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GROWTH OF 8 CORE SECTORS @ 2.1% IN JULY, DOWN FROM 7.3% LAST YR
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Home Minister Amit Shah holds his granddaughter while visiting Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh pandal on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘Jadhav under pressure to parrot Pak’s narrative’ New Delhi: Kulbhshan Jadhav appeared to be under “extreme pressure” to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims in his case, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday, hours after a top Indian diplomat met him at a subjail for an hour. Charge d’Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia met Jadhav after Pakistan granted consular access to the retired Indian Navy officer following a directive from the International Court of Justice. “While we await a comprehensive report, it was clear that Jadhav appeared to be under extreme pressure to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims,” Turn to P4
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New Delhi: Growth of eight core industries slowed down to 2.1 per cent in July as against 7.3 per cent in the same month last year, according to a government data released Monday. According to the data, the output of coal, crude oil, natural gas and refinery products recorded negative growth in July. The eight core sector industries – coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity – had expanded by 7.3 per cent in July last year. During AprilJuly, the eight sectors grew by 3 per cent compared to 5.9 per cent in the same period the previous year. These core industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). Growth rate in production of steel, cement and electricity declined to 6.6 per cent, 7.9 per cent and 4.2 per cent, respectively, as against 6.9 per cent, 11.2 per cent and 6.7 per cent. However, fertiliser output marginally grew by 1.5 per cent in July as against 1.3 per cent in July 2018. For April-July period, the eight sectors growth rate almost halved to 3 per cent as compared to 5.9 per cent in the same period last year. The growth rate of these eight sectors
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WEAK MANUFACTURING NUMBERS DRAGGING GDP GROWTH
Coal Crude oil Natural gas Refinery products Fertiliser Steel Cement Electricity
are declining since April this year. It slowed down to 5.2 per cent in April from 5.8 per cent. Then it came down to 4.3 per cent in May and 0.7 per cent in June. The data comes at the backdrop of weak
manufacturing and consumption numbers dragging the country’s GDP growth to a 25-quarter low of 5 per cent in the first quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal. The GDP growth rate has now slowed for the
fifth consecutive quarter with the previous low recorded at 4.3 per cent in March 2013. The data showed that the growth has slowed down in five out of eight sectors, reflecting the widespread weakness in the overall economy.
Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas with record force Mclean’s Town Cay: In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake. The storm’s top sustained winds decreased slightly to 165
Strong winds hit palm trees at the first moment during the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Mclean’s Town Cay of Grand Bahama.
mph (270 kph) as its westward movement slowed, crawling
along Grand Bahama island Monday morning at 1 mph (2 kph) in
what forecasters said would be a daylong assault. Earlier, Dorian churned over Abaco island with battering winds and surf during Sunday. Information began emerging from the affected islands, with Bahamas Power and Light saying there is a total blackout in New Providence, the archipelago’s most populous island. Abac “The reports
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out of Abaco (island) as everyone knows,” company spokesman Quincy Parker told ZNS Bahamas radio station, “were not good.” Most people went to shelters as the Category 5 storm approached, with tourist hotels shutting down and residents boarded up their homes. But many people were expected to be left homeless. Turn to P4
In April-June, manufacturing growth slumped to 0.6 per cent as against double-digit growth of 12.1 per cent last year, while the “agriculture, forestry and fishing” sector recorded a growth rate of 2.0 per cent Turn to P4
ACM DHANOA SORTIE WITH ABHINANDAN Days before his retirement from the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday undertook his last combat sortie on MiG21 aircraft with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at the Pathankot airbase. The sortie lasted for around 30 minutes. Full report on P5
Humane Gehlot bares heart at Jansunwai, sends ailing to hospital in CMR ambulance Unprecedented crowd at CM’s durbar Naresh Sharma
A specially abled person informing Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about his problems during Jansunwai on Monday.
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as per his commitment, conducted ‘Jansunwai’ at his residence which went on for more than four and a half hours. Thousands of people from various parts of the state, came to meet the Chief Minister and informed him about their problems.
Gehlot instructed the officials to resolve the people’s isues with all sensitivity during the programme. Suddenly, a person who was waiting for his turn to meet the CM, fell ill due to excessive heat. The CM was immediately apprised of the incident after which, he immediately directed the officials to send the person to the hospital by
During Jansunwai, thousands from various parts of the state came to the CM with their problems.
the ambulance parked outside the Chief Minister’s Residence (CMR). People from various parts of the state were seen standing in long queues to meet their leader on Monday morning. The ‘Jansunwai’ programme started at 9.30 am. Apart from the common men, several leaders of the Congress party and workers also met the Chief Minister during the day. Turn to P4