New York, May 26 (PTI) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi- led government marks its first year in office today, American media has taken a critical view of his accomplishments, saying his flagship ‘Make in India’ drive is “so far mostly hype”, job growth remains sluggish amid “outsize expectations”.
“India’s Modi at One Year: ‘Euphoria Phase’ Is Over, Challenges Loom,” reads a headline in the Wall Street Journal of an article on Modi’s first year as Indian Prime Minister.
“A year after Indian voters handed Narendra Modi a once-in-a-generation mandate for change and economic revival, messy realities are sinking in,” the WSJ report said.
It said that Modi’s ‘Make in India’ drive, aimed at supercharging manufacturing growth, “is so far mostly hype”.
It cited economic parameters like exports to say that the “economy is merely limping along”.
Inflation-adjusted lending for capital investment last year fell to a level not seen since 2004, it said adding that exports were down for the fifth straight month in April, corporate earnings were dismal and foreign institutional investors have pulled around USD 2 billion out of Indian stocks and bonds in May so far.
The New York Times, in a news analysis, said Modi must face the reality that much of his agenda is still only potential.
“From abroad, India is now seen as a bright spot, expected to pass China this year to become the world’s fastest-growing large economy. But at home, job growth remains sluggish. Businesses are in wait-and-see mode. And Modi has political vulnerabilities, as parliamentary opposition leaders block two of his central reform initiatives and brand him ‘anti-poor’ and ‘anti-farmer’,” the NYT article titled ‘After a Year of Outsize Expectations, Modi Adjusts His Political Course for India’ said.
It said “most formidable of all is a problem” Modi has “made for himself: outsize expectations that he would sweep away constraints to growth in India, like stringent laws governing labour and land acquisition.
The NYT quoted senior vice president at leading Indian garment exporter Orient Craft’s Vimarsh Razdan as saying that the Modi government’s “image became larger than they themselves.
“They have become superheroes. And everyone knows superheroes don’t exist,” he said in the report.
The WSJ article said that while Modi has swaggered across stages from New York to Paris to Sydney, helping put the country back on investors’ maps, “on other key fronts, Modi has moved less decisively, frustrating investors who hoped for bolder change after last year’s election.”?
His government has avoided privatising state-run banks and companies, which could trigger unpopular job cuts.
Despite vows to improve India’s reputation for unpredictable tax collection, the government has hit investors with demands for back taxes they say they should not have to pay, it said.
The Gujjars had yesterday threatened to intensify the agitation, which has mainly remained confined to Bharatpur and Dausa, and spread it across the state.
Meanwhile, there was a deadlock over the venue of next round of talks between Gujjars and the government after one round held in Bayana ended in a failure.
The government had asked Gujjar representatives to come to Jaipur on Monday to discuss the issue at length but their leader Kirori Singh Bainsla is adamant on holding the talks in Bayana only, which is nearly 15 kms away from Pilukapura where the community members have blocked the railway tracks.
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“We will not go to Jaipur for the talks. We will hold talks in Bayana only. I have given a letter to the government for this,” Mr Bainsla told PTI.
The agitation, which was started on Thursday last week, would be called off only when the government fulfills the demand, he said.
“After discussion with our members, it was decided today to not go to Jaipur. We are open for the talks but we will not go to Jaipur, as proposed by the government, and any talk will take place in Bayana,” said Himmat Singh, spokesperson of the Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, yesterday.
District collector Ravi Jain said the Gujjars were being convinced to accept the government’s proposal to go to Jaipur.
“Jaipur is the right place to hold talks in detail and we are trying to persuade the Gujjars,” he said.
On the fifth day of the agitation, Delhi-Mumbai rail tracks in Bharatpur and a state highway in Sawaimadhopur continued to be blocked causing inconvenience to travellers.
Since the Gujjars relaunched their agitation after seven years on Thursday last, one round of talks took place on Saturday between the Gujjar leader Bainsla and a committee comprising Health minister Rajendra Rathore, Social Justice minister Arun Chaturvedi and Food minister Hem Singh Bhadana.
However, the meeting ended in a failure with Gujjars saying the government did not come up with any concrete proposal.
Himmat Singh, yesterday, alleged that the government was trying to build pressure on them. “My farmhouse in Dausa was today raided by several policemen. It is a pressure tactics used by the government,” he alleged.
Mr Bainsla, meanwhile, went to a hospital for a medical check up. The spokesperson said it was routine medical check up which was due.
Police have already booked Mr Bainsla and his supporters for rioting, sedition, damaging public property, endangering life, obstructing public way, criminal conspiracies in three cases lodged on May 21, the day when they started the agitation, and Sunday.
The state government once again asked the Gujjars to come to Jaipur for holding talks.
The committee of three ministers- Health minister Rajendra Rathore, Social Justice minister Arun Chaturvedi and Food and Civil Supply minister Hem Singh Bhadana met at the secretariat here and issued a fresh letter proposing the Gujjars to come to Jaipur, according to a government spokesperson.
Meanwhile, agitators captured Agra-Jaipur National Highway in Dausa again tonight and squatted there, forcing the authorities to divert the traffic through an alternate route.
“Gujjar protesters returned late in the evening and blocked the highway at Sikandra. The situation was tense in Sikandra but nothing violent happened. The agitators confronted the locals, who chased them away earlier in the day, but police force controlled the situation,” IG Jaipur, DC Jain told PTI.
Police, paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order, he said, adding that the situation was tense but peaceful.
Mumbai, May 26 (PTI) The benchmark BSE Sensex today declined by another 112 points to close at over one-week low of 27,531.41 due to continued selling in heavyweights such as ITC, Tata Motors and Vedanta on muted earnings amid weakening rupee.
A cautious stance adopted by participants, who trimmed positions ahead of May derivatives expiry on Thursday, and absence of any positive trigger also dampened trading sentiments, brokers said.
At the forex market, the rupee was trading 42 paise down at Rs 63.99 against the American currency (intra-day).
Falling for the second day in a row, the 30-share Sensex closed down 112.47 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 27,531.41 — the lowest closing level since May 15. It touched a high of 27,675.94 and a low of 27,473.54 in day trade.
The 50-issue Nifty of NSE fell by 30.90 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 8,339.35 after hovering between 8,320.05 and 8,378.90 intra-day.
Vedanta Ltd plunged 2.33 per cent and was the biggest loser among Sensex scrips. ONGC fell sharply by 2.05 per cent.
Tata Motors fell by 1.60 per cent ahead of its January- March quarter earnings due later in the day.
ITC was down 1.05 per cent, sliding for the second session after disappointing earnings on Friday.
Sun Pharma, NTPC, Reliance, ICICI Bank, HDFC and Dr Reddy’s recorded losses up to 1.34 per cent.
FMCG major Nestle shares closed down 2.10 per cent after cracking over 6 per cent intra-day following reports that UP Food Safety and Drug Administration may file case against the company due to higher than permitted levels of lead and a food additive in Maggi noodles.
However, state-run BHEL emerged as top gainer among Sensex stocks by soaring 2.88 per cent even as it posted 52 per cent fall in net profit at Rs 888.35 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2015
Delhi government on Monday said it would provide a subsidy of Rs 15,000 to e-rickshaw owners on registration of their vehicle with the transport department and also announced 1,880 new buses to strengthen public transport in a few days.
Transport Minister Gopal Rai made the announcements at the AAP government’s open Cabinet session at Central Park here and said that 10,000 buses would be added to the DTC fleet in the next five years.
“More than 24,000 e-rickshaw drivers have been given driving licenses and PSV badges after we took office. We have also decided that e-rickshaw drivers would be given Rs 15,000 from the government’s part for every new registration.
Delhi’s lifeline are its buses. In the recent past, with a special purpose, the whole DTC fleet was brought to its knees. No new buses came in the last three years so 1,880 buses will be bought in the next few days and the department is working on that,” Rai said.
Rai said that as per the suggestions of all the MLAs, the department had decided to run 70% of those buses in the outer Delhi areas. “1,380 big buses and 500 small buses would run outer Delhi areas”.
Referring to the NGT order that banned diesel vehicles older than 10 years from plying on Delhi roads, he said the government has decided to strengthen public transport, that he said would also reduce air pollution.
“We have decided to strengthen the public transport network to a great extent so that people are not forced to take private cars. 10,000 new buses would run in Delhi’s roads in the next five years that would include advanced, standard floor buses and that would make Delhi pollution free.
“We have written to the LG/DDA and other authorities to help us procure land for new depots,” he said, adding 1,000 new contractual drivers would be recruited in the coming days.
Rai said that his department and DMRC were working towards providing a common mobility card to commuters. The minister said that the government will take care of the concerns of auto rickshaw drivers while warning them of action against harassment of passengers.
The minister also assured that economic rights of labours will be protected. “If any labour’s economic right is snatched by middle-men and contractors we will taken action. Labour department has run a special drive to make sure that the culprits are put into Tihar,” he added.
In order to improve health care facilities, the AAP government said that it would increase the bed capacity of government hospitals from existing 10,000 to 20,000 in next two-and-a-half years.
Addressing a gathering at ‘Janta ki Cabinet, Janta ke Beech’ on completion of 100 days of Delhi government, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said that out of 20,000 hospitals beds, government will set aside 3000 beds for emergency and ICU.
“At present, Delhi government has hospitals having a capacity of 10,000 beds, but in next two-and-a-half-years, we will increase from 10,000 beds to 20,000 beds which could never be done in past 65 years. Government has prepared a plan of this project,” Jain said.
“We have got to know that in Delhi, people have to spend Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh for using ICU beds every day. In view of this, our government has decided to set aside 3000 beds for emergency and ICU out of 20,000 beds in government hospitals,” he also said.
The minister said that health department will open separate four branches of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, GB Pant Hospital, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Maulana Azad Dental College and Delhi Cancer Institute in the national capital.
“For example, if you want to get your eyes treated at Guru Nanak Eye Centre, but it falls far from your house. Keeping this in view, government will open four branches of Guru Nanak Eye Centre across the city so that people will be benefited,” Jai said.
The government also announced expansion and improvement of infrastructure of government educational institutions with more teachers along with formation of a committee to regulate private schools admission and fees.
Addressing a gathering at ‘Janta ki Cabinet, Janta ke Beech’ on completion of 100 days of Delhi government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that “during this budget we will formulate a policy for private schools admission and fee.
There were flaws and loopholes in law to regulate and control fees and admission of private schools.
“We will amend the law and give power to our officers. We will also form a committee to regulate private schools soon. This will happen soon and the public will not have to face problem due to it,” said Sisodia. He admitted that that there is a shortage of teachers in government schools at present.
“In one year, we will give 20,000 teachers to the government schools. Even guest teachers will be permanent after taking their examination. Those of you not found fit will not be made permanent,” Sisodia said.
He further said that government is mapping each government schools and identifying problem areas in terms of infrastructure. “We have started working on each school after doing mapping. I assure you that when schools reopen in July, they will find substantial change in their school building,” he said.
Claiming that government is moving towards AAP party’s poll promise of opening 500 schools in Delhi Sisodia said, “we will open 100 model schools which will also have auditorium, lab and other modern facilities. We have started construction of 45 schools across Delhi and also planning to run double-shift in 75 schools. We have also identified land for 60-70 schools.”
The Education Minister also announced that government is installing CCTV cameras in each school and classroom.
Talking about higher education, Sisodia said, “Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) is a premium engineering institute and we have decided to make it a university. At present, 4,000 students study here and soon it will be made available for 12,000 students. We will open a vocational and sports university.”
Government is also planning to roll out a scheme for educational loans. Sisodia said that government is also working to ensure healthy and nutritious food to school students through mid-day meals.
Sisodia said its fight with the Centre was for the people and against corruption, which it claimed has “heavily come down” during its 100 days in power in Delhi.
At its ‘Janta ki Cabinet, Janta ke Beech’ event to mark the completion of 100 days of AAP government in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said their biggest achievement lay in curbing corruption in the city, which had also seen them end the “transfer posting industry” here.
“Yes, we are fighting, but we are also working. We are not fighting for personal gains, but for the people’s rights, their benefit, and against corruption.
“If the public would not have given us more than 36 seats, then we would not have completed 100 days. We are here to tell the people of the city what we are doing to fulfil the duty given to us by them,” said Sisodia.
Talking about AAP’s stand against corruption, Sisodia took a jibe at corrupt officials, saying that they are “courageous” as those caught taking bribes would be sacked.
“Corruption has heavily come down in the city. So far, 51 such courageous officers were arrested for taking bribe.
Earlier, honest officers were called courageous, but now corrupt officers are being courageous in taking bribes as the government is so strict against them,” he said.
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Sisodia also said that the AAP government had approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support in the fight against corruption.
“We went to meet the prime minister before taking oath and told him that people have given him and us an historic chance through a full majority. Let’s work together in fighting corruption,” he said.
Referring to the “transfer posting industry” in Delhi, the deputy chief minister said, “I am in charge of service department, which is responsible for the posting of officers in Delhi government. Many people approached me for posting as SDM in the Saket and Mehrauli areas. I got nine such cases within a month.
“As I was not aware of it, I enquired with my team, who told me that at the SDM-level, one can make maximum money in the revenue department at these locations.
“I decided not to appoint corrupt officials but deployed new, honest officers. Sub-registrar used to pay Rs 40 lakh for a posting for a year. If a man is paying Rs 40 lakh for his posting, then he will only take bribe.”
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh continued to bear the brunt of intense heat wave that has been sweeping many parts of the country with as many as 149 people dying because of it in the state since yesterday, raising to nearly 700 the overall toll in various states.
Sweltering conditions persisted in Delhi as also other states like Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal with temperature hovering around 45 degree celsius in most of these places.
According to Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency, Angul in Odisha recorded 47 degree, while Chandrapur and Wardha in Maharashtra witnessed 46.6 and 46.5 degrees, respectively.
Delhi recorded 45 degree celsius, 0.5 degrees less than yesterday which was the hottest day.
There could be some respite from the sweltering heat as some parts of north and south India are expected to experience thunder storm in next two days, thus bringing down the temperature by a few notches.
Kashmir Valley, on the other hand, is witnessing pleasant weather with maximum temperature around 22 degree celsius.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh saw the death of 149 people since yesterday, raising the toll in the state to 551. The number of deaths in the state till yesterday was 302.
The overall death toll in various parts of the country due to hot weather till yesterday stood at around 550 and with 149 more deaths since then, the number has gone up to 699.
The scorching weather claimed 104 lives in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh alone, Special Commissioner for Disaster Management Tulsi Rani said today.
Guntur was followed by East Godavari with 90 deaths, Vizianagaram with 84 deaths, Visakhapatnam 61 and Prakasam district 57, she told PTI. In other districts, the death toll varied between 8 and 36.
According to the Meteorological department, heatwave conditions will prevail in several parts of the state.
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Yet another book has come out damming the previous UPA government with former TRAI Chairman Pradip Baijal alleging that the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had warned him of harm if he did not cooperate on 2G telecom licenses.
An accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, he also claimed that the CBI wanted him to “implicate” Arun Shourie and Ratan Tata in the case.
In his self-published book, “The Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power and Private Enterprise – A Practitioner’s Diary’, Baijal, who was appointed head of the telecom watchdog by the NDA government in 2003, said the 2G scam trail began under UPA’s Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran regime.
“They (CBI) had warned me in each case that I would be harmed if I didn’t cooperate. Incidentally, this was exactly what the eminent economist Prime Minister had told me would happen if I did not cooperate in their scheme of things in the 2G case,” Baijal writes in an apparent reference to 2G case and disinvestment issues.
There were no immediate comments available from the former Prime Minister, while Baijal told PTI “I have said everything. It is 100 per cent correct and I have evidence to prove everything.”
This is the third book in last more than a year that has come to haunt Singh and his government about state of affairs during his regime. The first book was written by his aide and media advisor Sanjaya Baru and later by former coal secretary P C Parekh who is also an accused in the case relating to coal blocks allocation. .
New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has again extended the deadline for submitting bids for control of four airports, further delaying their privatisation process.
The private players can now submit their applications for short-listing till July 1, the AAI said today.
The AAI, which invited ‘Request for Qualification (RFQ)’ to handover the management, operations and development of the state-controlled airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur last year, had earlier extended the date for submitting the bids from March 24 to May 26.
The government-run airports operator, however, did not specify the reason for extending the deadline further.
The AAI had last time pushed the date on the grounds that it wanted to sort out manpower related issues prior to transferring these airports, which have already seen a public investment of Rs 5,000 crore, to the domestic corporates.
“There are many issues. There are issues relating to human resources. A concerted decision has to be taken (on such issues). Whatever are the concerns of the employees, they have to be addressed,” Airports Authority of India chairman R K Srivastava had said, while justifying the decision to extend the deadline earlier.
AAI employees union, however, is opposed to privatisation on the ground handing over these airports, after the two highest revenue-generating airports in Delhi and Mumbai, to the private sector would not only recede AAI’s topline but also lead to massive lay-offs.
Domestic corporates including Tata and Adani groups, existing airport operators GMR and GVK groups as well as Siemens Postal Parcel and Airport Logistics Private Limited, International Business Development Flughafen, Zurich, Flemingo Duty Free Shop Pvt Ltd and Cochin International Airport have shown interest in the these airports following the RFQ.
Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner whose longtime struggle with mental illness inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey, state police said on Sunday.
The couple were in a taxi when the driver lost control, crashed into a guard rail and hit another car on Saturday afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike, said police.
John Nash, 86, and his wife, Alicia, 82, were thrown from the taxi and pronounced dead at the scene, New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Gregory Williams added, declining to comment on media reports that they were not wearing seat belts.
Russell Crowe, who portrayed Nash in the Oscar-winning movie, said on Twitter that he was stunned by the deaths. “An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts,” the Hollywood star wrote.
The taxi driver was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the other vehicle was also treated in hospital, police said. No charges had been filed, Williams added.
Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994 for his work on game theory and the mathematics of decision-making.
The film “A Beautiful Mind” was loosely based on his battle with schizophrenia.
Nash received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1950 and spent much of his career there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He began experiencing what he described as “mental disturbances” in 1959 after marrying Alicia, a MIT physics major who was then pregnant, according to his biography on the Nobel Prize website.
“I was disturbed in this way for a very long period of time, like 25 years,” Nash said in a 2004 video interview on the Nobel website.
He stressed that his was an unusual case, as he was able eventually stop taking medication and return to normal activities and his research.
The 2001 movie represented an “artistic” take on his experience, giving insight into mental illness but not accurately portraying the nature of his delusions, Nash said in the interview.
“John’s remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists and scientists who were influenced by his brilliant, groundbreaking work in game theory,” Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said in a statement.
“The story of his life with Alicia moved millions of readers and moviegoers who marveled at their courage in the face of daunting challenges,” he added.
Nash and his wife were living in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, New Jersey police said.
The hill town of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, entertained VIP guests from Mumbai on Monday. Actor Salman Khan, dressed in blue, waved at cameras and crowds from a balcony with his sister Arpita and her husband of six months, Aayush Sharma. The Sharmas were throwing Arpita and Aayush a wedding reception in their home town.
Arpita wore a red lehenga while Aayush was far more casually dressed in a blue jacket and sunglasses. The family group on the balcony included Salman’s brother Sohail and mother Salma, and Aayush’s parents. His father Anil Sharma is Himachal Pradesh’s Panchayati Raj Minister.
The winding lanes of Himachal Pradesh were crammed end to end with locals, phones held aloft to take pictures, as Salman drove into town flanked by his bodyguard Shera and Sohail.
Arpita and Aayush were earlier spotted in a quieter moment at the Tarna Temple in Mandi. Arpita looked pretty in a simple red suit.
The reception preparations started over the weekend with a mehendi ceremony:
Mumabi bowlers complimented the good work of the batsmen as they took the fizz out of the Chennai’s chase with a very disciplined effort.
They straitjacketed the Chennai batsmen, restricting them to 161 for eight as seasoned spinner Harbhajan Singh took key wickets of Dwayne Smith (57) and Suresh Raina (28) in two overs.
Kiwi paceman Mitchell McClenaghan (3/25) took three wickets while his Lankan pace colleague Lasaith Malinga (2/25) scalped two batsmen.
Mumbai had won their first title in 2013 at this very venue, defeating the same rivals. Chennai have now lost four finals (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015) in six appearances.
Chasing the huge target, CSK opted to have it easy and concetrated on building a platform after losing Michael Hussey (4) early.
Smith and Raina bided their time and looked to consolidate but it meant that they managed only 31 runs from the first six overs. The required run-rate kept on going up and shot past 13 at the midway mark.
Smith completed his half-century in 45 balls but only to be trapped lbw by Harbhajan in his penultimate over. Having made a grand comeback into the Bangladesh-bound Test side, Harbhajan completed his spell in style dismissing Raina.
Looking to step out, Raina was brilliantly deceived by the veteran off-spinner who bowled a wide ball and Parthiv Patel did the rest behind the stumps.
With Hussey, Smith and Raina back in pavillion, and skipper Dhoni not looking in his usual elements it looked as good as over for the yellow brigade who choked in an IPL final for a fourth time.
Talk about Sharma and his sizzling love-affair at Eden Gardens, and he has done nothing wrong here. A stunning 177 on Test debut, an ODI world record of mindboggling 264, an IPL century (60-ball 109) against Kolkata Knight Riders and an unbeaten 98 in the opening match of this season.
Today was no different. Sharma had come at a time when Dhoni and Co. once again looked ominous with a eye-popping run-out by Faf du Plessis to make MI 1/1 in first over.
The South African dived, got hold of the ball and flicked it while being air-borne and the magical throw was enough to clip the bails off to bring an end to Patel’s fine run as an opener.
In came Sharma and after two dot balls, he went in counter-attacking mode hitting Mohit Sharma over third man with an elegant uppercut.
He survived a brief scare when he in inside edged one but the ball missed the stumps by a whisker as he blasted 16 runs in the second over that almost derailed CSK.
He not only timed the shots to perfection but the placements were clinical too. Sharma raced to 25 runs from 10 balls and Windies big-hitter Simmons at one point looked a mute spectator at the other end.
The MI duo raced to 50 in 28 balls and the powerplay yielded a handsome 61/1 as they complemented each other nicely.
With Simmons starting to take charge, Sharma slowed down a bit and rotated the strike cleverly giving his partner maximum opportunity. The Windies big hitter targeted Dhoni’s spin duo of Ashwin and Negi with massive sixes.
Nothing going in their way, Simmons was dropped by Negi on 48 as he raced to fifty ahead of Sharma in 35 balls.
Sharma drove Dwayne Bravo for a boundary to notch his 50 from 25 balls but only to be dismissed softly in the next ball hitting straight to Jadeja at long-on.
Such agonising was the partnership for CSK that Dhoni and Co huddled soon after Sharma’s dismissal and skipper opted part-timer Dwyane Smith to bowl the next over.
Dhoni’s magic worked straightway as Simmons followed suit after being bowled in Smith’s first ball — a slow yorker that he misjudged — to make them 120/3 in 12.1 overs.
The twin blow however proved to be too little too late as Rayudu and Pollard propelled to a winning total.
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