utsuls in recent years.(ANI)
Uma Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party national vice-president, was admitted to AIIMS, Rishikesh, after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. She also complained of a high fever on Sunday night.
In a series of tweets since Sunday, Bharti said that she tested positive for the COVID-19 on Sunday after returning from the Himalayas. “My relatives and well-wishers are worrying a lot about me after they got to know that I was tested positive for the coronavirus…,” she said in a Hindi tweet on Sunday.
On Monday she tweeted that if the AIIMS authorities allow her, then she would like to appear in the special CBI court of Lucknow on Wednesday when it is likely to pronounce the verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.
“I have just been admitted to AIIMS, Rishikesh. There are three reasons: Dr Harshvardhan is worried for me; I got a high fever at (Sunday) night; and if I get a positive nod from the AIIMS after tests, then I would like to appear in the CBI court of Lucknow the day after tomorrow,” she tweeted.
Urging the media not to blame the Himalayan saints, Bharti revealed that her driver had the coronavirus, but they were unaware of it till he was tested positive for COVID-19.
“News is doing rounds in the media that I contracted the coronavirus from the saints in the Himalayas. I deny it…,” she tweeted. (ANI)
Rahul Tewatia was the star of the show on Sunday night as he joined hands with Sanju Samson to help Rajasthan Royals to chase down the highest-ever total in the history of the Indian Premier League. But the all-rounder says it was a pure reflection of the faith skipper Steve Smith and the RR management had shown in him leading into the tournament.
Speaking to ANI, Tewatia said that he was termed the ‘game-changer’ by the team and it was only about reposing the faith shown in him by a team that has stars like Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Samson among others.
“You either grab an opportunity or get bogged down by it. Smith and team told me I am their ‘game-changer’. So, it was my duty to ensure that I repose their faith. When the team and a stalwart like Smith backs you, the job is anyway half done. I am blessed to be a part of the RR family,” he smiled.
But the start wasn’t that smooth and memes had started to flood social media when Tewatia struggled to connect. Yet, the all-rounder believes it was always about that one hit.
“No doubt I struggled initially. But what kept me going was that I always knew I was one hit away. Once I hit that first six, I knew the flow had come. Also, it was always at the back of my mind that even though I might have missed a few balls to begin with, a few sixes would bring us back in the game,” he explained.
Sam Billings famously spoke about Tewatia doing a Dhoni, but for Tewatia it is just the beginning. “I want to make this a habit. I want to win games for my team and trust me the focus is on being consistent. The journey has only just begun,” he said.
But how has he managed to stay in rhythm when even the best have struggled to get into the groove post the lockdown? The all-rounder says it is due to the hardwork put in by the Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) behind the scenes during the corona-induced break.
“HCA has been brilliant. Even the best sportsperson can lose focus in such times, but they kept a tab on us, especially Anirudh Chaudhry sir. Be it checking on our diet or our fitness, he would personally speak to the required personnel as well as the players to ensure that there was no interruption in our training cycle. He also keeps the atmosphere lively and encourages everyone’s sense of humour.
“It can get daunting to be training on the roof and staying indoors, but the HCA ensured we had mental conditioning classes to keep us prepared for these tough situations. In fact, despite the Haryana team boasting of three international spinners, sir has time and again pushed me to go that extra mile so that I am an automatic choice in the XI. The focus in HCA is on player development,” he revealed.
The all-rounder also thanked coach Vijay Yadav for taking extra care of him. “Never heard a no from him whenever I wanted to work on finer nuances of my game. When you are playing at this level, frame and bat swing and these things make a lot of difference and Vijay sir has always treated me like his own and given me maximum attention. I know even if I call him at 2 am to discuss a cricketing point that is bothering me, he will speak with me,” he said.
While the world has taken note of Tewatia after Sunday’s knock, the youngster is proud that his father appreciated his effort over phone after the innings.
“He is an advocate, but would make time to always drop me to training. So, a few years back, I decided to go and see where he works. It broke my heart that he would sit under a tin roof and work. That is when I decided his sacrifices cannot go to waste. To get a call from him and for him to tell me he is proud of my knock is my biggest gift. Nothing like making the family smile,” he signed off. (ANI)
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