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<ul><li>The <keyword id="3870867" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tiger-population-in-India">Tiger population in India</keyword> has improved to 2967 in 2018, from 2,226 in 2014, according to the Prime Minister. </li><li><keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> also claimed that India has completed the target decided in St. Petersburg before. </li></ul> As the world celebrates <keyword id="1163572" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="International-Tiger-Day">International Tiger Day</keyword>, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is committed to doing whatever it can for animal protection. According to Narendra Modi, the Tiger population in India has improved to 2967 in 2018, from 2,226 in 2014. "Nine long years ago, it was decided in St. Petersburg that the target of doubling the tiger population would be 2022. We in India completed this goal four years early," said Modi. He further added, “India will build more homes for our citizens and at the same time create quality habitats for animals. India will have a vibrant marine economy and healthier marine ecology. This balance is what will contribute to a strong and inclusive India said, PM Narendra Modi. The world’s second-most populated country is also home to 60% of the world’s tigers. However, increasing habitat loss and the demand for their body parts in the world have put their lives on risks. The increasing human encroachment activities, illegal trading, and poorly developed national parks are affecting the tiger population. The proximity between the tiger and human cohabitation have grown lately risking the lives of people as well as the animal. As many as 631 tigers <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/most-tiger-deaths-in-madhya-pradesh-maharashtra-over-8-years-19833/">were reported dead</a> between 2009 and 2017. <keyword id="6357713" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword>, the most populous state in India, has recorded 63 cases of tigers attacking humans in a span of five years, said the Wildlife Trust of India.

Prime Minister Modi says India has doubled its tiger population four years ahead of target

<ul><li><keyword id="555372" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Man-vs-Wild">Man Vs Wild</keyword> will feature India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 12. </li><li>The host of the show, Bear Grylls, took to Twitter to share a promo of the episode featuring Modi.</li></ul>Discovery 's most popular show Man Vs Wild will feature India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 12. The host of the show, Bear Grylls, took to Twitter to share a promo of the episode featuring Modi. 
	
	
	
	
	
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 In the 45-second video, PM Narendra Modi can be seen welcoming Grylls of Man vs Wild Fame in his trademark style. The duo can be seen taking a journey into India's wild, exploring the jungles, walking through their interiors and also creating some spears — for survival, of course. He claims to be taking an adventure of a lifetime', the show promises to show some unexplored facets of the PM, something the Indian audience has not ever seen. At one point in the promo, Grylls says "You are the most important person in India, my job is to keep you alive." If you are up for some 'survival trivia' from the Prime Minister, then you can watch the entire episode on Discovery India on August 12. Earlier today, Modi released the status of tigers claiming that the country is committed to doing whatever it can for animal protection. According to Narendra Modi, the tiger population in India improved to 2,967 in 2018, from 2,226 in 2014.

Indian Prime Minister Modi in the next episode of Discovery’s reality show Man Vs Wild, reveals host Bear Grylls

If Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> is to be believed, <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword>'s Budget 2017-2018 is going to boost the housing sector tremendously. And, with <keyword id="136927" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="affordable-housing">affordable housing</keyword> projects getting the infrastructure status, there is much cause for joy among <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="real-estate">real estate</keyword> companies. 
 
So, we decided to ask the real estate sector their reaction of the Budget and its announcements for housing projects. 
 
According to Sunil Mishra, Chief Strategy Officer, PropTiger.com, the budget has been cautious albeit balanced for the real estate sector. "One of the standouts for the real estate sector was definitely the affordable housing segment being granted infrastructure status. Housing for All by 2022, is not just a dream but a necessity for a country like India that’s urbanising at a rapid pace. The move to measure the areas in affordable housing projects – 30 sq mts for the projects in municipal limits in the 4 metros, and 60 sq mts for the rest of India, on carpet area as against the earlier built-up area, will translate into homes that are 30 per cent larger. This should amplify the interest of developers further, to build more affordable projects, thereby, increasing supply," he said. 
 
Additionally, he was also of the opinion that 100% deduction for profits, for affordable housing projects which earlier needed to be completedin three years, now have to be completed in five years will bring relief to developers plagued by approval issues, a common sight in the country. 
 "A one year tax break for unsold inventory that has received the CC, will bring some relief to developers. The move to abolish FIPB, indicates further liberalisation of the FDI policy, something that the finance crunched sector would welcome. Long-term capitals gains tax benefit which could be availed after three years, can now be availed after two years, which would please investors and <keyword id="6371902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="home-buyers">home buyers</keyword> alike. The new Metro Rail Act which is to focus on innovation, and the government’s decision to focus on MMTS, would augur well in creating connectivity for peripheral locations – something that’s a must if developers and buyers are to be incentivised for investing in emerging locations," Mishra added. 
 
Echoing his view, Ravi Ahuja, Director, Office Services &amp; Investment Sales, Colliers International India admitted that the infrastructure status will indeed act as a catalyst to meet the objectives of Housing to all by 2020. "Credit offtake towards affordable segment of housing will lead to creation of supply specially for both stake holders the first home buyer and developer who will now have access to cheaper funding. The Govt. will redefine 'affordable housing' - this is very much required, as we expect the government to make a deliberate decision on defining affordable housing keeping in view the differentiation between Tier 1, 2 and 3 locations / cities across the Indian geographies” he added.

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A year has passed since the tiger stopped roaring. But does Mumbai miss him? Of course, the Marathi Manoos part of Mumbai does miss him every day, with every event and every political development. When <keyword id="6371377" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bal-Thackeray">Bal Thackeray</keyword> breathed his last on November 17, 2012, at the age of 86, Mumbai spilled out on the streets to mourn for the man who ruled the very spirit of the city. It is difficult to imagine Mumbai without Balasaheb. 
 
This cartoonist-turned-activist was Mumbai personified and sometimes transmogrified into aggression that an average Mumbaikar wanted to express. After he passed away, Mumbai had not only lost its voice, but also the spirit. Balasaheb had a finger on the pulse of Mumbai. He could never be wrong with the city or the people of Maharashtra. 
 
When alive, Balasaheb was a total mystery wrapped in contradictions. And those contradictions lie in his very personality. He was a chuffy man with a serious look, a tiger who sat on the throne, and a man who commanded thousands but was most humble when dealing with friends. 
 
In other words, he was human. He carried no pretentions. Just as the cartoonist he was when he worked with the Free Press Journal, Balasaheb evoked humour with every situation that touched him. And he had the capacity to laugh at himself. For this, he could contradict himself. Yet, his Shiv Sainiks did not grumble, ever. They followed their leader with as much loyalty as before, which was a puzzle even to his close relatives. 
 There are many real-life instances and legends involving Bal Thackeray’s reactions and responses to situations and people. His jibes were never short on satire. They were timely, sharp and always hit the bull’s eye. Even in his editorial in <keyword id="6358821" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Shiv-Sena">Shiv Sena</keyword> mouthpiece Saamna, Balasaheb was as powerful as he was with his spoken words. A true artist who had perfected his art of curvy lines and never let the guard dictate terms over his persona. 
 
Although he was referred to as the ‘tiger’ of Maharashtra, Balasaheb was more than that. The thespian of Hindi cinema, Dilip Saab, chose to call him a ‘lion’ who had the whole forest at his command, without having to strike his claws at anyone. 
 
But in the true sense, tiger was what he was. By temperament and by design. Just as the tiger never moves out of its habitat and protects its territory from other big cats, Balasaheb worked in the same way. 
 He rarely moved out of Mumbai. And when he saw Mumbai (then <keyword id="6356654" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bombay">Bombay</keyword>) being overtaken by outsiders, he launched the Shiv Sena in 1966. The idea was to protect his people’s turf, the Marathi Manoos (Maratha people), from the ‘outsiders.’ For that, he could reprimand anyone including the so-called stars with millions of fans. His political legacy was unquestioned and remained unquestionable, too. Even after his death, Shiv Sainiks have made sure that nobody would ever dare to question his authority. Remember the incident where two girls were arrested (they were later released) for their FB status – questioning the Mumbai shutdown on the day when his last rites were held? That was Mumbai grieving over its true son. It was an emotional moment that couldn’t be countered with logic or rationality. Balasaheb’s equation with his Sainiks was built on human bridges, over decades. It couldn’t come down with his physical demise. They still believe he is there with them for without him, they remain ideologically orphaned. He gave them their thinking and actions, and told them when to employ either of these. 
 Those who knew him had clearly understood he had no long-term goals to achieve. He did not aspire to be the <keyword id="5269" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chief-Minister">chief minister</keyword> or occupy any position that would take him to corridors of power. He had clearly understood where his powers lay. He was powerful in his very being. Not even the <keyword id="6362177" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="union-government">Union Government</keyword>, no matter which party occupied the seats at the Parliament. Balasaheb was in power, always. In fact, HE was THE power. 
 
That he had no encumbrances had never been a problem for this leader who had shown his ‘human’ side to his men. But it was a problem for others who tried to fit him into a definition or tried to psychoanalyse him and understand him in a straitjacketed manner. Like a true cartoonist, his lines never came straight. They always curved to say something. That something was always between the lines. 
 That is why <keyword id="4952" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Michael-Jackson">Michael Jackson</keyword> visited him at his abode Maatoshree on the former’s India visit. And so did a host of politicians and Hollywood stars. Even though he declared that he wouldn’t allow India-Pakistan matches to be held in Mumbai, he also had the gumption to invite Javed Miandad to his house for dinner. When asked, he said he wanted the Indian team to have similar ‘killer instinct’ as Pakistani cricketers had while playing on the ground. 
 
His Hindutva was not as skewed as that of the Hindutva-vadis. In fact, he chafed at the RSS men calling them ‘knickerwallahs.’ He remained the uncrowned king of Maharashtra for 45 years. And unless psychologists dig deep into his persona, this legend called Balasaheb can never be understood through mere words.

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While the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-why-Budget-2016-is-crucial-for-the-real-estate-sector/articleshow/50835775.cms">Real Estate sector</a> is facing a slug in the market, the scenario is a little bit different for online players. Despite realty sales being the slowest in the past two years, the online <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="real-estate">real estate</keyword> sector has attracted a whooping investment of $250 million or Rs, 1600 crores. Consolidation of the market has been the main reason behind its growth. In the last one year we saw the merger of CommonFloor and Quickr and acquisition of Makaan.com by PropTiger. 
 The online game is played mainly by two players, investors like 99 acres, <keyword id="2501463" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Magic-bricks">Magic Bricks</keyword> and Housing.com and transaction players like <keyword id="3241608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Squareyards">Squareyards</keyword>. In the last two years, while classified players struggled to find a good monetisation model, the whole value shifted to the transaction sites. 
 
“Last year we actually grew more than 225%,” said Vivek Agarwal, Principal Partner, Squareyards.com who acquired three companies in the last few years. 
 
Challenges 
 
1. Cost of property is skyrocketing due ever increasing tax limits. 
 
2. Lack of any uniform GSP forces the online portal to provide separate provisions for each state. 
 
3. The usage of technology is limited. 
 
“Most of the work is done manually and hence becomes cumbersome for online portals,” said Sudarshan Purohit, CEO and co-founder of Zenify.in, online real estate player. 
 
4. The sector is not corporatized yet. It is still dominated by small players. 
 
“The first thing we are expecting is to gain an industry status,” said Vivek. 
 
5. While building, too many clearances need to be done which are often delayed and not transparent. 
 
Expectations 
 
1. “One of the things that we are looking forward is more exemption in the housing loan limit,” said Agarwal of Squareyards. Right now we get certain part of our housing loan exempted from taxes but the way costs have moved up, the small part has become insignificant now. 
 
2. Also, the housing loan exemption is not applicable for the units which are under construction. But looking at these companies’ customers’ profiles, we will see most of them invested in construction property but they can’t take the exemption till the property is actually constructed. 
 
“We want this exemption to be extended to construction property also,” said Vivek. 
 
3. They certainly hope that Real Estate Regulatory Bill is passed. Once that bill is passed it will open many doors for the online real estate sector. The builder will then have to put online all the details with the regulatory authority like the license status, land acquisition status, details of environment clearance etc. 
 
“Things will become more organised. When the information estimation goes away, the information will become structured structured. Hence, portals can put all the information online from where a customer will get all the details with a single click,” he said. 
 
4. Most of the demand on the online portals is from the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Budget-2016-Why-rental-housing-is-the-next-big-thing-in-the-realty-sector/articleshow/50931836.cms">budget and affordable segment</a> which ranges from 20 lakhs to 70 lakhs. Once this government pushes ‘<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Housing-for-All-Budget-2016-expectations/articleshow/50901695.cms">Housing for all by 2022</a>’, the online sector will get a major boost. This will also attract NRIs to invest in India. As a consequence, the online sector will grow at a breakneck speed for these portals are the major source of information for the buyers abroad. 
 
“We sold about 780 units in the affordable segment in three weeks in Bangalore, most in the range of 20 lakhs. The customers were both from India and abroad,” said Vivek. 
 
5. “We expect more investment in Technology of this sector, about 1 billion,” said Sudarshan. 
 
6. More transparency in the process of getting clearances, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Budget-2016-Impact-of-FDI-in-real-estate-sector-and-future-expectations/articleshow/50866872.cms">relaxation of FDI norms</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Budget-2016-One-of-Indias-biggest-realtor-Surendra-Hiranandani-says-the-sector-needs-Industry-status-to-survive/articleshow/50929511.cms">'industry' status</a> and passage of regulatory bills are the other things they expect from this budget to cash in the most from the available opportunities. 
 
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New Delhi, Dec 5 () Cash-starved realtors expressed disappointment over the RBI's decision on Thursday to keep the benchmark lending rate unchanged and said the apex bank should have cut repo rate by 1 percentage point to boost housing sales and economic growth.
 "India Inc. was expecting a rate cut of 100 basis points instead of small tinkering such as a rate cut of 25 basis points, which would have provided a boost to the government's recent initiatives to kick-start GDP growth," NAREDCO President Niranjan Hiranandani said.
 "The decision to wait and watch the outplay of previous cuts will go against the current sentiments. The markets overall are disappointed," he said, adding that real estate developers are facing liquidity crunch.
 Knight FRank India CMD Shishir Baijal said the RBI's decision to not lower interest rate has come "as a surprise and a bit of a disappointment to the industry".
 "Lower interest rate would have helped push up credit demand and investment in the economy, aiding overall economic growth. It would have provided much required reprieve to some ailing sectors like real estate and auto," he added.
 Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri said, "From a real estate point of view, rate cuts are obviously always welcome as they help improve overall sentiment. The expected rate cut of 25 basis points would have caused home loan values to fall below 8 per cent for first time ever".
 Sanjay Dutt, MD &amp; CEO, Tata Realty &amp; Infrastructure Ltd said, "This time while the focus of the RBI remains to be on reviving the economy, we are disappointed to see no change in the policy rate".
 The real estate industry, in particular, has been facing some difficult times and with inventories piling up the need to push demand and encourage purchase is now more than ever, he added.
 However, Anshuman Magazine, Chairman &amp; CEO - India, South East Asia, Middle East &amp; Africa, CBRE, said the RBI's decision to keep the repo rate unchanged is an indication towards the government's focus on the evolving inflation-growth dynamics.
 JLL India CEO &amp; Country Head Ramesh Nair said the central bank by keeping the rates unchanged has recognised that the need of the hour is to infuse confidence about the economic growth through a holistic approach.
 "The decision to maintain policy rates augurs well for the economy as the recently introduced policy reforms will take time to pan out and materialise. The economy needs to absorb the impact of the recently introduced reforms and the previous rate cuts. The real estate sector is expected to pick up due to the favourable policy incentives and the faster transmission of previous rate cuts," he added.
 With concern over rising food prices, Elara Technologies CEO Dhruv Agarwala said, "Under the circumstances, the apex bank had little option but to maintain status quo with regard to the repo rate."
 News Corp and Softbank-backed Elara Technologies owns Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com real estate portals.
 Sankey Prasad, Managing Director &amp; Chairman, Colliers International India, said the government along with industry experts should identify and resolve other sensitive issues effecting the sector.
 Gaurs group MD Manoj Gaur stressed on effective transmission of 135 basis point cut in repo rate this year.
 Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp and President (Elect), CREDAI Western Uttar Pradesh said: "By maintaining the status quo, the RBI has given some kind of surprise after a long time. Unfortunately, it is contrary to our expectation.
 "Industry was expecting a rate cut as that would have somewhat provided a positive sentiment to the housing sector. Any positive news on borrowing interest rates would have provided the sector an upward trigger," said Samir Jasuja, Founder and MD, PropEquity.
 Sakshee Katiyal, CEO, Home and Soul said the industry is disappointed with the RBI's decision as real estate sector is facing huge demand slowdown. MJH MR

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The Statue of Justice wearing a blindfold signifies that Justice must be meted out impartially, without fear or favour. But what is preventing us from safeguarding those whom the Law is meant to protect? There was Satyendra Dubey, murdered in 2003 for exposing corruption in a government-run highway project where he was an engineer. There was Manjunath Shanmugam, an official working with a public sector oil major, who was shot dead by the petrol adulteration mafia in 2005. And more recently in 2012, bureaucrat SP Mahantesh succumbed to his injuries following an attack, after whistleblowing on irregular land allotments. 
 It took the <keyword id="145182" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Indian-Parliament">Indian Parliament</keyword> nearly half a decade to pass a law to set up a national corruption ombudsman. It remains to be seen how many whistleblowers will have to pay with their lives before they have a law to shield them. 
 
Trial and error The central government’s spin doctors will, undoubtedly, point to the Whistle-Blowers Protection Bill, 2011, as evidence of their commitment to the cause of protecting India’s whistleblowers. And they will blame the Opposition for holding up the Parliament (ironically, on charges of government corruption), which has prevented <keyword id="250148" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="The-Bill">the Bill</keyword> from getting passed. 
 They will also deflect questions about the apathy that prevailed since 2004, when the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> had first instructed the government to create a robust whistleblower mechanism, in the wake of the Satyendra Dubey tragedy. 
 The government’s response at the time was disappointing. It instructed the corruption watchdog, the <keyword id="55819" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Central-Vigilance-Commission">Central Vigilance Commission</keyword> (CVC), to do something so that the fig leaf for compliance could be presented to the courts. A look at the <a href="http://cvc.nic.in/pidpi.htm">relevant section</a> of the CVC’s website dealing with whistleblowers will amply illustrate that it is a poor apology even for a fig leaf. 
 
Despite widespread corruption that led to the currently popular ‘India Against Corruption’ initiative, data show that the CVC only registered around 1,300 complaints between 2005 and 2008. Moreover, in around 950 cases, the action recommended by the CVC was not implemented by the concerned authorities. While tigers could be close to extinction in India, it seems there is no shortage of toothless tigers when it comes to fighting corruption. 
 
The much-vaunted Bill does no better, unfortunately. 
 
The not-so-fine print A quick comparison of the present draft of the Bill with the <keyword id="6368295" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="law-commission">Law Commission</keyword>’s recommendations on whistleblowing in 2001 and the international laws governing whistleblowing throws up some glaring deficiencies. 
 
Anonymity of the complainant is most crucial for the effectiveness of whistleblowing. Yet, the Bill does not guarantee this, leaving it to the CVC’s discretion to disclose the identity of the complainant. The Law Commission report had left the decision to go public to the complainant. 
 
Disclosures can only be made against public servants and not elected representatives. In a country where politicians in power and bureaucrats operate an unholy nexus, reversing the Law Commission’s recommendation is borderline farcical. 
 
Victimisation or harassment of a complainant through transfer or other administrative measures is left undefined. Therefore, seeking protection against such acts will be difficult. Forget the US and the UK; even Ghana’s laws have specific provisions regarding victimisation and penalties for the same. 
 
Although the Law Commission has recommended that inquiries should be completed between 6 months and 2 years after a complaint comes in, the Bill has not prescribed any time limit for investigation or disposal. More discretion and more opportunities for abuse. 
 
Most modern laws on whistleblowing are not just limited to corruption but also cover negligence and maladministration. However, in a country that has seen a spate of train accidents and declining standards of safety in the public sector monopoly that runs the Indian Railways, the Bill will not entertain any potential whistleblower. 
 
The most damning indictment of the Bill, however, lies in the status quo regarding the power of the CVC to enforce action against those found guilty. Ignoring the Law Commission’s recommendation that the CVC should be empowered to direct criminal proceedings, the Bill has continued to hobble the CVC by not allowing it to go beyond recommending measures to the concerned authorities. 
 
This is despite the CVC’s recommendations having been blithely ignored in the past! 
 
High treason As India plays catch-up with modern democracies, the public debate should also reflect on how all the whistle-blower protection in the world did not prevent the US from persecuting Ed <keyword id="6423563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Snowden">Snowden</keyword>. Condemned as a traitor even though the US courts have different legal opinions regarding his acts and in spite of the public opinion firmly in his favour, Snowden has to take refuge in a foreign country today. It seems patriotism could be the last refuge of crooks who can hide blatant examples of malfeasance under the cloak of secrecy and security. 
 
India’s whistleblowers don’t lack the courage to do what is necessary for public good. So it is time for the masses to blow the whistle on a weak Bill that betrays its very purpose. 
 
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