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[hide] Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 12th - January 19th, 2020 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 10 Russia January 12th 2020, h. 13:00 Greece 5 Serbia January 12th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 13:00 Croatia 5 Greece January 13th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 10 Serbia January 13th 2020, h. 19:00 Slovakia 5 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 14:30 Greece 5 Slovakia January 15th 2020, h. 16:00 Serbia 5 Croatia January 15th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 10 Russia January 17th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 10 Croatia January 17th 2020, h. 17:30 Slovakia 5 Serbia January 17th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Greece January 19th 2020, h. 13:00 Slovakia 5 Croatia January 19th 2020, h. 17:30 Greece 10 Russia January 19th 2020, h. 19:00 Serbia 5 Hungary Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 14:30 France 5 Spain January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Germany 7 Italy January 12th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 6 Israel January 13th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 5 Netherlands January 13th 2020, h. 16:00 Israel 4 France January 13th 2020, h. 17:30 Italy 6 Spain January 15th 2020, h. 11:30 France 4 Germany January 15th 2020, h. 13:00 Spain 5 Israel January 15th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 6 Italy January 17th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 6 Spain January 17th 2020, h. 13:00 Netherlands 5 France January 17th 2020, h. 16:00 Italy 7 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 11:30 France 5 Italy January 19th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 4 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 16:00 Spain 6 Netherlands Men's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 14th - January 18th, 2020 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 8 Montenegro January 14th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 6 Croatia January 16th 2020, h. 10:00 Germany 4 Slovakia January 16th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 4 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 16:00 Slovakia 6 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 17:30 Germany 8 Montenegro Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 10:00 Romania 2 Netherlands January 14th 2020, h. 17:30 Serbia 8 Russia January 16th 2020, h. 13:00 Romania 8 Serbia January 16th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 2 Netherlands January 18th 2020, h. 11:30 Romania 4 Russia January 18th 2020, h. 20:30 Serbia 7 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 13:00 Malta 8 Spain January 14th 2020, h. 19:00 Turkey 6 Hungary January 16th 2020, h. 11:30 Malta 4 Turkey January 16th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 10:00 Turkey 5 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 19:00 Malta 8 Hungary Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 16:00 France 4 Georgia January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Italy 2 Greece January 16th 2020, h. 16:00 Greece 6 Georgia January 16th 2020, h. 17:30 France 4 Italy January 18th 2020, h. 13:00 France 4 Greece January 18th 2020, h. 14:30 Italy 5 Georgia [/hide]

We will know our opponents after the draw is held on 20th. As 6th seed, we can face any of the teams ranked 9-16th.

No Indian has any realistic hope of being in top 18 of IJF rankings (even after removing double entries). Our only hope is Continental qualification. Each NOC can use the continental qualification only once across all weight classes and both genders. So, basically, Avatar Singh, Sushila Devi, Tulika Mann and other Indian judokas are basically fighting among themselves to be the highest ranked Indian judoka and win the Continental quota.

is provisionally in (depending on the conduct of the host and availability of time during the contest window).

I think you mean Saurabh Chaudhary

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Yes. There is also a chance in ongoing 470 Asian Championships. There are only 15 teams: 5 from China (not eligible), 5 from India and 5 from other nations. But, since no team of ours participated in Asian Games, not sure how good are our chances of winning the lone quota on offer.

Can you give some concrete example of rising Hindu nationalism and mistreatment of Muslims by Hindus? In India, Muslims have more rights than Hindus. As I said previously, all religions have their own personal laws. Hindu laws are made by parliament while Muslim laws are made by All India Muslim Personal Law Board, a body having only Muslim members. Muslims (and other minorities) have constitutional advantages in field of education as well. Minorities can run educational institutions with minimal government interference and full government subsidy while Hindu educational institutions, even with no government subsidies have a lot of government interference. Similarly, Indian Govt can at any time take over the administration of any Hindu temple but can’t do so with mosques. In the past 6 months, Indian parliament has passed three laws which are seen as creeping Hindu nationalism by Western media. 1) Banning instant triple talak 2) Removal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir and 3) present Citizen Amendment Bill. As I have tried to show, CAB has a very narrow application and should be seen in context of partition and Nehru-Liaquat Pact. I am ready to clear any more doubts that you have with regard to this. Regarding special status of J&K, the previous position was that though J&K was part of India, Indian constitution was not applicable there. So, present government revoked this special status and now the same constitution that is applicable to rest of India is applicable to J&K. Once again, nothing communal about it. As far as Triple Talak is concerned, many Islamic countries also agree that instant triple talak is either against Quran or has no place in todays times and has hence banned it. I have one humble request: Don’t depend on Hollywood to learn about foreign nations/cultures. Slumdog, Hostel, Borat may be great entertainment but they cannot be your main source of information.

The bill doesn't include Jews as well. The bill doesn't include atheists as well. The bill doesn't include Bahai as well. The bill doesn't include Kalash religion as well. As I said earlier, these ad-hoc arrangements have been made by Indian government as and when situation arises. Previously, when large number of Bangladeshis arrived at time of their independence struggle, we granted citizenship to large number of Bangladeshis Muslims as well. Even in this bill, it is not a continuous amnesty but there is a cut-off date of 31 December 2014. So, this Bill is merely in response to a problem and not a template for future. Even now, noted Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who is atheist and a vociferous critic of current government, has been given long-term visa on priority basis. So, if in future if we encounter a situation where Ahmadiyas or atheists or some other group is seeking refuge in India, we will give them citizenship as well. To give an example, if Denmark proposes a bill that gives citizenship to Yezidi refugees from Iraq and Syria, would we laud it or say the move is wrong because it doesn't give same rights to the other poor people fleeing ISIS?

No, Ahmadiyas/Qadianis are not included in the CAB. Reason being India considers Ahmadiyas as Muslims. If we have to include them as a class in this bill we have to first recognise them as non-Muslims. (In India, we don't have a common Civil Code. Personal Laws are defined according to religion and declassifying them as Muslims would have major legal issues for them.) I am happy to answer any queries that you or anyone else has on CAB. I can't expect you to have full knowledge about these issues. International media has been spreading a lot of misinformation about CAB, so it is expected that people would have a lot of questions about it. Can't even blame international media fully as our own media is complicit in misinformation.

Simple thumb rule: If you don't want police to use force to crush protests, don't fucking burn buses or pelt stones on the police. P.S. Still waiting for your response to my previous queries. So, repeating them here: 1) What is the issues you have with CAB and 2) What is the connection of Slumdog Millionaire with all this.

As someone who skimmed through all the pages, I think you can summarize the whole debate as Trump is Satan vs Trump is God in surprisingly bad English

This bill expedites the citizenship process for persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. All three countries targeted in the bill are Islamic nations, so Muslims in these three countries are not religious minorities. Persecuted Muslims from these three countries are still free to apply for refugee/citizenship of India. Those applications will be dealt with according to the existing laws. Similarly, even Hindus from around the world are not covered under this law. At the time of Indian independence/partition there was a substantial population of minority in both India and Pakistan which stayed back. Partition was accompanied by large scale riots. India-Pakistan signed Nehru-Liaqat Pact to safeguard minority rights in both countries. But, sadly Pakistan has failed in its duty towards its minorities miserably. Same with Bangladesh. Indira-Mujib Pact has not stopped the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh. We all are aware of the situation in Afghanistan with Taliban. This has resulted in a large number of religious refugees from these three nations in India. Hence, we have created a law addressing the situation. We created similar laws expediting citizenship to Indian-origin Ugandans when they were running away from Idi Amin.

1) What exactly is your problem with the amendment in the citizenship law. 2) How is Slumdog Millionaire connected with it?

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Quota will be reallocated to the highest ranking pair not already qualified at the end of qualification

[hide] Knockout Round December 13th - December 15th, 2019 4 Nations, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 13th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway 5 Spain December 13th 2019, h. 20:30 Russia 5 Netherlands [/hide]

[hide] Main RoundDecember 8th - December 11th, 2019 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group 1 Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 8th 2019, h. 15:00 Norway 4 Denmark December 8th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia 2 South Korea December 8th 2019, h. 20:30 Netherlands 4 Germany December 9th 2019, h. 15:00 South Korea 2 Norway December 9th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany 2 Serbia December 9th 2019, h. 20:30 Denmark 2 Netherlands December 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Serbia 3 Denmark December 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Norway 4 Germany December 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Netherlands 2 South Korea Group 2 Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 8th 2019, h. 15:00 Montenegro 4 Japan December 8th 2019, h. 18:00 Romania 2 Russia December 8th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 2 Sweden December 10th 2019, h. 15:00 Russia 2 Montenegro December 10th 2019, h. 18:00 Sweden 2 Romania December 10th 2019, h. 20:30 Japan 3 Spain December 11th 2019, h. 16:00 Romania 3 Japan December 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Montenegro 2 Sweden December 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 4 Russia [/hide]

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Entries for 2019 World Tour Grand Finals Mixed Doubles (top 4 teams get a quota): If Japan is in top 4, the host quota will go to the best ranked Mixed Doubles team not qualified at the end of qualification period.

We cannot get reallocation quotas. From the qualification document: Anish can win the World Ranking quota. That quota is not allocated to NRAI but to Anish. So, no swap or changing the athlete. Apart from Anish, as I have said multiple times, there is a very very small chance for Kynan to get a WR quota. No one else has any chance to win any more quotas. Regarding swaps, we can swap maximum 1 quota and that swap has to be in the same gender. Practically speaking, we have extra quota in Pistol women with Manu starting in both events. So, it is logical to swap Chinki's quota. Now that swap could either be for 50x3 or Shotgun. (We have full quotas in the rest). Decision regarding swap depends on selection of 10m Air Rifle. If Anjum qualifies ahead in 10m, then she will easily start in 50x3 as well, so only logical swap is in Shotgun. But if Elavenil pips Anjum, we can swap Chinki's quota for Anjum in 50x3. Regarding team selection: Anyone interested can read the selection policy of NRAI here. Basically, instead of having one single selection trial, selection would be based on the average of the scores across various competitions and selection trials, with bonus points for Medals/Finals, World Records and Higher Rankings. Quota winners also get bonus points. At present it is very close between Anjum, Apurvi and Elavenil. Mehuli is losing out because she can't get any bonus points as she has been shooting in MQS category.