The Week India – July 21, 2019

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There is a BJP hand in Karnata-

ka crisis. Yeddyurappa’s PA was

in the plane with rebel MLAs.

The BJP appoints chief min-

isters in bars and restaurants.

They have done this before

in Manipur and Arunachal

Pradesh.

Ghulam Nabi Azad,

Congress leader

... the atmosphere is such that if we crit-

icise the government we are branded as

anti-nationals. We should not be afraid,

nobody needs their certificate.

Shabana Azmi,

actor and activist

Tejashwi is busy with some work, so

Arjun (Tejashwi) has sent Krishna (Tej

Pratap) to be where Yashodha (Rabri

Devi) is. There have been many rumours

on the relationship of Arjun and Krishna

on social media. People are making false

claims that there is no connection left

between them, the brothers have split

up. But I will rip apart such people.

Tej Pratap,

RJD leader and son of former Bihar

CM Lalu Prasad, on rumours of a rift

between his brother and him

I think Candice and David need to have

another child next week. Every game he

comes out and plays after the birth of a

child is spectacular.

Nathan Lyon,

Australian cricketer, on teammate David

Warner, who scored a century against

South Africa in the World Cup after an-

nouncing the arrival of his third child

MILESTONES

AMERICAN HEGEMONY

The United States won the FIFA

Women’s World Cup for a record

fourth time, beating Netherlands 2-

in Lyon, France, on July 7. American

captain Megan Rapinoe, 34, won the

Golden Boot for the top-scorer and

the Golden Ball for the best player.

NEW LEADER

New Democracy party’s Kyriakos

Mitsotakis wassworn in as prime

minister of Greece on July 8, after

a sweeping election victory. The

52-year-old conservative leader is

a Harvard graduate and a former

McKinsey consultant.

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

In a first, scientists have eliminated

HIV DNA from the genomes of living

animals by combining gene editing

therapy with an antiviral therapeutic

strategy called long-acting slow-ef-

fective release antiretroviral therapy

on mice. The finding is a crucial step

towards developing a cure for AIDS.

10 THE WEEK • JULY 21, 2019

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WORD PLAY

‘Get yourself a disloyalty bonus’ is now the pay-growth mantra for a major section of

employees in the corporate world. Disloyalty bonus is a salary increase gained by switching

to a new job, rather than staying in the old one. A 2018 study by the Resolution Foundation

shows that annual pay rise for a majority of employees who stay in their jobs remains at

around 2.5 per cent whereas those who switch their jobs get around 11 per cent. Loyalty to

employer is no longer a virtue, it seems.

I believe in falling in love with

many people. I love too many

people at a time, also in various

levels and in various ways. Like

how I could love dancing and

acting, why cannot I love you and

you in different ways?

Radhika Apte,

actor